Monday, March 14, 2016
Sueño de Amor (SdA) #5. Monday March 14, 2016. Ricardo Is Moving to Mexico And The Guerreros Have New Battles to Wage.
At a glance
-- Esperanza tells Ricardo she no longer loves him.
-- Esperanza tells Ricardo she no longer loves him.
-- Pato and Luca are so sickly sweet, my tummy hurts.
-- Ernesto can't find any information on Ricardo.
-- Tracy offers to stay with the kids while Ricardo travels to Mexico for work. She refuses to grant Ricardo a divorce.
-- Silvana succeeds in getting Pato's scholarship revoked.
-- Ricardo applies for a job at Instituto Palacios. He needs to infiltrate the school to find La Sombra's kid.
A closer look
Ricardo is on the phone to Esperanza, talking about how much he loves her and how seeing her revived his old feelings, yada yada yada. He hopes they can pick up right where they left off. He is certain that Esperanza feels the same about him; he can’t be imagining things. Esperanza can’t contain her tears but she stays firm: She tells Ricardo that she is no longer in love with him and asks him to stop contacting her. She hangs up without raising the question that puzzled viewers for days: "Where in poo-perfect hell were you for the last 20 years?". For two decades, Ricardo didn’t use any of the means of communications known to Man to contact Esperanza. What’s up with that? Not a single letter, phone call, telegram, carrier pigeon, smoke signal or three-eyed raven! Nada! Then Mr. Hot Stuff shows up at Esperanza’s door, tells her he’s married, drops the “I love you” bomb and expects her to fall into his arms. Sorry, Ric, but “Operation Get A Load Of Me” is a resounding failure. Oh, and you’re a creep!
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS (#1): ¿Quién es Quién?, Eva la Trailera, La Querida del Centauro, and Fatmagül: Week of March 14, 2016
Welcome to Page #1 (Monday edition) of the Telemundo y Más page, now issued twice a week: Mondays at 3:00 PM and Thursdays at 8:00 PM.
The novelas currently being covered are the following (all times are Eastern Standard Time):
noon - ¿Qué Culpa Tiene Fatmagül?
8 PM - ¿Quién es Quién?
9 PM - Eva la Trailera
10 PM - La Querida del Centauro**
**La Querida del Centauro gran final, Wednesday the 23rd—then a couple days of specials until El Señor de los Cielos #4 begins Monday the 28th.
Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation. Since we all share the same page, please remember to put the name of the telenovela you're discussing at the top of your post, so readers can find their way around.
Telemundo is also re-broadcasting the hit telenovela La Reina del Sur on Saturdays and Sundays from 6-8 PM (EST & PST, 5-7 PM CST). For the moment, all the capítulos are also available on Telemundo's web site. Some discussion and occasional recaps from the original broadcast can be found here.
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Un Camino Hacia El Destino-Week 4 (Mar 14, 2016)
A plea from the editorial desk: could anyone step up to post a few short overviews this week? I will be unable to take up the reins again until Week 5.
Lots happened last week. Pedro lost control and started to assault Amelia sexually; Luis can't be sure who is being truthful about Old Fer's granddaughter's existence; Marissa is beginning to doubt her allure for her husband, but our "May-December" pairing is still heating up, despite Amelia, Camila, Felipe and Isabela's efforts to break up Luisa Fernanda and Dr. Carlos Gomez Ruiz. Is this a love that is going to last a lifetime? Tune in to see.
Did you know that Luisa Fernanda is the name of a famous Spanish zarzuela by F. Moreno Torroba? It debuted at Madrid's Teatro Calderon on March 26, 1932. In many ways it was the last great romantic zarzuela. To quote, "Torroba's music certainly offers colorful Spanish charm, as well as fair helpings of graceful Viennese musical comedy and Italian operatic verismo....[his] melodies are consistently memorable and his theatrical instinct never falters."
Here is Placido Domingo in an aria from Luisa Fernanda--"Ay Mi Morena" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19-GI2LzOtc
Lots happened last week. Pedro lost control and started to assault Amelia sexually; Luis can't be sure who is being truthful about Old Fer's granddaughter's existence; Marissa is beginning to doubt her allure for her husband, but our "May-December" pairing is still heating up, despite Amelia, Camila, Felipe and Isabela's efforts to break up Luisa Fernanda and Dr. Carlos Gomez Ruiz. Is this a love that is going to last a lifetime? Tune in to see.
Did you know that Luisa Fernanda is the name of a famous Spanish zarzuela by F. Moreno Torroba? It debuted at Madrid's Teatro Calderon on March 26, 1932. In many ways it was the last great romantic zarzuela. To quote, "Torroba's music certainly offers colorful Spanish charm, as well as fair helpings of graceful Viennese musical comedy and Italian operatic verismo....[his] melodies are consistently memorable and his theatrical instinct never falters."
Here is Placido Domingo in an aria from Luisa Fernanda--"Ay Mi Morena" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19-GI2LzOtc
Labels: camino
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Pasion y Poder #103 20160311 The Iowans Have Taken Over Mexico
Eladio stresses to Caridad that Marintia had better stick to the agreement and keep her mouth shut. If not, both of them will suffer the consequences.
Once again, Julia is moaning to Gaby about how she can't trust Eladio and will never forgive him. Gaby tells Julia to follow her heart and be happy. Lessoned learned ladies: if you don't have sex with your husband for over 20 years, he will eventually have sex with someone else. Correction: he will have sex with a lot of someone elses.
Franco tells Eladio about some protest that he is orchestrating at the Montenegro Riviera Maya construction site. Eladio isn't impressed until Franco explains that he has arranged for the press to be there. Eladio changes the subject to Marintia. Franco needs to tell her to keep her mouth shut. Franco says that he's got her under control. Eladio strongly disagrees. He tells Franco that Julia had better not get mad at him because of this. She doesn't like secrets. Speaking of Julia, she calls and asks Eladio to come home immediately.
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Once again, Julia is moaning to Gaby about how she can't trust Eladio and will never forgive him. Gaby tells Julia to follow her heart and be happy. Lessoned learned ladies: if you don't have sex with your husband for over 20 years, he will eventually have sex with someone else. Correction: he will have sex with a lot of someone elses.
Franco tells Eladio about some protest that he is orchestrating at the Montenegro Riviera Maya construction site. Eladio isn't impressed until Franco explains that he has arranged for the press to be there. Eladio changes the subject to Marintia. Franco needs to tell her to keep her mouth shut. Franco says that he's got her under control. Eladio strongly disagrees. He tells Franco that Julia had better not get mad at him because of this. She doesn't like secrets. Speaking of Julia, she calls and asks Eladio to come home immediately.
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El Hotel de los Secretos #33, 3/11/16 Friday: Couplings, Uncouplings And Coma
At a glance
-- Isabel and Julio break up and become estranged.
-- Sofía's growing dependence on opiates is becoming problematic and is being fed (intentionally or unintentionally) by Mother Terror Teresa. Sofía's husband rots in jail to protect her lying manic-depressive behind.
-- Andrés is saved from marrying Belén (and from getting killed by the Werewolf Gold Knife Slasher) thanks to a freak accident involving a horse and a strategically positioned wagon wheel. He is now in a coma, blissfully unaware for an entire summer.
-- Time jump!
-- Diego helps Isabel set up a rural hospital and, on the day of its inauguration, he pops the question.
A closer look
Buckle up for this is a bumpy one. Here we go.
Following Alfredo’s arrest, Sofía is having a nervous breakdown. She sits in her bed, crying and shaking uncontrollably. Her barely coherent mumbles of “I can’t! I can’t!” are punctuated by low-pitched wails. Dr. Lázaro Vicario tries to calm her down, to no avail. He asks Isabel to prepare him a dose of morphine but she protests that he can’t inject morphine to a pregnant woman. The Doc snaps at her: “This is an order! I am not asking advice from a student! And tell me once and for all whether you want to carry on learning by following the orders of your superiors!”. Isabel obliges. The Doc asks Matilde to pitch in and help. While all three look after Sofía, Teresa steals a bottle of laudanum from Lázaro’s medical bag and tucks it into the waistband of her skirt. Teresa maintained the most phlegmatic composure throughout this scene but her face betrayed the angst and impotence a mother feels when she can’t alleviate her child’s distress.
Following Alfredo’s arrest, Sofía is having a nervous breakdown. She sits in her bed, crying and shaking uncontrollably. Her barely coherent mumbles of “I can’t! I can’t!” are punctuated by low-pitched wails. Dr. Lázaro Vicario tries to calm her down, to no avail. He asks Isabel to prepare him a dose of morphine but she protests that he can’t inject morphine to a pregnant woman. The Doc snaps at her: “This is an order! I am not asking advice from a student! And tell me once and for all whether you want to carry on learning by following the orders of your superiors!”. Isabel obliges. The Doc asks Matilde to pitch in and help. While all three look after Sofía, Teresa steals a bottle of laudanum from Lázaro’s medical bag and tucks it into the waistband of her skirt. Teresa maintained the most phlegmatic composure throughout this scene but her face betrayed the angst and impotence a mother feels when she can’t alleviate her child’s distress.
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Sueno de Amor, #4, Friday, 03/12/16 There is no alegria in the Alegria family
Hello, my patio peeps! I'll try to cover as much as possible from the episode, but fair warning: I blended some scenes together to give this a better flow. Sorry for the bad editing, I'm writing the first part on the run.
Part one (part two later in the afternoon)
We start with Ricardo and his operation to catch La Sombra. The guy that gets killed in the fight turns out not to be the feared Sombra, though. Ricardo is muy molesto.
Back at the operations center - imagine a Star Trek meets FBI quarters meets Total Recall - Ric gets proof that La Sombra, Maximilano Izzaguire, had been in the house at some time, they found his prints there. They also got a child's drawing and an ultrasound (?!). These are some serious clues that they need to look into.
Police work gets interrupted by a call from home - it's Ric's wife, Tracy, telling him he needs to get back ASAP. Ric is not happy about it, but he lets his assistant know that he has to catch the next flight back to LA.
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Part one (part two later in the afternoon)
We start with Ricardo and his operation to catch La Sombra. The guy that gets killed in the fight turns out not to be the feared Sombra, though. Ricardo is muy molesto.
Back at the operations center - imagine a Star Trek meets FBI quarters meets Total Recall - Ric gets proof that La Sombra, Maximilano Izzaguire, had been in the house at some time, they found his prints there. They also got a child's drawing and an ultrasound (?!). These are some serious clues that they need to look into.
Police work gets interrupted by a call from home - it's Ric's wife, Tracy, telling him he needs to get back ASAP. Ric is not happy about it, but he lets his assistant know that he has to catch the next flight back to LA.
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Friday, March 11, 2016
El Hotel de los Secretos #32, 3/10/16 Thursday: Sofia has a bad day
Hello patio peeps, my apologies for not being able to recap last week, I had the worst cold I've ever had, I thought my ear drums would burst. Below you'll find a short recap of last night's episode!
Jacinto y Violeta:
So Jacinto is talking to Violeta when they are rudely interrupted by Violeta's mom, who tries dragging her away, Violeta's pimp comes on the scene and sends the women away. Mr. Pimp asks what Jacinto wants with Vio and Jacinto replies that he has good intentions towards her, then he gets a word of advice from Mr. Pimp: "whores live like whores and die whores"- he cautions Jacinto against coming back to the brothel without paying, if he visits he is to pay, if he drinks he is to pay, so I guess Jacinto will need a part time job to be able to pay for the visits to his lady love.
