Caray, Caray!

Friday: Fedra tries to fire Benigno, and turns on the waterworks when Emil won’t let her.

Alone now, Eman and Benigno wonder if somebody forced Maximo to change his will, namely Fedra. Eman has a plan to make sure that the money goes to Mari when she comes back.

Mauricio and Underworld Guy Dandy are plotting illegal business in some warehouse. Dandy has brought some guns just in case.

Maximo is still in LaLa Land, but Eman tries to talk to him, telling him to try real hard – they need him. Then he thanks Max for making him his sole heir. Max, wide-eyed, stares into the mid-distance and addresses (imaginary) Emil, saying he doesn’t trust that woman and if he marries her, she’ll make his life hell. He should marry Muñeca!

Max seems to suddenly notice Eman but doesn’t know who he is. Still, he tells Eman to be careful and to keep his eyes peeled.

It’s nighttime and the SWAT team, led by the comisario, is outside a building, forming up. Mano takes some flash photos which you would think would blow their cover of darkness, but heck, the light bar on the police car is going full blast, so what the hey.

Paula is trying to hand-feed soup to Maximo who is spouting militaristic bromides. When he finally takes a spoonful, he complains that it tastes weird, and if she makes stuff like that for the troops, they’re lost. Paula tearfully begs him to get his marbles back. He tells her not to cry, that she looks so lovely pregnant.

He goes on about the girl he knows they are expecting, and how he will stand up to everybody and marry her. Paula cries that they never married, Carlota has died, and so has the baby. He declares their daughter isn’t dead, and tells Paula to go fetch her. Our Gretel is alive!

Mauricio looks over some invoices and declares them in order, so now all they have to do is to wait for their buyers. What they don’t see, but we do, is someone all in black, the Lirio, sneak in and snatch their briefcase and run away. Mauricio and Dandy hear a sound and run to the briefcase, but find it’s gone. Their guns were in it! They look around, spooked.

The SWAT team are on them in a second. Mano is taking photos, but sees the Lirio running behind some shelves. He cries out and points and the team give chase, but they lose him.

At the pension, MariVicky is regaling the ladies, who are all aflutter, with the story of her encounter with the Lirio, and how she felt he wouldn’t hurt her. The ladies want to know if the Lirio had a sexy voice and MariVicky tells them it was deep and whispery and she was sure he was disguising it. She had some feeling he was connected to the Ruiz y de Teresa. They all wonder at that, MariVicky included.

Paula tells Benigno about Max saying that Gretel is their child. They both sadly agree that he’s gone completely bats and that they’ve lost him.

Mauricio tells the police they have no right to come barging in, that they have a legitimate business. The comisario says he’s sure all their stock is stolen, and if not, let’s see the papers. Mauricio counters by saying he wants to see the orders for this search. No problem, says the Comisario, it’s down at the station so let’s all go together and have a look-see.

Mauricio wants to know who that guy is snapping photos and Mano defiantly says he’s the press. We see the shadow of a hooded figure and all heads swivel around. The comisario notices that Oliver and Brandon are missing.

The ladies laugh and lust some more after the dashing bandit. MariVicky says that the lirios that the Lirio hands out are just like the one Marianela has and that’s why she thinks there’s some connection with the R y de T.

MariVicky tells them she’s been invited to the R y de T’s for dinner.

At his bachelor pad, Lorenzo is pouring liquor into the two models who are still dressed, but one is on his lap. After they’ve smooched his cheeks a little, it dawns on him to actually ask their names. One is Alondra and the other… Christian. Lo jumps up and away from them, and, fighting tears, says “Christian!”

Fedra is asking Emil about a client at the agency whose name is Christian and who is causing some kind of money trouble. Emil has no idea what she’s talking about and the next thing we know, they’re in a squabble over his having kept her from putting Netty out of her home. Then he tells her MariVicky is coming to dinner. Ilitia, coming down the stairs hears this and is shocked that they’d invite that Spanish lady who is flirting with Eman.

Mano comes around a corner in the warehouse and sees the Lirio, peering around another corner at him. Mano flashes some photos which the Lirio holds still for. Then the Lirio slides a lirio across the floor to Mano.

Next Mano finds Oliver all tied up. He releases him just as the comisario shows up demanding to know what’s going on. Oliver says he was following Brandon, who disappeared and just then the Lirio surprised him and tied him up. Mauricio and Dandy yuck it up at the police’s expense.

Emil tells Ilitia and Fedra that MariVicky is the best artistic director the agency has ever had, making us wonder how they’ve stayed in business all these years, and he tells them they better behave at dinner, or else.

The phone rings – it’s MariVicky on her cell in a taxi, saying to Fedra that she’s the voice of Fedra’s past come to haunt her – she’s Marianela. You killed Tia Carlota, murderer! About now, the taxi driver must be thinking it’s a more interesting night than usual. Or maybe he hears this kind of stuff all the time. Anyway, Fedra snarls back at her, which makes Emil and Ilitia pop up out of their comfy chairs and come closer to find out what’s happening. Mari goes on: You and your son couldn’t kill me, and I’ve come back to make you pay for all you’ve done to me and my family. Listen, you tub, says Fedra, you’re not going to do anything… Hello? Hello? You can’t threaten me, Gorda, she snarls at the phone. Ilitia guesses who it was.

What’s this? We see Fidel and Eman in a bar, toasting their successful business partnership. Eman wants to make sure their customers are satisfied and Fidel swears he’d chop his hands off before he let them be unhappy. (Let’s pause to think about that. If you chop, say, the right one off, what are you going to chop the left one off with? Just asking...) Eman wants to be sure they have enough stock, and that it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands like before. No problem, smiles Fidel. We can use the factory ovens and it’ll all be melted down by the end of the night.

Eman tells Fidel he’s the perfect guy for this job. Fidel says he can just work in his off hours, and he wants to be sure Muñeca and Lo never find out that he works for him. Eman clasps his hand, and tell him he’s his partner, his friend, not his employee.

Outside the warehouse, handcuffed Mauricio complains that it’s all illegal. He and the comisario snipe at one another while Mano shoots photos, then tells Mauricio he’s going to be the star of the Internet tomorrow. Brandon shows up and the comisario grumbles about his not having been around.

Fedra whines that Marianela is calling her and threatening her, trying to drive her crazy. Eman walks in just then and lights up that it’s maybe Mari, and Kristel comes in too and blathers, then Axel appears on the stairs to listen. Ilitia, who is none to pleased, asks Fedra’s if she’s sure that was Mari. Fedra’s sure, and she said she wants to destroy Fedra, boo hoo.

Just then MariVicky walzes in and asks if she can go down to see the general for a second first, because she has a message for him from Marianela. From whom? says Fedra, fluttering her eyelids.

While they load Mauricio and Dandy into the police jeep, the comisario again demands that Brandon tell him where he was. Brandon manages to waffle, and Mano says he got photos and look! He hands over the lirio he got. Unique guy, this Lirio, says the comisario. Brandon says he saw him running off and Oliver wonders why he didn’t call for backup.

MariVicky’s down with the general who looks at her wild-eyed and says she’s the angel of his dreams, come to save them from the plague. MariVicky is creeped out and turns to ask Benigno how long he’s been this way – he was fine the last time she saw him. She drops her purse and Benigno picks it up, fortunately too much of a gentleman to look up her micro micro mini of a skirt. Benigno explains that he just suddenly got that way – lost his mind and his money too. MariVicky asks about that and Benigno explains the will, and how it leaves everything to Eman.

Paula comes in and thanks MariVicky for helping Gretel and wants to see her. MariVicky says Paula, I just can’t right now, but I’ll send her a kiss. Paula wonders how MariVicky knew her name and MV says Gretel told her. Whew! Close one! Paula tells her to tell Gretel that she loves her like she was her own – in fact, Max in his craziness even thinks she is.

MariVicky tells Paula that Mari wanted her to look for something in her room, but she doesn’t want the others to see her going upstairs. Paula says she can use the service elevator.

Ilitia and Fedra are vocal about wondering why MariVicky had to be invited. Emil says it’s because she’s Marianela’s friend and because as head of the household, he says so. Eman asks Ilitia why she’s so jealous. Axel comments that MariVicky is good-looking, but Kristel assures him it’s all makeup.

