Saturday, January 23, 2016
Antes muerta que Lichita #85 Friday 1/22/16
Well, here we go!
We are starting out with returning to Alicia and Santiago at their dinner date where Santiago is promising Alicia he will do all he can to help her get over Roberto. She adds that it is a lost cause already between her and Roberto because he is already married. Santiago sees the marriage as the least of the problems because not everybody marries for love: people marry for all sorts of reasons. Alicia's cell phone suddenly rings and it is a very distraught Dafne on the other end telling Alicia that she just cannot take it anymore and also asking her to come over please. Santiago keeps looking over his shoulder to see what Roberto is doing. (He better keep looking over his shoulder.
Of course, Magos' party is out of control and she has done nothing to bring it back under control being as immature and goofy as she is. It seems like the police have arrived. Her friends think that is great because they will get everyone under control. Magos has to remind them that they all could be in hot water with no licenses for parties and their "crooked" business they are running. Pau and Gerry try to make a run for it but Magos drags them back.
Back at the restaurant, Luciana wants to talk about Santiago and Alicia. Roberto tries to get her back on track to talk about themselves. Roberto wants to talk about not being able to live forever at the mansion. Luciana wants his support for her to returning to work at Icónika. Her main reason is so that he will see she is so much more talented than Alicia and she is back to talking about how much she hates Alicia.
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We are starting out with returning to Alicia and Santiago at their dinner date where Santiago is promising Alicia he will do all he can to help her get over Roberto. She adds that it is a lost cause already between her and Roberto because he is already married. Santiago sees the marriage as the least of the problems because not everybody marries for love: people marry for all sorts of reasons. Alicia's cell phone suddenly rings and it is a very distraught Dafne on the other end telling Alicia that she just cannot take it anymore and also asking her to come over please. Santiago keeps looking over his shoulder to see what Roberto is doing. (He better keep looking over his shoulder.
Of course, Magos' party is out of control and she has done nothing to bring it back under control being as immature and goofy as she is. It seems like the police have arrived. Her friends think that is great because they will get everyone under control. Magos has to remind them that they all could be in hot water with no licenses for parties and their "crooked" business they are running. Pau and Gerry try to make a run for it but Magos drags them back.
Back at the restaurant, Luciana wants to talk about Santiago and Alicia. Roberto tries to get her back on track to talk about themselves. Roberto wants to talk about not being able to live forever at the mansion. Luciana wants his support for her to returning to work at Icónika. Her main reason is so that he will see she is so much more talented than Alicia and she is back to talking about how much she hates Alicia.
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Friday, January 22, 2016
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #104 1-22-16 Preggers? Who's Preggers?
Ciao y'all! It's been an eventful week in Dos Rios and Rancho Los Angeles. Here's what went down today, not necessarily in order of broadcast.
Eloisa is unshaken in her resolve to welcome Fiorella into the Angeles family and deflects insults from Assvaldo and Federica. Pedro and Fiorella hug Eloisa, Sergio proposes a toast. Freddie's attempts to sour the mood with constant cracks about how she's going to grab the Angeles fortune go ignored. Eloisa declares that two people marrying who really love each other is worth celebrating and she doesn't care what anyone has to say about Fiorella and Pedro's marriage and everybody who lives in the Angeles house will respect them! Eloisa's expansive mood includes Roxi whom she invites to move back into the Ranch. Roxi coolly declines and Eloisa coolly accepts her refusal.
Gael goes by Papi Chulo, his dad, Augustin's apartment. It's a trick. Augustin isn't there, Katia is and before you can say Katiaisaskank, she unasses her robe and stands before him naked. She doesn't care that he has a novia, she's not jealous. Augustin arrives, Skankia darts out of the room and Gael stutters his reason for being there and gets the heck out the door. [Hmmm, I bet Skankia had something to do with the ending of Papi Chulo's marriage, chick's morals are lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut.]
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Eloisa is unshaken in her resolve to welcome Fiorella into the Angeles family and deflects insults from Assvaldo and Federica. Pedro and Fiorella hug Eloisa, Sergio proposes a toast. Freddie's attempts to sour the mood with constant cracks about how she's going to grab the Angeles fortune go ignored. Eloisa declares that two people marrying who really love each other is worth celebrating and she doesn't care what anyone has to say about Fiorella and Pedro's marriage and everybody who lives in the Angeles house will respect them! Eloisa's expansive mood includes Roxi whom she invites to move back into the Ranch. Roxi coolly declines and Eloisa coolly accepts her refusal.
Gael goes by Papi Chulo, his dad, Augustin's apartment. It's a trick. Augustin isn't there, Katia is and before you can say Katiaisaskank, she unasses her robe and stands before him naked. She doesn't care that he has a novia, she's not jealous. Augustin arrives, Skankia darts out of the room and Gael stutters his reason for being there and gets the heck out the door. [Hmmm, I bet Skankia had something to do with the ending of Papi Chulo's marriage, chick's morals are lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut.]
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Muchacha Italiana #103 1/21/16 What A Cute Little Stepsister Gael Has
Recap by Sneaky Two Shoes!! Grazie Tantissimo, Sneaky!
Now its Fed’s big scene –‘Ha ha! I’m not crazy like you all thought I was because of my crazy clothes!
I found Pilar and brought her here and she had the proof Max swindled my dad and now I have it and here’s my lawyer to make sure I get mine.Now its Fed’s big scene –‘Ha ha! I’m not crazy like you all thought I was because of my crazy clothes!
Diana thinks the world would be better off without her and tries to kill herself but Vitto fights her for the pistol – oops it goes off.
Agustin introduces Gael to his hot stepsister who is, um, older, than he thought. She flirts with him while Gia tells Fi about her and how they are going to be besties. Fi tells Gia about the photo Juli got of the adoptive father, Gia wants to see it, maybe they will recognize him. Fi is all ‘Italy is a big country what are the chances we would recognize some random, on the other hand my first bf turned out to be my fiancee’s nephew, so maybe.
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Pasión y Poder, Episode 54 (Mexican Episodes 65 & 66), Thursday, January 21, 2016: Changing Places
Part One: Eladio makes a silk purse out of a sow's ear – well, out of two ears and a snout – while Arturo manages to make himself a horse's ass.
Arturo arrives at the Foundation during story time. He waits indulgently as Julia, sporting a snout and pig ears and snorting judiciously here and there, wraps up the tale of a gluttonous little pig that is very fond of veggies. Then he approaches her and says they need to talk. "About us."
When Nina refuses to talk divorce terms with Agustín, he hands her a copy of the prenup and reminds her of its terms: she is entitled to absolutely nothing since she and Arturo are still a few months shy of their 25th anniversary; but if she plays along, Arturo will see to it that she continues to live like a queen. Negotiate now or lose everything. Ask another lawyer, if you don't believe me.
Daniela leaves Consuelo's office after getting her sister-in-law's promise to help her launch a career as a model. On the way out, she crosses paths with Erick, who carries an enormous bouquet of roses. His simian features look hopeful. Alas, he will have no bananas today: Consuelo announces that their separation is a done deal and she is moving into her own apartment.
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Antes Muerta que Lichita #84 1/21/16: Reasons Why Alicia Should Switch to Team Santiago
This is me making an attempt to apply logic to Univision's scheduling antics. Monday was double episode, Tuesday reverted to single episode and another double episode on Wednesday. Shall I take a guess and assume today was a single episode? Who knows I probably have a better chance of winning the lottery than predicting the behaviors of the powers that be in Univision.
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Mexico Capitulo #98
Alicia sees Santiago and wonders if he was here for a while, he replies more or less. She then asks if he heard everything...he gives her the same more or less answer. Alicia believes she has some explaining to do but makes the situation worse the more she opens her mouth. She tries to explain that the only way to get the actors of Corazon Enamorado to shoot the commercial was to partake in a romantic scene with Roberto as the body doubles for the bickering costars. Alicia spends much denying and protesting but Santiago patiently waits for her to shut her boca so he can surprise her with a flower. Santiago does not need any explanations. He just wanted to surprise he with a flower before heading back to work.
Reason 1: He knows how to properly woo a girl. Jealousness is below him.
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Thursday, January 21, 2016
TELEMUNDO Y MÁS (#2): Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, La Querida del Centauro, and Fatmagul,: Week of January 18, 2016
TELEMUNDO WEEKEND EDITION (continuación)
Here's page 2 for the week.
Please join in the conversation!
Here's page 2 for the week.
Please join in the conversation!
Labels: bajo, celia, centauro, fatmagul, telemundo
Pasion y Poder #63 & 64 Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Lo Nuevo
Julia asks Art what he needs. Art wants to talk with Julia, but Nina interferes and tells Art that there is no need for him to talk to Julia because she is there to take care of the auction of the car. But Art says he is not there to talk about the car. Nina asks Julia to speak with Art alone. After Julia leaves Nina wants to know what the hell Art has to talk about with Julia?
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Julia asks Art what he needs. Art wants to talk with Julia, but Nina interferes and tells Art that there is no need for him to talk to Julia because she is there to take care of the auction of the car. But Art says he is not there to talk about the car. Nina asks Julia to speak with Art alone. After Julia leaves Nina wants to know what the hell Art has to talk about with Julia?
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Antes muerta que Lichita #83 Wednesday 1/20/16
Looks like they are keeping up with the double episodes. This was our third this week.BTW, I will fill in for Marta on Friday.
After the kiss, Alicia tells Santiago she is open to also having a personal relationship with him as long as they keep work and their personal lives separate. Santiago talks about himself wanting to get married and have children. It also turns out he is not a one trick pony. He has several businesses: Peoples' Café, a restaurant chain, a few boutique hotels and he a partner in a real estate firm.
At the park, Roberto tries to explain to Mateo how much he wants to be with him andhow much he loves him. Mateo quotes his mother: she told him that if a person REALLY wants to do something, they will find a way to do it. His mother left her "super heroine" job for him but Roberto refused to. Roberto accuses Sheila of lying to Mateo about him. She sees it all differently. He wants to know if she is hanging around with another criminal just like her. She takes exception with that. The guy she is with is not like him. Roberto says he has changed. He is a married man and successful. She has had enough of Roberto. He wants to spend some time with Mateo there at the park. Sheila decides it is time to go.
At the mansion, Gumaro and Luciana have done the deed and we see them all happy with themselves in her bed. Luciana tells him he can call her "tú" when they are not out in public. They hear Dafne in the mansion so Gumaro hides. Later outside at the bonsai station, Gumaro is feeling guilty so he tells Luciana he is quitting. She feels guilty, too, being "very" married. We hear her say not to rush; not to quit until he has another job. That is just what she told him yesterday. We have come full circle. They are kissing again.
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After the kiss, Alicia tells Santiago she is open to also having a personal relationship with him as long as they keep work and their personal lives separate. Santiago talks about himself wanting to get married and have children. It also turns out he is not a one trick pony. He has several businesses: Peoples' Café, a restaurant chain, a few boutique hotels and he a partner in a real estate firm.
At the park, Roberto tries to explain to Mateo how much he wants to be with him andhow much he loves him. Mateo quotes his mother: she told him that if a person REALLY wants to do something, they will find a way to do it. His mother left her "super heroine" job for him but Roberto refused to. Roberto accuses Sheila of lying to Mateo about him. She sees it all differently. He wants to know if she is hanging around with another criminal just like her. She takes exception with that. The guy she is with is not like him. Roberto says he has changed. He is a married man and successful. She has had enough of Roberto. He wants to spend some time with Mateo there at the park. Sheila decides it is time to go.