Isa y Julio
So these two should not be together because Julio compares her family to a rabid pack of wild dogs and Isa is doing her best to protect herpuppies, family. She tells him Sofia is innocent and that she's a sick woman, in the end Julio says that he will do whatever it takes it bring his sisters murderer to justice. They each have to do what they have to do. Julio goes to Ayala and tells him he will bring him something of Sofia's that can be used to get her finger prints. Ayala tells him that doing so could be costly to Julio- he could lose Isa, but Julio pays him no mind- he will get justicia for his sister. And so Julio breaks into Sofia's room and steals a book that Ayala later gets prints from, it seems like lady Sofia is the number one suspect because her finger prints match those at the scene of the crime-dun,dun,dun!
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Jacinto y Violeta:
So Jacinto is talking to Violeta when they are rudely interrupted by Violeta's mom, who tries dragging her away, Violeta's pimp comes on the scene and sends the women away. Mr. Pimp asks what Jacinto wants with Vio and Jacinto replies that he has good intentions towards her, then he gets a word of advice from Mr. Pimp: "whores live like whores and die whores"- he cautions Jacinto against coming back to the brothel without paying, if he visits he is to pay, if he drinks he is to pay, so I guess Jacinto will need a part time job to be able to pay for the visits to his lady love.
Isa y Julio
So these two should not be together because Julio compares her family to a rabid pack of wild dogs and Isa is doing her best to protect her
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
Sueño de Amor (SdA) #3. Thursday March 10, 2016. Give Me A Cris To Build A Dream On... Alas, The Reencounter Of Hope And Happiness Doesn't Go Well!
At a glance
-- Esperanza and Ricardo (Cristiáaaaan!) have their long-awaited reencounter. It took 2 decades for them and 2 episodes for us. Alas, she learns that he is married with two kids. Drat!
-- Kristel (Redhead Flying Skirt that has Pedro going gaga) has a meet-cute with Erasmo Gallo, the sexy construction worker.
-- Viviana, Luca's botoxed mom, does not approve of his interest in Pato and talks Ernesto's ears off in the hope of convincing him to separate the young couple. Ernesto is adamant to defend their relationship. We also learn that Viviana cheated on Ernesto around the time he got involved with Esperanza.
-- Pedro has diabetes and his dad passed away before he was born.
-- Ricardo does his first SWAT operation against La Sombra.
-- No impromptu street-dancing in musturd uniforms to report.
A closer look
It’s mother-and-son elote time for SuperMom and her adorable blond cubby. Esperanza spots a leather-clad hunk riding away in his motorcycle and thinks it’s Ricardo. She feels that her heart is leaving her chest: It’s gotta be Ricardo! Pedro chases the guy but can’t catch up to him. The mystery motorcyclist is wearing a helmet but I recognized those beautiful brown eyes right away. I know my Chilean Bombón when I see him. You can’t slip that beefcake by me!
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Pasión y poder, Episode 102, Thursday, March 10, 2016: Regression to the Mean(ie)
These two wounded people, Eladio and Julia, have reached a stalemate.
Each suspects the other of betrayal. And each is right. (Wasn't spending the night with Arturo an emotional betrayal? Isn't hiding The Marintia Problem from Gaby and Julia playing dirty pool?)
And more narrowly speaking, each is wrong, of course. There has been no extramarital boinking. Not lately. (Or not yet.)
Eladio will tell Julia why he was visiting Caridad if she will tell him whether she spent the night with Arturo. Even if she had been with Arturo, she says, he hardly has the right to reproach her, he with his many lovers. And she storms out in a cloud of self-righteous angst.
Eladio's expression changes rapidly from devastation to rage. "She was with him!"
He calls Franco into his office and orders him to find out all the dirt on Arturo: the Riviera Maya project, the hydroelectric plans, the restaurants, the hotels – everything that bastard is doing. Eladio is going to ruin him!
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS (#2): ¿Quién es Quién?, Eva la Trailera, La Querida del Centauro, and Fatmagul: Week of March 7, 2016
TELEMUNDO WEEKEND EDITION
Here's Page 2 for the week.
The novelas currently being covered are the following (all times are Eastern Standard Time, or Eastern Daylight Time starting this Sunday!):
noon - Fatmagul
8 PM - ¿Quién es Quién?
9 PM - Eva la Trailera
10 PM - La Querida del Centauro
Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation!
Here's Page 2 for the week.
The novelas currently being covered are the following (all times are Eastern Standard Time, or Eastern Daylight Time starting this Sunday!):
noon - Fatmagul
8 PM - ¿Quién es Quién?
9 PM - Eva la Trailera
10 PM - La Querida del Centauro
Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation!
Labels: centauro, eva-la-t, fatmagul, quien, telemundo
Sueño de amor #2 3/9/16
After tonight, I am just going to have to get used to expecting the unexpected since all in one episode we went: from a musical number in the street to high blood sugar to Botox to an interrupted sexual assault to a trip down memory lane in silhouette and to lots more. I have to admit I enjoy the variety . . . and liked this episode much more than the first.
We will pick up just after Pato is creeped out finding out that Luca is her brother as her father Ernesto just has this weird grin on his face. Luca tries to say something but Ernesto cuts him off. He is so glad to meet his beautiful daughter. Pato has been waiting for this moment for years and does not know what to say to him so Ernesto invites Pato and Luca both out to dinner. Luca begs off saying they must have a lot to talk about. Pato just gives a sad uncomfortable look as she leaves with the still grinning Ernesto.
School time: Esperanza is playing a recording of her principal Silvana Fierro threatening her if she does not change Paulo Rey's grade. She wants her principal to be aware thay she he has the recording on the phone and is ready to play it for the school board if necessary. Silvana tells her she can keep her job but not for long. She may have won the battle but not the war. Esperanza Didn't know they were at war but she is not afraid. She needs her job to earn a living but she also needs her job to protect her students from a principal like her. Silvana informs her that she will make her life miserable and will not rest until she has destroyed Esperanza!!!!!!!!
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We will pick up just after Pato is creeped out finding out that Luca is her brother as her father Ernesto just has this weird grin on his face. Luca tries to say something but Ernesto cuts him off. He is so glad to meet his beautiful daughter. Pato has been waiting for this moment for years and does not know what to say to him so Ernesto invites Pato and Luca both out to dinner. Luca begs off saying they must have a lot to talk about. Pato just gives a sad uncomfortable look as she leaves with the still grinning Ernesto.
School time: Esperanza is playing a recording of her principal Silvana Fierro threatening her if she does not change Paulo Rey's grade. She wants her principal to be aware thay she he has the recording on the phone and is ready to play it for the school board if necessary. Silvana tells her she can keep her job but not for long. She may have won the battle but not the war. Esperanza Didn't know they were at war but she is not afraid. She needs her job to earn a living but she also needs her job to protect her students from a principal like her. Silvana informs her that she will make her life miserable and will not rest until she has destroyed Esperanza!!!!!!!!
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Wednesday, March 09, 2016
El Hotel de los Secretos #31, 3/9/16 Wednesday: All for the Proof of the Truth
· Julio has snuck into his beloved’s bedroom but honestly we don’t know why—to talk about why he felt the need to abandon their eloping. He hasn’t abandoned her, he says. He’s close by and so is justice for his sister with him there as well. Isabel says talk to the hand. She, Viewerville senses, is having second thoughts about her Dear Diego letter. El Do or Die Gold-digger de Diego left that letter as if it were unread—what a heartbreak it must have been! (If only he had a heart there instead of that rotted piece of cherry-pit.) He takes care of her and she was careless and care free when it came to him. (Someone may have a better grasp of the nuance here.) —and I do not??” No, in a few words. He only wants justice for his sister. Hah! He doesn’t know the meaning of the word! sayz she. To Isa the meaning of the word justice has been expanded just a bit. [Think ‘Social’.] Justice is not being so selfish as to think that his wounds are the deepest , nor his battles the most important to fight. He tries to ask her forgiveness. His mercurial maid won’t accept it. “—Leave! You leave, or…, or I will!!” Well, she’s right. Julio is the most obdurate man she’s ever met. He stays. She exits stage right.
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· Jacinto, meanwhile, is trying to eat a bit of breakfast while Lupe chats and asks if he’s done anything with the news about his mama’s whereabouts in Little Rock—as in Arkansas, not Arizona. Jacinto remains silent and moody. He suddenly ups to upchuck outside. (Personally that baby act he pulled with Violeta made me wanna upchuck. What a WTF momento.)
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Tuesday, March 08, 2016
Sueño de Amor (SdA) #1. Tuesday March 8, 2016. A Wobbly Premiere Marked By The Conspicuous Absence Of Our Chilean Bombón (Cristiáaaaan!) And The Auspicious Absence Of The Osorio Kid
At a glance
-- We meet Esperanza Guerrero, a single mother to Patricia "Pato" Guerrero Diez and Pedro Carmona Guerrero. She combines two teaching jobs: one at the fancy Instituto Palacios and one at a public school.
-- Esperanza plans on building a school for street kids and dreams of encountering Ricardo again, her long-lost love (and sorely missed Cristián de la Fuente).
-- Silvana Fierro, School Principal of Instituto Palacios, pressures Esperanza to give a pass to a student because he is the son of the School Board President. Esperanza refuses. Silvana threatens to fire her.
-- Ernesto de la Colina, a wealthy real estate magnate, is revealed to be Pato’s biological father. He pretended to be single, seduced Esperanza and abandoned her when she fell pregnant. He now wants to meet their daughter and win over Esperanza.
-- Luca de la Colina is Ernesto’s eldest son. Pato sees him save a worker’s life at a building site and she is smitten. Luca and Pato have an overly cute “meet-cute”, but later, Pato goes to visit her biological father and discovers that she and Luca are half-siblings!
A closer look
It appears that the graphics budget has been stripped to a minimum: the title logo is brought to you by the Crayola people and the mad Photoshop skillz of someone’s 9-year old niece. On the other hand, the opening credits feature a lovely song by Maná and Shakira. I guess that’s where all the budget went. I can get onboard with that.
Read more »It appears that the graphics budget has been stripped to a minimum: the title logo is brought to you by the Crayola people and the mad Photoshop skillz of someone’s 9-year old niece. On the other hand, the opening credits feature a lovely song by Maná and Shakira. I guess that’s where all the budget went. I can get onboard with that.
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Pasión y Poder Martes 3/8/16 #101
Chapter
101: Reflections in a Dark Adapted Eye
Pierre
Choderlos de Laclos would probably love to trade places with me right
now. The absence of powdered wigs, folding fans, and canopied beds
would make no difference to him. There are still as many lies,
deceptions, and false promises to have gotten the book banned in
France in his time. As for now, nothing really gets banned in Boston
anymore and I think people like to be shocked. This particular set
doesn't shock me anymore; after the Bradleys and the Grenvilles
nothing does. – D.D.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #115 3/7/16 "El gran final" Part 2
Everybody thought this would be a two-hour episode and I was doing the last hour -- so I'm glad I got home and turned on my dvr halfway through the show. This was without a doubt the worst "grand finale" of any novela I've ever watched. It was so disrespectful to the viewers and also to the crew and actors of the show to chop it up into such a mess. Shame, Univision!
My tape starts after the credits. Two lawyers come to take Mateo away from the Guttierez home - Alicia's custody had been temporary and now it has elapsed. They've come to take him back to an orphanage (? a "governor's house). Sadness and tears. Yet again Mateo is told, "I'll come for you and we'll never be separated." If that kid doesn't spend years in therapy my name is not Sigmund Freud.
