Saturday, April 09, 2011
Llena de Amor #166 (Mex. 194-195) Fri 4/8/11 And justice for none....
We are at the hearing room waiting for La Gartha who shows up 20 minutes late looking like she’s going clubbing…they start by calling Brandon as witness who whispers to Mau he will undo him.
Jose Maria is thanking Emi for the rescue; apparently JM had friends in low places from his jailed up days who were able to locate Netty? Eman walks in congratulating everyone, Emi won’t be away from his wife to be ever again. Glad notices how upset JM must be that his love is unrequited, she consoles him. He swears he’s not given up yet…Hmmm let’s ponder this shall we? Drifter, post jailbird, man o’ the sea scruffy type versus wealthy, stable, socialite powerful polished business type with a mansion and servants…yeah JM you are still in the running for sure…. Well, actually JM type sounds a bit familiar to me, so maybe we shouldn’t count him out just yet….;0)
Fedra yells at Bernardo for somehow letting Netty escape, he plants that Low must have betrayed her, Mau was with him…
Back at the hearing, BranMuffins testifies that Orangemau tried to sexually assault Vick several times…yesiree judge…of course Mau’s counsel objects claiming all B is trying to do is smudge Mau’s character and B’s only objective is to free La Gartha, besides they have a pretty lengthy history themselves. Not sure these are accepted objections in our system, but what the hey, we are in the court of the terminally idiotics so anything goes. They get into a match here about what the relationship was, and V’s counsel calls Doris to testify she saw Mau advancing himself on her. Next Low is called and testifies V offered her bod in exchange for shares in the PR agency and to screw up the marriage of his daughter to become Eman’s lover, even then that she offered herself as Low’s amante…ok, I know I’ve missed things not watching much lately, but what is she on trial for here? Being someone’s lover is actionable in MX? Interesting!! So the judge in his infinite fairness asks Vick if there is a witness with whom she has not had a relationship. Nice impartiality there…she of course rolls her eyes.
Ok so we are not left without our dose of Fresa, Kristel is rehearsing her testimony outside with the proper prance (something every witness should learn to be the most convincing) when Gretl walks up wondering what evility she’s up to now, and can she dare to speak on behalf of slimy snake. She says true she’s 1000 times better off without Mau, but she was required to testify. By now jolly Olli walks up not so jolly, telling her she should do what’s right for a change…she wonders what the “super cop” will give her in exchange for helping out Vick, he says she’ll get a good conscience knowing she helped out all the other women that Mau hurt along with her. Kris flashes back to pulling a gun on Mau who had pinned down Ilitia. She appears pensive, but I can see the pains the harder thinking is causing our dear Fresa…
Back at the hearing..She goes in “wanting justice”
Bernie is still trying to convince Fedi her love is betraying her, remember like he did when he had an affair with Kris..she noted him nervous this morning and starts to have some doubts, but they are to marry and he will share all his money with her…Berni lays it on thicker now, he’s the only one who really loves her, he’s not just a servant. Esta freaky…don’t say that anymore she says… It looked like she really bit her tongue or gum or something…she continues he’s only her servant he’ll never be more…he finally tells her not to humiliate him. He reaches for her neck, but we know he won’t do it. Yet. My money is on his betrayal eventually that will lead to her coveted demise.
Back at the hearing Kristel accuses Vick of ruining everything for her. Mau smiles. Vick can’t believe she is doing this to her. Kris warns Mau on the way out, she won’t betray him publicly here, but if he touches Ilitia, she’ll make pieces out of him.
Mau’s counsel requests that she be detained, that there is enough evidence against her…she pleads for her freedom, they beg if she must stay to give her bail. Just when the judge says he can’t do that, and she must remain in custody, our super leather hero ELDP shows up to the rescue declaring her innocence.
Fedra tells Berni to get his slimy hands off her. She starts to repent only slightly and tells him he needs to accept his position in her life, he is like a bro, remember? Bernardo gets dissed by Fedra who says he’s good for Nereidas, she’s a bit too grand for him. She leaves and He tells the air she’s turned all the love into hate, and she will pay. Yep, I’m predicting a murder attempt by our jilted one.
Back in court, el Lirio has something to say, he’ll be quick. He’s a criminal but he’s worth hearing…I love Brandon’s attempts at pointing the gun. Also the court reporter is cracking me up, there’s no way she can do this with a computer…
Gret and Doris run into the bathroom. Gret has to change into Manolo to get the story of the century from el Lirio..
Back in the courtroom they fight over whether ELDP should be allowed to testify, he is a criminal and of course MV doesn't want him to jeopardize himself or reveal himself...she begs him not to.
Muneca wonders why ELDP is here and Doris says they want him to turn himself in and take off the mask. She screams he’s hero…Vicki gets a note from Mano…she begs ELDP not to reveal the face behind that shiny vinyl. Brandon wants him to, he says he will do anything for Vik, she says then let me do it and whispers about the gun in Gman’s vest. ELDP takes G-man hostage, blows a smoke bomb and gets away with G-man…outside she begs for an exclusive e-mail but he escapes behind a locked door and G-man is left with nothing.
We go to another plot where Low is turning over a check to Mayela so she won’t talk. Unexpectedly Ili runs in grabs it and tells her she won’t blackmail her Pa anymore. She’s all ears so if there is something to tell her, let her know, she doesn’t care if the woman knows who her real Ma is. Pa is pleased and Mayela is pissed.
Back to the ELDP plot where he now emerges with Eman as a hostage…they yell a bit, and oops more pyrotechnics and ELDP is gone in a flash. Eman grabs Brandon’s leg holding him from chasing claiming he needs help, he was hit…
In yet another plot, Netty is crying to Emi about JM having left, she is worried about his broken heart. She later begs to go to the hearing to help Vick
They were unable of course to catch the ELDP, he vanished in thin air as always. Mau comes out to the stunned after ELDP math and demands Vick be cuffed, and that he’ll get her…Bran dismisses him. Vick thinks Eman needs to be checked out, he’s fine and thinks she still has a little love for him. She just doesn’t want bad things to happen. Seems the judge has stayed the proceedings and she doesn’t need to go to jail yet.
Vick goes back to the house telling everyone she thinks they are going to lose…Doris is getting out and her Ma begs her not to.
G-man wants an interview with Eman about his kidnapping….he seems to be tricking G-man that she is hiding something too, they go in for an interview.
Mayela is approached by Mau at the bar..she knows who he is and blows him off, but he is there to help her, he’s investigated her, knows she owes a debt and wants to know why she is blackmailing him. He will pay her whatever to ruin that guy forever.
Nereida is thrilled they are going back home. Fedra wants to be with her son..Berni thinks once he knows her true provenance, he’ll hate her too. She is blitzed!! Low wonders que the hell he is talking about.
Eman tells G-man he knows the real identity of the Leatherman, Eldp will tell her himself when he interviews, but G-man too needs to take off his mask. G-man is perplexed..Eman pulls out his mask…she is muy impactada…he tells her now take off yours, ok she pulls off the moustache and another one knows he is a she….the bricks are a tumbling…
More to come....I'll be away from internet on Sat, but feel free to comment, I have to finish the second half...195 coming...
Epi 195
Netty is begging Vick to convince Doris to stay away from Andre because of his illness. MV says she is old enough and they are in Loooove.
Emi busts in upset because he can't reach anyone on the phone. Netty wonders what that is all about, MV says you can marry tomorrow, Emi doesn't have ot get a divorce from Fedra. Emi says Gretl and she have been investigating Fedra Curiel and Emiliano's marraiage doesn't exist. Jorge has been protecting the documents that did not burn.. Emi is muy impatacdo and Vick continues to explain Fedra is a watery slut named Juana Felipe.
More bonding over the discovery by G-man of ELDP and vice versa. They praise Doris' talents, and each others acting skills. He notes that she also helps turn a Mar type person into a Vick type person, Gman's eyes get wider than pancakes.
Back at the house Emi is cursing how this could happen and how Fedra could do this to him and the kids etc. How is he going to tell them, and how could he have spent this much of his life with a prostitute. He urges Vick to get him the docs right away. He wants to find out what is up between her and Jose Maria.
We are back to Mau trying to get Mayela to accept his check, she won't, he thinks they can hep each other, he wants her to avenge Low, she says there's someone else involved. He mentions Ilitia, she looks down and says look I still have other ways out of my problems, so thanks but no thanks, adios. He mumbles something about getting with Ilitia after she left.
Back with Eman and G-man she asks him why he thinks that, it's a pretty big accusation that Vick is Mar is Vick. He rattles off all the reasons why, like duh, it took months to notice these things of course...they chat about not trusting Jorge and where did he come from and what not..
More to come
Jose Maria is thanking Emi for the rescue; apparently JM had friends in low places from his jailed up days who were able to locate Netty? Eman walks in congratulating everyone, Emi won’t be away from his wife to be ever again. Glad notices how upset JM must be that his love is unrequited, she consoles him. He swears he’s not given up yet…Hmmm let’s ponder this shall we? Drifter, post jailbird, man o’ the sea scruffy type versus wealthy, stable, socialite powerful polished business type with a mansion and servants…yeah JM you are still in the running for sure…. Well, actually JM type sounds a bit familiar to me, so maybe we shouldn’t count him out just yet….;0)
Fedra yells at Bernardo for somehow letting Netty escape, he plants that Low must have betrayed her, Mau was with him…
Back at the hearing, BranMuffins testifies that Orangemau tried to sexually assault Vick several times…yesiree judge…of course Mau’s counsel objects claiming all B is trying to do is smudge Mau’s character and B’s only objective is to free La Gartha, besides they have a pretty lengthy history themselves. Not sure these are accepted objections in our system, but what the hey, we are in the court of the terminally idiotics so anything goes. They get into a match here about what the relationship was, and V’s counsel calls Doris to testify she saw Mau advancing himself on her. Next Low is called and testifies V offered her bod in exchange for shares in the PR agency and to screw up the marriage of his daughter to become Eman’s lover, even then that she offered herself as Low’s amante…ok, I know I’ve missed things not watching much lately, but what is she on trial for here? Being someone’s lover is actionable in MX? Interesting!! So the judge in his infinite fairness asks Vick if there is a witness with whom she has not had a relationship. Nice impartiality there…she of course rolls her eyes.
Ok so we are not left without our dose of Fresa, Kristel is rehearsing her testimony outside with the proper prance (something every witness should learn to be the most convincing) when Gretl walks up wondering what evility she’s up to now, and can she dare to speak on behalf of slimy snake. She says true she’s 1000 times better off without Mau, but she was required to testify. By now jolly Olli walks up not so jolly, telling her she should do what’s right for a change…she wonders what the “super cop” will give her in exchange for helping out Vick, he says she’ll get a good conscience knowing she helped out all the other women that Mau hurt along with her. Kris flashes back to pulling a gun on Mau who had pinned down Ilitia. She appears pensive, but I can see the pains the harder thinking is causing our dear Fresa…
Back at the hearing..She goes in “wanting justice”
Bernie is still trying to convince Fedi her love is betraying her, remember like he did when he had an affair with Kris..she noted him nervous this morning and starts to have some doubts, but they are to marry and he will share all his money with her…Berni lays it on thicker now, he’s the only one who really loves her, he’s not just a servant. Esta freaky…don’t say that anymore she says… It looked like she really bit her tongue or gum or something…she continues he’s only her servant he’ll never be more…he finally tells her not to humiliate him. He reaches for her neck, but we know he won’t do it. Yet. My money is on his betrayal eventually that will lead to her coveted demise.
Back at the hearing Kristel accuses Vick of ruining everything for her. Mau smiles. Vick can’t believe she is doing this to her. Kris warns Mau on the way out, she won’t betray him publicly here, but if he touches Ilitia, she’ll make pieces out of him.
Mau’s counsel requests that she be detained, that there is enough evidence against her…she pleads for her freedom, they beg if she must stay to give her bail. Just when the judge says he can’t do that, and she must remain in custody, our super leather hero ELDP shows up to the rescue declaring her innocence.
Fedra tells Berni to get his slimy hands off her. She starts to repent only slightly and tells him he needs to accept his position in her life, he is like a bro, remember? Bernardo gets dissed by Fedra who says he’s good for Nereidas, she’s a bit too grand for him. She leaves and He tells the air she’s turned all the love into hate, and she will pay. Yep, I’m predicting a murder attempt by our jilted one.
Back in court, el Lirio has something to say, he’ll be quick. He’s a criminal but he’s worth hearing…I love Brandon’s attempts at pointing the gun. Also the court reporter is cracking me up, there’s no way she can do this with a computer…
Gret and Doris run into the bathroom. Gret has to change into Manolo to get the story of the century from el Lirio..
Back in the courtroom they fight over whether ELDP should be allowed to testify, he is a criminal and of course MV doesn't want him to jeopardize himself or reveal himself...she begs him not to.
Muneca wonders why ELDP is here and Doris says they want him to turn himself in and take off the mask. She screams he’s hero…Vicki gets a note from Mano…she begs ELDP not to reveal the face behind that shiny vinyl. Brandon wants him to, he says he will do anything for Vik, she says then let me do it and whispers about the gun in Gman’s vest. ELDP takes G-man hostage, blows a smoke bomb and gets away with G-man…outside she begs for an exclusive e-mail but he escapes behind a locked door and G-man is left with nothing.
We go to another plot where Low is turning over a check to Mayela so she won’t talk. Unexpectedly Ili runs in grabs it and tells her she won’t blackmail her Pa anymore. She’s all ears so if there is something to tell her, let her know, she doesn’t care if the woman knows who her real Ma is. Pa is pleased and Mayela is pissed.
Back to the ELDP plot where he now emerges with Eman as a hostage…they yell a bit, and oops more pyrotechnics and ELDP is gone in a flash. Eman grabs Brandon’s leg holding him from chasing claiming he needs help, he was hit…
In yet another plot, Netty is crying to Emi about JM having left, she is worried about his broken heart. She later begs to go to the hearing to help Vick
They were unable of course to catch the ELDP, he vanished in thin air as always. Mau comes out to the stunned after ELDP math and demands Vick be cuffed, and that he’ll get her…Bran dismisses him. Vick thinks Eman needs to be checked out, he’s fine and thinks she still has a little love for him. She just doesn’t want bad things to happen. Seems the judge has stayed the proceedings and she doesn’t need to go to jail yet.
Vick goes back to the house telling everyone she thinks they are going to lose…Doris is getting out and her Ma begs her not to.
G-man wants an interview with Eman about his kidnapping….he seems to be tricking G-man that she is hiding something too, they go in for an interview.
Mayela is approached by Mau at the bar..she knows who he is and blows him off, but he is there to help her, he’s investigated her, knows she owes a debt and wants to know why she is blackmailing him. He will pay her whatever to ruin that guy forever.
Nereida is thrilled they are going back home. Fedra wants to be with her son..Berni thinks once he knows her true provenance, he’ll hate her too. She is blitzed!! Low wonders que the hell he is talking about.
Eman tells G-man he knows the real identity of the Leatherman, Eldp will tell her himself when he interviews, but G-man too needs to take off his mask. G-man is perplexed..Eman pulls out his mask…she is muy impactada…he tells her now take off yours, ok she pulls off the moustache and another one knows he is a she….the bricks are a tumbling…
More to come....I'll be away from internet on Sat, but feel free to comment, I have to finish the second half...195 coming...
Epi 195
Netty is begging Vick to convince Doris to stay away from Andre because of his illness. MV says she is old enough and they are in Loooove.
Emi busts in upset because he can't reach anyone on the phone. Netty wonders what that is all about, MV says you can marry tomorrow, Emi doesn't have ot get a divorce from Fedra. Emi says Gretl and she have been investigating Fedra Curiel and Emiliano's marraiage doesn't exist. Jorge has been protecting the documents that did not burn.. Emi is muy impatacdo and Vick continues to explain Fedra is a watery slut named Juana Felipe.
More bonding over the discovery by G-man of ELDP and vice versa. They praise Doris' talents, and each others acting skills. He notes that she also helps turn a Mar type person into a Vick type person, Gman's eyes get wider than pancakes.
Back at the house Emi is cursing how this could happen and how Fedra could do this to him and the kids etc. How is he going to tell them, and how could he have spent this much of his life with a prostitute. He urges Vick to get him the docs right away. He wants to find out what is up between her and Jose Maria.
We are back to Mau trying to get Mayela to accept his check, she won't, he thinks they can hep each other, he wants her to avenge Low, she says there's someone else involved. He mentions Ilitia, she looks down and says look I still have other ways out of my problems, so thanks but no thanks, adios. He mumbles something about getting with Ilitia after she left.
Back with Eman and G-man she asks him why he thinks that, it's a pretty big accusation that Vick is Mar is Vick. He rattles off all the reasons why, like duh, it took months to notice these things of course...they chat about not trusting Jorge and where did he come from and what not..
More to come
Labels: llena
Friday, April 08, 2011
Teresa Schedule Change
DirecTV is showing the following upcoming TWO-HOUR episodes for Teresa:
(NO EPISODE MONDAY 4/11 -- EVA LUNA FINAL)
TUE 4/12 TERESA 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Central
WED 4/13 TERESA 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Central
THU 4/14 TERESA 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Central
FRI 4/15 TERESA 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Central
MON 4/18 TERESA 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Central
TUE 4/19 TERESA 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Central
WED 4/20 TERESA 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Central
(End of shown schedule)
If anybody is seeing any different than this, please let us know; thanks!
(NO EPISODE MONDAY 4/11 -- EVA LUNA FINAL)
TUE 4/12 TERESA 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Central
WED 4/13 TERESA 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Central
THU 4/14 TERESA 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Central
FRI 4/15 TERESA 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Central
MON 4/18 TERESA 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Central
TUE 4/19 TERESA 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Central
WED 4/20 TERESA 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Central
(End of shown schedule)
If anybody is seeing any different than this, please let us know; thanks!
Labels: Teresa
La Fea Más Bella #289-290 4/8/11 Hopes dashed: Saimon, Omar, Tomás, Carolina.
Capitulo 289.
Read 5ft Latina’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Fern tells Lety he’ll defend her wedding because he only wants her happiness, and he returns to the cave. She’s so moved that she almost calls after him. Later he gazes and tells her she’s much prettier than she wants to seem.
2. Saimon shows off his technology degree. He asks for a promotion and they refuse. The cuartel begs, and Lety says they’ll need a new messenger.
3. Omar takes Caro flowers, but he sees a man exiting her house, talking about an explosive night. The man was the electrician. Omar tells Fern that Caro has a novio.
4. A man follows Luigi and Marcia at the mall. I’ll call him Señor Zapatos.
5. Ali tells Marcia about last night. She’s unsettled when Marcia calls it love. She says she had no other option. Marcia says marriage means having relations, and she warns Ali that if this continues, she’s asking for serious problems. Marcia asks if Ali took precautions, and Ali asks, “For what?”
6. Carmina takes Aldo diving. Lety calls Aldo and Carmina picks up. Lety whimpers jealously, and Fern steps in. He wants to know if Aldo is making her jealous and angry.
7. Caro thanks Omar for the necklace. He remembers the man at her house and says the necklace means nothing. She gives it back to him and leaves. She’s angry at herself for thinking Omar had changed.
8. Fernando taunts Lety about Aurora to make her squirm. Later he taunts Omar, getting him to declare that Lety is ugly and Aurora is gorgeous. He says to himself that Omar can’t see the essence of beauty, but he, Fernando, has learned to.
