Saturday, November 19, 2011
La Fuerza del Destino #75 Fri 11/18/11 Showdown At The Alamos Corral or Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
The gang’s all there again…er… minus Maripaz, as we return to snoring Alamos (which I have to admit seems as much a losing battle for all involved, plurally, as the The Alamo ever was singularly). The two buff BFF’s get ready to butt heads over Lucia.
Ivan faces off with Camilo and asks him why he did it. Cam says, hey, you decided what you wanted to do with your life and the two of them then did also. What’s the big deal, anyway? “—You married a woman who doesn’t love you.” “—What do you know! You have no right to talk to me about my private life!” Van screams back that his life is interconnected with theirs, so that gives him plenty of right! Cam says not now it isn’t. And, so don’t come looking for Lucia. “--I forbid it!” “--Oh yeah? Why?” (Duh, it’s obvious, isn’t it?) Instead of answering, Cam throws the truck keys back in Ivan’s face and storms away.
When Ive gets home, he admits to Anthony that he ran into Cam outside the office, and agrees he was looking for a showdown. He saw the truck there parked outside. Yep, and they did discuss Lucia. “—He forbade me seeing her.” Tony thinks Cam was right to do it. Ivan asks why, was he afraid that something might resurface between the two of them? Perhaps, says Tony. Well, says Van, sooner or later she’ll have to see him. Tony warns him to stay out of their lives. They’re married now and have a child. Leave it alone!
At El Socorro, aka Sucker’s Ranch, Lucia’s not to keen on having Carmen be her nanny. Carlota talks her into it though, by convincing her it’s one good way to finish her degree finally and on the other hand, Cam asked specifically to allow his sister to take the job. Cam drives up in a taxi right then. He tells Lucia that he returned the truck to McGuire & Son and will be buying a new truck. Ok. So why not use the car? Because it’s useless in the fields. Ok, but so why the grumpy ‘tude? Because Ivan is back and he had the nerve to gripe at Cam about marrying her! He admits then that he warned Van to stay the heck away from her and not to mess with him. Lucia says well, let him come see her! Cam asks WHY? She says to clear up things. That’s WHY! If he married Maripaz and left and then got divorced, well that’s his problem now! Cam is squinty-eyed-impactado when he hears she knows Ive got divorced. So why didn’t she bother to tell him? Cuz, she says, every time she brings up Ivan he gets “this way.” There’s no reason for it. “--OH? He threw you up at me and told me to my face that you aren’t in love with me!” Lucia softens her tone to therapist level and says he’ll realize that’s not so when he has a chance to speak with her. Cam doesn’t think so and worries that she’ll only end up giving him high hopes [illusiones].
Lucia tells Cam to get real. (I’d say he’s being very realistic.) They’re married and have a daughter now. “—Yeah, but it’s HIS daughter,” says Cam. That’s why it’s so important that they have a kid of their own now, he explains. He feels like she only wants him as a substitute daddy for the other guy’s kid. Lucia insists that it’s just too soon to have another child (man, I can relate to that one!) and besides, Cam promised he’d love and take care of Perlita as if she were his own! Cam gets mad then because she’s been using an IUD. Lucia screams back that hey, women aren’t exactly kiddie factories (Good one! 10 points Team Lucia!) They have other things they’d like to do with their lives, too, like finishing a thesis. There’s plenty of time to have theirown kid—LATER! Cam starts accusing her of purposely waiting and hoping for Ivan to return to her. She tells him she’s in no mood for his jealous fits and walks back out to Carly and the baby. He comes out and hops into the taxi, heading back into town.
Lucia explains to Carly that Ivan’s back in Alamos and it’s got Cam in sh!t-fits. He’s making her life miserable, accusing her of still thinking about getting back with Ivan and he goes off every time something has anything even remotely to do with Ivan. Her worry now is that because of this, once they have another child he’d begin to ignore and eventually disown [desconocer] Perlita. She refuses to allow that. Lucia admits to herself--and to Carly--that it probably would be best if Ivan went back to L.A. and never returned to Alamos.
Back in town, Ivan goes into the office and greets the secretarial pool which he now sees includes Judith. He then heads into the meeting with David and Tony. David explains that with the crop situation the way it is, he’d set up appointments to speak with the neighboring ag associations and to suggest that they provide [surtir] them with their produce. Tony and Van agree to leave him run the company while they divvy up the appointments with the other associations. Ivan, though, wants to also know how the local farmers are doing since the hurricane. Davy has to admit that his father screwed them over with the insurance policies he set up, so that they won’t get anywhere near full coverage for natural disasters like this one. Meandragon apparently managed to ensure that he’d get full coverage, though, and probably managed to cover it up somehow so that he wouldn’t lose his position as president. Ive and Tony look at each other like “so what else is new?”
Benito brings Alex over to Gerardo’s for a quick visit. Alex tells Gerry and Carolina that Merry Piece and Ivan are officially splitsville and that he doesn’t miss her in the least. FF>>
Saul tells Gordo that he’s planning to kill two birds with one stone [tiro= shot/throw] and blame the kidnapping? (and murder) on Antolin. Gordo argues that Anto’s known for knifing, not guns. He has one but doesn’t use it much. Saul orders Gordy to steal Antolin’s gun from his house “sometime when he’s gone—you keep watch, meathead!” Why Gordy and not him? --If you have to ask a cripple why not him go hobbling in to snatch a gun, Gordy, then you’ve got to be mentally retarded yourself, duh--which, is pretty much Saul’s implied meaning when he answers….
Saul calls Carmen who tells him she’s still waiting to find out if she’s got the job as nanny for her S-I-L. Saul yells at her to get moving on it already! She hangs up and asks Arcelia, who tells her she doesn’t know and just to keep her fingers crossed that Doña Carlota agrees to it.
After his visit at Gerry’s is over, Alex whines and wheedles till he gets Benito to take him over to see Lucia at the ranch. (What? Like Ben’s really going to say no to his boss’s long lost and newly found grandson?) Ben makes it a point to advise Alex against telling anybody else, especially Lucia, about his daddy’s personal business. (Uh, yeah. Let’s see how well that works with the chipmunk factor.)
In the meantime, Celia calls Cam, who’s now sporting a humongous new truck he’s buying on time payments [de plazo= in installments], to ask if Carmen’s supposed to nanny for Lucia or not. Lucia gives the ok. Carmen secretly calls Saul back to give him the news.
When Saul finds out that Carmen got the job as Lucia’s nanny, he tells his ex to keep him up to date on the daily schedule and overall gossip around the place. She says she wants to be paid for keeping him up on what’s what at the rancho. No problemo, he promises her.
Back at Sucker’s Rancho, Ivan’s van drives up—shocker for Carly and Lucia! But only Ben and Alex hop out. As soon as Alex sees Perlita he considers her his little sister. The Chipmunk immediately runs off at the mouth, telling Lucia and Carlota that Ivan got divorced and wants to marry Lucia now. All the adults are muy, but muy uncomfortable—like there’s just been a loud expelling of methane.
At the same time, Gordy and Saul see Anto leaving the house. The Gargantuan One waddles inside as fast as he can to start looking for Anto’s pistol.
Judith, meanwhile, lets Davy know that Mama moved out of the house and in with their aunt, and is going to be getting a divorce from Daddy. Great, says Davy. ‘Bout time. Oh, whines Judi, it will be so lonely there without her. (Time to get used to being away from Mami and Papi, don’t ya think? Anyway, that’s what telephones and the post office are for.)
Meanwhile, Gordy comes racing back out of Anto’s place holding a sock. It’s got his .22 revolver in it. Hopefully that will keep him from smudging out Anto’s fingerprints.
Juan Jaime is trying to deal with having just been abandoned by Wife #2, his once meek and submissive Esther. Judi walks in and he wants to know if she knew about this and why she didn’t let him know. Happened too quickly, she admits honestly, and it’s Mama’s decision, anyway. So she stayed out of it raced off to work. Anyway, what could she say about it? Nothing, agrees her papi--but only, he snipes, since since Judi’s got nothing in her head to begin with. Ugh. Instead of slapping the old fart a good one across the choppers, Judi frowns and makes for her bedroom. FF >>
That night, Alex tells Van about his big day visiting all the relatives—including the ones that should be relatives. He mentions that he saw his future baby sister at Lucia’s. Ive has to explain to him that Lucia is now married to Cam. (No mention of him running off at the mouth despite what Benito warned.)
Speaking of Cam, he’s on the phone to Dave and says he’s got business so will head over to the office since Tony and Ivan are going to be on the road today visiting the neighboring associations. Outside on the street, Lucia is coming to see Ivan and knocks. Ben answers and goes for Ivan since she doesn’t want to enter the compound. Unfortunately, Cam is arriving just then and walking up the street. He sees her and begins yelling at her about it. “--So, what in the Hell are you doing here?” She says she’s there to explain things. He grabs her arm just as Ivan opens up. Ivan yells over at them. “--Since when have you been so rude to women, Bro.” “--She’s my wife so stay out of it!” “—So, do you treat my godmother or your sister the same, too? Just when did you change?” Cam snaps back. “--Since you came back! You shouldn’t have!”
Lucia breaks in and says she’s got nothing to defend herself for and she’s there because Alex came by and told her that Ivan wanted to marry her. Cam is WTH impactado and turns to face off with Van again. “--You told Alex that?” “—Yeah, because I didn’t know you two had gotten married because everybody hid it from me! Don’t worry, I’ve already explained that to my son.” Then it’s been settled, says Cam and he grabs Lucia’s arm and starts pulling her along. Van tells him to hold on and says he asked him to look out for her and to help her for him. Cam says he did, and they fell in love and got married, so what’s the problem? Lucia rolls her eyes and looks totally disgusted from the odiferous scent of urine encompassing one and all about now.
Ivan looks over at Lucia while he tells Cam that he still loved Lucia and still does. Of course, this only infuriates Cam even more. He pushes Ivan hard in the chest and knocks him back a few steps. “—How dare you! You’re talking about my wife!” Ive says it’s not exactly news, now is it? Yeah, she’s his wife now, but he’d better not make her unhappy! Van struts back inside the compound. Cam turns around and angrily asks if he’s making Lucia unhappy. (I guess you’d call that question a damned fine example of ‘blind jealousy’.) Lucia doesn’t hesitate. “--Yes!!!” She turns on her heel and walks off down the street, back the way she came.
Ivan tells Tony about what just happened and Tony tells him whether Ive likes it or not, it’s not his business—they’re married now and if there’s any kind of abuse in the relationship it’s up to Lucia to put a stop to it, not him! But, whines Ivan, he still loves her! Tony says he should have told him they were married. So now he knows, but the way Van’s taken it he suggests it would be better for Ivan to return to L.A. and let him finish up their business in Alamos. Van refuses to leave without first having a chance to speak with Lucia alone. He walks into his bedroom and slams the door. Tony calls Carly and says they have to talk ASAP.
Carly sees Cam walk in, looking like he’s still on the warpath. He goes into his and Lucia’s room. He starts to put his arms around her and to try apologizing, but Lucia’s not having any. “—Let me go!” She breaks away. He wonders why she went; she says she already explained; he asks if she wanted to be with Ivan instead? She says no, but they can’t go on like this! He asks if she wants a divorce? She says no. They’ve got to come to some agreement, though. She can’t leave, he says, cuz they have a child. Well, a child isn’t the answer to a faulty marriage, says Lucia. They have another argument over him wanting a child of their own, and him taking issue with Perla’s not being “his own flesh and blood.” Lucia says that either he takes on the responsibility for Perlita as her father, or she will resort to something drastic. Cam sneers then, go ahead! She can just give the kid to Ivan!! He immediately realizes what he just said and races over to beg forgiveness. He admits he’s frightened of losing Lucia. She’s his whole life! (But isn’t Perlita supposed to be also? That isn’t quite clear here in Viewerville.) She wants to know where the old Cam went—the loving, kind, and self-assured Cam she used to know. She wants that Cam back! He hugs her close and asks how does he do that.
JJ visits with Lucrecia in another part of the ranch house. He tells her that Esther’s left him. Yes, he probably deserved being called an ogre. He wanted things his way. Men are like that. Does he really miss Esther, asks Lucrazia? Well, yeah, you don’t live so long with a person—nearly thirty years--and not get used to them. He wants to avoid the gossip of a divorce, tho’. The two start flirting.
Outside Sucker’s Ranch, Carmen starts flirting with Cam’s right-hand man and pumping him for info about Lucrazia's schedule and all her comings and goings. They see Tony and Benito drive up.
