Tuesday, January 16, 2007
La Fea Más Bella #189 1/16/07 What, no more beauty queens?
Apparently Fernando changed his mind and decided that he did want to visit Jorge Flores. Fernando explains to Jorge that he, Fernando, needs to take care of himself. He can’t go from bar to bar. He needs to put himself in order. Jorge asks if Fernando really hit bottom. Fernando confirms. He tries to say he’s over Lety, but can only manage to stumble over the words and never really say it. Fernando explains that Marcia is waiting for him. He does not want to make a bad decision. Jorge questions if Fernando wants to be the same man he was before. “No,” Fernando replies. He just wants to get out of the hell he’s currently living. He wants to fix things with the people he loves – his family and everyone who is important to him. Jorge explains that Fernando is who he is and he can’t go from night to day just like that. He says that Fernando still has a lot of things to experience in life. Fernando hostilely asks if that means he’s going to continue to do wrong. Jorge replies with a question rather than an answer and asks what’s the point of life if we don’t make mistakes. Jorge gives Fernando a gift (a heavily beaded necklace) for protection. He explains that Fernando will be the same man as before, but will now have more harmony. Fernando half whispers to Jorge that he can’t walk around wearing that around Conceptos. Jorge explains that Fernando only needs to take the necklace with him. He can put it in a bag or in his pants. Jorge says that Fernando will thank him later. Fernando thanks Jorge right then.
In Marcia’s apartment Alicia announces to Marcia that she thinks they should live together! Marcia humors her a little. Alicia explains that they’re both beautiful, young and single. They live similar lives. They could go to work together, come back together and share all the costs. Marcia sarcastically agrees. Alicia replies that the apartment is awfully big for Marcia to live there alone. Marcia responds that Alicia really is a comedian. Alicia gets up and says that if Marcia and Fernando continue their relationship, Alicia could understand why Marcia would need to live alone but now Marcia is a member of the “army of abandoned women!” Marcia gets pissed that Alicia’s making a joke out of her situation. At that moment someone knocks on the door. Alicia says if it was her house, she would open it. Fernando walks in the door by himself. He and Marcia greet each other. Alicia exclaims that every time she sees him he’s more ugly. Marcia not so subtly asks Alicia to leave. Alicia hesitantly picks up her purse after Fernando points it out to her. Marcia pulls Alicia aside and says that she needs to be left alone. Alicia doesn’t understand why Marcia needs her to leave if Fernando only came for his things. Yes, Marcia says that’s why he came. What she doesn’t know is if Fernando’s going to stay. Alicia makes a plea for a way to get home. Marcia gives Alicia money for a taxi. Marcia tells Alicia to go down to the desk to call for a taxi. Fernando nervously asks why Alicia is leaving. He can tell she doesn’t really want to go. Alicia fluffs and leaves. Marcia closes the door behind her. She turns and tells Fernando that she didn’t think he would come tonight. He says he came for some stuff. She leads him into the bedroom. He slowly follows her. She walks over to his suitcase and says he still has a few things he needs to pack. She sees him grasping his body and asks if he needs help packing. Yes, thank you he softly replies. Fernando sits on the bed. Marcia watches him seat himself and changes her mind. She decides it’s a better idea that he pack his own things and leave. She proceeds toward the door but Fernando grasps her hand and pulls her back to him. He asks her to stay. He explains that if he takes all of his things it means that their relationship is really over. Marcia plays cool and acts like it doesn’t bother her. Fernando asks if Marcia thinks she can forgive him. If she they can give it some time so they can get back what they lost. Fernando says that he thinks they can have another opportunity together. (Marcia’s eye make-up has doubled in quantity just in time for her to have a crying scene.) Marcia asks Fernando if he really means what he’s saying. Fernando grasps her arm to painfully pull himself off the bed. He and Marcia share a soft (but noticeably passionless) kiss.
Good Lord. Grow up, Fernandito! You’re more afraid of being alone than a child is scared of the boogeyman in the closet. Blech. The kiss between Fernando and Marcia continues. He grasps his side and says that his face hurts. (really, that’s why you had to pull away? Good thing Marcia is a SUCKER and believes you) He apologizes. Marcia says he doesn’t need to explain himself. She knows that he’s in pain. Marcia says she will be patient because she believes in Fernando. This poor woman is so in love with this man and he can’t even look her in the eye.
Aldo brings some fruit to Caro for she and Lety to enjoy before their trip. He hands the basket off to a waiter. Caro asks Aldo why he’s so content. He cannot believe that she noticed. Caro says that Lety is not breakfasting with her so she’ll be enjoying all that fruit alone. Aldo asks why. Caro says that Lety wanted to rest. Aldo asks Caro if Lety told her anything about what has happened with him. No, but Caro says that she can tell that Aldo wants to tell he something. He tells her that he and Lety kissed, and what a kiss it was! Caro comments to herself that it’s very beautiful to see Aldo in love.
Julieta ices Tomas hand. Julieta warns Tomas that he can tell Erasmo whatever he wants about the business, but to never reveal what happened between Lety and Fernando. Tomas plays dumb and says he doesn’t know what Julieta’s talking about. Julieta makes it clear that she knows everything. Tomas says he really needs to speak with Lety. Erasmo approaches and demands an explanation. Tomas says he’s going to call Lety. Erasmo holds out the phone.
Lety receives a call in her bedroom. She happily talks with Tomas. He asks if she’s coming back to Mexico
Jorge Flores approaches Lety. She practically screams “What do you want?” Jorge asks about the fury he feels coming from her. She apologizes. He says no, I’m sorry, but you must know why I am hear. He says he needs to know her emotions in this moment. She says that all she feels is hate for Fernando Mendiola. Jorge warns her that if she returns to Mexico Mexico
It’s day time at Conceptos. Fernando borrows some food from Martha and asks if Marcia arrived. Saimon runs up to Fernando and notice the damaged hand. He asks Fernando about where he went to fight the night before. Fernando explains that it happened this morning and not in a fight. Saimon says that he can see that Fernando changed fighting in the night for fighting in the day. Fernando gets annoyed because Saimon speaks in English. Saimon and Fernando start to dance. Fernando gets frustrated and walks off.
Teresita expresses her happiness at the news that Marcia and Fernando are back together. Marcia says she knows but she’s still not convinced that Fernando won’t continue to act out because of that woman. Teresita says that now Fernando will only express his emotions for Marcia. Teresita says that Marcia needs to give Fernando time. Lola calls and says that Fernando arrived. Teresita complains that Humberto and Ariel aren’t there yet. Marcia tells Teresita that Fernando left the house that morning without saying good-bye.
Omar greets Fernando and asks for the days news. Omar asks if Fernando spoke with his father-in-law. Fernando re-hashes what happened earlier in the day at the Padilla household. Fernando says that he can’t do anything else. He has to leave it in the board’s hands.
Tomas is on the phone pleading with the lawyers to show up. Sanchez agrees. Tomas informs him that Lety will be in Mexico
Tomas tells Erasmo that the lawyers are going to Conceptos. Erasmo wants it to be clear that Lety intends to return the business. Erasmo gets up to go somewhere. Tomas tries to detain him, but Erasmo stops him and tells Tomas that he is no longer welcome in the house. Ever. Erasmo leaves the house. Julieta consoles Tomas and explains that Erasmo is just really upset. Tomas worries that if he can’t come to the Padilla house he’ll never see Lety, Julieta or the refrigerator again. He asks if Erasmo is going to throw Lety out as well.
Lety pleads with Jorge that she wants a new life. She wants to continue changing. Jorge says the first thing Lety must do is get rid of all her negativity. Lety says she’s not able to think about Fernando. Jorge explains that she doesn’t have a choice. He tells her to take some water and to tighten it with much love and strength. He tells her to open it. There’s a flower. He says this is the intention of forgiveness.
Marcia walks into Fernando’s office. She asks him where he went. He explains that he went to see Lety’s father. He shows his hand in response and explains the altercation with Tomas. Lety goes to get some supplies to help care for his hand. Omar sings a little song and asks if Fernando and Marcia got back together. Fernando says they’re trying it out. Omar asks if Fernando is sure. Marcia walks back in and says that yes they’re back together. Omar sarcastically congratulates them and leaves. Marcia doesn’t care and leaves for ice for his hands. She comes back in to make sure that Fernando knows his place with the Padillas. He says that relationship is one only of hate. He absolutely knows it now. Marcia half smiles and leaves. Fernando asks himself how emotions can change from one moment to another, from beautiful to ugly.
Jorge tells Lety to close her eyes. He tells her to call Fernando. She says his name. He tells her to talk with him. She says she cannot talk with him or pardon him. Meanwhile, Julieta talks with a different God about putting all her angry and indignation in his hands. She pleads for His help with her and Lety. Jorge tells Lety to tell Fernando why she hates him. She stands and says that he used her even though he knew she was in love with him and fell more in love with him everyday. He continued to use her for his filthy interests. But what hurt the most is that he lost confidence in her because she demonstrated to him that she was unconditional with him. She hates him because he betrayed her and continues to betray her. She understands that he needed to show his parents that he was better than Ariel Villaroel and because of that was capable of whatever. He used her because he didn’t love her. She remembers when he told her that he would never let Ariel to take anything from him again. Jorge finally speaks and says that none of this justifies what Fernando did. Lety agrees that it doesn’t justify it, but now she understands his sentiments and anguish. Jorge asks if she can pardon him now. Lety stands up and says that she forgives him in the name of the love that she had and still has. It’s impossible for her to want anything bad for him. She wants him to continue his walk in peace and wishes the same love for him that she feels. She throws a flower into the ocean and declares one last time that she forgives him.
Alicia chases Marcia across the office and asks what Marcia is carrying. It’s ice for Fernando. Alicia must know if Marcia is back with Fernando. Marcia gives Alicia a blank face and no response.
Jorge gives Lety a necklace. He sits her in a chair of flowers with a crown of daisies. He explains the importance of the necklace. The symbols and the color has significance. Lety effusively thanks him.
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La Fea Más Bella #188 1/15/07 in which irritatingly white beauty queens don eveningwear
Omar is reminding Fern: "We have to talk with Lety's father." "No no Carvajal, that man makes me very tense." Teresita comes in and puts on the pressure - Fern promises he'll have talked to Lety's family by the next day. After she leaves, Omar calls him Staffordshire (some kind of fighting dog?) and says, "Don't tell me you still feel pity for Lety?" "No, I don't. She's out of my life, I hope she marries, far away."
Bustling about in the big conference room: the cuartel and all possible hangers-on and spouses and children and finally el chavo (the kid) (which is, not one of the actual kids, but Simon) and popcorn and whatever, and eventually the bald creepy guy and even Celso, who has no interest in guarding the premises when there is beauty ogling to be done.
In Acapulco: the girls gossip that guapisimo Aldo only has eyes for Lety. Lety demurs, "No, we're just friends!" "Very! Good! Friends!" the girls titter. "He's so handsome and enchanting, you're lucky." Lety fusses over the girls as they prepare to go on the air: "Don't forget your inner beauty." They sashay out and Anais, the MC, grins at Lety: "There's nothing left of that opaque, sad Lety." "Well, the world turns," says Lety. "I quit Conceptos, that work was killing me." "Now you look so enthusiastic, full of life, content." "That's how you see me? I'm revived. Aldo showed me there's more to me than first appears." "Oh, so he's like your fairy godfather! You illuminate the world." "Well, for now maybe just 10 watts..."
At the Padilla Palace: Julieta, Erasmo, Moty, and of course Tomas are lined up in front of the tv. The phone rings, Julieta picks up, it's Omar asking for Mr. Padilla, "it's personal." "He's not here." "When might I talk to him?" "He won't be here for a few days." "But I can hear his voice." "No! I imagine you're Mr. Mendiola's messenger, so tell him not to bother us." Fern grabs the phone, shouting and babbling, "Don't complicate things, esta poniendo esto color de hormiga [sez my captions: HELP! what does "ant color" signify??], don't hide your daughter..." Julieta firmly insists: "Respect my family!" and hangs up. She sidles over to Tomas and asks him to distract Erasmo while she disconnects all the phones. Tomas sez to Erasmo, "How about them beauties?" and Erasmo scolds, "I don't care about them at all, I just want to see my queen, my daughter." [I loved how he said that so much, I had to rewind and listen again!] "Gee, you're an optimist, is that a characteristic of being in your dotage, do you think you'll see her modeling?" "Don't be a BOBO, you're only good enough to put sugar on your mother's donuts." Erasmo's jaw goes slack over some model or other and Tomas sighs and pulls out his photo of Alicia, whom he claims to be superior to the tv beauties. Erasmo sees Lety on tv!
Alicia barges into Marcia's apartment and exclaims over the mess. Marcia stops dead at the sight of Fern's unpacked suitcase still sitting there. She says tenderly, "that's where it belongs." Alicia posits, "still ready for your honeymoon in the Middle East?" The TV goes on and Alicia begins criticizing the Bellezas and doing her own cat-walk stalk, talking constantly. "SHUT UP!" suggests Marcia. [Note that Alicia has to put a pillow across her lap in order to sit down.] Alicia criticizes the contestants' crooked legs. Again, "SHUT UP!" [And again with the pillow across the lap. That's when you know your skirt is too short.]
Omar and Fern consider the fact that Erasmo, unemployed as he is, undoubtedly spends all day every day at home. Just then Marcia calls. "Did you talk to Lety's family? No? Well, another thing - you didn't take your suitcase, why not?" Fern's answer ("I uh was in a hurry and didn't have time.") chills her and she snaps, "well your stuff is bothering me, come get it this very day." She hangs up. Fern: "Omar, the whole world hangs up on me."
Omar tells Fern he has three options tonight: go to Marcia, which will resolve some problems; go home, sleep, and go a little more crazy; go to a bar and get some guys to beat him up on the other side so both sides of his face match. "Nice choices, Carvajal. Leave!"
Back to Acapulco. Aldo shows up muy guapo in his tux and looks anxiously for Lety. They sit together and listen to Shayla's pretty, happy love song and both their faces shine. [I don't care, Aldo-haters: Aldo looks utterly adorable! I wish some guy would gaze at ME like that! OK, enough of personal reflections.]
Luigi, looking for Irma (he needs some music she has on a disc) mocks Fern and says he's like the dolls in Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
Fern hears shouts in the conference room and goes in, where everybody is fascinated with his beatup face and he tells more random lies about how it got that way. He asks Simon to go get his car, and while he waits he watches the tube. He SEES LETY AND ALDO! He is MUY IMPACTADO! However, he thinks he's overheated and seeing mirages - he doesn't believe his eyes - so it was just a tease.
Then Luigi enters the conference room, exclaims at the profusion of unbeautiful people, then grows enchanted with the show - "look at that gorgeous - gown! Who designed that? That's why HE gets the big bucks and I'm stuck here. It should be ME doing that..." He spies Irma hiding behind the potted plant (trying to avoid having to go work when everybody else is ogling beauties on tv) - she says she is just cleaning it.
In Acapulco, "Lu" sings a sad song and Lety and Aldo grow pensive. There is a lovely, moving montage of past moments of love, happiness, and betrayal. We see Marcia having her own wistful remembrances as Lu sings, "I want to forget you ever made me happy. Life without you is a punishment..." Lety cries as Aldo looks at her tenderly and sympathetically, like a guy who understands trouble.
Fern stares at his beat-up fish-eye lens photo of Lety. "I have to stop deceiving myself, Lety won't come back because she doesn't love me. It's my own fault I lost her, through my stupidity she's lost forever."
And the winner is! Uninterestingly, Miss Puebla, whose speech is as follows: "I don't know if my parents are proud, but I'm satisfied with myself. Thanks to the very beautiful woman who helped me fulfill my dream." She shows us every one of her 88 teeth. Lety beams proudly.
[Editor's aside: every contestant is incredibly white. Where are the darker-skinned beauties? I am tired tired tired of the kneejerk racism of telenovelaland.]
After the winner is announced Alicia babbles and pretends (poorly) to be Garbo. Sarcastically Marcia suggests: "You should be the queen." Alicia misses the sarcasm since to her this is self-evident. "Marcia, when we lived together, we'd watch this show and snark the contestants. This time you didn't utter one criticism! Are you sick? You don't even know who won." Marcia says she's distracted because she's going to be seeing Mr. Mendiola. "Marcia, you need a vacation, let's go to Acapulco, breathe pure air, find ourselves some millionaires."
Caro comes up to Aldo and Lety and says she's beat and will turn in early, since they're heading back to Mexico City in the morning. Lety says she'd like to go say goodbye to Acapulco at the beach and Aldo is most eager to accompany her. Aldo kisses Caro, saying, "Thanks for bringing me Lety." Caro leaves and Aldo tells Lety: "This will be an unforgettable night, I promise!"
How can you guys get on Lety for enjoying a guy like this? If your heart were broken, wouldn't you enjoy a distraction of this magnitude? Cut them both some slack! I'm sure Fern and Lety will end up together so let's just relax and enjoy the ride...
Bustling about in the big conference room: the cuartel and all possible hangers-on and spouses and children and finally el chavo (the kid) (which is, not one of the actual kids, but Simon) and popcorn and whatever, and eventually the bald creepy guy and even Celso, who has no interest in guarding the premises when there is beauty ogling to be done.
In Acapulco: the girls gossip that guapisimo Aldo only has eyes for Lety. Lety demurs, "No, we're just friends!" "Very! Good! Friends!" the girls titter. "He's so handsome and enchanting, you're lucky." Lety fusses over the girls as they prepare to go on the air: "Don't forget your inner beauty." They sashay out and Anais, the MC, grins at Lety: "There's nothing left of that opaque, sad Lety." "Well, the world turns," says Lety. "I quit Conceptos, that work was killing me." "Now you look so enthusiastic, full of life, content." "That's how you see me? I'm revived. Aldo showed me there's more to me than first appears." "Oh, so he's like your fairy godfather! You illuminate the world." "Well, for now maybe just 10 watts..."
At the Padilla Palace: Julieta, Erasmo, Moty, and of course Tomas are lined up in front of the tv. The phone rings, Julieta picks up, it's Omar asking for Mr. Padilla, "it's personal." "He's not here." "When might I talk to him?" "He won't be here for a few days." "But I can hear his voice." "No! I imagine you're Mr. Mendiola's messenger, so tell him not to bother us." Fern grabs the phone, shouting and babbling, "Don't complicate things, esta poniendo esto color de hormiga [sez my captions: HELP! what does "ant color" signify??], don't hide your daughter..." Julieta firmly insists: "Respect my family!" and hangs up. She sidles over to Tomas and asks him to distract Erasmo while she disconnects all the phones. Tomas sez to Erasmo, "How about them beauties?" and Erasmo scolds, "I don't care about them at all, I just want to see my queen, my daughter." [I loved how he said that so much, I had to rewind and listen again!] "Gee, you're an optimist, is that a characteristic of being in your dotage, do you think you'll see her modeling?" "Don't be a BOBO, you're only good enough to put sugar on your mother's donuts." Erasmo's jaw goes slack over some model or other and Tomas sighs and pulls out his photo of Alicia, whom he claims to be superior to the tv beauties. Erasmo sees Lety on tv!
Alicia barges into Marcia's apartment and exclaims over the mess. Marcia stops dead at the sight of Fern's unpacked suitcase still sitting there. She says tenderly, "that's where it belongs." Alicia posits, "still ready for your honeymoon in the Middle East?" The TV goes on and Alicia begins criticizing the Bellezas and doing her own cat-walk stalk, talking constantly. "SHUT UP!" suggests Marcia. [Note that Alicia has to put a pillow across her lap in order to sit down.] Alicia criticizes the contestants' crooked legs. Again, "SHUT UP!" [And again with the pillow across the lap. That's when you know your skirt is too short.]
Omar and Fern consider the fact that Erasmo, unemployed as he is, undoubtedly spends all day every day at home. Just then Marcia calls. "Did you talk to Lety's family? No? Well, another thing - you didn't take your suitcase, why not?" Fern's answer ("I uh was in a hurry and didn't have time.") chills her and she snaps, "well your stuff is bothering me, come get it this very day." She hangs up. Fern: "Omar, the whole world hangs up on me."
