Friday, October 25, 2013

La Tempestad – Capitulo 64 – Thursday, October 24, 2013 - How Many La Tempestad Sailors Will Fit Into A Vintage Volkswagen Beetle?



“I am Elna June Sonoma and this is Morning Report. Buenos Dias. Today we begin with an abbreviated report on the telenovela La Tempestad.

By The Sea, Veracruz
(Screen image: Damian and Marina in the sand dunes by the sea).

Reporter:
“This morning in Veracruz our cameras caught Marina Reverte and Damian Fabre in a rare happy moment.  Ms Reverte was heard promising El Capitan Fabre that she will never allow him to be separated from his son (Baby Michel). Damian expressed gratitude that Marina loves his son, but as they were talking, their brief idyll was interrupted by a telephone call from Becky. Reverte’s mother, Doña Beatriz Reverte had been taken to the hospital.

Veracruz State:
(Screen Image. Beatriz, Becky and Marina, smiling. All have excellent hair.)

Reporter:
“In Nuestra Señora del Mar, Sra. Beatriz Reverte has suffered another health crisis. The waiting room at General Hospital was filled with tension as Becky, Jose and Marina waited for news of Beatriz’ health. While at first it appeared that Bea might not make it through the night, the doctor delivered news that Bea was still living but she could not walk or talk. Much later the doctor returned with the news that Beatriz was stable but was still unable to walk or talk. She was allowed visitors and Marina was heard assuring her Mother of her undying fidelity and love. Our in-room microphone overheard Marina talking to her Mother. She will always take care of her Mom as Bea took care of her when she was a child. Bea is glad of her daughter’s continued love and devotion.
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Mentir Para Vivir #14 Thu 10/24/13 Seguir Mintiendo para que la Abuela Vive

Ricardo insists that they need to get back to Hermosillo ASAP and refuses to discuss it.  He threatens Inés with calling the cops and says if anything happens to his godmother, it's on her.

Crap.  Paloma wakes up in the middle of the night and sees the envelope Inés pushed under her door.  In the letter, Inés says she doesn't deserve the place Paloma has given her in the family and she's leaving with her daughter. She says she can't keep pretending to be someone she's not.

Ricardo thinks they're racing against the clock to get to that letter before Paloma sees it in the morning.

Paloma knocks the phone off the hook, but manages to push the call button for the maid, who comes in and sees her on the floor, but doesn't seem to have a clue what to do about it…so she goes to get Matilde.  That seems like a bad idea.  Matilde gets a move on, once she's awake enough.

Inés makes faces at Ricardo and Padre Plaid from the back seat of the car.

Matilde also has no clue what to do, but Ruben gets the phone and Matilde tells him to call for an ambulance.  Aw, crap.  Matilde sees the letter and sends the maid off to have Jorge open the gate.  She stashes the letter before Ruben comes back.
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Thursday, October 24, 2013

PEAM# 163- 10/24/13- Alma Learns That A Hyena is Not A Laughing Animal

From yesterday-
We begin with Jesus and Astudillo discussing the fact that Jesus completely believes Alma is innocent.  Astudillo begs to differ because Alma’s bracelet was found at the scene of the crime along with the security tape showing Alma’s SUV at the warehouse along with the gun in the vehicle.  Jesus says that Alma is too smart for that and that Killeronica has implicated Alma somehow.  If Astudillo believes Jesus, then he has to explain how did the murdered woman write Alma’s name in blood.  Jesus has an answer for that too. It could have been written by someone else.  Astudillo doesn’t believe that Killeronica can be so macabre.  Killeronica hates Alma and Jesus and wants to separate them. She is capable of anything.  They have to do something.  Talk to that witch and get the truth out of her.
Astudillo wants to discuss it from a legal perspective with Killeronica.  Good luck.
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CI, # 118, Thur., Oct. 24, 2013. Octavio Is Easily Moved, while Padre Julian Stands His Ground



Previously, more or less
Padre Julian visits Tav and Simona. She wants to talk baptism for the baby, while Padre and Tav are concerned for the po’ folks and their needs. When a riled Tav exits the room, Simona tells the Padre she has to keep Tav on a tight leash. (So—her casa is his casa, but only to a limited extent?)
MC and Santa discuss the priest, who reconciled her to God and appreciates her efforts
to help the poor.

