Tuesday, October 22, 2013
La Tempestad, October 21, 2013. Capitulo 61.
Estercita tells Hernan that DamFab wants to take her son away from her and get a divorce. He has given her 2 days. Hernan forbids Estercita to give DamFab a divorce. Do what you have to do to stall it. Estercita complains that she has no money. Where's the money for the kidnapping of my son? I haven’t seen a penny yet (this woman wins mom of the year. NOT!). Hernan tells her that she will not have to worry about money since she is the heir of Ernesto's fortune. He will take care of getting it to her. She promises to give him a big bonus if he gets it quickly. He tells her he will keep her informed. After he hangs up, he calls her stupid. To think that I will let you see one penny of Ernesto's money. I am going to stay with it all.
Ursullied is lying on Hernan's bed with the twins. (I’m not taking about babies here). Hernan tells her to get to ready to head back home. Estercita is managing things badly. She complains that he hasn't spent any time with her, not even taken her out for dinner. Hernan tells her to listen to him. She refuses to do his bidding and they start fighting and he pushes her on the bed. You listen to me replies Hernan.
DamFab and Marina are on the phone talking. She can't believe that Estercita didn't put up a fight regarding the divorce that DamFab asked for. He assures her that he will fix things quickly so that they can be together. She needs to stay calm. Soon they will be together and no one will bother them. (only if you get rid of crazy Hernan, sweetcheeks). Every time he thinks of her his heart beats crazily like a “Tempestad”. She asks about Padre Tomas. He is getting better and better. She asks him to tell Padre hello for her. He asks her how she's doing. Fine replies Marina. She tells him that she will be dining tonight with.....but DamFab's phone loses power and she can't tell him who's she's dining with. Becky enters Marina's room to inform her that Hernan has arrived to take her to dinner. Marina tells Becky that she doesn't want to go, but she'll do it anyway.
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Estercita tells Hernan that DamFab wants to take her son away from her and get a divorce. He has given her 2 days. Hernan forbids Estercita to give DamFab a divorce. Do what you have to do to stall it. Estercita complains that she has no money. Where's the money for the kidnapping of my son? I haven’t seen a penny yet (this woman wins mom of the year. NOT!). Hernan tells her that she will not have to worry about money since she is the heir of Ernesto's fortune. He will take care of getting it to her. She promises to give him a big bonus if he gets it quickly. He tells her he will keep her informed. After he hangs up, he calls her stupid. To think that I will let you see one penny of Ernesto's money. I am going to stay with it all.
Ursullied is lying on Hernan's bed with the twins. (I’m not taking about babies here). Hernan tells her to get to ready to head back home. Estercita is managing things badly. She complains that he hasn't spent any time with her, not even taken her out for dinner. Hernan tells her to listen to him. She refuses to do his bidding and they start fighting and he pushes her on the bed. You listen to me replies Hernan.
DamFab and Marina are on the phone talking. She can't believe that Estercita didn't put up a fight regarding the divorce that DamFab asked for. He assures her that he will fix things quickly so that they can be together. She needs to stay calm. Soon they will be together and no one will bother them. (only if you get rid of crazy Hernan, sweetcheeks). Every time he thinks of her his heart beats crazily like a “Tempestad”. She asks about Padre Tomas. He is getting better and better. She asks him to tell Padre hello for her. He asks her how she's doing. Fine replies Marina. She tells him that she will be dining tonight with.....but DamFab's phone loses power and she can't tell him who's she's dining with. Becky enters Marina's room to inform her that Hernan has arrived to take her to dinner. Marina tells Becky that she doesn't want to go, but she'll do it anyway.
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Labels: tempestad
Monday, October 21, 2013
PEAM #160, Oct. 21, 2013 - Oh Say Can You See…the Pie Carts Up That Hill Aimed at Baby Sellers and Baby Thieves
Here is an experiment:
Aida tells Jesica who is down stairs waiting for her. She says oh no he will kill him (Cardy I presume) just then Cardy takes a flying lesson Jesús assumes another rescue role that of working wonders of conciliation between madman Bernabe and red-faced Cardy. The girls ooh and aah and Jesica takes a flower vase in hand to face the musinc. Bernabe swings her around but lets her back to admire her physique as we all always do.
Xochi and Fernando take the new car for a spin. Apparently she has never driven before so this won't go well as she ruins some poor slubs knees who has the good judgement to run for his life. Xochi is more worried about damage to the new MiniCooper than to the involuntary manslaughter charges that might await her future driving attempts.
Jesica assures Cardy that she will handle Bernabe. Then she assures Bernabe that even though she is totally in lurve with Cardy he is so wonderful to her. They hug and dance in the coffee room moving the dance out into the open office. Bernabe waxes between ecstatic dancer and wild man ready to defend his old girlfriend if Cardy ever does anything bad to her.
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Labels: Manda
TELEMUNDO Y MAS - week of October 21
The Telemundo schedule seems to be patas arriba but that won't stop us from commenting! Go for it!
Labels: marido, santa, telemundo
Recapper stars in her own telenovela!
¿Qué es Common Core?
Carlos and Belinda are a young couple with children in the Mesa Public Schools. As MPS implements the new Common Core standards, Miss Millie helps Carlos and Belinda understand the changes. But a secret from Carlos' past threatens the safety of the entire family.
This was just too good not to share with the whole community! I shot this video series back in May and the Spanish version is out now. There was an English version shot at the same time, but it doesn't look like that's out yet. The idea is to introduce parents to the Common Core Standards and get them interested in what's going on in MPS by using the familiar telenovela format, as well as poking fun at a lot of the telenovela tropes (all that stuff we check off on the imaginary BINGO cards). I even got to say "No puede ser!" It's not meant to be a stand-alone, but is/has been presented to parents during meetings where they have an opportunity to ask questions and get more detailed information.
Carlos and Belinda are a young couple with children in the Mesa Public Schools. As MPS implements the new Common Core standards, Miss Millie helps Carlos and Belinda understand the changes. But a secret from Carlos' past threatens the safety of the entire family.
This was just too good not to share with the whole community! I shot this video series back in May and the Spanish version is out now. There was an English version shot at the same time, but it doesn't look like that's out yet. The idea is to introduce parents to the Common Core Standards and get them interested in what's going on in MPS by using the familiar telenovela format, as well as poking fun at a lot of the telenovela tropes (all that stuff we check off on the imaginary BINGO cards). I even got to say "No puede ser!" It's not meant to be a stand-alone, but is/has been presented to parents during meetings where they have an opportunity to ask questions and get more detailed information.
Labels: announcements
Saturday, October 19, 2013
CI, # 114 -- Fri. 10/18/13 -- Don’t Know Where the Vengeance Went, but Now It’s All About Luurve
CeCe is on
leave for tonight’s recap due to exams, so La Paloma is reporting instead. Many
scenes are compressed and combined by topic, so they may be out of order.
It’s another
night of back-and-forth emotions for Tav and MC. Their attempts to find new
partners leave them back at square one, feeling the old feelings. Details of
this mess follow.
Previously
Tav protests to Miguel that MC isn’t just playing around with a new boyfriend, she has to think of a stepfather for Lupi. Mig thinks the engineer has a good salary, but Tav says MC won’t lack for anything as long as he’s around. It’s seems like a lie—MC’ love for Tav won’t allow her to date anyone new. (That’s some sublime self-satisfaction for our galan.)
Tav protests to Miguel that MC isn’t just playing around with a new boyfriend, she has to think of a stepfather for Lupi. Mig thinks the engineer has a good salary, but Tav says MC won’t lack for anything as long as he’s around. It’s seems like a lie—MC’ love for Tav won’t allow her to date anyone new. (That’s some sublime self-satisfaction for our galan.)
MC and Alvaro
are out riding. He cheers her up and she trusts him, but does wonder why he is
helping her. Shortly, the new couple is at her table, drinking coffee, chatting
and laughing. Tav rings the doorbell, Santa answers and tells him to wait. Tav
sees the happy couple and knows Miguel wasn’t lying about MC’ new boyfriend.
