Caray, Caray!

Well, I can't let PdG end without doing a memorial to the demise of Juan's beloved truck. Here are some pics as it sinks into the swamp in Friday's episode.













Camioneta - en paz descansa.

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Meanwhile Padre Tadeo performs the mass.

Ofelia complains to Margarita about hiring Eva, since she feels Margarita is only using her in order to get information about Rosario. Margarita insists she was only giving a hand to a desperate woman, but Ofelia says she knows her better than that. Margarita has never cared about anybody but herself and only does what interests her. Margarita admits she does want Rosario to learn the truth about her. Ofelia warns her she may not like what she herself finds out and asks her to leave town and to never come back there again. Otherwise, if Margarita learns the truth what she finds out might cause her a lot of grief.

Meanwhile, the sisters place flowers at their father’s crypt and the brothers make their way to Libia’s tomb. The brothers arrive at Libia’s grave site in the bat cave and Juan tells Libia they plan to tell the truth about her today, and then leaves another concha. (I really wonder just what happens to that concha once the flower glows.)

Back at Augie’s he and Eva get ready to visit Bernardo’s crypt but Eva’s worried Gabi will throw them both out again. Augie doesn’t think so since Raqui’s firing Eva was enough to satisfy Gabriela. He shakes his head and says that Gabi has chalked up so many evil deeds that she couldn’t possibly manage to repent for all of them in her lifetime. (Couldn’t have said it better myself.)

In the hacienda’s kitchen, big mouth Hortensia and her two sons are delivering and putting up the produce order. Fernando is coming down the large stairway above and overhears their chatter. They are discussing how painful the memorial mass was and that today the Elizondo girls might be taking communion beside the Reyes’, but in an instant they might be split up. Rigo tells his mother to be quiet because someone might hear her, but she doesn’t believe anybody is around. She fairly shouts that “It’s all so sad. I am sure that up in heaven Don Bernardo Elizondo and Libia Reyes are still in love with each other.” Fernando stops in his tracks at this and says to himself in a big “A-ha!” moment, “Libia Reyes?”

Meanwhile, the three Elizondo sisters and the three Reyes brothers ride to Libia’s grave site while Padre Tadeo prays at his little office altar for God to enlighten the sisters. “Let there remain some bond of their love; the truth should unite them more and never should it divide them.” (I think God has just left his office and his cell battery is dead. Tadeo will have to leave a number.)

Back at the cottage Eva and Augie are returning and discussing how time flies since it’s a year now that Bernardo has been dead. Augie says he cannot forget the young girl who showed up at the wake that night. “What was her name, Eva?” Fernando appears in the doorway just then. “Libia Reyes,” he answers for her. “She was named Libia Reyes. --Isn’t that right, Eva?” Eva is at a loss for words, ‘cause she knows she’s just been outed. Augie asks Feo what he is talking about and Feo tells him he heard right: the little girl who showed up that night claiming she was pregnant with Bernie’s kid and that they were in love was named Libia Reyes. Why, he just found out himself. “She was the Reyes’ sister.”

Augie can’t believe it and asks Eva if it’s true or not. “That can’t be true. That would be crazy!” he tells her. Eva is too impactada to answer --much to Augie’s chagrin. She tries to find the words to explain to Augie, but Feo jumps in instead. “Am I lying, Eva? You knew from the first, and it was you who let them in and hired them as bricklayers. Isn’t that right?” Augie keeps demanding the truth from her. Finally she stutters that yes, she did know and Libia was in fact their younger sister. Augie’s jaw drops to his lap and it’s obvious from the smug smile on Feo’s face that he is enjoying this little scene way too much.

As soon as she can, Eva runs over to the bakery to warn Quintina that Don Augustin knows the truth about Libia being the Reyes’ sister. The others need to be warned too. Quintina tells her it’s too late for that now. Juan has already taken the girls to the tomb and is planning to tell them the truth. Eva also now hopes that God can enlighten the three Elizondo girls but God is still out of the office and his cell is on the charger.

Fernando has returned to the Hacienda. He sits Gabi down and tells her that Libia, the girl that crashed Bernie’s wake was the Reyes’ younger sister. At the same time Juan is telling Sofia, Jimena and Sarita that Libia was the name of their sister and that she was the young girl who was involved with their father and who was pregnant with Bernardo’s child. All three of the sisters are wide-eyed, double take impactada at Juan’s unexpected revelation.

Sofia nearly blows a gasket when she hears that Libia was The Girl and she screams at Juan about not having told her before despite all the times he’d had the chance. He admits that he was just too scared to lose her once she learned the truth.

Jimena yells out suddenly that she remembers now that they were not the original bricklayers hired to build the cottage. “So what was the real reason you went to the hacienda?” she screams over the (suddenly) loud sound of the falls. (Anybody ever remember those falls being that noisy in other scenes?) “—To get revenge,” is Oscar’s reluctant answer. “—For what? I didn’t hear you!” “—To avenge the death of our sister! To kill everyone! That’s why we went!” he screams back through the din outside. Sarita starts repeating over and over, “I knew it. I knew it. I knew it! You came looking to harm us.” Franco wants to explain, but she stops him cold. “What Oscar just finished saying doesn’t need an explanation. It is very clear. You came to the house looking for revenge.”

Sofia asks Juan if it’s true, that they came to the house that day looking for vengeance and he admits it is. They share a veeeeerrrrry long look of shock, betrayal and unbearable shame. (I gotta admit EY, that even under that skuzzy beard, you relay one hell of a credible look of “unbearable shame” for the camera. Yep, I hate the dopey dude you’re playing, but that look is another one for the record books, big boy.)

Back at the cottage Augie is upset with himself for letting the Reyes’ deceive him. “They tricked me. They lied to me!”

We beam back to the bat cave as Jimena demands to know from Oscar why they showed up at the hacienda that day. He hangs his head in shame and confesses that it was in order to take vengeance on the family, but insists that they fell in love with them all and couldn’t continue with the promise they’d made to their dead sister.

Up in her room Gabi says she wants the two of them to go to the Reyes’ and confront them face to face with the awful truth in front of her idiot daughters but Feo talks her out of it. He says the girls will only feel more threatened by her than the Reyes’ if she does. It would be best for her daughters to find out by themselves then come to her on their own. She needs to remember those three men are very shrewd. “—They are miserable wretches,” she says. “However miserably wretched they might be, they managed to deceive all of us. It’s clear to me that they came looking for revenge, to have your daughters fall in love –and they managed it. Perhaps they are doing to them what Bernardo did to their sister,” he reasons.

Gabi agrees and says they’ll have to be on their guard then because who knows what their intentions are. Feo says exactly, because who knows how they’ll react when they find out how she humiliated the girl at the wake the night she died. “—And that reaction will be worse,” adds Gabi, “when they know that you murdered their sister.” She then “lovingly” caresses his mouth with her fingertips. (Grrrr! It’s always like fingernails on a blackboard watching her do that to him, and especially tonight.)

Back at the tomb the sisters all are screaming around Libia’s grave site demanding to know just what the brothers’ plan for vengeance involved. Sofia asks how far they were planning to take things. “Perhaps you even thought to kill us, Juan? Well, did you?” Juan screams back yes, and then Franco insists that once they met them that changed everything. Oscar admits that the plan was to have them fall in love, then to seduce them, and then to leave them the same way their father left their sister. Sofia interrupts insisting that her father was never going to abandon Libia. Jimena sneers and wonders if they had even met their father. Oscar answers angrily that of course they had!

Juan begins yelling over the din outside that they met him when they found out she was pregnant with his kid, and they believed him when he said he was going to take responsibility and marry her; but Bernardo lied to them because he never told them that he was already married and had a family! (Hard to grasp that Daddy may not have been such a gentleman after all, isn't it now, Sofia?) Of course, Sofia and her sisters begin screaming that the Reyes’ love then must all be just a pack of lies. Juan says no, they love them and they brought them there to the grave so they could tell them the truth. (Sorry, but the only truth can be Sofia’s truth.)

Oscar tells Jimena that no it isn’t lies, that fate toyed with them and this vengeance changed into a marvelous love. Juan begs Sofia to believe their love for them is real “—With all our being! Believe me, Sofia! Take a good look at me! I love you!” and Franco swears then that they love them with all their heart.

