Saturday, January 07, 2012
Cuando Me Enamoro #182 Friday 1/6/12 Sueños Cumplidos (Dreams Fulfilled)
El Gran Final
The theme song kicks in and it's the last time we'll hear Enrique's sweet "oooh hooo" over the opening credits. Then we jump right into the action. Roberta begs Renata to forgive her and they hug tightly. Fina (who looks like a flying-purple-people-eater) takes aim from the stage.
Berta sees Fina over Nata's shoulder and twists around just in time!
Berta sees Fina over Nata's shoulder and twists around just in time!
Berta receives a shot in the back that was meant for Renata.
Berta falls to the ground and everyone starts screaming. Fina is in absolute shock and doesn't put up a fight when Jero and Matias de-mask her. Nata holds a wounded Roberta in her arms as Gonzo cradles Berta's head and Regina yells for someone to call an ambulance. Fina snaps out of it and rushes to her daughter's side. "Why, why, Roberta?!" Fina cries. "The bullet wasn't meant for you!"
A trickle of blood escapes from the corner of Berta's mouth as she struggles with her last words. "You hurt me ever since I was born. Your love killed me." Fina cries that everything she did was for Berta. "You took everything away from me, even Renata's love." Berta sobs and then looks into her sister's eyes. "Please, Renata, forgive me!" Nata begs Berta not to say such things. "I would have done the same for you!" Nata says.
"Renata, I hated you because I didn't know how to love you." Berta cries. Flashes of Berta's life replay and prove to us that it's true. Ever since Berta was a child, Fina poisoned her against Renata. Roberta begs for forgiveness one last time before her eyes close and she goes limp in Nata's arms. Fina cradles her daughter's body as Nata sobs and Gonzo stares into the distance with grief. All the Monterrubios crowd around in shock and in tears.
Fina loses all composure and pleads with Berta to wake up. "Fina paid for her sins in the worst way," Honorio says. "She lost her daughter, the only person she ever loved, by her own hand."
"NO!" Fina screams helplessly at the skies.
Meses Después
Fina huddles in the corner of a padded cell, cooing to a doll in her arms. A doctor tells Gonzo and Regina that Fina has not come out of shock and will probably never recover from such a tragedy. Gonzo takes a last look at Fina and says goodbye for good. Fina cries as she recalls all the horrible things she has done.
Elsewhere, Honorio and Constanza take a stroll together. She is the happiest woman in the world and Honorio couldn't be happier either. Good and bad memories of the past replay and it's clear the two of them make will continue to overcome the odds together. Beso!
Over at Hacienda La Bonita, Carlos and Jero tinker around in the laboratory crafting the perfect wine. Inside, Manuela and Matilde help set up a baby crib decked out in shades of blue. Nata is having a boy to be named Rafael. The ladies chat happily until Nata's water breaks unexpectedly. Nata is worried because it's two months too early but the ladies reassure her as they help her out to the car.
Jero and Carlos teach Anibal the ropes of the wine business. Matilde hurries in to give Jero the news about Renata and the guys hurry out. Meanwhile, Padre and Antonio drive Marina to the hospital because she too has gone into labor.
Carlos and Mati drive Jero and Nata to the hospital. Tony calls Jero's cellphone to tell him that Marina has also gone into labor. "History is repeating itself!" Nata says. "My sister and I were born on the same day and in the same place." Jero does his best to comfort Nata through the pain.
In the hospital, Jero is right by Nata's side as baby Rafael is born happy and healthy, if two months early. The happy family welcomes their little boy into the world.
Across the hall, Marina is having a difficult time and they have to perform an emergency C-Section. The babies are in distress. A nurse comes to get Jero, which leaves Nata to have some quality bonding time with her baby.
The doctor tells Jero that he is worried about Marina's condition. The babies will probably be fine but Marina's body is absorbing the amitotic fluid; the fluid has contaminated her lungs and could cause them to collapse.
Nata chats contentedly with Mati and Carlos. Baby Rafael is safe in an incubator. Carlos muses that it must be marvelous to be a parent. Matilde agrees and can't wait to make babies with Carlos. Gonzo and Regina call and Nata tells them they're officially grandparents.
Jero coos over his twin baby girls when Marina wakes. She cries as she holds them both but suddenly has trouble breathing. Marina asks to talk to Renata as soon as possible.
Jero wastes no time in grabbing a wheelchair for Nata and bringing her into Marina's room. Nata holds Marina's hand and tries to reassure her that everything will be okay. Sadly, Marina is a doctor and she knows exactly what's happening to her. Marina asks Nata to take care of her daughters. "You can become their mother. Love them like they were your own daughters."
Jero and Nata remain firmly in denial that Marina is dying but she is persistent. "I wish it were true that I was going to live. I would have loved to raise my daughters and watch them grow up. At least you will have the privilege of being a mother, Renata. I will be a part of their past, Jero, but you and Nata are their future. I could never find better hands to leave them in." By now, everyone (including me) is crying copiously. Nata promises with her whole heart to love and care for Marina's daughters.
Jero caresses Marina's hair as she starts fading away. "Jero, you were the love of my life. You gave me the most beautiful gift in the world by making me a mother. Take care of them and protect them." Jero swears on his life that their daughters will know how much their mother loved them. The last thing Marina asks is that one of the babies be named after her and the other be named Irene after Marina's own mother.
Jero and Nata sob as they promise to fulfill Marina's requests. The three of them hold hands as Marina passes away in peace.
Nata and Jero beg Marina not to die but it's not to be. "Sevillanas Del Adios" plays while Nata and Jero grieve.
After the grieving process that is the commercial break, we're back at the mental hospital. Fina walks around the courtyard and sees a vision of Roberta, looking ghostly in a cranberry colored dress.
"I thought you were dead!" Fina says. "I didn't die. You killed me." Berta says cooly.
Split second second flashes of Berta's death appear. "Of course you killed me. Your hate for Renata finally ending by destroying me." Fina squeaks she only wanted the best for Berta. "Love is the best thing in the world, Mamá, but you never knew how to love. Thank God I repented before I died; it made all the difference because I am in peace far away from you. Gonzo, Regina, and Renata's love saved me. You and I will never be reunited again."
Fina cries that she will never let Berta go but Berta stays strong. "I paid my dues. You no longer have the power to control my life or my soul. You were the architect of your own destiny." Berta cries as she says goodbye to her madre one last time. Fina pleads with Berta not to leave and tries to hug her but Berta dissolves before Fina can touch her.
Fina is left to wander, cry, and scream for Berta as ominous voices hum in the background. She rants and raves until the nurses come to sedate her. Fina will remain in the hospital, eaten alive with grief and guilt until the day she dies.
Gonzo, Constanza, and Honorio chat at a cafe and are joined by Matias and Adriana. They just came from the doctor's office and have great news: they are having a baby! Gonzo, Connie, and Hon are beside themselves with happiness. (In one way or another, the baby will be blood related to all three of them: Gonzo and Hon's grandchild and Connie's second niece/nephew. Telenovela genetics!) "It's the beginning of a new generation of Monterrubios!" Gonzo exclaims. Adri is proud to call herself part of the family. Everyone celebrates their good fortune.
Años Después
Years later at La Bonita, Rafael has grown into a handsome little boy and identical twins Marina and Irene are equally adorable. Renata joins them in the living room with a baby girl in her arms (who I assume has to be named Regina).
Abuela Regina helps wrangle the kids because today they're having a huge family reunion at The Wine Fair (La Feria del Vino, the same lovely festival where Nata and Jero stomped grapes together years before). Nata is doubly excited because Jero is going to present their new wine: San Rafael, named after their son.
The festival is in full swing and absolutely everyone is there to celebrate. Gonzo arrives with Honorio and Constanza, who have their grandchildren with them. Hon holds his granddaughter's hand while Connie holds her baby grandson.
Adriana and Matias stroll with them proudly. Connie remarks on Gonzo's status as an Awesome Grandpa because he has five grandchildren by Nata and Jero and two by Matias and Adri. Gonzo is happy to have seven healthy, happy grandchildren. Honorio admits he never imagined how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren. He's crazy about them!
Ines and Isidro chat by the bar and Andrescito has grown into a dashingly handsome young man. Isidro wears Ines down into allowing Andres to have a glass of wine. Ines gushes to Connie about how proud she is of Andres; he's going to medical school next year to help children with cancer who are going through what he did.
More arrivals to the party: Alfonsina (in a fetching orange gown) with young Luz in tow, Lazaro and Karina with a son the spitting image of Laz, and Matilde with a slumbering toddler in her arms. These are some seriously fertile lands at La Bonita!
Carlos, Jero, Anibal, and Alison wait anxious at their table for the judges of the wine tasting. A few scary-looking guys in suits do all kinds of pretentious things to Jero's sample and then move on.
Nata and her brood arrive and Jero wastes no time in showering everyone with love. The results of the wine judging are in: the winner is Vino San Rafael from Hacienda La Bonita! Cheers erupt as Jero, Lazaro, and Carlos hop onto the stage to accept the award.
Jero thanks the judges for their recognition and dedicates the award to the memory of his brother Rafael. Without him, Jero never would have come to live on such blessed land. Clips from Jero and Rafa's childhood play as Jero continues his speech. Thanks to Rafa, Jero meant the love of his life. "That's me!" Nata shouts from the crowd. LOL.
Jero thanks all the hacienda workers, especially his great friends and co-workers Carlos and Lazaro. "I loved my brother and I loved my brother's dreams. We will defend his land and all his ideas. This is for you, Rafa!"
The festivities at an end, Renata and Jero spend precious time in the fields with their children. Each of them crisply dressed in traditional white clothing, they stomp grapes together as a joyous and united family.
As their love story comes to a close, Renata and Jero stand alone in the grape stomping pit at sundown. The theme song plays triumphantly in the background.
"You are the sum of all my dreams," Jero says. "Thank you for making me feel what I had never felt before. I am much more in love with you than the first day I met you."
"And I with you." Renata agrees.
"Why?" Jero asks.
"Porque cuando me enamoro, se detiene el tiempo." They say in unison.
"Because when I fall in love, time stops."
Renata and Jero kiss passionately in front of the glorious setting sun as we say goodbye to a story well told.
Queridos amigos, I'm so honored to have been a recapper for you. This show has gotten me through some hard times and some great times - I'm sad to see it go. It feels like saying goodbye to an old friend.
To recappers Cheryl, Jules, Elna June, Lila, Marta Ivette, Sylvia, Carlos, Vivi, and absolutely every commenter: thank you so much for your wit, conversation, and friendship. I'm so proud to be part of this community and having someone to laugh and cry with is priceless. I will miss our daily chats like crazy but you'll always be able to find me lurking around. I am a proud telenovela addict and will never be able to give it up completely.
Now let's party!
Labels: Cuando
Friday, January 06, 2012
Una Familia Con Suerte #69 Thu 1/5/12 Vins is bugged and Pina’s watching Tomás.
Vins is still at the Cuckoo Curaloco’s office. Doc tells him a fable: A beetle (escarabajo) and a cicada (cigarra) are walking together in the hot sun. The cicada stops in the shade of an oak. The beetle keeps going, but eventually is too hot and digs a hole to get out of the sun. At night there is a storm and the hole fills with water and the beetle drowns. The cicada opens a dragonfly (libélula) factory and lives happily ever after. What’s the moral? Oops, time’s up.
At the taller, Pepe tries to talk to Tomás about Champi but Tom is lost in thought. He tells Pepe that Pina is nice to him and says he wants to change and be the honest gentleman she thinks he is. Pina calls and asks Tomás to meet her somewhere for a surprise. His eyes bug out. Pepe teases him.
Chela malaises in bed in the big house and Pancho dotes on her and settles in to keep watch for the night. Eventually he’s exhausted in the chair and he collapses in the bed, snuggled around her and dead asleep. Downstairs, the insufferable brats are thrilled that Chela is back. They decided to leave her alone with Pancho so the not-so-inevitable might ensue. Lupita thinks they’re setting their hopes too high.
Tomás meets Pina in a restaurant, late because it took a lot of buses to get there. “Vino?,” she asks. “No vino, se quedó allá,” he jokes. Pina thinks he’s funny. He says the only wine he’s ever drunk was communion wine, and that was only because he swiped the priest’s flask. She gives him a fancy watch to show her gratitude for his attentiveness. He says it’s too much. They eat the best dead cow Tom has ever had and he has to leave to catch the bus. They fight over whether he will accept the watch.
Adoración catches Vins and Candy together in the garage. Vins orders her not to say anything to Pina, or she’ll break poor Pina’s heart. Ado throws the blame back where it belongs.
Ana doesn’t want the band to break up. She hates all the awkwardness. Manuel says he’s got a brilliant plan to make her fall in love with him. I guess that will solve everything. Screw Fernando. Or, rather, don’t.
Next morning: Chela wakes up face to face with Pancho and puckers up. He wakes up and jumps away and hurries out. Chela thinks maybe she still has a chance with him. Out in the hall, Pancho is nervously evasive with Lupita and she tells him Rebe’s waiting downstairs.
Lupita goes in for a talk with Chela. Topic: Alex and how fast and how far Lupita wants things to go. The insufferable brats eavesdrop, and Candy joins them. Lupita catches them.
Rebeca asks Pancho what the family emergency was. He tells her Chela is very sick. She gets all snitty and says she loves his kids but she doesn’t want to deal with Chela. I don’t think anyone was asking her to. Pancho says she’s being unfair.
