Monday, April 02, 2012
Una Familia Con Suerte #189-190 Mon 4/2/12
I organized this by people and themes. Hope it’s easy to follow.
Buns, Buns, and Honey Buns
A doctora, sporting a giant bun on her head, takes her time doing Chela’s sonogram as Enzzo and the whole Lopez clan nervously watches. Finally she gets around to telling them that the bun in Chela’s oven is perfectly fine. However, no more carrying heavy items or fighting for Chela. Chela, Enzzo and the clan are relieved and grateful.
Later Enzzo goes to Chela’s to get her a change of clothes, and returns to the hospital to watch over her the whole night. Chela awakes to find her sweet man asleep on a couch at the foot of her hospital bed. She falls even more in love with him. He takes her home the next day (his home), and fusses over her, wondering if she needs anything. She tells him that she has EVERYTHING she needs right here, and lays some sweet kisses on him.
Presentando Pina, La Presidenta!
Pina continues to be inconsolable in bed with Vince after Meli leaves. She begins to question if she really wants the presidency if one of the consequences is giving up Meli. Vince tries to talk her out of her growing depression, but it doesn’t work.
The next day at work, Pina’s funk continues, and her mountain of work grows. Adoracion, dubbed Ambicion, comes to the office wearing a power suit from Pina’s closet to help her out. Pina sends her back home. Pancho decides to help Pina out and even calls the factory to help resolve a problem. She thinks he just wants to rub her failure in her face and make her feel stupid. Pancho has a heart to heart with her. He knows she's smart, was impressed with the work she did on the marketing campaigns, but he knows she doesn’t love the company and the job of president like he does and that’s why she’s having trouble. She only took this job for Vince's vengeance. She's not the one who hates him. Pancho reminds her of how awesome and powerful she was when she separated from Vince.
Pina is pensive after this talk and goes home. Freddy finds her looking down and they have a heart to heart. Pina admits that she’s emotionally dependent on Vince, she doesn’t know who she is (aside from Mrs. Irrabien), she was blinded by her love for Vince and was thrilled when they reconciled, but the veil has begun to drop from her eyes. Freddy is fully supportive of her finding out who she is, without Vince.
The next day, Pina announces to Pancho and Rebe that she is quitting the presidency and taking some time off to figure out her life. Pancho says the doors of Avon are always open to her. He knows Pina is a good woman, deep down. Pina then announces it to Vince and demands that he drop the charges against Pancho. He is not happy about this decision or demand. She tells him they will talk about it at home.
Routine is the Enemy of Vice
Vicente admits to Sandra that he’s starting to get bored with Pina. It was fun to rediscover their old feelings. They’ve been like teenagers. But he’s not a man who can be satisfied with routine. The routine is killing him! He goes to his old stomping ground, El Club Paraíso, and samples all the goods (Sexy Firefighter, Sexy Barmaid, Sexy Nurse, Sexy Soldier, etc.) before settling on one for his massage. He gets Sexy Firefighter, but calls her Candy accidentally. He can’t seem to relax, or shut up about being bored and stuck in routine with Pina. He needs passion! Adventure! This may be true, but he seems to be sticking to his same old routine for finding new mistresses. Newly Sexy exec assistant Celeste, in what is now her usual outfit (too short skirt and too tight top, under a too tight jacket), catches Vince’s eye as she prances out of his office. He calls her back and asks her if she has a boyfriend. He’s very happy that the answer is no. Pina catches him taking another lingering look at Celeste’s backside on her way out. He denies, denies, denies.
Elena Goes Green, Peace Man!
Orion takes Elena out for a vegetarian dinner. She seems to like it, especially the chocolate for dessert. They talk about their parents. He’s also an orphan. His parents died from contaminated food, which is what spurred his passion for all things environmental. She speaks of Pancho caring for her and her brother. Orion tells her he loves her and Elena is left speechless for a full five minutes. It doesn’t matter to Orion that they have only just met, it’s how he feels. Clearly, no guy has ever said this to Elena before. Once he walks her to her gate, she gives him a huge smooch, which leaves him speechless for once. Elena is practically skipping as she tells Tomas and Lupita about Orion and all the wonderful things about him.
The next day, Orion brings Elena a small tree as a gift (cut flowers are so not ecological). Elena is amazed by him. His life has so much purpose! He is surprised to hear her say she doesn’t have a purpose in life. She tells him about all her dirty deeds, but he think what’s in the past is in the past. It’s the now and the future that count. He has a proposition for her. He asks her to come with him to Japan to do some Green Peace-like dolphin saving. They’ll block huge harpoon boats with their tiny fishing boats! Elena is intrigued. She does have that passport that she got for her ill-fated trip to Brazil.
At Casa Lopez, Elena calls a meeting of the family to announce she is going to Japan with Orion to save the dolphins, and then they’re off to the North Pole to save the seals! This has got to be one of the most shocking announcements at one of these family meetings yet. Everyone, especially Pancho and Tomas, are concerned about the safety of their mission and the fact that they hardly know Orion. Orion promises to take care of Elena and to be respectful. Elena tells them her life has new meaning. Knowing Elena, Pancho knows she’ll go anyway, so he gives his blessing. The only conditions being that Elena contacts them regularly and that Orion guards her with his life (or else). Orion looks like he’s having the best time of his life in the middle of the Lopez bear hug.
Once Elena has her bag packed and is ready to go, she and Tomas have a heartfelt farewell. They hug tight, cry, say many te quieros, and Elena leaves Tomas with a picture of the two of them.
Vino, Vio, Pero Pancho No Venció
Pancho meets with Manriquez and tells him he has decided NOT to run for local office. He feels that becoming a politician separates you from the people. He’s a man of the people, after all. Manriquez is not happy about it, but he seems to be weeping more because Pancho has massacred his name 101 ways before the end of the meeting.
The wedding invitations arrive and Pancho and Rebe canoodle over plans to open a gift registry. Then they go wine tasting for the wedding, and get frisky as the wines are described as “penetrating” and “strong.” Take it to the bedroom kids!
Tomas, the Train-ee
Tomas tells Lupita that he’s going to observe a drug lab bust the next day. Lupita is scared that something might happen to him if there’s a shootout. Tomas swears on his life that he will not break her heart again. (Uh, oh! We remember what happened when Lupita’s last boyfriend swore on his life. Stop baiting anvils Tomas!) Lupita gives him her blessing. I see a recurring theme of angst for these two. Fortunately, all goes well at the bust, and Tomas observes safely from the command van.
Like a Tear Drop in the Rain
Fernanda and Doc Oc are having a good time in the cabin, laughing about the time they ran out on the check at that restaurant (but not really). Doc Oc suddenly gets sad and worries about when he will begin to lose even these sweet memories. They will be swallowed up like a tear drop in the rain. What happens when he eventually forgets that he loves Fernanda?
If You Can’t Be With the One You Love…
Temo calls Ana up and cries about Meli leaving. Ana tries to cheer him up, but he just wants to know when she’s coming home. She says soon, but looks sad and like she’s missing her loved ones when she hangs up. Rebe, who has heard Temo’s side of the conversation, tells him baby Chenzzo (his brother/cousin) is fine. She then tells him about her first childhood love whom she also lost, but now she has the wonderful Pancho. Temo is certain he and Meli will wait for each other.
Pepe is woken up early by a knock on his door. Well, well! It’s Frida, and she’s brought breakfast fixin’s. (A bit presumptuous, no?) She makes Pepe a fabulous breakfast and he’s definitely impressed. He then proceeds to whine about Moni, and how she’s been away so long and is letting her mother (who doesn’t like him) manipulate her. He tells Frida Moni’s business—that her mother abandoned her, wanted to abort her, only appeared recently, and that her dad isn’t her dad. All of this is to say that Moni shouldn’t be so loyal to a terrible mother who has enough money to pay someone else to accompany her to Lyon.
Pepe finally spills the soup. He likes Frida. A lot. But he doesn’t have anything to offer her (since he belongs to someone else). Frida thinks they should just see where things go. After breakfast, Pepe tells Frida to tell their boss he’s not coming in today. He’s not going to school today either. He has somewhere else to go; he hops into Champi. (Is he going to drive all the way to France?! By map?)
Frida gives the neighbor who fought with Chela another good scare and tells her to stay away from Chela.
On the road, Pepe thinks about his kiss and near kisses with Frida, and about his first kisses with Moni (when she still had a boyfriend and was confused). He arrives at Ana's latest gig and talks it out with her. He lists Frida’s attributes: she’s a mechanic; she loves cars; she can dance; she can cook; and his apartment has never been cleaner! (These are all external things I notice, and have nothing to do with who Frida is, as a person.) Ana reminds Pepe how hard he was on other cheaters they know. Her advice is that he distance himself from Frida to give himself the opportunity to figure out how he really feels about Moni. Pepe thanks her for the advice, tries to cover up her skimpy outfit with his jacket before her concert starts, and takes his leave the next morning.
Can Do Candy
Candy gets into the Avon gym and meets up with Arnold, who gives her the eye. Unfortunately, bratty Vince shows up and makes a big show of kicking her out. She says she’s going, and if she wanted could start up her own damn gym. Vince makes fun that it would be in that dumpy neighborhood, that she shouldn’t have left in the first place. Candy leaves; Arnold tries to talk sense to Vince. Vince threatens to have him fired if he doesn’t take his side. Brat! Candy chats with Chela about how long it took her to see that Vince was such a jerk. Love blinded her.
Candy later has lunch with Arnold and asks for his help in starting her own business! An exclusive clothing boutique! Arnold is in. Candy again wonders why he’s looking at her like he likes her. He brushes it off and avoids the subject.
The next day, Candy comes to visit Arnie at Avon, in one of her “do me” dresses, and sits right in front of him on his desk. Arnie looks like he’s getting the message the dress is sending, loud and clear. When Candy closes her eyes and demands one of Arnie’s welcome pecks on the lips, she gets WAY more than she bargained for when he lays a major lip lock on her. She actually seems to like it!
Avances: Vince invites Celeste out to dinner where Candy and Arnold catch them. Pina also catches them. This time they’re in Vince’s office, and Celeste is on his lap!
Buns, Buns, and Honey Buns
A doctora, sporting a giant bun on her head, takes her time doing Chela’s sonogram as Enzzo and the whole Lopez clan nervously watches. Finally she gets around to telling them that the bun in Chela’s oven is perfectly fine. However, no more carrying heavy items or fighting for Chela. Chela, Enzzo and the clan are relieved and grateful.
Later Enzzo goes to Chela’s to get her a change of clothes, and returns to the hospital to watch over her the whole night. Chela awakes to find her sweet man asleep on a couch at the foot of her hospital bed. She falls even more in love with him. He takes her home the next day (his home), and fusses over her, wondering if she needs anything. She tells him that she has EVERYTHING she needs right here, and lays some sweet kisses on him.
Presentando Pina, La Presidenta!
Pina continues to be inconsolable in bed with Vince after Meli leaves. She begins to question if she really wants the presidency if one of the consequences is giving up Meli. Vince tries to talk her out of her growing depression, but it doesn’t work.
The next day at work, Pina’s funk continues, and her mountain of work grows. Adoracion, dubbed Ambicion, comes to the office wearing a power suit from Pina’s closet to help her out. Pina sends her back home. Pancho decides to help Pina out and even calls the factory to help resolve a problem. She thinks he just wants to rub her failure in her face and make her feel stupid. Pancho has a heart to heart with her. He knows she's smart, was impressed with the work she did on the marketing campaigns, but he knows she doesn’t love the company and the job of president like he does and that’s why she’s having trouble. She only took this job for Vince's vengeance. She's not the one who hates him. Pancho reminds her of how awesome and powerful she was when she separated from Vince.