Juan grabs for Sofia but she won’t have anything more to do with him. In typical novela fashion she screams, “Let go of me! --No Juan! Love cannot exist if it is not based in truth. How could you all? How could you all have done this to us?” She slaps Juan and tells him to never ever touch her again, then stomps off. The others reject Oscar and Franco likewise and then leave too. “It’s been carried out, Libia,” says Franco. Oscar looks away and adds, “It’s done now.” Juan looks up and says, “Lord, if that’s the way you want it, well, whatever you command so be it.” They share a sad brotherly group hug.

A bit later as the two groups of riders trot away from the grave site it is obvious that the charade has ended and the trust and love and happiness they all shared are now dead. Yes, yes. Death, now dressed in red, follows along behind and looks on as we in Viewerville note the not so subtle reference to the last scene of Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death when all has been revealed and all have succumbed. "…And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all." (Got it, class?)

While all of this is taking place, Eva is explaining to Quintina that it’s all been her fault for having let the Reyes’ into the hacienda to pass for the bricklayers. She knows that Don Augustin deserves an explanation from her she says. The sympathetic Quintina is impactada to hear that Eva did this knowing who they were and what they were going to do. (Quite frankly, so am I come to think of it.) Eva admits she knew from the first and that she did it because she was so “overcome from hate, bitterness, rage and pain at that moment" from all that Gabriela Elizondo had done to her and she wanted her to pay for it. (Yep, I’d say that about runs the gamut of emotions that rabid, female canine can arouse in every God-fearing one of us.) Afterwards though, Eva tells Quintina, she regretted it; but by then it was all too late.

Speaking of the Queen of Rome and canine females, Gabi confesses to Feo her rage at having been duped. However, what angers her most is the way her daughters voluntarily handed themselves over to their “executioners.” The thought hits her then that this means her daughters will certainly be leaving the Reyes’ and returning home thoroughly hoodwinked and humiliated. “—But if they do return home, it will be under my conditions!” she smiles. Fernando advises her that this will be the perfect time to assert herself as the long-suffering and sacrificing mother who is ready to forgive everything “for the good of her daughters.”

“We need to have them back in order for you to –“ “—to have them in my hands!” Gabi finishes his thought. “—You got it!” Fer smiles. They share another conspiratorial laugh together. “Yes, I’ll be the long-suffering, self-sacrificing mother ready to shelter them when they most need it!” Gabi nearly swoons from the perverse pleasure she’ll take in it. She immediately pulls out her rosary, turns to the over sized cross on the wall, and begins to pray again. (God better be back in his office and taking very good notes on this one.)

The six (not so young) lovers return to Reyes Central. Juan tries to make the sisters all understand they all still love them. (Anybody else getting’ tired of this besides me about now?) Quintina tries to cover over the obvious hostility but Sofia accuses her of being the brothers’ accomplice. She can’t deny it and asks what choice did she have? Jimena accuses her of preferring to betray them instead of the Reyes’. Juan swears to Sofia again that they were only frightened of losing them. “Well, Juan,” she says, “your fears have been realized. I cannot continue to stay in this house a moment longer.” Quintina gets on her knees as it’s obviously now her turn to beg them to stay. After all, “they are upright, worthy men,” she pleads.

Jimena quickly disagrees, “No they aren’t. They are avengers and they’ve succeeded. They’ve broken all three of our hearts. They’ve torn apart our dreams and our hopes.” She plans on leaving immediately if not sooner, too. They all go off to pack and Juan lifts Quintina up off her knees and tells her not to humble herself. (Here! Here! Enough is enough!)
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We are beamed back to Augie’s where Eva is now trying to explain her motives but he feels totally betrayed and refuses to listen. She knew all that time, from the very first, who they were and what they intended to do but kept quiet about it. “You handed us over to the enemy and without the slightest bit of mercy!” He feels guilty for ignoring the fact they came armed that day. “Why would you just let them in knowing they were coming to take their revenge? You, who proclaimed so much that you love my granddaughters as if they were your own daughters!” (About now I’m screaming at Eva to put the blame where it belongs! Why can’t she remember to tell him the real reason is because Gabriela tricked her and high-handedly stole her newborn daughter out of her arms and gave her away to Gawd knows who??) Eva swears she tried to talk them out of it numerous times but could never convince them to leave. “You delivered them to their enemies! Whatever happens to them now, it’s on your head!” He rolls away in disgust to drown in her own tears.

Back in the hacienda, Fernando is in his bedroom taking out Libia’s locket from its little wooden chest. He thinks to himself that he knows Sofia so well and that she’ll never forgive this betrayal. So, now is the perfect time to offer her all his “support.”
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We’re back at Casita Reyes and Juan continues begging Sofia to understand. She continues to refuse to forgive him or to stay. She reminds him that she warned him only lies and tricks could split them up and he stayed quiet about everything. She comes across her wedding dress as she’s packing and starts in again about the way he betrayed her truthfulness and affections. Juan cannot hold back any longer. (At last he lets Miss Self-Righteous Fancy Pants have it with both barrels.) “You don’t know what you’re talking about! Yes, my pain was consuming me, and all on account of your father! HE tricked US and made a fool out of my sister! As for us, we never respond with hate or vengeance easily, but after our sister’s death and your father’s duping her, we were filled with hate and bitterness, and with despair!” (Alas! Our jonnie wimps out again.) “--Don’t leave me, Sofia!” (Argghh!)

Sofia tells Juan that she would have understood his pain, but not this lie. She would have rather he carried out his vengeance the first day they met and killed her outright. It would have saved her the pain. “You got your revenge and it’s been cruel, very cruel.”

Oscar, likewise, tries reasoning with Jimena. She’s even more obstinate than Sofia and punches him when asking why he kept quiet and refused to be honest with her. He tries to explain. “We entered the hacienda to avenge our sister, don’t you see? We never thought about falling in love with you all. Never! Now look at me! I was afraid. I didn’t want to lose you, believe me, Jimena! Please!” Jimena says it’s all too ridiculous. She forgave his infidelity because he looked her in the eyes and admitted it, but this time it’s different. She takes off her wedding ring, tells him she is giving him back his promise of love, and tells him to keep the ring for the next go at revenge.

It’s no better between Franco and Sarita, either. “I kept telling them I doubted you all but they just ignored me, said I was too distrustful, I was exaggerating. I warned them that you had come to harm us!” Franco begs Sarita to understand that they still love them, but Sarita disagrees. “No, Franco. You don’t understand about love, because hypocrisy doesn’t fit into Love’s world view. You betrayed us. You were looking for revenge and you got it. You succeeded. There is no love in any of you, only a hatred that’s come to the surface. That’s all that there is!”

Before the three sisters leave, Sofia stops to give a prayer of thanks to the virgencita for having protected them during their stay there and asks for her support during this painful time. Suddenly Pablito comes home from school and notices the suitcases. He wonders if they are all going on a vacation. Sofia tells him they’re not and that she and her sisters are leaving the house for good. Pablito thinks this must be a cruel joke (one of the cruelest, I’d say) and then reminds her that she promised to stay and be his mother. She says she still will be and they’ll be able to visit each other as often as they like. (Save it, Sofia.) Oscar and Franco try again to persuade them to stay, but Sarita only sneers, “Good riddence!” at them before the three of them start for the door.

However, Padre Tadeo walks in just then, checking to see what happened after they had learned the truth. Sofia asks if Padre Tadeo was in on the ruse too and he admits he knew about it all, but that he succeeded in convincing the brothers to exchange vengeance for justice, a concept that seems to be a bit too esoteric for our three distressed and distressingly naive damsels to comprehend.

“I’ve been a witness to how these three generous men transformed their pain and rage into a true love,” says Tadeo. (How quickly you forget, Sofia, how Juan selflessly carried you out of a burning inferno, raced you to a hospital after you fell down those stairs in a daze and nearly miscarried, took that flogging for you from your insanely sadistic mother, and, oh yeah, rescued you from being beaten to a bloody pulp by Fernando that day at the Chili Pepper Rodeo. What was that, hon? Chopped liver?) “No, Father,” replies Sofia. “True love doesn’t betray,” is her arrogant, self-assuming statement of The World According to Sofia Garp. “This time you’ve made a mistake. They don’t love us.” (Chopped liver it is, then.)

