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Eva Luna Episode 11—November 16, 2010

Please note: Some descriptions of scenes were “condensed” because it is too exhausting to try to recap every.little.edit of this telenovela! (They cut back and forth between several scenes rapidly at times.)

Eva is in her room, and can’t stop thinking about The Kiss that she shared with Daniel. Leonardo comes in and interrupts. He wants her to take his gift of some earrings. They go just perfectly with a necklace she has. She doesn’t want to take the earrings but he keeps flattering her and presses her to accept them. Leonardo finally gets Eva to accept the darn earrings, and then creepily says that maybe she’ll wear them when she goes out with him. Slimeball. Eva looks slightly disgusted at his suggestion.

Victoria is trying to patch things up with Laurita, after really ripping into little Laurita for accidentally running into her with her bike earlier. Laurita says how upset Victoria made her, and Victoria smiles and says that she didn’t mean to be rude, and let’s make up and don’t tell your dad what happened.

Tony the lollypop-sucking deadbeat is trying to lure Alicia by offering to give her his newly acquired motorcycle, and after some temptation on Alicia’s part (IDIOT!) she somehow finds the strength to refuse him and hurries off, saying that she’s got to study.

Renata is telling Marcy (Gloved weirdo) about how Julio wants Eva to have a room at the house, because Eva is his assistant. Marcy is not happy and walks off to do something about it.

Victoria is continuing to suck up to little Laurita. She is suggesting that Laurita learn about modeling, but Laurita is not keen. Laurita figures out that Victoria wants to ship her off to Europe. Victoria denies this, but when Daniel comes in, Laurita tells him what Victoria suggested.

Daniel notices that Laurita is a little warm, like she’s coming down with a fever. She says she’ll go to her room. Victoria tells Daniel that she didn’t mean to upset the girl, and Daniel, vexed, tells her to please be careful what she says to Laurita, because she was really scared about being shipped off to Europe. (Victoria, dear, you are not going to separate these two. Father and daughter are stuck together like Super-glue!)

Marcela is grilling Julio about how come he wants Eva staying at the house, and what’s going on here. Julio seems to be enjoying this. He doesn’t see what the big deal is. Marcela gets angry and says to not play games with her in her own house. Julio reminds her that it’s his house, as he holds the title. Also he says he wouldn’t mess around with a woman in the same house where his kids are, and besides, Eva could be a sister or a granddaughter. Marcela seems mollified but expresses anger at the thought that her husband would mess around in her own house. Julio laughs.

It’s morning, and Francisco is trilling on to Jackie about his True Love, Marisol. Oh yeah, Jackie is thrilled to be hearing all about this! Jackie is going away for a few days to visit her mother and Francisco will have to cover, like helping Laurita with her homework. Francisco doesn’t want to, of course. Francisco’s phone rings (it’s Marisol!) and he wants Jackie to answer and say that she’s his secretary. Jackie refuses, disgusted. Francisco and Marisol exchange big whopping lies to each other, and then finally make a date for dinner that night. Jackie overhears all of this and tells Francisco that he is the worst of the worst.

Renata is chewing out Eva for being three minutes late. Eva reminds Renata that their clock is three minutes fast. Renata tells her to not talk back. Renata spews some bitter nonsense and then huffs out of the room.

Laurita has a fever and a sore throat. She’s got to stay in bed and take medicine. Daniel offers to stay home from work to look after her, but she says that Jackie can do that. Jackie looks like she’s going to cancel her visit to her mom and looks unhappy about it.

Daniel is talking to Victoria and saying that he’s going to have to cancel because he’s got to stay with Laurita, since Jackie has postponed her visit with her mom twice now already. Victoria says she can’t be there, because she has a photo shoot and can’t risk getting sick. She assures Daniel that she’ll find a solution for this.

Victoria visits her dad Julio and asks him to lend Eva, so she (Eva) can tend to Laurita and free up Daniel so he can go on his trip. Victoria then tells Eva to go get a change of clothes, she’s staying at Daniel’s house that night to look after Laurita. Eva is a bit impactada by this, but Victoria assures her that she’s the perfect person for the job. (Victoria is obviously still buying into the myth that Eva is interested in some other guy and is no threat.)

Eva still is unsure of this, but Victoria assures her that she’ll only be looking after the girl, that Daniel is going to be away working. Eva looks a little more relaxed about the idea and agrees to go.

Marisol is talking with Alicia and continuing to gush over how great Francisco is and is looking forward to their date that night.

Jackie is welcoming Eva to Daniel’s house and telling her where everything is. Jackie thanks Eva for covering for her, so she can visit her mom. Laurita walks in and hugs Eva and is thrilled to see her. She’s glad Eva is here instead of that other witch. (She stops herself short of saying “witch” but we know what she meant to say!)

Marisol and Alicia are chatting some more. Marisol talks about getting some cheepie prepaid cell phone, which will work for her purposes. (I guess for fooling Francisco?) Then the conversation strays to Carlos. Alicia is going to study at Carlos’s house and his mom is going to fix them dinner. Ah! Living with his mom? Marisol likes the sound of this. Carlos is much better than that Tony. (I agree!) Alicia says that she doesn’t think she’ll tell Tony that she’s going to Carlos’s house. (I think?) Marisol says that maybe Tony will finally leave her in peace if he figures out that she’s a person who intends to keep studying.