Rebe rants to Barb. They think Chela is faking the flu to get close to Pancho. Yeah, nothing like flu germs to make someone you’ve lived with for years want to smooch you finally. Barb thinks Rebe’s jealousy is unwarranted and will drive Pancho away if she doesn’t rein it in. Rebe has a fantasy that she and Chela are boxing and Pancho is the ref. They both knock him out and hug each other.
At Casa Iramal, it’s Blech-fest Breakfast time again. Vins does horrible things to his foodstuffs and Freddy gets all attentive to Pina, probably just to avoid looking at Vins. They finally ask Vins what’s wrong with him and he rambles about beetles and cicadas. Loco.
Chela’s cooking again at the big house, and everyone’s thrilled and they toast to her.
Labels: familia
La Que No Podía Amar #4 Thursday 1/5/12 The Woman Who Couldn't Get Over Herself
Happy New Year everybody! And a Happy New Show…for now….
Full disclosure: We have had the closed captions on our TV set to Channel 3 ever since Uni showed La Reina del Sur. Mr 5ft read the book in English, so we were both excited to see the TN version, and even more excited that I wouldn't have to translate for him. Since then, we just never bothered to take off the closed captions because most shows don't have anything on CC Channel 3…except that sometimes SyFy will put Spanish captions there, which is just awesome! But it's hit or miss. As of right now, I've seen the captions all week on this show. I don't know if they're here to stay, but since we're also slogging through the last bits of La Casa de a Lado (emphasis on slogging) I'm just going to leave all my settings alone and see what happens. It feels a bit like cheating, and I certainly don't want to lose sight of the fact that not everyone has access to them and so just ignore dialogue, but on the plus side, sometimes I disagree with the captioner's word choice and that'll make for some good Spanish nerd discussions :D
Anyway, on to the actual show….
Consuelo is macking on Efrain. Cinthia sees them, so she backs out and calls out for Simon before walking in again. Puh-leeze, you can totally tell from her face that she saw what they were up to and she did not like it. Efrain offers to saddle her horse, since Simon, the "caballerango" (wrangler, groom) isn't there. She suggests that Consuelo get back to the house and Consuelo hightails it out of there. Cinthia comes on strong to Efrain, who is playing hard to get. He says he's gotta go talk to Consuelo's brother.
Bruno pretends not to understand the question and Rogelio claims he doesn't want his employees fraternizing. Riiiiight. Oh, and besides, she's not on his level. Pfft. Bruno says he loaned her money to get her come out there. "Always thinking about me, huh, Bruno?" He informs him that he bought out the debt and writes Bruno a check. Bruno tries to decline, but Rogelio, as usual, has his way. Bruno takes the check. Rogelio says Paula will work harder if she thinks she owes him.
Jewelry lady has new wares. Rosaura tells her she doesn't want to look at things she can't have! Since that idiot, Ana Paula, quit her job. But no worries about the payments that are due, it's not the 15th yet, so she's got time to figure it out. Ana Paula calls and gets chewed out by her loving Tia, before getting a chance to say she's staying. Rosaura changes her tune instantly and praises her for sucking it up and working wherever she can, like the pauper she is. She starts giving serious consideration to a piece of jewelry. Ana Paula tells her she might be getting a call from a guy, and if he calls, to please ask for his number. She says he had offered to put her in touch with his sister for a nursing job. Oh, well, you won't need that, now that you'll be working out in BFE for a year, says Auntie. Well, yes, but she'd like to thank him all the same. Tia looks suspicious.
PT continues. He tries to weasel out of the last 10 minutes, but Ana Paula won't let him. Miracle of miracles, he doesn't argue with her.
Federico is on the phone talking about needing to get provider's whose cattle are of the same quality as Rogelio's. Vanessa comes to visit him, looking hot in a hot pink halter dress. She says she knows he was in San Gabriel and wonders if he saw Rogelio. He says the contact is up soon, and it's not going to be so easy to deal with. If he won't renew, their company is in serious trouble.
Rogelio moons over the picture of him and Vanessa. Ana Paula surprises him and gets a look at it when he drops it. She's worried about him when she realizes he's teary-eyed. He gruffly tells her not to come in without knocking. She insists on helping him, but he brandishes the whip, telling her to go away and not come back until he calls for her. He manfully struggles not to cry once she leaves. Oh, Rog, you big softy!
Rosa is drooling over that big 'ol ring and saying how she deserves it and more. For freeking what? Jewelry lady convinces her to keep it, since she succeeded in whoring her niece out to that millionaire. What? Is that not what she did? They're interrupted by Gustavo, holding something that looks like a bouquet for a flower girl or a junior bridesmaid. Seriously, dude? Tia is not happy to see him.
Vanessa tries to soothe Federico, saying he can find other suppliers. However, as Federico explains, no one's got as good quality or delivery as Rogelio, and that's what makes their company the best. Bruno's going to talk to Rogelio and see what he can do. Vanessa keeps fishing for personal information, whining that Rogelio has gotten bitter and it's all her fault. Oh, stuff it! Either you feel bad enough about it to stay with him/go back to him or you move on. Seriously, in or out of the pool, babe. Daddy tells her she made a decision, she had every right. Vanessa cries about her hopes for a life with Rogelio and how they all went to hell. "You have no reason to think about him anymore. Your husband wouldn't like that." I don't think she's jonesing for Rogelio, I think her marriage probably sucks and she's thinking the grass is greener over in Rogelio's pasture. It's more the idea of Rogelio than the actual jackass himself.
Gustavo does a little ass kissing and is then disappointed to hear that Ana Paula isn't home and won't be for the foreseeable future. Tia snatches the flowers away to put them in some water, even as she's sneering at them--which makes me want to rethink my earlier opinion, because I hate to agree with this harpy on anything! She tells him Ana Paula found a better job, but she doesn't know where exactly since the phone signal cut off *giggle, giggle* Gustavo is shocked, hurt, and maybe even a little angry. He leaves his card with Rosa so she can give the info to Ana Paula next time she hears from her. Rosa's rich-man-radar goes off when she sees he's an engineer. She really gets excited when he says he lives nearby and his parents are retired. "Oh, and what did they do?" Dad was a high school teacher and mom was a librarian. Stand down! Stand down! False alarm! Don't lower the nets! She gets rid of him quickly. The jewelry lady is impressed, but Tia is not. She gripes that now she knows why Ana Paula was so anxious to get his contact info!
Ana Paula goes running to the kitchen to tell Maria she saw Rogelio crying over a picture of him and…some woman. She kind of got the impression that woman looked like her. Maria agrees she does. Paula assumes the woman must be dead and wants to know more about her. Maria says she's as good as dead, and they're forbidden to speak of her. She's Vanessa, the woman who was going to marry the boss. But after the accident, she left him. Since then, he…changed. Vanessa is the one responsible for Rogelio being the way he is. Ex-cuse me! As we're repeatedly reminded, no one makes Rogelio do anything he doesn't want to do, and that includes being an enormous ass! No one is responsible for that but the man himself.
Vanessa insists on taking responsibility for Rogelio cutting off their cow supply. I do not like chicks who have such a need to feel like the center of the universe. Daddy says who knows, maybe Bruno can work something out. He gets a call from Bruno, who apparently has bad news for him. When he hangs up, he tells Vanessa that Rogelio is negotiation with their competitors.
Rogelio gets over his emotional upset by cleaning his rifle. Gee. That's healthy.
Rosa explains to Jewelry lady that she doesn't like Gustavo because he's not rich enough. No, I'm not going to break that down to the particulars, because her greed is reprehensible. She won't aim for Rogelio because she doesn't figure he's interested in marriage, what with being paralyzed. So she's picked Bruno as her meal ticket and channels Teresa in gritting her teeth and complaining about needing to get out of this filthy poverty that she just can't stand!
Ana Paula chats to Romeo and Juliet about how super cute Gustavo is and how much she wants to see him.
Gustavo sends Miguel to pick up some "luminarias" (lamps). He sits down with his sister, who is disappointed that Ana isn't there to meet her. She mocks him gently for saying that he's going to wait for her.
Bruno is wandering around the house looking for a decent signal as he talks to Rosaura. She's glad that Ana Paula will be staying, but she fakely worries about Rogelio being "difficult." Bruno reminds her that's not news. Rosaura whinily begs him to please look out for her and take care of her, because she knows Ana Paula must be feeling sooooo lonely. Bruno just grins.
Cinthia goes to the kitchen to tell Maria, as Consuelo's godmother, that Consuelo's been very, erm, "friendly" with Efrain. "She's so young, and you know what Efrain's like…we'd hate for her to end up pregnant!" Maria says she'll have a talk with her, horrified at the idea. Bruno walks in to let Maria know that Rogelio will be eating in his study and that's all he said. Maria and Cinthia are both alarmed. Cinthia takes advantage of this to say she won't be eating at home this evening either.
Ana Paula finds Bruno and tells him she is going to stay after all. She knows that Rogelio bought out his debt. Bruno insists she never owed him anything and he only accepted Rogelio's money so he wouldn't make trouble for her. Ana Paula says it's not just that, he also got her brother a job. "Well, now you see how all of us, one way or another, end up in debt to Rogelio Montero." He invites her to have something to eat and then go riding, but Ana Paula wants to be around in case Rogelio needs her. "Oh, he's locked himself up in his study. There's no telling how long he'll be in there." Ana Paula tells him she surprised Rogelio looking at a picture of a woman. A woman Maria says he doesn't like them to talk about. "Vanessa" guesses Bruno.
Maria brings a tray to Rogelio's office and rather stiffly broaches the subject of the picture, saying she didn't think there were any pictures of "that woman" left in the house. Rog guesses that Ana Paula told her. Maria reminds him it's been years and she's married to someone else. "Oh, don't start," says Rog. She doesn't care if he scolds her, and says she hopes one day he'll go back to being the happy Rogelio that she raised. Well, that ain't gonna be today. Rogelio slams his hands down on the desk and tells her to get out!
Ana Paula tells Bruno that all Rog did was tell her to get out. She was moved to see him so upset. Bruno says that Rog just doesn't like anyone knowing anything about him. He thinks Rogelio needs a woman. "Pfft! As if one would want him with that nasty attitude of his!" scoffs Ana Paula. Besides, he never goes out, so how would he meet anyone? She thinks it's just not good for him not to go out in general, aside from being bad for his dating prospects. After all, it's so beautiful out there. She smiles dreamily, talking about how beautiful the river, especially, is. Bruno offers to take her there. She doesn't answer. He tells her that he's going to make an effort for their time together, at least, to be pleasant, despite being in such an unpleasant place. Ana Paula tells him his support is very important, as he's her only friend there, aside from Margarito.
Gustavo reports to David that Miguel is working out so far. David is pleased, since he was recommended by Rogelio and he wants Rogelio to invest in the new mall. Gustavo actually came over to talk about that. The ground looks good, but they need to do something about the "drenaje" (sewer system, according to CC, but I also see just plain "drainage"). He hands over his proposal. David offers to call Rogelio, and he wants Gustavo to stick around in case Rogelio has any questions. David tells him he has good news--the engineer has finished his study, and they can build the mall. Rogelio wants to be sure there are no problems. David offers to send the report over to him.
Bruno shows Ana Paula where "La Querentia" used to be. Ana Paula understands why he doesn't want to leave. Bruno says he won't leave until he finds out what really happened with his own hacienda. How it went from his father's hands to Rogelio's. That's his most compelling reason to be there. Ana Paula asks if he thinks Rogelio got the land wrongfully.
Consuelo comes into the kitchen and gets interrogated about Efrain. She claims there's nothing going on. Maria tells her she's there to work, not the flirt! Besides, Rogelio doesn't like his employees fraternizing, so she'll just have to meet someone in town. Efrain has a reputation as a "noviero" (flirt, womanizer), she says, and flits from woman to woman. "If I told you about all the women I know he's been with!" Consuelo hasn't heard of anyone since she's been there. Well, Maria doesn't want her near him!
Bruno tells Paula, when he's never told anyone before, that when his dad lost the land, he was away. When he got back, he was more concerned with his dad than with the land, since his dad had gotten sick. He heard some rumors going around, but being a lawyer, he knows he can't accuse someone without proof.
Cinthia informs Efrain that as long as he's being used by her, he's not allowed to date anyone else. I'm all for monogamy, but I'm not sure this is how it's supposed to work. Anyway, Efrain says she'd better satisfy his desires, in that case, and it's back to business as usual.
Rogelio is sitting up in bed reading when Ana Paula comes in for his therapy time. Now he tries to fight it, saying it's a waste of time and won't get him to walk again. She tells him he's not facing reality and being a jerk for shutting himself up indoors when there's so much beauty outside. He's just moping around getting angsty. "What do you know about it?!" She says he's not the first or the last person in a wheelchair and she's known plenty of patients who get on with their lives and are happy. Exit Paula. So I guess he gets out of physical therapy after all.
Ana Paula complains to Maria about Rogelio not wanting to do his physical therapy last night. She's trying to be patient, but she just doesn't know how to get him to snap out of it. She wishes she could at least get him to leave the house. Rogelio is wheeled in and is surprised to see Ana Paula there, since it's Sunday. Her contract specifies she's to have one day off a week, Ana Paula reminds him, but it doesn't say that has to be Sunday. Besides, she didn't really work the previous day. "Oh, what a good employee you are. Maria, remind me to tell Bruno to give the nurse a bonus." Ana Paula says that's not necessary. She's just doing her job. Rogelio insists she takes the day off, then wonders why she's walking away. "Since today is my day off, I can eat where I want, and I'd rather eat in the kitchen." Rogelio huffs at Maria to go tell Hugo that he's going to supervise the work in the fields today and insists on serving himself breakfast. Yeah, he just doesn't know how to deal with that spunky Ana Paula.