Omar tells Fern he has three options tonight: go to Marcia, which will resolve some problems; go home, sleep, and go a little more crazy; go to a bar and get some guys to beat him up on the other side so both sides of his face match. "Nice choices, Carvajal. Leave!"
Back to Acapulco. Aldo shows up muy guapo in his tux and looks anxiously for Lety. They sit together and listen to Shayla's pretty, happy love song and both their faces shine. [I don't care, Aldo-haters: Aldo looks utterly adorable! I wish some guy would gaze at ME like that! OK, enough of personal reflections.]
Luigi, looking for Irma (he needs some music she has on a disc) mocks Fern and says he's like the dolls in Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
Fern hears shouts in the conference room and goes in, where everybody is fascinated with his beatup face and he tells more random lies about how it got that way. He asks Simon to go get his car, and while he waits he watches the tube. He SEES LETY AND ALDO! He is MUY IMPACTADO! However, he thinks he's overheated and seeing mirages - he doesn't believe his eyes - so it was just a tease.
Then Luigi enters the conference room, exclaims at the profusion of unbeautiful people, then grows enchanted with the show - "look at that gorgeous - gown! Who designed that? That's why HE gets the big bucks and I'm stuck here. It should be ME doing that..." He spies Irma hiding behind the potted plant (trying to avoid having to go work when everybody else is ogling beauties on tv) - she says she is just cleaning it.
In Acapulco, "Lu" sings a sad song and Lety and Aldo grow pensive. There is a lovely, moving montage of past moments of love, happiness, and betrayal. We see Marcia having her own wistful remembrances as Lu sings, "I want to forget you ever made me happy. Life without you is a punishment..." Lety cries as Aldo looks at her tenderly and sympathetically, like a guy who understands trouble.
Fern stares at his beat-up fish-eye lens photo of Lety. "I have to stop deceiving myself, Lety won't come back because she doesn't love me. It's my own fault I lost her, through my stupidity she's lost forever."
And the winner is! Uninterestingly, Miss Puebla, whose speech is as follows: "I don't know if my parents are proud, but I'm satisfied with myself. Thanks to the very beautiful woman who helped me fulfill my dream." She shows us every one of her 88 teeth. Lety beams proudly.
[Editor's aside: every contestant is incredibly white. Where are the darker-skinned beauties? I am tired tired tired of the kneejerk racism of telenovelaland.]
After the winner is announced Alicia babbles and pretends (poorly) to be Garbo. Sarcastically Marcia suggests: "You should be the queen." Alicia misses the sarcasm since to her this is self-evident. "Marcia, when we lived together, we'd watch this show and snark the contestants. This time you didn't utter one criticism! Are you sick? You don't even know who won." Marcia says she's distracted because she's going to be seeing Mr. Mendiola. "Marcia, you need a vacation, let's go to Acapulco, breathe pure air, find ourselves some millionaires."
Caro comes up to Aldo and Lety and says she's beat and will turn in early, since they're heading back to Mexico City in the morning. Lety says she'd like to go say goodbye to Acapulco at the beach and Aldo is most eager to accompany her. Aldo kisses Caro, saying, "Thanks for bringing me Lety." Caro leaves and Aldo tells Lety: "This will be an unforgettable night, I promise!"
How can you guys get on Lety for enjoying a guy like this? If your heart were broken, wouldn't you enjoy a distraction of this magnitude? Cut them both some slack! I'm sure Fern and Lety will end up together so let's just relax and enjoy the ride...
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Introducing myself
Hi! I've been recapping Heridas de Amor on my blog, Trying to Translate. Now Melinama has asked me to do recaps here for Duelo de Pasiones on Thursdays, so I'm going to give it a shot. I freely admit that my Spanish isn't very good, so if I make mistakes (and I will) please point them out! That's why I'm watching telenovelas: to learn.
So far I've only seen three telenovelas start-to-finish: Piel de Otoño (my favorite), Peregrina, and Heridas de Amor. I also watched the last few weeks of Apuesto por un Amor and Inocente de Ti, and I'm currently watching La Fea Más Bella a few days a week.
Thanks to telenovelas, I've learned how to say all kinds of really useful things in Spanish, like "I am pregnant" and "I want a divorce" and "Who killed Anibal?" So if I ever visit Mexico, I'm all set!
So far I've only seen three telenovelas start-to-finish: Piel de Otoño (my favorite), Peregrina, and Heridas de Amor. I also watched the last few weeks of Apuesto por un Amor and Inocente de Ti, and I'm currently watching La Fea Más Bella a few days a week.
Thanks to telenovelas, I've learned how to say all kinds of really useful things in Spanish, like "I am pregnant" and "I want a divorce" and "Who killed Anibal?" So if I ever visit Mexico, I'm all set!
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Monday, January 15, 2007
Mundo de Fieras 01/15/07 No Puede Ser or Dude it Sucks to be You
This was indeed episode slow on action, but big on information...At least big on information for Gabe...
The tale begins with crowds surrounding Gabe's hosptial bed, Paulina & JC, Regina & Demian, Dolores & Nic, Rog....& a supporting cast of 1000's....awww just kidding, everyone is giving Gabe a two thumbs up on his recent return to the land of the living. Even Demian gives Gabe good wishes, though I am sure this dashed any plans Demian had of harvesting organs from his not-so-brain dead twin. Gabe asks where Lil Lui is and this brings up awkward glances between his well wishers, but before this sad topic can be broached, Joselyn comes in the room, pulling along her IV (which I seriously suspect is a liter of appletinis, cause it sure isn't truth serum).
Gabe gets this total WTF look on his face, which sadly is to remain as a fixed expression throughout this episode....
Joselyn does that breathy voice...like her next word may be her last. She tells Gabe she has just birthed his baby....Ay Carumba is his expression....No Puede Ser, No Puede Ser...leaving no doubt the lovin was seldom with those two....Time for nods & murmers from the background players....yes Nic says "The kid is yours". A doctor appears and tells the cast that time will have to be limited to two at a time. Paulina & Regina remain with Gabe, they console him about the birth of his child with Joselyn, by informing Stallion Boy, that he never shoots blanks and MA is also in the hospital, having delivered more fruit of his loins. Gabe wants to get up and rush to talk to MA...anticipating he has some splainin to do, but he is forced down by Regina and Paulina. I guess he has had some muscle mass loss during his coma.
Meanwhile over in the nursery, Leo & Candelabra are all ga-ga over the two new boys....They make a special point of remarking how similiar the two are....Remember this as it goes along with the silliness that is about to ensue.
Leo and Candelabra go skipping off, so thrilled about the births. Miriam is lurking outside the nursery. Oh NO shades of Entre EL Odio Y Amor, someone is switching the babies, healthy MA's kid gets swapped with unhealthy Joselyn's kid....sneaky sneaky....who would do such a hienous crime? Oh okay it is Miriam....A Nurse catches her leaving the nursery, but she just gives the excuse that she is the happy grandma.
Now go to MA's room Leo & Candy are visiting her. MA has the baby & she remarks the baby looks different. Leo says babies change rapidly....MA has a brief moment of hysteria where she doesn't believe this is her baby...Then she notices the baby's color has changed....
Eeeeekkkkkkkk....the baby has a heart condition and must be placed in an incubator....
Meanwhile Miriam insists...Joselyn and healthy kid leave the hospital pronto.
MA is with the baby in the nursery, Candy stops by with a cup of coffee & good karma, she informs MA that Gabe is out of his coma.
Later MA is in her hospital room when muy impacto Gabe comes in. She does not even want to have a conversation with him. Really people are dumping alot on him considering he was not the brightest bulb on the marquee & on a good day it took him quite a while to process information. He's like "I love you". MA is tell it to the hand cause the head ain't listening. She tells him "Listen and Listen good, cause this is the last time I am going to say it, my son is not your son, you are not the father, go & have a good happy life with Joselyn". More confusion...Leo & his bedazzled jacket come in, he tells Gabe "I followed your case and I am all shades of thrilled you are out of a coma". Gabe just looks forlorn, you can tell he is thinking, could Leo be the father of the boy? ****Process this Gabe, now that would be more of a miracle that you waking up to two hijos*****
MA vows she must spare the two innocent children and carry on with her lie. Her son has only one parent & that would be her.
Over at the Good Mansion, Joselyn is laying in bed. Miriam basically tells her, okay I gave you the good kid, the sick kid is now the burden of MA, so suck it up and try to pretend to be a good mother. Later the kid is crying and you can see this is totally stressing Joselyn, the chunky Naca maid/cook comes in and takes over care of the child. Okay so in this case third kid is not going to be a charm.
At some point during this....I don't know if it a public service announcement against being a stripper and sitting around suckin hooch out of a bottle all day or what, but Sylvester stops in to see Elsa, he loves her, she loves booze.
MA is at Leo/Candy's house...at least I think it is their apartment, when Otilla stops by with a little present and well wishes. The hospital calls with good news about the sick kid.
Gabe is released, apparently he became as uninteresting to the medical staff as he has always been to me, cause they certainly have not prepared him for any of the changes in his life over the past nine months.
Gabe goes in to see Joselyn who is holding the kid and acting like she likes the kid, she starts in talking about the happy little family in that breathy cloying voice. Come meet your son. Gabe picks up the kid and is instantly enamoured, he realizes it is his kid as soon as he picks it up, I saw the same thing on animal planet with sheep. Anyway thank god not all men are so intuitive or Maury Potavich wouldn't have a show. Gabe questions her about how could this have happened, apparently Biology was not his strong suit. "A night of passion, nine months ago", Joselyn says. FLASHBACK...Joselyn putting a powder in Gabes wine, Rog carrying a sick, yet capable of "LOVE" Gabe off to his room, Gabe seeing Joselyn, no MA, no Joselyn...
A serious acid trip. At this point Joselyn hands him one of the 1000's of DNA results she carries with her. Gabe is getting that stunned look of confusion again...He wants to go see Lui. Joselyn tears up, "you can't", she says "he isn't here". "Where is he?" Gabe counters. Joselyn tells him there was a terrible accident and Lui is dead. Gabe can't believe it and runs to Lui's room, boxes are piled up and Gabe begins to cry...I wasn't sure but he looks like a heart attack may be in order. He hears Lui's voice, "you are the best Pa in the whole world"...
Gabe is broken....
ADVICE to GABE: Inhale....Exhale....close your eyes, let your mind go blank, (like that is a stretch), go back in time to Entre El Odio Y Amor...think Gabe think...you were there, same plot...okay that is the best I can do to help you..
The tale begins with crowds surrounding Gabe's hosptial bed, Paulina & JC, Regina & Demian, Dolores & Nic, Rog....& a supporting cast of 1000's....awww just kidding, everyone is giving Gabe a two thumbs up on his recent return to the land of the living. Even Demian gives Gabe good wishes, though I am sure this dashed any plans Demian had of harvesting organs from his not-so-brain dead twin. Gabe asks where Lil Lui is and this brings up awkward glances between his well wishers, but before this sad topic can be broached, Joselyn comes in the room, pulling along her IV (which I seriously suspect is a liter of appletinis, cause it sure isn't truth serum).
Gabe gets this total WTF look on his face, which sadly is to remain as a fixed expression throughout this episode....
Joselyn does that breathy voice...like her next word may be her last. She tells Gabe she has just birthed his baby....Ay Carumba is his expression....No Puede Ser, No Puede Ser...leaving no doubt the lovin was seldom with those two....Time for nods & murmers from the background players....yes Nic says "The kid is yours". A doctor appears and tells the cast that time will have to be limited to two at a time. Paulina & Regina remain with Gabe, they console him about the birth of his child with Joselyn, by informing Stallion Boy, that he never shoots blanks and MA is also in the hospital, having delivered more fruit of his loins. Gabe wants to get up and rush to talk to MA...anticipating he has some splainin to do, but he is forced down by Regina and Paulina. I guess he has had some muscle mass loss during his coma.
Meanwhile over in the nursery, Leo & Candelabra are all ga-ga over the two new boys....They make a special point of remarking how similiar the two are....Remember this as it goes along with the silliness that is about to ensue.
Leo and Candelabra go skipping off, so thrilled about the births. Miriam is lurking outside the nursery. Oh NO shades of Entre EL Odio Y Amor, someone is switching the babies, healthy MA's kid gets swapped with unhealthy Joselyn's kid....sneaky sneaky....who would do such a hienous crime? Oh okay it is Miriam....A Nurse catches her leaving the nursery, but she just gives the excuse that she is the happy grandma.
Now go to MA's room Leo & Candy are visiting her. MA has the baby & she remarks the baby looks different. Leo says babies change rapidly....MA has a brief moment of hysteria where she doesn't believe this is her baby...Then she notices the baby's color has changed....
Eeeeekkkkkkkk....the baby has a heart condition and must be placed in an incubator....
Meanwhile Miriam insists...Joselyn and healthy kid leave the hospital pronto.
MA is with the baby in the nursery, Candy stops by with a cup of coffee & good karma, she informs MA that Gabe is out of his coma.
Later MA is in her hospital room when muy impacto Gabe comes in. She does not even want to have a conversation with him. Really people are dumping alot on him considering he was not the brightest bulb on the marquee & on a good day it took him quite a while to process information. He's like "I love you". MA is tell it to the hand cause the head ain't listening. She tells him "Listen and Listen good, cause this is the last time I am going to say it, my son is not your son, you are not the father, go & have a good happy life with Joselyn". More confusion...Leo & his bedazzled jacket come in, he tells Gabe "I followed your case and I am all shades of thrilled you are out of a coma". Gabe just looks forlorn, you can tell he is thinking, could Leo be the father of the boy? ****Process this Gabe, now that would be more of a miracle that you waking up to two hijos*****
MA vows she must spare the two innocent children and carry on with her lie. Her son has only one parent & that would be her.
Over at the Good Mansion, Joselyn is laying in bed. Miriam basically tells her, okay I gave you the good kid, the sick kid is now the burden of MA, so suck it up and try to pretend to be a good mother. Later the kid is crying and you can see this is totally stressing Joselyn, the chunky Naca maid/cook comes in and takes over care of the child. Okay so in this case third kid is not going to be a charm.
At some point during this....I don't know if it a public service announcement against being a stripper and sitting around suckin hooch out of a bottle all day or what, but Sylvester stops in to see Elsa, he loves her, she loves booze.
MA is at Leo/Candy's house...at least I think it is their apartment, when Otilla stops by with a little present and well wishes. The hospital calls with good news about the sick kid.
Gabe is released, apparently he became as uninteresting to the medical staff as he has always been to me, cause they certainly have not prepared him for any of the changes in his life over the past nine months.
Gabe goes in to see Joselyn who is holding the kid and acting like she likes the kid, she starts in talking about the happy little family in that breathy cloying voice. Come meet your son. Gabe picks up the kid and is instantly enamoured, he realizes it is his kid as soon as he picks it up, I saw the same thing on animal planet with sheep. Anyway thank god not all men are so intuitive or Maury Potavich wouldn't have a show. Gabe questions her about how could this have happened, apparently Biology was not his strong suit. "A night of passion, nine months ago", Joselyn says. FLASHBACK...Joselyn putting a powder in Gabes wine, Rog carrying a sick, yet capable of "LOVE" Gabe off to his room, Gabe seeing Joselyn, no MA, no Joselyn...
A serious acid trip. At this point Joselyn hands him one of the 1000's of DNA results she carries with her. Gabe is getting that stunned look of confusion again...He wants to go see Lui. Joselyn tears up, "you can't", she says "he isn't here". "Where is he?" Gabe counters. Joselyn tells him there was a terrible accident and Lui is dead. Gabe can't believe it and runs to Lui's room, boxes are piled up and Gabe begins to cry...I wasn't sure but he looks like a heart attack may be in order. He hears Lui's voice, "you are the best Pa in the whole world"...
Gabe is broken....
ADVICE to GABE: Inhale....Exhale....close your eyes, let your mind go blank, (like that is a stretch), go back in time to Entre El Odio Y Amor...think Gabe think...you were there, same plot...okay that is the best I can do to help you..
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Duelo de Pasiones - Monday, 01/15/07 -- Gran Estreno
Beginning countdown 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...and five minutes of a montage of dramatic scenes presumably we'll see in future episodes: lots of gunshots and smoking revolvers, horses at full gallop, men slapping women, women slapping men, women crying, a woman falling into a river looking like she is drowning, men vowing they love women, men vowing they'll never trust another woman again. More scenes of a pretty girl bathing in a river water up to the neck. Presumably the heroine. (A familiar shot to fans of Heridas...)
The novela opens and It's dawn. Don Alvaro Montellano is in a rage. Dressed all in black he rides up to his hacienda and dismounts, pistol in one hand, whip in another. He goes from room to room looking for his wife, Soledad. He storms into a chapel where a young boy is placing a vase of callaliliess on the altar. He waves his gun in the air. Frightened, the boy drops the vase and it smashes on the chapel floor. [I think this means something bad is going to happen.] A little later, a gunshot is heard. The boy runs away to fields and finds the manager. "The owner has killed the Lady!" "I heard a shot, he killed Senora Soledad!" he cries hysterically. The manager (whose name I am not sure of, so I'll call him bandana guy) grabs him and shakes him. He doesn't believe him but goes to find Don Alvaro.
Meanwhile Don Alvaro is in a room with his spouse Soledad both afraid of him and angry. "I want you alive so that you can pay for your betrayal!" he says. There's a bullet hole in a portrait of her on the wall. Don Alvaro has a letter crumpled in his hand. It's a love letter from a guy named Jose Gomez who works at the hacienda and it says as soon as he can make some money he will come and get her and THEIR daughter. He says, as soon as he can he will get her out of that prison and it's jailer [verdugo=hangman, executioner?] Alvaro Montellano.
Alvaro is in a rage not only because Soledad has been unfaithful but also because he thinks that Alina (who we haven't met yet) is not his daughter. Soledad tries to defend herself but Alvaro isn't listening. She tells him that she is tired of his continual jealousy and suspicion of her and is offended that he would think that Alina is not his daughter. He grabs her arm and a piece of jewelry falls on the floor. [an earring? a charm from a bracelet?] He yells at her that she is Jose Gomez' lover and who knows how many more...and he is sure Alina isn't his daughter. Soledad says he's crazy.
Meanwhile, somewhere else, another couple are in a panic. The woman, Mariana is telling the guy, Jose, "Why did you have to write a letter!" "You shouldn't have done it. My brother will kill you!" Jose says "because I needed to tell you that I was going away and to wait for me to come back for you and our daughter." Mariana is shouting. "How are your going to abandon me? Me...and your daughter?!" "Don't leave me!" "Don't go!"Jose's plan is to go to El Norte and make some dolares after which he can come home and they will live happily ever after. Mariana wants to go with him. "No, no! The crossing is too dangerous" says Jose. "Wait for me in Mexico." Mariana tells him that she'll leave right away for Mexico [City]. They are all lovey dovey kissy kissy again.
Alvaro locks Soledad up in the room, which has Spanish style barred windows. It's like a jail cell. She begs him to let her out. Through the window she sees him grab some string or wire? and hold it like he's going to garrotte somebody with it. He gets back on his horse and rides away.
The scene changes to the city of Puebla where we get the slow feet to head shot of the pretty young Alina who is looking in a mirror. Someone calls her name and she turns around in slo mo so we can see her face.
[Editorial comment: Ludowika Paleta is not what I would call beautiful. She doesn't have the model good looks of Jacky Bracamontes nor Africa Zavala. I think she's cute, maybe elfin? with a button nose and kind of unusual blue eyes. They are so light colored she looks like she could play a blind person. I can see why she was a child star. ]
Alina is getting ready for a goodbye party for a friend, Sofia. She lives with her godparents who arefriendss of her mother's in Puebla. The wife, Blanca brings in a bright yellow dress which has just arrived for her. Blanca says that she's going to be the prettiest one at the party. Alina says no, the prettiest is going to be Sofia because it's her party. The party is to celebrate her going away to school. Theyreminiscee about Alina's going away party back in Veracruz when she came to study in Puebla. Alina says yes, and remember how my Pop got into a big fight with Mom? Fortunately, he went back to being his same old sweet lovable self.... [ha ha ha] I miss my mom and dad, Alina says.
