Thursday, November 11, 2010
La Verdad Oculta EP41 11/10/2010 - I can hear the bells
* In a luxurious bridal salon the Guillén sisters examine the wedding dress of Gaby who looks gorgeous. And thanks to David's generosity and deep wallet at last the humble kids can pick for a pretty dress for Julieta, too.
* In Sagitario Sir Leonardo, the knight in a shining armor (who's not only a cop but a lawyer, too) starts to bother a very displeased Carlos to discuss why he fired Julieta. He has witnesses who can testify Carlos treated her badly and it's obvious he discriminates against her, so be careful, next time he'll return as a cop. Oh, and give him back Juli's bag. Right. Now.
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* Susana tells Marcos she met Carlos and he may help him.
* Caramelo is excited about her first school day though she isn't enthusiastic about going to be early. After she and Asunción leave JJ tries again to make peace with Elsa but they still can't or doesn't want to understand what her problem is. He doesn't want to give up his revenge plans either and can't enjoy his new, free, rich life either because he can't sleep peacefully until he gets back at those people who robbed so many years from his life. And he's confused, freedom is new for him. Elsa gets tired with the conversation and she says okay, that's it, she'll give him the freedom he loves so much.
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* At home Gaby and Julieta talk about the wedding and the members of the Genovés household. Dora and Abelardo are very nice to her, Alejandra is lovely, but Bertha... eh, she's is intolerable. Doorbell. Carlos came to congratulate her and to give her a little gift. Don't worry, he doesn't intend to harm her, he'd like her to forget everything that happened. Gaby feels very uncomfortable but politely accepts the gift. Thanks, I have to go now... Moustache grabs her hand and pulls his best Clark Gable face: he wants her to be happy... and he would do anything to make her happy. Okay, thank you, BYE. Inside she opens the box and quickly hides the pretty ring Carlos gave to her.
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Julieta tells Fausto she quit her job which makes Daddy very content. Doorbell again, David came for his wife again. This time Fausto welcomes him in a much friendlier way and outside the building the young couple rejoice over that at last he has accepted David. They share a sweet kiss... just when poor Leonardo arrives at home. The poor knight visits Fausto to deliver a wedding present for Gabriela, and to give Julieta her bag back. Daddy invites him to the wedding which he politely accepts. Julieta is very happy, then he may be her companion at the party!
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* In the Genovés villa David and Gaby invite Dora to the wedding. She's important for David and he wants her to be with them at the ceremony. Dora melts.
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* Marcos continues organizing his future transportation business. And when will he sell the diamonds, asks Susana. Tomorrow. Sue is curious about where the secret tunnel leads and suggests him to explore it.
* On her first working day Elsa talks to Mina on phone. She feels so strange, she's an awful receptionist, she doesn't know how to solve her tasks. Mina calms the panicking girl: don't worry, she'll do it fine! But anyway, she called her because needs to know where Sr. Ocampo lives. Inside the architect studio Mina gives Ale the address who can't hide her enthusiasm.
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* At dawn Roberto shows up in the Ávila condo and admits Adolfo he got cold feet. He can't kill Mario, it's impossible! But the trap is set, and Adolfo will help him in every possible way. This is the opportunity of his life and he'll give him mucho, mucho dinero... 5 million pesos. Yolanda arrives and whines about the wedding. She doesn't want to attend it, but can't persuade Adolfo.
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* Elsa picks up Caramelo at school and they spend the afternoon together.
* JJ, Asunción and Abelardo are in the hotel that JJ, I mean, Asunción bought and talk with the hotel's manager. All of them are very content about the successful transaction. Especially the boys who act like they were two enthusiastic ten years old boys. Abe has to leave, today is the wedding of David Genovés. Oh, really? JJ and Asunción would love to be present at the ceremony!
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* The doorbell of the luxurious hotel apartment rings. Caramelo opens the door and she meets Alejandra who came to visit JJ. But instead of a dim hunk she gets an unfriendly and clever Elsa 2.0 who doesn't forget to mention that she lives there with JJ and no, she's not his secretary but his friend. Really, friends? That's interesting because the last time they met in her architect studio they didn't even recognize each other. Anyway. Then please tell your "friend" that I need to talk with him. Adios.
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* Julieta dresses up the excited bride. Fausto is enchanted by his daughter and he is very proud of her but unfortunately he can't attend the wedding because he doesn't feel well. He asks Leonardo, who's also amazed at Gabriela's beauty, to accompany her in the church. After the girls leave Fausto starts to cry like a child.
* Mario calls Faustiago and the two weeping fathers - the heartbroken fugitive and the dying multi-millionaire have a touching conversation. Mario is sad about that Faustiago can't accompany their kid and tells him after the party he'll leave forever. He hopes one day Fausto will find out who murdered Marta.
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* In the hotel room Asunción and JJ who are dressed up awesomely elegantly tell Elsa they are going to a... business meeting. JJ says the girls goodbye but his attempt to give Elsa a goodbye kiss on the cheek fails. So to infuriate her he kisses Caramelo loudly again, again and again. Come on, man, try to act like an adult.
* And here comes the wedding. The participant have arrived, JJ and Asunción meet Mario and David, Dora notices JJ and freaks out again, Mario is enthusiastic, Blondie is nervous like a little boy... And the bride is so lovely and beautiful that JJ can't take his eyes off of her.
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Aribeth
Labels: verdad
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Eva Luna #8 Wed 11/10/10 Every one loves Eva (well almost everyone)
We start with where we left off last night with Eva trying to retrieve the pills she dropped on Leos bed. We get a very compromising scene as Renata walks in and doesn’t buy Eva’s innocence. She even rats to Marcella. Marcella tells Renata that she knows her son. Sooner or later he will tire of Eva and will fire her. Renate’s all in a major tizzy because Eva has won the hearts of everyone in the household. Including Mad Max. And Julio is so taken with her.
