Thursday, March 17, 2011
Triunfo del Amor #61-62 3/16/11 Vic Sleeps, Linda Slimes, Burnie Schemes
Abriged version of the entire two hours:
- · Linda still pursues Os.
- · Vic takes too many pills and is in a coma for about 30 minutes.
- · Vic gets Maria fired again.
- · Maria goes off on Max and throws a big hint.
Seriously. That sums up the entire two hours, but if you want more detail:
Toni, Pip and Oscar are beside themselves watching Vic suffer. Oscar hates Os. He can’t believe he was with such a vulgar and insignificant woman. Pip is driven to beat up a mannequin. Oscar says with Vic by his side, Os shouldn’t have even thought about another woman. There is no doubt (no cabe duda) that Os doesn’t appreciate anything he has. I’m sure Toni is happy to hear all this from Oscar.
Maria and Burnie are that the clinic. They’ve taken some blood from Maria.
Vic is still crying and upset that the children are so affected by everything. Especially Fer. Os begs. They hold hands and exchange a meaningful look.
Toni says that you men know more about this, but she’s sure what attracted Osvaldo was what is wasn’t getting from Vic: attention, admiration (atención, admiración…is that slang for Tits and A$$?.) Toni says she told Victoria many times that she was neglecting (estaba descuidando) her relation with her husband. Oscar tells Toni not to make excuses for him (no lo justifiques.) It’s obvious that Os doesn’t deserve (merece) a woman like Vic. He goes on and on. Os should kiss the ground she walks on. Toni asks if Oscar is so perfect, that he would never make a mistake. Oscar says he never would have laid eyes on a woman that wasn’t his adored one (Yo jamás hubiera puesto mis ojos sobre una mujer que no era mi mujer amada.) Too bad you aren’t Os says Pip. Victoria is hurting. Oscar doesn’t think Vic should ever forgive Os.
Meanwhile, Vic is thinking about Fer begging her to forgive Os. Speak of the devil, here he is, hoping she’ll be happy without him. She tells him to wait. She is going to give him a chance because she doesn’t want anyone to suffer…but she doesn’t forgive him and never will. (Sounds like a whole lot of fun is in store for Os.) Fer sees them hug and is thrilled. She calls Max (wearing a weird plaid coat.) Max is happy to hear this news.
Jimena overhears the tail end of his convo with Fer. Jimena is glad his family crisis is over, because now he can focus on attending to her. She’s tired of the hotel. She doesn’t want to live there anymore. He says they’ll look for an apartment when he has time. Jimena says that if he keeps stalling they’ll end up living with her mother and flounces out. Max thinks how different things would be if he had married Maria.
Maria is gushing to JP about his mother. I’ve found the mother I lost in Sra. Bernarda. (En la señora Bernarda, encontró la madre que yo perdí.)
Milagros, the mourning mother FF>> Sorry, Ms. Salinas, your acting is great, but I’ve got a recap to do.
Wowzers. Jimena is in bed with Gui again! Conversation turns to the Sandoval troubles. Gui plays dumb and Jimena fills him in. She goes on to say the two have reconciled. Ruh roh! That got Gui’s attention! The family family has reunited once again he says. He wonders how long it will last. He guesses not very long.
Fer greets Os at what I assume is the breakfast table. She is so glad he’s back and he swears to do all he can to make things right again. Fer just wants to see her parents happy. Os reassures her he will do what he can to make that happen…but he doesn’t look too sure about that.
Padre JP and Maria are talking. She assures him she’s a strong woman and will find work. He thought bubbles about how proud he is of her.
Fer and Os eating. Fer asks why her mom is so mad. Os chokes on what he’s eating. Os gives a vague answer about human mistakes and Fer digs for more details. What happened? What did you do? He thinks she’s too young to understand, but promises to tell her when she’s a little older. Ummm? Huh? How young is she? She drives, she drinks, she’s NOT a virgin. I think she’ll understand. Fer asks to be reassured that whatever happened it won’t happen again. Os promises that nothing and no one with threaten the family. He promises it. Might as well sit back and wait for the mierda to hit the fan.
Burnie and JP eating breakfast. Burnie says no matter what JP thinks, she really does love Maria Desamparada. Riiight. JP asks if it’s la llamada de sangre. Could it be you love her because you are her grandmother? Who knows? She says. He only asks one favor. He says no one knows about Maria’s pregnancy. Please be discreet. She promises she isn’t going to say anything to anyone. Riiight. How do you know when Burnie is lying? When her mouth is moving. While Burnie is cutting the cheese (literally…she’s cutting a hunk o’cheese. Excuse me, I’m giggling. I’ll have to get back to you in a minute….) Ok, while Burnie is cutting the cheese (snort) , she “accidentally” cuts JP. She staunches the blood with a napkin. Luckily she has an evidence bag tucked away in her chair. Next stop: the lab.
Os and Vic pull up somewhere looking miserable. Os thanks her for accepting his dinner invitation. Vic says she accepted only to be courteous. She repeats that she is not going to forgive him. I’m not sure she understands the concept of “reconcile.” Oscar calls and needs Vic’s signature (firma) on something. She say’s they aren’t far from the office. They will be there soon. She definitely doesn’t get the “reconcile” thing. At least she asks Os to come with her. Away they go.
And cut to Linda. She misses Os. She knows he must miss her and that she is important in her life. Did I mention she is still wearing black from JuanJo’s funeral? Trashy. She is flat trashy. She doesn’t even deserve a “bless her heart.” Oh noes! She gets up to leave. Aw hell.
JP is drinking tea with madre. She is still apologizing for the cut. JP takes his leave and once again, Fausto is called in to take the bio sample to the lab. Fausto is at her beck and call. Usted mande y yo obedezco. Bernarda talks to herself and says this test will prove if Maria is the child everyone is looking for. Burnie is really lucky that no one else realizes that it’s the 21st century and medicine has made great advances since the days when sewing skills and rag dolls were used to prove familial relations.
After a commercial break, Os and Vic arrive at the parking garage for the casa de modas. They look a little happier. He offers to go with her. She smiles and says no, she’ll go up. (Viewerville cringes. We know Linda is on the prowl and we saw last night’s previews. I smell mierda and I think I hear a fan. Am I the only one?) Aaaand BINGO! There’s Linda! How the hell did she find him? She hops into the car and gives him a big ol’ hug.
Vic is on the phone with Oscar (despite being in the same building…she must have unlimited minutes.) The paperwork she has to sign is for the sale of the rest of Os’s shares. Vic hopes it makes him happy. Oscar says Os is asking a lot of Victoria. Vic wants to try to forgive him, but it’s going to take a lot of work.
Back at the car, Os is trying to get rid of LindaLeech. He’s told her it’s over. He doesn’t want any more problems because of her. Victoria is here. He tells her to get out of the car. Linda gets a little huffy and tells him she only wants two minutes of his time. This chick will not let up. sheesh! He won’t even give her a second. Can’t she understand that he doesn’t want to see her anymore? Linda says she isn’t going to budge.
Oscar tells Vic that since the shares are being sold, she will have to find a new partner (socio.) Vic says that she's lost so much, that if she lost the company it wouldn't even matter to her.
Os is still trying to get rid of Linda when Vic comes down the garage stairs and sees the two together. Linda says she will continue to seek him out (Te voy a seguir buscando) and will never leave him (no voy a renunciar a ti.) Finally she gets out of the car and Os looks around guiltily and checks his watch. Too late buddy, you’ve already been busted. He calls Oscar and asks if he and Vic were still working. Oscar tells him no. Oscar says Vic left a little while ago. Os knows knee deep in the mierda now. “Is it possible she saw me with Linda?” Yup.
Os makes it home and Fer greets him. When asked if she’s seen her mother, Fer says yes. She’s up in her bedroom. Clouds float by (Telenovela code for “time has passed.”)
Max in a kayak. FF>> or no… it’s your choice.
Os eating breakfast. He asks Micaela if la Señora has gotten up or not. No, Micaela answers. She finds it strange that she’s sleeping so late. Os jumps from the table and runs to the bedroom.
Victoria is sleeping. Os can’t wake her. Fer comes in and sees the scene. General freak out ensues. No one seems to call an ambulance.
Cut to commercial.
They’ve discovered all the pills she’s taken. (May I say what a good acting job Ruffo is doing? Os is really shaking the snot out of her and she is completely limp!) Fer screams. Os shakes Fer. Finally Micaela is sent to call the ambulance.
JP is visiting Maria. He has great news. He found a job for Maria. It’s nothing glamorous. Work is work Maria says. It’s at a photo/camera shop.
Eva is buttering Burnie up. She tells her how wonderful she is, how generous, how pious. Burnie fancies herself a Joan of Arc (if she had lived in a different age of course.) Burnie suddenly asks Eva where she’s from. What is your connection with Fausto? What’s up with that horrible burn on his face? Who are you people?
Vic at the hospital.
Max and Fabian. Max doesn’t know. The two think it’s great she isn’t at work. If only they knew.
Vic is in a coma. (Who wants to start a pool? I think she will be in a coma less time than Chuy from STuD.)
Max feels all is in vain without Maria next to him. Fabian wonders why Max is torturing himself. He’s married to Jimena and is going to have a child with her. Luci runs in and tells Max about his mother.
Everyone is at the hospital. Vic is in intensive care.
Jimena and Mom. Obviously Jimmie hasn’t heard the news.
Max arrives at the hospital.
Maria is meeting her new boss. Hopefully JP has more pull with this guy than Victoria. Oh that’s right, she’s in a coma and can’t get Maria fired right now.
Everyone still at hospital. Jimmie and MamaRox look appropriately concerned, but deep down you know they are wondering how much Max will be worth when he inherits. Jimmie makes me want to puke with her “I’m so sorry Max” and “Ay Fer”. Jimmie and Mom sit on the couch. Pip and Toni move to the other couch.
Milagros , Cruz and Napo FF>> (Mainly ‘cause it’s 10:10 PM and I haven’t even gotten through the first hour.)
Maria is home from her first day of work. Napo rushes in and needs help with Milagros. She is acting strangely. FF>> (She’s having trouble coming to terms with JuanJo’s death.)
Vic’s vitals are checked. She moves her hand. She wakes up. See, told you it would be less than Chuy! She’s getting better.
Os and Max insist on seeing Vic. The waiting is getting to Fer. Jimmie and MamaRox talk nasty about Pip. Really mature ladies.
Os feels guilty. Blah blah blah Max tells him to suck it up. Take it like a man. (More or less. I fast forwarded.)
Max visits with Vic. Vic wants to go home.
Jimena is tired of waiting around.
Max and Vic share a moment. Os enters. Vic recoils at his touch. She calls him a traitor. She says she saw him. Max leaves.
Os tells Vic that she has to believe him. He only loves her. They rehash what they’ve been fighting about since around mid-January.
Linda is at Maria’s new job whining about how much she’s been walking around looking for work. She and Maria end up fussing because Linda says if she were still with Osvaldo, she would have some money fo sho’. Maria takes offense and reminds her that Milagros is half crazy over the death of JuanJo. Linda says she isn’t to blame for anything. Padre JP makes a dramatic entrance and says yes, you are. He tells the girls about Victoria being in the hospital.
Pedro and Ofelia arrive at the hospital (Pedro is without his steel balls tonight.) They get filled in.
Ofelia pulls Pedro aside and calls Os a hypocrite and bad mouths him.
Linda is trying to cry. She’s also trying to convince Padre JP that she really loves Os and that Vic doesn’t. Padre tells her nothing she is saying justifies her actions.
And he calls out Maria and Nati for being complicit with it all. JuanJo died because of your irresponsibility, he tells Linda, because of your frivolousness, your pride. Linda runs out. Maria looks like she feels terrible.
Jimmie is with Gui and wants to know what he said to Osvaldo. (?) Gui says you’re afraid he’ll find out about us, right? She tells Gui to answer her before she goes crazy. He says it’s not possible for her to be more crazy. (LOL) She pushes his drink out of his hand and he grabs her. He throws her on the couch and tells her he told Os they were lovers (Um? Is he messing with her, or did I miss that conversation?) She freaks. He says he didn’t tell Os anything of the sort. They end up kissing and being gross.
Max and Fer in the hospital. Sweet brother sister scene.
Vic is screaming about her hija. She starts removing all the tubes.
Maria is reviewing all the sins committed against her by Victoria, but for some reason she can’t explain, she isn’t happy about what is happening to her. Padre JP thought bubbles that surely it’s the call of the blood (Llamada de la Sangre); that Vic and Maria are truly mother and daughter and that the only person who can say it or negate it is his own mother.
Eva is finally answering Burnie’s questions. Fausto is my nephew, son of my sister. He’s had the burn since he was young. His parents died when he was young. I took him in. He never went to school. Folks made fun of him. But he memorized the bible. I am very proud of him.
Gui complains that Jimmie was rather frigid. He says some things I miss, but I do catch that he says Jimmie is pretty much in his power. Man, they have a sick relationship.
Rox is at the hospital making excuses for Jimmie. She will do all she can to help at the casa de modas. She wants Max to think of her as a real mom.
Os comes in and says Vic is much better. Hugs all around.
Linda walks the street and thinks about what JP said. She wants to see Os. She runs into the street. Gui almost hits her. He suggests they get a drink. She seems a little reluctant to get in his car, but she gets in.
Burnie is telling Fausto not to be afraid. Don’t be ashamed of your face. She will be faithful. Blah blah blah. Is it true you’ve memorized they whole bible? He quotes something from the New Testament (John?) I don’t know it (I would have been all over it if it had been Torah.)
Os and Fer in the hospital. FF>> Vic stumbles out of her room. She yells at Os and starts going on about his lover, don’t touch me blah blah. All in front of Fer…and pretty much everyone else.
Gui and Linda in a restaurant. FF>>
Back at the hospital. Vic is embarrassed by her behavior. The whole pill thing was an accident. Toni and Pip tell her to fight for her marriage. She can’t … not after what he did.
Finally, a damn commercial break.
Max returns to the hotel. Jimmie is nowhere to be found. She’s playing pool and drinking.
Ofelia is laughing about the whole scene. Pablo is not happy. He wants to know why he hates them so much. She says it’s a long story. He wants to know if she had something with Os before they met. Yes, she says. I loved him very much. But love became hate. When Victoria took him away? Pedro asks. No, Ofelia says, Vic didn’t take him. Os fell in love with her and married her. Pedro says it’s the same thing. Vic took him and now you hate them both. You are wasting your time trying to break them up. They are going to reconcile. That remains to be seen, Ofelia says.
Jimmie is coming home. Max has waited up. He wants to know where she’s been. Looking for apartments? Really, Jimmie?