The doorbell rings and this time it’s the police, namely the comisario and Brandon, wanting to talk to Kristel since her boyfriend just got picked up for trafficking in illegal goods. Kristel’s lower lip trembles.

MariVicky sits on the bed in her old bedroom? Eman’s room? and rants about what they did to Maximo. She picks up a photo of La Gorda and says she’s not her anymore, she’s here to wreak justice on Fedra and Eman. Eman shows up at the door and asks her what’s she’s doing there.

Nereida is dragging Delicia by the arm, Delicia protesting that she doesn’t feel good. Nereida tells her she’s a servant and doesn’t have the luxury of being sick, it’s an important dinner and to get to work. Delicia starts polishing the flatware when in comes Bernardo who comes into the kitchen and grabs her from behind and starts slobbering on her.

Brandon tries to politely say why they want to question Kristel, but Emil protests that they’re talking about Mauricio as if he was already found guilty. Kristel babbles foolishly, and Ilitia pulls her aside and tells her to cooperate with Brandon – he can help. Kristel wonders why she’s on his side when she hated him so much before.

Kristel goes back into the living room and tells the police they have no right to ruin her baby’s reputation. Brandon tells her she can help clear him then.

MariVicky says she just walking by and saw Mari’s photo. Eman snatches it from her and tells her not to touch Mari’s holy stuff, that she has no idea how sacred Mari is to him, and how he never did anything but love her. MariVicky says that’s not what she heard, that he was after her money. Eman protests that she knew what the plan was, that he was just trying to find out who was trying to hurt her.

MariVicky says she hopes his wife finds out what kind of creep he is. He grabs her by the shoulders and asks her what her problem is, what is it she wants, anyway? They are within kissing distance, but glaring at one another.

Bernardo is still struggling with Delicia. She grabs a chef’s knife, but he pushes her hand away and struggles with her some more, saying she’s always tantalizing him. Some more struggle and suddenly he looks stunned, then she does too. Excellent.

Suelteme! MariVicky says, shoving Eman away. More protests of his great love for Mari, then MariVicky asking him why he married Ilitia. He’s amazed she’s asking – he explained at the orphanage. MariVicky accuses him of deceiving Ilitia, and he furiously tells her he was honest with Ilitia who knows very well that he can’t ever love her like he did Mari. MariVicky spits at him that he’s using Ilitia like he did Mari.

Eman insists she respect others’ feelings. MariVicky counters that he didn’t respect Mari’s, that she had to flee because of him. Eman says one day he’s going to see Mari face to face and he’ll be able to tell her everything he feels. If she listens, says MariVicky, who is now inches from his lips. She will, he says, when I’m impassioned, I always succeed. (Well, not really. He flopped pretty spectacularly before.)

Suddenly he kisses her forcefully and she struggles a bit, then they both get into some big sloppy open-mouthed kissing, which reminds us that kissing is more fun to do than to watch sometimes.

Bernardo is clutching his bleeding side and there’s Delicia with the knife in her bloody hand, blood all over her apron. We know this is not going to look good. Delicia says she didn’t mean to, but he attacked her. She calls for help and Nereida comes running. Bernardo points at Delicia saying that he just came to the kitchen for a few things and she jumped him with a knife.

More kissing, and Eman notices that MariVicky is trembling. She shoves him away. He says she’s been wanting him since they met, he’s seen it in her eyes. and he’s going to show her that he can make a woman happy, even a cold one like her, hardly the sort of thing we want to hear from the lead galan. It almost sounds like a page of Mauricio script got mixed in the Emanuel pages for the day. Anyway, there’s more kissing.

Kristel, chin jutting defiantly and tears running down her cheeks, tells Brandon and the comisario in a shaky voice that they are picking on her baby. They are very gentle with her, saying nobody’s been convicted of anything yet. The comisario offers to leave the room so she doesn’t feel ganged up on.

Kristel tells Brandon he’s just jealous because her baby is a businessman and he’s just a poor naco. He tells her not to be insulting. One day they’ll go have some nice barbeque but today, he says, suddenly stern and angry, she needs to tell him about Mauricio’s illegal doings. She asserts everything he does is legal, then she gets confused and hysterical, and he pursues her around the table, telling her she better drop Mauricio because he’s involved in all kinds of illegal stuff. She squeals and runs from the room.

Kristel runs into her mother’s arms where she gains a little courage. Emil asks Brandon if he found out what he wanted, and Brandon tells him it looks like she’s covering up if she knows. They all square off a little, but then there are cries from the kitchen, and everyone runs to see.

Like it, huh? says newly creepy Eman. MariVicky says he’s the last man on the planet she’d end up in the sack with. You say no, he says, but your body, your eyes, your skin all say yes. Actually, her body is saying suelteme as she tries to shove him away, but he says he feels how she is trembling for him. It’s stronger than he is, he says, he just can’t help himself.

Great. It seems like all the guys in the show turn all rapey on us. Is noble Fidel next? Oliver? Emil? No, no, please not sweet little Benigno! I think lawyer Pacheco would only attack a pastry, thank goodness. Anyway, they kiss when suddenly we hear Ilitia calling him. They jump away from each other.

Delicia tells Fedra and Emil that Bernardo came in and was molesting her. Nereida, holding Bernardo, says she came in and saw Delicia attacking him. Delicia swears it’s not true. Brandon kindly tells her he has to take her down to the station. Axel asks her why she did it and she glares at him and says she wasn’t ever again going to let a man make her do something she didn’t want to do. Upside: all this discussion gives more time for Bernardo to leak blood because of course nobody has called the paramedics.

Back at the station, Mano is furious that the Lirio tied Oliver up. And why didn’t Oliver defend himself? Oliver says he was awfully deft and quick. Mano reminds him that the comisario said that the Lirio might be a policeman. Oliver disappeared just when the Lirio appeared. Could he be the Lirio?

Ilitia hollers that Eman better open the door, or she’ll kick it down. (Did Eman lock when he came in?) MariVicky smiles and tells Eman to let his wife see what kind of guy he is. He goes to open the door and Ilitia and MariVicky give each other the High Noon stare. The sound and picture get all goofy, so I can’t understand exactly what Ilitia’s saying, but suffice it to say she’s plenty pissed off.

MariVicky says ask your husband what he was doing. Okay, says Eman. I was kissing Vicky (and rats, I couldn’t catch the rest of the line!).

Avances: Ilitia denounces Eman in front of his family and then later, out on the lawn, tells him it’s time for a divorce.

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At the rendezvous cafe, Adolfo receives the cash briefcase and waits impatiently for Susana, sprawled in the street with the blackmail booty, unbeknownst to him who doesn't care enough to learn what the sirens and noise are about.

Leonardo visits a retirement home and hears from a former Ávila theater troupe member the name of Inés Hernandez, a wardrobe mistress who might know about the death of Márta. Meanwhile from his apartment, Roberto phones Mario's house and is startled with news Susana left their employ.

At a television studio warehouse, Leonardo finds Inés wedged among vast row upon row of floor-to-ceiling costume racks, where she confides she never thought Santiago killed Márta. He wouldn't hurt a flea, she claims; but reluctant to hurt the daughters, demurs until Leonardo prompts that Márta was pregnant at her marriage.

Then the wardrobe mistress admits Márta ran around; and the troupe owner supposedly fathered one child, whereupon Leonardo deduces in surprise the child must be Carlos! Inés continues, implicating a rich man in Márta's succeeding pregnancy, who abandoned her -- leading Santiago to step in and marry Márta.

She plans to meet Leonardo for coffee after delivering costumes to the set. Wasting around at the rendezvous cafe, Adolfo phones here and there fruitlessly to locate Susana, as the ambulance arrives behind him to take her away. Back at the studio cafetaria, Inés relates a tale of a dust up over a costume belonging to Márta.

Márta became miffed one day to have to retrieve her costume from Yolanda Rey's dressing room; and then later both Yolanda and Adolfo showed up at wardrobe, incensed the dress was missing. Leonardo is fascinated to learn the dress was covered with stones, used in the South American tour and disappeared after Márta's murder.

At Mauricio's studio, he explains to Elsa his quick one-day trip to the beach to sign the contracts, before they all go at the weekend. When she hedges to back out, Mauricio insists he's going to need her; Caramelo will have fun, and everything will be fine if she meant what she said about Juan José, reassuring Elsa.