9. Marcia gets a love note from a secret admirer. He invites her to exchange e-mails for a time. Ali warns that he might be a murderer.
10. Fern and Lety meet Saimon downstairs to unveil his new position, computer coordinator, which appears to be management level. Saimon asks Paula to marry him.
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Capitulo 290.
Read Amanda’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Paula says yes. Saimon faints. Fernando and Lety exchange googoo eyes TWICE.
2. Alicia has fond memories of last night in spite of herself. But she tells Tom that the doctor says they must abstain for 3 months if they want to make babies.
3. Paula gets a call from Jaimito’s dad (Jaimote? Jaimón?), inviting them to live with him in LA. She has to choose between love and money.
4. Jax visits, and Fern and Lety team up. Fern taunts Lety about Aurora. Fern says Jax doesn’t need Aurora to finish the project. Jax leaves, and Lety frets that they need Aurora. Fern very compassionately tells her some things are much more important. He goes to the cave and says to himself, “Things like your relationship with Aldo. I know it would hurt you very much if Aldo felt you deceived him. So I’ll button my lip.”
5. Los tres hermanos tristes go out. Fern reminds Saimon that drinking doesn’t fix anything. Later los tres hermanos borachos stumble out of the bar and fall into the bushes. Camil tries hard to not laugh.
6. Paula tells Jaimito the news and asks him to choose. He just wants to be with her. Paula thinks he wants to be with his birth father, and Jaimito thinks she wants to move to LA. Paula tells Saimon they’re leaving.
7. Aldo shows the Padillas yachts in PV, and Lety is at best bored. Then they see the photo of Aldo with Carmina. Aldo gives an explanation for why she was in PV (a fact Lety already knew), but not for why he’s wrapped around her. Julieta drags Erasmo upstairs to make sure he doesn’t interfere. Aldo tells Lety he didn’t do anything to apologize for, and he hopes she’s in a better mood tomorrow.
8. Fernando counsels Marcia to not answer her admirer. Fern thinks it’s dangerous and he worries for her.
9. Fern finds Lety crying at her desk, and she confirms that Aldo went to PV with Carmina. El Fiero storms into Aldo’s office and flies across the desk, ready to pulverize him for hurting Lety. But all they do is have a choke and slap fight. Lety stops them. Fern says he won’t let Aldo make Lety suffer. To prove his love and respect for Lety, Aldo grabs her and drags her to him as his prize.
10. Lety tells the cuartel she’s going to cancel the wedding.
Read 5ft Latina’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Fern tells Lety he’ll defend her wedding because he only wants her happiness, and he returns to the cave. She’s so moved that she almost calls after him. Later he gazes and tells her she’s much prettier than she wants to seem.
2. Saimon shows off his technology degree. He asks for a promotion and they refuse. The cuartel begs, and Lety says they’ll need a new messenger.3. Omar takes Caro flowers, but he sees a man exiting her house, talking about an explosive night. The man was the electrician. Omar tells Fern that Caro has a novio.
4. A man follows Luigi and Marcia at the mall. I’ll call him Señor Zapatos.
5. Ali tells Marcia about last night. She’s unsettled when Marcia calls it love. She says she had no other option. Marcia says marriage means having relations, and she warns Ali that if this continues, she’s asking for serious problems. Marcia asks if Ali took precautions, and Ali asks, “For what?”
6. Carmina takes Aldo diving. Lety calls Aldo and Carmina picks up. Lety whimpers jealously, and Fern steps in. He wants to know if Aldo is making her jealous and angry. 7. Caro thanks Omar for the necklace. He remembers the man at her house and says the necklace means nothing. She gives it back to him and leaves. She’s angry at herself for thinking Omar had changed.
8. Fernando taunts Lety about Aurora to make her squirm. Later he taunts Omar, getting him to declare that Lety is ugly and Aurora is gorgeous. He says to himself that Omar can’t see the essence of beauty, but he, Fernando, has learned to.
9. Marcia gets a love note from a secret admirer. He invites her to exchange e-mails for a time. Ali warns that he might be a murderer.
10. Fern and Lety meet Saimon downstairs to unveil his new position, computer coordinator, which appears to be management level. Saimon asks Paula to marry him..
Capitulo 290.
Read Amanda’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Paula says yes. Saimon faints. Fernando and Lety exchange googoo eyes TWICE.
2. Alicia has fond memories of last night in spite of herself. But she tells Tom that the doctor says they must abstain for 3 months if they want to make babies.
3. Paula gets a call from Jaimito’s dad (Jaimote? Jaimón?), inviting them to live with him in LA. She has to choose between love and money.
4. Jax visits, and Fern and Lety team up. Fern taunts Lety about Aurora. Fern says Jax doesn’t need Aurora to finish the project. Jax leaves, and Lety frets that they need Aurora. Fern very compassionately tells her some things are much more important. He goes to the cave and says to himself, “Things like your relationship with Aldo. I know it would hurt you very much if Aldo felt you deceived him. So I’ll button my lip.”
5. Los tres hermanos tristes go out. Fern reminds Saimon that drinking doesn’t fix anything. Later los tres hermanos borachos stumble out of the bar and fall into the bushes. Camil tries hard to not laugh.6. Paula tells Jaimito the news and asks him to choose. He just wants to be with her. Paula thinks he wants to be with his birth father, and Jaimito thinks she wants to move to LA. Paula tells Saimon they’re leaving.
7. Aldo shows the Padillas yachts in PV, and Lety is at best bored. Then they see the photo of Aldo with Carmina. Aldo gives an explanation for why she was in PV (a fact Lety already knew), but not for why he’s wrapped around her. Julieta drags Erasmo upstairs to make sure he doesn’t interfere. Aldo tells Lety he didn’t do anything to apologize for, and he hopes she’s in a better mood tomorrow.
8. Fernando counsels Marcia to not answer her admirer. Fern thinks it’s dangerous and he worries for her.
9. Fern finds Lety crying at her desk, and she confirms that Aldo went to PV with Carmina. El Fiero storms into Aldo’s office and flies across the desk, ready to pulverize him for hurting Lety. But all they do is have a choke and slap fight. Lety stops them. Fern says he won’t let Aldo make Lety suffer. To prove his love and respect for Lety, Aldo grabs her and drags her to him as his prize.10. Lety tells the cuartel she’s going to cancel the wedding.
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Triunfo del Amor #87 4/7/11 A triumph of flimsy explanations, easily accepted.
Maria hides the fake preggo belly that's meant to hide her real preggo belly that has miraculously sprouted overnight since the writers realized that they'd forgotten that one small detail ("Pregnant women's bellies are supposed to get bigger as the pregnancy goes along? Are you sure? Have someone look it up on Wikipedia. Seriously? Damn…I guess we'd better have her start shoving a couch cushion under all her shirts.") Alonso surprises her and compliments her girth. He announces he's been hired as a photographer…a backup one ("de segunda mesa"), that is, as a favor for his buddy Oscar. Maria D confesses that she's feeling really nervous, but Alonso says he's got everything all ready and when her nerves get the better of her, she should just look at him and he'll buck her up. As they're hugging it out, Ximena comes in and gives Maria a hard time for picking up her leftovers. Alonso explains that Ximena aborted his baby. They start fighting about it, then Ximena threatens to get Maria fired and leaves. Alonso tells her not to let Xi manipulate her. "You're better than she is, and you'll show it on the runway!"
Fer has finished having Cruz's huevos rancheros (not a euphemism). Fer asks about her parents getting divorced. Cruz says that Xi is like a "cuchillito de palo" (cuchillito = little cuchillo, little knife; de palo = of wood)…it won't cut, but it sure does scrape at you! He insists it's not true and that what Xi said is BS. Her parents were already having problems. Fer says she was behaving rather "majadera" (stupidly) and that didn't help. Cruz said now she has time to make an effort and fix things. And he has a plan, but she's got to stick to it. Fer shakes on it and promises.
Milagros confesses to Napo that she got invited to the opera by the professor. And fell asleep. And snored. But thankfully, the Italian woke her up. Ja. Ja. Ja.
Vic tells Toni that she wants revenge on Os. Maybe by having an affair. But then she realizes she's more a mother than a woman. Toni asks what would happen if a hottie showed up. "You are divorced, after all." Vic says the kids come first. "The kids will have their own lives and they'll survive." Toni doesn't think she can date Gui after what he did to Os. The lawyers have already filed suit and if they prove Gui did it, he'll go to jail.
Xi whines to Gui over the phone. She wants him to make Vic look guilty (of Linda's murder, I assume).
Napo is going to party with the Jarochas. Blah, blah, blah. The come up in traditional dresses…hey! I had a similar costume when I did Ballet Folklorico in 7th grade. I keep pestering my dad to scan the picture for me. Oh, sorry, they were conversing. I don't care what they said. Mili is jealous, whatever.
Max comes into the runway room. Dude time. Max is all "Dude, what the hell are you doing here?" Alonso is all, "Dude, I'm taking pictures, DUH!" Oscar is all, "Max, dude, what's the problem? Alonso is a friend of mine. We couldn't get another dude to take pictures. What's your damage?" Max is all, "And did they tell you who you're taking pictures of?" Alonso is all, "Yeah, man, Maria Desamparada and your WIFE." *raspberry* Max asks for a minute alone with Alonso…dude style. The room clears from the testosterone fumes. Max is all, "Dude, when are you going to stop going after my dudette?" Alonso is all, "Dude, you're, like, MARRIED!" Max is all, "Yeah, but I don't love her, DUH! I just knocked her up is all." Alonso is all, "Yeah, I heard that from MARIA, my FRIEND, so save your breath." Max is all, "Whatever, dude, but what you don't know is that I luuuuurve Maria and once my baby is born and I divorce my baby mama, me and Maria are gonna get MARRIED. So there!" Alonso is all, "Well, right now Maria and I are both single and we can get it on if we want to. But we're just friends, so it's all good." Max is all, "Dude, I'm not buying the whole 'friends' thing, cause I know you've got the hots for her!" Alonso is all, "Dude, hypothetical, let's say I am in love with her…she's got the hots for you even though she knows she can never have you. If you really love her, leave her alone and let me shag her! Nothing says love like some Alonso lovin'!" Max is all, "Dude, let me explain…I love her and I can't live without her, got it?" Alonso is all, "Yeah, I get it. I used to love a chick like that, but now I hate her." Max is all, "Nice trick! How'd you do it?" Ximena comes in and is all "Dude, how long are you gonna keep me hangin?" Alonso turns around and realizes Ximena is "the wife." He's all "DAY-UM" nonverbally.
Gui calls Bernarda to make her an offer. She realizes whoever proposed it must be the one who really killed Linda. Gui gets snippy, but she tells him to cool it. She's interested, and they need to meet to finalize details. Gui says he'll call her later.
Max introduces Xi to Alonso, but Lon says he already knows her. Xi tries to act like they must have met professionally and LON PLAYS ALONG. Dumbass. He goes to get his stuff ready. Max thinks the two of them must not get along. Xi starts whining about the long wait. Her shrieks bring Mama Rox running. Rox tells her to calm down, have a little walk, feed Maxito, and they'll come back later. Oscar and Toni catch the very tail end of the drama and put on their confused faces.
The barrio crew are anxious that Maria isn't home yet and hasn't called either. JP is also worried because no one is at his mom's house.
Maria admires her pregnant belly in the mirror. Max comes into the dressing room and she gets weepy. They hug. Max says he can't live without her. Maria agrees, but says that's the way it is. Max doesn't care about fate, he cares about her. Smoochies. Come on, how stupid is he? He's gotta feel that the belly isn't fake! He tells her he would have given anything for her to be expecting his baby. He asks to touch the belly, but she says it's not really a belly, it's just a pillow. Max wants to cop a feel anyway and pretend it's his kid. "Can you imagine it! A child of ours! Half you and half me, calling you 'mom' and me 'dad'…hey! It moved!" Yeah, it did. But Maria says that's crazy talk. Max makes his confused thinky face and Maria looks sad and guilty. I swear, if the next thing out of her mouth is that it's a battery-powered fake-kicking belly…I don't know what I'll do, but it won't be pretty.
She insists it's a pillow and Max figures he must be going crazy. Maria says it makes her nervous to have him so close and she got all shaky, that's all. More smoochies. What. An. Idiot.
Nathy struggles with the laundry and Alacran helps her. She starts hanging the laundry to dry while he gets a good look at her ass.
Ximena comes down the catwalk and Pip praises her. Vic hopes Xi wears her favorite dress next. It's a surprise, though. Maria comes in and walks. Vic says that's the one she was thinking of. She designed it thinking of Fer. Bernie says it's too bad Fer can never wear it, since she can't even walk. "And your other daughter…don't you think of her? Have you resigned yourself to never seeing her again?" "As much as you've resigned yourself to Juan Pablo leaving the priesthood," Vic fires back and walks away. Alonso takes pictures while Max looks grumpy. Bernarda looks around at all the glances shooting around the room and thought bubbles that Max is jealous of Alonso. Looks like Alonso just got a promotion.
JuanJo finishes up an anti-drug talk to the Barrio Boyz. JuanJo and Napo unveil their campaign posters…
"Hazte adicto…" (Get addicted…)
"al deporte" (to sports)
Domingo likes it. JuanJo proposes they start a fútbal team and get into the tournament with teams from other barrios. JuanJo will coach, Napo will be captain and goalie. JuanJo sends them to recruit more team members.
Maria and Ximena are in the dressing room together. Maria bitches Xi out for taking pills that will hurt the baby. Xi needles her about being jealous that Max is with Xi and she's dying to tell him she's pregnant. "You won't do it, though, cause you don't have the guts!" Maria says she's doing it for Xi's baby, so Max doesn't abandon it. "If you keep taking those pills, I'll tell him everything!" "If Max leaves me for you, I'll kill myself!" Alonso is listening at the door. Maria is shocked at Xi for threatening to kill herself while she's pregnant. "If you tell Max you're expecting his baby, I'll carry out my threat!" Lon comes in and says it wouldn't be the first time Xi has harmed a baby. She's used to doing anything to satisfy her whims. "Because I'm used to winning!" She repeats her threat. "My death and the death of this child will be on your conscience!"
Max and Fabian talk about Alonso being around. Max loves Maria, he's jealous of Alonso, and Xi is going to be a lousy mother. Max will divorce her and take the baby away. He wishes Maria were having his baby instead.
Maria and Alonso chat about what a great job she did. Bernarda asks to speak to her. "See! It wasn't so difficult. You looked as great as always!" Maria is thankful that Bernarda is trying to protect her. Bernie says the last argument they had was meaningless, that's why she brought her back to be the star model of this house. Maria says it's too dicey--Max was about to find out the truth. She's never coming back again. Bernarda tells her not to be ungrateful. "Please forgive me, but I have good reasons not to take you up on your offer. Excuse me." Bernarda says Maria is just as "soberbia" (haughty) as she is and just as "torpe" (dense) and "testaruda" (stubborn) as her mother.
Alonso walks Maria out to his jeep, but she wants to stop and talk to Fausto for a minute. He apologizes for lying to her, but it was on Bernarda's orders. She understands and says he's a good man. He denies it, but Maria says, "I've noticed that you worry about me and try to protect me. And I'm grateful for that." Fausto says her words have filled his soul and no one like her has ever noticed him before. He says he'll protect her, even if it costs him his life. "If one day, the opportunity arises, you'll see I'm not lying." Maria excuses herself and says they'll talk more later. She thanks him again and reminds him he's a good man. Fausto thought bubbles that he's not a good man.
Alonso and Maria talk about why she can't tell Max that she's pregnant with his baby. Alonso realizes she loves him enough to sacrifice herself for him, and for Ximena's baby. Maria isn't willing to stick around and see if Xi follows through on her threat. She really wants to run away. Alonso offers his place outside DF for her to stay in.
Xi whines to Max that he doesn't love her and doesn't spend time with her and that he needs to love her and the baby can feel the lack of love. "I stopped the pills and the booze and now it's your turn." Max says they'll go out to dinner tonight. She's gotta pick the place and make the reservations. Xi gets all excited and says she'll make reservations at some little place they used to go to. She scampers away happily. And what have we learned from this little scene, kids? Whining gets results. Xi is dumb enough to be bought off by dinners, and telling her to make the reservations buys you at least five whine-free minutes. Possibly sending her to buy herself a new dress would get you another hour of peace. And most importantly…never have sex blindfolded! It doesn't lead to anything good. At best, you're sure to stub your toe, and that kind of pain doesn't go away any easier than the pain of being shackled to Ximena for life.
JP has brought Maria a basket of fruits and veggies, for her health and the health of his grandchild. Um…in a manner of speaking. Maria isn't put off and declares him the official grandfather of her child. She tells him what Bernarda had her doing all day. That Bernie is now the majority share holder of Casa Victoria (and she bought the shares with what money, after whining all the time that she doesn't have any cash?). JP wants to talk to her immediately, but Maria tells him that Lon wants her to go model for a print ad for cosmetics. JP isn't sure what to say--Alonso is a good guy, but they don't know him that well. Maria tells him that she's convinced she's over the whole love thing. JP laughs. "You're young yet. You don't know what life has in store for you." He's sure Maria, the baby, and he will form the family she's always wanted. Maria says she's never been able to call anyone by those names you call the people you share blood with. And she doesn't mean "jerkface" and "butthead," but "brother" "sister" etc.
Maria brings JP to the studio and tells Alonso that she can pose if JP is there. He's fine with it and introduces her to the stylists. Alonso notices that JP looks uncomfortable. JP admits that now that he sees the studio and how well organized it is, he can see that Lon is serious. Alonso says he knows how he comes off at first glance and he understands. Lon starts to explain the campaign for Lovely Cosmetics. It will all be close-ups of her face and the pregnancy will give her that glow. Like a visual Eau de Protagonista, if you will.
Fer invited Fabian over to apologize. She realizes she was very rude to him. Fab tells her to chill. The important thing is for her to do her therapy. "You know I love you. I'm not asking you to return my love, I just want you to accept my help." Fer agrees.
Maria is all ready for the photo shoot. Alonso applauds the stylists and gets to work. JP looks on like a proud papa. He interrupts to ask if Alonso will take a picture of the two of them together. Alonoso is only too happy.
The outro of William Levy's personal hygiene PSA now has a voiceover of him saying "Don't go away…we'll be back." That was kinda creepy. If you're gonna do that with the shower scene, at least make it a little huskier and less matter-of-fact!
The photo session continues. It occurs to me that even if Fer can't be a runway model until her therapy and multiple painful operations show results, she can do print ads with Maria and they can bond before they find out they're sisters. Just saying. The photo session ends and Lon gets to developing, old-school. "Even though you're so alone, with so many problems, you still want to have your child. All that courage and all that beauty! You deserve an homage. I'm going to surprise you."
Fab stretches Fer's leg while she looks on warily. Cruz comes climbing in the window with a rose and falls when he sees Fabian. Fer grins.
JP loves his new family portrait. Padre Geronimo is happy for him. JP is so glad he'll be around to see the miracle of birth, etc. He says the kid won't lack for the love and protection of a father. He tells Padre G that he just found out his crazy mama bought controlling shares in Casa Vic and he's gonna find out why.
