Thursday, May 02, 2013

PEAM # 39- The Return of the Prodigal Employee to Avon!

We start off at Orion, with Jesus, guilt tripping the corrupt sillies.  He is leaving Orion because being with dishonest work place goes against his grain.  As he hands his cell phone back it is ringing, he, receives a call from Alma, telling him that Avon won the certification, thanks to him.  He is Alma’s hero!!!  If you were in front of me, Jesus, I would grab you and kiss you, yes I would.  Oh sorry, that’s Alma speaking.
Papa wants to know- who would you grab and kiss???
Jesus bids the crowd from Orion adieu and another silly lets the 2 corrupt sillies (Eugenio and Simon) know that Max, el jefe wants to see them and that they won’t get tat fat commission because Avon won.  The sillies apologize to Jesus. The crowd honors Jesus for his integrity.
Alma tells Papa that thanks to Jesus they won the certification.  Papa wants to know who is this Jesus?  He was her old secretary.  Papa tires to trip Alma up by asking, if this secretary helped you in everything, why does he work with the competition?  Papa gets it, but what he doesn’t get is their relationship. What type of relationship do they have if she would grab him and kiss him?  Jesus didn’t ask for anything but Papa if you want to put a dirty twist to this story, bring it. What’s going on with the wedding, Alma want to know what is papa’s interest?? There is a wedding planner and everything is going according to plan. Alma knows Papa all too well he is too manipulative to appear out of the blue, as a surprise. Alma got a little indignant but apologized.  Sooner or later she will find out what he is up to.  Papa looks a little worried.

At Chatita’s Bed and Breakfast- she is serving Elias a delicious looking stew that she offers as hot chocolate but she doesn’t have any chocolate.  Hmmm.  Elias tells her his tales of woe, he worked for the agency for 10 years and now he is fired.  His first failure.  He loves the stew.  He goes on about his blank creative slate, and Chatita can relate. His case will go to arbitration because it was unfair. Marta the therapist calls. She asks Elias how is he? He is on Bitter Street, it’s a long story, and his battery is dying.  Marta suggests seeing Elias for a session, but it appears to be a session of love.  It’s against all of her ethical codes.  They make a nice match. 
Jessica is asking Xochy if she is psychologically ready for tonight.  (The two of them sound like psychos!!)Jessica has given Xochy all of her sexy tips except for one detail.  Hmm- pass by her house for a little costume and then Xochy screeches like a fool seeing Jesus. He lets them know that he resigned and does not have a job, he resigned from Orion.
Chatita asks Elias about his salary.  He gets paid as a freelance worker.  She doesn’t get it.  Speaks in circles and brings up that the bank came to try to foreclose on Jesus’ apartment
Jesus explains his story while all of the secretaries gather around him.  Discua is the only secretary who understands why Jesus left the other company.  Papa introduces himself to Jesus.  Papa is trying to size him up.  Alma asks what is going on here?  And everyone scatters like roaches back to their desks.  He leaves his box at Xochy’s desk.  I wish that he would keep giving her hope because she takes it the wrong way.
 Elias tells Chatita that Jesus resigned from Orion.
Jesus and Alma joke over the size of the diamond that he will buy the woman that he loves while holding a giant paperweight.  Jesus tells Alma that he can’t work for a shady company and now is jobless.  Alma doesn’t have a position at this time.  Jesus is hopeful that he will find employment soon.  Yep, right here at Avon.  We are thankful that you helped us win the certification and commission.  We owe you!  We are friends and friends support through good and bad.
Rogue has a hissy fit along with palpitations upon seeing Jesus.  Alma explains why Jesus is jobless.  Rogue credits himself with getting Jesus the job but Alma corrects him. Jesus saved Maximo’s life. Jesus can work in Rogue’s office but Discua has the position.  Jessica is too happy to spread the gossip about Jesus’ return and that since Discua was the last hired she will be the first to leave.  Ferny is not too happy to hear that his Discua may be jobless.  He is not celebrating Jesus’ return.
Jesus doesn’t want to take anyone’s job and stupid Ferny bursts into Alma’s office putting his foot in his mouth and Jesus losing his job whining about Discua losing her job.  If Discua leaves so does Ferny. What an idiot!!  Alma lets Ferny know that no one is taking Discua’s job.  There are no positions at Avon but Alma says that they owe Jesus.  The Brothers Dumb are beside themselves.  Alma is clear- Avon owes Jesus.!!!

 Sebastian approaches Susana and asks, how has she been and about her husband.  He is a sick, suffering from the consequences of years of smoking   I hope that he doesn’t have to heart surgery, like I did?? They seem to be pining for each other?????  He has a new heart that h keeps beating for the woman that he loves.  Hmmmm???  Call me Sebastian and drop the don.  According to Susana, their love would be impossible, so since it’s a novela, let’s see.
Cardenas is looking at pictures of Jessica on his cell, and Alma enters, he jumps and throws the cell phone, pictures and all into Alma’s hands.  She hands him new employee cell phones to give out.  Cardenas has found a cut-rate for the phones. His mother calls while he is talking to Alma.  Alma asks if there is any vacant position for Jesus, who has resigned form Orion.  He will be her personal assistant.  He will work directly under Alma making 10% more than the secretaries.  Rogue is NOT to know. Rogue is going to love that!!!  Alma lets him know that Jessica is not his type and that he deserves better
Papa realizes that Jesus is nothing easy and is a good rival but Papa is on Rogue’s side.
Xochy and Jesus share some small talk about the possibility of Jesus working at Avon.
While the Ice Princess is meditating, Little Valentina is wondering why she can’t reach Papa Elias or Papa Jesus on their cells. Vero calls the hotel and can’t reach Elias.  He has checked out. Perhaps he is on his way home.  Valentina is ecstatic.  She is happily screeching but it is not dreadful like Xochy.  The Ice Princess looks worried.
Alma playfully gives Jesus the good news about his new position.  Ferny makes up a story to Discua about how he scared his brother with an authoritative tone, he dominates his brother with a look and then when Rogue overhears, Ferny takes his foot once again out of his mouth.  Rogue lets them know that Jesus will be Alma’s personal assistant.  Discua feels that Rogue should come to their meetings and feel the light.
While watching black and white TV- Elias’ cell rings and Chatita answers her phone. looking for the ringing phone. Vero reaches Elias and asks if he is on his way home because he checked out of the hotel, he checked out because his credit card was declined, he was fired from the publicity agency because he can’t concentrate.  She insults him, he is no one without a job and being the Ice Princess, that she is she focuses on where he will sleep instead of trying to help her partner who is down.  She allows him to return home but, no thanks. They start arguing over the phone and Chatita lets Elias know that he still loves Vero.
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Amores Verdaderos #121 Wed 5/1/13 It takes a village ... to marry off a very rich child

It's too soon in our story for a Happy Ever After wedding, but just the right time for a Holy Moly, Granny, She's Gonna Blow! kind of event.  So tonight, as we watch the elaborate and costly preparations for the wedding of Nikki and Roy, we see past the sunlight to the storm clouds.  And more ominous still, we see Leo resurface, burning with hatred, lusting for revenge!

A scenic overlook -- corny but lovely
Nikki ignores her own feelings, her mother's advice and the pleas of the man she really loves.  She can't hate Guzmán, she says, but there's no future for them. [But the important thing is she looks like a million bucks.  And she cries so pretty.]

Rolando's late night visit
Lili remembers who she is [Yay, Lili!].  She tells Rollie to cool it: she's not going to provoke something [dar pie a algo] that isn't going to happen.  Her first time is going to be something special, something to remember.  Roy understands.  And he's sad about leaving -- who knows for how long.  He'll miss her.

Whoa.  Something is happening to Roy's eyes.  Are those tears?  Yes!  And when Lili tells him not to worry because she'll be waiting for him, he is a goner. A fool for love.  "Don't ever forget me, Lili!"  "I won't!"

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Wednesday, May 01, 2013

PEAM #38- 5/1/13: Mata Hari, Hare Krishna, Hara-Kiri?

Recap By Pablo: 


It's Nov 6th (12:30-1:30pm)


Mati Hari:
All is fair in war and love, so Rogelio joins Jessica in order to find out more of what is going on between Fernando and Discua, Jesús and Xóchitl and everything else that has been happening under his radar. Of course Jessica drops, almost ''by accident'', that Alma is dining with the ''secretario''. From now on, Jessica will be Rogelio's eyes and ears in the office.