Later at Leonardo's apartment, Julieta learns he's a widower and that Paula is ten; and when she avers she'd enjoy taking care of his daughter, Leonardo hesitates until Julieta assures him she likes Paula -- and cares very much about he himself. Comprehension dawning, Leonardo smiles and returns the sentiment, thanking her.

They laugh at his insistence that Julieta's going to get good and tired of Paula over the next month; but when she asks what if he's wrong about that, he gives her a thoughtful look and declares easily that then he'll marry her, making Julieta giggle happily.

That evening at Juan José's, he sits morosely in the dark, smoking and listening to the neighborhood dogs howl. Enter Asunción, snapping on the lights and discovering Juan José's bleak problem: Dora returned but refuses to testify. Asunción encourages him to seek Leonardo's help to open Dora up.

Presently Elsa phones about taking Caramelo to the beach; but Juan José's preoccupied and will talk to her later, hanging up to rush out to see the policeman. Across town at Adolfo's, Bertha descends attired in a fetching little black dress, and he admires how she fills it out.

Bertha reports a Susana phoned earlier; and he easily denies it was the Genovés maid, claiming the caller's just a business partner. Pouring them identical whiskies while Adolfo appreciates the view, Bertha reminds him that he has only to ask whatever he wants of her.

He agrees, but only in case of the utmost importance -- and only if she wants to, with no strings attached. He adores having her there at his house and giving her whatever she needs; she knows that, he contends. Looking into her eyes, Adolfo makes Bertha smile, declaring he likes her so very much!

At his apartment Leonardo is just startling Ramón with the news that Márta is also the mother of Carlos Ávila when the bell rings and it's Juan José, who in turn startles Leonardo to report that Dora is at the hospital. He explains his problem of her reticence, and Leonardo immediately agrees to convince her it's better to talk.

Back at Adolfo's, phoning Roberto for news of Susana, Adolfo surprises him with the end run they made, cutting him out -- except Susana never showed. Adolfo orders him to round her up and get back with her location. Adolfo hangs up, gulping pills before bed.

Alejandra waits for Juan José at home while keeping company with Caramelo congenially this time. They sweetly compliment each other, Alejandra shyly admits to being Juan José's girlfriend, and then she helps Caramelo with her homework.

In the ICU waiting room, Leonardo finds Dora but has no more luck with Dora than Juan José; she's firm that no one else will be hurt, and furthermore if the letter turns up, she'll deny it. Not even the threat of calligraphic proof will persuade her to say anything that might possibly hurt David more or the family.

Leonardo must yield to Dora's tearful terror and is just comforting her when Gabriela appears announcing she thinks David's breathing is improved, and Dora rushes off to see him. Alone together, Gabriela also has no luck making Leonardo talk on what information he's gathered about the woman, Márta.

Apologizing, he prepares to leave, but not before remarking how great Julieta's been with Paula and he wonders how to repay her. At Juan José's, Asunción regales Alejandra and Caramelo with tales of his one hapless beach foray when Juan José returns, and Caramelo bribes him with $15 pesos to let her uncle travel to the beach.

Alejandra and Juan José think uncle and tyke have retired, so they nuzzle and snog, enticed by the itsy bitsy bikinis in Alejandra's shopping bag. Watching them gallop off up the stairs, though, Caramelo was eavesdropping; and when asked why her aunt Elsa never did so, Asunción can only shrug it was just stupidity.

Upstairs, Alejandra thrills Juan José with the festive scraps of fabric and is just going to try them on when the phone rings, and it's Garnica in the extortionist guise. Juan José seems resigned at first to learn from the uncultured voice that it turns out he now needs double the amount -- or no letter.

Garnica just laughs on his end at Juan José's growing fury, demanding the names of the perpetrators; but Garnica only makes the same deal and arrangements as last time and hangs up. Alejandra's incensed Juan Jose's thinking of paying the money and begs him not to be bled until dry. Juan José agrees that would happen.

But he won't go to the police; so when Alejandra learns Juan José thinks he saw a black SUV during the first drop, a light bulb goes on, and she offers -- why don't they record it! She owns a video camera with a five-hour capacity. He makes her laugh fantasizing it would be fabulous to video her in the bikinis.

In the ICU, Dora watches over her son, when suddenly there's a slight movement in his right hand -- and then his head. David's eyes are struggling to open, as she gasps his name and runs for the nurse's station to shout the miraculous news. Dozed off in the waiting room, Gabriela awakens and rushes to the ICU.

She clasps his hand, his eyes open, and he can see her face. Dora is ecstatic! Back on the street outside Mario's, Adolfo drives up and takes Édgar aside, flashing cash and directing him to a street corner meeting in 20 minutes. Furtive Édgar appears at the appointed time and place for an offer he apparently can't refuse.

The closer he gets to that thick pad of cash, the more loyal to Adolfo he becomes, until he's thoroughly co-opted to work for him, stashing the cash in his suit pocket. He's to remain on the job and spy on everyone, especially Mario. At your service! And he'll be well paid, Adolfo assures him, the cash eliciting a smile.

When Elsa picks Caramelo up at Juan José's for shopping, she's suspicious of Asunción begging off the beach trip to take care of unspecified "things" for Juan José. At the ICU, "Mario" has to make excuses to Gabriela for Santiago's failure to appear, despite David's recovery, and then he exits to visit his "son."

In the waiting room, Julieta introduces the idea to Gabriela that there could possibly be something between her and Leonardo, and Gabriela's tickled to hear it. While in David's room, Santiago feels it's time to introduce David's mother to him. He surprises David first with the news that she's alive; and a good woman.

It's better she talks to you herself, Santiago says, turning toward the door. And oh yes, she's Dora!

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Capitulo 143.
Read Julie’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Every time Fernando tries to talk about the need for the balance, Lety evades him. Omar tells him their life depends on it. Fern should give her anything she wants and more.

2. Lety takes the cuartel to lunch. Omar tries to distract Fernando who is very disturbed by the car. The man from Klaus wonders why Lety isn’t in the lunch meeting. She should be, since it’s about renegotiating terms. Omar says she feels out of place in this kind of setting.

3. Lety and the cuartel arrive at Le Noir. Fernando takes it as an attack. Marta says, “Don’t worry, Lety’s rich novio is paying for it.” Fernando asks what her game is and she acts innocent, but she enjoys the power. She greets the client but she forcefully ignores Omar. He suggests that Lety is changing her lifestyle.

4. Lety and friends run up the bill to torment Fernando, while Lety and Fern trade glances.

5. Ariel asks Marcia about the source of Tom’s money. He’s worried about dirty business because Lety virtually manages their company. He tells her he intends to unload his Conceptos shares. He needs the capital for his latest venture.

6. Lety imagines Fern’s card is rejected for overcharges, so she pays his bill. Clearly a power fantasy.

7. Fernando tells Omar this is not the sweet Lety he knows; she’s changed. It must be Tom’s fault. Fern thinks of Juana’s prediction, and that’s further evidence that Tom has changed Lety. Marta says that based on the predictions, the novio changed Lety’s life, but has she changed his? Lety says that if she hasn’t yet, she suspects she will.

8. Fernando and Omar wonder whether Lety found the letter. Omar laughs at the possibility. He says, “If she did, we’d be without the company and toasting her as president.” Fernando says she’d be furious and she’d ream him out. Ergo she didn’t find the letter. The answer must be Tomás.

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Capitulo 144.
Read Amanda’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Fernando and Omar look for a solution. Omar says his kisses weren’t enough. Fernando should give her a raise and a monthly allowance (like a kept woman?).

2. Fernando says he hasn’t touched Marcia nor anyone else since the first time he made love with Lety. Omar suggests this could be a problem in their marriage, and he asks the cause. Fern doesn’t know, maybe guilt.

3. Marcia is boggled and offended that Lety took the witches to Le Noir.

4. Fernando yells at Lety, “Are you finished playing games with me yet, or are you going to continue?” He slips today’s card under her door. It says, “I don’t know what I did to deserve your indifference, but I can’t sleep, worrying about it.” He tries to sort out his feelings.

