Friday, December 02, 2011
Una Familia Con Suerte #40 Thu 12/1/11 Blue letter in Pina's hand, scarlet letter on Rebe's chest.
Vince accosts Candy outside the house. She’s furious about the terrible things he said in front of the reporters. He claims he didn’t mean it and did it all for her, to throw off suspicion.
Pina flounces out of her house on the warpath, waving the letter and ranting that that rhymes-with-witch will pay. Catana and Adoración are perplexed.
Vince claims he and Candy have chemistry, physics, and biology. They duck out of sight when Pina drives by. Pina mutters about shamelessness and vows to mess HER up. Vins has cleverly managed to do his ducking prostrate on top of Candy on the lawn. He’s not complaining, but she’s getting squashed. Candy huffily takes her leave and Vins can’t believe the letter didn’t have her swooning.
Fer wants a grandmotherly chat with Lupita but is held at arms’ length. Lupita admits she doesn’t approve of the way Fer tricked Pancho into signing the contract.
At Avon, Pina brandishes her claws and accuses Rebeca of having an affair with Vins. She waves the letter as proof. Rebe tells her she’s crazy. Pina tries to shake a confession out of her. Pancho breaks them up and hauls Pina off while she unleashes a torrent of insults on Rebeca.
Lupe: You used us like puppets
Fer: I did it for your own good.
Lupe: How do you know what’s good for us?
Fer: You’re in the best school in the city! So many good opportunities!
L: What about my life before?
F: What life before? Your novio?
L: No, that had nothing to do with your meddling. He cheated on me.
F: I’d like to be like a grandmother to you. What do you think? {I think that was an abrupt and presumptuous question given the conversation, but Lupita smiles.}
Vins shows up at the office glowing orange (high alert level) and Rebeca furiously catches him up. He’s amused that she’s so incensed that Pancho in particular might think they are amantes. Rebe demands that he go tell Pancho it’s a lie, and if he doesn’t she will tell Pina about his real amantes.
Fer suggests that Lupita see her forced rags-to-riches meddling in their lives as medicine that tastes nasty, but then you are cured. “We were not sick,” Lupita says.
Pina’s been ranting so much her throat feels like she swallowed a fish spine. She spins a tale to Pancho about Vins’s and Rebe’s torrid history, which she swears is true. Vins arrives and denies he wrote the letter to Rebe, but even when he’s telling the truth he sounds like he’s lying. Pancho’s amused at his mad poetry skillz, though. Who wouldn’t want to be described by a paramour as “gut-moving”?
More Fer and Lupita bonding. Lupita thinks family unity is more important than worldly success. Lupe confides that Candy is in love with Vins, and it’s all Fer’s fault for getting the two families together, obvio. Fer thought they met at El Paraiso. Well, still.
Vins chases Pina out to continue their fight more publicly in the lobby. They cross paths with Candy, who blows off Vins.
Pepe hops into Monica’s car ready for more amor but she’s still wah about Daddy. Pepe rolls his eyes. Monica thinks they should break up because she doesn’t want Pepe to suffer from their secret noviazgo, but he says only being without her would make him suffer. Huggy smoochy while Freddy drives up and villain-mutters that he will not allow it. Monica breaks up with Pepe for reals because she has to marry the evil prince. “As you wish, Princess,” says Westley, I mean Pepe. Now we just need a good fencing match in some clifftop ruins.
Pancho roundaboutly confronts Rebe about the accusation and finally outright asks if she’s Vins’s amante. She’s so offended she nearly slaps him. NEVER, she says.
Alex and Lupita have their usual conversation. He tells her men like Tomás only get away with being abusive manipulative cheaters because women like her let them. It ain’t love. “Do you just like to suffer? I don’t understand AT ALL.”
Vins tells Candy the letter was meant for her but must have fallen out of her handbag. He starts reciting it for her but she’s furious that he said such opposite things about her to the reporters. All she wants is a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T. He launches into his best wooing routine but Enzo interrupts.
Same old, same old some more with Alex and Lupita, but they call a truce and agree to be friends for now. Alex gives her an MP3 player with songs picked just for her. It’s the new mix tape. {Let me just add here that every mix tape I ever got from a gentleman caller only made me question his taste and whether I really wanted to be dating him…and I probably should have gone with my instincts based on the mixtape selections.} He gives her a kiss on the cheek, but with lips emotion, while she listens.
Rebe sobs to Barbara.
Enzo’s busy asking Vins what interests he can possibly have in common with that vulgar woman; what do they talk about? “Talk?” says Vins’s face. Freddy flounces in and announces he just saw Moni sucking face with that caniquete.
Barbara thinks it’s Chela spreading these lies about Rebeca and Vins in order to separate Pancho and Rebe.
Freddy and Vins go to El Convento to chat. Ha. It’s a restaurant, though. No nun-seducing today. Freddy confesses he doesn’t really care about Monica; he just can’t stand to lose to that street rat Pepe. Vins agrees that their high-class selves (snort) have to prove their superiority. More antler-bashing to come.
Pancho gives Candy the rundown on the day’s events. Candy glowingly tells him that the letter was actually meant for her. “WHAT?” Pancho asks in English.
Enzo yells at Monica and throws his ice at the wall. Then Daddy takes the T-Bird away. No more fun fun fun for Monica.
Candy deduces that Pancho is jealous because he’s smitten with Rebe. I just noticed that Pancho is wearing white socks with his business clothes. Rebe lets him get away with that?
Fer listens to Ana’s band practice. She’s an instant fan.
Most of the family gathers for dinner but Chela makes them wait until Pancho arrives. They all complain that they are dying of hunger.
They’re going to starve longer, because Pancho has gone to Rebe’s apartment to apologize. This could take awhile.
At home, Pina continues yelling at Vins. Vins says he didn’t write the letter to Rebeca. “Then to WHOM?”
Pancho apologizes profusely and Rebeca emphasizes that she can’t stand Vins. If she were going to be interested in someone at work, it would be someone else. “Quién?”
Pina tells Vins that if he won’t tell her the truth, she wants a divorce. He claims he wrote it to her.
Pancho cheers Rebe up with a joke I don’t get. Then they’re looking like they might actually discuss what’s really on their minds.
Avances: Pina plays detective. Pancho and Rebe maybe just maybe get to smoochin’.
Labels: familia
Thursday, December 01, 2011
La Fuerza del Destino #83 Wed 11/30/11 Dining, Whining, y Caras Impactadas as two divorces begin brewing to the boiling point
Recap by Urban Anthropologist
Please provide any missing details. Gracias.
Antes
In the hospital in D.F. Carolina asks about Antolin while lying in the bed after the operation. Tony leaves to call Ivan while Carolina confides her anxiety to Lucia.
Nuevo
Hotel, D.F.: Ivan arrives at the hotel in D.F. and tells Tony what happened with Camilo and the Merry Piece, also the update on Antolin's situation.
Restaurant, evening: JJ and Lucrazia dine and whine, with lots of vino tincto.
JJ: After everything you've told me, don't doubt that Lucia will ask Camilo for a divorce. I spoke with him the other day about the fight with Ivan and he's dying of jealousy.
Lucrazia: And this stupidity is ruining everything.
JJ: Is it true he's been ordered off the ranch?
Lucrazia: My mother did that.
JJ: Carlota is very decisive.
Lucrazia: But I don't want another family scandal.
JJ: Lucrezia, times change.
Lucrazia: And what about your wife?
JJ (takes off his wedding ring): I will begin again. (drops the ring in the wineglass) That's what I think of divorce. She was good for nothing. And who knows? After a while you and I can get married. Think of it: Two important names, combining our ranches. We could recover the prestige we had. How does that sound to you?
Lucrazia: I will think about it.
JJ: Think about it, mi reina. Think about it. It could be a good solution. (pours more wine)
As long as we don't have to watch the wedding night, who cares?
Hotel Restaurant, D.F.: Lucia goes down to eat and finds Ivan at the table.
Lucia: What are you doing here?
Ivan: My father was tired and I asked if I could accompany you to dinner.
Lucia: He didn't say anything. Why are you in Mexico?
Ivan: I came for all of you to bring you back to Alamos.
Lucia: I thought he would send for Benito.
Ivan: Yes, but the only chauffeur he'll trust is me.
Lucia: Sounds a little presumptuous.
Ivan (amiably): But I drive very well, I have good reflexes, and this is an important cargo I'm bringing back. Besides I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to talk with you away from home. So we can open our hearts. My godmother told me you and Camilo have separated and she told me the reason.
Lucia: Well, it doesn't mean anything.
Ivan: If you say so, but why don't we talk like the good friends we used to be? Lucia, I know I'm the most responsible for what happened between us for putting my son before you.
Lucia: But there was nothing else to do.
Ivan: Maybe, but many times I've thought that there was another solution.
Lucia: What?
Ivan: Allow Alex to live with Maripaz for a while. Soon she would have started drinking again and I could have refiled for full custody. But he was too afraid to live alone with her.
Lucia: Ivan, you did the right thing.
Ivan: But it hurt me so much to leave you.
Casa Galvan: Camilo whines. And cries. Arcelia reminds him that he knew Lucia didn't love him when they got married. Same conversation as several times before, ending with him swearing he will not give Lucia a divorce. If she can't be his, she will not be anyone else's.
Hotel Restaurant, D.F.:
Ivan: And how is the baby?
Lucia: Very well. Very happy and healthy.
Ivan: And very pretty. Why did you name her “Perla”?
Lucia: It was Camilo's idea.
Ivan: I spoke with my godmother and she said Camilo is no longer living at the ranch.
Lucia: No. We have problems. Thanks for the dinner.
Ivan signals for the waiter.
Commercial Break that leads with a promo for La Que no Podia Amar.
Hotel, D.F.: Ivan walks Lucia back to her room and kisses her, but chastely, She looks like she wishes she were elsewhere. Like a convent.
Casa Mondragon: David brings Berenice home to introduce her to JJ.
David: Papa! I present to you Berenice Escalante.
JJ: Holâ.
Berenice: Holâ. It's a pleasure to meet you, sir.
JJ: Escalante?
Berenice: Yes.
JJ: That's not a local name.
Berenice: No, my family is from Hermosillo. My father is a nuclear physicist and my mother is a professor of physics and math.
JJ: Interesting. And who works?
David (reproachfully): Papa!
JJ: You'll explain another time.
David: Berenice and I are novios. And when she gets her degree in child psych we'll get married.
JJ (sarcastically): Married? Do you make enough money to support her?
Berenice: I will also be working.
JJ: Getting married and working?
Berenice: Yes.
David: Dad, I'd like for you and mother to come with me to Hermosillo to ask for her hand.
JJ: No; it's better if they come here.
David: But it's the custom.
Berenice: Mi amor, it's not important to me, and less to my parents.
JJ: You really mean to get married to this –
Berenice: We're in love.
JJ: Are you aware of his problem?
Berenice: Yes. Don't worry; we've slept together.
JJ: You're very direct, aren't you?
Berenice: Yes.
JJ: Oh, well. That's your business. It was a pleasure to meet you. (exits)
David (sardonically): And now you've met my father.
Berenice: Mi amor! I'm not marrying your father or your family, or you mine. What do you say we go back to my place, have something delicious, and then you and I will make love?
David: Hmmm. (They kiss. JJ -- who has been watching them -- clears his throat)
Berenice: It was a pleasure to meet you, Señor Mondragon.
JJ: Carry on.
David and Berenice exit. JJ clearly doesn't believe he's seeing another decisive woman in his house. Get out of the Victorian era, JJ; strong women are the current norm.
Jail: Carmen visits Antolin. She tells him she won't let him pay for her stupidity. He is still determined to protect her at whatever cost to himself. He asks about Carolina, but Carmen hasn't heard anything yet. She surreptitiously slips him a cell phone. He makes her promise not to admit her guilt and she promises.
Hospital, D.F.: The doctor takes the bandages off Carolina,, who is afraid to open her eyes. Finally she does and sees Lucia and the doctor for the first time! The doctor tells her she still needs to wear the bandage and wants her to return in a week, etc.
Lawyer Zabaleta's Office: The receptionist informs him that Carmen is there to see him.
Jail: Antolin calls Camilo, who is out in the fields. He tells him he's worried about Carmen spilling the frijoles and how this will affect their mother.
Lawyer Zabaleta's Office: Carmen tells him of her role in the situation. She had been under the impression that Saul wanted her to help him help his dad with Lucrazia. She doesn't want Antolin to pay for her stupidity. At Zabaleta's enquiry as to her relationship with Saul, she tells him that he's the father of her child. Zabaleta is un poquito impactado.