Sofia and her sisters pick up their bags and head for home. Juan places Libia’s picture back onto the little shrine and tells the others that their oath to Libia has been fulfilled. He squares his shoulders and looks over at all of them, resolute. “From now on, let whatever has to happen happen.”

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Permalink posted by Jardinera654 @ 4:40 PM 85 comments

[Hola Guapistas. I'm a little under the weather this evening, so this recap is courtesy of Mr. 5ft. Yep, he makes hot tea, soup, and snark. Enjoy!--5ft]


Previously on Guapos, Rosario hires Alejandro to build stuff and pays him waaay too much and blows smoke up his back side.

Alejandro admits that they have no full time staff to help, and warns her about Constancio's back stabbing.

Rocky finds out that Bobby got Nestor's big fat check, and Alejandro introduces Rosario as their new big client to build stuff for.

Bobby asks if they need to wait and see if Constancio will steal this client, and Alejandro reassures them.

Socoro is still concerned about her rat bastard daughter. Horacio gets told about how she misses all the noise. The new chauffer is Chamuco.

Lina on the phone with Bobby: Lina is fussing as the nameless maid in a black and white outfit cleans the table and Lina's nails. Every time Lina starts straightening something the nameless maid who is apparently non-verbal bats Lina's hand away with the rag and starts re-cleaning whatever Lina touched. Bobby lets Lina know that they have a big client and that they are going to celebrate with a dinner. After Lina hangs up, the nameless maid decides that Lina can't be trusted with the phone and takes it away from her. And thus we get the fight over who gets to clean (nameless maid wins or loses depending on your point of view).

Andrea macks on Damian, until Braulio and Chamuco show up and then she cancels her request for the chauffer to take her out, and walks off with Damian.

Alejandro talking on the phone: Nestor shows up. There is some verbal sparring and then Nestor gets a hug.

Hugo shows up at the Casa of the Abused. Mili and Hugo talk. Mili thanks him for divorcing her. We are told that the wedding is in a year. Mili asks about Karla. Mili of course wants to know what Hugo is going to do about Karla and her spawn. Mili says she doesn't like to see him so upset, and that she still likes Hugo as a friend. Hugo leaves after they blather on for a while.

Back to Nestor and Alejandro: Alejandro tells Nestor about the job. Nestor warns Alejandro about Rosario since she was donating money to Constancio's presidency campaign.

Rosario is talking to Paulo, and is concerned that there might be a problem with Alejandro accepting the job. Paulo says she still loves Constancio and there is some denial.

Constancio still acting like Heffner and is not leaving the house and everything is set for him to be president.

The gang has a fancy lunch out to celebrate. Alejandro is contemplating what Nestor told him, and it is bugging him. Then he goes back to celebrating.

Rosario shows up at the Casa of the Abused and likes the look of the outside. It makes her all nostalgic with Paulo. Paulo is starts working on Rosario to get her to do something naughty. And off she goes to see in the house where as we saw in the previews last night she appears to be recognized by Luciana

Hugo packs up his stuff in preparation to leave. Hugo remembers being the hairy homeless guy with Mili. And so he dresses back up as the Hairy Homeless guy to go and raise heck.

Damian and Andrea bitch over drinks. She wants to know what is going on with the divorce and Damian says he has the original papers that Mili signed. They get all lovey.

The doorbell rings at the Casa of the Abused. In comes Rosario greeted by Luciana and Rosario is recognized. Oops. Rosario tries to leave and Luciana won't let her leave. Luciana explains who she is.

Damian wants Milagros' shares, but we will see how that works. Damian is willing to take Andrea away from all this. He starts to spill his plans. He plans to buy the company and sell the whole company.

Constancio has retired his Heffner act, and leaves to straighten out his life.

Rosario is still talking to Luciana. So they gossip about what has gone on.

Back to the party. Bobby wants to get to work on the contract, and Alejandro wants to wait. Nestor's warnings seem to have sunk in. They talk Alejandro into preparing the contract so that Rosario can sign her life away.

The girls are in the bathroom. Talking about how they miss the group all living together. Valeria is going to induct them into the spa cult. Mili suggests that they start their own business.

Karla offers homeless Hugo some money.

Luciana confesses all the evil crap she did to Mili. Rosario apparently still has issues with her treatment by the Belmonte clan. Rosario blames Constancio for all that was done to her.

Monday, Constancio shows up and Rosario moves more into view of the door (at least her back is turned to the door).

[5ft again...I would just like to note that Mr. 5ft doesn't actually know much Spanish and while I was sitting here making snide comments during the viewing, I don't think we can attribute his comprehension entirely to that. So let that be a lesson to those of you who think you don't know enough Spanish to recap!]

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Rehash: Mili wants out of the hospital ASAP and Connie, grinning goofily, comes in and says the doctor says probably she can go home tonight. Mili tells about how she saw the bright light and Regina, but she can’t remember what Regina said to her, though she remembers that it was important.

New hash: It’s misty morning in the DF. Mili awakens alone in the hospital and, feeling stiff, gets out of bed but finds she is still tethered to her drip. Vale and Rocky are just coming in and they fuss and tell her back to bed. Finally they talk her into it.

Alex and Luci, the padre and Sor C. are in the waiting room. Alex wonders where Connie is and Luci says he left a while ago. They discuss whether he’s going to finally tell Mili the truth, and they figure naw. Gloria and Braulio are there too. Vale and Rocky show up and they all decide to leave except Braulio and of course Alex.

Connie is just coming into the house, all smiles, when he is surprised to see Ramses who seems to have a new hairdo. Connie asks him if he’s got everything ready – sounds like a surprise party is in the offing. Connie says to himself that Ramses looks like a different person somehow.

Down the stairs come Andrea and Damien. Connie says he’s planning a party for Mili – tonight’s the night he tells Mili he’s her father. Andrea squints then fake smiles.

Hospital test montage while Mili looks wide-eyed at the shiny technical stuff – CT scan, X-rays. She gets a neurological check and she’s good to go, but the doctor warns her bed rest for a few days and she pouts. Alex leaves to sign the paperwork and Braulio sticks around.

He’s fidgety and Mili wants to know why. Oh, nothing, he says. He tells her some clothes are there and he’ll stop outside while she changes.

Karla is doing her pole dance in the maid costume. Dang! She’s pretty good. She can use this to give her a second bullet point on her résumé. Mono is sitting with Macarena who comments that Karla is making the customers go nuts. Mono’s eyes are popping out and Macarena says push ‘em back in. Mono assures her he likes fleshy women, but he keeps staring. Pan to the beaded curtain and we see Hugo watching behind it. More pole dance – whoo hoo! Karla’s sulky look really pays off here, and she struts around, collecting tips. Hugo watches, and looks like he’s sad for her.

Mili is sitting on the bed, dressed and ready and the door opens and here comes Rosario, smiling, hair and glasses kind of a Sophia Loren look, skin-tight outfit kind of an expensive call-girl look, and shoes a dominatrix look. Mili, her expression inscrutable, watches her come in. Mili hesitantly says May I offer you something? Rosario introduces herself as Rosela di Llano. Mili continues to study her and says do you work here? I’m getting out today. Rosario says she’s glad. Mili is squinting slightly and tells her that she looks familiar somehow.

Rosario says I just arrived in Mexico a few days ago and I heard you weren’t doing well, so I came to see you. Mili says but I don’t know you. Rosario says but I know you and I came to talk to you. About what? asks Mili. About us, says Rosario. Mili squints some more.

Back to Karla who is really owning that pole. Hugo comes through the bead curtain and Macarena’s assistant seats him. Hugo asks about Karla, and the assistant says for 2,000 pesos, she’ll come dance for him alone. Hugo says no thanks and orders a tequila. Karla spots him and runs offstage. Macarena goes to see what’s up.

Rosario tells Mili that her husband died a year ago and she’s come back to her homeland to confront her past and herself. Mili says why are you telling me these things? and Rosario says she’s heard talk about her. Mili is puzzled. Rosario says she used to be a good friend of Regina’s, and when she found out she had died and it saddened her terribly. She and I used to write a lot, lies Rosario, and she talked about you. Mili says what was your name again? How odd she never mentioned you. Rosario says oh, she said great things about you, about your wonderful spirit, and I see in your eyes that it was all true.

Rosario says she and her husband didn’t have any children, but when she was young she had a child – a girl. Rosario starts breaking up, and apologizes. She says it’s been so many years, but a mother never forgets her child. Mili says and a child never forgets its mother. My mother died when I was born.