Efrain and Cinthia are sucking face. I presume "again" and not "still" since the outfits look different, but hey, who knows. "My brother thinks I'm still asleep." Efrain has her horse ready so they can rendezvous up in the mountains. Cue the Barry White music….
Miguel tries to give his aunt the happy news that he and Dany are officially dating, but she figured it out already. Cause she's not blind. "Just make sure you don't distract him from his work." Shut. Up. I'm trying to recall when I've ever seen this actress that I haven't wanted her to just shut up every time she's on screen. I hope it's first-rate acting and that she's not just naturally like that. Dany is happy that her "flaco" (skinny guy) is working and happy, so of course she wouldn't. Rosa asks Dany to pass her the tortillas and flashes the big emerald at her. Dany and Miguel both ooh and aah over it, and Miguel asks where she got the money for it.
Ana Paula works on math with Margarito…"If you have five mangos in this hand and three in this hand, how many do you have?" She says she's going to get him a workbook, then has him recite something out loud that she's written down. "The…house…"
Rosa says the stones are fake. Dany isn't buying it, so Rosa tells her to ask Elena. "If it were real, I would have sold it a long time ago…to help with all our expenses. Especially now that I can't work." She fake cries and pretends to be embarrassed that Dany has found out about their financial troubles. She turns up the waterworks about how she's always working, cooking for other people, etc. Miguel looks guilty. Dany insists on washing the dishes. "Flaquito, tu platito" (little skinny guy, your little plate…"babe, your plate"). Rosa tells Miguel she's glad Dany is so committed, since she can no longer work. Miguel goes to help Dany with the dishes and tells Rosa to go lie down, they'll clean everything up. Rosa rolls her eyes when he's gone and goes back to admiring her ring.
Efrain smooches on Consuelo. Consuleo says she's not allowed to go out with him…but maybe if she talked to Maria…. Efrain says, no, it's no good. Someone saw them and told the boss, so they can't see each other anymore. Shucky darn. "Well, what if we saw each other in secret?" Ooh, Efrain likes that idea, since she's just so purdy and all…oh, but it wouldn't be fair to her, and what if they got caught? No, better wait for things to calm down. "This wouldn't be because you're a skirt chaser who has no interest in being exclusive, would it?" Efrain takes off his hat and swears that he wants to marry her. Dude. That's just wrong. And he swore, even. For that, some part of his anatomy better spontaneously fall off. Consuelo gets all excited. "But in the meantime, we've got to say goodbye, and make it a good one!" Smoochies.
Gustavo asks Miguel to drive him out to deliver, presumably, the plans to Rogelio, and Miguel agrees.
Margarito comes running up to Rogelio to tell him someone's looking for him. Someone in a car parked out at the street. Oh, it's Vanessa. Dressed marginally more conservatively and doing her best to look sorrowful. She takes in Rogelio, and his wheelchair, and says overly dramatically, that she came to talk to him. "Forgive me! I couldn't…it was such a blow to me!" Rogelio mockingly says it's a good thing the accident happened two months before the wedding, otherwise she would have sworn to be with him in sickness and health for the rest of their days. "Forgive me…Please understand! We're not all as strong as you are!"
Maria takes some workbooks out of a cabinet to give to Ana Paula. She thanks her for being concerned about Margarito. He's been lonely and needing someone to give him some attention. Margarito comes running in to say that a very elegant lady is outside…and she looks like Ana Paula! She's talking to the boss, and she's rich. He can tell, cause she showed up with a chauffeur. He came running because the boss is fighting with her.
"When the doctors told me you wouldn't walk again, the first thing that came into my mind was that I couldn't marry someone who…" "Someone who wasn't a full man anymore?" She accepts she didn't know how to deal with the situation, but it was he who forbid her or anyone from her family from setting foot on the property (presumably for the purposes of patching things up). He reminds her that order is still in force. Maria comes up and goes into full-on mama bear mode, asking what Vanessa is doing there, coming to upset her cub? She says she's there on business, on behalf of the Southwest Meatpacking Company. "It's your father who does business with Rogelio!" insists Maria. "So you didn't really come to see me," realizes Rogelio. Vanessa knows she's stepped in it and tries to backtrack, but Maria cuts her off. Rogelio screams at her that she's let him down again. "Calm down Rogelio, you'll hurt yourself!" says Maria. Rogelio accuses her of being selfish, as usual. She was only thinking about herself after the accident, and now here she goes again. He says he never wants to see her again and brandishes the riding crop at her. Maria coos to him as he and Vanessa look at each other, all teary-eyed.
Ana Paula wants to go see what's up, but Margarito cries and begs her not to go. "Mr. Montero might need something." "If he doesn't want to see that woman he's going to be angry and he's going to take it out on us! Stay with me! Let Maria tell us what's going on."
Maria tells Rogelio that Vanessa deserves punishment, but it should come from him. "Please! If I came here, it was because…" "Oh, because after seven years you finally wanted to see how I was doing?" He gets up to threaten to throw her out bodily, but he ends up on the floor, waving the crop at her. "Now are you happy? See what you've done?! Get out! God protect you the day you want to hurt Rogelio! You're going to kill him! Leave! Leave! Get out!" Maria shoves her into the car and it drives away. Ana Paula comes running out and tries to help him, but he tells her not to touch him, he can do it himself. He drags himself over to his wheelchair, but knocks it over. Ana Paula grabs it and holds it in place, over his objections. Rogelio looks up at her and starts yelling that she's just like Vanessa. "Go away!"
Tomorrow: Ana Paula continues to stand up to Rogelio; Vanessa can't quit thinking about Rogelio; Rogelio burns the infamous picture; Ana Paula has a riding accident.
Full disclosure: We have had the closed captions on our TV set to Channel 3 ever since Uni showed La Reina del Sur. Mr 5ft read the book in English, so we were both excited to see the TN version, and even more excited that I wouldn't have to translate for him. Since then, we just never bothered to take off the closed captions because most shows don't have anything on CC Channel 3…except that sometimes SyFy will put Spanish captions there, which is just awesome! But it's hit or miss. As of right now, I've seen the captions all week on this show. I don't know if they're here to stay, but since we're also slogging through the last bits of La Casa de a Lado (emphasis on slogging) I'm just going to leave all my settings alone and see what happens. It feels a bit like cheating, and I certainly don't want to lose sight of the fact that not everyone has access to them and so just ignore dialogue, but on the plus side, sometimes I disagree with the captioner's word choice and that'll make for some good Spanish nerd discussions :D
Anyway, on to the actual show….
Consuelo is macking on Efrain. Cinthia sees them, so she backs out and calls out for Simon before walking in again. Puh-leeze, you can totally tell from her face that she saw what they were up to and she did not like it. Efrain offers to saddle her horse, since Simon, the "caballerango" (wrangler, groom) isn't there. She suggests that Consuelo get back to the house and Consuelo hightails it out of there. Cinthia comes on strong to Efrain, who is playing hard to get. He says he's gotta go talk to Consuelo's brother.
Bruno pretends not to understand the question and Rogelio claims he doesn't want his employees fraternizing. Riiiiight. Oh, and besides, she's not on his level. Pfft. Bruno says he loaned her money to get her come out there. "Always thinking about me, huh, Bruno?" He informs him that he bought out the debt and writes Bruno a check. Bruno tries to decline, but Rogelio, as usual, has his way. Bruno takes the check. Rogelio says Paula will work harder if she thinks she owes him.
Jewelry lady has new wares. Rosaura tells her she doesn't want to look at things she can't have! Since that idiot, Ana Paula, quit her job. But no worries about the payments that are due, it's not the 15th yet, so she's got time to figure it out. Ana Paula calls and gets chewed out by her loving Tia, before getting a chance to say she's staying. Rosaura changes her tune instantly and praises her for sucking it up and working wherever she can, like the pauper she is. She starts giving serious consideration to a piece of jewelry. Ana Paula tells her she might be getting a call from a guy, and if he calls, to please ask for his number. She says he had offered to put her in touch with his sister for a nursing job. Oh, well, you won't need that, now that you'll be working out in BFE for a year, says Auntie. Well, yes, but she'd like to thank him all the same. Tia looks suspicious.
PT continues. He tries to weasel out of the last 10 minutes, but Ana Paula won't let him. Miracle of miracles, he doesn't argue with her.
Federico is on the phone talking about needing to get provider's whose cattle are of the same quality as Rogelio's. Vanessa comes to visit him, looking hot in a hot pink halter dress. She says she knows he was in San Gabriel and wonders if he saw Rogelio. He says the contact is up soon, and it's not going to be so easy to deal with. If he won't renew, their company is in serious trouble.
Rogelio moons over the picture of him and Vanessa. Ana Paula surprises him and gets a look at it when he drops it. She's worried about him when she realizes he's teary-eyed. He gruffly tells her not to come in without knocking. She insists on helping him, but he brandishes the whip, telling her to go away and not come back until he calls for her. He manfully struggles not to cry once she leaves. Oh, Rog, you big softy!
Rosa is drooling over that big 'ol ring and saying how she deserves it and more. For freeking what? Jewelry lady convinces her to keep it, since she succeeded in whoring her niece out to that millionaire. What? Is that not what she did? They're interrupted by Gustavo, holding something that looks like a bouquet for a flower girl or a junior bridesmaid. Seriously, dude? Tia is not happy to see him.
Vanessa tries to soothe Federico, saying he can find other suppliers. However, as Federico explains, no one's got as good quality or delivery as Rogelio, and that's what makes their company the best. Bruno's going to talk to Rogelio and see what he can do. Vanessa keeps fishing for personal information, whining that Rogelio has gotten bitter and it's all her fault. Oh, stuff it! Either you feel bad enough about it to stay with him/go back to him or you move on. Seriously, in or out of the pool, babe. Daddy tells her she made a decision, she had every right. Vanessa cries about her hopes for a life with Rogelio and how they all went to hell. "You have no reason to think about him anymore. Your husband wouldn't like that." I don't think she's jonesing for Rogelio, I think her marriage probably sucks and she's thinking the grass is greener over in Rogelio's pasture. It's more the idea of Rogelio than the actual jackass himself.
Gustavo does a little ass kissing and is then disappointed to hear that Ana Paula isn't home and won't be for the foreseeable future. Tia snatches the flowers away to put them in some water, even as she's sneering at them--which makes me want to rethink my earlier opinion, because I hate to agree with this harpy on anything! She tells him Ana Paula found a better job, but she doesn't know where exactly since the phone signal cut off *giggle, giggle* Gustavo is shocked, hurt, and maybe even a little angry. He leaves his card with Rosa so she can give the info to Ana Paula next time she hears from her. Rosa's rich-man-radar goes off when she sees he's an engineer. She really gets excited when he says he lives nearby and his parents are retired. "Oh, and what did they do?" Dad was a high school teacher and mom was a librarian. Stand down! Stand down! False alarm! Don't lower the nets! She gets rid of him quickly. The jewelry lady is impressed, but Tia is not. She gripes that now she knows why Ana Paula was so anxious to get his contact info!
Ana Paula goes running to the kitchen to tell Maria she saw Rogelio crying over a picture of him and…some woman. She kind of got the impression that woman looked like her. Maria agrees she does. Paula assumes the woman must be dead and wants to know more about her. Maria says she's as good as dead, and they're forbidden to speak of her. She's Vanessa, the woman who was going to marry the boss. But after the accident, she left him. Since then, he…changed. Vanessa is the one responsible for Rogelio being the way he is. Ex-cuse me! As we're repeatedly reminded, no one makes Rogelio do anything he doesn't want to do, and that includes being an enormous ass! No one is responsible for that but the man himself.
Vanessa insists on taking responsibility for Rogelio cutting off their cow supply. I do not like chicks who have such a need to feel like the center of the universe. Daddy says who knows, maybe Bruno can work something out. He gets a call from Bruno, who apparently has bad news for him. When he hangs up, he tells Vanessa that Rogelio is negotiation with their competitors.
Rogelio gets over his emotional upset by cleaning his rifle. Gee. That's healthy.
Rosa explains to Jewelry lady that she doesn't like Gustavo because he's not rich enough. No, I'm not going to break that down to the particulars, because her greed is reprehensible. She won't aim for Rogelio because she doesn't figure he's interested in marriage, what with being paralyzed. So she's picked Bruno as her meal ticket and channels Teresa in gritting her teeth and complaining about needing to get out of this filthy poverty that she just can't stand!
Ana Paula chats to Romeo and Juliet about how super cute Gustavo is and how much she wants to see him.
Gustavo sends Miguel to pick up some "luminarias" (lamps). He sits down with his sister, who is disappointed that Ana isn't there to meet her. She mocks him gently for saying that he's going to wait for her.
Bruno is wandering around the house looking for a decent signal as he talks to Rosaura. She's glad that Ana Paula will be staying, but she fakely worries about Rogelio being "difficult." Bruno reminds her that's not news. Rosaura whinily begs him to please look out for her and take care of her, because she knows Ana Paula must be feeling sooooo lonely. Bruno just grins.
Cinthia goes to the kitchen to tell Maria, as Consuelo's godmother, that Consuelo's been very, erm, "friendly" with Efrain. "She's so young, and you know what Efrain's like…we'd hate for her to end up pregnant!" Maria says she'll have a talk with her, horrified at the idea. Bruno walks in to let Maria know that Rogelio will be eating in his study and that's all he said. Maria and Cinthia are both alarmed. Cinthia takes advantage of this to say she won't be eating at home this evening either.