Bernie says she did it to protect Maria, and so he'll go back to the priesthood. JP says he'll take the P back when his grandchild is born. Bernie says since she can't count on him for anything, she also bought the company as a retirement investment. She takes her leave since she has some *ahem* responsibilities to attend to (subtext: unlike some people who have shirked on their duties of praying for my decrepit soul!).
Os talks to his team of lawyers about Gui's fraud. They tell him they'll take care of it.
Bernie visits Gui. She wants to put the plan in motion quickly to stop Vic from investigating something that happened in the past. She's not worried, because there's no proof, but she doesn't like it that an "arribista" (social climber) like Victoria "me esté pisando los talones" (stepping on my heels; is hot on my heels). Gui promises to take care of it ASAP. Bernie says she's got to go back to the office, because she's got a lot of work to do. She came over just for that? Fausto and Gui have a stare-down before Fausto walks out.
Max returns a call to his PI. She found out the picture was taken not at a private school, but a school run by nuns which tells them that she was never adopted. She knows that the school closed down and the nuns came to the DF. "So my sister might be living in DF?" Dude, don't start calling her that. Things are weird enough as it is.
Cue Max and Maria running into each other outside the orphanage. Hm. Not as effective as the kayak, for my money.
Tomorrow: Maria and Alonso are having dinner at the same place as Max and Xi; Max hears that Maria's having his baby; Alonso claims the baby as his (oh, come on, how are you gonna explain that?).
Fer has finished having Cruz's huevos rancheros (not a euphemism). Fer asks about her parents getting divorced. Cruz says that Xi is like a "cuchillito de palo" (cuchillito = little cuchillo, little knife; de palo = of wood)…it won't cut, but it sure does scrape at you! He insists it's not true and that what Xi said is BS. Her parents were already having problems. Fer says she was behaving rather "majadera" (stupidly) and that didn't help. Cruz said now she has time to make an effort and fix things. And he has a plan, but she's got to stick to it. Fer shakes on it and promises.
Milagros confesses to Napo that she got invited to the opera by the professor. And fell asleep. And snored. But thankfully, the Italian woke her up. Ja. Ja. Ja.
Vic tells Toni that she wants revenge on Os. Maybe by having an affair. But then she realizes she's more a mother than a woman. Toni asks what would happen if a hottie showed up. "You are divorced, after all." Vic says the kids come first. "The kids will have their own lives and they'll survive." Toni doesn't think she can date Gui after what he did to Os. The lawyers have already filed suit and if they prove Gui did it, he'll go to jail.
Xi whines to Gui over the phone. She wants him to make Vic look guilty (of Linda's murder, I assume).
Napo is going to party with the Jarochas. Blah, blah, blah. The come up in traditional dresses…hey! I had a similar costume when I did Ballet Folklorico in 7th grade. I keep pestering my dad to scan the picture for me. Oh, sorry, they were conversing. I don't care what they said. Mili is jealous, whatever.
Max comes into the runway room. Dude time. Max is all "Dude, what the hell are you doing here?" Alonso is all, "Dude, I'm taking pictures, DUH!" Oscar is all, "Max, dude, what's the problem? Alonso is a friend of mine. We couldn't get another dude to take pictures. What's your damage?" Max is all, "And did they tell you who you're taking pictures of?" Alonso is all, "Yeah, man, Maria Desamparada and your WIFE." *raspberry* Max asks for a minute alone with Alonso…dude style. The room clears from the testosterone fumes. Max is all, "Dude, when are you going to stop going after my dudette?" Alonso is all, "Dude, you're, like, MARRIED!" Max is all, "Yeah, but I don't love her, DUH! I just knocked her up is all." Alonso is all, "Yeah, I heard that from MARIA, my FRIEND, so save your breath." Max is all, "Whatever, dude, but what you don't know is that I luuuuurve Maria and once my baby is born and I divorce my baby mama, me and Maria are gonna get MARRIED. So there!" Alonso is all, "Well, right now Maria and I are both single and we can get it on if we want to. But we're just friends, so it's all good." Max is all, "Dude, I'm not buying the whole 'friends' thing, cause I know you've got the hots for her!" Alonso is all, "Dude, hypothetical, let's say I am in love with her…she's got the hots for you even though she knows she can never have you. If you really love her, leave her alone and let me shag her! Nothing says love like some Alonso lovin'!" Max is all, "Dude, let me explain…I love her and I can't live without her, got it?" Alonso is all, "Yeah, I get it. I used to love a chick like that, but now I hate her." Max is all, "Nice trick! How'd you do it?" Ximena comes in and is all "Dude, how long are you gonna keep me hangin?" Alonso turns around and realizes Ximena is "the wife." He's all "DAY-UM" nonverbally.
Gui calls Bernarda to make her an offer. She realizes whoever proposed it must be the one who really killed Linda. Gui gets snippy, but she tells him to cool it. She's interested, and they need to meet to finalize details. Gui says he'll call her later.
Max introduces Xi to Alonso, but Lon says he already knows her. Xi tries to act like they must have met professionally and LON PLAYS ALONG. Dumbass. He goes to get his stuff ready. Max thinks the two of them must not get along. Xi starts whining about the long wait. Her shrieks bring Mama Rox running. Rox tells her to calm down, have a little walk, feed Maxito, and they'll come back later. Oscar and Toni catch the very tail end of the drama and put on their confused faces.
The barrio crew are anxious that Maria isn't home yet and hasn't called either. JP is also worried because no one is at his mom's house.
Maria admires her pregnant belly in the mirror. Max comes into the dressing room and she gets weepy. They hug. Max says he can't live without her. Maria agrees, but says that's the way it is. Max doesn't care about fate, he cares about her. Smoochies. Come on, how stupid is he? He's gotta feel that the belly isn't fake! He tells her he would have given anything for her to be expecting his baby. He asks to touch the belly, but she says it's not really a belly, it's just a pillow. Max wants to cop a feel anyway and pretend it's his kid. "Can you imagine it! A child of ours! Half you and half me, calling you 'mom' and me 'dad'…hey! It moved!" Yeah, it did. But Maria says that's crazy talk. Max makes his confused thinky face and Maria looks sad and guilty. I swear, if the next thing out of her mouth is that it's a battery-powered fake-kicking belly…I don't know what I'll do, but it won't be pretty.
She insists it's a pillow and Max figures he must be going crazy. Maria says it makes her nervous to have him so close and she got all shaky, that's all. More smoochies. What. An. Idiot.
Nathy struggles with the laundry and Alacran helps her. She starts hanging the laundry to dry while he gets a good look at her ass.
Ximena comes down the catwalk and Pip praises her. Vic hopes Xi wears her favorite dress next. It's a surprise, though. Maria comes in and walks. Vic says that's the one she was thinking of. She designed it thinking of Fer. Bernie says it's too bad Fer can never wear it, since she can't even walk. "And your other daughter…don't you think of her? Have you resigned yourself to never seeing her again?" "As much as you've resigned yourself to Juan Pablo leaving the priesthood," Vic fires back and walks away. Alonso takes pictures while Max looks grumpy. Bernarda looks around at all the glances shooting around the room and thought bubbles that Max is jealous of Alonso. Looks like Alonso just got a promotion.
JuanJo finishes up an anti-drug talk to the Barrio Boyz. JuanJo and Napo unveil their campaign posters…
"Hazte adicto…" (Get addicted…)
"al deporte" (to sports)
Domingo likes it. JuanJo proposes they start a fútbal team and get into the tournament with teams from other barrios. JuanJo will coach, Napo will be captain and goalie. JuanJo sends them to recruit more team members.
Maria and Ximena are in the dressing room together. Maria bitches Xi out for taking pills that will hurt the baby. Xi needles her about being jealous that Max is with Xi and she's dying to tell him she's pregnant. "You won't do it, though, cause you don't have the guts!" Maria says she's doing it for Xi's baby, so Max doesn't abandon it. "If you keep taking those pills, I'll tell him everything!" "If Max leaves me for you, I'll kill myself!" Alonso is listening at the door. Maria is shocked at Xi for threatening to kill herself while she's pregnant. "If you tell Max you're expecting his baby, I'll carry out my threat!" Lon comes in and says it wouldn't be the first time Xi has harmed a baby. She's used to doing anything to satisfy her whims. "Because I'm used to winning!" She repeats her threat. "My death and the death of this child will be on your conscience!"
Max and Fabian talk about Alonso being around. Max loves Maria, he's jealous of Alonso, and Xi is going to be a lousy mother. Max will divorce her and take the baby away. He wishes Maria were having his baby instead.
Maria and Alonso chat about what a great job she did. Bernarda asks to speak to her. "See! It wasn't so difficult. You looked as great as always!" Maria is thankful that Bernarda is trying to protect her. Bernie says the last argument they had was meaningless, that's why she brought her back to be the star model of this house. Maria says it's too dicey--Max was about to find out the truth. She's never coming back again. Bernarda tells her not to be ungrateful. "Please forgive me, but I have good reasons not to take you up on your offer. Excuse me." Bernarda says Maria is just as "soberbia" (haughty) as she is and just as "torpe" (dense) and "testaruda" (stubborn) as her mother.
Alonso walks Maria out to his jeep, but she wants to stop and talk to Fausto for a minute. He apologizes for lying to her, but it was on Bernarda's orders. She understands and says he's a good man. He denies it, but Maria says, "I've noticed that you worry about me and try to protect me. And I'm grateful for that." Fausto says her words have filled his soul and no one like her has ever noticed him before. He says he'll protect her, even if it costs him his life. "If one day, the opportunity arises, you'll see I'm not lying." Maria excuses herself and says they'll talk more later. She thanks him again and reminds him he's a good man. Fausto thought bubbles that he's not a good man.
Alonso and Maria talk about why she can't tell Max that she's pregnant with his baby. Alonso realizes she loves him enough to sacrifice herself for him, and for Ximena's baby. Maria isn't willing to stick around and see if Xi follows through on her threat. She really wants to run away. Alonso offers his place outside DF for her to stay in.
Xi whines to Max that he doesn't love her and doesn't spend time with her and that he needs to love her and the baby can feel the lack of love. "I stopped the pills and the booze and now it's your turn." Max says they'll go out to dinner tonight. She's gotta pick the place and make the reservations. Xi gets all excited and says she'll make reservations at some little place they used to go to. She scampers away happily. And what have we learned from this little scene, kids? Whining gets results. Xi is dumb enough to be bought off by dinners, and telling her to make the reservations buys you at least five whine-free minutes. Possibly sending her to buy herself a new dress would get you another hour of peace. And most importantly…never have sex blindfolded! It doesn't lead to anything good. At best, you're sure to stub your toe, and that kind of pain doesn't go away any easier than the pain of being shackled to Ximena for life.
JP has brought Maria a basket of fruits and veggies, for her health and the health of his grandchild. Um…in a manner of speaking. Maria isn't put off and declares him the official grandfather of her child. She tells him what Bernarda had her doing all day. That Bernie is now the majority share holder of Casa Victoria (and she bought the shares with what money, after whining all the time that she doesn't have any cash?). JP wants to talk to her immediately, but Maria tells him that Lon wants her to go model for a print ad for cosmetics. JP isn't sure what to say--Alonso is a good guy, but they don't know him that well. Maria tells him that she's convinced she's over the whole love thing. JP laughs. "You're young yet. You don't know what life has in store for you." He's sure Maria, the baby, and he will form the family she's always wanted. Maria says she's never been able to call anyone by those names you call the people you share blood with. And she doesn't mean "jerkface" and "butthead," but "brother" "sister" etc.
Maria brings JP to the studio and tells Alonso that she can pose if JP is there. He's fine with it and introduces her to the stylists. Alonso notices that JP looks uncomfortable. JP admits that now that he sees the studio and how well organized it is, he can see that Lon is serious. Alonso says he knows how he comes off at first glance and he understands. Lon starts to explain the campaign for Lovely Cosmetics. It will all be close-ups of her face and the pregnancy will give her that glow. Like a visual Eau de Protagonista, if you will.
Fer invited Fabian over to apologize. She realizes she was very rude to him. Fab tells her to chill. The important thing is for her to do her therapy. "You know I love you. I'm not asking you to return my love, I just want you to accept my help." Fer agrees.
Maria is all ready for the photo shoot. Alonso applauds the stylists and gets to work. JP looks on like a proud papa. He interrupts to ask if Alonso will take a picture of the two of them together. Alonoso is only too happy.
The outro of William Levy's personal hygiene PSA now has a voiceover of him saying "Don't go away…we'll be back." That was kinda creepy. If you're gonna do that with the shower scene, at least make it a little huskier and less matter-of-fact!
The photo session continues. It occurs to me that even if Fer can't be a runway model until her therapy and multiple painful operations show results, she can do print ads with Maria and they can bond before they find out they're sisters. Just saying. The photo session ends and Lon gets to developing, old-school. "Even though you're so alone, with so many problems, you still want to have your child. All that courage and all that beauty! You deserve an homage. I'm going to surprise you."
Fab stretches Fer's leg while she looks on warily. Cruz comes climbing in the window with a rose and falls when he sees Fabian. Fer grins.
JP loves his new family portrait. Padre Geronimo is happy for him. JP is so glad he'll be around to see the miracle of birth, etc. He says the kid won't lack for the love and protection of a father. He tells Padre G that he just found out his crazy mama bought controlling shares in Casa Vic and he's gonna find out why.
Bernie says she did it to protect Maria, and so he'll go back to the priesthood. JP says he'll take the P back when his grandchild is born. Bernie says since she can't count on him for anything, she also bought the company as a retirement investment. She takes her leave since she has some *ahem* responsibilities to attend to (subtext: unlike some people who have shirked on their duties of praying for my decrepit soul!).
Os talks to his team of lawyers about Gui's fraud. They tell him they'll take care of it.
Bernie visits Gui. She wants to put the plan in motion quickly to stop Vic from investigating something that happened in the past. She's not worried, because there's no proof, but she doesn't like it that an "arribista" (social climber) like Victoria "me esté pisando los talones" (stepping on my heels; is hot on my heels). Gui promises to take care of it ASAP. Bernie says she's got to go back to the office, because she's got a lot of work to do. She came over just for that? Fausto and Gui have a stare-down before Fausto walks out.
Max returns a call to his PI. She found out the picture was taken not at a private school, but a school run by nuns which tells them that she was never adopted. She knows that the school closed down and the nuns came to the DF. "So my sister might be living in DF?" Dude, don't start calling her that. Things are weird enough as it is.
Cue Max and Maria running into each other outside the orphanage. Hm. Not as effective as the kayak, for my money.
Tomorrow: Maria and Alonso are having dinner at the same place as Max and Xi; Max hears that Maria's having his baby; Alonso claims the baby as his (oh, come on, how are you gonna explain that?).
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Teresa Thu 4/7/11 #7 Que Tragedia
I apologize up front for the lengthy post and will try to get better at consolidating my recaps.
At the hospital, the doctor is breaking the bad news - Rosita has just passed away. He said she suffered from a congenital heart defect. Everyone breaks down in tears. Teresa pleads with everyone to allow her to see her sister. She runs and claws at the door. Mariano holds her back and she collapses against him.
Johnny is blaming himself because he knew about her medical problems and should have done something to stop her from competing. Mariano assures him this was no one's fault. There was no cure for her disease; she could've died at any time. It's best to remember her as she was and how happy they were together. His love for her will keep her alive. Touching scene with Teresa visiting Rosa's body. She bitterly regrets she wasn't able to see her compete and win the medal; or that she didn't tell her how much she loved her. She sees the medal and places it on the body and curses that this was all due to the lack of money (maldito dinero) and then she vows (a la Scarlett in GWTW) that she will never ever (nunca! nunca! nunca!) suffer like this again and she repeats her mantra -- ser o no ser, yo soy -- Never again will I shed another tear (nunca!nunca!nunca!) due to poverty. She wipes the tears from her face.
Ruben (del bigote bruto) is telling Maira he'll be late tonight -- has a lot of business to see to (yeah, MONKEY business) before they go on their trip. She tells him she'll be shopping for lingerie (lenceri) after the club. He tells her maybe she should wait and he’ll buy her some in Paris! (the snake!)
Back at the hospital, Esperanza is consoling Johnny when her cell phone rings (gasp). It's El Bigote - Get ready mi amor because you have me all to yourself today. She responds "well, um DOCTOR, (cuz Johnny's listening) I won't be able to see you today cuz something terrible has happened." "Who are you with?" he demands… ugh he's such a snake -- then she tells him about Rosita's death. That shuts him up.
Aurora and Mariano are talking about the arrangements. She'll take Rosa's parents back to the vecindad as that's where they want to have the wake for Rosa. In walks El Profe (gosh he's cute) offering to help. Mariano's very short with him and tells him no further help is needed. Arturo understands he's not so close to the family as to offer moral support, but surely they can use additional financial assistance. Mariano assures him Teresa's parents don't want any more money if it's coming from him. Arturo points out that's up to her parents, que no? or maybe even up to Teresa. Mariano tells him Teresa is muy afectada after seeing her sister's body. Furthermore, the only one responsible for Teresa not being able to say goodbye to her sister is Arturo. She didn't make it in time to see her sister compete in her final meet so taking money from Arturo would be an insult. After all, she was at his book release rather than at her sister's side.
Esperanza meets with El Bigote after all. He tells her she's very late. She feels bad - Rosa wasn't even 15, so sad. Ruben tells her to forget about all that and enjoy their time together (unfeeling cad) After all, he moved heaven and earth for them to spend this whole day together. Esperanza: “What? You're not going to work?” Ruben: “No, we're going to be together today because I need to go on a trip.” Esperanza doesn't look too happy at this revelation.
At the wake/rosary: Teresa is standing at the coffin. I know you’re in heaven because that's where you belong. Please watch over us and help us out of this misery. Mariano tries to console her and reminds her that Rosita is no longer here, but in heaven. Teresa cries out "Esta muerta! - And I won't believe this trash about her having died due to an illness. She died due to our lack of money. If she had been better nourished as a child, if she had better health care, if she had better living conditions...... Mariano says none of that would have made a difference. It was a birth defect and her death couldn't be avoided. "Sueltame, dejame en paz! (Let me go! Leave me alone!) Mariano steps away and in walks el quapisimo Profe (sorry, can't help myself). Arturo goes to her side and she leans against him. (hey, did I see her make a face like she was calculating her next move b4 he came up to her?)
At the love nest – Esperanza is sitting on Ruben's lap pouting that she won't see him for 3 weeks. He says, “Oh, believe me it's going to be pure torture being away from you, but you know, business calls.” Esperanza grudgingly agrees. He tells her to change out of her nurse's uniform and get all dolled up cuz “We are going out on the town and later, well, later we'll have lots and lots of time together.” As Esperanza skips off to change, Ruben's phone rings. It's Aida. We only hear his side of the conversation telling her he can't possibly tear himself away from work because after all he'll be gone for a long time on a vacation with her mother. He doesn't realize that Esperanza has come back to the room. "Are you going on a trip with your wife?" ruh-roh!
Aurora runs into Mariano outside (I like these two together). He’s hurt cuz Teresa asked him to leave her alone. Aurora encourages him to have patience. Teresa loved her sister so much and she’s really not thinking straight. Mariano agrees to take a break and to accompany her to have coffee.
