Saturday, April 20, 2013
Qué Bonito Amor #5 (Mex 7-8.1) Friday 4/19/13 Can The New Cock On The Block Crow Or No?
Cap #7 thru1/2 of 8
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[Reminder Against Comparisons: Gang, please remember that a great number of us have never seen the original and in your discussions it is sometimes impossible to avoid spoilers because we have no idea if the refrito will be true to that part of the story or what the writers may have in mind. You may wish to have a separate discussion under your own posting page. I hope you'll understand and if a comment or two goes missing that will be why. --ed.]
Parte 1~~
Lo
del Pasado:
King of the Cock-walk, aka, El Coloso,
aka El Celoso of the colossal ego, has told his posse musical he’s gonna teach El
Pocho a lesson and warns Santos/Jorge Alfredo to stay the heck away from
Maria. Santos, desde Los Alphas, doesn’t
take guff from anybody, least-wise from some hick from the Mexican sticks who
drives around in a hoopty car with a
ginormous sombrero de charro stuck on its roof and 7 charro bobble-heads
wobbling when warbling on his dashboard, not to mention a pet rooster he
babies. Naw, who the heck was Coloso to
tell anybody who can or cannot hang
around with Maria? Up in Maria’s humble
abode, meanwhile, Amalia has asked Maria if she’s fallen in love with this
Jorge Alfredo. Maria hesitates (like she really has to think that one
through?).
Lo
del Nuevo:
Santos
blows off Coloso’s threats. As
for being king cock, Santo’s smiles back with just a hint of condescension like
he figure’s Coloso’s more like an average dick. “—Kings make me laugh, and…
they’re old fashioned [pasado de moda].” Santos pushes his way through the
posse and says he’s got better things to do with his time than stand around yammering. Coloso has to be held back. Nobody in the colonia needs a scandalous
ruckus right now, the posse warns him.
After duly dissing Col [la col = a head
of cabbage, BTW] Santos/Jorge Alfredo returns to his fleabag of a room to get
some sleep. He tosses and turns. Maria does the same in her bed. Each is thinking of the other and whether
they should allow this romantic sentiment to take hold since both know he’s
heading back to L.A. in a few weeks.
Across town, Milamores is stepping out
with a well-heeled married woman whose husband apparently mistreats and
mentally abuses her. Mil gives her his
philosophy on the proper treatment of the female of the species and then he and
she go at it hot and heavy on the couch.
At the same time, one of the others in
the band (Baritono?) in his crappy hotel room? Dressing room? is on the phone
with his wife. He misses his Missus and
kids; per her request he serenades the missus a cappella through his cellphone. FF>>
At Cheating Wife’s house again,
Abusive Hubby is heard opening the door so Mil races to hide behind the
stairway. He hears Hubmonster’s verbal
abuse and grumbles to himself about it.
The next day, the street noises
outside his window wake Santos. He thinks to himself that he can’t believe
what’s happened to him, and tells himself that he can’t continue to live like
this; that he has to get back to clear his name.
At the same time that mornning, Maria
is packing up breakfast and some cleaning supplies for Jorge. Mama tries to suggest that Maria tamp down
the emotional side of this relationship because the young man (she calls him
“boy”, but I just cannot!) is going to leave Mexico and return home soon. Their discussion is cut short with Isa’s
rambunctious entrance. Maria needs to
hurry away so she can walk Isa safely to school.
Back in L.A., Comandante Derecho y
Deshecho tells his goofy Lt. Curtis (who, IMNSHO, dressed in that skin-tight
60’s-retro black body dress and blazer, gives Emma Peel anything but a run for her money) that he feels
some international gang is probably helping out Santos. He will find out just whom that is, or die
trying. Lt. Curtis swoons. (Since the
two are going on a date of sorts to see The Rolling Stones together??? can we
assume they’re an item now—or soon to be?) He’s going to find out if Santos is still in
El Paso, Tx, or if he went back to Mexico City.
Either way they’re sure to catch him soon, he tells her. FF>> FF>>
Maria arrives at Jorge’s room with
soap and sheets, a broom and a mop. Yes,
she intends to clean up the disgusting place and make it at least livable for
Jorge while he’s off getting himself cleaned up down the hallway.
Amalia tells herself that her mother’s
intuition is screaming at her that Jorge is probably hiding something from
them. But, all she can do is hope that
this first love will have been something pleasant to remember for Maria once
he’s gone and it’s over with. She prays
to the virgencita to make it so.
Jorge is walking back from the
bathroom when Irasema (Karla Álvarez??!!) a happy hooker also living in this
no-tell hell-hole, spies JA returning from the bathroom and his morning
ablutions. She blocks his way, starts to
flirt, zeroing in on another john. He
politely gets out of her way. A minute
later he stops at the open doorway to his room to marvel at Maria’s Merry Maid
miracle. (So the heck do we!) “--¡Guau!”
He tells Maria he realizes she knows very little about him, but she
should believe him when he tells her she’s the best thing that’s ever happened
to him in his entire life. Again they
share a meaningful stare and nearly kiss… till she catches herself and abruptly
changes the subject to something safe and respectable.
A few minutes after, Irasema seeing
Santos alone from the hallway, walks in and puts the working-girl moves on
him. From the other room, Maria
apparently hears her propositioning Jorge.
She races in to put her possessive, and most respectable, foot down. “—Asunto???” [Your business here is??? –this is always said in a way that implies
the person it’s directed to actually has no business discussing any
business with you.] Maria, telling
Happy Hooker that her “husband”
doesn’t need [her kind of] help, thank
you very much, manages to get rid of irritating Irasema toots-sweet. Santos raises his eyebrows and smiles at
Maria’s …er…street savvy shall we say…..
The word “esposo” sounds pretty good to him, too, we can assume--at
least when Maria mouths it.
Amalia, now, is cooking at home with
Susanito’s mama, Fortune-Telling Neighbor. But the steam is apparently hurting
her wrists. (Can we assume that she
suffers from some kind of debilitating arthritis, or MS?) Susanito arrives with some groceries and the
two women kid him about being such a good boy.
He’ll make somebody a good hubby someday. Not too soon, says his mama, he’s waaaaaaay
too young to consider having a girlfriend.
(Hmmm. What’s the Mexican word
for nebbish? Whatever it is, Mama’s got him
fast-tracking.)
Irasema excuses herself now to Maria
for thinking that he was another prospective john, like most of the men living
in this flop-house. Maria curtly replies
thanks, but they are busy people. Santos
is extremely amused at this scene, Viewerville notes. Yes, I’d be extremely busy myself if my
husband were as handsome as yours, says Ira and leaves. Once she’s gone, JA looks at the bright side
of this particular situation. He tells
Maria that at least this gal was a friendly sort, whereas the guy chasing after
Maria came around to threaten him if he didn’t keep his distance from her. They giggle over El Coloso’s bad boy
attitude.
El Celoso, meanwhile, is home now and
looks up at a large poster of Maria in her charro costume that he has framed
and hanging in his living room. He
remembers how she told him it wasn’t any of his business if she was leaving or
not with El Pocho ése! He decides to pay
a visit to Amalia and tell her what kind of guy her daughter has decided to get
involved with!
A bit later, on the other side of the
colonia, Santos has changed clothes and is remembering what he read about
Michael’s being caught and thrown in jail, and the scandalous way the
newspapers had written up the story.
He’s in one mell of a hess, he is!
Just then in walks Irasema again to explain she wasn’t there to cause a
hassle, just just to make it clear that she doesn’t mess with “prohibited” men;
and she adds, it was quite obvious that his “wife” was very much in love with
him. Cara de “Hmmm” de Santos.
El Celoso now goes looking for Maria
at home and runs into sweet little Isabel playing out front by the stairs. She tells him that Maria went to see JA, and confidentially, she thinks the Maria and
Jorge are sweethearts! El Celoso feels a
sudden case of heartburn coming on and secretly frowns. Cara de say-it-aint-so-Joe! del Coloso.