Rogelio invites his father-in-law-to-be to eat at LA GUACAMAYA (restaurant #3 in Monterrey) and to ask for help against Jesús, now that Fernando has declared he no longer does evil, thinks no evil, speaks no evil. Don Sebastián highlights the fact that if Alma is turning her sight somewhere else, it's because Rogelio is not doing what he should be doing!

At Avon, while eating,  the menu that doesn't include the now famous carrot cake as dessert, the secretaries decide at last to help Xóchitl, and Jessica will be the ''coach'' teaching her how to keep a man by her side and happy under the sheets (something she failed at with Fernando, but juárever), she is the only one who offers her help. But as we all know, when Xóchitl goes with the milk, Jessica has gone and come back with the cheese, TWO TIMES!!, so when she says, Xóchitl, you need to open, and then pauses to finally say ''your mind'', I am sure we were all thinking something else... Jessica did it on purpose to tease her friend (and us by the way).
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Qué Bonito Amor #13 (Mex 19-20.1) Wednesday 5/1/13



Note: Until we start getting standard episodes, I will dispense with the usual divisions of review, present, and preview.

Capitulo 19: The Consequences of Amor, Part 1

JNTR: To the sound of our dear Don Chente singing the title song, Maria walks down the lighted pathway through the club, up the stairs, and to the roof where she finds another rose and the shawl draped over the gramophone that probably once belonged to Quentin Collins. We hear an old record playing that is implied is that of Maria's father. She turns around to see Jorge Alfredo take off the sombrero on the approach. They kiss to the sound of a couple singing “Qué Bonito Amor” and this begins to feel like a Hollywood romance from the 60s. We see that the next Norman Bates Susanito is the one dropping the rose petals on them. Jorge Alfredo suddenly pulls back his right hand and he is bleeding from a splinter. Susanito teases him that working as a cargador would do that. Maria tells him he didn't have to make this sacrifice for her. However, he is not concerned with what it takes to show his love.

Garza Mansion: Justo demands to know what proof the police have. Commandante Derecho and Curtis tell him they have photos of Santos living it up in Mexico City. They know where to find him and won't rest until they get him. [Since we don't see the photo we wonder how this man is so sure.]
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Amores Verdaderos #120 Tue 4/30/13 The Letter and not much else

Amores Verdaderos Cap 120, 4-30-13—The Letter and not much else

 Lo siento, a quickie recap which I'll hopefully flesh out later. Some highlights based on a flawed memory, plus a few screencaps. Hopefully more of those too later.

* Nikki is trying to be nice to Lili as Lili tends to her plants. But Nikki is an idiot and can't quite contain her snobby for too long. When Lili sweetly offers a plant for the wedding ceremony, Nikki says no, we're getting the best florist in the city to do the flowers, and besides, you don't realize it, but you still have too much Country Bumpkin in you to do the job! (Or something!) Can I just bop her over the head now? Anyway, the important part of the conversation is when Lili admits that while she really loved the Little Gorilla, it was hopeless and she's got this new guy now and he's a sweetie. (VOMIT!) Nikki is affected by this, and seems to be wondering if it's possible to get over Guzmancito.

* The Little Gorilla is venting to Big Angel how he knows Nikki loves him, but she's so thick-skulled she won't admit it. Even Victoria knows and would prefer him for a son-in-law over Roy the Boy! In the middle of this, Salsa-Dude comes into the bodyguard salon and overhears. Uh-oh. But Salsa-Dude seems more or less sympathetic. They start to talk about how somehow Kendra-Ho is behind it, she's vowed to mess things up for Guzman. Salsa-Dude almost lets slip how well he knows Kendra-Ho, but is able to back down a little from that so the other bodyguards don't figure it all out. They all agree that the Ho is a HO. Big Angel wonders aloud if maybe Vikki would kick the Ho out of the house if it was discovered that she was carrying the FF's baby? You think?

Everyone has dirt on everyone else, it seems.

* Cande goes to see Anyballs to read him the riot act about what he did to poor Adriana and her baby. She doesn't, of course, admit that she knows where Adriana's baby is! Anyballs gives his typical B.S. about how he did what was best. She is disgusted with him. He admits that he's using that strand of hair that he "accidentally" snagged off of Lili to confirm that the ADN is legit. Cande is outraged that he'd doubt  her word. Whatever . . . we know what the ADN will show, don't we?

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Qué Bonito Amor #12 (Mex 17.2-18) Tuesday 4/30/13 Que Dices Bonita? Dices Que Sí?


Capitulo 17 Parte 2 & 18

Lo de ayer and Lo de hoy is all mixed up with Lo de mañana and Lo que no pasó, so it's all in a single narrative.  Apologies for the recap being so long.

[Jorge Alfredo made it to Maria’s and La Dama del Queso will leave you with Urban Anthropologist’s beautiful words describing Jorge and Maria’s declarations of love, followed by a really nice kiss.]

Maria’s Apartment
Scarlet tells Rhett Maria tells Jorge that – As much as you love me, you will never love me as much as I love you.  He tells her that he shouldn’t have fallen in love with her, because he’ll have to leave, but he loves her and he will come back for her.  She tells him that she shouldn’t love him either, but she loves him, and has since the first day he walked into the bar and when he made that phone call, she heard what he said about her.  He’s amazed, and what was it she heard?  That she’s an angel and those eyes….  He says, because she is—and is someone who despite having so little can give so much.

Overcome with emotion Jorge Alfredo drops to one knee [and Viewerville is thinking, this is waaay too soon] and asks if Maria would be his novia [whew, not a marriage proposal, but it’s still too soon].  She hesitates, only so we can get close-ups of her answer, sí, quiero ser tu novia.  [Ah, first love, it just carries you away, well it’ll carry Jorge Alfredo away at the very least.] He asks rhetorically, even though I will have to leave you and don’t know when I’ll be back?  For nothing in the world would I trade a minute of happiness to be by your side [sigh], she replies.

This very romantic interlude is rudely interrupted by some very enthusiastic foreplay between Elvira and Celoso, right on the living room coffee table which was cleared with one sweep of the hand.  Celoso stops, takes a breath and, we’re hoping, what—that he will or that he won’t, since either choice will mean bad times ahead for our main lovebirds. He picks Elvira up and as she calls him her gallito, roosters crow and he carries her off to his nidito (little nest).

A la Romeo and Juliet, we have ‘parting is such sweet sorrow’ as dawn breaks over the vecindario. JA says goodnight, my love, sleep, rest. He’ll be back to get her in the morning to take her to her classes.  She doesn’t think she’ll be able to sleep, this being the most important night of her life.  JA makes a slight correction, the most important night of our lives is when, *all together now, Viewerville,* no one and nothing can ever separate us, and when I return to be able to wake up every morning in your arms [didn’t Rogelio say this to Ana Paula, the two timing b@*#ard].

Next morning Amalia is aghast when she finds out that Jorge Alfredo declared himself to Maria last night and that she accepted to be his novia. Maria says it’s the best decision she's made in her life. [I think this means it’s an exclusive relationship and Celoso is not going to take it graciously, or won’t take himself por vencido.] Cute little Isa is spying on this conversation. Even though he’ll be leaving?  Mama, that’s all the more reason to be novios, they don’t have much time and she wants to spend what time they do have together.  Mama is just not with the program.  She tells Maria that there is something about Jorge Alfredo she doesn’t like, she doesn’t trust him, he’s hiding something.  She just can’t accept him as her beau.  Maria says she’s within her rights to feel that way, but she needs to accept *her* decision.  Amalia is not convinced.

Hollywood, LOL, L.A.
Altagracia has come to see Michael in jail.  She apologizes, after an emotional embrace, that she couldn’t come any sooner as Justo had forbidden her to come. Michael is like a son to them and a brother to Santos, so she just had to, to get his side of the story.  Michael assures her that Santos is innocent of the fraud and money laundering charges (and whatever else Comm. Derecho digs up).  It would be impossible for him to do any harm.  It had to be a trap. They tried to kill him when he was in Tijuana. That’s why he fled to Mexico City.  Mexico City? Alta repeats (a little louder please, so the guards can hear you), Santos went to Mexico City (ok, now they probably heard you). He’s still in danger, Mike tells her.