Fer and Vic. Mother daughter talk. FF>> Fer wants to be as strong as Vic is. She wants Vic to forgive Os.
Burnie is reading about Vic’s hospitalization. She is positively overjoyed. Look how she has fallen. Burnie conjectures that really Vic tried to kill herself. Burnie’s pretty sure it’s because Vic can’t hide her dark past/origins. Burnie is really enjoying it.
Vic sleeps. Violins play. Os enters. He stares at her. It’s kind of creepy. He kisses her forehead.
Burnie is going to get rid of her little by little until she disappears completely. Eva wonders why Burnie hates her so much. Burnie blah blahs about JP and how if she hadn’t nipped it in time, he would have not become a preist. Biblical blah blah. Eva looks a little worried/creeped out.
Jimmie and Mom are going to the doctor then to look at apartments. Max will not be joining them. MamaRox mentions that Max married her like she wanted, but he doesn’t love Jimmie. And I don’t love him, either, Jimmie snaps back. I get to keep living the way I’m used to. The baby will be born and Max will be crazy with happiness.
Some creepo is taking pictures of Maria.
Os and Fer have breakfast. Fer asks how things are going with them. Fer wants to know how he could have cheated on her mama. Os=impactado.
Apparently creepo picture taking dude was hired by Oscar. In all the hubbub, he still remembered his instructions to make sure Maria doesn’t keep a job.
Fer says Os doesn’t need to answer her question, but she wants to know if the relationship with the other woman is over. Os assures her it is.
Maria loses her job at the photography shop. Ok, look writers. Priest trumps be-yotch! Everyone knows that! Grrrr!
Max in lime green hot wheel. Theme song and memories.
Maria comes home. She looks out the window. Padre JP is there. (Ok, creepy. Why was he in there when no one was home?) He asks how was work. She cries.
Linda calls Oscar’s office. He goes off on her.
Back to the crying Maria. Vic got me fired! What am I going to do?
Vic is back home. She’s giving instructions to Toni and Pip. She’s not coming in to work. She has to think about what she’s going to do.
Maria is feeling better. She’ll find work. Max pulls up in the green machine. He needs to talk to Maria. Padre doesn’t look happy about it.
Vic and Os. Same ol’ same ol’. She tells him to leave the house. Get away from her and the children.
Padre JP wants Max to leave Maria alone. Max starts to leave, but tells Max to wait. She wants to talk to him. Padre JP respects her decision, but he thinks they need to hurry up and get the breaking up over with.
Pip, Toni and Oscar. I can’t hear a thing over Pip’s background fit. But I gather it’s about Linda and her not giving up.
There’s a weird scene where Linda is waiting for Os at Televisa, but Vic also pulls up and plants herself in front of Os’s car. Thank goodness no one noticed Linda.
Maria is explaining to Max that Vic is persecuting her. Max can’t believe his mother would do such a thing, but Maria says she can and she is. Maria tells him she won’t give up. She has a really good reason for not giving up.
The kayak is back!
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Eva Luna #92 Wed 3/16/11 Lots of Cakes, Kissing and Crazies
We start the evening with the tearful reunion of all the Gonzalez women- Deb, Eva, Alicia, and Matilde. Deb has decided to be the bigger woman and forgives Tilde so that they can all move on with their lives. Later, Eva informs Renata that they will all be out at a party, and Leo will be off on other business. In addition, Deb is her mother and can come and go in the house as she pleases. Renata graciously tells Eva she’s happy for her. She later calls Julio to inform him Marcela will be all alone in the house tonight. (Bwahahahaha!) He’s so pleased with this news that he scores a birdie on his miniature golf course. Doc Marcos arrives. Over coffee Julio tells him how he’s been stalking/wooing (you pick) Justa. The Doc wants to know who could be sending those letters to Marcela to drive her crazy. Julio has no clue, but tonight he’s planning on continuing HIS plan to drive her crazy. They have a good chuckle.
Adrian is celebrating his 12th b-day with multiple cakes for each missed b-day celebration.
In the kitchen, Justa and Ric prep the punch and order more pizza for all the expected guests. A bit later in the courtyard, they give Adrian his big boy gift-- a watch, which he loves.
At the house, Marcela’s talking out loud to herself about how no one is going to control her- not Leo, not Eva, no one! Suddenly, Julio’s voice calls to her from the great beyond and she thought-bubbles back to Renata’s comments about spirits not at rest. She tries to calm herself and puts down her drink. “Marcela, I’ve come to find you.” “No!” She leaves her room for the doorway to Julio’s old room. As she fearfully peeks through the door, we see a mischievously smiling Julio behind her, slip into her room.
Leo and Liliana are in her hotel room arguing over the latest developments. He admits to killing Eva’s dad and putting the cops onto Dan. Liliana is upset that he didn’t inform her of this latest turn in the plan. Dan behind bars doesn’t benefit her. Leo tells her not to get her thong panties in a bunch. His testimony won’t be enough to put Dan away, so he won’t really go to jail. Her job is to continue to poison Dan against Eva. Just then, there’s a knock on Lili’s door. It’s Dan! Leo convinces Liliana to open the door. She does, but agilely prevents Dan from entering. Instead, she convinces him to take her out to dinner.
Back at the Haunted Mansion of Horrors, Marcela slides against the walls and back into her room trying to get away from Julio’s rumbling laugh--only to be greeted by the fantasma of a very alive looking Julio. “Hola Marcela.” “No puede ser! You’re dead. I killed you!”
Julio proves the contrary, and reminds her of her words over his seemingly lifeless body the day he “died.” Marcela has a fit and faints dead away on the floor. A while later, he and Renata have laid her out in her bed, and talk (too openly) about their plan to drive her crazy. They’ll make sure she thinks she saw a ghost that night. (Bwahahaha!!)
At the party, Marisol and Tony chat in the kitchen about her record contract and her leaving the strip club. He congratulates her. He always knew she’d be a star someday. Out in the courtyard, Franc and Jacky arrive with Laurita looking like husband and wife. Justa and Ric remember the less than happy terms under which they met at the wedding of Franc and Marisol. Adrian opens Laurita’s gift and finds an awesome flat panel tv. (I never got a cool gift like that when I was 12.) Adrian is such a sweet kid that he reacts to Jacky’s gift of chocolates with almost as much enthusiasm. Jacky and Marisol get territorial over Franc. Marisol wins and takes Franc off. He is HER husband after all. Tony then swoops in to make a move on Jacky and to remind/ reprimand her for going out with him just to make Franc jealous. She denies it.
Dim Dan seems to be enjoying dinner with Liliana—he shares his troubles with her and thanks her for listening. Liliana makes her move by encouraging Dan in his decision to put Vicky in a manicomio (yay!) and giving his hand a squeeze in a show of caring support (yuk!). Lili tries to convince Dan that Eva is blindly in love with Leo and she’ll always believe in him over Dan. Dan’s not buying it. Eva’s just confused by the lies.
Renata calls Leo to tell him of his mother’s crisis as Julio happily looks on. Leo’s on his way.
The Gonzalez ladies arrive, looking pretty fabulous. Marisol and Alicia greet each other like squealing sorority sisters. Eva introduces Deb to all as her mother, and everyone congratulates them on the happy development and note how beautiful Deb is. Upstairs, Ric sets up the tv in Adrian’s room as Adrian and Laurita look on. Justa announces the arrival of Eva and family. Adrian excitedly runs down to see them, but Laurita hangs back- she’s obviously not thrilled to see Eva.
Marcela is still out cold, but Renata decides it would be best for Marci to be a raving lunatic when her beloved son returns (I love the devious way she thinks). She waves smelling salts across Marci’s nose and stands back to watch the show as Marci swears Julio was HERE to her and Leo. Leo looks across the nightstand to the partially drunk brandy, assuming his mama is either under the influence, or completely off her rocker, or both. Marci clings to him and continues to babble. She jumps up from the bed and yells that she doesn’t want Juio to take her! He was here! They have to believe her. He was sitting right there! Leo tries to comfort and calm her, while Renata quietly exits with a sh!t eating grin on her face.
At the party, Tony catches Alicia trying to call Leo. They have their usual argument, but Tony informs her that Leo saw him kiss her the other day. Alicia is not happy about this news. Dominoes has delivered the pizzas and the adults arrange them on the table next to the multiple cakes (these kids are going to have a major stomach ache). Laurita hangs back and looks on at Eva sadly. Eva approaches to speak to her alone. Laurita spits out that she doesn’t believe that Eva ever loved her, despite what she says. Eva tries to convince her, but Laurita is so upset she decides she’s leaving the party. Eva convinces her to stay, since it will make Adrian sad if she left. Eva will be the one to leave. She hopes they’ll have the chance to talk another day. Laurita doesn’t agree, but she doesn’t disagree either. After she walks off, Justa approaches Eva to say she just heard about the problem between her, Daniel and Laurita. She very much hopes that Daniel will soon be proven innocent. Eva hopes the same. The party later culminates with Las Mañanitas, Adrian’s face in the cake, and a sweet (because of the cake and the kids) kiss on the cheek from Laurita.
Renata checks in with Julio to tell him operation Drive Marci Mad worked like a charm, and no one saw him leave.
Dan has brought Lili back to her hotel room. (Why did he need to enter? I really don’t know.) She continues her campaign against Eva. “Eva is not your happiness.” Dan disagrees. He hugs her farewell, and Lili takes the opportunity to feel him up. She tells him he’s tense, full of stress and needs a massage. Dim Dan gives in. The massage soon turns horizontal, with kissing and Lili on top trying to convince Dan to go with the flow.
His only thoughts are of his first meeting with Eva-- when she gave him a terrible massage on the boardwalk. He breaks away from Lili’s embrace and lets her know Eva is the only woman in his thoughts.
Victoria, meanwhile, is getting a serious case of cabin fever in Dan’s bedroom. She has A PLAN that she will put in motion tomorrow.
Back at the Mansion of Horrors, Renata tells Eva that Marci’s losing it and it has to do with Julio. Leo wanted to talk to Eva about it when she returned. He is at that moment in bed, awaiting Eva. He opens his door, thinking the person knocking is Eva. He’s surprised to find Alicia instead. They continue to have one of their stupid arguments about whether he really loves her. Like the idiot she is, she falls for his line about always loving her, even when he marries her sister. They begin to kiss and get down to business on the bed.
Unfortunately, Eva knocks before she enters, and the two have enough time to jump apart before they are caught in a truly compromising position. Their dishevelment and guilty looks are enough to prompt Eva to ask: “Que haces aquí Alicia?”
It was my pleasure guest recapping for you this evening. I hope I gave you enough detail.-- Vivi in DC
Previews: A lot! Eva wants to know what Alicia is doing in Leo’s room. They must have made up some excuse, but later Alicia admits she has a lover. Eva seems to be stalling on continuing the marriage preparations for some reason. Vicky joins Dan and the family at breakfast and seems to be putting her “plan” into motion. Deb overhears Marci having a nightmare about a fire/explosion, attempts to remove THE GLOVE, and learns from Vicky that Dan’s parents died when their car crashed and exploded.
Adrian is celebrating his 12th b-day with multiple cakes for each missed b-day celebration.
In the kitchen, Justa and Ric prep the punch and order more pizza for all the expected guests. A bit later in the courtyard, they give Adrian his big boy gift-- a watch, which he loves.
At the house, Marcela’s talking out loud to herself about how no one is going to control her- not Leo, not Eva, no one! Suddenly, Julio’s voice calls to her from the great beyond and she thought-bubbles back to Renata’s comments about spirits not at rest. She tries to calm herself and puts down her drink. “Marcela, I’ve come to find you.” “No!” She leaves her room for the doorway to Julio’s old room. As she fearfully peeks through the door, we see a mischievously smiling Julio behind her, slip into her room.
Leo and Liliana are in her hotel room arguing over the latest developments. He admits to killing Eva’s dad and putting the cops onto Dan. Liliana is upset that he didn’t inform her of this latest turn in the plan. Dan behind bars doesn’t benefit her. Leo tells her not to get her thong panties in a bunch. His testimony won’t be enough to put Dan away, so he won’t really go to jail. Her job is to continue to poison Dan against Eva. Just then, there’s a knock on Lili’s door. It’s Dan! Leo convinces Liliana to open the door. She does, but agilely prevents Dan from entering. Instead, she convinces him to take her out to dinner.
Back at the Haunted Mansion of Horrors, Marcela slides against the walls and back into her room trying to get away from Julio’s rumbling laugh--only to be greeted by the fantasma of a very alive looking Julio. “Hola Marcela.” “No puede ser! You’re dead. I killed you!”
Julio proves the contrary, and reminds her of her words over his seemingly lifeless body the day he “died.” Marcela has a fit and faints dead away on the floor. A while later, he and Renata have laid her out in her bed, and talk (too openly) about their plan to drive her crazy. They’ll make sure she thinks she saw a ghost that night. (Bwahahaha!!)
At the party, Marisol and Tony chat in the kitchen about her record contract and her leaving the strip club. He congratulates her. He always knew she’d be a star someday. Out in the courtyard, Franc and Jacky arrive with Laurita looking like husband and wife. Justa and Ric remember the less than happy terms under which they met at the wedding of Franc and Marisol. Adrian opens Laurita’s gift and finds an awesome flat panel tv. (I never got a cool gift like that when I was 12.) Adrian is such a sweet kid that he reacts to Jacky’s gift of chocolates with almost as much enthusiasm. Jacky and Marisol get territorial over Franc. Marisol wins and takes Franc off. He is HER husband after all. Tony then swoops in to make a move on Jacky and to remind/ reprimand her for going out with him just to make Franc jealous. She denies it.
Dim Dan seems to be enjoying dinner with Liliana—he shares his troubles with her and thanks her for listening. Liliana makes her move by encouraging Dan in his decision to put Vicky in a manicomio (yay!) and giving his hand a squeeze in a show of caring support (yuk!). Lili tries to convince Dan that Eva is blindly in love with Leo and she’ll always believe in him over Dan. Dan’s not buying it. Eva’s just confused by the lies.
Renata calls Leo to tell him of his mother’s crisis as Julio happily looks on. Leo’s on his way.
The Gonzalez ladies arrive, looking pretty fabulous. Marisol and Alicia greet each other like squealing sorority sisters. Eva introduces Deb to all as her mother, and everyone congratulates them on the happy development and note how beautiful Deb is. Upstairs, Ric sets up the tv in Adrian’s room as Adrian and Laurita look on. Justa announces the arrival of Eva and family. Adrian excitedly runs down to see them, but Laurita hangs back- she’s obviously not thrilled to see Eva.
