Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Abismo de pasión #86 7/11/12: of waterworks, blunt objects (or ones we would like to have at hand to hit AssGuss and Dam on head) and gag bags...
Recap by Martaivette
Tonight’s ep is all about different levels of three things: waterworks, blunt objects and gag bags…
waterworks
(5 levels): small bathroom faucet drop by drop leak, water fountain
stream, kitchen sink faucet stream, firehose and Niagara falls
blunt objects(5 levels): finger tips, big cooking spoon, skillet, caveman club and full size hammer
gag bags (5 levels): bakery single donut bag, lunch paper bag, groceries paper bag, 13 lb trash bag, and contractor bag
ah
yes, we did have some treat with shirtless Paolo, Damian and at the end
an even better shirtless Gabino, but I will digress. I was not in mood
trying to send consolation to Gael via telepathy…
Refrito:
BeGoneYa gloats to the other woman (well, you would be laughing so hard at her expense you might have the 1st
level waterworks going but she deserves to be hit with blunt level 2
object)… ‘my husband is a great man’ then walks in the cafeteria and
finds Inmundo and II hugging, makes the wrong conclusion and then has
the ‘wanna get away?’ moment (she probably wants to hide her face in gag
bag no. 3) when Inmundo tells her II just lost her daughter, the dead
woman floating in the lake. ‘pobre mujer!’
Gabino
at blue house receives a very traumatized II(ww #2), Gab spits his
tequila all over (needs bo #3)… it was my daughter!. the dead body of a
woman in the lake was my daughter! And Carmina killed her!! I want you
to kill her!!
AssGus arrives home and is miffed at still finding Carmina there… (AG, I will gladly hand you BO # 4)
What
are you still doing here?? GET OUT!! / what can I do to have you
forgive me? / nothing short of winning the top prize for disappearing
act. / (CHA-SHUN!!, out comes her armed with the shotgun) /what are you
doing with that? / it was in your study. / it was locked with key! /not
anymore. (C points the sg at herself own neck in a show of intention to
commit suicide, ok woman, spare us any more anxiety and do it already!)/
I will shoot and you will deal with the remorse for the rest of your
life / go ahead (andale!)
Lo Nuevo:
A:If
you think you should do that is because you cannot live with your
conscience. andale! Shoot!.. what are you waiting for?... (Carmina falls
to the floor either a) stressed out, b) low on iron blood level, or c)
overwhelmed and exhausted at lifting the shotgun ) it is the last night
you spend here at the quinta. No more extended reservations. I have been
already too lenient with you.
Gabino
arrives to quinta… brings Assgusto the contract of sale of Cielo
Abierto. AssG wants to keep it to read it over. Gab tries to convince
him to sign now.. here is the CERTIFIED check!.. I told you I want to
read it. / I hope you don’t back off on the deal because you won’t find a
better buyer/deal.
At
Lucio’s, Lucio argues with AssGusto, you are an idiot If you sell the
farm to Gab… But I need the money to pay Elisa’s debt! (get BO no. 3
ready, please someone!) Gab is willing to buy it! / you
are making a huge mistake! / I have no choice (ok, HIT HIM with BO #3!
Or hand over GB no. 2). It really hurts to have to sell the lands I have
worked since I was young (believe me, man when I am done with BO #4
with you you will REALLY be hurting!). I feel like a failure, as a
farmer, as a man, and even as a father. (WW no. 2 moment for audience..
NOT!) / you don’t have to feel that way, I know your daughter feels
proud of you despite everything. (now it is ww no.1 moment for audience)
/ even if she has forgiven me I have been away from her so long that I
don’t know how to deal with her (Another blow with BO #3, please!) /
that will come
naturally. How is it going so far? / well, we have been getting close
and we talked calmly. All we need is for Carmina to leave. After that we
will be fine, I want to dedicate completely to building our
relationship / happy to hear that.
Elisa/Lolita…
they are still discussing Carmina’s lies about Elisa’s origin.. Lolita
mad about Carmina’s lies for so long. / you are right, I have plenty
reason to hate my aunt but I don’t want to waste my time in hatreds that
will only make me more bitter… (ok BO no.2 with Elisa so she will stop
that pitty ride!) / ’ahi viene la senora’ …(looks at Carmina) you have
not packed your bags, right?... (in runs BeGoneYa to tell Carmina in
front of Elisa and Lolita that the dead woman is Kenya, the one that was
your husband’s lover).. Elisa and Lolita impactadas (ww no. 1, if any,
they are totally frozen with the news), so is Carmina (this one needs a
half dozen valiums, or to be knocked out with BO no5).
At bar, AssGusto is drinking again, tells waiter he is waiting for someone else … In comes Damian. AssGusto had called for him to come meet him. AssGus
puts out his hand for a handshake, Dam reluctant to accept since last
time was not so nicely received. Don’t understand why you called me to
come if all was said last time we met / no, not all was said. I wanted
to talk to you face to face as once you requested it. I
know you are a man through and through, not as your father. (COUGH
COUGH!) / I am not in mood to talk about my father (ok, bo no.3 with
him) / we have to talk about him! He put his passion ahead of everything
else… You have no idea the pride I feel about my daughter, my Elisa,
she is a warrior, a fighter. She has lived through struggles
she did not deserve, but she is still going on. She is beautiful,
strong, loyal, has many qualities. / Don A, I know who is Elisa real
well. I fell in love with her for all you are saying and much more. And
for the same reasons my life is falling apart for having to force myself
to stop loving her. / you don’t have to. / Why are you telling me this?
/ your dad is not here, I don’t know if it is much value to you, but I
am here for you. I know you since you were kid playing in my backyard.
You climbed our trees to get the birds for Elisa. I respect you. I
recognize as an old man I still have things to learn from you. Dam, I am
not your father but from now on I want to consider you my son (arm
stretched again and this time Dam smiles and shakes it) (awww… ww no. 3
at least on audience’s side, well, at least for those who can stomach
AssGusto’s rebirth and Dam’s opinion of Elisa even with his acting so
stoopid).
CB 1
Gael walking down sidewalk, near clinic, sort of stressed, runs into Inmundo..
G: Do you all know who it is?/ yes we know now… (I guess we never see the moment Gael finds out.. sigh!)
Still
at bar, AssGus thanks Dam.. / well if you are happy for what I told you
I need to tell you something else../ (Gael comes.. upset) /G: the body we found is my sister Kenya… (Dam stands and hugs Gael in support. Gael visibly upset…)
At
Castigo quinta, the four women are still slowly reacting (like in
slow-mo)… Lolita reminds Elisa about the letter she found that Kenya had
written for AssGusto where she wanted him to meet her at cenote… Elisa
tells Lolita AssGus told her he never went to see Kenya. (Carmina is
very scared)… Elisa says Kenya was desperate to talk to him… Elisa
leaves, she has to go find Gael to be with him.
Carmina
tries to make her exit to her room… BeGoneYa offers to accompany her,
but Carmina says thanks but no thanks… BeGoneYa leaves. Lolita will go
make tea. /thank you Lolita / but I will fix it for myself. All this has
impressed me. If you want one go make it yourself. (one of my fav
moments of the ep for sure, Lolita sure knows how to act defiant to
Carmina, esp now that they know about her lies. Lolita is welcome to
grab any BO she desires to smack Carmina on the head with it)
Gabino
calls Carmina… II left him, she left town. / when did she leave? / last
night. I came back and she was gone. But why so curious about her? /
nothing, but her daughter showed up dead. They just identified the body a
few hours ago. / do you want the blue house or not? / I don’t know / if
you don’t need it I can stay / I need a place to live, besides that is
MY house. / understood. (he hangs up, turns out II is there, seems they
have a plan against Carmina or at least he is making II believe he is on
board with it.)
CB 2
Ramona
and Pal at hut, Ramona hopes they already identified the body. Now will
you tell me what happened with Gael? / there is nothing to say, we just
broke up. He will never stop thinking of Elisa. (would someone hand me
BO no. 3 so I can smack Pal out of her pathetic attitude?) / So much
worse for him, Elisa will never look at him, her love belongs to another
and that will never change. / That changed, because Elisa and Dam can
never love each other… funny you have not heard, it seems both are
children of Rosie’s. (boy Pal, you are so behind in the town gossip… but
you have been stuck on yourself) / where did you hear that nonsense? /
Ah sure, THAT is silly (no, girl, YOU are stoopid, which is a different
problem altogether), it gives Gael a hope to still be with Elisa. But I
am the dumb that can never get anything right.. (You said it, girl!) /
time to fix all this. Now even my
own folks are involved-affected by it / what are you going to do now? /
I know my game. But this time only death will stop me from telling the
truth. (another empty vow from Ramona? We will see)
At
Rectory Elisa comes to find Gael.. tells Loopy that Kenya was found dead
at the lake… Loopy impactado (Gael and Dam come in, Loopy looks at him
wordless, total eye to eye communication there) .. Elisa offers her
support for Gael. I love you.. / I love you, Elisa. (hug) My Elisa. (Dam
watches the hug/crying from behind, he closes the door and leaves). (ww
no. 2 for audience?) Loopy suggests to Elisa to go find Dam. Gael begs
her to stay for 5 min. (sad puppy face on Gael… here here, let Elisa go,
I will hug you myself) Loopy tries to say something else,
but Gael tells him AssGus is waiting for him at church, Loopy hugs Gael
and offers some comforting words, then leaves. (I’m on WW no.4, can’t
help it)
E: I am sorry for what happened to Kenya. I imagine how you feel. You met her so recently and she was your sister.
G: Not only that. She was the only family I had.
E: We all are here, and we are (your family) too. Loopy, myself, Ingrid is your mother. (ww moment no 3 at least)
G: Ingrid. She is not my mom
just because she gave birth to me. (hmm... I guess II had that coming,
even if it is rough to say about the grieving mother at this precise
moment)
E: She must be suffering too. (exactly)
G:
What suffering?! I am sure she is not feeling anything for what happened
(well, Gael, you don’t really know, do you?)… everything is wrong,
everything is … tangled… Ingrid came a while back asking for my help. I
sent her away…(precisely why you should give her some slack right about
now, ww no. 3 moment)
E: I
know how it must hurt you .. I know it hurts to know she abandoned you.
but she is your mother and she needs you. don’t let rancor drive/blind
you. You don’t know what I would give to have my mother with me. (Memo
to Elisa: this is NOT ALL ABOUT YOU! IT’S about GAEL, remember?) Don’t
waste the chance to be near her. ( I am still trying to troubleshoot my
ww no. 4 issue, not quite at no. 5 yet though)
Loopy/AssGus at church
Loopy: I thought you had forgotten how to make the sign of the cross.
A: its been a while but I did not forget. I remember when you told me I had gone away from God.
L: and I remember telling you that you had lost your faith.
A: It is not until now that I dare get on my knees and ask God for forgiveness for my mistakes.
