Thursday, April 08, 2010
Dinero #58 April 7, 2010: Colorin Colorado, the place to go when the story is finished
We start out with Ale chewing out Rafa . She is upset with him for boasting at the meeting how much he was going to sell. He tells her that she is the one pressuring him to sell so much. She tells him not to be delusional . She tells him to forget about this sale and that he needs to make a retraction tomorrow.
The phone rings. Ale thinks it is Vicky. She tells Rafa she is not going to stick around while he talks to her. Rafa tells her it is not Vicky, It is Lemaitre . He tells Rafa that he reads cigarettes really well and wants some quotes from him. He will have his secretary send him the specifications for the 70 trucks he will need.
After he hangs up he tells Ale the good news. They are both so excited and start jumping up and down hugging each other very tightly. Rafa gets a little carried away and Ale comes to her senses and pulls away from Rafa.
Rafa tells Ale he needs to call Lemaitres‘ secretary for all the details. He is so excited that if he makes this sale it will solve both their problems. Ale sadly says yes then we won’t have to see each other again. Rafa has lost a little enthusiasm and agrees. As he leaves Ale says a little prayer that Rafa will be successful and that they won’t have to see each other, but this is said with a hint of sadness.
Ramiro is on the phone with Rafa approaching him. Ramiro tells him it is Vicky. Rafa tells him to tell her he will call her back. Rafa gets in touch with Lemaitres’ secretary to get more details. She says she will fax what she needs to Rafa. This was a kind of cute little scene with Ramiro running around trying to get the fax number for Rafa.
We have a quick moment with Marco and Chavez at an outdoor restaurant. Marco is talking to Ale, confirming their plans for the night. He senses that she is not all that psyched and asks her what’s wrong. She says nothing's wrong. She says there are just some pending issues with Rafa and a potential sale that will solve all their problems. Marco is quite pleased to hear this as it means the criminal won’t be hanging around Siglo anymore. Ale tells him not to get too excited because there is lots left to do. As she hangs up she looks sad.
The faxes have arrived and Rafa is trying to sort it all out. There is a questionnaire that needs to be filled out. He tells Susana it looks very complicated and she suggests he go and ask Ale for help. Rafa approaches Ale and asks for her help with the questionnaire. Ale being Ale cant help but get a little dig in and reminds him about how he tried to fill out his resignation. They should hide the pens from him.
She finally tells him she is more than willing to help to make sure this sale goes through. Ale is sitting and Rafa is looking over her shoulder at the details. They are very close. Ale gets all excited when she reads the request for 70 units (trucks) . The warm fuzzy feeling leaves Ale when she realizes that Rafa has offered a 4% discount instead of 2 percent.
We change scenery and are poolside with Julieta and her rich friends. It is just the girls hanging out. The maid approaches and says the boys are wanting to know if they can come in. Julieta jumps up and says if they come in I am leaving. Then we get our painful little flashback of the guy that came on way to strong with her and we see Julieta slapping the guy and giving him what for. We have a long discussion about adolescent boys and what they are all after. Julieta finally agrees to let the boys in, but not to expect her to be nice to them.
Ale and Rafa are still discussing the issue of the discount they will be offering. Ale tries to explain to Rafa that it will make a huge difference in what his commission will end up being. Rafa explains to her it was the only way he could convince Lemaitre to deal with him. He is begging Ale to consider this. She finally tells him the decision is not up to her but Beltran. Then he questions if she really is in such a hurry to get rid of him. Ale is offended and says of course I am in a hurry and heads for the door, but not without looking back with sad puppy eyes at Rafa. We see the same look on Rafas’ face once she leaves.
We see a nurse leaning over Beltran handing out boobs, oops I mean pills to Beltran. He is going on about his perforated liver and other maladies of a stressed out man. Ale walks in and wants to talk with him. Beltran says you came to tell me horrible things about the bad sales like a lethal injection. Ale is all smiles and says no it is a good thing. He tells her to be careful and not toy with him. She tells him that Rafa has talked with Refri and they want to buy 70 trucks from them. This has cheered him immensely, as he stutters what?
Beltran is very happy shouting Rafas’ praise and says he has the power to cure. Now he wants facts from Ale. He is not all that happy about the discount Rafa has offered. He goes back to sucking on his oxygen. Ale convinces Beltran that this was the only way they could seal the deal. She reminds him that this will insure that Refri will be a permanent client. Beltran finally agrees to the discount.
We are once again poolside and the boys are now in the picture. Minus the young lad that tried to get free with Julieta. We have a new prospect. His name is Jordi and he is all polite and immediately heads towards Julieta. Jordi wants to know if she has a boyfriend. Julieta is flustered with this and says not exactly. Her friend chimes up she has lots of prospects and our new charmer wants to be added to her list.
Rafa is pacing nervously in Ales office as she enters. He wants to know what Beltran said. She says before or after he had his heart attack. She tells him he agreed and Rafa grabs Ale for a moment and suddenly lets go.
Now we see Dandy sniffing around Susana. He almost lands on top of her surprising the heck out of her. He tells her she smells delicious. He asks her if she likes the oil and she says she loves it and wants to know if she could get more. Rafa rushes up to Susana to ask for help. He spies Dandy hanging around Susana and gives him a what the heck is up look. Dandy leaves and Rafa gives Susana an approving smile.
Susana wants to know what Rafa needs. He wants her to fax documents to Refri but at the speed of light. He is pacing back and forth and just a bundle of nervous energy. Susana tells Rafa to take a big breath and calm down.
Back at the pool. Jordi is chatting with the boys and he is quite impressed with Julieta. He had not noticed before at school how fine she was. The guys warn him that she is a bit up-tight. He tells them there isn’t a girl that can resist him. Jordi bets them 1000 barros (I think that is pesos but not certain) that not only will he win her over but he will get her in bed as well.
Bebe gives Rafa the phone. It is Vicky. She rags on him for not calling and for not taking her calls. She wants to know about the big sales. She wonders if it is still on. Rafa says yes it is and that is why he has been so busy. Vicky is all excited thinking if he makes the sale he won’t have to continue on at Siglo. Rafa sadly says it probably wont be necessary. Vicky is jumping for joy. (My picture went out at this time and I only had dialogue with no CC and I think I missed most of this conversation. What a shame).
Vicky is going on about the dinner she has planned for him tonight with the whole family. She tells him he better show up. Rafa reluctantly agrees.
Now we are at Vickys‘. The brothers enter carrying huge platters of meat. They are getting ready for the big family reunion. They want to know if Rafa is bagged out again. Vicky assures them he will be there and will tell everyone about his great deal he has going on. And how much money he will be making and how he will be able to pay off his debt. They make fun of her. She blows them off and says something like they would have to work in the kitchen for a hundred years to make that kind of money and walks off.
Rafa is talking with Bebe about his big sale. Bebe congratulates him and tells him to enjoy the huge commission he will be receiving. Rafa gets a call from Refri . They are happy with the quotes and want to meet with Rafa Tomorrow.
Rafa goes to tell Ale that Refri accepted the quotes and wants a meeting. Ale is all excited that it is practically a done deal. She wants to know when and where the meeting will be. It will be at Playa Estrella at eight in the morning. He tells Ale he has to leave right away. It is going to take him at least 6 or 8 hours to get there by bus. Ale tells him he cant go there by bus. Rafa is protesting and says you don’t expect me to walk do you?
Ale tells him he needs to fly. ( Any bets on if Rafa has ever flown before? ) Rafa looks very worried and makes gestures as if a plane is going down. Ale sweetly teases him about this. Then she calls for Susana to make reservations. Susana says she will need the okay from Beltran first. Ale tells her to get started and she will go talk to Beltran. As she leaves she is smiling and she tells Rafa he is brilliant. Rafa has a very panicked look on his face.
We are at the salon having lunch with our good friends B&V and Ovi. I think they are talking about what she has in her house. They are surprised when she tells them she is very conservative. She says something about having pictures of all her boyfriends. V is worried she might get them confused when they call. I really didn’t get much more of this conversation but there was a reference to Bougainvillea.
Ale gets Beltrans’ approval for the trip but not without some grief first. And he wants to make sure Rafa will be at a budget motel. He makes a comment regarding how much money Rafa will make from this commission and we see a smile across Ales’ face. He wants to be sure there will be detailed receipts of everything. As Ale leaves Beltran ponders the image of Rafa on the beach.
We have an interesting bar scene with Jorges’ old friend. ( I can’t remember his name but he is the one who drove Jorge to the Hacienda). He is discussing with one of his mates the goings on at the Hacienda. He is convinced it isn’t ghosts that Jorge saw. He also believes that it wasn’t a hallucination or dream Jorge had (Remember the hotties).
Friend believes that someone is taking advantage of the situation. And it is someone with money. Those costumed girls weren’t cheap. He knows the hacienda was in financial troubles but it should be making money by now. He knows the money isn’t going to the Aunt or to Ale. They even wonder if the future son-in-law (Marco) might be up to something. Friend thinks this is a possibility . The Friend is going to get to the bottom of it. And if he finds anything out some one is going to have to pay for his silence.
We are at Rafas' house. Jordi comes a courting with flowers chocolates and stuffed animals. As he enters the house he is not impressed with its appearance but he tells himself he doesn’t have to marry her. Jaime shows up and wants to know who the kid his. He chimes up he is the boyfriend and grabs at Julieta. Jaime does not look happy and Julieta looks embarrassed.
She quickly disentangles herself from the leech and says he isn’t her boyfriend. Jordi admits that he isn’t her boyfriend but wouldn’t mind becoming her boyfriend. Jaime isn’t having any of this and practically kicks the young man out. (Good going Jaimie).
Our two local cops stop Rosaura and want to give her a ticket for parking in an illegal spot. Rosaura complains there wasn’t any where else to park. They are going to fine her but Rosaura says she doesn’t have any money. She tells them that when she lived in the states she did not need to carry money around. She ends up moving her car.
Ramiro is visiting the sex therapist. He admits to having intimacy problems with his wife. She tells him she is not his mother but the mother of his children. She tells him he has to recuperate his intimacy with her. She gives him advice on how to recapture this. She starts massaging his shoulders to relax him and tells him if he is worried about his wife finding out, he doesn’t have to tell her about them. Poor Ramiro misunderstands her and thinks she is coming on to him. She corrects him and tells him he needs to rediscover the intimacy with his wife. He is lost in thoughts of her legs. As he leaves she reminds him to do his homework.
Our final scene is of Ale asking Susana if she has gotten Rafas’ tickets yet. She reminds Susana to get him a modest hotel and not one on the beach. Susana wants to know if once the sale is done if Rafa is still going to be around. Ale says he wants to leave as soon as possible and that is fine by her. Susana can’t imagine Siglo wanting to loose such a fine sales person. Then we start having some Ale trash talk and Poor Rafa is sitting in her office hearing all of this. She goes on to say that if Rafa continues working at Siglo after this sale they will have to call an ambulance to recover the body.
Susana also reminds Ale that she found a lawyer for her to investigate what is going on at the hacienda. The appointment is for 3 pm tomorrow. Ale thanks her for this and tells her to reconfirm it.
Ale enters her office and Rafa is sitting there with a very sad hurt look on his face. She tells Rafa Beltran okayed the trip. Rafa wants to know what’s next. She says you go and close the deal. Then you come back and sign over the check to me. Your lawyer takes care of the documents regarding the debt and then “Colorin Colorado este cuento se acabado” This story is finished, In other words they will be finished with having to deal with one another. And that’s where we end tonight.
The phone rings. Ale thinks it is Vicky. She tells Rafa she is not going to stick around while he talks to her. Rafa tells her it is not Vicky, It is Lemaitre . He tells Rafa that he reads cigarettes really well and wants some quotes from him. He will have his secretary send him the specifications for the 70 trucks he will need.
After he hangs up he tells Ale the good news. They are both so excited and start jumping up and down hugging each other very tightly. Rafa gets a little carried away and Ale comes to her senses and pulls away from Rafa.
Rafa tells Ale he needs to call Lemaitres‘ secretary for all the details. He is so excited that if he makes this sale it will solve both their problems. Ale sadly says yes then we won’t have to see each other again. Rafa has lost a little enthusiasm and agrees. As he leaves Ale says a little prayer that Rafa will be successful and that they won’t have to see each other, but this is said with a hint of sadness.
Ramiro is on the phone with Rafa approaching him. Ramiro tells him it is Vicky. Rafa tells him to tell her he will call her back. Rafa gets in touch with Lemaitres’ secretary to get more details. She says she will fax what she needs to Rafa. This was a kind of cute little scene with Ramiro running around trying to get the fax number for Rafa.
We have a quick moment with Marco and Chavez at an outdoor restaurant. Marco is talking to Ale, confirming their plans for the night. He senses that she is not all that psyched and asks her what’s wrong. She says nothing's wrong. She says there are just some pending issues with Rafa and a potential sale that will solve all their problems. Marco is quite pleased to hear this as it means the criminal won’t be hanging around Siglo anymore. Ale tells him not to get too excited because there is lots left to do. As she hangs up she looks sad.
The faxes have arrived and Rafa is trying to sort it all out. There is a questionnaire that needs to be filled out. He tells Susana it looks very complicated and she suggests he go and ask Ale for help. Rafa approaches Ale and asks for her help with the questionnaire. Ale being Ale cant help but get a little dig in and reminds him about how he tried to fill out his resignation. They should hide the pens from him.
She finally tells him she is more than willing to help to make sure this sale goes through. Ale is sitting and Rafa is looking over her shoulder at the details. They are very close. Ale gets all excited when she reads the request for 70 units (trucks) . The warm fuzzy feeling leaves Ale when she realizes that Rafa has offered a 4% discount instead of 2 percent.
We change scenery and are poolside with Julieta and her rich friends. It is just the girls hanging out. The maid approaches and says the boys are wanting to know if they can come in. Julieta jumps up and says if they come in I am leaving. Then we get our painful little flashback of the guy that came on way to strong with her and we see Julieta slapping the guy and giving him what for. We have a long discussion about adolescent boys and what they are all after. Julieta finally agrees to let the boys in, but not to expect her to be nice to them.
Ale and Rafa are still discussing the issue of the discount they will be offering. Ale tries to explain to Rafa that it will make a huge difference in what his commission will end up being. Rafa explains to her it was the only way he could convince Lemaitre to deal with him. He is begging Ale to consider this. She finally tells him the decision is not up to her but Beltran. Then he questions if she really is in such a hurry to get rid of him. Ale is offended and says of course I am in a hurry and heads for the door, but not without looking back with sad puppy eyes at Rafa. We see the same look on Rafas’ face once she leaves.
We see a nurse leaning over Beltran handing out boobs, oops I mean pills to Beltran. He is going on about his perforated liver and other maladies of a stressed out man. Ale walks in and wants to talk with him. Beltran says you came to tell me horrible things about the bad sales like a lethal injection. Ale is all smiles and says no it is a good thing. He tells her to be careful and not toy with him. She tells him that Rafa has talked with Refri and they want to buy 70 trucks from them. This has cheered him immensely, as he stutters what?
Beltran is very happy shouting Rafas’ praise and says he has the power to cure. Now he wants facts from Ale. He is not all that happy about the discount Rafa has offered. He goes back to sucking on his oxygen. Ale convinces Beltran that this was the only way they could seal the deal. She reminds him that this will insure that Refri will be a permanent client. Beltran finally agrees to the discount.
We are once again poolside and the boys are now in the picture. Minus the young lad that tried to get free with Julieta. We have a new prospect. His name is Jordi and he is all polite and immediately heads towards Julieta. Jordi wants to know if she has a boyfriend. Julieta is flustered with this and says not exactly. Her friend chimes up she has lots of prospects and our new charmer wants to be added to her list.
Rafa is pacing nervously in Ales office as she enters. He wants to know what Beltran said. She says before or after he had his heart attack. She tells him he agreed and Rafa grabs Ale for a moment and suddenly lets go.
Now we see Dandy sniffing around Susana. He almost lands on top of her surprising the heck out of her. He tells her she smells delicious. He asks her if she likes the oil and she says she loves it and wants to know if she could get more. Rafa rushes up to Susana to ask for help. He spies Dandy hanging around Susana and gives him a what the heck is up look. Dandy leaves and Rafa gives Susana an approving smile.
Susana wants to know what Rafa needs. He wants her to fax documents to Refri but at the speed of light. He is pacing back and forth and just a bundle of nervous energy. Susana tells Rafa to take a big breath and calm down.
Back at the pool. Jordi is chatting with the boys and he is quite impressed with Julieta. He had not noticed before at school how fine she was. The guys warn him that she is a bit up-tight. He tells them there isn’t a girl that can resist him. Jordi bets them 1000 barros (I think that is pesos but not certain) that not only will he win her over but he will get her in bed as well.
Bebe gives Rafa the phone. It is Vicky. She rags on him for not calling and for not taking her calls. She wants to know about the big sales. She wonders if it is still on. Rafa says yes it is and that is why he has been so busy. Vicky is all excited thinking if he makes the sale he won’t have to continue on at Siglo. Rafa sadly says it probably wont be necessary. Vicky is jumping for joy. (My picture went out at this time and I only had dialogue with no CC and I think I missed most of this conversation. What a shame).
Vicky is going on about the dinner she has planned for him tonight with the whole family. She tells him he better show up. Rafa reluctantly agrees.
Now we are at Vickys‘. The brothers enter carrying huge platters of meat. They are getting ready for the big family reunion. They want to know if Rafa is bagged out again. Vicky assures them he will be there and will tell everyone about his great deal he has going on. And how much money he will be making and how he will be able to pay off his debt. They make fun of her. She blows them off and says something like they would have to work in the kitchen for a hundred years to make that kind of money and walks off.