Neighborhood Chit Chat, Slander and Stuff
            Santa gives MC marriage advice—don’t do it unless you have love. You must have love for marriage to work. MC agrees that marital duties are only pleasant if love is involved.  (So how does Tav stack up here? He’s MC’ only experience.) Later, MC plays with Lupita on the bed, blowing lips and making funny noises (maybe their best interaction so far). Her mind is elsewhere, pondering a possible marriage.

            Migreedy and Simona gossip in the parlor, with Mig gleefully saying MC has a boyfriend and her time here is almost up. Simona’s equally gleeful at hearing the news. Later, Simona asks Migreedy to tell her the truth about her illness. He still insists it’s nerves, all nerves, and nothing but nerves.

            Clorinda visits Ester, who’s holding her baby, and learns that JA and Ester are moving to Rancho Simona. Clo says that won’t last long, since everyone knows Simona is dying. Ester is muy impactada.  Adding details, Clo says it’s a brain tumor and Simona is getting what she deserves.  She was stingy, indifferent and refused to give alms. (The medical facts on this are skimpy.)
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Things I learned this week...when stuck in a loveless marriage, drink! CI Wed October 24.2013

Dear Caray mates, I have to apologize for this recap, as some of you know I've had issues with my internet connection at home. I have called my provider more than once and they were to send a tech weeks ago to fix the issue, but he never showed up. Yesterday evening my internet connection went "boom", I called Time Warner and they sent out a tech, who turned out to be the jerk of the week, he came in, looked at the equipment and declared "yeah, this is not my problem or something I can fix", he was so rude that we asked him to leave, which left me with no internet connection at all, so the best I can do for you today is bullet points, and hopefully I can finish before I have to see clients. My apologies!

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La Tempestad Capitulo 63, Wed 10/23/13 - To Bea or Not to Bea


 

The Uni snippers really did a number tonight. They left in way too much of Bea and Marina and kind of mixed up some of the other scenes. I hope this recap makes sense. Scenes left on the cutting room floor will be in BLUE.



¡Vamos!
Marina (who has been told Bea is sick in bed) sits with Bea who says she has something difficult to tell Marina. A secret she has held for many years. Something very important she has never told Marina but today she wants to tell her so she doesn’t take this secret to her tomb. Bea tells her daughter that she has always loved her and Marina has been everything to her. “Marina, you must know the truth about your provenance from my own mouth. I am your mother but not the woman who brought you into this world. You were put into my arms shortly after birth, but your real mother is another woman.”  Marina says, now wait for it, “No puede ser!”

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Mentir Para Vivir #13 Wed 10/23/13 Tito Goes on an Adventure!!!

Casa de Paloma

Lila and Oriana share a little Mommy and Me time before bedtime.  Lina's had a dream about Papa – she misses him.  Oriana reminds her Papa's no longer with us and says her dream may be Papa trying to tell her to be a good little girl. During her prayers, Lina gives thanks for all they have and asks God to tell her Papito he was the best Papi in the whole world and they both miss him very much.  Before leaving her, Oriana takes Jose Luis' picture and places it between the pages of a coloring book with the blue dolphin on the cover.  (file that away, everyone, I'm sure it will come up again)