Rancho Socorro: Ezekiel tells Camilo that Lucia went to D.F. with Carolina and Tony. Camilo flashes back to the time he taught Lucia how to drive the tractor. [Camilo, snap out of it!] Carmen runs out and Camilo gives her the same lecture about prison. Their mother is prepared for the day when something happens to Antolin but not to her. He talks about her being locked up with violent criminals and how she could easily be killed in prison. She tells him he can't stop her. She doesn't care if she goes to jail as long as Antolin doesn't pay for something he didn't do. Besides, she's already talked to the lawyer.
Road back to Alamos, night: Ivan drives back with Lucia in the shotgun seat. They stop. Tony gets out for a few minutes to stretch because his back hurts.
Hacienda Curiel: Lucrazia and Carlota talk about JJ's proposal.
Lucrazia: How lonely this house feels.
Carlota: Daughter, what do you know of Maripaz?
Lucrazia: Nothing. Mama, the other day we talked about Juan Jaime. Did you know he's getting divorced?
Carlota: Yes, you told me.
Lucrazia: What do you think – Juan Jaime proposed to me. Well, that we might get married.
Carlota: You and him? Are you crazy?
Lucrazia: Why not? He said we'd combine our ranches and our position would improve.
Carlota: Ah, how obvious it is. He's got his claws out for our lands. Tell him no.
Lucrazia: But Mama, we'd benefit. Besides he knows a lot; he's been about cultivation all his life. Now that we have nothing I don't have much confidence without him.
Carlota: And I don't trust Juan Jaime. He'll do what benefits him, as always.
Lucrazia: But if I was his wife...
Carlota: Ay, daughter if you marry him you'll be living in hell. As to the ranch you're not putting the lands in the hands of that shameless arsehole. [sinvergüenza] Punto.
Lucrazia: How negative you are.
No; just realistic.
Road back to Alamos: Ivan and Lucia stare at Cosmo's moon – which looks more like a pepperoni pizza than a giant snowball – and mention destiny. She finally admits she loves him. Kisses that look real. Por fin. ”That's amore.”
Commercial Break that leads with promos for El Talismán and CME.
Casa Galvan: Camilo lectures Carmen again about how horrible prison would be for her compared to what it would be for Antolin.
Angelina's Casa, morning: JJ arrives and Angelina tells him she's glad to see him and that he needs to prevent Esther from doing something stupid. “There has never been a divorce in our family. I pray to God this won't be the first. To think of the loss of values of our parents.” [Egad; she's either senile or nobody told her about David and the Merry Piece.]
JJ: What's up, Esther? Aren't you glad to see me?
Esther: Of course.
JJ: Well, then give me a kiss. (Kisses her, but she just stands there stiffly)
Angelina: Well, I'll leave you alone. You must have a lot to talk about. Can I get you a drink?
JJ: No, thanks. (Angelina exits)
Esther: You want to sit down?
JJ: Yes; after you. (They both sit) Esther, I miss you a lot.
Esther: Ah, si.
JJ: Your children miss you, too. Lucrezia asks about you.
Esther: I guess she asked about our divorce.
JJ: That's what I've come to talk about.
Esther: If you're here to get me to change my mind, you're wasting your time. I have made my decision.
JJ: Yeah; I've never seen you this firm. But no; I'm not here to try to get you to come back with me. After all, you have your reasons and I respect that. I came to say that I'm going to give you the divorce.
Hospital, D.F.: Ivan, Tony, Lucia, and Carolina leave. Ivan and Lucia are finally smiling. This obviously is a signal for the anvil to be hoisted.
Angelina's Casa:
Esther: I couldn't have changed my mind. Your infidelities and maltreatment will help me win. [conseguir]
JJ: I'd like us to avoid [evitar] the scandal and unpleasantness. It won't do us any good. A lo mejor, women always get the worst of it. You know that. But in exchange for avoiding those bad moments allow me to continue to manage your property that's part of the estate. What do you say?
Esther (ironically): I knew you'd try to get me alone for this.
JJ: It will benefit you, woman. If we're getting a divorce and dividing our assets, you aren't capable of managing the land.
Esther: You know what, Juan Jaime? I'm going to talk to David.
JJ: Well, there's nothing more I can do here. (gets up) I'm going.
Esther: Tell me the truth. Why are you suddenly agreeing to the divorce?
JJ: Because I have plans. Aren't you curious? Just to let you know my plans don't include you. Say goodbye to your sister for me. (He gives her the once-over before departing. What a tool. Esther rolls her eyes before sitting down again. Angelina re-enters)
Angelina: What happened? Has he left?
Esther: Yes. He agreed to the divorce.
Angelina is impactada.
Casa McGuire: Alex is happy Carolina is home.
David's Office / Angelina's Casa: David and Esther talk over the phone over the property situation
David: No, Mother. Things can't go that way. Whom does the ranch belong to?
Esther: The ranch is from your father's family. But my inheritance paid for repairs.
David: And the house?
Esther: Also his family, but my inheritance helped pay for the remodeling.
David: And the bank accounts?
Esther: Ay, son, I don't know anything about that.
David: Mom, I want to see all the papers to make sure everything is correct.
Esther: But I don't want to annoy your father. Leave things as they are.
David: No, Mother. You have the right to your share.
Esther: Son, I don't want to annoy him. I'm afraid.
Casa McGuire: Everyone finally convinces Carolina to stay there, as she can't live alone yet. Tony introduces her to Bruno, who seems to like her. She seems to like him, too.
Commercial Break
Rancho Socorro: Ivan takes Lucia home and he asks when they will see each other again. She reminds him of her exam in a few days while he's eager to see his daughter. She doesn't deny that Perla is his.
Ag Ass Office: Camilo explains to JJ about not wanting for Carmen to end up in jail. They talk about a solution. JJ tells the secretary to get Tony on the phone. Camilo doesn't see what good this will do because Ivan hates Saul enough to want to see him in jail.
Hacienda Curiel: Lucia explains about Carolina's operation to Carlota, who is glad that in the midst of all the turmoil Carolina gets the blessing of sight. Carmen exits uncomfortably, saying she's getting the baby's food. Lucia and Carlota notice that something is up with her.
Casa McGuire, Tony's office: Tony gets off the phone with JJ and tells Ivan that JJ was looking to get Saul to marry Carmen. There will be a meeting and Tony says Camilo will be there because this is about the future of his siblings. He asks if Ivan would like him to handle it, but Ivan wants to be present as well.
Hacienda Curiel: Lucia finally tells Carlota she loves Ivan, etc. She praises his fatherly ways and Carlota brings up the issue of whether he was jealous about Lucia sleeping with Camilo. She says that nothing has been said, that it's logical that a married couple would sleep together. Carlota comments that this speaks well of Ivan. The anvil's rope is starting to fray.
Casa McGuire, Tony's office: Zabaleta reveals Carmen's information. That Saul planned the kidnapping because JJ wouldn't pay for his surgery. He was looking for information about Lucrazia's routine; Carmen merely suspected that there was an extra-marital relationship between Lucrazia and JJ, who mentions he would have paid a ransom. And that after his divorce he will marry Lucrazia.
Hacienda Curiel: Carlota and Lucia talk about the divorce. Lucia is afraid of the pain this will cause Camilo, but Carlota reminds her that she needs to think of herself.
Casa McGuire, Tony's office: Licenciado Lara and his near-Italian accent ask Camilo if he knows El Gordo. Camilo answers in the affirmative. The guy's real name is Miguel Hernandez, but he seems to have disappeared. Camilo denies that Carmen knew about the theft of the pistol. Ivan points out that the place the pistol was found must mean something. JJ denies that Saul could have been involved because he took away his car after the accident. He implies that Carmen is dragging him into this. Ivan doesn't buy this and knows JJ doesn't. JJ accuses him of wanting Saul in prison out of hatred, but Ivan only wants to avoid sending an innocent man to prison. Saul got Carmen involved through false promises and now she's the one being dragged into this. Camilo agrees. JJ says to go ahead and arrest Saul, but that Carmen will have to answer for it as well. He leaves.
Lara is all for getting this out in the open. He asks Camilo whether El Gordo is a friend of Antolin's and whether there is a reason he would do this to him. Camilo says that Antolin gave him a bloody good hiding [paliza]. Finally he says that Antolin is willing to go to prison to spare Carmen. Carolina overhears this part and nearly falls on the step on her way into the room. Tony catches her before she falls.
Commercial Break
Casa McGuire, Carolina's room: Ivan tries to reassure Carolina, who is carrying on as she used to.
Casa Mondragon: Saul begs his father to help him.
Saul: Papa, help me. I don't want to go to jail. I promise I'll change.
JJ: But you're a pobre diablo. Useless. I should never have recognized you as my son. You're not the only bastard I have around here. [WTF???] (The phone rings twice) You're as useless as the servant. Nobody is answering. (picks up phone)
Licenciado Lara wants to see him and Saul in his office about this whole affair. JJ agrees and asks for the time and address. Who wants to bet he will throw Saul under the autobus?
Rancho Socorro, night: Camilo drives up to Lucia's room saying he's there to see Perlita, who is sleeping. Lucia doesn't answer her phone; Camilo realizes it must be Ivan. Camilo apologises and begs her not to leave him, but she doesn't want to discuss Ivan. Camilo tells her she might become Ivan's mistress, but never his wife because he will never give her a divorce.
Someone needs to tell him it's not easy to stop one.
Ivan gets the recorded message that the cell number is off or out of the service area. He calls Carlota, who goes to Lucia's room. Lucia tells her she didn't answer because Camilo was there. Carlota brings up the matter of divorce. Since Camilo was caught in flagrante delicto with Maripaz, Lucia has the perfect grounds. Lucia, however, starts singing her mother's favorite song “No Quiero Escandalos”. Carlota tells her it will get worse yet: JJ is divorcing Esther to marry Lucrazia. Lucia is impactada and her expression indicates distaste.
Avances:
Looks like the Merry Piece will get her way with Camilo as something appears to be wrong with JJ. Camilo is planning to accuse Lucia of infidelity and sue for custody of Perla.
Vocabulary:
conseguire to win
evitar to avoid
paliza beating
sinvergüenza swine, shameless arsehole
Please provide any missing details. Gracias.
Antes
In the hospital in D.F. Carolina asks about Antolin while lying in the bed after the operation. Tony leaves to call Ivan while Carolina confides her anxiety to Lucia.
Nuevo
Hotel, D.F.: Ivan arrives at the hotel in D.F. and tells Tony what happened with Camilo and the Merry Piece, also the update on Antolin's situation.
Restaurant, evening: JJ and Lucrazia dine and whine, with lots of vino tincto.
JJ: After everything you've told me, don't doubt that Lucia will ask Camilo for a divorce. I spoke with him the other day about the fight with Ivan and he's dying of jealousy.
Lucrazia: And this stupidity is ruining everything.
JJ: Is it true he's been ordered off the ranch?
Lucrazia: My mother did that.
JJ: Carlota is very decisive.
Lucrazia: But I don't want another family scandal.
JJ: Lucrezia, times change.
Lucrazia: And what about your wife?
JJ (takes off his wedding ring): I will begin again. (drops the ring in the wineglass) That's what I think of divorce. She was good for nothing. And who knows? After a while you and I can get married. Think of it: Two important names, combining our ranches. We could recover the prestige we had. How does that sound to you?
Lucrazia: I will think about it.
JJ: Think about it, mi reina. Think about it. It could be a good solution. (pours more wine)
As long as we don't have to watch the wedding night, who cares?
Hotel Restaurant, D.F.: Lucia goes down to eat and finds Ivan at the table.
Lucia: What are you doing here?
Ivan: My father was tired and I asked if I could accompany you to dinner.
Lucia: He didn't say anything. Why are you in Mexico?
Ivan: I came for all of you to bring you back to Alamos.
Lucia: I thought he would send for Benito.
Ivan: Yes, but the only chauffeur he'll trust is me.
Lucia: Sounds a little presumptuous.
Ivan (amiably): But I drive very well, I have good reflexes, and this is an important cargo I'm bringing back. Besides I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to talk with you away from home. So we can open our hearts. My godmother told me you and Camilo have separated and she told me the reason.
Lucia: Well, it doesn't mean anything.
Ivan: If you say so, but why don't we talk like the good friends we used to be? Lucia, I know I'm the most responsible for what happened between us for putting my son before you.
Lucia: But there was nothing else to do.
Ivan: Maybe, but many times I've thought that there was another solution.
Lucia: What?
Ivan: Allow Alex to live with Maripaz for a while. Soon she would have started drinking again and I could have refiled for full custody. But he was too afraid to live alone with her.
Lucia: Ivan, you did the right thing.
