Tuesday, April 23, 2013

PEAM, Tuesday 4/23/13 (#32): Someday, All Our Stalking Will Be Done by Robots...

...and then there will be no more telenovelas. Or they'll all have to be historical TNs, or TNs for robots. (I'd watch 'em!)

We're good for now, though. Xochi left 15 telephone messages with Chucho's secretary, after making a dozen calls to his cell.

Discua is wearing her new Avon uniform, and it even sort of fits.

Mari is going out into the world. "You might just make it after all..." (Nah, I doubt it.)

But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's go to prison!
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Amores Verdaderos #114 Mon 4/22/13 Cristina's mourning continues... Planning a dinner party some look forward to and some look away from.

Editing in progress. have to make brkfast for grandson first.

KenDrat's place.... Nil-Brains with Ken-Drat in her tub... candle-lit romantic scene...


JA in front of a semi-homemade iron cross at Cristina's toumb...

'Cris Corona de Arriaga... you and I will always be together through the memory of a great love'

(almost seems like a final goodbye, he has planted the white flower plants all through the top of her toumb.)

At B house, Vicky on her laptop... a bit upset... stands up and puts on the music of their theme 'y ahora tú' ... 'Arriaga... Arriaga...'

JA packing at the apartment bedroom... Cristina's dresses draped on the bed, he carefully folds them and hugs them tightly, sniffs them...

Vicky dials a number on cell phone...

JA has not shaven in a few days... the call is to his apartment, he answers... but Vicky cannot speak. He guesses and asks if it is her... 'Sra Victoria?... is that you?... thank you very much for worrying...' She on the other side can only snif a quiet cry. He hangs up.

'Several days later'.

At B house kitchen, JM and Polita worried that Lilli has not come back to work yet. They miss her. They have prayed for God to give them consolation for Cristina's loss.

Nikki lets Gorilita go visit the Arriagas. Adriana comes downstairs and wants to go along. Adriana will first make a phone call and will catch him up outside.

Roy comes in with a 'surprise news for his doll'. 'Tonight my parents are coming to dinner'. Nikki does not think it is the right time. Roy says Nil-Brains and Anyballs agreed. Surely my mom will tell Victoria. Nikki lowers head, not really up to such a 'get to know together among families'. 'you caught me on a curve' (LOL!! or is that translation for 'you threw me a curve ball'?) 'I don't feel up to organizing a dinner right about now...' 'All you have to do is ask JM to prepare it! we have to please our parents!'

Roy drops the other bomb. 'It is a very important dinner, the whole family has to be present. Because today i will ask for your hand in marriage. Today i will give you your engagement ring.' (engagement? I would say it is rather a death row sentence. For her heart, that is.) 'Kiss me.' Nikki gives him a flash and you missed it touch kiss on lips. But of course Roy is not good with that. Nikki is forced to kiss him, and this proves too much for He-man(after having had to watch the whole BS from RoyFoyToy and the forced kiss his beloved had to give), swallows hard and walks away completely heartbroken. Niki knows it and does not feel that good about it either. Roy smiles satisfied.
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Monday, April 22, 2013

Qué Bonito Amor #6 (Mex 8.2-9) Monday 4/22/13



Capitulo 8, Part 2 & 9: The Cock Will Crow

Lo del pasado

Jorge Alfredo auditions for Don Concho, forced by Oscar to sing "Jalisco, no te rajes."  Don Concho imposes the ridiculous condition that failure will also result in Maria being fired.  Jorge Alfredo tells Oscar that if he passes, Oscar can no longer call him "pochito."  He seems to fail.

Lo de nuevo (Capitulo 8, Part 2)

JNTR Bar: Jorge Alfredo does his best imitation of Alejandro Fernández, holding a long note without the microphone, shocking the hell out of Oscar and Don Concho, who glare back at him. He defiantly grabs the mike and finishes the song with a vengeance to the delight of everyone in the room but Oscar and Don Concho, who looks like he's trying desperately to save face. Mirna makes some token applause [WTF is her problem??] while Elvira needs a drool mask à la Leoncerdo from AB. Even the band stops to applaud. Don Concho finally gets up and tells Maria and Jorge Alfredo he wants to see them in his office after he has a word with Mirna. Oscar steps in front of him, saying first he wants to talk to him on behalf of the guys. Concho agrees and exits to some minor-key suspense leitmotif. Oscar kicks over a chair before exiting behind him, showing that somehow the cock of the walk's feathers have been ruffled big time. The waiter laughs in grito fashion as he approaches the bar, saying “It looks like the gringo isn't bad at singing rancheras” and the bartender comments [I think] on how the females are all batting their eyelashes at him, so he seems to agree. Fernando Milamores congratulates Jorge Alfredo by putting his sombrero on him for a minute and we see that Jorge Alfredo has won the approval of the rest of the band. The saucy-wench waitresses all stare at him; they know an alpha male when they see one. They all comment on how they can see what Maria sees in him.