5. Omar makes Sara swear that nobody found the red bag. Sara is sure she’s heading straight to Hell. Omar tells Fern that Lety didn’t see the letter, so the problem is Tom. Fern needs to win her back at all costs. The board meeting is almost upon them and they need that balance. Fern tells himself that he needs to win her back, not for the balance, but for himself.

6. Fernando tells Lety, “We need to talk. Maybe you want to remain silent, but I need to know what’s happening between us.” He orders her to let him take her home tonight, despite her refusal.

7. Alicia tells Marcia that she’s going out with Tomás tonight.

8. Lola tells the witches that her lawyer might be able to garnish half of Efren’s salary for nonpayment of child support.

9. Ricky wants a small change to the jewelry commercial and Luigi refuses because his work is perfect. Fernando overrules because Ricky’s the one paying for it.

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Hello folks! Starting a week from today is our new William Levy telenovela, Triunfo del Amor. I've had several people say they're willing to be alternates but no commitments for Tuesday or Thursday.

If we have any veteran recappers who'd like to sign on, please let me know. If you are new, please send info about yourself and/or a writing sample (ie try your hand at recapping half an hour or so of one of our current shows) to me at caray@mappamundi.com

Hope we can fill the team!

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Hi all and Merry Christmas. I'm back from three fabulous weeks birdwatching in Argentina. I had fun trying to speak Spanish the Argentinian way with the 'zsh' sound replacing the 'll' or 'y'. Usually, I remembered right after I said it the regular way. I didn't even attempt the voseo.

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Dear Friends, I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend. I hope you cherish your families, eat some great food, read an interesting book, watch a sappy movie, and know that even if you spend time with yourself you are in very, very good company.

Capítulo 94 (I think)


Last night's lovin' was a bit rough around the edges. Tonight is more about setting things up for a more hopeful future. For some. Will Axel realize he's a schmuck? Will Oliver accept Manolo/Gretelman as a special friend? Will MariVicki do us a favor and watch What Not to Wear? Let's join our cast of crazies and see who's doing what to whom...


Paula is making a delicious vegetable soup low in fat and salt for our Don Max. Bernardo comes in, tells her Fedra wants her, and seasons the soup with his own particular brand of seasoning. Like I said yesterday, it ain’t Beano folks. Sheesh, why don’t they just put the poison right there next to the salt and pepper?

Axel attacks Delicia as we already know from yesterday. Break his skinny arms Delicia!

MariVicki tells Doris her family sucks, what’s one to do? She even feels a little sorry for dumb Kristel being in love with her nefarious good-for-nothing boyfriend. Doris has no sympathy and says they totally deserve each other, “total son tal para cual”. MV adds the same holds true for Eman marrying Ilitia, they are both revolting.

Benigno arrives and after some gallant hand-kissing tells MV his general would like to talk to her. How convenient, Emiliano arrives to invite her to dine with his family that very night. She consents and I’m thinking it’s probably a good thing she doesn’t eat much food any more.

Over at the polis station GretelMan tries to maintain her charade but keeps staring wistfully, nay lustily, at our black and blue-eyed polis. El comisario comes in and asks if he’s made any headway. I guess they are investigating Maurico because Oli and GMan say he supposedly has a canned foods business but there are no legal documents associated with such a business. It doesn’t exist. El Comi gets all excited and plans to bust Fonskanka that very night. Gman wants to join in on the bust.

Blech, back to Axel’s antics. As predicted, Delicia easily throws the wimp off of her and grabs the guitar as her weapon. Axel keeps harping on Bernardo and she says what we’ve all been saying, Axel was much nicer before he got his memory back, he was noble and good. Now he’s worse than a monster and she will never forgive him, never! She tosses the guitar at him instead of cracking it over his head.

Gman and Oli are having a little spat in front of El Comis. Oli doesn’t want Gman at the bust because last time the little chicken was a scaredy cat. Gman says it’s only because Oli acted suicidal by putting himself in front of a gun and hasn’t Oli heard, the pen is mightier than the sword? More bickering and El Comi tells Oli to shut it, Gman will be there because he’s earned it. Gman smirks at Oli over his/her big round glasses.

Benigno finds don Max practicing his rifle maneuvers. Beni seems a little unnerved that El General is taking his practice so seriously. He’s further concerned that his General doesn’t recognize him and accuses him of being a spy. “Speak or you’re a dead man!” Max accuses, pointing his rifle at Beni. I guess he ate the special vegetable soup.

Fedra and Lowrenzo are at a club getting his and her massages. He says ever since Victoria showed up it’s been pure problems at work. Then he says something about Christian. “Christian? Who is Christian?” the queen jealously asks.

MariVicki visits the orphanage. Muñeca takes her on a tour and wants to show off her favorite kids, Manzanita and the obstinate Christian who hates taking direction. Muñeca manages to get his attention momentarily with some liquid food product which he chugs with a recalcitrant scowl. Daddy would be proud.

As Eman arrives at the orphanage he tells Fidel that he will see him later that night. I think this is a telenovela clue so I’ll take note. Manzanita runs up and gives him a hug and Muñeca tells MV that Eman visits all the time and is one of their strongest supporters. She tells the Manzanita story and how he saved her from an orphaned life on the streets. MV smiles and watches the kiddies dote on Eman while Muñeca sings his praises. Is our little marshmallow going all gooey?

Lowrenzo lies to Fedra and tells her that Christian is one of his most important clients, that’s all. Fedra jealously tells him that when they are together she wants him to forget the entire world.

Eman’s secretary reluctantly meets Ilitia for lunch. She tells Ilitia to prepare herself, her husband is going after that new girl Victoria.

MariVicki tells Eman she wouldn’t have guessed she would see him at the orphanage. He tells her there is a lot about him she wouldn’t have guessed. When the love of his life Marianela left him he spent a lot of time at this place. Manzanita helped save him. He tells how he called and wrote Mari but she never answered him. She says he could have hopped a plane. He gets a pained look and in accordance with TN rules refuses to defend himself with those three little words, “I was paralyzed”.

Muñeca interrupts them to show MV some cute pics of Eman and Manzanita. Oh look he’s in a wheelchair. Muñeca tells MV that he was in a horrible accident and nobody thought he would ever recover. With his hard work and determination he beat the odds and won an international competition.

Paula and Benigno wrestle Don Max back into bed while he blathers about winning the war for peace. I think Beni gives him a happy shot and Don M falls off to sleep muttering that the enemy is near. Beni is worried that the viper Fedra will send him to the nuthouse.

Back at the club Fedra is giving Lowrenzo a hard time about seeming preoccupied and worried. Is he hiding something? Is it this Christian guy? Is Christian a woman? Low insists not but it’s too late, Fedra’s already got Christian’s name branded into her brain. Low is so preoccupied that when he orders his “usual” he doesn’t even notice the two hotties ogling him from the next table.

MariVicki wants to know exactly when Eman had his accident. He doesn’t know why she cares but it was the same day Mari left on a jet plane. He lost the woman he loved most in his life. When he woke from his accident the only thing he wanted to do was get up from his bed, run to her and put his arms around her. Mari turns away and shares her tears with us.

Over at the Polis Station the S.W.A.T. team is getting ready for the big bust. Are Brandon and Oli still mad at each other? They don their bullet-proof vests and glare at each other while Gretelman enters and tells them to make up.

Oli starts to help GMan put on a bullet-proof vest and after a bit of inept fumbling (how hard is it to put on a vest?) he realizes he’s being a little too touchy and recoils. “Put it on yourself!”

MV mutters that this changes nothing and doesn’t undo the damage Eman did to Marianela and anyway, he ended up marrying someone else. He doesn’t know what she’s talking about. He loved Mari with all of his soul. But when he had his accident who was with him day and night? Ilitia. Who never left his side? Ilitia. And MV’s great friend Mari, where was she when he needed her? That’s why he married Ilitia. Because the woman he loved abandoned him without an explanation. I pause here to raise a glass to Valentino Lanus for a scene well done. Kudos for great emotion and for not being an ugly crier.

Mari escapes outside, leans against the wall, sucks up her inhaler and insists this doesn’t change anything! He wanted to kill her for her inheritance. GAH!!!! Malicio Fonskanka appears behind her, “Here I am my precious, I’ve arrived.”