Pina is pensive after this talk and goes home. Freddy finds her looking down and they have a heart to heart. Pina admits that she’s emotionally dependent on Vince, she doesn’t know who she is (aside from Mrs. Irrabien), she was blinded by her love for Vince and was thrilled when they reconciled, but the veil has begun to drop from her eyes. Freddy is fully supportive of her finding out who she is, without Vince.
The next day, Pina announces to Pancho and Rebe that she is quitting the presidency and taking some time off to figure out her life. Pancho says the doors of Avon are always open to her. He knows Pina is a good woman, deep down. Pina then announces it to Vince and demands that he drop the charges against Pancho. He is not happy about this decision or demand. She tells him they will talk about it at home.
Routine is the Enemy of Vice
Vicente admits to Sandra that he’s starting to get bored with Pina. It was fun to rediscover their old feelings. They’ve been like teenagers. But he’s not a man who can be satisfied with routine. The routine is killing him! He goes to his old stomping ground, El Club Paraíso, and samples all the goods (Sexy Firefighter, Sexy Barmaid, Sexy Nurse, Sexy Soldier, etc.) before settling on one for his massage. He gets Sexy Firefighter, but calls her Candy accidentally. He can’t seem to relax, or shut up about being bored and stuck in routine with Pina. He needs passion! Adventure! This may be true, but he seems to be sticking to his same old routine for finding new mistresses. Newly Sexy exec assistant Celeste, in what is now her usual outfit (too short skirt and too tight top, under a too tight jacket), catches Vince’s eye as she prances out of his office. He calls her back and asks her if she has a boyfriend. He’s very happy that the answer is no. Pina catches him taking another lingering look at Celeste’s backside on her way out. He denies, denies, denies.
Elena Goes Green, Peace Man!
Orion takes Elena out for a vegetarian dinner. She seems to like it, especially the chocolate for dessert. They talk about their parents. He’s also an orphan. His parents died from contaminated food, which is what spurred his passion for all things environmental. She speaks of Pancho caring for her and her brother. Orion tells her he loves her and Elena is left speechless for a full five minutes. It doesn’t matter to Orion that they have only just met, it’s how he feels. Clearly, no guy has ever said this to Elena before. Once he walks her to her gate, she gives him a huge smooch, which leaves him speechless for once. Elena is practically skipping as she tells Tomas and Lupita about Orion and all the wonderful things about him.
The next day, Orion brings Elena a small tree as a gift (cut flowers are so not ecological). Elena is amazed by him. His life has so much purpose! He is surprised to hear her say she doesn’t have a purpose in life. She tells him about all her dirty deeds, but he think what’s in the past is in the past. It’s the now and the future that count. He has a proposition for her. He asks her to come with him to Japan to do some Green Peace-like dolphin saving. They’ll block huge harpoon boats with their tiny fishing boats! Elena is intrigued. She does have that passport that she got for her ill-fated trip to Brazil.
At Casa Lopez, Elena calls a meeting of the family to announce she is going to Japan with Orion to save the dolphins, and then they’re off to the North Pole to save the seals! This has got to be one of the most shocking announcements at one of these family meetings yet. Everyone, especially Pancho and Tomas, are concerned about the safety of their mission and the fact that they hardly know Orion. Orion promises to take care of Elena and to be respectful. Elena tells them her life has new meaning. Knowing Elena, Pancho knows she’ll go anyway, so he gives his blessing. The only conditions being that Elena contacts them regularly and that Orion guards her with his life (or else). Orion looks like he’s having the best time of his life in the middle of the Lopez bear hug.
Once Elena has her bag packed and is ready to go, she and Tomas have a heartfelt farewell. They hug tight, cry, say many te quieros, and Elena leaves Tomas with a picture of the two of them.
Vino, Vio, Pero Pancho No Venció
Pancho meets with Manriquez and tells him he has decided NOT to run for local office. He feels that becoming a politician separates you from the people. He’s a man of the people, after all. Manriquez is not happy about it, but he seems to be weeping more because Pancho has massacred his name 101 ways before the end of the meeting.
The wedding invitations arrive and Pancho and Rebe canoodle over plans to open a gift registry. Then they go wine tasting for the wedding, and get frisky as the wines are described as “penetrating” and “strong.” Take it to the bedroom kids!
Tomas, the Train-ee
Tomas tells Lupita that he’s going to observe a drug lab bust the next day. Lupita is scared that something might happen to him if there’s a shootout. Tomas swears on his life that he will not break her heart again. (Uh, oh! We remember what happened when Lupita’s last boyfriend swore on his life. Stop baiting anvils Tomas!) Lupita gives him her blessing. I see a recurring theme of angst for these two. Fortunately, all goes well at the bust, and Tomas observes safely from the command van.
Like a Tear Drop in the Rain
Fernanda and Doc Oc are having a good time in the cabin, laughing about the time they ran out on the check at that restaurant (but not really). Doc Oc suddenly gets sad and worries about when he will begin to lose even these sweet memories. They will be swallowed up like a tear drop in the rain. What happens when he eventually forgets that he loves Fernanda?
If You Can’t Be With the One You Love…
Temo calls Ana up and cries about Meli leaving. Ana tries to cheer him up, but he just wants to know when she’s coming home. She says soon, but looks sad and like she’s missing her loved ones when she hangs up. Rebe, who has heard Temo’s side of the conversation, tells him baby Chenzzo (his brother/cousin) is fine. She then tells him about her first childhood love whom she also lost, but now she has the wonderful Pancho. Temo is certain he and Meli will wait for each other.
Pepe is woken up early by a knock on his door. Well, well! It’s Frida, and she’s brought breakfast fixin’s. (A bit presumptuous, no?) She makes Pepe a fabulous breakfast and he’s definitely impressed. He then proceeds to whine about Moni, and how she’s been away so long and is letting her mother (who doesn’t like him) manipulate her. He tells Frida Moni’s business—that her mother abandoned her, wanted to abort her, only appeared recently, and that her dad isn’t her dad. All of this is to say that Moni shouldn’t be so loyal to a terrible mother who has enough money to pay someone else to accompany her to Lyon.
Pepe finally spills the soup. He likes Frida. A lot. But he doesn’t have anything to offer her (since he belongs to someone else). Frida thinks they should just see where things go. After breakfast, Pepe tells Frida to tell their boss he’s not coming in today. He’s not going to school today either. He has somewhere else to go; he hops into Champi. (Is he going to drive all the way to France?! By map?)
Frida gives the neighbor who fought with Chela another good scare and tells her to stay away from Chela.
On the road, Pepe thinks about his kiss and near kisses with Frida, and about his first kisses with Moni (when she still had a boyfriend and was confused). He arrives at Ana's latest gig and talks it out with her. He lists Frida’s attributes: she’s a mechanic; she loves cars; she can dance; she can cook; and his apartment has never been cleaner! (These are all external things I notice, and have nothing to do with who Frida is, as a person.) Ana reminds Pepe how hard he was on other cheaters they know. Her advice is that he distance himself from Frida to give himself the opportunity to figure out how he really feels about Moni. Pepe thanks her for the advice, tries to cover up her skimpy outfit with his jacket before her concert starts, and takes his leave the next morning.
Can Do Candy
Candy gets into the Avon gym and meets up with Arnold, who gives her the eye. Unfortunately, bratty Vince shows up and makes a big show of kicking her out. She says she’s going, and if she wanted could start up her own damn gym. Vince makes fun that it would be in that dumpy neighborhood, that she shouldn’t have left in the first place. Candy leaves; Arnold tries to talk sense to Vince. Vince threatens to have him fired if he doesn’t take his side. Brat! Candy chats with Chela about how long it took her to see that Vince was such a jerk. Love blinded her.
Candy later has lunch with Arnold and asks for his help in starting her own business! An exclusive clothing boutique! Arnold is in. Candy again wonders why he’s looking at her like he likes her. He brushes it off and avoids the subject.
The next day, Candy comes to visit Arnie at Avon, in one of her “do me” dresses, and sits right in front of him on his desk. Arnie looks like he’s getting the message the dress is sending, loud and clear. When Candy closes her eyes and demands one of Arnie’s welcome pecks on the lips, she gets WAY more than she bargained for when he lays a major lip lock on her. She actually seems to like it!
Avances: Vince invites Celeste out to dinner where Candy and Arnold catch them. Pina also catches them. This time they’re in Vince’s office, and Celeste is on his lap!
Labels: familia
El Talismán #44 Mon 4/2/12 The Check has been Checked (and Mated) OR Everything is Camila's Fault
Our faithful Editor in Chief Anita will post a bullet-ridden recap later tonight. We hear things are heating up in Fresno. It's about time!
Recap by Anita...
The Bank—Here sit
the pair of dumbbells (and not the 5 lb. variety)
*
The bank official informs Renato and Rita that
the check is NO Good; it’s too old, stale, expired, cannot be cashed or
deposited. An unbelieving Renato tries
to bribe the branch manager with lunch and talking a solas. The bank mgr. says he’d be happy to go to
lunch, but it doesn’t change the status of the check and he has to keep the
check in order for it to be disposed of properly. Harrumphing loudly on his way out, Renato
says he’s going to take his business elsewhere.
*
Back home, having no other business pendiente,
Renato and Rita can’t believe what just happened. They are ruined. They have not two centavos to rub together. He’s p*ssed because he doesn’t have the check
in hand to try some other sleight-of-hand.
He’s p*ssed because he never noticed the date [ed. note-how dumb can you
be]. Rita is p*ssed at him for not
noticing and she didn’t know checks could expire [ed. note-and where have you
been, little Rita—getting paid in efectivo all these years?]. The only thing he can think of is to ask
Elvira to ask the check issuer to write a new check [ed. note-yeah, right].
The Pool—Here
sits a dumbbell (and not the 10 lb. variety), followed by another and another
*
Lucrecia is sliming all over Pedro (dumbbell
#1), sitting there glassy-eyed and dazed.
She assures him that she will ensure he forgets Camila (and insuring her
future at El Tal). The bait she dangles,
besides herself, is money she will invest in the orphanage. There’s nothing in the world she wants more
than to help homeless children—and be close to you, Mi Amor. She makes him go through the swearing-in
ceremony with the garlands, although he thinks it’s all very stupid [ed.
note-and so do we].
*
Camila (dumbbell #2), having recovered from the
b*tch slap from mommy dearest, insists on having it out with Renato. Elvira (dumbbell #3) can’t stop her with her
illogical reasoning and collapses into tears of sadness and rage, and rants to
poor Geno, who’s left to listen that Camila has ruined her future, her whole
life, her marriage and now the only thing left is Renato asking for a divorce
[ed. note-how she made that leap from having her name taken off the bank
account to divorce is not clear]. She
leaves saying that from now on, she only has ONE hijo.
*
Camila stomps off to collect her stuff and runs
into Aunt Pat, who tries to tell her she’s a dumb-belle for running off. No use, Camila keeps packing and off she
rolls. On the way out she views the
one-sided canoodling that Lulu is forcing on a zoned-out Pedro. Tracy joins her to watch and they discuss the
way things turned out, with Pedro not listening to her explanations on why she
was meeting with Antonio in the coffee shop
[ed. note—I love the old-fashioned garden swing in the background. I want one of those]. They turn away and head for the car, which is
conveniently tethered to a big electric plug.
*
Product Placement for electric car.
*
She begs Tracy for the low down on Renato. This time Tracy complies. Yep, Ren is a first class farsante
(pretender, deceiver).
The Bedrooms—Here,
scattered around several rooms, are various dumbbells.
*
Armando & Fab weren’t done Friday [ed.
note-I had certainly hoped so]. They
almost do the deed, but Fab has a wake-up call and skedaddles—assuring Arm that
she really cares for him.