Laurita wants to show Eva a surprise. It’s Daniel, flat out on his back in bed, having caught the same bug that Laurita has. He’s too sick to travel so Eva is going to have to look after both of them.

After Laurita scampers off, Daniel apologizes to Eva for The Kiss from the other night, but she doesn’t want to talk about that. Eva is a bit freaked at the idea of playing nursemaid to Daniel too. She wants to go and see if Jackie can find someone else to take care of them, but Daniel pleads with her to stay. He doesn’t want to have his daughter to be looked after by some stranger.

Tony the lollypop-sucking deadbeat accosts Marisol at the pension and starts arguing with her about her trying to turn Alicia against him. Tony says disparaging things about Marisol’s profession, like she’s basically a prostitute. Ugh, this guy is such a jerk.

Daniel lets Francisco off the hook so he can go on his date with Marisol that night. Eva will be taking care of them and Daniel doesn’t want to get in the way of Francisco’s latest conquest. Francisco is elated.

Tony wants to know where Alicia is. Marisol says that she’s with Carlos, who is a really good guy, unlike Tony. Of course this upsets an already-jealous Tony.

Laurita is showing Eva her drawings, which have a picture of a woman that is supposed to be Eva. Laurita says that before she met Eva, she could draw her. She’s so glad Eva is looking after them instead of that Victoria. Her dad likes Eva a lot, too!

Marisol and Francisco are both on the road, going to meet for their date. They are each talking to themselves, giving themselves pep talks about how they can pull their respective huge lies off!

It’s late, a full moon, and Victoria is having a chitchat with her mom and sharing a brandy. Victoria can’t pinpoint why, but she knows something is wrong and she has this feeling that she needs to drag Daniel to the altar soon. There is no time to waste.

Daniel wakes up from his sick bed, has another remembrance of The Kiss. Then we cut to Eva, also having memories of The Kiss. Eva is telling herself to forget The Kiss. It never happened. Good luck with that, dear.

Eva is in Daniel's kitchen in the middle of the night, still thinking about The Kiss they shared the day before. Daniel comes in, wants to have a "talk," but she says that nothing happened. It was a big mistake. Then she snaps and says how does he expect her to believe him? She doesn't want to be one of his collection of women. He's got a girlfriend already, so leave her in peace! Daniel looks impactado.

(I was able to do a video capture of this episode and have made a streaming video clip of this scene. Since YouTube seems to want to block many telenovela clips, I hosted this on my own site. The site is very barebones—no viruses, I promise! It’s just a Flash clip—like what you get on YouTube.)
Daniel and Eva talk in the kitchen. (Right-click to have this link open to a new window.)

I am amused at how both Daniel and Laurita, who are supposedly afflicted with a horrible flu and fever, can become amazingly perky when the scene calls for it. For instance, Daniel is feverish and ill, but when he sees Eva he suddenly seems perfectly well and even looks like he’s moving in for a kiss. (I kept on thinking that he had better not kiss her and give her all his cooties!)

Francisco and Marisol are shoveling verbal manure at each other at the restaurant. Marisol talks about some ex in Spain. She also says that she thinks some guys are not interested in her for herself, but for her money. Francisco knows what that’s like. Oh these two are too much!

Francisco is so totally full to the brim with manure. He tells a story about his poor dear departed wife, Jackie, who was killed by a lion while working in Africa.

Marcy is smelling the flowers Bruno gave her and wondering what’s going to go on with him. Meanwhile, Bruno is gambling with Leo and Bruno wins. Leo is vexed.

More manure from Marisol and Francisco. They dance at the restaurant.

Victoria is talking to herself, wondering why Daniel hasn’t called. Then she says to herself that she’ll call the house the next day, acting all concerned about Laurita’s health. But there’s no way she’d look after the girl. Eva can do that.

Daniel walks down the hallway and stops in front of Laurita’s room, where Eva is. Then he slowly and regretfully walks away. Eva is inside crying. Laurita wakes up and wants to know why Eva is crying. Eva tells some lie about waking up from a bad dream.

Carlos the hottie and Alicia are studying math, but Alicia is having trouble with it. Apparently Alicia sucks at math. They call it a night and as they are picking up their pencils and stuff, their fingers touch and they have A Moment. Alicia starts in with a little speech about how she has a lot of complications in her life and all she can offer him is friendship. He says, sure, sure, he understands. But you can tell he secretly has other desires.

Here’s a clip of this scene with Alicia and Carlos.

Tony the deadbeat sucker boy goes to the bar where he hangs out and finds some fellow deadbeat friends, and has a request. He wants them to “take care” of a waiter named Carlos (oh no!). Fellow deadbeat friends will be happy to get right on it. Wow, I knew Tony was a creep, but he reaches new heights all the time!

It’s morning, and Victoria is at her precious photo shoot. I don’t think the lighting is very flattering to her (her eyes look all squinty) but whatever.

Some semi-flamboyant coworker of Marcela is telling her about some really important client that is waiting for her in her office. She seems amused by flamboyant guy’s enthusiasm. Flamboyant guy ushers her in to see this mystery guy, and then he sighs in relief.