Back in the Barrio
Jorge is singin’ in the sunshine.  He’s at Oh Happy Day, except it’s all in Spanish, as Irasema watches bemused.  He’s in a good mood today, what happened?  Well, he took her advice and Doña Prudencia’s and declared his love to Bonita and she responded.  She tells him she’s happy for him and that La Bonita is fortunate to have such an upstanding young man by her side.  JA wants to know if she has anyone, boyfriend, partner? No, sadly, who would look at someone like her.  JA says she has a good heart and surely there is someone for her.  He doesn’t dilly-dally because he’s got places to go and things to do.

Now we see Jorge knocking on a door we know is not Maria’s nor probably Celoso’s.  Ah, he asks for Braulio and mistakes the maid for his wife.  (Well, what did he know, don’t all wives in DF wear braids and aprons?)  He’s come to pay the back rent for Maria, all of it. Surprised to see him, Braulio does take it and counts it.  It comes with strings, JA intimates. Braulio is not to bother either mujer any more.  Well, he may if they don’t pay on time.  Jorge Alfredo announces that from now on, *he* is taking over payments and Braulio can be assured it will always be on time—so, no, bothering Amalia and Maria any more.  [Ay de mi, Jorge, it’s obvio you deal with honest folks and contracts are sealed with no more than a handshake—but why didn’t you ask for a receipt?]

Amalia is walking Isa to school.  Isa is complaining about not being able to go to the park because of her low math grades.  Amalia says she’s being punished and that is the way it’ll be.  They run into JA (on his way to pick up Maria) and in a leap of genuine affection, Isa rushes into his arms for a hug.  Then he finds out why she’s being punished.  He volunteers to help her with her math lessons.  Amalia looks on, so, in addition to being a mechanic, a ranchero singer and who knows what else, he can tutor in math? Coloso was right to talk about him, she says.  Isa has begged for an ice pop and is gone so the adults can have a serious convo about his intentions with Maria.

But first we go back to Susanito’s barrio to watch the “boys” playing a little pick-up soccer and a little pick-up about their very first loves.  Celoso starts reminiscing about his first and lost love, Gloria [hmmm, where have we heard *that* name before] and then they turn on Susanito and start teasing him.  Tongue-tied, he blurts out that his first love was, wait for it, his mother—and he runs off.

Jorge Alfredo doesn’t know what Celoso told Amalia about him. They talked about not hurting her daughter.  He wants her to know he tried to live up to his promise to leave Maria alone, but he hurt her trying to separate her from him.  What they both feel for each other is too strong. He loves her, he promises he’ll come back for her and take charge of her (in a nice way—cargar). Amalia doesn’t believe him, thinks he’s hiding something and says men all make promises like that.  JA reminds her that not all men are alike.  Amalia doesn’t want him to think she is selfish about trying to keep Maria pain-free, but she does know what it is like to suffer for love.  JA doesn’t want her to suffer either and declares that Maria awoke this love in him, but now only the hand of God can separate them.

Hollywoodland, LOL
Mama Altagracia is having a serious talk with Memewendyme.  She can’t get it through her tousled head that Santos is innocent.  Look, Michael is in jail, just like Bruno. Go talk to Michael.  Oh, Wendy points out, he would defend him. Is she insinuating that Bruno is lying? Of course not, it’s that everyone has ganged up on Santos and he’s not here to defend himself.

Back to the Barrio
Jorge Alfredo has reached Maria’s apartment to take her to class.  He greets her with a rose. They’re happy, bantering, laughing as they collect her things. [It’s bound not to last, but, please, telenovela gods, give us a few more episodios to watch these two being happy in love.] They stop along the street to look at an old model car, like one JA used to have and Maria shows him the simple wooden truck like the kids in her barrio had to play with. He would love to have had one like that.  He leans over and says to her, Gracias por estar conmigo.  Then Maria sees an old hand cranked victrola.  She’s enchanted by it because she’d be able to hear her father’s voice again, since she actually has his first disc.  When he offers to get it for her, she thinks he’s crazy; it’s too much money and she’d never be able to pay him back.  He says he’ll make it a gift (un regalo).  They continue their walk towards classes.

The Horse Whisperer – in Spanish, of Course
As they cross the plaza, an entrepreneur has set up a real horse and is taking pictures of kids, and anyone else who wants one, on the horse.  Suddenly, the horse shies and the kid on his back could be in danger.  Jorge Alfredo to the rescue.  Who knew, now he adds Horse Whisperer to his resumé.  All’s well that ends well.  The photographer, grateful to JA for being able to dodge a lawsuit, offers him anything he wants, anything.  JA says, naw, but photoguy presses him.  As a lark, JA asks Maria if she would like a ride.  We guess she did, because here they come.

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

PEAM, Tuesday 4/30/13 (#37): Father Knows Best

(Now that I've seen the whole episode I don't think that was such a great title, but oh well. Maybe Father will know best tonight.)

Vero takes all of Chucho's cash and his bus tokens and leaves Orion. That company really needs a better policy for employee guests.

Rogue sees Discua winking at Fernando and suddenly realizes why his brother has been so particularly idiotic lately. (Actually, Rogelio, you were shockingly slow to figure that out. Who's the imbécil now?) Fern says he's got a spiritual force-field to protect him from Rogue's bad vibes. He says something about Jesus (the religious one) and Rogue shudders. "Don't invoke that name!" I only mention it because I neglected to include a similar scene in last week's recap when someone said "encanto" to Chucho and he reacted the same way upon hearing Fernando's old nickname for him.)

At Orion, the Two Sillies accuse confront Chucho with their discovery that he, personally, delivered a new/revised application to the Camera, er, Chamber of Cosmetics this morning - on Avon's behalf. They remind him that he can go to prison for industrial espionage. Gee, who saw that coming? Hahahaha.

So THAT'S how the writers deal with portraying Avon as a den of gangsters and gossips: they create a fictitious rival that's just as bad. Brilliant!
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Amores Verdaderos #119 Mon 4/29/13 The happy return of the Angel and the Flower... Grandma has a secret. Bride of Foy Toy makes her bed... now she will have to sleep in it, says Mom. Previews: The amazing race?

Refritis:


Little flower repeats to Angel she understands he needs to rebuild his life. He is proud and surprised at how time has passed and she has become a woman, despite all the sorrows she had to go through since her mom died.

He will support her no matter what. She admits it will be hard to see him in love with another… HE is surprised … (really, man?)

Lo Nuevo:

KenDrat on phone with her partner in continuing with the skid of fooling Nikki-NilBrainsChild re: ‘traga-platanos .. eh.. dinero’ Gorilita’s gigolo page.

Said Nikki-NilBrainsChild is arguing with her mother and Gorilita about them not agreeing with her wedding. She keeps insulting. Gorilita won’t stay quiet ‘taking care of you has many angles’. Nikki-NilBrainsChild keeps insulting in his face that she picked Roy-Foy-Toy over him (yeah, NilBrainsChild has earned her nickname, besides ‘fool-B’). Vicky insists they mean her well, but Nikki-NilBrainsChild keeps insulting right out the door. Vicky prays for God to enlighten her (give her brain cells she did not inherit from dear daddy?)

Back to KenDrat nagging on her own about not being able to wear her jewels since she has told everyone they were stolen from her. Nikki-NilBrainsChild ended up in her room telling her what just happened with mommy and Gorilita, they insist she not marry. KenDrat has missed a breath but recovers quicky to insist she keep going with the wedding plans and repeating about Gorilita being a two-faced money-hungry gigolo.

KenDrat tells Nikki-NBC that Dr is coming to give her a good-2-go check up.

Vicky tells Adri about trying to convince Nikki not to marry, Don’t want Nikki to follow her example, marrying a man without love. Adri says you & Gorilita did the right thing, but ultimately it is Nikki’s ticket to ride to doom.
With heavy heart Vicky says whatever Nikki decides, she will support it.

Adri jumps for joy when Vicky says Angel is coming back to his old job.

Vicky also tells Adri she has been a real good counselor/support for Lilli. Adri a bit taken aback, changes subject, what about Vicky and Arriaga? Vicky, again with heavy heart, tells her Angel’s condition to return is that it will be just for job, their ‘relationship’ is in the past. Adri asks ‘will you be able to put your feelings on hold?’ Vicky says for the sake of Arriaga, will have to.
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Monday, April 29, 2013

Qué Bonito Amor #11 (Mex 16-17.1) Monday 4/29/13




Capitulo 16: Estos Celos Can Get You Detenido

Lo del pasado

Oscar tells Fernando he has a surprise for his "chiquita", the last song her father sang.  There is excitement in the club room as the Alguys take the stage.  Just as Oscar is about to begin, Jorge Alfredo enters JNTR singing “Maria Bonita” to the delight of Maria and everyone else except Oscar and creepy Rubén. He's wearing her father's traje and looking so alpha-hot all the female patrons are seriously enjoying this. So is Don Concho, who is seeing peso signs all over the place.