Paula tells Beni she’s never seen Don Max so bad. Nereida needles them as Fedra and Spidey join them. Nereida snaps her fingers and tells Paula and Beni to get back to work. Fedra mocks her, snapping her fingers like a flamenco dancer, and telling them ALL to leave the kitchen. (I love it when people mock Nereida which they do all the time.) Fedra congratulates Spidey that the old decrepit is finally losing his marbles once and for all. She pours a glass of water for Spidey and tells him to stay hydrated. He wisely ignores it and grabs an apple instead.

Malicio asks her why the tears? He had an unhappy childhood too, just like the poor orphans. She tells him to butt out and he’ll never have the good fortune to be with her. If he doesn’t leave her alone she’ll tell the whole world he tried to rape her. Eman sees them and starts yelling at Agent O for bothering her while MV escapes in the nearest taxi.

Someone ominously observes from a parked vehicle while Agent O joins Muñeca and enters the orphanage for some special event. Notably, Eman has a prior engagement and cannot join them.

Back at the club Lowman drinks alone and recalls dandling baby Christian at the park. He is interrupted by a club employee who introduces the two hotties to Lowman. It is their dream to become models. He reverts to form, forgets his memories, and starts drooling as he checks out their figures.

Muñeca wants to introduce Agent O to all the cute kiddies. He pretends to care. Oh this next part is the bomb. Muñeca summons Christian. Agent O picks up the fractious child who promptly sticks something up Agent O’s nose and them whacks him upside the head with both grimy little fists. Christian you are my new hero. Muñeca tells Agent O that Chris was abandoned in the street and she shows him the child’s medallion. Agent O tells the squirming bundle that they are going to be good friends, then he points his finger, gun-style, at the child’s head.

Eman has arrived home to Hell House. Fedra tells Emiliano that Don Max has finally lost his marbles and Benigno’s to blame. Poor Beni says he’s sure the crisis will pass then he skedaddles out of sight. Bernardo appears with Tio’s will, all is in order according to law. “According to law!” Fedra repeats, nodding righteously at Emiliano. Eman knows what it says, Tio leaves everything to Marianela. Nope sez Emiliano, he leaves it all to you Eman. Bernardo and Fedra gleefuly nod like a couple of bobble-head dolls.

Back at the orphanage little Christian enthusiastically pokes his finger in Orangey’s eye while Orangey pretends to teach him to shoot and explains that he must be the lost brat of Lowrenzo and here is under the nose of Low’s wife all this time. Who will pay more, Garduno or Lowrenzo? He tries to remove the medallion but Chris has a death grip on it so Orangey finally just rips it off the kid’s neck.

Muñeca shows up and Orangey gives her a line of complete bull, he’s so moved spending time with these wonderful kids. Chris is acting up somewhere down around Orangey’s legs; come on Chris, hit him in the nuts, he can’t do anything with Muñeca there. Muñeca tells Orangey she’ll see him tomorrow at some publicity event and calls Christian to follow her to eat with the other kids. Of course Chris is long gone from this scene so Muñeca exits stage right all by her lonesome.

Eman tells Emiliano something must be wrong. Tio Max told him himself that his wish was to leave everything to Marianela. “I’m so sorrrrry” Fedra snips in English, but this was Max’s ONLY legal will. Max is totally insane and so is Gretel, it runs in the family. She reads aloud, “In case of death or incapacity my nephew Eman gets everything”. Beni strides up and tells her not to sing Victoria yet, this was not the last will of Don Max!

We’re back from the commercial break but the closed captioners are still on theirs. I’ve noticed that every day this week there is a 5-15 minute period where no CCs appear. My theory is that the Llena captioner takes a break or sneaks out for a smoke. I’ll do my best here.

The S.W.A.T. team is kitting up. Brandon instructs them to stay cool, they need to surprise Fonskanka. El Comis tells them to keep it clean and he instructs Oliver to protect Manolo. The other guys tease Oli about protecting his little chick then something about watching out for the rear guard which is obviously a bad joke regarding Gman’s sexuality.

Oli pulls Gman aside and tells him not to feel bad, the guys were just joking around. Gman gives Oli a quick hug for defending him and Oli pulls back and tells him not to confuse things. He’ll respect Gman’s preferences as long as Gman respects his, OK? Gman keeps creeping closer to Oli and Oli keeps pushing him away although not quite as vehemently as before.

The CCs are back! Over at Netty’s it looks like Pacheco plans to stay for dinner. Luckily since the boys are at work there might be enough food for the bottomless pit. He reads a magazine and comments that El Lirio de Plata is now a journalist, what’s up with that? Letty defends El Lirio and Gladi says Brandon would surely be annoyed at that. Pacheco agrees, Lirio is a thief. Nety says he’s not a thief; he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Consuelo says he must be extremely ugly, that’s why he covers his face. MariVicky enters and says she’s never met anyone as valiant and strong as El Lirio. The ladies swoon.

Back at Manicomio Manor Fedra has a hissy fit and tells Beni she is the boss lady of the house and how dare he speak to her in this manner? He says excuse me but you aren’t my boss, I only report to Max and the lady of the house Marianela. Fedra explodes but Emiliano holds her back. Bernardo yells at Beni so Emiliano kicks him out of the room. To retaliate Fedra fires Beni but Emiliano says no. “It’s not fair you get to tell my slave to leave but I can’t tell yours to leave.” She leaves sobbing and shrieking and Emiliano stupidly follows her.

Eman tells Beni that they both know very well that Max wanted to leave everything to Mari so how could this will appear from nowhere? Could Max have decided to change his will when Mari left for Spain? Beni asks does Eman really think that?

Mañana: Ilitia is pissed off that MariVicky is coming for dinner. Eman kisses MariVicky.


Andar detrás = to go after

No cantar victoria = Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched, it ain’t over ‘til it’s over (Lit. Don’t sing victory)

Nunca has escuchado que la pluma es mas fuerta que la espada? = Haven’t you heard the pen is mightier than the sword?

Es de los apoyos más fuertes = he is one of the biggest supporters

Patán nefasto= terrible good-for-nothing

Reguardar = Rear guard (I think this was a play on words with the verb resguardar which means to protect. I’m not sure.)

Tan conmovido = so moved

Ultimo voluntad = last will

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

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Don Julio’s revelation tonight was about the only exciting thing that happened. The rest was more of the same and when it wasn’t it was just more about nothing. Actually there was an interesting compassionate hug given by Marcella but the recipient wasn’t Victoria. But since we will be without Eva until Monday I will try and do my best to unravel the mess we saw tonight. And Yes there will be pictures. I made a back-up disk just in case. So lets get started

The more of the same starts with Eva and Daniel. Eva tells Daniel that they are finished and tells him to return to Victoria. She needs him. He tells her she is wrong. She can’t ask him to go back to Victoria. She tells him she can and to go back before something worse happens and to forget about her. He tells her he is leaving but he doesn’t accept her decision. He leaves as Eva sets at her desk hands to face leaving us all wanting to throw something at her.



I am going to condense all the seedy stripper joint goings on all together. Marisol is taking her merry time in the dressing room while all the clients are in a tizzy as to where she is. Her friend wants to know what’s going on. She tells her she is not going to leave until she talks to Damian. He bust in and want’s to know what in the devil she is doing and why hasn’t she gone on stage. She gets up in his face and tells him “because I don’t want too.”



She continues “And I am not leaving until you and I clear things up.” Damian wants to know what she is talking about. He tells everyone to leave and Marisol insists they all stay and hear what she has to say. She tells him she knows him very well and knows that he set her up the other night . He stands there with a malice smile as Marisol thumping him on the chest as she leaves, tells him his plan failed. It just brought her and Fran closer together. Damian tells her he is happy for her but her good fortune could change. She defiantly tells him her good fortune will bring her fine jewelry and nice clothes. He tells her she still owes him money and until she pays she has clients waiting for her. He turns to her friend and says, “Your stupid friend will need to learn that he who laughs last laughs the best“ and leaves the dressing room.


Marisol is finally out front and center and sees the penthouse owner from the other night. (I don’t know if is name is Horace or not but it seems to fit and that’s what I will call him.) Horace tries to stop her in mid pole swing telling her they have something pending to talk about.