At the mansion, Gumaro and Luciana have done the deed and we see them all happy with themselves in her bed. Luciana tells him he can call her "tú" when they are not out in public. They hear Dafne in the mansion so Gumaro hides. Later outside at the bonsai station, Gumaro is feeling guilty so he tells Luciana he is quitting. She feels guilty, too, being "very" married. We hear her say not to rush; not to quit until he has another job. That is just what she told him yesterday. We have come full circle. They are kissing again.
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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #102 1-20-16 A Tearful Reunion and a Challenge to the Empire!
Ciao, miei cari amici del MIVAC Patio! Hello, beloved friends of the MIVAC Patio! Here's tonight's highlights, not necessarily in order of broadcast.
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- Vitto is on the verge of being evicted from his two restaurant properties. I feel sorry for Domingo! Vitto makes a grand statement of happily giving everything he owns for Diana to get her son back. Anibal believes he is perfectly positioned to move in to snare Julieta and Sergio via the fake response he sent to their internet post.
- Gianna and Fiorella discuss Fiorella's perhaps going to Maratea to investigate their origins. Fiorella protests she doesn't have the money to return to Italy. Gigi reminds her she's the wife of a rich man and gets a lecture on a woman needing to have some income of her own to maintain a degree of independence.
- The discarded Dust Mop shows up, meets with Assvaldo who rejects her offer of a "bed massage." After she throws his affair with Alina in his face, he tells her to get lost for good.
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Antes muerta que Lichita 1/19: power outage stymies recapper
Hello friends,
our power went out today due to ?? Who knows? It was out in most of Durham NC. By the time it came back on Ezra didn't have time to do his recap before he had to go to class.
Here are some bullet points.
our power went out today due to ?? Who knows? It was out in most of Durham NC. By the time it came back on Ezra didn't have time to do his recap before he had to go to class.
Here are some bullet points.
- Alicia tells her mom she wants to move out and live on her own.
- Gumaro and Luciana kiss a lot. Bea almost catches them in the bonsai pergola and in their hasty exit they knock over a lot of the little trees, which Luciana later blames on Dafne. She tells Bea she needs an exorcist for Dafne and Bea is seriously considering it.
Due to all the kissing Gumaro says he'll quit (because he's feeling a small amount of guilt) but Roberto says, no, stay and spy some more, so there's more kissing in the corners.
- Roberto keeps calling the number Mateo called from. Sheila has a partner in crime and they have cooked up something but we don't know what it is. She finally tells Roberto he can meet with Mateo at a playground but he better not try anything because the law is on her side. Sheila tells Mateo: "Your dad was lying when he said he loved you and had a room ready for you. He told me you're a bother and he wants to be rid of you." This was by far the low point of the episode. Roberto goes to a playground for the meet but our indoor antenna failed toward the end of the episode and I don't know if he saw Mateo yet.
- Our idiot Nacho struts around trying to figure out what to do with his insurance money windfall. He boasts he will be a famous entrepreneur.
- Santi comes to Ikonika to seal the deal, reminds all that he wants only Alicia to head his campaign. Roberto capers jealously in the hallway as Santi and Alicia have a quiet moment together after the meeting. He wants her to lighten up a little but will respect her business-only stance. Alicia can't help bringing up the photo of Santi with the hotel heiress. He says: "She's cold and boring and plays with her nose hairs. That picture is from two years ago and our romance only lasted a month." Alicia is embarrassed but Santi is pleased that she cares.
- Augusto tells Alicia: "When Robert becomes president of API you can be director General of Ikonika." She says she doesn't have enough experience, he tells her to stop being so self-effacing.
- Beto warns Gumaro: "Drako is on the way." In the TyM garage Gumaro beeps the horn at the perfect moment and Drako drops the papers. Gumaro picks them up, scans them, and pockets one, having to do with some company ... might be funny business to take to the Naugahyde policeman.
- Brisa finds Alicia's damning old "testimonial" (HOW I HATE IKONIKA) from long ago on her hard drive. Braulio says, delete it. Instead, Brisa loses it.
- At lunch Alicia and Santi tell each other their favorite desserts. When he says his Granny's rice pudding is his favorite, Alicia gives him a big long kiss.
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Muchacha Italiana 1/19/16 #101 These Kids Are So Darn Cute When They’re Happy.
Recap by Sneaky Two Shoes!!! YAAAAY!!! Mille grazie!!!!
Os & Sonia
Os wants to know if she’s going to be mad at him forever, he doesn’t want to lose her but if she doesn’t accept his apology they’re not going to be able to go on, and Sonia leaves to puke (I feel kinda pukey too – is it him?)
Party People
Everyone is yelling for the bride and groom to kiss, but Elo puts a damper on things, yelling, ‘This is a joke, right?’ Pietro says he has never been so serious about anything. Elo thinks they’ve been carrying on all along (and they have really) but Pietro and Fiorella tell her they repressed their love until the day of the unweddings when Pietro went looking for Fi and they got together and decided to get together.
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Os & Sonia
Os wants to know if she’s going to be mad at him forever, he doesn’t want to lose her but if she doesn’t accept his apology they’re not going to be able to go on, and Sonia leaves to puke (I feel kinda pukey too – is it him?)
Party People
Everyone is yelling for the bride and groom to kiss, but Elo puts a damper on things, yelling, ‘This is a joke, right?’ Pietro says he has never been so serious about anything. Elo thinks they’ve been carrying on all along (and they have really) but Pietro and Fiorella tell her they repressed their love until the day of the unweddings when Pietro went looking for Fi and they got together and decided to get together.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Pasión y Poder Martes 1/19/16 #61 & 62
Chapter
61: A Game of Thrones
Now
that I have some new expert assistance I can be sure of at least one
reliable source. Some of this comes from reports from my fellow
writer, Dashiell. He understands hypocrisy – and crime – among
all sorts from drawing rooms to low-income housing. He's helping to
fill in the gaps. Fortunately we wear the same size so I can help
him infiltrate the circles I'm usually in when that becomes
necessary.
–
D.D.
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Antes muerta que Lichita 1/18: Bea drops a bomb. Draco tells a joke. Mateo makes a call. Nacho is an ass. Valeria goes to work. Brisa learns to tweet. Alicia gets a kiss and doesn't go to Los Angeles.
What a jam-packed episode! It was so long I've used up all the time I have and refuse to proofread this. Also, I was handicapped by my profound lack of interest in the organizational hierarchy of Ikonika. There are layers of bosses but I just can't bring myself to care.
Augusto to Beto: "Somebody has offered to invest a lot in Ikonika USA, I should take advantage of it and move quickly." "I can't be Pres of API and also Director General and Elias is uninterested and has disappeared." "Ask anybody, have Nestor help."
Mateo calls Roberto, who bolts from Augusto's office but not before Augusto hears the name. Mateo is being held captive by his mother, who angrily reminds him: she only agreed to let him hear his father's voice. They are living in the house of "your new dad who decides what does and doesn't happen" so no seeing Roberto.
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Augusto to Beto: "Somebody has offered to invest a lot in Ikonika USA, I should take advantage of it and move quickly." "I can't be Pres of API and also Director General and Elias is uninterested and has disappeared." "Ask anybody, have Nestor help."
Mateo calls Roberto, who bolts from Augusto's office but not before Augusto hears the name. Mateo is being held captive by his mother, who angrily reminds him: she only agreed to let him hear his father's voice. They are living in the house of "your new dad who decides what does and doesn't happen" so no seeing Roberto.
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Pasion y Poder #59 & #60 20160118 Stop Me If You've Heard This Story Before: Eladio Schwarzenegger Bestows an Unusually Generous Gift on the Child of the Maid and Julia Shriver Finally Gets Pissed
Eladio explains to his hurt and angry son why he should
still be nominated for father of the year.
Although he treated Franco like a guest, trained to be his servant, and
didn’t acknowledge him as his son, Eladio did not allow him to be raised by an
alcoholic and known as the child of a murdereress. Franco says that he always wanted to be
Eladio’s kid. Franco is not impressed;
he says that Eladio never treated him like a son. Franco goes on to say that Eladio used his
mother like toilet paper while Julia was preggers. He flushed her as soon as Julia was ready to
mate again. Per his calculations, only 4
months separate he and David. Franco
wants to know if Eladio will tell Dave and Julia the truth. Eladio says…that ain’t happening. Franco protests, at first. He’s tired of Humberto treating him like he’s
a social climber that doesn’t belong there.
He will compensate Franco for keeping this secret. Franco agrees to keep being the godson, but
he wants everything that Dave gets.
Benefits, but not the acknowledgement.
Later, for some reason, both Eladio and Franco appear to rolling boogers
with their fingers (I didn’t ask why, cuz’ I was grossed out). Anyways, they hug it out, but Franco
physically looks like he smells B.S. when he is embraced by his father.
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Monday, January 18, 2016
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #100 1-18-16 Muchacha Italiana ya está casado
Ciao e andiamo, mi Peeps! Let's see how this plays out as the de la Riva Palmas and Assvaldo watch him and Aitana on the small screen gettin' busy! "What's the meaning of this?" they shout. Sonia holds court and smoothly informs Aitana and her parents that they will not be trying to implicate her and Assvaldo in the swindle of ACorp.
"If you try to accuse us, we will release the video and your precious daughter will not be able to snag a wealthy husband! I've had you investigated and you've pulled one con job after another!"
"Why, I'm not going to let myself be blackmailed by a cabaret singer!" shouts Benigno. "Why did you do it?" screeches Celeste at Aitana!
"For entertainment! I was tired of being your puppet!" Benigno turns on Sonia again. He doesn't believe Sonia and tries to call her bluff. Sonia is ready. She has several copies of the video with different investigative agencies all of which are prepared to release it should something happen to her or Assvaldo. Grasping at straws, Aitana's parents wonder what about Assvaldo, he's in the video, too! Sonia answers with a mild sneer that Assvaldo has nothing to lose. Celeste admits that Sonia has their and Aitana's reputation in her hands. They agree to shut up. Sonia tosses her head triumphantly and commands smugly glowing Assvaldo to get her lap top and purse. He does and follows her swishing, swirling, pink hemline out of the de la Riva's house, carrying her bags.
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"If you try to accuse us, we will release the video and your precious daughter will not be able to snag a wealthy husband! I've had you investigated and you've pulled one con job after another!"
"Why, I'm not going to let myself be blackmailed by a cabaret singer!" shouts Benigno. "Why did you do it?" screeches Celeste at Aitana!
"For entertainment! I was tired of being your puppet!" Benigno turns on Sonia again. He doesn't believe Sonia and tries to call her bluff. Sonia is ready. She has several copies of the video with different investigative agencies all of which are prepared to release it should something happen to her or Assvaldo. Grasping at straws, Aitana's parents wonder what about Assvaldo, he's in the video, too! Sonia answers with a mild sneer that Assvaldo has nothing to lose. Celeste admits that Sonia has their and Aitana's reputation in her hands. They agree to shut up. Sonia tosses her head triumphantly and commands smugly glowing Assvaldo to get her lap top and purse. He does and follows her swishing, swirling, pink hemline out of the de la Riva's house, carrying her bags.