*
Fab, Flo & Spare Girl squeal and carry on
like teenagers. Did she or didn’t
she…well they want all the the details >>FF
*
Doris & Goldfinger Gal have a same old, same
old conversation. Doris needs to control
Don G. She knows she has what it takes
to control him in the bedroom, but outside the bedroom is no sure thing and she
needs him in order to inflict revenge on Antonio for everything he did to her
all these years. Goldfinger Gal tells
Doris that Lucas is outside. Doris
thinks it’s the same tipo that was hanging around the hacienda; he can probably
be quite useful. GG warns her that he
can be dangerous.
*
Doris thinks Antonio will be very disillusioned
when he finally beds Camila [ed. note-we think so, too]. She doesn’t think Antonio has “done it” with
Cam, despite what he says, but thinks Cam-“the hypocrite”-ila has bedded Pedro
lots of times. As an aside, Doris
thinks her girls are sweet and still very innocent and will stay on her side in
the lucha against Antonio.
*
Don Gregorio & Brigitte, in the house of
many bedrooms are also discussing Lucas.
First Don G wants Brig to help him get Doris to hurry up with the
divorce. He was brought up “por lo
antiguo” in the old-fashioned morals and is ashamed of his relationship with
Doris, while she is his DIL, but he can’t give her up. Meanwhile, their relationship has to be
strictly a secret until her divorce is final.
Brigitte warns Greg to be careful around Lucas, or the Don might end up
as fish food in the river, his favorite disposal site [ed. note—is there a
Fresno River running through it?].
*
Armando & Elvira are in the recently
converted back to chaste, motel room.
She’s still weeping, raging and ranting against Camila’s ruining her
life, etc., etc. Army tries to calm her
down, that Camila is not like that and he will go talk to Camila and
Renato. She will not be consoled. Armenso would like mommy to listen to his
problems, but she can’t, she just can’t when her life is in ruins—and leaves to
see Renato and hope he’s no longer so angry.
The Office—Here
sits one very dumbbell (this one is a lanky, hunky 165 lb. version)
* Antonio is still hunched over the computer in
the conference room, trying to figure out Daddy’s business, while Employee Guy
looks over his shoulder. He wants to
know where Daddy is—EG doesn’t know; then where is Doris—EG doesn’t know, she
only comes in once in a while with Don G.
Poor Antonio is saved by the bell—a phone call from sweet sis. She’s just found out from Pedro that there is
a fresh pista regarding Mariana. She
wants to know if that Mariana-imitator Jenny went and blabbed to the police.
The Pool—Sorry,
we had to go back here.
* Pedro gets a phone call. It’s the police. Apparently they were contacted by bank
officials that someone tried to cash a check of Mariana’s. Pedro will be right in. He has a hard time making Lucrecia stay
put—this is his asunto, not hers.
El Tal Parking Area—A dumbbell
collection area
* Camila untethers the car in order to ride off
into the sunset. Who should she run
into, but Pedro, running out. She tells him she’s resigning her post and
leaving El Tal for evva. Pedro says,
then be gone, wench, hace lo que te da la gana, for which he earns a b*tch
slap.
Labels: Talisman
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Una Familia Con Suerte #187-188 Fri 3/30/12 Pina is stressed, Tears, A Fight, and A Goodbye
Recap by: Madelaine
The Refried:
The New:
Candy and Vins meet in a restaurant. He tries to smooch her and she tells him not to touch her. He wants to know if she still loves him, but she tells him, her love for him is dead, he's a jerk and opportunist that chases anything in a skirt. He doesn't know what love is. She says if he truly loved her he would never have reconciled with Pina. Vins says he won't listen to her insults, just like he won't listen to Pancho's. Candy tells Vins that Pancho is a way better person than Vins any day, and that she hates him and to go away and never speak to her again. Vins leaves, Candy is in tears, she calls Arnold to come meet her in the restaurant. Arnold meets Candy at the restaurant and she tells him everything that went on. She doesn't like any men right now, but Arnold tells her not all men are like Vins or Napoleon.
Pancho and Dona Fer find Doc Oc with the help of an investigator. Doc Oc is in a cabin with a nice fire, staring at his wedding ring when Dona Fer and Pancho come in. He is mad they came to find him. He tells him he wanted to be alone, like in the letter he left Dona Fer. She tells Doc Oc she takes her wedding vows seriously, especially the sickness or in health part. She tells Doc Oc she loves him very much. Pancho asks him if he has any children? For a minute there Doc Oc zones out and doesn't know who they are. Then he comes to himself and says he has no children. Pancho says, well hey why don't you adopt me? Then we can be a family and I can have a Mom and Pop.
Orion comes by the guardia house and meets Tomas and asks for Elena. Tomas tells Orion all about himself and Elena comes down and Orion asks her to go for coffee with him. They go but have tacos with beans. Orion is a vegan and doesn't eat meat. Elena tells him she doesn't know if she could never again eat meat. They have a good time. She kisses him at the end of the date.
Pina tells Mely that she has to live with her grandparents. Pina tells Mely Amors that she can't take care of her properly right now due to all the work. Mely is very upset and doesn't want to leave her Tia Amors. She goes to Freddy and tells him, and they hug and cry.
Karina corners Freddy at school and tells him, hey I love you and wanted you to know. Freddy doesn't say a thing. Just stares at her like she is crazy.
Chela and Enzzo talk and eat spicy fries. They kiss and Enzzo has to take a drink cause the fries are too spicy for him and he gets Chela to drink something too. Enzzo takes Chela home and she goes upstairs and there is a bag of trash in the hallway. She knocks on the neighbor's door and tells her she needs to clean it up cause of the rodent problem in the building. They shout at each other and then start pulling each other's hair. There is lots of pushing and shoving and the neighbor ends up on the floor. Meantime, Frida is coming up the stairs, and Pepe opens his door and hears the ruckus. Frida gets there first and kicks the neighbor's butt. She tells the neighbor that Chela is pregnant and what was the neighbor thinking to fight with her. The neighbor slams the door, and Chela starts getting pains. Frida and Pepe take Chela to the hospital. The whole family goes to the hospital.
Candy gets a call from a someone that tells her she has inherited a lot of money from Napoleon. She is now worth millions.
Monica calls Pepe, and he tells her he is at the hospital and what happened to Chela, just as Frida comes with some coffee for Pepe. Monica asks who it is, and tells her it's Frida a friend of his. Monica wants to know why he sounds so nervous. He blows that off and tells her he loves her. Monica tells him to give her best to Chela.
The doctor tells the family that Chela is ok, but due to the stress of the fight, Chela may lose the baby. Everyone is very upset. Enzzo goes to Chela's room with flowers, and she cries and tells Enzzo she is sorry for fighting and she doesn't want to lose the baby. Enzzo holds Chela and tells her she is very strong and to be calm for the baby. He kisses her belly and tells Chela he loves her very much.
Pina is very stressed at work. Enzzo drops his financial report by her office, before he goes to the hospital and Pina is so overwhelmed by all the work, she ropes Vins and Arnold Flowerz to help her out. Rebe calls her from the hospital to find out how things are going, and Pina whines about all the work and that Vins and Arnold are having to help her. After Pina hangs up, she claims she can't breathe, she's had enough.
Elena and Orion go out to dinner and have a great time. Orion tells her he likes her very much.
Pina goes home and has a massage with accompanying harp music. Ado is scared to knock on the door cause she thinks Vins and Pina are rockin the house again, but Pina tells "Interrupcion" to come in. Ado tells Pina that Mely Amors grandparents are there to pick her up. Pina asks where Mely is and Ado tells her at Pancho's.
Mely and Temo say goodbye to each other. Lots of tears, Temo gives her a bracelet and they tell each other they will wait for each other.
Pina, Vins, Freddy, Ado and Abeja are all gathered together to say goodbye to Mely Amors. They all tell Mely they will miss her very much. All of them are crying. Pina holds Mely Amors and tells her this is only temporary, because of all her work, but she wants to have her Mely Amors come back to live with her and she loves her so much. Pina gives her Mely Amors the blessing and they all hug and kiss each other in one big group hug. Mely leaves and Pina is inconsolable. She cries a lot and says she already misses her Mely Amors.
Madelaine
The Refried:
- Enzzo tells Pina off.
- Pancho and Dona Fer are going to look for Doc Oc with the help of an investigator.
- Chela is a little jealous that Rebe is helping Temo with his schoolwork.
- Vins calls Candy and she agrees to meet him as he sprays himself with cologne and goes to meet her.
- Lupe and Rebe look at wedding dresses.
The New:
Candy and Vins meet in a restaurant. He tries to smooch her and she tells him not to touch her. He wants to know if she still loves him, but she tells him, her love for him is dead, he's a jerk and opportunist that chases anything in a skirt. He doesn't know what love is. She says if he truly loved her he would never have reconciled with Pina. Vins says he won't listen to her insults, just like he won't listen to Pancho's. Candy tells Vins that Pancho is a way better person than Vins any day, and that she hates him and to go away and never speak to her again. Vins leaves, Candy is in tears, she calls Arnold to come meet her in the restaurant. Arnold meets Candy at the restaurant and she tells him everything that went on. She doesn't like any men right now, but Arnold tells her not all men are like Vins or Napoleon.
Pancho and Dona Fer find Doc Oc with the help of an investigator. Doc Oc is in a cabin with a nice fire, staring at his wedding ring when Dona Fer and Pancho come in. He is mad they came to find him. He tells him he wanted to be alone, like in the letter he left Dona Fer. She tells Doc Oc she takes her wedding vows seriously, especially the sickness or in health part. She tells Doc Oc she loves him very much. Pancho asks him if he has any children? For a minute there Doc Oc zones out and doesn't know who they are. Then he comes to himself and says he has no children. Pancho says, well hey why don't you adopt me? Then we can be a family and I can have a Mom and Pop.
Orion comes by the guardia house and meets Tomas and asks for Elena. Tomas tells Orion all about himself and Elena comes down and Orion asks her to go for coffee with him. They go but have tacos with beans. Orion is a vegan and doesn't eat meat. Elena tells him she doesn't know if she could never again eat meat. They have a good time. She kisses him at the end of the date.
Pina tells Mely that she has to live with her grandparents. Pina tells Mely Amors that she can't take care of her properly right now due to all the work. Mely is very upset and doesn't want to leave her Tia Amors. She goes to Freddy and tells him, and they hug and cry.
Karina corners Freddy at school and tells him, hey I love you and wanted you to know. Freddy doesn't say a thing. Just stares at her like she is crazy.
Chela and Enzzo talk and eat spicy fries. They kiss and Enzzo has to take a drink cause the fries are too spicy for him and he gets Chela to drink something too. Enzzo takes Chela home and she goes upstairs and there is a bag of trash in the hallway. She knocks on the neighbor's door and tells her she needs to clean it up cause of the rodent problem in the building. They shout at each other and then start pulling each other's hair. There is lots of pushing and shoving and the neighbor ends up on the floor. Meantime, Frida is coming up the stairs, and Pepe opens his door and hears the ruckus. Frida gets there first and kicks the neighbor's butt. She tells the neighbor that Chela is pregnant and what was the neighbor thinking to fight with her. The neighbor slams the door, and Chela starts getting pains. Frida and Pepe take Chela to the hospital. The whole family goes to the hospital.
Candy gets a call from a someone that tells her she has inherited a lot of money from Napoleon. She is now worth millions.
Monica calls Pepe, and he tells her he is at the hospital and what happened to Chela, just as Frida comes with some coffee for Pepe. Monica asks who it is, and tells her it's Frida a friend of his. Monica wants to know why he sounds so nervous. He blows that off and tells her he loves her. Monica tells him to give her best to Chela.
The doctor tells the family that Chela is ok, but due to the stress of the fight, Chela may lose the baby. Everyone is very upset. Enzzo goes to Chela's room with flowers, and she cries and tells Enzzo she is sorry for fighting and she doesn't want to lose the baby. Enzzo holds Chela and tells her she is very strong and to be calm for the baby. He kisses her belly and tells Chela he loves her very much.