Speaking of, Eva is finishing lunch detail with him when he had one of those awful attacks. Max was outside the door for some odd reason. He sensed his masters attack and was going nuts barking like crazy. Old sympatric Renata noted he was barking out side the door and just told him to shut up and left. Eva was freaking out. She didn’t know what to do. Thank goodness the attack was over and Julio recovered. Oh dear.
Thomas is still missing. Everyone is beside themselves. Poor little Adrian does not want them to call the police. He runs away but is found by Knockout Ricky and persuaded to come back to the house. Our kind residents, Justa, Ricky and Marisol agree that they will all look after him. Adrian is certain that his father just left on a trip and forgot to tell him. Oh yea and Gangster Damien (?) is lurking in the shadows. So I am certain this will be trouble for our little family.
Alicia and Marisol do a little bonding. Marisol warns Alicia that Tony is trouble. Well we all know that.
We are now getting a little more plot line with our butler Francisco and Jacky the nanny. Francisco is talking to some women trying to impress her by having her believe he is wealthy. We find out that Jacky actually has the hots for him as she discusses her love interest with Laurita. Actually Laurita is giving her tips on how to catch a man. Smile and bring him coffee. Turns out Francisco‘s big date is a wash. He confesses this to Jacky. Unfortunately he also confesses that he could never be interested in a servant girl. Jacky‘s heart is broken.
A large bouquet of flowers arrives at the big house. Renata is convinced they were sent to Victoria. Turns out Bruno the charmer has sent them to smarmy Marcella. (gross). So she’s all excited about the prospects of a hot young stud. We know he has an ulterior motive as we see him talk with someone, who is just out of sight, that he is just interested in all her money. (Is that a gigolo?)
Leo is all about the great sexual chemistry he has with Claudia. They are getting ready to have a roll in the hay. He wants to make sure she is using protection. Of course she assures him and excuses herself to go to the ladies room. We see her take out her little contraceptive case and throw the little pill away. She has plans of her own.
Daniel has been in and out of business meetings. It turns out there is an award presentation for the great apple slogan. His secretary tells him they found the person who created the genius line that won them the award. Drum roll everybody …………. It turns out to be none other than our clever little Eva. Daniel just has to drive off in his orange convertible to Julio’s house to see Eva to make sure it is indeed her .
We also get a little confession from Eva while she is winning Julio’s heart as well as that of Mad max that she would love to be in some from of publicity or marketing. Julio assures her she will go far.
We end tonight with an awkward scene., Daniel has arrived at the mansion. Renata assumes he is there to see Victoria. He tells her that he is there to see Eva. That really ticks Renata off. Vicky shows up and is pleasantly surprised he is there and assumes it is to see her. He informs her he is there to see Eva. Eva walks in and it is confirmed she indeed is the person who submitted the winning line. He tells them she has to go to the awards with them. After all she was the inspiration. This does not sit well with Victoria.
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Llena de Amor #65 Wed 11/10/10 Everything's Coming Up Roses....Not!
But enough with the romance and roses. That's later. We start tonight's episode with one of those unfortunate scenes where someone gets the wrong idea, there's some useless babbling, and nobody listens to anybody. Emiliano interrupts the rehearsal with Netty and her nerdy lawyer. Thinks he's been duped. Doesn't listen to her attempts to explain. Tells her she's horrible and what's more, she ruined Gretel's life as well by supporting her romance with Oliver. Now Oliver's destroyed Gretel's life and Netty has ruined his. Stay away from me and our family forever! And exit Emiliano. Nice work.
Now another lovely scene. Lorenzo slinks back to his cell after learning of his baby son's alleged death, much to Orange Boy's amusement. However, Low looks so devastated, Orangey actually becomes concerned. From one cell to another, now we see Oliver. Trying to explain his actions to his boss. "I did it for love". Fine but you were "quebrando la ley" (breaking the law). We have to find Gretel so she can testify in your behalf that she wasn't kidnapped but went willingly. Oscar starts to dash off, intending to head out to Misery Manor and confront Fedra. But he's not going anywhere. Nopis. The Comisario slams the door shut and Oliver is locked in. Probably a good thing. That shoulder needs to heal.
Gretel, watched over anxiously by Nice Nurse, is still out and still strapped down on a stretcher. She comes to after Nice Nurse leaves though and quite lucidly realizes she's in an insane asylum. Get me out of here! she shrieks.
Our main shrieker, Netty, is beside herself. Lawyer Eugenio wants to fix it. He's her legal representative, and by golly he's going to make Emiliano learn the truth. Off they go to the big house.
Doris is already there, hanging out with Delicia and Paula and worrying about Mari's dondeabouts. Sassy little Delicia is hoping that she IS with Eman and that they're having a wonderful time!
And indeed they are. Our busy little Emanuel has reserved an entire restaurant just for him, Mari, some waiters and Luis Fonsi who's going to serenade them and wish them an eternal love. I'd be a bit more impressed if Fonsi hadn't just divorced his lovely wife of three years. Kind of ruins the sentiment of the song. But whatever. Serenade he does. Eman and Mari exchange some more soft-lipped kisses (Crankypants though I am, can't complain about the besos. Valentino Lanus is doing a great job.) and gooey schmarmy goshdarnit I'm in luv looks. Feeling slightly giddy and nauseated, we break for ads.