The disruption of the show doesn’t sit well with the other clients and a fist fight breaks out. Horace has gotten a couple of swings in before Damian steps forward and tells the bouncers to throw him out. Horace protests telling Damian “We are friends, or did you forget you gave my keys to that women” turning to Marisol. Damian tells him if he would have answered his telephone he would have been aware of the plan he had set up for Marisol but because he didn’t he messed everything up. He tells him he hopes he finds his phone the next time he needs him and has him kicked out. Then he Tells Marisol to get to her dressing room. He turns to the crowd and tells them to party on.

Renata has summoned Daniel to the big house. She is apologizing as she tells him Victoria is inconsolable. Daniel enters the room to find Victoria “distraught” crying “You finally got here.” Daniel with hands on his hips asks her what she wants and what’s wrong. Like a spider spinning her web she pleads for him to come closer.



Hysterically and speaking a thousand words a minute Victoria is spewing craziness as Daniel sits down on her bed. She tells him he is the only one that can take her out of this horror. Daniel very softly tells her things can’t continue the way they are. Victoria still rants on. Daniel tells her the most important thing now is that she go see a specialist. Victoria protests and tells him she is not crazy. The only thing she needs to be well is to have him present. He tells her he cares for her deeply but he can’t offer her anything else.

She pulls out a piece of paper from her night stand and hands it to him. It is the wedding invitation. She tells him she just received them and that’s why she is all nuts. Daniel still not caught in the web of guilt tells her she has to do her part to recuperate from this. He tells her the most important thing is her health. Through tears she tells him the only important thing to her is him and their wedding. “Because all my happiness in life is you” as you goes in for a very clingy hug.



Alicia is trying to comfort Eva. She wants to know what Daniel was doing there. Eva tells her she told Daniel to forget about her. Alicia who seems to be a lot smarter than big sister right now, asks her how she could do something like that. Eva tells her it isn’t as easy a thing as she thinks. She tells Alicia she feels if she doesn’t break up with Daniel for good that Victoria could die.

Bless Alicia’s pea sized brain as she continues to tell Eva she is making a mistake in giving up the “man of her life” to avoid someone else’s suffering. She goes on to say Victoria doesn’t deserve Daniel. And what about her sacrifice. Eva tells her it is already a done deal. She has ended her relationship with Daniel for good.

Daniel has returned home and Fran catches him and warns him that Leo is waiting for him in the living room. Leo is poised on the sofa saying “At last you finally returned. Where have you been?” Daniel tells him he was at his house visiting Victoria and asks him what he wants. He tells Daniel now he has no excuses and they need to clarify things.

Dan goes to pour himself a drink as he tells Leo he is tired. He tells him to say what he needs to say. He tells Daniel that if Victoria tried to commit suicide it was his fault and he has a right to be upset. Daniel tells Leo he understands but it was her decision. Leo tells him it was Daniels fault she took the pills. He is the one who broke off the engagement. Daniel stops him and tells him no, he thought that way at first but doesn’t now. He tells him he accepts the consequences of his decisions but also the right to make them. “The right to decide who I want and who I don’t want to spend the rest of my life with.” Leo looks long and hard at Daniel and says “It is for Eva, right? You dumped Victoria for Eva Right?” Daniel stares back even harder and longer.


Daniels tells Leo that he broke up with Victoria because what he felt with her was an obligation and not love. That was why he broke off the engagement. Leo throws back that he broke up with Victoria because he is in love with Eva and has been going out with Eva. Daniel admits this and says “Thanks to Eva I realized that I didn’t love Victoria and would never love her and what we had was more like a habit.”

Leo again is outraged with Daniels response telling him “And above all this you have the nerve to tell me this.” Daniel protests and says “one thing is nerve the other is very distinct, it is the truth.. You wanted the truth and now you have it.” He tells Daniel what he suspected was true. Daniel looking at him asks if he has any more questions.

Leo asks Daniel if he seriously fell in love with Eva. Daniel responds “Very seriously.” Leo asks him if he knows the damage he has caused to his sister. Daniel is now outraged as he walks away from Leo now speaking very angrily and tells him of course he knows he hurt Victoria, but he is in love with another woman. Leo shouts back “You are not in love with Eva! You fantasize about her because you know I want her.” Daniel shouts back “This isn’t just a fantasy much less some compitition with you, but I love her.” Leo asks “And her?” (or as the English subtitles say “Does she do?”) Daniel tells him "yes" despite all he has done to try and get her to hate him and despite all his plans to separate them. Then he tells him “In the end it was you who got us together.”

Leo up in Daniel’s face tells him he is not going to permit this. Daniel right back at him asks him what he is going to do. He asks Leo if he has told Victoria. He tells Leo sooner or later she will find out. Leo says this has nothing to do with Victoria. Daniel wants to know who then. Leo says “It has to do with me and Eva. I am not going to make it that easy for you. I brought Eva to the house and it isn’t going to be you who ends up with Eva. She is going to be mine. And if it comes to it I will fight you to the death” and leaves.

In between some other scenes we have a panorama of flashbacks between Eva and Daniel. Each having their own little dreams of what was. We even have a scene with Eva packing the lovely gown and hat that Daniel wore in the hospital and taking it to the corner dumpster. Not for any other reason than I thought this was an adorable picture of Daniel I decided to include it.


Daniel’s flashbacks not only include the romantic interlude he had with Eva but also the night he found out about Victoria from Renata. He also flashes about the evil Marcela, the crazy Victoria and the sad Eva. He remembers Leo’s words of who will end of with Eva and says to himself “You better not touch her Leo. If you try anything with her it will be me who fights you to the death.”

One of the cutest scenes of the night was between Ricardo and Adrian. They have a grandpa grandson discussion about women. Adrian isn’t certain how he feels about Laurita. Ricardo tells him since he saved her from almost drowning they are practically “novios” because there is nothing a woman likes more than a hero. At the same time this discussion is going on we see a sad little Laurita touching the wilting flowers that Adrian gave her and wondering if it means he has forgotten all about her. She hopes this isn’t the case because she really likes him.


Eva has walked out into the garden and is crying. Leo approaches her from out of nowhere. To the best of my knowledge I think this is what went down. Eva asks Leo what he is doing there. He tells her needs to talk to her about something very important. She puts her hand to her face in worry and wants to know if something has happened to Julio or Victoria. Leo tells her what he came to talk about has to do with her and Daniel. She tells Leo she doesn’t understand what he means. He tells her “Of course you do, and the most important thing is you aren’t at fault for anything. And possibly you are a victim as well and probably the only true victim.”

Eva tells Leo she doesn’t know what to say. Leo says “My sister is really bad off. We are watching her very closely so she won’t do anything crazy again and Daniel is to blame for all of this because of his relationship with you” Eva tells him she has ended it. Leo tells her that Daniel has told him the opposite.
He tells Eva he wants to believe her because if not the outcome for Victoria would be terrible. He guilts her more and tells her how awful it would be for Victoria to find out it was her who was involved with Daniel.

Eva walks away from Leo and tells him to stop. She promises that everything will return to normal. Daniel will return to Victoria. Leo wants to know if she is serious. Eva tells him yes and Leo tells her that is great news since Victoria is quite impetuous and one never knows. She may try and kill herself again and this time there might not be anyone there to save her. Eva now filled to the top with guilt turns back to Leo and says “Oh I hope not” and Leo says the same.

Eva then begins to ask if Daniel had said something and Leo implies that Daniel said it wasn’t over. That is why he came to her because he knows how valiant (?)she is. Eva promises him that his sister will be happy. Leo tells her that if something were to happen to Victoria now, no one could blame her. Eva tells him if he has finished telling her everything he needs to she would be grateful if he would leave. He tells her not to worry he won’t tell his sister what happened and he hopes that nothing will happen again between her and Daniel. He also tells her that it is important that she forgets about Daniel. He thanks her for himself and for his sister. And with “heartfelt” gratitude leaves a sniffling Eva behind.

There was a bunch of fragmented Marisol/ Fran sub plotlines going on as well. Marisol is talking with her friend about her hopes that Fran will propose. She wonders what it would be like to have a millionaire propose to her. Our Millionaire is practicing his said proposal to a pillow.


The back and forth continues. Now Marisol is thinking about the kind of ring she might get from a rich man. Fran is also worried about the type of ring and has impressed himself with a great story he came up with to avoid getting her an expensive ring. He will tell her that a man in his family had given a brilliant diamond to someone, and something bad happened to that women. So in their family they don’t give “bling” to their women.