Inside the ranch house again, Lucrazia starts gossiping about Ivan’s being back in town and how he and Lucia are probably still very interested in each other. Bad news, especially since he’s divorced Merry Piece, she adds. JJ is pleased to hear it and says it wouldn’t be a bad idea if Van came back to marry Lucia. (This guy is always scheming!) MP was a real piece of work, truth be told, but he never has cared for Camilo Galvan, and now the upstart’s got all the ranchers turned against him. Lucrazy smiles and says he pretty much deserved what he got and more. She’s wise to his tricks. He tries to deny it and blame it all on a recent mistake the secretary must have made. Lucrazia laughs it off. Tell it to somebody else, cuz she knows him better. Lucrazy then smiles at her charming, impish JJ. She says she likes men like him, strong-willed and daring [con arrojo]. JJ admits he always been attracted to Lucrazy because he likes women with (a mouth the size of the Rio Grande and) brains. (Well, we can all vouch for the size of her mouth, at least.) Some slap and tickle ensues. FF>>
Tony comes inside to the living room and greets Carly. They get down to business re the business with Ivan and Cam. Carly admits Cam’s only gotten rough with Lucia recently, all because Lucia doesn’t want another child right now. Ivan’s return to Alamos hasn’t helped things. It’s only made them worse! He doesn’t mistreat her, but they’re definitely arguing almost all the time now. He’s turned really jealous and is constantly giving her the third degree about everything! Carly begs Tony not to say a word to Ivan about Perlita being his daughter. Don’t even think it, says Tony.
Ivan and Alex share a little father/son time. When the cook brings Alex’s orange-ade, he asks the cook if she knows when Cam and Lucia’s baby was born. She fakes it, plays ignorant, and then races back off into the kitchen to “take care of her burning beans”. He doesn’t get an answer and goes in to see if David knows anything. David squirms out of it also.
Ivan finds Judith in reception and asks her if she knows when Perla was born. Jud is a bit uncomfortable, but admits it seemed the baby came prematurely. What was strange though, was that the baby didn’t spend any time in an incubator. She was brought home only a couple of days after being born. If no incubator, Ive tells her, then that would mean Lucia was two-timing him with Cam; but he doesn’t believe that would even be an option here. Judi ends up admitting that the baby was born only six months after they got married and that means she was already pregnant when she got married.
Meanwhile, Tony must have left because now Carly’s giving Lucia grief for racing over to Ivan’s this morning. What was she thinking??? Why couldn’t she just have called him to explain things? Why did she have to speak to him in person? Lucia admits she went to see how she’d feel about Ivan once he was standing in front of her again. Bad idea, says Carly. She still cares about Van. Lucia denies it. Don’t lie to me, says Carly. She knows better. Lucia insists she didn’t have time to even think about that because Cam showed up and then all Hell broke loose. Just then her phone rings. It’s Ivan.
Ivan apologizes for the scene he made this morning. She tells him no biggy. It wasn’t his fault. He says he’s got two questions for her: 1. How’s her marriage going with Cam. Oh, just fine, she lies. Didn’t seem like it to me, he tells her, but hey, if you say so…. 2. Why did you come by to see me, anyway? Lucia says it was to tell him—no, to beg him—to return to L.A. and leave well enough alone. Cuz, otherwise, her life is going to become Hell! You don’t mean that, really, he says. If you value anything in this life, she yells at him, LEAVE! CLICK!
Tony tells Van he’s going to have a sit-down with Meandragon about the screw-job he gave his Association members. He wants Van there at the meeting with him despite the fact Van has no use for the man. Van says fine, but what bugs him right now is Lucia’s baby. She was preggers when she got married and the question is who is the real baby-daddy! Tony says it’s Cam’s of course. Naw, say’s Ive. She’d have been cheating on him. Tony says yeah, she was, so forget it already. Ivan says no, because he doesn’t buy it. “--They got married only six weeks after we left! That baby is MINE!!” Even if she is, says Tony, the baby’s registered as Cam’s child. He’s the legal father and Lucia and he are married. “--They’ve formed a family and are happy. (You only wish, old man!) Let it be! Let them live their life in peace!” “—And what about me, Dad? Don’t I have a right to live my life in peace or to be happy???”
Cam shows up at his mothers just as Carmen heads out to spend time supposedly with a few of her friends from work. He’s such a grouch that Celia guesses he’s had problems with Lucia again.
Around the corner, Carmen meets up with Saul as planned. They race away–well, she does—to avoid Cam walking out and catching them together.
Cam starts yelling about how Ivan’s back in town and that Lucia went to see Ivan behind his back that morning. Celia tells him to calm down already cuz he’s making himself sick. No, she is, he screams back. She’s got any excuse that comes up to go out now and it’ll be to see him! Celia reasons that Lucia’s too good a person to cheat on him like that. He tells her that after living with her all this time he realizes that the heart can’t be commanded. She may try being faithful to him, but her heart, her thoughts are all with Ivan. True, says Celia. She might be dying inside, but she won’t ever cheat on you. But, says Cam, she can’t love me either. “--It’s the only thing I’ve ever wanted—and she can’t. And now he’s returned a free man. He’s divorced, did you know? He thinks because of that he’s got the right to approach her! It doesn’t matter a whit that she’s my wife!”
Celia says they’re nearly brothers, he’d never go after Lucia so spitefully. "--He was like my brother, but it’s payback time. I kept quiet and let him take the fall for what Antolin did, killing that guy back then! I let him risk his life fleeing somewhere away from here. He was my friend; what can I hope for now after that, Mama?" Anto walks in on the two of them and guesses the conversation was a pretty dark one.
Carmen, meanwhile, is discussin’ bidness with Saul over beer and taco chips. She tells Saul that Lucia leaves once a week to do the shopping [ir al mandado/hacer lo mandado]. Anything else he needs to know, he’ll have to give her a chance to find out. If nothing else, Gloria is very loose-lipped.
Back at Celia’s, Cam tells Anto that the blood rushed to his head when he saw Ivan and Lucia together. He couldn’t think straight. He doesn’t know what will happen with them now or if he’ll be able to handle it or not. Anto says to calm down first and control his jealousy. If he can’t deal with it then just leave her. Cam thinks Antolin is nuts, not to mention about as callous and cold-hearted as a corncob. He’ll NEVER leave Lucia—and besides, they have a child together! Yeah, a kid, says Anto, but is it yours or Ivan’s?? Cam jumps out of his chair in a flash and grabs Anto by the collar. Anto apologizes, and adds that he can’t exactly ignore the fact that the two of them got married in a rush [a las carreras = racing/ in a hurry]. “—Fine! Alright, then I’ll tell you! Yeah, it’s Ivan’s kid, alright?” Anto’s mouth drops in utter disbelief with the realization that his brother would love a woman enough to take responsibility for another man’s kid. (Yeah, that’s the old Cam that Lucia says has gone missing.)
Back at Sucker’s Ranch, Lucrazia and Mama are discussing Clan Meandragon’s crack-up. Serves him right, says Carly. Too bad about Judith and David, or poor Saul—is he even paying the boy’s expenses or for his therapy? Dunno, says Lucre-zia. He didn’t mention him. Cam walks in and politely asks after Lucia then says goodnight. Lucrazia notes how down-in-the-mouth he is. Well, we all are like that after what fell from the sky the other day, she adds. Carly says he’s got other problems. Oh? Yeah, Ivan is back now. Lucrazia wonders if he came back for Lucia. Carly explains that she went looking for him instead and that Cam caught them! What can you do if the two of them are still in love with each other? Lu-lu refuses to allow another divorce in their family! (She may have to eat that bit of crow, though.) Cleto appears at the door and says look who’s come home! In bounces our own supposedly traveling, tonsil-hockeying tartlet, Maripaz! “--¡Hola, Familia!” As if things weren’t bad enough already…
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Cuando Me Enamoro #150 Friday 11/18/11 Well Helloooooo Priscila
Yikes! Tonight's presentation begins with Augie savoring the events of earlier in the day. Sylvia covered this so well yesterday, and I'm innately lazy so with her permission I'll share with you once more her description of events that tonight's show begins with:
Ez asks Augi to think of his children, his wife. Augi smugly points out Ez should have thought of them. Ez keeps calling Augi desgraciado, as if he is cursing Augi, but Augustin just smiles and says “Adios amigo,” and thankfully the scene ends there. Oh that Augie is a bad bad dog. Next we see a split screen of Ez on the gurney and Aug in his truck, smiling and saying “If you go against me you won’t live to tell the tale.” The bastard drives up to the scene, rushes out and cries a bucket of crocodile tears over the body while Laz cautiously observes. Chema and dad are at the doc’s for a “Check Up” as Ben says in English. Chema wants to make it quick as he is keen to get back to work. Back at the body Augi tearfully demands how could Ez do such a thing? Laz says he knew Ez didn’t want to testify but he never thought this would happen. Augi pretends and exclaims now that Laz mentions it maybe Ez was much more affected than Augi thought. He says Ez had a great fear that the authorities would find out about something in his past, something that might end up putting him in jail. It happened a long time ago, when Ez left the Valle de Guadalupe to look for a better life. But we were kids then, says Laz, it was a very long time ago, 18 years ago at least. Manuela wonders what could he have done that was so bad? Aug says Ez committed robbery while in the U.S. and they put him in jail. When he returned home from serving time he never told them that's what happened to him. The others can’t believe it, more “No puede sers.” (That’s it? That’s the big crime of 18 years ago? Am I missing something?) Augustin is satisfied, believing he has secured his perfidy with a neat little knot of exaggeration. Yet behind him stands Lazaro, giving him a powerful stink eye filled with suspicion.
Thank you Sylvia.
It's a shame that looks can't kill because if they could, Agustín Dunant, clad in a distnctive white windbreaker, puffy collar curiously flipped up, chin jutting defiantly in a hideous rictus, would already be merrily winging his way to Hell where no doubt a corner room with a balcony view of the gaping maw of an eternal infernal canyon of flames awaits him... but pity... not today.
Meintras tanto, back at Zeke and Alfi's casa, as Luz quietly complains in her crib, Kari is gamely trying to comfort a brave little Panchito who realizes that he will never again see the daddy he loved so much. "No, mi amor, and I know that you'll miss him a lot."
He observes that he'll no longer be able to chat with his dad, but she informs him that is not the case and instructs him as she prayerfully clasps her hands and they practice. He follows her lead as he repeats her words
"Say after me, Corazón: Papito... I know you're OK... May you look after my mamita... my sister... and me... "
They make the sign of the cross.
"Every night talk to him." She concludes as she gives him a long loving hug.
Alfonsina has arrived at the murder scene and is understandably distraught. Zeke is resting in a body bag which strangely enough is unzipped, exposing his oddly peaceful face.
She shrieks that she wants to see him but offers only token resistance as Lazaro and Renata gently restrain her. "¿Por Qué?" she pleads, weeping inconsolably. Manuela begins, but Laz interrupts her and explains what they have just learned from Augie. Jerry admits that Zeke told him about it just the day before. Augie confirms it and adds that being the good guy he is, he trusted Zeke enough to hire him and that in return Zeke was always a loyal and trustworthy employ who never robbed him of a single centavo... Gack... Next!
Alison, clearly a budding young lawyer, instead of flirting with Aníbal, suggests that he assert his hijo rights. "In the US, gringos can sue their parents," she explains. He's not so sure, his expression indicates that actually... he'd rather flirt. "Wouldn't hurt to look into it, you might win a lot."
Back at the crime scene, it occurs to Jerry that some of this could have been his fault for mentioning Zeke during his declaration... Gee... you think? Augie is offended that Jerry mentioned him and Renata intervenes, asking the both of them to respect Alfi's feeling. Well, Alfi says don't mind her, it's obvious that Zeke wasn't the saint that she had imagined after all. He didn't even trust her enough to share his secrets. Carlos suggests that perhaps he didn't want to hurt her but her disposition sours even more as she storms off muttering to herself. I'd love to cut her some slack, what with her husband newly dead and all, but I'm having a difficult time warming to Alfi right now. I preferred her much more as Gardenia in MEPS.
Back at Empresa Monterubio, Matías and Honorario are busy defaming the characters of Roberta and Germán because Matt and Adri spotted them together in the restaurant.. They agree to tattle to Gonzo. "Yeah that's what we'll do."
Too late fellows, Germán is way ahead of you making a preemptive confession to Gonzo himself. Might have been misinterpreted by Matt and Adri, them spotting him and Roberta together in the restaurant and all.
Gonzo, the designated dopey dad is looking even more befuddled than usual as Germán spins a clever web of deceit which leaves Gonzo agreeing that it'd be good for Germán to take Roberta under his protective wing in her inaugural days in a hostile environment. Kinda like another dad doncha know... after all she's about the same age as his son. Gonzo does know that Matías Honorio and Adri have it in for poor little Robi, doesn't he? Poor Gonzo looks like he's really missing his Etch-A-Sketch right about now.
At the center, Regina and Inés discuss Constanza's foray into maternal madness. Inés asks if Regina has fired her as head of operations. Nopis... Regina is "...certain that she do the correct thing." ... um OK... the phone for Nadie se Rinde rings for he first time... woohoo.
Meanwhile, Coni is doing her own version of the correct thing. She is enmeshing herself deeper and deeper into Corina's web offering both moral and financial support. No need to mention it to Regina...