Leo is talking to his secretary and she tells him that Daniel never went on his trip, he stayed home with the flu. She then goes on to tell him about Eva being there, yadda yadda, and that Victoria set it all up. Leo laments to himself as he picks up his phone that Victoria messed up and he’s going to have to fix it.

Eva is seeing to Laurita who is much better. Laurita wants to get up but Eva nixes that. Then she goes in to check on Daniel, who is flat in bed asleep. She tucks him in under his covers and lovingly touches his feverish brow as the phone rings. Victoria wants to know what’s going on and why is Eva in the bedroom of her boyfriend?

A clip of this final scene from the show.

That’s it for this episode!

As always, please everyone, correct any errors I make. I thank you. And as always, everyone, please check this recap’s comments for further corrections or elaborations on this episode.

Thanks!
Elvira

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Pata, thank you yet again for the terrific pictures. Pata says no theme today, just some shots that she thinks are very fun. I agree!

Capitulo 93.
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Ha ha, you smelled the plastic flower:










Capitulo 94.
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Fernando's uncle shows up. It's Jaime Camil's real dad so I guess it's his daddy uncle. Or uncle daddy.










Fernando shutting the door when Lety tried to leave:



Did we get your attention? This is Luigi making a great face at the museum when he's imitating Picasso.

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[I missed the opening scenes. Juanita fills that part in very aptly --in the blue. ! Thanks! --ed.]

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Friday: Eman rustles up a breakfast soup for Marianela, and while he’s not looking, Fedra pours a whole vial of her potion into it. Gretel calls the police from the nuthouse, and actually reaches Oliver. Eman brings Mari the soup.

Before we start, I just can’t help griping about Mari’s hair which yeah, is the same as always, but tonight I hit critical mass with it, I don’t know why. What’s with the Betty la Gorda bangs? Are they real? She always has a headband or little braid across the top of them, so maybe they’re just glued on or something. And those ringlets. Barf barf barf.

Okay, I got that out of my system.

Mari thanks Eman for making the soup, but says she feels a little urpy and can’t try any.

Gretel is hiding behind a reception desk and the doctor finds her but just in time crumples from the sedative she stabbed him with. A moment to pause and reflect on that most gratifying scene on Friday… Okay, onward! The nurse finds Gretel too and tells her to hide better. Gretel is amazed to hear Oliver on the other end of the phone she’s clutching. Just then other staff find her and she screams for Oliver to save her, of course omitting to give the name of her location.

But Oliver is at the police station – he could just get the records of received calls, no? No. The police’s intermittent skills are slaves to our plot line.

Eman sets the uneaten soup on the bedroom dresser.

Oliver is very upset about Gretel’s call – he says he just knows she’s not in Switzerland. The Comisario tells him if he’s going to be bouncing off the walls like that, he’s going to take him off the case (or off work, I’m not sure which). Brandon tells Oliver to go with the guy who’s going to examine the bullets, and don’t let them out of his sight. Oliver’s worried Gretel will call again.

The Comisario tells Oliver that the first step is to get the goods on Fedra and Bernardo, then they can find Gretel. Meantime, Caiman is in the office hearing all these police insider goodies. Of course it’s natural that the police would keep a mascot in their office who’s had ties to organized crime because we’re in telenovelaland. See “intermittent skills” above.

Orderlies are strapping Gretel down while she begs them not to and insists her boyfriend is going to come get her. The Good Nurse looks on, troubled.

Seems there’s a prison gang the police have to deal with. Caiman says he’ll work as a mole.

Emil has showed up at Netty’s sunny, cheerful place, and Netty says she’s worried about Eman and Marianela, and about Oliver, who’s like a son to her and not what Emil thinks he is. Emil says he didn’t come about all that, he came about Us. He wants to forget about the outside world – it doesn’t exist. Netty says it does, and he’s married. He says but he feels so alone.

Man, the writers take the cheesiest, sleaziest, most worn-out seduction lines and put them in the good guys’ mouths. Where they actually work! Here’s more: This morning (sez Emil) I was driving to work but I ended up here, without having planned to. Tell me that I’m not alone!

Of course, if Cesar Evora told me the sun rotates around the earth, I’d say Yes, it does, and mean it.

Netty tells him he’s not alone, and as long as she lives, she’ll be by his side. They hug.

Lorenzo and Mauricio are being escorted out of the local jail, to head to prison. Brandon exults and Lorenzo and Mauricio throw threats. Mauricio tells Brandon that he’s going to pay. Just then Fedra appears and tells Mauricio that the one who’s going to pay is him. She hopes he molders in jail for the rest of his life. Lorenzo and Brandon arch their eyebrows in surprise and stare at Mauricio.

Emil blames himself for his family’s troubles – he is the man of the house, so it’s his fault. Netty reckons it’s Fedra’s fault. He tells Netty their marriage is over, and she suggests counseling or something. Nope. He takes her hands and tells her how tender and understanding she is and how he wished he’d formed a family with her. She would have loved that, she says, and adds he would have always felt loved and respected. He says that’s what he feels when he’s with her – loved. Oooh, nice kisses!

Fedra tells Mauricio that Kristel’s at death’s door, and all because he used her. She loved it, retorts Mauricio. Brandon has to hold Fedra back while Mauricio is taken off.