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My tape starts after the credits. Two lawyers come to take Mateo away from the Guttierez home - Alicia's custody had been temporary and now it has elapsed. They've come to take him back to an orphanage (? a "governor's house). Sadness and tears. Yet again Mateo is told, "I'll come for you and we'll never be separated." If that kid doesn't spend years in therapy my name is not Sigmund Freud.
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Un Camino Hacia el Destino-Week 3 (Mar 7, 2016)
Anita is in the editorial chair, putting up the Discussion Page for this week (and maybe next week).
This is an invitation for those who have not yet checked out Un Camino Hacia el Destino. Put on your walking shoes and come along. You may actually enjoy it. It has nuns in white habits, a few schoolgirls, no annoying kids. It has a gardener who gets sweaty in undershirts, frizzy haired villanas, an old grandpa, a bitter disillusioned wife, sensible nannies, shyster lawyers and an earnest young guapo doctorcito.
It is not a teen novela (it's at 7:00 p.m.), although it may come close. It has a bouncy upbeat teenager on the verge of womanhood and her first serious romance.
It has a great cast and we're hoping the directors keep the producer in check. Earlier episodes are on Univision (at least I see 2,3,4 and 7,8,9--not sure what happened to 5 & 6), Hulu (I'm guessing) and OnDemand. Recaps for the first two weeks are on the first discussion page. New ones coming, as time permits. Please contribute to the discussions, though.
Note to Carlos: Every time I type Dr. Carlos (Horacio Pancheri), I think of you.
Note to Susanlynn: Your Sweet Baboo gives the sweetest kisses.
This is an invitation for those who have not yet checked out Un Camino Hacia el Destino. Put on your walking shoes and come along. You may actually enjoy it. It has nuns in white habits, a few schoolgirls, no annoying kids. It has a gardener who gets sweaty in undershirts, frizzy haired villanas, an old grandpa, a bitter disillusioned wife, sensible nannies, shyster lawyers and an earnest young guapo doctorcito.
It is not a teen novela (it's at 7:00 p.m.), although it may come close. It has a bouncy upbeat teenager on the verge of womanhood and her first serious romance.
It has a great cast and we're hoping the directors keep the producer in check. Earlier episodes are on Univision (at least I see 2,3,4 and 7,8,9--not sure what happened to 5 & 6), Hulu (I'm guessing) and OnDemand. Recaps for the first two weeks are on the first discussion page. New ones coming, as time permits. Please contribute to the discussions, though.
Note to Carlos: Every time I type Dr. Carlos (Horacio Pancheri), I think of you.
Note to Susanlynn: Your Sweet Baboo gives the sweetest kisses.
Labels: camino
Pasion y Poder #100 Franco was Having the Greatest Most Bestest Most Evilest Day of His Life Until......
The hospital staff tell Erick that he can't have the baby until he produces an ID and birth certificate. He calls the family and informs him that the baby has been found. Consuelo grabs the phone and wants to know the details. Everyone runs to the hospital, but Nina tells Miguel to stay back. Gina grabs him and pulls him towards the door. Art stays behind when he gets a call from Julia.
The family runs into the reception area and Connie wants to know how the baby's doing. When Erick sees Miguel, he tries to go after him, but Art breaks it up. The doctor will not release the baby until he sees some ID. There is an Amber Alert out on that baby. Connie sends Clara home to get her ID and the birth certificate. The doctor says that the baby is dehydrated. Nina asks Erick what happened to the jewelry and cash. Erick says that the kidnappers were willing to discount the price because a sick baby is a worthless baby. The doctor brings out the baby and places it in Connie's arms. Nina tells Connie that the baby is coming home with them since it was kidnapped under Connie's watch. Erick agrees. Connie and Erick blame each other. Finally, Connie begs Art to let her take the baby home with her. Who will feed the baby and keep it alive? Petra can't clean the house and watch the baby. Art says that they will get a body guard. The baby will stay with Connie.
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The family runs into the reception area and Connie wants to know how the baby's doing. When Erick sees Miguel, he tries to go after him, but Art breaks it up. The doctor will not release the baby until he sees some ID. There is an Amber Alert out on that baby. Connie sends Clara home to get her ID and the birth certificate. The doctor says that the baby is dehydrated. Nina asks Erick what happened to the jewelry and cash. Erick says that the kidnappers were willing to discount the price because a sick baby is a worthless baby. The doctor brings out the baby and places it in Connie's arms. Nina tells Connie that the baby is coming home with them since it was kidnapped under Connie's watch. Erick agrees. Connie and Erick blame each other. Finally, Connie begs Art to let her take the baby home with her. Who will feed the baby and keep it alive? Petra can't clean the house and watch the baby. Art says that they will get a body guard. The baby will stay with Connie.
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El Hotel de los Secretos #30, 3/7/16 Monday: Hissy Fits
Diego reads Isabel's "Dear John" letter and has a hissy fit. He seems genuinely heartbroken, like a little boy who's been forever barred from playing with Hot Wheels.
Ayala presents Teresa with his evidence: the Mallet of Reckoning. She doesn't even recognize it, much less accept it as a murder weapon. She's unimpressed by Ayala's assertion that it's the only object that could have inflicted the wound found on Cristina's skull. Ayala says it could only have been wielded by someone who comes and goes from the hotel at his or her whim. Gravel from the courtyard was also found in the ironing room. (Teresa's face momentarily turns grave when Ayala's back is turned.) He asks, no, begs her to allow him - without forcing him to obligate her - to question the employees. "Very well, as long as it's only the employees," she replies. What a heart of gold. He asks her to send them one by one and reminds her that the interrogations are private.
Elisa asks Victoria to send a telegram to Don Javier first thing tomorrow, advising him of her impending arrival with her son. She hopes to be welcomed with open arms. Victoria asks if she'd also like to send a telegram regarding that favor Teresa was hoping for. "I won't lift a finger for my dear in-law," Elisa snickers. "I'll let the Alarcons smoulder in their own flames. Now prepare my bath!"
Jacinto tells Lupe that he doesn't want to fight. There are things he just doesn't want to tell his father. "Little Rock," Lupe says to Jacinto in English. It's a place in Arizona, Lupe says. (Er, does he mean Arkansas?) That's where Lupe tracked Jacinto's mother to. He invites Jacinto to write to her if he likes.
Benjamin interrupts: The police are questioning people, and they're starting with the chauffeur.
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Ayala presents Teresa with his evidence: the Mallet of Reckoning. She doesn't even recognize it, much less accept it as a murder weapon. She's unimpressed by Ayala's assertion that it's the only object that could have inflicted the wound found on Cristina's skull. Ayala says it could only have been wielded by someone who comes and goes from the hotel at his or her whim. Gravel from the courtyard was also found in the ironing room. (Teresa's face momentarily turns grave when Ayala's back is turned.) He asks, no, begs her to allow him - without forcing him to obligate her - to question the employees. "Very well, as long as it's only the employees," she replies. What a heart of gold. He asks her to send them one by one and reminds her that the interrogations are private.
Elisa asks Victoria to send a telegram to Don Javier first thing tomorrow, advising him of her impending arrival with her son. She hopes to be welcomed with open arms. Victoria asks if she'd also like to send a telegram regarding that favor Teresa was hoping for. "I won't lift a finger for my dear in-law," Elisa snickers. "I'll let the Alarcons smoulder in their own flames. Now prepare my bath!"
Jacinto tells Lupe that he doesn't want to fight. There are things he just doesn't want to tell his father. "Little Rock," Lupe says to Jacinto in English. It's a place in Arizona, Lupe says. (Er, does he mean Arkansas?) That's where Lupe tracked Jacinto's mother to. He invites Jacinto to write to her if he likes.
Benjamin interrupts: The police are questioning people, and they're starting with the chauffeur.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #115 3/7/16 "El gran final" Part 1
Well, we finally made it to the end and it turned out to be only one hour after all. Anyway, Jane and I are still teaming up to put this one to bed so I will tuck it in and leave it to her to turn off the lights. (So to speak)
Here we go . . .
We pick up the story with Augusto confronting Alicia about the papers she has that belong to him and telling her he has never ever ever in his life forgiven a betrayal. He tells her not to make him look like a fool and asks her if the papers were the only reason she came. He wants to know why she would pay him back like this. Then he is right back in her face when she asks him if he thinks it was nothing what he did to Roberto: making him end up in jail again on his account. Augusto cannot believe that she could be in love with that imbecile. He cannot believe that he Augusto de Toledo Y Mondragón has fallen into her trap. He is at first incredulous but then he applauds her for having done it. She isn't just some social climber; she's a master of her craft. Alicia admits to us that there was some truth in his words. Alicia tells him she is sorry if she really broke his heart. He grabs her and again is in her face. Augusto tells her that he never thought it was possible for anyone to hurt him the way that she has. Anyway, it is too late to help out "her" Roberto. She wants to know what he did to Roberto. He screams that "her" Roberto is dead and throws her back on the bed. Alicia is shocked.
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Here we go . . .
We pick up the story with Augusto confronting Alicia about the papers she has that belong to him and telling her he has never ever ever in his life forgiven a betrayal. He tells her not to make him look like a fool and asks her if the papers were the only reason she came. He wants to know why she would pay him back like this. Then he is right back in her face when she asks him if he thinks it was nothing what he did to Roberto: making him end up in jail again on his account. Augusto cannot believe that she could be in love with that imbecile. He cannot believe that he Augusto de Toledo Y Mondragón has fallen into her trap. He is at first incredulous but then he applauds her for having done it. She isn't just some social climber; she's a master of her craft. Alicia admits to us that there was some truth in his words. Alicia tells him she is sorry if she really broke his heart. He grabs her and again is in her face. Augusto tells her that he never thought it was possible for anyone to hurt him the way that she has. Anyway, it is too late to help out "her" Roberto. She wants to know what he did to Roberto. He screams that "her" Roberto is dead and throws her back on the bed. Alicia is shocked.
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Monday, March 07, 2016
TELEMUNDO Y MÁS (#1): ¿Quién es Quién?, Eva la Trailera, La Querida del Centauro, and Fatmagul: Week of March 7, 2016
Welcome to Page #1 (Monday edition) of the Telemundo y Más page, now issued twice a week: Mondays at 3:00 PM and Thursdays at 8:00 PM.
The novelas currently being covered are the following (all times are Eastern Standard Time):
noon - Fatmagul
8 PM - ¿Quién es Quién?
9 PM - Eva la Trailera
10 PM - La Querida del Centauro**
**La Querida del Centauro is approaching the end of its run. On Monday, March 28, it will be replaced by El Señor de los Cielos ∞ (well, a slight exaggeration...it's actually El Señor de los Cielos 4).
Telemundo is also re-broadcasting the hit telenovela La Reina del Sur on
Saturdays and Sundays from 6-8 PM (EST & PST, 5-7 PM CST). For the
moment, all the capítulos are also available on Telemundo's web site.
Some discussion and occasional recaps from the original broadcast can be
found here.
The novelas currently being covered are the following (all times are Eastern Standard Time):
noon - Fatmagul
8 PM - ¿Quién es Quién?
9 PM - Eva la Trailera
10 PM - La Querida del Centauro**
**La Querida del Centauro is approaching the end of its run. On Monday, March 28, it will be replaced by El Señor de los Cielos ∞ (well, a slight exaggeration...it's actually El Señor de los Cielos 4).
Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation. Since we all share
the same page, please remember to put the name of the telenovela you're
discussing at the top of your post, so readers can find their way
around.