Nevertheless, he’ll protect his daughter.
In a moment,
MC welcomes Tav and introduces Alvaro. The men grip each other’s hand in a
contest of manly power. (Sergio Goyri
seems to have more focus when he’s menacing someone as a bad guy. He’s sort of
a cardboard cutout here.)
Tav Rides
By to See Whose Truck Is Parked at MariCruz’ Hacienda
Tav claims he came to see Lupita. MC gestures him upstairs on his own, while she and Alvaro sit on the couch for more cozy conversation. Tav eavesdrops from the upstairs bridge. When the engineer leaves, MC lets him kiss her hand. She rips Tav for coming unannounced and with a rotten attitude.
Tav claims he came to see Lupita. MC gestures him upstairs on his own, while she and Alvaro sit on the couch for more cozy conversation. Tav eavesdrops from the upstairs bridge. When the engineer leaves, MC lets him kiss her hand. She rips Tav for coming unannounced and with a rotten attitude.
Labels: Indomable
PEAM #159-10/18/13: Fluffy Folderol, Venganza Rants and A New Character, Oh, My!!!!!!
Hola Peam Peeps! It's one of those dreary days here today, drippy and gloomy, you just don't want to get out of bed type of day. I am so lazy today, but I have my nice cup of pumpkin spice coffee, I make this homemade and will add the recipe at the end of my recap.
Xochi is talking to poor Ale who has a black eye. Ale got it from one of her clientle and Xochi is very upset and offers Ale her help.
Marta, in her guise as Marcia, visits little Luisa while Alma and Chucho are out. She tries to abscond with little Luisa, but big FAIL. Saved by Sebas the Grandpapa who gives MM (Marta/Marcia) the stinkeye.
Alma is visiting Pato in the hospital when Rog comes in all upset about his bebe.
The Fluffy Folderol: Chucho and Valentina are giving Luisa her first bath, and Valentina is really enjoying this new duty. Alma is so very proud of them she grabs the camera and takes pics of this event. Then Chucho takes pics of Valentina and Alma, then the camera is set on automatic so the whole family is in the pic. Fluffy filler! Val asks after her newly born bubby, as Chucho is tucking her in for the night. Chucho tells her he is in an incubator cause he was born prematurely, he's very tiny, and she asks for a piano keyboard, she wants to learn to play like Kiko. She goes to sleep.
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Labels: Manda
Mentir Para Vivir #10 Fri 10/18/13 New-Nes Confesses; Ric Eyes the Possible Male Competition; Padre Plaid Prays for Guidance
Capítulo
10
Lo Del Pasado:
At the hospital Oriana breaks down and confesses the real story to Padre Mariano.
She was looking for shelter from her
deceitful, scruple-less, and criminal hubby and the misguided long arm of the
Columbian law; not to mention that she only meant to bring a bit of happiness
into the old lady’s lonely life. He
advises her against telling the truth to Doña Paloma for fear the emotional
shock of True-nes’s washing up on the shore like a dead tuna post-deadly overdose would be too much for her.
Lo Del Nuevo:
While Padre Plaid (having actually changed into a red stripy something now) is
chatting with New-nes, Cesar and Racquel show up in the waiting area to check
on things. Ric sees another opportunity
to snooker information about NewNes’s past and any possible link to his dead
daddy’s murder. He immediately starts
giving Raqi the third degree. (Word up,
Ric: don’t try snookering a snookerer.)
Raqi’s way ahead of him here.
Nope, she’s got no idea what Padre Red Stripes and Ines discussed that
morning that supposedly set her off since they’re really not friends as such;
and nope, she’s not aware of any long distance phone calls to her hotel—except
(once he mentions that he paid the last phone bill for Ines) the time she was
calling about some little cheap stuff she left in the room and a hairbrush
which they’d given to Santos for the DNA test.
“—it turned out positive, didn’t it?” Yeah it was positive, he replies, still
mentally sifting her answer for a crack in her alibi. So then what’s your problem, asks Raqi with
another sparkling crocodile smile of hers.
(Chomp!)
Labels: mentir
La Tempestad, Capitulo 60, Friday, October 18, 2013: Exclusive! Baby Michel Tells His Story: Life with Papi.
First of all, don't feel sorry for me. I know my mami is just using me to get at my papi. She's hanging out with her Mean Girl cousin and that creepy dude Hernán, not to mention the freak with the bad rug and the painted eyebrows. But you have to know that my papi is on my side.
Padre Tomás is not expected to survive the night. His lungs are failing. I repeat, he may not live through the night. When questioned on the whereabouts of her daughter-in-law, ShutUpRosy reported that she is where she belongs -- in the house, doing the laundry.
Labels: tempestad
Friday, October 18, 2013
Weekend Discussion: Virtual Feast
Virtual Feast
Food, whether we're talking basic,
ethnic, plain, or fancy, is what keeps us going. We see beautiful
kitchens in the homes of our fictional friends on TV: Big kitchen
tables are laden with gorgeous produce, garlic is hanging over the
counter space, spice shelves are loaded with jars, and wonder what
Maria, the cook, is preparing for our protagonists. I keep wishing
that Televisa would put out a cookbook with the recipes from each
series.
Every once in a while we need to talk
about this universally-loved subject. Do you like to cook? Do you
tend to cook for parties, family, a special significant other? Do
you like to experiment?
As we get closer to the finale of PEAM,
there will probably be parties in front of the TV. What are you
planning to make? If you're not entertaining, what would you make if
we all got together?
I freely admit I make stuff that some
people think are real head-scratchers. Here is a dessert I've
brought to a friend's place for Easter; I even made it with
sugar-free filling!:
Now with fall in full swing and winter coming, what do you like to cook? How did you learn? If you have children, did you teach them?
Seriously, I have only ever known about three people who didn't like food. They all had other major issues.
Labels: Manda, telenovelas, weekend
La Tempestad, Capitulo 59, Thursday October 17, 2013 - Todos Los Padres
The Father of the
Pueblo – Father Tomas
Father Tomas is driving down the road to attend to a certain
Doña Rita when his car swerves off the road and down a short precipice. It
appears to be a mechanical failure—we know that Nareo did something to the car.
After the accident, the Father is bleeding and unconscious but he is pulled
from the burning car by some townspeople. The car blows up. Nareo did his job
well but the Father is not dead yet.
At the hospital, the doctor tells ShutupRosy, Laz and Lucia
some bad news. Sadly, Padre inhaled some burning fumes and has some bourns on
his body. He is on a respirator fighting between and life and death.
Damian Fabre, Father
At Large
Damian jumps out of the cab driven by sinister Macario and
runs through traffic to the church in order to recover his bebe. He enters the
church where we see Sweet Baby looking so cute lying on his clean blanket in a pew.
Damian swoops the baby up into his manly, muscular arms. Damian has never been
more beautiful than when he holds the little one who may or may not be his son.
Damian then takes the flowers out of a vase right in
the front of the church and fills it with a large black plastic garbage
bag full of money. Ursula is skulking somewhere in the church, hiding from Damian.
Damian hears her and she is almost caught whilst she is waiting for Damian to
fill the vase with money. She sheds a few tears but I cannot for the life of me
tell just why she would bother.
We jump to the Den of Iniquity, where Hernan, Macario and
Ursula rub their hands together in glee as Hernan shares out the money they
extorted from Damian/Mercedes. Ursula exults, Damian fell into their trap!
Labels: tempestad
Mentir Para Vivir #9 Thu 10/17/13 Preguntar para Angustiar
Ricardo explains to Inés about Maria, at least as far as he knows. Maria has epilepsy and some type of mental retardation. Inés doesn't like the idea of leaving Maria with her dad, but Ricardo doesn't want to have her institutionalized.
Paloma fills Padre Plaid in on what Inés told him about Lina's father. He thinks she might talk to a man of the cloth…tartan though it may be. Paloma wants her to be happy and she feels guilty about what Inés has suffered.