Rosario says Regina told me. Mili says she died of pain, because my father left her to marry another woman without concerning himself that she was carrying his child. My mother’s heart burst from sorrow. Rosario says I am… I am…. I have to go! It was wonderful to talk to you. And she flees the room, leaving Mili confused and troubled.

I’m confused and troubled too – Why doesn’t she just tell the truth, for heaven’s sake?

Backstage Macarena is telling Karla off and tells her to get back out there. Karla says I can’t, Hugo is there. He’s the father of my child and I’m ashamed for him to see me. Macarena understands. She tells her to go talk to him, he must be there for a reason. Karla brightens.

Connie is as excited as Christmas about the party for Mili and he rubs his hands gleefully. There’s a big welcome banner in the foyer and party tables. He gives Ramses a check to give the party people as they did such a great job. Ramses hair IS bizarre. Andrea comes in and asks about where to put the musicians. Then Connie asks if the waiters have arrived. Andrea says yes, sheesh, I’m not the household help. Connie gets mad and says I intend to greet Mili the way she deserves and nobody is going to wreck my day. Andrea says so it makes you so happy to tell her you are her father? Connie says it’s time, I almost lost her. Today everything changes. He looks happily at all the pink balloons and decorations.

At the club, a man is singing a love song – he’s really good – and the dancing girls sway seductively in the background. Karla is ready to go out to Hugo, but he has left. Macarena hugs her, and Karla agonizes.

Alex comes in to get Mili and she stands up but is a bit woozy and sits down again. She says the strangest thing happened, a mysterious woman came in and said she was a friend of Regina’s and had heard all about me. Alex is puzzled and asks her name. Mili tells him and he says odd – I’ve never heard of her.

Rosario is talking to Braulio who doesn’t seem enthusiastic that she told Mili that Regina wrote her letters about her. Rosario raves about Mili. Braulio says when are you going to tell her? I will, says Rosario, but don’t pressure me. First I’ll find ways that we can be together and then maybe she’ll come to love me, and I’ll tell her then.

Rosario is worried about Alex… Belmonte. Braulio gives her the backstory, that Alex isn’t Mili’s brother. Rosario says Connie took on a son that wasn’t even his and kicked us to the curb? Braulio fills her in on how much Mili and Alex love each other, and that Alex has a start-up business, but it’s having problems. Braulio explains that Connie gave Alex his name, but he never loved him, poor thing. Rosario says Paolo is waiting and they hug goodbye and she leaves. Braulio lifts an eyebrow and says to himself Paolo and we hear a sly clarinet.

Braulio comes into the hospital room and Mili asks if he knows a Rosela who was a friend of Regina’s. Braulio hemms and haws a bit and says why yes, they were great friends and wrote each other all the time. Alex looks puzzled. Braulio says they met when Regina took a trip to Italy. When was that? asks Mili. Braulio says ummm before she decided to shut herself up in the house.

Alex goes for the car and Braulio tells Mili how glad he is she’s better and now her life will change. Mili says why? and he says you’ve had a serious accident. Mili asks if Braulio knows Rosela and Braulio lies no. He says he heard a lot about her, and he wants to know if Mili liked her. Mili says she found it odd that she would come looking for her. She says that when Rosela took her hand, she felt something, like warmth, and Rosela’s voice was very calming. If my mother weren’t dead, I’d like it if she were just like that. Tears well up in Braulio’s eyes.

Connie is pacing and waiting for Mili. Andrea is sitting all slouchy on the little couch and Damien is snoozing. Hey, that guy playing Ramses actually is another actor! His shots have been so short, I didn’t notice before. The waiters stand at the ready. Connie is wondering how he should tell Mili, how he should start. He’s a nervous wreck. He yells at Damien to wake up and tell him where he should be standing when Mili comes in.

Damien says make a dramatic entrance down the stairs. He goes up to demonstrate. Attention! he says and he descends the stairs grandly, arms outstretched. He drops his voice to mimic Connie’s, thundering Welcome Milagros! I am your father! The coward! The miserable man who abandoned you and your mother all those years ago!
I’m in stitches, but Connie isn’t. He explodes and says I forbid you to make fun of something that’s so important to me.

Nuevo Ramses says I liked it – that was great! Connie tells Damien to sit there, and Andrea over there, and says he wants to be told when they arrive. He goes up the stairs, signals the musicians who play – rats! I can’t think of the name of the piece, but it’s a slow string number – and he practices descending the stairs, saying Welcome, Milagros, come to my arms! Andrea says just say whatever comes into your mind. Connie rushes about, nervous, and Andrea twirls her hair.

I think we’re at Mili’s mama’s old house. Everybody is there waiting for Mili, except Lina and Bobby. Socorro has food laid out. They laugh and talk about dancing and speculate on whether there’s enough room for that.

Over at Casa Belmonte, Connie has received the sign – he signals the musicians and starts down the stairs, saying Welcome Milagros … but it’s Hugo coming in. Connie stops in his tracks. Hugo asks Damien what’s up and Damien says it’s set up to be like a telenovela – all tears and smiles. Hugo says ah.

Braulio, Mili and Alex come into her mama’s house. Luci says this is your new home and Padre Manuel says you’re going to live here? But what about the wedding? Luci says they have to wait a year (is that a law?) and they’re already a couple, and besides it was her idea. Alex guarantees the padre that he will marry her in church, in a civil ceremony, everywhere.

Mili asks about Hugo and Vale says nobody knows. Mili says I hate to leave that unresolved. She and Alex are about to go to the next room to see the baby, and Mili thanks them all so much. They cheer her and hoot and holler.

Meantime over at Casa Belmonte, it’s all silence and the help is drooping. Andrea says maybe she won’t be released until tomorrow. Damien suggests calling Alex on his cell and Andrea says she will. Connie waits excitedly as she talks to Alex. She hangs up and tells him that Mili is at a party – at her new home. Hugo says boy the ink wasn’t even dry on the divorce. Connie explodes and tells everyone to get out. They all evaporate and he throws a pillow then slumps on the couch.

At the party, Padre Manuel is telling Luci how much she’s changed. She says yes, she’s different or at least is striving not to be the bitter woman she was and she had to have a tough lesson to teach her that. She asks the padre’s forgiveness and he gives it. He tells her to come to confession and get straight with God and she says she will. She asks after Nestor and the padre says he left Mexico on business and should be back. He says Nestor will really be surprised at the change in her. Alex and Mil come up and Alex says are you going to dance with my mother, or shall I? The padre says of course I will! Alex and Mili sway – she’s not getting any bed rest.

Connie is going nuts. He throws a big flower arrangement, tips a chair and the couch and goes after the defenseless pink balloons. Another flower arrangement, the refreshments table – he is a raging bull. He grabs the champagne bottle, cradles it, and crumples at the foot of the stairs.

Morning in the DF. We get an exterior shot of the guys’ start-up company and it is glossy and huge enough to hold a good 100 employees. They are in the office, playing cards to pass the time. They discuss how everybody is waiting on Mili hand and foot so she will rest. Bobby comes in and says sorry he’s late, but Lina made him eat breakfast. Rocky wonders why they get up so early just to play cards. Rocky answers that it’s important to open early in case a customer comes.

Bobby says that Connie is furious with Alex. Rosario shows up and asks for Alex. He shows her to his office. The other two exult as such a splendid client.

Connie is in a silky bathrobe, curled on the couch in his study. Andrea tells him to get up but he says he doesn’t want to do anything. Andrea tells him to pull out of his depression. Connie says who told you I’m depressed? Andrea says I don’t need anybody telling me – you’ve been cooped up here for days. Connie says I just needed to take some days off from all the pressures. Andrea says get up, shower, get dressed and let’s go out to eat. Connie says I don’t feel like it.

Andrea says she’s tired of being home. Connie tells her to go shopping or to the gym. There’s a new chauffeur, have him drive you. Andrea says it’s because you miss her, isn’t it? Connie says yes. The house was different when she was here. And Vale just sleeps here, the rest of the time she’s at Mili’s house. Andrea says do you miss Alex too? Connie says leave me alone and Andrea says you’re acting like an old man and I can’t stand it.