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS (#1): Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, La Querida del Centauro, and Fatmagul,: Week of January 18, 2016
The NEW & IMPROVED Telemundo page is now brought to you twice a week in order to provide seamless coverage. No more lost comments! Just remember to look for the new page. We'll start off each week on Mondays at 3PM and then the "Weekend Edition" will appear on Thursdays at 8PM.
Here's this week's kick-off page for Telemundo fans, and the lineup is:
8PM—Celia now in últimos capitulos,
9PM—Bajo el Mismo Cielo with only 6 episodes remaining (el último will be Mon. Jan 25th, to be replaced by Eva la Trailera on the 26th)
10PM—La Querida del Centauro
& Qué Culpa Tiene Fatmagúl which airs at noon on Telemundo (and at 9PM on Azteca Trece in NJ).
Enjoy!
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Saturday, January 16, 2016
Pasión y Poder Episodes #56, #57, #58 Janurary 15th 2016 Call Dr. Phil. These people need professional help ASAP.
Episode #56
Which Montenegro sister is better in bed?
Daniela has a little question for David:
Who was better in bed? Her? Her sister?
David is appalled at such a question.
Daniela doesn't stop there and adds juicy details about how *delicious* her and David's nasty hotel romp in Cancun was.
Oh, those are fighting words for Regina.
Regina lunges at Daniela ready to rearrange her little sister's face.
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Which Montenegro sister is better in bed?
Daniela has a little question for David:
Who was better in bed? Her? Her sister?
David is appalled at such a question.
Daniela doesn't stop there and adds juicy details about how *delicious* her and David's nasty hotel romp in Cancun was.
Oh, those are fighting words for Regina.
Regina lunges at Daniela ready to rearrange her little sister's face.
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Recappers Needed: Hotel de los Secretos Premiers January 25th, 10pm, Univision
On January 25th
we will start a new journey together…a journey to turn of the last century
Mexico. Once we arrive at our destination, we will enter the doors of a grand
hotel, filled with shadows and mysteries—El
Hotel de los Secretos. Your guides and hosts on this journey will
be:
Jardinera
(Tuesday)
Vivi (Wednesday)
Cathyx (Friday)
Nandicta (Friday)
As you can see, we still need at least two additional
fearless guides to recap Mondays and
Thursdays. We’re flexible, if
another day works best for you. Please
leave a comment, or email me if you want to join this intrepid recapping team. See
you all soon in the dark corridors and passages of the hotel…
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #99 1-15-16 Maximo, the Monster!
Ciao, MIVAC Peeps! Ah, it was a great show! I'm not messing with you, trying to prolong your anticipation, but let's get the smaller stuff out of the way first. Here is the first of two installments!
Diana and Vitto
Diana cries to Vitto that this whole mess is her fault and she feels so guilty and she's sooo repentant! Vitto tells her not to worry, his focus is on paying the ransom and getting Betito back. They meet the next day with a hoodied and shaded Anibal who demands to be shown the money if they want to see Beto; Vitto demands to know Beto is well first. Anibal grabs the aluminum briefcase with the money after a brief struggle, flinging Vitto and Diana to the ground. Anibal growls that the money had better be right or Beto will die, and takes off!
Gael, Gigi and Papi Chulo
Gael calls Augustin "Papa" (awwww) as he introduces him to Gianna, Benni and Roxi. We learn that the Chulo one is a writer. Roxi sort of apologizes for jacking him up earlier while reminding him she wouldn't have done so if he had come right out and said who he was. Augustin graciously apologizes and accepts responsibility. He invites them all to lunch but Roxi and Gigi have to go to class and off they run. Uh oh! Gigi collapses just a few steps away and everyone runs to help her!
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Diana and Vitto
Diana cries to Vitto that this whole mess is her fault and she feels so guilty and she's sooo repentant! Vitto tells her not to worry, his focus is on paying the ransom and getting Betito back. They meet the next day with a hoodied and shaded Anibal who demands to be shown the money if they want to see Beto; Vitto demands to know Beto is well first. Anibal grabs the aluminum briefcase with the money after a brief struggle, flinging Vitto and Diana to the ground. Anibal growls that the money had better be right or Beto will die, and takes off!
Gael, Gigi and Papi Chulo
Gael calls Augustin "Papa" (awwww) as he introduces him to Gianna, Benni and Roxi. We learn that the Chulo one is a writer. Roxi sort of apologizes for jacking him up earlier while reminding him she wouldn't have done so if he had come right out and said who he was. Augustin graciously apologizes and accepts responsibility. He invites them all to lunch but Roxi and Gigi have to go to class and off they run. Uh oh! Gigi collapses just a few steps away and everyone runs to help her!
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Friday, January 15, 2016
Antes muerta que Lichita #80 1/15/16 Augie is GOD... or at least he believes he is... and he again convinces Alicia to move to US. Bea moves in with Alex and Kenny (Say WHAT???!!)
The mystery guy turns out to be Santiago de la Vega, the
owner of the whole chain ‘People’s Café’.
He introduces himself to her, shakes her hand… (the guy could not be
more of a gentleman)… won’t let her apologize. He did not tell her who he is
just because she did not give him a chance (she wouldn’t stop talking). (yeah Alicia! Like you can stop talking fast
right now too!). HE reminds her that
when he met her in L.A. she sent a cell phone flying his way. Then she gets a bit proud and obnoxious when
he is only trying to congratulate her on their being able to close his store.
Roberto and Gumaro. Rob is telling Gum that Luciana told Rob
about Augie’s ‘accident’ was not a car accident and was not overseas. It was in
a small town here in Mex and it was a bullet wound. So Roberto will continue investigating on his
side, asks Gumaro to do same.
Now it is Elsa who is tattle-tongue with Santy. Nacho assures him that they did clean fair
competition. Santy says he is here to recognize that and congratulate them. His
people made a mistake opening a store here, his company is more for stands at
big corporate offices, not local neighborhoods. Obnoxious Magos has her
personal comments about having worked at PC for a couple days and the coffee
was pricey. Elsa voices her concern
about the employees of the Peoples Café. Santee assures them that all his
employees were relocated, no one was let go.
He also congratulates them on the marketing campaign… and unbeknownst to
him, he actually TELLS Nacho and Elsa that Alicia is the Creative Director at
Iconika USA. This drops the jaws of both Elsa and Nacho. Poor Alicia is having
a ‘wanna get away?’ moment.
Roberto brings Luciana’s photo of Augie at hospital bed to
the cop guy. They again end up arguing
since both of them are ready to call each other on the ‘deal’ they had made.
Alicia tries to explain herself to her parents. Nacho tells Santy that they are so proud of
their ‘nina’ but the problem is she is leaving their side to be Director over
there. Elsa says yeah but it’s the law
of life. And all children leave … SOMEDAY (get it, Magos?). Elsa and Nacho go to tend the business…
Roberto and Gumaro are again talking while Gumaro fixes the
blue mustang (not exactly an original car color for mustangs of that era… esp
if you paint even the radiator grill Yikes!)
Back to Santy/Alicia… he is amazed that she had come up with
the marketing campaign of the coffee shop all by herself. HE admires her even
more. Some guy that works for Santy
comes to meet him there to get him to sign some papers. Meanwhile Alicia texts someone to come meet
her when they can. She turns around and Santy is gone.
At Iconika… Nestor is feeling like yelling at the
receptionist girls who are payimg more attention to their cell phones than him
or Braulio… The girls have about half a
dozen employees in front of them waiting to get their attention but they are
totally ignoring everyone. Nestor says he wants to know who is keeping up the
agenda of meetings for Don Augie. He
yells at them even louder. Shushette
turns around to him and says ‘your temporary role is showing to be a bit too
much for you’. In comes Roberto and with
one word gets everyone to shut up.
At the house, Luciana is crying at the garden… Gumaro comes
over and tries to chit chat with her and she wants him to show her how to care
for the bonsai trees… he gets closer to her and whispers that she needs to
sweet-talk and even sing to the plants.
Then he puts his arms around her. And holds her hands while she trims…
(are these two falling for each other for real?)
Roberto asks where Elias is, but Shushette tells him Elias
must be feeling really bad after learning what his ex-wife was up to behind his
back. Then they all talk that Elias knew about her affair…
Shushette says there is a client coming to a conference for
their campaign… seems like no one at the company has done any work on a
campaign theme or anything for this client… In comes Augie walking in (I would
guess he is here to attend the conference for the non-existent campaign
presentation).
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Pasión y Poder, ep. 53, 54 & 55, Thursday, January 14, 2016. Oh god. Cain and Abel who?
Nobody cares about me. Boo-effing-hoo-hoo.
Daniela takes absolutely no responsibility for her actions and yet somehow convinces both Agustín and Regina not to tell Daddy about her latest Grim Tale.
Nina's charming homage to Marge Simpson, pearls and all, is wasted on Humberto.
Nina feigns confidence in her husband's love, but she is obviously shaken by Humberto's revelation that Arturo and Julia were once engaged; not only that, they were recently together in Puerto Vallarta. Humberto and Nina agree on this much – it is to their mutual advantage to keep Arturo and Julia from mating. Humberto drives home the point: If Eladio finds out that Arturo is sniffing around Julia, he'll kill him.
When Humberto leaves, Nina searches frantically through Arturo's desk and bureau drawers, but apparently finds nothing. She vows to confront Julia.
We're getting professional help.
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Antes muerta que Lichita. #79 1/14/16 "The Aftermath"
Alternative Title: The Many Faces on Don Augusto the Grand Impostor
For those who missed the recent turn of events Alicia narrates the saga and reminds the audience of a few things:
- Sandra's has a childish tantrum leading her to inform Bea of Alicia's and Augusto's alleged affair
- Don Augusto making creepy and inappropriate advances towards a very naive Alicia
- Roberto giving his 100% with his puppy dog face upon hearing above news
- Finally, the @*#&! show of a meeting where affairs, secret babies and true parentages were revealed.
For those who missed the recent turn of events Alicia narrates the saga and reminds the audience of a few things:
- Sandra's has a childish tantrum leading her to inform Bea of Alicia's and Augusto's alleged affair
- Don Augusto making creepy and inappropriate advances towards a very naive Alicia
- Roberto giving his 100% with his puppy dog face upon hearing above news
- Finally, the @*#&! show of a meeting where affairs, secret babies and true parentages were revealed.
I am working on the tears to play up the anguish factor
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #98 1-14-16 The resurrection of Pilar!
Ciao, MIVAC Peeps! We know the big story in tonight's show is the miraculous appearance of Pilar, Pedro's Mother, long thought to be dead, but let's summarize other action before we get to that.
Diana arrives home and finds her Mom tied up and unconscious. Anibal tied her up, kidnapped Beto and is demanding a huge ransom. She goes to Vitto for help who pledges he will pay the ransom. Domingo protests as Vitto is going to use money earmarked to keep La Dolce Vita afloat. Diana is grateful!