Ana Paula finds Bruno and tells him she is going to stay after all. She knows that Rogelio bought out his debt. Bruno insists she never owed him anything and he only accepted Rogelio's money so he wouldn't make trouble for her. Ana Paula says it's not just that, he also got her brother a job. "Well, now you see how all of us, one way or another, end up in debt to Rogelio Montero." He invites her to have something to eat and then go riding, but Ana Paula wants to be around in case Rogelio needs her. "Oh, he's locked himself up in his study. There's no telling how long he'll be in there." Ana Paula tells him she surprised Rogelio looking at a picture of a woman. A woman Maria says he doesn't like them to talk about. "Vanessa" guesses Bruno.
Maria brings a tray to Rogelio's office and rather stiffly broaches the subject of the picture, saying she didn't think there were any pictures of "that woman" left in the house. Rog guesses that Ana Paula told her. Maria reminds him it's been years and she's married to someone else. "Oh, don't start," says Rog. She doesn't care if he scolds her, and says she hopes one day he'll go back to being the happy Rogelio that she raised. Well, that ain't gonna be today. Rogelio slams his hands down on the desk and tells her to get out!
Ana Paula tells Bruno that all Rog did was tell her to get out. She was moved to see him so upset. Bruno says that Rog just doesn't like anyone knowing anything about him. He thinks Rogelio needs a woman. "Pfft! As if one would want him with that nasty attitude of his!" scoffs Ana Paula. Besides, he never goes out, so how would he meet anyone? She thinks it's just not good for him not to go out in general, aside from being bad for his dating prospects. After all, it's so beautiful out there. She smiles dreamily, talking about how beautiful the river, especially, is. Bruno offers to take her there. She doesn't answer. He tells her that he's going to make an effort for their time together, at least, to be pleasant, despite being in such an unpleasant place. Ana Paula tells him his support is very important, as he's her only friend there, aside from Margarito.
Gustavo reports to David that Miguel is working out so far. David is pleased, since he was recommended by Rogelio and he wants Rogelio to invest in the new mall. Gustavo actually came over to talk about that. The ground looks good, but they need to do something about the "drenaje" (sewer system, according to CC, but I also see just plain "drainage"). He hands over his proposal. David offers to call Rogelio, and he wants Gustavo to stick around in case Rogelio has any questions. David tells him he has good news--the engineer has finished his study, and they can build the mall. Rogelio wants to be sure there are no problems. David offers to send the report over to him.
Bruno shows Ana Paula where "La Querentia" used to be. Ana Paula understands why he doesn't want to leave. Bruno says he won't leave until he finds out what really happened with his own hacienda. How it went from his father's hands to Rogelio's. That's his most compelling reason to be there. Ana Paula asks if he thinks Rogelio got the land wrongfully.
Consuelo comes into the kitchen and gets interrogated about Efrain. She claims there's nothing going on. Maria tells her she's there to work, not the flirt! Besides, Rogelio doesn't like his employees fraternizing, so she'll just have to meet someone in town. Efrain has a reputation as a "noviero" (flirt, womanizer), she says, and flits from woman to woman. "If I told you about all the women I know he's been with!" Consuelo hasn't heard of anyone since she's been there. Well, Maria doesn't want her near him!
Bruno tells Paula, when he's never told anyone before, that when his dad lost the land, he was away. When he got back, he was more concerned with his dad than with the land, since his dad had gotten sick. He heard some rumors going around, but being a lawyer, he knows he can't accuse someone without proof.
Cinthia informs Efrain that as long as he's being used by her, he's not allowed to date anyone else. I'm all for monogamy, but I'm not sure this is how it's supposed to work. Anyway, Efrain says she'd better satisfy his desires, in that case, and it's back to business as usual.
Rogelio is sitting up in bed reading when Ana Paula comes in for his therapy time. Now he tries to fight it, saying it's a waste of time and won't get him to walk again. She tells him he's not facing reality and being a jerk for shutting himself up indoors when there's so much beauty outside. He's just moping around getting angsty. "What do you know about it?!" She says he's not the first or the last person in a wheelchair and she's known plenty of patients who get on with their lives and are happy. Exit Paula. So I guess he gets out of physical therapy after all.
Ana Paula complains to Maria about Rogelio not wanting to do his physical therapy last night. She's trying to be patient, but she just doesn't know how to get him to snap out of it. She wishes she could at least get him to leave the house. Rogelio is wheeled in and is surprised to see Ana Paula there, since it's Sunday. Her contract specifies she's to have one day off a week, Ana Paula reminds him, but it doesn't say that has to be Sunday. Besides, she didn't really work the previous day. "Oh, what a good employee you are. Maria, remind me to tell Bruno to give the nurse a bonus." Ana Paula says that's not necessary. She's just doing her job. Rogelio insists she takes the day off, then wonders why she's walking away. "Since today is my day off, I can eat where I want, and I'd rather eat in the kitchen." Rogelio huffs at Maria to go tell Hugo that he's going to supervise the work in the fields today and insists on serving himself breakfast. Yeah, he just doesn't know how to deal with that spunky Ana Paula.
Efrain and Cinthia are sucking face. I presume "again" and not "still" since the outfits look different, but hey, who knows. "My brother thinks I'm still asleep." Efrain has her horse ready so they can rendezvous up in the mountains. Cue the Barry White music….
Miguel tries to give his aunt the happy news that he and Dany are officially dating, but she figured it out already. Cause she's not blind. "Just make sure you don't distract him from his work." Shut. Up. I'm trying to recall when I've ever seen this actress that I haven't wanted her to just shut up every time she's on screen. I hope it's first-rate acting and that she's not just naturally like that. Dany is happy that her "flaco" (skinny guy) is working and happy, so of course she wouldn't. Rosa asks Dany to pass her the tortillas and flashes the big emerald at her. Dany and Miguel both ooh and aah over it, and Miguel asks where she got the money for it.
Ana Paula works on math with Margarito…"If you have five mangos in this hand and three in this hand, how many do you have?" She says she's going to get him a workbook, then has him recite something out loud that she's written down. "The…house…"
Rosa says the stones are fake. Dany isn't buying it, so Rosa tells her to ask Elena. "If it were real, I would have sold it a long time ago…to help with all our expenses. Especially now that I can't work." She fake cries and pretends to be embarrassed that Dany has found out about their financial troubles. She turns up the waterworks about how she's always working, cooking for other people, etc. Miguel looks guilty. Dany insists on washing the dishes. "Flaquito, tu platito" (little skinny guy, your little plate…"babe, your plate"). Rosa tells Miguel she's glad Dany is so committed, since she can no longer work. Miguel goes to help Dany with the dishes and tells Rosa to go lie down, they'll clean everything up. Rosa rolls her eyes when he's gone and goes back to admiring her ring.
Efrain smooches on Consuelo. Consuleo says she's not allowed to go out with him…but maybe if she talked to Maria…. Efrain says, no, it's no good. Someone saw them and told the boss, so they can't see each other anymore. Shucky darn. "Well, what if we saw each other in secret?" Ooh, Efrain likes that idea, since she's just so purdy and all…oh, but it wouldn't be fair to her, and what if they got caught? No, better wait for things to calm down. "This wouldn't be because you're a skirt chaser who has no interest in being exclusive, would it?" Efrain takes off his hat and swears that he wants to marry her. Dude. That's just wrong. And he swore, even. For that, some part of his anatomy better spontaneously fall off. Consuelo gets all excited. "But in the meantime, we've got to say goodbye, and make it a good one!" Smoochies.
Gustavo asks Miguel to drive him out to deliver, presumably, the plans to Rogelio, and Miguel agrees.
Margarito comes running up to Rogelio to tell him someone's looking for him. Someone in a car parked out at the street. Oh, it's Vanessa. Dressed marginally more conservatively and doing her best to look sorrowful. She takes in Rogelio, and his wheelchair, and says overly dramatically, that she came to talk to him. "Forgive me! I couldn't…it was such a blow to me!" Rogelio mockingly says it's a good thing the accident happened two months before the wedding, otherwise she would have sworn to be with him in sickness and health for the rest of their days. "Forgive me…Please understand! We're not all as strong as you are!"
Maria takes some workbooks out of a cabinet to give to Ana Paula. She thanks her for being concerned about Margarito. He's been lonely and needing someone to give him some attention. Margarito comes running in to say that a very elegant lady is outside…and she looks like Ana Paula! She's talking to the boss, and she's rich. He can tell, cause she showed up with a chauffeur. He came running because the boss is fighting with her.
"When the doctors told me you wouldn't walk again, the first thing that came into my mind was that I couldn't marry someone who…" "Someone who wasn't a full man anymore?" She accepts she didn't know how to deal with the situation, but it was he who forbid her or anyone from her family from setting foot on the property (presumably for the purposes of patching things up). He reminds her that order is still in force. Maria comes up and goes into full-on mama bear mode, asking what Vanessa is doing there, coming to upset her cub? She says she's there on business, on behalf of the Southwest Meatpacking Company. "It's your father who does business with Rogelio!" insists Maria. "So you didn't really come to see me," realizes Rogelio. Vanessa knows she's stepped in it and tries to backtrack, but Maria cuts her off. Rogelio screams at her that she's let him down again. "Calm down Rogelio, you'll hurt yourself!" says Maria. Rogelio accuses her of being selfish, as usual. She was only thinking about herself after the accident, and now here she goes again. He says he never wants to see her again and brandishes the riding crop at her. Maria coos to him as he and Vanessa look at each other, all teary-eyed.
Ana Paula wants to go see what's up, but Margarito cries and begs her not to go. "Mr. Montero might need something." "If he doesn't want to see that woman he's going to be angry and he's going to take it out on us! Stay with me! Let Maria tell us what's going on."
Maria tells Rogelio that Vanessa deserves punishment, but it should come from him. "Please! If I came here, it was because…" "Oh, because after seven years you finally wanted to see how I was doing?" He gets up to threaten to throw her out bodily, but he ends up on the floor, waving the crop at her. "Now are you happy? See what you've done?! Get out! God protect you the day you want to hurt Rogelio! You're going to kill him! Leave! Leave! Get out!" Maria shoves her into the car and it drives away. Ana Paula comes running out and tries to help him, but he tells her not to touch him, he can do it himself. He drags himself over to his wheelchair, but knocks it over. Ana Paula grabs it and holds it in place, over his objections. Rogelio looks up at her and starts yelling that she's just like Vanessa. "Go away!"
Tomorrow: Ana Paula continues to stand up to Rogelio; Vanessa can't quit thinking about Rogelio; Rogelio burns the infamous picture; Ana Paula has a riding accident.
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
Cuando Me Enamoro #181 Thursday 1/5/12 Love is the answer, and you know that for sure. Love is a flower, you gotta let it grow.*
*John Lennon, Mind Games
All you Rene Casados fans are in for a treat tonight. It’s Papa Gonzo’s night to shine. Cliff Huxtable, Ward Cleaver, Richard Castle, step aside and make room for the master, Don Gonzalo Monterrubio!
Oh cool, we get to see the swordfight on the high seas one more time. Just the end though, the skewering, in effect the best part. Wow, Jero really jammed it in there. But all that bloody spittle was just gross.
After some prolonged repeated scenes we finally get to where we left off last night...
Lurking Berta overhears the post-necklace Hija/Mama exchange. From her spiteful point of view this tender moment is not about Renata but rather about herself and she demands an explanation, much as she would from a lover kissing another woman. Regina and Renata agree the time for truth has come. “You are not my real daughter,” Regina admits. “¿Cómo?” demands Roberta, purple eyelids ablaze in anger. She recounts the proof, the DNA test, her heart condition, the birth certificate, what about all that? Regina firmly insists it was all a dreadful mistake (equivocacion). They lob this multisyllabic word back and forth until Regina cuts the game short, Berta’s fingerprints did NOT match those on Regina’s birth certificate. You’ve got to give Berta props, she plays this match like a pro. She looks truly stricken and tells Regina she really saw her as her own true mother and was beginning to love her as such. Regina admits she was shocked too but without a doubt Renata is her real daughter.
Roberta cries that she doesn’t want to give Regina up as her mama. She doesn’t want to be the daughter of a murderess. “No quiero, no quiero!” Renata jumps in and tells her sister they no longer have to be under Fina’s dirty cloud. This is the perfect time for Berta to reinvent herself, change, and start Telling The Truth (hint hint). Berta weeps that Fina has already destroyed her and she has nothing else to tell. Renata puts Berta on the spot, did she really know all this time that she was Fina’s daughter? Was Roberta aware of the identity switch?
Over at the fiesta site Fina, in disguise but still completely identifiable as Josefina Monterrubio, chats with the other neon-wigged singers while Jero and Matias, mere steps away, take no notice of the pink-hued help. Jero pensively talks to Matias about the first time he was in this garden at Mat’s welcome, about all that has happened since then and about letting go of all his feelings of vengeance. Matias says “life is full of surprises, Profe”. (Well he would be surprised if only he’d check out the wacko on the stage!) Jero is delighted that Matias has decided to call him “teacher” again and Matias, quickly becoming the master of the love fest, admits that Jero will always be the best example of a teacher to him. (Certainly he is the best example of how to look hot in a suit.)
Jero says speaking of examples he and Renata decided that there would be no better example of Godparents than Matias and Adri. Matias ratchets up the love and sheds a sentimental tear before embracing his Profe in a macho man-hug. Fina can’t resist skulking close to them, peeking at their happiness and leaving a wake of creepified, howling background music. Boys, are you deaf?!?!