Back in Veracruz at the Hacienda, Alvaro sees some workers standing around chatting and he imagines they are talking about how Soledad cheated on him. It stokes his rage. He keeps going and says I always knew this would happen. Suddenly a woman comes up to him. It's Alfonsina, the maid. "Are you sure that the letter was written by Jose for Soledad?" He asks her. "Si, Patron, she says. "Jose gave it to me to give to your wife." Alfonsina asks tentatively if the Patron has killed his wife. "No, but you'd like it if I did, wouldn't you?" It seems pretty clear that the two have some history. Alfonsina protests and Don Alvaro dismisses her and rides on. Alfonsina looks back at him and thought bubbles: "Your jealousy is your worst enemy, Patron."
Back in Puebla, Alina is talking to her madrina, Blanca, thanking her for taking care of her in Puebla. She remarks that she has not been able to reach the hacienda inperjuresz by phone and nobody has called her from there.
It looks likemarinaa and Jose have just had a last roll in the hay.marinaa brings out some pictures from their little girl's birthday. Her name is marianita and she's a real cutie. [But hey, she looks like she's about 3 or 4 years old. How long have they been hiding this relationship anyway?!] More kissing.Suddenly, there's a shout from outside. "It's my brother!, "Quick! let's hide in the closet!" They hide and in comes Don Alvaro kicking the door down. Marinana is his sister and this must be Jose's place since Don Alvaro has come looking for him since he still thinks that he and Soledad are the ones fooling around. Alvaro is about to open the closet when he hears someone shout for him outside. It's bandana guy. He comes running up and says what are you doing Alvaro? Put that gun away! he tells Alvaro says that Jose is no longer working in the Canefields. Alvaro says, "then let's organize a search party for him. Quickly!"Mariana sends Jose out the back door. He gets on his horse and heads down the road at a gallop. Alvaro takes a few shots at him but he gets away.
In Puebla, Alina still can't get through to the hacienda.Blancha says not to worry, it's probably just the rain. Alina is worried but Blanca says she's just thinking about what her father would say if he knew she was going to a party at night. "Also the trip," says Alina. She expresses doubt about going...[Apparently she has a vacation to Cancun also planned with her friends Blanca gets mad and says that she can't remain a prisoner forever and that she should get out and enjoy herself.
InVeracruz, Soledad is getting hysterical, holed up in her cell and the phones aren't working. Mariana talks to the housekeeper Adela. She finds out that Alvaro is fighting with Soledad and still doesn't know about her and Jose. "I am going back to Mexico to stay with my cousin (Malena?) "Take good care of Soledad." she says. "Tell them to get the coach ready for me to go to the station."
Alvaro is in the local bar doing tequila shots. He is having an orange flashback of when he was a little boy and his mom cheated on his dad and left him. His dad tells him "this won't happen to you son, you'll find a wife who respects you." Bandana guy sits down at the table with Don Alvaro and pulls the bottle away from him and tells him he should stop drinking. Alvaro pulls it back and says this is a big deal, since his father too was cuckolded. Bandana guy tries to argue with him that maybe the letter wasn't meant for Soledad. There is no mention of her name in the letter. No, Alvaro is sure they were lovers. The thing that hurts him most is that Alina isn't his daughter.Bandana guy says he needs proof. Alvaro thinks the proof is that Jose took off running. Also Alvaro has another orange flashback of himself and Soledad eloping to get married. Soledad's brother is running after them yelling that Alvaro is making a mistake, that someday Soledad was going todeceivee him just like shedeceivedd her father. Bandana guy suggests the letter might be for someone else in his household. Maybe it could be for Mariana? Alvaro shakes his head in disbelief.
Mariana asks Adela if her brother is back yet. No (he's still drowning his sorrows at the bar). She gives a letter to Adela to give to Alvaro. She tells Adela to make sure that Soledad has something to eat. She pauses and says, "Tell Soledad.....no, don't tell her anything." She leaves for the station.
Alina has put on her party dress and is sitting in front of the mirror. She thought bubbles about the romantic possibilities of the night to come. Switch to tall, handsome Emilio, shirtless getting ready for the same party while his runty, sickly unshaven brother Angel is watching. They exchange something like this: Angel: "All the women are gaga over you. Nobody ever looks at me." Emilio: "Angel, you know I don't like it when you put yourself down." Emilio thought bubbles that maybe he'll meet the woman of his dreams tonight.
Now we are at the party. Sofia, the guest of honor stands up to a microphone asks Emilio to sing a song. He's wearing a military uniform, dress whites, I guess. He sings a jazzy, classic ballad with a complete orchestra just as Alina walks in in her pretty yellow dress. It's love at first sight although she isn't the only woman in the audience swooning. Alina daydreams about them dancing together. Alina asks Blanca who he is. "Why he's Emilio Valtierra, son of a rich and important family in Puebla."
Back at the Bar in Veracruz, Bandana guy and Don Alvaro are still smoking, drinking and talking. Alvaro is starting to show the results of the empty booze bottle. Waving his cigarette around he says that the letter couldn't be for Mariana, she's too decent to run away with the likes of Jose Gomez. Also the letter talks about a daughter and Mariana has none. The only woman with a daughter in his household is Soledad. Bandana guy is still skeptical. He reproaches Alvaro for treating his wife like he treats other people [badly, I would guess]. Alvaro starts to get mad and Bandana guy talks off his hat and shows his bandana underneath. He apologizes. Alvaro goes back to feeling sorry for himself.
Sofia sees Alina outside on the terrace. Alina says she just went outside to get some air. Emilio pops in to tell Sofia he's leaving and sees Alina and stops dead in his tracks. Suddenly he's not leaving. Sofia hands Alina a shawl and warns her to be careful, that Emilio is a little wild. They chit chat while staring and smiling at eachother.
Adelea takes food to Soledad. Soledad tells Adela she's not hungry. She must get to Puebla to talk to her daughter.Adelea tells her not to go, it's too late to travel. Adela says to help her pack a suitcase, she's going to leave in the morning.
Back at the party, more dewy eyes and staring between Alina and Emilio. Emilio wants to know when he can see her again. She explains that she's going to school in Puebla but that her real home is in Vera Cruz. And she's going to Cancun with some friends. "What a coincidence says Emilio, I'm going to Cancun too...!"
Emilio's sickly brother Angel is at the party. In contrast to his brother wearing his manly uniform, Angel is wearing suit that looks too big for him, and a dress shirt with a foppish looking cravat around his neck. He bids Sofia goodbye and says he's feeling ill and needs to leave.
Bandana man is back at the house talking toAdelea, he has brought Don Alvaro home to sleep off his drunk. Adela is concerned about what the Patron will do when he finds out that Mariana has left for Mexico. And what about Soledad, Bandana man asks. Adela pauses and tells him that she has left for Puebla. (Actually, she's still at the house packing a suitcase and waiting to leave the next day). Bandana man thinks that this is really bad. It makes Soledad look guilty.
Back inside the main house, Alvaro isn't sleeping off his drunk. He's wide awake and fully dressed. He takes the portrait of Soledad off the wall (the one with the bullet hole in it) and smashes it frame and all. He pours himself another drink. The flashbacks about his Dad and Soledad's brother's words come back. He shakes the letter around some more and throws it on the floor.
Soledad is alone in another room. She vows that she has had enough of crazy Alvaro's jealousy and she shakes a photo of them together at a happier time.
Cut to another scene. Two women are talking. One of them, Telma is walking around sulking and demanding to know where Emilio is, like he stood her up. The other woman, who is her aunt, snarkily says that her relationship with Emilio isn't going anywhere. As Telma stomps off, the Aunt says, "she's never going to marry Emilio Valtierra."
Back to Emilio and Angel. Angel is trying on Emilio's uniform jacket. He looks like a hippy with a nehru jacket. The briefly discuss his illness. He has some kind of mystery bacteria which has infected his lungs. Emilio is confident that Angel will get better and with time and exercisee, he get stronger again. Angel is not so sure but he bids his brother goodnight and hands him the jacket.
It's the early the next morning, at the hacienda. Soledad is struggling down some steep stairs with a huge suitcase. At precisely the same time, Don Alvaro comes outside and spies her and shouts at her. "Soledad, where are you going?"
The novela opens and It's dawn. Don Alvaro Montellano is in a rage. Dressed all in black he rides up to his hacienda and dismounts, pistol in one hand, whip in another. He goes from room to room looking for his wife, Soledad. He storms into a chapel where a young boy is placing a vase of callaliliess on the altar. He waves his gun in the air. Frightened, the boy drops the vase and it smashes on the chapel floor. [I think this means something bad is going to happen.] A little later, a gunshot is heard. The boy runs away to fields and finds the manager. "The owner has killed the Lady!" "I heard a shot, he killed Senora Soledad!" he cries hysterically. The manager (whose name I am not sure of, so I'll call him bandana guy) grabs him and shakes him. He doesn't believe him but goes to find Don Alvaro.
Meanwhile Don Alvaro is in a room with his spouse Soledad both afraid of him and angry. "I want you alive so that you can pay for your betrayal!" he says. There's a bullet hole in a portrait of her on the wall. Don Alvaro has a letter crumpled in his hand. It's a love letter from a guy named Jose Gomez who works at the hacienda and it says as soon as he can make some money he will come and get her and THEIR daughter. He says, as soon as he can he will get her out of that prison and it's jailer [verdugo=hangman, executioner?] Alvaro Montellano.
Alvaro is in a rage not only because Soledad has been unfaithful but also because he thinks that Alina (who we haven't met yet) is not his daughter. Soledad tries to defend herself but Alvaro isn't listening. She tells him that she is tired of his continual jealousy and suspicion of her and is offended that he would think that Alina is not his daughter. He grabs her arm and a piece of jewelry falls on the floor. [an earring? a charm from a bracelet?] He yells at her that she is Jose Gomez' lover and who knows how many more...and he is sure Alina isn't his daughter. Soledad says he's crazy.
Meanwhile, somewhere else, another couple are in a panic. The woman, Mariana is telling the guy, Jose, "Why did you have to write a letter!" "You shouldn't have done it. My brother will kill you!" Jose says "because I needed to tell you that I was going away and to wait for me to come back for you and our daughter." Mariana is shouting. "How are your going to abandon me? Me...and your daughter?!" "Don't leave me!" "Don't go!"Jose's plan is to go to El Norte and make some dolares after which he can come home and they will live happily ever after. Mariana wants to go with him. "No, no! The crossing is too dangerous" says Jose. "Wait for me in Mexico." Mariana tells him that she'll leave right away for Mexico [City]. They are all lovey dovey kissy kissy again.
Alvaro locks Soledad up in the room, which has Spanish style barred windows. It's like a jail cell. She begs him to let her out. Through the window she sees him grab some string or wire? and hold it like he's going to garrotte somebody with it. He gets back on his horse and rides away.
The scene changes to the city of Puebla where we get the slow feet to head shot of the pretty young Alina who is looking in a mirror. Someone calls her name and she turns around in slo mo so we can see her face.
[Editorial comment: Ludowika Paleta is not what I would call beautiful. She doesn't have the model good looks of Jacky Bracamontes nor Africa Zavala. I think she's cute, maybe elfin? with a button nose and kind of unusual blue eyes. They are so light colored she looks like she could play a blind person. I can see why she was a child star. ]
Alina is getting ready for a goodbye party for a friend, Sofia. She lives with her godparents who arefriendss of her mother's in Puebla. The wife, Blanca brings in a bright yellow dress which has just arrived for her. Blanca says that she's going to be the prettiest one at the party. Alina says no, the prettiest is going to be Sofia because it's her party. The party is to celebrate her going away to school. Theyreminiscee about Alina's going away party back in Veracruz when she came to study in Puebla. Alina says yes, and remember how my Pop got into a big fight with Mom? Fortunately, he went back to being his same old sweet lovable self.... [ha ha ha] I miss my mom and dad, Alina says.
Back in Veracruz at the Hacienda, Alvaro sees some workers standing around chatting and he imagines they are talking about how Soledad cheated on him. It stokes his rage. He keeps going and says I always knew this would happen. Suddenly a woman comes up to him. It's Alfonsina, the maid. "Are you sure that the letter was written by Jose for Soledad?" He asks her. "Si, Patron, she says. "Jose gave it to me to give to your wife." Alfonsina asks tentatively if the Patron has killed his wife. "No, but you'd like it if I did, wouldn't you?" It seems pretty clear that the two have some history. Alfonsina protests and Don Alvaro dismisses her and rides on. Alfonsina looks back at him and thought bubbles: "Your jealousy is your worst enemy, Patron."
Back in Puebla, Alina is talking to her madrina, Blanca, thanking her for taking care of her in Puebla. She remarks that she has not been able to reach the hacienda inperjuresz by phone and nobody has called her from there.
It looks likemarinaa and Jose have just had a last roll in the hay.marinaa brings out some pictures from their little girl's birthday. Her name is marianita and she's a real cutie. [But hey, she looks like she's about 3 or 4 years old. How long have they been hiding this relationship anyway?!] More kissing.Suddenly, there's a shout from outside. "It's my brother!, "Quick! let's hide in the closet!" They hide and in comes Don Alvaro kicking the door down. Marinana is his sister and this must be Jose's place since Don Alvaro has come looking for him since he still thinks that he and Soledad are the ones fooling around. Alvaro is about to open the closet when he hears someone shout for him outside. It's bandana guy. He comes running up and says what are you doing Alvaro? Put that gun away! he tells Alvaro says that Jose is no longer working in the Canefields. Alvaro says, "then let's organize a search party for him. Quickly!"Mariana sends Jose out the back door. He gets on his horse and heads down the road at a gallop. Alvaro takes a few shots at him but he gets away.
In Puebla, Alina still can't get through to the hacienda.Blancha says not to worry, it's probably just the rain. Alina is worried but Blanca says she's just thinking about what her father would say if he knew she was going to a party at night. "Also the trip," says Alina. She expresses doubt about going...[Apparently she has a vacation to Cancun also planned with her friends Blanca gets mad and says that she can't remain a prisoner forever and that she should get out and enjoy herself.
InVeracruz, Soledad is getting hysterical, holed up in her cell and the phones aren't working. Mariana talks to the housekeeper Adela. She finds out that Alvaro is fighting with Soledad and still doesn't know about her and Jose. "I am going back to Mexico to stay with my cousin (Malena?) "Take good care of Soledad." she says. "Tell them to get the coach ready for me to go to the station."
Alvaro is in the local bar doing tequila shots. He is having an orange flashback of when he was a little boy and his mom cheated on his dad and left him. His dad tells him "this won't happen to you son, you'll find a wife who respects you." Bandana guy sits down at the table with Don Alvaro and pulls the bottle away from him and tells him he should stop drinking. Alvaro pulls it back and says this is a big deal, since his father too was cuckolded. Bandana guy tries to argue with him that maybe the letter wasn't meant for Soledad. There is no mention of her name in the letter. No, Alvaro is sure they were lovers. The thing that hurts him most is that Alina isn't his daughter.Bandana guy says he needs proof. Alvaro thinks the proof is that Jose took off running. Also Alvaro has another orange flashback of himself and Soledad eloping to get married. Soledad's brother is running after them yelling that Alvaro is making a mistake, that someday Soledad was going todeceivee him just like shedeceivedd her father. Bandana guy suggests the letter might be for someone else in his household. Maybe it could be for Mariana? Alvaro shakes his head in disbelief.
Mariana asks Adela if her brother is back yet. No (he's still drowning his sorrows at the bar). She gives a letter to Adela to give to Alvaro. She tells Adela to make sure that Soledad has something to eat. She pauses and says, "Tell Soledad.....no, don't tell her anything." She leaves for the station.
Alina has put on her party dress and is sitting in front of the mirror. She thought bubbles about the romantic possibilities of the night to come. Switch to tall, handsome Emilio, shirtless getting ready for the same party while his runty, sickly unshaven brother Angel is watching. They exchange something like this: Angel: "All the women are gaga over you. Nobody ever looks at me." Emilio: "Angel, you know I don't like it when you put yourself down." Emilio thought bubbles that maybe he'll meet the woman of his dreams tonight.
Now we are at the party. Sofia, the guest of honor stands up to a microphone asks Emilio to sing a song. He's wearing a military uniform, dress whites, I guess. He sings a jazzy, classic ballad with a complete orchestra just as Alina walks in in her pretty yellow dress. It's love at first sight although she isn't the only woman in the audience swooning. Alina daydreams about them dancing together. Alina asks Blanca who he is. "Why he's Emilio Valtierra, son of a rich and important family in Puebla."
Back at the Bar in Veracruz, Bandana guy and Don Alvaro are still smoking, drinking and talking. Alvaro is starting to show the results of the empty booze bottle. Waving his cigarette around he says that the letter couldn't be for Mariana, she's too decent to run away with the likes of Jose Gomez. Also the letter talks about a daughter and Mariana has none. The only woman with a daughter in his household is Soledad. Bandana guy is still skeptical. He reproaches Alvaro for treating his wife like he treats other people [badly, I would guess]. Alvaro starts to get mad and Bandana guy talks off his hat and shows his bandana underneath. He apologizes. Alvaro goes back to feeling sorry for himself.
Sofia sees Alina outside on the terrace. Alina says she just went outside to get some air. Emilio pops in to tell Sofia he's leaving and sees Alina and stops dead in his tracks. Suddenly he's not leaving. Sofia hands Alina a shawl and warns her to be careful, that Emilio is a little wild. They chit chat while staring and smiling at eachother.
Adelea takes food to Soledad. Soledad tells Adela she's not hungry. She must get to Puebla to talk to her daughter.Adelea tells her not to go, it's too late to travel. Adela says to help her pack a suitcase, she's going to leave in the morning.
Back at the party, more dewy eyes and staring between Alina and Emilio. Emilio wants to know when he can see her again. She explains that she's going to school in Puebla but that her real home is in Vera Cruz. And she's going to Cancun with some friends. "What a coincidence says Emilio, I'm going to Cancun too...!"
Emilio's sickly brother Angel is at the party. In contrast to his brother wearing his manly uniform, Angel is wearing suit that looks too big for him, and a dress shirt with a foppish looking cravat around his neck. He bids Sofia goodbye and says he's feeling ill and needs to leave.
Bandana man is back at the house talking toAdelea, he has brought Don Alvaro home to sleep off his drunk. Adela is concerned about what the Patron will do when he finds out that Mariana has left for Mexico. And what about Soledad, Bandana man asks. Adela pauses and tells him that she has left for Puebla. (Actually, she's still at the house packing a suitcase and waiting to leave the next day). Bandana man thinks that this is really bad. It makes Soledad look guilty.
As he's leaving the main house he meets up with Alfonsina who asks him what's going on, What did the Don Alvaro do to Soledad? bandana man says what business is it of yours? Just curious she says.Bandana man accuses her of still pursuing Don Alvaro. For Don Alvaro, says bandana man, his wife is the only woman in his life. His previous involvement with Alfonsina was just a fling. Alfonsina does the whole "we'll see about that" thing.
Back inside the main house, Alvaro isn't sleeping off his drunk. He's wide awake and fully dressed. He takes the portrait of Soledad off the wall (the one with the bullet hole in it) and smashes it frame and all. He pours himself another drink. The flashbacks about his Dad and Soledad's brother's words come back. He shakes the letter around some more and throws it on the floor.
Soledad is alone in another room. She vows that she has had enough of crazy Alvaro's jealousy and she shakes a photo of them together at a happier time.