“I told you you could do it,” Maria says to him. He is astounded that she would have accepted being fired if he had failed. She tells him she believes in him. Some romantic background music as he says he can't begin to enumerate what she's done for him. A casi beso and he kisses her forehead again, restraining himself once more. Lourdes and Elvira sit at another table and it's obvious that the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree; Mama is something of a ramera herself. Despite having none herself she seems to know class when she sees it and wonders why Jorge Alfredo is singing in a bar. Elvira isn't thinking past her hormones and the two conspire on how they will coerce Don Concho into allowing Elvira to pursue Jorge Alfredo.
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PEAM #31, 04/22/2013 - Drinking and Thinking Apparently Do Not Mix But Thinking is Not Dominant Here


Back at the only restaurant, we see Chucho deck Fernando, and Patimelt parry with the ivory queen, Alma.  Pati sees Rogelio try to escape the mens' room but he goes back in.  Maricela shows up with her princesa attitude to belittle Ricardo, on a char-girls salary and reality no where in sight. Is he learning anything while she reveals her ignorance of good champagne? and good lobster tail?

Chucho tries/tires of lifting Fernando to a vertical position.  The two sillies Gilberto and Ricardo talk to Chucho.  Poor Discua settles the bill with Alma who agrees to pay the bill so Discua left without Ricardo's resources will not be embarrassed.  Xochi comes up screechy and I didn't get what she said last Friday nor today.  Trying too hard is not a virtue….

Rogelio and Pati argue over which of them is more ridiculous, beats me, I can't decide any better than they can.  Jealousy and silliness are not a good combination as Rogelio's continued attitude informs us.

Chucho and Pati have a funny meaningless exchange, Rogelio notices Discua's assets as she passes.  Discua confronts Chucho asking him to think about his destiny?  Religious message? Discua and her winking tic are a mystery once again.
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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Telemundo Supplement: El Señor de los Cielos -- week of April 22

Since the main Telemundo page is getting a little crowded and people are having trouble following conversations, I thought we could try a separate weekly page for El Señor.


  • I'll only post this page while it's needed.
  • I'm not asking Jane for a space on the sidebar.  The page will be tagged as "Telemundo" and easily accessed that way on the index.
  • If someone wants to commit to regular recaps and get a regular slot on the sidebar for this show, please contact Melinama, our blog mom.  Since Jean and I aren't even watching this one, it's up to you guys to take the initiative.


For now, please post recaps and comments about El Señor de los Cielos in this space.  Thanks, everyone!

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Screencap fest for QBA, first week.

QUE BONITO AMOR, SCREENCAPS! Week April 15-19, 2013.

I love to do screencaps, I love Jorge Salinas & Pablo Montero, I love the colorfulness of this novela, so I wanted to share. I hope it's okay. This may be a weekly thing or not, I'm not sure. Right now I have screencapped two episodes, and will post highlights. I hope you don't mind!

The full screencap collection can be found here for Cap One and here for Cap Two. (I may not be able to post more screencaps here on this page, since Blogger seems to have a limit on how many it'll take before it goes insane. In which case, I'll let you know and link to my blog.)

A happy moment between Santos and his mom, before things went down the toilet.

Bad guys Bruno and whatever his name is, plotting and planning for Santos's downfall.

El Celoso Coloso and his . . . errrr . . . rooster.

Santos is on his way, Maria, so you don't have to put up with this guy's B.S.!
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Amores Verdaderos #113 Fri 4/19/13 Cristina Corona de Arriaga Balvanera Descanse En Paz



Hello, Y'all on the Patio, your faithfull recapper here. Grab your box of tissues and lift your glass of Baileys with ice, and relax on your sofas or chairs and take this solemn journey with me as we say a final goodbye to Cristina Corona de Arriga Balvanera.

FF and Kendho are meeting and Kendho advises FF to give the naughty video to Nikki for her to see with her own eyes. FF agrees.


Anyballs and the Godfather Take a Meet:
In a semi-darkened bedroom at the Balvanera Manse, Anyball is taking a meeting with the Godfather. He explains how he found out Cris was his daughter, right in front of her coffin! She was the wife of one of the bodyguards, right under his nose all this time! The Godfather gives him some sage advice, as all Godfathers do, and tells him tell the truth or Anyballs will come to regret it and to tell Ms Vikki and Adriana all about it, stop with all the secrets and to recognize Lili as a Balvanera and give her his name, oh, and to stop all the secrets. Anyballs just can't do that, it's complicated. The Godfather also advises Anyballs to tell Adri what happened to her daughter. Anyballs is not in agreement. He's given Adri all the info she needs and that's it.


Ms Vikki Slaps the Crap out of the FF:
As Ms Vikki and the FF are in the hallway of the Balvanera Manse, they are of course having a disagreement. FF was out all night with "friends" and Ms Vikki could care less what he does with his time. FF is pithed cause she has been comforting the Angel in his time of need. Ms Vikki is pithed cause FF has no clue about anyone else's pain but his own, and she tells him to shut it and go move in with his lover and leave her alone. The cheating accusation flies again, he cheated but so did she, he's got the proof. Ms Vikki raises her arm and smack! first on the one cheek and then the other, the face that is. Don't insult her she says. He is threatening to show the video to someone who beleives him. She has to remind the FF once again that nothing, but nothing happened between her and the Angel. He just wants her to go to the cemetary so she can say goodbye to her lover's wife. Where is the flying anvil for this putz!