Marcela is still out cold, but Renata decides it would be best for Marci to be a raving lunatic when her beloved son returns (I love the devious way she thinks). She waves smelling salts across Marci’s nose and stands back to watch the show as Marci swears Julio was HERE to her and Leo. Leo looks across the nightstand to the partially drunk brandy, assuming his mama is either under the influence, or completely off her rocker, or both. Marci clings to him and continues to babble. She jumps up from the bed and yells that she doesn’t want Juio to take her! He was here! They have to believe her. He was sitting right there! Leo tries to comfort and calm her, while Renata quietly exits with a sh!t eating grin on her face.
At the party, Tony catches Alicia trying to call Leo. They have their usual argument, but Tony informs her that Leo saw him kiss her the other day. Alicia is not happy about this news. Dominoes has delivered the pizzas and the adults arrange them on the table next to the multiple cakes (these kids are going to have a major stomach ache). Laurita hangs back and looks on at Eva sadly. Eva approaches to speak to her alone. Laurita spits out that she doesn’t believe that Eva ever loved her, despite what she says. Eva tries to convince her, but Laurita is so upset she decides she’s leaving the party. Eva convinces her to stay, since it will make Adrian sad if she left. Eva will be the one to leave. She hopes they’ll have the chance to talk another day. Laurita doesn’t agree, but she doesn’t disagree either. After she walks off, Justa approaches Eva to say she just heard about the problem between her, Daniel and Laurita. She very much hopes that Daniel will soon be proven innocent. Eva hopes the same. The party later culminates with Las Mañanitas, Adrian’s face in the cake, and a sweet (because of the cake and the kids) kiss on the cheek from Laurita.
Renata checks in with Julio to tell him operation Drive Marci Mad worked like a charm, and no one saw him leave.
Dan has brought Lili back to her hotel room. (Why did he need to enter? I really don’t know.) She continues her campaign against Eva. “Eva is not your happiness.” Dan disagrees. He hugs her farewell, and Lili takes the opportunity to feel him up. She tells him he’s tense, full of stress and needs a massage. Dim Dan gives in. The massage soon turns horizontal, with kissing and Lili on top trying to convince Dan to go with the flow.
His only thoughts are of his first meeting with Eva-- when she gave him a terrible massage on the boardwalk. He breaks away from Lili’s embrace and lets her know Eva is the only woman in his thoughts.
Victoria, meanwhile, is getting a serious case of cabin fever in Dan’s bedroom. She has A PLAN that she will put in motion tomorrow.
Back at the Mansion of Horrors, Renata tells Eva that Marci’s losing it and it has to do with Julio. Leo wanted to talk to Eva about it when she returned. He is at that moment in bed, awaiting Eva. He opens his door, thinking the person knocking is Eva. He’s surprised to find Alicia instead. They continue to have one of their stupid arguments about whether he really loves her. Like the idiot she is, she falls for his line about always loving her, even when he marries her sister. They begin to kiss and get down to business on the bed.
Unfortunately, Eva knocks before she enters, and the two have enough time to jump apart before they are caught in a truly compromising position. Their dishevelment and guilty looks are enough to prompt Eva to ask: “Que haces aquí Alicia?”
It was my pleasure guest recapping for you this evening. I hope I gave you enough detail.-- Vivi in DC
Previews: A lot! Eva wants to know what Alicia is doing in Leo’s room. They must have made up some excuse, but later Alicia admits she has a lover. Eva seems to be stalling on continuing the marriage preparations for some reason. Vicky joins Dan and the family at breakfast and seems to be putting her “plan” into motion. Deb overhears Marci having a nightmare about a fire/explosion, attempts to remove THE GLOVE, and learns from Vicky that Dan’s parents died when their car crashed and exploded.
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Llena de Amor #150 (Mex. 162-163) Wed 3/16/11 Call The Squad! Lots of Time Bombs Going Off Tonight
This was a real blockbuster of a Casserole tonight, readers. André struggles with the news that he's HIV positive and lashes out at everyone. Fedra, herself an equal opportunity lasher, tries to kill Chema, goes to Plan B ( Gerardo,the helicopter assassin) when Lorenzo fails; convinces the latter he's committed incest by dallying with Kristel (way to ruin the moment, Fedra!) ; while Netty, an equal opportunity eyelash flutterer is batting those orbs at both Emiliano and Chema. Delicia gets a beautiful new bridal gown but Axel barges in once more to see her, thereby angering the Telenovela Destiny Gods who promise disaster for any groom who sees the bride before the wedding. And Kristel comes up empty once again. Her fallback position as a model for a lipstick commercial tanks when she refuses to kiss HIV-positive André.
And oh yeah....Ilitia really is pregnant.
We began with some pre-audition canoodling. Lorenzo is hoping to lure Kristel back in the sack before she finds out he really has no status or clout at the agency any more. Things are looking good as the smooches get hot and heavy and Kristel wraps her shapely leg around his backside.
Our more innocent lovers, Axel and De, are lamenting the desecrated gown. Until De decides that even if she has to marry Axel in her servant's garb, the wedding is the thing. No no no rumbles Emiliano, peeking in the door. We're going to buy you the most beautiful wedding gown ever.
Enter Ms. WetBlanket to chastise Kristel and Lorenzo and to threaten to call security if he doesn't vamoose and pronto. Kristel wheedles Vicky and Jorrible to keep her on (after all, Vicky owes her something after that dumped at the altar fiasco) and Jorge pleads Kristel's case.
Mientras tanto, Brandon wants to station Oliver outside Mauricio's room given his recent oxygen deprivation and long list of enemies. Trouble is, when they enter the room it's empty. Mau-Mau has escaped once again. Parents, lock up your maidens 'cause Rapey Snake's on the loose once more.
Back at the mansion, Fedra is lining up a gynecologist bribe to provide proof that Ilitia is pregnant. Tú te pones guapo y yo me ponga guapa” (you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours) and the deal is set. But she can't resist a little ragging on Ilitia for failing to seduce her own husband. So our Top Model explains about the rape the day of the wedding. Fedra actually seems deeply sympathetic, while ferreting out just who knows and who doesn't (Ammunition for later? You betcha.)
And at the agency, André broods and bristles as Doris tries to help.
Kristel bounds in, plops on his lap, ready to seduce another available guapo male when Jackie arrives to label him a HIV carrier. Kristel is off the lap and spraying hair lacquer as an anti-viral agent faster than you can say Complete Idiot. And we sense that we have a long and prolonged PSA coming up.
Lorenzo packs up his office gear, yells at his secretary who informs him she no longer works for him and slaps him a good one. We see other secretaries giggling in the background. I'm guessing this scene gets deleted.(Actually no!) But it was fun to see a subaltern strike back.
PSA in the agency dressing room. Jorge is okay with firing André (this happened to a student of mine who was HIV-positive because his employer didn't want to pay the health care costs he was sure would be needed.) Vicky insists on keeping him, pronouncing that “What kills is not the disease but the rejection.” (I think we need to give the disease a little bit of credit after all, but whatever...) “No way am I working with this guy,” snaps Kristel. “Then YOU can quit. André can work here as long as he likes.”
So back to our innocents. Axel and De are at Netty's house now planning the bestest boda evah. Netty's fluttering, Emiliano is rumbling delightedly and the gals are soon off to pick out a new dress.
Oh my. The wardrobe folks have outdone themselves. Fedra's in some kind of Foreign Intrigue Slut Outfit. Slouch hat, plunging neckline showing not only the top but also the underside of her breasts (How much lower can we go until we're completely nude? Dark coat and those ubiquitous tights.
A Killing in the Woods outfit, complete with assault weapon (don't ask me what kind) in a gun bag (funda). She's got Lorenzo in her sights which gives him pause. But no, it's only to check the damn thing's working before she hands it over to him. To kill Chema. The reason? “He's the man who raped Ilitia,” announces our fibby Fedra.
More PSA. Doris comforts. André rejects. Jaqui gloats when Jorrible announces that no model from any agency will work with André because the word is out he's HIV-positive. Doris volunteers to be the model since she KNOWS that the virus can't be transmitted through a kiss.
More drama at the hospital clinic. Eman is tired of waiting. Wants to go to another place. No way. Ilitia's not putting up her feet in the stirrups and spreading her top model legs for some strange man. Only her very own lifelong gynecologist (bribed by Fedra) will do. A woman doctor then. And guess what!? A wonderful woman doctor has just had a cancellation. Picking a protesting Ilitia up in his arms, Eman hauls her off to the exam.
Very macho. We're on pins and needles. So is Ilitia.
More information sharing. Gretel has come to Vicky's office to tell her the mysterious José Maria Seville is part of Fedra's past and may be Emanuel's father. What's more, he could prove who Fedra really is! They don't need her father Luis Felipe's papers.
Back to Fedra's fun and games. Chema has arrived in the piney woods and is suspicious about the remote meeting place. Fedra chides him for always being so suspicious and paranoid (Genio y figura hasta la sepultura) and wildly flaps her Foreign Intrigue hat around as a signal for Lorenzo to shoot. Which he would gladly do, but faithful Bernardo tackles him first.
Jorge, chewing gum...yuck...is filming the long-lasting lipstick commercial with Doris and André dutifully smooching. Kristel, “en super buena onda” is pointing out it will be a big failure. Some third rate make-up artist and an HIV-positive model! D'ya think your clients will like learning that's who you did the ad with!?
The only one more disgusting at this point is André himself who dismisses Doris as an amateur, not worthy of his shabby talent. His life is over if he has to film with the likes of her. Doris calls him an oxygen-waster and boy is she right! I fail to see this guy's charm, bod or no bod.
Dreadful foreshadowing at the boarding house. Delicia descends the stairs in a lovely gown. Enraptured sighs by Netty and Emiliano. More sighs from Axel who's barged in and can't take his eyes off his bride-to-be. Netty tries to shield her
while Emiliano and Axel chuckle about these silly female superstitions. You just KNOW Disaster is headed down the pike on this one.
And Disaster has already hit in the hospital clinic. Instant results. Ilitia nervous. Emanuel anxious. Reads the printout. He's stunned. She's stunned. "What!?" she shrieks in English. Tears of joy. And a little anxious eye-rolling. Did Brandon and I really use protection? All the time? Baaabeee, we're having a niño! Hugs. And more eye-rolling. And tears.
Some eye-rolling on my part too. Hope they cut this next scene out. Doris is still trying to comfort André and makes the mistake of saying she knows just how he feels. No she doesn't! She's just a hack makeup artist for corpses. She doesn't even belong in an agency with the likes of him and his crew. She begs him to keep working and start treatment. He snarls that he's not about to stick around and let people watch him fade bit by bit. He's a man who lives by his image!
Back to some other shallow people. Lorenzo Menso (Stoopid Lorenzo. Fedra's nickname) wants to know who Chema is really. Clearly he's not Ilitia's rapist. Fedra stalls.
And Kristel wails. Nereida brings her tea and the offer to be her Best Best Forever now that Ilitia has decamped. No way does Kristel wants the friendship of a “vil chirussa” (wretched maid) like her. But wah wah wah, she has nothing! No career. No Lorenzo. No best friend from birth. And now Ilitia's pregnant while she'll never have kids. This is “zero cool”. But wait. It gets better. Her cellphone rings and it's Mauricio with the news he's out of the hospital and ready to wreak vengeance on her.
Brief (thank God!) scene between Emanuel and Vicky. He tells her Ilitia is really pregnant. She tells him André needs his support. No, she can't say why. That's André's tale to tell.
But so.....expecting a baby! Boy or girl? Oh well. Too soon to decide but you'll be a marvelous daddy. Yes, but I won't give you up, insists Eman. “A marvelous dad is one who stays by his wife and child” sighs Vicky. And keeps the family together. We're over. I must forget you. (How many times have we heard that one?)
Back at the mansion, Fedra is incensed to find Chema lurking around the grounds. Heraus! * Chema still wants an explanation for the ambush in the woods. Was Juana Felipa Perez hoping to become his widow? Lorenzo, crouching in the bushes, overhears and gloats that he's got more dirt on Fedra. And Bernardo overhears our innocents planning their wedding and gloats that he can deep-six their happy dreams. Another Oh my, Oh dear, Oh crap moments for our young folks.
And on we go to the next chapter in our casserole. Fedra smirks to Chema that finally “se caer el veinte” (you finally figured out) Yes, she wants him out of the picture. He reminds her that when he found her she was selling her body for scraps of garbage and he turned her from a starving animal into a Woman. Right but now she's turned HERSELF into a Society Woman, thank you very much, so Heraus! with you. (I love how Fedra, who hardly copes with the Spanish language, throws in Italian and German whenever she feels like it.)
Ilitia visits Mom with the proof that she's pregnant and rubs a little salt in the wound concerning Muñeca's doubts about her veracity. Muñeca returns the favor by asking her if she's SURE nothing happened with Brandon in Acapulco.
And our sweet innocents De and Axel bicker over how many kids they're going to have. She says two. He says five. She has a presentiment something BAD is going to happen. So do we. And not with family planning.
So back to our Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Lorenzo gloats over the knowledge that Fedra was a hooker. She reminds him he was a kept man by Muñeca for many years....so what's the diff? He proposes a deal. Nope. Not money. He wants another opportunity at Kristel. He's willing to fight the whole world for her precious love and Fedra's going to hand her over to him on a silver platter.
Or is she?
Doris consoles Vicky when she learns Ilitia really is pregnant. Emanual moans about his mistakes with André until finally realizing his friend has a worse problem that he does. He echoes the sentiment that André needs to get medical help and also realize he can have long full life with proper treatment. André, still a jerk, just a jerk with a serious disease, blows him off and says he doesn't want his pity.
Back to our scoundrels. They are now having a marvelous bitch session over who loved whom more. Love!? No way. I helped you relax. I relieved the boredom of Emiliano. You NEVER loved me. If you had, you would have given me money, no questions asked, when I begged you, chuckles Lorenzo. Bernardo's more important to you than I am.
Fedra swears by “lo más sagrado”, whatever that may be, that she loved him just as much as she hated him. In Her Way. But yes, more than any other man I have ever cared for. But your fling with Kristel is an aberration. Think back to when we became lovers. Right after I returned from my honeymoon with Emiliano. OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. Did you think there were never any consequences to our dalliances? she intones. For the good of OUR DAUGHTER, you have to give up this sick relationship.
Lorenzo, stunned and nauseated, accuses her of lying.
Look in my eyes, she commands. You can't touch her. You can't even look at her! She's your daughter.
Why now!? he wails. I tried to stop you before, she sniffs. Lorenzo wants proof. Fine. You have all my secrets in your hands. And if you want proof, sure. Get DNA testing. But don't let Kristel know. He agrees.