Okay, he’s gone and now Fedra tells Lorenzo about Kristel’s hysterectomy. He’s sorry to hear about it, and the next thing we know, Fedra is hanging on him, right in front of the cops, distressed that he got mixed up in a bad business. Of course just then Muñeca comes in, along with the comisario.

Fedra says it’s nothing, just hugging an old friend, and Muñeca wryly observes that Lorenzo is full of surprises lately. He swears he had nothing to do with the illegal liquor – it was Mauricio. An official comes up and says Lorenzo gets to be freed. Lucky, says the comisario, glaring at him. Muñeca looks doubtful. Lorenzo is thrilled – maybe his Farmville crops haven’t withered yet!

Netty’s worried Consuelo and Gladiola will come back from the market. Emil suggests a day together – lunch, theater, something fun. Netty’s ecstatic. They leave, laughing like kids.

Ilitia’s at the hospital with Kristel and she gets a call from Muñeca, telling her that Lorenzo has been sprung. Muñeca says maybe the police didn’t look hard enough for evidence or he hid it. Ilitia tells her mother to knock it off, then tells her she’s been with Kristel.

Kristel begs her not to hang up – did Mauricio get off too? Ilitia’s very happy to hear he’s off to the big house. Kristel thinks he’s been let go, but Ilitia tells her he’s going where he can’t hurt anybody any more, and she hopes he gets molested there.

The orange kitty laps up the chicken soup.

Mauricio gets checked into prison.

Mari and Em are jogging. Of course she falls, which makes him fall right on top of her, so they can kiss some more.

Mauricio, now in prison khakis, enters a big cell full of inmates who check him out. Caiman is there among them.

The kitty has more soup.

Netty and Emil are having a lovely lunch. They chink glasses, talk, laugh.

The police scientist in a lab, which looks very sophisticated and has four, count ‘em! four guys in lab coats working there, scans the bullets using fancy software.

Oliver looks worried. Gretel is strapped to a bed and despairs.

Netty and Emil neck in the back of a theater, and we see Mari and Eman up front, eating popcorn. They kiss too.

Mauricio tries to make macho chit-chat with a couple of prison guys and offers them money to be his protectors. They come close and tell him somebody’s already hired them to give him a welcome – Fedra Curiel.

Fedra and Bernardo have a debriefing session, now they’re home. He reports that Caiman had no trouble switching the bullets at the station, and that he’s there at the prison. Fedra says the guys she’s hired are going to make Mauricio’s life hell, but nice and slowwww-like.

The two guys slug Mauricio and tell him that’s what he gets for raping girls. Caiman comes in and pulls them off.

Bernardo is smooching Nereida who complains that he’s been neglecting her. Why doesn’t he ever take her out? He flops on her bed, saying they’ll be fine here. The pillow has something hard in it, he complains, picking it up. She tries to get it away from him and suddenly cash is flying everywhere.

Nereida says she won the lottery! Bernardo realizes it’s Fedra’s money. Nereida tells him that Kristel stole it and gave it to her to buy her silence. Bernardo thinks she ought to give it back. In fact, she’s to hide it in Marianela’s room so everyone thinks Mari took it.

Emil and Netty come home to her place, happy. They kiss, but she says they should stop at that. He kisses her some more and begs to stay the night. Next thing we know, they’re in the bedroom. Netty pulls away and says she’d always dreamed of coming into her room in his arms – but the dream had her in a wedding dress, not as the other woman. He tells her she isn’t the other woman. He feels lost until her looks into her eyes, then he knows that life is smiling on him after all. More kisses. Yum! Brandon should take kissing lessons from Emil.

Nereida stuffs the money under Mari’s mattress, then hears her coming and hides in the closet. Mari comes in and pets the surprisingly still alive kitty, noticing that it licked the soup bowl clean. The kitty jumps down off the bed and stares at the door Nereida is behind.

Fedra and Bernardo are having wine, and she says she’s upset about this Eman and Mari thing. While they’re talking, Eman approaches the door to talk to her, then stops, listening through the crack. Fedra laughs that Eman’s going to get high cholesterol from kissing that fatty, but fortunately they have meds for that. She says she’s going to take care of the problem, and she’s going to look great in the black dress for the occasion.

Outside the door, Eman is shocked.

Mari picks up the orange kitty and takes it to the bathroom for some water because unlike the rest of the planet, she didn’t leave down a water bowl. Nereida slips out.

Eman asks Benigno if maybe Maximo would be a good person to consult about his mother being so upset about him and Mari. Benigno doesn’t know. Eman asks him what military strategy is good for an enemy that’s closer that your own shadow. Pretend to be one of them, advises Benigno.

Fedra and Bernardo toast one another. Mauricio’s in prison, Gretel’s in the nut house, Axel’s on Fedra’s side, and Mari is soon to be dead. Most excellent. Fedra tells him about the potion she put in Mari’s soup. He tells her it takes 12 hours to act, and what’s more Mari’s going to exit the world in humiliation. He tells her about the money Nereida had and what she did with it. Everyone will think she’s a thief chortles Bernardo. Bwaahahaha.

Bernardo and Fedra burst into Mari’s room. Fedra accuses her of being a thief and sets Bernardo to searching the room.

The scales have fallen from Muñeca’s eyes. She’s on to Lorenzo and Fedra and nothing he cooks up as an excuse convinces her otherwise. She tells him he’s low-down scum and the only reason she doesn’t throw him out of her house and her business is because she doesn’t want to hurt Ilitia.