Looks like we ARE to understand, as I predicted, that Eloisa's misadventure in the barrio and involuntary/temporary status as a beggar would cause her to have a change of heart. Eloisa gives away a bunch of her clothes and shoes to the needy and plans to sell a lot of her jewelry and give the proceeds to charity. She also decides to accept Fiorella's suggestion that inequities don't just exist outside El Rancho Los Angeles but in it as well. Fiorella thinks the house staff should be able to dress as they please. Eloisa not only agrees but has Fiorella fitted for a pretty floral dress as per Fifi's request and allows Quina, Simoneta, Fidel and Benni to dress as they please. No more uniforms! She does advise against too loud colors. Eloisa even conducts her first table etiquette lesson with the house staff, enlisting Roxi to be her assistant. This is just the beginning of Eloisa's teaching them some bougie manners!
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Diana arrives home and finds her Mom tied up and unconscious. Anibal tied her up, kidnapped Beto and is demanding a huge ransom. She goes to Vitto for help who pledges he will pay the ransom. Domingo protests as Vitto is going to use money earmarked to keep La Dolce Vita afloat. Diana is grateful!
Looks like we ARE to understand, as I predicted, that Eloisa's misadventure in the barrio and involuntary/temporary status as a beggar would cause her to have a change of heart. Eloisa gives away a bunch of her clothes and shoes to the needy and plans to sell a lot of her jewelry and give the proceeds to charity. She also decides to accept Fiorella's suggestion that inequities don't just exist outside El Rancho Los Angeles but in it as well. Fiorella thinks the house staff should be able to dress as they please. Eloisa not only agrees but has Fiorella fitted for a pretty floral dress as per Fifi's request and allows Quina, Simoneta, Fidel and Benni to dress as they please. No more uniforms! She does advise against too loud colors. Eloisa even conducts her first table etiquette lesson with the house staff, enlisting Roxi to be her assistant. This is just the beginning of Eloisa's teaching them some bougie manners!
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Pasion y Poder #50, 51, 52, Wednesday 01-13-2016
Apparently Univision cramped in three episodes on Wednesday night. I will do my best to summarize the 2 hours that aired.
Hour 1
David and Eladio continue their talk at the bar. Eladio grew up poor, but with a strict father. David has always been scared of his father. Eladio swears he will change, bla, bla, bla. David loves his father despite everything.
Julia and Art comtinue their chat over the phone. Julia wants to give her marriage another chance. Art wants to talk when she returns to the city.
Erick cries on his expensive, blood-stained shirt while in jail. The guard moves him to another cell.
Connie and Art chat about Erick, the baby and their future. Art reassures her that she and his grandchild will be taken care of. Connie says that Erick is innocent.
Regina and Miguel talk about Connie and her health and whether or not she lied in her statement to the police. They need to support Connie no matter what.
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Hour 1
David and Eladio continue their talk at the bar. Eladio grew up poor, but with a strict father. David has always been scared of his father. Eladio swears he will change, bla, bla, bla. David loves his father despite everything.
Julia and Art comtinue their chat over the phone. Julia wants to give her marriage another chance. Art wants to talk when she returns to the city.
Erick cries on his expensive, blood-stained shirt while in jail. The guard moves him to another cell.
Connie and Art chat about Erick, the baby and their future. Art reassures her that she and his grandchild will be taken care of. Connie says that Erick is innocent.
Regina and Miguel talk about Connie and her health and whether or not she lied in her statement to the police. They need to support Connie no matter what.
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Antes muerta que Lichita. #78 1/13/16 "Elías and Fátima to the Rescue"
Looks like high DRAMA tonight!! So let's get right to it.
Alicia has arrived at Augusto's mansion and wants to talk to Beatriz. She wants to clarify some things. Beatriz does not know how she has the nerve to show up. She'd slap her out of her home but she does not want to offend the Divine Redeemer. Luciana of course has to join in and calls Alicia a snake among other things. Beatriz calls her a sinner and asks about the trip she made to LA with her husband. Alicia tries to tell her about the trip being a work trip. Augusto must have told her about it. Luciana tells her that Augustolied saying he was going to New York and ended up in LA. Valeria tries to calm Luciana down and take her out of there. Luciana insists on staying. Alicia mentions the confidentiality expected by Augusto about the LA office. Beatriz calls her a liar and an evil woman who is out to steal her husband. Beatriz reminds Alicia that there is a God who sees all. She hopes he really punishes her. Beatriz refuses to hear any explanations. Valeria finally takes Beatriz to her room and asks Alicia to leave so Beatriz can rest. Luciana tells Alicia to leave before she throws her out in a condition worst than that of the Christ of Iztapalapa. Alicia and Luciana physically face off like two junior high girls ready to fight, huff and puff and then both back down. Alicia leaves. Luciana thinks Alicia was really scared of her.
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Alicia has arrived at Augusto's mansion and wants to talk to Beatriz. She wants to clarify some things. Beatriz does not know how she has the nerve to show up. She'd slap her out of her home but she does not want to offend the Divine Redeemer. Luciana of course has to join in and calls Alicia a snake among other things. Beatriz calls her a sinner and asks about the trip she made to LA with her husband. Alicia tries to tell her about the trip being a work trip. Augusto must have told her about it. Luciana tells her that Augustolied saying he was going to New York and ended up in LA. Valeria tries to calm Luciana down and take her out of there. Luciana insists on staying. Alicia mentions the confidentiality expected by Augusto about the LA office. Beatriz calls her a liar and an evil woman who is out to steal her husband. Beatriz reminds Alicia that there is a God who sees all. She hopes he really punishes her. Beatriz refuses to hear any explanations. Valeria finally takes Beatriz to her room and asks Alicia to leave so Beatriz can rest. Luciana tells Alicia to leave before she throws her out in a condition worst than that of the Christ of Iztapalapa. Alicia and Luciana physically face off like two junior high girls ready to fight, huff and puff and then both back down. Alicia leaves. Luciana thinks Alicia was really scared of her.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #97 1-13-16 HOT ZIGGETY DAWG! Some real action, Muchacha Peeps!
Ciao a todos, I mean a tutti. Heck, how y'all are? This is my first summary. Let's see how well I do summarizing versus writing a novelette!
Right off the bat, my beloved Patio Peeps, one of you have a chance to make a contribution to tonight's summary because silly me started the recording late and I don't know what happened in the first segment! I was able to figure part of it out but I don't know how Fifi explained that yummy huggin' she was giving Pedro so feel free to fill in, Peeps!
(This is what I was able to figure out.) Freddie takes Eloisa to the bank and withdraws bribe money to pay off Vargas, ACorp accountant, who had demanded two years salary in exchange for the information about to whom monthly deposits were being made by ACorp. He takes a suitcase full of money and gives her the address, not the name, of the recipient. The address is of a mental hospital! More on that later.
Eloisa wakes up face down on the pavement in a, shall we say, humble part of town. She tries over and over without success to get people to tell her where she is. Mostly people ignore her but she manages to get enough change from a couple of passersby to call the Rancho. Pedro answers. The family marvels that Eloisa was able to call what with her dementia. Pedro confesses that Eloisa faked dementia to expose someone in the family whom she thought was trying to kill her. Sergio takes off with Fidel. Assvaldo mocks Pedro's desire to go with them.
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Right off the bat, my beloved Patio Peeps, one of you have a chance to make a contribution to tonight's summary because silly me started the recording late and I don't know what happened in the first segment! I was able to figure part of it out but I don't know how Fifi explained that yummy huggin' she was giving Pedro so feel free to fill in, Peeps!
(This is what I was able to figure out.) Freddie takes Eloisa to the bank and withdraws bribe money to pay off Vargas, ACorp accountant, who had demanded two years salary in exchange for the information about to whom monthly deposits were being made by ACorp. He takes a suitcase full of money and gives her the address, not the name, of the recipient. The address is of a mental hospital! More on that later.
Eloisa wakes up face down on the pavement in a, shall we say, humble part of town. She tries over and over without success to get people to tell her where she is. Mostly people ignore her but she manages to get enough change from a couple of passersby to call the Rancho. Pedro answers. The family marvels that Eloisa was able to call what with her dementia. Pedro confesses that Eloisa faked dementia to expose someone in the family whom she thought was trying to kill her. Sergio takes off with Fidel. Assvaldo mocks Pedro's desire to go with them.
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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #96 1/12/16 Beware the Hooded Menace!!
Recap by Sneaky Two Shoes! Grazie Tantissimo!!
(Lotta stuff happened so skipping the old - straight to the new.)
Gael tells Gia that Agustin wants to see him again. Gael's all up in the air about it- doesn't know if he wants to know him and confesses almost using again. Gia swears she will be with him day and night, all the time to help him through this and she reminds him how dangerous it is for him to take drugs and tries to help him see the situation calmly. Gael thinks its too late for he and Agustin to have a father/son relationship now, he's not a kid anymore. Gia tells to meet Agustin and maybe all he wants is a little love. Gael isn't sure he can give it to him. He agrees this time for Gia to go with him to the meeting tonight.
Aitana's fam plots together. Ai thinks Elo knows Fi and Pietro are together and that's why she cut Fi in to the will. Beg thinks Pietro and Fi are plotting together to take advandtage of Elo's dementia and they can tell the board about it and get Pietro out. Aitana's mom thinks the board won't care that Pietro is fooling around with the help. Beg sends Ai to RLA to snoop around and see if Pietro and Fiorella do have something going on. Ai and her mom protest Beg's using her and treating her like a soulless puppet. (apparently the family who plots together doesn't stay together.) Ai's mom warns her no nookie with Os while she's at the rancho.
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(Lotta stuff happened so skipping the old - straight to the new.)
Gael tells Gia that Agustin wants to see him again. Gael's all up in the air about it- doesn't know if he wants to know him and confesses almost using again. Gia swears she will be with him day and night, all the time to help him through this and she reminds him how dangerous it is for him to take drugs and tries to help him see the situation calmly. Gael thinks its too late for he and Agustin to have a father/son relationship now, he's not a kid anymore. Gia tells to meet Agustin and maybe all he wants is a little love. Gael isn't sure he can give it to him. He agrees this time for Gia to go with him to the meeting tonight.
Aitana's fam plots together. Ai thinks Elo knows Fi and Pietro are together and that's why she cut Fi in to the will. Beg thinks Pietro and Fi are plotting together to take advandtage of Elo's dementia and they can tell the board about it and get Pietro out. Aitana's mom thinks the board won't care that Pietro is fooling around with the help. Beg sends Ai to RLA to snoop around and see if Pietro and Fiorella do have something going on. Ai and her mom protest Beg's using her and treating her like a soulless puppet. (apparently the family who plots together doesn't stay together.) Ai's mom warns her no nookie with Os while she's at the rancho.
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Lichita 1/12
I love Alicia's angry texting... she really assaults the phone! Also I like how they have adapted the new communication medium (texting) to fit the old novela standby (overheard conversations) by having her yell out loud as she texts. The new guy overhears and gets hit in the face when she gets mad and flings her phone.
They get him an icepack and start talking. She's glad she's a Mexican (no offense to her Cuban and Columbian workers) so they can understand one another and not press charges for any injury.
He hints that he sought them out (and he's not revealing how he knew that they were going to open up the U.S. subsidiary or where to find it) because he thinks they're going to be huge in L.A. and Iconika's work in Mexico had a huge impact on his brand. Alicia goes to look for her phone, and when she returns he's gone without even leaving his name.
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They get him an icepack and start talking. She's glad she's a Mexican (no offense to her Cuban and Columbian workers) so they can understand one another and not press charges for any injury.