Ugh. Back to Vicky and Jorge. Same restaurant. But with dessert. He's chirping that now that Muñeca has asked him to manage her stock in the agency, he's sold his own agency in Spain. And will invest the profits in Fedra's planned holiday retreat. Cool huh? Just like Vicky suggested. I thought it was your idea, murmurs our boring heroine. Well whatever. I now own 30 percent and we'll get your dad's inheritance for you back. Snore. Dreary followup. She shares the news about Ilitia's pregnancy. He pretends to be sad. She claims she'll tear Emanual out of her heart. He pretends to believe her.
More fun with Fedra. Gawd she's a clever scoundrel. Ilitia's waving the positive pregnancy test in her face. Eman shoots real bullets alright. One tumble in the hay and she's pregnant.
Fedra's not so sure it isn't a little cop offspring and if that Brandon shows up at the house....well, there'll be trouble. Cappici? More eye-rolling worries by Top Model. Did we use one every time? Did it slip? Did it break? Quick prayers to Diosito.. (Hardly the person to consult, but still....) Fedra grabs Ilitia's hairbrush and exits. DNA test problem solved!
Downstairs, grandfather Lorenzo is also chatting with God. Please Dios, don't let Kristel be my daughter. Fedra arrives with a hairbrush full of DNA samples and happily sends Lorenzo off to the lab, knowing he'll get a match. But promise me you'll always protect Kristel from knowing the dreadful truth, she fake pleads. And he agrees. Lorenzo Menso indeed!
Netty, in a red dress that leaves little to the imagination, is singing her heart out in La Buena Vida, while Chema respectfully listens.
And at La Mala Noche (please take note of heavy-handed symbolism) Fedra, somewhat more covered up....in black.... is doing her usual leg swings and butt pats while the helicopter killer looks on with lustful delight.
In case we still don't get it, Chema notes that Netty sings like an “angel”. Okay. Point taken.
Chema invites himself over to Emanual's table, says he wants to take him up on his job offer (Fidel agrees that they need an "encargado" at the new restaurant) and also requests that Eman “tutear” him, even though he's OLD ENOUGH TO BE HIS FATHER. (Okay, did you get that?) Chema believes his life is starting over. Emanuel moans that he feels like his is ending. He's going to be a father. But he doesn't love his wife. Love for a woman begins and ends, opines the Capitán. But the love for a child is forever. And Chema would give anything not to have lost the child he was expecting with a woman long long ago. And who would that woman be? Because you knew MY mother many years ago, right, queries Emanuel.
Meanwhile, Mommy Dearest is working out another Chema assassination deal with Helicopter Boy. If you get this “stone out of my shoe” you'll be well compensated, promises Fedra. But if you don't manage to kill him dead, I'll pursue you to the very gates of Hell.
Emanuel is still gently grilling Chema. He knows so little about his mother. What was there between you? Well, the mother of my child was very different from your mother, hedges Chema. But you dig my mom, right? Well.....she is very pretty. But Destiny decreed that Fedra was not for me. And really, let's talk about the present, not the past. The past is very dark. And there are some rooms in the past that are better left alone. In fact, better yet, let's toast to the future, conclude José Maria.
That works for Emanuel. “Me caes bien” (I like you) and he thinks he and Chema can be good friends. And there we end. Another two-for-one casserole. Whew. What a mouthful.
Previews:
Eman tells Vicky they're meant to be together no matter what and plants a big kiss on her.
Fedra finds Vicky stress eating in the kitchen. Proof positive she's really just a thinner Marianela. Puts a knife to her throat and demands that she confess.
Vocabulary:
*heraus! = out! be gone!
encargado = manager
volver al redil = come back into the fold
cappici = Italian? for unnerstan', ya get it?
la vida es una rueda de fortuna = Life is a wheel of fortune (Lorenzo to Fedra)
amarrado a la pata de su cama = tied to the foot of her bed (Doris, saying what Ilitia wants for Eman)
la funda= dustjacket, sleeve, pillowcase, or cover (for a weapon)
te ves guapo en close-up = Fedra, to Lorenzo, as she gets him in her gun sights
Dicho of the Day
Fedra said it. Genio y figura hasta la sepultura. A leopard can't change his spots. Or simply, people never change.
And oh yeah....Ilitia really is pregnant.
We began with some pre-audition canoodling. Lorenzo is hoping to lure Kristel back in the sack before she finds out he really has no status or clout at the agency any more. Things are looking good as the smooches get hot and heavy and Kristel wraps her shapely leg around his backside.
Our more innocent lovers, Axel and De, are lamenting the desecrated gown. Until De decides that even if she has to marry Axel in her servant's garb, the wedding is the thing. No no no rumbles Emiliano, peeking in the door. We're going to buy you the most beautiful wedding gown ever.
Enter Ms. WetBlanket to chastise Kristel and Lorenzo and to threaten to call security if he doesn't vamoose and pronto. Kristel wheedles Vicky and Jorrible to keep her on (after all, Vicky owes her something after that dumped at the altar fiasco) and Jorge pleads Kristel's case.
Mientras tanto, Brandon wants to station Oliver outside Mauricio's room given his recent oxygen deprivation and long list of enemies. Trouble is, when they enter the room it's empty. Mau-Mau has escaped once again. Parents, lock up your maidens 'cause Rapey Snake's on the loose once more.
Back at the mansion, Fedra is lining up a gynecologist bribe to provide proof that Ilitia is pregnant. Tú te pones guapo y yo me ponga guapa” (you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours) and the deal is set. But she can't resist a little ragging on Ilitia for failing to seduce her own husband. So our Top Model explains about the rape the day of the wedding. Fedra actually seems deeply sympathetic, while ferreting out just who knows and who doesn't (Ammunition for later? You betcha.)
And at the agency, André broods and bristles as Doris tries to help.
Kristel bounds in, plops on his lap, ready to seduce another available guapo male when Jackie arrives to label him a HIV carrier. Kristel is off the lap and spraying hair lacquer as an anti-viral agent faster than you can say Complete Idiot. And we sense that we have a long and prolonged PSA coming up.Lorenzo packs up his office gear, yells at his secretary who informs him she no longer works for him and slaps him a good one. We see other secretaries giggling in the background. I'm guessing this scene gets deleted.(Actually no!) But it was fun to see a subaltern strike back.
PSA in the agency dressing room. Jorge is okay with firing André (this happened to a student of mine who was HIV-positive because his employer didn't want to pay the health care costs he was sure would be needed.) Vicky insists on keeping him, pronouncing that “What kills is not the disease but the rejection.” (I think we need to give the disease a little bit of credit after all, but whatever...) “No way am I working with this guy,” snaps Kristel. “Then YOU can quit. André can work here as long as he likes.”
So back to our innocents. Axel and De are at Netty's house now planning the bestest boda evah. Netty's fluttering, Emiliano is rumbling delightedly and the gals are soon off to pick out a new dress.
Oh my. The wardrobe folks have outdone themselves. Fedra's in some kind of Foreign Intrigue Slut Outfit. Slouch hat, plunging neckline showing not only the top but also the underside of her breasts (How much lower can we go until we're completely nude? Dark coat and those ubiquitous tights.
A Killing in the Woods outfit, complete with assault weapon (don't ask me what kind) in a gun bag (funda). She's got Lorenzo in her sights which gives him pause. But no, it's only to check the damn thing's working before she hands it over to him. To kill Chema. The reason? “He's the man who raped Ilitia,” announces our fibby Fedra.More PSA. Doris comforts. André rejects. Jaqui gloats when Jorrible announces that no model from any agency will work with André because the word is out he's HIV-positive. Doris volunteers to be the model since she KNOWS that the virus can't be transmitted through a kiss.
More drama at the hospital clinic. Eman is tired of waiting. Wants to go to another place. No way. Ilitia's not putting up her feet in the stirrups and spreading her top model legs for some strange man. Only her very own lifelong gynecologist (bribed by Fedra) will do. A woman doctor then. And guess what!? A wonderful woman doctor has just had a cancellation. Picking a protesting Ilitia up in his arms, Eman hauls her off to the exam.
Very macho. We're on pins and needles. So is Ilitia.More information sharing. Gretel has come to Vicky's office to tell her the mysterious José Maria Seville is part of Fedra's past and may be Emanuel's father. What's more, he could prove who Fedra really is! They don't need her father Luis Felipe's papers.
Back to Fedra's fun and games. Chema has arrived in the piney woods and is suspicious about the remote meeting place. Fedra chides him for always being so suspicious and paranoid (Genio y figura hasta la sepultura) and wildly flaps her Foreign Intrigue hat around as a signal for Lorenzo to shoot. Which he would gladly do, but faithful Bernardo tackles him first.
Jorge, chewing gum...yuck...is filming the long-lasting lipstick commercial with Doris and André dutifully smooching. Kristel, “en super buena onda” is pointing out it will be a big failure. Some third rate make-up artist and an HIV-positive model! D'ya think your clients will like learning that's who you did the ad with!?
The only one more disgusting at this point is André himself who dismisses Doris as an amateur, not worthy of his shabby talent. His life is over if he has to film with the likes of her. Doris calls him an oxygen-waster and boy is she right! I fail to see this guy's charm, bod or no bod.
Dreadful foreshadowing at the boarding house. Delicia descends the stairs in a lovely gown. Enraptured sighs by Netty and Emiliano. More sighs from Axel who's barged in and can't take his eyes off his bride-to-be. Netty tries to shield her
while Emiliano and Axel chuckle about these silly female superstitions. You just KNOW Disaster is headed down the pike on this one.And Disaster has already hit in the hospital clinic. Instant results. Ilitia nervous. Emanuel anxious. Reads the printout. He's stunned. She's stunned. "What!?" she shrieks in English. Tears of joy. And a little anxious eye-rolling. Did Brandon and I really use protection? All the time? Baaabeee, we're having a niño! Hugs. And more eye-rolling. And tears.
Some eye-rolling on my part too. Hope they cut this next scene out. Doris is still trying to comfort André and makes the mistake of saying she knows just how he feels. No she doesn't! She's just a hack makeup artist for corpses. She doesn't even belong in an agency with the likes of him and his crew. She begs him to keep working and start treatment. He snarls that he's not about to stick around and let people watch him fade bit by bit. He's a man who lives by his image!
Back to some other shallow people. Lorenzo Menso (Stoopid Lorenzo. Fedra's nickname) wants to know who Chema is really. Clearly he's not Ilitia's rapist. Fedra stalls.
And Kristel wails. Nereida brings her tea and the offer to be her Best Best Forever now that Ilitia has decamped. No way does Kristel wants the friendship of a “vil chirussa” (wretched maid) like her. But wah wah wah, she has nothing! No career. No Lorenzo. No best friend from birth. And now Ilitia's pregnant while she'll never have kids. This is “zero cool”. But wait. It gets better. Her cellphone rings and it's Mauricio with the news he's out of the hospital and ready to wreak vengeance on her.
Brief (thank God!) scene between Emanuel and Vicky. He tells her Ilitia is really pregnant. She tells him André needs his support. No, she can't say why. That's André's tale to tell.
But so.....expecting a baby! Boy or girl? Oh well. Too soon to decide but you'll be a marvelous daddy. Yes, but I won't give you up, insists Eman. “A marvelous dad is one who stays by his wife and child” sighs Vicky. And keeps the family together. We're over. I must forget you. (How many times have we heard that one?)
Back at the mansion, Fedra is incensed to find Chema lurking around the grounds. Heraus! * Chema still wants an explanation for the ambush in the woods. Was Juana Felipa Perez hoping to become his widow? Lorenzo, crouching in the bushes, overhears and gloats that he's got more dirt on Fedra. And Bernardo overhears our innocents planning their wedding and gloats that he can deep-six their happy dreams. Another Oh my, Oh dear, Oh crap moments for our young folks.
And on we go to the next chapter in our casserole. Fedra smirks to Chema that finally “se caer el veinte” (you finally figured out) Yes, she wants him out of the picture. He reminds her that when he found her she was selling her body for scraps of garbage and he turned her from a starving animal into a Woman. Right but now she's turned HERSELF into a Society Woman, thank you very much, so Heraus! with you. (I love how Fedra, who hardly copes with the Spanish language, throws in Italian and German whenever she feels like it.)
Ilitia visits Mom with the proof that she's pregnant and rubs a little salt in the wound concerning Muñeca's doubts about her veracity. Muñeca returns the favor by asking her if she's SURE nothing happened with Brandon in Acapulco.
And our sweet innocents De and Axel bicker over how many kids they're going to have. She says two. He says five. She has a presentiment something BAD is going to happen. So do we. And not with family planning.
So back to our Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Lorenzo gloats over the knowledge that Fedra was a hooker. She reminds him he was a kept man by Muñeca for many years....so what's the diff? He proposes a deal. Nope. Not money. He wants another opportunity at Kristel. He's willing to fight the whole world for her precious love and Fedra's going to hand her over to him on a silver platter.
Or is she?
Doris consoles Vicky when she learns Ilitia really is pregnant. Emanual moans about his mistakes with André until finally realizing his friend has a worse problem that he does. He echoes the sentiment that André needs to get medical help and also realize he can have long full life with proper treatment. André, still a jerk, just a jerk with a serious disease, blows him off and says he doesn't want his pity.
Back to our scoundrels. They are now having a marvelous bitch session over who loved whom more. Love!? No way. I helped you relax. I relieved the boredom of Emiliano. You NEVER loved me. If you had, you would have given me money, no questions asked, when I begged you, chuckles Lorenzo. Bernardo's more important to you than I am.
Fedra swears by “lo más sagrado”, whatever that may be, that she loved him just as much as she hated him. In Her Way. But yes, more than any other man I have ever cared for. But your fling with Kristel is an aberration. Think back to when we became lovers. Right after I returned from my honeymoon with Emiliano. OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. Did you think there were never any consequences to our dalliances? she intones. For the good of OUR DAUGHTER, you have to give up this sick relationship.
Lorenzo, stunned and nauseated, accuses her of lying.
Look in my eyes, she commands. You can't touch her. You can't even look at her! She's your daughter.Why now!? he wails. I tried to stop you before, she sniffs. Lorenzo wants proof. Fine. You have all my secrets in your hands. And if you want proof, sure. Get DNA testing. But don't let Kristel know. He agrees.
Ugh. Back to Vicky and Jorge. Same restaurant. But with dessert. He's chirping that now that Muñeca has asked him to manage her stock in the agency, he's sold his own agency in Spain. And will invest the profits in Fedra's planned holiday retreat. Cool huh? Just like Vicky suggested. I thought it was your idea, murmurs our boring heroine. Well whatever. I now own 30 percent and we'll get your dad's inheritance for you back. Snore. Dreary followup. She shares the news about Ilitia's pregnancy. He pretends to be sad. She claims she'll tear Emanual out of her heart. He pretends to believe her.