Alina is still with Emilio. She asks him about the uniform, he's a military engineer. He's just about to finish his studies. [Is it my imagination or does that patch on his arm look like it's about to fall off?] She tells him it's time to go back to the party, they're going to serve dinner. No, says Emilio, he's got something else planned. And he does, a special little table on the terrace for two. A little arbor behind them and waiters to attend to them. They make small talk and Alina gives him a silk flower from her dress.
Later Alina is talking toBlanca and her husband at their house, praising Emilio to the skies. Blancha is concerned, Emilio has a reputation with the ladies. Her husband is less worried and tells his wife so after Alina goes to bed. Blancha is concerned that old Don Alvaro find out that his daughter is hanging out with a guy like Emilio Valtierra.
Emilio and Angel are at home having their post party discussion. Emilio says that he's in love with Alina but Angel says, you just met her...etc.
Back to Emilio and Angel. Angel is trying on Emilio's uniform jacket. He looks like a hippy with a nehru jacket. The briefly discuss his illness. He has some kind of mystery bacteria which has infected his lungs. Emilio is confident that Angel will get better and with time and exercisee, he get stronger again. Angel is not so sure but he bids his brother goodnight and hands him the jacket.
It's the early the next morning, at the hacienda. Soledad is struggling down some steep stairs with a huge suitcase. At precisely the same time, Don Alvaro comes outside and spies her and shouts at her. "Soledad, where are you going?"
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Welcome our new Duelo blogger: Margaret
I'm happy to say we have a new blogger premiering tonight with the grand opening of "Duelo de Pasiones." Margaret was following Heridas at her own blog, here is her final post on the novela, which includes some praise of our own little operation here. Hurrah!
And a big, big thank you to Jardinera who has been pulling down two slots a week for untold weeks! I bet she's relieved to be down to one...
And a big, big thank you to Jardinera who has been pulling down two slots a week for untold weeks! I bet she's relieved to be down to one...
Labels: duelo, heridas, recapper-intro
Introduction
I'm in finally! I had to create a separate account on blogger for this blog but at least I can post now. Caray! Caray! is the 4th blog I am an author on. I am the primary author on a blog about Minneapolis Crime (I live in an area of Minneapolis which has always had some crime problems but has experienced a boom in crime lately.) I also have a personal blog with my husband, Our House, which is how Melinama found me, I occasionally posted reviews of telenovelas there. The third blog is a political discussion blog called State of Nature, although I owe them a post.
Here's a list of all the novela's I've watched, at least the ones I can remember. I was in Venezuela off and on in the 80s and early 90s while I worked on first an undergrad then a grad degree in Poli Sci. My first novela was Topacio, with Grecia Colmenares and Victor Camera. Later I watched Por Estas Calles, which was a smash hit over there for while since it was very political at a very difficult time in the country's history. I think it was too political , too local and too long! so it's likely that it never got shown outside Venezuela. When I got back, I mostly watched the Mexican novelas on Univision: Agujetas de Color de Rosa, Marimar, Maria la del Barrio, Canaveral de Pasiones, Esmeralda, Prisionera de Amor, Sentimientos Ajenos, Vivo por Elena (then after a hiatus) La Madrastra, Sonar no Cuesta Nada, Peregrina and last Heridas de Amor, during which I started reading this blog.
I don't have the Fernando Colunga fever that other people seem to have here but maybe I will develop it when he is next on. Guy Ecker was more my speed and I'd like to see more of him.
Here's a list of all the novela's I've watched, at least the ones I can remember. I was in Venezuela off and on in the 80s and early 90s while I worked on first an undergrad then a grad degree in Poli Sci. My first novela was Topacio, with Grecia Colmenares and Victor Camera. Later I watched Por Estas Calles, which was a smash hit over there for while since it was very political at a very difficult time in the country's history. I think it was too political , too local and too long! so it's likely that it never got shown outside Venezuela. When I got back, I mostly watched the Mexican novelas on Univision: Agujetas de Color de Rosa, Marimar, Maria la del Barrio, Canaveral de Pasiones, Esmeralda, Prisionera de Amor, Sentimientos Ajenos, Vivo por Elena (then after a hiatus) La Madrastra, Sonar no Cuesta Nada, Peregrina and last Heridas de Amor, during which I started reading this blog.
I don't have the Fernando Colunga fever that other people seem to have here but maybe I will develop it when he is next on. Guy Ecker was more my speed and I'd like to see more of him.
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We could use another recapper!
If you're interested in recapping Duelo or picking up a day of Mundo, write me. caray@mappamundi.com - thanks! Melinama
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A couple of late notes on "Heridas de Amor"
Carmel wrote: I did find the Nati scene ridiculous. I think the writers of this episode (a) hated the actors (b) hated the show's producers, and/or (c) hated the audience, because this is the most idiotic ending to any show I have ever seen.
Cesar getting killed in a random car accident? Gee, why didn't George Lucas think to kill off Darth Vader that way? Just have a space ship accidentally fall on his head. And Sauron, maybe he could have tripped on a pebble and broken his neck and saved Frodo the trip to Mount Doom!
This episode made even silly "Peregrina" look like Shakespeare. What a letdown. Oh well.
From J. Landry: "Chris, I wanted to personally thank you, Gloria, Sylvia, Lynn, and Jardinera for doing such a fabulous job recapping Heridas, and sticking with it even when the novela got particularly dull and/or stupid.
Thanks, and good luck with Duelo. I don't really find the previews all that enticing, but if anybody can make it interesting, it's you bunch!
Good work, crew! Our first start-to-finish novela! On to the caves!!
P.S. We will hit the 63,000 mark for visitors sometime today...
Cesar getting killed in a random car accident? Gee, why didn't George Lucas think to kill off Darth Vader that way? Just have a space ship accidentally fall on his head. And Sauron, maybe he could have tripped on a pebble and broken his neck and saved Frodo the trip to Mount Doom!
This episode made even silly "Peregrina" look like Shakespeare. What a letdown. Oh well.
From J. Landry: "Chris, I wanted to personally thank you, Gloria, Sylvia, Lynn, and Jardinera for doing such a fabulous job recapping Heridas, and sticking with it even when the novela got particularly dull and/or stupid.
Thanks, and good luck with Duelo. I don't really find the previews all that enticing, but if anybody can make it interesting, it's you bunch!
Good work, crew! Our first start-to-finish novela! On to the caves!!
P.S. We will hit the 63,000 mark for visitors sometime today...
Labels: heridas
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Mundo de Fieras - Friday, 01/12/07 -- "Baby, Baby, Oh, Baby!"
Juan Cristobal and Paulina get home from the polices station and are discussing Little Lui's untimely death. She tells him the doctor says she can get pregnant again, but he tells her to stop obsessing about the baby. They must learn to wait.
Miriam is remembering Jos telling her that she doesn't care about the baby in her womb, or Little Lui's death since he simply was the last tie she had to Gabe and their former life together when Leo calls Miriam to thank her for donating her blood to save him. She remains rather cold and indifferent in response to this. "I did it because Candelaria came and asked me." Leo tells her he owes his life to her now.
Leo convinces Elsa to come back home to live with them. Elsa only has one condition, and that is for him to shut up about her entering a clinic for alchoholics. She says she will still be a dancer at the strip joint.
Karen comes back home to Mexico City and finds out from a tearful Jos, in shock, that her little step-brother has died.
Ti and Rogelio are upset that JC is out of jail and are griping about it in the office when Pau and he walk in. Rog apologizes that he was unable to find out who got the second rate materials for the project. Pau assures him that whoever it was will eventually be found out.
Rogelio tells Demian he refuses to take the blame for the second rate materials since he had only done what he'd been told to do. Demian tells him never to threaten him and makes it very clear to Rogelio that Juan Cristobal and Regina are untouchable and are not to ever be involved in his shady dealings. He tells him to throw the blame onto the sellers of the construction materials somehow but to keep his son and his wife out of it. Rogelio realizes who is top dog here and obeys, with his tail between his legs.
Regina visits with her son and tells him that Paulina is obsessing with getting pregnant because she is afraid JC wants a baby so badly he will have one with another woman. JC tells his mother that that would be the last thing he would ever do. The only woman in his life is Paulina. He is worried that if she keeps this up they will end up tiring of one another.
Nicolas tells Dolores that her son, Tiberio, along with Rogelio, are owners of nightclub, a strip club. Naive Dolores is impactada.
Dolores intends to make Ti understand that the business he owns is both dangerous and beneath him. Why, he could become involved in drugs or, who knows what! Tiberio tells her to stick her nose out because she, as Nic's lover, has no moral leg to stand on and walks off.
Miriam takes El Coyote his blackmail money and almost begs him to leave her alone from here on out. El Coyote says fat chance. What he knows about Jos is worth too much to him. As soon as this packet of cash is finished with, she can expect another call from him.
Jos has another private nervous breakdown and repeats over and over to herself that she is not to blame for her son's death. It was his for carrying on with David. She determines then that she is not about to wear mourning clothes for him.
Months pass. In fact, nine of them do and we see that life goes on. Otilia dislikes Karen's work and she returns to her grandmother's design studio to work for her. Paulina is still obsessed with having another baby. Jos continues to party and to drink, even during the afternoons, while Mayeya looks on in dismay for the baby Jos is carrying. Miriam's fashion house has not been able to compete against Otilia's and financially she is barely keeping out of the red. Both pregnant woman never bulk up and continue to look like beauty queens simply wearing basketballs under tight-fitting outfits. (Oh, to look that way during pregnancy!)
Eventually Mariangela begins to have her contractions and Leo and Candy take her to the hospital where Leo works.
Jos is disappointed that she's been pregnant all those months yet Gabe hasn't regained consciousness to tell him. Miriam tells her that at least she was able to win her battle with Mariangela. Just then Jos also goes into labor and Miriam and Karen accompany her to the same hospital to deliver her baby.
About this time Gabe, unsupervised and unattended for once, begins to show brain activity and registers higher vital sign readings on the nearby monitors. He starts to wiggle his fingers a bit.
Jos gives birth to a son, but he doesn't cry after birth. She begins screaming at the doctor and asking why her child isn't crying. He looks worriedly over at the nurse who looks back at him and shakes her head and frowns.
In another delivery room at exactly the same time Mariangela gives birth to her baby and he is healthy. They put him in her arms for a couple of minutes so that she and Leo, who attended her during the birth, both see him and she cries and praises God that he came out safe and sound. Later she tells Candy and Leo that she is anxious to hold him again because she barely got a good look at him.
Gabe wakes from his coma just before Regina and Dolores enter his room to attend to him. They are shocked and delighted to see him awake. He continues to look around him while the two women try to explain about his coma and the length of time he was unconscious. They avoid anything abuot the pregnancies or his son's drowning to death. Regina later asks Rogelio to keep quiet about that also and even he agrees.
Jos' doctor advises her that her child has a heart defect. In the meantime, Miriam runs into Candy in the maternity lounge and she finds out that, as chance would have it, Mariangela just gave birth too. Later Candy and Leo are at the maternity ward nursery and looking at Mariangela's new baby boy. They have a discussion about a baby always having distinguishing characteristics despite it seeming that one baby looks like every other. Just then Miriam joins them and she learns which baby is Mariangela's.
Gabe begins to ask to see all of his children and Mariangela as well. JC, Pau, Regina, and Dolores surround his bed.
Miriam returns shortly and is with Jos when the doctor explains that poor care and nutrition by the mother can and did cause this defect in her baby. He is barely hanging on to life and will probably die in a few days or so. When the doctor leaves Miriam tells Jos that Gabe has just now woken from his coma. She warns her that she can not allow Gabe to remain apart from her as Mariangela has just had a healthy baby boy right there in the same hospital at the very same time. Since he loves Mariangela, as soon as he finds out about the baby he will go after her. That baby, if it dies, will be the last link to Gabe and all will be lost. So Miriam tells her of a plan she has.
Everyone is at Gabe's bedside when Jos comes in, all smiles, literally dragging her I.V. bag and pole behind her in order to make another one of her grand entrances. She greets Gabe oh so lovingly from across the room with the most euphoric look on her face and tells him (and of course her audience, everyone in the room) that she just gave birth to a boy, his boy. She has just had his son. Gabe is probably wondering about then if he is still asleep, stuck in his own personal coma nightmare, and wanting to wake up..... He replies, stunned and confused, "That can't be. How can that be?"
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Heridas January 12 - The Grand Finale that wasn't very grand and didn't feel very final.
When Al interrupts the kiss, Fab gets up and asks Al what he is doing here. Al says I guess nothing. He asks to talk to Miranda alone. They snipe at each other about Fab and Babe Lawyer, Al wants to talk about ‘us.’ He says he came to get her back but it looks like a wasted trip. She says it was. She is getting her contractually obligated crying out of the way early today, by the way. They agree that they have suffered much pain and many heridas. Al says she deserves to love freely, or something, then says he’ll give her a divorce if that’s what she wants and leave her the company too. She says what are you talking about? He says it’s a gift, Gonzalo would have wanted it that way. Cry cry cry. She asks what he is going to do next, he says go back to Italy I guess, back to his other business. He says they have come right back to where they started. She’s with fab, he’s alone, he always thought maybe it would end this way. He stands up and says goodbye and leaves. She thinks to herself “tell him stupid! Tell him you love him!” But she just lets him go. Fab stomps over and wants to know what’s going on. She tells him the very short version, Al is leaving her. Fab says to run after him, she obviously loves him, she says no, “I already have an agreement with you.” I had to pause the recording right here from the sheer stupidity of that statement. Her agreement, which I don’t remember her making really, is more important than her HUSBAND? The show is ending and she is just as stupid as the first episode. Al is right, we ARE right back where we started. Jeez. Anyway, Fab says he knows she’ll never look at him like she looks at Al, Fab runs off to go stop Al.
Slutty and Renata discuss that Miranda will be rich from the Chocolate, now she takes the servant to Puerto Vallarta, who will help around the house now that everybody is pregnant? Renata says how they have learned to keep house a bit by themselves, etc etc. Boring conversation. They are trying to cook something but it doesn’t look like they know what they are doing. Slutty finally wants to know who the father of Renata’s baby is, she says she doesn’t know but Juan will the father either way. What is important is that the baby is hers, the baby will be raised to be like Juan. Then she holds her stomach like she’s having pain, uh oh baby trouble.
Back to Bertha and the dead dolls – Bertha is passed out, Guapo takes out her gag. She says “why?” He asks how can she say that, hasn’t everyone else asked that about her as well? He proceeds to name the entire cast of the show. Finally, he says, is me. He prattles on about something, she finally asks him to kill her. He says no, for her dying would be a prize. She asks, “then what?” He says he is going to keep trying to make his smell of fear perfume. Perhaps he’ll keep cutting body parts off. She calls him the angel of vengeance. He traces the cutters over her chest then puts the gag back in her mouth. Then he gives her a good sniff and leaves the room. She whines and groans.
At the mansion, Renata is laying down and in pain, praying that everything is all right. Begging the virgin to save her baby. We’re 1/3 of the way through and not much is happening, when will we get something here? My wife predicts that at the ¾ mark, it will suddenly be “3 years later” and everyone will be happy with ten kids. Perhaps. She knows more about these shows than me. Slutty had run off to get Juan I guess, the two of them come running in, Juan says she may be having a symptom of a miscarriage. Renata says no way, the baby has to be born. She says if it’s a girl she wants to name it Maria, like the virgin. He says yes, and if it’s a boy they will name it Jesus. Suddenly her pain vanishes. She gives Juan a hug and says thanks to the sky. Oh. My. God. Whoever wrote this episode is mailing it in like I’ve never seen before. You have got to be kidding me. I don’t even know what to say. Yes, it was as ridiculous to see as it sounds.
Al tells Fab that he (Fab) won, so what can he (Al) do? Fab says don’t be stupid, Miranda loves him. They argue back and forth “she loves you. No, you.” Finally Fab tells Al that Miranda is pregnant with Al’s child. Al is so happy that he hugs Fab and says “thank you” before running back to Miranda. Fab dramatically says “Goodbye Miranda, my love” to the open air. Al finds the table empty and asks the waiter where Miranda went, the guy points off somewhere. Al has a non-green flashback to Nati giving him some advice earlier. He runs after Miranda as Fabricio comes back to the table to get his phone, which starts ringing. It’s Cesar! Fab says “Where are you, I was waiting for you back at the hotel.” What? They are up to something? Cesar says he couldn’t wait, he has something important to finish up with Miranda. Fab says no way, and he has the money Cesar asked him for. They agree to meet later where Fab will give the money. Fab tells him after that to forget all about his existence and Cesar promises.
Renata asks Juan, “what are we going to do?” Juan doesn’t say anything. She asks, “what life awaits us?” He says a life of love and work, that will get better. She asks if he will always be with her, he says his whole life. She says she hopes he always looks at her the same way and will protect her and their kid with his strong arms. I guess that wraps up the Renata/Juan story. They talk some more mushy love stuff, lots of declarations of love, etc etc. So Bertha is done, Juan and Renata are done, I think all the minor characters (Luciano, Pamela, Babe Lawyer, and the like) are all wrapped up.
Miranda walks along a balcony deep in thought. She cries some more, I’m sure they asked her to give a little extra for the grand finale episode. She has a flashback of yelling at Fab when he dumped her and Al came up and kissed her. In the flashback he says that one day she will tell him she loves him. Some stuff about stealing a kiss, back in the present she says to herself he stole her soul and heart too. As she looks out on the coasts, suddenly the music skips as a hand covers Miranda’s mouth and pulls her away. !!!! Normally this would lead to a month’s worth of kidnapped episodes but we have about ten minutes to wrap this up. I expect Al to find her pretty quick this time. I hope he has a gun on him.
Mophead is waiting by a car mumbling about “Cesar where are you?” Fab sees her and asks what she is doing here. She says that Cesar is here, he knows, he’s giving him money so he disappears. She fusses and whines that Cesar is still her son. She is disappointed to hear that Fab didn’t hook back up with Miranda.
Up in a room, Cesar is trying to rape Miranda as she yells at him to let her go. He says hateful things and tries to keep kissing her. She says she hates him, he says he hates her too. She wakes up with a start. What the hell? There is an envelope on the bed, the note says “if you want to be free put on this dress, if you don’t, you will suffer the consequences.” I’m getting lost. There is a big red dress on the bed for her. She says “it’s Cesar, but I have to do what he says, I’ll find a way out.”
Back to Bertha, I thought we were done here? Guapo takes off the gag, she mumbles “kill me already” over and over. Guapo has a vial, he says he has the scent of fear now. He puts some on like cologne. He gets close and tells her to smell him. She doesn’t say anything. Guapo says “here we are.” He puts a gun to her head, she says “kill me at once.” Instead, he puts the gun under his chin and shoots himself. She says “no… not you…. No. I was the one who should have died.” So I expect that she will just stay tied to that chair until she starves to death?
Nati is stumbling around outside the hacienda thinking “cocolbosh…..cocolbosh…” in her head like some kind of drunken zombie. I had to pause to have a good laugh. She ends up walking into the forest, managing to keep her clothes bleach-white. She listens to the birds. Finally she sits down and listens some more. Then she starts up again in her head “cocolbosh…..cocolbosh….” She slumps over forward, did she die? We see a white bird wake up and fly away, perhaps that was supposed to be her in her next life now.
Cesar, Fab, and Mophead are sitting together. Fab and Mophead tell him he can’t leave the country, Cesar says he has to, he’s leaving soon with Miranda. They tell him that every way is being watched, he won’t be able to get out. Mophead tells him, “Open your eyes, Cesar!” He replies, “you open your eyes, stupid!” Fab gets up to defend his mother’s honor but Mophead shouts them down. Cesar says he doesn’t know the word ‘limit.’ Mophead says he will run into the law. He says the only he knows is his own. Nobody understands. What a whiner. Only one person understood, that was Bertha, and he’ll never find out where she is. The others go on about the police again. Cesar says if anything happens to him, it will be Fab and Mophead’s fault. Fab says they won’t play in his game. Cesar asks for his money. Mophead finally says that she called the police herself, they know where he is! “They knowwwwwww!!” she cries. Cesar is IMPACTADO. He’s busy looking in the money bag and this admission from his mom stops him cold. He can’t believe it. “What did you do? Imbecile! What did you do?” He gets up and leaves. Mophead begs him to come back, he stops in the street to look back at them, then starts to walk again. Just then, some 1990 Mercury Cougar or something like that, baby poop brown too, plows into him and leaves him dead and bleeding in the street. Really. This is the weakest grand finale episode I have seen. I guess I haven’t seen too many, but jeez, all that and he just gets hit by a car? That’s IT? Cripes.