Ivan: But it hurt me so much to leave you.
Casa Galvan: Camilo whines. And cries. Arcelia reminds him that he knew Lucia didn't love him when they got married. Same conversation as several times before, ending with him swearing he will not give Lucia a divorce. If she can't be his, she will not be anyone else's.
Hotel Restaurant, D.F.:
Ivan: And how is the baby?
Lucia: Very well. Very happy and healthy.
Ivan: And very pretty. Why did you name her “Perla”?
Lucia: It was Camilo's idea.
Ivan: I spoke with my godmother and she said Camilo is no longer living at the ranch.
Lucia: No. We have problems. Thanks for the dinner.
Ivan signals for the waiter.
Commercial Break that leads with a promo for La Que no Podia Amar.
Hotel, D.F.: Ivan walks Lucia back to her room and kisses her, but chastely, She looks like she wishes she were elsewhere. Like a convent.
Casa Mondragon: David brings Berenice home to introduce her to JJ.
David: Papa! I present to you Berenice Escalante.
JJ: Holâ.
Berenice: Holâ. It's a pleasure to meet you, sir.
JJ: Escalante?
Berenice: Yes.
JJ: That's not a local name.
Berenice: No, my family is from Hermosillo. My father is a nuclear physicist and my mother is a professor of physics and math.
JJ: Interesting. And who works?
David (reproachfully): Papa!
JJ: You'll explain another time.
David: Berenice and I are novios. And when she gets her degree in child psych we'll get married.
JJ (sarcastically): Married? Do you make enough money to support her?
Berenice: I will also be working.
JJ: Getting married and working?
Berenice: Yes.
David: Dad, I'd like for you and mother to come with me to Hermosillo to ask for her hand.
JJ: No; it's better if they come here.
David: But it's the custom.
Berenice: Mi amor, it's not important to me, and less to my parents.
JJ: You really mean to get married to this –
Berenice: We're in love.
JJ: Are you aware of his problem?
Berenice: Yes. Don't worry; we've slept together.
JJ: You're very direct, aren't you?
Berenice: Yes.
JJ: Oh, well. That's your business. It was a pleasure to meet you. (exits)
David (sardonically): And now you've met my father.
Berenice: Mi amor! I'm not marrying your father or your family, or you mine. What do you say we go back to my place, have something delicious, and then you and I will make love?
David: Hmmm. (They kiss. JJ -- who has been watching them -- clears his throat)
Berenice: It was a pleasure to meet you, Señor Mondragon.
JJ: Carry on.
David and Berenice exit. JJ clearly doesn't believe he's seeing another decisive woman in his house. Get out of the Victorian era, JJ; strong women are the current norm.
Jail: Carmen visits Antolin. She tells him she won't let him pay for her stupidity. He is still determined to protect her at whatever cost to himself. He asks about Carolina, but Carmen hasn't heard anything yet. She surreptitiously slips him a cell phone. He makes her promise not to admit her guilt and she promises.
Hospital, D.F.: The doctor takes the bandages off Carolina,, who is afraid to open her eyes. Finally she does and sees Lucia and the doctor for the first time! The doctor tells her she still needs to wear the bandage and wants her to return in a week, etc.
Lawyer Zabaleta's Office: The receptionist informs him that Carmen is there to see him.
Jail: Antolin calls Camilo, who is out in the fields. He tells him he's worried about Carmen spilling the frijoles and how this will affect their mother.
Lawyer Zabaleta's Office: Carmen tells him of her role in the situation. She had been under the impression that Saul wanted her to help him help his dad with Lucrazia. She doesn't want Antolin to pay for her stupidity. At Zabaleta's enquiry as to her relationship with Saul, she tells him that he's the father of her child. Zabaleta is un poquito impactado.
Rancho Socorro: Ezekiel tells Camilo that Lucia went to D.F. with Carolina and Tony. Camilo flashes back to the time he taught Lucia how to drive the tractor. [Camilo, snap out of it!] Carmen runs out and Camilo gives her the same lecture about prison. Their mother is prepared for the day when something happens to Antolin but not to her. He talks about her being locked up with violent criminals and how she could easily be killed in prison. She tells him he can't stop her. She doesn't care if she goes to jail as long as Antolin doesn't pay for something he didn't do. Besides, she's already talked to the lawyer.
Road back to Alamos, night: Ivan drives back with Lucia in the shotgun seat. They stop. Tony gets out for a few minutes to stretch because his back hurts.
Hacienda Curiel: Lucrazia and Carlota talk about JJ's proposal.
Lucrazia: How lonely this house feels.
Carlota: Daughter, what do you know of Maripaz?
Lucrazia: Nothing. Mama, the other day we talked about Juan Jaime. Did you know he's getting divorced?
Carlota: Yes, you told me.
Lucrazia: What do you think – Juan Jaime proposed to me. Well, that we might get married.
Carlota: You and him? Are you crazy?
Lucrazia: Why not? He said we'd combine our ranches and our position would improve.
Carlota: Ah, how obvious it is. He's got his claws out for our lands. Tell him no.
Lucrazia: But Mama, we'd benefit. Besides he knows a lot; he's been about cultivation all his life. Now that we have nothing I don't have much confidence without him.
Carlota: And I don't trust Juan Jaime. He'll do what benefits him, as always.
Lucrazia: But if I was his wife...
Carlota: Ay, daughter if you marry him you'll be living in hell. As to the ranch you're not putting the lands in the hands of that shameless arsehole. [sinvergüenza] Punto.
Lucrazia: How negative you are.
No; just realistic.
Road back to Alamos: Ivan and Lucia stare at Cosmo's moon – which looks more like a pepperoni pizza than a giant snowball – and mention destiny. She finally admits she loves him. Kisses that look real. Por fin. ”That's amore.”
Commercial Break that leads with promos for El Talismán and CME.
Casa Galvan: Camilo lectures Carmen again about how horrible prison would be for her compared to what it would be for Antolin.
Angelina's Casa, morning: JJ arrives and Angelina tells him she's glad to see him and that he needs to prevent Esther from doing something stupid. “There has never been a divorce in our family. I pray to God this won't be the first. To think of the loss of values of our parents.” [Egad; she's either senile or nobody told her about David and the Merry Piece.]
JJ: What's up, Esther? Aren't you glad to see me?
Esther: Of course.
JJ: Well, then give me a kiss. (Kisses her, but she just stands there stiffly)
Angelina: Well, I'll leave you alone. You must have a lot to talk about. Can I get you a drink?
JJ: No, thanks. (Angelina exits)
Esther: You want to sit down?
JJ: Yes; after you. (They both sit) Esther, I miss you a lot.
Esther: Ah, si.
JJ: Your children miss you, too. Lucrezia asks about you.
Esther: I guess she asked about our divorce.
JJ: That's what I've come to talk about.
Esther: If you're here to get me to change my mind, you're wasting your time. I have made my decision.
JJ: Yeah; I've never seen you this firm. But no; I'm not here to try to get you to come back with me. After all, you have your reasons and I respect that. I came to say that I'm going to give you the divorce.
Hospital, D.F.: Ivan, Tony, Lucia, and Carolina leave. Ivan and Lucia are finally smiling. This obviously is a signal for the anvil to be hoisted.
Angelina's Casa:
Esther: I couldn't have changed my mind. Your infidelities and maltreatment will help me win. [conseguir]
JJ: I'd like us to avoid [evitar] the scandal and unpleasantness. It won't do us any good. A lo mejor, women always get the worst of it. You know that. But in exchange for avoiding those bad moments allow me to continue to manage your property that's part of the estate. What do you say?
Esther (ironically): I knew you'd try to get me alone for this.
JJ: It will benefit you, woman. If we're getting a divorce and dividing our assets, you aren't capable of managing the land.
Esther: You know what, Juan Jaime? I'm going to talk to David.
JJ: Well, there's nothing more I can do here. (gets up) I'm going.
Esther: Tell me the truth. Why are you suddenly agreeing to the divorce?
JJ: Because I have plans. Aren't you curious? Just to let you know my plans don't include you. Say goodbye to your sister for me. (He gives her the once-over before departing. What a tool. Esther rolls her eyes before sitting down again. Angelina re-enters)
Angelina: What happened? Has he left?
Esther: Yes. He agreed to the divorce.
Angelina is impactada.
Casa McGuire: Alex is happy Carolina is home.
David's Office / Angelina's Casa: David and Esther talk over the phone over the property situation
David: No, Mother. Things can't go that way. Whom does the ranch belong to?
Esther: The ranch is from your father's family. But my inheritance paid for repairs.
David: And the house?
Esther: Also his family, but my inheritance helped pay for the remodeling.
David: And the bank accounts?
Esther: Ay, son, I don't know anything about that.
David: Mom, I want to see all the papers to make sure everything is correct.
Esther: But I don't want to annoy your father. Leave things as they are.
David: No, Mother. You have the right to your share.
Esther: Son, I don't want to annoy him. I'm afraid.
Casa McGuire: Everyone finally convinces Carolina to stay there, as she can't live alone yet. Tony introduces her to Bruno, who seems to like her. She seems to like him, too.
Commercial Break
Rancho Socorro: Ivan takes Lucia home and he asks when they will see each other again. She reminds him of her exam in a few days while he's eager to see his daughter. She doesn't deny that Perla is his.
Ag Ass Office: Camilo explains to JJ about not wanting for Carmen to end up in jail. They talk about a solution. JJ tells the secretary to get Tony on the phone. Camilo doesn't see what good this will do because Ivan hates Saul enough to want to see him in jail.
Hacienda Curiel: Lucia explains about Carolina's operation to Carlota, who is glad that in the midst of all the turmoil Carolina gets the blessing of sight. Carmen exits uncomfortably, saying she's getting the baby's food. Lucia and Carlota notice that something is up with her.
Casa McGuire, Tony's office: Tony gets off the phone with JJ and tells Ivan that JJ was looking to get Saul to marry Carmen. There will be a meeting and Tony says Camilo will be there because this is about the future of his siblings. He asks if Ivan would like him to handle it, but Ivan wants to be present as well.
Hacienda Curiel: Lucia finally tells Carlota she loves Ivan, etc. She praises his fatherly ways and Carlota brings up the issue of whether he was jealous about Lucia sleeping with Camilo. She says that nothing has been said, that it's logical that a married couple would sleep together. Carlota comments that this speaks well of Ivan. The anvil's rope is starting to fray.
Casa McGuire, Tony's office: Zabaleta reveals Carmen's information. That Saul planned the kidnapping because JJ wouldn't pay for his surgery. He was looking for information about Lucrazia's routine; Carmen merely suspected that there was an extra-marital relationship between Lucrazia and JJ, who mentions he would have paid a ransom. And that after his divorce he will marry Lucrazia.
Hacienda Curiel: Carlota and Lucia talk about the divorce. Lucia is afraid of the pain this will cause Camilo, but Carlota reminds her that she needs to think of herself.
Casa McGuire, Tony's office: Licenciado Lara and his near-Italian accent ask Camilo if he knows El Gordo. Camilo answers in the affirmative. The guy's real name is Miguel Hernandez, but he seems to have disappeared. Camilo denies that Carmen knew about the theft of the pistol. Ivan points out that the place the pistol was found must mean something. JJ denies that Saul could have been involved because he took away his car after the accident. He implies that Carmen is dragging him into this. Ivan doesn't buy this and knows JJ doesn't. JJ accuses him of wanting Saul in prison out of hatred, but Ivan only wants to avoid sending an innocent man to prison. Saul got Carmen involved through false promises and now she's the one being dragged into this. Camilo agrees. JJ says to go ahead and arrest Saul, but that Carmen will have to answer for it as well. He leaves.
Lara is all for getting this out in the open. He asks Camilo whether El Gordo is a friend of Antolin's and whether there is a reason he would do this to him. Camilo says that Antolin gave him a bloody good hiding [paliza]. Finally he says that Antolin is willing to go to prison to spare Carmen. Carolina overhears this part and nearly falls on the step on her way into the room. Tony catches her before she falls.
Commercial Break
Casa McGuire, Carolina's room: Ivan tries to reassure Carolina, who is carrying on as she used to.
Casa Mondragon: Saul begs his father to help him.
Saul: Papa, help me. I don't want to go to jail. I promise I'll change.
JJ: But you're a pobre diablo. Useless. I should never have recognized you as my son. You're not the only bastard I have around here. [WTF???] (The phone rings twice) You're as useless as the servant. Nobody is answering. (picks up phone)
Licenciado Lara wants to see him and Saul in his office about this whole affair. JJ agrees and asks for the time and address. Who wants to bet he will throw Saul under the autobus?