Rafa is talking with Bebe about his big sale. Bebe congratulates him and tells him to enjoy the huge commission he will be receiving. Rafa gets a call from Refri . They are happy with the quotes and want to meet with Rafa Tomorrow.
Rafa goes to tell Ale that Refri accepted the quotes and wants a meeting. Ale is all excited that it is practically a done deal. She wants to know when and where the meeting will be. It will be at Playa Estrella at eight in the morning. He tells Ale he has to leave right away. It is going to take him at least 6 or 8 hours to get there by bus. Ale tells him he cant go there by bus. Rafa is protesting and says you don’t expect me to walk do you?
Ale tells him he needs to fly. ( Any bets on if Rafa has ever flown before? ) Rafa looks very worried and makes gestures as if a plane is going down. Ale sweetly teases him about this. Then she calls for Susana to make reservations. Susana says she will need the okay from Beltran first. Ale tells her to get started and she will go talk to Beltran. As she leaves she is smiling and she tells Rafa he is brilliant. Rafa has a very panicked look on his face.
We are at the salon having lunch with our good friends B&V and Ovi. I think they are talking about what she has in her house. They are surprised when she tells them she is very conservative. She says something about having pictures of all her boyfriends. V is worried she might get them confused when they call. I really didn’t get much more of this conversation but there was a reference to Bougainvillea.
Ale gets Beltrans’ approval for the trip but not without some grief first. And he wants to make sure Rafa will be at a budget motel. He makes a comment regarding how much money Rafa will make from this commission and we see a smile across Ales’ face. He wants to be sure there will be detailed receipts of everything. As Ale leaves Beltran ponders the image of Rafa on the beach.
We have an interesting bar scene with Jorges’ old friend. ( I can’t remember his name but he is the one who drove Jorge to the Hacienda). He is discussing with one of his mates the goings on at the Hacienda. He is convinced it isn’t ghosts that Jorge saw. He also believes that it wasn’t a hallucination or dream Jorge had (Remember the hotties).
Friend believes that someone is taking advantage of the situation. And it is someone with money. Those costumed girls weren’t cheap. He knows the hacienda was in financial troubles but it should be making money by now. He knows the money isn’t going to the Aunt or to Ale. They even wonder if the future son-in-law (Marco) might be up to something. Friend thinks this is a possibility . The Friend is going to get to the bottom of it. And if he finds anything out some one is going to have to pay for his silence.
We are at Rafas' house. Jordi comes a courting with flowers chocolates and stuffed animals. As he enters the house he is not impressed with its appearance but he tells himself he doesn’t have to marry her. Jaime shows up and wants to know who the kid his. He chimes up he is the boyfriend and grabs at Julieta. Jaime does not look happy and Julieta looks embarrassed.
She quickly disentangles herself from the leech and says he isn’t her boyfriend. Jordi admits that he isn’t her boyfriend but wouldn’t mind becoming her boyfriend. Jaime isn’t having any of this and practically kicks the young man out. (Good going Jaimie).
Our two local cops stop Rosaura and want to give her a ticket for parking in an illegal spot. Rosaura complains there wasn’t any where else to park. They are going to fine her but Rosaura says she doesn’t have any money. She tells them that when she lived in the states she did not need to carry money around. She ends up moving her car.
Ramiro is visiting the sex therapist. He admits to having intimacy problems with his wife. She tells him she is not his mother but the mother of his children. She tells him he has to recuperate his intimacy with her. She gives him advice on how to recapture this. She starts massaging his shoulders to relax him and tells him if he is worried about his wife finding out, he doesn’t have to tell her about them. Poor Ramiro misunderstands her and thinks she is coming on to him. She corrects him and tells him he needs to rediscover the intimacy with his wife. He is lost in thoughts of her legs. As he leaves she reminds him to do his homework.
Our final scene is of Ale asking Susana if she has gotten Rafas’ tickets yet. She reminds Susana to get him a modest hotel and not one on the beach. Susana wants to know if once the sale is done if Rafa is still going to be around. Ale says he wants to leave as soon as possible and that is fine by her. Susana can’t imagine Siglo wanting to loose such a fine sales person. Then we start having some Ale trash talk and Poor Rafa is sitting in her office hearing all of this. She goes on to say that if Rafa continues working at Siglo after this sale they will have to call an ambulance to recover the body.
Susana also reminds Ale that she found a lawyer for her to investigate what is going on at the hacienda. The appointment is for 3 pm tomorrow. Ale thanks her for this and tells her to reconfirm it.
Ale enters her office and Rafa is sitting there with a very sad hurt look on his face. She tells Rafa Beltran okayed the trip. Rafa wants to know what’s next. She says you go and close the deal. Then you come back and sign over the check to me. Your lawyer takes care of the documents regarding the debt and then “Colorin Colorado este cuento se acabado” This story is finished, In other words they will be finished with having to deal with one another. And that’s where we end tonight.
Labels: dinero
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Corazon Salvaje- 4/7, Wed. - Seeing Is Believing? Illusions Abound
Hi all, this is my last recapping night before heading to Costa Rica. I will post a brief recap later but here is this night linked for your blogging pleasure. I still have not heard that someone is willing to recap or at least post headers for the two nights, April 14 and 21. I also need a recap substitute for May 5. Then I should be around for a while. Thanks for any volunteers.
So here it is:
Review/Preview: Leonarda warns Renato about Aimee, Jimena breaks Gabriel’s heart with the news of Estrella’ doom, Juan once again rides off in a fury not able to get out of his bad habit of Aimee passion. Aimee thinks she can give up Renato’s wealth she misses her passionate savage Juan so much. Rodrigo is in for a surprise...
Gabriel questions Jimena about why Estrella lives behind the veil. Does she have a cicatriz/scar on her face, no nothing like that. She claws for a story, oh she is so ill she can’t live long she is like an apparition. Gabriel runs off Jimena regrets losing Gabriel for ever while Gab looks like he may fall in the river next.
Leonarda fusses over the wedding dress on Aimee as Clemencia looks on, Renato walks in and the superstitious witch Leo shrieks, you have condemned us with this fracaso/failure.
Tarot Tia reads to Servando explaining the cards say Jimena will read palms well and he is to leave her alone so she can make big money. She calms him with the image of the rich woman she knows who will pay so much for fortune readings.
Renato is at wits end with Leo;s fears she runs , Aimee is frightened about what Leo says. Clemencia calms Leo, this is not the tragedy of love that has fallen on this house . Leo says the jewelry of bad luck was involved, obliquely referring to jewelry Rodrigo gave her and Rosario, I think. How will we survive this, she wails . Who is believing that the bastardo is living. She disposed of him herself, she ought to know. Clemencia gets the last grin, if Leo knew that Juan aka bastardo is very much alive and how close he really is to the Montes de Oca.
Juan practices walking in spats and bastón/cane without limping, Gabriel fights with Juan that he should not be going out in this condition. He dresses for the club and Juan comments that Gab has been very sad since he returned. Gab sobs that Jimena has told him Estrella will die. Jimena? Juan shakes his head.
Who slips beneath from bed of Tarot woman and slinks off in her veils and spangles miraculously not making a sound.
amargiata Rosario is the only one Rodrigo could have loved he avers as he admires himself in the mirror . He is tired of ALeo. What is it with women and this love thing... But Rosario appears behind him in her black veil asking for his help.
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Rodrigo help me, he falls to the ground and she continues , he is the only one who can help her.
Feddie and Arsenicio (sorry he seems like a poisonous old thing and I can’t keep all the names straight) chat at the club when Juan walks in in full black tails and smiles Madelena greets him warmly appreciating the real friend that he is. Juan talks with Madelena about Gabriel being fooled by Jimena with the story that Estrella is condemned to die. Madelena is on to the dual nature of Jimena. She agrees, This is too much, Valga me dios/God help me.
Clemencia tells Jimena she knows Gabriel a little, so the disillusioned Jimena wants advice from Regina and Clem. Regina says sure sometimes telling the truth does more damage, but but she must tell him the truth as it will be right and better in the end. How about Servando and your Tia. For advice? Clemencia doesn’t know what she is saying clearly. Jimena says something is being taken, . by Tia? Warning them about Leo’s falling for Tarot Tia’s methods it seems.
Rodrigo clutches his chest and gets up without a wrinkle in his suit, Did I see Rosario, I am thinking about her so much surely I invoked her. I won’t say anything to any one they will think i am loco.
Leo knocks are you going out . He says no I am not going out , I prefer to be alone. I only want to rest. He bars the door from her push.
Madelena flatters her guests, Without you this place would not be the same . Arsenicio says to Juan, you haven’t already gone to Vera Cruz? Juan wonders, Why isn’t Montes de Oca here tonight? He didn’t come. Juan, muses, maybe he is a coward? Arsenicio retorts, he said just the same of you. Then he suddenly knocks Juan’s leg with his cane and Juan folds down in mock pain then they all laugh. He says you have confused me with some rough person in the town who has caused trouble, I am not wounded, here, I can drop trousers... no no, that’s not necessary, Madelena looks disappointed, so am I.
Leonarda is having trouble breathing in her emotional snit about the bad omens everywhere. She looks out the window seeing Tarot Tia and Jimena. They argue presumably to decide the importance of Tarot -vs- Palmistry, but actually it is the struggle for the most lucrative clients that decides which method is most powerful. Leo runs them off and calls for Arcadio like she doesn’t know them. Not giving up so easily on card revenue, Tia promises that Jimena is good with reading the hands and they talking of her love and with all security and discretion. I can do the cards. Leo takes the bait, but not here she motions away from the front steps, lets go to the kitchen. Tia pushes Jimena off and goes to the kitchen to get her fee after finishing the Tarot session.
As they sit at the kitchen table Tia assures Leo, I will hardly talk it is the cards that talk , She shuffles and tells Leo to cut the cards into 3 montons/ piles,
Gabriel sees Juan who is laughing about how Fulgencio set him up in a trap by disfraz/disguise . But he hit him in the equivocada pierna/wrong leg. Juan so pleased with himself brags about his deception.
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Jimena oh luna gitana/gypsy moon counsel me . Aid me with Gabriel, she remembers the moments as Estrella, She and Gabriel meet at the fiesta of disfraz/costume ball. She cries what a beautiful dream of love. this mentira/lie that ended my dream my dream of love. Jimena and Gabriel are spending entirely too much time crying in my opinion. But neither can seem to throw off the game they are entangled in.
Gabriel thinks of the same fiesta where he had his first kiss from Estrella . Estrella fugaz/shooting star, (he makes a nice Spanish allusion) and now I only suffer.
Back in the kitchen, the satin bustled Leo dishes the dirt with Tarot Tia, What to do you see in my future? Problems! In the future and the past. There is a great tragedy in your family with a man whom you love intensely who is NOT your husband! She has Leo reeled in now, Is this man going to love me some day? Oops they hear Renato yell and Leo makes Tia hide outside the kitchen, she will pay her later, just hide so my son doesn’t find you.
Juan talks to his father the picture (the really bad painting). He says he agreed to make the people that hurt his mother suffer, But, he can’t really be supposed to do the same with the innocent offspring...
Leo nags and whines about the curse of Renato seeing the wedding dress. Renato teases that someone dead may appear. Leo is shrieking about not invoking evil illusions.
Regina imagines that she will be always at Aimee’s side to help her keep her promise to be happy at Renatos’ side. (Ewww, feels like getting stuck in a honey jar.)
Juan wakes up hearing Aimee’s voice why did you abandon me. His sleep is certainly ruined and the wind is blowing in the window.
He wakes up fully dressed and the bed made a second later, (weird scene cut, who dressed him, who made the bed so nicely?) I can’t stop thinking about Aimee. I need her besos/kisses , her caricias/caresses. Aimee. I will go to the Finca to carry her far away. He rides madly on the horse but encounters Renato on a fast horse coming toward him in the middle of the fields. And Renato says I was coming to see you. You are the one who saved my life Juan feigns bad memory or nearly bad manners, You wanted to be taken to the tomb of your mother, Renato reminds him how close he really was. I am in debt to you for this act for ever, professes the loyal Juan. Renato tells him who her is, Juan doesn’t have a clue before this moment. (What are these people drinking that takes their memory so profoundly)...
***
I am the owner of the Finca del Mar. What is your name. Juan hesitates and is saved by Remegio riding up to tell about construction problems at Paraiso that boss needs to see, Don’t you recognize him, asks the innocent Renato. He is the one I saved. Remeio plays dumb Juan acts dumber, glad to meet him. He presses he has to go off to his pressing business, but Renato insists he come with him.
Madelena sees Rosenda, in the square and tries to be friendly but Rosenda says MADAM Madelena, I know exactly what- who you are. Later at home in tears, Felipe listens to Mady cry of her punishment for being a bad mother. Ac child has no right to judge his parent. says Felipe Don;t mortifique/torment yourself, Madam. he soothes with tenderness.
Rosenda comes to the barred gate and Arcadio gives her some present, apparently not nice enough she scoffs, these are corrientes/common, she complains. he opens the door and says she will have to do more than talk to get the good jewels. She tries to plan to see him tonight. Rosenda complains about the marriage of Renato whom Aimee doesn’t deserve. Arcadio is easy to engage in his insecurities of Rodrigo and Leo in close quarters, She says it is a good way to engarte/hook Leo and Don Rodrigo don’t you think. HE stalks off and she steals the keys.
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Arcadio replays Rosenda’s taunts that they could both be dead. Around the corner in the same dungeon, Rosario replays the the surprise visit to Rodrigo. He can’t help me, he can’t forgive me and for this he hates me. We see keys in the straw.(How come her black veil isn’t all stuck with pieces of straw?)
Renato brags about his rainproof roofing he is installing, thatch wasn’t new then but maybe to Mexico?? Remegio and Juan argue about Renato being unlike the rest of his ratty family.
Rodrigo tells himself that he hallucinated Rosario because he has been thinking about her so much. He is a coward, he calls himself. Rosario thinks no one can help her now. Will her old Juan come for her?
Remegio gives a fake good by to take care and Juan pretends to remind himself of . Why are you doing this a compromiso sociale/social commitment. I have had a blessed life of privilege. The least he can do is improve the lives of these poor workers who have so little. Ahhh, the nobility of it all.
Renato Montes de Oca enunciates Juan, who would think that I would owe my life to one of my sworn enemies.
Next: Jimena and Gabriel cry and part, and then come together for a tender kiss. So nice they can console each other in their hour of illusion.
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El Clon, Wed., April 7 - Will the veiled passenger in seat 10A please identify herself to the flight attendants?
Thanks for all the support. We have a new recapper to help out so we will continue recapping El Clon. Let's hope something will happen in the novela soon. Tonight's episode was more of the same with some beanie tightening moments.
Thanks to her sleight of hand in putting it in the box, Marisa chooses Jade's jade pendant as her gift from Lucas' mother's jewelry. Leo doesn't remember it and is sure that he didn't give it to his dead wife. Marisa (those tattoos are really starting to bother me. Every time I see her, there seem to be more of them) asks Leo not to mention her present to anyone. She wants it to be a surprise at her birthday party.
On her way out to organize her escape, Jade has to endure 20 nasty questions from Nariza. Finally, she gets out the door. Zoraida is concerned about the consequences of helping Jade escape and that a person who remains silent participates in the sin. But, as always, Jade convinces Zoraida to help her. They arrange to meet the next morning to go to the airport.
Cristina tells Estela that Dora's trip to LA for dance lessons is an opportunity she can't miss. She makes the analogy with her marriage to Armando. When she saw him passing by, she grabbed him by the scruff of the neck (agarré del pescuezo) and is going to take him to the altar. Dora and Danielito come in. Dora says that she's fed up with people in the street asking her where the kid's mother is. She says that she can't stand the torture much longer.
Albieri tells Luisa that his life a torture. He can't continue with so many lies. Luisa thinks that he is concerned about Julio's ethical concerns. But Albieri shows how lying can get you into trouble. He tells Luisa that every day that passes make it more likely that the child will betray him. Luisa, of course, doesn't understand. As usual, Albieri mumbles something and runs out of the room.
Luisa reminds Julio that he owes everything to Albieri.
Dora and Osvaldo have the same pointless argument as always at the club. (They always seem to be playing the same song there.)
Julio goes to Albieri's house. He tells Albieri that he can fix the error that the made by giving Dora the opportunity to have the embryo that he prepared for her. Albieri has to admit to Julio that he doesn't have any of the eggs Silvia harvested from Dora and that furthermore he doesn't know where the embryo that was implanted in Dora came from. Julio says that he will think about what he will do. Albieri asks for his help and Julio agrees. [I was thinking/hoping that maybe Albieri would kill Julio to prevent his telling Dora about the 'mistake' at the clinic.]
Cristina and her substitute fiance, Armando, are planning their wedding. Cristina's goal is to stick it to Leo in all possible ways so she recalls that for their wedding he wanted her to be dressed as Gilda in the 1946 Rita Hayworth movie. Cristina has no idea who Rita Hayworth or Gilda are but Armando does. [Here is a poster for Gilda from the internet. I suppose Cristina's wedding dress will be along these lines unless there is a specific wedding dress in the movie. I've never seen it either.]
Cristina and Leo were also going to have their reception at the Mandarin hotel so that is where she will have hers with Armando. She can barely tolerate having Armando kiss her.
Jade pretends to be mopping the floor [that in itself should be very suspicious] when Said and Nariza go out to the market.
They ask her to go along but she says that she has to organize the closets (!). When they are gone, Jade scurries over to Ali's house and she and Zoraida leave for the airport.