Inés is wondering why Ricardo told her about Maria. 'Cause he likes you, duh! He pleads for her to realize their kiss was for realz, but Inés denies it. Ricardo tells her that he wanted her to know about Maria because he wants her to trust him. Inés gets defensive and says he's just trying to get her to admit she's someone else, like maybe the woman who killed his father. She starts to leave, but Ricardo won't let her and insists that if they can't get it on, at least they can be friends. He figures she never had a lot of friends before, growing up as an orphan. He tries to coax her to tell him about her life of ho-ing by saying he did his own stupid stuff, as she's now seen, but Inés can't be forthcoming about that since she has no idea that's supposed to be her past. Raquel and Whatsisface (Matilde's husband) come in to the same restaurant where Inés is with Ricardo and start chatting about the lovely house they saw that would be just perfect for the new boutique hotel.
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CI # 113 -- Thurs. 10/17/13 -- Tonight’s Melodrama: MariCruz, the Plucky Rancherita
Allà en el rancho grande,
Allà donde vivia,
Habia una rancherita
Que alegre me decia,
Que alegre me decia.
Previously
MariCruz is speaking with the smitten Mayor Morales, telling him she will fight the land takeover and plans to file a class action lawsuit. He won’t intervene because he admires her. When he tries kissing her hand, she pulls it away and leaves. Although she’s beautiful and smart, he smirks and tells himself that everything has its price. (Dream on, slimeball. If the Emir couldn’t pull it off, neither can you.)
Alvaro, the engineer (aka Old Caterpillar Face), confesses to Padre Julian he has a personal motive in his sympathy for the displaced peasants. He’s in love with MariCruz and hopes the padre will speak in his behalf. He’s an upright guy who can provide references if needed. (If you need that much help, your case may be hopeless.)
MariCruz is speaking with the smitten Mayor Morales, telling him she will fight the land takeover and plans to file a class action lawsuit. He won’t intervene because he admires her. When he tries kissing her hand, she pulls it away and leaves. Although she’s beautiful and smart, he smirks and tells himself that everything has its price. (Dream on, slimeball. If the Emir couldn’t pull it off, neither can you.)
Alvaro, the engineer (aka Old Caterpillar Face), confesses to Padre Julian he has a personal motive in his sympathy for the displaced peasants. He’s in love with MariCruz and hopes the padre will speak in his behalf. He’s an upright guy who can provide references if needed. (If you need that much help, your case may be hopeless.)
Miguel uses his vast knowledge of
women to advise Octavio that Simona knows he loves MC more than his wife. (We’re surprised he’s not working on a best
seller to share his expertise.)
Our
Plucky (but Unlucky) Heroine Fights to Save the Ranch
The hardworking accountant tells Santa he really, really needs to see MC, but she’s never home. He hopes the tenants will help her save the ranch and let her know how badly JA has cheated and betrayed her. She doesn’t deserve her bad luck.
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Labels: Indomable
Thursday, October 17, 2013
PEAM #158- 10/17/13- We May Have All Lost Some Hearing But Veronica's Baby is Born
The old:
We are the casino and Ricardo; the loser comes in with
Virginia. He goes to a table where
the minimum bet is $10,000 pesos. He
is going to bet blindly. What an idiot.
Alma, Jesus and Ferny arrive at the hospital to see
Paty. Rogelio arrives and is
informed that she is in critical condition.
Back at the casino, Ricardo bets it all. So do his opponents. I don’t understand Poker, but Ricardo
wins everything. Dumb luck!
Labels: Manda
Corazon Indomable #112 So many Galans, not enough MC to go around.
I guess Solita is now sick. It breaks Perito's heart to see her that way. Perito can't decide if he loves Solita or not. He runs it by MC. Maybe he loves the painter? She asks if he wants to be with the painter in sickness and in health til death do they part. He's not sure. The painter was never sick when they were getting it on. MC says that if he finds out he doesn't love Solita, she wants him to leave her alone.
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Mentir Para Vivir #8 Wed 10/16/13 Sebastian gets busy throwing dogs (you have to read the whole thing to understand)
Ricardo asks Sebas what he'll do with his shares – is he
planning to sell them? SabeNada doesn't
know. With his share of the sale of the
house plus his mother's trust fund, oof, what a life he'll have! Ricardo warns him to consider this money
won't last forever (buzzkill). SabeNada
wonders sarcastically if Ricardo wants him to invest in the factory. Ricardo
suggests he would make a good profit if he did.
SabeNada tells him if it were anyone else, he might, but since it's
Ricardo, well, no – ain't gonna do it.
Ricardo tries to speak calmly with him.
It really doesn't matter to him if he invests in the company. But he does want to know why SabeNada
dislikes him so much. Sabe responds that
Ricardo has been bossing him around all his life, trying to run his life in
order to turn him into a puppet (monigote). Ricardo tries to explain he's never.....but
SabeNada refuses to listen to the same old song (cantaleta). Ricardo was
always the favorite son. If his mother
left everything to Ricardo and he got stuck with a miserable trust (fideicomiso) it must've been because
Ricardo nagged and nagged her to leave everything to him (Ricardo). Ricardo assures him he did no such
thing. He sincerely (de corazon) apologizes if he was too
strict with him or if he made any mistakes.
Too late, says SabeNada. Ricardo
continues to reach out, saying he would like nothing more if they could talk as
friends. He'd like to hear about his
projects, his friends, his girlfriends.
SabeNada tells him he has no interest in sharing anything with him
because he could care less about his opinion.
And one more thing, he wants a car.
He's tired of walking or taking taxis.
He had to sell his car to survive when Ricardo cut off his allowance. Ricardo stupidly, IMHO, says he'll speak to
the accountant and have him assign a car designated for the executives at the
firm. Oh heck no, SabeNada doesn't want
one of those carcachas (old
crock/jalopy). He stalks off and Ricardo
can only shake his head.
Labels: mentir
La Tempestad Capitulo 58, Wed 10/16/13 - I will revenge my injuries: if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear...*
* Frankenstein (Apply the quote how you wish. There are are so many options.)
Tonight we have two, two, two episodes in one! Missing scenes (some not all) are in blue.
So THAT’S her excuse!
Marina tells Becky she’s still got the blues because she’s separated from the DamHunk she loves. She’s so sad she can’t even think. Becky tells her to keep fighting. You go Becky!
DamHotEvenInACrappyTshirt paces and worries about the bebe. He ponders how much he loves his son and how important that relationship is. His daddy always told him how much he loved him more than life itself.
Another night in The Only Nightclub in Mexico City
In La Dama de la Noche Mercedes sings for a special guest, Marina Reverte (and Bea and Becky). Uni cuts her song short, “Es la Nostalgia”, and Marina sheds a tear, either at the song or the editing. We feel her pain.
Uni deprives us of tonight's sex.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
PEAM #157- 10/16/13: For A Good Time (And Trouble With Your Spouse), Call Alicia!
Recap By Pablo
This episode sponsored by cheap POLLO LOCO (yes, that's what Martha eats)!
Mimic
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When Vicky enters AVON's headquarters time stops. She looks like she works there, she is wearing a dress probably made with the leftover material from the secretaries uniforms. She walks with pride looking at everybody over her shoulder. I have seen bigger towers fall down, she better have a plan ''B'' for when Ricardo a) runs out of money, or b) kicks her out.
Ya lo lamió el diablo
Now that Ricardo has money to burn, Marisela and Virginia, or Virgin-not, as Mari calls her, fight over him. One because she only wants to spend a good time swimming in luxury and expensive gifts, and the other one because she wants the best for him, and the best is not Virgin-not, that's for sure. With Elías out of the picture, Marisela is left without good suitors, and Ricardo left her like the dog with the two sandwiches, without Juan and without the chickens... Marisela annoyingly cries trying to make us believe it is because she suffers seeing Ricardo losing all his money in seconds, but the reality is that she cries because she wants to be with him, instead of Vicky. Then she could be crying too, but with happiness, because money and status is what she had always longed.
In a very over dramatic moment, Marisela asks Vicky if she has slept with Ricardo...
-Yes!