When we come back, we're at Misery Manor. Creepy theme music plays in the background. Creepy groveling by Emiliano in the foreground. It's all his fault but we can't leavel Gretel in that place. Oh yes we can, snaps Fedra. And mum's the word. Ditto for Kristel. Must keep up appearances, y'know. What are we going to say, that they're "on a trip" scoffs Emiliano. Not a bad idea. We'll say Switzerland. That's where all the "nenas popis" (posh young girls) go.
Brandon arrives. Ilitia close behind. Brandon wants to take Fedra and Bernardo down to the station to "assist the police in their inquiries" as the Brits say. Ilitia wants Emiliano to get her dad out of jail and lays her sweet head on his manly chest as she asks. Mientras tanto, Eman and Mari have arrived home. He's still keen on running away but she wants to face the music. We're strong and we love each other, she argues. So we can stand up to them.
Aaaaaaand...it hits the fan. Fedra, Axel and Ilitia are absolutely scandalized, horrified and sick sick sick that Eman spent the night with his fat cousin. Emanuel replies calmly that not only did they spend the night together, they're spending the rest of their lives together because......drum roll.....WE'RE MADLY IN LOVE.
Netty is having a hot flash. Fanning furiously. Fedra is fuming. It's all just too too much. We break for more ads.
We come back to a slew of insults. Ilitia calls Mari a fat fiancé stealer. Fedra dismisses her as a "conjunto de lipidos" (collection of fat). But that's not the worst of it. No, what worries Fedra is that Mari's going to end up with all their money if she marries Emanuel. And Axel is outraged that the fattie is destroying the family.
There's a break where Brandon pulls Ilitia out of the room, reminding her that she cheated on Emanuel with him, just as Emanuel cheated on her with Mari. So where does she get off causing a scene? He's sworn to secrecy. And goes along with it.
Back to the main fight. Eman wants to know why the family is destroyed. You'd know if you'd been around, rather that rolling in a bed with that slab of meat, sneers Fedra.
More drama. Ilitia is wailing that it's all "too much"remembering to say that in his posh little English. Her dad's in prison...her best friend's in the hospital.....
Fedra shuts her up. Agrees to go with Brandon to the station because she's going to see that Oliver is shut up in prison for the rest of his life. Slurping up a big swallow of booze through a straw, she prepares to leave.....
But not before Emanuel puts in the last dagger thrust. We're in love, he shouts, holding on to Marianela. Yes, LOVE! I want to marry her!
Okay. Time for that little Father-Son talk. Emiliano draws him aside and explains that since they're "primos hermanos" and the same blood flows in their veins, marriage is out of the question. Eman reminds him that it's the 21st century and there are tests for inherited diseases. They can reduce the risk of harm to their children. And if he has to give up the Ruiz y de Teresa name to marry his cousin...well, then he will!
In another room, we're having a little Aunt-Niece talk. Netty can't support this union. For one thing, Eman is the Son of the Serpent. And Fedra will kill you. Doris chimes in at this point and says Your love is condemned like that of Gretel and Oliver. You don't know what happened yet but....Ugh. While we ponder that painful memory, we trudge through another bunch of ads.
The talk continues. Listen, if you weren't first cousins, I'd be fine with your marrying Marinela, concludes Dad. Don't care, don't care. I'm staying with her, sez Son. Today is the worst day of my life, wheezes Emiliano. And Ilitia peers in the door. Wow, Emanuel is in for another verbal beating.
But we don't get to hear it yet. First we have the Netty misunderstanding to sort out. She's crying on her lawyer's shoulder when Emiliano arrives again, ready to throw her lying behindrear out the door. Not until the lawyer explains! Which he does. And Emiliano listens. And asks forgiveness. And doesn't get it. Nopis. You didn't believe in me, whimpers Netty. You said things that hurt me deeply. You didn't believe that Gretel and Oliver were deeply in love. So forget me forever! And she flounces out.
Doris is still trying to talk reason to Marianela. Oliver is in jail. Who knows where Gretel is. But if that's what Fedra did to them, imagine what she'll do to you!
And Ilitia is trying to talk reason to Eman....her Reason anyway. I mean how could he sleep with that fattie!? How could he throw her over for that gross piece of meat!?(lonjas y carne) Surely you couldn't have seen her nude and not have been completely disgusted! Emanuel wants to remain friends. No way. Hopefully you'll die, crushed by that tub of fat, she concludes.
Having communicated clearly in that room, Ilitia heads for an additional showdown with Mari. Doesn't go quite as well. She calls Mari a "zorra" (bitch) Delicia opines that maybe Eman was tired of an airhead model and that's why he fell in love with Mari. Delicia is then dissed as an "igualada" (uppity servant-class bitch). Warming to her discourse, Ilitia suggests that Manny just slept with Mari out of pity. So noble he had to do you a favor. AND THAT'S IT. RESOUNDING SLAP. Mari's going for Slap II but Doris breaks it up. And we break for ads.
Poor Low is resting his head against his cell walls, thinking back to the day he bought balloons for his baby boy and dreamed of the happy day he and Muñeca would adopt him. Or the happy day he'd have some henchmen murder his young mistress. Take your pick. Whadda guy.
Of course, wee babe has landed safely at the orphanage where Muñeca's noble maid and chauffeur have been helping out. When they see the medal of the Virgen de Guadalupe around the little guy's neck, they know the Holy Mother has saved him.
Back to the girls. Delicia's applauding the slap and mocking Ilitia's way of saying "Bye". Dead on. Mari's happily gushing about making love to Emanuel and regretting nothing. Doris isn't quite sure if it's love or lust. Mari's so upset she gets nauseous again. Is it the poison or pregnancy? Poison I guess. Speaking of....Axel arrives. Nope, he's not here to harangue her about the night out. He just wants to know why she's telling everyone he's gay. When in fact he's very manly. And ready to show any of you! And not only that, he's going to try and do everything he can to get rid of Mari. The fight is on.