Bar Bolo

Piero and Antonio discuss the subject of Sebastian over some drinks.  Piero is convinced Sebas is not Ricky's son.   He feels bad every time Ricky speaks of Maria.  Besides, Ricky was so drunk there was no way he could have done the Dirty Deed.  Scum Bag Antonio thinks otherwise.  Maria was certainly no virgin and she seemed to have plenty of “flight hours” (horas de vuelo) – scum.  How do they know she hadn't slept with someone else the day before?  He's sick and tired with Piero constantly bringing it up (sacar a colación).  Piero repeats he's bothered that Ricky's been stuck with this problem.  He brings up the possibility of an ADN test!  Antonio wants to pass on that but Piero insists.  This would put their minds at ease.  Antonio wants nothing to do with that and wonder why, all of a sudden, is Piero so bothered by this.  Piero explains it's because the sh!t has hit the ol' fan and he”s never seen Ricky so bad off.  “Well he'll just have to get over it,” says Antonio.  “It's a bit late in the game for you to be all hot and bothered over it and try to put all the pieces in place.  If, as you say, it was so difficult for the boy to find out about his true father, imagine how much harder still it would be if you arrive with yet another story.  What do you want?  You want him to go crazy?  cut open his veins?  Shoot himself?  What?  You need to chill and leave the past in the past.  Drink your beer and relax.”
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PEAM #162-10/23/13: My Name Is Alma Montemayor Mejia and I Am a Murderer!

Recap by Pablo

Alma is sent to jail

Turns out Marta's cold body was found in a warehouse. Everything incriminates Alma, so the police go to her house and take her using excess force and brutality, she, who has no breast milk because Verónica scared the milk away and left only chicharrón seco, is so surprised that she offers no resistance.  Chatita ,who cries and pulls to avoid it, to no avail. Oh, what am I going to say to Valentina now? Oh, I remember, the queen went away to another kingdom and now the hero must go and fight the dragon to save her! She'll believe that!!
Note to Juan Osorio: Please let Carmen Salinas retire before it is too late and we end up hating her more than we already do. She could be doing production or anything behind the cameras. 

Alma is suspect #1

Police takes fingerprints from the body and from the crime scene. It takes like a whole day for them to compare and discover whose body this is. Jesús, who is smarter than any generic policeman, went first thing in the morning to the House of laughter and unveiled the whole truth even for the doctor, who was, alongside with cheated men, the last to know. When the police finally find out the dead one is not Marcia but her twin sister Marta, go to the clinic to notify the real Marcia, who finally gets someone to believe what she has been saying since episode 103. I am not me! I am my twin sister! No wonder they thought she was the crazy one!!

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

La Tempestad Cap #62. 10.22.13. Shall We Dance? Shall We Go To London? Yes To The Dance; Yes To London Oh Wait NeverMind I'm Staying With DamFine.

Cut Scenes In This Color

The Feds: Robles and Guerrero have made made advances in their investigations. Robles found out Pester is Ernie's widow. Robles sends Guerrero to do a Pester interrogation and find out all Pester knows about Ernie. Guerrero has been investigating Ursula's attempted rape. The only one who he spotted umm shall we say ass whooped is Nereo who gave his version. Guerrero set up a little date over at the station with Nereo and his "alibis". 

It turns out Nereo's "alibis" are Dumb and Dumber aka Valdivia and Lara. Valdivia, Lara, and Nereo tell Guerrero they were playing dominos while chugging the booze. Lara was drunk and beat Nereo. This is all a lie of course. 

Over at the local breakfast joint in the capital: DamYouLookOhSoFineEvenWhenEating is munching on an Egg McMuffin and some french fries. (Damn you Uni for cutting this scene) His DamMind is elsewhere. Claudio is with him and yapping to him about the crew needing to come to the capital. The crew needs to learn how ships are built. DamFab will call his crew and have them come ASAP. Claudio realizes DamFab is DamAbsent. DamAbsent can't forget his problems with Marina. At the mention of Marina, Claudio comments on Marina's beauty. He now understands why DamFab is soooo in luvvv with Miss Marina. For DamFab it is not all about the physical. He loves Marina because of how she makes him feel. Awww. DamFab mentions being pissed off at seeing Marina with Hernan. Claudio calls him out on his jealously and being back to his old habits. It is something DamFab can't prevent and has tried to control himself but things get complicated. DamFab is afraid of losing Marina. Claudio tries to convince DamFab to not let his anger cloud his reason. 

Pester hires Consuelo, the seamstress, as Baby Michel's new nanny. Nanny Consuelo can begin tonight. Pester hands Baby Michel to Consuelo and tells her to take him over to her place. Pester has stuff to do and she'll come pick him up later. 