More fun with Fedra. Gawd she's a clever scoundrel. Ilitia's waving the positive pregnancy test in her face. Eman shoots real bullets alright. One tumble in the hay and she's pregnant.
Fedra's not so sure it isn't a little cop offspring and if that Brandon shows up at the house....well, there'll be trouble. Cappici? More eye-rolling worries by Top Model. Did we use one every time? Did it slip? Did it break? Quick prayers to Diosito.. (Hardly the person to consult, but still....) Fedra grabs Ilitia's hairbrush and exits. DNA test problem solved!Downstairs, grandfather Lorenzo is also chatting with God. Please Dios, don't let Kristel be my daughter. Fedra arrives with a hairbrush full of DNA samples and happily sends Lorenzo off to the lab, knowing he'll get a match. But promise me you'll always protect Kristel from knowing the dreadful truth, she fake pleads. And he agrees. Lorenzo Menso indeed!
Netty, in a red dress that leaves little to the imagination, is singing her heart out in La Buena Vida, while Chema respectfully listens.
And at La Mala Noche (please take note of heavy-handed symbolism) Fedra, somewhat more covered up....in black.... is doing her usual leg swings and butt pats while the helicopter killer looks on with lustful delight.
In case we still don't get it, Chema notes that Netty sings like an “angel”. Okay. Point taken.Chema invites himself over to Emanual's table, says he wants to take him up on his job offer (Fidel agrees that they need an "encargado" at the new restaurant) and also requests that Eman “tutear” him, even though he's OLD ENOUGH TO BE HIS FATHER. (Okay, did you get that?) Chema believes his life is starting over. Emanuel moans that he feels like his is ending. He's going to be a father. But he doesn't love his wife. Love for a woman begins and ends, opines the Capitán. But the love for a child is forever. And Chema would give anything not to have lost the child he was expecting with a woman long long ago. And who would that woman be? Because you knew MY mother many years ago, right, queries Emanuel.
Meanwhile, Mommy Dearest is working out another Chema assassination deal with Helicopter Boy. If you get this “stone out of my shoe” you'll be well compensated, promises Fedra. But if you don't manage to kill him dead, I'll pursue you to the very gates of Hell.
Emanuel is still gently grilling Chema. He knows so little about his mother. What was there between you? Well, the mother of my child was very different from your mother, hedges Chema. But you dig my mom, right? Well.....she is very pretty. But Destiny decreed that Fedra was not for me. And really, let's talk about the present, not the past. The past is very dark. And there are some rooms in the past that are better left alone. In fact, better yet, let's toast to the future, conclude José Maria.
That works for Emanuel. “Me caes bien” (I like you) and he thinks he and Chema can be good friends. And there we end. Another two-for-one casserole. Whew. What a mouthful.
Previews:
Eman tells Vicky they're meant to be together no matter what and plants a big kiss on her.
Fedra finds Vicky stress eating in the kitchen. Proof positive she's really just a thinner Marianela. Puts a knife to her throat and demands that she confess.
Vocabulary:
*heraus! = out! be gone!
encargado = manager
volver al redil = come back into the fold
cappici = Italian? for unnerstan', ya get it?
la vida es una rueda de fortuna = Life is a wheel of fortune (Lorenzo to Fedra)
amarrado a la pata de su cama = tied to the foot of her bed (Doris, saying what Ilitia wants for Eman)
la funda= dustjacket, sleeve, pillowcase, or cover (for a weapon)
te ves guapo en close-up = Fedra, to Lorenzo, as she gets him in her gun sights
Dicho of the Day
Fedra said it. Genio y figura hasta la sepultura. A leopard can't change his spots. Or simply, people never change.
Labels: llena
La Fea Más Bella #255-256 3/16/11 A Night of Pictures of Lety
Capitulo 255.
Read Alma's original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Fern tries to rescue Conceptos from Aldo’s clutches while Omar moons over Aurora. Fern says Omar is the one who will never fall in love.
2. Ariel fires Alicia for being stupid and useless. Ali tells Marcia.
3. Fern asks Lety if she’s decided yet. He says she’s different – she seems insecure and erratic. She goes to an appointment but won’t tell him where.
4. Ariel tells Marcia he’s doing the only thing he can think of to move Conceptos forward. He asks for her support and a chance to demonstrate what he can do. He certainly can’t do worse than Fernando.
5. Marcia reports to Fern that she heard Lety making a date with Omar. That’s the funniest thing Fern’s heard in weeks. But then he worries that it’s a cover because she’s going out with Aldo.
6. Fern follows Caro and Lety to the office of Manuel Vera. Lety gets a dress for tonight. Fern tells Manuel’s secretary his troubles and his fears. Caro catches him. Lety is flattered that he followed her, but she doesn’t want to be discovered.
7. Men evict Ali. Note, she got the ten-day notice two days ago. Her papi calls just as they take the last things. (Julie! That’s twice!) Ali knows he feels bad that he’s not able to help her.
8. Omar gushes to Aurora while Fern spies. Omar keeps Fern away so he doesn’t steal her. Fern reports that Marcia said he’d be meeting Lety. While they scrap, Aurora escapes. The paparazzi (PhG, Photo Guy) misses Aurora. Omar blames Fern for making him lose his woman. Fern says, had Omar won her, she wouldn’t run away. Fern’s just glad Omar wasn’t with Lety.
9. Alicia knocks on Marcia’s door with her suitcases, but Marcia’s not home.
10. Ariel assures Fern’s parents that he’s going to put the company right and get it out of Aldo’s hands. Marcia expects the worst of Lety as always. She reports that Lety is playing with three men at one time. Ariel asks for everyone’s support.
Capitulo 256.
Read k-Fuego's original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. RoboPop sees Aurora. He tells la señorita that it’s dangerous for her to be out alone at night, dressed so provocatively. Her father should take better care of her. She should consider how she is managing her life.
2. Tom hears Ali got evicted. Sara finds her and suspects she’s homeless, but Ali still acts superior. Sara convinces Paula and Lola to take her in for the night.
3. Lety is in an identity crisis brought on by the Aurora persona. She’s sure her mom would understand, but no one else. For the second time she swears that Aurora will never be seen again. She can’t decide who she loves. (Those pictures should give her a big hint.) She’s afraid to lose either.
4. Fern gazes at his Lety shrine while Aldo sketches Lety. Omar writes a card to Aurora. In the morning, Fern tries to stop Omar from reading his card in front of Lety, but she’s amused.
5. Ariel announces half the employees are laid off, starting with Fern and Omar. They argue the articles of incorporation and Fern wins. So he fires Lety. Fern says, “Over my dead body!”
6. Aldo enters and says Ariel’s committee has no authority. From now on, any company decisions will go through Aldo. Aldo tells Ariel to get lost. Aldo says he has no intention of keeping the company. But had he not acted, today Conceptos would’ve been auctioned off. He gives them six months to pay the debt of $6.5M. He invites Lety to continue as president, and she refuses. Privately she tells him she feels like he’s manipulating her. He informs her that she loves him.
7. Fern tells Omar that he sacrificed for Lety too. He gave her the freedom to decide. He sacrificed his love for her happiness. Meanwhile Aldo tells Lety that he sacrificed (with interest and a due date) so she could be happy with him. She tries to pull away and he drags her back, but she breaks free.
8. Aldo says Fern grew up spoiled and never matured because he father gave him everything, whereas he (Aldo) had to struggle for all he has. (That is so wrong on so many levels, I don’t know where to begin.) Fern says Aldo knows nothing of his life, and what matters is, he’ll wind up with Lety. Aldo says Fern made Lety suffer, and he charges that Fern doesn’t know how to love. Fern says Aldo has no idea how much he suffered, and yes, he knows how to love. Lety taught him. Fern proposes a pact. Neither of them pressure Lety. Neither will be alone with her without the knowledge of the other.
9. The cuartel wants to hire Aurora for a commercial so they can win the dinner with TBLMOE.
10. Marcia tells Lety she handed Fern over to her, only to have Lety reject him. She says she loves both, so she must have a big heart, big enough to make everyone around her suffer.
11. Fern needs to be close to Lety without pressuring her. He tells her he’ll be her assistant. See the transcript. Aldo comes in and puts an arm around her possessively, but she pulls away.
Spanish Lesson. Fernando makes himself Lety's assistant.
L: What are you doing her, DF?
F: Oh, I don’t know. I decided that starting right now, my workspace will be that office there. I’m going to be your assistant, Lety.
L: You want to be my assistant? No, please, how can you think that? It doesn’t seem like a good idea to me.
F: Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing.
L: Can you explain to me where you got the idea that you could be in that dark hole that was my office?
F: It’s not a dark hole. It’s a very pretty office. I confess that at the beginning, my only intention was to be close to you. Yes. Because I don’t lie anymore, Lety. But let me finish. I don’t lie, but I still haven’t resolved leaving people alone, but I’m working on it.
Look. I’ve been thinking, and I realized that nobody believes in me anymore. If my parents supported Ariel to come be in charge of the company, it’s because they didn’t have confidence in my ability to resolve the situation. A mi me perdió la soberbia (my arrogance destroyed me / got me lost). That XG Ariel took the presidency from me. And now I need to demonstrate.. well, to show myself too, that I can be humble.
L: And you hope to achieve that by becoming my assistant?
F: Yes. What’s most important to me is to recover YOUR confidence, Doña Lety.
L: Oh, don’t call me Doña.
F: Ay, Doña Lety. You don’t say it, but I know that you have much more confidence in Domensaín than in me. And I don’t blame you. Because now he has become the savior of.. He didn’t just rescue you. He rescued my company.
L: Yes, the truth is, Aldo has been very generous with all of us.
F: Yes, what he did is admirable, you can’t deny it (sin hablar). And look at how things are now. The company is held by someone I don’t like very much. To wrap it up. The possibility to recover my family’s company.
From that office, I will demonstrate not only that I can be humble, but also my ability to work. I want you to admire me too. I need to prove to you that I am just as able to earn your love.
Read Alma's original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Fern tries to rescue Conceptos from Aldo’s clutches while Omar moons over Aurora. Fern says Omar is the one who will never fall in love.2. Ariel fires Alicia for being stupid and useless. Ali tells Marcia.
3. Fern asks Lety if she’s decided yet. He says she’s different – she seems insecure and erratic. She goes to an appointment but won’t tell him where.
4. Ariel tells Marcia he’s doing the only thing he can think of to move Conceptos forward. He asks for her support and a chance to demonstrate what he can do. He certainly can’t do worse than Fernando.
5. Marcia reports to Fern that she heard Lety making a date with Omar. That’s the funniest thing Fern’s heard in weeks. But then he worries that it’s a cover because she’s going out with Aldo.
6. Fern follows Caro and Lety to the office of Manuel Vera. Lety gets a dress for tonight. Fern tells Manuel’s secretary his troubles and his fears. Caro catches him. Lety is flattered that he followed her, but she doesn’t want to be discovered.
7. Men evict Ali. Note, she got the ten-day notice two days ago. Her papi calls just as they take the last things. (Julie! That’s twice!) Ali knows he feels bad that he’s not able to help her.
8. Omar gushes to Aurora while Fern spies. Omar keeps Fern away so he doesn’t steal her. Fern reports that Marcia said he’d be meeting Lety. While they scrap, Aurora escapes. The paparazzi (PhG, Photo Guy) misses Aurora. Omar blames Fern for making him lose his woman. Fern says, had Omar won her, she wouldn’t run away. Fern’s just glad Omar wasn’t with Lety.
9. Alicia knocks on Marcia’s door with her suitcases, but Marcia’s not home.10. Ariel assures Fern’s parents that he’s going to put the company right and get it out of Aldo’s hands. Marcia expects the worst of Lety as always. She reports that Lety is playing with three men at one time. Ariel asks for everyone’s support.
Capitulo 256.
Read k-Fuego's original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. RoboPop sees Aurora. He tells la señorita that it’s dangerous for her to be out alone at night, dressed so provocatively. Her father should take better care of her. She should consider how she is managing her life.
2. Tom hears Ali got evicted. Sara finds her and suspects she’s homeless, but Ali still acts superior. Sara convinces Paula and Lola to take her in for the night.
3. Lety is in an identity crisis brought on by the Aurora persona. She’s sure her mom would understand, but no one else. For the second time she swears that Aurora will never be seen again. She can’t decide who she loves. (Those pictures should give her a big hint.) She’s afraid to lose either. 4. Fern gazes at his Lety shrine while Aldo sketches Lety. Omar writes a card to Aurora. In the morning, Fern tries to stop Omar from reading his card in front of Lety, but she’s amused.
5. Ariel announces half the employees are laid off, starting with Fern and Omar. They argue the articles of incorporation and Fern wins. So he fires Lety. Fern says, “Over my dead body!” 
6. Aldo enters and says Ariel’s committee has no authority. From now on, any company decisions will go through Aldo. Aldo tells Ariel to get lost. Aldo says he has no intention of keeping the company. But had he not acted, today Conceptos would’ve been auctioned off. He gives them six months to pay the debt of $6.5M. He invites Lety to continue as president, and she refuses. Privately she tells him she feels like he’s manipulating her. He informs her that she loves him.7. Fern tells Omar that he sacrificed for Lety too. He gave her the freedom to decide. He sacrificed his love for her happiness. Meanwhile Aldo tells Lety that he sacrificed (with interest and a due date) so she could be happy with him. She tries to pull away and he drags her back, but she breaks free.
8. Aldo says Fern grew up spoiled and never matured because he father gave him everything, whereas he (Aldo) had to struggle for all he has. (That is so wrong on so many levels, I don’t know where to begin.) Fern says Aldo knows nothing of his life, and what matters is, he’ll wind up with Lety. Aldo says Fern made Lety suffer, and he charges that Fern doesn’t know how to love. Fern says Aldo has no idea how much he suffered, and yes, he knows how to love. Lety taught him. Fern proposes a pact. Neither of them pressure Lety. Neither will be alone with her without the knowledge of the other.
9. The cuartel wants to hire Aurora for a commercial so they can win the dinner with TBLMOE.
10. Marcia tells Lety she handed Fern over to her, only to have Lety reject him. She says she loves both, so she must have a big heart, big enough to make everyone around her suffer.
11. Fern needs to be close to Lety without pressuring her. He tells her he’ll be her assistant. See the transcript. Aldo comes in and puts an arm around her possessively, but she pulls away.