He hints that he sought them out (and he's not revealing how he knew that they were going to open up the U.S. subsidiary or where to find it) because he thinks they're going to be huge in L.A. and Iconika's work in Mexico had a huge impact on his brand. Alicia goes to look for her phone, and when she returns he's gone without even leaving his name.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Pasión y Poder Martes 1/12/16 #47, 48, 49
Chapter
47: Lies and Whispers
The
murder investigation will go on and it looks like most of the press
is just as malleable and hungry as in the US. Maybe more so. I'm not
sure if audience appetite for scandal is equal or greater, but it
certainly isn't less. That means I could be here for quite a while.
That's alright; I love drinking frozen margaritas at my ringside seat
for this modern version of Romeo and Juliet. It's not Verona, but
there is Puerto Vallarta.
– D.D.
Arturo and
Julia kissed on the boardwalk. It was almost as though time had
stopped twenty-five years ago. Or that they forgot what had happened
in between. It didn't matter either way because they were
interrupted by the retro ringtone of Arturo's cell phone. Due to the
situation he couldn't ignore it. As he pulled it out Julia looked
around, aware that Efrain was spying on her for Eladio.
“Arturo,
the police were here,” Nina told him over the phone.
“What
happened? What did they say?”
“They
have a warrant for his arrest and they were looking through the whole
house.”
“No, no,
no, no. Augustin told me they'd be expecting him the day after
tomorrow.” Julia began walking away to go back to the hotel.
“They
said he needs to present himself or be considered a fugitive. Can
you imagine?”
“If you
had told me about this before this wouldn't have happened!” Arturo
took a breath. “Now, calm down. Don't worry. I will find our son
and bring him back.”
“Arturo,
please. Don't let them arrest Erick. Please, I beg you.”
“Please
calm down. Everything will be resolved.”
He ended
the call and looked for Julia. She was not to be seen.
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Antes muerta que Lichita 1/11/2016: while the D team is sinking the mother ship, Alicia and Roberto yell at each other in L.A. Also, a "meet cute."
The subtitles were almost useless tonight, so, viewers who understand rapid fire Spanish, please fill in the blanks!
Roberto shows up at Ikonika USA and most of the conversations he has with Alicia, at high volume and a mile a minute, are general insults, he accuses her of hanky panky with the boss, also, she doesn't want to share the luxury hotel suite with him but he insists it's his right as a Toledo y Mondragon family flunky.
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Roberto shows up at Ikonika USA and most of the conversations he has with Alicia, at high volume and a mile a minute, are general insults, he accuses her of hanky panky with the boss, also, she doesn't want to share the luxury hotel suite with him but he insists it's his right as a Toledo y Mondragon family flunky.
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Pasion y Poder #46 20160111
GLA
Franco asks Eladio for Gaby's hand in marriage. Eladio asks Gaby to leave. Eladio stands and sticks out his hand and pulls Franco practically over the desk. He congratulates Franco and tells him that he's not getting a penny from the Bank of Gomez-Luna, even if they should marry. Eladio reminds Franco that he's poor, broke and homeless. Franco assures Eladio that he really loves Gaby and he will give her everything. He goes on to tell Eladio that he taught him to work hard, so he knows how to get a job. Eladio is impressed and says that he might give Franco his job back if he finds Aldo. Eladio tells Franco that he fired Francisco for effing up a car deal. He didn't know that Francisco was a dumb as a rock. Eladio snaps his fingers and Franco bolts from the office to find Aldo.
Franco and Gaby retreat to his glass office for a little PDA. Franco tells her that he can't get her a ring because he's unemployed right now, but he will get her something better. Marintia, the secretary with benefits, returns enters the office, so Franco introduces Gaby as his fiancé to his mistress/secretary. Franco wants Marintia to find some address for him pronto. Marintia congratulates them, but shows her true feelings once the couple has departed. She's not down with this. She calls them imbeciles.
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Monday, January 11, 2016
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse, Monday 1-11-16 Eloisa is "tan cuerda como siempre," As sane as ever!
Ciao, Muchacha Patio Peeps! Well, let's get back to our story after an unexpected weekend off! We pick up right where Sneaky left us on Thursday in the living room of the Angeles Ranch with the collective Angeles jaw on the floor upon hearing that HALF the Angeles fortune has been left to Fiorella Bianchi, faithful personal assistant of Eloisa! Predictably, Federica, Assvaldo and Sonia lay in to Fiorella with accusations of goldigging and bewitching the loca Eloisa and Pedro vociferously defends her. Julieta also defends her vigorously and suggests Fiorella go off to her room and she will personally get her if Eloisa needs anything. Pedro, Eloisa and the Lawyer, Robles, go off to the study to talk, as Eloisa puts it, "away from the vultures."
We also had just witnessed the touching scene where the Papi Chulo, Augustin, finally confesses to Gael that he is Gale's Father. Augustin manages to tell Gael that when his Grandfather found out about his relationship with Gael's Mother, he made Augustin leave the country! This is all too much for poor Gael who runs screaming from the room crying loudly "No, no, no, no, NO!" Alina comes in and confirms with the stricken Augustin what he told Gael.
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We also had just witnessed the touching scene where the Papi Chulo, Augustin, finally confesses to Gael that he is Gale's Father. Augustin manages to tell Gael that when his Grandfather found out about his relationship with Gael's Mother, he made Augustin leave the country! This is all too much for poor Gael who runs screaming from the room crying loudly "No, no, no, no, NO!" Alina comes in and confirms with the stricken Augustin what he told Gael.
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Yo No Creo en los Hombres Lunes 11/11/16 #121, Pt 3 Gran Final
Chapter
123 (Gran Final): Blood, Guns, and Tears
Claudio
drove to the location demanded by the kidnappers. They called and
gave him his instructions and their threat if he didn't deliver the
ransom. He agreed. The detective stayed in the car. Claudio walked
out into the middle of the street. The kidnappers brought Max out of
their car between them. One aimed his pistol at Max's head while the
other aimed his at Claudio. They demanded that Claudio slide the
suitcase with the money to them. One picked it up and the other
said, “Here's a gift from a woman who loves you. You get to see
your son die.”
They
shoved Max down to his knees. A sniper fired at one of the
kidnappers while the other fired at Claudio. The downed kidnapper
got up just far enough to fire another shot, hitting Max in the right
shoulder blade. Police fire and both were down.
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Señora Acero, Fatmagul, and La Querida del Centauro: Week of January 11, 2016
Hola Telemundians. Here is this week's page for discussion of Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Señora Acero, Fatmagul, and the newest addition to Telemundo's offerings, La Querida del Centauro. Señora Acero's final episode airs this Monday; beginning Tuesday, La Querida del Centauro will appear in the same time slot. A quick plot summary from Sara: "It's about some badass female that is sent to a maximum security prison for males. There she and a drug lord start a relationship." More information about this new novela, including photos, trailers, and the first episode, can be found on Telemundo's website
Meanwhile, both Celia (now in últimas semanas) and Bajo el Mismo Cielo (últimos capítulos) are drawing to a close. Telemundo has been airing promos for Eva La Trailera, a new novela that is likely to begin once Bajo ends, probably in the last week of January.
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Meanwhile, both Celia (now in últimas semanas) and Bajo el Mismo Cielo (últimos capítulos) are drawing to a close. Telemundo has been airing promos for Eva La Trailera, a new novela that is likely to begin once Bajo ends, probably in the last week of January.
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Labels: acero, bajo, celia, centauro, fatmagul, telemundo
Saturday, January 09, 2016
Pasión y Poder Episode #45 Janurary 8th 2016 Erick is found, Aldo flees, and Artie calls Nina by her full first name: Ernestina.
Watch out, Aldo
Oh, Eladio is really mad now. He threatens to off the little pipsqueak with the one earring if he corroborates that it was indeed him who ratted him out to the authorities.
Super Augie
Augie has been working overtime (and Artie better give him a big bonus for this) and trying to obtain some kind of legal protection (amparo) for Consuelo and Erick. Artie hopes to find his coward of a son before then. He just cannot believe that his offspring is behaving like such a coward. Uh, really Artie? You should know that he's one by now. He asks Augie if he thinks that Erick exterminated The Ratt. Augie doesn't think. Erick may be the scum of the earth, but he's not a murderer, or in this case an exterminator. Besides, he loved that little Ratt of his. Artie states: that sometimes for love we can do the craziest things. Regina enters and lets her dad know that Consuelo and her baby will be alright as long as Consuelo stays put. Artie asks Augie to please speed up the process to obtain the legal protection. Aye aye, captain. Augie is on it. He rushes off to do just that. Artie asks Regina what went down at The Ratt's birthday bash. He wants to know why Consuelo is being incriminated.
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombes #122 Will there be any cast members left after tomorrow?
What a thrilling ride this TN has been. I'm thankful that I got to sub recap for this fantastic show, it's been an honor to do so. Thanks JdesdeNYC.
So here we go, we get about 15 minutes of repeat from Thursday. I pick up where we left off.
Clara is meeting with her pimp who is telling her that heaven is full of regretful people, so therefore, he’s going to forgive Clara and give her another opportunity to work for him, but it’s the last time. A relieved Clara thanks him. Ugh!
She asks him what exactly will she be doing. He replies that if she thinks he wants her to be a prostitute, that’s not what she will be doing. He runs a modeling agency, she would be an ‘edecanes’, a hostess, not an ‘edecarnes’, yuck, yuck, a flesh server. She’ll talk to men and whatever. Clara is looking quite sick at this moment. He hands her the business card of her new client, but before she can take it he reminds her that he gets his cut of the money for giving her the contact. He tells her to call him.
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So here we go, we get about 15 minutes of repeat from Thursday. I pick up where we left off.
Clara is meeting with her pimp who is telling her that heaven is full of regretful people, so therefore, he’s going to forgive Clara and give her another opportunity to work for him, but it’s the last time. A relieved Clara thanks him. Ugh!
She asks him what exactly will she be doing. He replies that if she thinks he wants her to be a prostitute, that’s not what she will be doing. He runs a modeling agency, she would be an ‘edecanes’, a hostess, not an ‘edecarnes’, yuck, yuck, a flesh server. She’ll talk to men and whatever. Clara is looking quite sick at this moment. He hands her the business card of her new client, but before she can take it he reminds her that he gets his cut of the money for giving her the contact. He tells her to call him.
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Friday, January 08, 2016
Antes Muerta que Lichita #75 1/8/16... The pot gets hotter about Alicia and Augie-evil in US and the gossip spreads like fire via cell phones at the Mex office.
Aug-evil is trying to booze-out Alicia… She talks while
half-dazed about deserving the position she is in… HE reminds her she almost
married Alex for corporate ladder climbing… She keeps talking some nonsense.
At church, Alex walks away but Bea catches him to call him
on listening to her confession. He is not happy hearing that his dad is
cheating on his mom and his mom is playing the social sweep under rug strategy.
Back to Alicia and Aug-evil… She does not like that he
cheats on Mrs Bea. He keeps talking like
none of this matters one iota to him. He
claims that he can set apart professional and personal relationships. The subject of Sandra comes up. Alicia won’t deny her professional talents
but… (yeah BIG BUTT!!)
She is wabbly and he has to catch her from falling. HE keeps
trying to embrace her… ends up holding her face in his hands… and walks her to
the bedroom (a little too touchy-feely if you ask me). She slams the door on his face (unknowingly
from her boozed status). But from the
last take of her face, we know she is at least partially aware of what is going
on.