At the clinic, as Chema undergoes a CT of his head (did this remind anyone else of Frankenstein?), it dawns on him, "Hey we already did this!" He smells a rat. The Dr. admits that he hasn't been completely honest. "Make an appointment and I'll tell you the truth."
Say what? Why not just say, "Hey, sorry but you have a fatal brain tumor, don't start watching any new telenovels or opening any new restaurants." ?... Or something to that effect.
Honorio and Matías arrive in Gonzo's office bearing chismes only to discover that Germán has beaten them to the punch. Gonzo tells them that Germán will be Robi's mentor. They wearily and warily agree to go along with this hare-brained plan... for Gonzalo and Regina.
At La Bonita, Manuela presents Alison to Jerry and Nata, as Aníbal, Mati, and Carlos look on. She apologizes to Renata for not informing her that Alison was coming. Everyone is going to prepare for the velorio, but Carlos remembers that he can't join them... he must pick up Priscila at the airport. Renata looks at Jerry as if to say, "WTF is Priscila?" Nobody seems to tell her anything.
Augie pays Melesio for a job cleanly done. He offers him the job as his capataz which has fortutously just opened up. Of course best wait until Zeke's in the ground... wouldn't want to appear unseemly. They both share a hearty laugh at this.
Hell is waiting for the both of you.
Karina offers to help Alfi prepare for the velorio. If not for the kids, Alfonsina wouldn't bother. She remembers Zeke's words to Luz,
"I wish I could cease being who I am and be the man that everyone imagines. Ay my daughter, if you only knew how much I want to disappear."
Alfi feels betrayed.
Augie makes a call to Robi insisting that she tell Renata about Zeke forcing himself on her... hoy mismo. She doesn't see a good reason to be calling her. He tells her to just call and ask about him. "She'll tell you that she's at the velorio for that infeliz." "¿Qué, Ezequiel is dead?" "Sí, and in a few hours, buried." "Agustín, don't tell me that you..." "Of course not... the important thing is that your sister learn that he took advantage of you."
Roberta is not so sure and doesn't really seem very surprised... or alarmed.
Seems to me that Augie may be over-reaching a bit with this ploy.
Roberta leaves to go home for lunch as Matías and Adri agree that they have done what they can about Robi and Germy, they'll just keep an eye on them from here on.
Surprise, surprise, Fina is waiting for Roberta in the parking garage. Dr. Icky has driven her over. She tells Robi that she won't allow her to stray from the fold (redil, a new word for me).
Aueropuerto Internacional de Tijuana.
Priscila's here! Wow.
"¡Charlie! ¡Charlie!"
Oh yes, Matilde's going to pop her headband.
It's been 5 maybe 6 years.
I think Charlie says it all with, "...from here on, everything will be just like before."
Yes indeed, Matilde will be thrilled.
Robi is impressed by Fina's mobility. Fina reminds her of who calls the shots. Right now, she needs money.
Everyone at the velorio is clad in black. The grieving widow is tastefully dressed in skintight black jeans, high topped black boots with impossibly high heels and a dark sweater that reveals a modest amount of cleavage.
Remembering Dr. Nesme's farce of a funeral, she wants a look at the corpse. Laz dutifully pops the lid allowing her full access. She reaches out and discreetly holds a small mirror under Zeke's nostrils (actually I just imagined the mirror). She does feel his cheek and assures herself that he is indeed... muerto.
Antonio arrives as other mourners file in. He has Manuela point out the viuda. He offers a few words of comfort and then moves behind the coffin to intone the Lord's Prayer accompanied by a hunting feminine voice. Jerry and Nata arrives and Alfi repairs to another room. Antonio seems to have that effect on people.
Nata follows her into the bedroom, taking a seat beside her on the bed. She offers her shoulder. Instead of tears, Alfi sheds bitterness and disillusionment. Basically, all men are traitorous scum, and she gives Alvaro and Zeke as prime examples. Nata sees her Alvaro and Zeke and raises with Fina. There are . Then gives her stepdad as an example of a good man. I think this is supposed to be a hang in there pep talk but I find myself yawning so unless there is a request for an exact translation of these platitudes, I'll pass... Next!
Gonzo and Regina are wedding planing. Just family and Izzy and Inés. I presume they're going to forego the vocalist as well. Gonzo wants Germán and Mrs. Germán. Yeah... what could possibly go wrong there?
Roberta briefly joins them. She's home for lunch but first has to get some money for Fina. She neglects to tell them that second part.
Fina waits impatiently outside in the car. She looks on as her clothing is carted out in boxes and dumped unceremoniously into a dolly. Panchita is overheard saying how evil Fina was and what an angel Regina is. Ouch!
Robi stuffs wads of cash in a department store gift box. It's even topped with a bow.
"En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espiritu Santo." The velorio seems to be winding down... but wait! Heeeeere's Augie!
Wow! Huge garish wreathes straight out of The Godfather.
He approaches the Widow Alfi and inquires, "¿Cómo estás?"
You murdered her husband! How the Hell do you think she is?
He pukes up the following:
"I don't want you to worry about your future, already too much tragedy is happening to you. "
She 's puzzled, "To what are you referring with my future?"
"So you want feel alone, I'm going to help you. I'm going to take care of the education of your two hijos until they finish their studies. Also I want you to know that you will continue receiving Ezequiel's salary as a pensión vitalicia."
"Excuse me what is vitelcia?"
"For life. Every knew that Ezeqiel was my loyal employee and that I loved him. His death affected me profoundly. He was always an irreplaceable person for me."
Jerry takes the opportunity to express doubt.
Renata upbraids him, telling him this is very gracious on Augie's part.
Jerry replys, "If it were gracious, he wouldn't have said it for all the world to hear."
Impervious, Augie continues, "Alfonsina, I can't offer you the position that Ezequiel held because I know that you already hold one at La Bonita, but I want you to know that the doors of my hacienda will always be open for you and your family."
She is grateful as Jerry glowers.
I think I'm gonna be sick.
She rests her head on the coffin as Antonio whispers words of consolation to Panchito.
Robi has the gift box for Fina, telling Regina and Gonzo that it is a gift for Selene she hurries out to deliver it.
What's this? Regina looks suspicious.
Robi delivers the cash to a waiting Fina, but the best part is Panchita sees it and even better... recognizes Fina.
Carlos
Ez asks Augi to think of his children, his wife. Augi smugly points out Ez should have thought of them. Ez keeps calling Augi desgraciado, as if he is cursing Augi, but Augustin just smiles and says “Adios amigo,” and thankfully the scene ends there. Oh that Augie is a bad bad dog. Next we see a split screen of Ez on the gurney and Aug in his truck, smiling and saying “If you go against me you won’t live to tell the tale.” The bastard drives up to the scene, rushes out and cries a bucket of crocodile tears over the body while Laz cautiously observes. Chema and dad are at the doc’s for a “Check Up” as Ben says in English. Chema wants to make it quick as he is keen to get back to work. Back at the body Augi tearfully demands how could Ez do such a thing? Laz says he knew Ez didn’t want to testify but he never thought this would happen. Augi pretends and exclaims now that Laz mentions it maybe Ez was much more affected than Augi thought. He says Ez had a great fear that the authorities would find out about something in his past, something that might end up putting him in jail. It happened a long time ago, when Ez left the Valle de Guadalupe to look for a better life. But we were kids then, says Laz, it was a very long time ago, 18 years ago at least. Manuela wonders what could he have done that was so bad? Aug says Ez committed robbery while in the U.S. and they put him in jail. When he returned home from serving time he never told them that's what happened to him. The others can’t believe it, more “No puede sers.” (That’s it? That’s the big crime of 18 years ago? Am I missing something?) Augustin is satisfied, believing he has secured his perfidy with a neat little knot of exaggeration. Yet behind him stands Lazaro, giving him a powerful stink eye filled with suspicion.
Thank you Sylvia.
It's a shame that looks can't kill because if they could, Agustín Dunant, clad in a distnctive white windbreaker, puffy collar curiously flipped up, chin jutting defiantly in a hideous rictus, would already be merrily winging his way to Hell where no doubt a corner room with a balcony view of the gaping maw of an eternal infernal canyon of flames awaits him... but pity... not today.
Meintras tanto, back at Zeke and Alfi's casa, as Luz quietly complains in her crib, Kari is gamely trying to comfort a brave little Panchito who realizes that he will never again see the daddy he loved so much. "No, mi amor, and I know that you'll miss him a lot."
He observes that he'll no longer be able to chat with his dad, but she informs him that is not the case and instructs him as she prayerfully clasps her hands and they practice. He follows her lead as he repeats her words
"Say after me, Corazón: Papito... I know you're OK... May you look after my mamita... my sister... and me... "
They make the sign of the cross.
"Every night talk to him." She concludes as she gives him a long loving hug.
Alfonsina has arrived at the murder scene and is understandably distraught. Zeke is resting in a body bag which strangely enough is unzipped, exposing his oddly peaceful face.
She shrieks that she wants to see him but offers only token resistance as Lazaro and Renata gently restrain her. "¿Por Qué?" she pleads, weeping inconsolably. Manuela begins, but Laz interrupts her and explains what they have just learned from Augie. Jerry admits that Zeke told him about it just the day before. Augie confirms it and adds that being the good guy he is, he trusted Zeke enough to hire him and that in return Zeke was always a loyal and trustworthy employ who never robbed him of a single centavo... Gack... Next!
Alison, clearly a budding young lawyer, instead of flirting with Aníbal, suggests that he assert his hijo rights. "In the US, gringos can sue their parents," she explains. He's not so sure, his expression indicates that actually... he'd rather flirt. "Wouldn't hurt to look into it, you might win a lot."
Back at the crime scene, it occurs to Jerry that some of this could have been his fault for mentioning Zeke during his declaration... Gee... you think? Augie is offended that Jerry mentioned him and Renata intervenes, asking the both of them to respect Alfi's feeling. Well, Alfi says don't mind her, it's obvious that Zeke wasn't the saint that she had imagined after all. He didn't even trust her enough to share his secrets. Carlos suggests that perhaps he didn't want to hurt her but her disposition sours even more as she storms off muttering to herself. I'd love to cut her some slack, what with her husband newly dead and all, but I'm having a difficult time warming to Alfi right now. I preferred her much more as Gardenia in MEPS.
Back at Empresa Monterubio, Matías and Honorario are busy defaming the characters of Roberta and Germán because Matt and Adri spotted them together in the restaurant.. They agree to tattle to Gonzo. "Yeah that's what we'll do."
Too late fellows, Germán is way ahead of you making a preemptive confession to Gonzo himself. Might have been misinterpreted by Matt and Adri, them spotting him and Roberta together in the restaurant and all.
Gonzo, the designated dopey dad is looking even more befuddled than usual as Germán spins a clever web of deceit which leaves Gonzo agreeing that it'd be good for Germán to take Roberta under his protective wing in her inaugural days in a hostile environment. Kinda like another dad doncha know... after all she's about the same age as his son. Gonzo does know that Matías Honorio and Adri have it in for poor little Robi, doesn't he? Poor Gonzo looks like he's really missing his Etch-A-Sketch right about now.At the center, Regina and Inés discuss Constanza's foray into maternal madness. Inés asks if Regina has fired her as head of operations. Nopis... Regina is "...certain that she do the correct thing." ... um OK... the phone for Nadie se Rinde rings for he first time... woohoo.
Meanwhile, Coni is doing her own version of the correct thing. She is enmeshing herself deeper and deeper into Corina's web offering both moral and financial support. No need to mention it to Regina...
At the clinic, as Chema undergoes a CT of his head (did this remind anyone else of Frankenstein?), it dawns on him, "Hey we already did this!" He smells a rat. The Dr. admits that he hasn't been completely honest. "Make an appointment and I'll tell you the truth."
Say what? Why not just say, "Hey, sorry but you have a fatal brain tumor, don't start watching any new telenovels or opening any new restaurants." ?... Or something to that effect.
Honorio and Matías arrive in Gonzo's office bearing chismes only to discover that Germán has beaten them to the punch. Gonzo tells them that Germán will be Robi's mentor. They wearily and warily agree to go along with this hare-brained plan... for Gonzalo and Regina.
At La Bonita, Manuela presents Alison to Jerry and Nata, as Aníbal, Mati, and Carlos look on. She apologizes to Renata for not informing her that Alison was coming. Everyone is going to prepare for the velorio, but Carlos remembers that he can't join them... he must pick up Priscila at the airport. Renata looks at Jerry as if to say, "WTF is Priscila?" Nobody seems to tell her anything.
Augie pays Melesio for a job cleanly done. He offers him the job as his capataz which has fortutously just opened up. Of course best wait until Zeke's in the ground... wouldn't want to appear unseemly. They both share a hearty laugh at this.
Hell is waiting for the both of you.
Karina offers to help Alfi prepare for the velorio. If not for the kids, Alfonsina wouldn't bother. She remembers Zeke's words to Luz,
"I wish I could cease being who I am and be the man that everyone imagines. Ay my daughter, if you only knew how much I want to disappear."
Alfi feels betrayed.