Meanwhile, Mil and our nebbish
neighbor boy named Su are chatting about the proper treatment and wooing of
women. Mil sees a group of gals standing
by the entrance to the colonia and tries to give Su a lesson in the arts of
womanizing. Works like a charm for
Milamores—he makes it look sooooo easy.
Su doesn’t have the same luck, though, and gets a slap across the
chops. (Ugh. This is painful to watch…..cuz MB is such a believable angelic, mama’s boy.)
Amalia spies Coloso with Isa now and
mentions Maria’s gone out. He invites
himself up for a glass of water.
Back at Santos’ place, over breakfast,
Maria tries to ask about his family, but he avoids telling her more than
there’s really nothing to tell her.
“—Food’s delicious!” He adds,
again in all sincerity, how great it feels to be pampered the way she’s been
pampering him, especially considering all the tons of silly stuff
[burradas=nonsense/gross errors] he’s been mixed up in.
Santos mentions then that Neighbor
Lady made another visit and commented that it was obvious that Maria was in
love with him. Maria hesitates, stares
into his eyes meaningfully once more, and then says that is just a lot of hooey
because he’s leaving in three weeks.
Santos says, well speaking of that, he knows he’s bee abusing her
generosity but now needs to ask her to help him find a job so he can get enough
money together to buy his ticket back to L.A.
She offers to loan him the money, but he refuses to hear of it since he
knows she is financially strapped herself.
She suggests he could work at the bar.
He thinks she means as waiter or a bouncer [garrotero?]. No, she means singing with the band. Oh no!
That’s the last thing in the world he’d ever consider doing, he assures
her! Maria can’t believe it. “--Why not?
You have a marvelous voice!” No,
singing for his supper isn’t an option, y punto!
Back at Maria’s, Col begins
badmouthing JA to Amalia and tells her he thinks the guy is a big liar; that he
is only trying to take advantage of Maria before he leaves town, living at her
expense and well, who knows what!
Suddenly this stranger appears with his load of horse manure about
getting hit over the head and robbed, and having no money. True, he’s been living off Maria’s good will,
agrees Amalia, but he’s not a bad person.
Well, says Oscar hoping to plant more than a few seeds of doubt, as his
dear, departed mama used to say, “’Better safe than sorry.’”
Maria and Santos discuss working at
the bar vs. looking for a mechanic’s job a bit more and then decide to leave to
discuss his options with Don Concho.
Once outside the colonia again, Col
hops into his hoopty de mariachi and rushes over to the little hotel to see if
Maria is still with El Pocho ese who is going to find out what’s what if he has
anything to say about it!
We beam over to Don Concho’s manse
where Elvira-Desira (wearing a mini-kini worthy of a Sports Illustrated cover
shoot) tells her mama, Lourdes (who herself dresses like the ex-madam of a formerly first-rate escort service) that
Jorge Alfredo is a very handsome
man. Don Concho arrives and (seemingly totally oblivious to Elvira’s Playboy centerfold look) tells his two
luxuriating family members that he likes this Jorge Alfredo Vargas guy who is
also from L.A. and very refined and distinguished. Yep, he needs more of those
types of customers filling the seats in his bar, he tells them before rushing
back to the bar. Mama Concho takes all
this into account, and decrees that if Concho is that gung-ho on the guy he
must be good husband/SIL material. She
encourages Desira to try hooking (pun intended) Jorge before he gets away.
Doña Prudencia tells Col he’s come too
late. She just saw Maria and Jorge
Alfredo leave together. Well, when you see him again, please tell Jorgito that El Colosito was here and to tell him they still have some unfinished business together.
Col walks back out and spies the Maria and JA walking across the plaza together, then sneaks a jealous peek from behind a pillar.
Col walks back out and spies the Maria and JA walking across the plaza together, then sneaks a jealous peek from behind a pillar.
--end of parte 1~~
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Parte 2 ~~
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Parte 2 ~~
Meanwhile, kid sis
Paloma, tries knocking on Rodrigo’s front door and playing hide and seek
again. This time, though, maybe Rod’s
not falling for it—or everyone’s gone inside.
Either way, Paloma’s down in the dumps because of it. (Yawn!) FF>>FF>>
Milamores has a chat
in the park with the abused Cheating Housewife, Roxana. He gets really angry when he sees the beating
she got from Hubmonster, Regino, and urges her to leave him already. She is
afraid to because he’ll come looking for her and will want to get even with her
for leaving him. FF>>
Back at Maria’s again,
Amalia gives cooking lessons to Paloma and Isa.
Across the barrio, in
another colonia, Oscar’s ex-girlfriend, Gloria, looks at a medallion and tearfully
remembers her courtship with Oscar multiple moons ago, and his empty promises
that nothing will ever separate them.
They and their little crumb-crunchers will live happily ever after. She laments now her apparent battle with breast
cancer. (We get a pink-ribboned PSA style
soliloquy about her fear to do monthly self-exams so that something like this
could have been avoided.)
At the bar, the band
is coming to get ready for the evening’s business. Maria has asked about JA’s possibly working
in the bar or singing with the group.
The band members object because he isn’t documented/has no papers. Heck, they don’t even know if he’s a real
mechanic or not, they tell her. JA walks
in on them and insists that he is. (I
suppose he got his degree in The States as an auto engineer, right?) The band does a major eye-roll.
El Coloso celoso,
meanwhile, is driving to the bar, griping the entire way about seeing JA and
Maria together. “—What a pretty pair those
two are!” Suddenly, his mariachi-mobile conks out on him
a few blocks away from work and in the middle of traffic. (Boo-hoo.)
Maria tries convincing
Jorge to tell the gang he can sing. Mil
wants to hear more, but JA refuses to discuss it. Maria tells the band how well he can sing. “—Won’t there be a problem asking a favor
like that from Coloso?” Why, if it’s to
earn enough to pay for a ticket back to L.A., asks Mil? Don Concho arrives and Maria hurries in to
discuss this with him.
Don Concho Is more
upset to find out Jorge Alfredo lied to him and is really only a lowly car mechanic
instead of a rich, cultured American. He
refuses to hire such a liar, he argues.
But he isn’t, Maria says, he simply needs a ticket back to L.A. because
he got robbed. Not his problem, says Don
Concho. “--The guy hasn’t got any papers!!
I’m not going to get mixed up with a guy who doesn’t have identification and
you shouldn’t either!!” Maria tells
Concho then that she knows he’s always on the lookout for people who might have
a good voice and that Jorge Alfred has a spectacular one.
Mil Amores tells JA,
meanwhile, not to get his hopes up cuz more than likely, Don Concho will
refuse. Su tells him his mother has a
small shop and she might be able to offer him something.
Coloso walks in at this
point and gets angry when he sees his buddies jawing with JA instead of
rehearsing. He gives Santos grief about
always hanging around their bar, then tells him he cam by for a visit. Santos asks suspiciously why it was so
important to know where he lives. Col slaps him on the arm like they’re best
buds. “--Oh, it was only a friendly
[cordial] visit….. in case you ever happen to need something…..” Maria races and to let Jorge and the others know
that she got him work as a singer. JA
isn’t a happy camper—but then neither is El Coloso. “--Waddayamean El Pochito is going to sing
with us!!!?????”
It seems Jorge Alfredo
suffers from a bad case of the bashfuls [estar tímido]. He wouldn’t dare think of standing up on a
stage and singing! Col hears the
discussion and starts giving Santos grief about it. Just then Don Concho walks out of his office
and yells for Jorge to see if he’s ready to sing. Oh, he’s ready, he says, he’s ready to run the
heck out of there. This cracks the band up
and they enjoy a belly laugh at Santos’s expense. Maria promises then to explain to Don Concho
and not force the issue, but Don Concho reminds her that she agreed that if the
guy couldn’t sing he’d fire her. Coloso
gets upset and says the guy’s a no-good liar that’s got Maria bamboozled and she
shouldn’t be made to pay for his lies. Santos/JA
turns around and screams back at him that he’s no liar! Tough nutz, cuz Don Concho screams back that
if the guy doesn’t sing like she told him then both of them can pick up their
stuff right now and hit the street!