Spanish Lesson. Fernando makes himself Lety's assistant.
L: What are you doing her, DF?
F: Oh, I don’t know. I decided that starting right now, my workspace will be that office there. I’m going to be your assistant, Lety.
L: You want to be my assistant? No, please, how can you think that? It doesn’t seem like a good idea to me.
F: Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing.
L: Can you explain to me where you got the idea that you could be in that dark hole that was my office?
F: It’s not a dark hole. It’s a very pretty office. I confess that at the beginning, my only intention was to be close to you. Yes. Because I don’t lie anymore, Lety. But let me finish. I don’t lie, but I still haven’t resolved leaving people alone, but I’m working on it.
Look. I’ve been thinking, and I realized that nobody believes in me anymore. If my parents supported Ariel to come be in charge of the company, it’s because they didn’t have confidence in my ability to resolve the situation. A mi me perdió la soberbia (my arrogance destroyed me / got me lost). That XG Ariel took the presidency from me. And now I need to demonstrate.. well, to show myself too, that I can be humble.
L: And you hope to achieve that by becoming my assistant?
F: Yes. What’s most important to me is to recover YOUR confidence, Doña Lety.
L: Oh, don’t call me Doña.
F: Ay, Doña Lety. You don’t say it, but I know that you have much more confidence in Domensaín than in me. And I don’t blame you. Because now he has become the savior of.. He didn’t just rescue you. He rescued my company.
L: Yes, the truth is, Aldo has been very generous with all of us.
F: Yes, what he did is admirable, you can’t deny it (sin hablar). And look at how things are now. The company is held by someone I don’t like very much. To wrap it up. The possibility to recover my family’s company.
From that office, I will demonstrate not only that I can be humble, but also my ability to work. I want you to admire me too. I need to prove to you that I am just as able to earn your love.
Labels: fea-2010
Eva Luna #91 Tue 3/15/11 More truth is revealed, Leo is still a lying snake
Eva Luna March 15, 2011, Episode 91
RECAP IS UP!!! Scroll down to the bottom of the recap to see screencaps. (No video clips this week. I'll try to be better next time!)
Episode 91
Lo siento everyone, I'm kind of running on empty here, so the recap is a bit later than usual. Also scenes will be consolidated to avoid trying to cover all crazy-making quick cuts.
We start with Daniel in jail, who is flashbacking to the day on the boat when Leo borrowed the car and came back all discombobulated about hitting something. Daniel connects the dots and realizes that Leo hit Eva's dad.
More of the tearful reunion between Eva and Deborah.
Lileach visits Daniel in jail. Lileach starts in with how devastated Laurita is that he's in jail, and it's all that evil Eva's fault. Then Daniel tells Lileach that he figured out that Leo is the one that hit Eva's dad. She doubts this but Daniel animatedly explains it all. Then his abogado comes in and says he's free, free, free! He tells abogado that Leo is the real killer.
Eva's talking with Deborah about the dad, how he made a mistake but was trying to make up for it. . . then she says that it was Daniel that killed her dad. Deborah doesn't look all convinced of this.
Don Julio calls up Marcy and is gaslighting her. She's freaking and he's laughing. Many "no puede sers!" are uttered.
Bruno's pretty cousin is getting out of Dodge (errr, L.A.). Packing up her stuff and leaving. Gallo comes to visit, looking for Bruno. He pretends to be a real estate guy and says he has clients wanting to buy Bruno's property. Leaves his business card with her.
Eva tells Leo that she is starting to think that Daniel is innocent. Of course Leo starts in with his slimy version of what happened. Daniel appears at this moment and interrupts this conversation by confronting Leo about who killed the dad. Leo has no shame and just keeps claiming that it's Daniel who did it, blah blah blah, while Daniel is dumbfounded that Leo can keep a straight face while spewing out all the lies.
Marcy's cell phone rings. She doesn't want to answer it. She sees the call is from Victoria. She doesn't want to talk to Victoria yet, and hasn't forgiven her for sleeping with Bruno. But Bruno is going to get his, Marcy vows, since she hired Gallo!
Don Julio visits Justa again. Don Ricardo of course thinks he is Vicente and invites him in. He says he's there to give Justa something that she should have gotten a while ago. Don Ricardo is interested to know what it is! It's a necklace! Wow, Don Ricardo exclaims. But Justa looks freaked out. Don Ricardo doesn't understand and Don Julio gives some weird explanation about her emotions.
Gallo is now trailing Bruno's cousin.
More accusations between Leo and Daniel. Leo is still insisting that it was Daniel all along. Daniel finally confronts Eva and says, It's his word against mine, who will you believe! Eva doesn't know what to do—Leo has been good to her! She runs off like a confused wimp. Then Daniel tells Leo that he WILL pay for killing Eva's dad! But Leo still thinks he's "won."
Eva sees Tia Tilde and tells all about what's going down and how her head is going to explode. She has reunited with Deborah. Tia is not happy to hear this. Eva explains how that when she saw Deborah's house, she remembered that the dad was going there the day he got hit, blah blah blah.
Happy reunion between Daniel and Laurita. Icky comes in and ruins the moment. She's still playing the crazy act and fake-faints. She revives and they bring over the crooked doctor to look at her.
Eva thinks that Tia knew about the dad's lie to the girls. Tia wants to deny it but at least Eva is showing some brain cell activity in this situation. She has connected the dots and realizes that Tia hasn't been truthful.
Justa is all impactada about the necklace, which was given to her by Julio the day he told her he loved her.
Marisol is visiting with young record exec who is going to discuss her image. She's going to be "every woman's friend" and the girl that a guy will want to be the mother of his children. Uh huh, Marisol says, looking dubious.
Damian is giving Marisol's pretty coworker a hard time. He wants to know where Marisol is. She says she doesn't know. She's tired of this and when Marisol is famous, she'll go work for her! Of course Damian wants to know why she's saying that Marisol will be famous. She tells him—a label has signed her up and she's going to be a big star!
Eva's telling Alicia what's going down with Deborah. Another tearful scene. Tia still doesn't want to accept Deborah, as she is that ho who cheated on her brother. She recalls a conversation she had with her brother, where he expressed regret for what he did, and but Tia is still worried that Deborah will take the girls' love away from her (Tia). Then she has an epiphany and realizes that this was all wrong.
Daniel is telling the crooked doctor that he's concerned that Icky is going to do more crazy stuff, but crooked doctor says that she won't, blah blah blah. She can't be moved yet.
At work, Daniel is lying in wait for Leo. They've got more to discuss. Daniel has a new bet—who will end up in jail now?
Marisol is having breakfast with cute label guy. He starts to express a personal interest in her, so she looks like she's about to tell him that she's married, when up comes creepy Damien. Marisol does not look happy. Cute label guy tries to get rid of creepy Damien by saying he's Marisol's husband. Marisol cuts him off and says that Damien is a former co-worker (something about working as a bartender). Then she tells cute label guy that she's married. Cute label guy doesn't seem to elated with this news.
Tearful reunion between Deborah and Alicia. Smiles and tears. Tia comes up and basically confesses all. She knew all along. She didn't tell before because (I think) the brother had been supporting her? Or she was being supportive of the brother? Then when he died she didn't want his memory tarnished.
Damien is hinting around about Marisol's past, while Marisol tries to gesture to him to not tell. Of course Damien is enjoying this. Label guy is completely clueless, obviously. Marisol fakes a sudden stomach ache and wants to leave. Damien hints that he'll be seeing her soon.
Leo smugly reminds Daniel that there is no proof of what really happened. Victoria can't testify because she's got a screw loose, and Claudia is dead. Daniel grabs him by the collar in a rage. Leo taunts Daniel by saying he'll marry Eva and be the father of Daniel's child. Daniel pushes Leo to the ground and vows that it'll never happen.
Justa and Adrian on a shopping spree. They see the Hollywood sign from a shopping mall. Pretty good view there, to be able to see the Hollywood sign all the way from Florida.
Gallo's in a car with Tony. He's saying that Tony broke the rule—he messed with his boss's woman. Tony animatedly explains that it was the other way around—Leo stole Tony's "woman."
Don Ricardo, Justa and Adrian are preparing the pension for a party.
Gallo advises Tony to forget about this woman if he wants to keep breathing. Tony says that without her, he won't have a reason to keep on breathing. (I think that's what was said.)
Justa gets the necklace out and has a weird flashback where she's remembering when Don Julio gave it to her and how he told her he loved her. They are supposed to look younger in the flashback but instead it all just looks odd. Justa wonders if maybe she still loves Julio.
Tia Tilde asks for forgiveness for keeping the truth from the girls. Forgiveness is given. More tears and smiles. Deborah embraces Tia. I think she's just glad all this B.S. is over and she's got her daughters back.
End of episode!
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RECAP IS UP!!! Scroll down to the bottom of the recap to see screencaps. (No video clips this week. I'll try to be better next time!)
Episode 91
Lo siento everyone, I'm kind of running on empty here, so the recap is a bit later than usual. Also scenes will be consolidated to avoid trying to cover all crazy-making quick cuts.
We start with Daniel in jail, who is flashbacking to the day on the boat when Leo borrowed the car and came back all discombobulated about hitting something. Daniel connects the dots and realizes that Leo hit Eva's dad.
More of the tearful reunion between Eva and Deborah.
Lileach visits Daniel in jail. Lileach starts in with how devastated Laurita is that he's in jail, and it's all that evil Eva's fault. Then Daniel tells Lileach that he figured out that Leo is the one that hit Eva's dad. She doubts this but Daniel animatedly explains it all. Then his abogado comes in and says he's free, free, free! He tells abogado that Leo is the real killer.
Eva's talking with Deborah about the dad, how he made a mistake but was trying to make up for it. . . then she says that it was Daniel that killed her dad. Deborah doesn't look all convinced of this.
Don Julio calls up Marcy and is gaslighting her. She's freaking and he's laughing. Many "no puede sers!" are uttered.
Bruno's pretty cousin is getting out of Dodge (errr, L.A.). Packing up her stuff and leaving. Gallo comes to visit, looking for Bruno. He pretends to be a real estate guy and says he has clients wanting to buy Bruno's property. Leaves his business card with her.
Eva tells Leo that she is starting to think that Daniel is innocent. Of course Leo starts in with his slimy version of what happened. Daniel appears at this moment and interrupts this conversation by confronting Leo about who killed the dad. Leo has no shame and just keeps claiming that it's Daniel who did it, blah blah blah, while Daniel is dumbfounded that Leo can keep a straight face while spewing out all the lies.
Marcy's cell phone rings. She doesn't want to answer it. She sees the call is from Victoria. She doesn't want to talk to Victoria yet, and hasn't forgiven her for sleeping with Bruno. But Bruno is going to get his, Marcy vows, since she hired Gallo!
Don Julio visits Justa again. Don Ricardo of course thinks he is Vicente and invites him in. He says he's there to give Justa something that she should have gotten a while ago. Don Ricardo is interested to know what it is! It's a necklace! Wow, Don Ricardo exclaims. But Justa looks freaked out. Don Ricardo doesn't understand and Don Julio gives some weird explanation about her emotions.
Gallo is now trailing Bruno's cousin.
More accusations between Leo and Daniel. Leo is still insisting that it was Daniel all along. Daniel finally confronts Eva and says, It's his word against mine, who will you believe! Eva doesn't know what to do—Leo has been good to her! She runs off like a confused wimp. Then Daniel tells Leo that he WILL pay for killing Eva's dad! But Leo still thinks he's "won."
Eva sees Tia Tilde and tells all about what's going down and how her head is going to explode. She has reunited with Deborah. Tia is not happy to hear this. Eva explains how that when she saw Deborah's house, she remembered that the dad was going there the day he got hit, blah blah blah.
Happy reunion between Daniel and Laurita. Icky comes in and ruins the moment. She's still playing the crazy act and fake-faints. She revives and they bring over the crooked doctor to look at her.
Eva thinks that Tia knew about the dad's lie to the girls. Tia wants to deny it but at least Eva is showing some brain cell activity in this situation. She has connected the dots and realizes that Tia hasn't been truthful.
Justa is all impactada about the necklace, which was given to her by Julio the day he told her he loved her.
Marisol is visiting with young record exec who is going to discuss her image. She's going to be "every woman's friend" and the girl that a guy will want to be the mother of his children. Uh huh, Marisol says, looking dubious.
Damian is giving Marisol's pretty coworker a hard time. He wants to know where Marisol is. She says she doesn't know. She's tired of this and when Marisol is famous, she'll go work for her! Of course Damian wants to know why she's saying that Marisol will be famous. She tells him—a label has signed her up and she's going to be a big star!
Eva's telling Alicia what's going down with Deborah. Another tearful scene. Tia still doesn't want to accept Deborah, as she is that ho who cheated on her brother. She recalls a conversation she had with her brother, where he expressed regret for what he did, and but Tia is still worried that Deborah will take the girls' love away from her (Tia). Then she has an epiphany and realizes that this was all wrong.
Daniel is telling the crooked doctor that he's concerned that Icky is going to do more crazy stuff, but crooked doctor says that she won't, blah blah blah. She can't be moved yet.
At work, Daniel is lying in wait for Leo. They've got more to discuss. Daniel has a new bet—who will end up in jail now?
Marisol is having breakfast with cute label guy. He starts to express a personal interest in her, so she looks like she's about to tell him that she's married, when up comes creepy Damien. Marisol does not look happy. Cute label guy tries to get rid of creepy Damien by saying he's Marisol's husband. Marisol cuts him off and says that Damien is a former co-worker (something about working as a bartender). Then she tells cute label guy that she's married. Cute label guy doesn't seem to elated with this news.
Tearful reunion between Deborah and Alicia. Smiles and tears. Tia comes up and basically confesses all. She knew all along. She didn't tell before because (I think) the brother had been supporting her? Or she was being supportive of the brother? Then when he died she didn't want his memory tarnished.
Damien is hinting around about Marisol's past, while Marisol tries to gesture to him to not tell. Of course Damien is enjoying this. Label guy is completely clueless, obviously. Marisol fakes a sudden stomach ache and wants to leave. Damien hints that he'll be seeing her soon.
Leo smugly reminds Daniel that there is no proof of what really happened. Victoria can't testify because she's got a screw loose, and Claudia is dead. Daniel grabs him by the collar in a rage. Leo taunts Daniel by saying he'll marry Eva and be the father of Daniel's child. Daniel pushes Leo to the ground and vows that it'll never happen.
Justa and Adrian on a shopping spree. They see the Hollywood sign from a shopping mall. Pretty good view there, to be able to see the Hollywood sign all the way from Florida.