-Nooooooo!! Inga' su!
The bling ring
Patricia's ring's shine hits like lightning deep inside Verónica's heart causing a huge dose of pain. Ahem, envy. Like in the movie, if you wear it, you could die within a week. Guaranteed!
Labels: Manda
CI: Octavio’s Golden Goose May Get Cooked If Miguel Can’t Make Him See How Badly They Still Need Those Golden Eggs
Capítulo 111
Lo del Pasado:
Octavio storms out the hacienda door despite Salmona’s ordering him to
stay put.
Lo del Nuevo:
Simona has to admit that her marriage has been a freakin’ failure. Make that a Freakin’ Failure with a couple
of capital F’s. Miguel tries to cover for his brother’s brash
behavior. Baby Brother and he are close
to getting the royal send off if he can’t finesse the situation. Salmona
angrily says she refuses to overlook the latest of any number of Octavio’s
humiliating insults [afrentas]. She’s
certain, she says, that Octavio only married her so that he could be near
Maricruz!! Migui tries persuading her
again with the idea of their leaving a while, taking
that long cruise he mentioned…cuz he’s certain Maricruz will be evicted shortly
and that she’ll be long gone before they return.
At the same time, Mr. Mining Company Big Shot tells Vargas that he
absolutely refuses to throw all those people off the Narvaez land, let alone
the woman he loves and who is certain will eventually fall in love with him.
(As Hubby has always said, even the homeliest hombre thinks he’s a ripped
Romeo. This guy’s no exception.) Big Shot’s job is on the line this time, but
he’s not going to be the one responsible for evicting all those people, and
especially not MC. (How many men has
Maricruz got drooling and madly in love with her by now, anyway?)
Labels: Indomable
Mentir Para Vivir #7 Tue 10/15/13 She Was Kissed Hard and Put Away Wet
Alternative Titles
- Never trust a big butt and smile. That girl is poison!-Bell, Biv, Devoe
- A Wicked Witch Steals a Little Dog…I Think I’ve Heard This Storyline Before
- Devil in Some Pink
Jeans
Skid Row: Ricky and Piero escort Berenice, Benigno and Maria back into
the doll hovel, located behind the train tracks on Skid Row. While the nurse and his friend, Piero, settle Maria
down on the couch, Ricky pulls Benigno into a corner and cusses him out. He pays good money for the mother of his child
to live in that dump and he expects Benigno to keep her locked up, out of sight
and away from himself and other decent people! Once the
pillows are fluffed and the dolls are arranged, Ricky tells Maria that she has
to stay in doll hovel because the streets are way too dangerous. Let Berenice take care of you, he says. Maria says that living in the doll hovel
creeps her out, but she will do whatever Ricky says. Maria notices Piero. I know
you, she says. Frozen like a bespectacled
cockroach exposed by a sudden flood of light, Pierro nervously “reminds” Maria
that she just met him on street. Ricky
eyes him suspiciously, but he says nothing.
Beverly Hills: Paloma wants Ezekiel to
continue investigating Orines’ background.
Although, she believes the DNA results, she would like to know how a
brothel-raised, drug-addict, single mother prostitute appears so refined and
educated. She knows that Alina’s father’s name is not
on the birth certificate. Paloma continues
to blame herself for the lives that Orines and Alina have lived. She wants Santos to return to Juarez City to
find out more information from Orines’ friends.
Once she has the complete background on Orines and Alina, she will
approach Orines and tell her that her background doesn’t matter to her. And NO! I DID NOT MAKE THAT UP! YOU READ IT RIGHT!
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La Tempestad Cap #57. 10/15/13 In The Words Of Maury Povich "You ARE The Father" Or Is It "You Are NOT The Father"
Where is Maury when we need him?
*Cut Scenes will be in this color
Marina wants to be alone. DamRespectful will respect her decision. He doesn't want to pressure her. He reminds her that he'll always be by her side and that he is hers. They kiss and embrace. He leaves. Marina cries.
DamFab tells Bea and Mercedes that he'll give Marina time. Mercedes thinks it is the best decision. Both Marina and DamFab need to be calm to face what is to come. Bea hopes DamFab can solve the PesterEsther situation. However, Bea knows that Pesthercita won't give up without a fight. DamFab assures them that nothing will stop him from fighting for Marina and his happiness. He leaves. Mercedes tells Bea that now was not the time to tell DamFab that she saw Pesthercita preggers. Bea agrees with Mercedes. Although she is aware that they are only prolonging this terrible blow.
Hernan reminds Pesthercita that NO ONE can know that it was he who brought her back to R-Laydee. Pesthercita's lips are sealed. It is also to her convenience that no one find this out. Hernan forbids Pesthercita from signing the DamDivorce. Pesthercita is sure DamFab will attempt to get a divorce. She supposes that DamFab will use Marina's money to hire a good lawyer. Hernan will make sure Marina does not intervene. And it is up to Pesthercita to keep her DamFineHubby by her side.
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
PEAM, Tuesday 10/15/13 (#156): The Little Bird and the Lucky Duck
There is a sign on the wall in the courtroom: "SILENCIO." I only mention it because I don't think any of these characters read it.
In court, on the witness stand, Rogelio testifies that Vero began mistreating Valentina a few months ago. One morning she tried to hit her, but Rog prevented it. However, yesterday was worst of all. She hit Valentina and locked her up in her room without supper. (Does that make Rogelio a stool pigeon?)
Vero flips out and physically takes a swipe at Rogelio, at the same time denying that she ever hit Valentina. The judge calls an end to the session and says she'll talk to Valentina herself. "Great!" Vero snarls. "Let her tell you how much I love her."
After the judge leaves, Vero accuses Chucho of trying to take Valentina away from her. He says that's not what he's trying to do. I think Vero says that Valentina lies and/or exaggerates to get his sympathy. She also says Rogelio lied to get her in trouble.
"Don't you know how my princess is suffering?" Chucho asks. "I don't think you care. She's told me for months about your bad moods and mistreatment. What would you have me do? Just sit and watch it happen? I think not."
Vero threatens Rogelio again with that long-ago recording from Nick Donovan's hotel room. He replies, "Do what you want. I'm tired of your threats."
Vero tells Cinthia they will all pay. Cinthia too! "If I lose Valentina, I will tear you to shreds, you incompetent idiot!"
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In court, on the witness stand, Rogelio testifies that Vero began mistreating Valentina a few months ago. One morning she tried to hit her, but Rog prevented it. However, yesterday was worst of all. She hit Valentina and locked her up in her room without supper. (Does that make Rogelio a stool pigeon?)
Vero flips out and physically takes a swipe at Rogelio, at the same time denying that she ever hit Valentina. The judge calls an end to the session and says she'll talk to Valentina herself. "Great!" Vero snarls. "Let her tell you how much I love her."
After the judge leaves, Vero accuses Chucho of trying to take Valentina away from her. He says that's not what he's trying to do. I think Vero says that Valentina lies and/or exaggerates to get his sympathy. She also says Rogelio lied to get her in trouble.
"Don't you know how my princess is suffering?" Chucho asks. "I don't think you care. She's told me for months about your bad moods and mistreatment. What would you have me do? Just sit and watch it happen? I think not."
Vero threatens Rogelio again with that long-ago recording from Nick Donovan's hotel room. He replies, "Do what you want. I'm tired of your threats."
Vero tells Cinthia they will all pay. Cinthia too! "If I lose Valentina, I will tear you to shreds, you incompetent idiot!"
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Mentir Para Vivir #6 Mon 10/14/13 While some have to settle into their new lives, others don’t know how to get rid of their old ones…
Villa el Descanso Eterno
It’s night time in San Carlos and Lucina and Raquel invited the guy who
helped them fake Oriana’s passport for another round of Forgers Anonymous. He believes
Real Ines’ fingerprints were used for Fake Ines’ new passport. But he doesn’t
think the driver’s license prints will be checked for a match with the ones in
the passport. Get it? Good.
Raquel and Lucina
agree with him, but that Oriana is such a paranoid, she should just make a fake
driver’s license and relax.