Ditto for the General who's ordering Benigno to bring down the truant Marianela immediately. He's going to give her what for. But not until Paula sets him straight. Marianela and Emanuel love each other. And he's willing to defend his love. Unlike you, years ago, General! If you try and split them up, you'll be my Enemy. And I won't cook for my Enemy or cuddle him either. Okay. Serious threats here.
Serious promises elsewhere. The fatal kind you know. Always leads to Drama. Emanuel is vowing that Nothing Will Separate Us. I Love You. Anyone hear dun de dun dun's? Mari does. That's lovely but Fedra won't rest until she separates us, she replies. Hush darling, whispers Emanuel and covers her lips with his soft silky kisses. And on that tender note, we end.
Previews:
Emanuel vows to "luchar" for their love.
The General tells Emiliano he suspects that Emanuel is NOT his son.
Marianela is exultant at this news and tells Delicia.
Fedra's cookin' in the kitchen again, adding poison to food.
Vocabulary:
está desvariando = she's delirious (Nice Nurse talking about Gretel)
atribulada = anguished (nerdy lawyer worrying about Netty)
guardar aparencias = keep up appearances (Fedra's game plan)
las nenas popis = posh girls, upper class girls
tragar este cuento = swallow that story
primos hermanos = first cousins
revolcando = rolling in the hay, getting it on, getting busy (dismissive term for making love)
conjunto de lipidos = amalgam of fat (Fedra's insult)
tinaco de grasa = big tank of fat (Ilitia's insult)
tinaco = water tank
quebrando la ley = breaking the law
Dicho of the Day
Llegar al punto en que ya no tiene remedio To reach a point of no return
Have Emanuel and Marianela reached that point? Tune in Friday and find out. Tomorrow is the Latin Grammy Awards. Whoops..Maggie says Llena is on tonight. Well tune in and find out! So much the better.
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La Fea Más Bella #83-84 11/10/10 Hot Lips and the Cold War
Capitulo 84.Read Julie’s original recap which covers Cap’s 82 to 84. Then come back here to discuss it.
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Eva Luna #7 Tue 11/9/10 Too many novias and too many fake butts
DISCLAIMER: As always, please everyone, fill in any blanks I missed!
We start this episode with Eva watching Daniel kiss his novia, Victoria. Eva understandably looks a bit crestfallen over this, considering the flowers and touching card Daniel just sent her.
Daniel sees Eva walking away and knows that she saw what she saw. He looks a bit crestfallen himself. I don't know why. Dude, you have a girlfriend already! Couldn't you see this coming?
Back at the Big House, Julio is asking Renata about La Bonita (Eva). He wants her to look after him all the time, only her. Renata agrees to this but does not look happy.
Bruno (hunky, hulky friend of Leo) is talking with Leo at the fashion show. He's saying how surprised he is by Leo's mom. So elegant! Bruno is pumping Leo for info—how is his dad doing? Leo obligingly explains that his dad has taken to his bed since he had an accident, and the mom looks after the business. They don't know whether the dad is going to recover, but . . . Bruno attempts to look sympathetic.
At the strip joint where Marisol works, old ex-boxer guy comes in, sees her dancing, and shakes his head mournfully. Behind him, Scary Guy with Hat is saying something about the old guy (I think he wants to get back at him for fighting him off earlier).
We're at a 7-11 type place with Alicia and Tony the Stud Burglar. He is being a (rhymes with stick) and stuffing cans of beer and candy in his clothes and also forcing them on Alica. Alicia doesn't look happy about this, but instead of NOT BEING AN IDIOT and telling him to stick his cans where the sun don't shine, she just looks worried but goes along with it. STUPID.
Bruno is sucking up to Marcy at the fashion show and she seems to be buying it. Slimy.
Leo is smooching his girlfriend and flattering her about her participation in the fashion show. Daniel sneaks off to look for Eva as Victoria (Bimbo 1, his girlfriend) is being interviewed by the press.
Tony the petty shoplifter—aka Stud Burglar—is at the checkout counter and only has a few items he's paying for. The clerk is suspicious, but Tony insists that's it. "How much is it?" Tony asks in English (and no trace of accent either!). The clerk gives an amount in Spanish. Alicia looks miserable and scared. Tony finishes his transaction and tries to drag Alicia along out of the store, but she balks and all the stuff that's been crammed in her clothes cascades out. "Security! Security!" the clerk yells (in English), as our two petty thieves run off. But Alicia doesn't make it and is detained by the clerk, as our hero Stud Burglar bravely runs off as she pleads with him to not leave her.
Eva is observing a time-honored telenovela tradition of talking out loud to herself about her innermost feelings in a public area, where anyone can walk on by and hear her. Of course Daniel walks by and hears her. She's saying, "Why were they kissing?" and Daniel, unseen by her until then, answers, "Because Victoria is my girlfriend." She swirls around, impactada, as the theme song swells and we go to commercial.
Stud Burglar Tony slinks in the shadows looking at Alicia being detained by the 7-11 people, but naturally does nothing. He does throw away his ever-present lollypop, though, which I suppose is meant to indicate his inner turmoil.
Back with Eva and Daniel. Eva is pissed, and asks Daniel how come he gave her flowers and a card when he already has a novia? Daniel tries to say that she and he still have to have a conversation, but she says, forget it buddy, go back to your girlfriend and leave me in peace!