Pina is very stressed at work. Enzzo drops his financial report by her office, before he goes to the hospital and Pina is so overwhelmed by all the work, she ropes Vins and Arnold Flowerz to help her out. Rebe calls her from the hospital to find out how things are going, and Pina whines about all the work and that Vins and Arnold are having to help her. After Pina hangs up, she claims she can't breathe, she's had enough.
Elena and Orion go out to dinner and have a great time. Orion tells her he likes her very much.
Pina goes home and has a massage with accompanying harp music. Ado is scared to knock on the door cause she thinks Vins and Pina are rockin the house again, but Pina tells "Interrupcion" to come in. Ado tells Pina that Mely Amors grandparents are there to pick her up. Pina asks where Mely is and Ado tells her at Pancho's.
Mely and Temo say goodbye to each other. Lots of tears, Temo gives her a bracelet and they tell each other they will wait for each other.
Pina, Vins, Freddy, Ado and Abeja are all gathered together to say goodbye to Mely Amors. They all tell Mely they will miss her very much. All of them are crying. Pina holds Mely Amors and tells her this is only temporary, because of all her work, but she wants to have her Mely Amors come back to live with her and she loves her so much. Pina gives her Mely Amors the blessing and they all hug and kiss each other in one big group hug. Mely leaves and Pina is inconsolable. She cries a lot and says she already misses her Mely Amors.
Madelaine
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La Que No Podía Amar #68 Friday 3/30/12 This Magic Moment vs. That Mad Dash to the Devour Hour
In the back-assed boondocks of Chiapas, within the confessional confines of Ana Paula’s bedroom, Tía Rosaura has laid an angry slap of reprimand across The Cupcake’s dewy-eyed and callow countenance due to the bummer possibility that AP may be carrying Gustavo’s baby, thus bringing their entire gravy train in no uncertain terms, to a screeching halt--at least a 20 rail car pile-up on some shaky trestle over a steep mountain pass in the wilds of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas--once Rogelio gets word of this betrayal!!
Oblivious to the minor panic in the other part of Hacienda del Fuerte, Maria and Ro-Hell share a few yuk-yuks over Rosie’s piss-poor attempt at managing the household while Maria has been “on strike”. They figure she’ll eventually learn to keep her mouth shut about things. She definitely can’t make coffee or cook. Next stop for her is the toilets and tubs they snicker…. Maria loves seeing him smile so genuinely after all this time. (Viewerville couldn’t agree more! JS’s eyes shine when he smiles like that. Sigh.) Maria’s leaving him and Pau alone to themselves this evening while she and the rest of Hacienda Hell-Fuerte go to Maripaz’s bon voyage party in town. Rog is definitely looking forward to the time alone with AP. He thinks she’s finally warming to him again. Maria is certain they can be happy together. (Sure, if AP can make do as a celibate for the rest of her life.)
Rosie’s on a tirade. “Whaddayamean you’re pregnant! You idiot girl! You can’t even tell your husband that it’s his!!” Pau claims she’d never dream of something like that even if she could!! Daniella intervenes and reminds them both that they don’t even know for sure if she is preggers or not yet. Rosie angrily grabs for the test and then all three fight for control of it. The box drops onto the floor and Rosie stomps on it by accident. It’s smashed. Wrecked. (Good goin’ there, Rose.) Rosie starts ranting again. “—How disappointed I am in you! What happened to the good-girl upbringing your mother and I gave you?” (Obviously she’s not referring to herself. I believe it’s the do-as-I-say-not-as-I’d-do girl, right?) How could AP have allowed El Gusto have his way with her--to deflower her, Rosie chastises? AP growls back that she was in love and thought she’d be spending the rest of her life with the guy instead of stuck here with YOU-KNOW-WHO! Rosie snaps back at her. “Well, sorry, but it didn’t turn out that way, now did it? He’s tangled up with Cinthia now and even if the guy would own up to it being his, Ro-Hellio would kill both him and you!” Ah! The sh!t anvil dumps a real load on Paula as the gravedad of the gravidez situation [literal trans. =gravity of the pregnancy] finally hits home.
In another part of the house, Ro-Hell catches Ernesto and Guscakes discussing his wife. His ears prick up and he wants to know why. Ernie tells Rog that AP has suffered a nervous collapse of sorts and explains that he was mentioning it to Gus in order to avoid him accidentally upsetting her any further in any way. “—What’s the matter with my wife, doc?” Ruh-Roh!! Gus snorts to himself. (Ya know it’s got to grate on Guscakes every time Ro-Hell spits out that two-word possessive.) Gus lets Ernie worm his way out of this one alone.
Back in the bedroom again, Rosie shoves Squeaky out of the way and warns Pau that if she is pregnant that the baby will never be born –not if she has anything to say about it! (Viewerville makes a mental note to try Uli’s for a dog muzzle next time they’re in town.)
Back in the other part of the house, Rog continues playing twenty questions with Ernie about why Paula’s ill. “--It’s got to do with the anxiety over Margarito’s being able to walk again or not.” “--Yes, so why are you discussing it with Ing. Durán?” Gus finally breaks in to say that he was mentioning that he wanted to bring it up to Rog so he’d to make sure [procurar] nobody in the household upsets her further. Ernie and Gus start tag teaming it. “—It was pretty serious. One more upset like that and she’ll have to be put into the hospital.” Well, that won’t happen, says Rog, cuz he’ll make sure nobody hassles her. He rolls out of the room. Gus and Ernie let out a big sigh of relief. However, once Rog is gone, Gus can’t control his macho. Babycakes blows up. “—The one who should be caring for her is me!!” Ernie warns him to back off cuz he really wasn’t kidding about Ana’s state of health.
At the same time, Rosie keeps insisting that AP understand her baby cannot be allowed to be born. Pau yells back that she can’t be expected to do something like that to another human being. She couldn’t get rid of her own child!! Squeaky—now a noticeable 3 feet beyond Rosaura’s ready reach--insists again on being the voice of reason here. They still need to find out for certain if AP even is preggers. MentiRosa appeals to AP. “—It is for your own good!! Gus isn’t dating just anybody, you know? It’s your SIL!! Wake up and smell the coffee! He’ll realize you and Gus did the nasty together and will claim you ruined his sister’s life!!” Rogelio would never forgive a sin against Sin like that!! “--This time he will kill you!”
Speaking of people Ro-Hell will want to kill, Efrain runs into Sinthia in the hallway and asks her to go with him to Maripaz’s party tonight. —“There’ll be hoofin’ an’ hollerin’—Come on, get with it! We’ll have one heck of a good time [bailada/o].” Sin says she hasn’t decided if she’s going or not. Even if she does, she’d be asking Guscakes and not him. Sin warns him not to be a pain in the ass if he sees her there with Gus, either. For the nth time she warns him that nobody can know what’s going on between the two of them. (Not only is his hide, but her half of the Montero meal-ticket is also at risk here, duh! I’d say Effer’s effing ego is going to get him and Sin eff’d in the long run.) He agrees and says they'll have just one dance [pieza] together.
Back in her bedroom once more, Pau says she doubts Ro-Hell will really kill her. Perhaps not, agrees Rosie, because he adores her more than anything. Squeaky reminds her not to let Pau get so upset, so Rosie kicks Dani out of there. “This is a family affair!” (How dare I snicker. Let me count the ways!) Rosie reminds AP that even if Rog could handle the thought of the baby, she doubts he could deal with the fact that his BIL2B, Gus, is the baby-daddy! Gus will dump her and then Rog would throw her out on the street. How would they manage with a baby then? She has no idea the struggle a single mother has to go through! AP tells Rosie that with that kind of negatude, Pau would have never been born herself! (Are we all channeling here people that it wouldn’t have been such a bad idea in Mikey’s case?) In fact, Cupcake, says, she is really distressed to find out that much of what people have told her about Tía Rosie is true! Rosie backhoes her way out of this claiming she’s only been trying to give her niece the big picture. “—You’ve got to see from a practical point of view, not just from the romantic point of view. It’s important that we know if what you fear is true or not.” (They would have by now if you hadn’t stuck your nasty nose into it!) Rog shows up here and asks Pau what she’s so afraid of. AP gulps. Rosie hides the Oh sh!t look behind another feigned look of kindly concern.
At the same time, in Gus’s room, Sin tries cheering up El Gusto Es Mío. She invites him to the dance at Maripaz’s. He says he needs to tell Rog first what’s going on at La Negra with Big Dave and the river. Sin tries to persuade him to do it the next day and go to the party with her instead. He says no. It’s got to be dealt with now so they can think of some way to fix the problem. They need to take measures so everybody at the hacienda will be careful with water. He leaves to find Rog. Sin knows she’s got to warn the others--but will she?
Oh-Hell, the unsuspecting shmuck, sees Pau in tears. MentiRosie “explains” that it’s been Margarito’s condition that she’s so upset about. This time Cupcake in an act of self-preservation, actually goes along with the lie. Rog goes on about her nervous breakdown and how he wants to take care of her to avoid her worrying so much. Rosie feigns concern once more. (Yawn.) FF>>
In town, Maripaz’s guests are starting to arrive. Maria shows up. She notices Macaria’s got a cane. Macaria explains twisting her ankle falling off a chair that morning. Maria delivers Maripaz her gift from Rogelio. It’s a check with enough money to cover all her book expenses so she can concentrate on studying instead. FF>>
Oh-Hell admits he cannot stand to see Paula in tears like this. In comes Squeaky to say Hugo and she are ready to leave for the party. Rog talks Rosie into leaving with Dani and leaving him alone with Paula. Pau continues the Big Lie about Margarito. She wants to go look after him. Rog says they’ll go, but first he wants her to calm down. Cupcake is too worried about a minicake in the oven methinks to do much calming. The shame and the fear looks to be killing her. She falls into his lap, allowing Oh-Hell to hug and comfort her in her time of sniffles.
In town, Rutilio, tells Bruno that he wants to go to the party. Bruno tells him to fageddabowdit cuz nobody, especially Gustavo or Rog’s sis, can find out about him being there. Besides, when he gets drunk he turns evil and Bruno can’t risk it. Go home and lay low cuz he is going and he doesn’t want to see hide nor hair of Rutilio there.
Back at the party, Effer makes the mistake of asking Consuelo to dance. She gives him grief about Sinthia. “--Oh, too bad she’s got a boyfriend now.” Some dork named Marcial asks her to dance instead and she accepts. When Effer won’t take “no” for an answer and tries to get fresh, Ms. Conned slaps him upside the head and walks off with the grinning Dorkial. (A small, guttural cheer goes up from Viewerville’s crowd of feisty females.)
Maria remarks to Macaria about what a cad Effer is. “—Whoever gets close to that one gets scratched.” Macaria gives him a wondering glance.
Paula and Rog are canoodling. The two knock noses and nearly manage a meaningful mouth-meld for once when one Jacinto breaks in on them. Rats! Ing. Durán has something to discuss with him that’s really important, he says. (The fates are definitely toying with them, are they not?) The romantic illusion crumbles. This magic moment that Romantic Rog (and all of Viewerville) had been endlessly waiting for is lost. (Pardon my giving in to a communal sigh of frustration.) There’s a bit of “will he or won’t he” while Rog decides whether to meet with Gus or not. Finally Rog does head off for his office, but not before giving Pau (and us) another beautiful, boyish—and very sexy--smile.
Paula, though, is beside herself with worry at the thought she might be carrying a mini-Guscake for really real.
Back at the party, Macaria gives Effer (who’s 3 and 0 tonight) grief for trying to get rid of Ulises by shamelessly sending him for more booze. “All the better for the two of us, sweet-cheeks!”