Lo de nuevo

Mendoza Apartment: Over the sound of a sad cello, Amalia and Mancia talk about Don Braulio and the owed back rent. She has only half the money owed. Mancia offers to lend her the money she needs and reminds her of what the cards said. Amalia turns her down, saying that wouldn't be fair. She wrings her hands in pain. [Could she have lupus?]

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PEAM #36 - 04/29/13 - Sleep, Sueño and Confusion Meet Winken, Blinken and Nod


First The parole lady flexes her muscles, Valentina finally calls her Papa Jesus to get a ride to school since Mom has lapsed back into depression sleep. She is also worried about an exam in math which her sleeping Mom is not a math genius among other qualities. Jesus borrows the truck from the depression sleeper named Elias in his apartment.

Maricela makes us sorry that Chatita has taken her in but in her sleepy (not depressed but forgetful) state takes a broom stick to the Maricela but figures out that she knows her.  As Maricela starts her soy de pura raza bit, Chatita has a clearing of the memory cobwebs and reminds Mari that her papa is a garbage man.  Mari tries to convince Chatita of her cloudiness but Chatita holds to her memories of what her father sacrificed to send her to school after her mother disappeared (died, do we know).  Maricela gets on her high horse several times but Chatita reminds her that isn't it odd that Maricela left her home, her loving father and here she is begging a sleeping place from the very good friend of this dear papa. Maricela is not scoring high on the fooling any of the people any of the time scale.

Chucho arrives to learn that Veronica is asleep and he sees the sleeping pills by her bedside so makes her drink water then takes Valentina who notices they are going in Papa Elias truck to school.  Chucho is a saint of good humor taking the beloved child to school and making her feel like nothing at all is wrong.
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Weekend Discussion: Producers Novelographies - Updated March 9, 2015


These lists are not purported to be exhaustive, to name every single producer and every single telenovela ever made.  For the purposes of this list, most of the producers made telenovelas for Televisa, or were shown on prime-time on Univision and recapped on CarayCaray. The titles in Bold feature the current prime time line-up or coming soon. Since then, several have been added broadcasting on Telemundo and TV Azteca.

There is an arbitrary cut-off at 1999, with a couple of exceptions.  It has been interesting to note the number of times an Executive Producer, working under a Producer, goes on to Produce his or her own.  I haven’t included this information, or the list would become endless.  The only exception was Salvador Mejia Alejandre, because it was hard to distinguish whether he was Producer, Executive Producer, or Co-Producer. Disclaimer: This information comes exclusively from Wikipedia or IMDB and the cable companies. They have been pulled together into one document.

Producers with telenovelas currently broadcasting.
3 - 4 pm
Carlos Moreno Laguillo – (1999-2013)
Quiero Amarte (2013) Karyme Lozano, Cristian de la Fuente
This is a remake of Imperio de Cristal (1994)
Quiero Amarte starts in the past, when Mauro Montesinos and Elena, the heiress to the coffee plantation, “El Paraíso,” fall in love. They have a child together, Juliana. Elena dies and Mauro is widowed and Juliana motherless. Mauro finds love again when he meets Florencia, the owner of some nearby coffee lands. Just before he is to marry Florencia, Lucrecia, an old "friend," reels him into a loveless marriage with the news she is expecting his child. Later on, Lucrecia finds out Mauro still loves Florencia, even though Florencia has married Mauro's best friend, David, who is also the administrator of Mauro's family coffee plantation. David and Florencia have one child, Amaya. Mauro and Lucrecia have two sons, César, the eldest, Maximiliano and twins Lucio and Flavia. In the present, Max and Amaya fall in love, but evil, secrets, ambitions and pain surround them to keep them from realizing their love.

It also stars Diana Bracho, Flavio Medina and Salvador Zerboni as the antagonists, with the participation of Alex Sirvent, Jose Elias Moreno, Otto Sirgo and Olivia Bucio. Andrés Mercado and Renata Notni star as the young protagonists.
Amor Bravío** (2012) Silvia Navarro, Cristian de la Fuente
Cuando Me Enamoro (2011) Silvia Navarro, Juan Soler
En Nombre del Amor (2008) Alisson Lozz, Sebastian Zurita
Sueños y Caramelos (2005)
Bajo la Misma Piel (2003)
Por Tu Amor (1999) Gaby Spanic, Margarita Magana
Nunca Te Olivdaré (1999)  Edith Gonzales & Fernando Colunga (Moreno produced Part II)
  ** AB was a merger of “De Pura Sangre,” written by Maria Zarattini and "En los cuernos del amor," a new story by Martha Carrillo and Cristina Garcia.


7 – 8 pm
MaPat López de Zatarain
La Sombra del Pasado (2014) - This is a remake of El Manantial (2001), originally produced by Carla Estrada. Began broadcasting Feb 16, 2015. (See synopsis elsewhere)
Susana Gonzalez
Alejandra Barros
Cynthia Klitbo
Lissette
Alexis Ayala


8 - 9 pm
Juan Osorio Ortiz – (1999-2014)
Mi Corazón Es Tuyo (2014) Silvia Navarro, Jorge Salinas, and Mayrín Villanueva
Life hasn’t been easy for Ana who works as an exotic dancer in a club and has just lost the home she struggled to own. She knows she has to start over. Through a clerical error at an employment agency, Ana finds herself applying for the job of “nanny” to a wealthy widower, Fernando, with seven difficult children. Somehow, without credentials or a cultured background, Ana manages to charm the children and help in the recovery process from the loss of their mother. Meanwhile, Fernando pursues a woman with a suitable pedigree, but it becomes increasingly obvious that he is smitten with Ana and she is smitten with him.

Porque el Amor Manda (2012) Blanca Soto, Fernando Colunga
Una Familia Con Suerte (2011) Luz Elena González, Arath de la Torre
Mi Pecado (2009) Maiter Perroni, Eugenio Soler
Tormenta en el Paraíso (2007) Sara Maldonado, Erick Elias, Mariana Seoane
Duelo de Pasiones (2006) Ludwika Paleta, Pablo Montero, Sergio Goyri, Erika Buenfil
Siempre Te Amaré (2000) Laura Flores, Fernando Carrillo
Nunca Te Olvidaré (1999) Edith González, Fernando Colunga (Produced Part I)
Marisol (1996) Erika Buenfil is in this


9 - 10 pm
Nicandro Diaz Gonzalez – (1999-2014)
Hasta el Fin del Mundo (2014) Marjorie De Sousa, Pedro Fernandez, and Julian Gil
This is the story of Sofia, the oldest of three sisters, who takes the helm of her family’s chocolate factory after her father’s death. Engaged to a man who is ambitious and using her as a stepping stone, she feels an immediate and mutual attraction to Salvador, a race-car driver who, due to an unfortunate circumstance, lost his job and gets a job as her chauffeur. Sofia and Salvador learn that despite the hurdles, love is possible.

Amores Verdaderos (2012) Erika Buenfil, Eduardo Yañez, Eiza Gonzalez, Sebastian Rulli - Winner 2014 Permio TV y Novelas
Soy tu Dueña (2010) Lucero, Fernando Colunga
Mañana es Para Siempre (2008) Silvia Navarro, Fernando Colunga
Destilando Amor (2007) Angélica Rivera and Eduardo Yañez (Carayers loved it)
Corazones al Limites (2004) Erika Buenful, Arturo Peniche (for teens)
Alma Rebelde (1999) Lisette Morelos, Eduardo Verástegui


10-11 pm
Angelli Nesme Medina (2004-2014)
Que te Perdone Dios (2014) Zuria Vega, Mark Tacher, Rebecca Jones, Sabine Moussier, Sergio Goyri, Erik del Castillo, Altair Jarabo. This is a remake of Abrazame Muy Fuerte.