Santos gives in. What song should he sing? Coloso is one pissed off cockerel. “--Sing??? What song should he sing???? You can’t sing!!!” “—Yes, I can sing!!!” Col turns to the boss. “--Hey, Don Concho, it’s one thing for him to
make up things to Maria, but it’s quite another for him to go telling you
stories! [cuentear]” Don Concho yells at the both of them that he
says the guy is going to sing for them and that’s an order!! No buts about it!! Coloso asks Don Concho to let him choose the
song, then, that JA has to sing. Ok. Don Concho warns JA to sing like he means it
cuz Maria is involved.
Lourdes, meanwhile,
goes shopping with daughter Desira for dressed-to-kill wear. The dress Desira tries on is “extremely
daring” according to our flirting young floozie with the basketball-sized
pocket-protectors. All the better to snag Jorge with, my dear, advises
Lewdes. “—There are two ways to win a
man, either through his belly or the advantageous use of your physical…assets.”
Back in their dressing
room, Coloso explains the plan to give El Pocho the kind of song that will do
him in right away. Mil reminds him that
Maria will be run out of the place just like Jorge if that happens. Is he willing to do that to Maria? No way, says Coloso. They’ll all just go on strike and follow her
out if when he runs her off. What’s Don
Concho going to do without a band, right?
At the same time, Santos
tells Maria that he never has wanted to sing it’s just not him! “—How could this be happening! Ay yai yai!
Dear gawd!” Such an absurd idea never even crossed his
mind! She tries calming him down and
telling him she knows he has a beautiful voice.
He’ll do great. Yeah, but he just
doesn’t want her getting hurt because of this thing. He’s so tired of relying on her generosity
and decency. “--And, the next time that I
hear Don Concho has mistreated you, I won’t be responsible!” [Yo no respondo = I
won’t answer for my actions as a result!]
Maria smiles at this protective stance of his.
Don Concho yells over
at him that it’s time for him to sing.
Get to it. Yeah, what’s one more
humiliation after all the others, he tells Maria as he prepares himself. Coloso tells the “hombrecito compadrito” that the song he’ll have to sing is Ay,
Jalisco, No Te Rajes. Maria becomes
incensed and immediately objects.
“—That’s too difficult a song for most any mariachi singer!” Doesn’t matter to Don Concho. “-- All the
better!” Let the chips fall where they
may. He either sings or he’s
owdader! El Coloso quips to Pichi the
barkeep to go ahead and open the door cuz El Pocho is going to be flying
through it shortly. The guys in the band snicker loudly in the background.
Santos sets the
condition that if he does well with the song, then Coloso has to stop calling
him “Pochito”. Col accepts. “Uno, dos,
¡arrancanse! [Start her up!]” Santos
begins singing, but it’s very weak and just way too
robotic. He apparently forgets some of the lyrics, too. The camera pans to the shocked disappointment
on Maria and the bargirls’ faces, then to Don Concho’s disgusted cara de I-knew-it! Even El Coloso’s pet rooster is hard put to
shake a tail feather! (And, that has got to be the best
scene of the whole night!)
Santos sees the
shocked look on Maria’s and the other’s faces, and tries improving the
performance, but it just ain’t happenin’. Don Concho calls it quits and then starts
screaming for Jorge and Maria to grab their stuff and hit the road!!
Labels: QBA
PEAM #30-4/19/13: Breaking News: All of Avon Gathers at La Fontaine for Dinner, There Was an Incident, Film at Eleven.
We start this epi with that cab ride to Vero's with Xochi and Chucho. They arrive and Xochi kisses Chucho. He is very verklempt and doesn't know what to do. Xochi finally stops and apologizes for being so impulsive. Chucho doesn't say anything, he can't think of anything to say. Chucho pays the cabdriver, he is the same one that he owed money to before. The cabdriver is estatic, paid twice on the same day, Yahoo! Xochi runs out of the cab, ahead of Chucho and knocks on the door. Chucho is lagging behind.
Meanwhile, Fern is in the office looking for Discua, and Jess runs into him. He wants to know where Discua is. Jess is only too glad to tell him Discua is going to La Fontaine this evening with Don Gilberto. Fern is pithed, cause for some reason, he claims that Discua is "his" and only "his". Jess is so not pleased.
Ricardo and Maricela arrive at La Fontaine in that old beater car. The valet actually parks the car. Ricardo thinks to himself how much he adores Maricela. The same Maitre d' is there and asks if they have a reservation, nopis, but does he happen to know who Maricela's Papa is? He's a big wig in the bidness world and she better be getting a table this said in English and on top of that she wants the best champagne!
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Labels: Manda
Friday, April 19, 2013
TELEMUNDO Y MAS - week of April 22
Buona sera. Now that the drama of the manhunt in Boston is over, we can guiltessly watch the drama of telenovelas. Some of you know that I have put Spanish things aside while I try and learn some Italian for a trip to Sicily this summer. (I confess that I am watching the rerun of Pasión de Gavilanes on Mun2 - I love that novela and they are showing it with English subtitles whether you can get cc3 on your TV or not.) I have been watching a little Italian TV including an italian novela and an incomprehensible game show.
Over to you.
Ciao!!
Over to you.
Ciao!!
Labels: cielos, patrona, prohibida, telemundo
Weekend Discussion: ¡Musica Latina!
Most
outsiders to our particular world probably don't know much about
Latin music and I feel bad for them. They don't get that there are
as many genres and subgenres as in anything else. Some get stupidly
xenophobic over the language; I called out a friend on this one once
because she's willing to listen to Italian opera on the radio when
she doesn't speak Italian. She also listens to Celtic music whose
lyrics are indecipherable and in a language she has no patience to
learn. There was definite cultural bigotry going on.
When you
watch novelas, Latin music is part of the package. Whether it's
baladas, boleros, urbano, salsa, son, or Mexican Regional in its
various flavors, you hear the sounds and – we hope – feel the
rhythms.
Of
course, we also sometimes hear flamenco and its offshoots, like Gypsy
Rock (which is what The Gipsy Kings call their sound).
My love of Latin music starts with ranchera and its current stars and I love introducing people to it. One friend eagerly took the plunge with me at Madison Square Garden a few years ago to hear Vicente Fernandez and his colorful opening act, Paquita la del Barrio. When I translated the lyrics of "Rata de dos patas" to her she laughed along with all the women in the audience.
What
Latin music does it for you? Who makes you dance, sing, cry, want a
booty call? Digame, amigos.
Labels: weekend
Qué Bonito Amor #4 (Mex 5.2-6) Thursday 4/18/13 Que Bonito Tentación!
You know how in Spanish class they have you pick a "Spanish" name just to get in the mood? And how when Pasion finally aired, we were all so giddy (ok, some of us were giddy) we picked pirate names? Well, how about for this one, we all pick mariachi names! (I'm going to pretend a great cheer of general agreement went up at that suggestion.)
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Labels: QBA
Amores Verdaderos #112 Thu 4/18/13 Ana Martin’s Death Stare
* Lo refrito: in the funeral home Candelaria is crying over Cristina’s coffin. She remembers back to that lame typed letter “Aníbal” sent her and she thinks that Cristina didn’t deserve the rejection of her father.