Rancho Socorro, night: Camilo drives up to Lucia's room saying he's there to see Perlita, who is sleeping. Lucia doesn't answer her phone; Camilo realizes it must be Ivan. Camilo apologises and begs her not to leave him, but she doesn't want to discuss Ivan. Camilo tells her she might become Ivan's mistress, but never his wife because he will never give her a divorce.
Someone needs to tell him it's not easy to stop one.
Ivan gets the recorded message that the cell number is off or out of the service area. He calls Carlota, who goes to Lucia's room. Lucia tells her she didn't answer because Camilo was there. Carlota brings up the matter of divorce. Since Camilo was caught in flagrante delicto with Maripaz, Lucia has the perfect grounds. Lucia, however, starts singing her mother's favorite song “No Quiero Escandalos”. Carlota tells her it will get worse yet: JJ is divorcing Esther to marry Lucrazia. Lucia is impactada and her expression indicates distaste.
Avances:
Looks like the Merry Piece will get her way with Camilo as something appears to be wrong with JJ. Camilo is planning to accuse Lucia of infidelity and sue for custody of Perla.
Vocabulary:
conseguire to win
evitar to avoid
paliza beating
sinvergüenza swine, shameless arsehole
Labels: Fuerza
Cuando Me Enamoro #157 Wednesday 11/30/11 Chema bids farewell and departs on a positive note, an indecent proposal and an abandoned baby
Recap by Marta Ivett!!
Saul offers Marina the moon and the stars and even the kitchen sink… new family, a father for her children, the partner he wasn’t before… you don’t have to be a single mom. I can rekindle our love. I can make you happy. I can make you love me again. Just say the word. Don’t want to lose you again. You are the love of my life… yada yada.
But Marina insists it wasn’t easy but she got over him… she smiled again and… even fell in love again. He recognizes she would not have children if it was not for love.
At Connie’s she and Adri are talking while Connie rocks the baby on couch… Adri is understanding, but says don’t want to see you sad or anguished. Adri tells her Corina is using her. They are running late for Chema’s restaurant opening. Connie would take the baby there but Hono and Ines would nag her for it. But ever since I touched this baby’s hands, I fell for her. (well, I know touching a baby’s hands is very moving… but you don’t have to feel responsible for that baby for the rest of their life either, woman. )
Corina arrives appologetic. Adri looks on Corina as if she was seeing a vampire.
At their honeymoon in some town center plaza, Gina and Gonzo are enjoying themselves. Gina seems to be concerned about everything going on back home. Gonzo convinces her life has its ups and downs… and then they get cheesy… lets think only about us… about our love… we deserve to be happy. He makes her say I love you several times.
At LaB, Anibal and Allison are chatting.. they are happy they found each other there. They begin to dismantle rolls of bread and throw them at each other. She plays a prank on him that he hurt her eye… GOT YA!!, then they are about to kiss and she pulls away. Walks to the fridge and then turns back to him and smiles.
At the opening, Matt and Adri arrive, they run into Sele and Diego, who will marry soon. Matt has no resentment from past for Diego. Don Ben and Jul arrive, as well as Ines and Isidro. Hono and Connie run in behind them. Chema arrives to a shower of everyone’s compliments.
Chema asks Adri and Julieta to cut the ribbon…
At unison, they cut the ribbon and Chema opens the champagne bottle and sprays everyone around. Everyone is very happy for Chema.
At MR manor, German comes to visit Berta… (Mana’s Mariposa in background)
German seems to be more pushy on Berta than before… Berta tells him she likes him being forward but she is shaking and her voice is stuttering. She hugs him but then smiles at her plan going so well.
At church in Ensenada, Padre Seve is concerned about Marina.. He is mad that she is out with Saul… remembers how Marina suffered before with that man. Antonio tries to calm him down. Padre tells Antonio that Saul lost everything, even an apartment he had bought with Marina, for gambling. Apparently Marina found out suddenly and was devastated. Padre is hopefull Marina won’t fall for that story again. (Marina seems to be as naïve as a little toddler when it comes to men… even if she is totally smart for everything else)
Chema tells everyone not to worry, he is not going nuts, he just had time to reflect on what has happened and he realized everyone had done what they did because they love him. He thanks his dad for being there when he was born and now is there when his end is approaching. Chema gets really emotional. He announces he bought a plane ticket for Paris so he can learn as much as he can while he can. He thanks everyone for contributing to making his dream come true. If he never found out about his illness, he would never have done it. He thanks Ines for giving him the chance to serve his fellow brothers at the charity center. He thanks Isidro for showing him what unconditional love is when Adriancito was ill and come up with the phrase ‘noone gives up here’ as an example to follow. He thanks Julieta for her friendship. Matt for his solidarity. Hono for letting him be close to his family despite what happened. Connie for her support and love. (we hear Fran Cespedes Senora song while Connie remembers their moments together). Adri… for being a wonderful woman who did everything to please his dad, to make him happy. These last few days at your side were incredible. (she remembers their times together). He thanks both Adri and Connie for showing him what being in love is. HE thanks everyone for showing him that it was worth living. Cheers!
(He takes a sip and gets fainty and falls down… The scene gets chaotic instantly. Yelling for ambulances… Julieta says he has no pulse… Ben begins CPR…
Marina gets home and Padre Seve asks her what happened. She says Saul got over gambling, wants to marry her and be a father for her children. Padre asks her if she said no… she just stays quiet and serious. Antonio excuses himself out. Padre gets concerned. Are you even considering that proposal?
Saul goes to see Augie to give him a debriefing.. He is confident. Messing with a couple of dice in his hand (if this guy is over gambling then I can fly me to the moon). Saul tells Augie that everything is under control. This was just a first meeting after a long time. You were right. She is still hurting for loving the father of her children. Augie asks him to pressure her to accept his proposal asap. Saul nods yes.
Lazaro, Nata and Kari are walking and Antonio ran into them. He asks bout Jero… they tell him they are working on getting him freed asap. They tell Antonio that Lazaro and Kari just got married. They want Padre Seve to give them his blessing. Padre is busy but nata comes up with idea that they will give them a dinner at LaB to celebrate the marriage. Then Padre S can give them his blessing there. Antonio will take Padre S there. Lazaro and Kari are super happy.
At jail, Jero is talking to his lawyer. Tells Jero that Nata is very brave… Jero agrees, she does not give up. They talk about Alvaro testimony tomorrow. Lawyer says might not be worth much since he is an ex convict. But it can’t hurt. The already arrested Dr Izaguirre. They sound hopeful. They will try Nata’s idea…
At hospital they are all in waiting area with droppy faces. He was so happy. Too bad this happened today. We all thought he was dead. The end must be very close. Adri hopes Chema will be able to fulfill his dream to go to Paris. Lets have faith. Doctor comes to them, there is not much anyone can do. Even more droopy faces. Sorry, the end is very close. He wants to see Ben and Adri. So they go in with Doctor.
German and Berta are in her bed. They enjoy themselves… Surely they will be able to spend more time together when he gets divorced… Berta not thrilled with the ‘lover’ role. He tries to convince her saying she represents his will to live. Berta asks why he is married to that ‘ruca’. You are attractive, interesting, but your wife… He tells her he married young. (but has a face of liar, nose growing) He was interested in her family and that she knew about business. All she has to do is lift a finger to get everything she wants. Berta asks again what keeps him tied to her. He says he does not want to hurt her. He would never leave a woman like Gema, except for you.
Chema is talking to Ben and Adri.. he is saying goodbye, he is at peace, the end is near. Wanted to have you both with me. Don’t want them to cry. Remember me with a smile. Take my ashes to that tree, the one we planted when I was a kid. Ben will comply. Chema says I am leaving happy, content at the life I led, as I wanted, as I wished. .. I bought a ticket for Paris… but the journey I will do now is even more beautiful. I know. Thank you for so much love. For being with me. I love you too. (Cuando un amigo se va song and the long BEEEEPP… RIP Chema…)
At waiting room, the droopy faces continue… Ines talks about Chema’s will to serve others. Always bringing fruit from the farm… Julieta tells them he taught her to make hot cocoa. Everyone has good memories of him. Adri comes to announce Chema died. Matt rushes to hug her.
(song continues… like a bottomless well… don’t go yet… my guitar cries when it says goodbye)
At LaB Anibal and Allison continue having a good time… Augie comes over. Nata, Lazaro and Kari arrive too. Kari and Lazaro go ahead inside. Augie asks about Jero. Nata says still locked in… Augie again offers his help anytime… Inside everyone is happy that Laz and Kari got married. Manuela wishes she had been there. Priss arrives and puts a frown face… Manuela wants to celebrate. Nata says we will… here tonight. Padre and Antonio are also coming over. She volunteers Allison to help her. Kari wants to invite Alfo and her children. Mati says the next wedding is ours. Herminia keeps bringing up the curse and everyone nags her. Prissy keeps staring at Carlos and Mati with sneaky smile.
Antonio visits Jero in jail… he is convinced that Nata is Gina’s real daughter. He will manage a way to get Nata’s prints… Jero says when Nata finds out she is Gina’s daughter it will take a huge load off her back. Jero wishes he could help. Antonio says he can manage with the prints but Nata should get an EKG to show that she also has the cardiac condition of her dad’s. Jero promises he will take Nata for both of them to get a medical checkup and it will show any cardiac condition she has. Antonio is excited to help give Gina her real daughter. Antonio changes the subject and asks Jero not to receive Marina there… She gets very affected everytime she sees him. Jero admits both Nata and Marina have a hard time when they find the other with Jero and he feels bad about it. Antonio tells Jero about the old boyfriend that came to see Marina, who Padre Seve says is not a good man, destroyed her years ago, had earlier problems with gambling and alcohol. He seems to have come back to try to get Marina back. Jero agrees that they have to get this guy away. Antonio says it seems Marina sees in this guy a way to stay away from Jero … Jero wants Marina to find someone but someone worthy of her, someone who respects her and cares for his children…
At LaB everyone is in prep for the party. Prissy offers Herminia to help. She wants to know more about the curse. Herminia sings like a canary with the stories of old boyfriends of Mati’s.
Carlos agrees to give Nata the money Jero stated, but is not happy with the idea of giving so much money to Alvaro. Nata wants Antonio to help convince Alvaro to say the truth… Carlos is not very convinced Alvaro will tell the truth. Nata needs to find a way, ANY WAY to get Alvaro to tell the truth. Carlos asks her to let him go with her. She agrees.
Jero asks Antonio to try to convince Marina to prevent her from getting back with Saul. Antonio says he has not known her so long. Not sure. Jero says maybe I will have to talk to her then… Antonio does not think it is a good idea. Marina has not decided anything and going to see her could get him in trouble with Nata. Jero agrees.
Anibal tells Augie that there will be a celebration dinner at LaB… Anibal guesses right that Augie wants him to tell him about everything that happens there.
At jail doctor’s office, Blanca and Fina are with sellout doc… He gets off the phone with someone who says everything went well. (Corina?) … Doc tells her to stop by for her money. Hangs up and Fina is happy that everything is going according to plan.
Connie, Hono, Matt and Adri arrive at the house. Suddenly the baby begins to cry… Connie begins looking for Corina… Matt asks who is Corina. Hono says the baby’s mother who is using Connie to help with her baby. Hono gets mad, guesses Corina abandoned her daughter in their house… Connie impactada…
Previews: Augie saying don’t matter how far I have to go or how I have to buy out, but Jero will stay in jail. Fina happy, there is nothing like vengeance… Augie licking his hand remembering Nata in his bed ‘I am sure that the end of this story will feature Nata and myself’. Voiceover: Be witness of an episode that will make history!
Labels: Cuando
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Una Familia Con Suerte #39 Wed 11/30/11 Catwoman-Unmasker... Unmasked (it's Vins)
Ezra begins this recap:
So things pick up where they left off, at the Blowout party (in more ways than one), in the jungle with Bam Bam and Carmen Miranda. The rich people start arriving, and it looks like they didn't get the memo. That or they don't feel like dressing to fit the theme. The latter appears to be the case as all the rich people and the reporters start fussing about how "vulgar" this party has become.
Candy shows up in her Slutty-Chiquita-Banana suit and sets them off on a new round of twittering... all the rich ladies decide to drag their drooling husbands away, leaving just Pancho&co., the reporters, and Pina/Vins (Pina hasn't managed to drag drooling Vins away yet, which is just as well, because he's going to be part of this episodes first *shocking revelation*.
The reporters start asking Pina about her show, and express disappointment that she's taking on a vulgar bimbo like Candy, which strikes a nerve. After all, many of the men who just got dragged out by their noses had been potential sources of capital for the reopening of Pina Opina.