And talking about Ori,
has Lucina asked her if the new family knows Ricardo Sanchez Bretton? Raquel
inquires.
Casa Madrina/Abuela
While Alina is asleep,
Oriana is trying to learn how to write her new signature, for when she has to
fake-sign her new credit cards… Lucina calls just then to let her know the fingerprints
from the passport belong to Ines.
So, what do I do with
the driver’s license? Ori asks in a panic.
Make up something,
what else? Lucina offers a very good suggestion (not really); but her shrug informs
Viewerville that what she really means to say is: “Do I have to do all the
illicit work for you?”
Oriana complains about
the mess they got her into, but Lucina would like a thank you, instead,
for helping her stay out of jail. Before they begin to fight, Raquel asks for
the phone just to tell Oriana the exact same thing as Lucina did and to urge
her to use her smarts to solve the problem. Oh, and by the way, does your new
family know Ricardo? Raquel remembers to ask.
Oh, yes, Oriana
replies, and that’s another problem, he’s Paloma’s godson and he’s always here,
nosing around, taking me to walks around the city and gazing at me lovingly –
ok, I might’ve made up the gazing part, but Viewerville can pretend I didn’t,
because Raquel’s reply works best with my imagination: she warns her best
friend to stay away from Ricardo because he is HER man and if Ori crosses the
line with him, she (Raquel) might spill the beans, reveal the whole truth.
Ori threatens to do it
first and hangs up, hurrying to Alina, who’s talking in her sleep or something…
And here is how the besties become rivals…Just give it time!
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Corazon Indomable, Episode #110, Monday, October 14, 2013 “The Beginning of the End for Short-Lived Rancho El Abuelo”
Recap by LatinInMD
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Simona is still sharing her headache with us, so Octavio does
himself (and all of Viewerville) a favor and prepares to put her to sleep with
an injection.
MC visits police chief Vargas to inquire about the investigation
concerning her rustled cattle. Sensing –
correctly – that Vargas is not giving it much thought because he figures the
loss is a small drop in the bucket for her (and just in case we forgot what the
narrator told us only five episodes ago), MC gives Vargas and Viewerville a
quick tutorial – illustrated with sepia flashbacks – on how she managed to blow
her father’s entire fortune in record time.
She’s done nothing but give without getting anything in return, she
points out. Now you understand my
situation, she asks Vargas? He’s
speechless – as is the rest of Viewerville, knowing how ludicrous all this
still sounds.
After putting Simona to sleep, Octavio comes down to the living
room to continue his endless exchanges with Miguel about how it upsets Simona
to have Octavio visit MC. Miguel insists
that Octavio and Simona should take a trip far, far away.
Simona awakens from her drug-induced nap just as Ofelia enters
her room. She asks the maid who replaced
her long-serving nana to prepare a bath for her, so she can make herself
pretty. (Good luck with that.) (By the way, what happened to nana? My guess is she had too many brain cells to
continue on this show.)
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La Tempestad, October 14, 2013. Capitulo 56. She's Alive! She's Alive!
Mercedes tells Bea that it's time to tell Marina the truth. Hernan has now found out.
Hernan wants to know why Fully was interrogated by the Feds. Nothing to do with the organization replies Fully. It's regarding the dead Fed. Hernan just wanted to make sure that Fully didn't say anything stupid. Fully snickers and changes the subject. He wants to know what Hernan's intentions are with Ursula. Why do you care, asks Hernan. I didn't think you cared about anyone, but yourself. Fully gets annoyed and tells Hernan that no one messes with this family. Sooner or later, this association of ours will finish. And I will have the pleasure of no longer putting up with your weird temperament. Ursula listens in when Hernan tells Fully that he would be the first to celebrate the end of their association. Ursula wants to know what is up with Fully and Hernan.
Mercedes thinks it better to tell Marina now, before she finds out from someone else. Bea finally agrees but begs her to find the right time to tell her. She doesn't have a long time to live and doesn't want to see Marina suffer.
Bea goes to see her Dr. Suspenders. She wants to know how much longer she has to live.
Marina is praising DamFine for bringing in more then enough fish to share with the poor. Hernan strolls up and tells DamAnnoyed that he is the talk of the town. I ask that next time you don't give away the fish. DamAnnoyed reminds him that he met his obligation to the pacadora. Isn't the fact that the freezer is full the most important? So what's the problem? That you used the fish that belonged to the pacadora replies Hernan. It was mine replies DamFine. “La Tempestad” works for the pacadora says Hernan. So I'm going to have to take it from your pay. If you read the contract it clearly states that all the fish belongs to the pacadora. Is that true DamFine asks Marina. Yes, it's true replies Marina. She tells Hernan what DamFine did was noble. And since he is going to take it out of DamFine's pay, you might as well take half from me too. I am completely in agreement with what DamFine did. DamFine tells Marina that it isn't necessary. Marina says that it's not a problem. It has to do with people needing it. Hernan agrees to take it out of both their pays. We are not in a good position to give away fish.
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Mercedes tells Bea that it's time to tell Marina the truth. Hernan has now found out.
Hernan wants to know why Fully was interrogated by the Feds. Nothing to do with the organization replies Fully. It's regarding the dead Fed. Hernan just wanted to make sure that Fully didn't say anything stupid. Fully snickers and changes the subject. He wants to know what Hernan's intentions are with Ursula. Why do you care, asks Hernan. I didn't think you cared about anyone, but yourself. Fully gets annoyed and tells Hernan that no one messes with this family. Sooner or later, this association of ours will finish. And I will have the pleasure of no longer putting up with your weird temperament. Ursula listens in when Hernan tells Fully that he would be the first to celebrate the end of their association. Ursula wants to know what is up with Fully and Hernan.
Mercedes thinks it better to tell Marina now, before she finds out from someone else. Bea finally agrees but begs her to find the right time to tell her. She doesn't have a long time to live and doesn't want to see Marina suffer.
Bea goes to see her Dr. Suspenders. She wants to know how much longer she has to live.
Marina is praising DamFine for bringing in more then enough fish to share with the poor. Hernan strolls up and tells DamAnnoyed that he is the talk of the town. I ask that next time you don't give away the fish. DamAnnoyed reminds him that he met his obligation to the pacadora. Isn't the fact that the freezer is full the most important? So what's the problem? That you used the fish that belonged to the pacadora replies Hernan. It was mine replies DamFine. “La Tempestad” works for the pacadora says Hernan. So I'm going to have to take it from your pay. If you read the contract it clearly states that all the fish belongs to the pacadora. Is that true DamFine asks Marina. Yes, it's true replies Marina. She tells Hernan what DamFine did was noble. And since he is going to take it out of DamFine's pay, you might as well take half from me too. I am completely in agreement with what DamFine did. DamFine tells Marina that it isn't necessary. Marina says that it's not a problem. It has to do with people needing it. Hernan agrees to take it out of both their pays. We are not in a good position to give away fish.
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Monday, October 14, 2013
PEAM #155 - 10/14/2013 - The Magic Time Machine Takes Us Back or Is It Forward to Hospital and Court
Two pictures from the France photo workshop: first an Arabian mix, Lucy coming out of the Atlantic surf, and the second a PRE (pura raza española) named Rubén. Rubén has been juried into the New Mexico photographers show to be hung in December.
Bebe Garcia appears a miracle of love as her Papa calls her. Maricela breaks up with Ricardo who has a fatal case of tickles and cries to the whole office who weren't too busy anyway so they discuss. Julio says let's treat him like an addict, he needs an intervention. Veronica is very pregnant and none of the madonna serenity has perforated her cranky snarling face. Jesús gets to announce in tongue tied bursts of joy, the arrival of another princess to Sebastian, Panfilo and Chatita.
We have the whining, crying track coming out of Maricela's pie hole when Pato gets the call from Jesús so she can torment everyone with gyrations and screams, yeah baby, yeah baby in rather faultless English. Veronica snarls something I missed.