At Mili’s house, Luci and Vale are cooing over the baby. Mili comes in and they tell her to go lie down. She says no, she wants to make a sandwich herself, and besides she’d like to go play some soccer. Luci and Vale tell her no! They argue a bit and Vale says you’re supposed to be in my wedding. Mili says okay, but it wasn’t that bad an accident. Still, she agrees to behave if they won’t monitor her so closely.

Alex is talking with Rosario and says he understands she used to write his grandmother. She is surprised and he tells her his future wife told him. She tells him she has some properties she wants to develop with luxury flats and she wants his company to do it. Alex is very happy, but he explains that they are new and don’t have much infrastructure. Rosario hands him a check and says hire whoever you need – money is no object. Alex says not even the leading construction companies get that kind of advances. Rosario says you are the leading construction company because I picked you. Deal? Deal, says Alex, happy.

They discuss contracts etc. Then Alex says he has a question. He is aware that Belmonte Construction is stealing his clients even after they’ve reached the handshake stage by undercutting his prices. Rosario says don’t worry, that’s not going to happen.

Avances: Rosario is visiting the house of her childhood and she tells Luci that she used to live there when she was little. Luci says Rosario? You’re not dead? Some man is holding a gun to his head – who is it? Connie looks devastated.

Labels: guapos

Crabbi wonders what Fern is doing with the photo of Libia.

The girls talk about missing their Pa and that the brothers and Juan never talked about the sister. I missed some of this but they end putting their three hands together a los Hermanos Reyes.

The boys talk about the idea that they are going to tell all the truth after the mass about Libia and the girls’ Pa. They are optimistic that this will turn out ok, after all they are all in love and married now. I’m siding with the telenovela Gods of Chaos that dictate this revelation will be a catastrophe of stellar proportions.


Feo tells Crabbi to shut up that he’s going to tell her something important. Fern explains that he was moved when Crabbi said the fortune would have to be split with the bastard, so he decided to follow the girl and kill her.


He says he killed Libia to protect her and be loyal to her. Crabbi buys it. She wants it. She now knows that he loves her. This secret unites them more for life. Stupid villain, broke the number one rule


The boys go to see the Padre and Juan promises that after the mass tomorrow they will tell the truth. Paddy Tad is proud of them and hopes that the girls will understand. In homage of Libia they will come clean and can’t live in love by living a lie. Padre remembers Feo’s confession. Sucks to be him, huh. The boys wonder what is wrong with him. He makes up some babble that there are some truths that purify the heart and others that hurt profoundly and dirty it and never let us live in peace.....


In the calle Quinti and Pedro peddle Pan but the townspeople all contemplate for 20 minutes that the Padre is sick and turned white and fainted while the bread gets cold.


Feo recounts to himself and assures himself that Gabi can’t possibly talk because she would never betray him.

Gabi, on the other hand promises that if Feo betrays her the whole world will know that he killed that little wretch who deserved it.

Sofi finds a cabbage patch kid and immediately begins practicing Mommy and me for this kid that she has been carrying for decades who can kick, but still not show in the belly yet. She wants to make it more comfortable, the doll, that is, and pulls up it’s pantaloons only to discover the initals LR. She knows the R is Reyes, but what is the L? Hmmm.....

Pedro thinks it will be hard to find their uncle, but he’ll try hard. The Reyes say this will help them recover their land. They say goodbye, wish him luck, and Quinti steals a kiss or three. He walks off with the smallest of suitcases.

Sara lies in bed and recalls Jime’s words that she shouldn’t die a virgin and that she should hurry on with her wedding night. Franco shows up and laughs at her being so silly so he disrobes again showing off the whitest underwear a breadmaker could ever have.

He thinks it’s hot in the room. She thinks he should put on PJs but he says he sleeps nude when it’s this hot. She says he better not. He asks if she’s ever seen a naked man and at first she denies it. Then Sara admits she’s seen THREE naked men. Franco starts to get jealous until she tells him that it was he and his bros and we are treated (briefly) to the naked bathing scene again. Franco decides that she’s already seen him so since they are married he takes off his shirt and crawls into bed to a screaming, protesting Sara.

Sofi is still practicing Mama when Juan walks in. They discuss how odd it is that his sister and her Pa died on the same day. She asks about the LR and what was her name. He gets up and says that tomorrow after the masses they will have a very serious conversation los Reyes and las Elizondos and yes it has something to do with his sister. Sofi finds this all very strange and alarming. He reminds her how much he loves her.


Jime asks Oscar about the sis too, and get the same, that they will discuss it tomorrow. We are then treated to a split screen montage of brothers to sisters lovin’ to the tune of Pablo singing

Entrega Total

Esta vez, ya no soporto la terrible soledad;
yo no te pongo condición.
Harás conmigo lo que quieras bien o mal.
Llevame, de ser posible, hasta la misma eternidad.
Donde perdure nuestro amor,
porque tú eres toda mi felicidad.

Ref:
Llevame, si quieres hasta el fondo del dolor;
hazlo como quieras, por maldad o por amor.
Pero esta vez, quiero entregarme a ti en una forma total;
no con un beso, nada más;
quiero ser tuyo, sea por bien o sea por mal.

Ref:
Llevame, si quieres hasta el fondo del dolor;
hazlo como quieras, por maldad o por amor.
Pero esta vez, quiero entregarme a ti en una forma total;
no con un beso, nada más;
quiero ser tuyo, sea por bien o sea por mal.


Pedro is on his way onto the bus when El Lobo stops him and says El Jefe wants him. They bring him to a house where he talks to the back of Unibrow’s head for a while wondering why he’s there. Unibrow flips Pedro a photo of his parents and Pedro wonders why he has it. Finally he turns around. Luke, I am your father. Ok, well in the Mexican version it’s Pedro.

He answers with tears in his eyes that he is his father.

At the Tumbao, real Rosi Ma asks fake Rosi Ma to tell her story. Eva says it’s complicated but she trusts this lady so she tells of how she fell in love with her boss etc.

Rosi wonders why Ophi doesn’t want her to visit Margarita. Ophi says she doesn’t trust her, that’s all. Rosi is quizzing Ophelia about what she is hiding. She ducks and goes out.

Pedro tells his new found Pa how much they needed him and didn’t have him. Pedro Pa asks for a pardon from him and his mother. He says Ha, she’s dead, so you can’t! You killed her with pain, that his abandonment killed her by sadness. She waited for him to come back, but he never did. Pa swears he didn’t know where they were. Pedro then leaves saying he won’t pardon and the painting falls off the wall.

We then rejoin Eva at the end of her story lamenting that she ever gave up her child. Real Ma asks her why she doesn’t have any proof that Rosi is her daughter. She tells her that the heart can deceive and what if the real Ma of Rosi shows up? Delusional Eva says I am her Mom, why do you ask? Saved by the knock. Margi has to go work so tells Eva to pay her no mind.

Rosi and Real Ma sing the same song on opposite sides of town. How sweet.

General G-Pa shows up for more abuse. Crabbi wants him to leave. He says he wants to help and that she is in danger with Feo and she’s left all the people who really care. He says he suspects that Feo killed Bernardo. Crabbi wants proof and kicks him out until he has some for her.

Pedro contemplates his Pa’s announcement he’s back at the Panaderia. Juan goes out and sees him and he is crying. He announces he’s found his Dad.

Meanwhile Dad orders El Lobo to get in touch with their people and find Vicente Robles, not to bug him, just to locate him. He tells himself he has to get his son’s pardon no matter what the cost..

Pedro says El Jefe is his Dad and your uncle. Juan under stands and wonders what he’s going to do. Pedro says he will go far away and can’t forgive his Pa for what he did because his mother suffered so horribly.

The next day the church bells rings. The three girls discuss that they were told a conversation was pending today.

The three boys discuss the El Jefe sitaution, but amazingly don’t fall off task because of this development and continue to promise to still tell the truth today. And we end staring at Juan’s determined face.

Labels: Fuego

Alternate title: The red coat is coming, the red coat is coming!


From yesterday: Snorty demands a DNA test. Sara gets her sour face, goes to her room, then tells herself this complicates everything.

Greta visits Raimundo at the restaurant, he doesn't look too happy to see her. She admits she tricked him into coming to her apartment the other night (how, by merely calling him?) and that she told Paula. Rai, who pretty much caused this himself, gets peeved and tells her they have nothing to discuss. He says this explains why Paula will have nothing to do with him.