Labels: centauro, eva-la-t, fatmagul, quien, telemundo
Saturday, March 05, 2016
El Hotel de los Secretos #29, 3/4/16 Friday: Proof of Murder
What a way to start an episode! We are, I mean they are, exhausted from having some ‘I’m so sad, here, let’s have sex to make you feel better” sex. They declare that they now belong to each other. Who doesn’t do that the first time you do it with a person, right?
While they pledge themselves to each other and probably doing it again, we see Sofia looking at her now flat belly, Filipe kissing a comatose Mercedes, and a fully clothed Eugenia lowering herself into a tub.
Julio wants Isabel to run off with him. But Isabel wants to stay and change bad mojo in the hotel. But Julio throws cold reality on her face. He’s a waiter and she’s the owner’s daughter. That will never work if they stay there. He finally convinces her and tells her that he’s going to buy 2 train tickets and will meet her there at 6:30pm.
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While they pledge themselves to each other and probably doing it again, we see Sofia looking at her now flat belly, Filipe kissing a comatose Mercedes, and a fully clothed Eugenia lowering herself into a tub.
Julio wants Isabel to run off with him. But Isabel wants to stay and change bad mojo in the hotel. But Julio throws cold reality on her face. He’s a waiter and she’s the owner’s daughter. That will never work if they stay there. He finally convinces her and tells her that he’s going to buy 2 train tickets and will meet her there at 6:30pm.
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Pasión y Poder Cap #99 March 4th 2016 Erick Jr. is still kidnapped, Caridad gets fired, and Nina gives up her jewelry.
The old:
On Erick's instruction, the thug calls Casa Montenegro, and leaves a message for Erick with Petra. The message: Tell Erick we have his son.
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On Erick's instruction, the thug calls Casa Montenegro, and leaves a message for Erick with Petra. The message: Tell Erick we have his son.
The new:
Petra panics. She doesn't know what to do or who she should tell.
In order to do things right, Erick has the thug call him on his cell phone.
David's BS radar has returned. He doesn't believe his mother when she tells him that the person who came to see her is her boss. David wants the truth.
Nina panics when Petra passes on the message that someone has Erick Jr. Nina rushes to her cell phone and desperately tries to reach Erick and Arturo to no avail.
Labels: poder
Friday, March 04, 2016
Antes muerta que Lichita #114 March 4, 2016... ALicia saves Mateo, stretches her luck too far, gets two ears full (one from Luci, one from AUgie) and ends up caught by Augie
Wow!! What An episode!!
Mateo has several near near near misses of getting flattened like a pancake by cars… when suddenly out of the millions and millions of people in Mexico City, who grabs Mateo and prevents him from getting in danger? Alicia!! Who happened to be walking exactly at the same spot… ok so the predictable happens next… he recognizes her and is very relieved, hugs her, he explains to her that GUmaro was supposed to meet with him and take him to Roberto but he never came, she swears to him that with her and her family he will be safe… moving on..
At hospital, poor Gumaro runs in to the bathroom but Mateo is nowhere to be found… Draco is following a shadow he saw go by… I don’t think he figured it was Gumaro. Needless to say, Gumaro does not find Mateo… Valeria calls him to find out what happened… he says surely Mateo was taken back to the Penthouse… Gumaro meets up back with Valeria and Luciana. Luciana thanks them for caring for her, she feels like they are her family. Vale says … well… we are.
Draco calls Augie who of course is not happy to hear the news… he wants Draco to fire the nanny and send her packing far far away… and then look for the escuincle Mateo.
Alicia brings Mateo to her home, to meet Elsa, Magos and Ximena. Alicia tells her family that Mateo is Roberto’s son… Elsa, Magos and Ximena are all surprised to hear the Roberto-Mateo relationship… Alicia begs her mom to keep him there, he will be much safer than with Augie. Ximena asks Mateo how old he is… 7.
Gumaro tells Luciana that he needs to go keep looking for Mateo. Luciana whispers to him she shivers to think that Augie would have Mateo… Valeria volunteers to go to the penthouse and find out instead of GUmaro risking his own neck.
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Mateo has several near near near misses of getting flattened like a pancake by cars… when suddenly out of the millions and millions of people in Mexico City, who grabs Mateo and prevents him from getting in danger? Alicia!! Who happened to be walking exactly at the same spot… ok so the predictable happens next… he recognizes her and is very relieved, hugs her, he explains to her that GUmaro was supposed to meet with him and take him to Roberto but he never came, she swears to him that with her and her family he will be safe… moving on..
At hospital, poor Gumaro runs in to the bathroom but Mateo is nowhere to be found… Draco is following a shadow he saw go by… I don’t think he figured it was Gumaro. Needless to say, Gumaro does not find Mateo… Valeria calls him to find out what happened… he says surely Mateo was taken back to the Penthouse… Gumaro meets up back with Valeria and Luciana. Luciana thanks them for caring for her, she feels like they are her family. Vale says … well… we are.
Draco calls Augie who of course is not happy to hear the news… he wants Draco to fire the nanny and send her packing far far away… and then look for the escuincle Mateo.
Alicia brings Mateo to her home, to meet Elsa, Magos and Ximena. Alicia tells her family that Mateo is Roberto’s son… Elsa, Magos and Ximena are all surprised to hear the Roberto-Mateo relationship… Alicia begs her mom to keep him there, he will be much safer than with Augie. Ximena asks Mateo how old he is… 7.
Gumaro tells Luciana that he needs to go keep looking for Mateo. Luciana whispers to him she shivers to think that Augie would have Mateo… Valeria volunteers to go to the penthouse and find out instead of GUmaro risking his own neck.
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El Hotel de los Secretos #28, 3/3/16 Thursday: Discussion page
JuJu is out sick as a dog. This is a compilation from CathyX
and J’s summaries with a little tweaking by Anita
Teresa dragged Cristina to the linen room and Sofia found them there. Teresa told Sofia she had to help her with her made up story. A nervous Sofia agreed. Sofia wiping up the blood on the floor with her dress was so sad. That poor woman. Ayala did see it when he was near Cristina’s body. Sofia is losing her marbles fast.
Julio comes back to the hotel with Ayala and Dogoberto, Isabel tells them that Cristina is dead and Ayala goes to see the body.
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Teresa dragged Cristina to the linen room and Sofia found them there. Teresa told Sofia she had to help her with her made up story. A nervous Sofia agreed. Sofia wiping up the blood on the floor with her dress was so sad. That poor woman. Ayala did see it when he was near Cristina’s body. Sofia is losing her marbles fast.
Julio comes back to the hotel with Ayala and Dogoberto, Isabel tells them that Cristina is dead and Ayala goes to see the body.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #113 Thursday 3/3/16
Last recap for Lichita. Thanks everyone for making this a fun experience once again! Until next time!
This was a long episode with much going on so lets jump right in!
For a person who just got arrested, Roberto seems very calm. Only when Augusto walks into the API office with his tsk tsk attitude did Roberto throw a disgusted glance his way. The API trio are shocked that corruption befell them and ask the wrong person (Augusto) how this could have happened. Augusto fishes for clues and asks if the API trio have another suspect/fall guy in mind. These dunces think this was a one man show and regret that Augusto moved on from API.
Valeria and Luciana discuss the epic attack Augusto faced from the exes...Val, Bea and Sandra. More surprising to Valeria was Alicia defending and supporting Augusto. She just cannot understand since Alicia was raised in such a nice family. Luciana is not so understanding and believes that Malicia is just plain deceitful, horrible person. On to more important topics....Luci confides in Val about the suspiciousness of her father's (Rafael's) death. Luci has a hunch that Augusto has something to do with it. They both confront Dafne when they realize she was the last one who spoke to Rafael before he died.
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This was a long episode with much going on so lets jump right in!
For a person who just got arrested, Roberto seems very calm. Only when Augusto walks into the API office with his tsk tsk attitude did Roberto throw a disgusted glance his way. The API trio are shocked that corruption befell them and ask the wrong person (Augusto) how this could have happened. Augusto fishes for clues and asks if the API trio have another suspect/fall guy in mind. These dunces think this was a one man show and regret that Augusto moved on from API.
Valeria and Luciana discuss the epic attack Augusto faced from the exes...Val, Bea and Sandra. More surprising to Valeria was Alicia defending and supporting Augusto. She just cannot understand since Alicia was raised in such a nice family. Luciana is not so understanding and believes that Malicia is just plain deceitful, horrible person. On to more important topics....Luci confides in Val about the suspiciousness of her father's (Rafael's) death. Luci has a hunch that Augusto has something to do with it. They both confront Dafne when they realize she was the last one who spoke to Rafael before he died.
Jail again? Been there done that....
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Labels: lichita
Thursday, March 03, 2016
Pasión y poder, Episode 98, Thursday, March 3, 2016: Sudden Death, Stolen Babies, Broken Hearts, and Just Plain Malice – and you thought you had problems!
¿Para qué tienes a un niño en una telenovela?
¡Para que lo secuestren, c___! Para que lo secuestren!
(Why do you have a child in a telenovela?
So he can be kidnaped, fool! So he can be kidnaped!)
In Rating, by Alberto Barrera Tyszka, p.127.
Death is an affront. Always. Even at a distance, death strips us of the illusion of control. But when death is close enough to chill the air we breathe, it also strips us of our masks. As we look back at tonight's story, let's pay attention to the naked faces.
Eladio, primed by Arturo's trickery, has arrived at the Gómez Luna mansion prepared to confront Julia. And so it happens that he takes the call from La Cruz Roja, and announces the dreadful news: Gaby's parents were in a terrible accident and they are both dead. Everyone is stunned. Humberto appears genuinely stricken. Gaby, who only a moment ago was rejecting Julia's overtures and saying her parents and Franco were her only family, now collapses in Eladio's arms. "Tell me it's not true!" she wails.
Jorge "Turtle Boy" Pérez has won the brass ring. Yes, he knows Regina still has feelings for David. Has he, perhaps, fallen in love with an idealized version of her? No. Unlike many of us, he can see the goodness in Regina's (incredibly annoying) soul. Yes, he knows that Nina isn't one of his fans. He's just happy that Arturo is on his side.
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS (#2): ¿Quién es Quién?, Eva la Trailera, La Querida del Centauro, and Fatmagul: Week of February 29, 2016
TELEMUNDO WEEKEND EDITION (continuación)
Here's Page 2 for the week.
The novelas currently being covered include the following (all times are Eastern Standard Time):
Noon - Fatmagul
8 PM - ¿Quién es Quién?
9 PM - Eva La Trailera
10 PM - La Querida del Centauro
Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation!
Noon - Fatmagul
8 PM - ¿Quién es Quién?
9 PM - Eva La Trailera
10 PM - La Querida del Centauro
Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation!
Labels: centauro, eva-la-t, fatmagul, quien, telemundo
Pasion y Poder #97 Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Lo Nuevo
Justino and Clara talk about their upcoming nuptuals. They have already told Luisita about it and she's happy too. Clara texts Caridad to tell her the great news. Justino tells Clarita that the night before he heard Franco saying that he had a child with Marintia. Clara says she already knew, and that if it were up to her, she would have already told Gaby about it.