There is howling inside too. Regina and Renata press Berta to tell them where Fina is , they are sure she knows, but Berta continues to loudly insist of course she doesn’t know! (Por supuesto que no!) She doesn’t have the least idea (la menor idea) where that woman is! She promises! Their body language says it all, real mother and daughter side by side, hanging their heads in disbelief, Renata’s arms crossed in defense against the lies. Roberta rushes out (as usual) and Nata comforts her weeping mother.
We’re back in the wine country and for the first time there are no giant block letters advising us of the location. I guess they figure that after 180 episodes we finally know where we are. Manuela is saying goodbye to Tony and Padre S as our favorite young couple excitedly enters the scene. They have good news and proudly show her their university registrations. Ali will study nutrition to help girls who share her problem and Anibal will of course study oenology and come back to dedicate himself to wine production.
Fina is in the washroom arranging her lurid locks and cackling that her vengeance is nigh. Heh, she checks under the stalls to make sure she’s alone before channeling the witch queen, “Mirror Mirror on the wall”. Nothing gives her greater pleasure than exerting control over the lives of others. “Fina you are marvelous! You are one of a kind. You are brilliant my queen, brilliant!” she giggles. Her telephone interrupts her autolovefest and she cheerfully wishes her daughter Feliz Cumpleaños.
“We’ve been found out,” blurts Berta. She says the estupido bank compared fingerprints and discovered that Berta was the Cuckoo chick imposter placed in another bird’s nest. Now she won’t get a worm or a peso because the whole world knows Renata is the true inheritor and daughter of estupida Regina Soberon. (Hey, Roberta’s got some scar on her forearm. It looks like one I have on the same spot from where I once got slashed by a wineglass; it took 156 stitches to close that pumper.) After they take turns blaming each other Roberta immerses herself in loathing and whines that now Renata will have everything, the money, the house, Jero’s love, while Berta once again is stuck with nada. “You don’t know how much I hate her. Why couldn’t she have drowned in the sea along with Jeronimo?”
Fina tries to calm her down and get the 411 on where Roberta stands with Regina and Renata. Berta says she played the victim and vowed she had no idea that she wasn’t Regi’s girl. Fina’s glad and instructs Berta to go back and enjoy the party and pretend to be happy for being part of La Familia Monterrubio in spite of everything (a pesar de todo). Fina assures her they will still carry out their plan and head to Switzerland, happy to once again be mother and daughter. Berta whines about no money and Fina divulges that she does have money (pero yo sí) and she’ll share it with Berta when they escape. “Now go party down because tomorrow we start a new life.”
Manuela and Kari are in an echo-y construction which is the house that Laz is building for Kari. Wow, that Super Laz is some hombre, works full time, chases bad guys, saves people, seeks out the truth, and now he’s building a house too. They talk ad nauseum about how much Laz loves and has loved Kari (OK, I admit I’m jealous that she got MI Lazaro!) and then they waste more valuable viewing time checking out the kitchen.
Over at Casa M Jero is holding a pow wow with Gonzo, Regi and Nata. He says once again he does not trust or believe Roberta. Renata and Regina comment that Berta seemed truly sad and she swore she knew nothing about Fina, although they know it wasn’t true. Gonzo reminds them that Fina was seen leaving Germy’s apartment and Regina tells him they gave her a chance to tell the the truth but she didn’t. “That’s because she’s a professional liar,” advises Jero, “just like her mother.” Gonzo cuts Berta some slack by pointing out that Fina’s horrendous child-rearing left its mark on Roberta.
The Garish Grupo warms up as the Familia Monterrubio (sans Berta) arrives at the party. Fina, looking like Fearless Fly in drag, thought bubbles that she didn’t wait 24 years for nothing, she and her daughter are going to reign supreme, bwahahaha!
Ines and Regina say that every year they had a birthday cake for Renata, never losing hope. Now Regina can finally be happy...a pesar de todo. Regi meets the questioning looks by admitting that Roberta already knows she is not Regina’s daughter.
As for Berta, she sulks up in her ivory tower, damning Renata for stealing everything that Roberta ever wanted. Gonzo taps on the door and tells her Regi told him everything. The sweet daddy music plays and he wants her to listen. She came into his life when she was only 12 years old with her innocent smile. From that moment he thought of her as his daughter. She tries to interrupt, saying “but not like Renata...” He shushes her and continues, yes each child is different but a father’s love is equal for both. For him she is his daughter and always will be. He adds that her mother filled her heart with hate and envy but Roberta is responsible for her own life. He urges her to fight to have her own life. Believe it or not her sister loves her and so does Regina.
Down at the fiesta Renata is excited that Mat and Adri will be padrinos to little Regina or Rafael. Matias negotiates a similar deal for them when his child is born. The foursome couldn’t be happier but the camera pans to...Fina, hidden in full view, who observes while serenaded by the evil, groaning voices in her head.
Back in Berta’s room it appears as if papa’s words might be melting the iceberg that is her heart. His assurance that the power of love transcends everything brings her to tears. He knows she can reinvent herself and start fresh. He invites her tell him everything she knows about Fina who, although she is Berta’s mother, has not been a good mother. Fina only thinks of herself and puts herself in front of everyone including Berta. He begs his daughter not to be an accomplice to a murderer and he gently reminds her that Fina killed the love of Berta’s life. This really sets Berta off and she’s wracked in sobs thinking about her profound loss. Gonzo assures her she still has her family, and he tells her several times how much he loves her. “I love you too Papa” she sobs after he has departed, and she clings to her pillow as she weeps. Wow, what a powerful scene. It brought tears to my eyes. How about a standing ovation for these two?
Gonzo joins Regina, he’s not sure if his words affected Roberta. “Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance!” commands Regina, and the table obeys. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Here is one of the old SNL Sprockets Skits) What a great party; and they really know how to dance! I sure wish that poor family could have just one party where shooting and grave bodily harm are not the guests of honor.
In the midst of much toasting and familial bonding up strolls Roberta wondering if they should cut the cake like they do every year. Regina takes the microphone and all eyes are on her WITH FINA RIGHT BEHIND HER but nobody nobody seems to notice her. Regina says this is a special day for her and she begins to tell the story about an evil woman stealing her daughter so many years ago. Well she finally found her after all these year, but guess what, life was generous and she found two daughters! Berta looks surprised to be included in the happiness. Regina announces that now she has two daughters and her heart is overflowing with love for both of them. Happy Birthday hijas!
Fina, looking like she wants to hurl, claps politely in the background while Regina leads a rousing version of Las Mañanitas. The two sisters close their eyes and make a wish then together blow out the candles. Renata drags her sis to the microphone and blathers her happiness and thanks to everyone in the crowd, calling out her family one by one. Fina’s scowling then smirking head keeps popping up between the sisters like a bobble-head from hell.
Berta takes the mic, says she’s made a lot of mistakes and today she wants to ask their forgiveness. “What are you doing?” Fina angrily thought-bobbles behind her. Berta continues by saying she told lies to many of them. She tells Jero she knows he rarely believes her, but she swears she loved Rafael with all her heart and soul. And now her punishment is that she has neither his love nor his child. She tells Gonzo from the moment she arrived in his life he was always a great papa to her. She asks Renata to forgive her for always trying to be like Renata but also for hating everything that Renata tried to be. She was always envious of Renata’s capacity to love and be loved. Berta says today they have all given her the opportunity to reinvent herself and she’s going to try. Gonzo beams and Jero looks skeptical. It would take him at least another 130 episodes to start believing her.
Roberta says to prove herself she admits she does know where Josefina Alvarez is and she and her real mother were planning to leave the country tomorrow. From the bottom of her heart she begs their forgiveness. “Forgive me sister,” she cries to Renata and hugs her sister.
Renata leads Berta away from the microphone as Fina turns and pulls something out of her bag of tricks. Berta asks her sis to forgive her and as she hugs Renata she sees a wackily wigged out version of her mama glare at them, shake her head and assume the shooting stance.
She aims. She fires.
Roberta makes a movement. ¿Qué sucederá?
Vocabulary:
a pesar de todo = in spite of everything
Cómo = how (not to be confused with como = like)
equivocacion = big honkin’ mistake
la menor idea = the least idea
pero yo sí = but I do
Por supuesto que no = Of course not
¿Qué sucederá? = What will happen?
Dicho of the Day, dedicated to Fina:
Ella que sembró su maíz, que se coma su pinole = You looked for trouble? Now pay the consequences , You reap what you sow. (lit. She who planted her corn must eat her pinole/corn flour)
Dear Friends, as this is my last CME recap I just wanted to tell you all what a fun and rewarding experience it has been to laugh, cry and poke fun with all of you at our beloved telenovela. I regard CME as one of my favorite telenovelas for many reasons, this community absolutely being one of them. For those in our study group who might have chosen to remain silent, I sincerely hope you learned some Spanish along with the rest of us and I hope you feel compelled to speak up in the future. Every one has a voice and every one has something to say. Say it here! The more the merrier.
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La Que No Podía Amar #3 Wednesday 1/4/12 Apparently not dining with the boss is a whipping offense at the Hacienda del Fuerte
Apparently not dining with the boss is a whipping offense at the Hacienda del Fuerte
(I am tired after an evening out and haven't fully corrected this recap. Will try to do that later tonight or sometime in the morning. But this is mostly done!)
NOTE: I tried very hard to keep my comments and speculations limited to what I recall thinking the first time I saw the episode. (And a lot of times, I found out new things about the characters after just now finally seeing the episode with CCs!) Please let me know if you think I'm giving away spoilers, because I truly do not want to do that!
Picking up where we left off:
Ana Paula is at the rushing water in the river with little Margarito and he falls in. She is able to pull him to safety but in the process she is swept away, while an anguished Margarito yells after her.
Miguel (Ana Paula's somewhat dipsh*t brother), and Tia Rosie are having a discussion about Ana Paula's whereabouts. Miguel is concerned about why they haven't heard from her, wants to start looking for her, but Tia Rosie doesn't seem concerned.
There's a knock at the door. It's Don Rogelio and his sister Cinthia. He announces himself as Paula's boss as Miguel and Tia Rosy look a bit astonished.
Poor Ana Paula is still being swept away by the rushing water and it doesn't look good! She's managing to keep her head up, but just barely.
Miguel wants to make sure that Ana Paula is okay. Of course she is! Don Rogelio says in his typical arrogant-annoyed-jerkwad tone of voice. Tia Rosie doesn't miss a chance to whine about their poor, impoverished circumstances. Don Rogelio gives her a curious, assessing look as she carries on. He has a very well-tuned BS meter and Tia is setting it off, big time.
Miguel astutely asks, well, if Ana Paula is okay, how come she didn't come too? Don Rogelio shows a brief moment of alarm and sputters, "Well . . . " but Cinthia jumps in to save him and explains that she and Don Rogelio came alone to Tuxla and that, what a pity, they were supposed to deliver a letter from Ana Paula but it was left at the office (while the truth is, that JERK Don Rogelio opened it up and read it and then crumpled it up because it said that Don Rogelio was, you know, a JERK!). Ahem.
Miguel seems to find this a little fishy and still wants affirmation that Ana Paula is, indeed, okay. "Of course she is!" Don Rogelio laughs, a little nervously. Then Tia starts to suck up to Cinthia and Don Rogelio and mentions their concern for Ana Paula because Miguel is currently out of work.
Don Rogelio pauses, shrugs, smiles smarmily, gallantly takes off his hat and says that hey, he might be able to help with the job thing. Miguel perks up.
We cut back to the river, where a group of men are walking along the bank, headed by a cute, fresh-faced guy with long eyelashes. He admires the river and then sees in the distance a young woman (Ana Paula) being swept along in the water. He quickly jumps in to rescue her.
"What do you know how to do?" Don Rogelio asks Miguel. "Carpentry." Miguel adds that there is other stuff he can do too. As it happens, Don Rogelio has a friend who runs a construction company.
Rosy says they haven't got any food in the house to make a meal (I think?) and Don Rogelio sends Cinthia out to get something. Miguel goes with her, which leaves Don Rogelio alone with the scheming Rosy, which I think is what Don Rogelio wants. As the saying goes, "You can't bullsh*t a bullsh*tter" and Don Rogelio, being full of it himself, totally has her number. He keeps his eyes fixed on her, with this constantly skeptical/amused expression.
Don Rogelio is bursting with curiosity about the family's relationship with Bruno. As soon as Cinthia and Miguel have left, Don Rogelio bursts forth with an abrupt question about how they know Bruno. (Jealousy, thy name is Rogelio!) Tia more or less gives an accurate but brief assessment of the troubles they've had and how Bruno helped, as Rogelio listens intently.
VIDEO CLIP: You can't bullsh*t a bullsh*itter: Don Rogelio asks how they know Bruno. (Link goes to streaming Flash clip hosted on my site. File is high-quality, so if it stalls, wait for it to fully load before playing.)
Cute young guy gallantly carries a now-unconscious Ana Paula out of the river. He does some CPR on her and soon she is spitting up water and is okay. (Note, Ana Brenda looks especially pretty here, with no makeup and with mud in her hair. Very fresh and natural. Not that she looks bad or overly-made-up usually, or bad without mud in her hair. I'm just saying.) When Ana Paula stands up, she seems to have an immediate connection with cute young guy, who turns out to be Gustavo Duran (played by Jose Ron), an engineer of hydraulics. Gustavo notes that she got some scrapes on her arm, but she says she's okay. She keeps smiling and gazing at him with unfettered happiness and he smiles back.