Miranda is wearing the red dress, all sexed up, and comes out the door onto the deck of a yacht. Yes, somehow she got on a boat. She finds Al driving the boat, she says it can’t be! Yes, it’s him! She asks him why he took her the way he did, he gives her a ring and asks her to be with him forever. She starts to go on about something, he says be quiet, he just wants to hear the secret from her mouth. She tells him that they are going to have a baby. He says strong like him, beautiful like her. They start making out. Who is driving the boat now? So I guess he is the one who grabbed her earlier, but what about the Cesar thing? If it was a nightmare, ok, but that means she never saw who grabbed her. Did he knock her out? Did he drug her somehow with Cocolbosh? What the hell? I am so confused about the logistics of that whole thing. And how did he get an unconscious woman onto his boat? Doesn’t that scream “CRIME” to anyone who might have seen? I am at a loss for words. I am simultaneously let down and thrilled at this episode. It is horrible, which sucks, but it is so horrible I can complain and mock to my heart’s content.
Some medics are loading Cesar into an ambulance. Mophead says maybe he is still alive, the medic rather coldly tells her no, he’s brain dead. So we get brain dead Cesar as our ending for this. What a ripoff. Fab says he’s going to get the baby and they’ll go back to Mexico. Mophead says to tell Miranda and Al what happened, Fab says no, it’s none of their business. Whatever Fab, you have been such a great decision maker so far, again I say WHATEVER. Mophead says fine, then call Fern. She whines fabulously. She tells Fern that Cesar will be able to donate a heart Julio for transplant. Hmm, maybe something came from that ending after all. I didn’t see that coming. What would be better though, is if somebody shot Cesar and ripped his heart out to give to Julio. Or something like that.
Back on the boat, Al and Miranda are making out in slow motion while nobody drives the boat. It’s zipping along pretty quickly Then again, now that I think about it, Al does nothing for himself. I guess he wasn’t driving the boat when Miranda found him, he was just standing at the railing. Well anyway, he proceeds to get busy with her right on the front of the boat, right in front of the window where the guy who IS driving the boat is. The clothes don’t come off yet, but the pilot/driver (what do you call a yacht driver?) gets a show. Al tells Miranda that tomorrow is another day, she kisses him. He asks what she is doing and she says she’s stealing a kiss. They have the conversation from the flashback again but in reverse. Haha ha ha oh those clever Luque/San Llorentes. They make the rest of us look so pedestrian. They declare their love for each other and make out in slow motion some more while the theme song plays along, the long version.
The end.
I would go into some of the unanswered questions or loose ends, but I don’t have the energy for it. I’m wiped out. I’m sure the comments will cover those topics. That’s all folks, Duelo starts on Monday!
Slutty and Renata discuss that Miranda will be rich from the Chocolate, now she takes the servant to Puerto Vallarta, who will help around the house now that everybody is pregnant? Renata says how they have learned to keep house a bit by themselves, etc etc. Boring conversation. They are trying to cook something but it doesn’t look like they know what they are doing. Slutty finally wants to know who the father of Renata’s baby is, she says she doesn’t know but Juan will the father either way. What is important is that the baby is hers, the baby will be raised to be like Juan. Then she holds her stomach like she’s having pain, uh oh baby trouble.
Back to Bertha and the dead dolls – Bertha is passed out, Guapo takes out her gag. She says “why?” He asks how can she say that, hasn’t everyone else asked that about her as well? He proceeds to name the entire cast of the show. Finally, he says, is me. He prattles on about something, she finally asks him to kill her. He says no, for her dying would be a prize. She asks, “then what?” He says he is going to keep trying to make his smell of fear perfume. Perhaps he’ll keep cutting body parts off. She calls him the angel of vengeance. He traces the cutters over her chest then puts the gag back in her mouth. Then he gives her a good sniff and leaves the room. She whines and groans.
At the mansion, Renata is laying down and in pain, praying that everything is all right. Begging the virgin to save her baby. We’re 1/3 of the way through and not much is happening, when will we get something here? My wife predicts that at the ¾ mark, it will suddenly be “3 years later” and everyone will be happy with ten kids. Perhaps. She knows more about these shows than me. Slutty had run off to get Juan I guess, the two of them come running in, Juan says she may be having a symptom of a miscarriage. Renata says no way, the baby has to be born. She says if it’s a girl she wants to name it Maria, like the virgin. He says yes, and if it’s a boy they will name it Jesus. Suddenly her pain vanishes. She gives Juan a hug and says thanks to the sky. Oh. My. God. Whoever wrote this episode is mailing it in like I’ve never seen before. You have got to be kidding me. I don’t even know what to say. Yes, it was as ridiculous to see as it sounds.
Al tells Fab that he (Fab) won, so what can he (Al) do? Fab says don’t be stupid, Miranda loves him. They argue back and forth “she loves you. No, you.” Finally Fab tells Al that Miranda is pregnant with Al’s child. Al is so happy that he hugs Fab and says “thank you” before running back to Miranda. Fab dramatically says “Goodbye Miranda, my love” to the open air. Al finds the table empty and asks the waiter where Miranda went, the guy points off somewhere. Al has a non-green flashback to Nati giving him some advice earlier. He runs after Miranda as Fabricio comes back to the table to get his phone, which starts ringing. It’s Cesar! Fab says “Where are you, I was waiting for you back at the hotel.” What? They are up to something? Cesar says he couldn’t wait, he has something important to finish up with Miranda. Fab says no way, and he has the money Cesar asked him for. They agree to meet later where Fab will give the money. Fab tells him after that to forget all about his existence and Cesar promises.
Renata asks Juan, “what are we going to do?” Juan doesn’t say anything. She asks, “what life awaits us?” He says a life of love and work, that will get better. She asks if he will always be with her, he says his whole life. She says she hopes he always looks at her the same way and will protect her and their kid with his strong arms. I guess that wraps up the Renata/Juan story. They talk some more mushy love stuff, lots of declarations of love, etc etc. So Bertha is done, Juan and Renata are done, I think all the minor characters (Luciano, Pamela, Babe Lawyer, and the like) are all wrapped up.
Miranda walks along a balcony deep in thought. She cries some more, I’m sure they asked her to give a little extra for the grand finale episode. She has a flashback of yelling at Fab when he dumped her and Al came up and kissed her. In the flashback he says that one day she will tell him she loves him. Some stuff about stealing a kiss, back in the present she says to herself he stole her soul and heart too. As she looks out on the coasts, suddenly the music skips as a hand covers Miranda’s mouth and pulls her away. !!!! Normally this would lead to a month’s worth of kidnapped episodes but we have about ten minutes to wrap this up. I expect Al to find her pretty quick this time. I hope he has a gun on him.
Mophead is waiting by a car mumbling about “Cesar where are you?” Fab sees her and asks what she is doing here. She says that Cesar is here, he knows, he’s giving him money so he disappears. She fusses and whines that Cesar is still her son. She is disappointed to hear that Fab didn’t hook back up with Miranda.
Up in a room, Cesar is trying to rape Miranda as she yells at him to let her go. He says hateful things and tries to keep kissing her. She says she hates him, he says he hates her too. She wakes up with a start. What the hell? There is an envelope on the bed, the note says “if you want to be free put on this dress, if you don’t, you will suffer the consequences.” I’m getting lost. There is a big red dress on the bed for her. She says “it’s Cesar, but I have to do what he says, I’ll find a way out.”
Back to Bertha, I thought we were done here? Guapo takes off the gag, she mumbles “kill me already” over and over. Guapo has a vial, he says he has the scent of fear now. He puts some on like cologne. He gets close and tells her to smell him. She doesn’t say anything. Guapo says “here we are.” He puts a gun to her head, she says “kill me at once.” Instead, he puts the gun under his chin and shoots himself. She says “no… not you…. No. I was the one who should have died.” So I expect that she will just stay tied to that chair until she starves to death?
Nati is stumbling around outside the hacienda thinking “cocolbosh…..cocolbosh…” in her head like some kind of drunken zombie. I had to pause to have a good laugh. She ends up walking into the forest, managing to keep her clothes bleach-white. She listens to the birds. Finally she sits down and listens some more. Then she starts up again in her head “cocolbosh…..cocolbosh….” She slumps over forward, did she die? We see a white bird wake up and fly away, perhaps that was supposed to be her in her next life now.
Cesar, Fab, and Mophead are sitting together. Fab and Mophead tell him he can’t leave the country, Cesar says he has to, he’s leaving soon with Miranda. They tell him that every way is being watched, he won’t be able to get out. Mophead tells him, “Open your eyes, Cesar!” He replies, “you open your eyes, stupid!” Fab gets up to defend his mother’s honor but Mophead shouts them down. Cesar says he doesn’t know the word ‘limit.’ Mophead says he will run into the law. He says the only he knows is his own. Nobody understands. What a whiner. Only one person understood, that was Bertha, and he’ll never find out where she is. The others go on about the police again. Cesar says if anything happens to him, it will be Fab and Mophead’s fault. Fab says they won’t play in his game. Cesar asks for his money. Mophead finally says that she called the police herself, they know where he is! “They knowwwwwww!!” she cries. Cesar is IMPACTADO. He’s busy looking in the money bag and this admission from his mom stops him cold. He can’t believe it. “What did you do? Imbecile! What did you do?” He gets up and leaves. Mophead begs him to come back, he stops in the street to look back at them, then starts to walk again. Just then, some 1990 Mercury Cougar or something like that, baby poop brown too, plows into him and leaves him dead and bleeding in the street. Really. This is the weakest grand finale episode I have seen. I guess I haven’t seen too many, but jeez, all that and he just gets hit by a car? That’s IT? Cripes.
Miranda is wearing the red dress, all sexed up, and comes out the door onto the deck of a yacht. Yes, somehow she got on a boat. She finds Al driving the boat, she says it can’t be! Yes, it’s him! She asks him why he took her the way he did, he gives her a ring and asks her to be with him forever. She starts to go on about something, he says be quiet, he just wants to hear the secret from her mouth. She tells him that they are going to have a baby. He says strong like him, beautiful like her. They start making out. Who is driving the boat now? So I guess he is the one who grabbed her earlier, but what about the Cesar thing? If it was a nightmare, ok, but that means she never saw who grabbed her. Did he knock her out? Did he drug her somehow with Cocolbosh? What the hell? I am so confused about the logistics of that whole thing. And how did he get an unconscious woman onto his boat? Doesn’t that scream “CRIME” to anyone who might have seen? I am at a loss for words. I am simultaneously let down and thrilled at this episode. It is horrible, which sucks, but it is so horrible I can complain and mock to my heart’s content.
Some medics are loading Cesar into an ambulance. Mophead says maybe he is still alive, the medic rather coldly tells her no, he’s brain dead. So we get brain dead Cesar as our ending for this. What a ripoff. Fab says he’s going to get the baby and they’ll go back to Mexico. Mophead says to tell Miranda and Al what happened, Fab says no, it’s none of their business. Whatever Fab, you have been such a great decision maker so far, again I say WHATEVER. Mophead says fine, then call Fern. She whines fabulously. She tells Fern that Cesar will be able to donate a heart Julio for transplant. Hmm, maybe something came from that ending after all. I didn’t see that coming. What would be better though, is if somebody shot Cesar and ripped his heart out to give to Julio. Or something like that.
Back on the boat, Al and Miranda are making out in slow motion while nobody drives the boat. It’s zipping along pretty quickly Then again, now that I think about it, Al does nothing for himself. I guess he wasn’t driving the boat when Miranda found him, he was just standing at the railing. Well anyway, he proceeds to get busy with her right on the front of the boat, right in front of the window where the guy who IS driving the boat is. The clothes don’t come off yet, but the pilot/driver (what do you call a yacht driver?) gets a show. Al tells Miranda that tomorrow is another day, she kisses him. He asks what she is doing and she says she’s stealing a kiss. They have the conversation from the flashback again but in reverse. Haha ha ha oh those clever Luque/San Llorentes. They make the rest of us look so pedestrian. They declare their love for each other and make out in slow motion some more while the theme song plays along, the long version.
The end.
I would go into some of the unanswered questions or loose ends, but I don’t have the energy for it. I’m wiped out. I’m sure the comments will cover those topics. That’s all folks, Duelo starts on Monday!
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La Fea Más Bella #187 1/12/07 Not as surprising as we were led to believe
Fern and Omar
Fern tells Omar that Lety's mom knows everything, he doesn't know how, and she hung up on him. RoboPop doesn't know anything, and Julieta told Fern he'd better not say anything to him.
Omar is standing motionless, like a robot whose battery has run down. He says he's just thinking. Yes, he's come up with a brilliant idea - Lety's afraid of her father, right? Fern doesn't follow. He says sure, but he's afraid of talking to him too. Not only would he have to tell RoboPop about all the stuff that happened with the business, he'd also have to explain some other things that he really doesn't think would be wise to discuss with him. No, he'd rather pursue the legal route.
Omar says if they do that, they'll lose the business for sure. Anyway, he says, if Fern doesn't do it, then the smiling fair-haired boy Ariel will do it anyway, accompanied by his entourage of lawyers.
Fern says he just wants to solve this in the best manner possible, without having to fight with anyone; he's tired of meeting with conflict at every turn. Omar asks Fern Lety ever really loved him.
Fern takes a swipe at Omar, but hurts himself in the process. Omar backs away and warns Fern not to hurt himself!
Omar treats himself and Fern to a special lunch in the boardroom. Dully, Fern admits that his anxiety over Lety is dwindling, and he's accepting reality. He needed to hit bottom, and he did. He went to Acapulco to get killed. Omar calls him his "dear kamikaze" and says if it'd been him in Acapulco, he would have gone looking for the bonbons, the cupcakes, the contestants at the Nuestra Belleza pageant. Irritated, Fern continues, saying he felt yesterday like he couldn't go on; he wanted to disappear; but, thank God, something opened his eyes.
Something? Or someone? Omar asks.
"Marcia," Fern admits, with embarrassment. Omar is impactado. Fern is pensive. We are spared the complete rehash of Fern's bad, awful, terrible night, but after lunch they are still talking about it in Fern's office. Omar is surprised that Marcia went to Acapulco for him. Fern says she rescued him from the bar, took him to her place, tended to his wounds, and listened to him. It was special. Tough, cruel, but also somewhat beautiful. All of his things were still there, just as he had left him, as if Marcia hadn't wanted to forget him. He thinks Marc might still be in love with him. Omar wants to know if this means Fern's thinking of getting back together with her. Omar asks, with all due respect, did they make love? Fern says it was a MOMENT of love, but not like the perverted kind that Omar imagines. (Sad to say, Omar can really only wrap his mind around one kind of "love.") It was all for him last night - she is still in love with Fernando.
Hours later, Fernando says he still doesn't know what next. Marcia left him a bag and told him to pack up his things. Omar impatiently wants to know what Fern did. Fern says he wasn't able to pack anything. (He doesn't clarify whether the impediment was physical or emotional.)
Omar suggests that Fern go to a doctor. Fern gets up and says he'll feel better after he walks around a little. He says he wants to explain what happened to him. Everyone in the world was mad at him. Out in the city, too. It was traffic, stress, the lawsuit... he fell to the floor, and then fifteen people were beating him savagely.
At this point he is standing next to the cabinet in his office. Alicia throws the door open without knocking, pinning him between the door and the cabinet. "Where's Fernando?" she demands. "Isn't he here?" She finds him moaning in pain and asks him why he was hiding! She asks him if she wants to scream, and complains that she can't understand him. Omar explains that Fern would like to scream in pain, but she nearly killed him with that hit. She sorta apologizes, then happily notes that he didn't yell at her. She says they should talk this way more often. She remembers to tell him that his lawyer is on the phone - she says she's just telling him that as a favor. She goes on and on about the bruises and how much they must hurt until, at Fern's behest, Omar finally kicks her out.
Later, Fern tells Omar that the lawyer said everything hinges on getting together with Lety. It'd definitely be better to work something out than to try to prosecute. Omar's like, that's fine, but where the heck is she? He tells Fern that if he really wants to reclaim Conceptos, he's going to have to talk to his "in-laws." Fern looks offended.
Marcia and Darth Teresita
Luigi is telling Marcia, Teresita, and some man in a necktie who doesn't look like Ricky Armstrong about the lemon soda commercial - something about a sparkly swarm of bubbles. Marcia isn't listening - she's wondering if Fern took his things away. (I think the hair is okay, but I liked it better curly; the pink eyeshadow isn't very flattering, in my opinion, but it's a huge improvement over that coral stuff that made her look as if she'd been crying even when she wasn't.)
That evening, Marcia and Teresita go to Marcia's office. Mar tells Ter that meeting with Luigi was taking forever; she couldn't concentrate; she was dying. She wants to go home. Teresita invites Marcia to her place and watch the beauty pageant with her and Humberto; rest and relax. But Marcia wants to be alone. And she wants to see if Fern took his stuff. Teresita suggests that she simply ask Fern, but Marcia says she doesn't want him to feel pressured, nor does she want be too obvious. She'd like to have some dignity, and she doesn't want to get her hopes up. And, he's confused and is feeling betrayed. And, she wants to see how he reacts when Lety comes back.
Teresita thinks Lety will never show her face around there again. They have declared war against her. This is Marcia's big chance to win Fern back. Anyway, who knows what kind of sordid mess that woman is getting herself into right now? (At the moment, in fact, Lety is preparing for the Nuestra Belleza pageant.)
That evening, in the executive lobby
The feas are chatting in the lobby. (Alicia is eavesdropping.) They've been invited to Martha's place to watch the beauty pageant, but they won't be able to get there in time. (Sara complains about her height.) And they won't all fit in Mr. Martha's taxi, anyway. Juana gets an idea - they could watch the pageant on the big TV in the boardroom! (Alicia fumes silently.) Irmita worries that if she stays there to watch the pageant, Luigi will make her work instead. They suggest that they sneak into the boardroom now so they won't be caught. They turn and plow right into Alicia. They back off, screaming in terror.
Alicia makes fun of their interest in the pageant and says the boardroom is not for the use of mere employees. They make fun of her poverty. She claims not to be interested in such a frivolous thing as a beauty pageant. She is above such things. But riffraff like them - they live for that stuff. She figures they watch those things and wish it could happen to them. Sara says she's tired of listening to this poor woman and suggests they adjourn to the boardroom.
Alicia tattles to Lopez, who comes out of his batcave to holler NO!!!! at them. He runs through all of his repulsive, housefly-like mannerisms... and Alicia mimics his gestures! PM whines cutely at him (ugh) and says don't be mean.
Marcia and Teresita come out and demand an explanation for all the noise. The feas ask nicely if they can watch the pageant in the boardroom. Alicia protests, but Marcia says sure, PLEASE watch it in the boardroom. Alicia is stunned. Lopez complains. "Lopez, didn't you hear me?" Lopez says he will watch the pageant in the boardroom with them.
Just then, Martha & family (including ALL the kids) show up. Teresita is amused. Alicia complains even more, about this big pack of kids. "They're not kids, they're parents," PM's smartalecky kid retorts. "How nice," Alicia says sarcastically. "This is beyond offensive."
"Alicia, I would like it if at least someone would enjoy this place," Marcia says. The sound of Lopez rubbing his head is almost lost in the din of the cuartel's happy comments as they crowd into the boardroom. Irma thanks Marcia and Teresita.