* Lo nuevo: Liliana and Big Angel are grieving at the other side of the coffin. Lili can’t live without Cris, she’ll miss her much. Opalina arrives at the funeral home, just in time to say a few consoling words to Arriaga, who’s on the verge of a nervous breakdown. He says he won’t be able to stay there much longer, he can’t live without Cris, and it was him who killed her. Opalina assures him that he’s always been a strong man, and now he has to stay strong for her daughter. Cris’ll always live in his heart and she’ll guide him to find a way to overcome this loss.
Labels: Amores
Thursday, April 18, 2013
PEAM #29-The Ice Princess is Melting, Please Speak into the Microphone and Its Not Funny!
Xochy is whispering to Jesus on the phone-
Discua loudly asks Ferny if he is going to the Public Ministry
office, shhhhh!! She just wanted to know if he was going
there and if he needed anything.
It’s a secret; no one should know that he is going. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzz.
(Wink, wink) He is just going to
run out. Jesus asks for Alma, but
Xochy tells her that she went out a little while ago.
Pati meets Alma for lunch and lets her know that she just
saw Jesus and she is worried about him.
Xochy lets Jesus know that Ferny is going to the Public Ministry. Jesus calls Delia to find out why she
was contacting Ferny. She still has doubts about the empty warehouse and is continuing
her routine investigation. It’s
strange that after attacking him at his house the warehouse is completely
empty. Hmmm.
Pati tells Alma that Jesus misses Alma. She lies and tells Alma that he clearly
told her that he would love to return to Avon and work alongside Alma. Alma finds it hard to believe because it
was no picnic working with Ferny and he needed to earn more money for his
daughter. According to Pati, Ferny
is a saint compared to Jesus’ new boss.
Alma doesn’t believe her.
Pati throws out a love comment, and then takes it back but it leaves
Alma thinking.
Ferny meets his brother and the lawyer outside of the Public
Ministry Office and the lawyer instructs him to only answer what he is asked. Rogue tells Fern to call him and leave
his phone on so that Rogue can hear everything that is said. Ferny is worried that they know about
the money. The lawyer says that if
they knew anything then he would have been arrested.
The secretaries ask Discua, if she had any idea as to why
the Public Ministry Office wanted to talk to Ferny.
Alma and Pati return to Avon and Susana. Alma wants to know why they are not
working? When do they work?? Susana
tells Alma that Ferny had to go to the Public Ministry office. (Wink)
Discua answers the phone for Alma. It’s her daughter?????
It’s a little girl, wink.
The lawyer accompanies Ferny to the Public Ministry office visit. Ferny tries to sweet-talk the agent but
its not working and she doesn’t want any part of the lawyer’s participation
either. She wants to know what Ferny has to do with the warehouse. The agent shuts Cantu down. She doesn’t
want to hear from him. She will ask the questions!!! Cantu reminds her that
Ferny came on his own. F looks
could kill, the agent continues.
She asks Ferny what Information does he have on the warehouse at 43 Independence
Avenue.
A sad Valentina talks to Alma. She is sad and is crying because Papa Elias is not returning
home. She had spoken to he Papa
Jesus via computer. She misses him.
Why doesn’t he work at Avon??
He is at the new job because he has a better job. Valentina likes Alma as a friend. (Valentina is an old soul)
The Ice Princess is at Avon and meets Discua Paz de la
Soledad. She then meets Xochy and
sizes her up mentally, while sanitizing her hands. She checks up on Jesus, oh because of her daughter. You know
that he has a daughter? Xochy tells her that he works for Orion. Alma asks why the Ice Princess is here?
She wants to talk to Xochy. Xochy
says that the Ice Princess wants to know about Jesus’ whereabouts. It’s a good
thing that no one works as a CIA agent, because no information is scared here.
The lawyer wants proof, but the agent says that it’s only a
conversation.
The agent says that Jesus was attacked by two men and that
Jesus recognized one of the men.
The wonders if Ferny knows anything about this, he looks a little
nervous. It’s just the pressures
of the job. She knows that Jesus
went to that warehouse to get a package from one of the men that attacked him
and Ferny sent Jesus. Rogue is peeved that it is a known fact that Ferny sent
Jesus to the warehouse for the package.
Ferny says that that the package was for his brother, Rogue (no honor
among thieves). The lawyer nudges
Ferny. They were special Turkish cigars.
Rogue is livid. Why was he
surprised that his brother is such an idiot?? The lawyer is working on the agent’s nerves. She is not falling for any of his
foolishness and the story that the Brothers Dimm have ordered European cigars
for years. Are they buying the
cigars as contraband??? She has been to the warehouse, which is located in a
remote area. The agent asks Ferny
for his lighter, since he is a smoker, but he left it in his coat. Ferny suffers from hoof in the mouth
disease.
Pablo, I agree, I preferred the original opening too. I guess that we are entering a new
phase. Fast forward.
The Ice Princess returns home, to a sweet loving
Valentina. She tells her mom how
much she loves her and it is the same thing that Jesus used to tell the Ice
Princess, when she was hot.
The two fools at Orion give the secretary a hard time
regarding their lunch orders and Jesus sets them straight. Heat up your cold lunch in the
microwave.
The agent tells Ferny that if her has anything to hide, now
is the time to speak. The
conversation is cut off from Rogue.
Cantu brings up the fact that Jesus is entered the country with the
suitcase filled with money and the agent dismisses him. She looked at him so coldly, I felt the
chill.
The Brothers Dimm and their lawyer realize that the agent is
no fool. It will be hard to prove anything about last night’s beating as long
as Malvino doesn’t speak. Rogue is
certain that he and Ferny don’t have the same blood and they all start arguing. Where’s the loyality??? These idiots
know nothing about loyalty.
A melancholic Jesus arrives at Avon and introduces himself
to Discua. (Wink!!) Xochy acts
like 12 years old and greets Jesus.
Everyone including Alma is watching.
Cantu lets the Brothers Dimm know that Jesus is the one who
carried the suitcase for Uri Petrovsky.
Rogue’s face lights up.
The only way that Jesus didn’t serve time was to snitch on
Uri. Rogue starts putting two and
two together. He can point put
Malvino. Rogue blames Jesus for
losing the money that was illegally entering the country.
The secretaries ask Jesus about his bruised lip. He zips Xochy’s lips and chats with the
ladies.
Alma thinks that Xochy is Jesus’ girlfriend.
Jesus stops to see Alma, he comments that his new job is
going well and he is learning a lot.
Pati is watching the two of them as if she was at a tennis match. Alma mentions that Valentina called and
asked for him. Jesus pays Alma
back the money that she lent to him.
He appreciated her kindness.
Pati, for once is left speechless.
Valentina asks the Ice Princess if she is sad and misses
Papa Elias. Yes, she admits that
she is. Icy wishes that Valentina
would have asked her before rather than her Papa Jesus. but she wasn’t around.
Jesus speaks to someone on the phone. Xochy asks who is it?? Someone that I have
a debt with??
Stooge-Bautista needs a salary advance he makes up a story
about a family member to Cardenas.
Marsela announces that she is going to the expensive
restaurant with the Stooge Bautista.
Xochy and Jesus wonder if he can afford that restaurant. Why not something a little more
modest. No, not for the materialistic
Marsela, that won’t do.
Jesus is going to see Valentina. The stooge gets his advance. The Brothers Dimm and their lawyer ask Cárdenas for Jesus’
record. They see the criminal note
and ask why was he hired. He tells
them that Alma insisted that he be hired.
The Brothers Dimm and the lawyer do not want anyone else to know that
they have asked for the records.
If Jesus commits a crime he will have to go to jail. The Brothers Dimm have a plan-uh
boy. They meet Jesus in the
secretary area, they are so happy to see him. - Yeah right! Xochy doesn’t understand what is going
on. Hmmm and he paid Jesus’ hospital bill. The two stooges watch the third stooge count money. Jesus asks for the money that he is
owed for the night that they stiffed him. He had to work it off at the restaurant. He doesn’t work there anymore and he needed
the money for his daughter. He snatches up one stooge and they start making
excuses. Jesus wants and needs to
teach them all a lesson, while a proud Xochy looks on. Xochy is becoming
annoying and hanging around Jesus like an itchy wool collar.