In Mohamed's shop, Vicki and Latifa have a clash of the cultures conversation. Vicki can't understand how Latifa can't go out without her husband and Latifa can't understand how American women have to continually make themselves beautiful to keep their men. When she hears that Latifa likes to dance, she suggests that she and Mohamed go to the club, Heat (Caliente), where Dora dances. [I can just see Mohamed and Dora coming in there all covered up and seeing the dancing there.]
Lucas is suspicious of why Marisa went to see Leo in his office. She makes up a story. Marisa wants to plan a large birthday party for herself where the press will be invited in addition to their friends and acquaintances. Lucas says whatever, kisses Rosa but not Marisa and leaves. Marisa says that she can never forgive Lucas' betrayal of her. Rosa says that was Lucas' adolescent love. Since Natalia was born, he is more mature. Marisa says that after her birthday party, Lucas will learn to respect her. [Even without the scenes from Thursday's episode, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that showing up at her birthday party wearing Jade's pendant is going to produce the opposite of respect in Lucas.]
Zoraida and Jade go to the ticket window in the airport.
Just as Zoraida told Jade before, the guy refuses to sell her a ticket without permission from her husband or some other man. Jade is crushed. She has her passport and money but she can't leave. Zoraida sends her to the bathroom to wash away her tears. A woman in the full black robes and veil goes into a stall. Now this is where the beanie tightening part comes in. For some reason, the woman in the stall takes her whole outfit off and her bag with her passport and drops it on the floor of the stall [no hooks on the door, I guess] so that Jade can snatch it and put it on herself. Jade then gets in line to go through security behind Careless Bathroom Woman's [thanks Novelamaven] husband.
Poor Zoraida prays for protection from Ali's rage.
Said and Ali return to Ali's house and are told that Zoraida went out. Ali is miffed that Zoraida isn't there to make the tea the way he likes it. Said confesses to Ali that Jade doesn't love him. She still wants the Westerner and they always argue about the same thing [that certainly is true!]. Said says that sometimes he says things he shouldn't. Ali confides that he always argues with his wives in Spanish so that they don't understand him. He thinks that Jade's decision to stay in the house and organize the closets is a good beginning for their relationship.
Now that Nariza is talking to Mohamed again, she takes the opportunity to complain about Jade and to feel sorry for herself. Then she tells Mohamed that Latifa is an exhibitionist and that he doesn't know what she does when he's not around. Of course, Mohamed believes this maliciousness and demands to know what Latifa did. Since he won't believe that his sister tells lies, poor Latifa cannot defend herself. She swears up and down that she has done nothing.
Jade waits nervously for the flight to board.
Said shows Ali the fabric and gold he bought for Jade in the market.
When Zoraida gets to the door, she doesn't have the courage to enter Ali's house. She says that she will run away but the other servants see her.
Unfortunately, Careless Bathroom Woman's husband is a chatty guy. Now here's another beanie moment. All this time Jade has been living in Morocco and she hasn't learned any Arabic? They get on the plane but Jade has no idea what the guy is saying to her.
Finally, he becomes suspicious and pulls her veil down. Jade is taken away by security protesting in Spanish that she is an American citizen.
Ali is told about Zoraida's strange behavior. Said says that they should go look for her. In a cute scene, Ali angrily says that he doesn't want her back, etc., etc. Said just waits patiently saying nothing. Finally, Ali says, "Let's go look for her."
Detained by security, Jade worries about what will happen if Said's family finds out what she did. There is an disturbance in the security area and Jade is able to escape.
Cristina shows her wedding invitation to Vicki and the other woman whose name I forget. They decide that Cristina will deliver Leo's invite personally. Rosa gets a call from Leo's secretary, who got a call from Cristina asking when she can deliver his wedding invite. Rosa is glad that finally Cristina will be out of Leo's hair. Leo does not seem to be very happy. Then Leo refuses to tell Rosa what he gave to Marisa for her birthday.
Lucas is out golfing when Marisa tools up in a golf cart with a press photographer documenting the idle life of the wife of a successful businessman. She invites the press guy to her birthday party. [Do we think that Marisa believes Jade gets to see these photos or that she just likes to be in the Society pages?]
Dora tells Abieri that Daniel is going to stay in New York with her mother while Dora goes to LA. Albieri doesn't seem too happy about this but it's not clear why. NY isn't as far away as LA but it's a big city. Then Dora asks Luisa to babysit before she leaves.
Jade is on her way back to Ali's.
At Ali's, no one can find Zoraida and now Jade is missing as well. Uncle Adbul says that she must receive 100 lashes for running away and no one will save her this time. At this moment, Jade comes into the house.
The credits roll.
Thanks to her sleight of hand in putting it in the box, Marisa chooses Jade's jade pendant as her gift from Lucas' mother's jewelry. Leo doesn't remember it and is sure that he didn't give it to his dead wife. Marisa (those tattoos are really starting to bother me. Every time I see her, there seem to be more of them) asks Leo not to mention her present to anyone. She wants it to be a surprise at her birthday party.
On her way out to organize her escape, Jade has to endure 20 nasty questions from Nariza. Finally, she gets out the door. Zoraida is concerned about the consequences of helping Jade escape and that a person who remains silent participates in the sin. But, as always, Jade convinces Zoraida to help her. They arrange to meet the next morning to go to the airport.
Cristina tells Estela that Dora's trip to LA for dance lessons is an opportunity she can't miss. She makes the analogy with her marriage to Armando. When she saw him passing by, she grabbed him by the scruff of the neck (agarré del pescuezo) and is going to take him to the altar. Dora and Danielito come in. Dora says that she's fed up with people in the street asking her where the kid's mother is. She says that she can't stand the torture much longer.
Albieri tells Luisa that his life a torture. He can't continue with so many lies. Luisa thinks that he is concerned about Julio's ethical concerns. But Albieri shows how lying can get you into trouble. He tells Luisa that every day that passes make it more likely that the child will betray him. Luisa, of course, doesn't understand. As usual, Albieri mumbles something and runs out of the room.
Luisa reminds Julio that he owes everything to Albieri.
Dora and Osvaldo have the same pointless argument as always at the club. (They always seem to be playing the same song there.)
Julio goes to Albieri's house. He tells Albieri that he can fix the error that the made by giving Dora the opportunity to have the embryo that he prepared for her. Albieri has to admit to Julio that he doesn't have any of the eggs Silvia harvested from Dora and that furthermore he doesn't know where the embryo that was implanted in Dora came from. Julio says that he will think about what he will do. Albieri asks for his help and Julio agrees. [I was thinking/hoping that maybe Albieri would kill Julio to prevent his telling Dora about the 'mistake' at the clinic.]
Cristina and her substitute fiance, Armando, are planning their wedding. Cristina's goal is to stick it to Leo in all possible ways so she recalls that for their wedding he wanted her to be dressed as Gilda in the 1946 Rita Hayworth movie. Cristina has no idea who Rita Hayworth or Gilda are but Armando does. [Here is a poster for Gilda from the internet. I suppose Cristina's wedding dress will be along these lines unless there is a specific wedding dress in the movie. I've never seen it either.]
Cristina and Leo were also going to have their reception at the Mandarin hotel so that is where she will have hers with Armando. She can barely tolerate having Armando kiss her.
Jade pretends to be mopping the floor [that in itself should be very suspicious] when Said and Nariza go out to the market.
They ask her to go along but she says that she has to organize the closets (!). When they are gone, Jade scurries over to Ali's house and she and Zoraida leave for the airport.
In Mohamed's shop, Vicki and Latifa have a clash of the cultures conversation. Vicki can't understand how Latifa can't go out without her husband and Latifa can't understand how American women have to continually make themselves beautiful to keep their men. When she hears that Latifa likes to dance, she suggests that she and Mohamed go to the club, Heat (Caliente), where Dora dances. [I can just see Mohamed and Dora coming in there all covered up and seeing the dancing there.]
Lucas is suspicious of why Marisa went to see Leo in his office. She makes up a story. Marisa wants to plan a large birthday party for herself where the press will be invited in addition to their friends and acquaintances. Lucas says whatever, kisses Rosa but not Marisa and leaves. Marisa says that she can never forgive Lucas' betrayal of her. Rosa says that was Lucas' adolescent love. Since Natalia was born, he is more mature. Marisa says that after her birthday party, Lucas will learn to respect her. [Even without the scenes from Thursday's episode, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that showing up at her birthday party wearing Jade's pendant is going to produce the opposite of respect in Lucas.]
Zoraida and Jade go to the ticket window in the airport.
Just as Zoraida told Jade before, the guy refuses to sell her a ticket without permission from her husband or some other man. Jade is crushed. She has her passport and money but she can't leave. Zoraida sends her to the bathroom to wash away her tears. A woman in the full black robes and veil goes into a stall. Now this is where the beanie tightening part comes in. For some reason, the woman in the stall takes her whole outfit off and her bag with her passport and drops it on the floor of the stall [no hooks on the door, I guess] so that Jade can snatch it and put it on herself. Jade then gets in line to go through security behind Careless Bathroom Woman's [thanks Novelamaven] husband.
Poor Zoraida prays for protection from Ali's rage.
Said and Ali return to Ali's house and are told that Zoraida went out. Ali is miffed that Zoraida isn't there to make the tea the way he likes it. Said confesses to Ali that Jade doesn't love him. She still wants the Westerner and they always argue about the same thing [that certainly is true!]. Said says that sometimes he says things he shouldn't. Ali confides that he always argues with his wives in Spanish so that they don't understand him. He thinks that Jade's decision to stay in the house and organize the closets is a good beginning for their relationship.
Now that Nariza is talking to Mohamed again, she takes the opportunity to complain about Jade and to feel sorry for herself. Then she tells Mohamed that Latifa is an exhibitionist and that he doesn't know what she does when he's not around. Of course, Mohamed believes this maliciousness and demands to know what Latifa did. Since he won't believe that his sister tells lies, poor Latifa cannot defend herself. She swears up and down that she has done nothing.
Jade waits nervously for the flight to board.
Said shows Ali the fabric and gold he bought for Jade in the market.
When Zoraida gets to the door, she doesn't have the courage to enter Ali's house. She says that she will run away but the other servants see her.
Unfortunately, Careless Bathroom Woman's husband is a chatty guy. Now here's another beanie moment. All this time Jade has been living in Morocco and she hasn't learned any Arabic? They get on the plane but Jade has no idea what the guy is saying to her.
Finally, he becomes suspicious and pulls her veil down. Jade is taken away by security protesting in Spanish that she is an American citizen.
Ali is told about Zoraida's strange behavior. Said says that they should go look for her. In a cute scene, Ali angrily says that he doesn't want her back, etc., etc. Said just waits patiently saying nothing. Finally, Ali says, "Let's go look for her."
Detained by security, Jade worries about what will happen if Said's family finds out what she did. There is an disturbance in the security area and Jade is able to escape.
Cristina shows her wedding invitation to Vicki and the other woman whose name I forget. They decide that Cristina will deliver Leo's invite personally. Rosa gets a call from Leo's secretary, who got a call from Cristina asking when she can deliver his wedding invite. Rosa is glad that finally Cristina will be out of Leo's hair. Leo does not seem to be very happy. Then Leo refuses to tell Rosa what he gave to Marisa for her birthday.
Lucas is out golfing when Marisa tools up in a golf cart with a press photographer documenting the idle life of the wife of a successful businessman. She invites the press guy to her birthday party. [Do we think that Marisa believes Jade gets to see these photos or that she just likes to be in the Society pages?]
Dora tells Abieri that Daniel is going to stay in New York with her mother while Dora goes to LA. Albieri doesn't seem too happy about this but it's not clear why. NY isn't as far away as LA but it's a big city. Then Dora asks Luisa to babysit before she leaves.
Jade is on her way back to Ali's.
At Ali's, no one can find Zoraida and now Jade is missing as well. Uncle Adbul says that she must receive 100 lashes for running away and no one will save her this time. At this moment, Jade comes into the house.
The credits roll.
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Gancho Wednesday April 7th The Land of 1000 Dances
Hi, all. This is Kris's night, but she had tons of obligations, so I'm subbing. Sorry, no pictures, no vocab, but hopefully, lots of excitement. Here we go.
This is, of course, the night we've been waiting for. Mau is going to prove to the world (and Moni) what a vicious viper Hissy is. All he has to do is 1) somehow get Moni to the party, and 2) play the recording he made of Hissy admitting everything. Simple, huh? Let's see.
When last we left our loveable characters, Xime saw that Rolu was in a regular chair, not his wheelchair. Busted? No, Rolu says Arnie carried him there, and got mad at how heavy (pesado) Rolu was, so they argued. Yeah, really pesado, says Arnie (pesado also means “a pain in the butt”). Xime’s phone rings, and it’s Mau, who tells her the plan with Moni was a bust. Can she still get Moni to the party? Xime’ll try.
Gabi is calming down Jacqui (still in shock from Marcos’s wedding plans for Nieves) in the coffee room. Jacqui doesn’t like it when Gabi analyzes her problems, but is receptive to the idea of a chiropracter. While Gabi goes for the contact info, Jacqui remembers another method of stress reduction. She calls Consteño.
As Paula smells her flowers and Alejandra makes a face, the elevator door opens, revealing Beto and Coni, as Beto lets out a wolf yell, displaying his macho. Coni goes to talk to Marcos. Costi arrives for Jacqui’s therapy, and they decide to be bold and do it right in one of the offices. We then see Coni’s shadow in Marcos’s office. Marcos has agreed to buy her shares, but wants to know why she needs the money. She’s not telling, but wants the money in cash. He opens a briefcase, and there it is. He’ll send two security men and a chauffeur to make sure she gets it home.
Night falls, and Moni and Lobo are walking back to the vecindad, in great spirits. They’re about to go for some food, when in runs Xime, apologizing for the sack thing. She asks Moni to go to the office party, but Moni gets mad, and ends up scaring Xime off. Lobo doesn’t understand why Moni’s so mad, and Moni admits Xime’s not a bad person, but she has no desire to go the party. Lobo then suggests calling out for pizza. He’s certainly not going to get on Moni’s s-list, he’ll do whatever she wants.
Beto and Nieves are dressed for the party, he in a suit, she in a floor length black dress with a red feathered boa, with red feathers in her hair. Enter Cesar, also wearing red, he wants to talk, as Nieves hides behind her boy. Nieves has nothing to say to him, and walks out. Beto tells Cesar that Marcos is going to ask Nieves to marry him tonight, and Cesar is determined to stop this. Beto doesn’t think he has a chance. But the party might be fun. They’ll be a magician with a busty assistente, he remarks.
Moni pays for the pizza, sees a contrite Estrella in the distance. She insults Estrella telling her to go to the party with the novia she robbed, won’t listen to a word Estre says, and Estre leaves with a downtrodden face. This seems to affect Moni, and when Lobo opens the door, Moni’s not hungry anymore. In fact, she now feels like dancing. How about that party? Lobo looks confused, but I’m sure he’ll go.
We switch to the party, which is in a hotel or something, with lots of blue and red geometric shapes, lots of people sitting around. Coni’s looking especially hot in a little black dress with a pink carnation at her hip, one strap keeps falling down. Beto still thinks she’s making time with Lobo, but she says no way, and starts heating up her biscocho Beto with her trademark pouty lips. Estre is also wearing a black dress, but hers is a halter top with silver trim and hanging fringes, sort of a dressed up hippie look. Mau’s wearing a black sportscoat over a black and white striped open neck shirt. Some new guests arrive. It’s Moni and Lobo, she in a super sleek strapless short red dress, he in a suit and tie. Heads turn. Lobo and Mauricio eye each other. Moni smiles.
Well, Lobo and Mauricio recognize each other, since Mau’s a famous race car driver, and Lobo’s a famous boxer. They shake hands. Moni beams, Estre frowns.
Marcos argues with Jacqui (wearing a nice white long sleeved blazer over her white pantsuit outfit) about the money he gave Coni. What's Coni going to do with it? Jacqui criticizes him over his plans for Nieves. Neither gives ground. Paula (wearing a nice red dress with a ruffled neckline) and Tano (grey suit, silver tie) applaud something as Cris bumbles with plugging something in, shocking himself. He’s plugging in a laptop for Mau’s surprise recording of Isabel. Mau comes to check, and Cris thinks things are okay, but he may have erased everything. Mau is shocked, asks him to make sure. No, says Cris, there is a recording here (but which one?). Mau is relieved (uh oh), and goes off to make preparations for his dramatic announcement.
Gabi, looking nice in a black outfit, grabs the mike and welcomes the crowd to the event, as the band sets up behind her. She introduces Andrés, and Luisa is a bit impactada. As she sits demurely in her black and white spotted party dress, an irked Ivan crosses his arms at her side. Of course the song is directly about Luisa, saying “ I heard you’ve given me up, are loving another, but I know it’s a lie”. The beat kicks in, and the dance floor fills. Luisa says she didn’t know Andrés would be singing, but he IS good. Ivan doesn’t want to hear him, goes off for a drink and runs right into Alejandra, dressed in a hot orange chiffon dress. At first he’s hesitant, but decides to make Luisa jealous, and goes to dance with Ale.
Xime wants to dance, too. Too bad Rolu can’t, or can he? He says he can’t, so Arnie jumps in, HE’ll dance, and they jump up, and start to boogie, much to Rolu’s consternation. Marcos is dancing with Nieves, to Jacqui’s dismay. So many dances, so much jealousy, and we're just getting started.
Outside the Creaky, Creepy, Cabaña of Chaos, Jero and Oscar are inspecting a bottle of poison Oscar has obtained for Hissy. Jero compliments Oski on his efficiency. Oski reminds Jero how great he (Oscar) is, then says that Coni called, has the money. Jero volunteers to pick it up, but Oscar nixes that. He’s having someone else do it, doesn’t trust Jero.