L: You are a good man. ( ww no. 1 heading to no.2)
A: I not only ruined my daughter’s life but also the life of a young girl who died for my cause.
(ok first Lucio and now Loopy have to hear him on this self-blame stance.. GB no.3!!)
L: Don’t say that.
A: Maybe coming here is no use. (you are so far messed up, man, that you may be right, GB4!! GB4!!)
L:
Don’t doubt God’s mercy. He will always give us forgiveness. God always
listens, forgives and offers redemption to whoever is repentant of their
sins. (is he somehow talking to Carmina as well?.. anyway sounds like
GB no. 2 or ww no.3, depending on how you feel about AssGusto)
CB 3
Outside
the butcher shop Horacio is just closing and walking away… runs into
Dam on street… Dam is happy Horacio is doing well with the business…
Horacio notices Dam is sad.. its Elisa (oh no, here we go again with
self pity ww or gb no. 2). I knew she would go to Gael’s arms and I knew
it would happen sooner or later but it is still tough to watch. / I
know from Lolita that Elisa is suffering too / Yeah maybe but I knew
Elisa would get over it. … about AssGus, I knew she would be able to
forgive him… (Dam leaves not wanting to talk about Elisa anymore). (ww
or gb no. 2)
At
confessional in church.. (the ww and/or gb continues… but I still say
hit AssGusto with BO no.3 and take him out of his misery)
A: Kenya was pretty and seductive. She confused me. I could not get her out of my head.
L: For the love of God, she was younger than your daughter.
A: I could not help it.
L: Did you have anything to do with her?
A: Not further than a kiss… I think she killed herself when I broke up any contact with her.
L:
(not agreeing that AssGus is to blame for Kenya’s death.. loudly) in any
case, if she killed herself, it was on her own initiative/decision. She
always knew you were married and much older and your relationship was
impossible.
A: I
could have dealt with her in a different way. I did not have the
sensibility or the reasoning to do things the right way. I feel
responsible.
L:
YOU are not!! Even if you keep blaming yourself, … (makes the sign of
the cross to finish rite of reconciliation..) .. I hope your soul will
find some peace.
CB 4
Ramona shows up at Castigo Manor’s backyard. Lolita finds her.
Ramona
came to find AssGusto. Lolita has no idea when he will be back. Invites
Ramona to coffee in kitchen. Ramona accepts. But at that moment Horacio
gets home, Ramona gives him the sting stare ( I am sure she would
rather have BO no.3 at hand) tells Lolita she changed her mind about the
coffee, will leave instead. Just tell AssGusto to go find me at my
house, have something very important to tell him. Lolita barks at
Horacio and reminds him that Ramona always said there is something fishy about him.
AssGus and Loopy at church.
Now
that I am here, wan t to talk to you about something else… about
Carmina. When everything was cleared, at that moment I was so confused I
could not ask you… what?... how you knew Carmina had lied about Elisa’s
origin. … Just my intuition.... But you were so sure, you were willing
to talk if she would not. She only talked because she felt threatened… I
already told you, it was just a sixth sense! I will repeat to you what I
told Elisa. I knew your wife Stefie very well, and know she would not
have lied to you about something so important. You have always believed
the contrary, but Stefie never failed you, never betrayed you, she only
loved YOU. … what are you trying to tell me father? Don’t give me half
stories… so sorry, AssGusto, but I can’t tell you anymore than I have
already told you (dang! That is just like hitting AG with BO no.3)… I
feel like you have
something else important to tell me… I only can tell you to go talk to
Ramona… Ramona? What does she have to do with all this? … you just do as
I say, go find her! It is time to clear everything up!... (and please!!
For the love of GOD!!, don’t have any accidents, get accidentally shot
or thrown from your horse on the way, lets get this done once and for
all!! Or I will kill you myself with BO no. 5!!)
Quique
arrives home and finds Sabrina with Paolo there (Ok, Paolo is shirtless
but I am not in the mood, sorry), gets mad and wants to kick him out.
But Sabrina does not let him kick out Paolo. Quique goes on to his room,
Paolo tells Sabrina not to worry, that Quique is just mad that Flo sent
him packing again (someone please hand me BO no. 3 and I will kick
Paolo out of the Tovar house myself!)..
At
Dam’s bedroom Flo is planning their future life in Mex City (yes,
again!!)… Dam says WHOA!! don’t go so fast, we will talk to my uncle
Loopy to begin the planning of the wedding… I am dying to be your wife,
to sleep with you every night… (they sleep together again, again Dam is
shirtless but I am more sick than turned on by it because of his
company… excuse me I have to run to the bathroom or look for GB no.4)…
During the lovemaking, Dam calls her Elisa, Flo gets mad and shuts
the door and yells at her that it is the pits that he thinks of Elisa… I
will remind you Elisa is my sister, my love for her cannot exist, so
you don’t have to be jealous. Right now the only woman for me is you. (GB no.2 or better moment)
AssGus
goes to Elisa’s room, notices she hides something when she realizes he
is there, he gets mad and reminds her they agreed to have no secrets for
each other(ok, is this the man who kept to himself that he believed her
to be Rosie’s child for how many years? Hit him with BO no.3 please!)…
Elisa was hiding the letter she had found from Kenya. AssGus asks why
did you not tell me until now?…you did not want to hear anything else
about Kenya, and I did not want you to fall in her game again… I had no
idea Kenya’s situation would go so far with me (BO no.2 moment or GB
no.2)… what happened with Kenya was not your fault (oh please, don’t
start again!)…. Some time you blamed me about your mother’s death… lets
not talk about anything bad… I talked to Dam… (Elisa not happy about
that) what did you tell him? … the truth, that I cared about him, that I
respected him…
I don’t want you to talk to him about me… but dear, Dam is a good man,
and he is very much in love with you, and I would like you to find the
happiness you have never had (hmmm. Gb no.2?)… thank you for worrying
about me… I love you… I love you more dad.. (he leaves, she cries and
grabs her amulet… FF>>)
(ww no.2 AND gb no.2 at same time)
Lolita
runs into AssGusto… Did Carmina leave? / yes, but she did not take her
bags/oranges/passionfruit/ apricots/peaches/habaneros/
Carmina
finds Gabino digging a hole… / what are you doing? / I am digging your
grave, Carmina. Sorry but Ingrid asked me to kill you for what you did
to her daughter. (shoots an empty gun? .. had to laugh this was the
funniest moment of the episode, Carmina’s face is priceless…)
AssGus
sitting by the edge of the lake, which is a creepy location for reading
Kenya’s letter, which is mostly a love declaration, ‘my life has no
meaning without you..’ (no word about Carmina or about wanting to talk
to him about Stefie or Elisa or anything else)
Ramona
comes to him and says she had been waiting for him... here is where
they found Kenya, right?… Kenya? I Did not know they had identified the
body… Lolita told me you came looking for me, and Loopy wanted me to
talk to you. It is for the same thing, right? … what I wanted to tell
you was that Elisa and Damian are not siblings… I know that already. I
am just surprised you know all these things… (Ramona tells him about the
night Stefie and Rosie died, that the car was coming inbound, not
outbound. AssGus does not want to hear whatever else she has to say (and
if you don’t listen, man, I will personally kill you with BO no.5 right
now and get YOUR and OUR agony over with!!)… You won’t go anywhere
until I tell you everything I know about that night, and
then you make your own conclusions about who was supposed to be in the
car
with Rosie, if Stefie, or her sister.. Carmina.( THERE!! FINALLY!!! Now
lets see if he can handle the TRUTH!! Good, cause I am tired already of
swinging that skillet at his head by now!)
Prev:
A: What did Stefie say before dying? …
Gab pointing gun to Carmina.
Elisa walks into
church to find Dam and Flo, Flo happily announces to Elisa that she and
Dam will get married. Elisa very upset but dry eyes… Dam sad. (GB no.4
final moment of the night)
I was so busy getting all the wording but I did get to see some of the wordless facial acting on Gael, Loopy, Lucio and even Lolita… very nicely done… LOVED Salvador’s and Sabina’s faces in the last scene with Gab and Carmina too.
I am jumping for Joy that Ramona FINALLY was able to get with AssGusto!!
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Abismo de pasion #85 7/10/12: In Which We Almost End With A Bang
Hacienda Arango
·
At Casa Arrango, Florencia catches Alfonsian on
her way out the door to Merida. Flo stops her might-be Mother-in-law to show
her the engagement ring on her left ring finger and to renounce her right to
the new car—she needs that money to help her dad. She has to pay lawyers and
the other blood sucking vermin that run the legal system. Alfonsina’s reply is not encouraging. She says
that since Flo’s daddy robbed her, if Flo wants money she can give Alfie a
grandchild. Then with a little flick at Flo’s barren belly Alfie stalks off.
Oh, the Black Widow is magnificent! As Sylvia said yesterday, we can only hope
that she lives long enough to really appreciate the suffering that will surely
come her way.
La Pro-ces-a-dor-a
·
Paolo, slick as snot, is sliming on a distraught
Sabrina on the telephone. Yes , he loves her. He reminds her that they have
agreed to be discreet about the news of the baby. Yes, her adores her. She
snivels. Yes, he has to gain the confidence of her parents. Will she see him
today? Oh, not likely. he speaks to the quaveringly silent office. He has a
very busy day at the pro-ces-a-dor-a. He hangs up the phone. Poor girl, Paolo
is a creep.
Tovar Casa
·
But, Begonia overhears her poor daughter and
says she knows she was talking to Paulo. Surprisingly, Begonia is better
disposed toward Paulo than she used to be thanks to her new bestie, Carmina,
who has said some pretty fine things about Paolo. She thinks they should invite
him to dinner. Really?
La Pro-ces-a-dor-a
·
Maru tells Gabino that ING is waiting for him in
his office. ING is pissed. She is losing it. She wants to know where are her
airline tickets. Gabino robbed her of her money. She has nothing. She starts to
scream. Gabino grabs her, put his hand over her mouth and starts sweet-talking
his wild-eyed little filly. He tells her they are going to go away and she will
have lots of money and THINGS…It looks a lot like some rough but consensual
adult activity is going to take place on Gabino’s desk but Ingrid is truly not
buying Gabino’s soothing sexual program. She breaks away and knocks a chair
over on her out…
·
…Where she runs into Don Lucio, breathlessly
spreading the news to Maru at the front desk of the processing plant and all of
La Ermita that a body has been found floating in the lagoon. It is a woman, she
un recognizable, she has been in the water at least a week. Ingrid looks
completely stricken.
Tovar Casa
·
The news spreads. Begonia takes a call and tells
Sabrina, who promptly passes out. Oopsie, Daddy El Doctor Gordo Tovar is called
and the news of Sabrina’s impending motherhood may not be a secret for long.
·
Doc Tovar heads to the morgue to help in the
identification of the body. Nasty, I say.