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Justino and Clara talk about their upcoming nuptuals. They have already told Luisita about it and she's happy too. Clara texts Caridad to tell her the great news. Justino tells Clarita that the night before he heard Franco saying that he had a child with Marintia. Clara says she already knew, and that if it were up to her, she would have already told Gaby about it.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #112 Wednesday 3/2/16 "Augusto Confronted by Three Fates Plus One Fist"
Well, this is my last recap for "Lichita." So, I would like to thank everyone who stopped by the patio, those commenters who kept me company with their interesting points of view and lively discussions as well as my fellow recappers Jane, Ezra, CeCe and Marta who all made this such a fun experience. I hope to see some familiar faces on the patio for "Sueño de amor" next week. We could also use some additional recappers. If you are interested, contact Jane.
Now on with our story . . . at Icónika
We left Alicia being sexually pressured by Augusto but responding by screaming back at him in his face. Augusto comes to his senses, backs down and apologizes for his behavior. Alicia says okay to his apology but she is tired and they can talk later. He then expresses how much he wants to start a new life with her, to marry her and have children with her. Augusto laughs that he could be a father and grandfather at the same time. Alicia is puzzled for a second. He lets it drop that Luciana is pregnant. Alicia now has something new to consider. Augusto asks for a goodnight kiss. She kisses Augusto on the forehead. After he leaves, Alicia thinks about the "news". It was unexpected but she already had decided to run the risk of her plan because of her love for Roberto and nothing would change that even if he had chosen to be with someone else. But then she starts thinking about Luciana and Gumaro and what Mateo is doing at Augusto's penthouse and wondering why he is not with his father like he should be. Evidently Augusto has Roberto in a bind. Alicia has a lot to think about.
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Now on with our story . . . at Icónika
We left Alicia being sexually pressured by Augusto but responding by screaming back at him in his face. Augusto comes to his senses, backs down and apologizes for his behavior. Alicia says okay to his apology but she is tired and they can talk later. He then expresses how much he wants to start a new life with her, to marry her and have children with her. Augusto laughs that he could be a father and grandfather at the same time. Alicia is puzzled for a second. He lets it drop that Luciana is pregnant. Alicia now has something new to consider. Augusto asks for a goodnight kiss. She kisses Augusto on the forehead. After he leaves, Alicia thinks about the "news". It was unexpected but she already had decided to run the risk of her plan because of her love for Roberto and nothing would change that even if he had chosen to be with someone else. But then she starts thinking about Luciana and Gumaro and what Mateo is doing at Augusto's penthouse and wondering why he is not with his father like he should be. Evidently Augusto has Roberto in a bind. Alicia has a lot to think about.
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El Hotel de los Secretos #27, 3/2/16 Wednesday: Let’s Leave This Damned Hotel!
Isabel objects to her mother ordering Sofia to strip down in
front of her suegra and butt-kissing assistant, while poor Sofia stands trembling
like a scared three year old. Teresa doesn’t give a damn about Isabel’s
objections or Sofia’s dignity. She just wants to blow Elisa’s schemes and
intrigues out of the water by proving there’s a (psychosomatic) baby bump. When
Sofia doesn’t strip fast enough, Teresa does it for her. Elisa it too horrified
by the vulgar act of stripping one’s daughter, to even care that her theory
about a fake baby was wrong (but she’s actually right). She and Victoria hustle
out of there as fast as possible. Isabel helps Sofia dress, then comforts her
crying sister. Teresa’s loving departing words—“Stop crying, Sofia! You well know this was a victory.”
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Wednesday, March 02, 2016
Un Camino Hacia el Destino-Weeks 1, 2 (Feb 22, Mar 1) Discussion Thread
Hello friends, I'm not watching this and so far nobody has offered to recap it but a discussion thread will be posted every week. So, have at it! Jane
Labels: camino
Lichita 3/2
Hi guys! This will be my last blog for Lichita, and It's unfortunate that my recorder had such terrible reception for it (I left out the bits that were too garbled to understand, so please fill in the stuff I missed)! Still, it's been a pleasure, thanks for being a great audience!
Alicia tries to get Gumaro to give her the real dirt on Beto. He mostly just tells her she needs to be easier on him, the two of them came from tragic origins and Sheila really knocked Beto off the straight and narrow.
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Alicia tries to get Gumaro to give her the real dirt on Beto. He mostly just tells her she needs to be easier on him, the two of them came from tragic origins and Sheila really knocked Beto off the straight and narrow.
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El Hotel de los Secretos #26, 3/1/16 Tuesday: A Grand Send-Off For Andres; Felipe’s Frightening Familiars, And Sofia’s Compulsory Surprise
As per usual, nobody in Telenovela Land wants to believe their lyin’ eyes ‘n ears. Andres has gotten the really real skinny on Belen from Violeta, and yet when he finally confronts Belen and she denies possession of that bag of Ruda, and then blames his mama for filling the entire hotel scene with her special kind of vicious, manipulative-mama-venom, Andres is finally undone by Belen’s appeal to her baby’s blamelessness. She’s got the guy twisted around every one of her little fingers not to mention her toes. Mama overhears and begs her bubba not to scrape and bow before Belen, and he tells her to blow it out the hotel’s numerous ditty bags. Viewerville must now sough and scowl and wait a while longer for this wicked wench to be outwitted.
Meanwhile, it’s late at night and Isabel’s besotted brother is of a mind to turn somebody in to Ayala for their sinful ways. He admits to Isa he doesn’t believe that Mercedes’ fall was an accident. (Dun-dunnn!)
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Pasión y Poder Martes 3/1/16 #96
Chapter
96: No Valor, No Discretion
Whether
in Roman times, the Renaissance, or during revolutions, the worst
social sin is cowardice. It is always necessary to present a brave
face to the world no matter what one faces and to be discreet about
it. You close ranks around your own and take no potshots at anyone
else lest they backfire. Some people just don't learn that lesson no
matter how many times anyone tries to teach them. Others love to
watch these people defy that lesson at their peril so they can enjoy
the consequences. Or write about them. That's what keeps me in
martinis, cognac, and champagne. – D.D.
Labels: poder
Tuesday, March 01, 2016
Antes muerta que Lichita February 29: Lichita continues to recover from her evil spell, but accepts Augusto's attentions.
- Augusto continues to breathe down Alicia's neck asking her to become his lover. She flirts and puts him off but finally says yes, for Beto's sake. He announces their "formal relationship" in front of all Ikonika. Beto is disgusted. She is congratulated for rising to the top of the food chain.
- Beto had managed to spend the night with Mateo in Augusto's penthouse (thereby conveniently hearing Augusto panting over Alicia). They later discuss how much Mateo has been asked to conceal (by Beto, by Sheila, by Augusto) and Mateo promises to help Beto so they can go away and live together forever. Beto tells Luciana the escape must be soon, and that Gumi is key because he's one of Augusto's bodyguards.
Labels: lichita
Pasion y Poder #95 Brando DeNiro Pacino and DeCaprio Ain't Got Nuttin' on Humberto
The shrink tells Eladio to back off of Julia, she doesn’t
see him as her boo anymore. Eladio grabs
the shrink and tells him that he won’t be able to control his emotions anymore
if he doesn’t have Julia. Yes! Cuz I loves me some Evil E! Anyways, the doctor remains calm and
doesn’t call security. The Hulk, returns
to his Bruce Banner and comes up with plan B.
If Julia won’t see him as her boo, he will make her see as her baby’s
daddy. Good luck with that Evil E.
Nina and Franny are in the garden enjoying tea and
scones. Franny tells Nina to screw both
men and Julia (in different ways, of course) and get more cash! Cha-ching! Franny uses a vulgar gesture to
demonstrate. I go to church on Sundays, so I won’t tell you which finger she used.
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El Hotel de los Secretos #25, 2/29/16 Monday: Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown!
This little gem was brought to you by our friend and Patio regular, Pablo Villalobos! Many thanks indeed! :)
Duelus interruptus
The duel between General Ballesteros and Felipe Alarcón has lasted for the whole weekend. They started counting on Friday
and they are still counting and walking back to back. Suddenly, the
duel is interrupted by a loud scream that was probably heard all the way
to Puebla. At this rate, they are never going to kill each other! General's seventh sense, told him that the scream was Mercedes and
throwing his pistol, ran like a fox on hunting season.
One less secret
Meanwhile,
not far from there, by the irony gates from Hell, I mean, the hotel,
Isabel Alarcón is witness to the last thing she wanted to believe. Her
mother was actually a snake. Doña Teresa had stopped Cristina Olmedo
right on her tracks, and was asking her to give the famous letter back.
Suddenly, something clicked inside her head and everything made sense.
It felt like a puzzle being put together. When Cristina heard the scream,
she asked, what, another dead maid?
Labels: hotel
Monday, February 29, 2016
TELEMUNDO Y MÁS (#1): ¿Quién es Quién?, Eva la Trailera, La Querida del Centauro, and Fatmagul: Week of February 29, 2016
HAPPY LEAP DAY!
Welcome to PAGE #1 (Monday edition) of the Telemundo y Más page, now issued twice a week: Mondays at 3 PM and Thursdays at 8 PM.
Welcome to PAGE #1 (Monday edition) of the Telemundo y Más page, now issued twice a week: Mondays at 3 PM and Thursdays at 8 PM.
The novelas currently being covered are the following (all times are Eastern Standard Time):
noon - Fatmagul
8 PM - ¿Quién es Quién?
9 PM - Eva la Trailera
10 PM - La Querida del Centauro
Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation, and since we all share the same page, please remember to put the name of the telenovela you're discussing at the top of your post, so readers can find their way around.
Telemundo is also re-broadcasting the hit telenovela La Reina del Sur on Saturdays and Sundays from 6-8 PM (EST & PST, 5-7 PM CST). For the moment, all the capítulos are also available on Telemundo's web site. Some discussion and occasional recaps from the original broadcast can be found here.
Labels: centauro, eva-la-t, fatmagul, quien, telemundo
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Tres veces ana - index
Saturday, February 27, 2016
El Hotel de los Secretos #24, 2/26/16 Friday: We Have A Triple Cliffhanger, People! And Maybe A Couple of Deaths For Monday!
At a glance
-- Because of Cristina’s reappearance and Diego’s serenata, Isabel and Julio may have broken up. We’re still looking into it.
-- Felipe tries but fails to avoid the duel. Teresa enlists Alfredo’s help but Sofía forbids her husband from participating in the duel.
-- Lupe wants Ángela to help him write a cookbook for the President's advisor, Don Javier Góngora, and hopes this would propel him to national stardom if his recipes are chosen to adorn the banquets of the country’s centennial celebrations.
-- Sofía fires the Doc and refuses to let him examine her swollen belly. She may be having a hysterical pregnancy and she may be losing her marbles. We’re still looking into it.
-- Because of Cristina’s reappearance and Diego’s serenata, Isabel and Julio may have broken up. We’re still looking into it.
-- Felipe tries but fails to avoid the duel. Teresa enlists Alfredo’s help but Sofía forbids her husband from participating in the duel.
-- Lupe wants Ángela to help him write a cookbook for the President's advisor, Don Javier Góngora, and hopes this would propel him to national stardom if his recipes are chosen to adorn the banquets of the country’s centennial celebrations.
-- Sofía fires the Doc and refuses to let him examine her swollen belly. She may be having a hysterical pregnancy and she may be losing her marbles. We’re still looking into it.
-- Belén is Porfirian Mexico’s most expensive date. She spends all of Andrés’s savings during their day-trip to the capital, then she yells at the poor schmuck and insults him on the train journey back.
-- Jacinto is going to become Diego's new Idiot Goon. Garrido, the original Idiot Goon, does not know yet.
-- Poor Violeta is going to go back to the cantina but the valiant Doc vows to help her get out of there.
-- Diego is trying to trap Andrés through future loans.