Mau wistfully watches Moni and Lobo bop onto the dance floor. Beto and Coni feel the beat, too, and start to shake their assets, as Andrés continues to sing his Mentira song. But look -–Mau cuts right in and starts dancing with Moni. She’s furious about this, but he tries to calm her down, we’re just dancing. Well dance with THIS, she says, kneeing him in the groin. Twice. Go dance with your new noviacita, huh? She pushes him towards Estre. But as he sadly looks back, we see that she does have mixed feelings about all this.
A white car approaches outside the Castle of Calamity. Hissy gets out, and Oscar hands her the bottle of poison. She inquires how effective it is. It’s infallible, he replies. She goes to leave, but he says no, you owe me a debt, and now it’s time to collect it (cobrarlo). In the background, Aldo peeks out of the front door. His eyes go wide as he hears Hissy tell Oscar she’s not in debt just for this, but also for those small vials (ampolletas) he recommended that she used to sedate (sedar) Mauricio and Estrella. Thanks to that, my plan went perfectly (mi plan salió a pedir de boca). I was able to separate Valentina and Mauricio and end the ill-fated (nefasta) friendship between Estrella and Valentina. Aldo is muy impactado.
Andrés has finished singing, and Mau takes the stage in front of a huge screen. He thanks the attendees, many of them clients, stressing that “loyalty is one of our most important virtues.” He keeps talking about honesty, truth, then steers the conversation to him and Moni, saying he has the proof to demonstrate that her Mamá doesn’t love her honestly. Moni stands up, what are you talking about? Mau cues Cristian. Here’s the proof!. Cris presses the button, and the images fill the huge screen. But it's not Isabel! it’s Jacqui and Costeño, making out in the office, must have overwritten the other tape! Caray! Some are shocked, some are mad, some are amused (Xime), and some are sad, as we go to commercial.
Well, Jacqui’s really on the receiving end now. Coni points out how her Mom is always talking about avoiding scandals, not fraternizing with nacos, and look at her now! Xime thinks this is a great kind of therapy. Nieves has a few words of her own, why are you always messing with MY men (whoops, she’s admitted she was with Costeño, too!). Nieves! shouts Marcos. Beto covers with a lame excuse that Nieves knew Costi since he was a kid, he’s like her son. Marcos tells Jacqui she never stops doing ridiculous things in a vain attempt not to look older, and she CLOCKS him in the mouth! Moni angrily tells Mau, so this is your proof? Thanks a lot. She stalks away.
Inside the Dungy Dustbin of Delirium, Sal is on the sofa as Lorenza is writing something. Jero inquires what it is. The list of guests for her second wedding. Don’t forget the Blue Demon and the Silver Masked Man, quips Jerry. Oh, thanks, I had forgotten, replies Lori sincerely. They’re important. I’ll send a carrier pidgeon! She goes off to get one. Aldo enters, and breathlessly tells Sal what he heard. Isabel sedated Mau and Moni, it was all a big trap. My Dad was innocent all along! Sal gets up, you see, I told you! Aldo is very repentant, can't believe how wrong he was, feels terrible. Sal sagely tells him never to doubt his Dad. A few feet away, Jero muses, what kind of a deal could Oscar have with the Mamita de la Monita? He goes off to check.
So what do you want? asks Hissy. As Jerry pokes HIS head out the door, Oscar tells Hissy he’s wanted by the police, and he's going to receive a large sum of money from Constanza, but he wants Hissy to go get it, because he can’t trust Jerónimo. We see Jero's face in the background, hearing all. Oscar gives Hissy a red envelope containing proof of how Constanza killed Salvador. In case La Momia doesn’t pay, give this to the police. Hissy agrees to get the money for Oscar.
Back at the party, Lobo tells Moni that Costeño is his idol, how cool! They leave. Mau is down in the dumps, in a bit of shock, as Estrella tells him how Lobo is making all the right moves on Moni, and Moni may be vulnerable to this dirty dancing. Nieves comes over to tell Mau how she’s worried about the same thing, Lobo could try to bed Moni. This spurs Mau to action. He tells Ivan to take Luisa home, and goes off to make some other stupid mistake.
First, though, Marcos catches up to Moni and Lobo just outside the building. As Lobo goes for a taxi, Marcos tells Moni how all he wants to do is care for Moni. The only reason he acquired Grupo Sermeño was to secure the future for Moni and her sister. Moni says she doesn’t want his money, the company, and certainly not his love. She calls to Lobo and rushes away, leaving Marcos speechless.
Jero appears at Jacqui’s (Coni’s) place, but she’s not happy in the least, just what she needs (she says sarcastically) to cap off her day (cerrar el día de oro). He wants to talk to Coni. She’s not here, she’s at that party, where I was the laughing stock, I’ll never live it down, it was humiliating. Jero thinks she deserves it for scorning a guy as elegant (gallardo) as him. Jacqui gets all soft and vulnerable, you’re right, I was a fool. I’m so repentant, my pet. Could we try again, doll? Are you serious? Of course, she replies. Jero lights up, and lets out a “Jacquelinay!” They start with their doggie love. She stops him, asking if he came to pick up the money from Coni. You got it, he says. Well, she’s not here, but we can wait together, she says seductively. He likes this.
Marcos is now talking to Nieves. He wants to ask her something he should have said a long time ago. Nieves coquettishly plays with her boa, you couldn’t forget me, right? Right, and that’s why, says Marcos, in front of everyone present (although no one’s watching), I want to ask you….He gets out a little red box, opens it up, to reveal a ring, “Would you like to be my wife?” Nieves thinks the ring is a bit small (hah!).
Lobo and Moni are back in the barrio, and he coldly says goodnight. Moni is taken aback, what’s up? He says he doesn’t like being used. He could see there was something between Mauricio and her. And the whole night she used him to make Mau jealous. She apologizes, that was not her intention. He asks what is between her and Mau, and she says nothing, it’s a long story, but now, nothing. He reconsiders, asks if she wants him to help her forget, and out of the blue, lays a nice big, juicy kiss on her. OF COURSE, Mau walks in at just that moment!
Previews: Coni and Jero parry, Arnie and Rolu fight (and go a bit “overboard”) and Hissy tells Coni not only will she beat Moni in the ring, but on that very day, Valentina will die!
This is, of course, the night we've been waiting for. Mau is going to prove to the world (and Moni) what a vicious viper Hissy is. All he has to do is 1) somehow get Moni to the party, and 2) play the recording he made of Hissy admitting everything. Simple, huh? Let's see.
When last we left our loveable characters, Xime saw that Rolu was in a regular chair, not his wheelchair. Busted? No, Rolu says Arnie carried him there, and got mad at how heavy (pesado) Rolu was, so they argued. Yeah, really pesado, says Arnie (pesado also means “a pain in the butt”). Xime’s phone rings, and it’s Mau, who tells her the plan with Moni was a bust. Can she still get Moni to the party? Xime’ll try.
Gabi is calming down Jacqui (still in shock from Marcos’s wedding plans for Nieves) in the coffee room. Jacqui doesn’t like it when Gabi analyzes her problems, but is receptive to the idea of a chiropracter. While Gabi goes for the contact info, Jacqui remembers another method of stress reduction. She calls Consteño.
As Paula smells her flowers and Alejandra makes a face, the elevator door opens, revealing Beto and Coni, as Beto lets out a wolf yell, displaying his macho. Coni goes to talk to Marcos. Costi arrives for Jacqui’s therapy, and they decide to be bold and do it right in one of the offices. We then see Coni’s shadow in Marcos’s office. Marcos has agreed to buy her shares, but wants to know why she needs the money. She’s not telling, but wants the money in cash. He opens a briefcase, and there it is. He’ll send two security men and a chauffeur to make sure she gets it home.
Night falls, and Moni and Lobo are walking back to the vecindad, in great spirits. They’re about to go for some food, when in runs Xime, apologizing for the sack thing. She asks Moni to go to the office party, but Moni gets mad, and ends up scaring Xime off. Lobo doesn’t understand why Moni’s so mad, and Moni admits Xime’s not a bad person, but she has no desire to go the party. Lobo then suggests calling out for pizza. He’s certainly not going to get on Moni’s s-list, he’ll do whatever she wants.
Beto and Nieves are dressed for the party, he in a suit, she in a floor length black dress with a red feathered boa, with red feathers in her hair. Enter Cesar, also wearing red, he wants to talk, as Nieves hides behind her boy. Nieves has nothing to say to him, and walks out. Beto tells Cesar that Marcos is going to ask Nieves to marry him tonight, and Cesar is determined to stop this. Beto doesn’t think he has a chance. But the party might be fun. They’ll be a magician with a busty assistente, he remarks.
Moni pays for the pizza, sees a contrite Estrella in the distance. She insults Estrella telling her to go to the party with the novia she robbed, won’t listen to a word Estre says, and Estre leaves with a downtrodden face. This seems to affect Moni, and when Lobo opens the door, Moni’s not hungry anymore. In fact, she now feels like dancing. How about that party? Lobo looks confused, but I’m sure he’ll go.
We switch to the party, which is in a hotel or something, with lots of blue and red geometric shapes, lots of people sitting around. Coni’s looking especially hot in a little black dress with a pink carnation at her hip, one strap keeps falling down. Beto still thinks she’s making time with Lobo, but she says no way, and starts heating up her biscocho Beto with her trademark pouty lips. Estre is also wearing a black dress, but hers is a halter top with silver trim and hanging fringes, sort of a dressed up hippie look. Mau’s wearing a black sportscoat over a black and white striped open neck shirt. Some new guests arrive. It’s Moni and Lobo, she in a super sleek strapless short red dress, he in a suit and tie. Heads turn. Lobo and Mauricio eye each other. Moni smiles.
Well, Lobo and Mauricio recognize each other, since Mau’s a famous race car driver, and Lobo’s a famous boxer. They shake hands. Moni beams, Estre frowns.
Marcos argues with Jacqui (wearing a nice white long sleeved blazer over her white pantsuit outfit) about the money he gave Coni. What's Coni going to do with it? Jacqui criticizes him over his plans for Nieves. Neither gives ground. Paula (wearing a nice red dress with a ruffled neckline) and Tano (grey suit, silver tie) applaud something as Cris bumbles with plugging something in, shocking himself. He’s plugging in a laptop for Mau’s surprise recording of Isabel. Mau comes to check, and Cris thinks things are okay, but he may have erased everything. Mau is shocked, asks him to make sure. No, says Cris, there is a recording here (but which one?). Mau is relieved (uh oh), and goes off to make preparations for his dramatic announcement.
Gabi, looking nice in a black outfit, grabs the mike and welcomes the crowd to the event, as the band sets up behind her. She introduces Andrés, and Luisa is a bit impactada. As she sits demurely in her black and white spotted party dress, an irked Ivan crosses his arms at her side. Of course the song is directly about Luisa, saying “ I heard you’ve given me up, are loving another, but I know it’s a lie”. The beat kicks in, and the dance floor fills. Luisa says she didn’t know Andrés would be singing, but he IS good. Ivan doesn’t want to hear him, goes off for a drink and runs right into Alejandra, dressed in a hot orange chiffon dress. At first he’s hesitant, but decides to make Luisa jealous, and goes to dance with Ale.
Xime wants to dance, too. Too bad Rolu can’t, or can he? He says he can’t, so Arnie jumps in, HE’ll dance, and they jump up, and start to boogie, much to Rolu’s consternation. Marcos is dancing with Nieves, to Jacqui’s dismay. So many dances, so much jealousy, and we're just getting started.
Outside the Creaky, Creepy, Cabaña of Chaos, Jero and Oscar are inspecting a bottle of poison Oscar has obtained for Hissy. Jero compliments Oski on his efficiency. Oski reminds Jero how great he (Oscar) is, then says that Coni called, has the money. Jero volunteers to pick it up, but Oscar nixes that. He’s having someone else do it, doesn’t trust Jero.
Mau wistfully watches Moni and Lobo bop onto the dance floor. Beto and Coni feel the beat, too, and start to shake their assets, as Andrés continues to sing his Mentira song. But look -–Mau cuts right in and starts dancing with Moni. She’s furious about this, but he tries to calm her down, we’re just dancing. Well dance with THIS, she says, kneeing him in the groin. Twice. Go dance with your new noviacita, huh? She pushes him towards Estre. But as he sadly looks back, we see that she does have mixed feelings about all this.
A white car approaches outside the Castle of Calamity. Hissy gets out, and Oscar hands her the bottle of poison. She inquires how effective it is. It’s infallible, he replies. She goes to leave, but he says no, you owe me a debt, and now it’s time to collect it (cobrarlo). In the background, Aldo peeks out of the front door. His eyes go wide as he hears Hissy tell Oscar she’s not in debt just for this, but also for those small vials (ampolletas) he recommended that she used to sedate (sedar) Mauricio and Estrella. Thanks to that, my plan went perfectly (mi plan salió a pedir de boca). I was able to separate Valentina and Mauricio and end the ill-fated (nefasta) friendship between Estrella and Valentina. Aldo is muy impactado.
Andrés has finished singing, and Mau takes the stage in front of a huge screen. He thanks the attendees, many of them clients, stressing that “loyalty is one of our most important virtues.” He keeps talking about honesty, truth, then steers the conversation to him and Moni, saying he has the proof to demonstrate that her Mamá doesn’t love her honestly. Moni stands up, what are you talking about? Mau cues Cristian. Here’s the proof!. Cris presses the button, and the images fill the huge screen. But it's not Isabel! it’s Jacqui and Costeño, making out in the office, must have overwritten the other tape! Caray! Some are shocked, some are mad, some are amused (Xime), and some are sad, as we go to commercial.
Well, Jacqui’s really on the receiving end now. Coni points out how her Mom is always talking about avoiding scandals, not fraternizing with nacos, and look at her now! Xime thinks this is a great kind of therapy. Nieves has a few words of her own, why are you always messing with MY men (whoops, she’s admitted she was with Costeño, too!). Nieves! shouts Marcos. Beto covers with a lame excuse that Nieves knew Costi since he was a kid, he’s like her son. Marcos tells Jacqui she never stops doing ridiculous things in a vain attempt not to look older, and she CLOCKS him in the mouth! Moni angrily tells Mau, so this is your proof? Thanks a lot. She stalks away.
Inside the Dungy Dustbin of Delirium, Sal is on the sofa as Lorenza is writing something. Jero inquires what it is. The list of guests for her second wedding. Don’t forget the Blue Demon and the Silver Masked Man, quips Jerry. Oh, thanks, I had forgotten, replies Lori sincerely. They’re important. I’ll send a carrier pidgeon! She goes off to get one. Aldo enters, and breathlessly tells Sal what he heard. Isabel sedated Mau and Moni, it was all a big trap. My Dad was innocent all along! Sal gets up, you see, I told you! Aldo is very repentant, can't believe how wrong he was, feels terrible. Sal sagely tells him never to doubt his Dad. A few feet away, Jero muses, what kind of a deal could Oscar have with the Mamita de la Monita? He goes off to check.
So what do you want? asks Hissy. As Jerry pokes HIS head out the door, Oscar tells Hissy he’s wanted by the police, and he's going to receive a large sum of money from Constanza, but he wants Hissy to go get it, because he can’t trust Jerónimo. We see Jero's face in the background, hearing all. Oscar gives Hissy a red envelope containing proof of how Constanza killed Salvador. In case La Momia doesn’t pay, give this to the police. Hissy agrees to get the money for Oscar.
Back at the party, Lobo tells Moni that Costeño is his idol, how cool! They leave. Mau is down in the dumps, in a bit of shock, as Estrella tells him how Lobo is making all the right moves on Moni, and Moni may be vulnerable to this dirty dancing. Nieves comes over to tell Mau how she’s worried about the same thing, Lobo could try to bed Moni. This spurs Mau to action. He tells Ivan to take Luisa home, and goes off to make some other stupid mistake.
First, though, Marcos catches up to Moni and Lobo just outside the building. As Lobo goes for a taxi, Marcos tells Moni how all he wants to do is care for Moni. The only reason he acquired Grupo Sermeño was to secure the future for Moni and her sister. Moni says she doesn’t want his money, the company, and certainly not his love. She calls to Lobo and rushes away, leaving Marcos speechless.
Jero appears at Jacqui’s (Coni’s) place, but she’s not happy in the least, just what she needs (she says sarcastically) to cap off her day (cerrar el día de oro). He wants to talk to Coni. She’s not here, she’s at that party, where I was the laughing stock, I’ll never live it down, it was humiliating. Jero thinks she deserves it for scorning a guy as elegant (gallardo) as him. Jacqui gets all soft and vulnerable, you’re right, I was a fool. I’m so repentant, my pet. Could we try again, doll? Are you serious? Of course, she replies. Jero lights up, and lets out a “Jacquelinay!” They start with their doggie love. She stops him, asking if he came to pick up the money from Coni. You got it, he says. Well, she’s not here, but we can wait together, she says seductively. He likes this.
Marcos is now talking to Nieves. He wants to ask her something he should have said a long time ago. Nieves coquettishly plays with her boa, you couldn’t forget me, right? Right, and that’s why, says Marcos, in front of everyone present (although no one’s watching), I want to ask you….He gets out a little red box, opens it up, to reveal a ring, “Would you like to be my wife?” Nieves thinks the ring is a bit small (hah!).
Lobo and Moni are back in the barrio, and he coldly says goodnight. Moni is taken aback, what’s up? He says he doesn’t like being used. He could see there was something between Mauricio and her. And the whole night she used him to make Mau jealous. She apologizes, that was not her intention. He asks what is between her and Mau, and she says nothing, it’s a long story, but now, nothing. He reconsiders, asks if she wants him to help her forget, and out of the blue, lays a nice big, juicy kiss on her. OF COURSE, Mau walks in at just that moment!