The three stooges are scared, it was only a joke. Really??? Put yourselves in my place, pay up!! They rate Xochy an 8.5. Alma asks for Jesus and Susana says
that Xochy is in heaven right now.
Jesus pays the annoying cab driver, who is happy and changes his
annoying tune. Jesus is a man of his word. Xochy is still looking on. Jesus needs a ride, the driver will oblige and she invited
herself.
The Brothers Dimm blame everything on Jesus and Alma
interrupts. She asks about Ferny’s
appointment at the Public Ministry office. The Brothers lie about buying cigars and Rogue blames Ferny
for buying contraband- cigars, x-rated movies, etc. Rogue “scolds” his brother. Rogue has had a long day, he
would invite her over but…. Alma smells a rat.
Ferny and Rogue starts calling each other nacos. Fast forward.
Marsela and Stooge Bautista firm up their plans and talk
about his old car and Discua bids them a good night. Gilberto, the stooge is making small talk with another secretary
but he can’t take his eyes off of her backyard. The Gilberto stooge meets Discua at the elevator and is ecstatic
that she remembers his name and he would like to invite her to The Fontina
while an ignored Jessica walks by.
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Amores Verdaderos #111 Wed 4/17/13 Cristina says goodbye
La Cruz Roja
"I feel so guilty," begins Paula tearfully. But Candelaria comforts her and tells her not to cry, not to torture herself. Cristina is strong and she will fight for her life.
Beatriz looks on silently.
The Balvanera Mansion
Victoria doesn't want the others, even Adriana, to know about Cris tonight, she tells Tomasina. Just then, she receives a text from Salsero: Cris survived the surgery but her prognosis is guarded (reservado).
La Cruz Roja
Arriaga weeps as he watches his wife through the glass. She is unconscious. Her face and arms are covered with bruises and fresh bloody scrapes. The monitors beep rhythmically. He tells her how much he loves her and begs her not to leave him.
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"I feel so guilty," begins Paula tearfully. But Candelaria comforts her and tells her not to cry, not to torture herself. Cristina is strong and she will fight for her life.
Beatriz looks on silently.
The Balvanera Mansion
Victoria doesn't want the others, even Adriana, to know about Cris tonight, she tells Tomasina. Just then, she receives a text from Salsero: Cris survived the surgery but her prognosis is guarded (reservado).
La Cruz Roja
Arriaga weeps as he watches his wife through the glass. She is unconscious. Her face and arms are covered with bruises and fresh bloody scrapes. The monitors beep rhythmically. He tells her how much he loves her and begs her not to leave him.
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Qué Bonito Amor #3 (Mex 4-5.1) Wednesday 4/17/13 Maria becomes Santos’ Guardian Angel.
Some scenes were combined for continuity......
Straight to the new stuff:
Dateline….Los Angeles
Orange Julius Giuliano is at a public phone, calling in an
anonymous tip that Michael Johnson is hiding out at the Hotel West Side
Park. He must be apprehended because he’s
very dangerous
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PEAM #28- 4/17/13: Rompope Could Be Both Healthy and Engergizing
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Recap By Pablo
For the record: After episode 26, 3Ball has been replaced and now the intro is the ballad they use in the romantic scenes. I liked the old one better. Had more kick!
Nov. 4th. (from morning til noon)
Alma dials 815562002 but is afraid to talk. On the other side of the line Jesús whispers her name but she doesn't hear him. She has hung up already and stays in a daze of romantic memories savouring Jesús' Kisses, ''fake'' or non-intentional, but all real.
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Amores Verdaderos #110 Tue 4/16/13 Opalina Arrives; abandon all hope
Amores Verdaderos Cap 110 April 16, 2013—Opalina Arrives, abandon all hope
PUT A FORK IN IT, IT IS DONE! Screencaps and updates are now up! Most of this was written from memory with a few gaps filled in later.
EVENTS MAY NOT BE LISTED IN ORDER:
* Christina didn't die in the accident. We see a refry of her being hit by Espanto in the truck, then her in the ambulance.
* Lily, our Little Orchid, gets bad vibes which settle in her stomach. She even passes out. She feels so weird. Doesn't know why.
* Gilda/Hilda is talking with Paula. She's worried that both their gooses will be cooked if/when Anibal finds out what douchebaggery they've been up to (hiding Candelaria's letter, Chris's parentage, etc.) Paula is feeling guilty for everything and hopes to make it up to Chris. (Too late!)
* Big Angel is back in his home town, feeling good and hopeful. He meets up with a friend, the local policeman/sheriff and tells him an abbreviated and tastefully edited (but still honest) account of what happened to him and his family. He, Chris and Lily got jobs, but his schedule only allowed him to see his family once a week, which put a strain on his marriage. He's looking forward to getting things back on track, will look for a job there and everything! He's in high spirits.
* Vicki is talking with Thomasina about Big Angel's departure. Vicki is determined that this is how it must be. We can't build our happiness on someone eles's pain, she vows. Adri comes in and Thomasina excuses herself. Adri wants to know what's up with the bodyguard suddenly leaving. Vicki just says he was a country boy who belongs in the country. Adri is concerned—does this mean that Lili will go too? She's bummed to hear that the answer is probably yes.
Read more »PUT A FORK IN IT, IT IS DONE! Screencaps and updates are now up! Most of this was written from memory with a few gaps filled in later.
EVENTS MAY NOT BE LISTED IN ORDER:
* Christina didn't die in the accident. We see a refry of her being hit by Espanto in the truck, then her in the ambulance.
* Lily, our Little Orchid, gets bad vibes which settle in her stomach. She even passes out. She feels so weird. Doesn't know why.
* Gilda/Hilda is talking with Paula. She's worried that both their gooses will be cooked if/when Anibal finds out what douchebaggery they've been up to (hiding Candelaria's letter, Chris's parentage, etc.) Paula is feeling guilty for everything and hopes to make it up to Chris. (Too late!)
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* Big Angel is back in his home town, feeling good and hopeful. He meets up with a friend, the local policeman/sheriff and tells him an abbreviated and tastefully edited (but still honest) account of what happened to him and his family. He, Chris and Lily got jobs, but his schedule only allowed him to see his family once a week, which put a strain on his marriage. He's looking forward to getting things back on track, will look for a job there and everything! He's in high spirits.
* Vicki is talking with Thomasina about Big Angel's departure. Vicki is determined that this is how it must be. We can't build our happiness on someone eles's pain, she vows. Adri comes in and Thomasina excuses herself. Adri wants to know what's up with the bodyguard suddenly leaving. Vicki just says he was a country boy who belongs in the country. Adri is concerned—does this mean that Lili will go too? She's bummed to hear that the answer is probably yes.
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| No more access to Lili? Bummer! |
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Qué Bonito Amor #2 (Mex 2.2-3) Tuesday 4/16/13 The Great Escape Becomes the Road Trip of a Lifetime
Lo del pasado
Santos is calling Giuliano from a pay phone outside his
hotel to let him know he’s alive and where he is, after all, the family lawyer
is someone you can always trust.
Giuliano (El Oompa Looompa) happily takes down the address and later is seen talking to
four henchmen and giving them the last best instructions on how they need to
operate like real federales to get rid of Santos. Only that will make Godpadre happy. After hanging up, Santos passes by a sign where American ropa
of finest quality is sold and decides to exchange his royal blue business shirt for
something a little more americano—it looks like a leather jacket will be the
thing. He goes back to the hotel room
and starts packing.
Lo del nuevo
El Auto Hotel – Santos
hears the police come knock, knock, knockin’ at the door of his Auto Hotel
room. He had already packed his brand
new backpack and checks out through the window.