Here are some screenshots from this scene:
At the 7-11, the clerk is speaking (in English) about how the shoplifters they caught, and how the security guard was "on top of 'em." (Again, no accent that I can hear!) Alicia sits on the curb and cries. "She's not going anywhere" the security guard says (in unaccented English). Alicia cries even more and begs to be let go, but the guard says that the police will come. "Why did you leave me, Tony?" she cries, as Tony hides in the shadows. Then he looks like he's decided swhat he's going to do.
Marisol goes back to her dressing room, and now it's her turn to talk out loud to no one in particular. She's tired of all of this. All the drunks. You're a phony, she says to the mirror as she wipes off her makeup. She invents rich boyfriends but she shows her body for money while she dreams of a better life. Old boxer guy from the pension walks in at this moment and hears her. If you want to change your life, do it, he says. She looks shocked but he gets to business. He's looking for Tomás, Adrian's dad. He's missing and the kid is sad, thinking that his dad has abandoned him.
Creepy hat guy comes in and confronts boxer guy and Marisol.
Back at the fashion show, Marcy (Gloved Weirdo) confronts Eva about tripping over the power cables earlier and causing the show to go dark when Victoria was on the catwalk. But Leo walks up and takes the blame. He is insistent. Eva gets out of there, and Marcy says that if Leo wants to tangle himself up with Eva, that's fine, just do it elsewhere.
Back to creepy hat guy and old boxer guy. Hat guy tries to hit boxer guy with something and they struggle.
Eva is outside walking away from the fashion show.
Bimbo 1 (Victoria) and Bimbo 2 (Claudia) are toasting champagne and talking about how great the fashion show turned out. Daniel walks up and joins them and pours himself a drink. He congratulates Victoria on her success as her furtively looks around the room (presumably for Eva).
At the pension, Adrian sleeps fitfully as Dona Justa looks on and talks to herself about her worries for the kid and for Ricardo (boxer guy).
Back with Ricardo (boxer guy) and Hat Guy who are going at it, and Ricardo is holding up pretty well until Hat Guy gives him a low blow and Ricardo goes down. Hat Guy approaches with a broken bottle and a threat, but just then Marisol comes at him with a gun.
Eva is trying to catch a bus but the bus passes her by. (The bus service in LA is rather sucky and they WILL pass you buy unless you are at an actual bus stop.) But Eva seems surprised by this and looks crestfallen when the bus goes by.
Back at the 7-11, Tony the Stud Burglar has finally gathered up his courage and approaches the security guard and Alicia. "Excuse me, Officer" he says in unaccented English. Alicia jumps up. Tony says that he's to blame for the theft and he put Alicia up to it, so please let her go. The security guard says they can both see the police, as the cop car is just then approaching.
Eva is walking down the street, asking herself how could she think Daniel would be interested in her. Up drives a car and stops. "You?" she says.
Everyone's trying to reason with Marisol as she shakily points the gun at Hat Guy. It discharges and she falls to the ground, as everyone looks impactado. (Correction: Someone else shoots a gun, it's not Marisol's that goes off. Thank you ladies for the correction!)
Daniel and Bimbo 1 & 2 continue the toast, as Bimbettes talk about watching their calories. Yawn.
It's Leo in the car and he gets out and offers Eva a ride. He asks her if she's angry with him, and she says a bit, but she's glad he told his mom the truth about what happened when she tripped over the power cables. He says that's his style, to be truthful. (GAG!) He presses her some more to take a ride.
It turns out Marisol got a flesh wound in her shoulder. Hat Guy is mad and warns her and boxer guy to not say anything to the police or they'll be sorry. (I think that's what he's saying.) Another stripper rushes in and Hat Guy shoos her away.
The store owner isn't going to press charges against Tony or Alicia. They are elated. The policeman yells, "Go, get out of here!" in somewhat accented English. The police think what happened is somewhat remarkable. (I think referring to Tony returning to try to save Alicia.)
Victoria and Daniel are at the party, and Victoria wants to get together with him privately later on. He seems agreeable to this.
Leo has driven Eva back home. She thanks him and he asks her to call him Leonardo. As they are chatting amiably, Tony and Alicia come up and Alicia sees Eva with Leo and assumes he must be Daniel. Then Tony asks that Alicia keep what happened that night with the shoplifting scare between them, and not tell her sister.
Back at the fashion show, Claudia is wondering where Leo is. She's called his cell a thousand times! (Wow, that's the way to endear yourself to a guy—stalk him via cell phone!)
Leo sees the messages on his phone. He is not amused by this.
Boxer guy is talking to Marisol about going to the police about her troubles, but she doesn't want to. Boxer guy promises he won't say anything to anyone.
Tony is at the pension, talking on the phone to scary gambling boss guy. He (Tony) says he got away and is fine. Scary gambling boss guy says something (I think) about how those beers he stole will be the payment he (Tony) was supposed to get. Scary boss guy says something about whether he decides to press charges or not. (I am getting a little confused here. Did he own the 7-11-type store?) Tony gets off the phone and then says something about how those beers were the most expensive (or dear? "caras" was the word used) of his life!
Marcy is chatting with Bruno. They're flirting with each other in a rather slimy, creepy way. Then they start talking about work. Turns out Bruno is into investments, and he is often traveling, looking for more business. They flirtily say goodnight, and then Bruno thought-bubbles, with a scheming smirk on his face, that everything is going perfectly.
Leo joins Clingy Claudia at a bar and she says that she doesn't want to interrogate him about where he's been, but he should know that she's jealous.
Back at the pension, Alicia and Eva are talking. Eva tells Alicia that the guy who dropped her off is not Daniel, but a joven from the house where she works. Alicia laughs and says that no less than two rich, handsome guys are at her (Eva's) feet! Eva is not amused. Eva says she found out that Daniel has a novia.