Casa Castañon
·
Delores steps into Casa Castigo and calls for
Elisa. The usual cheerless Don Augusto who tells her to stop shouting meets her.
Elisa is fine. She is not the woman who was found floating in the Laguna.
Town Morgue
·
Ingrid, dressed in loose, dun colored clothes,
is seated alone in a simple room that appears to be the waiting room of the
towm morgue. There is nothing on the walls, and only a couple of simple chairs
in the room. As Doc Tovar hurries into the room, Ingrid ,stops him and
introduces herself. They met before, she reminds him, when her daughter, Kenia,
had a bicycle accident. Yes, yes, her remembers. She is Gael’s mother. She
tells him Kenia has been missing for a week. She has to see the corpse to make
sure it isn’t her daughter. Doc Tovar introduces himself, at her service. Doc
Tovar tells her the corpse is quite decomposed, it has been in the water for
more than a week, it is virtually un-recognizable. The forensic pathologist
says the only distinguishing feature is a birthmark…Ingrid finished the sentence”
shaped like a moon”. She says she MUST see it. She will know if it is her
daughter. She is breaking my heart. I nominate Ms. Camil for an acting award
here. She is brilliant as the flawed, even bad Mother who is facing a hideous
fate. It is a brilliant performance.
·
Doc Tovar, perhaps in mercy, perhaps against his
better judgment, allows Ingrid to see the body. In a harrowing scene, the sheet
is lifted back from the body and Ingrid in punished in this one scene for all
the wrong she ever did to either of her children. This may be punishment for
this and several other lives IMHO. There could be no worse hell.
Casa Castigo
·
Elisa comes back in the house to a delighted
Delores.. She is still happy that Elisa is OK (not dead and floating in the
lagoon) and wants to here how things went with Damian, whom she refers to as
DamiaM. She asks when the big boda will be and Elisa replies, “Never”. When
Elisa went to Hacienda Arango to talk to Damian she found him in bed, if no in
flagrante with Flo. I’ve gotta admit, I
would be pithed too. Then, to add insult to injury, on the way out the door,
she got the news about her mother’s Cielo Abierto lands being to that jerk
GABINO MENDOZA. She is NOT in a good mood. I always think Boyer is at her most believable
when she is bitchy.
Pro-ces-a-dor-a
·
Damian is once again back at the helm of the
procesadora. Maru is listening to this as he seriously shuffles papers around
his desk.
·
Really, guys, are we supposed to care? The real
La Anita is a very big company and they would never tolerate this piddle
farting round with either money or senior management. One doesn’t threaten the
revenue stream of senior management in family-owned companies any more than
with companies responsible to outside shareholders. Why? Because they are
family matriarch/patriarch type folks who have lawyers tied to their hip
pockets and they will cut you off without a dime if you threaten the goose that
laid the golden egg. Anyway, DamiaM says, he just doesn’t understand. While he
was throwing his hissy hit and NOT running the company (like he would be
allowed to do that)
·
GWEEEEDO let all this bad stuff take place? How
can that be? He KNOWS GWEEEEDO? Really dude?
Casa Arango
·
Flo dives into a pool. She has a lovely figure
and the tiniest waist ever. I think I spied a cell pone on the side of the
pool. Enrique is watching her and comes
over to give her news about her Poppa but she bursts his bubble by asking him
why he is there? He can’t be seen at Casa Arango! Enrique looks a bit confused,
as well he might, having just risked his life savings and perhaps his health
for Flo as Florencia babbles on about her reconciliation with DamiaM, and show
his the engagement ring and how all is now right with the world. She will, of
course, pay Quique back for helping out her Dad…Henrique looks gob smacked, as
well he should.
A Prison in Merida,
Where Guido is wearing an unflattering shade of Khaki—too green, I think
·
Really, nothing of import happens in this scene.
The Black Widow, Alfonsian comes to visit Guido in his more permanent home, the
nastier jail, he stares at her sullenly and denies stealing from her, she tells
him to fess up, so he doesn’t make an untoward scandal at DamiaM ‘and Flo’s
upcoming nuptial’s. Yes, they are re-engaged. Guido is sorry he ever had
feelings for Alfie and Alfie says the only man for whom she has ever had
feelings has been dead lo these many years. W_H_A_T_E_V_E_R_.
Cielo Abierto Fields
and the Habanero Greenhouse
·
Don Augusto Cat Food and Elisa meet on her
mother’s lands. Happy habanero peppers are growing haphazardly all around.
Elisa tells her father that there is no way he is selling the Cielo Abierto
growing fields to GABINO MENDOZA. Augusto repeats for the zillionth time, he
lost his contract with the la Maria procesadora. Augusto is just happy working
with his Princesa over at the now restored greenhouses. They walk away, arms
around each other, the very picture of father/daughter affection.
·
But, if you were to look up into the sky, you
would see that it is not open and clear at all. It is covered with black
cumuli-nimbus clouds bearing dozens of tiny iron anvils poised to fall on the
father daughter pair.
·
Soon Elisa and Augusto walk around the
greenhouses. The peppers are setting fruit at an astonishing pace. All thanks
to Gael, Papa’s workers, Damian, Elisa and Don Lucio. It’s a miracle. Now Elisa
offers her vision…habaneros are much more than just a CONDIMENT. Habaneros can
be used in cleaning products, health supplements, and medical supplies. Elisa
wants to build an habanero EMPIRE to rival and outdo Alfonsina’s. She wants her
own procesadora.
·
See what happens when you think big, Elisa. Hire
Quique. He can probably help you engineer something. Now all you need is CASH,
sister. Hmmmm. Do you have good anvil insurance????
Doc Tovar’s Office
·
Gael comes to visit Paloma at Doc Tovar’s
office. She is crying.. She won’t listen to Gael. She takes responsibility for
the situation for pushing the relationship. They fight about Elisa. She won’t
let him tell her that Elisa and Damian are not siblings after all. She tells
him she doesn’t want to see Gael as a novio or as a friend. She just wants him
to leave. He looks a bit stricken.
Padre Lupe’s Church
·
A somewhat disheveled looking Carmina comes
calling on Padre Lupe at the Church door. Whatever she’s selling, he ain’t
buying. He stands, his arms folded across his solar plexus with Jesus and the cross and a few parishioners all standing
protectively in the background for good measure. He tells her that her presence
without repentance at God’s house is blasphemy. She says she needs help. “He
says you need help”, as he walks toward her? Watch out Padre! I want to scream.
Padre tells her that the chickens have come to roost.
·
Carmina says she needs Padre’s help with
Augusto. No go, Carmina, Padre tells her that there is a person who knows all
the truth, and that the truth, whether
sooner or later, will see the light. Carmina doesn’t believe it. When she puts
her hand on his arm, he looks down on her hand like it belongs to a tarantula,
not a brown recluse. The bells call him to do service and he closes the double
doors in her face. She rolls her eyes at him and walks away.
More (OTT nauseating)
Father/Daughter Time in the Giant Greenhouses
·
OK, now they are really overdoing it. Augusto,
is all over Elisa wondering why his daughter hasn’t told Damian about their
real (lack of ) a relationship. She lies and says she hasn’t had time. He (of
all people) starts to give her advice about her love life. She says this
delights her. He says it is all part of their newfound perfect relationship as
real father and daughter. There are so many things wrong with this scene I
cannot begin to enumerate them. I haven’t enough fingers, toes or hairs on my
red head.
·
Where was the love, Augusto? Where was the love
for 15-some years of this damaged young woman’s life when you thought she was
not your biological offspring? This latest act in your ever-changing repertoire
of behavior does not make you redeemed in my eyes. However, I suppose some will say that your
most recent behavior means that you are demonstrating that you are redeemable.
That is TRUE, and I will believe in his behavior change when he demonstrate
about 15 years of consistent kindness, fairness and reasonable behavior to
others, especially his daughter
By the pool at
Hacienda Arango
·
Freeloaders, grifters and dirtbags Paolo and
Florencia sit by the pool and plot their next moves. They are going to steal
poor stupid Sabrina’s baby to give it to the Black Widow??? That is diabolical.
·
I am ashamed of myself. I had such hopes for
Florencia. I can’t believe I once rooted for Flo to take down the Spider Woman.
Pah! Flo is not in her league. SHE IS NOT WORTHY. She could not kiss the Black
widow’s shiny black boots or her red patent belt!
·
Karen and the Capon and I are so over you, Flo. We will help your
Dad, but you, you , are just an ordinary lazy wasp-waisted hymenoptera with one sting, trying to steal a piece of fresh meat
from Alfie’s web. She has you caught, sister, she will toy with you and she
will eat you alive. I am usually loyal, Flo, but no matter how desperate you
are you DO NOT steal other people’s children.
In Ingrid’s Private
Hell
·
In some little coffee shop in La Ermita, Edmundo
Tovar, a man of great compassion and kindness, is trying to do the impossible.
He is trying to comfort a mother who has just lost her child. Ingrid was a bad
mother, selfish, manipulative and always out for herself, but she raised Kenia
and to have to I.D the decomposing body of your only daughter on a cold morgue
slab is the worst nightmare of even the least-good mother.
·
Ingrid says she has no one in the pueblo. Edmund
remembers that she has a son. Yes, she says. After making the mistake of
abandoning him on the church steps when he was an infant, she came back to get
to know him (sort of). Some mistakes are too big to fix. He hates her and Kenia
is dead. But Gael is a grand young man, says Edmundo.
·
Edmundo is doing his best to comfort Ingrid with
an embrace when in walks Begonia and a friend. Before she can make too much of
a scene—she does say that Ingrid is the mother of the girl who tried to steal a
married man—Edmundo jumps up, and explains who Ingrid is and that her daughter
is the one who was found in the Laguna.
·
Ingrid stumbles home to the Blue Hose of Shame. Gabino
is grumbling when she wanders in announcing that her daughter is dead. Gabino
is shocked. Ingrid is hysterical as she blames Carmina for killing Kenia. She
wants to kill Carmina herself.
Casa Castigo
·
Carmina is still there, at the quinta, looking
depressed. Augusto comes in and wants to
know why she is there. He is reverting to his usual nasty, nasty, self. Why is
she there? Did he not tell her to get out of the house by the end of the day?
Out of the house? Out of his life? Just get out, snarls Augusto and he starts
to walk away. Augusto! Carmina calls. We hear the sound of a shotgun shell
being placed in the chamber. You are not the only one who is macho! Carmina
announces! She places the shotgun under her chin in what looks to be a most
efficient manner.
·
Oh, my. Your recapper thinks that although Carmina
is the Queen of all Drama Queens and is surely bluffing, this is really nothing
to bluff about. Death is no laughing matter. And suicide in front of a loved
(or hated) one is the second most hostile act you can take against another
person. The first is murdering the person himself or herself. Carmina is very, very mad at Augusto for
throwing her out and rejecting her. She
will NOT be able to tolerate this. One of them may not make it through this
scene.