Red Barb tosses and turns in bed and calls Ickturo who's with the other redhead and refuses to answer the phone. Barb sobs while Icky kisses Jaqui and vows she's the only one for him. Jacqi wants Icky to leave his little woman for her. "But the kids", he says. He promises to leave HER (Valeria I guess) if Jacky agrees to let him buy her an apartment in Las Vegas if business goes as he hopes. What a couple of dumbasses they are. He gives her blubbery kisses.

Greta feels like a cockroach and goes to Maruja to admit what she did, that she made Pau think she and Raimundo... Maruja agrees to talk to Paula on her behalf.

Pau's doorbell rings and Pau thinks it's Dario back for more kisses. Oops, it's Rai with a big bouquet of flowers. He sees a couple of shot glasses on the table and thinks she's with someone. No, she lies, it was just her friend Maruja (it was really Dario earlier if we recall). Rai tells her Greta invented tales and asks her out on a date next week. Paula agrees and can't believe she's finally the one in the catbird seat.

Lor asks Ern if he fired the Evil Sous Chef because he was a bad cook or was it because of her? Ern says ESC sucked for some time. Lor tells him she knows an excellent sous-chef, Rossy's mother.

In her room Sara frets and hatches her evil plot to do away with Snorty when Chaaaalo calls her to torment her about the money. She tells him now isn't the time, imbecile!

Sara runs to a snoozing Snorty and tells her the police are downstairs, Snorty has to go down right now! "Why aren't the lights on?" Snorty asks seconds before Sara pushes her down the stairs. Snorty lays in a heap and Sara gloats.

Snorty's staff runs to the bottom of the stairs as Sara slinks away. They yell for her, Senorita Sara!!! She is fake impactada, what happened? Snorty bleeds from her nose and mouth and Sara smirks. Dang she's mean. I don't care for Snorty but nobody should gloat when seeing an old lady injured at the bottom of the stairs. I think this scene pretty much clinches a dreadful demise for our Sara.

Lor and Rossy happily leave work and tell Ern that Maruja will be there tomorrow. Ern wants a word with Monica who is all smiles, "all the time you need" she flirts. He says it's about work and her smile turns upside down. He wants to hire a nueva sous-chef, a friend of Lorena's. Monica gets nasty, a woman? and now Lorena gets to hire the staff? She squashes her boobs at him but it doesn't work. He tells her they are nothing (she and he, not her lovely cleavage). She disagrees after what happened between them (more boob squashing). She threatens what would happen if she spills the beans about them? He replies the only thing that willl suffer is her reputation. Gad he's a cad but I'd still let him whip up a batch of hotcakes for me on a Sunday morning. Er, where was I?

Al wheels Snorty in for X-rays and tells a "sobbing" Sara to be strong. She uses this as an excuse to clutch and kiss him. Alone, she curses Snorty and says she should be dead. Surprise, Chaaalo (AKA Shaaaaallow, thanks Kris!) sneaks up behind her to torture her, he tells her he's spying on her and asks if Snorty's accident was really an accident. He knows her. He suggests she call her little doctor to tell him Chalo's part of the family. He doesn't care if Snorty's dying, he wants his money and he intends to be Sara's shadow.

Maruja arrives at Paula's and Paula says the coolest thing happened, Dario kissed her. On the mouth! His marriage is a disaster. (Maruja's not too excited.) Paula says after Dario left Raimundo showed up and told her she was attractive. Would she be terrible if she liked them both? Should she take a chance with Dario or go with the bird in the hand Raimundo?

Icky gets home late and Val waits in the dark. Our patient doctorcita is finally getting pissed. She asks Icky if he was with Barbara. Don't deny it she's not stupid! He says the only truth is that he adores her so let's go to bed.

While Lor and Rossy wait up for Maruja they amuse themselves by wondering what would happen if Al were to find out about Sara and Shaaaallow. No answers here because Maruja gets home and Rossy pretends to be annoyed that she's out late, just like Maruja is annoyed when Rossy is out. They excitedly tell her they found her a job.

It's the next morning and Vasco and Jaime get the phone call from Sara. Vasco wants to know why she didn't tell them before. She nastily snips that if he wants to come he knows where to find his granny. Vasco tells Jaime it's bad, Sara fears the worst. Jaime thinks it's ironic, yesterday Snorty was untouchable, and now look at what destiny has wrought. If it doesn't catch up with you one way it catches up with you another. He says he can't visit her but understands if Vasco will.

Vasco conveys the bad news to Omar. Omar tells Zulema he doesn't want to visit Snorty, she died for him long ago. Zulema asks what if she dies and he still holds all this rancour in his heart? Omar thinks he'll be a hypocrite if he goes to visit her now.

Vasco and Red Barb the Redcoat rush into the waiting room. He yells at Sara, what happened? She tells him the story that surely she has been practicing in her head all night...screw the face up into a tragic mask, squeeze out a few tears and tell the audience that it was late, it was dark, you heard a noise, you ran out and poor granny was laying at the bottom of the stairs. Some might be fooled but not Vasco, he thinks it's very strange that such a thing happened when it was just the two of them in the house. How strange and how opportune. Val butts in and asks them to keep it down, they're in intensive care and if Snorty gets a night's rest it might help her recuperate. THANK GOD! prays Sara aloud.

Alonso arrives with bad news. "She's dead?" asks Sara hopefully. No, not dead, but indications show she might not regain consciousness, she has a cerebral embolism. There's very little chance that Snorty will recuperate. Lots of hand-wringing in the group and more histrionics from Sara. Vasco tells her to cut the theatrics, she wants to inherit anyway, right? Maybe it was she who pushed his granny down the stairs. You can imagine the pandemonium at this point and there's no point in trying to translate it all. Vasco states his case (which happens to be the true events as we the audience know), Sara fake cries, and Al sticks up for her and says he'll kick Vasco out. Vasco gets the last word, "We'll see if it was an accident." (Dude, lay low, you're already broken because of this witch.)

Ern tells Moni that his new sous-chef is showing up to sign her contract. Moni asks Ern if he has plans that night. (Sheesh woman, have some pride!) Maruja arrives and it's weird trips incorporated as Moni and Ern play king of the hill to show who's in charge. Maru is all whatever where's my contract? Moni assures her the workplace has an unbeatable ambience, they're like a family, then she tells Lorena to get to work. Ern insists Lorena stay, they're like a family right? Ern and Moni are impressed with her resume and Ern gives her his fabulous smile.

Icky shows up at the hospital, more weird trips incorporated as Barba stares at Icky, Val stares at Barb, and Vasco insists Sara had something to do with Snorty's fall.

Meanwhile at the apartment of the amiable black widow, she of the unmovable hair dusts the pictures of her defunct spouses. She tells them not to be mad at her for denying them, it's for a good cause, her survival. The doorbell rings and it's her new best friend Tori and he has good news. First, her maintenance fee is taken care of, he spoke to the other neighbors and they can cover for her until she has money. "Hoy por ti y manana por mi" he says, i.e. "you can do the same for me sometime". Second, he has the loan for her. She grabs the wad of dough and covers him with kisses, it's the best thing anyone has done for her in a long time. He gets all bashful, the fish has swallowed the hook.

Al visits his favorite patient the orphan Lorena look-alike. She looks bad and feels bad. He says chemo is a hard treatment and she has to have faith, lots of it. He whispers that she has to live. Sara walks in and has her predictable hissy fit, she thought she'd find him there! They have their usual fight and it sickens me. Moving on. Sara diverts the fight by acting pathetic and begging him to let her stay with her granny. Al refuses, Snorty is too delicate and it's too risky. He hugs her and Sara gives her usual over-the-shoulder diabolical look and thought bubbles "How in the hell am I going to stop her?" OK so she tried to kill an old lady and she's jealous of a child with leukemia...Sara must die!

Back to Vasco who refuses to leave Snorty's side for fear that Sara will try to kill her again. Oh man, my TV turned itself off here and I can't turn it back on. Did it bust? Hell I don't know, but thanks to Schoolmarm I know about youtube so it's off to the computer to finish the recap. Please folks, if I get something wrong (no closed captions) let me know and I'll fix it.

Val and Icky leave the family alone but the truth is Val wants to talk to Icky in private so she can accuse him of boinking the boss's wife. He swears he's not and accuses her of not having faith. Suddenly his phone rings. Uh, it's nobody he says, I'll see you at home. Give me a break.