Jesús brings a photo wrapped and framed in baby goo goo style of Alma and the baby in their first embrace. Jesús suggests they name the baby Louisa which confuses Chatita while they joke her into remembering that it is her name. Memory loss is so cute sometimes. Jesús and Chatita profess love and joy that the new Louisa is going to have a grandmother. Jesús then presents her with a gold saints medallion, didn't catch the saint…
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: Week of October 14, 2013
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Porque el Amor Manda #154: Two Time Warps & a Baby
Bebe Garcia - 7
Pato visits Alma in her bedroom and tells her the score: two up and two down for Rogelio, outcome uncertain. Alma observes that she obviously never stopped loving him and wishes her all the best. He really does seem to be changing -- he even volunteered to babysit Valentina during the custody hearing! They share a giggle over Paty's "pichon paternal."
Rico Not-So-Suave continues to act like a total tick in the restaurant. He doesn't understand why Maricela is so put off: wasn't she always crazy about money? She reminds him that she's changed: none of that matters anymore; what's important is being together. Oh yeah? Is that why you were always standing me up for that pretty-boy Elias Franco? Well, now I'm as good as him! (Guess again, twerp.)
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Pato visits Alma in her bedroom and tells her the score: two up and two down for Rogelio, outcome uncertain. Alma observes that she obviously never stopped loving him and wishes her all the best. He really does seem to be changing -- he even volunteered to babysit Valentina during the custody hearing! They share a giggle over Paty's "pichon paternal."
Rico Not-So-Suave continues to act like a total tick in the restaurant. He doesn't understand why Maricela is so put off: wasn't she always crazy about money? She reminds him that she's changed: none of that matters anymore; what's important is being together. Oh yeah? Is that why you were always standing me up for that pretty-boy Elias Franco? Well, now I'm as good as him! (Guess again, twerp.)
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La Tempestad#55-10/11/13: I Am A Dog Who Stays On a Scent, and Does Not Leave It. M. Hercule Poirot
Ahoy, Tempestad Maties. It is rainy and humid today, typical fall weather for my area. I dug out my Agatha Christie novels last night, and started rereading one of them and lo and behold something struck me. It's about Herny you see. In Ms Christie's last book, there is a murderer that is a Master Manipulator. He manipulates people into murdering other people without becoming involved in the actual crime. It took M. Hercule Poirot a long time to find out who was doing these crimes, as they spanned many years. I compare the Commandante to M. Poirot because he will stay with the case until it is solved. Herny is like Mr. X in the novel "Curtain" Ms Christie wrote. Herny has murdered many over the years without being caught. Will the Commandate catch the Master Manipulator? Will Herny screw up? Just some thoughts for Y'all to puzzle out!
I took notes in real time and so if I missed anything or got something wrong please comment.
It's Too Late To 'Pologize, It's Too Late : Herny swears to Pervy Ernie there is nothing going on with Hada/Ester, just some chit chat, he would so never betray ole Pervy (liar, liar, pants on fire). Hada/Ester even takes up for herself and when the Perv tries to apologize Hada/Ester isn't too happy.
The Scooby Two- Some Meet With The Commandante: Laz has taken DamSuspicious to see the Commandante and the Commandante forgives Laz for saying what's going on, but swears DamDetermined to secrecy. DamDetermined lets the Commandante know about the troubling pirates at sea, the fire at Neptune so many crimes. Well, The Commandante lets Laz and DamDetermined know that Fully and Herny are under suspicion and they have documents on them to prove all the crimes they have been involved with (there were extra copies made). The Commandante will accept DamDetermined help, but he must not compromise the investigation in any way! Now we have a true Scooby Gang!
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Fri 10/11/13 Corazón Indomable cap 109 Simona Shares Her Headache
This yawner of an episode begins with a Octavio quarreling with Miguel over Miguel's incredible lack of compassion for others... Next!
Maricruz continues on her mission to run out of money as soon as possible by handing out wads of cash to the stragglers of Realengo. She thrives on being adored by the simple folk.
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| Maricruz Purchases A Playmate For Lupita |
After handing out the last stack of bills she quarrels about it with José Antonio. He tells her,
"You're going to end up in the street and no one will even extend a hand."
"If so, it's God's will."
Miguel and Octavio are now quarreling about Maricruz and Simona... anybody care?
Maricruz is home spending her required 15 min. of quality time with Lupita as Juanita looks on. (Cute kid) She is brushing Lupita's unmanageable curly mane and searching for nits.
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| "Now Tell The Nice Folks How
Much You Love Your Mama... Or Else..." |
Yikes! We join Simona in the hospital... scary. No makeup, a curious headband, and very grumpy... Yikes!
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| That's It, Simona, Just Head Toward The Light |
She scolds Octavio for leaving her alone in the hospital. Looking as though he'd rather be anywhere else, he explains that he was needed at the ranch because of peasant unrest over their expulsion from Realengo... hey, Miguel needed him there to help protect the ranch (plus he needed to look in on Maricruz...he neglects mentioning this part).
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Mentir Para Vivir #5 Fri 10/11/13 One Fractured Fairytale
Cap 5
Lo
Del Pasado:
Silly-Socks de Santos, our P.I. Extraordinaire, calls Abeula Paloma with
the news that he’s located Ines and daughter in Guayamas. Oh happy day! Paloma is headed for Guayamas the very next
day and would go today if she knew where and when.
Lo Del Nuevo:
Doña Paloma calls Ricardo and invites him and Padre Mariano to dinner
with the family.
Mad Mathilde and robotic hubby, Robo-Ruben, are curious to know what the
dinner preparations are all about. Why
seven plates when they’re only five in the family? Who knows, says Robo-Ruben in a mechanical
monotone. [¡Quién sabe?] Mad Hilde decides her aunt must be suffering
from Alzheimer’s. Perhaps [¡Quién sabe? = perhaps; who knows?],
says Ruben perfunctorily. (Is he bored
out of his gourd, a maliable milquetoast, or just a long-suffering grouse’s
spouse hoping to inherit his due after decades of marital immurement, certain
that his wife’s inheriting a portion of Paloma’s prodigious pile of pesos will
more than make up for a marital misfortune otherwise known as the buzzkill de Mathilde?
¡Quién sabe?)
That night on the way into dinner at his godmother’s manse, Ric mentions
to Padre Plaid what a real coinkydink it is that the hotel owners just happened
to have a hairbrush of Inés’s for a DNA sample.
They head inside to put on the feedbag with Paloma and family.
During dinner, Paloma informs her family of whom Ric and Mariano form a
part, that she’s finally found her granddaughter, Ines and Ines’s little girl,
Lina. Tomorrow they’ll be coming to
live with them from now on. Paloma
admits then to cowardice and weakness of character as her reason for not
searching for them till after her husband’s death. Madhilde screeches from the other end of the
table that Tía Paloma is a doddering old fool to believe such a fairytale,
especially if she thinks this woman isn’t an imposter in cahoots with that P.I.
to collect big-time on her tía’s fabulous fortuna. Ric warns her to watch her mouth, but she screeches
him to stick his essentially non-familial nose out of what doesn’t concern him.
After dinner, Mariano and Ric agree that Maddie’s got a mouth on her the
size of Mexico City and then some, and will make Ines’s life there a living
hell if they let her. Ric isn’t going to
allow her to if he has anything to say about it.
The next day Ric, still suspicious, plans to arrive ahead of Ruben and
Dona Paloma in Guayamas and heads straight for Oriana’s apartment where he plays
with Alina and waits for the others to arrive.
Oriana has arrived late to work that morning due to a major traffic
accident. Mercedes introduces her to
Santos, who explains he’s there on orders of her long-searching, wealthy
abuela. He proceeds to give her a
sketchy idea of Ines’s personal family history and how the lady owners of Villa
El Descanso handed over a hairbrush of hers for the conclusive DNA sample—just
like a fairytale! Oriana is drop-jawed
and saucer-eyed impactada to learn about her supposed good luck and is apprehensive,
certain somehow she’ll be found out and this fantasy will fracture, like a
cracked window pane when the truth, as it undoubtedly will, comes to light. Silly-Socks drives her back to the apartment
where Ric and Abue Paloma are waiting for her.