Marcella is in Victoria’s room wanting to know how things went with Daniel. She tells her not very well and she is beginning to loose hope. Marcella chides her and tells her she gives up to easily and ends up making the same mistake. She climbs out of her pity bed and tells Marcella she did everything Marcella told her to do including telling him the next time she would use a pistol. “Nothing worked. He doesn’t want to marry me.”

Marcella tells her they just have to find something that will work. Victoria wants to know what will work. Marcella tells her she doesn’t know but they have to find something that will coral him in. Victoria reminds her that she isn’t totally inept alluding to the suicide attempt. Marcella laughs at her as she sits down. She tells her that her idea did work, after she interceded. Victoria mockingly says “You? You didn’t do anything. She just chewed me out and called me stupid for letting Daniel get away. You told me you would think of something but never told me what.” Marcella tells her she did do something but she isn’t aware of it yet. At this moment we see Julio walking in the hallway.

She continues to tell her that she never leaves anything half done. As she is saying this Julio is ever so close to the door. She tells Victoria the part she played in assisting her “suicide.” At that very moment we see Julio at the door listening in as Marcella continues “Who do you think gave you all those pills?” Victoria incredulously says “It was you?” and Marcella proudly claims responsibility for this trickery saying “it was me who overdosed you to buy more time with Daniel.” We see Julio listening in in utter shock.


Victoria is shocked and tells her she put her life at risk. She wants to know why she didn’t tell her any of this when she woke up. Marcella tells her she had to play her part right so that everyone would believe she really tried to kill herself. Victoria thinks about this for a second than thanks Marcella for helping her. We see a broken hearted Julio listening to this as well as Marcella tells her daughter “never forget the extreme measures because they always get extreme results. You have to continue to fight for Daniel.”



She tells Victoria she can count on her for what ever she needs and gives her a “Godfather” like kiss on the cheek and leaves. After she has gone Victoria sits on the bed and I am not certain if she is grateful or scared silly. Holy spit!!!


Julio is sitting on the sofa with Max trying to wrap his head around what he just witnessed. He tells Max that bad times (Mala hora) have crossed his pathway. He continues to say “I married a Monster. The worse part is she created Victoria. In her likeness and in her image.” He chides himself for being such an imbecile as he continue to talk with Max telling him what a great friend he is even though he can‘t do any thing to help.



Eva has decided to call in sick. Her nerves won’t allow her to face Julio. She thanks Alicia for being so good to her. She worries what Julio will think when he finds out she is the reason for what his daughter did.

Julio is in bed with Max as Renata enters with breakfast. He wants to know where Eva is. Renata tells him she called in sick. He tells her he to take everything away. She tells him he at least as to take his medicine as she prepares it and brings it to him. He points to the night stand and tells her to leave it there and to leave. Before she leaves she tells him if he was worried about his daughter he doesn’t have to worry any more because she woke up in a really good mood. He snarls “Thank God. Now leave me alone.”

This was the weirdest scene. Marcela has entered her office and we see Giorgio sniffling away. Marcella wants to know what’s up. It turns out that Victoria’s suicide attempt has affected him more than Marcella. Marcella wants to know how he found out. He tells her it was a friend who is a medic. She warns him not to tell anyone. If her daughter finds anyone gossiping about it they will be fired as well as him. Giorgio sniffling back his tears tells her he understands. He wants to know how Victoria is. She tells him she is fine, perfect, it was nothing more than a stupid stunt. Giorgio tells her that it isn’t a stupid stunt. Marcella turns to look at him slightly intrigued as he continues to tell her “ I know what it is like to try and end one’s life.” Marcella asks “You Too?” Giorgio tells her yes “It was the worse day of his life.” Marcella gives an uncomfortable giggle and hides her face. Giorgio calls her on this and says “ That makes you laugh? You can’t believe that I could feel bad? That I am all smiles and ‘Good day?’ Well that’s not the case.” He tells her he is not as proud of himself as he appears to be. I think he tells her he tried to kill himself but either for good or bad luck he wasn’t successful.

Giorgio is now in tear overflow as he continues his story. And tells her he needs some one to show a little care and as my mouth dropped to the floor old Marcella walked over to him and gave him an honest to goodness hug with what even looked like a semi-tender pat on the back.


This bit is barely noteworthy. Tony shows up at Jacky’s house, gets out of his car and starts bouncing around. I think he asks her if he can use the bathroom. Next think we know he has come out of the house and starts charming Jacky. He asks her to go to the movies or go eat. She tells him she has to think about it and walks away. She quickly turns around and tells him she has thought about it and the answer is yes. (I just heard you all groan “Euew” in unison.)

Another barely noteworthy scene is with Marisol and Alicia. Alicia is helping her with her makeup. Marisol tells her she would make a great make-up artist. Hey what a great idea Alicia tells her. Maybe her millionaire boyfriend can help her get started as a make-up artist to his famous cousins friends. (Or something like that)

All right finally a noteworthy scene. Julio is calling for Max He says “I have to think really hard about what I am going to do. Marcella is a very dangerous woman. A very dangerous woman. But I won’t let her continue causing so much harm. I will confront her.” (OH!! I don’t think that is a very good idea)

We have a little Laurita and Jacky time. Jacky tells her she has no idea about the gossip she is about to tell her. Laurita all excited blurts out “Fran told you he likes you?“ She tells her “No such luck” and continues to tell her about Tony.

Daniel is at his office. He has called Victoria to see how she is doing. She tells him she still feels weak and is still in bed with the lights off, as we see her sitting poolside with drink in hand.



Then she asks him how he is. He tells her he is hard at work trying to catch up. Victoria says it is her fault because he lost all day yesterday spending it with her and apologizes. He tells her not to worry about it. He tells her the most important thing is for her to continue to try and get better. She tells him she hopes he hasn’t told anyone that they broke up. He tells her no because she asked him not too. But he has been thinking about doing it. He tells her it doesn’t make sense to continue hiding it. Sooner or later people are going to find out.

Victoria does not want to hear this and starts strutting around the pool telling him he promised to give her time and that he would let her tell everyone. He tells her that it doesn’t make sense to keep it form people any longer. Even Leo and her mother already knows. She tells him her father doesn’t know yet. Her friends and the press doesn’t know either. Then she lays on the guilt and tells him she hopes she has the strength to confront the scandal this will create. Daniel gives in and tells her that’s fine.

She then tells him she has another favor to ask. Daniel, tapping his pen on the desk with apprehension asks “What?” She says “Have diner with me tonight.” Daniel tells her he can’t. Victoria asks “You can’t or you don’t want too?” Daniel starts to answer her and Victoria stops him telling him he doesn’t owe her any explanations. She understands. “I know that the I am no longer your future wife. That time is over. Now I am a hindrances (estorbo). And you see me as a great sacrifice. I should just kill myself Daniel. Daniel tells her not to be like that. She replies “ And how should I be if I have to beg you for a little gift of time.”

Daniel with hands to face asks her why she would invite him to come over? She tells him he doesn’t understand the only thing she wants is to see him. To help her end their relationship little by little. “That’s the only way I can let you and to go and continue living.”

Daniel reluctantly tells her he will try his hardest to make it. Victoria thanks him and tells him she will be waiting for him as she closes her phone and suddenly looks very evil.

Well that's it for tongiht. I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday. I did want to leave you with one final gift however, that I had left over from the LFMB board.

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Capitulo 141.
Read k-Fuego’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Lety scolds Tom for flirting with Jaz. A flirting novio will hurt her image at work. Pop is mad that Lety bought the car with Fernando’s money. Pop won’t listen to Lety’s explanation, so she stops listening to his complaints and goes to her room.

2. Fernando follows Lety home and calls her, but MamaJ says Lety’s not home. Now he’s really mad, and he can’t understand why she’s treating him like this. Jorge Flores (PG – Psychic Guy) tells Fernando that the company consumes him and makes him renounce what is truly important to him. See the transcript. Fernando freaks because Lety’s in the house alone with Tom, and they’re in the bedroom.

3. Lety tells Tom to buy stylish clothes that are appropriate for their car. Lety says she won’t change her style. Fernando did what he did because she’s fea, so he’s going to suffer her ugliness to save his company. She wants him to suffer, and Tom notes that she is becoming bitter. Tom takes the car home.