Meanwhile, said gentleman is in bed with said novia, trying to make a passionate evening of it. However, despite novia's best efforts, he seems distracted.
Alicia is disgusted and astonished to learn that the author of that card already has a girlfriend. Alicia could have sworn that he was in love with Eva! Nope, says Eva, looking disappointed.
Back with Daniel and novia, she finally asks him what's up, and he says he's just a little tired, that's all. She says that's okay, she's a teensy bit tired too. She snuggles up against him, as he remembers Eva chewing him out for sending flowers and a card while he's still got a novia. (Personal note: This scene in the bed was not shot in a flattering manner for Guy Ecker. Please Univision people, in the future, give him softer lighting or more smoothing filters, please! We—well, at least I—would prefer that he not look old enough to be Eva's father.)
It's morning at the big house, and Eva cheerfully says good morning to Marcy as Eva goes to give Julio his medicine. Marcy stops and looks particularly venomous at Eva, as if Eva is something that needs to be scraped off of the underside of her shoe.
Eva calls into Don Julio, asking if he's ready for his medicine. He is. She notes that Max (the big scary dog) is resting on his bed. He laughs and says that Max is now friends with them both.
At the breakfast table, Marcy is telling Renata that Eva is to blame for the fashion show fiasco, by tripping over the power cables. Blah blah blah. Marcy wants Eva outta there, but Renata has to tell her that Don Julio has specifically requested that Eva tend to him.
Victoria sees Eva outside of Don Julio's room. Much to Eva's surprise, Victoria is happy about the aforementioned fiasco with the power cables. Eva owns up that she was the cause of that fiasco.
Daniel is talking to an assistant at work about his schedule. A computer monitor is on. Ewww, it's still one of the old fashioned 4:3 (not widescreen) kind. (I'm such a techno-snob, LOL.) Assistant is saying that the internet is reporting that the fashion show was a success. Daniel seems distracted, and assistant notices this. He explains that he's got a lot of things going on in his head. (Well, it's more like one thing, and it is spelled E-V-A.)
Victoria says she knows that Eva caused the fiasco, and she's decided to forgive her because (I think) everything turned out so well for her (Victoria). Eva then talks about how she got a ride home with Leo, and Victoria seems impactada that her brother would bother to give Eva a ride. You can see the wheels turning in Victoria's head.
In the kitchen, Renata tells Eva in the snottiest, most ungracious way possible that she is to go shopping for some fruit for Don Julio.
Eva is picking up fruit at an outdoor market. Meanwhile, as we should have anticipated, Daniel is nearby drinking drinks with what I assume are work associates. Back with Eva, the chauffeur lets her stay a little longer because they're near the beach and she's never been to the beach.
Bimbette 1 and 2 (Victoria and Claudia) are chatting. Victoria is warning Claudia that Leo seems to be shifting his attention towards a servant, Eva.
At the beach, Eva is admiring the ocean and looking beautiful. She recalls seeing Daniel kiss his novia at the fashion show. She thinks to herself that it hurt to see them kissing because she's foolishly allowed herself to fall for him, but that's going to end. She's not going to think about Daniel anymore. Well, speak of the devil, here comes Daniel walking along the same beach, as the theme song plays in the background. "What are you doing here?" she asks as we go to break.
The two fake-butted bitches (Bimbo 1 and Bimbo 2) are talking about Eva. Victoria (Bimbo 1) is conceding that while Eva doesn't have the education or class that they (the aforementioned fake-butted bitches) have, she does have a certain charm. Of course her Daniel would never be interested in such an inferior creature (okay I added that last bit, but you know that's what Victoria's getting at). But would Victoria's brother Leo be interested in this lower form of life (aka Eva)? Sure.
Claudia mentions that she couldn't reach Leo by cell phone. She says all of this is getting to her pride. She seems cansado with it all. Victoria advises that if she loves Leo, fight for him! Especially don't lose him to a mere employee like Eva! (She's certainly showing her snobbery now, isn't she?) Victoria then goes on to say that if her Daniel was interested in someone like Eva, she (Victoria) would be fighting mad and would kill the girl! (We see what's coming, don't we?)
And now we go back to Daniel and Eva at the beach. She's telling him that in her hometown they had mountains and apples, but no beach, so she's never seen the ocean before.
Daniel wants to talk about stuff, but Eva says there is nothing to talk about. Daniel asks her, why did it bother her to know that he and Victoria were novios? Why was she bothered to see them kissing? She then asks him, why, if he's got a novia, did he give her a card and flowers?
Leo is chatting with Renata in the kitchen. He says he's tired from the party the night before and he's not going into work.
Eva says to Daniel, you stay in your world and I'll stay in mine. He asks how come they keep on fighting? She says because there is much to separate them.
Renata is telling Leo that his girlfriend (Claudia) has been calling him and hopes to get a response. He seems peevish about this.
Adrian and old boxer guy are at a police station looking for Adrian's dad. No luck.
Eva has returned from the beach and her fruit-buying excursion and meets Leo. They make pleasant small talk. He says he has a headache from the party the night before.
At a hospital, boxer guy and Adrian are looking for his dad. No luck.
Eva goes into Leo's bedroom. He's sprawled across his bed, lying on top of the covers and fully clothed. She's delivering some headache medicine for him. He asks her to bring the pills to him.
Boxer guy asks Adrian if there was anyone else—a friend of the family, perhaps—that his father might have visited? Adrian doesn't seem to know of any. Boxer guy asks Adrian (I think) if he's sure he wants to get his dad back. Adrian says yes, he's the only person he has. Boxer guy nods and says it's time for them to go back home.