The old lady gives her a heartfelt welcoming back into the familial fold.
Oriana/Inez, aka New-nes, tries to refuse the attempt to bring her back
to the casota to live, but she’s guilted into it by Ric who explains the old
woman has been looking for her for months and isn’t exactly in the best of
health—or didn’t she notice; not to mention, there’s a life of luxury awaiting
her there. New-nes scornfully replies
(and Viewerville notes the resultant appreciative sparkle in Ricardo’s muy
attentive eye) that money has never impressed her. Eventually 2-nes has no choice but to give in
and goes along to get along. She excuses
herself and Lina to get packed.
Meanwhile Ric wonders why 2nes is so reluctant to leave with them; he asks
the landlady if perhaps she has a serious boyfriend or something. The landlady is adamant that 2nes doesn’t date
and doesn’t receive visitors of any sort there.
While she’s packing up their things, Oriana makes sure that Alina didn’t accidently
give them away. At the same time, Silly-socks
fills in Ric on how he got the hair for the DNA and mentions 2nes seemed close
with Raquel while she stayed at Villa El Descanso.
Ric gets more info on 2nes via Sra. Mercedes when he goes to pay her the
reward money. He finds out that Ines is
a model mother and employee, very well brought up and well-mannered. Back at the apartment house he manages to get
the phone bill, promising to pay it for the landlady. He notes the phone numbers, dials, and thus
confirms that most of those calls were made to Villa De Descanso.
(Duhn-duhn-duhnnnn!!!!)
2nes and Lina finally arrive at the manse and 2nes meets her fractured fairytale
family. Mad-hilde fights the urge to
growl and bare her fangs. She takes her supposed
new cuz through the house to her and Lina’s rooms upstairs. Lina takes an immediate dislike to
Mad-hilde.
Raquel gets word from Oriana’s old landlady that she’s moved to the
abuela’s fairytale castle in Hermosillo and immediately tells Lucina the good
news. Lucina suddenly remembers that
that’s where Ric, old dead Gabe’s sexy son, has his bachelor digs. Raquel ignores Lucina’s objections and calls
Oriana to give her the head’s up. Oriana
screams back at Raq about the nasty jam she and Lucina have put her in, but Raq
tells her to live it up and enjoy her new life as a ricachóna [nouveau riche]. How the hell is she going to do that when
she’s nothing but a bundle [manojo] of nerves, Oriana hisses back at Raq.
Raq gives Oriana the emergency 411 on Ric being dead Gabe’s son just as Ric
walks out to greet her in the ornate brick pavemented area otherwise considred the
driveway. Ric approaches; Ori panics,
says she’ll call Raq back and then clicks off.
Ric returns. Two-nes mentions to
Ric that she was talking to a friend from Mexico City and then excuses herself
to check on Lina. She asks the servant,
Martin who’d given her the phone, a question before giving Ric another frowning
glance and heading inside. Ric gives Martin
the third degree about who called whom and finds out the “unnamed” girlfriend
called her at the house instead of the other way round as he was led to
believe. Ric asks what 2nes had asked
him before going inside and he explains she was simply asking what Ric’s last
name was. Cara de I’m still suspicious
as hell de Ricardo.
In the living room, Padre Plaid wants to discuss the inconsistencies in
2nes’s years of prostitution post age 16 when she left her mother’s friends. It seems strange that she should be so well
mannered and well-educated if she’d been living in a brothel and prostituting
herself, says Padre Mariano. When did
she ever find time to absorb the finer things in life like manners, let alone a
formal education? He suggests that maybe
she became somebody’s live-in protégé, and that he took the time to instruct
her. (Works for me. Apparently it does for Dona Pal also.) Paloma tells Mariano she’s not interested in
the details of 2nes’s sordid past. When
and if her granddaughter decides to open up, then she’ll deal with it. Until then, she’s going to respect her
silence. Ric shows up wanting to discuss
the same topic. Santos, he tells her,
said the story was repeating itself. Was
she living the same lifestyle as her mother or what?
Doña Pal forbids Ric from ever subjecting her granddaughter to such
vexing embarrassment by mentioning 2nes’s past to her. She warns him never to mention a word of any
of that to 2nes y punto. Ric says he has
no intention of doing anything so disagreeable; in fact he hopes to become a
good friend. Dona Paloma asks him then
to take Ines out and show her the sights.
Get her feeling comfortable. He agrees.
At the same time, back in her bedroom, after Oriana praises Lina for
lying to the others there about their being from Monterrey, she gives her a
lesson in the value of white lies as being the next best thing when not wanting to lie…..
Down in the living room again, Ric does tell his madrina that he suspects
2nes of hiding something. Paloma admits
she’s had a very sad, very trying life.
“—What did she do?
Kill somebody?” “—No! Nothing so drastic! But, if one day she tells you, then it must
be because you’ve earned it. Neither am
I about to tell you the details of my granddaughter’s past life. That discussion is done, off limits. However, if you don’t want to take her to see
the factory or the sights in Hermosillo, it’s okay. Ruben or Mariano or Cesar will do it
instead.” Of course he’ll do it, says Ric. No problema. Well, don’t try nosing around [hurgar = poke
around, pick your nose, jab, provoke] in her personal life, or, she gently
threatens, would you like me to tell her about Maria and Sebastian?
Ric is suddenly red-faced impactado.
Cara de message received, loud and clear, Madrina! de Ricardo.
A while later, 2nes and Doña Pal take a walk in the garden together. Ric’s going to find a suitable private school
for Lina, she informs 2nes, and please let’s use “tu” and do call me Abuela,
ok? Okay, says 2nes, though it’s going
to take some effort to remember. Oriana’s stomach is doing major rollercoaster
rolls. Paloma makes small talk. “—Ricardo and Mariano have been friends since
high school. Too bad he’s a priest or
I’d suggest him as husband material.”
They chuckle a bit at this.
Mad-hilde watches and listens to them from her secret perch on the
balcony above. RoboRuben calls her on
it. Maddie doesn’t like the attention
her aunt’s giving 2nes, she tells him. He
says it’s normal to prefer your granddaughter to a niece. The woman gives her a bad feeling [dar mala
espina], she says. RoboRuben doesn’t see
why it should since she’s attractive and a decent sort. “--If she is soooooo decent, then who’s the
father of that child of hers?” Ruben tsks at his wife’s endearing personality. “—Mathilde!” (Does this man have the patience of
Job, a steely constitution, WD40 for blood, or what? Inquiring minds want need to
know!)
Down below, Abue Pal tells 2nes that tomorrow she’s got a famous
couturier coming with a full line of clothes for her to choose from. She’s her granddaughter and very shortly all of
Society will know this. She’s got to
dress appropriately, right? Anyway, she
realizes that 2nes has lived a sad life but, she adds quickly, it’s not her
fault. Abuela Pal admits it’s her own, and
says it’s because she was so frightened of going against her husband. That’s why she didn’t look for 2nes sooner. (Viewerville notes Oriana and Paloma have
something in common when it comes to Abusive Husband Syndrome. It takes various
forms, but in the end is all the same sort of social malady.) “—From now on,
though, you’re going to live the life you should have! If I should die tomorrow, I’ll die happily
[literally, ‘calmly’].” “--Oh, no! Don’t say such a thing!” Because Oriana’s so decent, she is quickly
developing affection for the old gal—and Mad-hilde is just as quickly
developing a venal hatred for the ‘intruder’.
Maddie fingers her keys as the two below hug tearfully.
That evening, Abue Pal comes to 2nes’s room and offers her a new phone
and two credit cards in her name. No limit! (How nice!) Just then Ric calls the house and 2nes picks
up. He invites her and Lina to tour the
city the next morning with him. She
starts to say no, but Paloma insists she accept since it was her idea to begin
with. 2nes says all right then.