Teresita says goodnight and says she's going to stay a bit longer. Alicia invites herself to Marcia's to watch the pageant there. Or to her place - it's closer. She doesn't want them to be late. Marcia offers a weak protest but doesn't explicitly say no. Alicia takes this as a yes and assaults Teresita with unprovoked goodbye hugs and kisses.
While Marcia leaves and Alicia scurries for her bag, Teresita stares with dread at the door to Fernando's office.
RoboPop, Ninja-Mom, and Lazybones, aka "Walking Digestive Tract"
RoboPop brings the TV into the living room. (Moty growls at him!) He says he wants to watch the beauty pageant, and he knows that lazybones Tomas will come over and he doesn't want to be in his pajamas, or something. Tomas arrives, I swear his hair is taller than ever, and while RoboPop fiddles with the TV, Tomas discreetly informs Julieta that the lawyers don't want to go to Conceptos. They went ahead and did what they thought they were supposed to do. Now that they know the whole truth about the Conceptos/Filmo-Imagen relationship, they're not happy because they were not informed of everything from the very beginning.
Julieta recounts her conversation with Fern earlier that day, when Julieta told Fernando he'd done enough damage. Tomas is afraid that Fernando will dismember him, and then who will help his mother sort out the bolillos from the teleras? (Two kinds of bread, which you would sort of expect a baker to be able to distinguish!...thanks Rantor for this tip!) Julieta is very, very upset about what Fernando is trying to do to her poor daughter. (RoboPop blows into the back of the TV set and chokes on what I assume is a dust bunny that flew into his mouth.) J and T wonder what will happen if the lawyers won't go to Conceptos. Lety will come back tomorrow, and then who knows what will happen. J is very worried that RoboPop will find out.
RoboPop scolds them for sharing secrets. He says he's going to imagine that like always, they're planning a picnic. He continues to struggle with the TV. Julieta points to the electrical cord and suggests that he plug it in. "What do you know about electricity," he grumps at her.
Meanwhile, in Acapulco
Lety doesn't want to approach Aldo. She doesn't know what to say. Caro says it'd be polite just to greet him.
Meanwhile, Aldo is fiddling with the grill and the bellezas are flirting with him, asking if he only invited them there just to watch him cook. Laughing, he says yep, that's it. He tells them where they can find drinks. They all leave, save for one girl who stays behind, apparently to flirt with him some more. Aldo says "okay, it's all yours" and approaches Lety and Carolina, leaving the flirtatious belleza alone at the grill!
Lety panics, and Carolina excuses herself and leaves Lety alone with Aldo. Aldo asks Lety to help him with the food, but Lety says she can't cook. They are interrupted by the jilted belleza and another contestant, who offer to help him instead. Aldo very nicely says "thanks, but Lety is the one whose help I want." Lety is dazzled by this special request and by the blinding sun reflecting off of Aldo's perfect Ultra-Brite smile. The cheeky belleza, Agatha, asks Aldo what does Lety have that she doesn't? (Carolina takes notice and approaches.) Aldo somewhat brusquely brushes her off. Caro announces that this would be a great time to give the girls their gifts - the perfume she bought for them yesterday. (I wonder if it's Secretos from Bella Life? ;-) This lures the bellezas away from Aldo again... briefly.
Lety asks if he wouldn't rather have the pretty girls help him. He says he wants her, and Agatha doesn't even come close to measuring up. (Thanks for the explanation, Judy!) Abashed, she agrees to help, but doesn't know how, since she can't cook. He tells her she can hand him his ingredients, one by one. He just likes being with her. She admits that she likes to be with him too.
He asks, doesn't she want to know why he is so happy? She gets a little bit miffed, saying she doesn't want to talk about that, much less that thing that happened on the beach.
"Oh, you mean that great kiss that we had?" Aldo asks, smiling. Lety clearly does not want to talk about it. She says it was just an accident. He says in that case, it was a very lucky accident! And doesn't she want to know what he's feeling, what he's thinking? He says he knows she's recuperating. She pretends to think he's referring to her hand. He says no, he means what happened with Fern. She tells Aldo that in this very short time, he has become very special to her.
He almost kisses her. She moves away quickly and heads toward the grill, suddenly very interested in helping him cook. He follows and he says she's very special to him, too. She looks at him dreamily.
They commence cooking. She says she feels badly about the kiss. She was thinking about - "Fernando Mendiola," Aldo predicts, with a faintly annoyed look. Lety explains that she didn't want him to - "feel deceived," he predicts again. (I am noticing how good Lety's skin looks. Must be the Acapulco air. I'm going to have to plan a trip.) He says he understands all of that; neither of them planned the kiss; it was without malice or forethought. It just happened. And it wasn't frivolous, either.
This almost seems to appease her; then she asks what did he see in her. He wonders if she's talking about Fernando again, but she says she just wants to know. He lists her good qualities again: she's a sensible, special woman. He's moved by her strong fight to reclaim herself and to be a part of that process himself. He loves her freshness, her ingenuity, her sense of wonderment at all that's happened, at discovering all the world around her. The kiss wasn't her fault or his fault, it was magic. He pleads, "Don't torment yourself over that kiss, okay?"
"Satisfied?" he asks. "Yes, yes, yes," Lety answers awkwardly, clearing her throat and looking hopefully at the bellezas' table. One of them catches her eye and rushes over, complaining that they're all hungry. Aldo makes an official announcement that it's time for them all to enjoy this delicious banquet that he's prepared just for them. They applaud, and he takes a bow. (This never happens at Burger King.) Lety makes a happy face and clinks glasses with Aldo, but she looks troubled as she sips from her glass.
The bellezas flock around the table to compliment Aldo while he's trying to talk to Lety. Caro tells them to go back to their tables. (Is this fourth grade?) Aldo wishes them luck in tonight's pageant. After they disperse, Aldo tells Lety that if it's okay with her, tomorrow he's going to resume construction of his restaurant, The Flavor of Life. Lety approves! Aldo says that all of the obstacles in his life simply vanished last night. Caro discreetly moves to the opposite side of the table and gets her camera ready as they hug. "Smile!" she requests, and they turn to look at her, smiling. Lety's smile disappears when she sees the camera, and she complains after Caro snaps the picture. Aldo agrees, angrily declaring that this deception is unforgivable... unless Caro gives each of them a copy of the photo! Lety giggles.
Carolina tells the bellezas that lunch time is over - they need to be ready at 8 tonight for the grand finale. The girls squeal excitedly, as if they hadn't known the pageant was tonight. :-) Aldo tells them he can't go to the pageant tonight. Lety is crushed. Then he admits he was kidding and he wouldn't miss it for the world.
Ha! Now, how's that for a hilarious joke! He does SO have a sense of humor! He nearly cracks up laughing. So does Lety. Well, that makes two. Caro drags Lety away and says she can tell that Lety is feeling better about the kiss. Lety tries to casually explain that it's all okay now. Carolina says, "I told you Aldo is a very special man" and says she's glad that she's feeling calmer now. "Yes, yes," Lety agrees, with elaborate coolness. "He's special, he's nice."
Aldo is standing right behind them. Lety urges Caro to walk a little faster. As soon as they are out of earshot, Aldo says to himself, "Lety... my Lety."
(DUDE!! She is NOT "your" Lety!!!)
That evening, while Darth Teresita speculates as to what kind of sordid mess Lety might be involved in now, Lety tries to put on some mascara. She says it feels like she's poking herself in the eye. While she is still rubbing it, Carolina attacks her with perfume. Lety admits that it smells nice, but asks Caro why she's helping her. Caro says it was just business at first, because she was impressed by Lety's competence. But then she also saw that Lety needed a change of scenery. And then, when she got to know Lety better, her business interest grew into a great friendship. Lety beams and says she feels the same way. Caro says she's also rediscovering her own wish to be around someone to care for; someone to protect; someone to count on her. Lety says she hopes someday she'll find the happiness she deserves, beside a handsome man - a man as handsome as herself - who loves and values her, and with whom she can have all the kids she wants - 8, 11, whatever... Caro thanks Lety for wishing such kind things for her, and they hug.
As they wrap up their preparations, Lety mimics Carolina in the mirror. (She's also done that with Alicia, but that was meant mockingly, rather than affectionately.)
Aldo shows up at the pageant in formal attire with a bow tie. Caro's wearing an awesome dress. Aldo says he needs to tell Carolina something. He's afraid he might commit an imprudence. Caro urges him to explain. "I am in love with Leticia," Aldo says.
Carolina is super-impactada. "Don't look at me that way," Aldo says. If he doesn't say it to Carolina, he might blurt it out to Lety instead, and he doesn't want to freak her out. (Someone calls for Carolina, but Caro brushes her off.) Caro says that's a good idea - Lety will take off running if he tries to talk to her about love. He says sure, but that's how love is; Lety knows that; it doesn't ask permission. Love arrives, blah blah blah. Caro says she's happy for him. And also relieved, because the way he came running up to her, she thought his house had flooded, or something. He says that in fact, his heart is flooded. But that's not what he's worried about. He doesn't want to pressure Lety.
Carolina asks what he will do next. He says for now, he's just feeling happy, and he'll give it time and see how it goes. Caro reminds him that she's going back to the city tomorrow. He says that's okay with him. Putting distance between them and letting their emotions rest will be a good test of their love. In any case, he's really happy. It's not just the euphoria of the moment, but also because Lety helped him so much. Thanks to her, he's reunited with his dad, who gave him that letter and now he can get over the death of his wife. Carolina says that's all he needs to tell Lety.
In the dressing room, the bellezas are getting ready in their swimsuits. Lety is wearing a sleeveless dress which is OPEN AT THE NECK!! (Oh boy, I hope RoboPop doesn't see that!) They are all excited about the pageant. Lety jokes that she could get a bathing suit too. She reminds them that one of them will be the winner. Again, they all squeal as if this is new information.
Carolina worries that the event will start late. A cameraman pauses in front of Aldo, who begs off. Carolina says "welcome" to the camera. Alex worries because he can't find Anais (pretty woman who was nice to Lety at the Yuri concert). Caro explains to Aldo that Anais is a TV personality, who will be working in the evening gown event later in the show. Just then, Anais shows up, and Alex takes off to start the show. Caro introduces Aldo, and Anais greets him with a little kiss. She seems VERY charmed! She kisses him again before retiring to the dressing room. Aldo wishes Carolina luck and starts looking around for Lety.
Meanwhile, back at Conceptos
Fern and Omar are still talking about the Lety situation. Omar insists that "we" have to speak with Lety's father. They don't have to tell him everything that happened between Lety and Fern. Fern says that man makes him very nervous. He packs a mean punch.
There is a knock on the door (that's how they know it's not Alicia). It's Teresita.
"I'm going to the house. What shall I tell your father? Because you were supposed to talk to Leticia's family."
Fern stares stupidly out of his bruised face, wondering what to say.
Next week
Phone calls! Glamour! Desperation!
Ninja-Mom hangs up on Fernando again!
Fern sees something shocking on the TV!
Fern tells Omar that Lety's mom knows everything, he doesn't know how, and she hung up on him. RoboPop doesn't know anything, and Julieta told Fern he'd better not say anything to him.
Omar is standing motionless, like a robot whose battery has run down. He says he's just thinking. Yes, he's come up with a brilliant idea - Lety's afraid of her father, right? Fern doesn't follow. He says sure, but he's afraid of talking to him too. Not only would he have to tell RoboPop about all the stuff that happened with the business, he'd also have to explain some other things that he really doesn't think would be wise to discuss with him. No, he'd rather pursue the legal route.
Omar says if they do that, they'll lose the business for sure. Anyway, he says, if Fern doesn't do it, then the smiling fair-haired boy Ariel will do it anyway, accompanied by his entourage of lawyers.
Fern says he just wants to solve this in the best manner possible, without having to fight with anyone; he's tired of meeting with conflict at every turn. Omar asks Fern Lety ever really loved him.
Fern takes a swipe at Omar, but hurts himself in the process. Omar backs away and warns Fern not to hurt himself!
Omar treats himself and Fern to a special lunch in the boardroom. Dully, Fern admits that his anxiety over Lety is dwindling, and he's accepting reality. He needed to hit bottom, and he did. He went to Acapulco to get killed. Omar calls him his "dear kamikaze" and says if it'd been him in Acapulco, he would have gone looking for the bonbons, the cupcakes, the contestants at the Nuestra Belleza pageant. Irritated, Fern continues, saying he felt yesterday like he couldn't go on; he wanted to disappear; but, thank God, something opened his eyes.
Something? Or someone? Omar asks.
"Marcia," Fern admits, with embarrassment. Omar is impactado. Fern is pensive. We are spared the complete rehash of Fern's bad, awful, terrible night, but after lunch they are still talking about it in Fern's office. Omar is surprised that Marcia went to Acapulco for him. Fern says she rescued him from the bar, took him to her place, tended to his wounds, and listened to him. It was special. Tough, cruel, but also somewhat beautiful. All of his things were still there, just as he had left him, as if Marcia hadn't wanted to forget him. He thinks Marc might still be in love with him. Omar wants to know if this means Fern's thinking of getting back together with her. Omar asks, with all due respect, did they make love? Fern says it was a MOMENT of love, but not like the perverted kind that Omar imagines. (Sad to say, Omar can really only wrap his mind around one kind of "love.") It was all for him last night - she is still in love with Fernando.
Hours later, Fernando says he still doesn't know what next. Marcia left him a bag and told him to pack up his things. Omar impatiently wants to know what Fern did. Fern says he wasn't able to pack anything. (He doesn't clarify whether the impediment was physical or emotional.)
Omar suggests that Fern go to a doctor. Fern gets up and says he'll feel better after he walks around a little. He says he wants to explain what happened to him. Everyone in the world was mad at him. Out in the city, too. It was traffic, stress, the lawsuit... he fell to the floor, and then fifteen people were beating him savagely.
At this point he is standing next to the cabinet in his office. Alicia throws the door open without knocking, pinning him between the door and the cabinet. "Where's Fernando?" she demands. "Isn't he here?" She finds him moaning in pain and asks him why he was hiding! She asks him if she wants to scream, and complains that she can't understand him. Omar explains that Fern would like to scream in pain, but she nearly killed him with that hit. She sorta apologizes, then happily notes that he didn't yell at her. She says they should talk this way more often. She remembers to tell him that his lawyer is on the phone - she says she's just telling him that as a favor. She goes on and on about the bruises and how much they must hurt until, at Fern's behest, Omar finally kicks her out.
Later, Fern tells Omar that the lawyer said everything hinges on getting together with Lety. It'd definitely be better to work something out than to try to prosecute. Omar's like, that's fine, but where the heck is she? He tells Fern that if he really wants to reclaim Conceptos, he's going to have to talk to his "in-laws." Fern looks offended.
Marcia and Darth Teresita
Luigi is telling Marcia, Teresita, and some man in a necktie who doesn't look like Ricky Armstrong about the lemon soda commercial - something about a sparkly swarm of bubbles. Marcia isn't listening - she's wondering if Fern took his things away. (I think the hair is okay, but I liked it better curly; the pink eyeshadow isn't very flattering, in my opinion, but it's a huge improvement over that coral stuff that made her look as if she'd been crying even when she wasn't.)
That evening, Marcia and Teresita go to Marcia's office. Mar tells Ter that meeting with Luigi was taking forever; she couldn't concentrate; she was dying. She wants to go home. Teresita invites Marcia to her place and watch the beauty pageant with her and Humberto; rest and relax. But Marcia wants to be alone. And she wants to see if Fern took his stuff. Teresita suggests that she simply ask Fern, but Marcia says she doesn't want him to feel pressured, nor does she want be too obvious. She'd like to have some dignity, and she doesn't want to get her hopes up. And, he's confused and is feeling betrayed. And, she wants to see how he reacts when Lety comes back.
Teresita thinks Lety will never show her face around there again. They have declared war against her. This is Marcia's big chance to win Fern back. Anyway, who knows what kind of sordid mess that woman is getting herself into right now? (At the moment, in fact, Lety is preparing for the Nuestra Belleza pageant.)
That evening, in the executive lobby
The feas are chatting in the lobby. (Alicia is eavesdropping.) They've been invited to Martha's place to watch the beauty pageant, but they won't be able to get there in time. (Sara complains about her height.) And they won't all fit in Mr. Martha's taxi, anyway. Juana gets an idea - they could watch the pageant on the big TV in the boardroom! (Alicia fumes silently.) Irmita worries that if she stays there to watch the pageant, Luigi will make her work instead. They suggest that they sneak into the boardroom now so they won't be caught. They turn and plow right into Alicia. They back off, screaming in terror.
Alicia makes fun of their interest in the pageant and says the boardroom is not for the use of mere employees. They make fun of her poverty. She claims not to be interested in such a frivolous thing as a beauty pageant. She is above such things. But riffraff like them - they live for that stuff. She figures they watch those things and wish it could happen to them. Sara says she's tired of listening to this poor woman and suggests they adjourn to the boardroom.
Alicia tattles to Lopez, who comes out of his batcave to holler NO!!!! at them. He runs through all of his repulsive, housefly-like mannerisms... and Alicia mimics his gestures! PM whines cutely at him (ugh) and says don't be mean.
Marcia and Teresita come out and demand an explanation for all the noise. The feas ask nicely if they can watch the pageant in the boardroom. Alicia protests, but Marcia says sure, PLEASE watch it in the boardroom. Alicia is stunned. Lopez complains. "Lopez, didn't you hear me?" Lopez says he will watch the pageant in the boardroom with them.
Just then, Martha & family (including ALL the kids) show up. Teresita is amused. Alicia complains even more, about this big pack of kids. "They're not kids, they're parents," PM's smartalecky kid retorts. "How nice," Alicia says sarcastically. "This is beyond offensive."
"Alicia, I would like it if at least someone would enjoy this place," Marcia says. The sound of Lopez rubbing his head is almost lost in the din of the cuartel's happy comments as they crowd into the boardroom. Irma thanks Marcia and Teresita.
Teresita says goodnight and says she's going to stay a bit longer. Alicia invites herself to Marcia's to watch the pageant there. Or to her place - it's closer. She doesn't want them to be late. Marcia offers a weak protest but doesn't explicitly say no. Alicia takes this as a yes and assaults Teresita with unprovoked goodbye hugs and kisses.
While Marcia leaves and Alicia scurries for her bag, Teresita stares with dread at the door to Fernando's office.
RoboPop, Ninja-Mom, and Lazybones, aka "Walking Digestive Tract"
RoboPop brings the TV into the living room. (Moty growls at him!) He says he wants to watch the beauty pageant, and he knows that lazybones Tomas will come over and he doesn't want to be in his pajamas, or something. Tomas arrives, I swear his hair is taller than ever, and while RoboPop fiddles with the TV, Tomas discreetly informs Julieta that the lawyers don't want to go to Conceptos. They went ahead and did what they thought they were supposed to do. Now that they know the whole truth about the Conceptos/Filmo-Imagen relationship, they're not happy because they were not informed of everything from the very beginning.
Julieta recounts her conversation with Fern earlier that day, when Julieta told Fernando he'd done enough damage. Tomas is afraid that Fernando will dismember him, and then who will help his mother sort out the bolillos from the teleras? (Two kinds of bread, which you would sort of expect a baker to be able to distinguish!...thanks Rantor for this tip!) Julieta is very, very upset about what Fernando is trying to do to her poor daughter. (RoboPop blows into the back of the TV set and chokes on what I assume is a dust bunny that flew into his mouth.) J and T wonder what will happen if the lawyers won't go to Conceptos. Lety will come back tomorrow, and then who knows what will happen. J is very worried that RoboPop will find out.
RoboPop scolds them for sharing secrets. He says he's going to imagine that like always, they're planning a picnic. He continues to struggle with the TV. Julieta points to the electrical cord and suggests that he plug it in. "What do you know about electricity," he grumps at her.
Meanwhile, in Acapulco
Lety doesn't want to approach Aldo. She doesn't know what to say. Caro says it'd be polite just to greet him.