In a misguided attempt at damage control, Vins grabs a microphone and proclaims the bosque bash to be an event of low class put on by the lowlifes Lopez. He basically insults the entire Pancho clan, at one point calling them "prototypes of the prosaic."
Pancho can't take this, so he grabs TWO microphones and begins to run his mouth. Everyone can tell he's about to spill the beans (I guess this show has a lot of beans to spill... to be more specific, he's about to spill the Vins-and-Candy beans). Eventually his frustration peaks, and there go the beans. He yells that it was Vince who ripped off Candela's catgirl mask. Everyone gasps and I grab my burrito, because it's time for a commercial break.
Rebeca wants a word with Pancho in private. Chela, obviously, objects, but doesn't get anywhere.
Beca and Pancho, private meeting: Gee, Pancho, you really blew it. But Beca, I was defending your honor. I can only take so much. But Pancho, that wasn't an honorable thing for a president to do. But Beca, my family comes first. He storms off, leaving her not mad but rather kinda charmed... "Ay Pancho," she whispers.
Now Vins is denying everything. He'd never do such a thing. He should have expected these lies from such a cabal of vulgarity. Incidentally, that will be the title of the first album my grunge garage band releases. Thanks a lot, Univision.
Pancho is rehashing the evening's events with his buds. They think he's got something with Rebeca. He doesn't. But he does.
Candy is rehashing the evening's events with Chela and the maid. She is clearly anguished. Hooray, more forbidden love!
Pancho has learned how to tie a tie, and Fers strolls in. She seems somewhat bemused by the night's events, and wishes Pancho would just cool out. He protests.
Melinama: At this point I strolled out to the living room and realized my son Ezra was about to fall asleep so I am taking over, if I can read his cryptic notes. Unfortunately it seems the last few paragraphs he'd written were lost.
Fers guilts and coddles Pancho, who is so frustrated with the three evil musketeers: "I need you, you've become indispensable." He eventually says ok, he won't throw in the towel, and they give each other lovely hugs. She is about the 11th person to tell him that both Chela and Rebeca are in love with him. He continues to deny it.
Ezra's notes say this is when Pina dreams of her yummy plumber - sadly, Vince intrudes into the dream and when she wakes up he complains she's been snoring like a jabalí (wild boar). She's annoyed he woke her up and tries to get back into her dream immediately...
Pancho can't sleep - Chela hears his television and comes in. He tells a joke about a "gay cockroach" (which came out of the closet). She says (again) he can't trust anyone at Avon and then tells him: "While I was hiding under her desk, Rebeca came on very seductively to Vince, she wanted the two of them to go out and said 'Pancho is of no importance.' " He is miserable.
Chela once again warns Candy she can't keep playing both sides - Vince is an infeliz (you might think that means he's unhappy but rather, he makes other people unhappy - an infeliz is a bum) and her brother's worst enemy. They wail together that Candy always chooses the worst men. "You can't serve God and the devil," Chela concludes.
Pina accuses Vince of spying on Candy with the closed circuit tv AND his little telescope. He admits it but says he could hardly avoid it since Candy's body is so tremendon heh heh. "But I would NEVER..."
... Candy strolls in, skin tight red outfit rendering Vince speechless and docile, and as eagerly attentive as my son's dog when you wave Thanksgiving turkey fat in front of his snout.
Pina asks point-blank: "WAS it my husband who ripped off your cat-girl mask?" It takes Candy the whole of the commercial break to compose her answer: "I would like to deny it, but you are my dear friend so I must tell the truth, yes it was him ... BUT ... it was the first time he ever came to Paraiso and he did not know the rule about not touching the masseuse." Thus, she partially told the truth and appeased Pina and Vince was relieved as well...
... and there was peace at la casa Irabien until Pina's friend shows up, does not want to hear about the dog's poop, and is listening to Pina's somewhat mollified take on the catgirl-unmasking-revelation when the maid finds VINCE'S LOVE LETTER TO CANDY.
Tomorrow Julia of the splendid vocabulary list is going to do us a little recap. Thanks Julia! And thanks Ez for joining the team!!!! And thanks Julie for taking time from your busy schedule to do our Fridays! Signing off for the night - Melinama
So things pick up where they left off, at the Blowout party (in more ways than one), in the jungle with Bam Bam and Carmen Miranda. The rich people start arriving, and it looks like they didn't get the memo. That or they don't feel like dressing to fit the theme. The latter appears to be the case as all the rich people and the reporters start fussing about how "vulgar" this party has become.
Candy shows up in her Slutty-Chiquita-Banana suit and sets them off on a new round of twittering... all the rich ladies decide to drag their drooling husbands away, leaving just Pancho&co., the reporters, and Pina/Vins (Pina hasn't managed to drag drooling Vins away yet, which is just as well, because he's going to be part of this episodes first *shocking revelation*.
The reporters start asking Pina about her show, and express disappointment that she's taking on a vulgar bimbo like Candy, which strikes a nerve. After all, many of the men who just got dragged out by their noses had been potential sources of capital for the reopening of Pina Opina.
In a misguided attempt at damage control, Vins grabs a microphone and proclaims the bosque bash to be an event of low class put on by the lowlifes Lopez. He basically insults the entire Pancho clan, at one point calling them "prototypes of the prosaic."
Pancho can't take this, so he grabs TWO microphones and begins to run his mouth. Everyone can tell he's about to spill the beans (I guess this show has a lot of beans to spill... to be more specific, he's about to spill the Vins-and-Candy beans). Eventually his frustration peaks, and there go the beans. He yells that it was Vince who ripped off Candela's catgirl mask. Everyone gasps and I grab my burrito, because it's time for a commercial break.
Rebeca wants a word with Pancho in private. Chela, obviously, objects, but doesn't get anywhere.
Beca and Pancho, private meeting: Gee, Pancho, you really blew it. But Beca, I was defending your honor. I can only take so much. But Pancho, that wasn't an honorable thing for a president to do. But Beca, my family comes first. He storms off, leaving her not mad but rather kinda charmed... "Ay Pancho," she whispers.
Now Vins is denying everything. He'd never do such a thing. He should have expected these lies from such a cabal of vulgarity. Incidentally, that will be the title of the first album my grunge garage band releases. Thanks a lot, Univision.
Pancho is rehashing the evening's events with his buds. They think he's got something with Rebeca. He doesn't. But he does.
Candy is rehashing the evening's events with Chela and the maid. She is clearly anguished. Hooray, more forbidden love!
Pancho has learned how to tie a tie, and Fers strolls in. She seems somewhat bemused by the night's events, and wishes Pancho would just cool out. He protests.
Melinama: At this point I strolled out to the living room and realized my son Ezra was about to fall asleep so I am taking over, if I can read his cryptic notes. Unfortunately it seems the last few paragraphs he'd written were lost.
Fers guilts and coddles Pancho, who is so frustrated with the three evil musketeers: "I need you, you've become indispensable." He eventually says ok, he won't throw in the towel, and they give each other lovely hugs. She is about the 11th person to tell him that both Chela and Rebeca are in love with him. He continues to deny it.
Ezra's notes say this is when Pina dreams of her yummy plumber - sadly, Vince intrudes into the dream and when she wakes up he complains she's been snoring like a jabalí (wild boar). She's annoyed he woke her up and tries to get back into her dream immediately...
Pancho can't sleep - Chela hears his television and comes in. He tells a joke about a "gay cockroach" (which came out of the closet). She says (again) he can't trust anyone at Avon and then tells him: "While I was hiding under her desk, Rebeca came on very seductively to Vince, she wanted the two of them to go out and said 'Pancho is of no importance.' " He is miserable.
Chela once again warns Candy she can't keep playing both sides - Vince is an infeliz (you might think that means he's unhappy but rather, he makes other people unhappy - an infeliz is a bum) and her brother's worst enemy. They wail together that Candy always chooses the worst men. "You can't serve God and the devil," Chela concludes.
Pina accuses Vince of spying on Candy with the closed circuit tv AND his little telescope. He admits it but says he could hardly avoid it since Candy's body is so tremendon heh heh. "But I would NEVER..."
... Candy strolls in, skin tight red outfit rendering Vince speechless and docile, and as eagerly attentive as my son's dog when you wave Thanksgiving turkey fat in front of his snout.
Pina asks point-blank: "WAS it my husband who ripped off your cat-girl mask?" It takes Candy the whole of the commercial break to compose her answer: "I would like to deny it, but you are my dear friend so I must tell the truth, yes it was him ... BUT ... it was the first time he ever came to Paraiso and he did not know the rule about not touching the masseuse." Thus, she partially told the truth and appeased Pina and Vince was relieved as well...
... and there was peace at la casa Irabien until Pina's friend shows up, does not want to hear about the dog's poop, and is listening to Pina's somewhat mollified take on the catgirl-unmasking-revelation when the maid finds VINCE'S LOVE LETTER TO CANDY.
Tomorrow Julia of the splendid vocabulary list is going to do us a little recap. Thanks Julia! And thanks Ez for joining the team!!!! And thanks Julie for taking time from your busy schedule to do our Fridays! Signing off for the night - Melinama
Labels: familia
Cuando Me Enamoro #156 Tuesday 11/29/11 Tales for Sale
Humbly submitted by Lila
From yesterday:
Maritata sniveling to Antonio, attentive but unmoved, insists that Tata gets real already.
We are introduced to Auggie’s latest purchase, Saul, the one that got away from Tata. Auggie wants Saul to woo Tata away. . .far, far away.
Kari gets her divorce decree and is thus free to marry Super Laz. . .”dicen que las flores no dejaban de cantar tu nombre, tu nombre cariño” Juan Luis Guerra serenades us. . .
Nastynez crawls out from under his rock at The Rock to meet Renata who asks him to tell the truth about the feigned death plot. What you gonna give me in return, he leers. . .
New stuff:
Renata doesn’t dignify his leer with a reaction. All Renata has to offer him is the opportunity to clear his conscience. Ah, that’s just cheap romanticism that doesn’t go far here in the pen sniffs Nastay. Seems a cash cushion will make life easier. . .[gulp! Oh no, don’t do it Renata!]
The youngsters, Anibal and Alison stroll through the house at La Bonita. He remarks that he is treated well here despite being Auggie’s son. His motorcycle is still not out of the shop and it’s curious that at first Auggie wanted him to scram but now he wants him to stick around so they get to know each other. Aye, this puts a light in Alison’s eyes, she’s like, cool, that means you’ll be around more? Well, not cause I want to, but I need to Anibal looks away, pained. Why, what’s up? Anibal takes Alisons hands and vows to give her the whole truth but she has to swear not to tell a soul!
Back at The Cruz de Desamor Saul questions the logic of Auggie’s plan. . .Auggie quiets Saul’s qualms with a briefcase full of cash. . .is that enough for you to go to the parish and convince Marina to begin a new life with you. You bet your sweet bippy it is grins Saul! It’s a deal!
As we watch the sad, jaundice-toned replay, Anibal tells the story of his Mom dying of cancer about two months ago. . .there was always just him and his Mom, she never married. It was her dying wish that he know of his roots. . . she instructed him to take out a box from the nightstand. . .within the box was the proof that Augustin Dunant is his Father. Poor Hortensia had kept the letter in which Auggie told her to get an abortion and the check to pay for it. How romantic. [What’s the male equivalent of a skank?] Anibal doesn’t know what he’s going to do with the letter, he’s not sure what his next step will be. Alison entreats Anibal to stay, maybe with time his Dad will accept him and even come to care for him.
Ahhhh, Hon enjoys a hot cup o’ joe while he cruises the news in the morning paper. “Waaaah!” His comfy concentration is interrupted by the cute report of a baby’s cry. Hon calls to Con as he gets up to investigate. BUSTED! What are YOU doing with this baby HERE. Connie stammers she is taking care of her for Corina. Hasn’t Regina warned you you cannot get involved with this woman. She explains that Cornia has gone to her house to get more clothing and other things she needs. Hon maintains that the baby cannot stay in their house. No, it’s only for a couple of days pleads Connie. Whoa! Now it’s Hon’s turn to jut HIS jaw.
Awww, Chema of the dreamy eyes and cheek-sweeping lashes shares a subtle smile and ushers us to the next commercial break. . .and a lovely Adriana welcomes us back. . .
Isidro and Ines discuss Renata’s return to La Bonita: this complicates Isidro’s efforts to confirm his suspicions. Ines convinces Isidro to talk to Antonio and enlist his help in getting Renata’s finger prints. After all, Antonio himself promised Regina that he would help her find her daughter: we’ll help him keep his word!