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Corazon Indomable, #116, 10/22/13 Solita’s sorrows


Beware, gang, this will be the shortest recap in history, but there is not much to say about this episode except:

Solita decided to starve to death because Perico Perro dumped her.
Mari waited for Alvaro to bail her out of her stupidity.
Tav got the brainy idea to give Mari back the money she paid for the Narvaez Ranch.
Simona agreed to have Esther and JA move at her ranch.
New characters showed up.

That’s it, that’s all that happened. Now you can all go about your day, drink your morning coffee, concentrate on work, enjoy your lunch break...
No? You say you want more? There really isn’t much more to add, but if you insist….

(All the scenes are severely reorganized, so you can make some sense out of what actually happened).

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Mentir Para Vivir #12 Tue 10/22/13 After Seeing How the Other Half Lives, Maria has a Spaz


No man is rich enough to buy back his past…Oscar Wilde

Casa de Breton Driveway:  By phone, Manolo tells Ricky that Oriana’s husband passed on to that big criminal enterprise in the sky.  Ricky is visibly shaken.  Later at the church, Ricky tells Mariano, the priest, that Jose Luis is dead.    A Columbian informant reported that his body was found in a building that burned to the ground after a gunfight with grenades.  They can’t match his DNA. 

Aresti Breton-Oriana’s Office:  Ricky says he wants to smother her in kisses, but she looks at the employees and says that they have to remain professional at work.  Ricky came to tell her that Lila wants Berto, a kinda sorta accountant, to work there.  He wants Berto to work for Piero because he wants no competition for her kisses. 
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

PEAM, Tuesday 10/22/13 (#161): Life's a Joke. Death's the Punchline.

Vero goes to Alma's place, supposedly to pick up Valentina for an impromptu and unauthorized visitation, but actually to provoke a fight with Alma. First, however, she has an altercation with Marta, who proudly admits to being La Loca and warns Vero not to mess with her. Chatita hears the scuffle outside the door, but by the time she gets there, Marta is gone. Vero is still gasping, but claims to be merely out of breath after talking on the phone. Vero asks Chatita what she thinks of Marcia. Chatita says she gets a bad vibe from her.

Once she's in the apartment, Vero overhears something about Vale's "novio" and chooses this as the topic of her fight with Alma. She claims to be there for visitation, but of course Alma doesn't let her take Vale. Vero hurls every insult she can think of at Alma, who stands her ground and doesn't lose her temper. They do threaten one another, however. (Actually, the real highlight of this scene is when Vero admits that she made a mistake. She's wrong about what the mistake was - she thinks she never should have let Chucho meet Valentina - but at least she admits to being fallible. Too bad Eli couldn't hear her say that. And Marta too, for that matter. They both told Vero that she should admit when she's wrong.)

Anyway, Vero tells Valentina "OK, I'm leaving now." Some visit. Valentina says, "I love you, Mommy." Vero replies, "Me too." I'm so touched, I dab at my eyes with a lace hanky.
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Rats, you mean I have to take my dying wife home?!

Hello my favorite peeps, I'm doing tonight's recap because the lovely and talented Vivi is out of town so this week you get two recaps from me, yay?

 The old stuff: We get a repeat of MC saying that all she needs to be happy is Octavio, she could live in poverty with Lupita an one cell 'Tavio and be in heaven (oh gag me with a spoon!), she will always belong to Octavio, ALWAYS-remember this for later folks.

On to the new stuff, at Simona's ranch Octavio and GreedyMig- this is my new name for sleazy, wormy, scum of the earth Miguel Narvaez, GreedyMig and Octavio discuss Simonas ill health and Octavio informs GreedyMig that he is leaving the cash cow, eh I meant to say his wife in order to go back to Maricruz, GreedyMig does not agree with this, think of the money Simona!