Arturo and Teresa are talking next to Rosa's coffin. Teresa tells him this is so difficult especially when she looks at her parents. He can't imagine their suffering. They walk over to her parents and he offers his condolences and any help they may need, financial or anything else. They thank him kindly for his offer. Teresa thanks him but says it’s one thing to pay for her education since she’ll be paying him back by working for him but it’s quite another to accept money that she will never be able to pay back. She refuses any further financial assistance but is very grateful he came by, a kindness she will never forget.
Aurora and Mariano are talking over a coffee about Teresa and how she'll need the love and support of all her friends. Aurora asks how long they've known each other, etc. Mariano tells her Teresa and he have known each other their whole lives. She was his first love. In fact, she is the love of his life. Ohhhh, Aurora is taken aback at this statement. Aurora says she noticed the affection between them when she saw him consoling her at the hospital. She accidentally spills hot coffee on herself as she turns to leave. He offers a napkin and she strongly tells him to leave her alone and refuses any further offers of first aid, including applying a papa to the burn. She suggests he go back to Teresa now. (guess the papa offer ticked her off)
Ruben is pleading with Esperanza behind a locked door. Don't ever do this to me again! He gets the keys and gets into the room where we see Esperanza crying in a corner. “So, you're going on a trip with your wife. You lied to me! You really weren’t having problems.” Ruben: “I hate her, no la soporto.” Esperanza “Yeah, that's why you're going on a 3-week vacation with her?” Ruben: “You don't understand. Aida has nagged and nagged that I reconcile with her mother, including sharing a bedroom. I only agreed to try one last time to reconcile with her to see if it would work out, which it won't because I only love you.” Esperanza: “I don't believe you.” Ruben: “I only agreed to this trip to please my daughter. She’ll see that when things don't work out after this trip, she'll accept our need to divorce.” He swears to Esperanza that he and his wife detest each other. Esperanza: “Really? Do you swear?” Ruben: “I promise the only reason I agreed to this trip was in the hopes that when we return I can convince my daughter that a divorce is the only solution.” Esperanza: “The thought of you with another woman, even your wife, makes me want to die.” Ruben: “Oh stop such nonsense, you're the only woman I love. You remember when we met, I was already separated. I returned only for my daughter’s sake. I couldn't let her go back on drugs. She's the only reason I stay with my wife. The only woman I want to be with all the time is you. You believe me don't you?” Esperanza: “I’m so afraid of what can happen on that trip.” Ruben: “Why mi amor? Trussssssst me. I love you.” He carries her to the bedroom. “At first I did think you were just an aventura. I don't know when I fell so hard for you. I love you.” They reach the bed and start making out.
Mariano is insisting that Aurora let him look at her arm. They see Arturo on his way out. Mariano “What are you doing here? I told you we don't need your help.” Arturo: “Well, that’s not really your business and I had to give her parents my condolences. Aurora, please tell Teresa she can take as much time as she needs.” Aurora: “What was that all about?” Mariano confesses he’s afraid Teresa will fall for Arturo -- money, power, everything he can't offer. Aurora tells him that if they really love each other, all the money in the world can't separate them. (Wanna bet?)
Teresa apologizes to Mariano for lashing out at him it's just that she can't help but think how different things would be if they had money. They embrace as Aurora looks on muy dolorida. Later,
Refugio, Armando, Teresa, and Juana return to the now dark, empty apartment. The coffin is now gone as are all the mourners. The only thing left is a vase of flowers. What will we do without her? Teresa in their bedroom -- nothing will be the same without Rosita. Juana suggests she think of her as a new angelito that will watch over them from heaven. So sad.
Mariano asks Esperanza what gives. She seems different, nervous. He thinks it strange that they would perform Pablito's tests for free at the hospital (cute and smart) and knows that's not how things are done. He also noticed Espe didn’t seem to know anyone there. Offers her his help (cute, smart, and compassionate). Espe swears him to secrecy……um, she’s unemployed, yeah that’s it. Please don't tell anyone she doesn’t have a job. Mariano’s relieved. He thought it was something much worse. Lies aren't good. Espe tells him she now has a new job with an elderly lady. Espe: “If everything works out well, it will be the happiest thing that has happened to anyone in this vecindad.”
Ruben and Maira meet with Genoveva. She tells them their daughter is in good hands with her son. Ruben is a little concerned on that front. Genoveva says not to worry, let the kids enjoy themselves. Besides, she always tells her son "Portate mal, cuidate bien" (Behave badly, protect yourself well -- reference to condoms?) Ruben: “Hey, hey, this is my daughter you're talking about" Mayra walks away to take a call on her cell and this is where it really gets interesting: Genoveva: “So you're going on a honeymoon -- Ay Ruben, what wouldn't I give to go on such a trip.....with you.” Ruben: “Shut up” Genoveva: “Don't worry, I would never tell anyone about our past relationship. And anyway, it would cause me more damage (perjudicaria) than it would you. I do miss you and you know it.”
Teresa in bedroom talking to Rosita’s picture: “I swear to you things will be different. I've got to get out of this place. I don't deserve this poverty!” She begins to undress. Juana walks in and asks what's wrong. Teresa: “I'm trying to fix myself up. I look horrible. I'm all haggard, gaunt (ojerosa, demacrada) and above all, dressed in black.” (remember this scene in GWTW, anyone?) Juana: “This is very painful. It's normal for you to feel this way.” Teresa: “No, it's not normal! I refuse to take Rosita's death lying down (brazos cruzados -- literally arms crossed) like everyone else crying over Rosita's death I will never suffer like this again due to poverty. Wealthy people never have to suffer like this. From this day forward, no more mourning, no more regrets. I will do the impossible to go far and to do what I need to look good.” Juana: “To respect Rosita, you must observe mourning at least until the end of the novenas (nine days of rosaries). Do it for your parents who are also suffering.” Teresa: “Not one more day. Not.one.more.day.” She starts to throw things around saying this is all trash. She sits and begins to cry (so much for her vow not to cry over poverty)
Avances:
Aida sees Teresa hugging Mariano – “So, now you’re dating a taxi driver.”
Aida tells Paolo Teresa is besoteando (kissing) the taxi driver
At the hospital, the doctor is breaking the bad news - Rosita has just passed away. He said she suffered from a congenital heart defect. Everyone breaks down in tears. Teresa pleads with everyone to allow her to see her sister. She runs and claws at the door. Mariano holds her back and she collapses against him.
Johnny is blaming himself because he knew about her medical problems and should have done something to stop her from competing. Mariano assures him this was no one's fault. There was no cure for her disease; she could've died at any time. It's best to remember her as she was and how happy they were together. His love for her will keep her alive. Touching scene with Teresa visiting Rosa's body. She bitterly regrets she wasn't able to see her compete and win the medal; or that she didn't tell her how much she loved her. She sees the medal and places it on the body and curses that this was all due to the lack of money (maldito dinero) and then she vows (a la Scarlett in GWTW) that she will never ever (nunca! nunca! nunca!) suffer like this again and she repeats her mantra -- ser o no ser, yo soy -- Never again will I shed another tear (nunca!nunca!nunca!) due to poverty. She wipes the tears from her face.
Ruben (del bigote bruto) is telling Maira he'll be late tonight -- has a lot of business to see to (yeah, MONKEY business) before they go on their trip. She tells him she'll be shopping for lingerie (lenceri) after the club. He tells her maybe she should wait and he’ll buy her some in Paris! (the snake!)
Back at the hospital, Esperanza is consoling Johnny when her cell phone rings (gasp). It's El Bigote - Get ready mi amor because you have me all to yourself today. She responds "well, um DOCTOR, (cuz Johnny's listening) I won't be able to see you today cuz something terrible has happened." "Who are you with?" he demands… ugh he's such a snake -- then she tells him about Rosita's death. That shuts him up.
Aurora and Mariano are talking about the arrangements. She'll take Rosa's parents back to the vecindad as that's where they want to have the wake for Rosa. In walks El Profe (gosh he's cute) offering to help. Mariano's very short with him and tells him no further help is needed. Arturo understands he's not so close to the family as to offer moral support, but surely they can use additional financial assistance. Mariano assures him Teresa's parents don't want any more money if it's coming from him. Arturo points out that's up to her parents, que no? or maybe even up to Teresa. Mariano tells him Teresa is muy afectada after seeing her sister's body. Furthermore, the only one responsible for Teresa not being able to say goodbye to her sister is Arturo. She didn't make it in time to see her sister compete in her final meet so taking money from Arturo would be an insult. After all, she was at his book release rather than at her sister's side.
Esperanza meets with El Bigote after all. He tells her she's very late. She feels bad - Rosa wasn't even 15, so sad. Ruben tells her to forget about all that and enjoy their time together (unfeeling cad) After all, he moved heaven and earth for them to spend this whole day together. Esperanza: “What? You're not going to work?” Ruben: “No, we're going to be together today because I need to go on a trip.” Esperanza doesn't look too happy at this revelation.
At the wake/rosary: Teresa is standing at the coffin. I know you’re in heaven because that's where you belong. Please watch over us and help us out of this misery. Mariano tries to console her and reminds her that Rosita is no longer here, but in heaven. Teresa cries out "Esta muerta! - And I won't believe this trash about her having died due to an illness. She died due to our lack of money. If she had been better nourished as a child, if she had better health care, if she had better living conditions...... Mariano says none of that would have made a difference. It was a birth defect and her death couldn't be avoided. "Sueltame, dejame en paz! (Let me go! Leave me alone!) Mariano steps away and in walks el quapisimo Profe (sorry, can't help myself). Arturo goes to her side and she leans against him. (hey, did I see her make a face like she was calculating her next move b4 he came up to her?)
At the love nest – Esperanza is sitting on Ruben's lap pouting that she won't see him for 3 weeks. He says, “Oh, believe me it's going to be pure torture being away from you, but you know, business calls.” Esperanza grudgingly agrees. He tells her to change out of her nurse's uniform and get all dolled up cuz “We are going out on the town and later, well, later we'll have lots and lots of time together.” As Esperanza skips off to change, Ruben's phone rings. It's Aida. We only hear his side of the conversation telling her he can't possibly tear himself away from work because after all he'll be gone for a long time on a vacation with her mother. He doesn't realize that Esperanza has come back to the room. "Are you going on a trip with your wife?" ruh-roh!
Aurora runs into Mariano outside (I like these two together). He’s hurt cuz Teresa asked him to leave her alone. Aurora encourages him to have patience. Teresa loved her sister so much and she’s really not thinking straight. Mariano agrees to take a break and to accompany her to have coffee.
Arturo and Teresa are talking next to Rosa's coffin. Teresa tells him this is so difficult especially when she looks at her parents. He can't imagine their suffering. They walk over to her parents and he offers his condolences and any help they may need, financial or anything else. They thank him kindly for his offer. Teresa thanks him but says it’s one thing to pay for her education since she’ll be paying him back by working for him but it’s quite another to accept money that she will never be able to pay back. She refuses any further financial assistance but is very grateful he came by, a kindness she will never forget.
Aurora and Mariano are talking over a coffee about Teresa and how she'll need the love and support of all her friends. Aurora asks how long they've known each other, etc. Mariano tells her Teresa and he have known each other their whole lives. She was his first love. In fact, she is the love of his life. Ohhhh, Aurora is taken aback at this statement. Aurora says she noticed the affection between them when she saw him consoling her at the hospital. She accidentally spills hot coffee on herself as she turns to leave. He offers a napkin and she strongly tells him to leave her alone and refuses any further offers of first aid, including applying a papa to the burn. She suggests he go back to Teresa now. (guess the papa offer ticked her off)
Ruben is pleading with Esperanza behind a locked door. Don't ever do this to me again! He gets the keys and gets into the room where we see Esperanza crying in a corner. “So, you're going on a trip with your wife. You lied to me! You really weren’t having problems.” Ruben: “I hate her, no la soporto.” Esperanza “Yeah, that's why you're going on a 3-week vacation with her?” Ruben: “You don't understand. Aida has nagged and nagged that I reconcile with her mother, including sharing a bedroom. I only agreed to try one last time to reconcile with her to see if it would work out, which it won't because I only love you.” Esperanza: “I don't believe you.” Ruben: “I only agreed to this trip to please my daughter. She’ll see that when things don't work out after this trip, she'll accept our need to divorce.” He swears to Esperanza that he and his wife detest each other. Esperanza: “Really? Do you swear?” Ruben: “I promise the only reason I agreed to this trip was in the hopes that when we return I can convince my daughter that a divorce is the only solution.” Esperanza: “The thought of you with another woman, even your wife, makes me want to die.” Ruben: “Oh stop such nonsense, you're the only woman I love. You remember when we met, I was already separated. I returned only for my daughter’s sake. I couldn't let her go back on drugs. She's the only reason I stay with my wife. The only woman I want to be with all the time is you. You believe me don't you?” Esperanza: “I’m so afraid of what can happen on that trip.” Ruben: “Why mi amor? Trussssssst me. I love you.” He carries her to the bedroom. “At first I did think you were just an aventura. I don't know when I fell so hard for you. I love you.” They reach the bed and start making out.
Mariano is insisting that Aurora let him look at her arm. They see Arturo on his way out. Mariano “What are you doing here? I told you we don't need your help.” Arturo: “Well, that’s not really your business and I had to give her parents my condolences. Aurora, please tell Teresa she can take as much time as she needs.” Aurora: “What was that all about?” Mariano confesses he’s afraid Teresa will fall for Arturo -- money, power, everything he can't offer. Aurora tells him that if they really love each other, all the money in the world can't separate them. (Wanna bet?)
Teresa apologizes to Mariano for lashing out at him it's just that she can't help but think how different things would be if they had money. They embrace as Aurora looks on muy dolorida. Later,
Refugio, Armando, Teresa, and Juana return to the now dark, empty apartment. The coffin is now gone as are all the mourners. The only thing left is a vase of flowers. What will we do without her? Teresa in their bedroom -- nothing will be the same without Rosita. Juana suggests she think of her as a new angelito that will watch over them from heaven. So sad.
Mariano asks Esperanza what gives. She seems different, nervous. He thinks it strange that they would perform Pablito's tests for free at the hospital (cute and smart) and knows that's not how things are done. He also noticed Espe didn’t seem to know anyone there. Offers her his help (cute, smart, and compassionate). Espe swears him to secrecy……um, she’s unemployed, yeah that’s it. Please don't tell anyone she doesn’t have a job. Mariano’s relieved. He thought it was something much worse. Lies aren't good. Espe tells him she now has a new job with an elderly lady. Espe: “If everything works out well, it will be the happiest thing that has happened to anyone in this vecindad.”
Ruben and Maira meet with Genoveva. She tells them their daughter is in good hands with her son. Ruben is a little concerned on that front. Genoveva says not to worry, let the kids enjoy themselves. Besides, she always tells her son "Portate mal, cuidate bien" (Behave badly, protect yourself well -- reference to condoms?) Ruben: “Hey, hey, this is my daughter you're talking about" Mayra walks away to take a call on her cell and this is where it really gets interesting: Genoveva: “So you're going on a honeymoon -- Ay Ruben, what wouldn't I give to go on such a trip.....with you.” Ruben: “Shut up” Genoveva: “Don't worry, I would never tell anyone about our past relationship. And anyway, it would cause me more damage (perjudicaria) than it would you. I do miss you and you know it.”
Teresa in bedroom talking to Rosita’s picture: “I swear to you things will be different. I've got to get out of this place. I don't deserve this poverty!” She begins to undress. Juana walks in and asks what's wrong. Teresa: “I'm trying to fix myself up. I look horrible. I'm all haggard, gaunt (ojerosa, demacrada) and above all, dressed in black.” (remember this scene in GWTW, anyone?) Juana: “This is very painful. It's normal for you to feel this way.” Teresa: “No, it's not normal! I refuse to take Rosita's death lying down (brazos cruzados -- literally arms crossed) like everyone else crying over Rosita's death I will never suffer like this again due to poverty. Wealthy people never have to suffer like this. From this day forward, no more mourning, no more regrets. I will do the impossible to go far and to do what I need to look good.” Juana: “To respect Rosita, you must observe mourning at least until the end of the novenas (nine days of rosaries). Do it for your parents who are also suffering.” Teresa: “Not one more day. Not.one.more.day.” She starts to throw things around saying this is all trash. She sits and begins to cry (so much for her vow not to cry over poverty)
Avances:
Aida sees Teresa hugging Mariano – “So, now you’re dating a taxi driver.”
Aida tells Paolo Teresa is besoteando (kissing) the taxi driver
Labels: Teresa
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Eva Luna #108 Thu 4/7/11 ... The three faces of Slime Bucket, Bimbutt rejects bug eye and crashes at the beach and a lot of filler
This recap is by Marta
Julio tells Vicky Justa is her mother… Vicky is frozen in shock
Eva and Deborah on Alicia’s bed, Eva has a gift for baby. Deborah says its his first gift. Alicia says not quite, Tony gave him his first gift… and has been very nice to Alicia ever since she told him she was pregnant. Eva and Deborah look at each other wondering whats up with Tony.
Bimb: No!!, it an’t be her!! (to Justa) No, you cannot be my mother!!
Jus: I am your mother, dear daughter, You are my baby, my ninita!! I did not know it until today.
Bim: No!! I cannot be her daughter!! I don’t want to be her daughter!!
Jus: Don’t tell me that please!!
Bim: You are Eva’s friend!! You can’t be anything of mine! This is a joke from fate!! Fate canot do that to me!! IT can’t!!
(Bim runs out, Justa faints on Julio’s arms)
Kids and Jackie are ready to leave…
Eva and Deb.. Eva tells Deb about her chat with Detective Varela about Jojo’s suspicion about Marcela killing Bruno and Rosaura…
Julio wakes Justa up with some cloth… Justa whines/mopes about Bimb not accepting her… Justa is worried about Bimb’s attitude, she just ran away… Julio says it was a very impactful moment for her… give it time… Justa very scared…
Bimb in car remembering when Leo rejected and treated her bad… since he saw how stupid she behaved with Dano, her crazy actions, he never cared what happened to her anymore, especially when he learned she wasn’t even his sister, he cared about her even less…
Then she remembers Marce’s words, my daughter would have fulfilled my plan, would have done anything necessary to get rid of Eva, my daughter would not have hessitated to pull the trigger, would not have failed me,… you are nothing of mine… you are nothing but a bastard child, product of an affair of your father with an ordinary office worker…
Bimb: This can’t be happening to me!!
Deb and Eva… Deb congratulates Eva on tellin the detective… Eva is surprised, what other things has she done that we don’t know?… Deb says you pay for everything in this life… they are sure Marce will spend the rest of her life in jail… Eva says there is something else… tells Deb it is certain that Dano and Lileach are together… maybe its for the better, so I won’t keep hoping… Deb guesses correctly that Eva still loves him… Deb tells Eva that if she still loves Dano she should not marry Leo, have to end that engagement.
Vicky keeps speeding through town and police begin pursuing her…
Cruella and Gallo… he has his charm mode on… he tells her the plan is in place already. Will be a bit complicated, she doesn’t care… Gallo gives her the details, Marce gets excited… there are risks… Cruella says she will do her part, make sure your folks do theirs… Gallo says you sound very sure of getting out… Marce says yes, I want to get out to take revenge on all those who have betrayed me…
Vicky still on road, yelling nonesense…
Bimb: Nooo!! They will lock me in the nuthouse!! No, God, NOOO!!