Well, Hon is not making much headway with Connie, she’s got a serious baby buzz again! You can’t get involved with a child that’s not yours, who sooner or later will have to go and it’s going to break your heart! Well, I’ve thought about that, why don’t we adopt! No! No! No! Neither of us are of the age to start taking care of a baby! Connie’s buzz dissolves into a pout.
Matias, Adriana and Julieta sit in a café discussing the Chema situation. Julieta thinks it’s very strange that Chema doesn’t want to talk to them but has made a special point to have his Dad call them to ask them not to miss the grand opening. Adri and Mati thinks he just needs to time to sort his feelings out and don’t think anything is amiss, Julieta is not convinced.
Oh, goody, things are about to pick up! Here’s Fina and Berta who is informing malamama that the money is in the car and she’s not bringing her another peso! Roberta tells Fina that Regina traced the ransom money and has recovered it from Fina’s accounts. Maldita! spits Fina, but she’s not finished: Inside Empresas Monterrubio is somebody who will tell Roberta exactly what she has to do to get the money Fina needs! “voy a buscar a nuestra asesora financiera.” I’m going to get our financial manager chirps Fina with a bow.
Connie has regrouped and argues that plenty women her age have happily cared for newborns. . . .good for them but we don’t need it counters Hon. I have emotional needs as well that caring for a baby can satisfy. . .well, when Adriana has children you can meet those needs as Abuela, not as Mother! This is Hon’s last word and as soon as this bundle of (not) joy is well, she and her mother have to leave this house! Hon cautions that he thinks Cornia is taking advantage of Connie. Connie is like a pink record player with one broken disc and she just keeps going at Hon with her one tune but Hon stands firm: you’re breaking the rules of Regina’s Hope and taking this too personal.
Holy loco-motion, it’s Blanca, the asesora financiera! Roberta, working in the credit and collection section of EM is supposed to get clients making payments to make the checks out in her name and split the ill-gotten gains with Fina!? [Okay. Anybody feel free to chime in here, I’m not sure how this is going to work even if Roberta was not unscrupulous, grasping and with zippo business saavy?!]
Okay. Lovebirds back at Hoosegow Light. Renata explains that NauseousNesme has agreed to “tell the truth” in exchange for dinero. . .Jero is as surprised as I was, this is like blackmail, no, don’t do it he says. Renata sees this as a simple incentive or gratuity for doing what needs to be done. [Once again, am I missing something here? How is the purchased word of psycho-perverted-lush going to help Jero?] Just for our Carlos, doubts are settled with kisses and sweet nothings from one side of the sun-drenched bars to the other! “Cuando me enamoro. . .” Renata takes us to break with her sexy inhalation of the heady bouquet of a freshly-picked bunch of grapes. . .
A radiant Kari meets Super Laz at the Po-Po station, divorce decree in a green-means-go folder. I feel Laz is restraining himself from one of his award-winning gritos when he simply picks Kari up off her feet in a joyous embrace. Green does mean “go” as Kari proposes the get hitched right here and now! Laz is way past ready. Off they run hand in hand cute as can be to the Registro Civil. [I love the Kari song so much sometimes I don’t even hear what the two of them are saying but I got this loud and clear!]
Ho boy, here’s Ms. Ain’t got a professional bone in her body – Prissy – working amongst bubbling flasks and beakers questioning Charlie about Matilde, and marveling that he not only fell for such a country bumpkin but that his mother accepts her as well. Charlie confesses that at first it was not so but she won her over. Prissy calculates that she’s got a new card she’s gonna play in that Charlie never told Matilde they were novios. [I thought Matilde found this out?] Carlos attitude is “lo que no fue en tu año no te hace daño. (If it’s not in your era, it shouldn’t scare ya). We hear Prissy’s wheels-a turnin’ as Charlie hobbles off to look for Renata.
Uh oh, back in Sunnydale Hoozegow Jero is juro-ing to Renata that nothing is going to separate them. [This is known as anvil whispering!] Jero agrees that Nesme’s nasty palms may be greased [sickening metaphor, isn’t it?] They discuss and then dismiss the lying Doctor Ezaguirre as an arse-covering, ethically-challenged wimp. Anywho, Renata is to get cash from the safe at LB for Nas-T. I don’t know if this is noble or stupid: Renata doesn’t want Carlos to take the money to Nesme, she wants to do it herself! At least she promises not to go alone and there’s more smooching between the bars. .
A smiling Saul pays TaTa and Padre a visit at the parsonage. “Saul, que haces aqui?” This is Saul, asks Tio Padre, the man that made you suffer so much? [Oh Lord, there’s a pattern here]. Git yo’ ass outta here, snarls Padre, neither me nor my niece want anything to do with you! Saul pleads that he’s come to ask her forgiveness, he’s looked for her everywhere, please listen. Padre opens the door, Saul begs and Marina sits there, her usually quivering lips agape.
Speaking of lips, back to the Horny Hoozegow where Renata tries to kiss her way out of telling Jero that it was Auggie who told her he was in jail. Jero is pissed. Oh he was just trying to be helpful and offering his support. Don’t be naïve, Renata Jero pleads, having backed out of kissing range. Dunant’s a bad person. Renata manages to drag him back to her lips, which Jero fights, trying to tell Renata about Auggie and Roberta’s shaggin’ behind her back while she was engaged to Auggie. No importa, no importa she cries, chanelling Matilde as she swallows Jero’s protests in kisses. [Ok, Carlos, this time it was annoying!]
Meanwhile, Saul has taken a seat and Tata is listening. Saul feigns surprise at her preganancy and use of a wheelchair. How big of him, he still wants to talk to Tata even though she’s pregnant. Padre, like us, shakes his head in disgust.
Laz and Kari in the Registro Civil explaining their crazy, mixed up courtship. All the papers are in order and Laz gives a 2 on the Richter scale grito. Okay, cool, do you each have two witnesses? Nooo. . .hang on you crazy kids, un momentito says to RC official and she leaves. Well, who should be walking by the large internal windows of the RC office but Renata? They anxiously beckon her in and pull her in on the happy plot. Renata squeals, one witness down, three to go.
Tata and Saul talk in the courtyard, he’s gonna rebuild his life, blah, blah, blah, he knows his ADDICTION hurt her but he’s a new man and he continues to get his beg on, big time.
Padre seeks refuge in consultation with Antonio about this Saul who is the cause of Tata closing her heart to love, losing herself in her profession and low-cut cleavage-baring blouses. [emphasis mine] Saul destroyed her past but Jeronimo represents the present and future Padre explains. Padre is worried that Tata is vulnerable and may become reinvolved with Saul as a way out of her problems. Donde hubo fuego, cenizas quedan. Where there was fire, smoldering embers remain.
Our Darling Chema is at a travel agency and has called Selene on the phone, inviting her to the grand opening of his restaurant. . .where we find Julieta and Chema’s Dad. The worry together about Chema’s state. .
Hmmmm. Chema is buying tickets to Paris? Yes. Pah-ree. It’s a dream of his, he always wanted to go there and study with the great Chefs. Nunca dejes para mañana lo que puedes hacer hoy. [To prove this is also a learning space, those who don’t know the meaning of this saying, your assignment is to look it up].
Oh Boy! Tony is talking to Isidro on the phone about helping him get Renata’s finger prints! Isidro gets right to the point: He thinks Fina and Roberta are breaking one off in everybody and he wants to extract the appendage as it were. I want proof of what I suspect that Roberta IS NOT the daughter of Regina. But there was a positive DNA test and Roberta has the same congenital heart defect as her Dad, Roberto. Yeah, but fingerprints don’t change and Roberta’s do not match those on the birth certificate of the baby Roberto and Regina registered! Isidro answers Tony that he’s not saying Roberta is faking the heart defect but that Renata could also have one. Tony agrees to help get the prints!
And as the flowers sing her glorious name, Super Laz and Kari are pronounced Marido y Mujer in the company of Renata and three other witnesses the official gathered.! They share their first marital kiss as we are treated to a montage of the cheers, tears, trials and tribulations of our beloved and patient Novios!
Meanwhile, back at La Bonita Carlos startles Mati with one of his endearingly cute gestures: the presentation of a paper flower [methinks thou shalt need more than that after Prissy filleth her ear] Mati plays hard to melt, declaring her annoyance over his friendship with Prissy. Said Prissy has just thought-bubbled her skank application: “No, he will not have eyes only for you. Your eyes will return to me. This “Matilde” will soon be a thing of the past. I’m not going to permit you to continue with this foolish, absurd idea of marrying her.”
Now Saul is hauling Marina around in her chair continuing to put the beg on [her listening adds at least another couple of paragraphs to the excellent psych eval EJ gave her the other day] He offers to take care of her babies, to be their Father. Oh, he’s going to give her a new life, be the couple they never could be before [hmmm, this is giving her pause, a decades-missing crack-head promising a new life. . .], he’s going to give her the family she always wanted. . .All Tata can offer is “don’t insist, Saul”. With this half-assed protest he shifts it into high gear. . .Oh, you’re the love of my life, let me win you back. I don’t want to lose you again. Thinking on this most attractive tale, Tata fades to grey. . .
[Aw shoot! I thought I was going to get the outing of Roberta, had a title picked and everything. So forgive my slightly lame title. Oh well, it could be in no better hands than my friends who have capped and recapped this number from the beginning.]
Preview: The Batty Bobsy Twins ramp their plan into the next level, Auggie and Saul do the same and oh my goodness, did I see Chema slipping into darkness?
Labels: Cuando
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
La Fuerza del Destino #82 Tue 11/29/11 Everyone Changes Their Position on Everything and MP Nearly Gets Another Notch on Her Bedpost
All- Gloria was unable to get a recap up this evening, so I am providing these bullet points based on what I remember. I likely forgot some things and things are out of order. Please feel free to add anything I’ve forgotten.
-MP, Camilo and Ivan all get their wounds tended by family and doctors. MP is turned on by the idea of two lions fighting over their female (hembra), especially two lions with such amazing bodies.
-Lucia comes home to the news of the fight and first asks how Ivan is. She goes to check-in on Camilo who is on the phone with Celia. Celia wants him to go with her and Caro to Mexico City tomorrow for Caro’s operation (seems Caro changed her mind about not going without Antolin). Cam can’t because he is too battered.
-Lucia hears his half of the conversation, ignores his jealous interrogation about why she was in Ivan’s car, and decides that SHE will go to D.F. with Caro. Camilo immediately thinks Ivan will be going with her and gets even more crazy with jealousy.
-Camilo seems to have changed his mind about Carmen marrying Saul, because now he’s pressuring her to do it so that he can become the Ag Assoc president and get lots of money and power like Ivan. That’ll show Lucia!
-Carmen also seems to have changed her mind and decides she will not marry that delinquent.
-Tony decides to go with Caro and Lucia to D.F. He’ll rent a private plane to take them early the next morning.
-Tony and Carly decide that they had a huge part in causing this mess between Lucia-Ivan-Camilo, and they need to try to fix it.
-MP catches a mostly naked Camilo in his room and starts to skank all over him. He can’t move much because of his bruises, but does respond to her kisses. Next thing you know, they’re naked under the sheets and making out.
-Carly comes to talk to Camilo and hears him and MP panicking and getting ready to shove MP out the window. Carly busts in and starts yelling up a storm, bringing Lucia (who was on the phone with insistent Ivan) and Lucrezia running. Everyone is impactada at the sight of half naked Camilo and MP.
-Lucrezia kicks MP out of the house that very night, even after she insists that things didn’t go further than kissing. Lucrezia also tries to downplay what happened with Carly.
-Carly thinks this is the perfect opportunity for Lucia to get a divorce and move on to Ivan. Lucia continues to be stuck in limbo. She’s depressed and tired of BOTH men. She just wants to be alone with her daughter, with her women folk, and without problems.
-After Lucia leaves the next morning, Carly kicks Camilo out of the house AND takes away his ranch admin job and gives it to Ezekiel.
-Ivan and Celia visit Antolin in prison. He’s happy Caro went for the surgery. He’s antsy to get out of jail. Celia and Ivan tell him about Caro’s inheritance from Gerry. This actually complicates his case because it provides even more motive for why he would kill Gerry.
-The lawyers prove that Anto’s lock was forced. It helps a little, but not a lot. In order to show that Anto was not desperate for money, Ivan and Tony decide to (lie) say that Tony had already offered to pay for Caro’s surgery long ago. They get their story straight with Anto.
-Cute engineer asks Judith out again. She puts him off since MP has just called her crying and wants to see her. Cutie pie engineer is not deterred and makes a date with Judith for tomorrow instead.
-Judith and MP have dinner in her hotel room. Judith scolds MP for trying to get it on with her sister’s husband. She just did it to bug Lucia. MP still wants to get her a big hunk of Camilo pie.