Lo Que la Vida me Robo (2013) Angelique Boyer, Sebastian Rulli, Daniela Castro*
Abismo de Pasion (2011) Angelique Boyer, David Zepeda, Mark Tacher
Llena de Amor (2010) Ariadne Diaz, Valentino Lanus
Un Gancho al Corazon (2008) Danna Garcia, Sebastian Rulli
Al Diablo con los Guapos (2007) Alison Lozz, Eugenio Siller
Amar Sin Limites (2006) Karyme Lozano, Valentino Lanus
Apuesta por un Amor (2004) Patricia Manterola, Juan Soler
  *an updated version of Bodas de Odio with some Amor Real thrown into the mix.

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Amores Verdaderos #118 Fri 4/26/13 Frankie Keeps Trying, But Kendho Won't Let Him Succeed; What is Anyballs Up To?; FF Thinks He is the Decider

I am diving right into this epi. Things will not be in order to have a better flow of the recap.

The Coffee Talk: We start this epi with Ms Vikki and the Angel having coffee at the infamous mall. You know the one, where she was almost kidnapped. They are catching up with each other. They look quite happy to be seeing each other, like friends who haven't seen each other in some while. The Angel is looking muy bueno with is dungree jacket and jeans, sigh! Ms Vikki has moved Zambrano up in the world. He isn't guarding the gates anymore, he is her personal bodyguard now, until the Angel comes back of course. Well, the Angel isn't sure he is coming back. He knows he owes Ms Vikki still for all the money she gave him and he is a man of his word. He informs her he is selling his little ranchera in Santa Rita. He and Lili decided it would be best, cause they can't ever go back there, now that Cris is gone. Ms Vikki tells him she is always there for him, and if he wants his job back it's there whenever he is ready. He tells her if he comes back to work for Ms Vikki it will only be as her bodyguard, cause the guy that declared his love to her and kissed her at the bus station, is dead, I tell you dead. He died the same day as Cris. It's a deal, she'll take him, er, she'll deal with whateva he wants to do. She looks like she is about to go, but then she reaches into her purse to extract a hand written missive she has written, she explains she's carried it with her, just on the off chance they ran into each other. Angel isn't buying that, but accepts the missive. He starts to open it, but she blushingly tells him not here, later. She wants him to know that she put her whole heart into this missive. They gaze at each other. Hmmmm. Later on there is a split screen shot of the Angel by a lake at the park and Ms Vikki in her little room. Ms Vikki is saying she doesn't think the Angel is coming back, that she respects his decision but she will miss him. The Angel is sitting with his back to a tree, in his dungaree hawtness, and opens the missive Ms Vikki gave him. It reads: May life caress you and fate open it's arms to you. May solace find you and Dios guide your steps. May hope arise and shower you with the certainty that you will always be with me. He looks at it and then crumbles it up. He sits for a bit and picks it up again and smoothes it out.

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Qué Bonito Amor #10 (Mex 14.2-15) Friday 4/26/13 ¡Qué Bonita Sorpresita! O La Gran Entrada [What A Nice Little Surprise! Or, The Grand Entrance]



Caps 14.5 – 15 

Lo del Pasado:

Amalia lets Mancia read her tarot cards and there’s a nasty warning in them: either she or her daughters are in for a lot of pain.  Meanwhile, Maria and Snooty Bargirl Babes are on their way to computer class when they notice Santos/Jorge Alfredo walking through the plaza towards them.


Lo Del Nuevo:

Maria can’t take her eyes off moping Jorge Alfredo.  He noticed her and has walked over to speak on a serious matter with her, namely to tell her the truth!  Like the rest of us, he’s piqued Maria’s interest.   He tells her, during a walk in the nearby park, that he’s leaving because of a moral duty to do so.  Otherwise, if it were up to him, he’d stay there in the D.F. permanently.  “—Sure, you told me that already; that’s why you don’t want to see me again.  OK. You were right.”  Seeing him kissing some other woman, though, is eating at Maria and she can’t help but put it out there.  “—I saw you kissing some woman last night.” Point of clarification here.  “—That was Elvira, and I wasn’t kissing her.  She kissed me!” Same thing, whines Maria!  No, of course it isn’t, argues JA!  Why?  “--Because I don’t love her!  And, at this point in time, there’s only one woman I would kiss.”  

Maria wants to believe Jorge Alfredo, but Snooty Bargirl Babes show up and tell her break is over.  Time to get back to classes.  JA stares into Maria’s eyes and tells her she’s his only angel.  Snooty # 1 who’s in love with Fernandlo, aka, Mil Amores intervenes and drags Maria away.  “—Aw, get off it, hot-stuff!” [¡Bájalo, chulito! = ‘Tamp it down, cutie-pie.’]  Maria and he exchange longing glances,as she walks back to class.

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Porque el Amor Manda #35: Spying Eyes Get a Surprise, the Puppy Fetches Popcorn, and Everybody Goes to Chatita's


Jesús and Alma are in the Avon conference room working on some project or another -- I don't really know what it is and I don't think they care -- while Rogue watches them on the office security cameras. Patimelt slips into the office buns-first (how does she DO that?) and joins the audience. Alma and Pati are both wearing these really cute slit-sleeved blouses that were all the rage in los escaparates de Miami last month, and I want one really bad but of course mine would have to be fleece-lined. Anyway, Alma drops her pen and both she and Jesús slide under the table to look for it...for a long time. Rogue freaks completamente OUT. Pati helpfully points out that they've had plenty of time for a quickie and even furnishes voices for the silent movie. That girl is a hoot and a half.
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Friday, April 26, 2013

TELEMUNDO SUPPLEMENT: El Señor de los Cielos -- Week of April 29, 2013

Here is a new page for your conversations about this show.  Enjoy!

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TELEMUNDO Y MAS -- WEEK OF APRIL 29, 2013

Here is a new page for the week ahead.  This space is mostly for discussions and minicaps of Pasión Prohibida and La Patrona.  

[As I did last week, I'll be putting up a separate page for El Señor de los Cielos.]

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Weekend Discussion: Food!

One of the things I love about novelas is the kitchen scenes.  The kitchens of the mansions and haciendas all look like such welcoming places, full of Andalucian tile and gorgeous produce on the tables that one of the first things I would do if I won a huge lottery is buy a house large enough to have a kitchen like that.

We often note the food because hospitality is a dictate of the ancient gods and because it often demonstrates the relationship of the characters who are sharing the food.  We all fell in love with the cooking scenes in Amor Bravio that showed the bonding of Viviana and Rafael and the love between Piedad and her daughter.  The waitress in last night's restaurant scene in Que Bonito Amor explaining the dish she served Santos was clearly proud of it and of her country's cuisine.  She had a most welcoming attitude.  Gala of Un Refugio Para El Amor and Veronica in Porque el Amor Manda use food as a weapon of control; I cringe at the possibility that Valentina will have eating disorders when she's older.

So..... do you enjoy cooking?  Do you get creative with it?  Do you favor any particular cuisine?  Do you have a signature dish you contribute to potlucks and other parties?  Do you watch anything on the Food Network?

Finally, do you have a favorite food scene from a novela (just to keep this from being totally off-topic)?

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Qué Bonito Amor #9 (Mex 13-14.1) Thursday 4/25/13 Que Bonita Tristeza

Is it really only the second week?  They're really packing a lot into these commercial-less episodes!  Here we go!

My recording starts with Maria crying over the breakup to two of the Saucy Wenches outside the bar.  Santos/Jose Alfredo is spying on her and tells himself he has to get a job somewhere, anywhere, so he doesn't make her suffer anymore.  Has anyone brought this up as a trope yet?  That doing the thing that's intended to keep someone from suffering is actually the thing that makes them suffer?

At home, Paloma is daydreaming about her teen heartthrob and doodling hearts in her notebook…she summons a vision of him right there inside her notebook and smooches it.  Heh.

Meanwhile, he's mooning over his laptop where Paloma's name appears.  His mom overhears him sighing over Paloma and asks him what's up and how school was.  She asks why he's not unhappy about going to school anymore.  "Ummm, cause I like it a lot." I think Mami knows something's up, but thankfully for him, she and Susanito's mom did not attend the same Mom classes!

Paloma is still smooching on that notebook in a way that makes me fear she'll end up with paper cuts all over her face.  She gets busted by Isa, who won't take "nothing" for an answer.  She tries to say she wasn't kissing her notebook, but come on, Isa's no fool.  Paloma calls her "metiche" (nosy), but seriously, if you're going to get it on with a notebook in the middle of your living room, you're just asking to get caught!