Driving the cars go on a sandy road, perhaps toward beach… a truck is coming… seems Vicky crashes against the truck… yup, she is flat on ground, bleeding…
(we have an after-show. Commercial… Monday starting at 7pm…)
Eva and Deb… Eva tells mom have thought about it several times but it is not fair with him, he has shown me he loves me and the kid… in time she will learn to love him. Deb insists Eva has to give herself the chance to change her mind… isn’t it true that the hurdle to marry Dano was that you discovered he had run over your dad? Isn’t it true too that Dano insists he will prove his innocence, then give him time to do it!!… Eva insists that too many things have happened, can’t believe in him… Deb insists…
Renata runs out crying, Eva asks what is going on, but Renata won’t stop… Eva tells Deb in the whole time have known Renata, have never seen her cry… must be something really serious.
Ambulance takes Vicky, seems car banged up against huge boulders on road side…
Kids have taken Jackie to some outdoor restaurant, perhaps the one Dano took Eva too, the night before they split… Fran is sitting around watching and signaling the kids…
Eva comes to Renata’s room to ask what is going on… why are you crying..
Deb is caressing Alicia, who could be the baby’s dad for you to be so afraid to say it?
Gallo and Leo meet… what can I do for you? Need you to find Tony… tonight he has a job… don’t want to deal directly with him. Gallo asks why. Leo says Tony is still mad at him for stealing his girl. Gallo laughs… Leo says for now all that he cares about is for Tony to do his job… can only stand him because you (Gallo) protect him… gives him the address and keys… when he does the job, you call me…
Kids show Jackie that Fran is out there… Fran tries to put on the charm complimenting Jackie on her looks, she gets ironic saying she looks just like always, but thank you. Lets leave him alone, must be waiting for ‘su amor’… kids pull on Jackie to go meet up with Fran… it is a small world after all… Adr says ‘if we had planned it it would not come out so well’… Fran smirks to stop him from spilling more …
Kids try to excuse themselves, but Jackie pulls them back.. they try again… Fran won’t let Jackie follow them… Don’t have to get another table, we all fit here…
Jackie asks aren’t you waiting for your great love?
Fran: That is just what I want, because my great love, Jackie… has just arrived.
Jackie: that can’t be true.
Fran: It is true, the woman I love is you… I was so stubborn not to see that I had happiness so close..
Jackie: Stop lying are you crazy??
Fran: Crazy I was before! It is Not a lie… the kids knew it… my heart told me every day… in each meal plate (LOL!!), in each stare… I only want to grow old with you, have our kids, to treat you right… you are the woman of my live… (kiss), kids are observing from far, celebrating…
Renata tells Eva she just confessed to Julio and Justa what she had done in the past.
(spills the truth to Eva too… Eva totally oblivious then is very impactada and then worried about Renata)
Eva is in disbelief… Renata says Julio is right, there is no justification of forgiveness.
Eva: I always thought there was something in your past that did not let you live in peace, that made you a bitter and rencour filled woman.. but I never imagined it was something like this!
Renata: I am so ashamed of what I did, not only with my sister but also with you. Ever since you arrived at this house I treated you bad and unfairly… because I did not want you to be close to Julio, I envied you, I was jealous of you… You won his love and that way you were pulling him further apart from me..
Eva: Do you realize that with your sick love you destroyed not only your life but others?
Renata: You are right, and now I want to appoligize to you… please forgive me.. for all the harm I did to you and the harm I tried to do to you…
Eva: All is forgiven… now we have to ask God to forgive you for all you have done… and that will happen.. have faith…
Jackie slaps Fran… she does not believe him… so he shouts to all in the restaurant (just like Dano did a while back) that this woman is the prettiest and the woman of his life… Jackie tells them not to believe him, that he is a liar, that he had told her he loved her as a sister… he insists he was confused then and he wants to love her now… he finally understands what is to love a woman and to give yourself to a woman…
Jackie won’t let him hurt her again… Fran cannot convince her… Jackie leaves before they can stop her… Fran is depressed … tells the kids everything went wrong…
Justa gets home… Ricardo was worried… are you alright? Where were you?
Justa: I was at Julio’s house…
R: Why? What were you doing there?
J: To talk to him.
R: I don’t get it, you had told me you and Julio had nothing to talk about anymore.
Justa tells him what Renata came to confess to her something she never imagined…
Julio is meeting with detective… the detective tells him what happened with the car… sorry to tell you she is at the hospital… in critical condition…
Ricardo cannot believe it… Victoria is my daughter, the one I had with Julio! That is why I went to see him. While I was there Vic arrived. It was terrible. She rejected me. She yelled at me.
Tony is reporting to Gallo… Gallo gives him the address… again another delivery job.
Tony insists he wants to get out of the business.. Gallo warns him Leo wants him dead and he is alive still only because Gallo is protecting him.
Julio goes to get Justa, Vicky had a critical accident… Ricardo tells Justa to go with Julio he will stay to wait for Adrian.…
Leo and Lileach meet at an outdoor café… Lileach still warns him Eva still loves Dano. You just take care of trapping Dano more… Lileach has to make Dano believe they really made love and that she had nothing to do with Eva going there… she has another card to play… somewhat risky but necessary.
Gallo calls Leo, Tony is on his way to the job… Leo asks Gallo if everything is ready for tonight, want Tony dead… make it seem like the deal failed…
Dano alone on his couch remembering waking up in bed with Lileach… being confused with no memory fo what happened after he arrived tired… and then remembers confronting Lileach about this being a plan… Lileach responding offended and hurt… if you believe it, then kick me out… Dano asks himself if it could be that Lileach is lying to him? At that moment Lileach comes to tell him she has to talk to him…
Jackie is remembering Fran’s words… still thinking it is another one of his lies… Fran comes to try again… she is still stubborn… it is time for our friendship to be over… (kiss)
At hospital Justa tells Julio God has to save our daughter…
Doctor comes to tell them Vicky is still clinging to live, even though she didn’t even have the seatbelt on… not certain she will survive, they stopped the internal bleeding in surgery but her head contussion is still dangerous.
Julio asks the Doctor to be honest. Vicky is in coma.
Leo and Eva at the house…
Leo: its time to agree on the date of our wedding… I cannot wait any longer… I want you to be my wife… love you… (he is about to kiss her when we go to t-mobile commercial about the niece telling her aunt about the novela) After commercial Eva pulls away…
E: Leo, I was not expecting to talk about this now.
L: My mom’s trial is over. Things are settled now… My love, no reason to postpone it. Look at me. You asked me for time and I gave it to you. What is wrong now?
E: You took me by surprise.
L: Ok, but you cannot deny that it is time to put a date on it. I propose that you let me set the date.
D: From your face, I would say this is serious..
L: Yes it is. I have not stopped thinking of what we talked at the office…
D: me either.
L: It really affected me that you could think that I planned for Eva to see us together. That is why I have decided something… to leave your house… (turning the angle so she looks like the victim/weaklin) I really would not want to because I have nowhere to go but unless you ask me otherwise, I will leave tonight…
Eva is very uneasy but allows Leo to set the date… in a week…
E: Leonardo…
L: Thank you, Eva! Thank you! You make me the happiest man on the face of the earth!
Renata comes running to tell them Vicky had an accident and is in coma…
Jackie is making Fran follow her around house, grabs a huge pepper grinder and threatens to hit him… Won’t let him hurt her again. Fran tells her he loves her and he knows she loves him too… she finally admits it… If I love you and you love me… what is the problem? … Jackie is still having a hard time to believe him… but when he leaves the kitchen, she is confused.
D: NO, Liliana, you don’t have to leave.
L: Thank you.
D: What I want you to have very clear, is that I love Eva.
L: I know, but I want to remind you is that she believes you killed her father and she is accusing you of her dad’s death… she will take you to trial, and will marry Leonardo.
D: We will see about that…
(Julio calls Dano to let him know about Vicky’s accident, Dano impactado)
Leo: Poor Vicky, hopefully she will make it. Eva I have to go to hospital. I know she tried to hurt you but she is my sister and I feel I need to be by her side.
Eva: In moments like this, the past doesn’t matter.
Leo: You are right, and that is why I will dare ask you to come with me.
Tony and Ricardo… Tony totally surprised Vicky is Justa’s daughter. Ricardo tells Tony he no longer is afraid that he might lose Justa. Now he just feels happiness that she finally recovered her daughter. Have prayed to prevent her the pain of losing her daughter again. Tony is also happy for Justa recovering her daughter.
Julio and teary bug-eye are praying at hospital chapel… for Vicky…
Justa: Now that I have her back that I know she is not dead as I believed, you can’t take her away from me. Save her please!!
Jul: Lord, I know my daughter has made many mistakes, but I beg you to give her another chance, to let her pay for her sins and give her another chance to realign her life. Don’t take her from Justa now that you finally returned her to her. And please guide me so that from now on I will be the father that Vicky needs.
Tony offers to stay and watch Adrian so Ricardo can go to hospital… But Ricardo says go do your job… They hug and say take care. (I have a bad feeling about this ‘goodbye’)
Renata tells Tia Matilde that what is happening to Vicky is not her own fault, it is the product of a scruples-less mother and my own evil… Tia Matilde is interested in more details. Renata says better you hear it from me. Vicky is daughter of Justa and Don Julio.
Leo and Eva join Justa and Julio at hospital. Julio tells them unfortunately Vicky is in coma, and tells them about the accident while Vicky was running from the police. Julio tells Leo that Justa is Vicky’s real mother.. Leo very impactado.
Julio tells Vicky Justa is her mother… Vicky is frozen in shock
Eva and Deborah on Alicia’s bed, Eva has a gift for baby. Deborah says its his first gift. Alicia says not quite, Tony gave him his first gift… and has been very nice to Alicia ever since she told him she was pregnant. Eva and Deborah look at each other wondering whats up with Tony.
Bimb: No!!, it an’t be her!! (to Justa) No, you cannot be my mother!!
Jus: I am your mother, dear daughter, You are my baby, my ninita!! I did not know it until today.
Bim: No!! I cannot be her daughter!! I don’t want to be her daughter!!
Jus: Don’t tell me that please!!
Bim: You are Eva’s friend!! You can’t be anything of mine! This is a joke from fate!! Fate canot do that to me!! IT can’t!!
(Bim runs out, Justa faints on Julio’s arms)
Kids and Jackie are ready to leave…
Eva and Deb.. Eva tells Deb about her chat with Detective Varela about Jojo’s suspicion about Marcela killing Bruno and Rosaura…
Julio wakes Justa up with some cloth… Justa whines/mopes about Bimb not accepting her… Justa is worried about Bimb’s attitude, she just ran away… Julio says it was a very impactful moment for her… give it time… Justa very scared…
Bimb in car remembering when Leo rejected and treated her bad… since he saw how stupid she behaved with Dano, her crazy actions, he never cared what happened to her anymore, especially when he learned she wasn’t even his sister, he cared about her even less…
Then she remembers Marce’s words, my daughter would have fulfilled my plan, would have done anything necessary to get rid of Eva, my daughter would not have hessitated to pull the trigger, would not have failed me,… you are nothing of mine… you are nothing but a bastard child, product of an affair of your father with an ordinary office worker…
Bimb: This can’t be happening to me!!
Deb and Eva… Deb congratulates Eva on tellin the detective… Eva is surprised, what other things has she done that we don’t know?… Deb says you pay for everything in this life… they are sure Marce will spend the rest of her life in jail… Eva says there is something else… tells Deb it is certain that Dano and Lileach are together… maybe its for the better, so I won’t keep hoping… Deb guesses correctly that Eva still loves him… Deb tells Eva that if she still loves Dano she should not marry Leo, have to end that engagement.
Vicky keeps speeding through town and police begin pursuing her…
Cruella and Gallo… he has his charm mode on… he tells her the plan is in place already. Will be a bit complicated, she doesn’t care… Gallo gives her the details, Marce gets excited… there are risks… Cruella says she will do her part, make sure your folks do theirs… Gallo says you sound very sure of getting out… Marce says yes, I want to get out to take revenge on all those who have betrayed me…
Vicky still on road, yelling nonesense…
Bimb: Nooo!! They will lock me in the nuthouse!! No, God, NOOO!!
Driving the cars go on a sandy road, perhaps toward beach… a truck is coming… seems Vicky crashes against the truck… yup, she is flat on ground, bleeding…
(we have an after-show. Commercial… Monday starting at 7pm…)
Eva and Deb… Eva tells mom have thought about it several times but it is not fair with him, he has shown me he loves me and the kid… in time she will learn to love him. Deb insists Eva has to give herself the chance to change her mind… isn’t it true that the hurdle to marry Dano was that you discovered he had run over your dad? Isn’t it true too that Dano insists he will prove his innocence, then give him time to do it!!… Eva insists that too many things have happened, can’t believe in him… Deb insists…
Renata runs out crying, Eva asks what is going on, but Renata won’t stop… Eva tells Deb in the whole time have known Renata, have never seen her cry… must be something really serious.
Ambulance takes Vicky, seems car banged up against huge boulders on road side…
Kids have taken Jackie to some outdoor restaurant, perhaps the one Dano took Eva too, the night before they split… Fran is sitting around watching and signaling the kids…
Eva comes to Renata’s room to ask what is going on… why are you crying..
Deb is caressing Alicia, who could be the baby’s dad for you to be so afraid to say it?
Gallo and Leo meet… what can I do for you? Need you to find Tony… tonight he has a job… don’t want to deal directly with him. Gallo asks why. Leo says Tony is still mad at him for stealing his girl. Gallo laughs… Leo says for now all that he cares about is for Tony to do his job… can only stand him because you (Gallo) protect him… gives him the address and keys… when he does the job, you call me…
Kids show Jackie that Fran is out there… Fran tries to put on the charm complimenting Jackie on her looks, she gets ironic saying she looks just like always, but thank you. Lets leave him alone, must be waiting for ‘su amor’… kids pull on Jackie to go meet up with Fran… it is a small world after all… Adr says ‘if we had planned it it would not come out so well’… Fran smirks to stop him from spilling more …
Kids try to excuse themselves, but Jackie pulls them back.. they try again… Fran won’t let Jackie follow them… Don’t have to get another table, we all fit here…
Jackie asks aren’t you waiting for your great love?
Fran: That is just what I want, because my great love, Jackie… has just arrived.
Jackie: that can’t be true.
Fran: It is true, the woman I love is you… I was so stubborn not to see that I had happiness so close..
Jackie: Stop lying are you crazy??
Fran: Crazy I was before! It is Not a lie… the kids knew it… my heart told me every day… in each meal plate (LOL!!), in each stare… I only want to grow old with you, have our kids, to treat you right… you are the woman of my live… (kiss), kids are observing from far, celebrating…
Renata tells Eva she just confessed to Julio and Justa what she had done in the past.
(spills the truth to Eva too… Eva totally oblivious then is very impactada and then worried about Renata)
Eva is in disbelief… Renata says Julio is right, there is no justification of forgiveness.
Eva: I always thought there was something in your past that did not let you live in peace, that made you a bitter and rencour filled woman.. but I never imagined it was something like this!
Renata: I am so ashamed of what I did, not only with my sister but also with you. Ever since you arrived at this house I treated you bad and unfairly… because I did not want you to be close to Julio, I envied you, I was jealous of you… You won his love and that way you were pulling him further apart from me..
Eva: Do you realize that with your sick love you destroyed not only your life but others?
Renata: You are right, and now I want to appoligize to you… please forgive me.. for all the harm I did to you and the harm I tried to do to you…
Eva: All is forgiven… now we have to ask God to forgive you for all you have done… and that will happen.. have faith…
Jackie slaps Fran… she does not believe him… so he shouts to all in the restaurant (just like Dano did a while back) that this woman is the prettiest and the woman of his life… Jackie tells them not to believe him, that he is a liar, that he had told her he loved her as a sister… he insists he was confused then and he wants to love her now… he finally understands what is to love a woman and to give yourself to a woman…
Jackie won’t let him hurt her again… Fran cannot convince her… Jackie leaves before they can stop her… Fran is depressed … tells the kids everything went wrong…
Justa gets home… Ricardo was worried… are you alright? Where were you?
Justa: I was at Julio’s house…
R: Why? What were you doing there?
J: To talk to him.
R: I don’t get it, you had told me you and Julio had nothing to talk about anymore.
Justa tells him what Renata came to confess to her something she never imagined…
Julio is meeting with detective… the detective tells him what happened with the car… sorry to tell you she is at the hospital… in critical condition…
Ricardo cannot believe it… Victoria is my daughter, the one I had with Julio! That is why I went to see him. While I was there Vic arrived. It was terrible. She rejected me. She yelled at me.
Tony is reporting to Gallo… Gallo gives him the address… again another delivery job.
Tony insists he wants to get out of the business.. Gallo warns him Leo wants him dead and he is alive still only because Gallo is protecting him.
Julio goes to get Justa, Vicky had a critical accident… Ricardo tells Justa to go with Julio he will stay to wait for Adrian.…
Leo and Lileach meet at an outdoor café… Lileach still warns him Eva still loves Dano. You just take care of trapping Dano more… Lileach has to make Dano believe they really made love and that she had nothing to do with Eva going there… she has another card to play… somewhat risky but necessary.
Gallo calls Leo, Tony is on his way to the job… Leo asks Gallo if everything is ready for tonight, want Tony dead… make it seem like the deal failed…
Dano alone on his couch remembering waking up in bed with Lileach… being confused with no memory fo what happened after he arrived tired… and then remembers confronting Lileach about this being a plan… Lileach responding offended and hurt… if you believe it, then kick me out… Dano asks himself if it could be that Lileach is lying to him? At that moment Lileach comes to tell him she has to talk to him…
Jackie is remembering Fran’s words… still thinking it is another one of his lies… Fran comes to try again… she is still stubborn… it is time for our friendship to be over… (kiss)
At hospital Justa tells Julio God has to save our daughter…
Doctor comes to tell them Vicky is still clinging to live, even though she didn’t even have the seatbelt on… not certain she will survive, they stopped the internal bleeding in surgery but her head contussion is still dangerous.
Julio asks the Doctor to be honest. Vicky is in coma.
Leo and Eva at the house…
Leo: its time to agree on the date of our wedding… I cannot wait any longer… I want you to be my wife… love you… (he is about to kiss her when we go to t-mobile commercial about the niece telling her aunt about the novela) After commercial Eva pulls away…
E: Leo, I was not expecting to talk about this now.
L: My mom’s trial is over. Things are settled now… My love, no reason to postpone it. Look at me. You asked me for time and I gave it to you. What is wrong now?
E: You took me by surprise.
L: Ok, but you cannot deny that it is time to put a date on it. I propose that you let me set the date.
D: From your face, I would say this is serious..
L: Yes it is. I have not stopped thinking of what we talked at the office…
D: me either.
L: It really affected me that you could think that I planned for Eva to see us together. That is why I have decided something… to leave your house… (turning the angle so she looks like the victim/weaklin) I really would not want to because I have nowhere to go but unless you ask me otherwise, I will leave tonight…
Eva is very uneasy but allows Leo to set the date… in a week…
E: Leonardo…
L: Thank you, Eva! Thank you! You make me the happiest man on the face of the earth!
Renata comes running to tell them Vicky had an accident and is in coma…
Jackie is making Fran follow her around house, grabs a huge pepper grinder and threatens to hit him… Won’t let him hurt her again. Fran tells her he loves her and he knows she loves him too… she finally admits it… If I love you and you love me… what is the problem? … Jackie is still having a hard time to believe him… but when he leaves the kitchen, she is confused.