The priest and Daphne join the conversation betweek Alex and
her. Bea figures out that Alex being
there is also something Daphne coordinated.
So the new plan of Daphne’s also involving the priest also failed.
Brisa and Braulio are in the apt… She sits on his lap (that did hurt him). They are planning on a new retreat/seminar…
when she brings up that it will be more like a sex therapy course, he is
instantly interested.
Roberto and Gumaro in apt…
They are talking about SHeyla’s whereabouts… Roberto has paperwork that
shows Mateo has not left the country at any time. He assumes she could have figured out a way
to get someone else to take Mateo up to US.
Brisa and Braulio are still dealing with her
ex-roomie/ex-bf. Braulio is holding the
door and preventing the other guy from coming in. Braulio and Brisa continue arguing whether
the other guy can come in.
Back in US… Augie-evil is still trying to get in Alicia’s
room knocking on door. HE laughs it out that she fell asleep… He gets a phone call from Bea… She demands he
come back home ASAP. HE is not
happy. She threats him that she will sue
him so bad that he will end up pennyless if he does not return YESTERDAY.
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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #94 1-7-16 Roxy's Worst Day Ever!
Recap by Sneaky Two Shoes! Mille Grazie!!
Elo asks Fi not to tell
anyone about Roxi’s parentage and Fed waltzes in and asks about the
monthly deposits ACorp is making to the mystery account.
Elo notices and fingers her huge seafoam green bracelet and calls
her Imelda as she tells her, ask Pietro I don’t know about business
stuff. They go back and forth for a while over whether Fedrica is in
fact Imelda Marcos or not (in case anybody didn’t
know Imelda Marcos was a politician’s wife who spent scandalous amounts
of govmt $ on clothes and especially shoes, she had like a bajillion
pair)
Pietro goes to Rey and Adela’s place where Roxi trying to get rid of him pretends, badly, to be a sister of Adela. Pietro falls for it till Beni blows her cover, calling her by name. Too late to shut Pietro out though, Rox has already let him in and he won’t leave till he talks to her.
Fi has a wonderful idea that Roxi is just gonna
hate; let Rox come back to the ranch, but she has tolive w/Quina
in the employee quarters. Elo goes for it and wants to take it a step
farther and put Roxi to work, Ha!
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres, Capitulo 121, 1/7/2016: What. The. Hell. MD has learned NOTHING!!!
Refrito:
MD thinks back on all the few lovely moments she and Max have gotten to share
during the course of this crazy story while reading vows. As she sits with the
head braced on her knees, an unknown prisoner with a shiv sneaks up on her…
Meanwhile, Dan gives the order to his prison
buddy: kill Max! Our blindfolded and bound galan has no idea that the kidnapper
is pointing a gun to his head…
Labels: no-creo, telenovelas
Antes Muerta que Lichita #74 Thursday 1/7/16: Details are so 2015!
Happy New Years Patio! I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season and is having a good new year thus far. My brief but awesome vacation in Columbia has caused me to miss 2 weeks worth of episodes but thanks to the wonderful recaps (you guys are amazing!) from the rest of the team I am all caught up. Lets jump right in and see what mischief the gang has construed while I've been away.
We begin with Sandra forcefully opening Bea eyes to her husband's philandering ways and linking Alicia in that picture. At first, Bea thinks Sandra is a little crazy for preposterous proposition but Sandra fueled with anger, jealousy and hypocrisy will not leave without destroying everyone's happiness. She begins to spin a lovely but gossipy tale of the Alicia, the "Trepadora", a woman who stops at nothing to climb to the position she seeks. Alicia started with her son Alex and has now moved her sights to Bea's hubby. How do you think she returned to Iconika after the wedding fiasco? Furthermore guess who is heading up the Iconika USA branch and who do you believe is there with her at this very moment?? Bea seems to believe the dirt Sandra is dishing and is devastated. She cannot believe that Alicia will do such a thing after she opened up the doors of her home to her (she seems to leave out the part where she was constantly judging her and her family but lets not get caught up in details. Bea wonders why Sandra is telling her all of this...what does she have to gain? Sandra feel that it is her duty as a woman to convey what is going on. She felt it was Bea's right to know (being half owner and all) even though it was a hard decision for her whether or not to spill the beans. Sandra relays that she will be on a short vacation since she has been fired. She asks for Bea's discretion to not reveal who give the dirt on Don Augusto's side chicks. With her mission accomplished of infecting her poison, Sandra departs leaving Bea to cry over a picture of her and Don Augusto looking not so happy. I wondered during this whole encounter when Sandra will out her 10 YEAR relationship with Don Augusto and her willingness to run away to the US with him herself but who cares about details these days.
Point 1: When tattle telling on others it is okay to gloss over your own crimes in the affair.
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We begin with Sandra forcefully opening Bea eyes to her husband's philandering ways and linking Alicia in that picture. At first, Bea thinks Sandra is a little crazy for preposterous proposition but Sandra fueled with anger, jealousy and hypocrisy will not leave without destroying everyone's happiness. She begins to spin a lovely but gossipy tale of the Alicia, the "Trepadora", a woman who stops at nothing to climb to the position she seeks. Alicia started with her son Alex and has now moved her sights to Bea's hubby. How do you think she returned to Iconika after the wedding fiasco? Furthermore guess who is heading up the Iconika USA branch and who do you believe is there with her at this very moment?? Bea seems to believe the dirt Sandra is dishing and is devastated. She cannot believe that Alicia will do such a thing after she opened up the doors of her home to her (she seems to leave out the part where she was constantly judging her and her family but lets not get caught up in details. Bea wonders why Sandra is telling her all of this...what does she have to gain? Sandra feel that it is her duty as a woman to convey what is going on. She felt it was Bea's right to know (being half owner and all) even though it was a hard decision for her whether or not to spill the beans. Sandra relays that she will be on a short vacation since she has been fired. She asks for Bea's discretion to not reveal who give the dirt on Don Augusto's side chicks. With her mission accomplished of infecting her poison, Sandra departs leaving Bea to cry over a picture of her and Don Augusto looking not so happy. I wondered during this whole encounter when Sandra will out her 10 YEAR relationship with Don Augusto and her willingness to run away to the US with him herself but who cares about details these days.
Point 1: When tattle telling on others it is okay to gloss over your own crimes in the affair.
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Pasión y Poder, Episodio 44, jueves, 7 de enero, 2016: Eladio Shapes the Narrative (And Erick Runs Away!)
Who would have imagined that one dead Ratt would stir up so much trouble? Tonight, the gaming and blaming continue...
Bloodsucker
Gisela, determined to turn a profit on her blood connection to Franco, lurks outside the Gómez-Luna mansion. She accosts her grandson – whose face, the Patio is delighted to observe, still looks like raw hamburger kept a day too long in the fridge – and tells him THE TRUTH: his parents are not dead. His mother is a woman named Caridad Herrera, she says. And reaching into her waistband (ewww!), she hands him a photo of her daughter – and Franco's mother. Franco studies it for a moment. Does he feel the llamado de la sangre? Or of the cheekbones? Hard to say. But he says he'll need proof if he is to believe Gisela's contention. She will provide that proof – for a price. Franco scowls, but he pays up. Then he leaves her. As he limps up the stairs to the house, he takes a call from Eladio on his cellphone.
Gisela scuttles off, but not quite fast enough. Callao has seen her and now he wants to know why she is there.
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Thursday, January 07, 2016
Blog mom is considering deleting Caray, Caray entirely. Thoughts welcome.
Hello, friends, trolls, spammers, complainers, etc.,
Behind the scenes there has a been a lot of trouble over the past year or two. Against my instincts I let this project get too big. We used to just blog the three shows on Univision prime time. Now our net is cast across all of Telenovela Land.
We have had almost 18,000,000 visits to our site. Perhaps this is what has made us a target of ugly behavior. We have lost a lot of recappers due to nasty commenters. We have had to delete 1,000s of spam comments from witch doctors and spell casters and plumbing supply houses. We have had to scour the comments for spoilers and malicious mayhem.
Over the last year or more Diva del desierto (5 foot Latina) and her computer whiz husband have made a number of very complicated improvements under the hood. These improvements have answered some of your multiple complaints but the Diva has had it. She wants to throw in the towel. I cannot take on the work she's been doing.
So that's why I'm thinking about folding up the tent (to switch metaphors). People who complain and attack each other and post spoilers etc. have finally worn us down.
Most things online are eventually ruined by spam and porno. One could say about the whole internet: "This is why I can't have nice things."
Have you noticed that everybody who works on this site does it for free?
Another possibility would be to cut back to just three shows and dump the rest of this. I think I could keep my eye on three shows.
I am taking suggestions and comments below.
Behind the scenes there has a been a lot of trouble over the past year or two. Against my instincts I let this project get too big. We used to just blog the three shows on Univision prime time. Now our net is cast across all of Telenovela Land.
We have had almost 18,000,000 visits to our site. Perhaps this is what has made us a target of ugly behavior. We have lost a lot of recappers due to nasty commenters. We have had to delete 1,000s of spam comments from witch doctors and spell casters and plumbing supply houses. We have had to scour the comments for spoilers and malicious mayhem.
Over the last year or more Diva del desierto (5 foot Latina) and her computer whiz husband have made a number of very complicated improvements under the hood. These improvements have answered some of your multiple complaints but the Diva has had it. She wants to throw in the towel. I cannot take on the work she's been doing.
So that's why I'm thinking about folding up the tent (to switch metaphors). People who complain and attack each other and post spoilers etc. have finally worn us down.
Most things online are eventually ruined by spam and porno. One could say about the whole internet: "This is why I can't have nice things."
Have you noticed that everybody who works on this site does it for free?
Another possibility would be to cut back to just three shows and dump the rest of this. I think I could keep my eye on three shows.
I am taking suggestions and comments below.
Labels: announcements, hotel, la-vecina, lichita, mivac, no-creo, poder, qnc, telemundo
Pasion y Poder #43, A Murder Investigation Starts While Nina and Her Coat Go Shopping in NYC, Wednesday, 01-06-2016
Lo Nuevo
Eladio walks into his home office to find Efrain, the chauffer, waiting for him. He tells Eladio that Julia ordered him take her to La Condessa.
Then we see the aftermath as Aldo cries at the sight of TheRat's lifeless body on top of the smashed car. The authorities have to keep him back. He gives them TheRat's personal information, and adds that he is sure that TheRat was killed.
Erick stumbles into his house.
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Eladio walks into his home office to find Efrain, the chauffer, waiting for him. He tells Eladio that Julia ordered him take her to La Condessa.
Then we see the aftermath as Aldo cries at the sight of TheRat's lifeless body on top of the smashed car. The authorities have to keep him back. He gives them TheRat's personal information, and adds that he is sure that TheRat was killed.
Erick stumbles into his house.
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Yo No Creo en los Hombres #120, 1/6/2016: Would They Really Kill BOTH Our Protagonists?