Augie makes a call to Robi insisting that she tell Renata about Zeke forcing himself on her... hoy mismo. She doesn't see a good reason to be calling her. He tells her to just call and ask about him. "She'll tell you that she's at the velorio for that infeliz." "¿Qué, Ezequiel is dead?" "Sí, and in a few hours, buried." "Agustín, don't tell me that you..." "Of course not... the important thing is that your sister learn that he took advantage of you."
Roberta is not so sure and doesn't really seem very surprised... or alarmed.
Seems to me that Augie may be over-reaching a bit with this ploy.
Roberta leaves to go home for lunch as Matías and Adri agree that they have done what they can about Robi and Germy, they'll just keep an eye on them from here on.
Surprise, surprise, Fina is waiting for Roberta in the parking garage. Dr. Icky has driven her over. She tells Robi that she won't allow her to stray from the fold (redil, a new word for me).
Aueropuerto Internacional de Tijuana.
Priscila's here! Wow."¡Charlie! ¡Charlie!"
Oh yes, Matilde's going to pop her headband.
It's been 5 maybe 6 years.
I think Charlie says it all with, "...from here on, everything will be just like before."
Yes indeed, Matilde will be thrilled.
Robi is impressed by Fina's mobility. Fina reminds her of who calls the shots. Right now, she needs money.
Everyone at the velorio is clad in black. The grieving widow is tastefully dressed in skintight black jeans, high topped black boots with impossibly high heels and a dark sweater that reveals a modest amount of cleavage.
Remembering Dr. Nesme's farce of a funeral, she wants a look at the corpse. Laz dutifully pops the lid allowing her full access. She reaches out and discreetly holds a small mirror under Zeke's nostrils (actually I just imagined the mirror). She does feel his cheek and assures herself that he is indeed... muerto.Antonio arrives as other mourners file in. He has Manuela point out the viuda. He offers a few words of comfort and then moves behind the coffin to intone the Lord's Prayer accompanied by a hunting feminine voice. Jerry and Nata arrives and Alfi repairs to another room. Antonio seems to have that effect on people.
Nata follows her into the bedroom, taking a seat beside her on the bed. She offers her shoulder. Instead of tears, Alfi sheds bitterness and disillusionment. Basically, all men are traitorous scum, and she gives Alvaro and Zeke as prime examples. Nata sees her Alvaro and Zeke and raises with Fina. There are . Then gives her stepdad as an example of a good man. I think this is supposed to be a hang in there pep talk but I find myself yawning so unless there is a request for an exact translation of these platitudes, I'll pass... Next!
Gonzo and Regina are wedding planing. Just family and Izzy and Inés. I presume they're going to forego the vocalist as well. Gonzo wants Germán and Mrs. Germán. Yeah... what could possibly go wrong there?
Roberta briefly joins them. She's home for lunch but first has to get some money for Fina. She neglects to tell them that second part.
Fina waits impatiently outside in the car. She looks on as her clothing is carted out in boxes and dumped unceremoniously into a dolly. Panchita is overheard saying how evil Fina was and what an angel Regina is. Ouch!
Robi stuffs wads of cash in a department store gift box. It's even topped with a bow.
"En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espiritu Santo." The velorio seems to be winding down... but wait! Heeeeere's Augie!
Wow! Huge garish wreathes straight out of The Godfather.
He approaches the Widow Alfi and inquires, "¿Cómo estás?"
You murdered her husband! How the Hell do you think she is?
He pukes up the following:
"I don't want you to worry about your future, already too much tragedy is happening to you. "
She 's puzzled, "To what are you referring with my future?"
"So you want feel alone, I'm going to help you. I'm going to take care of the education of your two hijos until they finish their studies. Also I want you to know that you will continue receiving Ezequiel's salary as a pensión vitalicia."
"Excuse me what is vitelcia?"
"For life. Every knew that Ezeqiel was my loyal employee and that I loved him. His death affected me profoundly. He was always an irreplaceable person for me."
Jerry takes the opportunity to express doubt.
Renata upbraids him, telling him this is very gracious on Augie's part.
Jerry replys, "If it were gracious, he wouldn't have said it for all the world to hear."
Impervious, Augie continues, "Alfonsina, I can't offer you the position that Ezequiel held because I know that you already hold one at La Bonita, but I want you to know that the doors of my hacienda will always be open for you and your family."
She is grateful as Jerry glowers.
I think I'm gonna be sick.
She rests her head on the coffin as Antonio whispers words of consolation to Panchito.
Robi has the gift box for Fina, telling Regina and Gonzo that it is a gift for Selene she hurries out to deliver it.
What's this? Regina looks suspicious.
Robi delivers the cash to a waiting Fina, but the best part is Panchita sees it and even better... recognizes Fina.Carlos
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Friday, November 18, 2011
Una Familia Con Suerte #32 Fri 11/18/11 Fruitless efforts against a vegetable man
I haven't been paying much attention to the credits - how long has that mayo product placement been there, with Temo making a sandwich?
Pancho doesn't come home in time for dinner. He, Kojak/Chacho and Nico/Bigboy are still at the office, discussing the alleged harassment.
Rather than spread out and enjoy the extra space around the dinner table, the rest of Pancho's family sit in their usual places so that they can lean and turn awkwardly to hear one another speak. Tonight's special: Baked rehash! Topics: All the stuff in yesterday's episode.
Pancho invites Sandy to an open-door meeting in his office. She fiddles nervously with her low-cut blouse and he keeps calling her Salma, e.g. Hayek. He forgives her for the false accusation and asks her to retract it. She agrees.
Fernanda's German doctor considerately speaks English for our mutual convenience. He has the results of her PET scan. (He sounds a bit menacing. Well, as menacing as a guy can sound when he's imitating Colonel Klink. Or do I mean Sgt. Schultz?) "Did the treatment work? Please, tell me the truth!" (As usual, we know NOTHING!)
Pancho meets with Avon's corporate lawyer about the Casa Popular Unlicensed Daycare Center, but he doesn't have any new information. He offers to have someone look into it. Pancho wants to hire his own lawyer so as not to use the company's resources for personal matters.
Enzo comes in to talk about a personal matter. Pancho reaches forward and Enzo assumes the Karate Kid Crane Stance. (I'm now resisting the urge to add a picture of Bob Crane. It's possible to overdo a joke.) "Don't you dare touch me!" Pancho jokes that maybe Enzo will accuse him of harassment too. Yeah, he knows all about their little scam. He throws Enzo out. (Enzo paces outside Pancho's office, muttering to himself. When he turns his back, Pancho's secretary mimics him!)
Mónica is worried that something will happen to Pepe, and that Freddy will find out before she has a chance to tell him herself. She is despondent that her father will never forgive her. Karina tries to cheer her up.
Chela and Pepe discuss Love. Her surprisingly specific remarks on the subject lead him to ask who she fell in love with. She's impressed by how much he likes Mo.
Pancho tells Rebe that Sandy is retracting her accusation and says she's not even his type anyway. He describes his type as dainty, discreet, and elegant, and asks Rebeca what her type is. She likes a respectful, patient, humorous man, and why does he ask? "Curiosity - could you be interested in a man like me?"
Rebeca looks momentarily confused. "You?" Pancho asks, as a supositorio (he means a supposition, but says "suppository" instead), could she? Pancho is close enough to kiss her. She grumpily changes the subject and he says she sounds like Chela. Rebeca is VERY offended!
Enzo comes back to harass Pancho about Pepe nosing around his daughter. Pancho warns Enzo not to mess with Pepe.
Breakfast! Eggs, chorizo, and leftover rehash. Ana is interested to hear that Freddy may soon be available.
The morning meal is not so cheerful at the neighbors' house. Adoración tries to cheer Pina and Vince, but they're not in the mood. Pina encourages Vince to choke on an egg. Mónica's arrival does little to improve the atmosphere. She tells Freddy she'd like to spend some time apart because she's not sure what she feels for him. At first, Freddy tries to talk her out of it by ridiculing her (I think he even suggests that she's on the rag, "girls have their 'days' and sometimes they feel depressed"), but when that doesn't work and she insists she needs some time to get her head together, he becomes indignant and says fine, then let's just break up all the way! (What does he care? He has a Usual Room at the hotel, for Pete's sake!) Mo runs out crying. Fred runs upstairs. Vince follows after him, bellowing all the way.
Chela rubs Pancho's feet while he provides more rehash. He's so tired, he can't even get his nicknames right - he refers to Iracheta and Tranceti as "Iracheti and Tranceta."
Freddy wants his father to set the police loose on Pepe (I guess Vince is friends with the police chief) to give him a good scare. Fred is slow to understand why this is a bad idea: Vince needs that job and his boss is Pepe's father. (He pokes Fred's forehead for emphasis.) But he does want to get Pancho fired!
While Vince continues to plot against Pancho, Pina goes to Pancho's house to appeal to him to reinstate her radio show. First, she tells him how popular the show was and how important and helpful it was to other people. He doesn't argue with that, but says the issue is money: Avon is spending more than it's making. Pina then begs him: without the show, she's no one. Her life is useless.
At the office, Vince is angry with Sandra for recanting her story about the harassment. He calls Pancho a naco with too much power and gripes that he asked her to do just ONE thing to please him and she couldn't do it. She points out that he hasn't done anything to please her in quite some time. Nor his wife, for that matter, so there must be another woman in his life.
Candy calls, which makes Sandra even more jealous. Candy coquettishly tells Vince that "between us, not all has been said."
Fred gives Alex a somewhat distorted version of the story in which the whole breakup thing was his idea. He's sure Mo will come back asking forgiveness and then all will be as it was.
Mónica is still crying to Karina at school (she's worried that she hurt her father and Freddy, but I daresay Freddy will survive) when Pepe approaches. Mo runs away crying. Karina tells Pepe he'd be a fool not to take this chance.
The morning is well underway by now, and Pancho is still at home. Chela wants him to stay even longer so that she can bitch him out some more about what a terrible, changed person he is because of the money and the terrible, evil rich people he spends time with. She's dying of jealousy over Rebeca. The money and power have torn the family to pieces. She's afraid of what Tranceti will do because of Pepe. The stuff that happened to Temo at school, Lupita and the daycare, etc. etc. etc. the full catalog of bad things in the past 32 episodes. He failed in his promise not to change. It's ALL HIS FAULT. (I'm not so sure everyone in the family would agree that they're miserable!)
Pancho points out that Candy became Catgirl when they were poor and she was trying to help out, so she would have met Vicente anyway; but Chela can't be bothered with facts! She breaks down crying and he holds her. Her words, "I'm dying of jealousy because of Rebeca," echo in his mind.
Rebeca wonders where Pancho is and starts to worry. Barbara teases her for being so eager to see him. Rebe assures Bar that she'd never fall in love with a coworker. "I won't make that same mistake!"
Now at the office, Pancho tells Chacho and Nico that he doesn't really see Chela "as a woman." They say it's because of bonbon Rebeca. Pancho must choose!
That evening, Chela and Candy are arguing about the usual - Vicente (Candy is plotting mischief) - when Chacho interrupts. Meanwhile, contrary to Chacho's prediction that Nico must be flirting with Chucha or Goya, Nico is stinking up the bathroom. (I will spare you the more graphic details, but see what I mean about overdoing a joke? Just for that, I'm including that picture of Bob Crane after all.) Chacho tells him that since Candy is going to meet with Vince, this is their big chance to get revenge against him.
Next time:
Kojak goes undercover!
Pancho doesn't come home in time for dinner. He, Kojak/Chacho and Nico/Bigboy are still at the office, discussing the alleged harassment.
Rather than spread out and enjoy the extra space around the dinner table, the rest of Pancho's family sit in their usual places so that they can lean and turn awkwardly to hear one another speak. Tonight's special: Baked rehash! Topics: All the stuff in yesterday's episode.
Pancho invites Sandy to an open-door meeting in his office. She fiddles nervously with her low-cut blouse and he keeps calling her Salma, e.g. Hayek. He forgives her for the false accusation and asks her to retract it. She agrees.
Fernanda's German doctor considerately speaks English for our mutual convenience. He has the results of her PET scan. (He sounds a bit menacing. Well, as menacing as a guy can sound when he's imitating Colonel Klink. Or do I mean Sgt. Schultz?) "Did the treatment work? Please, tell me the truth!" (As usual, we know NOTHING!)Pancho meets with Avon's corporate lawyer about the Casa Popular Unlicensed Daycare Center, but he doesn't have any new information. He offers to have someone look into it. Pancho wants to hire his own lawyer so as not to use the company's resources for personal matters.
Enzo comes in to talk about a personal matter. Pancho reaches forward and Enzo assumes the Karate Kid Crane Stance. (I'm now resisting the urge to add a picture of Bob Crane. It's possible to overdo a joke.) "Don't you dare touch me!" Pancho jokes that maybe Enzo will accuse him of harassment too. Yeah, he knows all about their little scam. He throws Enzo out. (Enzo paces outside Pancho's office, muttering to himself. When he turns his back, Pancho's secretary mimics him!)