D: NO, Liliana, you don’t have to leave.
L: Thank you.
D: What I want you to have very clear, is that I love Eva.
L: I know, but I want to remind you is that she believes you killed her father and she is accusing you of her dad’s death… she will take you to trial, and will marry Leonardo.
D: We will see about that…
(Julio calls Dano to let him know about Vicky’s accident, Dano impactado)
Leo: Poor Vicky, hopefully she will make it. Eva I have to go to hospital. I know she tried to hurt you but she is my sister and I feel I need to be by her side.
Eva: In moments like this, the past doesn’t matter.
Leo: You are right, and that is why I will dare ask you to come with me.
Tony and Ricardo… Tony totally surprised Vicky is Justa’s daughter. Ricardo tells Tony he no longer is afraid that he might lose Justa. Now he just feels happiness that she finally recovered her daughter. Have prayed to prevent her the pain of losing her daughter again. Tony is also happy for Justa recovering her daughter.
Julio and teary bug-eye are praying at hospital chapel… for Vicky…
Justa: Now that I have her back that I know she is not dead as I believed, you can’t take her away from me. Save her please!!
Jul: Lord, I know my daughter has made many mistakes, but I beg you to give her another chance, to let her pay for her sins and give her another chance to realign her life. Don’t take her from Justa now that you finally returned her to her. And please guide me so that from now on I will be the father that Vicky needs.
Tony offers to stay and watch Adrian so Ricardo can go to hospital… But Ricardo says go do your job… They hug and say take care. (I have a bad feeling about this ‘goodbye’)
Renata tells Tia Matilde that what is happening to Vicky is not her own fault, it is the product of a scruples-less mother and my own evil… Tia Matilde is interested in more details. Renata says better you hear it from me. Vicky is daughter of Justa and Don Julio.
Leo and Eva join Justa and Julio at hospital. Julio tells them unfortunately Vicky is in coma, and tells them about the accident while Vicky was running from the police. Julio tells Leo that Justa is Vicky’s real mother.. Leo very impactado.
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Llena de Amor #165 (Mex. 192-193) Thu 4/7/11 Tag Teams, Mergers and Reorganizations
Ahoy all. A message to our commenters: You folks are the best. You are always very generous with your appreciation of the recaps. Well you know what? We recappers truly appreciate the time that you spend enjoying our labors of love and getting into the conversations, especially during the rough patches. Not only that, a number of commenters have even stepped in and subbed for recappers upon occasion. Tonight I'm happy to present the debut of commenter Kristoise. Last week Kristoise introduced herself and volunteered to help out. Knowing I had a prior commitment today and tonight I jumped at her offer. She's a natural, no doubt about it.
I'll start things off with Capitulo 192: Two, two, two chicas in one
Last night we left our galan asking bitchy Mari can’t they just go back to being friends?
Tonight she’s in a better mood and responds Sure, she’ll always care for him. Smiles, tears and hugs.
That’s it for our two seconds of pleasantries because over at the Animal Farm the masked menagerie is getting out of control. Not only are they loudly calling each other by their first names but they are disagreeing on how to handle Netty (who is currently out cold but could wake up at any moment). In the midst of the cacophony St. Bernardo thought bubbles that Jose Maria spent 27 years in prison for a crime that he, Bernardo, committed. He lost his love, never knew his son, so no way will he let Kitty kill Netty. He tries to reason with Fedra that 1) she is the primary suspect so will likely end up in jail for murder and 2) Mari and Vicky will pay everything they own for ransom so Netty is worth more to them dead than alive. Doesn’t she want her property back? Kitty’s not biting, the actress stole her machos and she’s gotta die. Low protests that he’s Fedra’s only macho and the St. Bernardo insists he’s a pit bull, not just any dog. OK that’s fine but where is the rat in all this?
We get a brief respite courtesy of the two fresas who are griping about Eman hanging out at the pension and going after not one but two chicks. Kristel warns that Iliita had better be careful or she’ll wind up alone. “Like you?” needles Ilitia.
Mau the Ratface is still at the hideout and it looks like Dandy is delivering lunch. We find out that Mau’s secret priapistic weapon is Coctel de Mariscos which helps maintain a rapey snake’s virility you see. He’s got very particular plans for Netty in that regard, revenge for all the wrong that the RydTs and their friends have done to him. I notice Dandy didn’t bring breath mints; poor Netty.
The debate rages inside the bowels of the Animal Farm. Low finally manages to calm the furious feline with the suggestion that a slow, torturous death is preferable to a quick one, not to mention that Netty is the tool for controlling Mari and Vicky. Good enough for the lioness, she’s on board and dashes out for some personal business tossing a quick “Go to hell!” to Mauricio in passing.
Low warns Bernardo don’t even think of betraying Fedra and he makes his exit, instructing Mauricio not to let Netty out of his sight. Ningun problema promises Mau, slurping his shrimp Viagra.
Low gets a phone call from Mayela who demands to speak to him ASAP. She’s got a serious problem and he’s the only one who can help. If he doesn’t agree to meet her tonight then she’ll tell Muñeca and Ilitia who she really is. He grumbles but agrees. Mau overhears Low and instructs Dandy to follow Lowrenzo to get the dirt because Mau still wants to become the Patrón of everything.
Ilitia reassures Kristel that she’s got what it takes to be the #1 Super Fashion Super Cool Top Model of the world and when she is she’ll never be lonely again. Every man on earth will throw themselves at her feet. Kristel’s all “What are we waiting for? Let’s go see Mayela right now!”
Emiliano is hanging out at the pension kvetching to Gladiola that this mess is all his fault for putting Netty in a vulnerable position. (Yep, true.) He apologizes ad nauseum (and they left it all in!) to Gladi, to Mari, to Emanuel and now he wants to apologize to Victoria. Uh, she’s got a headache, lies Mari. Eman volunteers to get her and when Mari jumps up in a panic he eyes her suspiciously. Gladi also jumps up, “no people in the rooms”. Emi scoffs and orders Eman to run upstairs this very minute.
Eman is halfway upstairs when he changes his mind (or decides to give Mari an out). He sez Vicky’s such a crank he doesn’t want to bother her, better her best friend go up, ya think? Emiliano asks why they are all acting so weird, he himself will go get Vicky. “No no no!” they all yell. Gladi will get her headache remedy and Mari will go upstairs. Emiliano’s little hamster wants to run but it just can’t find the wheel.
Netty wakes up and realizes she’s in the doghouse. I wonder, did she hear Bernardo whispering that he wouldn’t allow Fedra to kill her? “Please Mr. Dog,” she pleads, “get me out of here, I didn’t see your faces. Please Mr. Dog, Mr. Dog? Bowow?”
Comisario Tejeda’s got Jose Maria in interrogation and wants to know about JMS’s connection to El Lirio de Plata, the thief who bears the same name as JMS’s boat. JM speaks in bullet points: 1) Dunno the thief, I was in the hospital with a heart attack; 2) I’m in love with Netty and I know you like her too; 3) Netty’s life is in danger and you should be spending your time trying to find her, not questioning me.
Nearby in her lonely cell Doris, fake flesh clinging to her face, weeps for Andres. In his own cell Andres, also looking like a flesh-rotting zombie, recalls Gladi’s words, if he loves Doris he’ll leave her alone and let her live a normal life. Yeah, what she says, adds flashback Brandon.
Aha, I knew Jacqui was a zombie! She’s also got fake body parts and doesn’t notice that Andres’ face appears to be melting. She’s paid his bail, Doris is back with her brother (lie!) and Andres should leave with her. Friends, OK? Let’s go to your house.
It’s nighttime at La Mala Noche and the leather-clad avenging duo of Oliver and Gretel has arrived. Gretel assures Oli that this is the place where Fedra transacts all her dirty business. After a brief discussion about the memories, pros and cons of Gretel being La Reina de la Luna they bust in on Fedra drinking champagne in her dressing room. “Drunk again!” accuses Gretel. “Tell us where you have Netty Pavon!” demands Oliver. I’m not sure but I think Fedra tells them she made mole out of her.
Lowrenzo, wearing his real pig face, not the pink one, arrives at Mayela’s in a snit because his time is precious. He warns her not to use the truth of Ilitia’s birth against him because she doesn’t know what he’s capable of. Uh, yes she does, she remembers her model Begonia who got pregnant to trap Low and then poof, she disappeared.
A breathless Vicky runs downstairs, apparently poor Mari is upstairs resting from her mad dash to get Vicky. Emi is suspicious, poor little hamster, and Eman tortures Vicky by pretending to run upstairs. He twists the knife by gloating that he and Mari made up.
Gretel insults Fedra (Cualquiera!), Fedra throws champagne in Gretels face and vows she doesn’t know where stupid Netty is. “Are you sure Fedra?” demands a just-arrived Jose Maria, “you know nothing about the woman I love?” Big eye roll from Fedra. This is NOT how she likes to warm up for her nightly chair dance.
The shrimp-breathed rapey snake excuses Bernardo from guard duty so he can have some alone time with the lovely victim. He smells her (again with the smelling!) and unbuttons his shirt. Yikes!
Mayela gripes that she’s got no contracts and she’s about to lose her business, her life, she needs money. Kristel and Ilitia walk into the apartment just in time to hear Lowrenzo yell “It’s just money you want? I paid you for many years to make sure that neither Muñeca nor Ilitia ever knew the name of Ilitia’s real mother. I won’t do it again.”
Oopsie! Low and Mayela notice the top model and wannabe, get tongue-tied, and Low demands to know what they heard. Ilitia’s about to blow it but Kristel butts in, “Zero minus zero is what we heard. We just got here, why what did you say?” The fresas quickly add that they want Mayela to turn Kristel into the next top model. Great idea, gushes Lowrenzo. Sorry, the agency is having money problems, corrects Mayela. No worries see me in the morning and I’ll inject some money into the biz promises Lowman. After he leaves Ilitia says she’s all for discussing Kristel as top model but first she wants to talk about her mother. Yep she heard, who is the woman?
Eman and Vicky: She tells him he’s not important to her and he goes all sarcastically bratty (I love it!), pretends to cry boo hoo, but that’s OK because he doesn’t care about her either, nyahhh. He’s decided Mari always was and always will be the love of his life, so there. Vicky’s one expression is mad, or maybe bored, but probably not glad. After some more he said she said she finally succeeds in pushing him out the door. Vicki mumbles something about “I don’t know your name but I remember you well, El Lirio de Plata.” Hey folks, I don’t write this crap, I just report it.
Fedra is loaded and denies all knowledge of that low-life Netty. Oli and Gretel stumble out of the room amid emptry threats and in frustration. After the young’uns leave JMS grabs a wobbly Fedra and threatens she WILL tell him where Netty is.
Gross, the rapey snape starts fondling blindfolded Netty. She begs him not to touch her as he replaces his mask and approaches his prey.
A dreadful ending, or would be if we didn’t have part two at our fingertips.
Take it away Kristoise:
Capitulo 193: Scenes have been merged/reorganized into 3 main plotlines
The short version
1) Low paid Mayela to keep the identity of Ilitia’s mom secret; Ilitia used to care, but now she realizes Muneca is all she needs. And our two fresas are going to start their own modeling agency, so take that, Mayela!
2) Doris and Andre are shacked up even though everyone but Doris realizes that she is better off without him.
3) The meat in this plot sandwich: Netty is rescued by a) Dandy, who accidentally
food poisons the rapey snake, b) Chema, who has been tipped off by Bernardo; and c) Emiliano, who has followed Chema. Emil gets a clue that Fedra is not who he thinks she is (but don’t worry, clues are like water off a duck’ s back for him). Fedra pulls a doozy of a guilt trip on Eman for thinking she kidnapped Netty; they reconcile.
Now, the long version:
ORIGENS: ILITIA
Mayela’s apt:
Ilitia wants Mayela to tell her who her verdadera madre is, but she ain’t sayin. Kristel interrupts (“ stop it!”) to chastise Illy for being so selfish as to take over the meeting that is supposed to be about launching her super top model career just so that she can find out who actually gave birth to her. (Maybe that’s why she said gynelogical instead of genealogical?) Ilitia powers on, though, as Kristel sits back and sulks. Mayela has no info for Illy. Her birth mother left years and years ago, current whereabouts unknown. So why drag this up now? Better to just leave it be. Illy ain’t buying it. For some strange reason, she just wants to know who her mother is.
Illy gives Mayela one more chance to reveal her mother’s name, and then threatens to withhold Low’s money from the modeling agency until the truth is revealed (can she do that?). Mayela points out that Illy works there, so that’s a bit short sighted. Clearly Mayela has never paid much attention to how Illy thinks. Kristel, however, knows exactly how short sighted Illy is, and pulls her aside to remind her super amiga that Kristel needs the agency for her own career. Illy’s not worried though, they will just take daddy’ s money and start their own super top model agency and what’ s more, Illy will personally manage Kristel’s career. Now those are two up and coming young businesswomen that I would feel safe investing in. With much swishing of hair, the dynamic duo flouncily flounces out of Mayela’s apartment.
Next day, Chez Muneca:
Ilitia, in a surprisingly mature moment, tells Muneca that she has a right to know who her real mom is. Muneca recounts her tale: she was unable to conceive, Low knocked up this girl who didn’t want a baby. But M doesn’t know her name, just that she was really young (15 anos! even for Low, that’s low), and had to leave the agency. So, Illy was god’s gift to M. Illy very sweetly tells M that she always wanted to be like her, and they have some hugs. This is why you just can’t hate Ilitia.
Muneca says that she is Illy’s mom, even if she didn’t incubate her for 9 months.
Illy agrees and says she doesn’t even want to know who her real mom is, Muneca is
all she needs. They are so happy. ‘But out of curiosity’ , says M, ‘why the sudden
interest?’ ‘Well’ , says Illy, ‘ I overheard Mayela and dad talking about how he had paid her not to tell you or me who my real mom is. But whatevs, I don’t care anymore’. It looks like Muneca might still care.
AGAINST ALL ODDS: The Doris and Andre version
Back at the pension, an oddly cheerful Brandon assures Mari and Gladiola that Netty is sure to be found soon, no need to worry. Right, because those coppers always get their man. Except for the lirio, fedra, bernardo, garduno, low, mal. Am I forgetting anyone? Well, Brandon does point out in his defense, that they have caught that well-known serial vacationist Doris, who was locked up overnight for attempted romantic getaway in the first degree. Que? ‘You can’ t do that’ says Mari. Glad explains that they are just worried about Doris taking up with that walking virus ese. Mari counters that it is one thing to worry and another to put her in jail. By the authority vested in Mari Vick, Brandon is ordered to release Doris so that she can come home and worry about her madrina with everyone else. ‘Don’ t worry; I already released her’ sez Brandon.
Breakfast Chez Andre:
Andre is sad. Jacqui is mad that Andre is not appreciating her for paying his fine and making him breakfast. Plus he gave her HIV, in case he forgot. Doris bursts in and says she is nunca! going back to the pension with her stupid brother.
Doris and Andre discuss their relationship and how everyone thinks they shouldn’t be
together because they can’t have a future. Jacqui agrees. And so does Andre, because he luuurrves her too much. Doris is the lone holdout because of her grand amor. Their sappy declarations push Jacqui over the vomit edge, and she takes off with a ‘don’t come looking for me when she dumps your sorry a$$” . More sweet talk where Andre tries to be noble but his resolve is weak and Doris won’t take no for an answer. They will be juntos and happy. But seriously, folks, Doris is still sporting the faux-hunchback of her vieja costume.
Later, Chez Andre: Doris is settling into Andre’s place and Andre is treating Doris like a queen, fixing her meals, buying things girls like, like shampoo. And he is caballero enough to sleep on the couch as well. He has never has such a loving relationship before, and he wants her to be super comfy and at home, and he wants to do everything to make her happy. Doris notes how much Andre has changed (and I wonder if she'll still like him, since, yes, he is basically a completely different person now). They are sweet nothing-ing again, and, although I am happy for Doris, I am with Jacqui on the asco. And now we are well into the next day and Doris is still wearing the fake hunchback.
THE MAIN EVENT: NOT WITHOUT MY NETTY
Criminal lair:
A blindfolded and bound Netty is begging Malicio not to touch/hurt her. After sliming
on her a bit, Mal masks up, tells her to shut up and is describing what fun they are going to have when Mal starts itching like mad. Netty points out that he’s breaking out in hives and he should go to the hospital. The dodgy street mariscos? Nope, it’s good ol’ San Antonio (bendito) putting in some OT for his most loyal gal.
La mala noche:
Chema is all up in Fedra’s seriously sloshed face. She manages to slur that she doesn’t have Netty, “get it through your thick skull, yo!” And furthermore, she doesn’t care if Chema loves her, or who Netty marries or whatever. Chema ain’t buying it. Fedra slinks away to demonstrate that Netty’s got nothing on her assets, but Chema disagrees, says that a woman as beautiful and noble as Netty can’t even be compared with a hussy like her, which brings us to today’s coup de grace—Fedra throws her drink in Chema’s face only to discover that she already drank it all. Whoopsy.
Chema again demands to know where Netty is. Fedra pleads ignorance, but refills her drink and invites Chema to stay and have a look around, presumably hoping he’ll check under her dressing gown.
The next morning at the pension, Gretel and Oliver are telling Emil that they found
Fedra, but she denied knowing where Netty is. Por supuesto. I mean, did they really
think she would just fess up? Emil can’t take it anymore and has a bit of a hissy fit. Mari comes in to calm him down. Brandon and Oliver head off to work and Olli promises to find Netty. Emil, Gretel, and Mari discuss how surely Fedra has Netty and is a woman with no limits and they shudder to think what she might be up to. Emil says it is time for them to share with him the dirt that they have on Fedra.
Gretel agrees with Emil, they should tell him all they know, that he is married to a
woman who doesn’t exist. Como? Emil is shocked. Mari says she will tell all. But of
course, she has to wait just one quick minute. The flashiest of flashes, if you will. First she has to go get the papers from her room, and needs Gretel to help with those heavy papers.
Up in MV’s room, Mari and Gretel debate telling Emil all about Fedra/Juana Felipa. Pro: he can marry Netty right away, as his marriage is a sham. Con: he’ll find out that his wife was a prostitute and Eman isn’t his son. Que lastima. The pros have it.
Bernardo has called Chema from a payphone and Chema with the 411 on Netty. B
unburdens his guilt for ruining Chema’s life, what with the 27 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit and all. But he won’t be responsible for him losing the woman he loves again. B wants Chema to rescue Netty to win her affection away from Emil. He’ll tell him where she is, but Chema has to promise never to tell Eman that he’s his verdadero padre. Chema’s like ‘sure whatever’ and writes down an address as Emil peeps around the corner.
Mari and Gretel come back downstairs to find Gladiola there, but Chema and Emil both gone. Obvio, they must have found out where Netty is and gone to fetch her. Really? That’s the only reason you can think of that they aren’t in your immediate range of vision? Everyone prays.
Criminal lair:
Mal yells at Dandy about the dodgy mariscos. He spent the night sick in the hospital (I have to admit, I smiled at his description of his pain). Dandy makes up for the food poisoning with the juicy gossip about where Low went last night—to Mayela’s and Illy and Kristel were there too. Mal is stoked to potentially have some dirt on low. Bernardo arrives all in a state and whips the gang up, something about having to move Netty right away.