-Camilo commiserates with JJ. Will these two be plotting with each other soon?
-In D.F., Caro’s doctor says the outlook is good before and after the surgery. As with the last time, Caro will not be able to fly back to Alamos when she is released in two days. Tony decides to ask Ivan to come pick them up.
-Lucia seems both excited and scared by the idea.
-When Tony presents Ivan with the idea he is hesitant, because he doesn’t want to be pushy with Lucia. He feels he’s pushed enough and now the ball’s in her court. Tony also changes his position on things and tells Ivan to keep fighting for Lucia.
-Camilo and Anto talk about implicating Saul and Gordo. Anto still refuses because it would lead to Carmen.
-Anto can’t believe Camilo was stupid enough to fall into MP’s trap. Camilo says he’s a man, isn’t he?! And he hasn’t had nookie in months! Anto tells him how he hasn’t touched a woman in YEARS since he’s been in love with Caro, and that doesn’t make HIM less of a man. (Take that Camilo!) He advises Camilo to let Lucia go if she is in love with Ivan. Camilo can’t force her to love him.
-When Celia finds out the reason Camilo was run off Ranch Curiel, she starts to knock him upside the head. Later she calls Ivan and tells him that Camilo and Lucia are caput. Ivan then looks a little more willing to make that drive to D.F.
Avances: Lucia and Ivan make up and make out.
-MP, Camilo and Ivan all get their wounds tended by family and doctors. MP is turned on by the idea of two lions fighting over their female (hembra), especially two lions with such amazing bodies.
-Lucia comes home to the news of the fight and first asks how Ivan is. She goes to check-in on Camilo who is on the phone with Celia. Celia wants him to go with her and Caro to Mexico City tomorrow for Caro’s operation (seems Caro changed her mind about not going without Antolin). Cam can’t because he is too battered.
-Lucia hears his half of the conversation, ignores his jealous interrogation about why she was in Ivan’s car, and decides that SHE will go to D.F. with Caro. Camilo immediately thinks Ivan will be going with her and gets even more crazy with jealousy.
-Camilo seems to have changed his mind about Carmen marrying Saul, because now he’s pressuring her to do it so that he can become the Ag Assoc president and get lots of money and power like Ivan. That’ll show Lucia!
-Carmen also seems to have changed her mind and decides she will not marry that delinquent.
-Tony decides to go with Caro and Lucia to D.F. He’ll rent a private plane to take them early the next morning.
-Tony and Carly decide that they had a huge part in causing this mess between Lucia-Ivan-Camilo, and they need to try to fix it.
-MP catches a mostly naked Camilo in his room and starts to skank all over him. He can’t move much because of his bruises, but does respond to her kisses. Next thing you know, they’re naked under the sheets and making out.
-Carly comes to talk to Camilo and hears him and MP panicking and getting ready to shove MP out the window. Carly busts in and starts yelling up a storm, bringing Lucia (who was on the phone with insistent Ivan) and Lucrezia running. Everyone is impactada at the sight of half naked Camilo and MP.
-Lucrezia kicks MP out of the house that very night, even after she insists that things didn’t go further than kissing. Lucrezia also tries to downplay what happened with Carly.
-Carly thinks this is the perfect opportunity for Lucia to get a divorce and move on to Ivan. Lucia continues to be stuck in limbo. She’s depressed and tired of BOTH men. She just wants to be alone with her daughter, with her women folk, and without problems.
-After Lucia leaves the next morning, Carly kicks Camilo out of the house AND takes away his ranch admin job and gives it to Ezekiel.
-Ivan and Celia visit Antolin in prison. He’s happy Caro went for the surgery. He’s antsy to get out of jail. Celia and Ivan tell him about Caro’s inheritance from Gerry. This actually complicates his case because it provides even more motive for why he would kill Gerry.
-The lawyers prove that Anto’s lock was forced. It helps a little, but not a lot. In order to show that Anto was not desperate for money, Ivan and Tony decide to (lie) say that Tony had already offered to pay for Caro’s surgery long ago. They get their story straight with Anto.
-Cute engineer asks Judith out again. She puts him off since MP has just called her crying and wants to see her. Cutie pie engineer is not deterred and makes a date with Judith for tomorrow instead.
-Judith and MP have dinner in her hotel room. Judith scolds MP for trying to get it on with her sister’s husband. She just did it to bug Lucia. MP still wants to get her a big hunk of Camilo pie.
-Camilo commiserates with JJ. Will these two be plotting with each other soon?
-In D.F., Caro’s doctor says the outlook is good before and after the surgery. As with the last time, Caro will not be able to fly back to Alamos when she is released in two days. Tony decides to ask Ivan to come pick them up.
-Lucia seems both excited and scared by the idea.
-When Tony presents Ivan with the idea he is hesitant, because he doesn’t want to be pushy with Lucia. He feels he’s pushed enough and now the ball’s in her court. Tony also changes his position on things and tells Ivan to keep fighting for Lucia.
-Camilo and Anto talk about implicating Saul and Gordo. Anto still refuses because it would lead to Carmen.
-Anto can’t believe Camilo was stupid enough to fall into MP’s trap. Camilo says he’s a man, isn’t he?! And he hasn’t had nookie in months! Anto tells him how he hasn’t touched a woman in YEARS since he’s been in love with Caro, and that doesn’t make HIM less of a man. (Take that Camilo!) He advises Camilo to let Lucia go if she is in love with Ivan. Camilo can’t force her to love him.
-When Celia finds out the reason Camilo was run off Ranch Curiel, she starts to knock him upside the head. Later she calls Ivan and tells him that Camilo and Lucia are caput. Ivan then looks a little more willing to make that drive to D.F.
Avances: Lucia and Ivan make up and make out.
Labels: Fuerza
Hi Everybody!
It's me again, Melinama's son...
I need a little help for my Statistics 101 final project. I need to gather data on an amusing topic, and Novelas offer just the thing. I'm hoping to do some hypothesis testing on the claim that Mexican TV is more dramatic than domestic TV. It may not be a very scientific way to go about it, but I need your help! Would anyone willing to volunteer please please please watch their show as normal but keep a side tally of every time a character makes a dramatic gesture with their hands and arms (this is subject to your interpretation - the project is more about math than it is about accurate data collection).
I've only got a week left on the project, so the more responses I can get the better. If you could help me out, just put in the comments section below, for whichever novela(s) you're watching, the number of gestures you counted.
I'll owe you big. Thanks so much!
-Ezra
Labels: announcements
Una Familia Con Suerte #38 Tue 11/29/11 Chiquita Banana meets Batman's Poison Ivy
Greetings! This is Melinama's son, providing you with this evening's snark.
Today's episode opens on a continuation of the shocking revelation that Fer is back. Things look a little uncomfortable around the dinner table at the (new) casa popular, like maybe they were starting to get used to having the place to themselves and all their friends and enemies. They lamely try to pretend that they're going back to their old place, but their hearts just aren't in it.
The good news is that Fer's cancer is in remission (odds that she'll be hospitalized again before the end of the show: pretty good, given these shows' propensity for hospitals and associated drama). This is such an awkward scene, with everybody looking at Fer, that it calls back the first time she ate at la casa popular. At least it starts out awkward, but then Fer gets all cute and tells the gang they gave her energies for life while she was in the hospital. I begin wondering if there's another meaning to that. Maybe one of the dark secrets of this show is that Fer is a cute-old-lady-vampire. Here's hoping!
By the way, the subplot of the annoying kids is in full force, but it looks like now it may at least have something to do with the rest of the story. Monica is chattering to her friend about the delightful forbidden romance with Pepe, while greasy-lawyer-man-Enzo, her dad, listens to it all and flexes his forehead muscles. Then he barges in, or she barges out, but the heat is on. He wants to know what the heck she was talking about in there. She suggests that maybe he was hallucinating. It doesn't go over too well.
Next stop: Vins and Pina. Vins comes home, clucking like the hen that just laid the golden egg. He feels great! Why does he feel great? He didn't get fired. Every day should be this good. Now it's Pina's turn do deliver news: she's bringing Candy on her show! Vins' eyes just about pop out of his head, and he gulps down enough air to fill a scuba tank. Apparently he doesn't like this idea.
Fers is sitting in the yard watching Popeye. Pancho shows up with some coffee. They proceed to have exactly the same conversation they had a half-dozen times before he was president ("I'm not worthy." "Of course you are." etc.), but this time Pancho gives up pretty quickly, just in time for a.... revelation. Fernanda knew that Vins was "misappropriating funds." So why didn't she fire them? Things aren't that simple. They'll drag this one out for at least another episode, but stay tuned.
Back to Pepe and Monica, doing their best "forbidden love" bit.
Back to Fers, not telling Pancho why she wouldn't fire Vins.
Ah, finally, Candy and Chela. Candy is gushing. She's gushing about the "blowout" they're gonna have (seriously, I don't know how they manage all these parties. Especially since, as we learn later, they only start shopping and decorating and planning and cooking the day before), and gushing about her coming appearance on Pina's show. Chela is disapproving. Candy wants a theme for the party... Black and White? Red? Forest? There's still the question of who's going to pay, because they don't really have much money on hand and, given the current climate at the workplace, dipping into the Avon kitty isn't an option.
Now Chela is tut-tut-tutting at Fernanda. I'm happy you're not dead from cancer, but HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO PANCHO! He's a sweet man, a good heart, blah blah blah. Chela is mad! She's hyperventilating! Rebeca is leading Pancho astray! Blaarrgh! Vins and Enzo are a pack of buzzards! Wait, asks Fers, do you mean to tell me Rebeca's a buzzard? No, Chela spits back, she's the queen of the jackals!
Jeez, now it's back to Pepe and Monica again. It feels like they've been sitting at this fountain for hours moaning about forbidden love and smooching. Nothing is resolved.
Vins and Enzo have a grumpy little junta. They demonstrate their grumpiness by flinging sugar cubes into their coffee. They hatch a plot to buy a controlling stake in Avon (if they had the resources, why didn't they do it earlier?) and do a little secret handshake. Socios hasta la muerte!
Now Candy gets a turn with Fernanda. She wants to swap rooms, because she knows Vins has been using his telescope to peep at her, but doesn't tell Fers that. This seems like a little harmless prank on Vins. We'll see.
Onwards to a business meeting. Pancho is in the boardroom with a grief-stricken accountant when Vins and Enzo walk in. Well well well, he says, if it isn't Pituco and Pitaco [tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum]! The main purpose of this scene is for the sobbing little accountant to hold up an imaginary Titanic representing Avon's finances, then send it sinking to the carpeted floor. Apparently, things are bad. Their only hope is the Arab investors. I wonder if this is all a scam by Fernanda to trick Vins into buying her out before the company goes bankrupt.
Next we have an amusing video montage (set to music, no less) of preparations for the blowout. No mention of where the money came from.
Meanwhile, Fernanda sits on Pepe's bed, and he inexplicably confides in her with his tale of forbidden love. She consoles him and tells him it's no surprise that he loves Monica (she lost her mom too), and she's got a secret for Pepe (if he can keep it). Enzo used to be a car-wash dude! So he really does know what it's like to be poor. But Fernanda still thinks he treats his daughter like a commodity, and the engagement with Vins' kid is purely a business transaction.
With a manipulative twinkle in his manfully-moist eye, Enzo is telling the same story for his daughter... he used to be poor, and with the girl's mother gone, love for Monica was the only thing that kept him going. He only wanted the best for her, and that's why they're rich now. How could she betray him like she has? Monica buys it.
The episode goes out on the party. It looks like they settled on the theme of "woods," but couldn't agree on what that means. Some people are wearing plastic fruit baskets on their heads, some are wearing leather vests, and Pepe has a necklace of little plastic bones and a fur collar. Nonetheless, they did manage to score a toucan, a Macaw, and some fancy drinks. Some reporters show up to interview Pina on the reopening of her show, to which she primps and fawns and ASSURES them that Candy will be present solely as an assistant.
This is the cue for the cameraman, who abruptly shifts to the main banquet table, where Candy has suddenly appeared, dressed as the spiritual combination of Carmen Miranda (right) and Poison Ivy (left) - in a Green microdress, bits of ivy all over the place, and a traditional basket of fruit on her head.
This is the cue for the cameraman, who abruptly shifts to the main banquet table, where Candy has suddenly appeared, dressed as the spiritual combination of Carmen Miranda (right) and Poison Ivy (left) - in a Green microdress, bits of ivy all over the place, and a traditional basket of fruit on her head.
I couldn't have asked for a better ending!