Mónica is worried that something will happen to Pepe, and that Freddy will find out before she has a chance to tell him herself. She is despondent that her father will never forgive her. Karina tries to cheer her up.
Chela and Pepe discuss Love. Her surprisingly specific remarks on the subject lead him to ask who she fell in love with. She's impressed by how much he likes Mo.
Pancho tells Rebe that Sandy is retracting her accusation and says she's not even his type anyway. He describes his type as dainty, discreet, and elegant, and asks Rebeca what her type is. She likes a respectful, patient, humorous man, and why does he ask? "Curiosity - could you be interested in a man like me?"
Rebeca looks momentarily confused. "You?" Pancho asks, as a supositorio (he means a supposition, but says "suppository" instead), could she? Pancho is close enough to kiss her. She grumpily changes the subject and he says she sounds like Chela. Rebeca is VERY offended!
Enzo comes back to harass Pancho about Pepe nosing around his daughter. Pancho warns Enzo not to mess with Pepe.
Breakfast! Eggs, chorizo, and leftover rehash. Ana is interested to hear that Freddy may soon be available.
The morning meal is not so cheerful at the neighbors' house. Adoración tries to cheer Pina and Vince, but they're not in the mood. Pina encourages Vince to choke on an egg. Mónica's arrival does little to improve the atmosphere. She tells Freddy she'd like to spend some time apart because she's not sure what she feels for him. At first, Freddy tries to talk her out of it by ridiculing her (I think he even suggests that she's on the rag, "girls have their 'days' and sometimes they feel depressed"), but when that doesn't work and she insists she needs some time to get her head together, he becomes indignant and says fine, then let's just break up all the way! (What does he care? He has a Usual Room at the hotel, for Pete's sake!) Mo runs out crying. Fred runs upstairs. Vince follows after him, bellowing all the way.
Chela rubs Pancho's feet while he provides more rehash. He's so tired, he can't even get his nicknames right - he refers to Iracheta and Tranceti as "Iracheti and Tranceta."
Freddy wants his father to set the police loose on Pepe (I guess Vince is friends with the police chief) to give him a good scare. Fred is slow to understand why this is a bad idea: Vince needs that job and his boss is Pepe's father. (He pokes Fred's forehead for emphasis.) But he does want to get Pancho fired!
While Vince continues to plot against Pancho, Pina goes to Pancho's house to appeal to him to reinstate her radio show. First, she tells him how popular the show was and how important and helpful it was to other people. He doesn't argue with that, but says the issue is money: Avon is spending more than it's making. Pina then begs him: without the show, she's no one. Her life is useless.
At the office, Vince is angry with Sandra for recanting her story about the harassment. He calls Pancho a naco with too much power and gripes that he asked her to do just ONE thing to please him and she couldn't do it. She points out that he hasn't done anything to please her in quite some time. Nor his wife, for that matter, so there must be another woman in his life.
Candy calls, which makes Sandra even more jealous. Candy coquettishly tells Vince that "between us, not all has been said."
Fred gives Alex a somewhat distorted version of the story in which the whole breakup thing was his idea. He's sure Mo will come back asking forgiveness and then all will be as it was.
Mónica is still crying to Karina at school (she's worried that she hurt her father and Freddy, but I daresay Freddy will survive) when Pepe approaches. Mo runs away crying. Karina tells Pepe he'd be a fool not to take this chance.
The morning is well underway by now, and Pancho is still at home. Chela wants him to stay even longer so that she can bitch him out some more about what a terrible, changed person he is because of the money and the terrible, evil rich people he spends time with. She's dying of jealousy over Rebeca. The money and power have torn the family to pieces. She's afraid of what Tranceti will do because of Pepe. The stuff that happened to Temo at school, Lupita and the daycare, etc. etc. etc. the full catalog of bad things in the past 32 episodes. He failed in his promise not to change. It's ALL HIS FAULT. (I'm not so sure everyone in the family would agree that they're miserable!)
Pancho points out that Candy became Catgirl when they were poor and she was trying to help out, so she would have met Vicente anyway; but Chela can't be bothered with facts! She breaks down crying and he holds her. Her words, "I'm dying of jealousy because of Rebeca," echo in his mind.
Rebeca wonders where Pancho is and starts to worry. Barbara teases her for being so eager to see him. Rebe assures Bar that she'd never fall in love with a coworker. "I won't make that same mistake!"
Now at the office, Pancho tells Chacho and Nico that he doesn't really see Chela "as a woman." They say it's because of bonbon Rebeca. Pancho must choose!
That evening, Chela and Candy are arguing about the usual - Vicente (Candy is plotting mischief) - when Chacho interrupts. Meanwhile, contrary to Chacho's prediction that Nico must be flirting with Chucha or Goya, Nico is stinking up the bathroom. (I will spare you the more graphic details, but see what I mean about overdoing a joke? Just for that, I'm including that picture of Bob Crane after all.) Chacho tells him that since Candy is going to meet with Vince, this is their big chance to get revenge against him.Next time:
Kojak goes undercover!
Labels: familia
Cuando Me Enamoro #149 Thursday 11/17/11 The Valle de Guadalupe bears a strange and bitter fruit. Treacherous butterflies flit in the DF.
Dear friends, Grab your tissues, hankies, drinks, Peppermint Pattys, Hershey's Kisses, tea, antacid, remote for fast forward, or all of the above. It’s gonna be a memorable night. There was so much talking amidst tears and loud music, please if I missed something do not hesitate to bring it up. I will happily add it to the recap.
Reviewing from last night: Hons doesn’t want to be a daddy, Ezequiel is stressing about testifying (about Nesme? I’m not sure, maybe he just doesn’t want to go back to the police station?). And remember that Augi is majorly steamed about Anibal, Renata, then hearing about Ezequiel. It’s not good.
Tonight: Augustin calms himself by coolly ordering his big henchman Melesio to “take care of things”. Melesio’s eyes sparkle as he confirms he is Very Clear on what he needs to do. Augi wraps it up by saying those who betray him pay very dearly. For Augi, ordering a hit is more soothing than an hour at Yoga class.
On the other end of the daddy spectrum our endangered ranch hand is cuddling and cooing to his infant daughter. In spite of his past he is every bit the loving father that Augi is not. He tells Luz that when he was young and without children he did something that would affect his whole life. He tells Luz (who happily gurgles safely in daddy’s arms) that he would give his life to relive his past and get rid of the actions that haunt him. He cries over this baby who is so loved, while Alfonsina tearfully listens in the background.
In arftul comparison, we move to Dirty Director’s office where he escorts CruelFakeMom Corina and the stolen escuincle out, giving Fina and Blanca a chance to laugh amongst themselves. Blanca thinks maybe DD went too far by kidnapping the child. Al contrario cackles Fina, Coni and Regina will be blamed for the kidnapping; they will kill two birds with one stone. Fina feeds Blanca’s starving ego by saying soon Blanca will be head of all Empresas Monterrubios!
And speaking of two birds, we go to the new restaurant where Chema declares he can’t believe he’ll be realizing two dreams on the same day, the opening of his own restaurant and marriage to the girl of his dreams. Dad insists that before they go into business they need to take out life insurance and get medical exams. The sinister music plays and Chema comments he hopes they’ll never have to use it. Dad mutters to himself hopefully, hopefully. (I originally thought perhaps Ben was being a bad daddy by taking out a life insurance policy on Chema, but Vivi pointed out he is just using the life insurance story to get Chema to his follow-up exam. That makes me feel better.)
In the one other restaurant in Mexico City we find Roberta sucking up to the new partner German, she tells him their age difference doesn’t bother her. After her experience with Matias she has become bored by boys her own age, blah blah blah. He asks why does Berta want to work at EM? She says her road has been difficult because daddy always had eyes for Matias and Renata. She’s no saint but she’s repentant and wants to prove it. She goes on about herself ad nauseum, brought up to be rotten by her imposter mom, boo hoo, and now she wants to change even though her family doesn’t think she can. He says on the other hand he does believe she can change. Her sweetness bubbles forth as she thanks him for being her one friend in EM. They toast as Mana’s “Mariposa Traicionera” (Treacherous Butterfly) plays in the background. (Who remembers this song from Tontas? Theme song to another rotten sister I might add.)
Matias and Adri have decided to dine out tonight and of course their choice is limited to the very same restaurant. Adri is particularly amused to spy the perfidious pair and they join them to get a few friendly jabs in about German, how is his wife (on vacation), how long has he been married (25 years), etc. All great fun.
The La Bonita clan is also sitting around the table enjoying dinner. When they start asking Anibal about his personal life he becomes uncomfortable and hobbles off to his room. Naturally they start gossiping about him being Augi’s kid and Mati makes a crack in that case the sooner he leaves the better. Renata jumps down her throat, the sins of the parents should not be visited upon their children! (I think I just figured out what tonight’s theme is.) Mati is all “Oops, I forgot about YOU...and Oops I didn’t mean...and Oops, why don’t I just shut my big fat mouth right now?” Yes indeed Mati, we’ll leave you to wrassle that foot out of your mouth while we move on.
Alf calls Kari to ask for a favor. She whispers so Ezeq doesn’t hear. He doesn’t want her to go with him tomorrow when he testifies. But she has a bad feeling, she wants to go to be with Ez and she wants Kari to go with her.
Jero and Renata tease Mati, tell her to let Anibal sleep (Jero scoffs at Nata’s mothering), and are off to have some fun together. Later Mati tells Anibal they went off for a ride and he decides to check out the hacienda.
Alf (and Luz) and Kari are at the police station waiting and fretting about Ezeq being a no-show. Maybe he met with trouble along the road? It’s all very weird.
Augustin paces in his office and gripes about his newest torture, the appearance of his alleged son Anibal.
Said torture is hanging around outside when who should come rolling up with her suitcase but the lovely diversion Alison. Seconds later a new song plays and we know there has been an instant Love Connection.
The man behind the desk calls Ezeqiel’s name and informs Alf they will grant only 15 minutes leeway. Luz starts crying to further accentuate the stress that all of us are feeling. Alf calls for Ez from a pay phone. The demon Augustin answers and smugly tells her he doesn’t have a clue about Ez because he gave him the morning off to make his statement in Ensenada.
Cut to the joyful pair of Jero and Renata riding through the country and Gitana looks just fine, whew! They dismount to hug and cuddle a bit and to bestow kisses upon one another. Renata pretends to chase Gitana so Jero can chase her, this game of love tag goes South when Renata stops short with a look of horror on her face. They both cry out Ezequiel’s name in anguish and we need this commercial break to compose ourselves, pour a shot of Mezcal, tea, chocolate, whatever, and take a deep breath.
Oh dear Lord, as the scene opens we see Ezeq’s legs hanging from the tree behind Renata. NOOOOO!!! This shot is thankfully short as Jero wisely turns Nata around, insisting they return to the hacienda and call the police immediately.
Back at La Bonita Manuela hugs and welcomes her nieta while Anibal looks on, smiling the first smile we have seen on him. Manuela quickly tells him Alison is only there temporarily, “just like you!” Grandma and granddaughter go inside to catch up and Anibal sighs while birdies and hearts practically fly out of his ears.
At the station Ezeq has missed his chance to testify and the official tells Alfonsina they can send another subpoena but if Ezeq continues to be a no-show they will send the authorities after him. Alf promises he will be there next time. Alfonsina frets yet again that she has a very bad feeling.
There are also very bad feelings at La Bonita when the household sees Jero and a hysterically distraught Renata come stumbling into the house. Manuela, Mati, Carlos and Laz hear Jero’s words, it appears that Ezequiel has killed himself, hung from a tree. No puede ser! What a tragedy, exclaims Manuela. Carlos calls the police and Super Laz flies out of the house. Mati cries surely he is going to find his best friend.
Alison joins Anibal at the desert water feature to tell him something bad is going down inside. He thinks maybe he should go inside and find out but Alison wants him to stay with her. He explains he’s in town for personal business, he just met the La Bonita crew but they seem very nice. She says she was sent down to granny’s because her parents think she’s anorexic, but she’s not, they’re just exaggerating as usual. She’s thrilled to hear he has a motorcycle. As soon as he’s better he promises to take her for a ride.
Back inside the sadness and crying continue. Manuela and Mati want to see Ez; Manuela has a deep need to be next to him. Mati points out that Alf and Kari went to Ensenada to meet Ezequiel. Carlos agrees to take Manuela and Mati to see Ezeq’s body. Really? Still hanging from the tree? Is that a good idea?
At the Hons/Cons house Adri wastes no time in telling dad and Coni all about seeing Berta with a married man. “That girl will never change,” insists Coni. Hons also has a tidbit, apparently German is a womanizer and had a long affair with a woman 15 years his junior! His wife left him but since she had the money he begged forgiveness and they got back together. Adri says the joke will be on Berta when she finds out German’s money is his wife’s, not his. (I love it just as much as Adri!!) Coni is concerned that such a thing could happen at EM. ( Eh? Hons and Cons. Mat and Adri. Mat and Nata. Mat and Berta. Just sayin’. And notice I didn’t mention Hons and Blanca. Oh, and Gonzo and Fina from way back when?)