Eva comes over to Leo's bed to give him the pills. The pills drop on the bed and as she crouches over Leo to retrieve them, in walks Renata, looking scandalized because it "looks" like Eva and Leo are having an intimate moment. Leo doesn't seem at all bothered by this.
My recording cut out here, so I have no advances.
Thanks!
Elvira
(See recap comments for more info on this episode, as I rely on everyone to help correct any errors and clear anything up that I was confused about!)
Labels: eva
Llena de Amor #64 Tue 11/9/10 You can’t always get what you want…unless you’re Emanuel.
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La Verdad Oculta #040: Roberto the Highwayman
Out in the bar, Adolfo conversationally pumps unsuspecting Bertha about Mario and his family and quietly plays on her resentment and ambitions, even initiating familiar address to foster intimacy. Some innate sense leads Bertha to disavow her interest in David when Adolfo asks.
Secretly content to hear Mario seems ill, Adolfo assures her he himself is happy to help with whatever she might need, which pleases Bertha. When she exits for the powder room, Roberto enters; and Adolfo cuts Roberto's grinning wink about Bertha short, disgusted Roberto lost his entry to Mario's and now Adolfo must cultivate another way with Bertha.
Absorbed in a family photograph, Gabriela weeps in her new bedroom at Mario's; when David enters, he assures her Santiago will improve seeing Gabriela is happy. She's comfortable with Mario, and David insists he will deal with problems Bertha might cause. She entreats him to never cease loving her, and David in turn that she never hide anything; and they seal it with a kiss.
Back at the club, Adolfo exits with Bertha for more private digs; and Carlos approaches Julieta demanding why his dad is with Bertha. Julieta wouldn't know and irritably blows him off; whereupon David rudely and publicly reminds her she's just a waitress and can't come in late just because Gabriela married David. Julieta turns and shouts that Gabriela married a real man -- and quits the building.
In his office, Mario expresses his pride in Alejandra and that he's now going to fill her in on the rest of the plan, which she will need to know. She watches him switch the cameras on, and they exit the secret door; inside the tunnel, Alejandra points out Juan José's old well spot, assuring Mario Juan José suspects nothing.
Luckily outside Julieta's apartment, Leonardo pulls up the same time as her taxi, so he can lend her the fare, having left her purse behind. She explains the dust up; and Leonardo will help her find another job, as well as retrieving her things. Julieta gives Leonardo a tender look as he pays her taxi.
Emerging into the tunnel house, Alejandra insists they must replace the louvers and set an alarm against another break in. Mario amazes her with the studio; but as they sit, most surprising is Mario's contention of who and what Juan José really is. She is horrified and incredulous to hear Mario painfully tell the frame-up murder story and his unwitting part in it.
When Alejandra shoots to her feet, begging to know what harm she herself did to make Juan José want to use her like that, Mario guesses it's to approach himself and Adolfo. Mario can see Juan José likes Alejandra and hopes she can uncover his intentions -- and help him prove his innocence. Weeping bitterly, Mario begs her to convey how deeply sorry he is; and to keep up a friendship with Gabriela.
Leonardo accompanies Julieta to her apartment door; and she kisses him goodbye on the cheek, securing a promise he will take her to the movies. At breakfast at gorgeous Juan José's, Asunción's relieved Juan José took his Elsa pep talk alright; it's just the truth, Juan José says. However, it's also true that he likes Alejandra very, very much, Juan José rhapsodizes -- before informing Asunción they're finalizing the hotel sale that day.
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Dora introduces herself to Gabriela, sitting lonesome at the big breakfast table -- the workers already gone and slacker still abed -- making Gabriela feel a little more comfortable. In town, a generously smiling Mauricio introduces an apprehensive Elsa to her new job and explains the company will invest in a new wardrobe commensurate with their image. So, there will be shopping; and Elsa is smiling.
Julieta cheers lonely Gabriela up on the phone with her good-natured envy; just then Leonardo rings the bell, and she greets him with a smile and the uniform he'll return to the club for her. When asked, he admits Gabriela's marriage surprised him and that he really liked her. But now Julieta reminds him he's taking her to the movies and kisses him on the cheek goodbye again. He'll return with her purse that evening.
Juan José phones Gabriela to meet about the subject of his name change. And then there's a segment of complete identity change, revealing how Santiago becomes Mario in the studio. When he's finished, Mario frightens Santiago by insisting he try the disguise out right away.
At Mario's, Alejandra is gushing over dozens of red roses anonymously sent to Bertha, when "Mario" zips by dismissively in the hallway, prompting Bertha to observe he's getting nuttier every day. David enters to speak urgently with "Mario," who dives to close the office draperies. David insists the Ávilas be invited to the wedding to downplay the importance of the beach-house flap.
"Mario" seems to have passed his first test, as he heaves a sigh once alone again. At a restaurant, Juan José and Gabriela agree to keep each other's secrets: his fantastic tale -- and that she met him at the market. Her husband is the jealous sort, and Juan José makes it plain he can definitely see why. They agree to be friends.
While "Mario" sweats it out at the big house, Mario and Abelardo wait at the tunnel house, where Mario explains that tomorrow after the wedding he will set off for Veracruz and the ocean liner carrying him to Europe -- never to return. He's leaving behind a letter for David in case Santiago is discovered.
Susana lays on Elsa's doorbell to no avail, when Carlos appears and seizes on Susana's mistaken assumption that he's Juan José to spend time with her and pump her for information. At a restaurant, Bertha greets Adolfo affectionately and flatters him for sending the flowers while he gathers intel about the family. Importantly, he learns Mario will be traveling by car tomorrow for Veracruz.