Gallo's in a car with Tony. He's saying that Tony broke the rule—he messed with his boss's woman. Tony animatedly explains that it was the other way around—Leo stole Tony's "woman."
Don Ricardo, Justa and Adrian are preparing the pension for a party.
Gallo advises Tony to forget about this woman if he wants to keep breathing. Tony says that without her, he won't have a reason to keep on breathing. (I think that's what was said.)
Justa gets the necklace out and has a weird flashback where she's remembering when Don Julio gave it to her and how he told her he loved her. They are supposed to look younger in the flashback but instead it all just looks odd. Justa wonders if maybe she still loves Julio.
Tia Tilde asks for forgiveness for keeping the truth from the girls. Forgiveness is given. More tears and smiles. Deborah embraces Tia. I think she's just glad all this B.S. is over and she's got her daughters back.
End of episode!
Remember, click on the pictures to see a much larger version!
Daniel's in jail and manages to connect the dots and realizes that it was LEO who ran over Eva's dad! Later Daniel gets out of jail.
There's more with Marisol and the cute (very young) record guy. She signs the contract and they talk about her career. I don't think he knows about her "past," right? I wonder how this is going to develop.
Don Julio is having a lot of fun gaslighting Marcela. He calls her up and she freaks, repeating "No puede ser" many, many times. (As you can see from the CCs in the above screenshot!)
Daniel confronts Leo about being the one who ran over Eva's dad. Of course Leo denies it.
Daniel appeals to Eva—it's Leo's word against mine. Whom does she believe? She seems to wimp out and runs off.
Daniel gets physical.
Tia Tilde tells all and asks forgiveness from Deborah for not telling the girls sooner that Deborah was innocent and didn't abandon them. Deborah accepts her apology and hugs her. All is well and everyone is happy.
To answer the question about how I get the closed captions in these clips, this is a feature of HD. The satellite dish embeds the closed captions, not the TV. (There's a lot of technical mumbo-jumbo here which I won't bore you with now.) I use a capture device to get the episode and it records whatever it "sees" on the TV. So if I have the CCs on, it sees them. Which is kind of cool.
I have a few sample clips with more info on CCs here:
And, if you ever wanted to learn how to make video clips from a DVD recording, here's a tutorial on how to do that. It doesn't cover how to convert them to streaming Flash, but to an MP4 or MOV file. (I link to one of my other sites there. Yes, I am a flaming fangirl, in case you didn't know already! LOL.)
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Triunfo del Amor #59-60 3/15/11
Hi, guys. I posted kinda late on Novela Maven's page yesterday, so idk how many of ya read my comment. March has been really intense for me; I have loads of schoolwork to do, and I don't think I'll be able to recap this month at all. I apologize for not being quicker to get this. Anyone want to replace me for this month and/or the remainder of the show?
Ya'll can comment on last night's epidose, which I still haven't seen, here.
As always, thanks for understanding!
[Here below is what Anon. 9:38AM has offered up to help Cielo out. Thank you both! --Jardinera654]
Anonymous said... This is what I remember:
Fernanda begs Vicky to forgive Oz; she refuses.
Vicky goes down to Linda/Maria D's pad, goes oops upside Linda's head. Linda taunts Vicky and Vicky calls both Linda and Maria D tramps and vows to destroy them.
Napo, Cruz and Millie are sad b/c of Juanjo's death.
Ofelia and Gui can't wait to see Victoria's reaction to being betrayed.
Victoria leaves the apartment and 'round the corner comes Juan Pablo. She wants to know why he's there...he's there to console Millie & Co.
Nati comes running in to announce Juanjo's death. Linda breaks down crying (why?)
The apartment crew is sitting around crying over Juanjo with Linda crying the loudest. Millie tells Linda to leave; JP recites something out of Ephesians (?) and tells Millie to forgive Linda. Why is Linda there, anyway?
Roxy shows up for work and pisses off Pipino. Chipmunk scenes.
Ximeana mad b/c Max is more concerned about his family than her. Later she skips off to Gui's and complains that Max is boring.
Juanjo's funeral. Linda comes busting in dressed like a widow and cries all over the coffin. Cruz & Napo look like they have "bitch please" looks on their face.
Linda & Maria show up to work and are fired on orders of Victoria.
Later, Maria goes to Gramma's house and tells her what happened. Burnie thoughtbubbles that Maria is a terrible sinner just like Victoria, then runs Maria down to the lab for (DNA) "tests."
Vicky announces to the whole family (why is Ximeana there?) that she wants a divorce from Oz. Later in the show she agrees to give Oz another chance.
No kayak. :-(
[Here below is what Anon. 9:38AM has offered up to help Cielo out. Thank you both! --Jardinera654]
Anonymous said... This is what I remember:
- Osvaldo begs Vicky for forgiveness; she refuses.
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Llena de Amor #149 (Mex. 160-161) Tue 3/15/11 Emanuel has a crush on Vicky, Kristel takes Mau’s breath away, and the old Lirio crew mutinies.
Full meal deal here, episodes 160 and 161. Looneyvision cut out most of Kristel’s scenes, which is tragic.
At the pensión, MariVicky tells Chema that Fedra swindled Luis Felipe’s money out of Carlota and then offed the old biddy.
Emanuel and Fidel hang at their now-open bar, La Buena Vida, where la vida doesn’t look all that buena, especially for Eman. He slugs back tequila and tells Fidel that Ilitia’s pregnant and he’s mad at himself for betraying his twoo wuv. Angela walks in…turns out she’s Fidel’s favorite guru and vidente. She tells Emanuel not to give up his real love; their destiny is still together. Fidel says she’s never wrong. Eman doesn’t believe in that stuff. Angela responds that his love for one is love for the other and all will be clear.
Bernardo follows Fedra to Lowrenzo’s apartment. He’s mad that she lied and is going back to that slimeball.
Kristel visits Mauricio in the hospital and insults him at great length. He says when he gets out, he will make her pay. Kristel suggests that he not insult the pretty angel of death who is holding his life in her hands and she crimps his oxygen tube.
Fedra and Low toast to being abuelos and to making up. Low appreciates that she’s gotten over his little dalliance with her daughter. Fedra says at least Kristel is away from that cockroach Mau. She admits that she did send Mau to kill Low and get him away from Kristel, too, but fortunately Kristel came to her senses so his death wasn’t necessary after all. ¡Salud! But speaking of attempted murder, she wants all the gory details of how Low poisoned Mau. She relishes the thoughts of his pains and suffering. Low says she doesn’t have to imagine, she should start experiencing it herself any minute now! Yep, he spiked her drink. ¡Salud! Fedra doesn’t believe him at first, but then feels the stabbing in her belly and the suffocation. She staggers toward the door. Low advises her to take a sitio taxi to the hospital, for safety.
Over at the hospital, Malicio gasps and flails while Kristel pinches his air supply and taunts and insults him and demands that he beg her to spare his life. Enter Brandon. Kristel pretends she’s super concerned for poor Mau; look how awful he looks! Brandon sends her to fetch a doctor and tells Mau he’s not dying until he’s paid for his crimes.
Fedra lurches out onto the sidewalk where Bernie’s busy muttering and demands that he take her to the hospital.
Chema asks why they all don’t make a legal accusation against Fedra. Netty tells him they have, but Fedra always buys off judges and gets out. She also mentions that Victoria is in love with Fedra’s son.
Back at La Buena Vida, Eman can’t believe that things will make sense when he sees Marianela again. Fidel recommends he get a card reading, because Angela’s cards never lie. Emanuel mocks. Fidel reminds him that it was because of Angela’s sixth sense that she and Netty showed up and saved them from the little pearl situation with the police.
In the hospital corridor, Brandon asks Kristel how she got to Mauricio past the police guards. She gives him a little demonstration of her method. He tells her the doctor said Mau’s oxygen was cut off—what does she know about that? Kristel plays innocent, and at the same time not-so-innocent, constantly touching him and letting her straps slide down her shoulders. Brandon says she’ll have to come down to the station to answer his questions. Kris readily agrees, but mentions that she’ll charge him with abuse of authority. Brandon tells her she’s just like her mother. She finds his genetics lecture SO BORING. But toodles; she has tons to do and so does he; it will take centuries to investigate Mau’s long list of enemies and find the guilty party.
Emanuel is very drunk, and still drinking. The cards send their message: He needs to prepare. There is a child on the way. The thick woman he loves is closer than he thinks, but there are lots of obstacles between them. The abyss between them is death. Eman scoffs.
Nereida sees Delicia and Axel lounging on a blanket on the dark lawn, smog-gazing and snogging. Delicia’s upset about Ilitia’s pregnancy. Yeah, poor Emanuel, says Axel. Now he’ll never be rid of her. And poor Vicky, says Delicia. Axel comments that Delicia and Vicky seem to be really good friends…as close as Delicia and Marianela were. Also, Gretel mentioned Vicky’d been in love with Eman since she was a child, but that’s impossible since they just met, right? Delicia suggests maybe Gretel is confused, “se le va el patin bien gacho.” Axel says Gretel is perfectly sane, and he is no fool. He knows they’re hiding something from him. What’s Victoria’s secret?
Nereida sneaks into Delicia’s room and takes out the wedding dress and some scissors.
Super-drunk Eman says the death card means Marianela is dead to him. See, he’s a vidente, too! He insists he loves his flaquita and wouldn’t care if Mari returned, because she abandoned him and broke his heart and married Jorrible. No one can imagine his pain! Benigno decides Eman’s had more than enough devil swill and he and Fidel haul him away. Eman calls Fidel his sucio rather than his socio and finds that HILARIOUS. He babbles away. Careful, Eman, with the drinking. Loose lips sink ships…ships like El Lirio de Plata.
Bernardo and Fedra are at the hospital. Fedra’s behavior is giving me post-traumatic stress flashbacks of the time my recovering-heroin-addict neighbor broke her ankle and I drove her to the hospital and she gave everyone a migraine screaming for painkillers and shrieking abuse. I think if she hadn’t been pregnant, someone would have knocked her out just to shut her up. Fedra’s being a pain, in other words. She thinks this is karmic payback for poisoning Marianela’s chocolates. Fedra instructs Bernie that she wants her funeral to be the party of the century. The end is nearing…she’s seeing the white light (she reaches toward the ceiling fixture). With her last breath, she curses Vicky and laments that she will never see her seven star hotel. Adios, Bernardo. She’s out. Bernie wails and begs her not to leave. Suddenly she feels better and sits up. The doctor comes in and tells them it was just saxitoxina, a little temporary muscle paralyzer. Fedra’s phone rings and she sends Bernie to learn the info from the doctor so he can explain it to her in little words. On the phone, Low says Gotcha! Fedra says she hates him and wants him more and more. They flirt.
Ilitia tells Jorge she’s not pregnant and she needs to get so ASAP. He offers to help. She takes him up on that…ordering him to move to a hotel so Eman will be alone in the bedroom and she can make a move. She thinks Eman will surely be trying hard to drink away the troublesome news, so easy target, advantage Ilitia.
Nereida chops up Delicia’s wedding dress. Delicia walks in and is sad and furious.
Oliver and Gretel say goodbye to Paula and leave with Gretel’s suitcase. They just miss Benigno and Emanuel. Eman’s verticality-challenged and slurrily singing at top volume. Benigno tries to shut him up. Ilitia gloats on the balcony.
Fedra and Bernardo arrive at the driveway just in time to see Gretel and Oliver leave. They turn off the headlights and follow.
In the house, Emanuel keeps singing, using a tall vase as a guitar. Benigno takes it away and drags Eman toward the stairs. Eman sweet-talks and makes eyes at the vase. MV comes down and asks what’s going on. Not that any explanation is needed, but Beni says Eman is an araña fumigada. Emanuel slurs that he looooooves Vicky. Axel comes along and helps push Eman up the stairs. E wants to sleep in Vicky’s room. She says no.
Catfight in Delicia’s room. Paula stops them and yells at Nereida.
MV tries to get Emanuel out of her room. He wants to kiss her first. She says no. She’s disgusted (but also seems to be amused) that he’s so drunk he can’t even walk. He says he doesn’t need to walk; with her love he’ll just fly!
Ilitia gets some wine ready down in the kitchen.
MV drags Emanuel to his room and wonders where Jorge is. Emanuel closes and locks the door (even plastered, he’s smarter than the pensión residents), staggers, and falls on the bed on top of MV. Her two years of intense workouts have not given her sufficient strength to push off a trim guy who’s not much bigger than she is. Eman passes out.
Ilitia pounds on the door and threatens to go to Nereida for the keys. Inside the bedroom, Emanuel snuggles up tighter around MV.
Oliver and Gretel arrive back at the pensión all in the mood. Oliver starts undressing Gretel right there in the courtyard, and Gretel’s all, Take me away! Fedra and Bernardo burst in. Bernie holds a gun on Oliver and Fedra grabs Gretel. She will not let her go off with this poor dude. Chema walks in and orders Fedra to let go. “What are you doing in this dive?” Fedra asks.
Ilitia orders Benigno to open the bedroom door or else “me ponga muy crazy.” Open it by any means necessary…blow it up, burn it down, whatever. Benigno refuses and tells her to leave Emanuel alone.
Netty yells at Fedra to get out, and your little dog, too! Chema orders Bernie to put down the gun and Fedra to leave Oliver and Gretel in peace. Bernardo can’t defy his capitán’s orders. Chema and Fedra fight for Bernardo’s loyalty until Chema orders him to take Fedra away, which fortunately suits Fedra. They leave. Netty is super impressed with Chema’s snake-charming skills.
The next day:
Fedra’s mad at Bernardo for dissing her in front of the capitán. How will she get any respect now? She will never ever forgive him. Bernardo wants to off Low. Fedra forbids it. Bernie mocks her for continuing to canoodle with that worm. He warns that Low will destroy her. Fedra’s not worried about that; she’s more concerned that Gretel will figure out who Chema is. They have to eliminate him. She tells Bernardo to arrange a private meeting with Chema. Low and Fedra argue about who to kill, Low or Chema. Hmmm, why don’t you rock, paper, scissors for it?
Ilitia has recruited Nereida to open the door. Nereida tries lots and lots of keys. Ilitia takes the ring in frustration and gets it right on the first try and opens the door. Inside, Emanuel is draped all over MV.
Bernardo wonders how Fedra can so coldly want to kill the love of her life, the father of her son, her long-ago rescuer. She thinks Low’s charms will help her get over it. Chema’s in the way now; the past has to die. Bernardo refuses to help her.
Ilitia wonders how Emanuel can treat his house like a cheap motel. Eman doesn’t remember how he got there. He throws Ilitia out so he can speak privately with Vicky. Ilitia takes that with the expected good grace.