The “fake” popo sent by Giuliano look around but can’t seem to find
him. They go back outside. Lo and behold, Santos is on the roof and they
don’t see him. He drops down to the
ground and *then* they see him and start taking pot shots at him. It’s a one sided firefight in the dark. Santos sneaks up and knocks over one popo and
then the other and takes off. They fire
and miss but chase him down an alleyway. Santos doesn’t have time to think how
they might have found him since he only told Giuliano where he was.Truck Yard – A long-distance hauler is about ready to pull out when what to his wondering eyes should appear but a face at the passenger side window crying help, help. He’s not sure what to do, or what he can do, but apparently the honest earnestness of the face on the other side of the window convinces him that it will be ok to let him into the cab.
Garza household in L.A. – Altagracia tells an unbelieving Justo that Santos is VIVO. Justo doesn’t believe her, especially when she tells him she just talked to him by phone. He must think she’s lost her diamond marbles. Justo feels that to clear his name, Santos must return to L.A. Altagracia is not of the same mind. She’s sure that it’s a set up to blame him for someone else’s bad deed. Altagracia is convinced he’s innocent and Justo is of a mind to believe her.
Character says title of the telenovela out loud/Bingo Square filled – Back to the truck. TOBWR (The Only Big White Rig) on the road at night is stopped by some federales (conjecture). The driver, by name of Rigoberto (aka Choforo, lately of LVO) is sweating bullets, but hands over the keys for them to examine the load. They flash their lights around, but see nothing but cargo. Santos is scrunched down behind something that looks like a partition. They hand the keys back and Rigoberto stops sweating bullets. It seems that the Virgen was protecting Santos because that partition was the back of a large framed picture of Her Holiness.
Rigoberto has lost his fear of the stranger with the strange story, after listening to the whole thing. Santos ends his story by telling Riggo that he’s been living a nightmare (viviendo una pesadilla). Santos doesn’t think Riggo believes him, but he does. Obvio, Riggo ruminates, someone close to you wants you dead. It might be prudent not to stick around a border town—it’d be too easy to be spotted. Meanwhile, Riggo has his own slight problem. He has to go from Tijuana to D.F. by day after tomorrow and his partner got sick. It’s a very long drive. Santos is more than willing to accompany him (according to Google, it’s about 1750 miles) and share the driving. Rigoberto is not sure this is all on the up and up, and does Santos even know how to drive one of these big rigs? Santos laughs a confident laugh, but doesn’t answer yes *or* no. [Aside: Whatevva. Next we see him driving TOBWR, so I guess it was a yes.] While they are tooling along, Riggo tells him his life story and how he’s been married to the same woman for 40 years. His dream is to buy a little house for them. He doesn’t see her often because of his job, but he’s still crazy about her. If you could only see it, que bonito amor, he says.
The Mejia Magic Expressway gets them to D.F. in no time – They have plenty of time to chat, listen to good Mexican music, check the road signs as they pass Guadalajara and Morelia on Route 307 (just try to find that on Google) and finally see a sign they are close to D.F. They reach D.F. and Viewerville gets a birds-eye short tour of Capital Highlights. Santos thinks this will be the end of the road. Riggo planned to get a hotel room for the night but won’t leave him abandoned on the streets of a city he doesn’t know. Santos is sure he can get a room in a hotel. Riggo is afraid Santos’ identity will be discovered when he tries to register and pay with wet greenbacks.
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PEAM, Tuesday 4/16/13 (#27): Bombón Asesino (WINK!)
In no particular order...
Malvino has spent the night at Rogue's place. Last Rogue heard, Chucho had no idea who beat him up, so Rogue tells Malvino to go back to the warehouse. Rogue goes to work and Malvino loafs around the house for a while longer. He acts creepy around the maid, which makes her nervous (she calls Rogue to complain) and offends the dog.
Meanwhile, Chucho tells his probation officer about the beating, the assailant's familiar voice, the warehouse, and the Avon manager who sent him there to pick up the Turkish cigars. Like any irresponsible law enforcement professional, the probation lady actually takes him to the warehouse, which is still cleaned out so there is nothing to see. Silverio is there, though, and he calls Malvino to let him know that Jesus is watching.
Chucho is embarrassed that his tip didn't pan out and feels bad about implicating the Brothers Dimm because they were sooooo nice to him last night and even paid his hospital bill. The probation officer says she'll question the Brothers Dimm about their connection to the warehouse without implicating Chucho.
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Malvino has spent the night at Rogue's place. Last Rogue heard, Chucho had no idea who beat him up, so Rogue tells Malvino to go back to the warehouse. Rogue goes to work and Malvino loafs around the house for a while longer. He acts creepy around the maid, which makes her nervous (she calls Rogue to complain) and offends the dog.
Meanwhile, Chucho tells his probation officer about the beating, the assailant's familiar voice, the warehouse, and the Avon manager who sent him there to pick up the Turkish cigars. Like any irresponsible law enforcement professional, the probation lady actually takes him to the warehouse, which is still cleaned out so there is nothing to see. Silverio is there, though, and he calls Malvino to let him know that Jesus is watching.
Chucho is embarrassed that his tip didn't pan out and feels bad about implicating the Brothers Dimm because they were sooooo nice to him last night and even paid his hospital bill. The probation officer says she'll question the Brothers Dimm about their connection to the warehouse without implicating Chucho.
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Amores Verdaderos #109 Mon 4/15/13 Some truths are better left unsaid.
Bus station: Angel gets out of bus and runs to the arms of Vicky. That embrace feels GOOOOOD!!, smiles exchanged and finally a KISS!!!
At B house kitchen, JM and Polita comment Angel’s resignation with He-man. Polita goes to open door to KenDrat. Lilli arrives at kitchen, He-man has to tell her that Angel left for good.
Back to the kiss at the bus station… Ay chispeados!! Perdoneme!! (boy those are weird words right after a goodbye kiss, aren’t they?). Vicky tries to convince Angel not to go, he feels awkward, prefers to go before what they feel for each other becomes something dirty and shameful. She keeps pleading to no avail. Angel also concerned to not cause any more trouble for her with her husband. What if he(Nil-Brains) shows that video to Niki? Vicky gets upset at the thought of that. Angel says ‘nuff said, I gota go’. Vicky keeps pleading, can’t live without you. Angel puts her on the spot. Would you leave your life, your daughter and everything else just for me? I also have my wife Cris and my solecito. We have no right to harm them. Vicky admits neither of their daughters should pay the price of their love. But can’t live without you. (anyone hear the Barry Manilow classic?) Angel reminds her that being with him would mean she gives up her daughter, her sister, her dad and her business. It would not be the life she is used to. He can’t lie either. His life is at the fields, his daughter and his wife Cris. Having come to the city and become her bodyguard was just a fantasy. Vicky refuses to believe what she feels is fantasy. It is reality.
Lilli at the house says she was previewing something was happening. What if it is because my parents reconciled? She will go to the house, maybe they are there. He-man just asks her to let him know if she finds out anything.
Niki asks KenDrat to repeat to her all the story about He-man. She is very confused, he swears he loves her and has no interest in fortunes. Niki tells KenDrat that He-man wants her to cancel her wedding with Roy. ‘Escudo protector, activate!’ (LOL!) KenDrat keeps feeding her lies about Dances hearing from He-man that marrying Niki was a surebet plan that had already worked with his previous wife. His previous wife had lots of money which He-man spent freely. (this is news to Niki about his ex-wife). KenDrat keeps twisting the lies into the holes in Niki’s swiss cheese brain. Niki insists He-man sounds so sincere when he tells her about her feelings. KenDrat says ‘stay strong, marry Roy Pavia’. (Niki walks away and KenDrat realizes Niki is really head over heels for He-man and that she will have to keep working to get Niki to stay away from He-man and marry Roy and move out).