At EM German and Berta bask in their new friendship. German smiles lasciviously when Berta offers to make him a cup of coffee. (Does she know how? Has she ever?) Her flirty bliss is interrupted by MalaMama-in-white calling to demand more money. Berta says sorry but she’s at dad’s work and doesn’t have time so stop bothering her, OK? German comments he feels sorry for this galan whom she is rebuffing. The phone rings again, German drools on his desk and the wicked butterfly music plays on.
Fina curses Berta and tells Dirty Director she doesn’t have the money, if he wants more she’ll need his help.
Some guy gives Isidro documents about Roberta so that Regina can legally proclaim Berta to be the inheritor of Roberto’s trust. Isidro mutters how ironic it is that Roberta turned out to be Regina’s daughter.
We know how Fina is when she doesn’t get her way and she’s howling up a storm. Dirty Director says he’s not running a hotel where she can come and go as she pleases. Fina insists the only way to get the money is to let her out. He finally relents under her sarcastic mocking, but says they will do things his way, not hers. Famous last words Director Dumba$$. I’d hide the letter opener if I were you.
The beautiful, yet saddest song in the CME repertoire is playing. The SEMEFO forensic van has arrived (Servicio Médico Forense, thank you Google), and Ezequiel’s friends have gathered next to him but behind the yellow hazard tape. He is at last peaceful, supine on the gurney. Laz says Ez has had problems and lately has been very bothered and nervous but never did he think anything like this would happen. He is in torment imagining the circumstances and why did Ez not say anything to him? They have been friends forever. He demands an investigation! (Do it! Do what my boyfriend Super Laz says.)
Alf has just arrived home and Jero and Nata are there to talk to her about Ezequiel. She hopefully assumes they must know why he didn’t show up to testify. Oh yes they know, and they solemnly and reluctantly tell her that no, there wasn’t an accident nor is he in the hospital. Kari deftly removes Luz from Alf’s arms as Alf assumes that Ez has left her and the children. Jero sadly corrects her; Ezequiel is dead. We hear her heart pound above her cries of anguish as she rushes to Jero, trying to beat him into changing his story. She collapses in his arms while Renata also tries to comfort her, and she falls onto the floor like a rag doll.
A young worker runs into Augi’s office with the news that Ezeq hung himself from a tree at La Bonita.
Alf is up off the floor, going hysterical while teetering precariously on her spiked heels. Jero and Renata hold Alf up while she demands what is she going to tell the children about their father? Ponchito arrives on cue, “My papito is dead? My school told me but it’s not true, right?” (Dang, news travels fast in the country!) Alf cries and hugs her son. He is dressed like a little man and tells her not to cry, he’ll take care of her. She sobs with renewed vigor.
Augi drives down the road grinning broadly (I want to smash his gleaming white teeth!!) while recalling Ezequiel’s fate. Melesio had set up an ambush in the road knowing Ez would be on his way to town. He feigns engine problems and when Ez leans in to check, Melesio chloroforms him and dumps Ez in the back of the truck. Augi, having learned not to trust his employees, steps out from behind a bush to watch. Note that he is wearing his stinky windbreaker of death.
In the next scene Melesio has set Ezeq’s unconscious body on a horse and has placed a noose around his neck. Please please please say he is going to do this while Ez is unconscious. Oh noes! Pour a shot, grab a chocolate, chug some tea! Augi is there and he waits for Ez to regain consciousness so he can taunt him. Ez calls him a coward, that is the difference between them; but Augi says after they find him hanging Ez will be thought to be the coward because only a coward would kill himself. (**See note below.) Ez yells Augie wouldn’t dare! But Evil Incarnate says yes he does dare. Ez asks Augi to think of his children, his wife. Augi smugly points out Ez should have thought of them. Ez keeps calling Augi desgraciado, as if he is cursing Augi, but Augustin just smiles and says “Adios amigo,” and thankfully the scene ends there. Oh that Augie is a bad bad dog.
Next we see a split screen of Ez on the gurney and Aug in his truck, smiling and saying “If you go against me you won’t live to tell the tale.” The bastard drives up to the scene, rushes out and cries a bucket of crocodile tears over the body while Laz cautiously observes.
Chema and dad are at the doc’s for a “Check Up” as Ben says in English. Chema wants to make it quick as he is keen to get back to work.
Back at the body Augi tearfully demands how could Ez do such a thing? Laz says he knew Ez didn’t want to testify but he never thought this would happen. Augi pretends and exclaims now that Laz mentions it maybe Ez was much more affected than Augi thought. He says Ez had a great fear that the authorities would find out about something in his past, something that might end up putting him in jail. It happened a long time ago, when Ez left the Valle de Guadalupe to look for a better life. But we were kids then, says Laz, it was a very long time ago, 18 years ago at least. Manuela wonders what could he have done that was so bad? Aug says Ez committed robbery while in the U.S. and they put him in jail. When he returned home from serving time he never told them that's what happened to him. The others can’t believe it, more “No puede sers.” (That’s it? That’s the big crime of 18 years ago? Am I missing something?)
Augustin is satisfied, believing he has secured his perfidy with a neat little knot of exaggeration. Yet behind him stands Lazaro, giving him a powerful stink eye filled with suspicion.
And now presenting in fashion color Wine Country Burgundy...
Avances: Because Ezequiel is dead Augustin “Canta Victoria” (sings victory) but Lazaro doesn’t buy it. It looks like Augi passes money to Roberta, I can only imagine why. Fina has broken out of the manicomio to harass Roberta (hooray!). And the voice-over promises that tomorrow will be a night full of surprises.
** I believe the suicide anvil hangs heavily over Augustin. When he thought Rafael killed himself over a woman he vowed Rafa was weak and he (Augi) would NEVER do such a thing for a woman. Tonight he once again states to Ezequiel that only a coward would kill himself. Is there someone in Augi’s past who killed him/herself or is this an anvil hanging around for Augi’s future demise? Will he eventually off himself for not gaining Renata’s love? I keep mulling this over as I imagine Augustin’s (hopefully) horrific end. Thoughts?
Labels: Cuando
La Fuerza del Destino #74 Thu 11/17/11 La Fuerza de Ag Association drama
Ivan can't believe Lucia married Camilo. Toni thinks it's not only possible, but makes perfect sense. He couldn't expect Lucia to wait for him forever! It was a stroke of luck that they busted Maripaz with her "amante" (lover). But Ivan whines on…and then he starts getting bitchy. Toni tells him to chill out and think. The two of them fell in love, they got married, and that's the end of it. Ivan needs to accept it just like Lucia had to accept him marrying Maripaz. She suffered, but she got over it and got on with her life. So Ivan needs to forget her and leave her alone. Ivan says no way--the two of them owe him an explanation! He runs out of the room, ignoring Maripaz in the foyer. Maripaz tells Toni she's going to take her lawyer's advice and take the settlement. However…she's going to need a little distraction to get over all this mess, and an all-expenses-paid trip to Europe would be just the thing. Toni chuckles and tells her to have the travel agency send him the bill.
Ivan goes up to his room and he's so upset he dumps his suit jacket on the floor. Well, fine, whatever, he'll just send it to the cleaners and make them deal with the wrinkles. He moans about "his" Lucia and mopes about his room.
Toni calls Carlota to let her know that Ivan now knows all…except for the part where the kid might be his. And he didn't take it well. He'd just gotten his divorce and gotten custody of Alex and was flying high and getting ready to go back and reclaim Lucia, so Toni had to tell him that wasn't an option anymore and, well, he reacted predictably. Carlota is sad for him. She would have been happy to have him marry Lucia, but fate just didn't want it that way. Lucrezia comes in moaning about everything being a disaster. Carlota ignores her and continues her convo to Toni. Toni figures he will go back, but he'll cool off first. Carlota asks about Maripaz, gets an answer, sends Toni a hug and gets off the phone. She tells Lucrezia that Ivan and Maripaz are divorced and Ivan has custody of Alex. Maripaz cheated and she's going off to Europe (cause that's where they send you when you cheat on a rich guy), Ivan knows about Lucia getting married to Camilo and he's upset. Lucrezia thinks he had it coming. Carlota doesn't want to talk about it, and she definitely doesn't want to talk about what a disaster the ranch is.
Lucrezia goes to visit Lucia and Perla. Camilo's out in the fields. Lucrezia tells her that Ivan knows about her marrying Camilo, but she doesn't know if Ivan knows about the baby. By the way, he also just got divorced from Maripaz. Ivan has custody of Alex. "You know, Ivan's still in love with you. Too bad you didn't wait for him." Lucia says they all agreed she needed to get married ASAP and cover up her little misstep. Lucrezia can't help fantasizing about the awesome life Lucia would have had marrying Deep Pockets Ivan. Lucia doesn't care. She's fine with Camilo and she's grateful to him. "Hey, you're the one who cares about appearances so much. Imagine the scandal! First I was Ivan's girlfriend, then he left me and married my sister, then he divorced her and married me!" Lucrezia agrees it sounds horrible. Lucia hopes Maripaz stays in Europe forever. She says she's not made of wood, so yeah, she does hate her sister for ruining her life.
Toni checks in on Ivan, who is still moping. He lets Ivan know that he granted Maripaz a trip to Europe to shut her up, but she's looking for her passport. Ivan retrieves it from the locked drawer. Alex is busy with Benito and Bruno. Toni tells Ivan he's really sorry.
Antolín and Gerry talk about the damage to the ranches. Gerry supposes the insurance they have through the Ag Association will cover it, but Antolín said he's seen the contract and it looks like their coverage sucks. "Antolín says Mr. Mondragon is tricksy," says Carolina. "That's not news," replies Gerry. But he must have gotten some coverage for earthquakes and hurricanes. Antolín says he didn't get a chance to see how much because right then, JJ came back into the office. "If he didn't get coverage up to 80%, they're all screwed." Gerry tells him he'd better let Camilo know and Carolina says he should give Camilo the money he saved for her operation. Antolín refuses, saying what Camilo would need is more than what Antolín can give him. Besides, they still don't know how things are going to go yet, so there's no reason to get ahead of themselves. Plus Ivan and Toni aren't going to leave everyone in the lurch. "Besides, if Mondragon is committing fraud, the ranchers need to get together and sue him."
Camilo is sad they won't be able to go forward with construction on the house. He would have liked for them to have their own space, without feeling like they're mooches. Lucia says he's the only one who feels that way--neither her mom nor her grandmother feel that way. She tells him Ivan knows everything now. She's not sure if Ivan is going to come now. Camilo hopes he won't, now that there's nothing for him to come back for. Lucia agrees and earns herself a suspicious look from Camilo. Tío Antolín comes to visit. Damn, if not for the fact that he'd also be highly likely to land you in jail, I bet he'd be the coolest uncle ever. He brought Perla a teddy bear. Antolín holds her for a little bit, but Perla starts fussing and he hands her off to Lucia. Lucia moves off and Antolín lowers his voice and asks about Camilo's Ag Association insurance. He recommends that Camilo go demand that JJ show him the contract. "Tell him you have a right to see what percentage is going to be given to each of the ranchers for the hurricane damage." "Do you think he did some kind of shady deal?" "Don't you?"
Ivan talks to David. He's sent letters to the presidents of the Ag Associations in regions that weren't affected by the hurricanes and now he's got to wait for responses so he can meet with them in person. "And what about the insurance?" David says he doesn't know. He knows his dad changed providers, but, "knowing him, who knows." We only hear Ivan's part of the conversation as he asks what David thinks and says they'll see. He asks David to keep him informed. He gets off the phone and calls down to reception, asking Jenny to get him a ticket to Hermosillo tomorrow.
At the Ag Association, JJ is dealing with a lot of pissed off ranchers. He says they've gotta pull up their bootstraps like they always do. The government is offering them free seed to re-plant with. "And what about the insurance?" "When are they going to pay us?" "At 100%?" JJ says no company would pay 100%. Also, he got them the cut-rate insurance. They hadn't had a hurricane in years, how was he to know? Camilo says that as president of the association and an expert rancher should have taken precautions. JJ tells Camilo to back off. "I've been at this for years and you just got here!" Camilo says that doesn't matter. "We want to know how much the insurance is going to pay us!" JJ tells the secretary to read it out. It's 50%...minus the deductible. That does not go over well. Lucrezia stands up and says this is unacceptable. "Why didn't you warn us?" He says it was the best he could get. Insurance companies are less willing to cover meteorological disasters. Camilo says he should have kept looking. He asks if the insurance is individual or collective. "Collective, of course…but there are exceptions. Some of us have more land." They all know he's talking about himself. He adds Lucrezia and Cuthberto to the list. "So the rest of us can just go screw ourselves, is that it?" demands Camilo. "Are you accusing me of fraud?!" Camilo says he is and he demands an audit of the new insurance and a meeting to remove JJ from office and elect a new president. They all loudly agree and JJ leaves the meeting room in a snit. Just before he gets into his office, he can hear them all chanting Camilo's name. Antolín comes up to Camilo and encourages him to run for president. Carlota and Cuthberto say they're on his side. So does another rancher who says he likes that Camilo has the balls to stand up to JJ. Camilo, that little weasel, tries to back down. The other ranchers aren't going to let him and they start up another cheer.