·
I have no avances, my friends. I turn you over
to the capable hands of our dear Marta Miercoles, who will steer the good ship
Passion Pitt forward through the coming storm. I am happy to pass off the helm.
EJ shivers.
Labels: abismo
Refugio Para el Amor #64-65 Tue 7/10/12 Paz Makes New Threats, While Max Makes Good on His Old Ones; By Unanimous Vote, Rod Wins Idiot of the Year; Luci Wants the Big D
For some reason a few
short scenes in the first hour were cut from the U.S. tv version. I still
included them in the recap. The scene of Rod crying into the wedding dress
should have been kept, for example. I think Uni did this to allow for a long
sneak peek at Por Ella Soy Eva.
Rod leaves the church after refusing to have a long talk with Padre Honesto about Luci, and looks around to see if Luci might still be about. He gets in his car and starts having visions of him and Luci running down the church steps in their wedding clothes and happily kissing. A guard snaps him out of his fantasy and asks if he’s ok. Rod finally drives off. In a bus, Luci looks at her wedding ring and remembers the angry words she and Rod exchanged in the Padre’s office.
Rosa asks Pato if he’s more tranquil now that he’s spoken to
Rod and Luci. Yep. Speaking to Luci always does him good. Her caring and
tenderness have been key to his recuperation. Max gives Rosa an “I told you so”
look.
Aldo is still trying to convince nervous Lorenzo that he’s
got the Lastra situation under control. (Yeah, I wouldn’t be so convinced
either.) He doesn’t take it all seriously until Lorenzo mentions that this has
caused problems between Luci and Rod when his aunt told Rod that Lorenzo is a
thief. Aldo looks mortified, and decides to call Ivan then and there. Ivan is
at that moment in the park, walking his little black lap dog. LOL! He has no
intention of doing Aldo any favors when Aldo explains the money was for him and
Lorenzo didn’t steal if for himself. He asks him to drop the charges against
his “brother.” Ivan doesn’t give a rat’s
patoot. Aldo needs to speak to Lastra. In any case, Lorenzo is the one who
stole the money, and it’s Lorenzo who has to pay for it. He hangs up on Aldo
but Aldo pretends that the conversation is still going. He does admit that Ivan
refused. Lorenzo and Fabian freak, but Aldo tells them he still has a card up
his sleeve. If Lastra won’t listen, then he’ll speak to the big boss (el mero mero). Lorenzo
asks if he knows him. Aldo says he and the owner are like family. Lorenzo and
Fabian look incredulous.
Lastra has invited Don Aquiles to meet. He asks if Don A has
seen Luci yet. Of course! Now that they’re alone, Don Aquiles wants to know
what that pair of broads (viajas) have against his Lucianita. Lastra says it’s
all about money (intereses). Gala wants Rod back because he’s from one of the
wealthiest (acaudalada) families in Mexico. Don Aquiles doesn’t give a damn.
He’s the wealthiest man in San Francisco el Alto! Lastra just smiles and
doesn’t argue the point. He only came to this big city to bring his little dove
back to Het Het. All the rest, he doesn’t care about. They can work it out
amongst themselves. Lastra proposes that they join forces to try to get more
money out of Julie and Gala. Aquiles isn’t interested in this kind of dirty
business, and frankly he doesn’t like that pair of old broads. Lastra doesn’t
think they need to like them to squeeze money out of them. Aquiles tells him to
do what he wants, but do it on his own. He leaves Lastra mighty confused.
Luci comes back to Estella’s and tells Estella and Marianita
that she spoke to the Padre and now feels better. But talking to him made her
realize how much her life has changed in such a short time. If she could move
ahead before, with all that had happened to her, then she can survive this!
Estella tells her that this is nothing more than a lovers’ quarrel. Luci
disagrees. She needs to end things definitively with Rod. “I’m going to divorce
him.” Mati walks in just as Luci says this.
Paz and Magda arrive at Don Serapio’s with Ariche. Ariche
reports his conversation with Rod. Meanwhile, Mati begs Luci not to divorce Rod
and to, say it with me now,…fight for her love! (lucha por tu amor) Don’t do it
for Rod, or even for Patricio. She should do it for herself. “You love him and
he loves you.” Luci shakes her head. The phone rings and Luci answers her
mama’s call. She’s better at hiding her sadness this time. She mentions that
Mati is there and Paz latches on to this news. She tells Luci to put Mati on
the phone, after asking Magda, Theo and Ariche to clear the room. Mati looks
nervous, as she should.
P: Matilde? This is Paz speaking. Paz Jacinto, the wife of
Galdino the gardener. Do you remember me?
(Mati nearly faints and has to hold on to something. In the background
Luci and Estella look on in concern.) I’m the woman who La Señora
Rosalena gifted the baby, Luciana. Matilde? Hello!
M: Yes Paz. I’m here.
P: You remember me Matilde?
M: Of course I do Paz. I remember as if I were looking at you now.
P: And I you. ALL of you. I know from my Luci that that woman Sra. Rosa doesn’t like her. Which doesn’t surprise me because she never liked her, even when she was a newborn baby. So what else could you expect now that she’s a grown woman.
M: Yes Paz. I’m here.
P: You remember me Matilde?
M: Of course I do Paz. I remember as if I were looking at you now.
P: And I you. ALL of you. I know from my Luci that that woman Sra. Rosa doesn’t like her. Which doesn’t surprise me because she never liked her, even when she was a newborn baby. So what else could you expect now that she’s a grown woman.
Mati looks over at Luci nervously, but tries to keep her end
of the conversation neutral so that Luci doesn’t catch on.
M: What can I say?
P: You’re a good person Mati. I give my Luci over to your care. (encargar) I don’t want that woman to do more harm to my daughter, you understand? Because Luci is MY daughter. I hope that woman doesn’t forget that. And if she does forget, then YOU remind her!
M: Don’t worry Paz. Since I met Luci, I’ve had a great affection for her and have taken care of her. And I’ll keep doing so. I promise. (Hmm…Frankly, I think Mati has done a lousy job of protecting Luci from Rosa and will continue to be lousy at it. No one comes before her niña Rosa.)
P: I’m putting my trust in you Matilde.
P: You’re a good person Mati. I give my Luci over to your care. (encargar) I don’t want that woman to do more harm to my daughter, you understand? Because Luci is MY daughter. I hope that woman doesn’t forget that. And if she does forget, then YOU remind her!
M: Don’t worry Paz. Since I met Luci, I’ve had a great affection for her and have taken care of her. And I’ll keep doing so. I promise. (Hmm…Frankly, I think Mati has done a lousy job of protecting Luci from Rosa and will continue to be lousy at it. No one comes before her niña Rosa.)
P: I’m putting my trust in you Matilde.
Paz then asks her if she knows when they are postponing the
wedding to. Mati looks at Luci again and says she doesn’t know. Paz again asks
her to take care of her niña. “I hope La Sra. Rosa doesn’t go against her, because if
she hurts her, the next day I will be there to confront her and tell the whole
truth!!” Mati looks panicked.
In Berlin, Germany, Claudio tells his picture of Aurora that
he’s been thinking of Luci all day and doesn’t know why. He asks Aurora to look
after/keep vigil for (velar) Luci, as she is doing for him—as if Luci were
their daughter. Lic. Barrera calls and they update each other. Claudio’s
appointment with the bankers, to examine the accounts he and Max opened when
they first founded their company, has been moved until tomorrow. He hopes to
discover that Max is the real culprit behind the fraud that put him in jail.
They have clues about a supposed construction company that constructed a marina
in the Caribbean, where millions of the stolen money was invested. Claudio is
determined to keep going until he clears his name. He tells Barrera that Luci
has been in his thoughts all day and wonders if Barrera has spoken to her or
heard anything. He then asks Barrera to go look for Luci and tell her he’ll be
back in a few days. In the meantime, Barrera is to be at her at her beck and
call. Help her in anything she needs.
Mati ends the call with Paz on an upbeat note, saying she’ll
take care of Luci and to not worry. She passes the phone to Luci, who looks at
it with dread. But she gets let off the hook pretty easily. Paz just says
goodbye and says she feels better now that she’s spoken with Mati. Ariche runs
in, jumping up and down to speak to Luci. He wants to know if she’s with Rod.
Is he working? He tells her about speaking with Rod earlier, and asks her if
she’s coming to get them in the plane with Rod. This makes Luci start crying
all over again.
Aldo comes into Rod’s office looking shame-faced. It’s about
Lorenzo, his “brother.” Rod says he already knows about the money Lorenzo stole
and then borrowed from Aldo through Connie. Aldo sets him straight and admits
that the money was money he (Aldo) lost gambling, and he asked Lorenzo for the
favor. Rod is p*ssed. He grabs Aldo by the lapels and shakes him. “When are you
going to grow up Aldo? When are you going to stop acting like an idiot?!” Aldo
says he’s already realized his mistake. “It’s always the same with you. You act
before thinking! Now you’ve gotten Lorenzo into really serious problems.” Rod goes on about how the whole world is
judging Luci’s brother badly, thinking he’s a thief. (Kind of like how Rod is
now judging Luci badly, huh? Please listen to yourself Rod.) And it was all
Aldo’s fault. “It’s not fair Aldo!” Aldo hangs his head in shame.
Connie and Oscar are actually lunching with Julie, Gala and
her posse. Oscar says he can’t believe Rod and Luci have a serious enough
problem to cause a break-up. The posse informs them that it’s so serious that
there will now be no wedding. “Oh, didn’t you know Connie?” Connie tells Julie
coldly that she did not know. But how can she know things that she neither saw
nor heard? “Your mother refuses to tell me exactly what happened in the
library, so why don’t you tell me Gala.” Gala sticks to her innocent act and
claims she had nada to do with it. Connie should speak to Rosa, because she’s
the one who invited them all to the house. When Rosa gets back from Boston,
Connie should ask her. Connie says she will, but Rosa did say one thing before
she left—that they “unmasked” Luci. Now, what did she mean by that? Everyone
keeps mum.
Luci tells Vio that she wishes she had never come to D.F.
and had stayed in her pueblo with her mom and Ariche. And with Don Aquiles, who
wouldn’t leave her in peace, too? Vio thinks this is just a temporary setback, and
they shouldn’t let the bastards keep them down. She heads off to work, but
doesn’t want to leave Luci alone. Luci is more worried about Vio. Is she sure
Don A. didn’t recognize her? Vio says, no way, not with her costume. Plus she
left the pueblo so long ago that he probably wouldn’t recognize her anyway. Vio
then has an epiphany. She thinks those broads probably found Don Aquiles and
brought him to D.F. to bug Luci. Luci can’t believe they would resort to that.
Anyway, Vio had already seen Don Aquiles around Inferno last time he was in
town. Although Lorenzo has no job right now, Luci’s actually more at ease now
that he doesn’t work at Inferno. She didn’t like him being near Lastra. Vio is
sure he’ll find something else soon. She knew sooner or later that casino would
bring him troubles.