Eman and Benigno, Axel and the two maids show up in Mari’s room too. Eman tells them all to get out, Mari’s no thief. Fedra says no, they’re going to search. Mari tell them to go ahead and look. Bernardo lifts the mattress, and voila! Delicia looks the most amazed.

Oliver hands Bernardo the report – negative. Now they have nothing to hang on Fedra, Oliver wails. He’s frantic about Gretel – where is she? Bernardo promises they’ll find her.

We see Gretel despairing some more.

Back to Mari’s room: Axel wants to tell his father, but Fedra says he’s probably cavorting at Netty’s. She wants to call the police, Eman says he won’t let them accuse Mari, and Mari says nobody’s going to throw her out of her house. Fedra yells that she’s wrecked the family and all she wants is money. Mari calmly replies that she’s incapable of stealing, unlike Fedra who destroys everything she touches. Fedra lunges at her, but Eman catches her and tosses her so hard onto the bed that she rolls off the other side.

Eeeww! she says. What’s this? She’s fallen on the poor orange kitty, dead now. Fedra accuses Mari of killing it. They are all grossed out. Benigno looks closer and says that the color of its ears means that it was poisoned.

We don’t have long to contemplate what Beningo’s past was that provided him with this sort of esoteric Holmesian knowledge because now we see Lorenzo outside Muñeca’s closed door, proclaiming that he loves only her and he wants to go back to being the picture-perfect family they were. Since she can’t see him, he can punctuate his speech with some eye-rolling. From the other side of the door, Muñeca retorts that they’re not picture-perfect, her daughter is rejecting her.

He says that if he talked to Ilitia, she could see Muñeca for what she really is, her real mother. This last bit makes him roll his eyes so much they look like they’re going to fall out and bounce along the floor.

Muñeca has opened the door. You really think so? she says, but she looks very wary. Of course, he oozes, kissing her.

Fedra thinks fast and accuses Mari of poisoning the cat. Mari protests she just kept it in her room because it was lonely. Nereida says that when she came in with the laundry, the cat was eating from the bowl. All eyes turn to the soup bowl.

Eman says he made the soup. Fedra says that doesn’t matter, the point is that Mari wrecks everything. Everybody leaves, including Benigno who is going to go bury the cat, and Eman rushes to Mari’s side to comfort her. She pushes him away, saying the soup was poisoned and he was trying to spoon-feed it to her!

Fedra is stuffing her money back into her safe and mumbling at Bernardo. Looks like her poison idea didn’t work and Bernardo’s chocolate-lacing didn’t either. Bright side: Others may start to suspect Mari. But still, it’s been a flop. Bernardo suggests that accidents happen every day, tee hee. Fedra lights up.

Brandon and Oliver show up at their home away from home, the Ruiz y Teresa digs. Delicia is alarmed to see them. I didn’t do it! she says, putting her hands up. They’re puzzled and she tells them that somebody did the kitty in, and they’re next if they see them here. She draws her finger across her throat for emphasis. They say they want to speak to Emil. She tells them he’s out.

Ceiling shot of Netty and Emil in bed, content and love-talking. Still, it troubles her that he’s married. Oops – we hear voices – one of the ladies is yelling “you can’t come in!” and the next thing we know, Axel (who mysteriously knows which room is Netty’s) has burst in on them.

Avances: Eman, trying Benigno’s strategy, tells Fedra that Mari’s a fatty and means nothing to him. Apparently Mari gets downwind of that, for she’s heartbroken. She packs and phones Brandon to get her out of there.

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Capitulo 91.
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Paula asked me to post this link to dialog translations for these episodes.

Huge thanks to Pata for today's screen shots and observations:
Fernandos mission was to convince both Lety and Marcia not to break up with him. When he is in the car with Lety he has a very happy face after she agrees not to break up with him. He is more than happy to kiss her.

The first two pictures demonstrate that:




















While talking to Marcia, he has a very sour face when agrees to not break up and a less content face when they kiss.





















Capitulo 92.
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Gabriela and Alejandra joyfully greet living, breathing "Mario;" and as Alejandra runs to phone David, "Mario" and Abelardo explain to the stammering Adolfo that "Mario" took a plane to Veracruz -- that the chauffeur and relief-driver friend died on the highway.

When clearly incredulous Adolfo draws near for inspection, "Mario" escapes, claiming fatigue. Returning Alejandra failed to find David's phone in-area; but when she and Gabriela marvel in relief that sometimes incredible things happen, both Adolfo and Bertha clearly agree -- struggling not with joy but with cognitive dissonance.

Meanwhile in Mario's chambers, Santiago can hardly escape fast enough, before Abelardo reminds him emphatically that David still has to see him. Santiago's started this and can't go back now! Across town, nervously giggling Roberto returns Marcos's truck and so much cash that Marcos shrugs off the fender damage.

At the condo, Carlos bitterly questions to Yolanda why Adolfo's suddenly interested in keeping up appearances regarding the Genovéses; Carlos himself is just glad the honeymoon was ruined -- and he hopes they're never happy. At the bedbug hotel, Marcos considers the risky business of selling another diamond to get an apartment.