-- Cristina sneaks into the Gran Hotel and retrieves the letter. She is stopped by Teresa on her way out. Teresa explicitly demands that Cristina return the letter to her. Isabel is hidden from view but she hears everything.
-- Mercedes and Eugenia fight over Felipe then decide to join forces to save him from being killed by their father in a duel. They try to escape the room where their father locked them by jumping out the window. Eugenia may have pushed her sister to a certain death. We are still looking into it.
-- A scream, most likely coming from a Mercedes plummeting to her death, provided a providential interruption to the duel. Felipe was not killed by the general. Drat!
-- Poor Violeta is going to go back to the cantina but the valiant Doc vows to help her get out of there.
-- Diego is trying to trap Andrés through future loans.
-- Cristina sneaks into the Gran Hotel and retrieves the letter. She is stopped by Teresa on her way out. Teresa explicitly demands that Cristina return the letter to her. Isabel is hidden from view but she hears everything.
-- Mercedes and Eugenia fight over Felipe then decide to join forces to save him from being killed by their father in a duel. They try to escape the room where their father locked them by jumping out the window. Eugenia may have pushed her sister to a certain death. We are still looking into it.
-- A scream, most likely coming from a Mercedes plummeting to her death, provided a providential interruption to the duel. Felipe was not killed by the general. Drat!
Labels: hotel
Pasión y Poder Episode #94 February 26th 2016 While Franco plays nice, Erick gets called a murderer (twice) AND a man whore, Julia realizes that she has to pay her employees, and Fanny gives Nina the finger.
If you can watch the episode again, watch the last scene again. When Fanny is with Nina, and counting on her fingers, she accidentally gives Nina the finger, and Uni blurs it out.
Franco, the two-faced bastard, tries to stir up some trouble, when he barges into Eladio's office and informs him that Julia is with Arturo in HIS office. Eladio is impactado, but does his best to keep his cool, as he remembers that he must respect Julia's wishes to stay out of her life. Oh, this wasn't the reaction that Franco had hoped for, so he further twists the knife, and points out to Eladio, how it's one thing for Arturo to be seeking out Julia, and another thing for JULIA to be seeking out Arturo. Franco tells Eladio how it enrages him and irks him to see him so depressed while Julia is over there with Arturo. Eladio losses his cool with Franco, tells him to shut up several times, yells at him that he can't say anything about Julia, and finally calms down and tells him that he did good by informing him, and that he must always keep him informed about what is happening.
Consuelo gets off the phone with her doctor, and informs Clara, that she's out of milk due to angustía (anxiety, distress), and that it's psychological. And yes, she's been feeling a lot of anxiety, with the mere thought of the Chimp (Erick) wanting to take Erick Jr. from her. Clara advises Consuelo to stay calm, and not pay any attention to what Chimp Boy says. Consuelo asks Clara to babysit Erick Jr. and heads out the door on her way to GM.
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Labels: poder
Friday, February 26, 2016
Antes Muerta que Lichita #109 Alicia, or should we say not so little red ridinghood, starts to put the puzzle together ... but might be putting herself in the wolf's mouth
SOrry this is long, but it was a key fast moving episode... here we go...
Luciana can’t
believe Roberto asking her to flee… (I agree, Ingrid Martz is great in this
type of character)… Luciana goes home
and tells Valeria all about Roberto’s request and that Roberto’s son IS
real. And that is why Roberto is doing
everything Augie wants, he has him locked in the penthouse. Valeria asks if we leave, what about Gumaro,
the baby daddy?
At
hospital/clinic, Nestor thanks Alicia for coming to visit him… no one else has
come to visit him (not his baby mama, even if he has been supporting them
financially all this time and he spent half his life with them only for her to
cheat on him with his best friend). HE admits he has not been the best man, but
he is not that filth that most people believe.
Alicia tells us that even her have come to build a soft spot for
Nestor. She wonders what is Roberto’s
back story.
Sandra later
meets with Alicia, they are talking about the campaign for some toy
manufacturer. Augie comes in and is surprised that Sandra and Alicia are
working together on anything. Fatima prevents any sparks and takes Sandra away.
Gumaro is
outside the office faking being the carbon copy of that other guy, on phone with
Roberto. Roberto recommends to Gumaro to
keep trying with Luciana so she will forgive him. Roberto reminds GUmaro that they are still
bros and comrades. Now that he and Luciana are gone then he will be free to
move around as he needs.
Alicia tells
Augie that he feels free to come in whenever through a door that no one ever
used before… HE tells her that the accident has made him think about some
things… he says after all he and her are very similar… they both would go to
any measure to get what they want. HE
had not told her that when very young, he was taken away from his mother’s
arms.
Fatima asks
Sandra what is bothering her so much.
Sandra is jealous that Augie even uses the ‘secret door’ to be with Alicia
whenever he wants. Fatima says she knows
Alicia enough to assure Sandra that Alicia would not submit to that kind of
relationship with Augie. Sandra says
after 10 years of dedicating to him, all she got was a dark apartment. She did
not deserve that.
Augie tells
Alicia that the TOledos dragged him into that house and away from his mother
against his will. Alicia says now she
understands why he never lifted a finger against Roberto when she gave him Roberto’s
files. Maybe because they both started from the bottom. Augie says he has not forgotten anything
about that file, He is only waiting for the right moment to make a move. HE
asks her in return, is she planning her own revenge against Roberto? She assures him she is looking for justice,
not revenge. Augie gets a call and sends
Alicia away.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #108 Thursday 2/25/16
Thanks Carvivlie and Jarifa for filling in!!
Alicia has made her turn for the good and at a meeting with the staff talked about no more abuse or making fun of people. Elias thought great idea and made mention of getting rid of it bec it had been around for years.
The staff, minus Chuchette, is on a bus to go to a client(?) with Nestor driving. Looks like he is texting, looking at his phone and they get into an accident. Apparently two of the employees are hurt bad, Nestor and someone else we don't see. Nestor needs blood but he has a rare type. Guess who has it? Alex. So Alex gives blood and Alicia tells Nestor and Nestor is super unhappy. But Alicia tells him that it saved his life. Alex comes in the room and gives Nestor a lesson on how gay people are the same as everyone else etc. Nestor seems to really take it to heart and thanks Alex for saving his life and thanks him for the lesson.
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Alicia has made her turn for the good and at a meeting with the staff talked about no more abuse or making fun of people. Elias thought great idea and made mention of getting rid of it bec it had been around for years.
The staff, minus Chuchette, is on a bus to go to a client(?) with Nestor driving. Looks like he is texting, looking at his phone and they get into an accident. Apparently two of the employees are hurt bad, Nestor and someone else we don't see. Nestor needs blood but he has a rare type. Guess who has it? Alex. So Alex gives blood and Alicia tells Nestor and Nestor is super unhappy. But Alicia tells him that it saved his life. Alex comes in the room and gives Nestor a lesson on how gay people are the same as everyone else etc. Nestor seems to really take it to heart and thanks Alex for saving his life and thanks him for the lesson.
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El Hotel de los Secretos #23, 2/25/16 Thursday: Lupe Gets His Mojo Back; Angela Gets Some of Her Own
WHERE IS PIANO MAN? I MISS HIM AND HIS DOGS
Since Lupe was the best part of the show, let's start with him. Lupe is still moping around the kitchen after he's put himself out for a gala dinner to impress epicurean gourmand Don Javier Congora (Alfie's uncle, in case we've forgotten). Angela observes. She asks what's wrong? Lupe answers, nothing, or rather, he says, "What is happening is that nothing happens. (Que pasa es que nada pasa--ISBIS) She makes him follow her up to the dining room. She shows him the empty plates. What does he see? Dirty dishes, he answers. No, she replies, they are empty plates. She rattles off all the entrees he prepared. [I'll give you a list of them tomorrow.] Where is the food? She continues, it is gone-eaten-finished. You should be proud. He gives her a quick kiss on the cheek (thanks, Vivi). Then she lets him go. She stays behind reflecting on his triumph.
The next day he's still moping in the kitchen when Angela comes rushing in to tell him Don Javier is on his way down to see him. Don J is gushing and effusive. He'd like to stay longer and discuss recipes but he has to rush to catch his train. He hands Lupe his card and says we'll communicate later. He would like Lupe's advice on menus for some of his grand affairs. Lupe is left speechless, except for a "Gracias," prodded out of him by Angela. She's beaming as he turns toward her and she promptly invades his personal space and busses him on the cheek. Surprised by her own initiative, she turns and leaves. Lupe indicates to the kitchen maid watching she is to forget what she saw.
Next time Angela passes by the kitchen, she sees him engaged, full of energy, sniffing the fresh fish and giving instructions to all the kitchen staff.
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Since Lupe was the best part of the show, let's start with him. Lupe is still moping around the kitchen after he's put himself out for a gala dinner to impress epicurean gourmand Don Javier Congora (Alfie's uncle, in case we've forgotten). Angela observes. She asks what's wrong? Lupe answers, nothing, or rather, he says, "What is happening is that nothing happens. (Que pasa es que nada pasa--ISBIS) She makes him follow her up to the dining room. She shows him the empty plates. What does he see? Dirty dishes, he answers. No, she replies, they are empty plates. She rattles off all the entrees he prepared. [I'll give you a list of them tomorrow.] Where is the food? She continues, it is gone-eaten-finished. You should be proud. He gives her a quick kiss on the cheek (thanks, Vivi). Then she lets him go. She stays behind reflecting on his triumph.
The next day he's still moping in the kitchen when Angela comes rushing in to tell him Don Javier is on his way down to see him. Don J is gushing and effusive. He'd like to stay longer and discuss recipes but he has to rush to catch his train. He hands Lupe his card and says we'll communicate later. He would like Lupe's advice on menus for some of his grand affairs. Lupe is left speechless, except for a "Gracias," prodded out of him by Angela. She's beaming as he turns toward her and she promptly invades his personal space and busses him on the cheek. Surprised by her own initiative, she turns and leaves. Lupe indicates to the kitchen maid watching she is to forget what she saw.
Next time Angela passes by the kitchen, she sees him engaged, full of energy, sniffing the fresh fish and giving instructions to all the kitchen staff.
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Labels: hotel
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Pasión y poder, Episode 93, Thursday, February 25, 2016: Got milk?
Only the lowlifes are smiling these days. Things are going well for Chimp Boy and Franco. Humberto is enjoying himself too, though we didn't get to chuckle with him tonight. Jorge has been looking cockier lately. (Okay, Clara and Justino – the only unambiguously good guys in the story – are happily in love. Do we care? Seriously?) But everyone else is wallowing in the Slough of Despond. So let's take a look at each sad story tonight, not scene by choppy scene, but character by sappy character:
On the home front, Arturo finds himself confronted with a powerful female triumvirate. Regina, blaming her father for her breakup with David, has now allied herself with Nina and Daniela (who, by the way, are looking a little better these days in their almost, but not quite mother-daughter dresses). Regina wants to leave Grupo Montenegro, but Nina convinces her to stay and keep an eye on Arturo from the inside.
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS (#2): ¿Quién es Quién?, Eva la Trailera, La Querida del Centauro, and Fatmagul: Week of February 22, 2016
TELEMUNDO WEEKEND EDITION
Here's Page 2 for the week. The novelas currently being covered include the following (all times are Eastern Standard Time):
Noon - Fatmagul
8 PM - ¿Quién es Quién?**
9 PM - Eva La Trailera**
10 PM - La Querida del Centauro
Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation!