This scene was cut:
Outside, Lorenzo and Fabian are drinking brews to drown their sorrows. Back
when they were in the pueblo, they thought coming to the big city was the solution
to all their problems. But they’ve had nothing but problems since they came. Lorenzo had hopes of buying his mom a new
house. Fabian points out that they can’t move ahead here without more
education. Lorenzo says he promised his mom and Don Serapio that he would
finish high school (la prepa), but he hasn’t even done that. Vio and Serena
come down the stairs ready for work. Fabian will walk them to work, but Vio
wants Lorenzo to stay and watch over Luci, since Don Aquiles has already come sniffing
around her.
This scene was cut:
Don Aquiles lounges in his hotel room wearing his black satin robe, with purple
trim, a black cowboy hat, and smoking a cigar. He calls Copio to get the update
on Het Het happenings. Copio reports that Luchita is dying for him and he stole
her heart. When he gets back, he doesn’t want to see Luchita hanging around.
He’s not sure if his Palomita will be coming back with him, but tonight he’s
going to party like it’s 1999 in el Inferno, where there’s a chula who sings
like an angel. “An angel, in hell?” Copio is mighty confused. (Your recapper
hopes Don A doesn’t come on to Vio too strong, since we suspect he’s her papa.
Gross!)
This scene was cut and
really should not have been: Rod’s apartment security calls up to say
there’s a package that is being delivered for his wife Luci. The delivery guy
hands Rod a white box with a white bow. He opens the box and finds the wedding
dress. The card says, “May your happiness be eternal.” Rod takes the dress out,
cradles it, and starts crying. He remembers that happy day in front of the
bridal shop and Luci’s kisses. H&M’s Operation Make Rod Feel Like Crap, has
had its first success.
The first part of this
scene, when Luci was on her own, was cut: Luci is also on her couch
thinking about Rod. “Why? Why did you let them put an end to our love so easily
Rodrigo?” Lorenzo comes in and says he doesn’t like to see her cry, which
actually makes her start crying. She says she’s not going to cry anymore. He
says he also feels sad about everything that’s happened. He feels guilty. He
lays his hand on her back. Luci tells him that what happened at the casino has
nothing to do with her breakup with Rod. He puts his head on her shoulder and
says that their lives have changed so much since their papa died. Their papa
made them so happy, with so little. He had such a huge heart. Lorenzo says he’s
full of remorse (remordimiento). He’s failed her so many times. He was supposed
to come here to lighten her load, but instead he’s making it heavier. Luci embraces
him and says that their father understands that they are fighting to get ahead
and she loves him lots.
Paz prays to the Virgin and begs her to care for her
children, while she can’t. She’s putting them in her hands.
Aldo comes to see Lastra in his office, with Vicky on his
arm. He tries to clear up the Lorenzo issue and takes the blame. Lorenzo was
doing him a favor and the money was returned. Lastra won’t be swayed. “Lorenzo
is a thief and I’m going to throw him in jail!” Aldo gets ticked and says that
there is something Lastra doesn’t understand. He asks how he thinks the big
boss will feel when he finds out Lastra threw Luci’s brother in jail (el bote)?
He knows who Aldo is speaking about, right? He better consult his boss before
he does anything.
Oscar and Connie have wine at the big house and talk about
the b/witches. He is amazed at the attitude of those women. Don’t they have
anything better to do than bother poor Luci? What has she done to them? Her
only sin is that Rod fell in love with her. What do they want to do? Destroy
her? Connie says that Rosa doesn’t seem
to realize the damage she is doing to her kids. These are the kinds of things
that children never forgive. In the moment when Rod finally confronts Rosa, she
will cry tears of blood.
Marcos and Gabriel are at Rod’s place. He looks miserable
and is still looking at the wedding dress. Marcos asks what he’s going to do
next. Rod doesn’t know. Gabriel says if he were Rod, he would go speak to Luci.
He can’t end things with her like this. It’s not Rod’s style—he’s always
confronted his problems head on. Marcos agrees with Gabriel. Just like how the
problem with Luci’s brother had a valid explanation, there are likely explanations
for the other things too. Stupid Rod isn’t sure. Gabriel tells him that he’s as
in love with Luci as she is with him.
Lastra has called Max, who reminds him to NEVER to call him.
Lastra says it’s urgent. He says Aldo has continued to come to Inferno and has
put his nose where it doesn’t belong. He’s even gotten involved with a matter
Lastra has every right to deal with, and told him he would go over his head to
Max. And he didn’t even come alone. He came with that girl he always come to
the club with—Vicky. Max is not a happy camper to hear that news.
The next morning, Rod is at the private airport, ready to
fly to Boston. H&M are having breakfast with Connie at the big house and
telling her about Operation Make Rod Feel Like Crap. They want to open his
eyes. They used Rod’s credit card, of course, to pay for the dress. Ha! Hannah
rushes off to her Mandarin Chinese exam. Frigida lurks around the breakfast
table trying to get more gossip, but Connie shoos her away.
In Pato’s hospital room, Rod wishes him well, but Pato just
wants to know where Luci is. He thought Max’s friend at the embassy was able to
get travel documents for her. Rod says they had lots to do, and they weren’t
able to finish all the requirements for the travel docs. But Luci sends him kisses,
hugs and much love. They all kiss Pato farewell when the orderlies come for
him. Once Pato is out of earshot, Max demands to know from Rod what is really
going on between him and Luci, since he knows all the travel documents for Luci
were put in order. Rosa walks off, but Max can already tell she had something
to do with it. He gives both her and Rod the stink eye.
Luci comes to see Lic. Barrera. He says that she and Claudio
must have a psychic connection since he was just asking about Luci last night
and was thinking about her. How can he help her?
L: I want to divorce Rodrigo Torreslanda.
B: Aren’t you about to get married in the Church?!
L: Not anymore. I want to know how long a divorce will take.
B: Aren’t you about to get married in the Church?!
L: Not anymore. I want to know how long a divorce will take.
Barrera says that depends. If both parties are in agreement,
then the process can begin in just a few days. “So soon?” In a case like
theirs, since there are no kids, it’s much easier. As long as they aren’t
fighting over communal property and such. “Nope. None of that.” Without all of
these complications, the process is almost immediate. Luci looks sad but
resigned.
Max continues to grill Rod. His contact at the embassy says
everything was all set, but Rod and Luci never contacted them. “What’s
happening Rod?” Rod says he and Luci are angry at each other. Max thinks it’s
just a typical pre-nuptial argument, which is normal. Rosa jumps in and says
they have broken up, for good. She supposes. Rod gives her an angry look and
walks out of the room. Rosa looks satisfied with herself. Max wants to know
what Rosa knows about it. She doesn’t have to explain anything. The only thing
that happened is that Rod found out how indecent that girl is and ended their
relationship. It’s just that men can never see the evidence right in front of
their eyes. (I really want to slap her right now.) Max is not fooled. “What did
you have to do with all of this Rosalena?” Rosa plays the wounded victim. Max
is always criticizing her. He leaves the room knowing this is going nowhere.
She pulls out her rosary and starts praying.
Luci asks Barrera if the divorce process would be lengthened
if one of the parties opposes the divorce. Yes. Luci wants to know the next
steps. Barrera has to schedule an appointment with her so that he can interview
her about all the details of her relationship with Rod and the reasons for the
divorce. This will help him write the request/suit (demanda) for divorce. Then
it will be sent to Rod. If they both agree to the reasons and terms of the
divorce, then they will both sign to begin the proceedings. They will then be
brought back to the judge, and if they both still want the divorce, they and
the judge will sign the final divorce decree. “As easy as that?” (LOL! I think
our Luci doesn’t want that divorce as much as she says she does.) “Yep. That
easy, Luci. The hardest part is making the decision to do it.” He asks her to
come back that afternoon, because Claudio will want to speak to her personally.
Rod absentmindedly stirs his coffee in the hospital waiting
room. Max comes and sits across from him and gives him a worried look. Rod half
snaps out of it and asks Max if he wants a coffee. Max decides to go get it
himself. Rod then fantasizes that Luci
is sitting across from him. He smiles, she smiles back at him and comes over to
him. She strokes his face. He offers her a sip of his coffee, then strokes her
hand as she gives him back the cup. His fantasy ends as Max walks back to the
waiting room. He sits next to Rod and says he’s here to listen. Was the fight
that bad? “I’m not getting married anymore papa.” “You’re getting married in
two days!” “Luci isn’t the woman she made us believe she is. She lied! She hid
things. Things that may not be that bad; they may have an explanation. But the
fact that she hid them from me, papa, hurts me. It infuriates me!” Max says
that Luci must have had her reasons. Rod refuses to accept this. There is NO
reason! Max tells him to think about things calmly and not to let anger carry
him away. Rod says his ire and disillusionment has led him to end with Luci. “Think
about it son. Luci is a great woman.” Rod points out that Max is speaking about
her as if he knows her. “Luci is the woman who could truly make you happy. And
happiness is something very few find, son.” He pats Rod on the shoulder and
leaves him with that thought.
Hannah calls Rosa, interrupting her prayers, for an update
on Pato. He’s still in surgery so there’s no news. Boris tries to assure Hannah
that all will be well. Lula hears the tail end of the conversation and gives
her best wishes to Hannah for Pato. For the first time in a long time, Lula
doesn’t act like a b/witch in training. She apologizes for her behavior at
Boris’ party; she wants to be friends again.
Max walks into Pato’s room, looking ready for a showdown
with Rosa. He asks her if she was behind Rod and Luci’s breakup. Rosa
immediately gets on the defensive. She says what’s important right now is,
Pato, their son! (She uses this excuse only when it’s convenient to her.) Rosa
walks out of the room, leaving an extremely frustrated Max.
In Het Het, Paz has told Magda her warning to Mati. Magda
understands that Paz is just protecting her kids. Paz knows Mati is a generous
woman who has cared for her Luci, but she told her what she did so that she would
go tell her patrona. It wasn’t *really* a threat (amenaza), but she sure as
heck will take the first bus to D.F. if needed. Magda says it won’t be needed.
After all, Luci has Rod by her side. And with a muchacho like that by her, no
one can mess with her. (Ha!) Paz thinks maybe they should just go to D.F. now. Magda
says they’re going in a few days anyway, but Paz means tomorrow.
Luci prays to the Virgin to care for Pato during his
surgery. She’s just bought some gorditas
for everyone, and Fabian and Lorenzo come home just in time to sit down and dig
in. They want to know why she’s keeping that magazine. Luci says she’s keeping
it to remind her why Rod left her, and each time she wants to run after him, it
will help her suppress the urge. Fabian
can’t understand why she wouldn’t want to go make up with Rod, since he’s her
husband after all. Why wait for him to call? Go find him! (Fabian obviously has
no pride.) Luci is NOT going looking for him, and he can wait as long as he
wants. Vio wakes up in time to share the gorditas and to tell them what
happened when she saw Marcial at the club the evening before. She didn’t give
him enough time to tell her any excuses, anyway, she doesn’t believe him. Luci
points out that’s like Rod with her; he refuses to believe her. She announces
to the group that she’s decided to go back to the pueblo. She has no reason to
stay. Certainly not to be near Rod. She’s going to get out of this bad
situation, and neither Rod nor anyone else is going to hold her back.