Previews: Coni and Jero parry, Arnie and Rolu fight (and go a bit “overboard”) and Hissy tells Coni not only will she beat Moni in the ring, but on that very day, Valentina will die!
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El Clon #36, 4/6. The Necklace That Goes Around.
Dora comes to the clinic. Julio told her there was some delicate matter, and she wants to know what it is. Julio says a lot of nothing, but Albieri interrupts and insists on talking to Dora alone. He tells her that she got her accepted in the best dance school in Los Angeles. Without her submitting her qualifications, without them seeing an audition tape, without Dora signing anything. Okey-dokey. Albi says there is just one catch. She has to surrender all parental rights. Oops. No, that comes later. She has to leave tomorrow. He’ll pay for everything. If she’s successful she can provide a better life for his godson. Dora says yes. She leaves and Julio asks Albi whether he told her the truth. He says he’s getting there.
Lucas is gazing at the necklace some more. Marisa grabs it from him and asks Rosa if she thinks Leo would let her wear it. Lucas snatches it back and Marisa leaves in a huff. Rosa tells him he should get rid of the necklace if he’s no longer involved with Jade. Rosa is willing to deliver it to Jade’s relatives in Miami. Lucas is not willing to give it up. But he promises that he won’t pursue Jade anymore, for the sake of his daughter.
Norma and Vicky see Osvaldo at the club and tease him about not being a sultan yet. He says it was all lined up, and Vicky asks, then why did he come back to them. Ozzie’s answer? Because nobody in Arabia speaks Spanish. The whole bar laughs with / at him.
At a bar across town, Chris has hooked up with Armando, an old boyfriend. He’s glad she called him. He never married because he was waiting for her, or so he says. She says she always wanted to be in this bar with someone who would say, “I love you and I want to marry you.” He accepts her proposal.
Meanwhile Leo tells Enrique that Diego’s death will always come between him and Christina, and he can never get over the guilt of being with her when his son died. But still, he can’t get her out of his mind, and he feels guilty for how he treated her. So he says he’ll still be her sugar daddy and set her up in the spa business she wants.
Chris comes home and tells her friends she’s marrying Armando, the Wall Street investor. Just then Enrique calls to tell Chris that Leo will pay for her spa venture. Vicky asks how she can accept his money when she is going to marry someone else. Chris assures her, Leo won’t just pay for the spa, he’ll also pay for her wedding, reception, and honeymoon.
Dora just found out that she and her son have to leave for LA tomorrow morning. So rather than wasting her time packing, planning, spending time with her mother, or getting a good night’s sleep, she goes out dancing. A bar buddy tells Ozzie that she’s going to dance school in LA and that doctor she hooked up with is paying for it. Ozzie struts out to the dance floor and charges that Dora’s son in Albi’s. Ozzie demands that she remove his name from the child; he wants it back. Ever notice that Dora’s hair is short at the club but long everywhere else? Is it supposed to be two different wigs?
Albi tells Luisa that tomorrow morning she needs to find an LA dance school where she can enroll Dora immediately, but he won’t explain why it’s so urgent. Luisa urges him to tell Julio about the mistake. He starts mumbling to himself about how he ignored all his ethical principles and sacrificed everything for the fame he craved. Luisa says, “What’s going on? You’re starting to scare me!” Start? Only start? Luisa must take the last bus.
Jade complains to Ali that Said won’t let her visit him without his permission, and that he says that she is now part of his family, not Ali’s. Ali confirms that this is correct. Jade goes to the kitchen and continues to plot how to be free. She decides to find out the combination to Said’s safe, get her passport, take his money, and escape to the US. She makes a speech about not letting him treat her like his possession. In all this, has she ever given ANY consideration to how he feels? She says that all she has is her dignity, and she refuses to lose that. I guess that’s why she’s stealing from her husband.
At breakfast, Marisa provokes a scene by asking Leo about the green necklace that belonged to Lucas’s mom. Leo doesn’t remember one, and Marisa points out that it was jade. Marisa leaves the table in a huff (she has more huffs than rubber band dresses). Lucas follows. At least they have the decency to argue in private. Unlike Leo, who comes in and involves himself in their argument. METICHE!!!
In Morocco, Jade misses her necklace and the safety it brought her.
In Miami, Dora’s mama hears that Albi is sending Dora to LA. She warns, if you go with him, you’ll never see your son again.
At the clinic, Julio refuses to lie or surrender his ethics to cover this lie. But Albi claims that the reputation of the clinic depends on hiding the secret of the swapped embryos. He says that if the truth comes out, his career will be ruined. After more pressure, Julio agrees to at least think about it. Albi tells Luisa that he is building a spider web to cover his errors, but he’s getting trapped in it himself.
Latifa tells Zoraida that Mohamed is fixated on having children, and she’s worried that he’ll take a second wife. Someone needs to tell that woman that bigamy is illegal in the US. Instead, Z reminds her that Scheherazade saved her life by distracting her husband with stories. Z counsels Latifa to distract her husband too. Mohamed gets home and Latifa distracts him with her dancing. (BTW, there is an excellent youth book retelling the legend of Scheherazade. It’s Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher. I strongly recommend it.)
In Miami, Enrique and Leo are astounded by the amount of Christina’s cost proposal for the spa. Meanwhile Chris tells Vicky that the “extras” in the request are to cover he wedding and honeymoon. Vicky decides she’d rather have Chris for a friend than an enemy.
Lucas puts the necklace in his metal lockbox and puts the key in his nightstand while Marisa “sleeps.” When he leaves the room she recovers the key and takes the necklace. Meanwhile Said checks his safe while Jade is “sleeping” in the same room. Abdul calls him away, so he leaves the safe open. Jade sneaks over and recovers her passport. There is also a big wad of cash. It appears that she leaves that behind, but later with Zoraida, she has it. Said hears when she drops a bracelet, so he goes to check and finds her in bed, with her other bracelet placed on the floor. He gently, lovingly restores it to the “sleeping” Jade.
In the big house, Enrique tells Leo that he doesn’t want to be his go-between regarding Chris. Lucas hears part of this and wants to know what they’re talking about. Leo blows him off and leaves, so Lucas finds out from Rosa that it’s about Chris. Meanwhile Chris is thrilled by the check and imagines the wedding blow-out she’ll have, to spend Leo’s money.
Marisa meets Leo at his office and asks him a favor. She’d like to wear a piece of jewelry from Lucas’s mother for her upcoming birthday bash. Leo takes the hint and apologizes, saying he should have already given her a piece of Isabel’s jewelry. He’ll bring her all the items today and let her pick one to keep.
Jade is excited that she finally has the ingredients she needs for her freedom. She says that it must have been the hand of Allah that allowed her to get her passport and the money for the trip. IOW Allah helped her rob her husband. I suspect that the Judeo-Christian Ten Commandments are not part of Islam, but I’m sure Islam doesn’t look kindly upon blasting the second commandment to smithereens (Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain). Jade implores Zoraida to help her buy the ticket. Z refuses as always. Jade begs as always. Z caves as always. Jade promises this is the last favor she’ll ask, as always.
At the house, Leo shows Marisa the box of all Isabel‘s jewelry. Marisa de-palms the jade necklace into the box, and then says, “I want this one.” Roll credits.
Friends, I need to say something and I’ll only say it once. Albi’s self-chiding, Lucas’s pining, Jade’s whining, Marisa’s conniving, Christina’s striving, and Luisa’s self-blinding .. it’s just more of the same and I can’t get excited about it anymore. I know that my writing suffers because of my attitude. I will continue to recap because I gave my word. But if anyone gets bored with my lifeless recaps and would like to take over one or both of my recap nights, believe me, I would not be offended in the slightest. I’d even send you a care package of some of the best Mexican pastries north of Baja to show my gratitude. Or to bribe you.
Lucas is gazing at the necklace some more. Marisa grabs it from him and asks Rosa if she thinks Leo would let her wear it. Lucas snatches it back and Marisa leaves in a huff. Rosa tells him he should get rid of the necklace if he’s no longer involved with Jade. Rosa is willing to deliver it to Jade’s relatives in Miami. Lucas is not willing to give it up. But he promises that he won’t pursue Jade anymore, for the sake of his daughter.
Norma and Vicky see Osvaldo at the club and tease him about not being a sultan yet. He says it was all lined up, and Vicky asks, then why did he come back to them. Ozzie’s answer? Because nobody in Arabia speaks Spanish. The whole bar laughs with / at him.
At a bar across town, Chris has hooked up with Armando, an old boyfriend. He’s glad she called him. He never married because he was waiting for her, or so he says. She says she always wanted to be in this bar with someone who would say, “I love you and I want to marry you.” He accepts her proposal.
Meanwhile Leo tells Enrique that Diego’s death will always come between him and Christina, and he can never get over the guilt of being with her when his son died. But still, he can’t get her out of his mind, and he feels guilty for how he treated her. So he says he’ll still be her sugar daddy and set her up in the spa business she wants.
Chris comes home and tells her friends she’s marrying Armando, the Wall Street investor. Just then Enrique calls to tell Chris that Leo will pay for her spa venture. Vicky asks how she can accept his money when she is going to marry someone else. Chris assures her, Leo won’t just pay for the spa, he’ll also pay for her wedding, reception, and honeymoon.
Dora just found out that she and her son have to leave for LA tomorrow morning. So rather than wasting her time packing, planning, spending time with her mother, or getting a good night’s sleep, she goes out dancing. A bar buddy tells Ozzie that she’s going to dance school in LA and that doctor she hooked up with is paying for it. Ozzie struts out to the dance floor and charges that Dora’s son in Albi’s. Ozzie demands that she remove his name from the child; he wants it back. Ever notice that Dora’s hair is short at the club but long everywhere else? Is it supposed to be two different wigs?
Albi tells Luisa that tomorrow morning she needs to find an LA dance school where she can enroll Dora immediately, but he won’t explain why it’s so urgent. Luisa urges him to tell Julio about the mistake. He starts mumbling to himself about how he ignored all his ethical principles and sacrificed everything for the fame he craved. Luisa says, “What’s going on? You’re starting to scare me!” Start? Only start? Luisa must take the last bus.
Jade complains to Ali that Said won’t let her visit him without his permission, and that he says that she is now part of his family, not Ali’s. Ali confirms that this is correct. Jade goes to the kitchen and continues to plot how to be free. She decides to find out the combination to Said’s safe, get her passport, take his money, and escape to the US. She makes a speech about not letting him treat her like his possession. In all this, has she ever given ANY consideration to how he feels? She says that all she has is her dignity, and she refuses to lose that. I guess that’s why she’s stealing from her husband.
At breakfast, Marisa provokes a scene by asking Leo about the green necklace that belonged to Lucas’s mom. Leo doesn’t remember one, and Marisa points out that it was jade. Marisa leaves the table in a huff (she has more huffs than rubber band dresses). Lucas follows. At least they have the decency to argue in private. Unlike Leo, who comes in and involves himself in their argument. METICHE!!!
In Morocco, Jade misses her necklace and the safety it brought her.
In Miami, Dora’s mama hears that Albi is sending Dora to LA. She warns, if you go with him, you’ll never see your son again.
At the clinic, Julio refuses to lie or surrender his ethics to cover this lie. But Albi claims that the reputation of the clinic depends on hiding the secret of the swapped embryos. He says that if the truth comes out, his career will be ruined. After more pressure, Julio agrees to at least think about it. Albi tells Luisa that he is building a spider web to cover his errors, but he’s getting trapped in it himself.
Latifa tells Zoraida that Mohamed is fixated on having children, and she’s worried that he’ll take a second wife. Someone needs to tell that woman that bigamy is illegal in the US. Instead, Z reminds her that Scheherazade saved her life by distracting her husband with stories. Z counsels Latifa to distract her husband too. Mohamed gets home and Latifa distracts him with her dancing. (BTW, there is an excellent youth book retelling the legend of Scheherazade. It’s Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher. I strongly recommend it.)
In Miami, Enrique and Leo are astounded by the amount of Christina’s cost proposal for the spa. Meanwhile Chris tells Vicky that the “extras” in the request are to cover he wedding and honeymoon. Vicky decides she’d rather have Chris for a friend than an enemy.
Lucas puts the necklace in his metal lockbox and puts the key in his nightstand while Marisa “sleeps.” When he leaves the room she recovers the key and takes the necklace. Meanwhile Said checks his safe while Jade is “sleeping” in the same room. Abdul calls him away, so he leaves the safe open. Jade sneaks over and recovers her passport. There is also a big wad of cash. It appears that she leaves that behind, but later with Zoraida, she has it. Said hears when she drops a bracelet, so he goes to check and finds her in bed, with her other bracelet placed on the floor. He gently, lovingly restores it to the “sleeping” Jade.
In the big house, Enrique tells Leo that he doesn’t want to be his go-between regarding Chris. Lucas hears part of this and wants to know what they’re talking about. Leo blows him off and leaves, so Lucas finds out from Rosa that it’s about Chris. Meanwhile Chris is thrilled by the check and imagines the wedding blow-out she’ll have, to spend Leo’s money.
Marisa meets Leo at his office and asks him a favor. She’d like to wear a piece of jewelry from Lucas’s mother for her upcoming birthday bash. Leo takes the hint and apologizes, saying he should have already given her a piece of Isabel’s jewelry. He’ll bring her all the items today and let her pick one to keep.
Jade is excited that she finally has the ingredients she needs for her freedom. She says that it must have been the hand of Allah that allowed her to get her passport and the money for the trip. IOW Allah helped her rob her husband. I suspect that the Judeo-Christian Ten Commandments are not part of Islam, but I’m sure Islam doesn’t look kindly upon blasting the second commandment to smithereens (Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain). Jade implores Zoraida to help her buy the ticket. Z refuses as always. Jade begs as always. Z caves as always. Jade promises this is the last favor she’ll ask, as always.
At the house, Leo shows Marisa the box of all Isabel‘s jewelry. Marisa de-palms the jade necklace into the box, and then says, “I want this one.” Roll credits.
Friends, I need to say something and I’ll only say it once. Albi’s self-chiding, Lucas’s pining, Jade’s whining, Marisa’s conniving, Christina’s striving, and Luisa’s self-blinding .. it’s just more of the same and I can’t get excited about it anymore. I know that my writing suffers because of my attitude. I will continue to recap because I gave my word. But if anyone gets bored with my lifeless recaps and would like to take over one or both of my recap nights, believe me, I would not be offended in the slightest. I’d even send you a care package of some of the best Mexican pastries north of Baja to show my gratitude. Or to bribe you.
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Corazon Salvaje, Tuesday, April 6: Ep 33--Leo spills some of the frijoles, but not all of them.
We are all to be disappointed tonight, as Mr. 5ft did not sub for me as expected. So now it's late and I'm trying to get through this as quickly as possible because I'm expecting to be quite beelike in the next two days. Mr. 5ft has promised to provide additional snark and his super-secret code names for some the characters. Let's get to it!
Remigio can't find Juan [Mr. 5ft: The Hulk of God] back at the cave and wonders where he is.
Leo gives Clemencia a hard time for not being around during the day. Leo thinks Clem should pay more attention to her now that she's so very nervous about the upcoming wedding. For lack of a peer to talk to, Leo unburdens herself to Clem about not being sure that Aimee is the right girl for Renato. Clemencia covers for Regina by saying that Aimee only meant to say that Reggie loves Ren as a brother, that's all. She also says that Aimee likes being the center of attention. Truer words were never spoken.
Renato manfully pulls Juan onto the shore. Juan wimpily declares he wants to die at his mother's tomb. Renato very manfully throws Juan over his shoulder and gets him onto the back of his horse, then he super-duper manfully mounts the horse and rides off with Juan slung over the back. [Mr. 5ft: poor horse!]
Leo goes on about how much Reggie has changed, she's absolutely incorrigible. Clemencia stands up for her and says Leo is supposed to be on Reggie's side because she's her godmother. She just needs a little affection--that's why she loves Renato. Leo has heard enough, so she brushes Clem off and heads to bed. Clem worries about what will happen and hopes Aimee will leave Juan alone like she promised. After last night with the portrait at the casino, every time I see the portrait of Rod in the foyer, I expect to see the eyes move.
Renato keeps riding and encouraging Juan not to sleep. Or maybe he's encouraging the horse.
Remigio looks for Juan at the shore and still can't find him.
Clemencia drags Remigio into the house to tell him that something that has happened that could completely screw with this already tragically screwed up family--Renato pulled Juan out of the river. "Did they recognize each other?" No, so that's why Remigio has to hightail it over to the doctor's house/office and keep them from recognizing each other. The past has caught up to them at last.
Renato extra super macho manfully carries Juan into the doc's office and lays him down on the table. I bet there were outtakes of these carrying scenes. Let me know if you find any, cause those must have been some fun days for filming. And also, if this were a different kind of show, that would have been a great "meet cute" for Juan and Renato as a couple. Alas. Remigio comes running in and convinces Renato to leave, but not without some effort. The doc chimes in that he'll be knocking Juan out anyway. Renato lets himself be convinced and says he'll come back early in the morning. Remigio is worried about Juan. The doctor wants to know what's the relationship and Remi says that's his bro. But he's not authorized to say anything more. If the doc wants to know about Juan, he'll have to do the asking. [Mr. 5ft is calling this the "Dr. Priest" outfit. I'm just glad the doc doesn't wear it all the time. He's definitely got no game with that outfit.]