**Apparently tonight (Thursday, February 25), ¿Quién es Quién? and Eva la Trailera will be pre-empted by the Republican candidates' debate. As far as I can tell, La Querida del Centauro will be shown as usual.
Here's Page 2 for the week. The novelas currently being covered include the following (all times are Eastern Standard Time):
Noon - Fatmagul
8 PM - ¿Quién es Quién?**
9 PM - Eva La Trailera**
10 PM - La Querida del Centauro
Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation!
**Apparently tonight (Thursday, February 25), ¿Quién es Quién? and Eva la Trailera will be pre-empted by the Republican candidates' debate. As far as I can tell, La Querida del Centauro will be shown as usual.
Labels: centauro, eva-la-t, fatmagul, quien, telemundo
El Hotel de los Secretos #22, 2/24/16 Wednesday: Belen Bumps Off Rival Baby Bump and a Carta Quest Arrested
Old Doc Vacarrio looks from the balcony above as Julio and Isabel enjoy a bit of passionate lip locking. Unfortunately for Julio, Isa doesn’t know her heart and leaves him panting and puzzled. (So what else is new?) She wants peace and he just wants a piece…. What’s this couple to do? Sage Lazaro secretly continues sucking his cigar. Isa goes to bed and stares at the four walls of her bedroom while Julio runs to the city and sobs to himself.
The next morning, heartbreak reigns in the hotel kitchen as well.
Labels: hotel
Pasion y Poder #92: I Love Him, I Love Him Not, I Love Him? Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016
Lo Nuevo
Fanny is visiting Nina. They talk about how Eladio is willing to help Nina once she gets her hands on half of Art's money. Nina does not totally trust Eladio, but will think about it. She's thinking of becoming a great businesswoman. She wants to shove it in Art's face that Eladio helped her.
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Fanny is visiting Nina. They talk about how Eladio is willing to help Nina once she gets her hands on half of Art's money. Nina does not totally trust Eladio, but will think about it. She's thinking of becoming a great businesswoman. She wants to shove it in Art's face that Eladio helped her.
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Labels: poder
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Antes muerta que Lichita #107 Wednesday 2/24/16. "Alicia's Conscience Returns"
After Augusto's declaration of looooove, Alicia says she now knows why she got the award. Augusto insists she got it on her own. His feelings had nothing to do with it. Augusto asks her not to close the door on him. He wants her to let him win her heart. She does not know what to say. In that case, he says it is better to not say anything. Tomorrow they will be back at work as if nothing happened. He pushes her trophy to her. Congratulations! Alicia is very somber through all of this. The expression on her face does not change.
Sandra is sneaking around Icónika. She ends up in Augusto's office entering through the secret panel where she runs into Elías rummaging through Augusto's desk. They are both surprised by the other's presence. Elías wants to know if she is there looking for revenge on Augusto. Of course not she answers. She reminds him about how he always hated Augusto. Elías says he really does now because Augusto used him to frame Beatriz at the motel with the photos. Sandra is shocked. Fátima comes in and wants to know why they are in Augusto's office. It was locked. They make up a story that they heard something in the office (maybe an animal or Godzilla) so they went in to investigate. Elías and Sandra do their Godzilla imitation as they walk out. Fátima clearly does not believe them but does her own Godzilla imitation, too.
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Sandra is sneaking around Icónika. She ends up in Augusto's office entering through the secret panel where she runs into Elías rummaging through Augusto's desk. They are both surprised by the other's presence. Elías wants to know if she is there looking for revenge on Augusto. Of course not she answers. She reminds him about how he always hated Augusto. Elías says he really does now because Augusto used him to frame Beatriz at the motel with the photos. Sandra is shocked. Fátima comes in and wants to know why they are in Augusto's office. It was locked. They make up a story that they heard something in the office (maybe an animal or Godzilla) so they went in to investigate. Elías and Sandra do their Godzilla imitation as they walk out. Fátima clearly does not believe them but does her own Godzilla imitation, too.
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Premiere March 8: Sueño de Amor. Brief synopsis. Who's in?
Nandicta has said she'd like to recap this one. Other takers? Contact me at caray@mappamundi.com
Dream of Love tells the story of Esperanza and Ricardo and their desire to find each other again twenty years after living the intensity of first love. But today their lives are very different ...
Esperanza is a single mother and teacher in two different schools: in the exclusive Institute Palacios and also in the simple College Vasconcelos. She struggles every day to get ahead.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles Ricardo is married to Tracy, a woman who puts puts her profession ahead of their children, Rodrigo and Selena. For this reason Ricardo is practically a "single" parent who must combine parenthood with his work as an agent of Interpol.
Life reunites them when Ricardo arrives, as an undercover agent, at Institute Palacios; he is following the trail of the terrible criminal "La Sombra".
Betty Monroe -- Esperanza Guerrero: a friendly, patient, fair and brave teacher. She is the mother and father at the same time and gives unreservedly to her family. She has dreams: to have her family improve its station in life, to build a school for poor children, and above all to see Richard, the love of her life, again.
Cristián de La Fuente -- Ricardo Alegría: the man who fought for the American dream and got it. He's an Interpol agent and the father of two wonderful children. But living with his wife Tracy has become untenable. Ricardo will have the good fortune to reunite with the love of his life. With patience and a lot of affection, they will establish a "reconstructed family" with all their children.
Carmen Salinas -- Margarita Manzanares: bold, cheerful and witty. She's a lively granny who understands technology. She always gives the right advice and wants to help her family find happiness. There is conflict with her daughter Silvana, director of the pompous Institute Palacios bombastic while Margarita runs the simple College Vasconcelos.
La sombra: a very dangerous international criminal, an art and jewel thief and jewels willing to do anything to get what he wants. He's been a nightmare not only for police but also for Ricardo and his family. He can even abandon his identity so nobody can catch him.
Sabine Moussier -- Tracy Kidman: Ricardo's capricious, impatient and selfish wife. For her the job comes first, she neglects her marriage and children. But as soon as she realizes Ricardo and his family can find happiness, she'll do what she can to become their nightmare. She is American and has little command of Spanish.
El Chapo de Sinaloa -- Jerónimo Durán: a very cheerful and hardworking bricklayer whose talent for singing may turn him into the builder of his own dream.
Dream of Love tells the story of Esperanza and Ricardo and their desire to find each other again twenty years after living the intensity of first love. But today their lives are very different ...
Esperanza is a single mother and teacher in two different schools: in the exclusive Institute Palacios and also in the simple College Vasconcelos. She struggles every day to get ahead.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles Ricardo is married to Tracy, a woman who puts puts her profession ahead of their children, Rodrigo and Selena. For this reason Ricardo is practically a "single" parent who must combine parenthood with his work as an agent of Interpol.
Life reunites them when Ricardo arrives, as an undercover agent, at Institute Palacios; he is following the trail of the terrible criminal "La Sombra".
Betty Monroe -- Esperanza Guerrero: a friendly, patient, fair and brave teacher. She is the mother and father at the same time and gives unreservedly to her family. She has dreams: to have her family improve its station in life, to build a school for poor children, and above all to see Richard, the love of her life, again.Cristián de La Fuente -- Ricardo Alegría: the man who fought for the American dream and got it. He's an Interpol agent and the father of two wonderful children. But living with his wife Tracy has become untenable. Ricardo will have the good fortune to reunite with the love of his life. With patience and a lot of affection, they will establish a "reconstructed family" with all their children.Carmen Salinas -- Margarita Manzanares: bold, cheerful and witty. She's a lively granny who understands technology. She always gives the right advice and wants to help her family find happiness. There is conflict with her daughter Silvana, director of the pompous Institute Palacios bombastic while Margarita runs the simple College Vasconcelos.La sombra: a very dangerous international criminal, an art and jewel thief and jewels willing to do anything to get what he wants. He's been a nightmare not only for police but also for Ricardo and his family. He can even abandon his identity so nobody can catch him.Sabine Moussier -- Tracy Kidman: Ricardo's capricious, impatient and selfish wife. For her the job comes first, she neglects her marriage and children. But as soon as she realizes Ricardo and his family can find happiness, she'll do what she can to become their nightmare. She is American and has little command of Spanish.El Chapo de Sinaloa -- Jerónimo Durán: a very cheerful and hardworking bricklayer whose talent for singing may turn him into the builder of his own dream.Labels: camino, hotel, la-vecina, lichita, mivac, poder, proximas, qnc, sda
Lichita 2/23
At the shoot with all the babies, Luci is aghast at all the little dwarves. Especially when Xuxette catches her holding one! Then when its mother/handler takes it away she cries a bit.
Sandra comes for her meeting with Alicia. Elias is happy to see her but she blows him off. At the meeting, Alicia rubs it in about how when she wanted her job back Sandra was mean. She says she'll be MUCH meaner in response.
Luci admits in a whisper to Beto that she's pregnant. Augusto, with his customarily impeccable timing for eavesdropping, overhears this and delights in the news!
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Sandra comes for her meeting with Alicia. Elias is happy to see her but she blows him off. At the meeting, Alicia rubs it in about how when she wanted her job back Sandra was mean. She says she'll be MUCH meaner in response.
Luci admits in a whisper to Beto that she's pregnant. Augusto, with his customarily impeccable timing for eavesdropping, overhears this and delights in the news!
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El Hotel de los Secretos #21, 2/23/16 Tuesday: The Gold Knife Killer Shakes Up His MO
We jump right in to the conversation right after Cristina
refuses to give Julio the letter or tell him where it is. Julio asks, “Cristina, when did you become so cynical?”
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“When they killed my
father. When I was left for dead in a pond. When the love of my life was
killed. Every time something I cared about was taken from me! And you also lost
the little that you had.” She begins to weep and begs her brother, “Tell me that you understand me.” Julio
takes his sister in his arms and hugs her tight.
Labels: hotel
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Pasión y Poder Martes 2/23/16 #91
Chapter
91: Dirty Pool
The
most powerful thing about money is that it makes its owners feel they
are somehow superior to others. This is not limited to old money;
nouveau riches like Eladio and Nina are not immune and often they are
the biggest offenders and the worst snobs. Money can buy a great many
things, but character isn't one of them, especially when one has had
a poor example to follow. – D.D.
Labels: poder
Un camino hacia el destino - synopsis in English
Starting at 6:30 pm tonight!! Anybody want to recap this one? Contact me at caray@mappamundi.comSetting: the hacienda of the Altamirano family. Fernando Altamirano (Red Gustavo), head of the family, is a widower and the father of Amelia (Lisette Morelos), the eldest daughter, and Mariana (Ana Patricia Rojo), the apple of his eyes.
Pedro Perez (Jorge Aravena) is gardener on the estate. He has secretly loved Amelia forever. But she's in love with Luis Montero (René Strickler), an ambitious young law student.
At the age of 18 Amelia gives herself to Luis and becomes pregnant. But Luis rejects her in order to marry Marissa Gomez Ruiz (Eugenia Cauduro), a widow millionaire banker. Somehow Don Fernando comes to believe the child Amelia is expecting is Pedro's - he throws both of them out of the house.
Pedro marries Amelia and for love of her assumes paternity of the child whom Amelia christens Luisa Fernanda (Paulina Goto). (Luisa for the real dad and Fernanda for the grandfather).
Luis and Marissa's wedding takes place quickly because she has to go to Spain for bank business. She ends up paying for Luis to study law in Spain.
Marissa has a son, Carlos Gomez Ruiz (Horacio Pancheri), who despite his young age is not deceived. He's always known Luis is a playboy who married his mother for money. This makes for an awful relationship between Luis and Carlos.