Gala meets with her magazine team and decides to do a rerun
of the “hot clubs” edition of the magazine, with an even greater distribution.
She wants it EVERYWHERE. Her team isn’t sure about this. Although it was a
popular edition, this rerun will likely make them lose money. Gala doesn’t
care. She just wants them to do it. “It’s an investment.” (inversion)
Frigida calls Gala and tells her she’s got a big, juicy
piece of gossip for her. It’s about that chacha Luci, that she heard straight
from the mouth of Rosa. She’ll bring her big black bag to their meeting so that
Gala can fill it with pesos.
Vicky is giving Connie a hand massage after her manicure.
Connie assumes Vicky is no longer dating her sugar daddy, since she is still
dating her son Aldo. Vicky doesn’t really answer the question about her sugar
daddy, but says she and Aldo just go out as friends. Connie tells her to think
about what she’s doing. She could cause problems for both Aldo and her father,
since her BIL Max is so down on Aldo dating an employee’s daughter. Vicky says
she and Aldo are just friends, and she’s not an employee of the company. Connie
says she totally gets that, but she doesn’t think Max thinks the same way. In addition,
going out with Aldo could get her in trouble with her sugar daddy. Older men
don’t like betrayal. They think they own the people around them. If this man
finds out she’s dating Aldo and him at the same time, he might hurt her or her
dad, or even Aldo. “What you’re doing Vicky, is not good.”
The doctor comes to the waiting room to tell Max, Rosa and
Rod that the surgery was a success. Max wants to know the diagnosis. The doc
gets technical, but the gist is that they reconstructed some discs in his spinal
column. Pato will regain some movement in his upper body (hands, arms, and
shoulders), including now being able to support and move his neck and head.
All the guys at the office wonder how the surgery has gone,
but they’ve had no news yet. Gabriel and Marcos are really worried about Rod,
who’s in bad shape about Luci. Oscar thinks it’s ridiculous that Rod is going
to end his relationship with Luci over some gossip. The other guys agree. They
would never let a woman like Luci go over something like that. The vote is
unanimous. Rod is an IDIOT. Oscar receives the good news via text about Pato’s
surgery.
Frigida clutches her bag in front of her coffee during her
meeting with Gala. She’s going to tell her a HUGE secret that could cost her
her job. Gala doesn’t look convinced. It’s
a secret Rosa has had a ton of years. Frigida continues her tale. She heard the
secret during a loud argument between Rosa and Max and Claudio Linares’ name
was prominently mentioned. Gala still doesn’t see the importance, since Max and
Rosa always have a bee in their bonnet about Linares. Everyone knows that! “Well,
what they don’t know is that Luci and Rod could be HALF SIBLINGS.” Gala nearly
chokes on her coffee, but then she recovers pretty quickly, already
assimilating this info into her next evil plan.
Pato is barely coming to from the anesthesia and the first
word on his lips in his half conscious state is, Luciana. Rod is in the room
and hears. He tells Pato he came out of the operation in good shape and did
well. Pato can still only ask for Luci. Rod seems to be surprised by how deep
his brother’s love for Luci goes.
Luci goes back to Claudio’s/Barerrera’s office with Vio to
be there for Claudio’s call. Barerra immediately puts Claudio on the phone with
Luci. He is sure she must be in the midst of happy wedding planning. Luci says
she is no longer getting married—it’s a problem with Rod and she wants a
divorce. Claudio is immediately livid. “What did Rodrigo Torreslanda do to you?!”
He knows it must have been serious for her to make this decision. Luci doesn’t
want to say on the phone. Claudio feels bad that he’s away, just when she needs
him. Luci tries to make him feel better by saying Barrera is helping her in
everything she needs. Claudio knows she loves Rod. Yep. She loves him with her
whole being, but she’s still going to divorce him. “I love him, but he and I
can’t be together.” Claudio reminds her that he was never in agreement with her
marrying a Torreslanda, but if she really loves him, she should think about
making a painful decision like a divorce very carefully. Luci agrees and asks
when he’s coming back. He had planned to be away at least another week, but now he’s going to come back earlier to be with her. He tells her sweetly not
to worry about anything, but when he hangs up he’s all fury again. “I knew that
they were going to hurt you Luciana. The son is just like the father.”
Pato is a bit more awake now, but still feels out of it. Rod
says they will have to wait a while before they are able to take him back home.
Pato asks if Rod told Luci about the success of the operation. Rod lies and
says he did, and Luci sent a hug. Pato immediately falls asleep again.
Gala wants Frigida to get all the facts straight. Frigida
says she heard it loud and clear. Rosa had something going with Claudio. Max
told her that she couldn’t keep going on with this obsession that Luci and Rod
are half sibs, because it was going to cause a tragedy. Then Rosa was very
clear about Frigida keeping her mouth shut about what she’d heard. "Isn’t it true
that this is really valuable info and is worth a lot?” Gala pulls out the
checkbook and tells Frigida that she can’t share this bombshell with anyone else. Frgida
doesn’t look pleased by the check amount.
Luci and Vio bid Barerra farewell. Luci is to come back
tomorrow for the interview to tell Barrera everything about her relationship
with Rod. Luci looks hesitant about doing this but agrees.
Gala runs straight to Julie with the gossip from Frigida.
Like any good game of telephone, the story gets more salacious with each
telling. “Rosa had a thing going with Claudio Linares.” And Luci, la domestica
(drink!) is involved. Rod and Luci could be half siblings. She finishes the tale
Frigida gave her. Julie is salivating knowing that saintly Rosa has a deep dark
secret. This explains Rosa’s immediate hate for Luci. But this tale of them
being half sibs doesn’t make sense, because Max would have never allowed them
to marry. Julie knows Rosa wouldn’t have allowed this either. Gala backtracks.
Then they can’t be half sibs. But what relationship does that domestica (drink!)
have with Claudio, Rosa, Max and Rod? Julie is eager to solve this puzzle
(rompecabezas). Gala is sure Rod is clueless (as he is with many things), and
this could be another good weapon in keeping him separated from the domestica
(drink!). Julie thinks Gala should call
Rod to get an update on Pato’s surgery, but Gala is still playing it cool.
Julie can’t believe they are wasting money on a hopeless cause like Pato.
(Bitch.)
Rosa is eager to get Pato back to Mexico, but Max points out
that he hasn’t even left intensive care yet. Max is going to stay as long as it
takes, but Rosa has decided to go back to Mexico. She’s got thing to do in
Mexico. (WTF??!!) Anyway, why is she
needed if Max is there? Rod is also going back to take the lead at the company,
cause you know, he actually has a job, unlike Rosa, whose only job is making
people’s lives miserable. Max goes to make work calls, so Rosa takes that
moment to ask Rod if he’s still mad at her. He walks by her without saying a
word. Then she has the nerve to tell him he should be thanking her because she
saved him. He may not see it now, but he will with time. He looks like he wants to
slap her, but just walks away instead.
Claudio looks through stacks of banking files from 1990 to 1992.
He tells Max that he is going to discover any mistakes that he made and reveal
him for the fraud he is.
In the apartment courtyard, Luci telling Vio how anxious she
is to hear news of Pato. She borrows Vio’s cell to call Mati to get the good
news. Vio is still totally down. Marcial broke her heart. She trusted him and
had so many hopes and dreams and he made a fool of her. That’s why she should
never fall in love. She hates getting hurt and she hates crying for him or any
man. Luci asks her to come back to the pueblo with her. Vio says she can’t go
back. She’s a city girl at heart. Luci never wanted to leave her people and her
land. The only thing of value she found here was love, and she also felt the
pain of losing it. Vio is determined to put Marcial out of her mind and move
on. Love doesn’t exist, she says. Luci says love does exist. Love gives you the
strength to do anything, even to recover the shattered pieces of your heart
after it’s been broken. She hugs Vio and tells her not to cry anymore.
Max tells Oscar that he’s staying in Boston and Rod will
return to oversee the business. Oscar reports that all is well, at least with
the business. Max catches on that Linares must be causing trouble. Oscar tells
him that the last reports show Claudio in Germany investigating all of Max’s
and the company’s bank transactions from 20 years ago. Max gets into a snit and
says that Claudio is moving too fast for comfort, and Oscar needs to be on top
of it. “I have to win this game!” Oscar
looks like he needs some Calgon to take him away. The next demand that Max makes,
really throws Oscar for a loop. Max orders him to fire Don Jero immediately.
Roh, ruh?! “Excuse me. Jerónimo?
Our LOYAL employee? Excuse me Max, what did he do?” Max gives the bogus excuse
that he broke company rules since his daughter Vicky is dating Aldo. Max simply
won’t permit it. Click! Then he speaks out loud to Vicky, calling her stupid
for seeing him and Aldo, and lying to him about it. He won’t let them (Aldo and
Vicky) make a fool of him.
Don A. returns to Inferno and asks Ivan about the cute
singer, Coral. Vio takes the stage with Don Aquiles front and center calling
her Chula. He asks his Palomita to forgive him. (Please writers, don’t let the
flirting go any further if she’s his daughter.)
In the office, Lastra has a hissy fit when Ivan suggests he
drops the charges against Lorenzo after Aldo’s threats. Lastra will not put up
anyone challenging his authority. He’s still determined to throw Lorenzo in
jail.
Genaro brings H&M to the vencinidad to see Luci. They
arrive just in time for breakfast, which Luci is preparing for Fabian and
Lorenzo. They’ve come to bring Luci to register for the exam. Luci tries to
back out but Lorenzo says she has to do it. He also can’t take his eyes off
Hannah.
Rosa calls home to get an update from Frigida. Everything is
good, except that damn Mati who’s going off all day to gossip with her sister
and Luci, and bragging that Rosa would never fire her. Rosa tells her to have
Mati call her, then hangs up on Frigida who’s in mid sentence. “Why are you
going to see Luci, Mati? Why?” Frigida goes upstairs and purposely scares Mati,
then she passes on the message to call Rosa. She tries to hang around to hear
the conversation.
The nurse is showing Pato how to use the pain meds and nurse call buttons, as Rod watches. Rod asks how he slept. Not that great with Rod snoring
away in the corner. Rod apologizes and says he’s really tired and really
stressed.
P: About Luciana? Dad told me that you never got in touch with
his contacts at the embassy. Tell me the truth already Rod. Why didn’t Luci
come with you? You had a fight, right?
R: Luci fooled us all Patricio. She lied to us.