In another part of the room, bullheaded Uli sees Michael chatting it up with his precious little girl and he sees red. He races over to tell Mike to get lost. “--No drunks allowed here!” Maripaz takes up for Mike and says he’s not been drinking anymore and that he won’t touch a drop there tonight. Macaria intervenes. (Oh, wow! Now we get a long shot of her with a white knee-high and a grey jogging shoe. Guess she didn’t have a chance to color-coordinate her sock choice with the green dress tonight.) She grabs Uli by the arm and drags him off somewhere. Effer flirts with her from across the room as she looks back to give him the stink-eye. (Make that 4 and 0 for Team Effer.)
In another part of town, in Vanessa’s office, she begs Bruno to put the stops on Big Dave cuz she can’t. “—He calls me the impulsive one, but he’s worse! He got into a beat-down with Gustavo!” Bruno warns Nessa, though, that Gus’s knowing now could wreck their plans if he informs the authorities about the dike he saw them putting up. It’s illegal (yeah, as in doing real prison time and being forced to wear jailhouse orange which, admittedly, is not Vainessa’s best color.) They’ve got to find a way to get Dave out of it and smelling like a rose [salir bien librado = to come out of something well] if they don’t want him blabbing that they’re up to their necks in it also!
At Hell Fuerte, Gus informs Rog that he saw David Romo building a dam on La Negra’s side of the property line which is why the water levels are down. Big Dave plans to divert the water and dry up Rog’s supply. “—I knew it! You can’t expect anything good from that son of a buck!” Gus says the guy is slick, cuz he knows it’s illegal, so he’s been placing all sizes of river rocks around to make it look like a natural occurrence, as if the river had dragged and dropped them there on its own. Rog is so upset that he forgets himself, grabs his whip out of the desk drawer and starts slicing the air with it. Gus--our alpha male in training--fearlessly grabs his arm and blocks him. “Enough!” (Okay, okay. So Jose Ron can do powerful and strong pretty well, too.) Rog’s eyes shoot daggers at Gus, but he stands his ground and stands ol’ Ro-Hell down. Rog suddenly realizes his macho blunder as Viewerville notes that only another alpha male and a rival for Paula is the only person to ever dare, let alone to succeed. (Somehow I must have missed the amulet, the pixie dust sprinkles, his daddy’s star shining down on him from Heaven, or whatever was supposed to foreshadow this.)
Ernie, meanwhile, is listening to Mercedes gripe about how Big Dave and Ana are such a danger to Gus. Ernie warns her not to add to AP’s health problems. We get a teenaged sniff and harrumph from Ms. Mercy. Paula walks in on the two of them at that point and gives Mersnottys a rivalling sneer job herself. “—I already told Gustavo not to wait on my account till the contract’s up; I said for him to make a new start because I couldn’t promise him anything.” Mersnottys sniffs. “—Hmmph! That’s the least you could have done.” Ernie breaks up the would-be catfight. (Viewerville sighs disappointedly.) He deftly distracts Ms. Merciless with the idea of going to the dance for a bit of fun. Mersnottys, childish wench that she is, falls for this tactic and agrees. (I’d say those therapy sessions have done Ernie some actual good in Mercedes’ case.) They leave and the air loses that sulfur smell.
Back in Rog’s office again, Gus chides him for losing his temper and flogging the air like that. “—You won’t get anywhere doing that! Cool your jets already!” “--But that fool wants to ruin me!” Gus reminds him that what matters is that he realized it in time and they can intervene somehow [tomar cartas en el asunto]. Rog excuses himself for losing his temper and adds that “his wife” has managed to change him a bit with her calm manner, “--tho’ she’s got her own temper when it comes to defending what she cares about most.” “—Well, you should pay more attention to her then!” Rog confides that it wasn’t always so easy with her, but things have really improved these days. “--It’s amazing what a person will do for love.” Gus bristles, but says nothing. He swallows hard and nearly chokes on what he says next. “—Are you happy, then?” Rog mulls it over. “—Yeah, I of course (it must depend on what Rog’s definition of happy is cuz Paula would definitely disagree.) But we’re stressed out over the business with Margaro.” He politely asks Gus how he and Sinthia are getting along in their relationship. Fine. No pressure at all.
Maripaz and Mikey make nice and become friends again. Uli and Macaria walk up. Uli and Mikey make nice again –as long as Mikey doesn’t drink tonight. FF>>
Back at Hell Fuerte, Rog rides Gus for keeping quiet about the fisticuffs with Big Dave. Gus tells him it’s his problem not Rog’s. “—You work for me and you’re also my BIL2B! Nobody messes with my family!” “—Stay out of it! It’s something personal and Dave and I have been on the outs for a long time now. I’ll deal with it on my own.” “--No you won’t. You work for me, and it involves my property.” Ro-Hell notes then that Gus has his own nasty temper. “--No matter, it affects the both of us so…--“ “So nothing! You might give orders on the hacienda and in town, but even though I work for you, you butt out!” Rog tells him to calm down and that it’s nice to know that Sinthia’s finally found a man who actually knows how to put his pants on a leg at a time! “--Good deal the two of you are getting married!”
Gus gets really agitated at Rog now. (What was this about feeling pressured, there Gus?) They are only getting to know one another. Neither of them has discussed marriage at this point but if they decide to go ahead with something more formal, they’ll definitely let him know. “—Ok. Ok. What’s the matter? I understand you might be brave and a tough guy, and even that you might not care to get married just yet, but what’s the reason for all the aggression towards me? Do you have some problem with me?” Gus bites his tongue and says he just doesn’t like others getting involved in his business. Rog says fine, and sorry about the misunderstanding, but remember that it’s both their problem; it’s his property that’s involved here so when there are mishaps [percances] that involve the people he teams up to work with [collaborar], he takes it personally.
Ok, agrees Gus. Let’s just leave it that way. I come to do my job and I don’t mix business with personal. I’d just as soon not have any misunderstanding about that either. Fine, says Rog. I agree, but when the personal involves my sister, then you better believe that I’ll get involved. “—And I will assure you that if something were to happen then I would face up to it with you.” Rog changes the subject and shows him the letter he’s sending to the authorities at the National Water Commission. “—Read it over, check through it. Take the photos you suggested. They have to see what David’s doing there. Also, afterwards, I want to you thoroughly check the area opposite [frente a] the granary. “—For anything special?” “—I need to build a classroom there and need some bathrooms.” “—Are you building a school on the hacienda?” “—Nothing official just yet, but I want Paula to give classes to all the kids on the hacienda, and Margaro, also. I am putting you in charge of that. I want it to be a surprise for my wife.” Happy, happy, joy, joy–not! There’s a lot of jaw clenching from Gustito here.
At the party, Maripaz and Squeaky make nice nice and she wishes Dani luck in getting back with Mikey since he seems to have stopped drinking now. Dani has her doubts, she says. The Blue Hulk, aka Hugo, and Squeaky go off to dance then. Mikey watches jealously in the background. FF>>
Back at Hell Fuerte, AP asks Rog what Gus wanted. Rog explains about Big Dave’s dicking dike and she says well at least they know what’s what and can do something about it. Yeah, says Rog, we’ve discussed strategies. Rog turns to look at Pau then and admits he told Gus how she’s really changed him. “--Thanks, you know?” “—Aww, you’re less of a grouch [gruñón = griper, crabbyass].” The two share a moment of closeness and chuckle like an actual couple of married folk. (This must signal something, Rogelianas, since those elves are plinking their love theme in the background again.)
In town at the party, Rosie wangles her way into the plop-n shop with Uli to get a chance to sneak behind the counter and steal another pregnancy test without anybody knowing.
At Hell Fuerte now, Ernie and Mersnottys ask Sin to go with Gus and them to the party. If the beating didn’t take too much out of him they might, she says. Gus comes in with the lo down on Rog and the dike so Sin The Spy has got fresh info to blab to Vainie and the rest of Team Evil. Gus tells them about needing to take photos and they decide to make a day trip out of it or something tomorrow and go to the dance tonight.
Bruno and Vainie are now there for the party. El Skelator sneaks over to Mike and asks how the liquor is. Mike says he’s cured and not drinking. “—Are you sure about that?” Everyone heads inside for the speeches, and such. Uli takes a moment to sneak over to Mike and tell him he’s glad his daughter’s leaving town so she’ll be separated from the likes of him. Mike tells him politely to back off already. Uli doesn’t though. “—I hope you take responsibility for your actions and marry Dani!” Mikey is QTH impactado. Uli stalks off. Mike looks over at Dani and the Blue Hulk dancing and smiling at each other. He automatically suspects that Dani was doin’ the hanky-blue-panky. When Hugo goes for punch Mike grabs Dani for an explanation. She explains that Uli got it wrong. She bought the test for his sister.
Tonight is AP’s chance to play nurse with Rog. She’s apparently helped him change clothes and get ready for bed. She reminds him she trained as a nurse and swears she’s happy to do it. He reminds her that when she came he had Hugo help him. He was ashamed to be disabled in front of a babe like her. Pau tells him a disability is nothing to be ashamed of. (He does a PSA here, though, so the idiocrasy of Viewerville understands.) “--It’s hard to have to be dependent on somebody else to help you with bathing, going to the bathroom, and getting dressed.” She’s there to help and will do it gladly. (Ok. Ok. Aside from all that, why now does she suddenly remember her duties there are as his nurse? Is it Gus-guilt? Or is it a bit of humbling before Hubby, who may hold her life in his hands?) Rog kids a bit by asking Pau to help him take a bath then. He laughs and says “only kidding”. She blushed and he tells her the blush was sweet. (If this is supposed to be his way of flirting with her, it doesn’t pass the appeal test. Sorry.)
Mike and Dani argue over his sister possibly being pregnant. It agitates him so much he fishes for the first drink from a waiter’s tray. Dani puts a stop to that. Jaws music starts up in the background as Skeletor pokes his face in to see what’s going on there. He recommends Mikey take a second look at Dani. Hugo returns with punch and thinks he’s being dumped for Mikey. Dani says no, she’s just anxious to keep him from drinking. Skeletor offers to look after him. (More Jaws music.) They go back to the party.
Everyone who is anyone--especially now that Vainessa's there--is now at Maripaz’s party. We pan over to Vainy who’s glad to see Sin and her posse show up finally. Nessa’s whine is in top form tonight. (Gawd how she makes my ears ache!) She’s felt sooooo uncomfortable, having to rub elbows with servants and other San Gabriel societal slugs. (Seriously, Sin needs a friendectomy from Vainie.) Maripaz comes out to greet them and recognizes Ernie right off. “—My savior!” Maripaz explains how he came to her rescue the other day when some jerkwad was accosting her and chased him off. She’ll always be grateful, blah, blah, blah…..
Maria grabs Effer and secretly warns him off her goddaughter. She knows he’s been hanging around back at the hacienda and he’d better steer clear of Connie or else! Effer get the message loud and clear and breaks free of her. He steps outside only to see his “white-skinned queen” dancing with El Gusto Es Mío. She signals Effer it’s to be expected and to just ignore her.
Bruno tries talking Mikey into having a drink. He’s not a child after all. Mikey says yeah, he’d love one about now, but he’s tired of being the cause of all his sister’s problems. Rosie walks up and he plays innocent in front of her till she dances away.
Meanwhile, back at the hacienda, Paula checks in with Jacinto who’s been watching over Mgrito. He offers to continue looking after him so she can spend time with the hubster. Surprisingly, Pau takes him up on it.
Back at the dance, Rosie pulls Gus over and gripes about things having gone too far back in Boca Del Cielo and his taking advantage of AP. “—No, the only opportunist here is you, lady! We did what we felt like! If it weren’t for you we’d already have been married and together forever and always!” Gus turns on his heels and stalks off, leaving Rosie pissed cuz for once she didn’t have the last word.