Frantic Roberto leaves a curt phone message with Yolanda for Adolfo, saying thanks very much for everything: but he hopes he never sees Adolfo again -- and Roberto's leaving the D.F. At Mario's, Alejandra warns Bertha about her attitude toward Gabriela; but with the uncle alive, Bertha doesn't have anything to fear now, she says.

Presently David returns, Gabriela rushing to embrace him with the fabulous news; and David speeds to "Mario's" chamber -- while Abelardo stands aside unnoticed, tears streaming down his face. In the darkened chamber, David embraces "Mario," getting the story and explaining he escorted the bodies to the funeral home.

"Mario" makes headache excuses; and as soon as David exits, Santiago heaves a relieved sigh and dives into the tunnel. At the hotel suite, Elsa surmises what tardy Juan José is up to when Asunción won't plainly say; and when Juan José does return, Elsa nags him with a crack about possible dinner plans with some "lady friend."

Before exasperated Bertha sneers at having to send a dinner tray up to the honeymoon suite, David instructs Abelardo about "Mario's" wishes to arrange the two funerals. At Roberto's, Adolfo lays on the bell and pounds on the door to no avail. At Santiago's, he apologizes to a worried Julieta, just as Leonardo appears at the door.

Breathless Adolfo hits the bar at home before even noticing Yolanda; and he amazes her with the "Mario" news, without letting on he arranged the hit and his confusion at what went wrong. When Adolfo mulls absently that "Mario" had actually too much luck, Yolanda's preoccupied with happiness for David.

After learning the content of Roberto's phone message, Adolfo flies into a rage at being cheated out of $5 million pesos and storms upstairs, warning Yolanda not to breathe a word of this to David. Not a word! he shouts. At Mario's, when Gabriela snuggles up and wonders if they can't have their own place, David says with hugs and kisses that he must stay with his dad now.

While Julieta and Leonardo run out a moment, suddenly Santiago notices with a start the trefoil cuff link box is missing from the shelf. Upon their return, he's frantically searching for it; and from Santiago's explanation, Leonardo instantly connects that indeed something was stolen during the robbery -- which robbery is news to Santiago.

At a nice jewelers, Roberto brings the cuff link to be made into a ring. Back at Santiago's, Leonardo insists that the robbery is significant and achieved by experienced thieves who took nothing else; and he's very curious. Santiago claims he lost the mate maybe five years ago; and Julieta -- who can't remember either one -- confides to Leonardo that Santiago has always been mysterious. Leonardo ponders pointedly.

Abelardo brings flowers to the funeral home and weeps bitterly over the casket of his employer and friend, dismayed at the unfairness of Mario being all alone there. At least Mario can rest assured that everything will work out as he planned, Abelardo murmurs.

At the hotel suite, Juan José orders Asunción to take flowers to the Genovéses and ask about Alejandra for him -- whether Elsa likes it or not. When Asunción brightens that at least he'll see Dora, Juan José ruins that by leveling about Dora's non-interest in him and suggesting he back off; but Asunción isn't convinced of that.

With Abelardo returned from the funeral home, in the kitchen Dora notices his depression even though "Mario" is not dead. They talk privately, and he astounds her with the true story of the accident -- that Mario is truly dead. And not only that, she learns Adolfo was blackmailing Mario and that Gabriela is Mario's daughter!

In a flashback, we see Mario's beloved showgirl Márta; but that when Mario intended to divorce and marry the pregnant Márta, Santiago beat him to it! The most awful part: when Mario found her murdered body with the cuff link in her hand -- and Adolfo and Yolanda encountered him there, leading to the blackmail.

In turn Abelardo is surprised to learn from Dora of her witnessing Adolfo frame Juan José, and Juan José's true identity. Upstairs, Gabriela invites Julieta on the phone to visit and explains their plans to continue the honeymoon at the weekend. Hanging up, Gabriela pulls David down on the sofa for a quick ravish; and though he has to work, promises he's never stopped thinking about her since the day they met.

Santiago is back at the tunnel house, applying his disguise; while at the kitchen table Dora explains she was happy David had a better life with Mario -- and they decide that even though Santiago is a genius at his art, they must apprise David of the deception. Abelardo reveals the explanatory letter in reserve from Mario.

Santiago negotiates the tunnel and jumps into Mario's bed with a spring. Meanwhile, at the front door Dora greets Asunción and the flowers; and she surprises him with the supposed news. Despite that, astute Asunción notes Dora still looks sad. He leaves the flowers for Alejandra in Juan Ocampo's name, and Dora actually smiles indulgently at Asunción making a little time with her.

Elsa and Mauricio look forward to dinner together and with Caramelo and his niece, Angela; when he asks if Juan José will mind, Elsa denies Juan José has any say in her life. Mauricio is glad to hear she claims no interest in him.

Juan José visits a decidedly reserved Alejandra at the studio; and when he asks what's wrong, she demurs at first. But when he presses, Juan José is surprised she reveals her suspicions about his name, his choice of her firm, his murder conviction -- in fact, doubts about his innocence. How did he get his money? she demands.

Juan José quietly explains everything; and when Alejandra laughs derisively at the treasure story, he invites her to check with Medina! Two thousand kilos of gold ingots. When Alejandra jumps to her feet, still indignant at being used, Juan José gently protests that he only wanted to draw near the family to learn the truth.