Leo is getting ready for bed and Renato comes in, channeling a young Hef, to say good night. He tells her about pulling a guy out of the river. Leo has a fit of the vapors. O noes! What if the other guy was just some loser? The horrors! Well, since he's fine, it's time to have The Talk.
Aimee can't sleep when she hasn't had caveman lovin'. [Mr. 5ft: The Redheaded Vixen of Sluttiness.] She gets a robe on and leaves the room.
Leo's advice is basically: you're the man, so wear the pants and don't let that ho run things, her job is to keep you happy, but every once in a while, like maybe once a year, you should let her have her way, but only on something small and inconsequential.
Aimee goes downstairs, goes into Clemencia's room and declares that she won't marry Renato. Wonderful! Now we can call off the wedding nonsense and move on, right? Right? Just let me dream until the commercials are over.
Renato isn't happy with the advice. Leo just wants to make sure that Aimee is worthy of Renato's love. She also thinks it's crazy talk for Aimee to get Ren to set her up at the house in town. Renato is offended that Mami is talking to him like he has no spine. She says it's just because she knows his little head is doing the thinking. And if he doesn't think he can get the big head doing the thinking, then maybe he shouldn't marry her. Renato disagrees.
Clemencia tells Aimee to think hard about her decision. Clemencia, quit trying to talk her out of it. Shut up. Aimee reminds Clem that she knows how Aimee feels about Juan. Clem advises Aimee not to opt for passion that may fade. "Does Juan love you?" Aimee says he's never told her he does. What? Really? I could have sworn we'd heard that a few times, no? Maybe it was just implied? But, come on, the man got the milk for free and he keeps insisting on trying to buy the cow, that's got to mean something, right? Cause that's a lot of free milk we're talking about, and she never made a move to cut off his supply. Aimee is sure that Juan wants her. Clem reminds her that Renato does love her and he's willing to shower her with material goods. "What does Juan offer you?" Clemencia. Shut. Up.
Doc tells Juan that a guy brought him in, but Remi puts him off of talking about who. He wants Juan to just rest. Behind Juan's back, Remi gives the doc the "Don't tell him anything" look. [Mr. 5ft: yes, cover his wound for decency's sake.] Juan starts interrogating the doc, begging for the guy's name. Doc tells him to just rest, already.
Aimee comes bursting into the cave, looking for Juan. She can't find him and she starts crying. She thought bubbles that she'll need a lot of strength to make Renato happy. And also, Juan, Juan, why have you forsaken me? Blah, blah, blah. You know, I don't think it's just the hair. Reggie's done a lot of crying, and she doesn't cry the same way. I've gotta give props to Araceli for that. I've been watching her face a lot lately and it's really amazing, she never makes the same face for both twins. Oh, and the narrator spouted some nonsense, but who cares. Uh, Aimee's really sad. Whatever.
Reggie has noted Aimee's absence. Aimee comes walking back in, acting like nothing is wrong. She says she's going to keep the promise. She'll marry Renato and make him happy. Reggie is thrilled and says she'll support Aimee. Aimee says Renato loves her and that's what made her decide to keep her word. She'll marry Renato and let Juan become a distant, bitter memory. Reggie says that's best.
Renato is eating breakfast when Noel comes in, humming. Renato wants Paraiso finished before his wedding. Renato asks if Noel thinks he's a dreamer, but Noel says he's a fair, noble man. Renato tells him about pulling Juan out of the river and how mommy wasn't happy about it. Noel tells him to follow his conscience. He also informs Renato that the finca is now completely and totally his, and he can do whatever he wants to. Renato says he'll pay Noel back for buying out uncle Rod. Noel says it's no big--what's his will be Renato's one day anyway. Renato gives Papa Noel a big hug and goes about his damn liberal hippie business.
Noel and Rod talk wood. The price is going down, so could now be a good time to buy? Rod responds that he's the businessman around here and Noel's just a notary. Why am I even surprised anymore when this guy sinks to greater depths of assholery? Noel just shakes his head.
At the doctor's place, Juan is all healed up. Juan wants to explain, but doc isn't sure that's a good idea. Juan tells him he's the leader of the guys making attacks, but they're just trying to do what's just.
The law come to report to Rod that they really don't know jack about the guys who ripped him off. They offer extra protection. Like that would make a damn bit of difference. Rod agrees and he makes a partial payment. He'll pay the rest when they catch the guys. They're so never seeing that money.
The doc tells Renato that the guy he brought in has left already. He claims not to know who the guy was. Remigio claims never to have seen the guy before. Renato is disappointed. He wanted to talk to him because he was asking to be taken to his mother's grave to die there. He has the impression the guy has suffered too much.
Maria del Rosario cradles her rag baby and repeats her mantra "I found him in the sea, I lost him in the sea, and only the sea can give him back." [Mr. 5ft: Sounds like she's talking about Cthulhu.]
Clemencia helps Juan get dressed. She tells him she talked to Aimee last night. She knows the whole story about the two of them. She's upset that Juan has declared revenge even on people who had nothing to do with anything. Juan said he just said that to Aimee to get her away from him. He knows she had nothing to do with it, but her dad has to pay. Clem begs him to give up revenge before he gets hurt. Juan says he can't, because he swore to his dad. Clem asks the Virgen del Carmen to illuminate him so he'll quit this crap before he does something really stupid. She reminds him that he's all she has left of MdR. Nice guilt trip, but I suspect it won't be enough.
Rosenda's boobs bring Rod his coffee. He notices the ring on her hand again. He says he remembers the night he gave it to Leo. It was a dark and stormy night…. Noel asks if Leo likes her gift. I take it hers was not as flashy as MdR's. She says she prefers tasteful, discreet jewelry and besides, opals are bad luck, so MdR better watch out! Um, yeah, I also heard snotty self-interested sisters with no scruples are bad luck. Rod asks Rosie if she's heard from her mother. She hasn't, but she doesn't care to either. The other maid comes in and announces Fed, with a big bunch of pinkish flowers. Fed gets the go-ahead to talk to Reggie. Rod sends Rosie to get her. Rod has some cognac to celebrate his certainty that Regina will accept Fed.
Rosie tells Reggie that someone's looking for her. Fed asks Reggie to come out and have a walk. She begs off, trying to use Aimee as an excuse, but the faithless harpy tells Reggie to go ahead. With no excuse, she puts the flowers in a vase and goes out for a walk with Fed. Aimee chews on her fan.
Gabe helps a hobbling Juan onto a horse so he can go back to the house. Juan reports there were others in the cave last night and he wants to know who. Juan still wants to find the guy who saved him last night. Ok, so Juan rides his horse back to the house, while Gabe takes the carriage? This makes sense how?
Eloisa and her dressmaker discuss fabric samples. The dressmaker agrees to make a golden lacy number for Eloisa for Aimee's wedding. Eloisa also asks if the dressmaker can help her out by letting her use the dressmaker's house as a love nest. For a fee, of course, for the hospitality and keeping her mouth shut.
Fed asks if Reg has considered his proposal. She has. She doesn't love him and she never will. Fed gets desperate, he's sure with time…. No dice. There's not enough time in the world for that. Reggie says he just thinks he's in love with her, but he's not. He should find someone he really loves and who can love him back. "But I'm not that woman. Have a nice day." [Mr. 5ft: and he huffs and puffs and blows the house down.]
Juan thinks Gabe is coddling him and Gabe thinks Juan is being stupid to try to go back to business as usual. [Mr. 5ft: hit him with the stick!] Gabe doesn't want Juan making Rod uncomfortable. Juan doesn't care. Besides, he's back to wanting to kill Rod.
Rod and Leo meet. Rod says he was about to tell Rosenda everything. Leo seems surprised to hear that he still loves MdR. She's pissed off about it. Rod tells her to leave him alone, and being the little obedient puppet she is, she does so. Rod flashes back to MdR's reaction to her present, Leo crying to him, MdR saying she's in love with Juan, MdR crying at his feet and him saying that that's where she would be from now on. "But that wish didn't come true, because Maria del Rosario died. Maria del Rosario is dead."
Leo paces in the hallway. He thinks MdR is dead and he's still in love with her! "I hate her!"
MdR keeps chanting. She remembers Rodrigo and starts coughing. "Rodrigo, Rodrigo loved me, he can help me!" Oh, no.
Rod begs Leo to forgive him. He's tried to wipe out MdR's memory, but he can't. He keeps denying love, but deep down he can't forget her. Leo says she defends love because she's always felt it, but it's never been returned. "I'm going to tell you just once, and I'll never repeat it. You'll forget and we'll pretend nothing happened. Rodrigo, I love you. I've loved you all my life!" The other maid comes in with a box and interrupts them. It's Aimee's wedding dress. Leo wants to take a look, but first Rod would like some clarification. "I warned you I'd only say it once and we'd forget it." Renato and Aimee come in, smiling and laughing. Aimee spent the whole day with Renato in Paradise. Of course, that doesn't mean the same thing with him as it does with Juan. Rod tells Aimee her wedding dress is in the box. Leo says Renato can't see, it's bad luck. He carries the box upstairs, though, and they leave Rod downstairs. Rod remembers what Leo just said and he looks kind of pissed off about it. What's the confusion, dude? She crawled into your bed once, did that really need any further explanation or have you blocked that out too?
Gabe and Jimena walk by the river. He doesn't know what to think anymore about Estrella. He wonders if maybe she has a scar or something is wrong with her face and that's why he never gets to see her. Gabe wants Jime to tell him. She says that Estrella doesn't want to see him because she's condemned to death. Gabe doesn't believe it. She insists that Estrella is sick and she doesn't have long to live. She wants Gabe to remember her as an illusion, an apparition. Gabe leaves. Jime asks him to forgive her, but she didn't know how to keep up the lie, so it's better to disappoint him forever.
Gabe sits by the river and cries ugly. He doesn't want to live without Estrella.
Tomorrow: Gabe tells Juan what Jime said about Estrella; Juan can't wash that woman out of his hair; Aimee is about to marry Renato; Juan is ready to kill to get her back; Renato gets a look at Aimee in her dress; Leo looks shocked and upset; Juan looks shocked and upset.
Remigio can't find Juan [Mr. 5ft: The Hulk of God] back at the cave and wonders where he is.
Leo gives Clemencia a hard time for not being around during the day. Leo thinks Clem should pay more attention to her now that she's so very nervous about the upcoming wedding. For lack of a peer to talk to, Leo unburdens herself to Clem about not being sure that Aimee is the right girl for Renato. Clemencia covers for Regina by saying that Aimee only meant to say that Reggie loves Ren as a brother, that's all. She also says that Aimee likes being the center of attention. Truer words were never spoken.
Renato manfully pulls Juan onto the shore. Juan wimpily declares he wants to die at his mother's tomb. Renato very manfully throws Juan over his shoulder and gets him onto the back of his horse, then he super-duper manfully mounts the horse and rides off with Juan slung over the back. [Mr. 5ft: poor horse!]
Leo goes on about how much Reggie has changed, she's absolutely incorrigible. Clemencia stands up for her and says Leo is supposed to be on Reggie's side because she's her godmother. She just needs a little affection--that's why she loves Renato. Leo has heard enough, so she brushes Clem off and heads to bed. Clem worries about what will happen and hopes Aimee will leave Juan alone like she promised. After last night with the portrait at the casino, every time I see the portrait of Rod in the foyer, I expect to see the eyes move.
Renato keeps riding and encouraging Juan not to sleep. Or maybe he's encouraging the horse.
Remigio looks for Juan at the shore and still can't find him.
Clemencia drags Remigio into the house to tell him that something that has happened that could completely screw with this already tragically screwed up family--Renato pulled Juan out of the river. "Did they recognize each other?" No, so that's why Remigio has to hightail it over to the doctor's house/office and keep them from recognizing each other. The past has caught up to them at last.
Renato extra super macho manfully carries Juan into the doc's office and lays him down on the table. I bet there were outtakes of these carrying scenes. Let me know if you find any, cause those must have been some fun days for filming. And also, if this were a different kind of show, that would have been a great "meet cute" for Juan and Renato as a couple. Alas. Remigio comes running in and convinces Renato to leave, but not without some effort. The doc chimes in that he'll be knocking Juan out anyway. Renato lets himself be convinced and says he'll come back early in the morning. Remigio is worried about Juan. The doctor wants to know what's the relationship and Remi says that's his bro. But he's not authorized to say anything more. If the doc wants to know about Juan, he'll have to do the asking. [Mr. 5ft is calling this the "Dr. Priest" outfit. I'm just glad the doc doesn't wear it all the time. He's definitely got no game with that outfit.]
Leo is getting ready for bed and Renato comes in, channeling a young Hef, to say good night. He tells her about pulling a guy out of the river. Leo has a fit of the vapors. O noes! What if the other guy was just some loser? The horrors! Well, since he's fine, it's time to have The Talk.
Aimee can't sleep when she hasn't had caveman lovin'. [Mr. 5ft: The Redheaded Vixen of Sluttiness.] She gets a robe on and leaves the room.
Leo's advice is basically: you're the man, so wear the pants and don't let that ho run things, her job is to keep you happy, but every once in a while, like maybe once a year, you should let her have her way, but only on something small and inconsequential.
Aimee goes downstairs, goes into Clemencia's room and declares that she won't marry Renato. Wonderful! Now we can call off the wedding nonsense and move on, right? Right? Just let me dream until the commercials are over.
Renato isn't happy with the advice. Leo just wants to make sure that Aimee is worthy of Renato's love. She also thinks it's crazy talk for Aimee to get Ren to set her up at the house in town. Renato is offended that Mami is talking to him like he has no spine. She says it's just because she knows his little head is doing the thinking. And if he doesn't think he can get the big head doing the thinking, then maybe he shouldn't marry her. Renato disagrees.
Clemencia tells Aimee to think hard about her decision. Clemencia, quit trying to talk her out of it. Shut up. Aimee reminds Clem that she knows how Aimee feels about Juan. Clem advises Aimee not to opt for passion that may fade. "Does Juan love you?" Aimee says he's never told her he does. What? Really? I could have sworn we'd heard that a few times, no? Maybe it was just implied? But, come on, the man got the milk for free and he keeps insisting on trying to buy the cow, that's got to mean something, right? Cause that's a lot of free milk we're talking about, and she never made a move to cut off his supply. Aimee is sure that Juan wants her. Clem reminds her that Renato does love her and he's willing to shower her with material goods. "What does Juan offer you?" Clemencia. Shut. Up.
Doc tells Juan that a guy brought him in, but Remi puts him off of talking about who. He wants Juan to just rest. Behind Juan's back, Remi gives the doc the "Don't tell him anything" look. [Mr. 5ft: yes, cover his wound for decency's sake.] Juan starts interrogating the doc, begging for the guy's name. Doc tells him to just rest, already.
Aimee comes bursting into the cave, looking for Juan. She can't find him and she starts crying. She thought bubbles that she'll need a lot of strength to make Renato happy. And also, Juan, Juan, why have you forsaken me? Blah, blah, blah. You know, I don't think it's just the hair. Reggie's done a lot of crying, and she doesn't cry the same way. I've gotta give props to Araceli for that. I've been watching her face a lot lately and it's really amazing, she never makes the same face for both twins. Oh, and the narrator spouted some nonsense, but who cares. Uh, Aimee's really sad. Whatever.
Reggie has noted Aimee's absence. Aimee comes walking back in, acting like nothing is wrong. She says she's going to keep the promise. She'll marry Renato and make him happy. Reggie is thrilled and says she'll support Aimee. Aimee says Renato loves her and that's what made her decide to keep her word. She'll marry Renato and let Juan become a distant, bitter memory. Reggie says that's best.
Renato is eating breakfast when Noel comes in, humming. Renato wants Paraiso finished before his wedding. Renato asks if Noel thinks he's a dreamer, but Noel says he's a fair, noble man. Renato tells him about pulling Juan out of the river and how mommy wasn't happy about it. Noel tells him to follow his conscience. He also informs Renato that the finca is now completely and totally his, and he can do whatever he wants to. Renato says he'll pay Noel back for buying out uncle Rod. Noel says it's no big--what's his will be Renato's one day anyway. Renato gives Papa Noel a big hug and goes about his damn liberal hippie business.
Noel and Rod talk wood. The price is going down, so could now be a good time to buy? Rod responds that he's the businessman around here and Noel's just a notary. Why am I even surprised anymore when this guy sinks to greater depths of assholery? Noel just shakes his head.
At the doctor's place, Juan is all healed up. Juan wants to explain, but doc isn't sure that's a good idea. Juan tells him he's the leader of the guys making attacks, but they're just trying to do what's just.
The law come to report to Rod that they really don't know jack about the guys who ripped him off. They offer extra protection. Like that would make a damn bit of difference. Rod agrees and he makes a partial payment. He'll pay the rest when they catch the guys. They're so never seeing that money.
The doc tells Renato that the guy he brought in has left already. He claims not to know who the guy was. Remigio claims never to have seen the guy before. Renato is disappointed. He wanted to talk to him because he was asking to be taken to his mother's grave to die there. He has the impression the guy has suffered too much.
Maria del Rosario cradles her rag baby and repeats her mantra "I found him in the sea, I lost him in the sea, and only the sea can give him back." [Mr. 5ft: Sounds like she's talking about Cthulhu.]
Clemencia helps Juan get dressed. She tells him she talked to Aimee last night. She knows the whole story about the two of them. She's upset that Juan has declared revenge even on people who had nothing to do with anything. Juan said he just said that to Aimee to get her away from him. He knows she had nothing to do with it, but her dad has to pay. Clem begs him to give up revenge before he gets hurt. Juan says he can't, because he swore to his dad. Clem asks the Virgen del Carmen to illuminate him so he'll quit this crap before he does something really stupid. She reminds him that he's all she has left of MdR. Nice guilt trip, but I suspect it won't be enough.