Back at home, Lucrezia whines that Camilo's not up to JJ's standards. He lacks connections and experience. Lucia is confused and Carlota fills her in. "The ranchers want to chuck out JJ and put Camilo in his place." Lucrezia warns Carlota that she won't vote for him. "Have you forgotten that I'm the one who votes?!" Lucrezia is still hung up about Camilo being a "pelado" (a nobody, a peasant). Carlota reminds her that he's an engineer, intelligent, and her son-in-law. "Only because he did Lucia a favor and married her to keep up appearances." Lucia tells her not to talk about her husband that way. "But it's the truth!" "Maybe it's your truth, but it's not my truth, or my grandma's truth, or the truth of the other people who know him." Lucrezia refuses to discuss it further and takes off. Carlota tells her that Lucrezia always looked down on Gerry. She always wanted a "macho" by her side and that macho was JJ. Lucia diagnoses her with neuroses stemming from frustrated desires and says she ought to see a psychologist before she gets worse.
Camilo hands a folder over to David, but he says he's too busy to look at it and besides, it's to do with his dad. Camilo knows that, but he reminds him that as an employee of the McGuire's, it's in his best interest to review the contract. If he does something to benefit the ranchers, that in turn benefits the company. David tells him Ivan's coming in a few days. Camilo says that's good and leaves.
Toni is insisting on going to Alamos with Ivan. He doesn't trust him to handle the Camilo and Lucia situation well. Ivan insists he wants to know why they did it, but Toni knows he really wants to "reclamar" (complain). He understands them falling in love, but he still thinks Lucia should have trusted in him and kept hope alive. "Hope of what?! You were married to Maripaz. Please, Ivan! Leave that sentimentality and jealousy aside and think logically!" Toni accuses him of wanting Lucia to wait for him forever. "We live in another world, another era. She decided to get on with her life. That's what you expect of a mature, intelligent woman. So I'm going with you." And since Alex has 2 weeks of vacation left, he can come with them. Toni calls Jenny and tells her to get 3 more tickets--for himself, Alex, and Benito--and not to forget that Bruno travels with them. Alex comes running in to announce that Bruno found himself a girlfriend and her owner agrees they can date. Toni says it's too bad, Bruno will have to wait, since they're all going to Alamos. Alex is excited.
Ivan looks at the pictures from the vacation they took with Lucia and throws a temper tantrum. "It's true. Love isn't eternal. But I never thought it would end so quickly, Lucia!"
David brings Judith home after a long day at work. She's exhausted and goes to rest. Esther says she knows everything's a mess--JJ was in a foul mood. David sees Saul and greets him happily, but Saul is being his usual charming self. David has found a doctor in Hermosillo who might be able to help him, but Saul demands to be treated in the US, like a "decent" person. "He's a specialist and he trained in Europe. I can pay for it." Saul refuses. JJ comes in and David asks to speak to him about the contract with the insurance company. "In few words, it's apparent that you've been embezzling from the association members."
Camilo goes to whine to his mom that he doesn't feel ready to be the association president. She, of course, thinks he'll be great at it. Camilo is also worried because Ivan is coming to Alamos. I tune out most of the conversation. Arcelia thinks if he explains things to Ivan, Ivan will understand. Pfft!
David points out that the contract for the rest of the ranchers only covers them at 50% for hurricanes, but his personal policy covers hurricanes at 100%. At the same time, he's paying the same premiums, so how is that possible? JJ says that's how business is done, and what would David know about it. "How do you think I made the ranch prosper? And paid for this house? And all of your educations? My father left me nearly broke and I had to make do somehow. Anyone with any brains would have done the same." David says not at the expense of others. "Whatever. You don't know anything, so shut up." David says he'll have to answer for his actions, since Camilo's the one who asked him to review the insurance contract. JJ's not worried. David advises him to resign his position. JJ scoffs at him. "Who do you think you are? I had two sons who are good for nothing. One who ended up being a loser, a drug addict, a delinquent. And the other who wants to betray me. But neither of you can beat me." JJ leaves. David apologizes to his mother for having to turn JJ in. She's proud of him. She feels sorry for JJ. She says she's loved him since she met him and always hoped he would change. "I've made a decision. Tomorrow, I'm leaving this house. I'm going to stay with your Aunt Rosario. And I'm going to initiate divorce proceedings."
Lucia loves the idea of Camilo being the Ag Association President. And she thinks he'll be great at it. But Camilo feels insecure about it. Lucia cheers him on. She reminds him he has an education and has worked hard. Camilo says it's always cost him blood, sweat, and tears, but Ivan had it easy. "That's not true. Ivan had to leave the country because you kept your mouth shut about your brother's crime. Do you think that was so easy for him?" They get into an argument about her "always" defending Ivan and wake up the baby.
Saul tells Gordo he needs money. Carmen trips bringing them drinks and Saul laughs at her. He tells Gordo he just got an idea and maybe they can kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Carmen drops off their beers and tortas and Saul invites her to sit down for a little while. "After the way you treated me last time? Besides, I'm working. I'll get fired." Saul says he'll meet her outside at closing. He asks Gordo to borrow his car to give Carmen a ride home. "What? After what happened last time?" But Gordo agrees. Carmen is surprised to hear that Saul actually has been thinking about her and wanting to talk to her. She says she'll think about it.
Carmen meets Saul outside. He blows some smoke about how much he's missed her. Then he proposes a fantastic business deal that will make money for them both. He's sure that JJ is seeing Lucrezia and if she helps him get proof, JJ will have to give him money. Seriously? Seriously?! Carmen doesn't know how to help. Saul tells her to get herself hired at the Curiel's and keep him informed of Lucrezia's movements. He smooches her into submission.
Carmen goes home and gives her mom a sob story about some drunks coming on to her and pinching her on the ass, so she quit. She begs her mom to help her. "Talk to Camilo. Ask him to get me a job at the Curiel house. I don't care if it's at a maid. Or I can work in the fields or take care of Perla, whatever!"
Saul tells Gordo they're going to kidnap…someone. The baby? We haven't had a baby kidnapping yet. I guess we're due. Gordo doesn't think they have the money to pay a ransom, but Saul says they can get the money from the McGuire's. Dumb. Asses.
Esther leaves JJ his Dear JJ letter on the busted mirror. Judith sees her. Esther tells her she's made up her mind and she's leaving. She begs Judith to go with her. "I can't. I can't leave my job just like that. Especially not now while there are so many problems." Esther hopes she can get out of this house, this hell, soon. Judith is glad Esther is finally doing this. They say their goodbye's and Esther gives Judith her blessing.
Arcelia invites Camilo over to beg for a job for Carmen. Camilo balks at first, but he leaves it up to Carlota.
Carlota says they don't have a lot of money and they don't really need more servants. Camilo says maybe she can work on the farm. Carlota doesn't think there's a lot to do. And she doesn't think it's proper for a woman to work on the land. She suggests the assign Carmen to take care of Perla. She is her aunt, after all, and will take care of her as well as Lucia does. And she has experience with kids. Carlota will talk to Lucia and see what she thinks. She reminds Camilo that she supports him as Ag Association president.
JJ reads Esther's note. He stumbles over the words "malos tratos" (mistreatment) but mocks the rest of the letter as he reads it, eventually descending into "blah, blah, blah" before he reads out the closing. He calls his secretary and tells her to send the insurance agent over to his house. He shouts for the maid as he rips up the letter from Esther. He tosses the scraps on the floor and tells her to pick them up.
Ingeniero Hottie, whose name hasn't registered with me yet, praises Judith for her work and invites her out for a coffee. She doesn't want to leave JJ alone, since her mom just left him. Ingeniero Hottie takes a rain check.
JJ asks the insurance agent what they can do so that the ag association members don't lynch him. "We could include addendum where the coverage goes to 90%, but the premium would be higher." JJ asks if it can be backdated. "Um, you're getting me into trouble here, Mr. Mondragon." JJ says he's in trouble to, and if they remove him from the presidency, they'll choose another insurance company, and that won't be good for him. "And also, you have to give me the same coverage as the rest." The agent suggests claiming the 100% coverage was a clerical error and hoping they believe it." I lose the rest of the conversation as the DVR cuts off.
Ivan goes up to his room and he's so upset he dumps his suit jacket on the floor. Well, fine, whatever, he'll just send it to the cleaners and make them deal with the wrinkles. He moans about "his" Lucia and mopes about his room.
Toni calls Carlota to let her know that Ivan now knows all…except for the part where the kid might be his. And he didn't take it well. He'd just gotten his divorce and gotten custody of Alex and was flying high and getting ready to go back and reclaim Lucia, so Toni had to tell him that wasn't an option anymore and, well, he reacted predictably. Carlota is sad for him. She would have been happy to have him marry Lucia, but fate just didn't want it that way. Lucrezia comes in moaning about everything being a disaster. Carlota ignores her and continues her convo to Toni. Toni figures he will go back, but he'll cool off first. Carlota asks about Maripaz, gets an answer, sends Toni a hug and gets off the phone. She tells Lucrezia that Ivan and Maripaz are divorced and Ivan has custody of Alex. Maripaz cheated and she's going off to Europe (cause that's where they send you when you cheat on a rich guy), Ivan knows about Lucia getting married to Camilo and he's upset. Lucrezia thinks he had it coming. Carlota doesn't want to talk about it, and she definitely doesn't want to talk about what a disaster the ranch is.
Lucrezia goes to visit Lucia and Perla. Camilo's out in the fields. Lucrezia tells her that Ivan knows about her marrying Camilo, but she doesn't know if Ivan knows about the baby. By the way, he also just got divorced from Maripaz. Ivan has custody of Alex. "You know, Ivan's still in love with you. Too bad you didn't wait for him." Lucia says they all agreed she needed to get married ASAP and cover up her little misstep. Lucrezia can't help fantasizing about the awesome life Lucia would have had marrying Deep Pockets Ivan. Lucia doesn't care. She's fine with Camilo and she's grateful to him. "Hey, you're the one who cares about appearances so much. Imagine the scandal! First I was Ivan's girlfriend, then he left me and married my sister, then he divorced her and married me!" Lucrezia agrees it sounds horrible. Lucia hopes Maripaz stays in Europe forever. She says she's not made of wood, so yeah, she does hate her sister for ruining her life.
Toni checks in on Ivan, who is still moping. He lets Ivan know that he granted Maripaz a trip to Europe to shut her up, but she's looking for her passport. Ivan retrieves it from the locked drawer. Alex is busy with Benito and Bruno. Toni tells Ivan he's really sorry.
Antolín and Gerry talk about the damage to the ranches. Gerry supposes the insurance they have through the Ag Association will cover it, but Antolín said he's seen the contract and it looks like their coverage sucks. "Antolín says Mr. Mondragon is tricksy," says Carolina. "That's not news," replies Gerry. But he must have gotten some coverage for earthquakes and hurricanes. Antolín says he didn't get a chance to see how much because right then, JJ came back into the office. "If he didn't get coverage up to 80%, they're all screwed." Gerry tells him he'd better let Camilo know and Carolina says he should give Camilo the money he saved for her operation. Antolín refuses, saying what Camilo would need is more than what Antolín can give him. Besides, they still don't know how things are going to go yet, so there's no reason to get ahead of themselves. Plus Ivan and Toni aren't going to leave everyone in the lurch. "Besides, if Mondragon is committing fraud, the ranchers need to get together and sue him."
Camilo is sad they won't be able to go forward with construction on the house. He would have liked for them to have their own space, without feeling like they're mooches. Lucia says he's the only one who feels that way--neither her mom nor her grandmother feel that way. She tells him Ivan knows everything now. She's not sure if Ivan is going to come now. Camilo hopes he won't, now that there's nothing for him to come back for. Lucia agrees and earns herself a suspicious look from Camilo. Tío Antolín comes to visit. Damn, if not for the fact that he'd also be highly likely to land you in jail, I bet he'd be the coolest uncle ever. He brought Perla a teddy bear. Antolín holds her for a little bit, but Perla starts fussing and he hands her off to Lucia. Lucia moves off and Antolín lowers his voice and asks about Camilo's Ag Association insurance. He recommends that Camilo go demand that JJ show him the contract. "Tell him you have a right to see what percentage is going to be given to each of the ranchers for the hurricane damage." "Do you think he did some kind of shady deal?" "Don't you?"
Ivan talks to David. He's sent letters to the presidents of the Ag Associations in regions that weren't affected by the hurricanes and now he's got to wait for responses so he can meet with them in person. "And what about the insurance?" David says he doesn't know. He knows his dad changed providers, but, "knowing him, who knows." We only hear Ivan's part of the conversation as he asks what David thinks and says they'll see. He asks David to keep him informed. He gets off the phone and calls down to reception, asking Jenny to get him a ticket to Hermosillo tomorrow.