The Old: Ursula
talks to the kidnappers and tells them Max has to be in his five senses before
he speaks to MD. They wake him with a tequila shower. Leo tells Clara, Doris
and Chelito that Claudio is dealing with trying to track down the kidnappers
and Max. The doctor tells them Esperanza had a heart attack, and had no trace
of any of the medicines she was supposed to be taking to avoid it (too
expensive). Now, any stress could cause the big one. Ursula tells Josefa that
they will soon be rid of Max AND Claud, but Jo thinks death is too easy for
Claud. She wants him alive and suffering for Marta’s death—she wants ALL of
them to suffer. Ursula points out that Claud and Marcelo were responsible for
putting Marta in jail, but La Abuela was responsible for her death. But not to
worry. First they’ll get Abuela to get rid of their MD problem, and then they’ll
get rid of her. Marcelo tells Claud he wants a guarantee that his name will be
cleared of ALL suspicion before he helps him save Max and MD.
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The New:
Ursula tries to calm Dan down after the big reveal that MD
and Max are married. She assures him they just did it so that Max can try to
get custody of the baby. Then she tells him how Max threatened to charge Ivana
with abetting (encubrimiento) if she doesn’t testify. But without an accused
(MD) or a defender (Max), then none of that matters. Dan’s ears perk up, and he
demands that Ursula NOT kill MD. Ursula backtracks and says it was just a
manner of speaking. They’ll just make sure MD stays in jail by having Ivana
testify that she was hit and fainted and didn’t really see what happened. They
both eye each other warily, neither trusting the other as far as they could
throw them.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #73 Wednesday 1/6/16 " Augusto in Action!"
Here we go: I left out the Brisa and Braulio nonsense when they were not connected to the main plot. Let us just say they are still lovey dovey. Now on to the important stuff. We left off yesterday with Sandra telling Fátima that Augusto is going to stand her up in Europe for some reason she does not know yet and Detective Carmona telling Roberto that as far as he can tell Sheila is in the US. He does not know if Mateo is with her. He can only say what he knows. Roberto asks if he will investigate to see if she has Mateo with him. Carmona says sure like he has nothing better to do than sit at his desk scratching his belly and looking for his son and his son's mother in the US. Carmona gives Roberto a report about where Sheila was last seen in the US. That is all he can do for him at the moment. Roberto tells detective Carmona that he will get the definitive dirt on Augusto on a silver platter so Carmona will continue to help him find Mateo.
Magos returns to the café from her errand and runs into the bill collector from the bank whom Elsa has pressed into service having him wait on tables. After the usual Magos nonsense, he gets Magos to sign a paper stating that she knows that she has a debt to the bank. It looks like she thought she was signing for a package that was being delivered at the same time. She is not a happy camper that now she has acknowledged legally her debt with the bank. She tells him she will not pay anyway. He assures her she will be paying. He leaves the café.
Sandra is still talking with Fátima who tells her to go on her vacation because she deserves it. Maybe this time Augusto will still actually meet her in Europe. Since the snack "Mis saboritos" presentation is Alicia's she will be in charge of there is a problem. Sandra should just go.
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Magos returns to the café from her errand and runs into the bill collector from the bank whom Elsa has pressed into service having him wait on tables. After the usual Magos nonsense, he gets Magos to sign a paper stating that she knows that she has a debt to the bank. It looks like she thought she was signing for a package that was being delivered at the same time. She is not a happy camper that now she has acknowledged legally her debt with the bank. She tells him she will not pay anyway. He assures her she will be paying. He leaves the café.
Sandra is still talking with Fátima who tells her to go on her vacation because she deserves it. Maybe this time Augusto will still actually meet her in Europe. Since the snack "Mis saboritos" presentation is Alicia's she will be in charge of there is a problem. Sandra should just go.
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Wednesday, January 06, 2016
Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #93 Wed 1/6/16 (Mex 129-130) Maximo, you're a jerk.
The big questions for tonight:
-Will Papi Chulo reveal his true Papi-hood to Gael?
-Will we find out what Fi's plan is?
-Will Roxi accept her enabling mama?
On the first score, there is too much yelling for Alina's taste and she opts to kick Gael out of her office so she can talk to Papi Chulo alone. "So…you're his dad, huh?" I guess she did see the resemblance. She wants to make sure this is managed properly, since Gael is a recovering addict.
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-Will Papi Chulo reveal his true Papi-hood to Gael?
-Will we find out what Fi's plan is?
-Will Roxi accept her enabling mama?
On the first score, there is too much yelling for Alina's taste and she opts to kick Gael out of her office so she can talk to Papi Chulo alone. "So…you're his dad, huh?" I guess she did see the resemblance. She wants to make sure this is managed properly, since Gael is a recovering addict.
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Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #92 Tuesday 1/5/16 (Mex 128) Los Angeles Can’t Handle The Truth, … Or At Least Not Well
Recap by sneaky two shoes
Os explains his plan to Sonia – upshot blame it all on Benigno (Beg from now on cause I’m lazy and I hope if I don’t bother to use his whole name he’ll go away)
Fed runs in and tells him Beg is taking over ACorp he’s in Pietro’s office and everything. She’ll help pressure Elo to make Os prez, anything to get Beg out.
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Os explains his plan to Sonia – upshot blame it all on Benigno (Beg from now on cause I’m lazy and I hope if I don’t bother to use his whole name he’ll go away)
Fed runs in and tells him Beg is taking over ACorp he’s in Pietro’s office and everything. She’ll help pressure Elo to make Os prez, anything to get Beg out.
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Lichita 1/5
Alicia busts one of the heels on her ridiculous shoes on her way into the Ikonica US office and limps around the place with two employees. They apologize that the place is such a mess, and they're waiting for the new boss to come and arrange everything. She also discovers that those two are currently the only employees. They don't let her get a word in edgewise, even as they go on and on about the executive who will surely arrive soon. They eventually find a magazine that has a picture of Alicia on the cover, and Alicia really enjoys their moment of shock and surprise when they realize that she's the new boss. For, like, half a second, she breaks that glazed and impassive generic-novela-bimbo affect that's shrouded her since they dressed her up, and looks genuinely fun and playful for a bit.
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Yo No Creo en los Hombres Lunes, 1/04/16 #119
I've
been up and down mean streets long enough I thought I'd seen
everything. I was wrong. Tonight I witnessed something so
disgusting it would make Sam Spade cry. Danny-Boy and his Mama Bear
need to burn in hell. I'd send them there myself if there were no
risk of being caught. Hell can't be that much worse than the prisons
here.
I'm
off for a good stiff drink. Maybe that will help.
– Dashiell
Chapter
119: Consequences
Honoria
was called to testify for the prosecution, but refused.
“Because
I will not testify to help anyone who is trying to sully my son's
reputation. He never was Maria Dolores' lover. He was good and
honest, values I taught him. Since he died my grief made me forget
those values.” She looked at Hosefa briefly and cried as she
finished. Max may have felt some relief and Esperanza, too, but it
wouldn't have been much. Hosefa looked nervous.
Labels: no-creo
Tuesday, January 05, 2016
Pasión y Poder Martes 1/05/16 #42
Chapter
42: Dead Woman Walking
Ah, what
amusement: A masked ball! I've always loved those things. They're
showy, easy to crash in most places, and full of pretentious fools
whose primary need is to draw attention to themselves. Their choice
of costume or mask often tells us more about them than it hides.
Here is where the powerless can appear powerful, the weak can appear
strong, or the evil can appear to be good and moral.
Or
wishes can be expressed. And granted. Be careful what you wish for.
– D.D.
Erick
Montenegro was showing his worst hubris at this party. He arrived in
the black boots, clothes, cape, and hat of El Zorro, the Robin Hood
of Mexico. His real persona would never think of helping the poor;
if he robbed from the evil he would keep any spoils in his own
coffers. Nor did he look at women as fair ladies with honor,
integrity, or intelligence. He bought favors from Monserrat Moret
and felt daring in doing so. He lacked the power of observation to
realize that his money – or more likely his father's money – was
of more interest to her than he was.
Also the
power of more physical observation because he failed to notice that
Callao, the trusted henchman of Eladio Gómez Luna, was standing at
the curb just beyond the building's entrance.
Labels: poder
Antes muerta que Lichita January 4: Lichita is going to Los Angeles.
Happy New Year, friends. First, I'd like to say I'm not happy with Alicia descending into the "generic bimbo" category. She looks like the receptionists now, only in red...
... and having just now learned of the existence of Spanx I can no longer look at these bimbos in their skin-tight dresses without imagining the industrial strength spandex (sometimes in multiple layers) that obliterates any humanity of form. Pobrecitas, I wonder if they have to cut themselves out of those undergarments with scissors when they get home. Anyway...
...the subtitles were functioning very poorly so feel free to elaborate if you got more than I did.
Master murderer and hypocrite Don Augusto consoles his daughter Luciana over the death of her purported father and says the best thing she can do is get knocked up and forget about it.
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... and having just now learned of the existence of Spanx I can no longer look at these bimbos in their skin-tight dresses without imagining the industrial strength spandex (sometimes in multiple layers) that obliterates any humanity of form. Pobrecitas, I wonder if they have to cut themselves out of those undergarments with scissors when they get home. Anyway...
...the subtitles were functioning very poorly so feel free to elaborate if you got more than I did.
Master murderer and hypocrite Don Augusto consoles his daughter Luciana over the death of her purported father and says the best thing she can do is get knocked up and forget about it.
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Pasion y Poder #41 20160104 Dear Jesus! Why Won't You Give Me This Married Man? Duh!
In the Gomez-Luna bedroom where the action never takes place, Julia wants to talk to Eladio. Eladio thinks it's great the Art and Nina are getting along so well. Eladio tells Julia that he's going to work and saunters out of the room. Julia tells Gaby that she needs her help again.
Art and Nina return from the big dinner. Nina thinks it's great that the kids are together. Art and Eladio will be forced to get along now that the kids are together. Art goes into his office to sulk.
Petra encounters Nina in the foyer and scares the hell out of her with her newly made up face. Petra tells Nina that Dani did it. Dani comes down the stairs and listens to the exchange between her mother and the maid. Petra's has returned from dancing. She picked up the garbage man at the bar and he also brought her home. Nina tells Petra to tell the garbage man to move his truck.
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Art and Nina return from the big dinner. Nina thinks it's great that the kids are together. Art and Eladio will be forced to get along now that the kids are together. Art goes into his office to sulk.
Petra encounters Nina in the foyer and scares the hell out of her with her newly made up face. Petra tells Nina that Dani did it. Dani comes down the stairs and listens to the exchange between her mother and the maid. Petra's has returned from dancing. She picked up the garbage man at the bar and he also brought her home. Nina tells Petra to tell the garbage man to move his truck.
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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #91 Monday 1-4-15 (Mex 126-127) After The Dog and Pony Show Fail, It's off to the Paris Hilton! Yikes!
Ciao, i miei amici! Andiamo!
Dante takes Eloisa her drops to the dining room. She invites him to sit down and tells him somebody is trying to kill her. She plays coy and at first and says he is the one trying to kill her with his incompetence as her Chief of Security and he needs to be more vigilant of her person and property. He presses her about who she suspects and Eloisa finally says Freddie and he should keep an eye on her.
Roxi is off to school and seems to be getting a final inspection by Adela and Rey. The two disagree as to whether Roxi's skirt is too short. As per usual, they get into a yelling match. Roxi noisily dismisses them and leaves just as Vitto is arriving. In a funny little crack at Vitto, Roxi tells him to stop looking at her: if Fiorella couldn't even stand him, she certainly can't. She flounces away with her nose in the air, probably holding her breath, too.