P: I don’t believe it. Luci is not that kind of woman. Rod, someone has messed with your head. (Literally, someone has heated up your head. Perfect description for Hot Head Rod!)
R: I just found out that she’s been hiding things! That she’s involved in a really nasty matter (asunto).
P: And what did you do? Did you listen to her?! Or did you just judge her, like you usually do when you get angry?! Rod, you can’t fight with Luciana. Not just a few days before your wedding.
R: Luciana and I are over, forever.
R: Luci fooled us all Patricio. She lied to us.
P: I don’t believe it. Luci is not that kind of woman. Rod, someone has messed with your head. (Literally, someone has heated up your head. Perfect description for Hot Head Rod!)
R: I just found out that she’s been hiding things! That she’s involved in a really nasty matter (asunto).
P: And what did you do? Did you listen to her?! Or did you just judge her, like you usually do when you get angry?! Rod, you can’t fight with Luciana. Not just a few days before your wedding.
R: Luciana and I are over, forever.
Luci walks with H&M through the parking lot of the
school. She was thinking about just finishing her high school exams when she
went back to her pueblo, but it’s better that she just gets it over with now.
H&M are glad that this will delay Luci’s departure at least a bit. This way
they can spend more time with her, and it gives them hope that she and Rod will
make up. The audience can tell that Luci seems to be walking a bit slowly and
looks a little woozy. She’s just saying that she doesn’t think she and Rod are
going to get back together, when all of a sudden she collapses, but is luckily
caught by H&M before she hits the ground. Hannah thinks it’s because she
left home without eating breakfast, so they head to get some food.
Rosa wants to know if it’s true that Mati has gone to see
Luci. She’s sure that Luci must be hiding herself in shame under her bed after
being found out for trying to fool them all. Mati tells her to take that b.s.
story somewhere else, because SHE knows the whole truth. What Rosa should know
is that while she was at her sister’s, Paz Jacinto called and spoke to her.
R: That woman. What did she say?
M: That you better not even think of harming her daughter. Because if you do, she will come and confront you in your own house, and tell the whole truth in front of everyone!
M: That you better not even think of harming her daughter. Because if you do, she will come and confront you in your own house, and tell the whole truth in front of everyone!
Listening in on another phone, Frigida’s mouth drops open
with shock. Rosa is looking mighty impactada herself.
Avances: Pato is p*ssed at
Rod and tells him to go find Luci to make up. Rod encounters Luci on the street.
Labels: refugio
Monday, July 09, 2012
Abismo de pasión #84 7/9/12: Kenia Floats to the Surface while Flor Sinks Her Claws into Dam
Lo Refrito
We are treated again to a crying, pathetic Pal and an abuela who assures her it's not the end of the world. Pal insists that it is. We also get to relive the creepy preparations made by Alf. Drunk Dumbian (kid, you got a future in recapping) stumbles home. Flor attacks. Toad and Elisa talk. She gets herself penciled onto Cyn's Dumb Chicks List by suggesting that Carmina is redeemable. Toad head gives his approval of Elisa and Dumbian's relationship...even though it is going to mean Elisa gets a MIL from hell.
Lo Nuevo
Witch Mountain
Paloma is no where to be found! Ramona calls and calls, but alas, Paloma does not answer.
Casa Arango
Flor is convinced they can fix their problems.Flor is willing to do anything to get Dumbian back. He wants her to prove she loves him and that she can get Elisa out of his system. Flor obliges and is pretty sure her lips, caresses and body can help him forget.
Casa Lupe's
Ramona is looking for Pal and she's pithed thinking that Pal is there. She finds out Gael and Pal broke up. Gael offers to help look. Ramona tells him to stay away from her granddaughter.
...But the next morning at the Cenote
Ramona is in a panic when Gael shows up. Pal was gone all night and Ramona has no idea where she is! Out of the corner of her eye Ramona sees the floating body of Kenia. Gael swims out to investigate while Ramona panics. Gael confirms the woman is dead. Lots of screaming from Ramona (Note: Vestuario was very careful to dress Pal in red on Friday and Kenia is also wearing red. Kudos.) Gael explains that the body is in bad shape and it can't be Paloma. It's in such bad shape he can even ID the body. The authorities need to be called.
Don Lucio's
Turns out Pal went looking for Elisa last night at Don Lucio's, but since it was so late he offered to let her stay at his house. Lucio tells Pal to talk to Elisa about why she went back home. Pathetic Pal whines about being in love with someone who doesn't return the feeling.
Padre Lupe's
Elisa comes looking for Dam. Padre lets her know he's back at Casa Arango. She asks Padre if he told Damian the truth, but of course he didn't do something as plot advancing too fast as that. He figured it was Elisa's right to do that. She knows Padre Lupe convinced Carmina to tell truth; how did he know? He didn't KNOW KNOW he just, you know, intuited it. Steffie was such an exemplary woman incapable of betraying ToadHead. ToadHead was the love of her life. She loved him until her last moment. He offers sweets and encourages Elisa to go see Dam and Casa Arango. He'll be SO HAPPY to see her. Yeah. Right. I saw the avances.
Casa Arango
Tonia wants to know if she should wake the children. Alf tells her not to disturb them and that they are back together. When Tonia notes that Flor and Damian were TOGETHER, Alf chides her. It's not like their sleeping together were a sin (weeeell, what would Padre Lupe say??) Today things are very different and besides, they are back together. Tonia is just as gobsmacked as Viewerville at the speed in which those two resumed the knocking of the boots. She promises to be discreet and not tell anyone. Alf, however, would like Tonia to flap her gums and wag her tongue from La Ermita all the way to the DF. Word must get out!
Blanquita's Carnicería (That is just so.damn.wrong.)
Carmina slaps the mutton out of Horacio's chops. She is pithed that not only are the plane tickets not in her possession, but Gab laughed at her (oh! the nerve!) She threatens to tell Lola the truth about Horacio and Horacio threatens to tell the truth about the plane tickets to Disgusto.
Road in the Vicinity of La Ermita and Witch Mountain
Quique encounters Paloma alone and crying. He offers her a ride and we finally get to see some chemistry with Pal and a guy. GAEL IS NOT FOR YOU, CHICK!
Casa Arango
Elisa insists on seeing Dam. Tonia tries to get rid of her by offering tell Dam she was there and suggests he meet her somewhere (anywhere!) Elisa says it's urgent she talk to Dam. Tonia offers to get Dam while Elisa waits outside, but they are interrupted by the ever-so-helpful Alf who draws a map so Elisa can go to Dam's room at the end of the hall. Wasn't that sweet of her? Hell no. Just as the avances showed us, Elisa happens upon Dam and Flor post en flagrante delicto. Did you notice Tonia's face? She's starting to really see how evil her patrona is!
Casa Arango-Dining Room
Tonia doesn't think what Alf did was very nice. Alf disagrees. She's finally solved the Elisa problem. Elisa enters and Alf asks if she got to see and talk to Damián. Alf offers to wake him. Elisa turns down the offer and asks Alf not to tell Dam she was there. For once Alf is going to respect someone's wishes. Elisa leaves and Alf instructs Tonia to tell the driver to be ready to take her to Mérida.
As Elisa leaves (weeping) she runs into Gab who drops the "I'm buying Cielo Abierto" bomb.
Meanwhile in the recámara of revolting reconciliations Flor thanks Dam for last night. She asks if he remembers what he said to her: that he needed her and that Elisa was nothing to him. Dam asks For to forgive him, but she says there is nothing to forgive him for. He says he and Elisa are an impossibility. Flor leaves and Dam looks for the amulet.
Street La Ermita
Gael happens upon Elisa and mistakes her as a streetwalker from behind...no not really...she's just dressed that way. What really happened was Gael asked if Elisa knew where Pal was. She hasn't been home all night and there was this body floating in front of the hut and it was icky and swollen and horrible and *shudder*. Elisa thinks it must have been terrible.
Casa Arango-Alf's Den
Dam wants to know where his amulet is. Alf plays innocent. He leaves to go to the Pro Ce and Alf tells him she is glad he is rebuilding his life and hopes he rebuilds his relationship with Flor. Alf gives him the engagement ring.
Back in the Casa Arango-Kitchen
Gab comes in, sloppily eats an apple and asks Chente Inútil how's it going with the ladies. They talk trash about the ladies and Chente hints that he knows there used to be something between Gab and his mother. Gab says there was nothing more than a few kisses. Oh and how convenient, Brau overhears it!! He bursts in and challenges Gab to say it again to his face.
Casa Arango Pool
Flor and Dam at breakfast. He gives her the ring and says they must marry ASAP(check out his face...happy is not the word.) After the commercial break Flor notes his misery and he explains all the great reasons they should get married: it's a knee jerk decision made in the aftermath of learning a horrible truth about the one he loves and he needs to cling to something so as not to sink (I took a little licence.) Flor gets that, but she needs certain assurances that Dam won't go running back to Elisa. He finally tells Flor that Elisa is his hermana. Flor is thrilled.
In the kitchen Brau is still pithed and want to get into it with Brau. Chente Inútil tells Brau Gab can best him in a fight. Tonia comes in and throws metaphoric water on the fighting dogs. Brau makes Gab leave. Brau confonts Tonia about what he heard.
CSI Laguna Azul
Kenia's yet to be identified body is taken away in a body bag. Ramona talks to the CSI investigator and asks where they are taking the body (to the morgue.) She rehashes the why and how of the discovery of the body. The officer confirms that the woman they found has been dead for several days. Ramona then starts to ask about finding Paloma when Pal and Enrique walk up. Pal is mortified and thinks Ramona called the cops and the ambulance because of her. Ramona is glad to see Pal, but then mad at her for spending the night with Quique. Quique swears he just gave her a ride (and I bet inside he was praying he wouldn't get turned to a toad.) Pal explains she was with Don Lucio and Ramona explains about the dead woman.
Filler Pro Ce Scene
ING comes to see Gab. Maru asks about her daughter. ING tells Maru her daughter left a week ago.
Back to Brau
He is pithed. Chente says he lied. Brau asks why and Chente says it was wishful thinking. Gab is the bomb. Chente is very insulting and tells Brau he's nothing and he would give anything to have a dad like Gab. THWAP! Brau hits Chente. Chente's rag looks just like his dad's (meaning Gab's.)
Ramona's Hut
Gael and Elisa have arrived. Pal is very cool to both. Elisa wants to talk to her, but Pal tells her she doesn't want to and has to go to work. Gael offers to walk her and she turns him down. Exit Pal. Ramona tells Gael again that she doesn't want him near her granddaughter. She tells him to leave and not come back. She tells Elisa to stay because she wants to talk to her. And it's a good thing I record LQNPA too or I wouldn't have the last 5ish minutes of tonight's episode because Looneyvision's scheduling monkeys SUCK!