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At B house kitchen, JM and Polita comment Angel’s resignation with He-man. Polita goes to open door to KenDrat. Lilli arrives at kitchen, He-man has to tell her that Angel left for good.
Back to the kiss at the bus station… Ay chispeados!! Perdoneme!! (boy those are weird words right after a goodbye kiss, aren’t they?). Vicky tries to convince Angel not to go, he feels awkward, prefers to go before what they feel for each other becomes something dirty and shameful. She keeps pleading to no avail. Angel also concerned to not cause any more trouble for her with her husband. What if he(Nil-Brains) shows that video to Niki? Vicky gets upset at the thought of that. Angel says ‘nuff said, I gota go’. Vicky keeps pleading, can’t live without you. Angel puts her on the spot. Would you leave your life, your daughter and everything else just for me? I also have my wife Cris and my solecito. We have no right to harm them. Vicky admits neither of their daughters should pay the price of their love. But can’t live without you. (anyone hear the Barry Manilow classic?) Angel reminds her that being with him would mean she gives up her daughter, her sister, her dad and her business. It would not be the life she is used to. He can’t lie either. His life is at the fields, his daughter and his wife Cris. Having come to the city and become her bodyguard was just a fantasy. Vicky refuses to believe what she feels is fantasy. It is reality.
Lilli at the house says she was previewing something was happening. What if it is because my parents reconciled? She will go to the house, maybe they are there. He-man just asks her to let him know if she finds out anything.
Niki asks KenDrat to repeat to her all the story about He-man. She is very confused, he swears he loves her and has no interest in fortunes. Niki tells KenDrat that He-man wants her to cancel her wedding with Roy. ‘Escudo protector, activate!’ (LOL!) KenDrat keeps feeding her lies about Dances hearing from He-man that marrying Niki was a surebet plan that had already worked with his previous wife. His previous wife had lots of money which He-man spent freely. (this is news to Niki about his ex-wife). KenDrat keeps twisting the lies into the holes in Niki’s swiss cheese brain. Niki insists He-man sounds so sincere when he tells her about her feelings. KenDrat says ‘stay strong, marry Roy Pavia’. (Niki walks away and KenDrat realizes Niki is really head over heels for He-man and that she will have to keep working to get Niki to stay away from He-man and marry Roy and move out).
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By popular request: a new section for news about upcoming novelas
Hello friends,
If you look in the sidebar you'll find a new category, "Las Proximas." This section is for news about shows which are coming (or probably coming, or maybe coming) to Univision and Telemundo. This has been requested so I've added it.
NO SPOILERS still holds - initial plot outline ok, news about personajes etc, but no spoilers. I am going to depend on JOAN to police this, since she spearheaded the movement.
Thanks all,
Jane
If you look in the sidebar you'll find a new category, "Las Proximas." This section is for news about shows which are coming (or probably coming, or maybe coming) to Univision and Telemundo. This has been requested so I've added it.
NO SPOILERS still holds - initial plot outline ok, news about personajes etc, but no spoilers. I am going to depend on JOAN to police this, since she spearheaded the movement.
Thanks all,
Jane
Labels: proximas
Proximas-Index
Monday, April 15, 2013
PEAM #26 - 04/15/13 – Rescued Valentina and Showers of Love for Jesus Only Fuels the Envy
My heart goes out to all in Boston, what a terrible tragedy on a wonderful day for the city where I lived for 28 years. I would often have the day off to go to that very area near the end of the race to cheer on the runners and chair racers. I can’t imagine how people are coping with the death and injury of so many innocent victims. Paz y amor para todos los victimas.
Refrito: Valentina runs crying into the arms of her MomDragon, who for just that brief moment is crying and only needs a few seconds to start pummeling Valentina with questions but the brave little girl keeps telling her truth to her unhearing Mom.
Nuevas Noticias: Pati tortures Rogue with the news that she is an “intimate friend” of Jesus and of course is going off to the hospital to check on his injuries from the attack. Rogue decides to head to the hospital to head off Pati against the for once good advice from Fernando.
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Qué Bonito Amor #1 (Mex 1-2.1) Monday 4/15/13
Gran
Estreno: The New Chapter
Ciudad
de Mexico, humble home of Maria's family: As the immortal Don
Vicente sings the theme song, sweet Maria wakes up at 5AM, turns off
her alarm, and rises in the darkness to give her mother (Amalia) an
injection.
Los
Angeles, California, mansion of Santo's family: In the shadow of
the infamous “Hollywood” sign is the two-story mansion of Santos'
family where his mother, Altagracia, speaks on the phone giving
instructions regarding her daughter's wedding. Studly Santos appears
and playfully embraces his mother as she ends the call.
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Bloggers please read!!
Dear bloggers, as I have mentioned before many times, I need you to compose your posts in plain text format. Notepad, or directly into the blogger text window. Do not format.
Do not compose in WORD or any other program which adds formatting codes. Cutting and pasting from Word ends up looking like the example below. When you format in blogger, or use any program - like Word - which inserts formatting automatically - it sometimes makes the sidebar disappear in some browsers.
So Just Use Text Files. Thank you! Blog Mom
Do not compose in WORD or any other program which adds formatting codes. Cutting and pasting from Word ends up looking like the example below. When you format in blogger, or use any program - like Word - which inserts formatting automatically - it sometimes makes the sidebar disappear in some browsers.
So Just Use Text Files. Thank you! Blog Mom
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
Amor Bravío HOY Post-Finale Special!!!!
Amor Bravío HOY Post-Finale Special
Remember when we used to have the Cristina telenovela post-finale specials to look forward to? We would get to see the telenovela stars we had just seen blunder, struggle, triumph, and punished over the last 5-9 months, all cleaned up in their real world duds, and hear their take on their characters, the story, and the behind the scenes. Cristina would at times push the envelope and ask questions that were WAY too personal (usually about the romantic lives of the leads), but for the most part, she kept her questions focused on the telenovela, which is exactly why we watched her show. In the last two years since the Cristina show ended, Don Francisco has tried his hand at the post-finale special, with little success.
I’m glad he didn’t attempt it with the Amor Bravío cast. But I (and I’m sure others) really wanted to see this great cast all together one last time, and hear their thoughts on the telenovela. The folks at Hoy did us this favor, and brought the AB cast and crew together for a Post-Finale Amor Bravío Special after the finale aired in Mexico in October. Other than a few missing people, who were already off on location filming their next telenovelas (e.g. Florencia de S./Natalia, Laura C./Ximena), most of the cast was present.
The interviews feel more like we’ve dropped in on a chat between friends, because the Hoy cast members are all actors, singers or entertainers who have worked with many of the AB actors in the past, or are even related to them or have close personal ties. I will do my best to give an overview of what was said. But rapid-fire informal speech is way different than scripted/slower speech in a telenovela. What is clear is that this cast enjoyed working with each other, and we the audience certainly enjoyed watching them. A link to the entire 52 minute show is embedded above, but here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMgAVYmKpwk
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Amor Bravío #167 (Uni 162) Fri 4/12/13 Baby Agata’s Ransomed and Rescued; Luzma’s Recovery Leads to Love on the Rebound in the Middle of a Mud Mound; Miriam’s Fate’s No Longer in Debate; Issa and Dio’s Day of Reckoning Arrives; Rodolfo’s Patience is Rewarded…We Think; Lic. Becerra Gets His Boda; M & M Find Consolation in Each Other; and DanCam Become the Power Couple What Am
Gran Final Hour 2 - Parte 1
Capítulo #167
Lo Del Pasado:
When we'd last left DanCam and their posse, Dionisio had just called Daniel to negotiate with him over getting his baby daughter in exchange for his night of passion with Camila and the relinquishing of the ownership of La Malquerida. Camila had decided to help save his baby daughter by giving into Dio’s demands, though Daniel had absolutely forbidden it. Juarez gave them a workable game plan then to avoid Camila’s acceding to Dio’s obscene desires and demands.