The next day, Lina and Oriana (along with Viewerville, por supuesto) get
a first class history lesson and one in architecture for the period. It’s obvious from the looks that pass between
them that Ric and 2nes are more than a leetle bit interested in one another,
not to mention hoping that the feeling is mutual. (BTW, is anybody else shuddering every time they
see 2nes on the grass, the mud, and the wet sand in that pretty little white
sundress number she’s wearing? Curiously,
there’s not stain numero uno on her backside afterwards!)
That afternoon, 2nes finds out she’s going to be heiress to the huge factory
Doña Paloma owns once she kicks the bucket, and that the next day she’s also going
to be assuming the role of a manager there, under Ricardo’s tutelage! When that doesn’t sit well and 2nes
eventually suggests that though she…ahem… never studied at college, but that she’s
good at um, math, Abue Pal says wonderful!! She can be an accountant instead of a plant
manager. She can also get her driver’s
licence (and I think formal training as an accountant possibly?) Oriana realizes afterwards that that means
finger printing! (In Mexico a driver’s license calls for finger prints
apparently.) Ruh-roh!! Once Abue Pal is gone, Oriana calls Lucina
and frantically explains her newly developing situation and the risk involved, i.e.,
if she has to use her own fingers. Loopy
Lucina doesn’t see a problem. “Oh,
prints will be checked against any [current] driver’s license or those on her
passport, so no problem.” ( At least
that’s what I think the conversation went like.) Oriana is desperate. “--Well, then I’ve got to know for sure! Find out!”
At the same time, Pierro--yeah, it’s Fabian looking like a four-eyed
geek, but a beefcake of a geek all
the same. ¡Ay, Chihuahua!—er… he and Ric are chatting together about 2nes’s
supposed history, as far as it goes.
Since he’s not aware of the hooker aspect, that part goes untold. They do wonder, though, what type of
“friends” her mother had and what type of upbringing she must have had before
she disappeared off the face of the earth at sixteen. Ol’ four-eyed de Peer-o submits that just
because there are similarities between 2nes and this Oriana, it doesn’t
necessarily mean they’re one and the same.
They agree that when she disappeared it could have been with a man since
she reappeared with a daughter. Ric
brings up the fact that 2nes obviously has studied somewhere and was brought up
with a decent set of manners. He
mentions the lie about the phone call Martin told him about. “--Why lie?”
Peero suggests she’s got a lover or some such. Ric still wonders why’d she have to lie since
he could care less. Oh,
says Peero, I think she’s beginning to matter to you quite a lot! “--Anyway, there’s a DNA test and a passport
that says she’s who she claims to be.”
Yeah sure, says Ric dubiously. “--Those
things can always be falsified and she could still be a fraud.” Then Ric mentions the phone bill with all
those calls to Villa de Descanso, which just happens to be the hotel where his father was murdered!! Cara de then-that’s-a-horse-of- a-different-color de pie-eyed Peero!
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Friday, October 11, 2013
Weekend Discussion: Typecasting and Its Long-Term Effects
Over the years Televisa has typecast
most of our favorite actors. People with primo good looks usually
get to be protagonists, some get to be villains, and the ones who
hold onto their looks can do this into their forties.
Average-looking people can be the friends, relatives, colleagues, and
degreed professionals that surround the main characters (unless we're
seeing a comedy novela), and people with very ethnic looks are
usually servants or agricultural employees.
Is this art imitating or influencing
life? What does this do to actors' careers and self-image? It
certainly influences how we want to see them.
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Mentir Para Vivir #4 Thu 10/10/13 Mentir Para Ocultar
Zeke tells Lucina that he noticed Inés' name in the guest book, so she thinks fast and tells him she didn't notice it since she must have been out of town when the guest arrived. Zeke goes off to his room as Raquel comes in, happy to see they have another guest…until Lucina informs her that he's a PI looking for Inés Valdivia.
"Inés" is doing a great job at the store and her boss praises her way with customers. She asks if she has a boyfriend, but Inés tells her that ain't nobody got time for that, what with work and taking care of her daughter.
Lucina and Raquel splash their feet in the pool while Raquel fusses about how nervous she is. Zeke shows up in his version of resort wear and somehow the ladies don't expire from shock at his total absence of leg showing despite being in shorts. Lucina goes to fix him another drink while Raquel feeds him their concocted story about Inés…and gets him to take his socks off. She's a humanitarian, that Raquel. Anyway, Raquel tells him that Inés was only there three days, paid in cash, went out during the day, came back in the afternoon, and then locked herself in her room. They never talked, she never said anything about where she was from and only put "DF" in the register. Lucina comes back with his drink as Zeke tells them that Inés is the only heir of a rich woman who hired him to find her. Inés has no other family and was taken in by hos. Presumably with hearts of gold. Raquel tells him Inés certainly never brought any men back to their establishment, while Lucina finds out that no, neither Zeke nor grandma has ever seen Inés in the flesh. Lucina quickly reminds Raquel that before she left, Inés was asking about how to catch a bus to Guaymas. Raquel follows her lead and agrees, though she has a harder time when Lucina adds that they took a picture of Inés with a young girl at "Mr. Anderson's birthday party." Raquel looks pissed as Lucina keeps piling it on, talking about how "Raquel said" that Inés showed up with a little girl, but she sticks to Lucina's story.
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"Inés" is doing a great job at the store and her boss praises her way with customers. She asks if she has a boyfriend, but Inés tells her that ain't nobody got time for that, what with work and taking care of her daughter.
Lucina and Raquel splash their feet in the pool while Raquel fusses about how nervous she is. Zeke shows up in his version of resort wear and somehow the ladies don't expire from shock at his total absence of leg showing despite being in shorts. Lucina goes to fix him another drink while Raquel feeds him their concocted story about Inés…and gets him to take his socks off. She's a humanitarian, that Raquel. Anyway, Raquel tells him that Inés was only there three days, paid in cash, went out during the day, came back in the afternoon, and then locked herself in her room. They never talked, she never said anything about where she was from and only put "DF" in the register. Lucina comes back with his drink as Zeke tells them that Inés is the only heir of a rich woman who hired him to find her. Inés has no other family and was taken in by hos. Presumably with hearts of gold. Raquel tells him Inés certainly never brought any men back to their establishment, while Lucina finds out that no, neither Zeke nor grandma has ever seen Inés in the flesh. Lucina quickly reminds Raquel that before she left, Inés was asking about how to catch a bus to Guaymas. Raquel follows her lead and agrees, though she has a harder time when Lucina adds that they took a picture of Inés with a young girl at "Mr. Anderson's birthday party." Raquel looks pissed as Lucina keeps piling it on, talking about how "Raquel said" that Inés showed up with a little girl, but she sticks to Lucina's story.
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C I, # 108 -- Thurs., 10/10/13 – A Tale of Two Babies (Featuring the Appearance of Saint MariCruz)
The other
day, Jarifa commented “Funny
how Simona and Esther are in the same boat: they both pushed marriages with men
who they knew were in love with Maricruz and not them and then went on to get
pregnant by those men. Esther lost her first child. Will that happen to Simona?
“
In this episode, we see Ester’s baby
enter this world a day later than Simona’s newborn son. I turned to that old master of serial
suspense, Charles Dickens. (His novels were originally published as serials
with cliffhanger endings. Almost like telenovelas.) His beginning to A Tale of Two Cities could well apply to us:
It was the best of times, it was the
worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was
the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of
Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the
winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we
were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way. . . . In other
words, we were watching “Corazon Indomable”!
The early
parts of this episode switch back and forth between Simona and Ester at a quick
and choppy pace, so these segments are blended and condensed.
Seen Previously
JA rushes into the hacienda, pooh-poohing Ester’s complaints of pain. MC tells him he must go for the doctor, using the truck. She’ll saddle up and ride to Ester’s aid in the meantime.
JA rushes into the hacienda, pooh-poohing Ester’s complaints of pain. MC tells him he must go for the doctor, using the truck. She’ll saddle up and ride to Ester’s aid in the meantime.
Simona asks
Tav who does the baby look like? She wants him to stay with her. In fact, she
hopes he is here every time she wakes up.
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