*ahem* Anyhoo....Ramona tells Elisa about Gael and Pal's break up. She tells Elisa that Pal hurts when she sees Gael with Elisa and Gael hurts when he sees Elisa with Gael. Elisa better do something about the situation (what the heck does Ramona expect her to do?)
Casa Arango
Alf gives Gab a check for the deposit on Casa Abierto and tells him to deposit it in his name so there are no suspicions. She's on her way to Mérida and as she leaves she tells Gab that Dam is back in charge. Gab grits his teeth.
Outside the house Alf is met by Flor who shows her the ring. Alf is even surprised how fast that happened. Flor tells her that Dam says it's urgent they marry soon. Flor wants to know why Alf didn't tell her about the sibling business sooner? Alf tells her she didn't know, either and is was quite a nasty surprise. Flor thinks that now she won't have to have child, but Alf disagrees. It's still imperative that Flor get pregnant. She wants a grandchild...now! And a child is the perfect weapon for keeping a man (day-um Rosendo must have been one miserable guy!) Flor fires back that it sure didn't work with Rosendo. He left her for another woman even though she had a child. Alf says Dam is very different, she made sure of that. Flor tells Alf to get her dad out of jail and she needs money. Alf reminds her that her dad stole her money and she'll have to wait. If Flor wants money, she needs to pray she made a baby last night. Holy crap this woman is well-dressed hell on wheels!
We are treated again to a crying, pathetic Pal and an abuela who assures her it's not the end of the world. Pal insists that it is. We also get to relive the creepy preparations made by Alf. Drunk Dumbian (kid, you got a future in recapping) stumbles home. Flor attacks. Toad and Elisa talk. She gets herself penciled onto Cyn's Dumb Chicks List by suggesting that Carmina is redeemable. Toad head gives his approval of Elisa and Dumbian's relationship...even though it is going to mean Elisa gets a MIL from hell.
Lo Nuevo
Witch Mountain
Paloma is no where to be found! Ramona calls and calls, but alas, Paloma does not answer.
Casa Arango
Flor is convinced they can fix their problems.Flor is willing to do anything to get Dumbian back. He wants her to prove she loves him and that she can get Elisa out of his system. Flor obliges and is pretty sure her lips, caresses and body can help him forget.
Casa Lupe's
Ramona is looking for Pal and she's pithed thinking that Pal is there. She finds out Gael and Pal broke up. Gael offers to help look. Ramona tells him to stay away from her granddaughter.
...But the next morning at the Cenote
Ramona is in a panic when Gael shows up. Pal was gone all night and Ramona has no idea where she is! Out of the corner of her eye Ramona sees the floating body of Kenia. Gael swims out to investigate while Ramona panics. Gael confirms the woman is dead. Lots of screaming from Ramona (Note: Vestuario was very careful to dress Pal in red on Friday and Kenia is also wearing red. Kudos.) Gael explains that the body is in bad shape and it can't be Paloma. It's in such bad shape he can even ID the body. The authorities need to be called.
Don Lucio's
Turns out Pal went looking for Elisa last night at Don Lucio's, but since it was so late he offered to let her stay at his house. Lucio tells Pal to talk to Elisa about why she went back home. Pathetic Pal whines about being in love with someone who doesn't return the feeling.
Padre Lupe's
Elisa comes looking for Dam. Padre lets her know he's back at Casa Arango. She asks Padre if he told Damian the truth, but of course he didn't do something as plot advancing too fast as that. He figured it was Elisa's right to do that. She knows Padre Lupe convinced Carmina to tell truth; how did he know? He didn't KNOW KNOW he just, you know, intuited it. Steffie was such an exemplary woman incapable of betraying ToadHead. ToadHead was the love of her life. She loved him until her last moment. He offers sweets and encourages Elisa to go see Dam and Casa Arango. He'll be SO HAPPY to see her. Yeah. Right. I saw the avances.
Casa Arango
Tonia wants to know if she should wake the children. Alf tells her not to disturb them and that they are back together. When Tonia notes that Flor and Damian were TOGETHER, Alf chides her. It's not like their sleeping together were a sin (weeeell, what would Padre Lupe say??) Today things are very different and besides, they are back together. Tonia is just as gobsmacked as Viewerville at the speed in which those two resumed the knocking of the boots. She promises to be discreet and not tell anyone. Alf, however, would like Tonia to flap her gums and wag her tongue from La Ermita all the way to the DF. Word must get out!
Blanquita's Carnicería (That is just so.damn.wrong.)
Carmina slaps the mutton out of Horacio's chops. She is pithed that not only are the plane tickets not in her possession, but Gab laughed at her (oh! the nerve!) She threatens to tell Lola the truth about Horacio and Horacio threatens to tell the truth about the plane tickets to Disgusto.
Road in the Vicinity of La Ermita and Witch Mountain
Quique encounters Paloma alone and crying. He offers her a ride and we finally get to see some chemistry with Pal and a guy. GAEL IS NOT FOR YOU, CHICK!
Casa Arango
Elisa insists on seeing Dam. Tonia tries to get rid of her by offering tell Dam she was there and suggests he meet her somewhere (anywhere!) Elisa says it's urgent she talk to Dam. Tonia offers to get Dam while Elisa waits outside, but they are interrupted by the ever-so-helpful Alf who draws a map so Elisa can go to Dam's room at the end of the hall. Wasn't that sweet of her? Hell no. Just as the avances showed us, Elisa happens upon Dam and Flor post en flagrante delicto. Did you notice Tonia's face? She's starting to really see how evil her patrona is!
Casa Arango-Dining Room
Tonia doesn't think what Alf did was very nice. Alf disagrees. She's finally solved the Elisa problem. Elisa enters and Alf asks if she got to see and talk to Damián. Alf offers to wake him. Elisa turns down the offer and asks Alf not to tell Dam she was there. For once Alf is going to respect someone's wishes. Elisa leaves and Alf instructs Tonia to tell the driver to be ready to take her to Mérida.
As Elisa leaves (weeping) she runs into Gab who drops the "I'm buying Cielo Abierto" bomb.
Meanwhile in the recámara of revolting reconciliations Flor thanks Dam for last night. She asks if he remembers what he said to her: that he needed her and that Elisa was nothing to him. Dam asks For to forgive him, but she says there is nothing to forgive him for. He says he and Elisa are an impossibility. Flor leaves and Dam looks for the amulet.
Street La Ermita
Gael happens upon Elisa and mistakes her as a streetwalker from behind...no not really...she's just dressed that way. What really happened was Gael asked if Elisa knew where Pal was. She hasn't been home all night and there was this body floating in front of the hut and it was icky and swollen and horrible and *shudder*. Elisa thinks it must have been terrible.
Casa Arango-Alf's Den
Dam wants to know where his amulet is. Alf plays innocent. He leaves to go to the Pro Ce and Alf tells him she is glad he is rebuilding his life and hopes he rebuilds his relationship with Flor. Alf gives him the engagement ring.
Back in the Casa Arango-Kitchen
Gab comes in, sloppily eats an apple and asks Chente Inútil how's it going with the ladies. They talk trash about the ladies and Chente hints that he knows there used to be something between Gab and his mother. Gab says there was nothing more than a few kisses. Oh and how convenient, Brau overhears it!! He bursts in and challenges Gab to say it again to his face.
Casa Arango Pool
Flor and Dam at breakfast. He gives her the ring and says they must marry ASAP(check out his face...happy is not the word.) After the commercial break Flor notes his misery and he explains all the great reasons they should get married: it's a knee jerk decision made in the aftermath of learning a horrible truth about the one he loves and he needs to cling to something so as not to sink (I took a little licence.) Flor gets that, but she needs certain assurances that Dam won't go running back to Elisa. He finally tells Flor that Elisa is his hermana. Flor is thrilled.
In the kitchen Brau is still pithed and want to get into it with Brau. Chente Inútil tells Brau Gab can best him in a fight. Tonia comes in and throws metaphoric water on the fighting dogs. Brau makes Gab leave. Brau confonts Tonia about what he heard.
CSI Laguna Azul
Kenia's yet to be identified body is taken away in a body bag. Ramona talks to the CSI investigator and asks where they are taking the body (to the morgue.) She rehashes the why and how of the discovery of the body. The officer confirms that the woman they found has been dead for several days. Ramona then starts to ask about finding Paloma when Pal and Enrique walk up. Pal is mortified and thinks Ramona called the cops and the ambulance because of her. Ramona is glad to see Pal, but then mad at her for spending the night with Quique. Quique swears he just gave her a ride (and I bet inside he was praying he wouldn't get turned to a toad.) Pal explains she was with Don Lucio and Ramona explains about the dead woman.
Filler Pro Ce Scene
ING comes to see Gab. Maru asks about her daughter. ING tells Maru her daughter left a week ago.
Back to Brau
He is pithed. Chente says he lied. Brau asks why and Chente says it was wishful thinking. Gab is the bomb. Chente is very insulting and tells Brau he's nothing and he would give anything to have a dad like Gab. THWAP! Brau hits Chente. Chente's rag looks just like his dad's (meaning Gab's.)
Ramona's Hut
Gael and Elisa have arrived. Pal is very cool to both. Elisa wants to talk to her, but Pal tells her she doesn't want to and has to go to work. Gael offers to walk her and she turns him down. Exit Pal. Ramona tells Gael again that she doesn't want him near her granddaughter. She tells him to leave and not come back. She tells Elisa to stay because she wants to talk to her. And it's a good thing I record LQNPA too or I wouldn't have the last 5ish minutes of tonight's episode because Looneyvision's scheduling monkeys SUCK!
*ahem* Anyhoo....Ramona tells Elisa about Gael and Pal's break up. She tells Elisa that Pal hurts when she sees Gael with Elisa and Gael hurts when he sees Elisa with Gael. Elisa better do something about the situation (what the heck does Ramona expect her to do?)
Casa Arango
Alf gives Gab a check for the deposit on Casa Abierto and tells him to deposit it in his name so there are no suspicions. She's on her way to Mérida and as she leaves she tells Gab that Dam is back in charge. Gab grits his teeth.
Outside the house Alf is met by Flor who shows her the ring. Alf is even surprised how fast that happened. Flor tells her that Dam says it's urgent they marry soon. Flor wants to know why Alf didn't tell her about the sibling business sooner? Alf tells her she didn't know, either and is was quite a nasty surprise. Flor thinks that now she won't have to have child, but Alf disagrees. It's still imperative that Flor get pregnant. She wants a grandchild...now! And a child is the perfect weapon for keeping a man (day-um Rosendo must have been one miserable guy!) Flor fires back that it sure didn't work with Rosendo. He left her for another woman even though she had a child. Alf says Dam is very different, she made sure of that. Flor tells Alf to get her dad out of jail and she needs money. Alf reminds her that her dad stole her money and she'll have to wait. If Flor wants money, she needs to pray she made a baby last night. Holy crap this woman is well-dressed hell on wheels!
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