At a different restaurant, the less-deft Carlos makes a gaff, spooking Susana, who rushes away. He claimed he intends to spring Elsa's brother from prison. So he learns nothing about how Juan José suddenly acquired so much money. Meanwhile, Adolfo rushes to Roberto's condo to excitedly instruct him he will dispatch Mario on the road tomorrow!
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Life after El Clon: El Mundo de Telemundo
What has happened so far in Aurora?
We’ve been invited into the murky world of cryonics where people deny the finality of death by paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to have their corpses preserved at very low temperatures in the hopes of eventual resuscitation when the cure for their death is readily at hand.
As a cursory Google search will show, this world really does exist. Since the 1960’s, actual versions of Dr. Ponce de León have been selling space in their freezers; and if you can’t afford the deluxe full-body version, they’ll happily welcome you into their heads-only (or even brain-only) bargain basement.
Could it work?
Is it possible to raise the dead, unharmed? From what I’ve read, it’s a very tricky proposition. For one thing, it depends on what you mean by dead. If the holy grail of cryonics is bringing back an intact personality, well, it’s hard to imagine any definition of death that would allow that. If we assume that higher brain function is the first thing lost – the ‘brain death’ that justifies removing organs for donation from a still biologically living donor – how can we expect a ‘brain-dead’ popsicle to be neurologically intact years later? Would you have to anticipate death but not wait for it? That is, would you have to freeze people who were still neurologically intact?
All told, this business of cryopreservation and resuscitation is not totally impossible, theoretically speaking, but the science just isn’t there yet. And when the science eventually catches up with the desire, all those expensive popsicles will likely be out of luck since their antiquated preservation has almost certainly destroyed them.
And yet… and yet… we are in TelenovelaLand where the laws of nature and logic do not apply. Dr. Creepy has raised his lovely daughter from the near dead. It would be the scientific coup of the day and our old friend Augusto Albieri would not have hesitated to take credit for it. But surprisingly, Aurora’s father worries that her life would be blighted if the press were to get wind of her undead status. This leads to three major plot developments:
The latest Big Lie:
Inés and Gustavo (Aurora’s actual parents) tell Blanca (Aurora and Lorenzo’s actual daughter who has been raised to believe she is the daughter of Inés and Gustavo and sister of Aurora) that Aurora had a daughter who was abducted many years ago. Got that? Okay, now she has been found and she will be living at the Ponce de León home. That would make this Beta-Aurora the grandchild of los Ponce de León and Blanca’s niece. Everyone is supposed to believe that Alpha-Aurora is still languishing in the freezer.
The Betrayal:
One of the doctors in the Cryonics facility secretly films the Great Thaw and then sells it to the highest bidder, Eduardo Hutton, wealthy magazine publisher and member of the Ponce de León social circle.
Now Eduardo is a nasty piece of work:
He is married to Vanesa, Alpha-Aurora’s old frenemy and now successful telenovela villain who likes to boast that in real-life, she is worse than the characters she plays on the screen. (And just a glance at her surgically-enhanced enormous ass and lips would be a giveaway to her profession: she looks like a mandrill in estrus decked out in a mini-falda and tacones. She is in the sisterhood of Ivana in STUD and now, Victoria in Eva Luna).
Eduardo can’t understand why the Creepy One values his daughter’s well-being over his own scientific glorification. (Nor can we, really. Could Ponce de León be that rarest of telenovela beasts, a Multidimensional Character?)
A spiteful ex-lover has dragged Vanesa and Eduardo through the tabloids, an unforgivable humiliation in Vanesa’s view.
The First Murder:
I didn’t think this was a murdering kind of story, but apparently I was wrong. A woman – all we can see are her black gloves and black stocking clad legs -- poisons Eduardo. Why? For cheating on the mandrill? For spurning his girlfriend? For revealing the secret of Alpha-Aurora?
Since he’s not just a friend, he’s also a client, he manages to drag himself to Dr. Creepy’s lab for freezing. (Martín is excited about getting himself some cryo-action. Maybe he gets to empty some of the baggies of ice cubes into Eduardo’s capsule/coffin.) While Eduardo’s wife and lover both hated him enough to wish him dead, the killer turns out to be a dark horse: Dra Elizabeth.
Elizabeth is Dr. Creepy’s office wife. She has been in love with him for years but, alas, it has been un amor no correspondido (unrequited). Even now that Dr. Creepy and Inés live apart, their marriage a casualty of Aurora’s tragic fate, he is uninterested in her. When she confesses what she has done, Dr. Creepy threatens to call the police. But she threatens right back: She knows his secrets and where all the bodies are not buried.
Another plot thread yet to be embroidered in the tapestry:
Cesar is the son of Lorenzo and Natalia and half-brother of Nina and Martín, and currently in prison. He is about to be released, if his prison enemies don’t off him first.
Latest development:
Both Martín and Lorenzo open their hearts to loving Beta-Aurora now that she has assured them she is not sister to one nor daughter to the other. [My money is on Lorenzo. Alpha-Beta Aurora seems like an old soul in a young body; once she realized who Martín actually was, she no longer saw him as a lover. She, apparently, has boundaries.]
Last night, perhaps softened by Martín’s words, Blanca realized that neither Alpha- nor Beta-Aurora is her enemy. She and Beta-Aurora strike up an alliance.
The previews show Beta-Aurora arriving at Lorenzo’s dance studio. Anyone want to bet that Nina’s reign as top student is about to come to an end?
Comments about Aurora or any other Telemundo novelas? I'd love to hear what you think about Alguien te Mira. I still don't know where the plot is going although I was glad to see Lola and Pedro Pablo reconciled last night. Looks like their happiness isn't going to last very long though...
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