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Cuando Me Enamoro #155 Monday 11/28/11 Into a Sea of Trouble & Tears Sails a Bothersome Boatload of “The Others”
First, related to nothing but our pleasure in the joy of our amigo David in IN’s at the triumphal return of his son from Iraq. We celebrate this great news and your well-justified pride in the return of your beloved son. Welcome home and thank you to him. Here is a portrait of two members of a wonderful family who has found refuge in Abq. NM after fleeing persecution in Iraq.
So on with our story review. For greater detail go back to FlordeAzul’s recap from Friday in #154:
Inez has smeared the fingerprints on the glass as Isidro tells her idea was brilliant but she should have worn gloves and put the glass in a plastic bag. Clearly she needs more time watching forensic pathology shows. But she is sure Renata is the real daughter and Roberta is the other, Renata alone in her bedroom at home is sad that Jero lied when she only wants to help him. Augie invites Anibal to stay longer so they can get to know each other better even though he still denies being his father he doesn’t want to be thought an ogre. Really? But, he thinks to himself he really wants a spy at La Bonita so he can track his prey better. Back in his bedroom, Anibal reveals a letter in his blue backpack. He tenderly opens and rereads it as he swears the only thing he wants is to confirm that Augie is his father. The mystery of his past continues.
When she calls him, Augie disappoints his Renata saying he can’t get involved with saving Jero. His lawyer has advised that he can’t act to prejudice himself in the eyes of the law in the case of Dr. Alvaro McNasty. He is SOOOOO sorry.
Constanza and Honorio come home. She makes excuses to go to the kitchen to make tea, he will await his yummy wife in the bedroom. She of course goes straight to the servant’s room to see the sleeping nasty little mommy and the cooing baby. She is way too glamorous to wear baby vomit well. What is she thinking?
Chema finally comes home. He is so distraught from being tricked and betrayed. They need to talk, his Dad tells him. He knows what happened to him at casa Monterrubio. Chema pitches a well earned fit. He feels betrayed and humiliated that they all tricked him. His dad assures him that it was done by all of them as an act of love. He is mostly feeling betrayed because he thought Adriana was his love. He thought he was about to be engaged to her but it turns out that she has been engaged to Matias for some time.
Meanwhile Adriana, Julieta and Matias still in their wedding clothes try to figure out how to find him. Adri is ready to go out searching, but where? Just in time, Adri gets a call from Chema’s Dad that he has returned to his apartment. Adri is all ready to dash off to save Chema from himself again but Matias insists with a cooler head that it is not up to them but rather to his Dad to deliver the truth to Chema.
Dad says it all started when Adriana had him come to her house to tell him they were not to be together. The stress apparently caused him to faint in Adri’s house. He suddenly remembers waking up on the floor wondering what he is doing there. She asks him what does he mean and tells him of how he came in and what happened through his various symptoms. He tells his dad he remembers coming in and talking to Adriana. Then, he fainted but he remembers nothing. His dad starts to list the fainting and the headaches, the dizzy spells. Chema says, then does this have to do with why you are here too? Yes, Adri called me that I needed to come. It was a chance to mend the distance that had grown between us. You mean the restaurant was also because of this. Yes I wanted to help you realize your fondest dream. Chema says but this fainting and migraines and all. Am I condemned to death? The tragic face of papa says it all as Chema pleads, tell me papa. They hug and Dad says what you have is a brain tumor. I didn’t want you to know so I convinced your young friends to hide the truth from you. Why all this drama? Dad has to say because the tumor is inoperable. So what do I have to do. What treatments must I take? Dad has to tell him that there is nothing that will work. You mean that I have to die? And thus sadly, the end is near for our favorite “Other” who never deserved to be so, well, inconvenient. However, in this telenovela, that is a condition that nearly always results in death.
Augie introduces himself by phone to his next accomplice. He knows this person used to love Marina and he can help and Augie will solve his problems. This will provide so many benefits to him, like paying his debts. He needs to come.
Anibal calls Alison and wants her to visit Cruz but she says, my grandmother doesn’t want me to be near your father. So what to do, they need to see each other. Hold on to this cute scene with a warning. It ‘s the only cuteness you’re going to see for a bit. And too bad Manuela has never shared her dislike of Augie with Renata but I digress.
Carlos and Matilde exit from the Padres’ talking and planning their wedding. which for his fault has been postponed too long. Matilde makes a stupid country girl slip and says because of his influencia (influence) while Carlos corrects her by saying influenza. So, when can he do it? . How soon do you want it to be? As soon as possible, beams Matilde. Carlos says, as soon as Jeronimo is out of jail. Renata and Jeronimo are supposed to be the padrinos of the wedding. They are all happy. Too happy for this to work out well, me thinks.
Jero in jail is brought a blanket and a little paper bag of goodies, as Marina on wheels has cleaned up with careful hairdo and make up as though she is going on a date with her favorite jailbird. She further woos him with the pictures of his unborn children. She assures him they are perfectly okay. But, she couldn’t sleep last night because he is in jail. She takes his hand and says she would do anything for him to get him out of jail. (even on top of a desk?) Just as Renata shows up to say good morning and the look on her face at the handholding from behind the “other”, is priceless. I half expected her to do a wheelie for Tatas and push her chair fast down the hall to get her away from her husband.
Jero is surprised that she is there, but Renata assures him that as soon as she heard she took the earliest flight to be with him. Tata puts away her tearjerking pictures and says she better go. No one argues with that super truth. Renata is mad too that she was the last to know as she is the wife. She could have had a chance to bring him things like Marina did.
The “other” aka Tatas rolls herself to the waiting room with more tears and cries to the sympathetic nurse who thinks she shouldn’t have come to this awful place. Marina whines that it isn’t the place but the situation and that SHE came. She? His wife she chokes out. She is rolled to the side while the wife takes his heart and she can’t believe that she is not the one at his side but the wife is, in spite of her being the mother of his children. OUR place isn’t at your side she snivels to her belly. She seems like it is news that she didn’t get the big prize of winning Jeronimo after her great desk performance.
Jero and Renata have a cute make up and kissing through the bars scene of promising not to lie to each other ever again. She has been so worried and he wanted to avoid any hurt and worry. They laugh and tease and quickly get back to the romantic way they are together. She says, I wanted to bring you food and comfort because who is your wife? Renata! Not Tata of the twins. He raises his hand in boy scout’s promise that he won’t lie again. They kiss and he asks how was the wedding? Lovely but, Roberta was a problem as usual. “Others” tend to do that. Jero acts like that was to be expected. And what about her Ezequiel story? She is continuing to make the same claim. He explains that he is now being held responsible for the whole pretense of the death of Nesme. She promises she will devote herself to doing everything to get him out of jail because she wants him with her and ask for a hug.
Adri shows up at Chema’s apartment to ask his Dad, does Chema know that she didn’t intend to hurt him. His dad says yes, but he wants to be left alone she wants to go back to his room but Dad says he has gone to see his doctor to learn more of the truth. His dad says he now knows that he has little time left. She feels so bad about tricking him. Dad, soothes her saying he knows very well that you were trying to be noble and kind to him.
Chema is at the doctor’s office asking, what has happened? I am feeling better with the medications. I’m not having such pain or fainting. Doctor says, this is just the medicine. Chema says but my dad says the tumor is inoperable. Isn’t there something else that can be done? No. So I just sit and wait to die? No just the opposite, when death is near, my counsel is to live with intention in the time you have left. What matters is the quality of life not the quantity. Live fully and with intensity, do everything you can in this short time, before you pass over to the Other Side.
Renata rolls her bag into the Bonita livingroom as the maid has a fit what are you doing here? Manuela nervously tells her the patron is not here right now. Renata tells them all to quit lying to her she knows he is in jail and she just got back from seeing him. I know, so stop lying. Stop lying. Lazaro comes in and gets scolded too. Then she urges him to go with her so they can work on getting Jero out of jail.
Regina calls Antonio to tell him as her old “other” that she is going on her long postponed honey moon but she wants him to be aware that Renata and Jero may need help and he is to call her back her honeymoon so she and Gonzolo can run to help. We hardly remember that they were once involved. Perhaps Antonio has found his proper calling as a counselor and comforter. He knows more than most about being the “other”
The nasty Mommy comes into the livingroom after Honorio leaves to take the honeymooners to he airport so Constanza can bring her out of her hiding place. The young woman eats hungrily as they plan and she asks if Constanza could please keep the baby for a very little time. She needs to leave the baby so she can go get other clothes and it will be much easier to do it if she can leave the infant with Constanza so she can go and return quickly. Consta coos and babytalks, not aware of the sneers on the not angelic face of the little mommy dearest.
Matias shows up in an unbelievably ugly shirt. Is that some team’s colors? He sits at the breakfast table while the maid tells him she will take care of him while the parents are away on the honeymoon. Roberta shows up to share a coffee. He is glad since he wants to tell her about German. Tell me? He surprises her by telling about German’s penchant for being a Don Juan and has been known for office romances in prior jobs, seducing lovely young women in the office and he tricked one in particular saying that he would divorce his wife but he didn’t and he never will. Roberta says, she would never go after a married man and besides German is such a good friend of her father’s. Why would Matias think this has anything to do with her? Our ultimate “other” seems to forget what Matias knows about her.
In parallel breakfast scenes, Gemma is saying I didn’t know you were working with so many beautiful and young women. He innocently counters that every office has lots of young people. But I saw how beautiful Adriana, Roberta and Renata are and I saw you oogling Renata . If you get into trouble again like that last adventure, I won’t give you the money to invest in the Empressas Monterrubio. Not missing a beat, German insists, but it is such a good investment. Guess who holds not only the purse strings but the purse as well.
Chema comes back. HIs dad asks him what he wants to do, postpone the opening of the restaurant? No I want to go one as planned but I want you to talk to Adriana Matias and Julieta, Inez and Consta. I can’t talk to them now but I want them all to be at the inauguration of the restaurant..
Back at the jailhouse Carlos brings more food and blankets to Jero behind bars and they talk about how Jero doesn’t trust that Augie, his “other”, won’t take advantage of Renata while he can and use Jero’s jail time as an excuse to get closer to her again, to drive a wedge between them. He begs Carlos to keep close track of Renata so this won’t happen. Carlos says you know how independent your wife is, this won’t be easy. The laugh at the fact that this is certainly true but Jero begs, try to keep her safe while I am stuck in here.
The rolling “other” comes in and cries to Antonio (Regina’s old “other”.) and he tells her as if she doesn’t know, she felt put out by Renata’s arrival. It is logical he says, she is his wife. She can’t, she can’t she keeps sobbing about this situation. I know you are friends with Renata. And don’t you know how I feel? If Renata had gone, I could have been in a happy relationship with Jeronimo by now. Kindly and knowingly, Antonio says, but things are NOT like that. Yes and I know that he is in love with his wife. For this reason she knows she needs to leave at least for the time being because she is acknowledging that she is the OTHER. No kidding. She needs to go but he says the fact that Jero is the father of her children and nothing can change this fact. I can’t go on this way. She disolves in tears which leaves us thinking that she deeply thinks she could be with him based on that afternoon romp on the desk but then she needs to leave because no one else is into her delusion.
Augie greets the new accomplice who he takes into his office. Accomplice says, you seem to know so much about me it is like an investigation. Augie smugly says I know that you could get Marina back. Why do you want to this? Why would I reconquer Marina? That is my business but, I am offering you so much money that it will solve your debts and doubts and concerns and give you money to start anew. Will this result in hurting Marina? No, it won’t at all, but I want her to have a safe, calm pregnancy and stay out of the way. Marina is pregnant? Yes, but not by me. I would never leave a pregnant woman all alone. Good thing he isn’t talking in front of Anibal. He suggests they drink some good wine then talk about what has happened to Marina since she came to the valley.
In the lawyer’s office with Matilde, Kari gets the official divorce papers laughing in her joy with Matilde and the lawyer. Now finally she is free to marry her beloved Lazaro. Matilde calls her sister-in-law and they all laugh in a happy moment.
In a not too happy moment, Renata goes to see Dr. Nasty Nesme in his big boy jail. She asks him can’t he come forward to tell the truth about Jero not being the one who wanted to fake Nesme’s death. She want him to aid her to get Jero freed from jail. He knows Jero was not to blame. Our unchanged Dr. Nesme’s slimey reply is and what is in it for me? What will you do for me if I go to the authorities and tell them that Jero isn’t at fault.
Next scenes: Renata’s relentless quest to free Jero proceeds, Augie makes the payoff to Marina’s “other” so he will help Augie the trickster, Isidor tells the bank manager who the real daughter is. It looks like Renata will faint in front of all of her girl friends. OMG what could THAT mean? Her heart or… ;> D
So it’s over to you Lila for Tuesday’s exciting revelations.
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