Tia Rosy continues the story about Bruno helping, and says something about how concerning it is that they owe Bruno now. Rogelio says, with a flick of his wrist and an almost sarcastic tone, don't worry, he'll take care of it all. Rosy is grateful, but then laments, this will mean that her niece will now be in debt to Don Rogelio! (Which I suspect is the whole point in Don Rogelio's offering to cover the debt, am I right?) Don Rogelio replies with a expansive sweep of his hands, "No, you guys owe me NOTHING!" (Yeah right!) He has this wolf-in-sheep's clothing smile on his face.
This prompts Rosy to start sucking up to him, telling him what a great guy he is, how lucky Ana Paula is to be working for him, yadda yadda. Rogelio then says (smarmily) that he knows he's got a difficult personality (NO REALLY?) and that Paula seems to be a very good nurse. At this Rosy starts listing off all the virtues of Ana Paula, that she's a hard worker, very serious, and she doesn't have time for a boyfriend, oh no no, not our hardworking Ana Paula. Rogelio gets a gleam in his eye in reaction to that last little tidbit about Paula not having a boyfriend.
But the boyfriendless status may be of short duration, if we judge how Ana Paula is getting along with that cute Gustavo guy at the river bank. Their conversation yields several important facts: She's a nurse, his sister is a nurse, wow, what a coincidence. Ana Paula mentions that even though she's currently employed, she's looking for other nursing work and Gustavo says his sister can probably help with that. Wow, more coincidences! They chat some more and there are many happy, innocent smiles of the young and idealistic.
Rosy and Miguel are fixing a meal and Don Rogelio is on the phone with his friend David (the actor looks a little bit like a younger Tom Berenger to me) about getting Miguel a job. David runs a construction company in some fancy high rise building. David is happy to go along with this. Don Rogelio gives a business card to Miguel and tells him to go see that guy about a job. Miguel thanks him. Just then Rosy starts carrying on about the Ana Paula's doves, and how much they miss Ana Paula. (Since Rosy doesn't like the doves, is this her way of hinting around that she'd like to unload them on Cinthia and Rogelio?)
Bruno is greeting an older man named Federico in a courtyard. They start talking business about Hacienda del Fuerte and Don Rogelio. They're talking about a contract that Rogelio's dad made 10 years ago. There was a special agreement that Rogelio's company would supply Federico's company with the best quality cattle. But now Don Rogelio may not renew the contract. Bruno says that Rogelio has never forgiven Vanessa for dumping him when he was still in his hospital bed after the accident, but he thinks that Rogelio never stopped loving her. Federico thinks it's a shame what happened, but what can he do, his daughter couldn't handle Rogelio's paralysis. Bruno asks after Vanessa, she's doing okay, has been married for three years but doesn't have any kids.
We cut to Don Rogelio rolling down the window of his black car to look at a young woman (Vanessa) getting into a car parked across the street. He has a brooding look on his face. As soon as her car pulls away he tells Hugo (his driver/assistant) to go as well, and something about seeing Cinthia.
Ana Paula and Margarito are in town, Ana Paula still looks a bit soggy and she has those scrapes on her arm. Bruno approaches them and is concerned over her appearance. She explains about the river and says she's fine. They all agree to return to the hacienda.
We're at the mall in Tuxla and Cinthia and Don Rogelio are at a restaurant. Cinthia is drinking something and (it seems incongruous to me) Don Rogelio is nibbling on strawberries. "Don't lie to me," Cinthia says. "This is the same as always." "I don't know what you're talking about," Don Rogelio replies, between bites of strawberry. She says that he often will manipulate people through their relatives, like what he's doing now with Ana Paula's family. Rogelio arrogantly says that Paula has to know who's boss (more or less) and once she learns that, she can be cut loose. (He is SUCH a jerk!)
He checks his phone and tells Cinthia he has things to deal with. Then their discussion goes to David, the construction guy, and I think Cinthia might like to go out with him ("he's single, handsome . . . ") but Rogelio nixes that, saying that David is his friend and a business associate and he doesn't want trouble. Cinthia again starts in with the old complaint about how Don Rogelio doesn't want her to have her own life, yadda yadda, and then up comes the handsome David to join them.
Back at the hacienda, Ana Paula is telling Bruno that she's made up her mind. She doesn't want to deal with that jerk Rogelio Montero (she always uses his first and last name, I notice!) and she wants to look for work in Tuxla. She apologizes because she knows she owes him money, but she swears she'll pay it all back. He tries to convince her not to go, while also saying it's not the money that concerns him. She cuts him off and again explains she has her standards, her strong character, and that Rogelio Montero guy is such a total jerk to everyone, she can't tolerate it.
Bruno starts to tell Ana Paula a story about how his father and Don Rogelio's dad were associates, but that his dad lost all his land to Don Rogelio's dad due to "bad management," but that he (Bruno) doesn't believe it. Bruno wants to stick around and get proof that there was wrongdoing and then get his land back.
Then we cut to Bruno and Ana Paula by that same river, riding horses. It seems like Bruno has a lot of time to take Ana Paula on nice outings. As he helps her dismount there seems to be a fleeting moment where he holds her too close/too long and she glances at him nervously. They go to admire the river. Bruno stands close as she smiles and looks dreamy, I suspect thinking about that cute Gustavo guy she met yesterday.
And speaking of that cute Gustavo guy, he's talking to that handsome David guy at the high rise office building. Turns out that Gustavo works for David. Small world, isn't it? Gustavo has some studies (or something) on San Gabriel (the little town nearest the Hacienda del Fuerte). David is keen to see the papers. David says that some owner (I think Don Rogelio?) is interested in a commercial district? [I MISSED A LOT HERE] Anyway, it seems like their meeting went well. As Gustavo leaves David's office, in walks our own Miguel, brother of Ana Paula, to see about the job that Don Rogelio set up for him. (My my, the world gets smaller and smaller!)
A brief conversation between Handsome David and Miguel. David is friendly and can get Miguel work, even if it won't be carpentry. Miguel thanks him.
Tia Rosie has invited a friend over, the same lady who was selling her jewelry in the last episode. She tells the friend that she has a lot of news to tell her, but first needs a favor. She hands over Don Rogelio's business card and asks that the lady ask her kids (who use the INTERRRRRNET—she loves to roll those RRRRRs!) to look up more info on him.
Dany, Ana Paula's sweet blonde-haired friend, is showing her nursing paperwork and qualifications to Mercedes, and attractive woman with strawberry blondish hair who is in charge of the nurses at the local hospital. Mercedes is very pleasant and says if they have a need for a nurse with her qualifications, they'll let her know! As soon as Dany walks off, in comes cute Gustavo, who (AMAZINGLY IN ANOTHER COINCIDENCE!!!!1!!!) is the brother of Mercedes! He gives her a kiss on the cheek and tells her he's so thrilled because he met the most wonderful girl, and she lives in Tuxla.
Back at the hacienda, Ana Paula is chatting with Maria (the housekeeper played by Ana Martin) in Don Rogelio's office, about her owing money to Bruno, and how she'd like to get work in Tuxla and be closer to her family. The phone rings and Tia Rosie for Ana Paula. Ana Paula tells Tia that she's quitting because her boss is not a good person. "What makes you say this?" Tia trills. "Your boss is enchanting!" Then it all comes out, that Don Rogelio and Cinthia visited and how great they were. Miguel gets on the phone to say how he's pleased with his new job that her boss got for him. As Ana Paula is trying to adjust to all of this, in comes Hugo (Don Rogelio's driver/assistant) with the big birdcage with the doves. She's delighted with the doves but is obviously overwhelmed with all this new info. Tia puts more guilt on her about remaining there, and you can tell that it's a lost cause, Ana Paula is going to *have* to stay now!
Cinthia tells Ana Paula how Rogelio helped out her family and got Miguel a job. She indicates [I think] that this is a way for Rogelio to show that he is sorry for his bad treatment of Cinthia. Cinthia wants Ana Paula to assure her that she'll say. PLEASE. (You can see the desperation in Cinthia's face, like she's thinking to herself, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't make me be the caregiver for my jerkwad of a brother again! PLEASE!!!) Ana Paula looks thoughtful.
Tia is assuring Miguel that Ana Paula is doing fine, or does he doubt that Don Rogelio, the guy that got Miguel a job, is anything less than totally awesome and wonderful? Miguel is naturally grateful to Don Rogelio, but at the same time has suspicions. Why did he cover their debt to Bruno? Tia tries to assure him that all is fine.
At the hacienda, Ana Paula comes to Don Rogelio's room. It's daylight but he's seated up in his bed. She says that she is not going to accept Don Rogelio covering the debt to Bruno, that she will continue working in order pay off Bruno herself. She wants to know if this is okay but if not, she can leave the job. He gives his best dark, jerkwad expression, and they both tilt their chins up defiantly, as if to indicate that they're both not going to take any BS from the other.
We cut back to Tia, who has gotten a visit from her neighbor friend again. Neighbor delivers the info her kids found out about Don Rogelio on the INTERRRRRRRNET. Turns out that Don Rogelio is super-rich, one of the richest men in Mexico. Tia excitedly flaps her fan at herself, in almost orgasmic glee at this news.
So . . . Ana Paula says to the grumpy-looking Don Rogelio. Do I stay or do I go? He sighs and is silent and brooding for a long moment, then shrugs and says, "Okay, stay." (Did we really doubt that he would say anything else?) He tells her to start working. He points to some paperwork and instructions on how to do the therapy on his legs.
She starts massaging his hairy legs with lotion as he watches. The "Corre!" song plays and we see him look very un-jerkwad and just plain . . . I don't know . . . infatuated? Sad? Soulful? Brooding? Probably all of these, as he watches her doing her therapy. He comments that this is the first time in a long time that anyone has touched him. They discuss the fact that he still has sensation in his legs, but can't move them. She says that she looked up his case and talked with her teachers about his particular treatment. He seems almost embarrassed or abashed and says that she is very professional. There's a wistful tone to his voice as if he thinks "professional" is also kind of "impersonal" and he wishes for a more "personal" attention from her. (Upon re-viewing this scene, I'm not sure if his reaction is him hoping for more "personal" attention, or that he's just impressed/flattered that she was so thorough.)
She then says that he would have done better to do his therapy/exercises earlier, because the tone in his legs would be in better shape now. This angers him, and he says that nobody tells Rogelio Montero (love how he refers to himself in the third person!) what to do. He reminds her, harshly, that she is simply an employee and she should know her place. (Wow, the jerkwad side of him didn't take long to resurface!) She replies that she knows her place as an employee, but in matters of his health, it is her duty to tell him the doctor's instructions.
VIDEO CLIP: Ana Paula gives Rogelio therapy as he looks on.
Tia Rosy's friend continues with what was learned on the INTERRRRRRNET about Don Rogelio. He has this enormous hacienda that he inherited from his grandfather (?). He is one of the principal suppliers of meat in the country. "Rogelio Montero isn't just rich, he's a millionaire!" the two ladies cackle. Also a big part of his companies are in construction (??). At this point, Miguel comes out of another room to say that he got a letter from Ana Paula. (Or is sending one to her?) This is when Tia Rosie lays on about how she can't work anymore because of her ill-health (bad heart). Of course it's BS, but Miguel can't know that and is very concerned. Says he'll work harder to take care of her.
That evening at the hacienda, Ana Paula admits to Maria the housekeeper that basically she's not leaving like she'd wanted, because Don Rogelio helped her brother get a job. Maria is (I think) trying to point out that bringing Ana Paula's doves to her was a nice gesture on Rogelio's part, but Ana Paula figures that was Cinthia's idea.
Cinthia is in Don Rogelio's room and he's seated in his bed. Cinthia mentions that Ana Paula's doves are called "Romeo and Juliet" which they think is really corny. In a rare moment of levity for Don Rogelio, he genuinely laughs and takes great amusement that the nurse has such a romantic streak. They both laugh for a bit. Maria comes in as Cinthia leaves the room, still laughing.
Maria queries Don Rogelio about all the things he's done for Ana Paula—bringing back the doves, getting her brother a job—was all this done out of pride? (Because Ana Paula has stood up to him and wants to leave?) He doesn't answer her, he just asks for Hugo to come in and help him with something.
It's nighttime and Ana Paula is talking to the doves. She misses her family and doesn't like this "insupportable" man, but she's going to stick it out. Little Margarito sneaks in through the window and gives her some flowers. Maria then comes in. Margarito says it's time for dinner they are going to head for the kitchen to eat with the other servants, but Maria stops Ana Paula and says that Margarito can join them in the kitchen, but Ana Paula . . . no. There is ominous music playing as Maria delivers the dire news—Ana Paula is expected to eat all her meals in the dining room, with that odious Rogelio Montero! (Okay, Maria didn't say that last part, but you know that's what Ana Paula is thinking.) Ana Paula looks impactada.
Dany has come to visit Ana Paula's doves and must be reassured by Miguel that they're now with Ana Paula at the hacienda. He then tells her that he got a job and decides this is the time to declare himself and tells Dany that he loves her ("te quiero"). Dany is very receptive to this and they hug.
It's mealtime and Cinthia sits down at the dining room table, declaring that she's hungry. Don Rogelio says they can't start eating until Paula is there. (He seems to enjoy informing Cinthia of this.) At Cinthia's surprised reaction, he adds (with maybe a trace of defensiveness?) that he wants Ana Paula to attend to him much better than "las otras" (the many previous nurses that he seemingly went through like Kleenex). Maria then informs him that Paula is eating in the kitchen. Don Rogelio seems a bit surprised by this, asking, "Wasn't she informed that I want her here?" Maria says, "Yes, but she said she is eating with the other employees." Don Rogelio gets this amused look on his face, as if he's thinking, "Oh, she thinks that, does she?" He's looking forward to having it out with this señorita, it seems to me.