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Dante takes Eloisa her drops to the dining room. She invites him to sit down and tells him somebody is trying to kill her. She plays coy and at first and says he is the one trying to kill her with his incompetence as her Chief of Security and he needs to be more vigilant of her person and property. He presses her about who she suspects and Eloisa finally says Freddie and he should keep an eye on her.
Roxi is off to school and seems to be getting a final inspection by Adela and Rey. The two disagree as to whether Roxi's skirt is too short. As per usual, they get into a yelling match. Roxi noisily dismisses them and leaves just as Vitto is arriving. In a funny little crack at Vitto, Roxi tells him to stop looking at her: if Fiorella couldn't even stand him, she certainly can't. She flounces away with her nose in the air, probably holding her breath, too.
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Monday, January 04, 2016
TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Señora Acero, and Fatmagul: Week of January 4, 2016
Thanks to all who have been carefully tracking our proximas. I was all set to make a definitive announcement about Eva, la trailera. However, I have it on the best authority that the Jan 26th date is still uncertain (kudos to deb & sara for staying on top of this). Remember you can always check the page: ¿Qué nos cuenta, Caray, Caray!? (see link on the sidebar, below current show listings) for details of what's coming.
We continue with our lineup of: Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Señora Acero (one week to go), and Fatmagul.
Keep those comments coming! Just remember to identify which show you are discussing at the beginning of your comment, and don't forget to give us a "handle". It can be anything, just please not the default "anonymous". It makes for a better conversation.
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La Vecina Highlights and Discussion #137-141 Jan. 4-Jan. 8
Welcome to a new week and a new year, Vecinas!
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¿Qué nos cuenta, Caray, Caray!? (January 4, 2016)
Saturday, January 02, 2016
Yo No Creo En Los Hombres, #118 The Trial Begins
We’re back at the prison yard, where Max is looking mighty fine in his suit and tie, (when doesn’t he look mighty fine though). And after an uncomfortably long kiss while everyone shuffles their feet waiting for it to end, he introduces them to a judge he brought along and asks MD if she will marry him right there, right now.
She hesitates for only a minute because she’s worried that if she gets a guilty sentence that she will not want Max tied down to being with someone in prison, but he tells her that he will always love her and he wants to have custodial power for Almita. Swoon!!! What a galan. So she says yes and they get hitched.
After the congratulations from Esperanza and Nayeli, Max hands her an envelop that he says she will need for the hearing that they are going to now.
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She hesitates for only a minute because she’s worried that if she gets a guilty sentence that she will not want Max tied down to being with someone in prison, but he tells her that he will always love her and he wants to have custodial power for Almita. Swoon!!! What a galan. So she says yes and they get hitched.
After the congratulations from Esperanza and Nayeli, Max hands her an envelop that he says she will need for the hearing that they are going to now.
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Pasión y Poder Episode #40 Friday, Janurary 1st 2016 The Montenegro family and the Gomez Luna family sit down for dinner.. and that's how they became The Brady Brunch.
Welcome 2016. Happy New Year Everyone!
Back in 2015 (our time) we left off with David about to arrange a meeting with his family and his girlfriend's family. Ah, there's nothing like the in-laws getting together and sitting down for dinner. I can just picture the Montenegro's and the Gomez Luna's sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner. Artie and Eladio would fight over who gets to carve the turkey. Julia and Nina would bicker about petty little things like who has the better dress and whose husband has more money in his wallet. Daniela would try to seduce her brother-in-law, David. Regina would slap her silly for flirting with her man. Creepy Miguel would make googly eyes at Consuelo. While Franco and Erick would get stinking drunk and be the uncles that always get drunk and make a fool out of themselves at family reunions. Hummy would wheel himself around and whine 24/7 about everything (especially about Daniela, Gaby, and Regina's wardrobe). While poor Petra and Simona would be forced to serve these people. Yep, Thanksgiving is sure to be loads of fun. But I digress.
Anyway, our first new scene of the night, is over at Grupo Montenegro. Regina has just been offered a great job at the family business. She accepts. But wait a minute... she wants to talk it over with David first. No, no, no. She's not the kind of woman that needs to ask her boyfriend for permission to work. It's just that since his dad and her dad are rivals.. then the whole thing could be.. umm... delicate. Besides, Regina really wants there to be communication in her relationship. And not just the kind of communication that happens under the sheets and when in heat like her *cough* parents have *cough*. Artie thinks it's good that Regina and David are a communicative couple. Regina gets a call from bae and is told that his mom, who happens to be Artie's ex, wants to talk to Artie. Regina tells her dad that Julia, his ex, wants to talk to him. Arte is left frozen. It's like he has passed gas and is trying to deny it. His inability to move a single muscle in his whole body makes Regina think that his dad doesn't want to talk to his ex. Artie takes the call. Julia tells Artie that she approves of their children's relationship. They agree to get together later on that night for dinner so Julia can let Regina know that she has nothing against her and that she still has the hots for her dad. Regina and David will choose the place where the meeting will take place. Regina thanks her dad for this gesture. David does the same by thanking his mom. He lets his mom know just how much he loves Regina. In other words.. yada, yada, yada. He tells her how Regina confronted the bad big wolf, a.k.a his dad. He lets her know how Regina used to be so afraid of facing the obstacles that would get in the way of their love and that he had to convince her so that she would face them. Julia tells David that she would love to be fearless like Regina. David tells her that everyone has fears and that what matters is that you overcome them. He leaves to let the chauffeur know to have the car ready. Now alone, Julia and Gaby realize that they are stepping in big doo-doo and that they have gotten Artie to step in it as well.
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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #90 Friday, January 1, 2016 (Mex 124-125) Shriekin', Huggin' and a-Lovin'!
Felice Anno Nuovo! Pace e Prosperità a Tutti! Happy New Year! Peace and Prosperity to All! Andiamo! Let's go!
Fiorella is with an increasingly frantic Pedro who instinctively wipes his eyes but the darkness doesn't dissipate. Fiorella tries to explain to Pedro what Dr. Elizalde said but he's not listening. He freaks and then shrieks for Fiorella not to leave him. Fiorella bolts out the door to ask Sergio to get Dr. Elizalde. Aitana demands to know what she is doing there. Sergio and Fiorella ignore her as Fiorella gives Sergio the sad news.
Giana and Gael are at the University as Gigi continues to wonder what her sister is trying to hide from her. Gael thinks she should directly ask Fiorella what is going on. Gianna decides it's a better idea to call Fiorella's friend, Nicoleta.
In the study at the Ranch, Assvaldo and Benigno are on death watch, having sent the Hairy Witch to find out if Pedro has kicked the bucket. Benigno thinks death is imminent and congratulations are in order. He hugs the Ass and Eloisa almost busts them talking about Pedro's demise. Assvaldo has to put on his game grief face. He hopes it's not going to be a tragedy. Eloisa maintains it will not! Assvaldo floats his "we have to think about the company" line, you know, if Pedro remains seriously injured, or dies. Eloisa looks him unwaveringly in the eye: Pedro is strong and will recover! Sergio comes in on his phone an beckons for Eloisa to follow him out of the study. After Sergio and Eloisa leave, Assvaldo and Benigno exchange worried glances. "Could he have died?" asks Benigno. Assvaldo says, "I hope so!" Ass notes that Benigno, wearing a black suit, has come dressed for the occasion. They chuckle and leave the study.
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Fiorella is with an increasingly frantic Pedro who instinctively wipes his eyes but the darkness doesn't dissipate. Fiorella tries to explain to Pedro what Dr. Elizalde said but he's not listening. He freaks and then shrieks for Fiorella not to leave him. Fiorella bolts out the door to ask Sergio to get Dr. Elizalde. Aitana demands to know what she is doing there. Sergio and Fiorella ignore her as Fiorella gives Sergio the sad news.
Giana and Gael are at the University as Gigi continues to wonder what her sister is trying to hide from her. Gael thinks she should directly ask Fiorella what is going on. Gianna decides it's a better idea to call Fiorella's friend, Nicoleta.
In the study at the Ranch, Assvaldo and Benigno are on death watch, having sent the Hairy Witch to find out if Pedro has kicked the bucket. Benigno thinks death is imminent and congratulations are in order. He hugs the Ass and Eloisa almost busts them talking about Pedro's demise. Assvaldo has to put on his game grief face. He hopes it's not going to be a tragedy. Eloisa maintains it will not! Assvaldo floats his "we have to think about the company" line, you know, if Pedro remains seriously injured, or dies. Eloisa looks him unwaveringly in the eye: Pedro is strong and will recover! Sergio comes in on his phone an beckons for Eloisa to follow him out of the study. After Sergio and Eloisa leave, Assvaldo and Benigno exchange worried glances. "Could he have died?" asks Benigno. Assvaldo says, "I hope so!" Ass notes that Benigno, wearing a black suit, has come dressed for the occasion. They chuckle and leave the study.
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Friday, January 01, 2016
Antes muerta que Lichita..#70 Augustus begins his deception with Alicia, Luciana finally reacts to her dad's death... Elsewhere Roberto is willing to hand Augustus on a platter to some cop in exchange to find Mateo
The Vidals are exiting a building. Roberto calls for Mateo
and it turns out to be Mateo’s friend Tomas who they had adopted.
Roberto explains to them that Mateo is gone… The Vidals don’t
know anything. Marta explains she
understood she was wrong to keep obsessed with Mateo when Tomas and others were
available. Tomas doesn’t know anything
either other than one day they took him out to the Direction office. He found it strange Mateo would have left
without saying goodbye. Roberto wishes
Tomas well. Ms Venus does as well. Mr
Vidal wishes to Roberto that he will find Mateo soon. Roberto thanks him.
Lichita at office… Fatima explains that she started from the
bottom at the office… Brisa is nagging about men earning more than women. Nestor says ‘we men earn more because we
spend more! Ubiquense! ‘ The women rant
at him.
Lichita rants at Augustus… he seems to find it amusing
rather than irritating. But he justifies
about the men earning more than women… says women eventually marry and get
supported by a man… He assures her she
will eventually follow that pattern. Alicia is not buying what he is
selling. Alicia says ‘you won’t tell me
now that it is the first time a female employee complaints.’ Augustus says not even Sandra has …
Roberto is preaching to the choir, arguing with Ms Venus
about where Mateo could be… Venus says
if you want to find out who adopted your son, we will try to find out.
Valeria talks to Bea… Valeria seems to be the only one
genuinely upset about Rafael’s passing.
Bea says what about Luciana… Valeria is indeed worried that Luciana did
not shed a single tear yet for her dad’s passing. Bea assures her they will together care for
Luciana… Said Luciana is heading to the office as any other day…
At a meeting at the office, Alicia and Sandra are arguing
about the female salaries to Augustus… seems Alicia got all the women to meet
with Augustus to present their case. Even Fatima speaks for Alicia’s
argument. Shushette makes a comment that
could be interpreted a different way given her reputation (los hombres me
doblan… = men make me bend over).
Augustus says he will see what he can do… the women celebrate… (I would say that promise to ‘see what he can
do’ is as good as words in the wind…)
Valeria and Bea talk to Luciana… Luciana argues she is just
not as dramatic/expressive as them. Luciana
leaves, Bea tells Valeria that Luciana looks like Augustus, very insensitive to
emotional things.
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