Conned and Mikey dance a bit. Looks like Effer finally got his one dance with Sin. Now Uli gives a speech thanking one and all on Maripaz’s behalf. (Z-z-z-z-z.) Mikey’s in the shadows outside. Bruno sneaks back with him and brings him a couple of tequilas. “—One won’t hurt”. Suddenly Mikey’s got ants in his pants. He grabs the shot glass and chugs. One down the hatch. Mikey sends Bruno back for number two while Uli continues to praise his little girl’s courage and the town’s moral support.
After the speech, Effer tries to persuade Sin to sneak away for a couple of smooches. She reminds him she can’t just as her reason walks up and looks suspiciously over at the slimy vermin. “—Is there a problem?” Sin thinks fast. “—Uh, no. I told him he didn’t need to take us. We’re leaving now aren’t we. You need to rest after that beating, anyway.” Effer offers his body-guarding and escort services for Sra. Sinthia when necessary. Gus snubs him and says they won’t be necessary if he’s around. Sin and the posse leave. Effer snarls cuz he knows he's about to be sexiled and he isn’t happy about it!!
Rog invites Pau now to take a seat by him on his bed so they can chat. She says fine and smiles. He asks her what she’d be if she weren’t a nurse. She tells him she’d have been a teacher. He says it’s obvious from the way she’s handled and tutored Mgrito. He knows she’d have been a great teacher and he plans to prove it to her. He won’t tell her how just now because it’s a surprise. Ms. Dimples reappears. Is another magic moment about to present itself?
In another part of the hacienda, Gus and Sin return. They’re giggling and guffawing. He joins her in her bedroom. (Ugh! The thought of a second man on the same sheets and in that same bed only 24 hrs. later is enough to make me puke. A regular bitch in continual heat.) He’s glad she took him to the party. Sin tells him to relax and let her spoil him a bit. He admits she has a way of making him always feel better when he’s had it rough. She’ll always be there to do that for him, she says. She really digs him. We get some serious eye contact here. Gus must have been guzzlin’ a few cuz Gus tells her that he really digs her too. There's a smooch or two. Sin promises to make him forget everything. Gus decides to go for it. The two start sucking face. Clothes get shed and is about to start flying through the air as the two make a mad dash to devour each other.
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Abismo de pasión #15 3/30/12: I’m not trying to dominate anyone – as long as they all do exactly what I want!
From last night:
Despite Lolita’s advice to the contrary, Elisa decides not to tell Disgusto about Carmina’s rendezvous with the gentleman caller.
Damián’s city mouse shades and sports coat contrast starkly with Gael’s country mouse plaid shirt and straw hat. Damián seems to be expecting a hug. Gael appears ready to heave his box of habaneros in Damián’s face.
Tonight:
They circle and sniff ...
Gael snipes at Damián. What’s he doing in the fields with the plebs? Is he going to pretend he doesn’t recognize him the way he pretended not to know Elisa? Damián smiles at this. It’s true that Elisa has changed – she’s grown up to be a great beauty. But Gael? He’s exactly the same as he was years ago (not even a surgeon could change that mug!).
Gael’s not in the mood for kidding. How could Damián have forgotten his friends? Why didn’t he write or call in all that time?
What? Damián thought they had forgotten him! Aren’t they even going to say hey?
Gael walks up to his old friend and they share a manly handshake, the kind that looks like the start of an arm wrestle (which in a way, it is). But as soon as it’s over, Gael says “Excuse me, I have work to do.” Damián is left standing alone and bemused.
Alfie’s announcement takes Guadalupe by surprise.
Damián’s going to marry Guido Landucci’s daughter and live far from La Ermita? The good padre thought his nephew always dreamed of coming home. But why is Alfie unhappy about Damián’s plans? She’s the one who cut all his ties to home. Oho!!! Alfie wants her grandchildren nearby. And she doesn’t want her son’s wife to dominate him – that’s her job! “I’m not trying to dominate anyone” sniffs Alfie. (Is it my imagination or does her nose grow an inch or two when she says it?) But it’s true that she’d like her grandkids nearby.
Lupe reminds her that her son is a grown man and will make his own choices. Meanwhile, he advises her to give him some time.
Women who sew
In the dress shop, Elisa and her madrina agree: Nothing justifies a woman’s infidelity to her husband. (What about a husband’s infidelity to his wife? Just wondering ... cuz the late Rosendo’s got a Taj Mahal thing going over at the cemetery.)
Moving on .. Elisa wants to know whether her mother’s land was left to her. Disgusto would be the obvious person to ask. And also the person not to ask for obvious reasons. Blanca thinks Lucio may know ... and speaking of Lucio ...
... he’s interviewing for a job at the Santa María procesadora in the next town over. The interview guy is surprised someone his age wants to come back from retirement. In any case, they have no openings (estamos completos). But if Lucio brings him a letter of recommendation from his old job, he’ll see. No promises.
Elisa strides down the street, in her Erotic Innocent outfit that brings her madrina’s dressmaking skill (and taste) into question. Damián cruises by in his giant camioneta and gets an eyeful. It’s a good thing no one else is in the road because he sure isn’t paying attention to his driving.
Back at Casa Castañon (or as I like to think of it, Carmina Bluffs), Lolita notices Crazy Carm is all gussied up (arreglada) and perfumada (not with Steffie’s perfume, clearly. On my tv, it smells like Eau de Vampiro). She bravely asks her where she’s going. Disgusto will want to know. Carmina goes all bug-eyed (the more sclera she shows, the scarier she looks). She’s not explaining herself to the help!
At the Arango procesadora, secretary Maru remarks to Braulio that Gabino left early, also muy perfumado, (Eau de Toad, I’m guessing) probably to hook up with a woman. Maru and Braulio have heard Damián is back in town. Maru has hopes he’ll put Gabino in his place. She still misses Lucio. So does Braulio – though he can live with Gabino. He’s not disloyal to Lucio; it’s just that he’s chosen to make peace with the situation (dejar la fiesta en paz).
Some octogenarians still know their habaneros.
Lucio is bummed out after his interview. “I’m no fool” (Yo no me chupo el dedo, I don’t suck my finger). They say there are no openings but it’s because of my age. (Um. No offense, don Lucio. But you are 81 and counting.) But Blanca’s not joining his pity party. They say they’ll consider him if he brings a letter of recommendation? Well don’t ask that toad, Gabino – go directly to the toad’s keeper, Alfonsina Arango!
The Blond Demons Meet in the Blue House
Oooh. I love this scene. Carmina and Gabino are perfectly matched – the icy eyes, the bleached hair, the tight skimpy shirts and figure-hugging jeans and the Lightness of Being in those Completely Unburdened by Conscience. Carmina wants to know what Gabino has to offer. Well, he's sounded out Alfie about the possibility of expanding her pool of suppliers ... That’s utter b-b-b-balderdash. You’ve got nothin’!
He grabs. She backs away and shows her too-white teeth and scary sclerae.
Suddenly the door to the blue house opens. No one seems to be there. It’s just a cloud of ill-will in a bad toupée. Oh wait. It’s Disgusto! And he’s disgusted with what he sees: Eres igual que tu hermana pero con menos categoría. (You’re just like your sister, but with less class.)
Carmina grovels in the dirt but Disgusto is already showing her his horse’s ass as he rides away. Gabino laughs and Carmina does the teeth, eyeballs, you’re-dead-meat-if-I’m-in-trouble thing.
Lolita has fessed up to Elisa. She told Disgusto about tía’s tryst – well he kept asking and she couldn’t think of a lie – and he’s been gone for hours.
And the scales begin to fall from his eyes ...
Damián tells his mother about Gael giving him the cold shoulder and how surprised his old friend seemed that Damián never got any letters from the old gang. [Here we have a flashback of Alfie destroying Lupe’s letter intended for Damián. It’s the old villain alienation trick – make two parties believe each is neglecting the other. Is there a bingo square for this?]
Donde Padre Lupe
Gael is bragging to Lupe about the comeuppance he gave Damián. Lupe won’t let Gael get away with his wounded male pride routine. He points out the unpalatable truth: Gael's not happy Damián is back because he’s afraid and he’s jealous ... because of Elisa.
Casa Castañon
Elisa and Lolita finally hear the neighing of a horse. This is followed by Disgusto’s entrance. He stalks past them in silence. Then they hear the loud braying of an ass. “Where’s your father?” crazy tía wants to know. Elisa and Lolita huddle together and Elisa leans forward, revealing so much boobage that we begin to wonder if this is product placement for some Cirujano Estético to the Stars.
Disgusto is filling a suitcase with Carmina’s crap. He wants her out. He’s not going to be made a fool of a second time. (I know. But I decided to leave this one alone.) And this time he’s not going to try to shoot himself (damn) because he doesn’t feel half of what he felt for Estefanía.
Carmina Bluffs
She denies. She has done nothing to be ashamed of. She won’t leave until he hears her out.
Hacienda Harango™
Damián sits at his father’s desk and looks at his photo. He takes the strongbox from the desk drawer and remembers Rosendo’s loving (and ironic) lesson about personal responsibility.
Alfie joins him. She tries to talk him out of his plans to work in México City (his job starts in 2 weeks). It seems absurdo to work for someone else when he could be the Hot Sauce Honcho of La Ermita. He should bring his fiancée to the hacienda. But Damián is unexpectedly firm with her: Esta vez sí voy a hacer lo que quiero. (This time I am going to do what I want.) Alfie’s face has an “Oho -- so that’s how we’re going to play the game!” kind of look.
Carmina Bluffs. Some more.
Her meeting with Gabino was strictly about habaneros. Disgusto has them. Alfie needs them. It was just business.
Disgusto is incredulous. Why meet in such a private place? And how can she talk so coldly about doing business with Alfie after the harm that woman did to her? It seems absurdo.
Yeah well Carmina was just taking one for the team, trying to pull them out of their situation. She was desperate, she was (everyone together) HARTA of the mediocre existence he has provided. Although she does so looooove him. (Blech.)
Disgusto reflects that given Carmina’s delusions of grandeur, she probably wouldn’t stoop to Gabino’s level (oh, Disgusto, she wouldn’t even have to bend over). But he’s not buying her profession of great love for him. If he’s so mediocre, she can go. Wherever she wants. With her stud of choice. But she can forget about the deal – those Arangos aren’t touching his habaneros.
Padre Lupe and Damián stroll through town together. Damián remarks that except for the absence of the horses, the hacienda seems frozen in time. His mother’s attitude is strange though; first she cut him off from the town and now she wants to keep him there. Well it’s too late for that. He isn’t used to the small-town life anymore.
Lupe challenges his assumptions (just as he did Gael’s earlier.) Is Damián speaking for himself or is it his fiancée who wants to live in the city? Does Damián remember how he felt when his mother tore him away (arrancó) from his land, his people, his friends? “Before you leave, try to find the original Damián, try to reconstruct him, try to find the meaning in your life. And start where you left off – especially with Elisa.” They both know Elisa was the real reason his mother sent him away.
She’s not a woman with lovers. (Ain’t it the truth.)
Carmina thinks Elisa blabbed to Disgusto about her Blue House Summit. She wants it understood – she doesn’t have lovers – she’s not like Elisa’s mother. (Sadly) And if Elisa was trying to get rid of her by turning Disgusto against her, well nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah.
Procesadora Arango
Enrique Tovar is wearing Plebeian Plaid and pushing a handcart of boxes to the loading dock. Gabino isn’t receptive to the sprout's mild protests about the use of his skills. Enrique will do whatever needs doing. Like it or lump it. Oh and that’s “don Gabino” to you.
The dogs are barking
Alfie’s meditation on Rosendo’s photo is interrupted by angry voices. Disgusto barges in, followed by Antonia, futilely trying to detain him. “I have no interest in dealing with you!” he barks at the wicked widow.
Alfie is baffled. What is he talking about? He’s referring to the deal between Carmina and Gabino. She can ask her right-hand man, Gabino, for details.
As soon as Disgusto leaves, the widow picks up the phone and barks at Maru: “Send Gabino to the hacienda. Right now!”