Years pass ... Luisa Fernanda is a beautiful young lady of 18, who is finishing high school and has two passions in life: she plays the violin beautifully though she's never studied it, and she loves gardening, which she learned from her father Peter.
A meeting led by fate makes Luis run over Fernanda, ending at the hospital where Carlos works ...
Labels: camino, hotel, la-vecina, lichita, mivac, poder, proximas, qnc
Antes muerta que Lichita - Malicia on the Road to Hell.
Between the almost total lack of subtitles and the choppy, helter-skelter episode, I missed a lot, so please add in whatever.
- Dressed as a fallen angel in black with creepy black wings, Alicia nails the toilet paper account. Braulio is stunned: "She used my movie, my life, so people will wipe themselves with this toilet paper."
Labels: lichita
Pasion y Poder #90 Discussion Page
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #124 Monday, 2-22-16 The Grand Finale!!!!
Well, beloved MIVAC Patio Peeps, we've come to the end of our little
drama in Dos Rios and the beginning of a new life for Pedro and
Fiorella; Gianna and Gael. Let's see how it unfolded.
We are welcomed into the finale with the vintage clip from the original novela which morphs into the present day opening and the absolutely beautiful Pedro and Fiorella's theme, Adonde va Nuestro Amor.
We are flung immediately into the gasoline-soaked foyer where the prostrate Fidel lies, still unconscious. Suddenly we see Pedro wrestling Freddie for the lighter and he seems to be having a hard time subduing her. There is an awkward edit or either I blinked for a long time but instantaneously Freddie has been apprehended by several dudes. She curses the family as she is dragged out. Everyone is there holding their noses and complaining about how the place reeks of gasoline. There is light chatter about how Freddie should have been in prison and a freshly showered Fidel is briefly scolded about the lax security. He apologizes and offers the excuse of the family emergency. Pedro excuses him. Pilar frets that Freddie will come back. The scene is rounded out as the family announces they're all going back to bed and P-yew! it smells in there. Simoneta gets to clean the whole mess up as they scurry away.
The next morning, the whole family gathers in the spic and span foyer to bid Fiorella, Pedro and Sergio arrivederci as they head off to Maretea, Italy!
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We are welcomed into the finale with the vintage clip from the original novela which morphs into the present day opening and the absolutely beautiful Pedro and Fiorella's theme, Adonde va Nuestro Amor.
We are flung immediately into the gasoline-soaked foyer where the prostrate Fidel lies, still unconscious. Suddenly we see Pedro wrestling Freddie for the lighter and he seems to be having a hard time subduing her. There is an awkward edit or either I blinked for a long time but instantaneously Freddie has been apprehended by several dudes. She curses the family as she is dragged out. Everyone is there holding their noses and complaining about how the place reeks of gasoline. There is light chatter about how Freddie should have been in prison and a freshly showered Fidel is briefly scolded about the lax security. He apologizes and offers the excuse of the family emergency. Pedro excuses him. Pilar frets that Freddie will come back. The scene is rounded out as the family announces they're all going back to bed and P-yew! it smells in there. Simoneta gets to clean the whole mess up as they scurry away.
The next morning, the whole family gathers in the spic and span foyer to bid Fiorella, Pedro and Sergio arrivederci as they head off to Maretea, Italy!
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Monday, February 22, 2016
El Hotel de los Secretos #20, 2/22/16 Monday: The mystery head-bonker is revealed.
Julio heads toward the village to give his testimony to Ayala. Isabel follows, uninvited. Garrido hears his approach and takes aim, but Cristina bonks Garrido on the head. (She's two for two now. She's becoming a specialist!)
Brother and sister are reunited. "Cristina! You're alive! You're alive!"
Isabel catches up, at first seeming a little unhappy to see her boyfriend hugging and kissing some woman - until she recognizes Cristina.
Back at the hotel, there's pandemonium in the kitchen. Lupe is a nervous wreck. Is it nervousness over today's guest of honor? Or is something else on his mind?
On the ground, Garrido is beginning to stir. Cristina has to hide. Julio has to go with her. Isabel tells them to go on ahead and promises to tell no one.
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Brother and sister are reunited. "Cristina! You're alive! You're alive!"
Isabel catches up, at first seeming a little unhappy to see her boyfriend hugging and kissing some woman - until she recognizes Cristina.
Back at the hotel, there's pandemonium in the kitchen. Lupe is a nervous wreck. Is it nervousness over today's guest of honor? Or is something else on his mind?
On the ground, Garrido is beginning to stir. Cristina has to hide. Julio has to go with her. Isabel tells them to go on ahead and promises to tell no one.
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS (#1): ¿Quién es Quién?, Eva la Trailera, La Querida del Centauro, and Fatmagul: Week of February 22, 2016
Here is PAGE 1 (Monday edition) of the Telemundo y Más page, now issued twice a week: Mondays at 3 PM and Thursdays at 8 PM.
The novelas currently being covered are the following (all times are Eastern Standard Time):
noon - Fatmagul
8 PM - ¿Quién es Quién?
9 PM - Eva la Trailera
10 PM - La Querida del Centauro
Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation. Please remember to put the name of the telenovela you're discussing at the top of your post, since this same page includes discussion of all the novelas listed above.
In addition, Telemundo is re-broadcasting the hit telenovela La Reina del Sur on Saturdays and Sundays from 6-8 PM (EST & PST, 5-7 PM CST). For the moment, all the capítulos are also available on Telemundo's web site. Some discussion and occasional recaps from the original broadcast can be found here
The novelas currently being covered are the following (all times are Eastern Standard Time):
noon - Fatmagul
8 PM - ¿Quién es Quién?
9 PM - Eva la Trailera
10 PM - La Querida del Centauro
Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation. Please remember to put the name of the telenovela you're discussing at the top of your post, since this same page includes discussion of all the novelas listed above.
In addition, Telemundo is re-broadcasting the hit telenovela La Reina del Sur on Saturdays and Sundays from 6-8 PM (EST & PST, 5-7 PM CST). For the moment, all the capítulos are also available on Telemundo's web site. Some discussion and occasional recaps from the original broadcast can be found here
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Saturday, February 20, 2016
El Hotel de los Secretos #19, 2/19/16 Friday: A Big Secret is Revealed
A little refresher of where we left off Wednesday, Isabel newly released from the obligation to marry Diego, is running through the kitchen and out the door towards the woods with Julio in tow. He meets up with her to ask if she’s ok, she says better than ok, she’s freeeeeeee. She grabs his neck, pulls him close and they kiss. A long time.
He teases her, reminding her about the 40 centimeter rule, the distance they are supposed to keep apart, she says she’s never felt so close to anyone before. (insert heavy breathing here). But what about your family, he asks. She replies that if they don’t have the capacity to see his good heart and bravery, and how strong he is, and if they can’t see that his mere presence makes her a better person, then they aren’t her family.
He said he was taken by her the first time he laid eyes on her, she’s like a drink of water after being lost in the desert. Their happiness is overwhelming. She asks of Cristina, he tells her that there are still missing pieces he needs to find, but if she is with him he can continue on with more strength to handle them. She tells him she loves every piece of him, ooohhh she said it, and she would never ask him to stop because that would be asking him to stop being himself. Awwww. They kiss again to seal the deal. (I know I’m oohing and awwing a lot, but it was so nice).
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He teases her, reminding her about the 40 centimeter rule, the distance they are supposed to keep apart, she says she’s never felt so close to anyone before. (insert heavy breathing here). But what about your family, he asks. She replies that if they don’t have the capacity to see his good heart and bravery, and how strong he is, and if they can’t see that his mere presence makes her a better person, then they aren’t her family.
He said he was taken by her the first time he laid eyes on her, she’s like a drink of water after being lost in the desert. Their happiness is overwhelming. She asks of Cristina, he tells her that there are still missing pieces he needs to find, but if she is with him he can continue on with more strength to handle them. She tells him she loves every piece of him, ooohhh she said it, and she would never ask him to stop because that would be asking him to stop being himself. Awwww. They kiss again to seal the deal. (I know I’m oohing and awwing a lot, but it was so nice).
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Pasión y Poder Cap #89 Friday, Feb 19th 2016 I hope Erick chokes on those enchiladas
Nina confronts Julia for snatching her hubs from her by smacking her across the face after calling her a cualquiera (slut, tramp, whore, etc) of course.
Downtown, Erick's on the hot seat and his future is about to be decided. We find out that The Ratt's necklace has been disqualified as a piece of evidence. Pedro Tapia, the witness, now takes the stand, and must state whether or not Erick was the man who was arguing with The Ratt on the night of her extermination.
Julia denies the accusations. She's NOT a husband snatcher. Nina doesn't believe her and calls her out on the harm she's causing everyone, including her own offspring.
Tapia commits perjury and states that Erick isn't the man who was arguing with The Ratt on the night of her extermination. Detective is aghast at what he hears. Tapia states that the man he saw was shorter, fat, almost bald, and had an aquiline nose. Detective calls Tapia a BIG FAT LIAR. Judge reminds Tapia that perjury = many years in the pokey.
Nina tries to put Julia in her shoes. What if the roles were reversed and it was she (Nina) who was fooling around with Eladio. Julia says that if she knew and were sure that Eladio loved Nina then she (unlike Nina) would at least have the dignity to not lower herself by going to see Nina and smacking her around in her own home. Nina isn't so sure about that and honestly neither is this recapper. But Julia is sure that, that's what she'd do. Because she would have had put up with Eladio enough already to have to deal with Mrs. Purple Lips as well. Nina then accuses Julia of not caring if she's destroying the lives of their kids as long as she was able to be with Arturo.
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Friday, February 19, 2016
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #123 2-19-16 Kiss Your Ass Goodbye!
Ciao miei cari amici! This is the next to the last show so chin-strapped beanies in place, loved ones with sensitive ears secured for there is much wailing, moaning and gnashing of teeth tonight. . . . Andiamo!
Fiorella, Sergio and Pilar continue screaming outside the study door! On the other side we see the gun on the floor and a sobbing Pedro, "I'm not going to leave you alone! We will confront this together!" Maximo! has popped back in for a second to congratulate Pedro on not being a coward and then *poof!* dematerializes. Pedro opens the door, Fiorella, Sergio and Pilar wash through the door on a flood of tears. Fiorella kneels next to where Pedro has slumped on the floor. They hold, kiss and cry together. Sergio and Pilar leave.
Gianna's got squiggly lines on her monitor again! Elizalde says she's stabilized but her heart can't take much more! They've got to operate ASAP!
Sonia gets a standing ovation at the cabaret! She's a smashing success! She happily receives Eloisa's accolades back in the dressing room but misses the most important person: Osvaldo!
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Fiorella, Sergio and Pilar continue screaming outside the study door! On the other side we see the gun on the floor and a sobbing Pedro, "I'm not going to leave you alone! We will confront this together!" Maximo! has popped back in for a second to congratulate Pedro on not being a coward and then *poof!* dematerializes. Pedro opens the door, Fiorella, Sergio and Pilar wash through the door on a flood of tears. Fiorella kneels next to where Pedro has slumped on the floor. They hold, kiss and cry together. Sergio and Pilar leave.
Gianna's got squiggly lines on her monitor again! Elizalde says she's stabilized but her heart can't take much more! They've got to operate ASAP!
Sonia gets a standing ovation at the cabaret! She's a smashing success! She happily receives Eloisa's accolades back in the dressing room but misses the most important person: Osvaldo!
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