Miguel instructs Dany to close her eyes, he's got a surprise for her. It's a delicately carved wooden heart with "D" and "M" on it. (After all, Miguel is a carpenter.) Dany is delighted. Miguel says that he's been wanting to give it to her for a while but was afraid. Dany says some sweet things to him and they kiss.
In the kitchen, Consuelo is serving up food for Margarito, Ana Paula, and Efrain. Ana Paula offers to help but Consuelo wants to be the one serving Efrain as she places a possessive hand on his shoulder. We hear a thump of a door and in wheels Don Rogelio, who was probably looking forward to this confrontation with Ana Paula. He scowls and says she is to eat with them in the dining room. Ana Paula replies with some boldness that she is staying in her place which is with the other servants. (This is obviously in reference to the conversation they had earlier where Don Rogelio nastily reminded her that she was just an employee and to remember her place.) Oh my, this does not go over well at all. Don Rogelio snaps his whip on the table, which frightens little Margarito. He growls that as an employee it is her place to do what her employer says! Then he rolls out. Everyone is pretty alarmed and Ana Paula hugs little Margarito and apologizes to the other employees for the upset.
It's morning and Cinthia asks little Margarito what happened the night before when her brother stormed into the kitchen after Ana Paula. Margarito relates everything and also makes some mention about how Consuelo is flirting with Efrain like she often does, and that she obviously likes him. Cinthia seems interested/jealous to hear this.
In the dining room, Ana Paula and Maria are preparing the table and Rogelio comes in. Ana Paula says something about how Hugo helps Rogelio dress and asks if Rogelio would prefer that she do this task instead? Rogelio says no. Then Ana Paula steps back a bit, as if to take a place standing in attendance, like the servant that she is. But Rogelio gestures that she is to sit down and eat at the table. Rogelio tells Maria to serve them; Maria is a bit confused and asks if they are going to wait for Cinthia to come, Rogelio says no. Maria brings over a pitcher of juice and starts to pour it for Paula, but Paula stops her and says to pour it for Rogelio first—she is the employee and he the employer, after all. Maria does so, as Rogelio gives Ana Paula a long, steely, assessing look, with some measure of respect (or something) in it. Maria senses the vibes going on there and leaves to get breakfast. The "Corre!" song plays so we officially know there's a "moment" between Ana Paula and Rogelio going on. Rogelio gestures that Ana Paula give him her glass, and he pours juice for her, all the while giving her that same stern, assessing, and admiring look.
VIDEO CLIP: Ana Paula's and Rogelio's "moment" at the breakfast table.
At the construction office building of Handsome David, we see that that cute Gustavo guy is meeting none other than Miguel. Miguel is going to do work for him as a driver, delivering sometimes delicate items, I think.
Ana Paula and Margarito are at the river again, which sort of surprises me, considering how well their last time at the river went. They stay safely away from the water, and Ana Paula seems to be enjoying sitting by the river as she obviously thinking back to meeting that cutie Gustavo there earlier.
Gustavo gives some papers to Miguel to deliver. He calls Tia Rosa's house and I think he talks about helping Ana Paula get work in town and Tia is not at all pleased about that. Tia Rosy is upset and hangs up the phone and curses Ana Paula and says she won't do this.
Ana Paula is talking to Margarito about continuing his studies/education. She then remembers that she was supposed to meet someone that weekend (Gustavo) but that was before she decided to stay working at the hacienda.
Don Rogelio is asking Bruno about helping Ana Paula's family. Bruno says he didn't think it was something worth mentioning before. Don Rogelio asks Bruno if he has any particular interest in Paula. (Oh Don Rogelio, you are so transparently jealous!) Bruno has a weird google-eyed look as Don Rogelio keeps staring at him, waiting for an answer.
END OF EPISODE!!
VIDEO CLIP: Univision's avance for Episode 4.
I know I went a little nuts with the screencaps, and if I have a chance, I will post some video clips (like I did sometimes with Eva Luna). Hey, what can I say, I'm all excited about this new novela!
(I am tired after an evening out and haven't fully corrected this recap. Will try to do that later tonight or sometime in the morning. But this is mostly done!)
NOTE: I tried very hard to keep my comments and speculations limited to what I recall thinking the first time I saw the episode. (And a lot of times, I found out new things about the characters after just now finally seeing the episode with CCs!) Please let me know if you think I'm giving away spoilers, because I truly do not want to do that!
Picking up where we left off:
Ana Paula is at the rushing water in the river with little Margarito and he falls in. She is able to pull him to safety but in the process she is swept away, while an anguished Margarito yells after her.
Miguel (Ana Paula's somewhat dipsh*t brother), and Tia Rosie are having a discussion about Ana Paula's whereabouts. Miguel is concerned about why they haven't heard from her, wants to start looking for her, but Tia Rosie doesn't seem concerned.
There's a knock at the door. It's Don Rogelio and his sister Cinthia. He announces himself as Paula's boss as Miguel and Tia Rosy look a bit astonished.
Poor Ana Paula is still being swept away by the rushing water and it doesn't look good! She's managing to keep her head up, but just barely.
Miguel wants to make sure that Ana Paula is okay. Of course she is! Don Rogelio says in his typical arrogant-annoyed-jerkwad tone of voice. Tia Rosie doesn't miss a chance to whine about their poor, impoverished circumstances. Don Rogelio gives her a curious, assessing look as she carries on. He has a very well-tuned BS meter and Tia is setting it off, big time.
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| Don Rogelio's BS meter is going off big time in the presence of Tia. (Click on all images to see a much higher quality version) |
Miguel astutely asks, well, if Ana Paula is okay, how come she didn't come too? Don Rogelio shows a brief moment of alarm and sputters, "Well . . . " but Cinthia jumps in to save him and explains that she and Don Rogelio came alone to Tuxla and that, what a pity, they were supposed to deliver a letter from Ana Paula but it was left at the office (while the truth is, that JERK Don Rogelio opened it up and read it and then crumpled it up because it said that Don Rogelio was, you know, a JERK!). Ahem.
Miguel seems to find this a little fishy and still wants affirmation that Ana Paula is, indeed, okay. "Of course she is!" Don Rogelio laughs, a little nervously. Then Tia starts to suck up to Cinthia and Don Rogelio and mentions their concern for Ana Paula because Miguel is currently out of work.
Don Rogelio pauses, shrugs, smiles smarmily, gallantly takes off his hat and says that hey, he might be able to help with the job thing. Miguel perks up.
We cut back to the river, where a group of men are walking along the bank, headed by a cute, fresh-faced guy with long eyelashes. He admires the river and then sees in the distance a young woman (Ana Paula) being swept along in the water. He quickly jumps in to rescue her.
"What do you know how to do?" Don Rogelio asks Miguel. "Carpentry." Miguel adds that there is other stuff he can do too. As it happens, Don Rogelio has a friend who runs a construction company.
Rosy says they haven't got any food in the house to make a meal (I think?) and Don Rogelio sends Cinthia out to get something. Miguel goes with her, which leaves Don Rogelio alone with the scheming Rosy, which I think is what Don Rogelio wants. As the saying goes, "You can't bullsh*t a bullsh*tter" and Don Rogelio, being full of it himself, totally has her number. He keeps his eyes fixed on her, with this constantly skeptical/amused expression.
Don Rogelio is bursting with curiosity about the family's relationship with Bruno. As soon as Cinthia and Miguel have left, Don Rogelio bursts forth with an abrupt question about how they know Bruno. (Jealousy, thy name is Rogelio!) Tia more or less gives an accurate but brief assessment of the troubles they've had and how Bruno helped, as Rogelio listens intently.
VIDEO CLIP: You can't bullsh*t a bullsh*itter: Don Rogelio asks how they know Bruno. (Link goes to streaming Flash clip hosted on my site. File is high-quality, so if it stalls, wait for it to fully load before playing.)
Cute young guy gallantly carries a now-unconscious Ana Paula out of the river. He does some CPR on her and soon she is spitting up water and is okay. (Note, Ana Brenda looks especially pretty here, with no makeup and with mud in her hair. Very fresh and natural. Not that she looks bad or overly-made-up usually, or bad without mud in her hair. I'm just saying.) When Ana Paula stands up, she seems to have an immediate connection with cute young guy, who turns out to be Gustavo Duran (played by Jose Ron), an engineer of hydraulics. Gustavo notes that she got some scrapes on her arm, but she says she's okay. She keeps smiling and gazing at him with unfettered happiness and he smiles back.
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| It's unfair that someone be so pretty when she has mud in her hair. I'm just saying. |
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| Meet Gustavo. (It's a waste for men to have lovely eyelashes like this. Well, I think so.) |
Tia Rosy continues the story about Bruno helping, and says something about how concerning it is that they owe Bruno now. Rogelio says, with a flick of his wrist and an almost sarcastic tone, don't worry, he'll take care of it all. Rosy is grateful, but then laments, this will mean that her niece will now be in debt to Don Rogelio! (Which I suspect is the whole point in Don Rogelio's offering to cover the debt, am I right?) Don Rogelio replies with a expansive sweep of his hands, "No, you guys owe me NOTHING!" (Yeah right!) He has this wolf-in-sheep's clothing smile on his face.
This prompts Rosy to start sucking up to him, telling him what a great guy he is, how lucky Ana Paula is to be working for him, yadda yadda. Rogelio then says (smarmily) that he knows he's got a difficult personality (NO REALLY?) and that Paula seems to be a very good nurse. At this Rosy starts listing off all the virtues of Ana Paula, that she's a hard worker, very serious, and she doesn't have time for a boyfriend, oh no no, not our hardworking Ana Paula. Rogelio gets a gleam in his eye in reaction to that last little tidbit about Paula not having a boyfriend.
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| He seems to like the idea that Ana Paula doesn't have a boyfriend. |
But the boyfriendless status may be of short duration, if we judge how Ana Paula is getting along with that cute Gustavo guy at the river bank. Their conversation yields several important facts: She's a nurse, his sister is a nurse, wow, what a coincidence. Ana Paula mentions that even though she's currently employed, she's looking for other nursing work and Gustavo says his sister can probably help with that. Wow, more coincidences! They chat some more and there are many happy, innocent smiles of the young and idealistic.
Rosy and Miguel are fixing a meal and Don Rogelio is on the phone with his friend David (the actor looks a little bit like a younger Tom Berenger to me) about getting Miguel a job. David runs a construction company in some fancy high rise building. David is happy to go along with this. Don Rogelio gives a business card to Miguel and tells him to go see that guy about a job. Miguel thanks him. Just then Rosy starts carrying on about the Ana Paula's doves, and how much they miss Ana Paula. (Since Rosy doesn't like the doves, is this her way of hinting around that she'd like to unload them on Cinthia and Rogelio?)
Bruno is greeting an older man named Federico in a courtyard. They start talking business about Hacienda del Fuerte and Don Rogelio. They're talking about a contract that Rogelio's dad made 10 years ago. There was a special agreement that Rogelio's company would supply Federico's company with the best quality cattle. But now Don Rogelio may not renew the contract. Bruno says that Rogelio has never forgiven Vanessa for dumping him when he was still in his hospital bed after the accident, but he thinks that Rogelio never stopped loving her. Federico thinks it's a shame what happened, but what can he do, his daughter couldn't handle Rogelio's paralysis. Bruno asks after Vanessa, she's doing okay, has been married for three years but doesn't have any kids.
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| Federico and Bruno talk business. |
We cut to Don Rogelio rolling down the window of his black car to look at a young woman (Vanessa) getting into a car parked across the street. He has a brooding look on his face. As soon as her car pulls away he tells Hugo (his driver/assistant) to go as well, and something about seeing Cinthia.
Ana Paula and Margarito are in town, Ana Paula still looks a bit soggy and she has those scrapes on her arm. Bruno approaches them and is concerned over her appearance. She explains about the river and says she's fine. They all agree to return to the hacienda.
We're at the mall in Tuxla and Cinthia and Don Rogelio are at a restaurant. Cinthia is drinking something and (it seems incongruous to me) Don Rogelio is nibbling on strawberries. "Don't lie to me," Cinthia says. "This is the same as always." "I don't know what you're talking about," Don Rogelio replies, between bites of strawberry. She says that he often will manipulate people through their relatives, like what he's doing now with Ana Paula's family. Rogelio arrogantly says that Paula has to know who's boss (more or less) and once she learns that, she can be cut loose. (He is SUCH a jerk!)
He checks his phone and tells Cinthia he has things to deal with. Then their discussion goes to David, the construction guy, and I think Cinthia might like to go out with him ("he's single, handsome . . . ") but Rogelio nixes that, saying that David is his friend and a business associate and he doesn't want trouble. Cinthia again starts in with the old complaint about how Don Rogelio doesn't want her to have her own life, yadda yadda, and then up comes the handsome David to join them.
Back at the hacienda, Ana Paula is telling Bruno that she's made up her mind. She doesn't want to deal with that jerk Rogelio Montero (she always uses his first and last name, I notice!) and she wants to look for work in Tuxla. She apologizes because she knows she owes him money, but she swears she'll pay it all back. He tries to convince her not to go, while also saying it's not the money that concerns him. She cuts him off and again explains she has her standards, her strong character, and that Rogelio Montero guy is such a total jerk to everyone, she can't tolerate it.