Doña Prudencia is on the phone with a painter she hired to fix up a room, but they stood her up.  Jose Alfredo offers to do it for her and she agrees, in exchange for a week's rent.
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Amores Verdaderos #117 Thu 4/25/13 The Trampire Strikes Back

Restaurant: Jean Marie and Estefano are having a romantic lunch. Jean Marie encourages Estafano to tell Odd-ette that her only son is gay and has a lover. Esefano says he will do it when the time is right; his explains that mother works hard and is often irritable because she is naturally a crazy b*tch. Jean Marie agrees to wait. He's happy because they will get to hang out at Nikki's wedding.

Ballsvanera Mansion Foyer: Kendra begs for Vikki's forgiveness. She knows that her spawn will change the agency's plan. She didn't know how Vikki would react when she learned of her pregnancy. Mother and daughter agree that Kendra will have their support even if she can't depend on the father of her baby. Kendra fakes like she is getting up to leave. Nikki tells her father to tell Kendra to stay. Vikki tells Kendra that Tomasina is getting a guest room ready for her and suggests that Kendra stay untill the police discover who robbed her apartment. For once, Nelson and I are in total agreement. The dark leader of the evil Trampire cannot occupy Richguy headquarters. It's just not right! Nelson says that Salsero will take Ken Invader to the police station to make a report, but he is vetoed.

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

PEAM #34- The Episode Where The Children Act Like Adults and the Adults Act Like Children, Except in the Basement!


As we begin the only garbage truck in Monterrey, Panfilio’s truck is headed straight towards Ferny, and misses hitting Ferny and knocking some sense into him. Dag!!!
Panfilio gives Ferny a piece of his mind, Ferny runs out to look for the “garbage” bags of money.  He found them!!!  Panfilio lets him know that possession is 9/10 of the law.  He bribes the workers and they put the money into his trunk and then he gives them a handshake and no money. - Jerk!!!   He proceeds to do a stiff- Idiot version of a Happy Dance!!  Fern meets up with the other two stooges- Malvino and Silverio.  Fern calls them useless.  (The pot calling the kettle-in other words -el burro hablando de orejas)  Malvino tells him that he stinks.  Fern also tells Malvino that Jesus recognized him.  Fern was questioned by the Federal police.   Fern smells himself. - Phew.

Fern’s phone rings and Rogue is yelling on the other end, to get the status of the bags. Why didn’t you answer the phone?  I was busy with your money. Fern has to return immediately back to the office because Alma has a problem with the certification.  He is coming but he has to stop home and bathe first.  He hangs up on his brother. 

Ricardo sees Marisela in the break room and asks if she is okay.  She seems a little sad.  He is still in heaven over his 2-second kiss and asks Marisela if she felt anything.  She denies it.  He felt that for the 2 seconds there was something, it was better than nothing at all. The lady doth protest too much, methinks. Marisela asks Susana if she had a love of her life that escaped.  Susana doesn’t want to share her business. 

Fern is showering while Patymelt calls.  Patymelt wants to know if Fern told Rogue about her tidbit of information.   She wants details. Ferny speaks about Rogue having an ace up his sleeve, (As de la manga) but doesn’t know what it is. 
Paty tells Ferny that he has to earn his position.  Gee, she is annoying.

The two Orion sillies are at Jesus’ computer; Jesus moves them away because he wants to speak to his daughter.  They start asking questions- are you married, etc. Jesus skype to Valentina.  He notes that she is a little sad.  Val is worried about her mom who is still “sick” in her room.  Jesus says that she is okay because he just saw her.  She came to his office.  She didn’t sign her school paper.  She wants her mother to go to a school social with her but since she is not available and Elias is not around, so she asks Jesus, who will go to the ends of the Earth with

Cardenas is practicing how he will speak to Jessica.  He has no swag.  Gilberto enters the office, overhears the “practice session” and asks if he likes Jessica.  Cardenas tells him to be careful because there are important records in his office. Come on, the door was open.  Gilberto has a problem- his wife is mad with him and he needs money to buy her a little gift, so he use the money that Cardenas gives him in exchange for his silence about Jessica.

Paty is showering herself with perfume and Rogue asks about seeing Ferny and what is she planning, Rogue warns her to stop interfering with he and Alma.  He will marry Alma.  Paty is at a loss for words but she is furious.  (She gets what she deserves.)  Who is conspiring against whom???

Jesus calls Vero and speaks to Minerva.  She yells that she doesn’t want to talk to anyone.  Jesus asks Minerva to keep an eye on Val.
Elias knocks on Chatita’s door.  She thinks that Elias is the plumber.  Then she recognizes him as the drunk.  She tires to tell him that Vero was there, a la Abbott and Costello style.  She invites him in.

Marisela claims that she is staying at a 5 star hotel but her father canceled her credit cards.  Xochy offers her apartment to Marisela.  Discua wants to know why was she fighting with her father, it’s not holy.  Honor thy parents.
Jessica is trying still raging over Discua.  Ferny doesn’t want to hear about Discua and Jessica says that he smells.  In the next moment he is so sexy and wants to jump his bones. Cardenas arrives to see her “working on Fern” and his luscious bouquet shrivels up to dried up branches.  A saddened Cardenas sulks away. 

Val has the foresight to call her therapist.  The child is more mature than most of the adults in this novela!!  She said that her mother said that she could call her in an emergency and this is an emergency.

Elias tries to talk to Chatita, who confuses us all by her memory.  Chatita asks Elias if he thought about Val when he left.  She thinks of him as a father.

Jesus enters Alma’s office, he needed to see her, and he can’t hide what he is feeling.  Where is Rogue, he has left and Jesus plants a sensuous soul touching kiss on Alma. (Is this a dream?)

Yep, it was a nightmare for Rogue.  He wakes up and calls for Susana.  He asks if Jesus ahs arrived.  He asks Susana to check the boardroom for Jesus.  Jesus arrives and Xochy squeals like a little pig and starts kissing all over him.  He tells her that he is here to work.  Xochy will stay with Jesus. Marisela reminds her that she was going to take her home.  She ask him for an Eskimo kiss,

After the nookie fest, Fern warns Jessica to stay away from his Discua.  Jessica is none too happy.  Cardenas approaches the 3 sillies and says that he thought that Jessica and Fern had split. Gilberto disagrees because there was a big ruckus at the restaurant with Fern over Discua.  Cardenas wants to keep his love for Jessica a secret.  Yeah right, with these 3 sillies.  They discuss how Discua is a virgin and is waiting until marriage to have sex.

Chatita sends Elias back to Val.  Elias wants to tell Chatita his problems but she is focused on Val.  Chatita misses her son.  She embraces his photo.

Marta the Therapist arrives at the Ice Castle.

Rogue feels that it would be more comfortable to work in the boardroom as opposed to Alma’s office. He is not staying to help. (I smell a rat)  He tells Susana that if anyone asks he has left and he asks for Susana to call the crack security team.
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Amores Verdaderos #116 Wed 4/24/13 How Lucía came to be Liliana




Aníbal assures Victoria that he will take care of Nelson and his dastardly blackmailing scheme.  And then maybe Arriaga -- and Liliana -- will be willing to come back to the mansion.  The old reprobate has no trouble believing in Victoria's innocence.  Fooling around with her bodyguard?  Please.  (¿En qué cabeza cabe que mi hija -- ¡una Balvanera! -- se relacione con su guardaespaldas?)

It is a new day at the mansion.  Adriana has read a couple of chapters of Victoria's novel and, remarkably, doesn't mock her.  Not even a little.  Instead she offers her support and her discretion.  Did Nelson read her romantic tale and think that it was fact, not fiction? Well no, says Vikki, there was a video -- a dirty trick really.  Adriana suggests that Nelson himself might have been behind the video.  It makes sense -- he was so jealous of Arriaga.
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Qué Bonito Amor #8 (Mex 11.2-12) Wednesday 4/24/13 Que Maldito Corazon




Some scenes were rearranged for continuity

I think my DVR may not have picked up the action at the very beginning, please fill in anything I may have missed…

Casa Mendoza
Maria finds the key for the emergency Mariachi Traje Under Glass, so she won’t have to break the glass after all.  While she's thinking, dawn breaks over D.F.   Amalia walks by said Emergency Traje  and immediately notices it's gone!! QTH?  Maria comes in the room and Amalia is so stunned she can't say anything.  Maria has a guilty look on her face as she looks at the empty case.  Amalia is standing in the kitchen, still unable to absorb what's happened.

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PEAM # 33- 4/24/13: Marisela Definitely Chose The Wrong Career! She Should Have Been a Therapist!!