Red Barb paces behind some hospital screens until Icky shows up with Val, unseen, on his heels. Barb throws herself at him and he pushes her away while Val watches. Her hideous red coat is practically neon in this scene and perhaps not the best thing to be wearing in this particular situation.

Val tells herself it wasn't her imagination, that woman was throwing herself at Arturo. Paula walks up looking for Alonslow and Val tells Paula she needs her help.

Maru tells Ern she'll be happy to start work tomorrow. She heard he was an ogre but clearly it was a lie. Raimundo walks up and happily greets Maruja. She gives him a knowing look, (sung to the tune of neener neener neener) "you're sucking up to my girlfriend and I know more than you do."

Julian is at the photo shoot and Rossy is about to explode with jealousy but she manages to contain herself. Three hot babes in robes are waiting for Julian to arrive. The photographer frets because Julian's bathing suit isn't there so he has to wear his tight little undie-trunks. Rossy almost flips while the three babes in rather hideous (but revealing) bathing suits hang all over Julian. He's young but quite cute, too bad my TV is on the fritz and I only have youtube. Rossy tells herself to calm down while Julian obviously enjoys himself.

Valeria has found the world's most sympathetic ear in Paula. Pauls reviews the symptoms and agrees that Val's husband is cheating on her. She vows that they'll trap him.

Now that Icky refuses to boink her Red Barb wants to leave the hospital and she expects Vasco to go with her. He says no way because he suspects Sara and he intends to investigate. Barb tells him to be careful, Sara is very dangerous.

Maruja tells Zulema that she got a job and can't work with her anymore. It's very prestigious and she needs the money. Zulema gives Maru the news about Snorty and tells her that Jaime is out of jail. Maru smiles hopefully.

Cut to the man of her thoughts. Jaime is in a chapel praying to God to help him get his life in order and he hopes his mother repents and finds her way to God's path.

Speaking of the Queen of Rome. Snorty is in a coma but as usual her mind works overtime. She recalls when Sara first arrived, then Omar telling her to be careful because Sara is very ambitious, then she remembers Sara pushing her down the stairs. Comatose Snorty twitches but doesn't wake up. Snorty, it sucks to be you.

Al walks Sara to school and tells her Snorty's progress will be slow, it will be a miracle if she recovers. Sara thought bubbles the miracle will be if she dies. After Sara goes into class Al watches Lor approach and stares as she stolidly marches past, ignoring him. Good girl Lorena!!

Greta goes to Pau's to beg for her friendship back, which she does. She says let she who is without carnal desires throw the first stone. Paula tries to throw a pillow at her instead. Greta gets on her knees and supplicates herself until Paula laughs and takes her back, friends again.

Valeria calls and tells Paula that Icky's getting ready to leave the house. Paula springs into action, Greta can babysit Bettina while she goes out to help Val. Suddenly the bell rings, it's Dario! Hoorah, now Greta can go with Paula and the two detective wannabes run out. Dario is stunned, what just happened?

Dario visits Bettina and wants to know who Ivan is. She says he's great, handsome, nice, smart. Dario sighs, he's no longer his little girl's numero uno.

Cagney and Lacey are in front of Icky's apartment. Pau tells Greta they're there as a show of solidarity, that's what friends do. They see Icky leave the house and drive off. Our detective duo follow, arguing the entire way.

Ding dong, it's Heriberto with a bouquet of flowers for his boyfriend Dario. Oh wait, I got my telenovelas mixed up. It's Raimundo with a big bouqet for Paula. Rai introduces himself and says he must be talking to Dario, Bettina's dad. He's got the upper hand cuz Dario doesn't know who in the heck Raimundo is. Rai invites himself in to wait for Paula and Dario unhappily resigns himself.

Cagney and Lacey follow Icky into a hotel and wait for him to register. They're not subtle but the hotel clerk doesn't seem to mind two twittering ladies watching the elevator. They see it stop at the third floor and dash up the stairs. Darn, they missed which room he went into. They decide to hide on the stairs and hope something happens. Pau says she expects that the jefe's wife Barbara will be the one to show up. What a pig Icky is, imagine working in the business with your lover's husband! Pau pulls out her camera but when the elevator opens Paula and Greta are dumbstruck. Out flounces Jaqui. What's she doing there? Icky opens the door, kisses Jaqui and our two detectives are muy, pero MUY impactadas!

Tomorrow: Sara snarls some more, Julian tells Lorena that Vasco thinks Sara had something to do with Snorty's fall.

Labels: enemiga

Howdy all! I really enjoyed last night's episode. As Margarita pointed out in a comment to my last post, it's amazing how Luisana's appearance puts you on Bárbara's side.

Lots of name calling in this episode. Luisana says about DB:
Lo que es: una vieja sucia, indecente, maleducada y sinverguenza.
What you are is an dirty old woman, indecent, badly educated and shameless.
DB slaps her.
Luisana says that DB is a beast, a savage.

DB says that she is a savage and that is what Santos likes and why he comes to her bed and not Luisana's. Luisana replies that Santos doesn't come to her bed because she is a decent woman. Santos is a gentleman and Luisana is his 'princess.' Luisana says that she and Santos belong to the same civilized world where they can have conversations. Santos could only talk to DB about cows ('vacas'). She says that is why DB is not her rival. He can sleep with DB until she marries him. Luisana asks how DB could think that Santos could love a disgusting, low-class old woman ('una vieja asquerosa y ordinaria') like her.


DB loses it at this point and drags Luisana to the pigsty ('chiquero') and pushes her down in it much to the amusement of her employees.

Thence forward, DB calls Luisana Little Princess Pigpen ('princesita de chiquero). At this point Santos shows up. Luisana denies that she said such things to DB but Santos is disgusted with both of them.

A bird! I'm pretty sure this is a Violaceous Euphonia.

When Luisana gets cleaned up, we get a good look at what DB calls her 'fake boobs' ('pechugona artificial'). Luisana's strategy is to play the victim and make Santos feel guilty. However, like a lot of clever people, Luisana talks too much and Santos overhears her telling Mauricio about her plan. Mauricio also warns Luisana about DB. He's heard a lot of bad things about her and where there's smoke, there's fire ('cuando el rio suena es porque piedras trae,' literally, 'when the river makes noise, it's because it's carrying stones.')

Cecilia finally admits her love for Antonio. Antonio calls her his 'butterfly' ('mariposa'). We find out that Cecilia is 8 years older than Antonio. Federica finally makes it to town and finds Antonio's hotel.

Before dinner, Marisela's hair was the same untidy hank it's always been but at dinner and afterward here at the dance, she seems to have gotten her hair cut. Another encounter with Juan Pablo Shuk (I can't remember his character's name) leads to a wardrobe malfunction for Marisela.

Finally, the very cute Orestes finds out that DB sent him off on a wild goose chase and he returns to El Miedo to confront her about the death of his father.

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It's a standoff at the Hacienda Elizondo. The bad guys are fighting amongst themselves inside and the good guys are waiting anxiously for something to happen.
Juan and Grabiela are hostages.

Norma and Sarita wait outside with Franco and Óscar

Rosario comes to try and convince Armando to give up but it all goes horribly wrong when Armando, jealous to the end, tries to shoot Franco and wounds Rosario.

Unwilling to live without Rosario, Armando makes the police shoot and kill him. Rosario isn't dead though and she is rushed to the hospital.

Back at the Hacienda Reyes, Don Martín feeds Juan David.

Do we need a reason for a cute picture of Juan?

The Rosales comes to beg Dínorah to surrender but she ends up shooting at them. Although briefly considering that they might have been at fault for the way Dínorah turned out, they decide she is mentally ill and leave resolving to forget they ever had a daughter.

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Guapsters, I'm afraid it's another do-it-yourself recap, as my mother has been taken to the hospital. Since so much of the episode was given over to Hugo's absurd "confession" to comatose Mili, not much to do.

Yes, Mili finally woke up.
Two things I loved: Val putting makeup on Mili--'cause they're now the sisterhood of the traveling pantsuits.

Also, Connie jumping forward with the pen for Mili to sign the divorce papers.

See y'all later.

Someone please tag this post.