4. Lety tells her diary that she almost can’t resist falling at Fernando’s feet when he simply looks at her. She suffers for him but he only suffers for his company. She’s incapable of taking it from him, but she’ll convince him she’s going to take it because it’s the only thing that matters in his life. He deserves to feel threatened. She says, “He’ll cry more than I do.”

5. At Marcia’s, Fernando doesn’t want to talk about the wedding and doesn’t want to kiss her. She says she hopes he will forget about “ella” soon because she’s not willing to marry a man who has another woman in his heart (wanna’ bet?). Fern falls asleep on top of the covers, fully dressed, with his arms folded for defense.

6. In Fernando’s nightmare, he finds Lety and Tom kissing in the car. He yells, “Are you in love with him and not me, Lety?” She sneers at him, turns away, and starts kissing Tom. LETY!!!

7. Lety decides to learn to drive today. She takes Tom to the clothing store and he’s distressed that she’s using the car because of his date with Alicia tonight. Alicia arrives at Conceptos in a taxi she can’t pay for, and Lety arrives in her MB.

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Capitulo 142.
Read Amanda’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Fernando decides to confront Lety about the car, but instead he plays Whack-a-Mole and he’s the mole! Every time he tries to take the upper hand, she clobbers him again, and he’s left swinging in the breeze.
* F: Why didn’t you call? L: You were with Marcia, and I shouldn’t interrupt.
* F: Whose car is it? L: Mine.
* F: You can’t use Conceptos money for that! L: It’s FI money. I bought it for Tom to use.
* Long ago you promised me a car. I got it myself so I didn’t have to bother you.
* F: Not a $90k car! L: Many think I don’t deserve it because I’m ugly and poor.
* F: Why do you treat me as if I’m nothing to you? L: If you distrust me I can return the car. And your company.

2. Celso Chismoso informs Ariel that Alicia’s car was repo’d and Lety is driving her rich novio’s MB.

3. Marcia asks Fernando about Lety’s rich novio, and Fern assures her that he knows the novio and knows his company, and it’s a legitimate business.

4. Fern goes to Omar’s office to throw his tantrum about Lety buying a car with FI money. Worse than the car, he’s worried about her new attitude. He admits he doesn’t know how to manage her. (Boy howdy!)

5. Ariel ridicules Alicia for losing her car. He says she’s even lower than the cuartel. Of Lety he says, “La fea que tiene Fernando como asistente.” (That could be read two ways.)

6. Omar tells Fernando he’s treated Lety badly. He didn’t give her the car he promised, and he pays her a miserable salary. She manages Conceptos’ capital and isn’t paid a dime for it. A $90K car’s extravagant, but it’s only 0.2% of the capital (Omar gets his math wrong and Fern stares). Besides, Fern shouldn’t risk a $40M company over a little $90K. Fernando should give her anything she wants and more.

7. Lety creams Ariel! See the transcript. I am incapable of summarizing it.

8. Fern says that Lety rejected him, was rude to him, went out with Tom, and bought him that car. Omar wonders if she’s involved with Tom. He asks, at some point did Fernando descuidar (to stop paying attention, to let one’s guard down) Lety? Fern insists that he took her out all the time. Omar asks how could a galán like him lose a fea like her to a baboso like Tom.

9. Fernando remembers PG telling him to let go of the company to take hold of real love. Fern says to himself, “No, I won’t give you the pleasure, Ariel!”

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Spanish Lesson

I know that today's Spanish lesson is particularly long. The PG scene is important because someone is trying to tell Fernando what he needs to hear. The Ariel scene is spectacular; I couldn't resist posting it.

With Jorge Flores
J: I came to see you. (Fern thinks it’s because of where he’s parked, blocking road.) You carry (traer) something very strong, you (at it) called to me.
F: Amigo, don’t drink. And if you drink, don’t drive.
J: Something happened to you as a child, that defined your path. It was something that confused you, so you decided to wrestle and compete, so you would never fail to win.
F: No, you’re wrong, and I’ll tell you why.
J: I’m not wrong when I see the soul, and yours is trapped.
F: Trapped? No! I’m free in the fresh air.
J: You hocked yourself to maintain control over something, a big building? a business? (Now Fern starts listening; he wants to hear what this guy says.) Your need for control has made you make wrong decisions and you’re confused.
F: (weakly.) No, I’m not confused.
J: Aren’t you here hoping to understand something that worries you a lot? Your worry has to do with a woman near here. But at the same time she’s far because she hides from you. You believe in this woman, but at the same time distrust her. Love that doesn’t trust doesn’t even [?] to those who are close. There is either love or distrust.
F: No, no, I don’t distrust her (in denial).
J: Then why are you here spying on her?
F: You don’t realize it, but Lety has a friend, and I’m afraid he is taking my company from me.
J: That’s because the company consumes you. For the company you renounce what is truly important to you.
F: (To himself.) En realidad me (revasa?). Forgive me, Lety, but I can’t cancel the wedding. I can’t disappoint my parents, neither about the wedding nor about the business.(Aloud.) No. that’s not true. You’re the one who’s confused because it’s the other way around. (Something I can’t understand.) She’s very tender, very sweet, very pretty. (Defensive.) But it’s in conflict with my usual life. My family, my circumstances, my entire future.
J: Are you sure of that. Are you sure the life you’ve built is really, the correct path? I’m here to tell you that this is your main mistake. And this is what has you trapped.
F: (Reject.) You’re rude and I don’t like you a bit. How can a total stranger question how I live my life? To say that you supposedly feel me. That you know my childhood and birth.
J: This “stranger” lives close to here. And I came to this pretty street without intending to. In the place I met the other stranger. There are no coincidences. Today I came to find you, to ask you to look at your soul. To let go of this company so you can love for real. And I’m telling you, we’ll keep seeing each other because you’re going to need me.

Lety creams Ariel.
A: You know what, Licenciada? Today I notice you’re different.
L: Really? That’s odd. This morning my mirror told me I’m the same assistant who is poorly pulled together, ugly, who causes so many problems to the image of Conceptos (Ariel’s words when she tried her new look).
A: That’s indisputable. The mirror doesn’t waiver. But that’s not what I’m talking about. Rather, your attitude. (Probing.) I find it defiant. (Condescending.) Maybe the car parked outside makes you feel more secure about yourself.
L: Puede ser. It’s the same security you feel standing in a $45M company. Maybe that’s why you’ve been so defiant, Licenciado.
A: (More forceful because she’s not backing down to him). Effectively, yes. But that car isn’t yours. And the company IS mine.
L: (Lety smirks.) Claro. Conceptos pertains to the Vilareals & Mendiolas.
A: I’m given to believe that the car is your novio’s?
L: With total respect, what juicy gossip, huh?
A: (Getting angry but controls it.) I suppose you like parking it there because it gets attention. (Tries again to dominate.) Maybe you’re using it to get attention because your appearance doesn’t get you any. But I don’t blame you. Many women do that. But you have a novio who is so established. Who is he? What’s his name?
L: Tomás Mora.
A: I don’t recognize the name. What does he do? Where does he work?
L: He’s an executive in an investment co.
A: And he makes enough to let his novia use such an expensive car?
L: He makes good money.
A: Where’s he work?
L: Why do you ask?
A: I’ll be Frank (and you be Ernest). I worry that your personal relationships could affect MY company. (Boy howdy!!!)
L: Let me see if I understand. You’re worried whether his money is clean or illegal.
A: You understand me very well. That is my worry.
L: To you it’s incredible that a woman like me would have a novio executivo with a good salary with clean capital?
A: Yes.
L: (Chuckle.) I’m too ugly to deserve someone like that? Is that it? IOW if someone ugly or of humble origins drives a car like that, it’s suspicious?
A: Without proof to the contrary? Yes.
L: Licenciado, do you think that only people like you, your social level, family name, earned their money respectably? Do you think you know all the rich of this country? Claro, if you don’t know them, they must be suspicious? You really think that only the social elite can have honorable money? I feel sorry for you, Licenciado, but there are many people producing a lot of clean money. And those people are far from your social level. That car outside is not only for people like you. No. It’s also for people who buy it by hard work. (Burn!)

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