Meanwhile, Aldo is fiddling with the grill and the bellezas are flirting with him, asking if he only invited them there just to watch him cook. Laughing, he says yep, that's it. He tells them where they can find drinks. They all leave, save for one girl who stays behind, apparently to flirt with him some more. Aldo says "okay, it's all yours" and approaches Lety and Carolina, leaving the flirtatious belleza alone at the grill!
Lety panics, and Carolina excuses herself and leaves Lety alone with Aldo. Aldo asks Lety to help him with the food, but Lety says she can't cook. They are interrupted by the jilted belleza and another contestant, who offer to help him instead. Aldo very nicely says "thanks, but Lety is the one whose help I want." Lety is dazzled by this special request and by the blinding sun reflecting off of Aldo's perfect Ultra-Brite smile. The cheeky belleza, Agatha, asks Aldo what does Lety have that she doesn't? (Carolina takes notice and approaches.) Aldo somewhat brusquely brushes her off. Caro announces that this would be a great time to give the girls their gifts - the perfume she bought for them yesterday. (I wonder if it's Secretos from Bella Life? ;-) This lures the bellezas away from Aldo again... briefly.
Lety asks if he wouldn't rather have the pretty girls help him. He says he wants her, and Agatha doesn't even come close to measuring up. (Thanks for the explanation, Judy!) Abashed, she agrees to help, but doesn't know how, since she can't cook. He tells her she can hand him his ingredients, one by one. He just likes being with her. She admits that she likes to be with him too.
He asks, doesn't she want to know why he is so happy? She gets a little bit miffed, saying she doesn't want to talk about that, much less that thing that happened on the beach.
"Oh, you mean that great kiss that we had?" Aldo asks, smiling. Lety clearly does not want to talk about it. She says it was just an accident. He says in that case, it was a very lucky accident! And doesn't she want to know what he's feeling, what he's thinking? He says he knows she's recuperating. She pretends to think he's referring to her hand. He says no, he means what happened with Fern. She tells Aldo that in this very short time, he has become very special to her.
He almost kisses her. She moves away quickly and heads toward the grill, suddenly very interested in helping him cook. He follows and he says she's very special to him, too. She looks at him dreamily.
They commence cooking. She says she feels badly about the kiss. She was thinking about - "Fernando Mendiola," Aldo predicts, with a faintly annoyed look. Lety explains that she didn't want him to - "feel deceived," he predicts again. (I am noticing how good Lety's skin looks. Must be the Acapulco air. I'm going to have to plan a trip.) He says he understands all of that; neither of them planned the kiss; it was without malice or forethought. It just happened. And it wasn't frivolous, either.
This almost seems to appease her; then she asks what did he see in her. He wonders if she's talking about Fernando again, but she says she just wants to know. He lists her good qualities again: she's a sensible, special woman. He's moved by her strong fight to reclaim herself and to be a part of that process himself. He loves her freshness, her ingenuity, her sense of wonderment at all that's happened, at discovering all the world around her. The kiss wasn't her fault or his fault, it was magic. He pleads, "Don't torment yourself over that kiss, okay?"
"Satisfied?" he asks. "Yes, yes, yes," Lety answers awkwardly, clearing her throat and looking hopefully at the bellezas' table. One of them catches her eye and rushes over, complaining that they're all hungry. Aldo makes an official announcement that it's time for them all to enjoy this delicious banquet that he's prepared just for them. They applaud, and he takes a bow. (This never happens at Burger King.) Lety makes a happy face and clinks glasses with Aldo, but she looks troubled as she sips from her glass.
The bellezas flock around the table to compliment Aldo while he's trying to talk to Lety. Caro tells them to go back to their tables. (Is this fourth grade?) Aldo wishes them luck in tonight's pageant. After they disperse, Aldo tells Lety that if it's okay with her, tomorrow he's going to resume construction of his restaurant, The Flavor of Life. Lety approves! Aldo says that all of the obstacles in his life simply vanished last night. Caro discreetly moves to the opposite side of the table and gets her camera ready as they hug. "Smile!" she requests, and they turn to look at her, smiling. Lety's smile disappears when she sees the camera, and she complains after Caro snaps the picture. Aldo agrees, angrily declaring that this deception is unforgivable... unless Caro gives each of them a copy of the photo! Lety giggles.
Carolina tells the bellezas that lunch time is over - they need to be ready at 8 tonight for the grand finale. The girls squeal excitedly, as if they hadn't known the pageant was tonight. :-) Aldo tells them he can't go to the pageant tonight. Lety is crushed. Then he admits he was kidding and he wouldn't miss it for the world.
Ha! Now, how's that for a hilarious joke! He does SO have a sense of humor! He nearly cracks up laughing. So does Lety. Well, that makes two. Caro drags Lety away and says she can tell that Lety is feeling better about the kiss. Lety tries to casually explain that it's all okay now. Carolina says, "I told you Aldo is a very special man" and says she's glad that she's feeling calmer now. "Yes, yes," Lety agrees, with elaborate coolness. "He's special, he's nice."
Aldo is standing right behind them. Lety urges Caro to walk a little faster. As soon as they are out of earshot, Aldo says to himself, "Lety... my Lety."
(DUDE!! She is NOT "your" Lety!!!)
That evening, while Darth Teresita speculates as to what kind of sordid mess Lety might be involved in now, Lety tries to put on some mascara. She says it feels like she's poking herself in the eye. While she is still rubbing it, Carolina attacks her with perfume. Lety admits that it smells nice, but asks Caro why she's helping her. Caro says it was just business at first, because she was impressed by Lety's competence. But then she also saw that Lety needed a change of scenery. And then, when she got to know Lety better, her business interest grew into a great friendship. Lety beams and says she feels the same way. Caro says she's also rediscovering her own wish to be around someone to care for; someone to protect; someone to count on her. Lety says she hopes someday she'll find the happiness she deserves, beside a handsome man - a man as handsome as herself - who loves and values her, and with whom she can have all the kids she wants - 8, 11, whatever... Caro thanks Lety for wishing such kind things for her, and they hug.
As they wrap up their preparations, Lety mimics Carolina in the mirror. (She's also done that with Alicia, but that was meant mockingly, rather than affectionately.)
Aldo shows up at the pageant in formal attire with a bow tie. Caro's wearing an awesome dress. Aldo says he needs to tell Carolina something. He's afraid he might commit an imprudence. Caro urges him to explain. "I am in love with Leticia," Aldo says.
Carolina is super-impactada. "Don't look at me that way," Aldo says. If he doesn't say it to Carolina, he might blurt it out to Lety instead, and he doesn't want to freak her out. (Someone calls for Carolina, but Caro brushes her off.) Caro says that's a good idea - Lety will take off running if he tries to talk to her about love. He says sure, but that's how love is; Lety knows that; it doesn't ask permission. Love arrives, blah blah blah. Caro says she's happy for him. And also relieved, because the way he came running up to her, she thought his house had flooded, or something. He says that in fact, his heart is flooded. But that's not what he's worried about. He doesn't want to pressure Lety.
Carolina asks what he will do next. He says for now, he's just feeling happy, and he'll give it time and see how it goes. Caro reminds him that she's going back to the city tomorrow. He says that's okay with him. Putting distance between them and letting their emotions rest will be a good test of their love. In any case, he's really happy. It's not just the euphoria of the moment, but also because Lety helped him so much. Thanks to her, he's reunited with his dad, who gave him that letter and now he can get over the death of his wife. Carolina says that's all he needs to tell Lety.
In the dressing room, the bellezas are getting ready in their swimsuits. Lety is wearing a sleeveless dress which is OPEN AT THE NECK!! (Oh boy, I hope RoboPop doesn't see that!) They are all excited about the pageant. Lety jokes that she could get a bathing suit too. She reminds them that one of them will be the winner. Again, they all squeal as if this is new information.
Carolina worries that the event will start late. A cameraman pauses in front of Aldo, who begs off. Carolina says "welcome" to the camera. Alex worries because he can't find Anais (pretty woman who was nice to Lety at the Yuri concert). Caro explains to Aldo that Anais is a TV personality, who will be working in the evening gown event later in the show. Just then, Anais shows up, and Alex takes off to start the show. Caro introduces Aldo, and Anais greets him with a little kiss. She seems VERY charmed! She kisses him again before retiring to the dressing room. Aldo wishes Carolina luck and starts looking around for Lety.
Meanwhile, back at Conceptos
Fern and Omar are still talking about the Lety situation. Omar insists that "we" have to speak with Lety's father. They don't have to tell him everything that happened between Lety and Fern. Fern says that man makes him very nervous. He packs a mean punch.
There is a knock on the door (that's how they know it's not Alicia). It's Teresita.
"I'm going to the house. What shall I tell your father? Because you were supposed to talk to Leticia's family."
Fern stares stupidly out of his bruised face, wondering what to say.
Next week
Phone calls! Glamour! Desperation!
Ninja-Mom hangs up on Fernando again!
Fern sees something shocking on the TV!
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Friday, January 12, 2007
We still need another recapper for DUELOS DE PASIONES. Are you interested?
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Mundo de Fieras, Thursday, January 11th
Mari’s asking Cande how Leonardo’s doing and reveals that she’s moving out of Casa de las Fieras and back to the neighborhood. Mari tells Cande everything and that Jos is expecting Gabe’s baby. Pshaw…says Cande…as if. Mari says that she’ll continue loving him until she dies (awwww…)
Joselyn is threatening Gabe in his sleep.
Pau is chatting with Regina and Dolores…how did Jocelyn get pregnant with my father’s baby? Well Paulina here’s how it works. Demian arrives with bad news about JC and Regina & Pau leave with him, forgetting all about Pau’s lesson in the birds and the bees.
Tiberio is chatting with Rogelio who makes it clear that if he goes down, everyone goes down with him. Oh goody…something to look forward to.
Jos and Dolores have a threat-fest. Dolores lets her know that despite having the ‘proof’ no one really believes it. Jos doesn’t care and tells her that if Gabe wakes up, he’ll have to return to her now that she’s carrying his baby. Jos continues on with her super-egotistical monologue in which she says no one is her rival at her level because she’s so bad.
JC’s in jail for using second-rate materials in his buildings. Regina’s begging Demian to get him out of jail. Paulina & JC are chatting in the very dark jail cell. JC clinches his good guy status by saying that at least no one was hurt or died when the building collapsed.
Mari tells Cande how much she loves Luisito even though she’s not related to him and she will see him in the future. Cut to Luisito and David playing swords and then deciding to go visit the hospital (um, where is the nanny/bodyguard or whatever…if you live in a target, I mean a house that big in Mexico City, and your kid’s already been kidnapped once, wouldn’t you have a couple bodyguards hanging around?) The kids find a boat and get into it, naturally it starts sinking. Cortito jumps in to save them.
Both Gabe & Mari have a funny feeling in their heart at the same time. Cortito calls that Taxi guy and is crying hysterically. Mari sees the two beds with the flat-lined screens and the sheets pulled up and falls apart. Jos sees her and looks shocked, like what is that feeling she’s expressing?
Dolores tells Mari that Gabe’s heart also acted funny…Mari goes to visit Gabe and tells him that Luisito died and that she’s leaving forever and won’t be there to console him when he wakes up.
JC’s going to have to spend the night in jail—everyone’s very worried about that. JC and Paulina kiss through the bars again—be careful of the germs!!! That night JC can’t sleep and is trying to piece together who could have used the wrong materials.
Paulina goes home with Regina & Demian. Regina gets a call from Dolores about Luisito and David. She breaks the news to Paulina and everyone cries.
Leonardo wakes up and asks about Mari. They whine back and forth at each other about how he’s feeling, what happened in the accident. Later he finds out that Miriam donated his very rare blood for him.
David & Luisito’s funerals take place. Jos is as cold and stony as ice, Paulina falls apart. Mari goes home and sees the boys’ notebooks. She and Cande talk and Mari tells her she has decided to defend herself.
Joselyn is remembering how mean she was to Luisito and feeling guilty about it. She goes bonkers. Miriam tells her to calm down for the baby she’s expecting, Jos tells her now that Luisito was the only thing that still connected her with Gabe.
JC is freed and Paulina & Regina break the sad news to him.
Joselyn is threatening Gabe in his sleep.
Pau is chatting with Regina and Dolores…how did Jocelyn get pregnant with my father’s baby? Well Paulina here’s how it works. Demian arrives with bad news about JC and Regina & Pau leave with him, forgetting all about Pau’s lesson in the birds and the bees.
Tiberio is chatting with Rogelio who makes it clear that if he goes down, everyone goes down with him. Oh goody…something to look forward to.
Jos and Dolores have a threat-fest. Dolores lets her know that despite having the ‘proof’ no one really believes it. Jos doesn’t care and tells her that if Gabe wakes up, he’ll have to return to her now that she’s carrying his baby. Jos continues on with her super-egotistical monologue in which she says no one is her rival at her level because she’s so bad.
JC’s in jail for using second-rate materials in his buildings. Regina’s begging Demian to get him out of jail. Paulina & JC are chatting in the very dark jail cell. JC clinches his good guy status by saying that at least no one was hurt or died when the building collapsed.
Mari tells Cande how much she loves Luisito even though she’s not related to him and she will see him in the future. Cut to Luisito and David playing swords and then deciding to go visit the hospital (um, where is the nanny/bodyguard or whatever…if you live in a target, I mean a house that big in Mexico City, and your kid’s already been kidnapped once, wouldn’t you have a couple bodyguards hanging around?) The kids find a boat and get into it, naturally it starts sinking. Cortito jumps in to save them.
Both Gabe & Mari have a funny feeling in their heart at the same time. Cortito calls that Taxi guy and is crying hysterically. Mari sees the two beds with the flat-lined screens and the sheets pulled up and falls apart. Jos sees her and looks shocked, like what is that feeling she’s expressing?
Dolores tells Mari that Gabe’s heart also acted funny…Mari goes to visit Gabe and tells him that Luisito died and that she’s leaving forever and won’t be there to console him when he wakes up.
JC’s going to have to spend the night in jail—everyone’s very worried about that. JC and Paulina kiss through the bars again—be careful of the germs!!! That night JC can’t sleep and is trying to piece together who could have used the wrong materials.
Paulina goes home with Regina & Demian. Regina gets a call from Dolores about Luisito and David. She breaks the news to Paulina and everyone cries.
Leonardo wakes up and asks about Mari. They whine back and forth at each other about how he’s feeling, what happened in the accident. Later he finds out that Miriam donated his very rare blood for him.
David & Luisito’s funerals take place. Jos is as cold and stony as ice, Paulina falls apart. Mari goes home and sees the boys’ notebooks. She and Cande talk and Mari tells her she has decided to defend herself.
Joselyn is remembering how mean she was to Luisito and feeling guilty about it. She goes bonkers. Miriam tells her to calm down for the baby she’s expecting, Jos tells her now that Luisito was the only thing that still connected her with Gabe.
JC is freed and Paulina & Regina break the sad news to him.
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Thursday, January 11, 2007
La Fea Más Bella #186 1/11/07 Lots of Lawyer Talk but At Least No Guru Talk
Caro can see that something is bugging Lety. Lety tells Caro about her make-out session on the beach with Aldo. Caro is excited for her. Lety says she totally regrets it and now doesn’t want to see him ever again.
In the executive lobby, Mama T tells Marcia that Humberto had a terrible night after learning about Fern’s antics and about the judge’s ruling to give Lety the company. Humby won’t be coming to the office. She thinks they should keep him distanced from all these problems to preserve his health. She asks where Fern is. Marcia doesn’t want the employees to here her answer and takes Mama T to her office. The cuartel watch as Marcia and Mama T walk by and comment that bad luck does not discriminate.
Lety says she feels bad because she kissed Aldo, and she shouldn’t have done it because she still loves Fern. Caro asks if she is thinking of going back to Fern. Lety says “Of course, not, Fern doesn’t love me, he just used me.”
Marcia tells Mama T about her rescue mission the night before. Mama T has hopes that Marcia will get back together with Fern. She is encouraged when Marcia says she still had all of Fern’s stuff at her house. She asks if they “reconciled” [that’s mom-speak for “boinked”… ick!]. Marcia says no, because she still has her dignity. She slept in another room. Still, Mama T says the outlook seems promising. She should give him another opportunity. Marcia says she did. She gave Fern the suitcase and told him to pack his crap, but it was a test; if Fern takes his things, that means he has no interest in staying, if he leaves them, well…
Meanwhile, Fern is getting ready to leave Marcia’s place. He looks at his stuff and the suitcase on Marcia’s bed…. he lingers… he... he… decides to leave it! [Doh! Fern, what are you thinking?!]
Caro tells Lety why Aldo is a good deal. He has no other commitments (i.e. fiancee), he's extraordinary, plus he would never deceive her. Lety says this is not a good time to fall in love. Caro tells her to go for it!
Alicia arrives at work late and the cuartel chide her. Alicia says it’s so hard to get out of bed when you sleep on silk sheets; not like the poor folks, who sleep on lumpy beds and are better off just getting up. The cuartel mock Alicia’s uppity-ness. Just then Marcia yells “ALICIA!”
Lety and Caro are in a shop buying gifts for the bellezas, and they marvel at the convenience of credit cards. Aldo calls Caro on her cell. They discuss something about going to a special place for lunch. After the call, she tells Lety that Also sounds very happy, and says that he has a special surprise for them. Lety looks worried about that.
Alicia knows she’s in deep doo-doo, so she tries to deflect the scolding by telling Marcia how wonderful she looks [oh yeah, today Marcia is sporting super-straightened hair and has traded her heavy coral eye shadow for heavy rose eye shadow… actually, cotton candy might be a better description]. Anyhoo, Alicia’s tactic does not work, and she gets yelled at for being late. Alicia says it’s easy for Marcia to judge, since she has transportation to get to work, while Alicia can’t even take a taxi. Marcia suggests the bus. Alicia is offended. Ariel arrives with his personality-challenged lawyers. Ariel tells Alicia that she has the perfect man for her. Alicia excitedly looks toward the lawyers. No, Ariel says, not them, what you need is a taxi driver… pa-dum-pum! Before she can retaliate, he orders her to bring them coffee.
The execs head to the boardroom. Mama T tells Ariel and Co. that the judge has ruled in Lety’s favor. Ariel is impactado.
In the exec lobby, Fern strolls in whistling and walking with his head turned toward the wall. As usual, he asks if Lety has called. Sarah replies that she hasn’t. He continues to walk while looking away from them. The cuartel is intrigued by this. Alicia walks in and is in the right spot to see Fern’s black-and-blue face. She screams, which startles Fern. He jumps and turns around. The cuartel see him and scream, too. Fern tries to explain that he tripped and fell, but it doesn't hurt at all.
Ariel tells the rest of the execs that now that Lety has the company, they are bankrupt and ruined. He asks where Fern is; he bets that Fern couldn’t even dare to show his face. Just then Fern walks in. Seeing his beat-up face, Ariel looks disgusted. Insults fly. Mom defends Fern [about time, mom!]. Ariel tells Fern he’s an embarrassment. He asks how it feels to be a loser. He puts his hand on Fern’s shoulder -- which causes Fern much pain-- and tells Fern he feels pity for him. He asks Fern if he is here to defend Lety again. Fern says he’s done doing that. [Doh! Strike two, Fern.]
Julieta cries as she reads Lety’s diary-- the part where Lety writes that she is not capable of keeping Fern’s company, even if he deserves it. Just then Lety calls. Lety asks what’s wrong. Mom says that Lety being gone makes her realize just what a wonderful person Lety is, and that she misses her. Lety tells her not to worry; in Acapulco she is surrounded by people who make her feel important. Mom exclaims “Hallelujah, that’s just what you need!”
Humby has called into the boardroom and lays out the game plan. They need to take drastic measures. They will hire a specialized lawyer to bring criminal charges against Lety.
Meanwhile, Tomas is talking to the happy-hour lawyers. One of them is wearing funky glasses with rhinestones. He explains that he was at one of those restaurants “with poles” [a strip club maybe?] and his friend sat on his regular glasses, so the friend then let him borrow her own glasses… whatever. Tomas tries to explain that Lety doesn’t want to keep Conceptos. He wants the lawyers to find a way to reverse the judge’s ruling.