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At Tori’s apartment, the new neighbor explains she’s in peril, the financial kind. Don Tori tells her she should tap her siblings, but she says she has none, that is, when money is concerned. He says ok, friends then. Yeah, uh, he is her only friend she says. He smirks uncomfortably. Hmmm, what’s coming here...

Turns out, Chalo’s attempt at becoming a real criminal is foiled by the arrival of the press. They want Sara to comment on her Abue’s incarceration. She says she’ll get out soon because she’s innocent and she walks away.

Chalo isn’t content to leave it alone so he bugs her on the cell phone two times in front of Alonslow. Al looks like he might actually be a little suspicious.

Ernie is scolding nephew Ivan out front of the restaurant. Ivan is mad because he had to come. Ernie thinks he looks like a vago (bum) sitting in front. Iv still doesn’t want to come in so Ernie says fine but don’t move then. Ivan calls Betty and ends up asking her to go out this weekend.

Lore is making the raspberry culis and she doesn’t put in things that Ernie would have, and she makes no apologies. He tastes it, and agrees that he could ask for nothing more, talent, self-confidence, etc. She thinks he’s playing a trick, but nope he’s testing her. Just then Ern gets the news that the rude guy took his car so he runs off. Lore thinks that’s divine intervention. Evil sous chef comes up and tells her to peel something. There is a glance at her sauce and paper, meaning something evil is about to happen.

At the PGJ Sara gets the news that there is not enough proof to hold Snorty and Jaime. Sara is pleased that they will get sprung.

Betty hears from her Ma that she can’t go to that colonia by herself because it’s too far.

Snorty gets out in a few hours and Sara tells the lawyer he is invited to the welcome home dinner she has planned for her Abue. Al gets a call from his niece asking him for a favor.

Chalo sneaks up again and scolds Sara for not taking his calls. He hears that G-ma gets out soon and wants to go celebrate (get nookie) but Sara of course has much too much to do. He screams for her to hand over her keys.

Zully gets the call that Snorty is free. She thanks the lawyer anyway. She tells Maru she knew this would happen and at least they were in for a few days. Maru of course wants to know about Jaime.

Jaime gets the news but complains that he plead guilty. The lawyer tells him he wasn’t in his right mind. He doesn’t protest much and follows the guy out.

Tori hears that Amalia is at least fessing up to mooching. She reminds him how many times she’s eaten at his place and how few he has eaten at hers. Tori takes the bait and promises to help her. She thanks him and then proceeds to ask about the other thing too. Oh, he is hooked and promises that too. Then she busts out the 40,000 pesos figure and he looks like he’s about to choke to his death.

At hell’s kitchen, Erni is apparently calling on cell phone speaker and asks Lore to look after his nephew, oh and she can finish the sauce she made before and put it with some slices of coconuts as the house dessert, but her first priority is the nephew. After they hang up, evil sous chef tells her to go off and watch the nephew. She tries to tell him that’s not what Erni said but he won’t hear it and says he’ll make the flan, she is only making the sauce. She goes off perturbed. He looks at her recipe.

Rossy gets a cell call that Juli will be the face of ABC sports. She’s excited for him but busy and she will go to the photo shoot tomorrow, but is bugged that the witch will be there also.

In Chalo’s hovel, he finally confronts Sara about putting the horns on him and he grabs her neck choking her. This looked pretty darn real. Too bad we know he’ll stop. She gets away but he gets her back in his death grip.

Rossy and Lore talk about the Abue getting free. Rossy asks if Lore would forgive them and she says she doesn’t know, but at least she would never accept a G-Ma like that and turn her back on her very own parents. Just then beatch on wheels Moni comes up and yells at them for not working. She hears that Lore is going to check on the nephew. Apparently Moni didn’t know about him and I think she says she already or almost called the police about him hanging out in front. Lore goes out and sees if he wants a drink. Just then Betty shows up with Al, and Lore and he have an awkward moment.

Back in the hovel Chalo is still begging her for the reason she's cheating and she says Al is the deceived one and if she wanted Shallow(Chalo) gone she would have sent him off when Al broke up with Lorena, he’s not so convinced. She offers him money as evidence of her word. She promises in two days to give him 200000 pesos. He shows his machoness by ripping the cap off the beer bottle with his teeth, yeeee, real man!!!

Back to the awkwardness, Betty tells how she knows Lorena, and Al is just pissy. He starts to drag Betty away when Ivan tells him to leave her be, and just as he tells Ivan not to meddle, Ernie walks up and scolds Al for talking to his nephew that way. Yeah Al; where’s your class.

This doesn’t end well. The guys almost get in a big fight, and the kids get in trouble and Erni thinks Lore still wants Al, but she says out of his earshot that she was defending Ern.

Sara has met her match I think as she is still pretty scared of Shallow, who reiterates he needs his money and grabs her neck AGAIN.

OK, Tio and niece argue in the car on the way home and Al tells her that Lore betrayed him. Betty doesn’t believe it.

In the kitchen the other half also argue about this too. Ivan says if Ern’s not with Lore he shouldn’t care what happens. Ern doesn’t like that Ivan is with Al’s niece.

Then all heck breaks loose about the dessert sauce and as predicted Lore gets in trouble for not doing the sauce, but luckily, since the evil sous chef screwed it up, and the other guy sticks up for Lore, Erni finds out what evil sous chef did. Ern throws him out and of course he runs to Moni for help. She tells him tough. He blackmails that he’ll tell everything he knows. She pays him off, but I don’t think he gets his job back.

Vasco picks up Jaime and is glad to see him. They have to decide what to do together because Vasco is going to help him, he’s not alone.

Zully and Omar think this is a bad day for Di’s wedding. They worry about her happiness but there is nothing to do but respect her decision.

Di looks beautiful and promises to wed in the church after the baby is born. She tells Ma things are well with the two of them. They are thankful for the blessing of the child.

Jaime asks Snorty what she is looking at in the mirror. She complains about a defeated woman or something and they get into a discussion about how she was wrong about his Dad too, Jaime says soon she will have no one in her corner.

Vasco begs his Mom to leave the mansion to save some dignity for the family but she refuses. Jaime, too, tells her how important it is that they distance themselves from Snorty, but Barbi doesn’t want to leave the fat life and whines like a baby about it.

At the wedding, Julian complains about the arrangements, that he couldn’t even invite Rossy. The civil wedding proceeds much to everyone's UNhappiness.

At the kitchen Rossy complains about not being there with Juli. She is dying of jealousy and can’t stand it she also worries about that chick Elena. Ern comes up and yells at Lore

Betty gets a yelling from her Ma for bugging her uncle for such silliness. Just then Pa shows up. He tells Ma that she shouldn’t get bent out of shape for something small. He asks them to go out, but Ma says she’s too lazy to go out, but she’ll happily fix something here and he agrees.

Snorty gets a welcome gift from Jaqui and Icky, and she remarks that it is something that came from a Chinese stand, which I'll presume is not a complement in this instance. Sara gets a call from Al that he can’t change his post, so he won’t make it. She’s pissed. Shortly Sara shows up inside but Snorty is sour that she wasn’t there when she was sprung. Jaqui actually stands up for her and says that she was the one who organized everything. Snorty says let’s eat, and Icky thinks they should wait for Jaime and crew. Snorty says no, they aren’t home so let’s eat. Sara smiles.

At the apartment Pau and Dario are drinking Rompope, and they recall a party that she got drunk from the stuff, and this leads to a memory of a kiss with Rompope flavor. He thinks that was a happy memory and kisses her. She says don’t ever do that again. She says I won’t be the other woman. He tells her she’s not, they were married for 15 years and share a daughter. She tells him that he erased all that when he deceived her with the other woman and now his wife is named Jaqui. He begs for her pardon but she asks him to leave. After he does, she is happy that he kissed her and comments who is going to win over whom after all!! This scene was great, as Pau finally acted mature, at least in front of him.

We soon see the "happy" diners bidding good bye and thanking the chef . Snorty tells Sara they need to talk.

Next we see Babs just not adjusting at all to their new home at Motel 6. Vasco is NOT interested in her tantrum.

Snorty tells Sara that she is not a fool and that Sara is coldly calculating and suggests she might not be her granddaughter. Sara says of course I am. Snorty says well then you won’t mind proving it!! She says she could have gotten one over on the nuns to find out about her location, but tomorrow they will take a DNA test to prove her sanguinity. Sara is impactada for sure.

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