Chema appears as they are moving Netty, but Emil has beaten him there. Everyone has guns, and the bad guys are in masks. I think Mal shoots at Chema, and B knocks out Dandy. We have a standoff, Chema vs Mal and Emil vs B, which is a better position, hero-wise, because B has Netty. Emil grabs Netty and the good guys all back out of the lair, Chema clutching his chest as he powers through his latest heart attack.
Chez RYT: Dee is heading out and Axhole wants to know where she’s going. Dee
awesomely reminds him that they are DI-VORCED and she doesn’t have to tell him
nada. He humbles himself and asks nicely and she says she’s going over to the pension. He wants to go with, but she ain’t havin it. Good for you, Dee; stay strong. Eman comes in as Dee leaves, and the fellas commiserate, then decide to head to Low’s to see if they can find Fedra and get some info on Netty's dondeabouts
Speaking of the departamento de soltero, Fedra is cranky when she’ s hungover, snapping at both Nereida and Low over breakfast. Fedra gets a little of her mojo back by planning her tortures for Netty, but Low is sick and tired of the whole kidnapping business.
Axhole and Eman come in and demand that Fedra tell them where Netty is. I think F
suggests she’s off getting plastic surgery. But really, what does she care about Netty? She loves Low and Emil loves Netty, and they are both just going their separate ways. She admits that she is going to fight for some cash in the divorce, but that is only fair. It’s Emil that’s playing dirty by signing over his fortune to Netty. Fedra only wants her fair share from a long marriage. Eman counters that she played dirty (if he only knew) with her long affair with ese imbecil (another gem as Fedra assures Low that he isn’t an imbecile). Argument interruptus as Eman’s phone rings with the news from Emil that they have rescued Netty. Axhole runs out to spread the news.
At the pension: Vicky gets ready for her 2nd hearing for the most frivolous lawsuit ever as Glad receives a call telling them of Netty’ s rescue. Gracias a dios and good feelings all around. Axhole arrives with the news and gets some well-deserved sass from Dee about how they already know, but then she gives him an undeserved smile. We an only hope that the smile was for us and no the Axhole.
The lady herself arrives with her 2 rescuers in tow to much cheering. Of course, they will not be taking this up further with the police, as this is a telenovela and everyone would rather just forget about it now that we have other plotlines to move onto. Plotlines like the most frivolous lawsuit ever, which is where half the gang heads. As Netty and her rescuers settle in a bit, neither she nor Chema want to go to a doctor despite his apparent heart attack, and her being held hostage overnight. Chema is really grasping at straws by pointing out that they have that in common. Oy vey.
Back to Low’s former bachelor pad: Eman has stayed behind to apologize to his mom for thinking she had kidnapped Netty. In a truly virtuoso performance by our dear villainess, Fedra turns it all around. She isn’t going to let him get away with an easy ‘disculpa me’ and let bygones be bygones. Oh no. Here’s the gist of her guilt trip:
“How could you treat me this way, when I have done everything for you? Even though you were a result of Chema raping me, and most women would reject that child. But I, on the other hand, loved you even more because I was so alone (after Chema killed and burned her parents, natch) that having you was the only thing I had to get over the horror of what happened to me. And this is why I have always loved you more than your siblings, because you brought me back to life. I never told you the truth to protect you. But now you know everything,. Now go and celebrate Netty’s return with your dad and everyone else that she is taking away from me. Just leave me here alone to cry into my whiskey.” (ok, she didn’t say whiskey, but I made an educated guess)
At this point, Eman forgets to check if his mother’s lips were moving, so he doesn’t
realize that she may, just possibly, be lying. And to be fair, his little hamster has been doing an awful lot of work these days figuring out the whole Mari/Vick thing, so he probably is taking some time off. In any event, the man actually gets down on his knees and begs Fedra’s forgiveness. Seriously. On. His. Knees.
They make promises to each other: he will never abandon her again; he forgives her for keeping the secrets she did in the past and she swear that she has no more secrets (!!!) from him. She just wants to be a better person so that he will be proud of her (awww). They love each other sooooo much. Low comes in and tries to horn in on the love fest. Fedra knows that Low will stick his foot in it, so she ushers Eman out, trying to be gracious about Netty and la gordita. Low outwits her though, and manages to get in an awkward, ‘I love you too, hijo, I mean, Emanuel, I mean….’ as a puzzled Eman is leaving and a visibly annoyed Fedra looks on. As soon as the door shuts, Fedra drops the tears and relishes her triumph, “ didn’t I tell you I would have him on his knees asking my forgiveness?! I’ve got my son back where I want him, right in the palm of my hand. Bwahh-hahaha!”
Avances: Emil quizzes Chema about his mystery phone call; Low gets involved in the
most frivolous lawsuit ever.
Folks, after doing this, my appreciation for these awesome recappers increased mil ocho mil veces. They truly rock.
Dichos (from Sylvia):
I didn't have time to keep track of any good vocab but when I was in Mexico a few weeks ago I got some cool "dicho" mints, after dinner mints with a dicho or frase on the wrapper. Here are a couple that I thought might be appropriate to our show:
Los buenos recuerdos duran mucho tiempo, los malos más = good memories last a long time, but bad ones last longer.
El que se va a la villa, pierde su silla = Don’t change horses in the middle of the stream, or maybe it’s If you snooze you lose. (Lit. he who leaves the manor loses his seat)
UPDATE: Here's one from JudyB:
Del árbol caido hacen leña = everybody jumps on you when you're down (lit. everybody makes firewood out of a fallen tree fig)
I'll start things off with Capitulo 192: Two, two, two chicas in one
Last night we left our galan asking bitchy Mari can’t they just go back to being friends?
Tonight she’s in a better mood and responds Sure, she’ll always care for him. Smiles, tears and hugs.
That’s it for our two seconds of pleasantries because over at the Animal Farm the masked menagerie is getting out of control. Not only are they loudly calling each other by their first names but they are disagreeing on how to handle Netty (who is currently out cold but could wake up at any moment). In the midst of the cacophony St. Bernardo thought bubbles that Jose Maria spent 27 years in prison for a crime that he, Bernardo, committed. He lost his love, never knew his son, so no way will he let Kitty kill Netty. He tries to reason with Fedra that 1) she is the primary suspect so will likely end up in jail for murder and 2) Mari and Vicky will pay everything they own for ransom so Netty is worth more to them dead than alive. Doesn’t she want her property back? Kitty’s not biting, the actress stole her machos and she’s gotta die. Low protests that he’s Fedra’s only macho and the St. Bernardo insists he’s a pit bull, not just any dog. OK that’s fine but where is the rat in all this?
We get a brief respite courtesy of the two fresas who are griping about Eman hanging out at the pension and going after not one but two chicks. Kristel warns that Iliita had better be careful or she’ll wind up alone. “Like you?” needles Ilitia.
Mau the Ratface is still at the hideout and it looks like Dandy is delivering lunch. We find out that Mau’s secret priapistic weapon is Coctel de Mariscos which helps maintain a rapey snake’s virility you see. He’s got very particular plans for Netty in that regard, revenge for all the wrong that the RydTs and their friends have done to him. I notice Dandy didn’t bring breath mints; poor Netty.
The debate rages inside the bowels of the Animal Farm. Low finally manages to calm the furious feline with the suggestion that a slow, torturous death is preferable to a quick one, not to mention that Netty is the tool for controlling Mari and Vicky. Good enough for the lioness, she’s on board and dashes out for some personal business tossing a quick “Go to hell!” to Mauricio in passing.
Low warns Bernardo don’t even think of betraying Fedra and he makes his exit, instructing Mauricio not to let Netty out of his sight. Ningun problema promises Mau, slurping his shrimp Viagra.
Low gets a phone call from Mayela who demands to speak to him ASAP. She’s got a serious problem and he’s the only one who can help. If he doesn’t agree to meet her tonight then she’ll tell Muñeca and Ilitia who she really is. He grumbles but agrees. Mau overhears Low and instructs Dandy to follow Lowrenzo to get the dirt because Mau still wants to become the Patrón of everything.
Ilitia reassures Kristel that she’s got what it takes to be the #1 Super Fashion Super Cool Top Model of the world and when she is she’ll never be lonely again. Every man on earth will throw themselves at her feet. Kristel’s all “What are we waiting for? Let’s go see Mayela right now!”
Emiliano is hanging out at the pension kvetching to Gladiola that this mess is all his fault for putting Netty in a vulnerable position. (Yep, true.) He apologizes ad nauseum (and they left it all in!) to Gladi, to Mari, to Emanuel and now he wants to apologize to Victoria. Uh, she’s got a headache, lies Mari. Eman volunteers to get her and when Mari jumps up in a panic he eyes her suspiciously. Gladi also jumps up, “no people in the rooms”. Emi scoffs and orders Eman to run upstairs this very minute.
Eman is halfway upstairs when he changes his mind (or decides to give Mari an out). He sez Vicky’s such a crank he doesn’t want to bother her, better her best friend go up, ya think? Emiliano asks why they are all acting so weird, he himself will go get Vicky. “No no no!” they all yell. Gladi will get her headache remedy and Mari will go upstairs. Emiliano’s little hamster wants to run but it just can’t find the wheel.
Netty wakes up and realizes she’s in the doghouse. I wonder, did she hear Bernardo whispering that he wouldn’t allow Fedra to kill her? “Please Mr. Dog,” she pleads, “get me out of here, I didn’t see your faces. Please Mr. Dog, Mr. Dog? Bowow?”
Comisario Tejeda’s got Jose Maria in interrogation and wants to know about JMS’s connection to El Lirio de Plata, the thief who bears the same name as JMS’s boat. JM speaks in bullet points: 1) Dunno the thief, I was in the hospital with a heart attack; 2) I’m in love with Netty and I know you like her too; 3) Netty’s life is in danger and you should be spending your time trying to find her, not questioning me.
Nearby in her lonely cell Doris, fake flesh clinging to her face, weeps for Andres. In his own cell Andres, also looking like a flesh-rotting zombie, recalls Gladi’s words, if he loves Doris he’ll leave her alone and let her live a normal life. Yeah, what she says, adds flashback Brandon.
Aha, I knew Jacqui was a zombie! She’s also got fake body parts and doesn’t notice that Andres’ face appears to be melting. She’s paid his bail, Doris is back with her brother (lie!) and Andres should leave with her. Friends, OK? Let’s go to your house.
It’s nighttime at La Mala Noche and the leather-clad avenging duo of Oliver and Gretel has arrived. Gretel assures Oli that this is the place where Fedra transacts all her dirty business. After a brief discussion about the memories, pros and cons of Gretel being La Reina de la Luna they bust in on Fedra drinking champagne in her dressing room. “Drunk again!” accuses Gretel. “Tell us where you have Netty Pavon!” demands Oliver. I’m not sure but I think Fedra tells them she made mole out of her.
Lowrenzo, wearing his real pig face, not the pink one, arrives at Mayela’s in a snit because his time is precious. He warns her not to use the truth of Ilitia’s birth against him because she doesn’t know what he’s capable of. Uh, yes she does, she remembers her model Begonia who got pregnant to trap Low and then poof, she disappeared.
A breathless Vicky runs downstairs, apparently poor Mari is upstairs resting from her mad dash to get Vicky. Emi is suspicious, poor little hamster, and Eman tortures Vicky by pretending to run upstairs. He twists the knife by gloating that he and Mari made up.
Gretel insults Fedra (Cualquiera!), Fedra throws champagne in Gretels face and vows she doesn’t know where stupid Netty is. “Are you sure Fedra?” demands a just-arrived Jose Maria, “you know nothing about the woman I love?” Big eye roll from Fedra. This is NOT how she likes to warm up for her nightly chair dance.
The shrimp-breathed rapey snake excuses Bernardo from guard duty so he can have some alone time with the lovely victim. He smells her (again with the smelling!) and unbuttons his shirt. Yikes!
Mayela gripes that she’s got no contracts and she’s about to lose her business, her life, she needs money. Kristel and Ilitia walk into the apartment just in time to hear Lowrenzo yell “It’s just money you want? I paid you for many years to make sure that neither Muñeca nor Ilitia ever knew the name of Ilitia’s real mother. I won’t do it again.”
Oopsie! Low and Mayela notice the top model and wannabe, get tongue-tied, and Low demands to know what they heard. Ilitia’s about to blow it but Kristel butts in, “Zero minus zero is what we heard. We just got here, why what did you say?” The fresas quickly add that they want Mayela to turn Kristel into the next top model. Great idea, gushes Lowrenzo. Sorry, the agency is having money problems, corrects Mayela. No worries see me in the morning and I’ll inject some money into the biz promises Lowman. After he leaves Ilitia says she’s all for discussing Kristel as top model but first she wants to talk about her mother. Yep she heard, who is the woman?
Eman and Vicky: She tells him he’s not important to her and he goes all sarcastically bratty (I love it!), pretends to cry boo hoo, but that’s OK because he doesn’t care about her either, nyahhh. He’s decided Mari always was and always will be the love of his life, so there. Vicky’s one expression is mad, or maybe bored, but probably not glad. After some more he said she said she finally succeeds in pushing him out the door. Vicki mumbles something about “I don’t know your name but I remember you well, El Lirio de Plata.” Hey folks, I don’t write this crap, I just report it.
Fedra is loaded and denies all knowledge of that low-life Netty. Oli and Gretel stumble out of the room amid emptry threats and in frustration. After the young’uns leave JMS grabs a wobbly Fedra and threatens she WILL tell him where Netty is.
Gross, the rapey snape starts fondling blindfolded Netty. She begs him not to touch her as he replaces his mask and approaches his prey.
A dreadful ending, or would be if we didn’t have part two at our fingertips.
Take it away Kristoise:
Capitulo 193: Scenes have been merged/reorganized into 3 main plotlines
The short version
1) Low paid Mayela to keep the identity of Ilitia’s mom secret; Ilitia used to care, but now she realizes Muneca is all she needs. And our two fresas are going to start their own modeling agency, so take that, Mayela!
2) Doris and Andre are shacked up even though everyone but Doris realizes that she is better off without him.
3) The meat in this plot sandwich: Netty is rescued by a) Dandy, who accidentally
food poisons the rapey snake, b) Chema, who has been tipped off by Bernardo; and c) Emiliano, who has followed Chema. Emil gets a clue that Fedra is not who he thinks she is (but don’t worry, clues are like water off a duck’ s back for him). Fedra pulls a doozy of a guilt trip on Eman for thinking she kidnapped Netty; they reconcile.
Now, the long version:
ORIGENS: ILITIA
Mayela’s apt:
Ilitia wants Mayela to tell her who her verdadera madre is, but she ain’t sayin. Kristel interrupts (“ stop it!”) to chastise Illy for being so selfish as to take over the meeting that is supposed to be about launching her super top model career just so that she can find out who actually gave birth to her. (Maybe that’s why she said gynelogical instead of genealogical?) Ilitia powers on, though, as Kristel sits back and sulks. Mayela has no info for Illy. Her birth mother left years and years ago, current whereabouts unknown. So why drag this up now? Better to just leave it be. Illy ain’t buying it. For some strange reason, she just wants to know who her mother is.
Illy gives Mayela one more chance to reveal her mother’s name, and then threatens to withhold Low’s money from the modeling agency until the truth is revealed (can she do that?). Mayela points out that Illy works there, so that’s a bit short sighted. Clearly Mayela has never paid much attention to how Illy thinks. Kristel, however, knows exactly how short sighted Illy is, and pulls her aside to remind her super amiga that Kristel needs the agency for her own career. Illy’s not worried though, they will just take daddy’ s money and start their own super top model agency and what’ s more, Illy will personally manage Kristel’s career. Now those are two up and coming young businesswomen that I would feel safe investing in. With much swishing of hair, the dynamic duo flouncily flounces out of Mayela’s apartment.
Next day, Chez Muneca:
Ilitia, in a surprisingly mature moment, tells Muneca that she has a right to know who her real mom is. Muneca recounts her tale: she was unable to conceive, Low knocked up this girl who didn’t want a baby. But M doesn’t know her name, just that she was really young (15 anos! even for Low, that’s low), and had to leave the agency. So, Illy was god’s gift to M. Illy very sweetly tells M that she always wanted to be like her, and they have some hugs. This is why you just can’t hate Ilitia.
Muneca says that she is Illy’s mom, even if she didn’t incubate her for 9 months.
Illy agrees and says she doesn’t even want to know who her real mom is, Muneca is
all she needs. They are so happy. ‘But out of curiosity’ , says M, ‘why the sudden
interest?’ ‘Well’ , says Illy, ‘ I overheard Mayela and dad talking about how he had paid her not to tell you or me who my real mom is. But whatevs, I don’t care anymore’. It looks like Muneca might still care.
AGAINST ALL ODDS: The Doris and Andre version
Back at the pension, an oddly cheerful Brandon assures Mari and Gladiola that Netty is sure to be found soon, no need to worry. Right, because those coppers always get their man. Except for the lirio, fedra, bernardo, garduno, low, mal. Am I forgetting anyone? Well, Brandon does point out in his defense, that they have caught that well-known serial vacationist Doris, who was locked up overnight for attempted romantic getaway in the first degree. Que? ‘You can’ t do that’ says Mari. Glad explains that they are just worried about Doris taking up with that walking virus ese. Mari counters that it is one thing to worry and another to put her in jail. By the authority vested in Mari Vick, Brandon is ordered to release Doris so that she can come home and worry about her madrina with everyone else. ‘Don’ t worry; I already released her’ sez Brandon.
Breakfast Chez Andre:
Andre is sad. Jacqui is mad that Andre is not appreciating her for paying his fine and making him breakfast. Plus he gave her HIV, in case he forgot. Doris bursts in and says she is nunca! going back to the pension with her stupid brother.
Doris and Andre discuss their relationship and how everyone thinks they shouldn’t be
together because they can’t have a future. Jacqui agrees. And so does Andre, because he luuurrves her too much. Doris is the lone holdout because of her grand amor. Their sappy declarations push Jacqui over the vomit edge, and she takes off with a ‘don’t come looking for me when she dumps your sorry a$$” . More sweet talk where Andre tries to be noble but his resolve is weak and Doris won’t take no for an answer. They will be juntos and happy. But seriously, folks, Doris is still sporting the faux-hunchback of her vieja costume.
Later, Chez Andre: Doris is settling into Andre’s place and Andre is treating Doris like a queen, fixing her meals, buying things girls like, like shampoo. And he is caballero enough to sleep on the couch as well. He has never has such a loving relationship before, and he wants her to be super comfy and at home, and he wants to do everything to make her happy. Doris notes how much Andre has changed (and I wonder if she'll still like him, since, yes, he is basically a completely different person now). They are sweet nothing-ing again, and, although I am happy for Doris, I am with Jacqui on the asco. And now we are well into the next day and Doris is still wearing the fake hunchback.
THE MAIN EVENT: NOT WITHOUT MY NETTY
Criminal lair:
A blindfolded and bound Netty is begging Malicio not to touch/hurt her. After sliming
on her a bit, Mal masks up, tells her to shut up and is describing what fun they are going to have when Mal starts itching like mad. Netty points out that he’s breaking out in hives and he should go to the hospital. The dodgy street mariscos? Nope, it’s good ol’ San Antonio (bendito) putting in some OT for his most loyal gal.