It may be November outside but in Alma and Jesús hearts it is spring!!

They get together for any reason justifiable or not, and this time it is to talk about Orion's dirty business. This could not be important, but it is because Avon is in the mix and Jesús has not been able to take Avon out of his heart!
Or Alma, for that matter... 
Xóchitl keeps screeching and stalking subconsciously getting on Jesús nerves, who sooner rather than later is going to face her like he has done with everybody else who has reached the limit of his patience...

In the office, Ricardo brags about the shortest kiss in show business (including Hitchcock's) while remembering the lips touching in the most cold way. 

Alma and Jesús plot to uncover Maximo's dirty tricks before the CAMERA OF COSMETICS and maybe before the security cameras too, why not? And to do that guess what? Yes!! They have to spend the whole night together ''working'' on the spreadsheets to make their entry unbeatable.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Qué Bonito Amor #7 (Mex 10-11.1) Tuesday 4/23/13 "Singing in the Rain" -- No; Just Cold, Wet and Kissable


This is Anita, La Dama del Queso, putting up a Headliner for Ellie.  She will be with us shortly.  Amuse yourselves in the fluttery flag and rain-soaked plaza in front of Jorge Alfredo's pension while we wait.

Ellie says: Apologies for the late recap, I had a heck of a time last night trying to write as I’ve come down with a cold that’s brutal! My little recap turned into 4+ pages so I’m trying to trim it down! My recap is not in the order things happened, I’m just trying to get all the important events/conversations down, and when I’m done hopefully everything will flow smoothly.

Starting with the events going down in Los Angeles:

We find The Orange One talking to the godfather, the little rat is trying to plant evidence against our hero! He is going to plant pictures and a list of buyers for the police to find, making it seems like Jorge Alfredo really is guilty. I say we vote Giuliano off the island and send him back to the Jersey Shore where he belongs! [Pardon me for breaking in, Anita says to fit him out with cement boots, too, muy de moda.]

Also in LA we find El Comandante Derecho and his assistant Curtis who have now received a photo of Jorge Alfredo shaking hands with a known mob boss.  To them this is enough proof of his guilt and they resolve to show the photo to Justo.  Maybe having proof that his son is in fact guilty will make Justo spill the beans about Jorge’s location. Our little investigators eventually make their way the Garza household where they are met by a cranky Justo who is fed up with the baseless accusations being made against his son, the Comandante tells papa Garza that they have photographic proof of Jorge meeting with a mob boss, the look on his face tells us that he is starting to doubt his sons innocence.

Now for the events in Mexico:

Jorge and Maria have said their goodbyes and have agreed to meet the next morning at 9:30, viewerville sees that neither Maria nor Jorge want to part as they each stand on opposite sides of the door both wearing looks on their faces that tell us they are in love. Maria finally looks up and sees her mom standing there giving her a disapproving look, before she can say anything her mom sends her straight to bed. We then get a sweet scene of Maria in bed, thinking about Jorge, on the other side of town our hero lays in bed and thanks his mother for sending Maria to protect him, at the same time we see Jorge’s mother in Los Angeles looking sad and worried and holding a picture of her baby boy (so sad! And shout out to Apple, you know you’ve made it when Televisa pimps your product!)

We are now back at the bar where Don C is one happy, happy bar owner, hiring Jorge has put him in a good mood! Oh and also he is cheating on his wife with The Lovely Mirna, there’s some talk about Don C being like a lion and something about marathons (I’m guessing this means they go at it like wild animals for long periods of time-ewww), Don C lets his hair down (literally!) locks the door and chases after his employee of the month, I bet with her extra services she wins this award every month!

This brings us to Colosos apartment.  He is there with Milamores who has come to discuss what songs they will be using for their next show. El Coloso, being an attentive host offers Mil some milk (did they run out of tequila? Someone update that shopping list and add tequila to it!), Mil, seems to have some hostile feelings towards milk and declines Colosos offer (doesn’t he know that milk does a body good? I bet Jorge Salinas drinks lots of milk…lots, sorry I get distracted!).

Milamores tells Coloso that he wants to ask him a question. El Coloso, who has not been having a good day or night or week gets a bit of an attitude to which Mil replies “bring the attitude down a bit and stop acting like a child, you know I love you and it’s the good kind of love, you are like my brother and I’m worried about your obsession with Maria, because I don’t see her ever giving you the time of day.” El Coloso agrees and tells Mil that the topic they are discussing is a hurtful one, what he feels for Maria is true love, not lust “me entro no por los ojos pero por el alma.” She has everything he wants and yet while he chases after her she is chasing after another man, then he breaks into a sad song about a man who is defeated and who pretends to be ok while he truly is just heart broken, defeated, sad, he sings this while holding a picture of Maria, and I’m starting to wonder if maybe he has a Maria shrine set up somewhere in his apartment, he strikes me as the kind who would build a shrine!

It is now a new day in Mexico and Jorge Alfredo is making his way to Maria’s house.  He stops and has a little chat with his landlady, Doña Prudencia, who points out he is looking good (viewerville agrees), then helps her out with one of the old songs.  We are also treated to a scene of Paloma acting like a stalker by ringing Gloria’s door bell and running away. She is sad because this is the third time her crush has failed to come to the door. I’m wondering how many times she has done this? She might need professional help. Anyhoo, Jorge Alfredo finally makes it to Maria’s and shows up with a bouquet of flowers for Paloma, who asks him if he is Maria’s prince! Jorge acts like a total class act and finally they sit down at the table where Maria holds his hand (aww) as they say grace and I don't know what they are eating but it made me hungry!

End of part 1

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Amores Verdaderos #115 Tue 4/23/13 Make a big messy scene. That always solves everything.

Amores Verdaderos Cap 115 - April 23, 2013—Make a big messy scene. That always solves everything.

PUT A FORK IN IT, IT IS DONE! Blogger has been difficult for me today, so I'll leave it like this!

A few things I remember (not listed in order and may not be completely accurate):

* Refry: Lili tells Candelaria a little more about Paula's and Chris's friendship. Cande wants to know more personal details about Paula.

Cande hears more about Paula, Chris's friend.

* Nikki does the precisely wrong thing to do, and confides in Kendra-Ho about her feelings about the Little Ape. Nikki is starting to see through the "Guzman's a gold digger" narrative, and so the Ho has to work hard to try to undo common sense infusing Nikki's addled brain.  After the Ho leaves Nikki laments that despite the Ho's urging her to stick with her "dream man" (Roy the Boy—PUKE) that she just doesn't love him!

The huge curler look is hyper cool, captas?

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

PEAM, Tuesday 4/23/13 (#32): Someday, All Our Stalking Will Be Done by Robots...

...and then there will be no more telenovelas. Or they'll all have to be historical TNs, or TNs for robots. (I'd watch 'em!)

We're good for now, though. Xochi left 15 telephone messages with Chucho's secretary, after making a dozen calls to his cell.

Discua is wearing her new Avon uniform, and it even sort of fits.

Mari is going out into the world. "You might just make it after all..." (Nah, I doubt it.)

But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's go to prison!
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Amores Verdaderos #114 Mon 4/22/13 Cristina's mourning continues... Planning a dinner party some look forward to and some look away from.

Editing in progress. have to make brkfast for grandson first.

KenDrat's place.... Nil-Brains with Ken-Drat in her tub... candle-lit romantic scene...


JA in front of a semi-homemade iron cross at Cristina's toumb...

'Cris Corona de Arriaga... you and I will always be together through the memory of a great love'

(almost seems like a final goodbye, he has planted the white flower plants all through the top of her toumb.)

At B house, Vicky on her laptop... a bit upset... stands up and puts on the music of their theme 'y ahora tú' ... 'Arriaga... Arriaga...'

JA packing at the apartment bedroom... Cristina's dresses draped on the bed, he carefully folds them and hugs them tightly, sniffs them...

Vicky dials a number on cell phone...

JA has not shaven in a few days... the call is to his apartment, he answers... but Vicky cannot speak. He guesses and asks if it is her... 'Sra Victoria?... is that you?... thank you very much for worrying...' She on the other side can only snif a quiet cry. He hangs up.

'Several days later'.

At B house kitchen, JM and Polita worried that Lilli has not come back to work yet. They miss her. They have prayed for God to give them consolation for Cristina's loss.