Humby tells Fern that he needs to call Lety’s family. They might be able to pressure Lety into coming back.
Robopop is doing and interviewing over the phone for an accounting job. He tells the prospective employer that he comes from a noble, honest, and responsible family. He proudly tells of Lety’s high position managing a big company’s finances. Julieta listens in and thinks “if only he knew the truth.”
Caro and Lety bring the bellezas together on the hotel lawn for Aldo’s surprise. The bellezas discuss how hot Aldo is. A they walk away, Caro and Lety stay back. Lety says it’s ironic that the bellezas can’t wait to see Aldo, while she never wants to see him again. Caro tells Lety to get a grip. In Acapulco, you’re supposed to have fun.
Tomas tells the lawyers that if they don’t straighten this mess out, Lety will kill him. He pulls the end of his tie above his head like a noose.
Ariel tells Fern to call Lety’s family. Fern says he will call them in private.
No-personality lawyers have more bad news. In the next step of this legal process, Conceptos will be auctioned off to pay off the debt to Lety. The entire executive board is impactado. Ariel yells at Fern to go call Lety’s family already. Fern feigns panic, then calmly leaves. Ariel observes that, again, their fate is in Fern’s hands.
Tom tells the happy-hour lawyers to go to Conceptos to straighten everything out. The happy-hour lawyers explain to Tomas that in order to take the action he wants, Lety need to be there in person. They ask when she will return. They go into a long unnecessary discussion about when the beauty pageant in Acapulco will end.
In the presidential office, Fern Calls Julieta, who responds very coldly. He says that he wanted to avoid this, but if no one tells him where Lety is, he will have to tell her and Robopop the truth about what’s going on, because Lety is behaving very badly with the company. Julieta, with Ninja-like reaction, responds, “And you? Haven’t you behaved badly?” She goes on to tell him off, asking how dare he have the nerve to accuse Lety when it was Fern who dragged her into that hell. It’s a miracle she’s still alive after all he has put her through. Fern is impactado and asks if Lety told her all of this. Ninja mom says Lety did not need to say anything for her (mom) to understand what's going on. She asks him if he has the pantalones [pants] to tell her husband everything he has done. Fern tries to tell her that Lety is making a mistake by trying to take over the company. Ninja mom says he’s mistaken, she does not want his company and Tomas is working with the lawyers to get that straightened out. She tells him to leave her family alone. Fern says that things are getting complicated. Ninja mom says he made them complicated. Lety made a mistake and she’s paying for it, but he got her mixed up in these problems. She hangs up on him and Fern pretends he’s still talking to her, thanking her and saying it was nice chatting with her.
Happy-hour lawyers finally ask what the pageant has to do with Lety. Tomas explains that she will be back as soon as the pageant ends. Happy-hour lawyers insist that Tomas must tell them all the nitty-gritty details about the case in order to understand how they can help. Tomas is hesitant. They say they can not continue on the case until Tomas spills the beans.
At the hotel, the girls find Aldo’s surprise: a barbeque. The bellezas think it’s the best surprise ever! Aldo has a big goofy grin and immediately asks for Lety. Lety is hiding in the back of the crowd, obviously dreading having to face Aldo again.
Fernando remembers his conversation with Ninja mom. Omar walks in and compares Fern to Julio Cesar Chavez [famous Mexican boxer]. He also asks just how many rottweillers he got into a fight with. Fern rehashes his conversation with ninja mom. He says she knows everything, and she peeee-oh’d. They will stand by Lety, and with good reason, because they are a good Mexican family with values.
In the executive lobby, Mama T tells Marcia that Humberto had a terrible night after learning about Fern’s antics and about the judge’s ruling to give Lety the company. Humby won’t be coming to the office. She thinks they should keep him distanced from all these problems to preserve his health. She asks where Fern is. Marcia doesn’t want the employees to here her answer and takes Mama T to her office. The cuartel watch as Marcia and Mama T walk by and comment that bad luck does not discriminate.
Lety says she feels bad because she kissed Aldo, and she shouldn’t have done it because she still loves Fern. Caro asks if she is thinking of going back to Fern. Lety says “Of course, not, Fern doesn’t love me, he just used me.”
Marcia tells Mama T about her rescue mission the night before. Mama T has hopes that Marcia will get back together with Fern. She is encouraged when Marcia says she still had all of Fern’s stuff at her house. She asks if they “reconciled” [that’s mom-speak for “boinked”… ick!]. Marcia says no, because she still has her dignity. She slept in another room. Still, Mama T says the outlook seems promising. She should give him another opportunity. Marcia says she did. She gave Fern the suitcase and told him to pack his crap, but it was a test; if Fern takes his things, that means he has no interest in staying, if he leaves them, well…
Meanwhile, Fern is getting ready to leave Marcia’s place. He looks at his stuff and the suitcase on Marcia’s bed…. he lingers… he... he… decides to leave it! [Doh! Fern, what are you thinking?!]
Caro tells Lety why Aldo is a good deal. He has no other commitments (i.e. fiancee), he's extraordinary, plus he would never deceive her. Lety says this is not a good time to fall in love. Caro tells her to go for it!
Alicia arrives at work late and the cuartel chide her. Alicia says it’s so hard to get out of bed when you sleep on silk sheets; not like the poor folks, who sleep on lumpy beds and are better off just getting up. The cuartel mock Alicia’s uppity-ness. Just then Marcia yells “ALICIA!”
Lety and Caro are in a shop buying gifts for the bellezas, and they marvel at the convenience of credit cards. Aldo calls Caro on her cell. They discuss something about going to a special place for lunch. After the call, she tells Lety that Also sounds very happy, and says that he has a special surprise for them. Lety looks worried about that.
Alicia knows she’s in deep doo-doo, so she tries to deflect the scolding by telling Marcia how wonderful she looks [oh yeah, today Marcia is sporting super-straightened hair and has traded her heavy coral eye shadow for heavy rose eye shadow… actually, cotton candy might be a better description]. Anyhoo, Alicia’s tactic does not work, and she gets yelled at for being late. Alicia says it’s easy for Marcia to judge, since she has transportation to get to work, while Alicia can’t even take a taxi. Marcia suggests the bus. Alicia is offended. Ariel arrives with his personality-challenged lawyers. Ariel tells Alicia that she has the perfect man for her. Alicia excitedly looks toward the lawyers. No, Ariel says, not them, what you need is a taxi driver… pa-dum-pum! Before she can retaliate, he orders her to bring them coffee.
The execs head to the boardroom. Mama T tells Ariel and Co. that the judge has ruled in Lety’s favor. Ariel is impactado.
In the exec lobby, Fern strolls in whistling and walking with his head turned toward the wall. As usual, he asks if Lety has called. Sarah replies that she hasn’t. He continues to walk while looking away from them. The cuartel is intrigued by this. Alicia walks in and is in the right spot to see Fern’s black-and-blue face. She screams, which startles Fern. He jumps and turns around. The cuartel see him and scream, too. Fern tries to explain that he tripped and fell, but it doesn't hurt at all.
Ariel tells the rest of the execs that now that Lety has the company, they are bankrupt and ruined. He asks where Fern is; he bets that Fern couldn’t even dare to show his face. Just then Fern walks in. Seeing his beat-up face, Ariel looks disgusted. Insults fly. Mom defends Fern [about time, mom!]. Ariel tells Fern he’s an embarrassment. He asks how it feels to be a loser. He puts his hand on Fern’s shoulder -- which causes Fern much pain-- and tells Fern he feels pity for him. He asks Fern if he is here to defend Lety again. Fern says he’s done doing that. [Doh! Strike two, Fern.]
Julieta cries as she reads Lety’s diary-- the part where Lety writes that she is not capable of keeping Fern’s company, even if he deserves it. Just then Lety calls. Lety asks what’s wrong. Mom says that Lety being gone makes her realize just what a wonderful person Lety is, and that she misses her. Lety tells her not to worry; in Acapulco she is surrounded by people who make her feel important. Mom exclaims “Hallelujah, that’s just what you need!”
Humby has called into the boardroom and lays out the game plan. They need to take drastic measures. They will hire a specialized lawyer to bring criminal charges against Lety.
Meanwhile, Tomas is talking to the happy-hour lawyers. One of them is wearing funky glasses with rhinestones. He explains that he was at one of those restaurants “with poles” [a strip club maybe?] and his friend sat on his regular glasses, so the friend then let him borrow her own glasses… whatever. Tomas tries to explain that Lety doesn’t want to keep Conceptos. He wants the lawyers to find a way to reverse the judge’s ruling.
Humby tells Fern that he needs to call Lety’s family. They might be able to pressure Lety into coming back.
Robopop is doing and interviewing over the phone for an accounting job. He tells the prospective employer that he comes from a noble, honest, and responsible family. He proudly tells of Lety’s high position managing a big company’s finances. Julieta listens in and thinks “if only he knew the truth.”
Caro and Lety bring the bellezas together on the hotel lawn for Aldo’s surprise. The bellezas discuss how hot Aldo is. A they walk away, Caro and Lety stay back. Lety says it’s ironic that the bellezas can’t wait to see Aldo, while she never wants to see him again. Caro tells Lety to get a grip. In Acapulco, you’re supposed to have fun.
Tomas tells the lawyers that if they don’t straighten this mess out, Lety will kill him. He pulls the end of his tie above his head like a noose.
Ariel tells Fern to call Lety’s family. Fern says he will call them in private.
No-personality lawyers have more bad news. In the next step of this legal process, Conceptos will be auctioned off to pay off the debt to Lety. The entire executive board is impactado. Ariel yells at Fern to go call Lety’s family already. Fern feigns panic, then calmly leaves. Ariel observes that, again, their fate is in Fern’s hands.
Tom tells the happy-hour lawyers to go to Conceptos to straighten everything out. The happy-hour lawyers explain to Tomas that in order to take the action he wants, Lety need to be there in person. They ask when she will return. They go into a long unnecessary discussion about when the beauty pageant in Acapulco will end.
In the presidential office, Fern Calls Julieta, who responds very coldly. He says that he wanted to avoid this, but if no one tells him where Lety is, he will have to tell her and Robopop the truth about what’s going on, because Lety is behaving very badly with the company. Julieta, with Ninja-like reaction, responds, “And you? Haven’t you behaved badly?” She goes on to tell him off, asking how dare he have the nerve to accuse Lety when it was Fern who dragged her into that hell. It’s a miracle she’s still alive after all he has put her through. Fern is impactado and asks if Lety told her all of this. Ninja mom says Lety did not need to say anything for her (mom) to understand what's going on. She asks him if he has the pantalones [pants] to tell her husband everything he has done. Fern tries to tell her that Lety is making a mistake by trying to take over the company. Ninja mom says he’s mistaken, she does not want his company and Tomas is working with the lawyers to get that straightened out. She tells him to leave her family alone. Fern says that things are getting complicated. Ninja mom says he made them complicated. Lety made a mistake and she’s paying for it, but he got her mixed up in these problems. She hangs up on him and Fern pretends he’s still talking to her, thanking her and saying it was nice chatting with her.
Happy-hour lawyers finally ask what the pageant has to do with Lety. Tomas explains that she will be back as soon as the pageant ends. Happy-hour lawyers insist that Tomas must tell them all the nitty-gritty details about the case in order to understand how they can help. Tomas is hesitant. They say they can not continue on the case until Tomas spills the beans.
At the hotel, the girls find Aldo’s surprise: a barbeque. The bellezas think it’s the best surprise ever! Aldo has a big goofy grin and immediately asks for Lety. Lety is hiding in the back of the crowd, obviously dreading having to face Aldo again.
Fernando remembers his conversation with Ninja mom. Omar walks in and compares Fern to Julio Cesar Chavez [famous Mexican boxer]. He also asks just how many rottweillers he got into a fight with. Fern rehashes his conversation with ninja mom. He says she knows everything, and she peeee-oh’d. They will stand by Lety, and with good reason, because they are a good Mexican family with values.
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Heridas de Amor Thursday January 11
At the island of the dolls in Xichimilco
El Guapo tells Berta he's going to extract the scent of fear and death and cuts one of his fingers and then proceeds to cut off one of Berthas fingers .
Liliana, tells Miranda that she is sorry that without her intention she caused so many problems between her and Alejandro. Miranda tells her that is she wants her to listen to her, to be honest and tell her the truth, that all she did was for her own sake. Liliana tells her she is right.
they argue and Liliana asks Miranda if she would be willing to give Alejandro his freedom, she replies, that she would let Alejandro make his own decisions and that is what love is all about.
In Puerto Vallarta, Miranda plays with her nephew as Charo tells her if she spoils her nephew she can only imagine how she'll treat her own son. She asks her if she still loves Alejandro and she says she does as she recalls her wedding day. Rebeca arrives and tells her that Julio is getting worse but decided to come to take her grandson home.
Liliana, goes to see Alejandro and tell him that Miranda is a great woman and that he should go after her, she says that that will be the last time they see each other and dumbell has the nerve to say that if shouldn't that be his decision.\She tell him that Miranda is letting him decide what he wants to do and not to many women would do that. She tells him that she already called Sofia's dad and that he was thrilled to find out he has a daughter and even ask her to give their relationship a try, Alejandro is happy for her and tells her that if she ver needs anything to call him. When Liliana leaves he calls his chauffer and tells him to have his plane ready ASAP he is going to the hacienda to try to win Miranda back because she is the love of his life and he will do whatever it takes towin her back.
Alejandro arrives at the hacienda and sees Arcadia. He asks where is everyone and she says she has not been home so she has no idea, he looks for Gabino and asks him where Miranda Gabino tells him that even if he cuts his tongue he won't tell him where she is. He asks him if it's an order from Miranda and he says it is. He tells him he loves Miranda like he loves Arcadia but Gabino tells him if he has to be loyal to him or Miranda he'll pick her. He begs him to help him and Gabino finally admits that she is in Puerto Vallarta with Fabricio that the hotel info is on the desk in her office, and to hurry because she leaves for Europe the following morning.
Cesar arrives in Puerto Vallarta and checks into the hotel under Alejandro Luque's name. Charo tells Rebeca she saw Cesar but Rebeca tells him he's on the run and can't be him. Cesar sees Rebeca and says she's going to help him.
Alejandro thanks Naty for giving him cocoa water saying it gave him strength. She tells him to fight for her and listen to her in silence. She gives him some cocoa and says if Miranda turns him down to give it to her and tells her the cocoa bush needs a lot to go thru lots of hands. He tries to talk but she tells him he's loosing strength and tells him to leave as he orders his plane ready to go to Puerto Vallarta.
Miranda asks Fabricio how his project went and he tells her he already signed the contract to put his project forward. He tells her he wants their trip to be a second chance and if it doesn't work they'll remain friends. Veronica tells Renata that now that they're rich again that have no help. Renata says she's learned along the way what is more important. Veronica asks her who the father of her baby is and she says it doesn't matter because the baby is hers and she is going to raise him to have the same qualities that Juan has.
Alejandro arrives at the hotel and asks if Miranda Sanllorente or Fabricio are staying in the Hotel, the man tells him that the Fabricio and his wife are having lunch at the restaurant on the deck.
Miranda tells Fabricio she can't make a decision in the time they had to each lunch. He tells her to think that their love was interrupted by Florencia and then Alejandro. She tells him she doesn't see him as a man and doesn't want to lie to him. He leans over and asks her for another chance and kisses her.
Alejandro arrives at that moment and sees them and says they have taken great advantage of their time together. Fabricio asks Alejandro what he's doing there as he and Miranda stare at each other. He says he has nothing to do there as he asks Miranda if they can talk.
OK everyone... this is my last recapp, tomorrow is the grand Finale... I hope you like it....Its been a pleasure meeting all of you and see you around!!
In the mean time I will leave you my fundraising webpage in case anyone is interested in donating to the Save The Children charity for which I need to raise $5000, and for whom I'm doing the trek to India.
http://www.justgiving.com/gloriasindiatrek
El Guapo tells Berta he's going to extract the scent of fear and death and cuts one of his fingers and then proceeds to cut off one of Berthas fingers .
Liliana, tells Miranda that she is sorry that without her intention she caused so many problems between her and Alejandro. Miranda tells her that is she wants her to listen to her, to be honest and tell her the truth, that all she did was for her own sake. Liliana tells her she is right.
they argue and Liliana asks Miranda if she would be willing to give Alejandro his freedom, she replies, that she would let Alejandro make his own decisions and that is what love is all about.
In Puerto Vallarta, Miranda plays with her nephew as Charo tells her if she spoils her nephew she can only imagine how she'll treat her own son. She asks her if she still loves Alejandro and she says she does as she recalls her wedding day. Rebeca arrives and tells her that Julio is getting worse but decided to come to take her grandson home.
Liliana, goes to see Alejandro and tell him that Miranda is a great woman and that he should go after her, she says that that will be the last time they see each other and dumbell has the nerve to say that if shouldn't that be his decision.\She tell him that Miranda is letting him decide what he wants to do and not to many women would do that. She tells him that she already called Sofia's dad and that he was thrilled to find out he has a daughter and even ask her to give their relationship a try, Alejandro is happy for her and tells her that if she ver needs anything to call him. When Liliana leaves he calls his chauffer and tells him to have his plane ready ASAP he is going to the hacienda to try to win Miranda back because she is the love of his life and he will do whatever it takes towin her back.
Alejandro arrives at the hacienda and sees Arcadia. He asks where is everyone and she says she has not been home so she has no idea, he looks for Gabino and asks him where Miranda Gabino tells him that even if he cuts his tongue he won't tell him where she is. He asks him if it's an order from Miranda and he says it is. He tells him he loves Miranda like he loves Arcadia but Gabino tells him if he has to be loyal to him or Miranda he'll pick her. He begs him to help him and Gabino finally admits that she is in Puerto Vallarta with Fabricio that the hotel info is on the desk in her office, and to hurry because she leaves for Europe the following morning.
Cesar arrives in Puerto Vallarta and checks into the hotel under Alejandro Luque's name. Charo tells Rebeca she saw Cesar but Rebeca tells him he's on the run and can't be him. Cesar sees Rebeca and says she's going to help him.
Alejandro thanks Naty for giving him cocoa water saying it gave him strength. She tells him to fight for her and listen to her in silence. She gives him some cocoa and says if Miranda turns him down to give it to her and tells her the cocoa bush needs a lot to go thru lots of hands. He tries to talk but she tells him he's loosing strength and tells him to leave as he orders his plane ready to go to Puerto Vallarta.
Miranda asks Fabricio how his project went and he tells her he already signed the contract to put his project forward. He tells her he wants their trip to be a second chance and if it doesn't work they'll remain friends. Veronica tells Renata that now that they're rich again that have no help. Renata says she's learned along the way what is more important. Veronica asks her who the father of her baby is and she says it doesn't matter because the baby is hers and she is going to raise him to have the same qualities that Juan has.
Alejandro arrives at the hotel and asks if Miranda Sanllorente or Fabricio are staying in the Hotel, the man tells him that the Fabricio and his wife are having lunch at the restaurant on the deck.
Miranda tells Fabricio she can't make a decision in the time they had to each lunch. He tells her to think that their love was interrupted by Florencia and then Alejandro. She tells him she doesn't see him as a man and doesn't want to lie to him. He leans over and asks her for another chance and kisses her.
Alejandro arrives at that moment and sees them and says they have taken great advantage of their time together. Fabricio asks Alejandro what he's doing there as he and Miranda stare at each other. He says he has nothing to do there as he asks Miranda if they can talk.
OK everyone... this is my last recapp, tomorrow is the grand Finale... I hope you like it....Its been a pleasure meeting all of you and see you around!!
In the mean time I will leave you my fundraising webpage in case anyone is interested in donating to the Save The Children charity for which I need to raise $5000, and for whom I'm doing the trek to India.
http://www.justgiving.com/gloriasindiatrek
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Acapulco Sunrise then Sunset...Ahhhh
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