La mala noche:
Chema is all up in Fedra’s seriously sloshed face. She manages to slur that she doesn’t have Netty, “get it through your thick skull, yo!” And furthermore, she doesn’t care if Chema loves her, or who Netty marries or whatever. Chema ain’t buying it. Fedra slinks away to demonstrate that Netty’s got nothing on her assets, but Chema disagrees, says that a woman as beautiful and noble as Netty can’t even be compared with a hussy like her, which brings us to today’s coup de grace—Fedra throws her drink in Chema’s face only to discover that she already drank it all. Whoopsy.
Chema again demands to know where Netty is. Fedra pleads ignorance, but refills her drink and invites Chema to stay and have a look around, presumably hoping he’ll check under her dressing gown.
The next morning at the pension, Gretel and Oliver are telling Emil that they found
Fedra, but she denied knowing where Netty is. Por supuesto. I mean, did they really
think she would just fess up? Emil can’t take it anymore and has a bit of a hissy fit. Mari comes in to calm him down. Brandon and Oliver head off to work and Olli promises to find Netty. Emil, Gretel, and Mari discuss how surely Fedra has Netty and is a woman with no limits and they shudder to think what she might be up to. Emil says it is time for them to share with him the dirt that they have on Fedra.
Gretel agrees with Emil, they should tell him all they know, that he is married to a
woman who doesn’t exist. Como? Emil is shocked. Mari says she will tell all. But of
course, she has to wait just one quick minute. The flashiest of flashes, if you will. First she has to go get the papers from her room, and needs Gretel to help with those heavy papers.
Up in MV’s room, Mari and Gretel debate telling Emil all about Fedra/Juana Felipa. Pro: he can marry Netty right away, as his marriage is a sham. Con: he’ll find out that his wife was a prostitute and Eman isn’t his son. Que lastima. The pros have it.
Bernardo has called Chema from a payphone and Chema with the 411 on Netty. B
unburdens his guilt for ruining Chema’s life, what with the 27 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit and all. But he won’t be responsible for him losing the woman he loves again. B wants Chema to rescue Netty to win her affection away from Emil. He’ll tell him where she is, but Chema has to promise never to tell Eman that he’s his verdadero padre. Chema’s like ‘sure whatever’ and writes down an address as Emil peeps around the corner.
Mari and Gretel come back downstairs to find Gladiola there, but Chema and Emil both gone. Obvio, they must have found out where Netty is and gone to fetch her. Really? That’s the only reason you can think of that they aren’t in your immediate range of vision? Everyone prays.
Criminal lair:
Mal yells at Dandy about the dodgy mariscos. He spent the night sick in the hospital (I have to admit, I smiled at his description of his pain). Dandy makes up for the food poisoning with the juicy gossip about where Low went last night—to Mayela’s and Illy and Kristel were there too. Mal is stoked to potentially have some dirt on low. Bernardo arrives all in a state and whips the gang up, something about having to move Netty right away.
Chema appears as they are moving Netty, but Emil has beaten him there. Everyone has guns, and the bad guys are in masks. I think Mal shoots at Chema, and B knocks out Dandy. We have a standoff, Chema vs Mal and Emil vs B, which is a better position, hero-wise, because B has Netty. Emil grabs Netty and the good guys all back out of the lair, Chema clutching his chest as he powers through his latest heart attack.
Chez RYT: Dee is heading out and Axhole wants to know where she’s going. Dee
awesomely reminds him that they are DI-VORCED and she doesn’t have to tell him
nada. He humbles himself and asks nicely and she says she’s going over to the pension. He wants to go with, but she ain’t havin it. Good for you, Dee; stay strong. Eman comes in as Dee leaves, and the fellas commiserate, then decide to head to Low’s to see if they can find Fedra and get some info on Netty's dondeabouts
Speaking of the departamento de soltero, Fedra is cranky when she’ s hungover, snapping at both Nereida and Low over breakfast. Fedra gets a little of her mojo back by planning her tortures for Netty, but Low is sick and tired of the whole kidnapping business.
Axhole and Eman come in and demand that Fedra tell them where Netty is. I think F
suggests she’s off getting plastic surgery. But really, what does she care about Netty? She loves Low and Emil loves Netty, and they are both just going their separate ways. She admits that she is going to fight for some cash in the divorce, but that is only fair. It’s Emil that’s playing dirty by signing over his fortune to Netty. Fedra only wants her fair share from a long marriage. Eman counters that she played dirty (if he only knew) with her long affair with ese imbecil (another gem as Fedra assures Low that he isn’t an imbecile). Argument interruptus as Eman’s phone rings with the news from Emil that they have rescued Netty. Axhole runs out to spread the news.
At the pension: Vicky gets ready for her 2nd hearing for the most frivolous lawsuit ever as Glad receives a call telling them of Netty’ s rescue. Gracias a dios and good feelings all around. Axhole arrives with the news and gets some well-deserved sass from Dee about how they already know, but then she gives him an undeserved smile. We an only hope that the smile was for us and no the Axhole.
The lady herself arrives with her 2 rescuers in tow to much cheering. Of course, they will not be taking this up further with the police, as this is a telenovela and everyone would rather just forget about it now that we have other plotlines to move onto. Plotlines like the most frivolous lawsuit ever, which is where half the gang heads. As Netty and her rescuers settle in a bit, neither she nor Chema want to go to a doctor despite his apparent heart attack, and her being held hostage overnight. Chema is really grasping at straws by pointing out that they have that in common. Oy vey.
Back to Low’s former bachelor pad: Eman has stayed behind to apologize to his mom for thinking she had kidnapped Netty. In a truly virtuoso performance by our dear villainess, Fedra turns it all around. She isn’t going to let him get away with an easy ‘disculpa me’ and let bygones be bygones. Oh no. Here’s the gist of her guilt trip:
“How could you treat me this way, when I have done everything for you? Even though you were a result of Chema raping me, and most women would reject that child. But I, on the other hand, loved you even more because I was so alone (after Chema killed and burned her parents, natch) that having you was the only thing I had to get over the horror of what happened to me. And this is why I have always loved you more than your siblings, because you brought me back to life. I never told you the truth to protect you. But now you know everything,. Now go and celebrate Netty’s return with your dad and everyone else that she is taking away from me. Just leave me here alone to cry into my whiskey.” (ok, she didn’t say whiskey, but I made an educated guess)
At this point, Eman forgets to check if his mother’s lips were moving, so he doesn’t
realize that she may, just possibly, be lying. And to be fair, his little hamster has been doing an awful lot of work these days figuring out the whole Mari/Vick thing, so he probably is taking some time off. In any event, the man actually gets down on his knees and begs Fedra’s forgiveness. Seriously. On. His. Knees.
They make promises to each other: he will never abandon her again; he forgives her for keeping the secrets she did in the past and she swear that she has no more secrets (!!!) from him. She just wants to be a better person so that he will be proud of her (awww). They love each other sooooo much. Low comes in and tries to horn in on the love fest. Fedra knows that Low will stick his foot in it, so she ushers Eman out, trying to be gracious about Netty and la gordita. Low outwits her though, and manages to get in an awkward, ‘I love you too, hijo, I mean, Emanuel, I mean….’ as a puzzled Eman is leaving and a visibly annoyed Fedra looks on. As soon as the door shuts, Fedra drops the tears and relishes her triumph, “ didn’t I tell you I would have him on his knees asking my forgiveness?! I’ve got my son back where I want him, right in the palm of my hand. Bwahh-hahaha!”
Avances: Emil quizzes Chema about his mystery phone call; Low gets involved in the
most frivolous lawsuit ever.
Folks, after doing this, my appreciation for these awesome recappers increased mil ocho mil veces. They truly rock.
Dichos (from Sylvia):
I didn't have time to keep track of any good vocab but when I was in Mexico a few weeks ago I got some cool "dicho" mints, after dinner mints with a dicho or frase on the wrapper. Here are a couple that I thought might be appropriate to our show:
Los buenos recuerdos duran mucho tiempo, los malos más = good memories last a long time, but bad ones last longer.
El que se va a la villa, pierde su silla = Don’t change horses in the middle of the stream, or maybe it’s If you snooze you lose. (Lit. he who leaves the manor loses his seat)
UPDATE: Here's one from JudyB:
Del árbol caido hacen leña = everybody jumps on you when you're down (lit. everybody makes firewood out of a fallen tree fig)
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La Fea Más Bella #287-288 4/7/11 The Truth Dawns on Fernando.
Capitulo 287.
Read Alma’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Lety gazes at Fern when he’s not looking. Aldo asks her to go along to Puerto Vallarta to see a man about a boat. Lety is too busy and can’t go, so he’ll go alone. Aldo says it seems like Lety doesn’t care about the wedding.
2. Even Luigi is starting to warm up to Lety. Tom tells Lety that Julieta told Aldo to get lost. Lety tells the cuartel what her mama did, and several of them think maybe mama knows best.
3. Fern asks MamaJ what she told Aldo. She says, “I asked him not to marry Lety. Lety told me what she was doing with Aurora.. Oopsie!” She will say this much: “Abra bien los ojos (open your eyes well)!” Erasmo asks what Fern wanted. MamaJ says, “He came looking for hope. I hope he found it.”
4. Fern finds the note Lety started for Aldo, and he realizes the handwriting is the same as Aurora’s note to him. Then he decides that his longing for Lety is making him crazy.
5. Omar asks Saimon how he can show Caro he loves her (other than doing what everyone else told him). Omar asks Tom how he can win Caro. Tom says he needs to make a sacrifice for her. (Lock up your chickens tonight, folks!)
6. Ali intentionally breaks Lola’s glasses. Tom takes her car keys and tells her she’ll get them back after Tom meets her father.
7. Fern uses both his phones to call Lety and Aurora, then he peeks through the door and sees Lety answer both. He’s thrilled that he figured it out, but then he asks himself why she does it, and why she’s hiding it, making fools of everyone.
8. Fern asks MamaJ why. She says at first it was to teach Omar a lesson. He realizes that Lety is keeping the secret because Aldo would be furious if he knew Lety made Omar fall in love with Aurora. Ergo Lety must love Aldo if she does all this to protect their relationship.
Capitulo 288.
Read Julie’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. See the transcript. Fern tells Julieta that he won’t tell Lety nor anyone else that Lety is Aurora. He’s willing to lose absolutely everything so Lety can be happy with Aldo. Lety enters just in time to hear Mama say, “I would be so happy if Lety ended up marrying you.” Lety is furious. She says, “I get it. You two joined forces to separate me from Aldo.” Lety forgives MamaJ but tells her she needs to manage her personal life herself.
2. Tom removes the bedroom door so Ali can’t lock him out. She realizes that the only way to distract Tom from visiting her father is to give him something he likes better. She throws her clothes out from behind the screen and tells him to prepare for his gran noche. She sits on the bed and says, “It’s now or never.” He takes a flying leap for the bed. But then she says no. Tom decides “yes.” Afterwards, she gets her car keys back from him, and sweet talks him into making quesadillas. She says it’s too late to visit her papa, and “next time you should think more carefully.”
3. Lety tells Pop that Aldo went to PV to arrange a yacht on which to get married. Pop scolds Lety for making Aldo arrange everything, and for leaving him alone too much. When a man is ignored too much, he’s capable of behaving stupidly. Mama agrees that Lety needs to be more attached to Aldo. One would almost think Lety doesn’t like that idea.
4. Lety calls Aldo to apologize. She basically comes groveling back, and other than the statement, “You’re the one I love most,” his main response is, “Yeah, whatever.” She pleads, “You believe me, don’t you?” and he dodges the question. Obviously Aldo never earned the forgiveness merit badge.
5. Fern talks to Lety’s picture. He knows the value of her sacrifice for Aldo because once she sacrificed herself for him.
6. Omar is moping and Fern tells him to go tell Caro how he feels; cowards end up alone. Omar says Fern’s not fighting for Lety either. Fern says that’s because Omar still has a chance, but Fern’s chances are gone.
7. Lety dreams that MamaJ arranged for Lety to marry Fernando. Fern and Mama call her in one direction, while Aldo calls from the other side. We cut to Fern who is dreaming the same thing. Aldo is dreaming that a giant octopus is beckoning, eager to embrace him with eight open arms. Well, maybe not. In Fern’s dream, Lety tells him Aurora won’t return because Aldo is her life and she doesn’t want to lose him. Fern wakes and promises that in the name of love, he’ll help her relationship with Aldo.
8. At the yacht, Carmina flirts with Aldo and he eats it up.
9. Fern tells Lety he will defend her wedding because what he wants most in the world is for her to be happy, and her happiness is with Aldo.
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Spanish Lesson. Fernando & Julieta
J: She has to be convinced dress nicer, normal, without the facial hair. Someone needs to insist that she tell everyone that she’s Aurora.
F: No, no. We need to leave her alone to manage things as seems best to her. If Aurora would cause conflict with Aldo, fine. Let her be buried and disappear forever.
J: Don Fernando, am I mistaken, or does your TV program depend on Aurora?
F: Yes, totally. And the possibility the $3.3M that I owe him.
J: Then you have to convince Lety to disguise herself again, and finish that blasted program.
F: It’s that.. can I be honest with you? Even if I’m a failure, and I lose the company forever, and my father loses the company he founded por mí culpa, I still can’t ask Lety to sacrifice her happiness with Aldo, just so I can succeed.
J: Don Fernando, how touching. Before, you were the opposite. You were able to sacrifice Lety, your novia Marcia, your family, and everything, all to keep the presidency.
F: Before! Before! You said it yourself. Today I’m a different person, and what I was before, is not what I am now. As I think about it, I’ve decided I can’t tell Lety that I discovered.
J: That’s good. You’re doing the right thing. She would feel very uncomfortable.
F: Do you know what? We need to make a pact. We won’t tell anyone that Lety is Aurora.
J: Done! Ay, you don’t know how moved I am (by what you’re doing). You have no idea. I would be so happy if Lety ended up marrying you.
Read Alma’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Lety gazes at Fern when he’s not looking. Aldo asks her to go along to Puerto Vallarta to see a man about a boat. Lety is too busy and can’t go, so he’ll go alone. Aldo says it seems like Lety doesn’t care about the wedding.2. Even Luigi is starting to warm up to Lety. Tom tells Lety that Julieta told Aldo to get lost. Lety tells the cuartel what her mama did, and several of them think maybe mama knows best.
3. Fern asks MamaJ what she told Aldo. She says, “I asked him not to marry Lety. Lety told me what she was doing with Aurora.. Oopsie!” She will say this much: “Abra bien los ojos (open your eyes well)!” Erasmo asks what Fern wanted. MamaJ says, “He came looking for hope. I hope he found it.”
4. Fern finds the note Lety started for Aldo, and he realizes the handwriting is the same as Aurora’s note to him. Then he decides that his longing for Lety is making him crazy. 5. Omar asks Saimon how he can show Caro he loves her (other than doing what everyone else told him). Omar asks Tom how he can win Caro. Tom says he needs to make a sacrifice for her. (Lock up your chickens tonight, folks!)
6. Ali intentionally breaks Lola’s glasses. Tom takes her car keys and tells her she’ll get them back after Tom meets her father.
7. Fern uses both his phones to call Lety and Aurora, then he peeks through the door and sees Lety answer both. He’s thrilled that he figured it out, but then he asks himself why she does it, and why she’s hiding it, making fools of everyone. 8. Fern asks MamaJ why. She says at first it was to teach Omar a lesson. He realizes that Lety is keeping the secret because Aldo would be furious if he knew Lety made Omar fall in love with Aurora. Ergo Lety must love Aldo if she does all this to protect their relationship.
Capitulo 288.
Read Julie’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. See the transcript. Fern tells Julieta that he won’t tell Lety nor anyone else that Lety is Aurora. He’s willing to lose absolutely everything so Lety can be happy with Aldo. Lety enters just in time to hear Mama say, “I would be so happy if Lety ended up marrying you.” Lety is furious. She says, “I get it. You two joined forces to separate me from Aldo.” Lety forgives MamaJ but tells her she needs to manage her personal life herself.
2. Tom removes the bedroom door so Ali can’t lock him out. She realizes that the only way to distract Tom from visiting her father is to give him something he likes better. She throws her clothes out from behind the screen and tells him to prepare for his gran noche. She sits on the bed and says, “It’s now or never.” He takes a flying leap for the bed. But then she says no. Tom decides “yes.” Afterwards, she gets her car keys back from him, and sweet talks him into making quesadillas. She says it’s too late to visit her papa, and “next time you should think more carefully.”
3. Lety tells Pop that Aldo went to PV to arrange a yacht on which to get married. Pop scolds Lety for making Aldo arrange everything, and for leaving him alone too much. When a man is ignored too much, he’s capable of behaving stupidly. Mama agrees that Lety needs to be more attached to Aldo. One would almost think Lety doesn’t like that idea.4. Lety calls Aldo to apologize. She basically comes groveling back, and other than the statement, “You’re the one I love most,” his main response is, “Yeah, whatever.” She pleads, “You believe me, don’t you?” and he dodges the question. Obviously Aldo never earned the forgiveness merit badge.
5. Fern talks to Lety’s picture. He knows the value of her sacrifice for Aldo because once she sacrificed herself for him.
6. Omar is moping and Fern tells him to go tell Caro how he feels; cowards end up alone. Omar says Fern’s not fighting for Lety either. Fern says that’s because Omar still has a chance, but Fern’s chances are gone.
7. Lety dreams that MamaJ arranged for Lety to marry Fernando. Fern and Mama call her in one direction, while Aldo calls from the other side. We cut to Fern who is dreaming the same thing. Aldo is dreaming that a giant octopus is beckoning, eager to embrace him with eight open arms. Well, maybe not. In Fern’s dream, Lety tells him Aurora won’t return because Aldo is her life and she doesn’t want to lose him. Fern wakes and promises that in the name of love, he’ll help her relationship with Aldo.
8. At the yacht, Carmina flirts with Aldo and he eats it up.9. Fern tells Lety he will defend her wedding because what he wants most in the world is for her to be happy, and her happiness is with Aldo.
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Spanish Lesson. Fernando & Julieta
J: She has to be convinced dress nicer, normal, without the facial hair. Someone needs to insist that she tell everyone that she’s Aurora.
F: No, no. We need to leave her alone to manage things as seems best to her. If Aurora would cause conflict with Aldo, fine. Let her be buried and disappear forever.
J: Don Fernando, am I mistaken, or does your TV program depend on Aurora?
F: Yes, totally. And the possibility the $3.3M that I owe him.
J: Then you have to convince Lety to disguise herself again, and finish that blasted program.
F: It’s that.. can I be honest with you? Even if I’m a failure, and I lose the company forever, and my father loses the company he founded por mí culpa, I still can’t ask Lety to sacrifice her happiness with Aldo, just so I can succeed.
J: Don Fernando, how touching. Before, you were the opposite. You were able to sacrifice Lety, your novia Marcia, your family, and everything, all to keep the presidency.
F: Before! Before! You said it yourself. Today I’m a different person, and what I was before, is not what I am now. As I think about it, I’ve decided I can’t tell Lety that I discovered.
J: That’s good. You’re doing the right thing. She would feel very uncomfortable.
F: Do you know what? We need to make a pact. We won’t tell anyone that Lety is Aurora.
J: Done! Ay, you don’t know how moved I am (by what you’re doing). You have no idea. I would be so happy if Lety ended up marrying you.
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