Rosenda's boobs bring Rod his coffee. He notices the ring on her hand again. He says he remembers the night he gave it to Leo. It was a dark and stormy night…. Noel asks if Leo likes her gift. I take it hers was not as flashy as MdR's. She says she prefers tasteful, discreet jewelry and besides, opals are bad luck, so MdR better watch out! Um, yeah, I also heard snotty self-interested sisters with no scruples are bad luck. Rod asks Rosie if she's heard from her mother. She hasn't, but she doesn't care to either. The other maid comes in and announces Fed, with a big bunch of pinkish flowers. Fed gets the go-ahead to talk to Reggie. Rod sends Rosie to get her. Rod has some cognac to celebrate his certainty that Regina will accept Fed.
Rosie tells Reggie that someone's looking for her. Fed asks Reggie to come out and have a walk. She begs off, trying to use Aimee as an excuse, but the faithless harpy tells Reggie to go ahead. With no excuse, she puts the flowers in a vase and goes out for a walk with Fed. Aimee chews on her fan.
Gabe helps a hobbling Juan onto a horse so he can go back to the house. Juan reports there were others in the cave last night and he wants to know who. Juan still wants to find the guy who saved him last night. Ok, so Juan rides his horse back to the house, while Gabe takes the carriage? This makes sense how?
Eloisa and her dressmaker discuss fabric samples. The dressmaker agrees to make a golden lacy number for Eloisa for Aimee's wedding. Eloisa also asks if the dressmaker can help her out by letting her use the dressmaker's house as a love nest. For a fee, of course, for the hospitality and keeping her mouth shut.
Fed asks if Reg has considered his proposal. She has. She doesn't love him and she never will. Fed gets desperate, he's sure with time…. No dice. There's not enough time in the world for that. Reggie says he just thinks he's in love with her, but he's not. He should find someone he really loves and who can love him back. "But I'm not that woman. Have a nice day." [Mr. 5ft: and he huffs and puffs and blows the house down.]
Juan thinks Gabe is coddling him and Gabe thinks Juan is being stupid to try to go back to business as usual. [Mr. 5ft: hit him with the stick!] Gabe doesn't want Juan making Rod uncomfortable. Juan doesn't care. Besides, he's back to wanting to kill Rod.
Rod and Leo meet. Rod says he was about to tell Rosenda everything. Leo seems surprised to hear that he still loves MdR. She's pissed off about it. Rod tells her to leave him alone, and being the little obedient puppet she is, she does so. Rod flashes back to MdR's reaction to her present, Leo crying to him, MdR saying she's in love with Juan, MdR crying at his feet and him saying that that's where she would be from now on. "But that wish didn't come true, because Maria del Rosario died. Maria del Rosario is dead."
Leo paces in the hallway. He thinks MdR is dead and he's still in love with her! "I hate her!"
MdR keeps chanting. She remembers Rodrigo and starts coughing. "Rodrigo, Rodrigo loved me, he can help me!" Oh, no.
Rod begs Leo to forgive him. He's tried to wipe out MdR's memory, but he can't. He keeps denying love, but deep down he can't forget her. Leo says she defends love because she's always felt it, but it's never been returned. "I'm going to tell you just once, and I'll never repeat it. You'll forget and we'll pretend nothing happened. Rodrigo, I love you. I've loved you all my life!" The other maid comes in with a box and interrupts them. It's Aimee's wedding dress. Leo wants to take a look, but first Rod would like some clarification. "I warned you I'd only say it once and we'd forget it." Renato and Aimee come in, smiling and laughing. Aimee spent the whole day with Renato in Paradise. Of course, that doesn't mean the same thing with him as it does with Juan. Rod tells Aimee her wedding dress is in the box. Leo says Renato can't see, it's bad luck. He carries the box upstairs, though, and they leave Rod downstairs. Rod remembers what Leo just said and he looks kind of pissed off about it. What's the confusion, dude? She crawled into your bed once, did that really need any further explanation or have you blocked that out too?
Gabe and Jimena walk by the river. He doesn't know what to think anymore about Estrella. He wonders if maybe she has a scar or something is wrong with her face and that's why he never gets to see her. Gabe wants Jime to tell him. She says that Estrella doesn't want to see him because she's condemned to death. Gabe doesn't believe it. She insists that Estrella is sick and she doesn't have long to live. She wants Gabe to remember her as an illusion, an apparition. Gabe leaves. Jime asks him to forgive her, but she didn't know how to keep up the lie, so it's better to disappoint him forever.
Gabe sits by the river and cries ugly. He doesn't want to live without Estrella.
Tomorrow: Gabe tells Juan what Jime said about Estrella; Juan can't wash that woman out of his hair; Aimee is about to marry Renato; Juan is ready to kill to get her back; Renato gets a look at Aimee in her dress; Leo looks shocked and upset; Juan looks shocked and upset.
Labels: salvaje
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Dinero 4-6: in which Rafa finds a fine use for cigarettes and gets calls from people other than Vicki.
- Rafa has oozed his way into the Classy Execs Club, but as they say, "You can run but you can't hide." Vicki Vicki Vicki (or as we know her affectionately, VVV) calls him and forces him to whistle lovingly into his cellphone just as the grand Refri Transport VIP, Julian LeMaitre, arrives with his lovely wife and some other babe of a similar age. He is surrounded by the press, which is good, as it hides from him the ridiculous antics Rafa is using to catch his attention (jumping on chairs and yelling "LeMac! LeMac!")
- Whether it's from lack of meat or the heat of the curry in Susana's Indian Vegetarian restaurant, Nelson ("Dandy") has melted, all the way to his no longer jaunty pompadour. He's sliding towards the floor. Susana accuses him of being a big meat-eater. "No, only twice a day." "Your body needs to detox, to recalibrate correctly."
She asks again if he can bring her some Java Essence tomorrow. After Susana rises Nelson collars the waitress and asks if any establishment in the vicinity sells hamburgers or tacos. - Finding out from a passing waiter that the woman in the black dress is LeMaitre's wife, Rafa eavesdrops on her as if his life depends on it.
He then approaches her, lights her cigarette, and announces that it smells odd. "May I?" he asks, taking it, sniffing, and staring into its ashes.
"You have a daughter - far away..."
Long story short, he melds the info he's just accumulated with Rosaura's unending stream of gossip (the previous day) and he dazzles Beatriz with his ability to read her life from the cigarette, further pleasing her by promising her husband has no other woman but is madly in love with his own wife (her).
"No, his problem is elsewhere..."
Phone rings! It's not VVV - it's the other harridan in Rafa's life, Ale, desperate to know how things are going.
But back to work. Rafa had asked the friend to puff on the cigarette while he took his call, and now back to Beatriz: "Your husband, he's a very important man... he has a group of employees, not all of them are trustworthy - "
LeMaitre arrives and wants to take his wife home, but she wants to hear more, so LeMaitre listens also. Rafa now addresses him directly, while staring at the cigarette. "Someone is not playing clean - someone in charge of purchases - of renovating your fleet - he is colluding with a distributor and not allowing others to bid - you are only getting 2% discount when others would offer 4%..."
LeMaitre is fascinated but skeptical. "You're not getting such exact figures from a cigarette butt." "You'll find clearer figures in the documents of MOUNTAIN TRUCKING." Rafa admits this info is not from the great beyond, but from a more immediate source. He gives LeMaitre his card. The scene degenerates when Rafa drops Rosaura's name, I missed why... and Rafa is besieged with women waving cigarettes for him to read... - In the dark Rafa's phone wakes him from a sound sleep, it's Ale of course, unable to sleep a wink, wanting him in the office.
- At Auto Siglo after daybreak, Ale gives Susana an invite to the wedding and then goes to Beltran's office to deliver his.
Beltran is sucking oxygen and looking down the shirt of his cute nurse; he is overwrought, more than usual, because a surprise audit is coming and Auto Siglo's sales are abysmal at the moment. He doesn't want to hear anything about this wedding, how selfish of Ale, and after she just spent a month in the US recovering from surgery! Better she should cancel the wedding and concentrate on sales.
She doesn't agree to that but backs out of the room as he says it's time to bring back her native manner: loud, abrasive, grating, but effective. - Nelson gives a smiling Susana her little gift of Java Essence. Ale tells her it smells putrid. Susana points out Ale seems totally uninterested in her wedding. "It's a small affair, and Marco and my aunt are taking care of it."
"What about his parents?" "His mother is in the insane asylum in the U.S. and his father has to be with her all the time." - Elsewhere, Chavez laughs at Marco about this story. The fact is, Marco's parents would be sent to jail if they came back to Mexico. Chavez passes Marco the wad of cash for wedding #2. Marco will spend some of the dough on a return trip to the hotel. Chavez thinks that's a waste - but Marco promised. Things should go better this time, his hickey is finally gone.
- Ale is yelling at her salesforce, which pleases Ramirez.
The phone rings for Rafa and all chant "Vicki! Vicki! Vicki!" "No, it's a call from the jungle!"
It's Magda, who whispers: auditors have arrived to look into Zarate's shenanigans. Rafa promises he didn't give her name to LeMaitre. He goes back to the meeting, where Marino (hasn't his hair grown back sufficiently to be better than this awful wig?) promises to sell 18 cars. Rafa, goaded, promises to sell 70-80 trucks. Consternation erupts. - It's dinner time at VVV's house and her brothers and father are irritated that once again Rafa has stood them up. They laugh at VVV when she says Rafa's at the Cool Exec's Club: "He's probably cleaning the floor or the toilets. Did he make the sale?" "I don't know, he didn't call me." The knives come out again...
- Unfairly, speaking as Susana's employer Ale demands the name of her date the previous night; she chokes to hear it was Dandy. "How can you be so ingenuous?" "We just talked about oriental essences." "It's against company regulations to date a salesman, that's why we threw out Bulmaro." ?? Bulmaro was the guy Rafa replaced.
- I guess the whole sales team has chipped in, as an "investment," to pay for Dandy's wooing of Susana, so they are furious to discover (1) the vegetarian restaurant was very expensive and (2) Nelson did not manage to get Susana in the sack. Or even get kisses.
"She's shy! And stop criticizing me! I dislocated bones for the cause."
Rosaura defends him: "Susana isn't easy!" He says he'll try again; they say it better be spaghetti in a diner this time.
Susana arrives, ending this conversation: "Rafa, Ale wants to see you."
Nelson pretends to be busy working, but Susana points out his computer is off. She leaves. He bangs his head on the desk. - Ale is furious Rafa made such a scene in the meeting and publicly promised to sell so many trucks. She warms to his story about meeting LeMaitre but cools again to hear nothing has been finalized, and is telling him to stop with the delirium and retract his foolish promise when - the phone rings - and it's LeMaitre's secretary! Rafa straightens up and prepares for the call...
Labels: dinero
Gancho Tuesday April 6, 2010 Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf? Bring Him On!
As usual, the final scene was the most dramatic of the actual episode. We see Christian erasing the video Mauricio made of Isabel confessing to her vile plot to make it appear Estrella and he were lovers, and her overarching plan to make Monita as miserable as Hissy has been. Dang! Mauricio once more with egg on his face. But that's for tomorrow. What else happened today?
Marcos holds firm to his love for Nieves, despite some serious challenges from Jacqui. Jeronimo appears to have a heart, if not a brain, and actually agrees to try and help Salvador and Aldo escape. Tano bids farewell to Paula, but assures her that Christian is sure to come around. ( Tano knows they're made for each other. ) Lobo bares his chest (hope you're watching Julia!) and Nieves is so entranced that she gropes those finely chiseled abs. We even get the impression she may have been the first instructor in the Art of Love for our equal-opportunity Wolfman flirt. News that horrifies Beto! Oh and Ximena has Monita wrapped up in a sack to drag her to the fiesta and Monita is literally hopping mad. Good physical comedy until she punches Mauricio in the breadbasket. A popcorn war at home between Rolu and Arny is going great guns and Ximena catches Rolu in the wrong chair. Busted! No real plot progression but who cares? Good times in Gancholand.
Want more juicy details? Here we go. Nieves and Beto are reminiscing about Lobo. Seems the Wolfman taught Beto "how to be a man", in other words the Don Juan he is today. Nieves listens gravely and has another go at slipping Beto's executive name plate under her jacket. No dice. Jacqui then sashays into the office, glowing as only a middle-aged woman who's been loved up one side and down the other for 24 hours can do. (not that I'd know). It hasn't improved her view of Marcos' romance with Nieves however. She assures her ex he's going to humiliate her, their daughters and the company by dragging that naco sausage, reeking of grease and onion ,to the firm fiesta. Marcos could care less (yay Marcos!). Nieves is his date for the evening and that's that.
Back at the Doom Cottage, Aldo and Sal are quietly hatching escape plans. And Aldo confides that he saw Isabel here plotting something with Oscar. But didn't overhear what was up. When he learns that Mauricio actually helped Isabel fake her death, he's even more down on his dad. Sal assures him that anything Mauricio did was to protect Monita and someday they'll find out the real story about him and Estrella being in bed together. Aldo's not buying it. (until the previews)
Back at the office, Jacqui's still sermonizing Marcos on why she should be his date for the fiesta, not the fishmonger! Marcos calmly disagrees and informs her that not only will Nieves be his date, he's planning to propose marriage that very evening. Too much for Jacqui, who promptly faints (after first locating a comfy couch on which to fall.)
In another office, our dim but hunky Mauricio is finally getting worried about not hearing from Plump PI. Gabriela is even more worried. His cell has been turned off for hours. Maybe she should contact a medium to locate him, because for sure this poor schlump is floating in a river somewhere. Mauricio counsels her not to be pessimistic. Oh Mau Tse-Tung!--so fine but so slow-witted! Free Sal!
More arrivals. Ximena and Paula, giddy with plans for the fiesta. A great musical group, fabulous food and a magician! What!? Well, that was Beto's suggestion, after we nixed the idea of scantily clad babes dancing around. Gabriela is all for it. Maybe the magician could make Plump PI appear. Nothing else seems to be working. Mauricio is beginning to get a clue and looking stressed. He's also wondering if Xime has a plan to get Monita to the party. She does indeed. Come with me. As she drags him off to the elevator, she muses "How many years do you get for kidnapping?" This cannot be good.
Jacqui has recovered enough to start bickering again. For gawdsakes, if you have to have that woman, keep her in a back room somewhere but don't drag her out in public with you! It will end us socially. This is the worst mistake of your life. Nope. The worst mistake of my life was marrying you and leaving Nieves at the altar, responds Marcos. So go....and leave me in peace. Well, as a matter of fact, I just talked to Katia and she's lonely so I was going to go visit her in Italy for a few weeks. Great! Go and meet and marry your next millionaire. Anything else? And now for the actual reason for Jacqui's visit. She wants Marcos to buy back Connie's shares in the company. He protests at first because he wants the firm to belong to both Connie and Monita. (He has other financial plans for Katia, fear not folks.) Jacqui explains that Connie will have to hit bottom before she gives up her plans for vengeance. So buy 'em already! You can give them back later. Agreed. Off goes our well-loved but still prickly Jacqui. With a resounding slam of the door for good measure.
Enter our next jealous lover. Christian. Looking fine in a dark suit. Miss Paula looking even better....and mad as hell! Throw 'im out. Call Security. Whoops. Christian IS Security. Yep. That was Beto's latest brainstorm.
Paula vows to kill him but Beto is well out of harm's way, gulping down sandwiches from a street vendor while Mama Nieves tries to get his mind off food (very difficult...he's already ordering seconds) and onto the problem of Lobo, back in town and sniffing around Monita. They have quite a juicy conversation about Lobo's flirting skills (first-rate) and his initiation into the Art of Love (also first-rate) by none other than....Nieves!? Beto makes her swear it's not true. Nieves swears...but to what? Clearly our chunky little chicharrona has been around the block a few times in fine company. But she's still on task, reminding Beto that it's not his girlfriend about to be bird-dogged, it's Mauricio's.
Whoa! or is Nieves wrong? We now get a glimpse of some "up close and personal" boxing training (sign me up!). Lobo is wrapping Connie's wrists. Yum. Now he's holding the punching bag. Oh those finely muscled arms! She places her hand on his chiseled chest. Be still my heart! She shows him her skills jumping rope while he admires the results of all that bouncing around. They both both do curlups face to face. Delicious. Now one straight leg pushup for Connie. Delightful contemplation of her trim derrière. Now many many pushups for Lobo. We meditate on his equally delightful and well-defined backside.
Now, where was I? Oh shoot, we're back at the Dim Dungeon of Dreary Doom. Jeronimo catches Sal and Aldo talking about escape plans. Lots of "cara" insults thrown around. Cara de niño (Aldo) Cara de estupido (Jerry) Cara de muerto (Sal and Aldo. yikes!) How long have you been off those injections? asks our primo.
Oh great. We're back at the gym. Things are heating up. Lobo can't help smiling at how clumsy Connie is, so she asks for some finely tuned help. He moves in close and arranges her legs. Then has her flex her knees. Now he lifts up her left arm and there they are, wrapped in a boxing stance embrace , back to belly, belly to back, when Beto and Mamita arrive. "Condenado Lobo, suelta a mi vieja!" (Get your hands off my old lady, Lobo!) To their credit, Connie and Lobo do look a little abashed and guilty.
Parallel gym scene with Monita. She's all hot and sweaty and Ximena's all cool and giddy. Has to talk to her. Right now. But now here. Outside. Take a break. So finally Monita goes. Ximena has three things to say. 1) All's fair in love and war. 2) You and Mauricio are soul-mates. And 3) I'm a family member so don't get mad at me. Go get her, chicos! Costeño and another masked luchador jump out and slip a giant bag over Monita's head. Ximena tops it off with a bright red bow. Cesar and Mauricio 'round the corner and are horrified. And Monita is literally, hopping mad.