Nikki lets Gorilita go visit the Arriagas. Adriana comes downstairs and wants to go along. Adriana will first make a phone call and will catch him up outside.

Roy comes in with a 'surprise news for his doll'. 'Tonight my parents are coming to dinner'. Nikki does not think it is the right time. Roy says Nil-Brains and Anyballs agreed. Surely my mom will tell Victoria. Nikki lowers head, not really up to such a 'get to know together among families'. 'you caught me on a curve' (LOL!! or is that translation for 'you threw me a curve ball'?) 'I don't feel up to organizing a dinner right about now...' 'All you have to do is ask JM to prepare it! we have to please our parents!'

Roy drops the other bomb. 'It is a very important dinner, the whole family has to be present. Because today i will ask for your hand in marriage. Today i will give you your engagement ring.' (engagement? I would say it is rather a death row sentence. For her heart, that is.) 'Kiss me.' Nikki gives him a flash and you missed it touch kiss on lips. But of course Roy is not good with that. Nikki is forced to kiss him, and this proves too much for He-man(after having had to watch the whole BS from RoyFoyToy and the forced kiss his beloved had to give), swallows hard and walks away completely heartbroken. Niki knows it and does not feel that good about it either. Roy smiles satisfied.
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Monday, April 22, 2013

Qué Bonito Amor #6 (Mex 8.2-9) Monday 4/22/13



Capitulo 8, Part 2 & 9: The Cock Will Crow

Lo del pasado

Jorge Alfredo auditions for Don Concho, forced by Oscar to sing "Jalisco, no te rajes."  Don Concho imposes the ridiculous condition that failure will also result in Maria being fired.  Jorge Alfredo tells Oscar that if he passes, Oscar can no longer call him "pochito."  He seems to fail.

Lo de nuevo (Capitulo 8, Part 2)

JNTR Bar: Jorge Alfredo does his best imitation of Alejandro Fernández, holding a long note without the microphone, shocking the hell out of Oscar and Don Concho, who glare back at him. He defiantly grabs the mike and finishes the song with a vengeance to the delight of everyone in the room but Oscar and Don Concho, who looks like he's trying desperately to save face. Mirna makes some token applause [WTF is her problem??] while Elvira needs a drool mask à la Leoncerdo from AB. Even the band stops to applaud. Don Concho finally gets up and tells Maria and Jorge Alfredo he wants to see them in his office after he has a word with Mirna. Oscar steps in front of him, saying first he wants to talk to him on behalf of the guys. Concho agrees and exits to some minor-key suspense leitmotif. Oscar kicks over a chair before exiting behind him, showing that somehow the cock of the walk's feathers have been ruffled big time. The waiter laughs in grito fashion as he approaches the bar, saying “It looks like the gringo isn't bad at singing rancheras” and the bartender comments [I think] on how the females are all batting their eyelashes at him, so he seems to agree. Fernando Milamores congratulates Jorge Alfredo by putting his sombrero on him for a minute and we see that Jorge Alfredo has won the approval of the rest of the band. The saucy-wench waitresses all stare at him; they know an alpha male when they see one. They all comment on how they can see what Maria sees in him.

“I told you you could do it,” Maria says to him. He is astounded that she would have accepted being fired if he had failed. She tells him she believes in him. Some romantic background music as he says he can't begin to enumerate what she's done for him. A casi beso and he kisses her forehead again, restraining himself once more. Lourdes and Elvira sit at another table and it's obvious that the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree; Mama is something of a ramera herself. Despite having none herself she seems to know class when she sees it and wonders why Jorge Alfredo is singing in a bar. Elvira isn't thinking past her hormones and the two conspire on how they will coerce Don Concho into allowing Elvira to pursue Jorge Alfredo.
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PEAM #31, 04/22/2013 - Drinking and Thinking Apparently Do Not Mix But Thinking is Not Dominant Here


Back at the only restaurant, we see Chucho deck Fernando, and Patimelt parry with the ivory queen, Alma.  Pati sees Rogelio try to escape the mens' room but he goes back in.  Maricela shows up with her princesa attitude to belittle Ricardo, on a char-girls salary and reality no where in sight. Is he learning anything while she reveals her ignorance of good champagne? and good lobster tail?

Chucho tries/tires of lifting Fernando to a vertical position.  The two sillies Gilberto and Ricardo talk to Chucho.  Poor Discua settles the bill with Alma who agrees to pay the bill so Discua left without Ricardo's resources will not be embarrassed.  Xochi comes up screechy and I didn't get what she said last Friday nor today.  Trying too hard is not a virtue….

Rogelio and Pati argue over which of them is more ridiculous, beats me, I can't decide any better than they can.  Jealousy and silliness are not a good combination as Rogelio's continued attitude informs us.

Chucho and Pati have a funny meaningless exchange, Rogelio notices Discua's assets as she passes.  Discua confronts Chucho asking him to think about his destiny?  Religious message? Discua and her winking tic are a mystery once again.
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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Telemundo Supplement: El Señor de los Cielos -- week of April 22

Since the main Telemundo page is getting a little crowded and people are having trouble following conversations, I thought we could try a separate weekly page for El Señor.


  • I'll only post this page while it's needed.
  • I'm not asking Jane for a space on the sidebar.  The page will be tagged as "Telemundo" and easily accessed that way on the index.
  • If someone wants to commit to regular recaps and get a regular slot on the sidebar for this show, please contact Melinama, our blog mom.  Since Jean and I aren't even watching this one, it's up to you guys to take the initiative.


For now, please post recaps and comments about El Señor de los Cielos in this space.  Thanks, everyone!

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Screencap fest for QBA, first week.

QUE BONITO AMOR, SCREENCAPS! Week April 15-19, 2013.

I love to do screencaps, I love Jorge Salinas & Pablo Montero, I love the colorfulness of this novela, so I wanted to share. I hope it's okay. This may be a weekly thing or not, I'm not sure. Right now I have screencapped two episodes, and will post highlights. I hope you don't mind!

The full screencap collection can be found here for Cap One and here for Cap Two. (I may not be able to post more screencaps here on this page, since Blogger seems to have a limit on how many it'll take before it goes insane. In which case, I'll let you know and link to my blog.)

A happy moment between Santos and his mom, before things went down the toilet.

Bad guys Bruno and whatever his name is, plotting and planning for Santos's downfall.

El Celoso Coloso and his . . . errrr . . . rooster.

Santos is on his way, Maria, so you don't have to put up with this guy's B.S.!
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Amores Verdaderos #113 Fri 4/19/13 Cristina Corona de Arriaga Balvanera Descanse En Paz



Hello, Y'all on the Patio, your faithfull recapper here. Grab your box of tissues and lift your glass of Baileys with ice, and relax on your sofas or chairs and take this solemn journey with me as we say a final goodbye to Cristina Corona de Arriga Balvanera.

FF and Kendho are meeting and Kendho advises FF to give the naughty video to Nikki for her to see with her own eyes. FF agrees.


Anyballs and the Godfather Take a Meet:
In a semi-darkened bedroom at the Balvanera Manse, Anyball is taking a meeting with the Godfather. He explains how he found out Cris was his daughter, right in front of her coffin! She was the wife of one of the bodyguards, right under his nose all this time! The Godfather gives him some sage advice, as all Godfathers do, and tells him tell the truth or Anyballs will come to regret it and to tell Ms Vikki and Adriana all about it, stop with all the secrets and to recognize Lili as a Balvanera and give her his name, oh, and to stop all the secrets. Anyballs just can't do that, it's complicated. The Godfather also advises Anyballs to tell Adri what happened to her daughter. Anyballs is not in agreement. He's given Adri all the info she needs and that's it.


Ms Vikki Slaps the Crap out of the FF:
As Ms Vikki and the FF are in the hallway of the Balvanera Manse, they are of course having a disagreement. FF was out all night with "friends" and Ms Vikki could care less what he does with his time. FF is pithed cause she has been comforting the Angel in his time of need. Ms Vikki is pithed cause FF has no clue about anyone else's pain but his own, and she tells him to shut it and go move in with his lover and leave her alone. The cheating accusation flies again, he cheated but so did she, he's got the proof. Ms Vikki raises her arm and smack! first on the one cheek and then the other, the face that is. Don't insult her she says. He is threatening to show the video to someone who beleives him. She has to remind the FF once again that nothing, but nothing happened between her and the Angel. He just wants her to go to the cemetary so she can say goodbye to her lover's wife. Where is the flying anvil for this putz!


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