González se escribe con “zeta”, no con “ese”
Poor Paloma. After all that effort, hunting and pecking on the old typewriter in Doc Tovar’s office. Is she pithed that Mexican Spanish has no theta? Not at all. She hand-corrects the receta for cranky Sr. "González con zeta" and passes it to him with a smile.
Doc is done for the day. He’s running late for a dinner with Begoña and ... oops ... he forgot his car keys. He ducks back into his office.
Begoña comes along and is ... gasp ... shocked! The curandera’s daughter is the secrectary of the prestigious Doctor Tovar??? The very sight of her is going to scare the patients away!
Doc Tovar comes out mid-Begoña rant. He very nicely excuses Paloma for the day.
As soon as the girl is gone, Begoña demands that her husband fire the "witch’s daughter". Doc was on the fence about Paloma before (yo estaba dudando) but now he’s made up his mind: she stays! And if Begoña doesn’t feel like going to dinner, fine. He’ll go without her.
Do unto others
Gabino, after a full day of humiliating and browbeating others, shows up at Alfie’s to get his tank of resentment refueled. He tries to defend his deal with Carmina by blathering on about how they could more effectively screw with (fastidiar) Disgusto if he were closer to them. Alfie is disappointed in him. Sure, he burned down the greenhouse. But does he expect to rest on his arson for the rest of his days?
“Imagine how much damage we could do if we had exclusive rights to his crops” says Gabino, with a starry twinkle in his chilly blue eyes.
Alfie’s not going there. She wants no dealings with Augusto. None. By the way -- What was Carmina going to give him in return for his brokering the deal?
Gabino looks her dead in the eye and replies with a question of his own: “What does that woman have that I’d want?”
The day ends where it began – at Casa Castañon
Tía isn’t the only one with gentleman callers. Lolita announces to Elisa that a visitor is waiting for her in the garden. It’s – Damián!
Still smarting from his snub, she is wary. But the cold mask melts and she can’t help but mirror the gentle smile on his face.
Avances: Passion is ignited. Jealousy flares. Crazy parents rage and abuse. Good times.
Labels: abismo
Friday, March 30, 2012
El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of 4/2/12: Discuss Amongst Yourselves
Here's a new page to chat about your favorites. I'm sitting out the current primetime Telemundo line-up but I'm recording and watching "Más sabe el diablo" whenever I can. Man, I just love that show ...
Back to you!
Labels: relaciones, telemundo, valiente
El Talismán #43 Fri 3/30/12 No One is Having Much Fun (Except Sarita) OR This episode was full of Withdrawals
The editor requests permission to voice some personal
viewpoints before beginning the recap.
Did not wish to see or
describe:
1. In-taxi close-ups of Renato’s crotch
2. In-motel room grope between Armando and Fabiola (…tengo
miedo…no te preocupes)
3. In-kitchen long-drawn out, close-up of Antonio choking
Panchito
Tired of:
4. Antonio’s “evil eyes” face. It’s been worn too often without any changes
to make it believable.
5. Lucrecia’s “anguished and forlorn” face. Piedro-head is the only one who is falling
for it.
Funniest unintentional
scene:
6. In Genoveva and Camila’s outdoor discussion, the horse seemed
to have joined in and nodded at one point.
The horse continued to be part of the conversation, although somewhat in
the background.
Scenes enjoyed to the
fullest:
7. In the bank with Rita, Renato, Elvira, the Check and the
Bank-Officer-Guy.
OK, off we go, two by two.
Antonio and Pedro
continue their discussion on which of the two men Camila really loves. Antonio ups the ante by describing his night
of love with Camila [ed. note-since the editor was out of town for 4 days, it
is implied that a recording was made of this that Pedro was shown; could
someone verify, please]. Pedro is
willing to withdraw from the fray
and let Antonio have her. He just can’t
believe Camy had been deceiving him for so long, and make him believe she loved
him. To Tonio, he says, man, what he
can’t understand is that if they were an item for so long, how could Tonio have
let her get involved with him, huh? [ed. note-the answer wasn’t very clear].
Gabriel and Sarita
are delighted to tell Pedro that the lady in the pink house is willing to make
a great deal so Pedro can turn it into the orphanage he dreamed about. Piedro’s sorry that Camila is out of the
picture now, because he so wanted her there to help him set it up and run
it. Gab and Sar take the truck, but she
doesn’t want to go straight home, she wants to _____. Viewerville can fill in the blank and does
not include a withdrawal.
Fabiola and Claudio
discuss and re-discuss his chances with Florencia. Fab thinks she’s trying, but her heart isn’t
in it. Flo is still hung up on
José. Clau refuses to withdraw from the field of conquest
because this is his only hope—to stay close and continue to fight for her love. Just at the wrong moment, Armenso walks into
the lobby to see Clau and Fab giving each other a sweet hug. Introductions are made and Clau hightails it
out of the motel. Armenso gives Fab a
hard time, but is finally convinced that she’s not interested in Clau, she only
has eyes for him. Eventually, they
retire to his motel room [ed. note-with Elvira safely married and elsewhere, he
has the place to himself and doesn’t lose any time—see #2 above].
Lucrecia and Camila
are having a sisterly chat. Lookscrazy
is fiddling with her hair, filling Camila in on hers and Pedro’s night of
romantic passion. Geno is present and
listening and so is the horse. Camila
asserts herself and says yesterday’s dust-up was all Lulu’s teatrito and is not
fooled by Little Miss Inocente. Camila
says she will withdraw from the
contest but tells Lulu that 1) Pedro is never going to forget her; 2) Pedro
will never love Lulu; 3) Pedro is never going to forget her; and 4) Pedro is
always going to love her, no matter how hard Lookielookie tries—you can’t force
someone to love you. Lucretszia
leaves. Well this conversation is
bisected and dissected and rearranged and reassembled until even the horse
loses interest and goes back to noshing on grass, leaving Gen and Cam to carry
on. Changing topics slightly, Cam
worries about Armando. He needs a job to
support himself; maybe Renato could find him a job with one of his companies.
Renato and Rita
are on their way to the bank [ed. note-they go by taxi—see #1 above]. They intend to deposit the check. Rita is accusing him of really wanting to
“quedarte con la hija de tu mujer,” and she doesn’t like it one bit [ed. note-wait
a minute, did the editor miss another grand revelation during the days away
that Renato really digs Camila, please confirm or deny]. Rita points out the 20 yr age difference [ed.
note-if Camila is about 24, that makes Renato about 44; he seems more like a debonair
50]. So, Rita wants Renato to withdraw her share of the money from
the deposit right now [ed. note – Honey, I don’t blame you one bit]. Exasperated, Ren says ok, but their “business
association” ends right there. Too bad,
Rita just doesn’t trust the son of a gun, why he would even betray his own
mother over money.
Gregorio and Brigitte
are discussing Lucas. El Piggo rues the
day he hired Lucas to provide the false testament, but it is too late to withdraw from the game plan. Bri warns Piggo that Lucas is muy dangerous
and to watch his back because Lucas could betray him and side with Tonio.
Antonio and Panchito
are in the kitchen [ed. note-see #3 above to set the scene]. Panchito can hear that evil laugh of Tonio’s
right in his ear and repeating over and over that he is a nobody and that Don
Gregorio is only using him. He leaves
Panchito on the floor gasping for breath and
withdraws to another room with a sense of triumph [ed. note-it was
not a fair paring, Tonio got him from behind; editor thinks Panchito could have
at least tried to punchito him with his elbows]. Tracy finds Panchito and she and all Viewerville
see the rabia rising—he’s tired of being treated as a nobody and He’s Not Going
To Take It Anymore. Later he tells Tracy
he needs a favor from her. He needs to
find out from someone over at El Tal, if Lullita is telling the truth about
marrying Pedro.
Doris and Antonio
run across each other in another part of the house. Taunting her, Tonio brags about his
passionate night with Camila and that Doris should resign herself to things as
they are now. She doesn’t believe a word
of his activities with Cam, but yes, she’s going to withdraw her objections to the divorce. Wow! Is he ever impactado.
Renato and Rita
have arrived at the bank. He wants to
deposit a check made out to his wife in their joint checking account (heh,
heh). Bank-Officer-Guy [ed. note-hereinafter
referred to as BOG] is amazed at the large sum.
Coincidentally and unfortunately for Ren and Rita, Armenso and Elviral
just happen to be walking by the big picture window at The Only Bank ™ in
Fresno. Elviral is musing about the
amount of money Ren might be depositing for her use and enjoying the notion of
spending it. Woopsie, Elvie and Arm come
inside and see Ren and Rita with BOG.
Elvira wonders what Rita is doing there with him. She doesn’t want to intrude but her curiosity
is getting the better of her. Maybe they
had better withdraw before he sees
them. Arm says, no, go ahead, greet him, he is, after all, your
husband. Elvira steps up behind him just
as BOG wants to know if Rita is the Missus.
Elvira states, that nope, she’s the lucky one [ed. note-poor Renato, a
smooth plan is foiled again; he’d better
hold on, he’s in for a bumpy ride].
Piedro and Lucrecia
are having two one-way conversations in the living room at El Tal. She’s not hearing him say that there’s never
going to be anything between them. He’s
not hearing her declare her undying love and that she’s not going to pressure
him. Finally they are in synch. She says she can make him forget Cam; he says
she can’t; she tries harder—asking him to picture Antonio and Camila making
passionate love [ed. note-understand there was a look-alike stand in, yes?]. Lulu withdraws
from this battle, but not from the war.
Her parting words are aimed right at Pedro’s heart—with or without her
in the picture, Antonio and Camila will continue being lovers [ed. note-ugggh]
for evva. So there, she finishes him
off, they are so over [ed. note-yeah, right, we think we saw crossed fingers as
she stomps upstairs in her oh-so-tight shiny bronze casual wear jeans]. Half a minute later and two words from Auntie
Pat, Pedro is knocking on Luci’s door.
He acknowledges that she has been sincere about her feelings. El Tonto says he’ll give it a shot. Lucrecia, who was about to throw in the towel
shifts gears and appears all encantada and swears she’ll make him forget Camila
and make him oh, so happy.
Later on, Lulu gloats to Tia about her conquest. Tia says not so fast, girlie—don’t count your
low-hanging avocados yet [ed. note-actually she said don’t sing victory
yet]. Wait until Pedro gets over his
anger and he’ll seek Camila out again—yess, indeedee, Just You Wait. To Pedro, Luci gets all sensuous and tells
him to meet her at the pool.
Renato and Rita,
plus Elvira are confronted by BOG.
Elvira identifies herself as Elvira Nájera [ed. note-the check,
obviously was made out to Elvira’s former name]. No, no, says Ren, you are Elvira de
Betancourt, my esposa yadda, yadda. Rita
jumps up and says she’s not the Elvira that works with them—so, there are TWO
Elviras [ed. note-BOG and editor are even more confused]. Ni modo, Ren hustles Elvira out of range
under the pretext of sending her house hunting, while Rita is there with
BOG. She asks him to hurry it up. Unfortunately, he sees that there is a little
problem with the check and he has to withdraw
temporarily in order to consult with someone higher up. Elvira wants to know WTH is going on.
Tracy and Alberta
are in the kitchen. With his best growl,
Antonio confronts them and insists on them telling him what Doris is up
to—she’s being too nice. Who is she
talking to, who is she going out with?
They Know Nossssing. He mumbles
inutiles and withdraws from the
kitchen.
Doris and Florencia
have a sweet mother-daughter moment. She
tells her that she’s decided to give their dad the divorce, so the girls won’t
suffer. Observing is Cecilia, a friend
of Flo’s (and gets a hug from Doris) who is dressed like a
prostitute-in-training, but never mind.
Doris’ real concern is to nail down Piggorio to insure her future at El
Al.