Kristel’s at the modeling agency, all ready to leave for her big top model trip to New York and fame. Mayela says she’s not going. None of the agents thought she was anything special.
Oliver and Gretel wake up all snuggly and nekkid. Oliver says Netty asked him to investigate Chema, and there’s no record of his existence. He noticed how Gretel reacted to the guy…does he have some connection to Fedra’s past? Gretel says she doesn’t know, but they’re going to find out.
Emanuel accuses MV of taking advantage of him. She’s indignant. He amends that to just wishing she had taken advantage of him. She yells at him but he blithely says he enjoyed being stuck together like sanguijuelas (leeches), and he’d like to do some more of that. MV says no monkey business; Ilitia’s pregnant. Emanuel says of course he’ll take responsibility for the baby, but he and Ilitia are through. He only loves Vicky. Besides, he isn’t at all convinced she’s really knocked up (go, little hamster, go!). MV says to find out.
Kristel begs and whines and tries to convince Mayela to take her on the trip. Mayela says she just doesn’t have what it takes. Her type of beauty is very common and vulgar. They need class. Kristel shrieks that she is super top class; she was born in silk sheets! Unlike Ilitia, who comes from some trashy low-class streetwalker! Mayela looks stricken.
Jorge returns to the house and asks Ilitia if she got what she wanted. No, she did not, she says. That pushy Victoria cut in line.
Mayela tells Kristel to stop badmouthing people. Kristel does not stop. She says Ilitia is a terrible model. All she wants is to be married and have mil ocho mil babies! In fact, she’s already knocked up! Mayela is surprised by that news. Kristel makes fun of how huge and gross Ilitia is going to be. But Kristel can’t have kids, so she’s a perfect model! Mayela calls security. Kristel keeps arguing that she’s just like Mayela: no kids, just modeling! The guards haul her out, kicking and screaming. Mayela rolls her eyes.
Jorge is calmly irate at Ilitia’s incompetence. MV wanders along and she and Ilitia bicker as usual, FF. MariVicky slips up at one point and calls the place HER house. Once little raincloud MV has moved on, Jorge tells Ilitia to get with the baby making, NOW.
Fedra ruins Emiliano’s breakfast on the lawn. Rant rant rant. Emiliano refuses to interfere in Emanuel’s life. Fedra tells him Gretel left with the poli. Emil’s glad to hear that, and no, he will not interfere in her life either. She’s happy. Ditto Axel. The only one he’s worried about is Kristel. They’ve got to keep her away from Lowrenzo. Fedra assures him that Kristel’s gone to New York, and Low has moved on. Emil glares at her suspiciously.
Kristel swoops into the ad agency, screeching for Eman. The secretaries tell her he isn’t in yet. Low comes in and tries to settle her down. {How does he still work there after he embezzled all that money and sold shares to Mau?} Kristel cries that her life is OVER. Mayela threw all her dreams in the trash, and it must be Ilitia’s fault. She’s going to fight back and give Emanuel the ammunition he needs to get Ilitia out of his life.
Over to the dollhouse. Muñeca sighs to Flora that in this case, she doesn’t think a baby is a blessing. Flora says no, especially since they aren’t sure who the father is. Muñeca doesn’t even want to think about that factor. Surely Ilitia wouldn’t be that crazy…would she? Muñeca confesses that she’s not convinced Ilitia is really pregnant; she thinks it’s just a trap. Brandon walks in and wants to talk to Muñeca.
On the sidewalk outside the pensión, Bernardo tells Chema that Fedra wants to see him and gives him a time and address. Chema asks why he seems so nervous.
Emanuel bounces into the house after his workout. Ilitia wants to have a serious talk. The only serious thing Emanuel wants to say or hear is that they’re getting a divorce. She pleads the baby case. Eman says they’re going to the doctor right now to find out whether she’s really pregnant.
Brandon tells Muñeca he doesn’t believe Ilitia is really expecting Emanuel’s child. Muñeca wonders why he’s so interested. He says he just doesn’t want Ilitia to get hurt. “Is it at all possible that you, er, um, you and Ilitia, ummm, you know what I’m getting at,” Muñeca prods. “Did you ask Ilitia that?” “She swore that nothing happened between you in Acapulco.” “Oh, well, then, that must be true. Strictly business.” Muñeca doesn’t believe him but says nothing. Brandon thought-bubbles that he used protection, so if Ilitia’s pregnant, it’s surely not his child.
Ilitia bites her nails and whines that Emanuel doesn’t trust her. She brings up her rape again, as emotional blackmail and distraction. It doesn’t work; Emanuel is glad she’s finally able to be intimate again and all, but he doesn’t want it to be with him. Pregnancy test. Ilitia insists she knows her biological clock. Eman says they’d better check, in case her clock is as cuckoo as she is. As soon as he’s showered and dressed, they’re going to the clinic. Ilitia frets.
Chema knows Bernardo’s up to something fishy. He asks if Fedra is still part of his destiny. Bernie says she sure is.
Fedra drinks and worries that Bernardo will chicken out. Gretel walks in and asks about the guy from Veracruz. She wonders if he is perhaps the infamous Capitán Sevilla, star of Fedra’s fire nightmares. Fedra tells her to shut up.
In Low’s office at the agency, he tells Kristel to let him handle Mayela. He’ll make her let Kris model, and in Paris, not New York. Meanwhile, he’ll fire the model they’ve already got and let Kristel do the makeup campaign they’re working on.
Fedra insists that Capitán Sevilla is dead. Gretel says that is false. She plans to get proof that it is the same man, and Emanuel is his son. “Fine, go ahead and hurt Emiliano!” Fedra says. Gretel says she won’t tell him, but she will tell Emanuel. However, she’s willing to negotiate—the secret is safe as long as Fedra leaves Oliver and Gretel alone. After Gretel leaves, Fedra smashes glassware and mutters that she’s going to get rid of that brat.
Avances: From web…Mau escapes the hospital, Fedra meets Lowrenzo in the woods and aims a rifle at him. From Looneyvision…Ilitia’s pregnancy test is positive.
Sanguijuela – leech.
Me sacó bastante de onda – it seemed strange to me
Se le va el patin bien gacho – she wasn’t skating smoothly, i.e. her mental state was in question
Encatrarse con – to go to bed with
Saxitoxina – neurotoxin found in marine life, causes paralysis (illness is known as paralytic shellfish poisoning).
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
La Fea Más Bella #253-254 3/15/11 Omar's ilusión
Capitulo 253.
Read Julie's original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Fern tells MamaJ that he loves Lety like crazy, she’s changed, and he’s afraid he’s lost her. Mama is sure that Lety loves (querer) him and not Aldo. Fern saw Lety’s pain when Aldo left, and he knows it was his rotten behavior that drove Lety to Aldo.
2. Tom tells Aldo that after he left, Lety realized she loved him. Aldo wants Lety to be happy, and he’d do it again, even if he knew she’d end up with Fernando.
3. Lety tries different voices for Aurora, such as Mae West and a very good Marilyn. Lety accepted herself as she was before, and now she doesn’t know who she is.
4. Fern admits it’s easier to talk to MamaJ than his mother. She tells him to calm down; nobody dies from love. He asks, “Then how can one live, seeing the one he loves with another?” He asks MamaJ for help ¿To convince Lety to pick him? NO! To learn to respect people’s decisions. MamaJ says he can start by accepting that Aldo [I think she says, “sea algo” – is something, means something] in Lety’s heart.
5. Omar is overwhelmed by Aurora’s beauty. He says, “With you, beauty was invented. Anyone would fall in love with you at first sight.” He could write her the most beautiful love letters. Lety enjoys the irony. He gets on his knees to beg. She leaves but drops an earring. He says, “Finally I’ve found the love of my life.”
6. Ali tells Tom that it’s always been her dream to sing for an audience. Tom cons Garza into letting her sing “Urge” (check this clip). The audience loves it and Ali is so moved, she kisses Tom.
7. Lety dreams that Aurora stands between Fern and Aldo, but neither of them wants her. Fern says, “I liked the sweet and sensitive Lety who was my assistant.” Aldo says, “I prefer the Lety in Acapulco. Funny, sweet, nice, with gumption. I don’t like this one.” Fern stutters, “A mi, n-n-no me.. you take her.” Aldo says, “I’ll leave her to you. I’m going back to the beach.” Fern says, “I’m going back to my presidency.”
8. Aldo says he’s going to stay away and let Lety sort out her thoughts.
9. Manuel the stylist needs those earrings back ASAP. Caro worries because Omar has one of them. She sees Aurora’s picture on the front page of the paper.
Capitulo 254.
Read Julie's original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Lety can’t decide between old Lety and la bella. She decides to redraw her unibrow and mustache, and reattach her braces, and no one will ever see Aurora again.
2. Ali tells Tom that if he wants any more kisses he has to earn them.
3. Omar sees Aurora’s picture in the paper. He considers forgiving Fern because he’s happy and in love. He goes to work and shows off Aurora’s picture to the cuartel, telling them he found the woman he could marry. But he doesn’t show Fern, for fear Fern will steal Aurora from him. Fern assures him that he has no interest in any woman who’s not Lety.
4. Tom reminds Fern that he should treat Aldo nice since he owns the debt. Cute scene between the two.
5. The Padillas see the report on the woman of mystery. Pop is shocked by Aurora’s revealing dress. I guess he never watches Mexican TV. Origel announces a contest to locates her. The winner will have dinner with TBLMOE.
6. Caro tells Omar she needs the earring back. Omar refuses unless Aurora goes out with him tonight. Fern hears Caro say, “Lety, you’re in the paper!” He wants to see it but they cover. He notices that something is different on Lety’s face, and they shoo him out. When he sees the Aurora picture, he’s not impressed; he prefers Lety.
7. Ariel takes the president’s chair. He says the board approved him as president after Lety resigned (since when?). He tells her to get out. The cuartel tells Tom, and he runs to Fernando (go, Tom!). Ariel is pawing Lety when Fern and Omar walk in. Fern tells Lety to humor him for now, and they’ll get it straightened out. Lety thanks Fernando for defending her.
8. The attorney tells Aldo that he has authority over Conceptos even though he’s not exactly the owner.
9. Luigi returns from vacation and Fernando throttles him for going over budget so they couldn’t make the loan payment and they lost the company to Aldo.
10. Ali assumes she’s Ariel’s assistant. Ariel gives her a list of tasks, while she makes her own list of perks.
11. Marcia hears Lety tell Caro that she couldn’t get the earring so she’s going out with Omar tonight. She names the place, and says she’ll be a knockout just like last night.
Read Julie's original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Fern tells MamaJ that he loves Lety like crazy, she’s changed, and he’s afraid he’s lost her. Mama is sure that Lety loves (querer) him and not Aldo. Fern saw Lety’s pain when Aldo left, and he knows it was his rotten behavior that drove Lety to Aldo.
2. Tom tells Aldo that after he left, Lety realized she loved him. Aldo wants Lety to be happy, and he’d do it again, even if he knew she’d end up with Fernando.
3. Lety tries different voices for Aurora, such as Mae West and a very good Marilyn. Lety accepted herself as she was before, and now she doesn’t know who she is.
4. Fern admits it’s easier to talk to MamaJ than his mother. She tells him to calm down; nobody dies from love. He asks, “Then how can one live, seeing the one he loves with another?” He asks MamaJ for help ¿To convince Lety to pick him? NO! To learn to respect people’s decisions. MamaJ says he can start by accepting that Aldo [I think she says, “sea algo” – is something, means something] in Lety’s heart.
5. Omar is overwhelmed by Aurora’s beauty. He says, “With you, beauty was invented. Anyone would fall in love with you at first sight.” He could write her the most beautiful love letters. Lety enjoys the irony. He gets on his knees to beg. She leaves but drops an earring. He says, “Finally I’ve found the love of my life.”6. Ali tells Tom that it’s always been her dream to sing for an audience. Tom cons Garza into letting her sing “Urge” (check this clip). The audience loves it and Ali is so moved, she kisses Tom.
7. Lety dreams that Aurora stands between Fern and Aldo, but neither of them wants her. Fern says, “I liked the sweet and sensitive Lety who was my assistant.” Aldo says, “I prefer the Lety in Acapulco. Funny, sweet, nice, with gumption. I don’t like this one.” Fern stutters, “A mi, n-n-no me.. you take her.” Aldo says, “I’ll leave her to you. I’m going back to the beach.” Fern says, “I’m going back to my presidency.”8. Aldo says he’s going to stay away and let Lety sort out her thoughts.
9. Manuel the stylist needs those earrings back ASAP. Caro worries because Omar has one of them. She sees Aurora’s picture on the front page of the paper.
Capitulo 254.
Read Julie's original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Lety can’t decide between old Lety and la bella. She decides to redraw her unibrow and mustache, and reattach her braces, and no one will ever see Aurora again.
2. Ali tells Tom that if he wants any more kisses he has to earn them.
3. Omar sees Aurora’s picture in the paper. He considers forgiving Fern because he’s happy and in love. He goes to work and shows off Aurora’s picture to the cuartel, telling them he found the woman he could marry. But he doesn’t show Fern, for fear Fern will steal Aurora from him. Fern assures him that he has no interest in any woman who’s not Lety.
4. Tom reminds Fern that he should treat Aldo nice since he owns the debt. Cute scene between the two.
5. The Padillas see the report on the woman of mystery. Pop is shocked by Aurora’s revealing dress. I guess he never watches Mexican TV. Origel announces a contest to locates her. The winner will have dinner with TBLMOE.
6. Caro tells Omar she needs the earring back. Omar refuses unless Aurora goes out with him tonight. Fern hears Caro say, “Lety, you’re in the paper!” He wants to see it but they cover. He notices that something is different on Lety’s face, and they shoo him out. When he sees the Aurora picture, he’s not impressed; he prefers Lety.
7. Ariel takes the president’s chair. He says the board approved him as president after Lety resigned (since when?). He tells her to get out. The cuartel tells Tom, and he runs to Fernando (go, Tom!). Ariel is pawing Lety when Fern and Omar walk in. Fern tells Lety to humor him for now, and they’ll get it straightened out. Lety thanks Fernando for defending her.
8. The attorney tells Aldo that he has authority over Conceptos even though he’s not exactly the owner.
9. Luigi returns from vacation and Fernando throttles him for going over budget so they couldn’t make the loan payment and they lost the company to Aldo.
10. Ali assumes she’s Ariel’s assistant. Ariel gives her a list of tasks, while she makes her own list of perks.
11. Marcia hears Lety tell Caro that she couldn’t get the earring so she’s going out with Omar tonight. She names the place, and says she’ll be a knockout just like last night.
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