 Greedy then tells Octavio that he is lucky, hell when his wife dies he will be rich, rich I tell ya! I used to think that GM (greedy Miguel) was with Lucia because he had no spine but the more I see him in action the more I come t realize that he was with her because they both lacked morals and did not care if others suffered as long as they got what they wanted. I hope this dude gets a giant anvil!
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Mentir Para Vivir #11 Mon 10/21/13 Is she a prostitute? Is she a killer? Either way, Ricardo wants some of that…



At church, Orines is talking with Padre Plaid - he’s saying that Ricardo suspects her true identity, but still, he has feelings for her. Oh my Gosh, Orines feels the same way, but she can’t tell Ricardo the truth about her, he thinks she killed his dad. Also, she doesn’t know if her husband is still alive or how she could prove her innocence in Colombia.

Ricardo comes to visit Mariano, too, but he meets Jorge outside the church and when he hears Ines is with Padrecito, he pouts and leaves… Ines stole his best friend/ confessor.

Arriving back at the house, Orines meets Raquel, who gloats about the 3 million pesos she managed to squeeze out of Paloma. Orines is upset that Raquel went so far, they go back and forth about who has more to lose if the big secret comes out. And, obviously, Raquel warns Orines to stay away from Ricardo.

At the textile plant, Ricardo and Piero talk about the remote possibility of a little girl firing a .44 caliber. Piero has many thoughts on the matter, all very accurate. 
(Short brake just to say that I find it surprising how this telenovela has never used misunderstandings or people jumping to the wrong conclusions just as a way to forward the plot - it almost seems to good to be true... I hope I don't jinx it.)

Anyway, back to Peiro, he says:
- he thinks a woman could shoot a .44 caliber, but she’d need to have some experience with handling guns, especially since the shot was in the heart; also, she’d have to be very coldhearted to shoot a man in front of her small daughter. 
- he doesn’t think Oriana had anything to do with her husband’s wrong dealings.
- isn’t Ricardo obsessing too much about this whole story? 
- the shot could have been coming from another part, maybe Oriana just got scared and ran with her daughter. 
- the inspector said the little girl found the gun on the beach, maybe the owners of the villa hid it. 
- was there anyone else interested in killing Gabriel – like maybe Lila and her brother? 
And Piero rests his case. 
No way can Sebastonto be the son of this smart man, not while he wears those yellow pants that surely come from the same factory where Hernan from La Tempestad gets his trousers.  But more on this later.
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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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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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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!

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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.

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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.)

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.
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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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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!) 

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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.

We're not exactly living at the Ritz.  Papi rented us a rooftop room after we got kicked out of the pensión. (My crying kept the other lodgers awake at night.  What did they want from me?  I'm a friggin' baby.) It's raining really hard outside.  Papi has buckets set out to catch the water that pours in through the holes in the ceiling and the windows.  It's chilly in here.  Papi bundles me up and snuggles me.  He gives me my bottle.

UPDATE FROM R-LAY-DEE…….
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.

Oh man.  I don't feel so good.  Papi!  Wah!  He hears me!  He comes and feels my forehead and says I'm burning with fever.  He gathers me up in my bunting, covers me with his own leather jacket and hustles me outside to find a doctor.  A nice lady in the street points him to the Red Cross Hospital.  Papi -- watch out for the traffic or you'll get us both killed!

The nurse in the Cruz Roja comes running when Papi calls for help.  [I'm only a baby but even I know that Papi makes people want to help him -- well except for that creepy Hernán dude.  Note to self:  watch and learn.]  They take me into the back and Papi goes to the chapel and asks the Virgen Morena to save me.
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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.

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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!
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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.)

            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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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!
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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. 

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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

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!
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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?)
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Mentir Para Vivir #7 Tue 10/15/13 She Was Kissed Hard and Put Away Wet


Alternative Titles
  1. Never trust a big butt and smile.  That girl is poison!-Bell, Biv, Devoe
  2. A Wicked Witch Steals a Little Dog…I Think I’ve Heard This Storyline Before
  3. 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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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


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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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

Here's a new page for this week's conversations.  Enjoy!

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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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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.

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.
"Now Tell The Nice Folks How Much You Love Your Mama... Or Else..."


They discuss Lupita's new brother. Maricruz hopes that he takes after Simona.

Yikes! We join Simona in the hospital... scary. No makeup, a curious headband, and very grumpy... Yikes!

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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