Lo Del Nuevo:
At the hospital the ER doctor comes out and announces to Dan that Miriam is a bit up tight but she’s been given something to calm her down. Dan immediate asks about the aneurysm. The long awaited QTH? moment arrives as Dan explains why he’s confused and ER Doc informs them both and--of course--the entire waiting room of concerned friends and family that Miriam doesn’t have any aneurysm whatsoever and never did! ER Doc says he just did another battery of brain tests and is certain of it, in fact.
At the same time, Omar comes in to report to Dio in his hide-out that Issa had a run in with Leoncio who not only burned her hands to nubbins with acid, but also cut her tongue out like she’d done to him. The two share a couple of evil yuk-yuks over her inability now to speak and to ever testify against him or anyone else again. (Cara de muy disturbed de Viewerville. The only thing missing on Omar was a tinier tail, another pitchfork, his own set of horns!)
In the women’s prison’s clinic, Issa receives medical attention and then is released into the general population where, we note, she is dressed now in chic-est of prison dowdy. (Can’t help but wonder if those burned stumps will keep her from doing work assignments.) Issa overhears two inmates discussing how she’d murdered a priest, her own kid, and tried killing her new hubby, plus had planned on selling his ranch out from under him. They laugh at her being harmless now after being maimed [manca=handless, armless, legless, one-armed/one-legged….], delenguanated, and raped. She turns away from them and tears roll down her cheeks. (Viewerville slugs down a double shot of reposado and cheers. ¡Salud! Leoncerdo came through for us after all.)
Back in the hospital waiting area, Dan ‘n Cam deduce that Dr. Valtierra’s false diagnoses had to be Dio’s doing. Mariano suggests a case of blackmail or bribing Dr. Valtierra to get him to lie. ER Doc tells them if they want to lodge a complaint against him, feel free. “—Heck, yeah we’re going to lodge a complaint!!” Amanda and Osvaldo show up asking about Mir and the baby just as Dio calls back on Dan’s cell. Dan follows Juarez’s advice to refuse Cam as part of the deal since Dio has to hand over the M.Q. to Estevez in twenty-four hours or else. He puts the call on speaker and everyone there hears his demands to exchange the kidnapped baby for Cam and the M.Q.. Dan forces Dio to back down and to agree to accept only La Malquerida in exchange for Baby Aggie cuz he will not allow Cam to be part of the deal, period. However, Cam must drive the money there by herself and not dare contact the police! Dan insists afterwards that he’s going along for the ride to protect Cam anyway.
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Amores Verdaderos #108 Fri 4/12/13 Besame, Besame Mucho, Como Si Fuera Esta Noche La Ultima Vez
Anyballs Won't Accept the Truth:
We start this epi with Pau and Anyballs. Anyballs is pithed that Pau has told him he has another daughter, floating around somewhere out there, and that Pau knows who she is. He thinks she is lying her butt off and that this daughter doesn't exist. He wants to know who she is. Pau won't tell him. Pau thinks that Anyballs wouldn't acknowledge her and make her miserable just like he did to Pau. Pau tells Anyballs that she is going to tell said daughter who her real Papa is and if said daughter wants to contact him she will. Anyballs is pithed! Pau is sick and tired of the way Anyballs treats people. Look what he did to Adri! He can't beleive she would dare do this. He treated her so well!!!!! But he just knew this was never going to work out. She tells him she was in love with a pig! He warns her to stop with her lies or else. He'll take her apartment if she lets anything that is private out. She tells him basically to stuff it and he can't take her apartment away, it's hers! He warns her one last time that if she keeps messing with him, she'll regret it and he goes. Pau is pithed!
Little Orchid and the Makeout Session:
Little Orchid and Roller Boy are on the sofa makin' out. He wants to plant his dirty seeds but Little Orchid doesn't want that. He tells her to relax and keeps kissing her. There is a removal of Little Orchid's shirt, we on the Patio are screaming at Little Orchid not to do this, and Gringo is yelling the loudest! Unfortunately, Little Orchid can't hear us. Little Orchid stops him again and tells him she just can't, her parents could just walk in, she doesn't live here alone! Roller Boy doesn't care, lets just get busy, er not that, but you get the drift. He removes her outer shirt. More kissing. Little Orchid does have on her little T-shirt. He is bound and determined to have Little Orchid, and she finally tells him, she is afraid, never done this before, in other words she uses the V word. That's right she's a Virgin. She swears it's the truth! He decides they won't be doing it after all, and hey when she "sorts through this problem" give him a ringy dingy, hands her a chocolate, ya know the ones he brought her, and goes. Little Orchid eats her chocolate, and Roller Boy glances back at the door. He is so not beleiving she is a Virgin, but darn it he likes her so much! He is about to go in again, changes his mind and goes.
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS, Week of 4/15/13
The final episode of El
rostro de la venganza aired on Friday, April 12. Stay tuned for its replacement, El Señor de los Cielos, a shiny new narconovela, starting Monday, April 15.
Labels: cielos, patrona, prohibida, rostro, telemundo
Porque el Amor Manda #25: Forget Avon; Chucho’s Place is the New Belly-Button of the Universe
We open on Chucho looking gobsmacked at the size of the dinner bill. The maître d’ says pay up or he’s calling the police! At the mention of the P word, Chucho blanches and begs to be allowed to work off his bill. The maître d’, recognizing that a man who does dishes is worth more than his weight in gold, agrees.
Meanwhile, the thug team gets tired of waiting for their prey to appear and goes up to the restaurant to look for him. Since he’s nowhere in sight, they assume he went out a back door and decide to deliver the medicine to him at his place.
Valentina gets picked up by a nice lady taxista. She tries calling home, but no one answers, so they drive around looking for landmarks. Val recognizes the purple towers of Avon and off they go. The guards bring her to Alma, and Alma decides to take her to…Chucho’s house!
Meanwhile, the police grill Vero and find out about Val’s two dads. Since Elías doesn’t actually live anywhere at the moment, they all head for Chucho’s house, too. Zowie. I hope he has enough jelly-glasses.
Finally Jesús arrives home and who should he see on his doorstep but…no, not the thugs…no, not Vero…not Alma, either…it’s Elías, looking the worse for wear after his long evening of goat-and-beer juggling, and with chicharrones the size of Frisbees stuffed into all his pockets. Chucho takes him inside for coffee and boy talk, but they are surprised by the masked thugs, and a FISTFIGHT ensues. (Got bingo?) Now would be a good time for the police to arrive, or even Alma, who probably has a decent left hook, but no – it’s Chatita with a knitting needle and a chamber pot! She clocks the thugs but good, then literally kicks them while they’re down. Much is made of Malvino’s tattoo.
Now the police pull up with sirens blaring (apparently the new protocol for apprehending non-custodial parents.) The thugs run off, and Verónica takes over the abuse. Chatita convinces the police to take Jesús to the hospital, as he is starting to swoon. They insist on admitting him, and with HOSPITALIZATION OF GALÁN, Blue Lass and R la O have bingo in column 5, card 8! (But don’t despair, fellow binguistas – in the previews it looks as if he takes a turn for the worse, so DOCTOR TELLS FAMILY PATIENT COULD DIE may not be far behind. And of course we all have high hopes for DERAILED WEDDING.)
In other news:
- Alma, Valentina and Chatita arrive at the hospital as well, where the princess is reunited with the Wicked Witch, I mean, her mother.
- Rogue checks up on the thugs, who tell him they got a few shots in but Jesús was with a whole gang of armed and savage huns and they were lucky to escape with their lives.
- Fernando finally lures Jessiquita over to his wild & crazy bachelor pad, but the whole scenario is cut short when Rogue summons him back to the office. Yawn. Does anyone care if either one of these two ever gets lucky, ever?
Labels: Manda
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