Threats, reproaches, apologies (Ximena, for not thinking up anything better) and then everyone but Mau vamooses, not wanting to be around when our hapless hero lets the monkey out of the bag. Not that he's going to anytime soon. Every time he gets near, she screams at him not to touch her. More bouncing around. Lame but funny.
Back to Connie's gym. Beto stakes his claim "Esas carnes ya tienen dueño" (that meat belongs to me.) Not eloquent, but effective. Connie explains that Lobo is not groping, he's "training". Yeah, "training" you to cheat on my son, snaps Nieves. Lobo smooths it over, wants a brotherly hug from Beto, apologizes for not realizing Connie was his girl ,and assures him his only interest is in Monita anyway. Nieves relaxes enough to rub Lobo's biceps, tap his tight tum, and note that he's even better-looking than before. A nice wolfish grin from Lobo until Beto puts the kabosh on their schmoozing. This is my sacred mother! Back off! And Lobo does.
Alas, Mauricio does not. He's still trying to untie Monita. She thanks him by stomping on his foot. The bag comes off and she's all tousled and frowzled and angry as a wet hen. Belts him a good one in the solar plexus and off she goes. Love hurts, Mauricio. Love hurts. And it ain't over yet.
At the cabaña though, things are looking up. Aldo and Sal, working in tandem, assure Jerry that he's in as much danger from Oscar as they are. He's just a "pelele" and a "titere" (both words mean "puppet") for Oscar and once he no longer needs him, what do you think will happen? No worries. Jerry has his own plans and wants to see Oscar behind bars as much as they do. And that's why he'll help them escape. And Sal can once again be with his adored Gabriela. (hooray!)
The conversation between Nieves, Beto and Lobo continues. Lobo is now bare-chested. Do we really care what they're saying? The man is just so nicely ripped. Not over-developed. .. just nicely chiseled and not an ounce of flab anywhere. (Oh Diana, I wish you could see this! Use your imagination. And Julia. Record this please. It merits a lengthy review.) A little more palaver about laying off Monita but Lobo stands firm. She's single. I'm single. We've both been disappointed in love. I'm going after her. Matter of fact, I'm having dinner with her tonight. Nieves and Beto depart, with Mamita turning for one last loving look at Lobo's tuchis. Whadda gal! Not sure if tender-hearted Marcos is up to the task.
And is Christian? So far, no. Paula's threatening him with murder and mayhem if he doesn't get out of her life and quit bugging her. Tano arrives, enormous funereal bouquet in hand. Paula's all over him, noting loudly how thoughtful he is and how SOME PEOPLE could take lessons from a guy like Tano. Our bland galan suggests they talk about it in the office and they go to Mauricio's where Tano explains that he's leaving for the US to work as a NASCAR mechanic and may not be coming back. Paula is disappointed. Who knows what might have developed between them? No, I have a bad habit of going after women whose heart belongs to someone else, sighs Tano. And you clearly are in love with Christian. And he'll come 'round, I know it. So I just want to say good-bye and wish you well. (Okay. That was classy. Makes up for the nasty little conversation with Estrella the other day. But lays the groundwork, alas, for another Mauricio disaster.)
And speaking of diasters, we have an outrageous one going on back at the apartment. Rolu is flinging popcorn all over while a frantic, masked and gloved Arny, in microbe-hysteria, frantically tries to clean up. Arny's sick but Rolu's even sicker. Pretending to be a paralytic, camping out in a wheelchair to try and hang on to his wife. How sick is that!? On they bicker when suddenly Ximena arrives home. Rolu quickly falls in a chair. But it's the wrong one! The wheelchair is on the other side of the room. Busted.
Back to the office. Tano has left the building. Christian, accompanied by consoling buddy Ivan, is going to check the video to see just what Paula and Tano talked about. He pushes a few buttons. Looks troubled and confused (like me whenever I'm at the computer). Silence. Gloom. I think I just erased the tape, he sighs. Damn damn damn damn!!!!! (Sorry, "dang" just didn't seem adequate.)
Previews:
Connie's ready to walk off with a big satchel full of dinero in return for her shares in the company. Papa Marcos will provide her with a chauffeur and two armed guards.
Monita arrives at the party, looking hot. Is it her Red Riding Hood dress or the scrumptious Lobo hanging on her arm?
Isabel is thanking Oscar for the poison and gloating over how she drugged Mauricio and Estrella in order to separate Monita from the love of her life. Aldo overhears.
Vocabulary:
a esas alturas = at this stage of the game
peso "Walter"= this is the closed caption attempt at welter weight
donde pone el ojo pone la bala = this guy "scores' (Beto, talking about Lobo's success with women)
pergamino antiguo = ancient old scroll (Jacqui insulting Nieves)
me les voy = same as "me desmayo" I'm fainting
al grano = get to the point
regresa a tus cabales = get hold of your senses, use your head (Jacqui to Marcos)
escarnio = derision, ridicule (what Jacqui fears will happen socially)
me da portazo a la rata = give me the "runs". Beto complaining that his mom is rushing him when he eats
es un coqueto de lo peor = he's an outrageous flirt (Lobo)
mucha labia = the gift of gab, he has a good line
manoseando = groping
pelele, titere = puppet "pelele" can also mean wimp
tras las rejas = behind bars
es lavadero = refererence to Lobo's washboard abs
Dicho of the Day
A lo hecho, pecho. What can't be cured, must be endured. ( Yes, Mauricio, you're going to have to suffer a little while longer, I'm afraid. So man up.)
Marcos holds firm to his love for Nieves, despite some serious challenges from Jacqui. Jeronimo appears to have a heart, if not a brain, and actually agrees to try and help Salvador and Aldo escape. Tano bids farewell to Paula, but assures her that Christian is sure to come around. ( Tano knows they're made for each other. ) Lobo bares his chest (hope you're watching Julia!) and Nieves is so entranced that she gropes those finely chiseled abs. We even get the impression she may have been the first instructor in the Art of Love for our equal-opportunity Wolfman flirt. News that horrifies Beto! Oh and Ximena has Monita wrapped up in a sack to drag her to the fiesta and Monita is literally hopping mad. Good physical comedy until she punches Mauricio in the breadbasket. A popcorn war at home between Rolu and Arny is going great guns and Ximena catches Rolu in the wrong chair. Busted! No real plot progression but who cares? Good times in Gancholand.
Want more juicy details? Here we go. Nieves and Beto are reminiscing about Lobo. Seems the Wolfman taught Beto "how to be a man", in other words the Don Juan he is today. Nieves listens gravely and has another go at slipping Beto's executive name plate under her jacket. No dice. Jacqui then sashays into the office, glowing as only a middle-aged woman who's been loved up one side and down the other for 24 hours can do. (not that I'd know). It hasn't improved her view of Marcos' romance with Nieves however. She assures her ex he's going to humiliate her, their daughters and the company by dragging that naco sausage, reeking of grease and onion ,to the firm fiesta. Marcos could care less (yay Marcos!). Nieves is his date for the evening and that's that.
Back at the Doom Cottage, Aldo and Sal are quietly hatching escape plans. And Aldo confides that he saw Isabel here plotting something with Oscar. But didn't overhear what was up. When he learns that Mauricio actually helped Isabel fake her death, he's even more down on his dad. Sal assures him that anything Mauricio did was to protect Monita and someday they'll find out the real story about him and Estrella being in bed together. Aldo's not buying it. (until the previews)
Back at the office, Jacqui's still sermonizing Marcos on why she should be his date for the fiesta, not the fishmonger! Marcos calmly disagrees and informs her that not only will Nieves be his date, he's planning to propose marriage that very evening. Too much for Jacqui, who promptly faints (after first locating a comfy couch on which to fall.)
In another office, our dim but hunky Mauricio is finally getting worried about not hearing from Plump PI. Gabriela is even more worried. His cell has been turned off for hours. Maybe she should contact a medium to locate him, because for sure this poor schlump is floating in a river somewhere. Mauricio counsels her not to be pessimistic. Oh Mau Tse-Tung!--so fine but so slow-witted! Free Sal!
More arrivals. Ximena and Paula, giddy with plans for the fiesta. A great musical group, fabulous food and a magician! What!? Well, that was Beto's suggestion, after we nixed the idea of scantily clad babes dancing around. Gabriela is all for it. Maybe the magician could make Plump PI appear. Nothing else seems to be working. Mauricio is beginning to get a clue and looking stressed. He's also wondering if Xime has a plan to get Monita to the party. She does indeed. Come with me. As she drags him off to the elevator, she muses "How many years do you get for kidnapping?" This cannot be good.
Jacqui has recovered enough to start bickering again. For gawdsakes, if you have to have that woman, keep her in a back room somewhere but don't drag her out in public with you! It will end us socially. This is the worst mistake of your life. Nope. The worst mistake of my life was marrying you and leaving Nieves at the altar, responds Marcos. So go....and leave me in peace. Well, as a matter of fact, I just talked to Katia and she's lonely so I was going to go visit her in Italy for a few weeks. Great! Go and meet and marry your next millionaire. Anything else? And now for the actual reason for Jacqui's visit. She wants Marcos to buy back Connie's shares in the company. He protests at first because he wants the firm to belong to both Connie and Monita. (He has other financial plans for Katia, fear not folks.) Jacqui explains that Connie will have to hit bottom before she gives up her plans for vengeance. So buy 'em already! You can give them back later. Agreed. Off goes our well-loved but still prickly Jacqui. With a resounding slam of the door for good measure.
Enter our next jealous lover. Christian. Looking fine in a dark suit. Miss Paula looking even better....and mad as hell! Throw 'im out. Call Security. Whoops. Christian IS Security. Yep. That was Beto's latest brainstorm.
Paula vows to kill him but Beto is well out of harm's way, gulping down sandwiches from a street vendor while Mama Nieves tries to get his mind off food (very difficult...he's already ordering seconds) and onto the problem of Lobo, back in town and sniffing around Monita. They have quite a juicy conversation about Lobo's flirting skills (first-rate) and his initiation into the Art of Love (also first-rate) by none other than....Nieves!? Beto makes her swear it's not true. Nieves swears...but to what? Clearly our chunky little chicharrona has been around the block a few times in fine company. But she's still on task, reminding Beto that it's not his girlfriend about to be bird-dogged, it's Mauricio's.
Whoa! or is Nieves wrong? We now get a glimpse of some "up close and personal" boxing training (sign me up!). Lobo is wrapping Connie's wrists. Yum. Now he's holding the punching bag. Oh those finely muscled arms! She places her hand on his chiseled chest. Be still my heart! She shows him her skills jumping rope while he admires the results of all that bouncing around. They both both do curlups face to face. Delicious. Now one straight leg pushup for Connie. Delightful contemplation of her trim derrière. Now many many pushups for Lobo. We meditate on his equally delightful and well-defined backside.
Now, where was I? Oh shoot, we're back at the Dim Dungeon of Dreary Doom. Jeronimo catches Sal and Aldo talking about escape plans. Lots of "cara" insults thrown around. Cara de niño (Aldo) Cara de estupido (Jerry) Cara de muerto (Sal and Aldo. yikes!) How long have you been off those injections? asks our primo.
Oh great. We're back at the gym. Things are heating up. Lobo can't help smiling at how clumsy Connie is, so she asks for some finely tuned help. He moves in close and arranges her legs. Then has her flex her knees. Now he lifts up her left arm and there they are, wrapped in a boxing stance embrace , back to belly, belly to back, when Beto and Mamita arrive. "Condenado Lobo, suelta a mi vieja!" (Get your hands off my old lady, Lobo!) To their credit, Connie and Lobo do look a little abashed and guilty.
Parallel gym scene with Monita. She's all hot and sweaty and Ximena's all cool and giddy. Has to talk to her. Right now. But now here. Outside. Take a break. So finally Monita goes. Ximena has three things to say. 1) All's fair in love and war. 2) You and Mauricio are soul-mates. And 3) I'm a family member so don't get mad at me. Go get her, chicos! Costeño and another masked luchador jump out and slip a giant bag over Monita's head. Ximena tops it off with a bright red bow. Cesar and Mauricio 'round the corner and are horrified. And Monita is literally, hopping mad.
Threats, reproaches, apologies (Ximena, for not thinking up anything better) and then everyone but Mau vamooses, not wanting to be around when our hapless hero lets the monkey out of the bag. Not that he's going to anytime soon. Every time he gets near, she screams at him not to touch her. More bouncing around. Lame but funny.
Back to Connie's gym. Beto stakes his claim "Esas carnes ya tienen dueño" (that meat belongs to me.) Not eloquent, but effective. Connie explains that Lobo is not groping, he's "training". Yeah, "training" you to cheat on my son, snaps Nieves. Lobo smooths it over, wants a brotherly hug from Beto, apologizes for not realizing Connie was his girl ,and assures him his only interest is in Monita anyway. Nieves relaxes enough to rub Lobo's biceps, tap his tight tum, and note that he's even better-looking than before. A nice wolfish grin from Lobo until Beto puts the kabosh on their schmoozing. This is my sacred mother! Back off! And Lobo does.
Alas, Mauricio does not. He's still trying to untie Monita. She thanks him by stomping on his foot. The bag comes off and she's all tousled and frowzled and angry as a wet hen. Belts him a good one in the solar plexus and off she goes. Love hurts, Mauricio. Love hurts. And it ain't over yet.
At the cabaña though, things are looking up. Aldo and Sal, working in tandem, assure Jerry that he's in as much danger from Oscar as they are. He's just a "pelele" and a "titere" (both words mean "puppet") for Oscar and once he no longer needs him, what do you think will happen? No worries. Jerry has his own plans and wants to see Oscar behind bars as much as they do. And that's why he'll help them escape. And Sal can once again be with his adored Gabriela. (hooray!)
The conversation between Nieves, Beto and Lobo continues. Lobo is now bare-chested. Do we really care what they're saying? The man is just so nicely ripped. Not over-developed. .. just nicely chiseled and not an ounce of flab anywhere. (Oh Diana, I wish you could see this! Use your imagination. And Julia. Record this please. It merits a lengthy review.) A little more palaver about laying off Monita but Lobo stands firm. She's single. I'm single. We've both been disappointed in love. I'm going after her. Matter of fact, I'm having dinner with her tonight. Nieves and Beto depart, with Mamita turning for one last loving look at Lobo's tuchis. Whadda gal! Not sure if tender-hearted Marcos is up to the task.
And is Christian? So far, no. Paula's threatening him with murder and mayhem if he doesn't get out of her life and quit bugging her. Tano arrives, enormous funereal bouquet in hand. Paula's all over him, noting loudly how thoughtful he is and how SOME PEOPLE could take lessons from a guy like Tano. Our bland galan suggests they talk about it in the office and they go to Mauricio's where Tano explains that he's leaving for the US to work as a NASCAR mechanic and may not be coming back. Paula is disappointed. Who knows what might have developed between them? No, I have a bad habit of going after women whose heart belongs to someone else, sighs Tano. And you clearly are in love with Christian. And he'll come 'round, I know it. So I just want to say good-bye and wish you well. (Okay. That was classy. Makes up for the nasty little conversation with Estrella the other day. But lays the groundwork, alas, for another Mauricio disaster.)
And speaking of diasters, we have an outrageous one going on back at the apartment. Rolu is flinging popcorn all over while a frantic, masked and gloved Arny, in microbe-hysteria, frantically tries to clean up. Arny's sick but Rolu's even sicker. Pretending to be a paralytic, camping out in a wheelchair to try and hang on to his wife. How sick is that!? On they bicker when suddenly Ximena arrives home. Rolu quickly falls in a chair. But it's the wrong one! The wheelchair is on the other side of the room. Busted.
Back to the office. Tano has left the building. Christian, accompanied by consoling buddy Ivan, is going to check the video to see just what Paula and Tano talked about. He pushes a few buttons. Looks troubled and confused (like me whenever I'm at the computer). Silence. Gloom. I think I just erased the tape, he sighs. Damn damn damn damn!!!!! (Sorry, "dang" just didn't seem adequate.)
Previews:
Connie's ready to walk off with a big satchel full of dinero in return for her shares in the company. Papa Marcos will provide her with a chauffeur and two armed guards.
Monita arrives at the party, looking hot. Is it her Red Riding Hood dress or the scrumptious Lobo hanging on her arm?
Isabel is thanking Oscar for the poison and gloating over how she drugged Mauricio and Estrella in order to separate Monita from the love of her life. Aldo overhears.
Vocabulary:
a esas alturas = at this stage of the game
peso "Walter"= this is the closed caption attempt at welter weight
donde pone el ojo pone la bala = this guy "scores' (Beto, talking about Lobo's success with women)
pergamino antiguo = ancient old scroll (Jacqui insulting Nieves)
me les voy = same as "me desmayo" I'm fainting
al grano = get to the point
regresa a tus cabales = get hold of your senses, use your head (Jacqui to Marcos)
escarnio = derision, ridicule (what Jacqui fears will happen socially)
me da portazo a la rata = give me the "runs". Beto complaining that his mom is rushing him when he eats
es un coqueto de lo peor = he's an outrageous flirt (Lobo)
mucha labia = the gift of gab, he has a good line
manoseando = groping
pelele, titere = puppet "pelele" can also mean wimp
tras las rejas = behind bars
es lavadero = refererence to Lobo's washboard abs
Dicho of the Day
A lo hecho, pecho. What can't be cured, must be endured. ( Yes, Mauricio, you're going to have to suffer a little while longer, I'm afraid. So man up.)
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