But then, he says -- then he met her, and liked her so much. Alejandra is so fine -- so intelligent, he whispers. When Juan José swears he never meant to hurt her, Alejandra rounds the desk to make for the doorway, objecting. But Juan José gently backs Alejandra to the wall, whispering earnestly he only meant to draw close to her, because he likes her -- so much, he insists, lowering his head to kiss her.

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I copied Julie's recap title because if there is as much talking as there was Friday then, well, it's the perfect title.

Capitulo 89.Read Julie’s original recap which covers Cap’s 87 to 89. Then come back here to discuss it.

Capitulo 90.Read Julie’s original recap. Then come back here to discuss it.

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Daniel informs Eva that he wants her to accompany him to the awards ceremony since she is the one that submitted the winning line. Eva begs off and Victoria backs her up. Daniel won't take "no" for an answer and Eva finally agrees. Victoria is none to happy.

Claudia is lying in bed with Leonardo and saying to herself how much it will cost him to play with her. She gets a phone call from a very pissed off Victoria wanting to meet with her tomorrow.

Victoria tells her mother about Daniel inviting Eva to the awards ceremony. Marcela can't believe that he would invite her to such a prestious award ceremony. Victoria whines that she wanted it to be a special night just the two of them and now it's ruined. Marcela says we need to think of a way to avoid this.

Eva gets home and Dona Justa tells her that alot has happened today and wants to fill her in.

Marcela thinks about the flowers she received today.

Marisol warns Alicia that Tony is bad news. Stay away from him. Alicia says Eva tells me the same thing and I finally am starting to agree with her. Eva comes up as Alicia is telling Marisol what happened with Tony and the failed five finger discount fiasco at the convience store. Eva walks in and shouts "Alicia!". BUSTED!!!

Eva can't believe Alicia didn't tell her. This is ridiculous. Alicia yells back that I don't tell you anything because of the way you act. She walks away with Eva calling after her to come back. They go to their room where Eva lays the guilt trip on Alicia saying what would our father think knowing you almost went to jail and you hanging out with a delinquent? Alicia tells her not to bring up her father. I miss him so much. Why did he have to die? Eva says I miss him too. They cry and hug. Eva tells her to take care of herself and stay away from Tony. Alicia promises.

The next morning Eva comes across Tony and warns him to stay away from her sister. He starts being a smarty pants and gets bitch slapped by Eva.

Victoria and Claudia are at the gym. Victoria tells Claudia about Daniel's "invitation" to Eva. Claudia thinks perhaps he made up the whole thing just to take her out. Victoria tells her to quit making up things and making her more nervous. I need you to help me come up with something to avoid her coming to the awards ceremony with us.

Ricardo takes care of Mariol's wound and asks if she's going back to work. How am I suppose to live replies Marisol. Dona Justa will be asking for rent soon and I have other bills. I don't have someone to take care of me like you take care of Adrian. Ricardo says if he could he would, but doesn't have the money to do it. You are so nice to me says Marisol. I wish my father was just like you. They hug and Dona Justa sees this and gets sad.

Leonardo comes to see Daniel and says he found out about the "invite" he issued to Eva. Daniel reminds him that he wanted to find the person who came up with the slogan and share in the award with him. That person just happened to be Eva. What a concidence replies Leonardo. I don't believe in concidence replies Daniel. This all happened for a reason. So you believe that this is destiny asks Leonardo? Yes replies Daniel. Eva entered my life to stay.

Victoria gets home and tells Eva she wants to talk to her about her novio and the awards ceremony.

Marcela and Bruno flirting on the phone. Gross.

So Victoria has offered to dress Eva up for the grand awards ceremony. Eva thinks it's not such a great idea, but Victoria persists. Think about mi novio.

Tony sees Alicia and tells her he's been missing her. She says get use to it, because she's avoiding him. The other night was horrible and she almost went to jail.

Victoria tells Eva that at the awards ceremony the magizine and newspaper crews will be there. If you are not looking your best then you will not be doing him any favors. Your right replies Eva.

Tony turns the tables on Alicia and says I came back for you. I turned myself in to spare you and this is how you repay me? None of this would have happened if you didn't get the bright idea to steal in the first place shouts Alicia. The least you could have done was come back for me. Yes, I felt better that you returned, but I am going to change my life and find good friends. Friends that are not as bad as you.

Victoria pays a visit to Daniel in his office. She came to invite him to lunch, but his secretary told her he is meeting with clients. How about tomorrow asks Daniel. I can't replies Victoria. I promised Eva that I would go shopping with her for a dress to the awards ceremony. His secretary comes in the the invite for Eva and Victoria takes it to give to Eva. When Daniel leaves she rips it up.

The next day Eva brings Don Julio his breakfast and finds Victoria with him. Victoria tells Eva that her dad is pleased that Daniel has invited her to the awards ceremony. He has also agreed to give her the rest of the day off so they can go shopping.

Victoria, Claudia and Eva are coming out of a shop, but Eva emptyhanded. Turns out she did not find a dress. Victoria vows to keep looking until they find one. They drop her off at her house after Victoria buys her shoes and a necklace to go with her outfit. Victoria reminds Eva that professional make-up artists will be arriving the evening of the awards ceremony. Eva thanks them and leaves. Now they know where she lives. Victoria reminds Claudia not to forget about the plan. Claudia assures her that she won't let Eva go.