Renato and Elvira
are discutiendo in TOB in Fresno parking lot. She wants to know what Rita is doing
there. Renato left the house without
telling her where he was going. What about the account? She’s furious to learn that Ren is taking her
name off the account. Renato soothingly
tells her that, as his wife, she’ll never lack for anything but he can’t risk
Camila sweet-talking her into withdrawing
all his money and then getting her to leave him. Why would Cam do that? Renato says, it’s obvious, she hates him,
she’s jealous of him and wants more than anything to break them up. Elvira protests that it would never
happen. Too bad, he doesn’t trust
her. He tells Elvira to go talk to
Cam—and tell her why you can’t have an account in your name—because I don’t
trust her. Renato returns to the bank
office. He and Rita commiserate because
he knows they are sunk if there is a problem with the check.
Lastly another Pancho walks by with a bouquet and some
garlands of flowers. Camila wants to
know what they are for. Apparently it
has something to do with Lucrecia wanting to have them for a wedding in the
midst of nature. Camila is processing
this as Elvira, dear sweet mommy, walks up and bi**h-slaps Camila. Camila is gob smacked impactada.
Lunes—We see Lukrazy putting the garland around Pedro [ed.
note-roping him in, maybe] by the pool to become novios officially. [ed. note-we don’t know yet what he says
about all this.]
** recap by Anita; posted by Blue Lass
viewpoints before beginning the recap.
Did not wish to see or
describe:
1. In-taxi close-ups of Renato’s crotch
2. In-motel room grope between Armando and Fabiola (…tengo
miedo…no te preocupes)
3. In-kitchen long-drawn out, close-up of Antonio choking
Panchito
Tired of:
4. Antonio’s “evil eyes” face. It’s been worn too often without any changes
to make it believable.
5. Lucrecia’s “anguished and forlorn” face. Piedro-head is the only one who is falling
for it.
Funniest unintentional
scene:
6. In Genoveva and Camila’s outdoor discussion, the horse seemed
to have joined in and nodded at one point.
The horse continued to be part of the conversation, although somewhat in
the background.
Scenes enjoyed to the
fullest:
7. In the bank with Rita, Renato, Elvira, the Check and the
Bank-Officer-Guy.
OK, off we go, two by two.
Antonio and Pedro
continue their discussion on which of the two men Camila really loves. Antonio ups the ante by describing his night
of love with Camila [ed. note-since the editor was out of town for 4 days, it
is implied that a recording was made of this that Pedro was shown; could
someone verify, please]. Pedro is
willing to withdraw from the fray
and let Antonio have her. He just can’t
believe Camy had been deceiving him for so long, and make him believe she loved
him. To Tonio, he says, man, what he
can’t understand is that if they were an item for so long, how could Tonio have
let her get involved with him, huh? [ed. note-the answer wasn’t very clear].
Gabriel and Sarita
are delighted to tell Pedro that the lady in the pink house is willing to make
a great deal so Pedro can turn it into the orphanage he dreamed about. Piedro’s sorry that Camila is out of the
picture now, because he so wanted her there to help him set it up and run
it. Gab and Sar take the truck, but she
doesn’t want to go straight home, she wants to _____. Viewerville can fill in the blank and does
not include a withdrawal.
Fabiola and Claudio
discuss and re-discuss his chances with Florencia. Fab thinks she’s trying, but her heart isn’t
in it. Flo is still hung up on
José. Clau refuses to withdraw from the field of conquest
because this is his only hope—to stay close and continue to fight for her love. Just at the wrong moment, Armenso walks into
the lobby to see Clau and Fab giving each other a sweet hug. Introductions are made and Clau hightails it
out of the motel. Armenso gives Fab a
hard time, but is finally convinced that she’s not interested in Clau, she only
has eyes for him. Eventually, they
retire to his motel room [ed. note-with Elvira safely married and elsewhere, he
has the place to himself and doesn’t lose any time—see #2 above].
Lucrecia and Camila
are having a sisterly chat. Lookscrazy
is fiddling with her hair, filling Camila in on hers and Pedro’s night of
romantic passion. Geno is present and
listening and so is the horse. Camila
asserts herself and says yesterday’s dust-up was all Lulu’s teatrito and is not
fooled by Little Miss Inocente. Camila
says she will withdraw from the
contest but tells Lulu that 1) Pedro is never going to forget her; 2) Pedro
will never love Lulu; 3) Pedro is never going to forget her; and 4) Pedro is
always going to love her, no matter how hard Lookielookie tries—you can’t force
someone to love you. Lucretszia
leaves. Well this conversation is
bisected and dissected and rearranged and reassembled until even the horse
loses interest and goes back to noshing on grass, leaving Gen and Cam to carry
on. Changing topics slightly, Cam
worries about Armando. He needs a job to
support himself; maybe Renato could find him a job with one of his companies.
Renato and Rita
are on their way to the bank [ed. note-they go by taxi—see #1 above]. They intend to deposit the check. Rita is accusing him of really wanting to
“quedarte con la hija de tu mujer,” and she doesn’t like it one bit [ed. note-wait
a minute, did the editor miss another grand revelation during the days away
that Renato really digs Camila, please confirm or deny]. Rita points out the 20 yr age difference [ed.
note-if Camila is about 24, that makes Renato about 44; he seems more like a debonair
50]. So, Rita wants Renato to withdraw her share of the money from
the deposit right now [ed. note – Honey, I don’t blame you one bit]. Exasperated, Ren says ok, but their “business
association” ends right there. Too bad,
Rita just doesn’t trust the son of a gun, why he would even betray his own
mother over money.
Gregorio and Brigitte
are discussing Lucas. El Piggo rues the
day he hired Lucas to provide the false testament, but it is too late to withdraw from the game plan. Bri warns Piggo that Lucas is muy dangerous
and to watch his back because Lucas could betray him and side with Tonio.
Antonio and Panchito
are in the kitchen [ed. note-see #3 above to set the scene]. Panchito can hear that evil laugh of Tonio’s
right in his ear and repeating over and over that he is a nobody and that Don
Gregorio is only using him. He leaves
Panchito on the floor gasping for breath and
withdraws to another room with a sense of triumph [ed. note-it was
not a fair paring, Tonio got him from behind; editor thinks Panchito could have
at least tried to punchito him with his elbows]. Tracy finds Panchito and she and all Viewerville
see the rabia rising—he’s tired of being treated as a nobody and He’s Not Going
To Take It Anymore. Later he tells Tracy
he needs a favor from her. He needs to
find out from someone over at El Tal, if Lullita is telling the truth about
marrying Pedro.
Doris and Antonio
run across each other in another part of the house. Taunting her, Tonio brags about his
passionate night with Camila and that Doris should resign herself to things as
they are now. She doesn’t believe a word
of his activities with Cam, but yes, she’s going to withdraw her objections to the divorce. Wow! Is he ever impactado.
Renato and Rita
have arrived at the bank. He wants to
deposit a check made out to his wife in their joint checking account (heh,
heh). Bank-Officer-Guy [ed. note-hereinafter
referred to as BOG] is amazed at the large sum.
Coincidentally and unfortunately for Ren and Rita, Armenso and Elviral
just happen to be walking by the big picture window at The Only Bank ™ in
Fresno. Elviral is musing about the
amount of money Ren might be depositing for her use and enjoying the notion of
spending it. Woopsie, Elvie and Arm come
inside and see Ren and Rita with BOG.
Elvira wonders what Rita is doing there with him. She doesn’t want to intrude but her curiosity
is getting the better of her. Maybe they
had better withdraw before he sees
them. Arm says, no, go ahead, greet him, he is, after all, your
husband. Elvira steps up behind him just
as BOG wants to know if Rita is the Missus.
Elvira states, that nope, she’s the lucky one [ed. note-poor Renato, a
smooth plan is foiled again; he’d better
hold on, he’s in for a bumpy ride].
Piedro and Lucrecia
are having two one-way conversations in the living room at El Tal. She’s not hearing him say that there’s never
going to be anything between them. He’s
not hearing her declare her undying love and that she’s not going to pressure
him. Finally they are in synch. She says she can make him forget Cam; he says
she can’t; she tries harder—asking him to picture Antonio and Camila making
passionate love [ed. note-understand there was a look-alike stand in, yes?]. Lulu withdraws
from this battle, but not from the war.
Her parting words are aimed right at Pedro’s heart—with or without her
in the picture, Antonio and Camila will continue being lovers [ed. note-ugggh]
for evva. So there, she finishes him
off, they are so over [ed. note-yeah, right, we think we saw crossed fingers as
she stomps upstairs in her oh-so-tight shiny bronze casual wear jeans]. Half a minute later and two words from Auntie
Pat, Pedro is knocking on Luci’s door.
He acknowledges that she has been sincere about her feelings. El Tonto says he’ll give it a shot. Lucrecia, who was about to throw in the towel
shifts gears and appears all encantada and swears she’ll make him forget Camila
and make him oh, so happy.
Later on, Lulu gloats to Tia about her conquest. Tia says not so fast, girlie—don’t count your
low-hanging avocados yet [ed. note-actually she said don’t sing victory
yet]. Wait until Pedro gets over his
anger and he’ll seek Camila out again—yess, indeedee, Just You Wait. To Pedro, Luci gets all sensuous and tells
him to meet her at the pool.
Renato and Rita,
plus Elvira are confronted by BOG.
Elvira identifies herself as Elvira Nájera [ed. note-the check,
obviously was made out to Elvira’s former name]. No, no, says Ren, you are Elvira de
Betancourt, my esposa yadda, yadda. Rita
jumps up and says she’s not the Elvira that works with them—so, there are TWO
Elviras [ed. note-BOG and editor are even more confused]. Ni modo, Ren hustles Elvira out of range
under the pretext of sending her house hunting, while Rita is there with
BOG. She asks him to hurry it up. Unfortunately, he sees that there is a little
problem with the check and he has to withdraw
temporarily in order to consult with someone higher up. Elvira wants to know WTH is going on.
Tracy and Alberta
are in the kitchen. With his best growl,
Antonio confronts them and insists on them telling him what Doris is up
to—she’s being too nice. Who is she
talking to, who is she going out with?
They Know Nossssing. He mumbles
inutiles and withdraws from the
kitchen.
Doris and Florencia
have a sweet mother-daughter moment. She
tells her that she’s decided to give their dad the divorce, so the girls won’t
suffer. Observing is Cecilia, a friend
of Flo’s (and gets a hug from Doris) who is dressed like a
prostitute-in-training, but never mind.
Doris’ real concern is to nail down Piggorio to insure her future at El
Al.
Renato and Elvira
are discutiendo in TOB in Fresno parking lot. She wants to know what Rita is doing
there. Renato left the house without
telling her where he was going. What about the account? She’s furious to learn that Ren is taking her
name off the account. Renato soothingly
tells her that, as his wife, she’ll never lack for anything but he can’t risk
Camila sweet-talking her into withdrawing
all his money and then getting her to leave him. Why would Cam do that? Renato says, it’s obvious, she hates him,
she’s jealous of him and wants more than anything to break them up. Elvira protests that it would never
happen. Too bad, he doesn’t trust
her. He tells Elvira to go talk to
Cam—and tell her why you can’t have an account in your name—because I don’t
trust her. Renato returns to the bank
office. He and Rita commiserate because
he knows they are sunk if there is a problem with the check.
Lastly another Pancho walks by with a bouquet and some
garlands of flowers. Camila wants to
know what they are for. Apparently it
has something to do with Lucrecia wanting to have them for a wedding in the
midst of nature. Camila is processing
this as Elvira, dear sweet mommy, walks up and bi**h-slaps Camila. Camila is gob smacked impactada.
Lunes—We see Lukrazy putting the garland around Pedro [ed.
note-roping him in, maybe] by the pool to become novios officially. [ed. note-we don’t know yet what he says
about all this.]
** recap by Anita; posted by Blue Lass
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