At the Ag Association, JJ is dealing with a lot of pissed off ranchers. He says they've gotta pull up their bootstraps like they always do. The government is offering them free seed to re-plant with. "And what about the insurance?" "When are they going to pay us?" "At 100%?" JJ says no company would pay 100%. Also, he got them the cut-rate insurance. They hadn't had a hurricane in years, how was he to know? Camilo says that as president of the association and an expert rancher should have taken precautions. JJ tells Camilo to back off. "I've been at this for years and you just got here!" Camilo says that doesn't matter. "We want to know how much the insurance is going to pay us!" JJ tells the secretary to read it out. It's 50%...minus the deductible. That does not go over well. Lucrezia stands up and says this is unacceptable. "Why didn't you warn us?" He says it was the best he could get. Insurance companies are less willing to cover meteorological disasters. Camilo says he should have kept looking. He asks if the insurance is individual or collective. "Collective, of course…but there are exceptions. Some of us have more land." They all know he's talking about himself. He adds Lucrezia and Cuthberto to the list. "So the rest of us can just go screw ourselves, is that it?" demands Camilo. "Are you accusing me of fraud?!" Camilo says he is and he demands an audit of the new insurance and a meeting to remove JJ from office and elect a new president. They all loudly agree and JJ leaves the meeting room in a snit. Just before he gets into his office, he can hear them all chanting Camilo's name. Antolín comes up to Camilo and encourages him to run for president. Carlota and Cuthberto say they're on his side. So does another rancher who says he likes that Camilo has the balls to stand up to JJ. Camilo, that little weasel, tries to back down. The other ranchers aren't going to let him and they start up another cheer.
Back at home, Lucrezia whines that Camilo's not up to JJ's standards. He lacks connections and experience. Lucia is confused and Carlota fills her in. "The ranchers want to chuck out JJ and put Camilo in his place." Lucrezia warns Carlota that she won't vote for him. "Have you forgotten that I'm the one who votes?!" Lucrezia is still hung up about Camilo being a "pelado" (a nobody, a peasant). Carlota reminds her that he's an engineer, intelligent, and her son-in-law. "Only because he did Lucia a favor and married her to keep up appearances." Lucia tells her not to talk about her husband that way. "But it's the truth!" "Maybe it's your truth, but it's not my truth, or my grandma's truth, or the truth of the other people who know him." Lucrezia refuses to discuss it further and takes off. Carlota tells her that Lucrezia always looked down on Gerry. She always wanted a "macho" by her side and that macho was JJ. Lucia diagnoses her with neuroses stemming from frustrated desires and says she ought to see a psychologist before she gets worse.
Camilo hands a folder over to David, but he says he's too busy to look at it and besides, it's to do with his dad. Camilo knows that, but he reminds him that as an employee of the McGuire's, it's in his best interest to review the contract. If he does something to benefit the ranchers, that in turn benefits the company. David tells him Ivan's coming in a few days. Camilo says that's good and leaves.
Toni is insisting on going to Alamos with Ivan. He doesn't trust him to handle the Camilo and Lucia situation well. Ivan insists he wants to know why they did it, but Toni knows he really wants to "reclamar" (complain). He understands them falling in love, but he still thinks Lucia should have trusted in him and kept hope alive. "Hope of what?! You were married to Maripaz. Please, Ivan! Leave that sentimentality and jealousy aside and think logically!" Toni accuses him of wanting Lucia to wait for him forever. "We live in another world, another era. She decided to get on with her life. That's what you expect of a mature, intelligent woman. So I'm going with you." And since Alex has 2 weeks of vacation left, he can come with them. Toni calls Jenny and tells her to get 3 more tickets--for himself, Alex, and Benito--and not to forget that Bruno travels with them. Alex comes running in to announce that Bruno found himself a girlfriend and her owner agrees they can date. Toni says it's too bad, Bruno will have to wait, since they're all going to Alamos. Alex is excited.
Ivan looks at the pictures from the vacation they took with Lucia and throws a temper tantrum. "It's true. Love isn't eternal. But I never thought it would end so quickly, Lucia!"
David brings Judith home after a long day at work. She's exhausted and goes to rest. Esther says she knows everything's a mess--JJ was in a foul mood. David sees Saul and greets him happily, but Saul is being his usual charming self. David has found a doctor in Hermosillo who might be able to help him, but Saul demands to be treated in the US, like a "decent" person. "He's a specialist and he trained in Europe. I can pay for it." Saul refuses. JJ comes in and David asks to speak to him about the contract with the insurance company. "In few words, it's apparent that you've been embezzling from the association members."
Camilo goes to whine to his mom that he doesn't feel ready to be the association president. She, of course, thinks he'll be great at it. Camilo is also worried because Ivan is coming to Alamos. I tune out most of the conversation. Arcelia thinks if he explains things to Ivan, Ivan will understand. Pfft!
David points out that the contract for the rest of the ranchers only covers them at 50% for hurricanes, but his personal policy covers hurricanes at 100%. At the same time, he's paying the same premiums, so how is that possible? JJ says that's how business is done, and what would David know about it. "How do you think I made the ranch prosper? And paid for this house? And all of your educations? My father left me nearly broke and I had to make do somehow. Anyone with any brains would have done the same." David says not at the expense of others. "Whatever. You don't know anything, so shut up." David says he'll have to answer for his actions, since Camilo's the one who asked him to review the insurance contract. JJ's not worried. David advises him to resign his position. JJ scoffs at him. "Who do you think you are? I had two sons who are good for nothing. One who ended up being a loser, a drug addict, a delinquent. And the other who wants to betray me. But neither of you can beat me." JJ leaves. David apologizes to his mother for having to turn JJ in. She's proud of him. She feels sorry for JJ. She says she's loved him since she met him and always hoped he would change. "I've made a decision. Tomorrow, I'm leaving this house. I'm going to stay with your Aunt Rosario. And I'm going to initiate divorce proceedings."
Lucia loves the idea of Camilo being the Ag Association President. And she thinks he'll be great at it. But Camilo feels insecure about it. Lucia cheers him on. She reminds him he has an education and has worked hard. Camilo says it's always cost him blood, sweat, and tears, but Ivan had it easy. "That's not true. Ivan had to leave the country because you kept your mouth shut about your brother's crime. Do you think that was so easy for him?" They get into an argument about her "always" defending Ivan and wake up the baby.
Saul tells Gordo he needs money. Carmen trips bringing them drinks and Saul laughs at her. He tells Gordo he just got an idea and maybe they can kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Carmen drops off their beers and tortas and Saul invites her to sit down for a little while. "After the way you treated me last time? Besides, I'm working. I'll get fired." Saul says he'll meet her outside at closing. He asks Gordo to borrow his car to give Carmen a ride home. "What? After what happened last time?" But Gordo agrees. Carmen is surprised to hear that Saul actually has been thinking about her and wanting to talk to her. She says she'll think about it.
Carmen meets Saul outside. He blows some smoke about how much he's missed her. Then he proposes a fantastic business deal that will make money for them both. He's sure that JJ is seeing Lucrezia and if she helps him get proof, JJ will have to give him money. Seriously? Seriously?! Carmen doesn't know how to help. Saul tells her to get herself hired at the Curiel's and keep him informed of Lucrezia's movements. He smooches her into submission.
Carmen goes home and gives her mom a sob story about some drunks coming on to her and pinching her on the ass, so she quit. She begs her mom to help her. "Talk to Camilo. Ask him to get me a job at the Curiel house. I don't care if it's at a maid. Or I can work in the fields or take care of Perla, whatever!"
Saul tells Gordo they're going to kidnap…someone. The baby? We haven't had a baby kidnapping yet. I guess we're due. Gordo doesn't think they have the money to pay a ransom, but Saul says they can get the money from the McGuire's. Dumb. Asses.
Esther leaves JJ his Dear JJ letter on the busted mirror. Judith sees her. Esther tells her she's made up her mind and she's leaving. She begs Judith to go with her. "I can't. I can't leave my job just like that. Especially not now while there are so many problems." Esther hopes she can get out of this house, this hell, soon. Judith is glad Esther is finally doing this. They say their goodbye's and Esther gives Judith her blessing.
Arcelia invites Camilo over to beg for a job for Carmen. Camilo balks at first, but he leaves it up to Carlota.
Carlota says they don't have a lot of money and they don't really need more servants. Camilo says maybe she can work on the farm. Carlota doesn't think there's a lot to do. And she doesn't think it's proper for a woman to work on the land. She suggests the assign Carmen to take care of Perla. She is her aunt, after all, and will take care of her as well as Lucia does. And she has experience with kids. Carlota will talk to Lucia and see what she thinks. She reminds Camilo that she supports him as Ag Association president.
JJ reads Esther's note. He stumbles over the words "malos tratos" (mistreatment) but mocks the rest of the letter as he reads it, eventually descending into "blah, blah, blah" before he reads out the closing. He calls his secretary and tells her to send the insurance agent over to his house. He shouts for the maid as he rips up the letter from Esther. He tosses the scraps on the floor and tells her to pick them up.
Ingeniero Hottie, whose name hasn't registered with me yet, praises Judith for her work and invites her out for a coffee. She doesn't want to leave JJ alone, since her mom just left him. Ingeniero Hottie takes a rain check.
JJ asks the insurance agent what they can do so that the ag association members don't lynch him. "We could include addendum where the coverage goes to 90%, but the premium would be higher." JJ asks if it can be backdated. "Um, you're getting me into trouble here, Mr. Mondragon." JJ says he's in trouble to, and if they remove him from the presidency, they'll choose another insurance company, and that won't be good for him. "And also, you have to give me the same coverage as the rest." The agent suggests claiming the 100% coverage was a clerical error and hoping they believe it." I lose the rest of the conversation as the DVR cuts off.
Labels: Fuerza
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Una Familia Con Suerte #31 Thu 11/17/11 False accusations
Vince puts Sandy up to framing Pancho for sexual harassment. Rebeca and Chela catch Pancho in a compromising position. Rebe is forced to take the accusation seriously. Interestingly, she says that they've never had a harassment case there before. (Rebeca has privately accused Vince of harassing her many times!) Chela blames Sandy for the way she dresses. Rebe reminds her that if we judge people by the way they dress, Candy'd be open to the same criticism.
Candy meets with Vince and scolds him for not being nicer to his wife.
Pina takes Abeja to the doggie-shrink for help with her depression. The doctor figures out that Abeja is feeling abandoned and needs to spend time with her puppy-daddy. He also advises her to go to a people-shrink. Pina is offended by that, but even more offended when her credit card is declined. Pancho cut off Vince's credit cards. HA!
Enzo confronts Pepe about Monica and forbids him (again) to see her. Later he confronts Monica about Pepe. She tries to deny everything, but her tears tell another story. After forbidding her (again) from seeing Pepe, Enzo has pretty much sealed the deal and he might just as well start taking bids from wedding planners. Daddies never learn.
Chela and Pancho are called to Temo's school, where he is being expelled for stealing from a classmate. Just as they are about to leave, a couple of girls come forward to say that some other boys framed him. Pancho expects those boys to be expelled, but the principal (who has a permanent look of extreme surprise on her face) says she can't expel them because they weren't technically stealing, just playing a prank. Pancho says those kids are getting special treatment because their parents must be big shots, well guess what, Temo is here because of FERNANDA PENALOZA. (The only name he's gotten right all night.)
Temo cries at home watching himself and Popeye not-winning on the Little Giants show. Popeye does some tricks to cheer him up and Temo decides they're going to try again!
Candy meets with Vince and scolds him for not being nicer to his wife.
Pina takes Abeja to the doggie-shrink for help with her depression. The doctor figures out that Abeja is feeling abandoned and needs to spend time with her puppy-daddy. He also advises her to go to a people-shrink. Pina is offended by that, but even more offended when her credit card is declined. Pancho cut off Vince's credit cards. HA!
Enzo confronts Pepe about Monica and forbids him (again) to see her. Later he confronts Monica about Pepe. She tries to deny everything, but her tears tell another story. After forbidding her (again) from seeing Pepe, Enzo has pretty much sealed the deal and he might just as well start taking bids from wedding planners. Daddies never learn.
Chela and Pancho are called to Temo's school, where he is being expelled for stealing from a classmate. Just as they are about to leave, a couple of girls come forward to say that some other boys framed him. Pancho expects those boys to be expelled, but the principal (who has a permanent look of extreme surprise on her face) says she can't expel them because they weren't technically stealing, just playing a prank. Pancho says those kids are getting special treatment because their parents must be big shots, well guess what, Temo is here because of FERNANDA PENALOZA. (The only name he's gotten right all night.)
Temo cries at home watching himself and Popeye not-winning on the Little Giants show. Popeye does some tricks to cheer him up and Temo decides they're going to try again!
Labels: familia
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