Bruno starts to tell Ana Paula a story about how his father and Don Rogelio's dad were associates, but that his dad lost all his land to Don Rogelio's dad due to "bad management," but that he (Bruno) doesn't believe it. Bruno wants to stick around and get proof that there was wrongdoing and then get his land back.
Then we cut to Bruno and Ana Paula by that same river, riding horses. It seems like Bruno has a lot of time to take Ana Paula on nice outings. As he helps her dismount there seems to be a fleeting moment where he holds her too close/too long and she glances at him nervously. They go to admire the river. Bruno stands close as she smiles and looks dreamy, I suspect thinking about that cute Gustavo guy she met yesterday.
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| Still lovely without the mud in her hair. |
And speaking of that cute Gustavo guy, he's talking to that handsome David guy at the high rise office building. Turns out that Gustavo works for David. Small world, isn't it? Gustavo has some studies (or something) on San Gabriel (the little town nearest the Hacienda del Fuerte). David is keen to see the papers. David says that some owner (I think Don Rogelio?) is interested in a commercial district? [I MISSED A LOT HERE] Anyway, it seems like their meeting went well. As Gustavo leaves David's office, in walks our own Miguel, brother of Ana Paula, to see about the job that Don Rogelio set up for him. (My my, the world gets smaller and smaller!)
A brief conversation between Handsome David and Miguel. David is friendly and can get Miguel work, even if it won't be carpentry. Miguel thanks him.
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| Handsome David is able to offer Miguel work. |
Tia Rosie has invited a friend over, the same lady who was selling her jewelry in the last episode. She tells the friend that she has a lot of news to tell her, but first needs a favor. She hands over Don Rogelio's business card and asks that the lady ask her kids (who use the INTERRRRRNET—she loves to roll those RRRRRs!) to look up more info on him.
Dany, Ana Paula's sweet blonde-haired friend, is showing her nursing paperwork and qualifications to Mercedes, and attractive woman with strawberry blondish hair who is in charge of the nurses at the local hospital. Mercedes is very pleasant and says if they have a need for a nurse with her qualifications, they'll let her know! As soon as Dany walks off, in comes cute Gustavo, who (AMAZINGLY IN ANOTHER COINCIDENCE!!!!1!!!) is the brother of Mercedes! He gives her a kiss on the cheek and tells her he's so thrilled because he met the most wonderful girl, and she lives in Tuxla.
Back at the hacienda, Ana Paula is chatting with Maria (the housekeeper played by Ana Martin) in Don Rogelio's office, about her owing money to Bruno, and how she'd like to get work in Tuxla and be closer to her family. The phone rings and Tia Rosie for Ana Paula. Ana Paula tells Tia that she's quitting because her boss is not a good person. "What makes you say this?" Tia trills. "Your boss is enchanting!" Then it all comes out, that Don Rogelio and Cinthia visited and how great they were. Miguel gets on the phone to say how he's pleased with his new job that her boss got for him. As Ana Paula is trying to adjust to all of this, in comes Hugo (Don Rogelio's driver/assistant) with the big birdcage with the doves. She's delighted with the doves but is obviously overwhelmed with all this new info. Tia puts more guilt on her about remaining there, and you can tell that it's a lost cause, Ana Paula is going to *have* to stay now!
Cinthia tells Ana Paula how Rogelio helped out her family and got Miguel a job. She indicates [I think] that this is a way for Rogelio to show that he is sorry for his bad treatment of Cinthia. Cinthia wants Ana Paula to assure her that she'll say. PLEASE. (You can see the desperation in Cinthia's face, like she's thinking to herself, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't make me be the caregiver for my jerkwad of a brother again! PLEASE!!!) Ana Paula looks thoughtful.
Tia is assuring Miguel that Ana Paula is doing fine, or does he doubt that Don Rogelio, the guy that got Miguel a job, is anything less than totally awesome and wonderful? Miguel is naturally grateful to Don Rogelio, but at the same time has suspicions. Why did he cover their debt to Bruno? Tia tries to assure him that all is fine.
At the hacienda, Ana Paula comes to Don Rogelio's room. It's daylight but he's seated up in his bed. She says that she is not going to accept Don Rogelio covering the debt to Bruno, that she will continue working in order pay off Bruno herself. She wants to know if this is okay but if not, she can leave the job. He gives his best dark, jerkwad expression, and they both tilt their chins up defiantly, as if to indicate that they're both not going to take any BS from the other.
We cut back to Tia, who has gotten a visit from her neighbor friend again. Neighbor delivers the info her kids found out about Don Rogelio on the INTERRRRRRRNET. Turns out that Don Rogelio is super-rich, one of the richest men in Mexico. Tia excitedly flaps her fan at herself, in almost orgasmic glee at this news.
So . . . Ana Paula says to the grumpy-looking Don Rogelio. Do I stay or do I go? He sighs and is silent and brooding for a long moment, then shrugs and says, "Okay, stay." (Did we really doubt that he would say anything else?) He tells her to start working. He points to some paperwork and instructions on how to do the therapy on his legs.
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| Pretending that he has the think about whether he wants her to stay or not! |
She starts massaging his hairy legs with lotion as he watches. The "Corre!" song plays and we see him look very un-jerkwad and just plain . . . I don't know . . . infatuated? Sad? Soulful? Brooding? Probably all of these, as he watches her doing her therapy. He comments that this is the first time in a long time that anyone has touched him. They discuss the fact that he still has sensation in his legs, but can't move them. She says that she looked up his case and talked with her teachers about his particular treatment. He seems almost embarrassed or abashed and says that she is very professional. There's a wistful tone to his voice as if he thinks "professional" is also kind of "impersonal" and he wishes for a more "personal" attention from her. (Upon re-viewing this scene, I'm not sure if his reaction is him hoping for more "personal" attention, or that he's just impressed/flattered that she was so thorough.)
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| Taking a break from being a butthead for a moment, Rogelio looks on wistfully as Ana Paula performs therapy on his legs. |
She then says that he would have done better to do his therapy/exercises earlier, because the tone in his legs would be in better shape now. This angers him, and he says that nobody tells Rogelio Montero (love how he refers to himself in the third person!) what to do. He reminds her, harshly, that she is simply an employee and she should know her place. (Wow, the jerkwad side of him didn't take long to resurface!) She replies that she knows her place as an employee, but in matters of his health, it is her duty to tell him the doctor's instructions.
VIDEO CLIP: Ana Paula gives Rogelio therapy as he looks on.
Tia Rosy's friend continues with what was learned on the INTERRRRRRNET about Don Rogelio. He has this enormous hacienda that he inherited from his grandfather (?). He is one of the principal suppliers of meat in the country. "Rogelio Montero isn't just rich, he's a millionaire!" the two ladies cackle. Also a big part of his companies are in construction (??). At this point, Miguel comes out of another room to say that he got a letter from Ana Paula. (Or is sending one to her?) This is when Tia Rosie lays on about how she can't work anymore because of her ill-health (bad heart). Of course it's BS, but Miguel can't know that and is very concerned. Says he'll work harder to take care of her.
That evening at the hacienda, Ana Paula admits to Maria the housekeeper that basically she's not leaving like she'd wanted, because Don Rogelio helped her brother get a job. Maria is (I think) trying to point out that bringing Ana Paula's doves to her was a nice gesture on Rogelio's part, but Ana Paula figures that was Cinthia's idea.
Cinthia is in Don Rogelio's room and he's seated in his bed. Cinthia mentions that Ana Paula's doves are called "Romeo and Juliet" which they think is really corny. In a rare moment of levity for Don Rogelio, he genuinely laughs and takes great amusement that the nurse has such a romantic streak. They both laugh for a bit. Maria comes in as Cinthia leaves the room, still laughing.
Maria queries Don Rogelio about all the things he's done for Ana Paula—bringing back the doves, getting her brother a job—was all this done out of pride? (Because Ana Paula has stood up to him and wants to leave?) He doesn't answer her, he just asks for Hugo to come in and help him with something.
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| Ana Paula and her doves. |
It's nighttime and Ana Paula is talking to the doves. She misses her family and doesn't like this "insupportable" man, but she's going to stick it out. Little Margarito sneaks in through the window and gives her some flowers. Maria then comes in. Margarito says it's time for dinner they are going to head for the kitchen to eat with the other servants, but Maria stops Ana Paula and says that Margarito can join them in the kitchen, but Ana Paula . . . no. There is ominous music playing as Maria delivers the dire news—Ana Paula is expected to eat all her meals in the dining room, with that odious Rogelio Montero! (Okay, Maria didn't say that last part, but you know that's what Ana Paula is thinking.) Ana Paula looks impactada.
Dany has come to visit Ana Paula's doves and must be reassured by Miguel that they're now with Ana Paula at the hacienda. He then tells her that he got a job and decides this is the time to declare himself and tells Dany that he loves her ("te quiero"). Dany is very receptive to this and they hug.
It's mealtime and Cinthia sits down at the dining room table, declaring that she's hungry. Don Rogelio says they can't start eating until Paula is there. (He seems to enjoy informing Cinthia of this.) At Cinthia's surprised reaction, he adds (with maybe a trace of defensiveness?) that he wants Ana Paula to attend to him much better than "las otras" (the many previous nurses that he seemingly went through like Kleenex). Maria then informs him that Paula is eating in the kitchen. Don Rogelio seems a bit surprised by this, asking, "Wasn't she informed that I want her here?" Maria says, "Yes, but she said she is eating with the other employees." Don Rogelio gets this amused look on his face, as if he's thinking, "Oh, she thinks that, does she?" He's looking forward to having it out with this señorita, it seems to me.
Miguel instructs Dany to close her eyes, he's got a surprise for her. It's a delicately carved wooden heart with "D" and "M" on it. (After all, Miguel is a carpenter.) Dany is delighted. Miguel says that he's been wanting to give it to her for a while but was afraid. Dany says some sweet things to him and they kiss.
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| Miguel's gift to Dany. |
In the kitchen, Consuelo is serving up food for Margarito, Ana Paula, and Efrain. Ana Paula offers to help but Consuelo wants to be the one serving Efrain as she places a possessive hand on his shoulder. We hear a thump of a door and in wheels Don Rogelio, who was probably looking forward to this confrontation with Ana Paula. He scowls and says she is to eat with them in the dining room. Ana Paula replies with some boldness that she is staying in her place which is with the other servants. (This is obviously in reference to the conversation they had earlier where Don Rogelio nastily reminded her that she was just an employee and to remember her place.) Oh my, this does not go over well at all. Don Rogelio snaps his whip on the table, which frightens little Margarito. He growls that as an employee it is her place to do what her employer says! Then he rolls out. Everyone is pretty alarmed and Ana Paula hugs little Margarito and apologizes to the other employees for the upset.
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| Spoiling everyone's appetite in the kitchen. |
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| Hey dude, she's just trying to remember to keep in her "place" like you told her to. |
It's morning and Cinthia asks little Margarito what happened the night before when her brother stormed into the kitchen after Ana Paula. Margarito relates everything and also makes some mention about how Consuelo is flirting with Efrain like she often does, and that she obviously likes him. Cinthia seems interested/jealous to hear this.
In the dining room, Ana Paula and Maria are preparing the table and Rogelio comes in. Ana Paula says something about how Hugo helps Rogelio dress and asks if Rogelio would prefer that she do this task instead? Rogelio says no. Then Ana Paula steps back a bit, as if to take a place standing in attendance, like the servant that she is. But Rogelio gestures that she is to sit down and eat at the table. Rogelio tells Maria to serve them; Maria is a bit confused and asks if they are going to wait for Cinthia to come, Rogelio says no. Maria brings over a pitcher of juice and starts to pour it for Paula, but Paula stops her and says to pour it for Rogelio first—she is the employee and he the employer, after all. Maria does so, as Rogelio gives Ana Paula a long, steely, assessing look, with some measure of respect (or something) in it. Maria senses the vibes going on there and leaves to get breakfast. The "Corre!" song plays so we officially know there's a "moment" between Ana Paula and Rogelio going on. Rogelio gestures that Ana Paula give him her glass, and he pours juice for her, all the while giving her that same stern, assessing, and admiring look.
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| Having their little "moment" as he fills her juice glass. |
VIDEO CLIP: Ana Paula's and Rogelio's "moment" at the breakfast table.
At the construction office building of Handsome David, we see that that cute Gustavo guy is meeting none other than Miguel. Miguel is going to do work for him as a driver, delivering sometimes delicate items, I think.
Ana Paula and Margarito are at the river again, which sort of surprises me, considering how well their last time at the river went. They stay safely away from the water, and Ana Paula seems to be enjoying sitting by the river as she obviously thinking back to meeting that cutie Gustavo there earlier.
Gustavo gives some papers to Miguel to deliver. He calls Tia Rosa's house and I think he talks about helping Ana Paula get work in town and Tia is not at all pleased about that. Tia Rosy is upset and hangs up the phone and curses Ana Paula and says she won't do this.
Ana Paula is talking to Margarito about continuing his studies/education. She then remembers that she was supposed to meet someone that weekend (Gustavo) but that was before she decided to stay working at the hacienda.
Don Rogelio is asking Bruno about helping Ana Paula's family. Bruno says he didn't think it was something worth mentioning before. Don Rogelio asks Bruno if he has any particular interest in Paula. (Oh Don Rogelio, you are so transparently jealous!) Bruno has a weird google-eyed look as Don Rogelio keeps staring at him, waiting for an answer.
END OF EPISODE!!
VIDEO CLIP: Univision's avance for Episode 4.
I know I went a little nuts with the screencaps, and if I have a chance, I will post some video clips (like I did sometimes with Eva Luna). Hey, what can I say, I'm all excited about this new novela!
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