Laurita helps Daniel with his tie. Daniel is really nervous. Cute scene.

Victoria talks to Claudia who reassures her that she will take care of Eva.

Laurita asks Daniel if has seen the lady from the drawing again. Why do you ask replies Daniel. Laurita replies because I have never seen you smile like that before. I would like you to invite her over again. Well when I see her tonight, I will tell her promises Daniel. So your going out with her and not the witch...I mean Victoria asks Laurita.

Fernando sees Marisol at an outside cafe and flirts with her.

Daniel tells Laurita that he asked her not to call Victoria a witch again. I know, but I forgot replies Laurita. Well don't let it happen again says Daniel. Let me tell you that Victoria has been really good with Eva.

Victoria shows up at Daniel's on time. She asks if Daniel sent the chauffer for Eva and says they have to leave. They don't want Eva to get their before them and have to wait alone.

Eva is walking outside excited with Dona Justa and Alicia in a pretty white dress. Claudia in a fake red wig and big sunglasses walks by and "accidently" spills her iced coffee all over the front of Eva's dress.

Eva is open mouthed impactada at what justed happened and Claudia says she's so sorry and walks away. Dona Justa says perhaps we can clean it up.

Bruno and Marcela flirting FF-->

In the car Victoria asks Daniel for his cellphone to call Claudia. She left her cellphone at home and wants to know if Claudia is on her way. She calls and Claudia said everything went according to plan. Victoria hangs up and slides the cellphone in her purse. She tells Daniel that she can't wait to see Eva in her pretty gown.

Dona Justa is scrubbing away at the dress but it's a lost cause. Eva is visibly upset. She tells Dona Justa that this is the first time since her father's death that she has felt excited. Dona Justa wonders what will she do? Nothing replies Eva. Alicia comes in and wonders what to tell the chauffeur. Tell him to leave replies Eva.

Monday: Victoria and Claudia are happy with their little scheme; Eva shows up and Daniel kisses Eva?

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Once again I am completely out of time to do a recap, in fact I'm starting to think I won't be able to honor my weekly commitment to Friday nights. Sylvia and Sweeney did a fantastic job filling in last week, thank you! I would be much obliged if someone can put some comments to fill in what happened this week (I'm not even caught up on the story, I have been trying to read the recaps to keep up but I can't even find time for that). I think it isn't fair to keep everyone waiting every week only to have me bail out, so if there is anyone who wants to take over for me please let me know. If not, I will keep attempting to get a recap done. Thanks for your understanding.

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Hello Ganchodores. It's been too long since we've gotten together here in Club Gancho, so I thought I'd open the doors and see if anyone drops in to have a drink, chat, and share experiences. It was so good to hear from Kris the other day and though Emilia has been commenting regularly, it has been too long since we've heard from Mikey as well as many other old friends. I haven't heard from Hombre since the Gran Final of Dinero.Soooo... I hope you Ganchodores (and anyone else who wishes) will drop back by and catch us up on what you're up to.

Bonnie Belle and Jack are thriving and the Lovely Linda and I recently celebrated 40 yrs. of wedded bliss. Doesn't time fly? We just returned from Waco where we witnessed the disastrous Baylor defeat at the hands of a bunch of farmers from Texas A&M. The first half was great, but unfortunately, the game lasted for 60 minutes and the Bears entered hibernation for the last 30.

I've been trying to cut back on TN watching but I'm finding it very difficult to do. Though I resisted Eva Luna when Dinero ended, I did add India over on Telefutura at 9:00 pm (CST). It is beautifully crafted and I recommend you take a look if you receive Telefutura. It was produced in Brazil so the original language was Portuguese and it is dubbed in Spanish for the US audience. The actors doing the dubbing speak with extraordinary clarity, for those of us learning by listening it is truly wonderful. The Spanish CCs are virtually perfectly timed and accurate and there is an added plus of English CCs available with CC3. It's gorgeously filmed in both India and Brazil with overlapping plots in both venues with the occasional excursion to Dubai. The plots are familiar with all the typical TN cliches (though no coma or amnesia... yet). The characters are very attractive with lots of walkons by cattle in the Indian segments,


very colorful,



and of course a bit of steamy romance.


Some new vocabulary... anybody know what the heck thik hai, are baba, acha, or namaste mean? Those are said a lot in India and the young women in India seem to pray to Lord Ganesha in much the same way and for the same reasons that our Mexican ladies go to the Virgen de Guadalupe. (the Virgen is prettier but Ganesha is kinda cute).

In any event, if you have the opportunity, give it a look, though be forewarned, I was only going to take a peek, and now...

The featured drink this week has no Mexican or Spanish origins, is not particularly suited to winter climate, but was mentioned sometime back by either Sylvia or Jardinera and I remembered that when I was very young, I really enjoyed them. Not even a manly drink, but very refreshing. I'm talking about a Tom Collins:

add

juice of small lemon or 1/2 large lemon

1 1/2 oz Beefeater Gin

to

ice in tall narrow glass

top off with 7up

stir and garnish with cherry and lemon slice

A sissy drink to be sure, but memory evoking, tart and tasty, and kinda fun. So drink up and see if you remember this couple:



Carlos

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