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Qué Bonito Amor #5 (Mex 7-8.1) Friday 4/19/13 Can The New Cock On The Block Crow Or No?

Cap #7 thru1/2 of 8 

 [Reminder Against Comparisons: Gang, please remember that a great number of us have never seen the original and in your discussions it is sometimes impossible to avoid spoilers because we have no idea if the refrito will be true to that part of the story or what the writers may have in mind. You may wish to have a separate discussion under your own posting page.  I hope you'll understand and if a comment or two goes missing that will be why. --ed.]

Parte 1~~

Lo del Pasado:

King of the Cock-walk, aka, El Coloso, aka El Celoso of the colossal ego, has told his posse musical he’s gonna teach El Pocho a lesson and warns Santos/Jorge Alfredo to stay the heck away from Maria.  Santos, desde Los Alphas, doesn’t take guff from anybody, least-wise from some hick from the Mexican sticks who drives around in a hoopty car with a  ginormous sombrero de charro stuck on its roof and 7 charro bobble-heads wobbling when warbling on his dashboard, not to mention a pet rooster he babies.  Naw, who the heck was Coloso to tell anybody who can or cannot hang around with Maria?  Up in Maria’s humble abode, meanwhile, Amalia has asked Maria if she’s fallen in love with this Jorge Alfredo. Maria hesitates (like she really has to think that one through?).        

Lo del Nuevo:

Santos blows off Coloso’s threats. As for being king cock, Santo’s smiles back with just a hint of condescension like he figure’s Coloso’s more like an average dick. “—Kings make me laugh, and… they’re old fashioned [pasado de moda].” Santos pushes his way through the posse and says he’s got better things to do with his time than stand around yammering.  Coloso has to be held back.  Nobody in the colonia needs a scandalous ruckus right now, the posse warns him.

After duly dissing Col [la col = a head of cabbage, BTW] Santos/Jorge Alfredo returns to his fleabag of a room to get some sleep.  He tosses and turns.  Maria does the same in her bed.  Each is thinking of the other and whether they should allow this romantic sentiment to take hold since both know he’s heading back to L.A. in a few weeks.

Across town, Milamores is stepping out with a well-heeled married woman whose husband apparently mistreats and mentally abuses her.  Mil gives her his philosophy on the proper treatment of the female of the species and then he and she go at it hot and heavy on the couch.

At the same time, one of the others in the band (Baritono?) in his crappy hotel room? Dressing room? is on the phone with his wife.  He misses his Missus and kids; per her request he serenades the missus a cappella through his cellphone.  FF>>

At Cheating Wife’s house again, Abusive Hubby is heard opening the door so Mil races to hide behind the stairway.  He hears Hubmonster’s verbal abuse and grumbles to himself about it. 

The next day, the street noises outside his window wake Santos. He thinks to himself that he can’t believe what’s happened to him, and tells himself that he can’t continue to live like this; that he has to get back to clear his name.

At the same time that mornning, Maria is packing up breakfast and some cleaning supplies for Jorge.  Mama tries to suggest that Maria tamp down the emotional side of this relationship because the young man (she calls him “boy”, but I just cannot!) is going to leave Mexico and return home soon.  Their discussion is cut short with Isa’s rambunctious entrance.  Maria needs to hurry away so she can walk Isa safely to school. 

Back in L.A., Comandante Derecho y Deshecho tells his goofy Lt. Curtis (who, IMNSHO, dressed in that skin-tight 60’s-retro black body dress and blazer, gives Emma Peel anything but a run for her money) that he feels some international gang is probably helping out Santos.  He will find out just whom that is, or die trying.  Lt. Curtis swoons. (Since the two are going on a date of sorts to see The Rolling Stones together??? can we assume they’re an item now—or soon to be?)  He’s going to find out if Santos is still in El Paso, Tx, or if he went back to Mexico City.  Either way they’re sure to catch him soon, he tells her.  FF>> FF>>

Maria arrives at Jorge’s room with soap and sheets, a broom and a mop.  Yes, she intends to clean up the disgusting place and make it at least livable for Jorge while he’s off getting himself cleaned up down the hallway. 

Amalia tells herself that her mother’s intuition is screaming at her that Jorge is probably hiding something from them.  But, all she can do is hope that this first love will have been something pleasant to remember for Maria once he’s gone and it’s over with.  She prays to the virgencita to make it so. 

Jorge is walking back from the bathroom when Irasema (Karla Álvarez??!!) a happy hooker also living in this no-tell hell-hole, spies JA returning from the bathroom and his morning ablutions.  She blocks his way, starts to flirt, zeroing in on another john.  He politely gets out of her way.  A minute later he stops at the open doorway to his room to marvel at Maria’s Merry Maid miracle.  (So the heck do we!)   “--¡Guau!”  He tells Maria he realizes she knows very little about him, but she should believe him when he tells her she’s the best thing that’s ever happened to him in his entire life.  Again they share a meaningful stare and nearly kiss… till she catches herself and abruptly changes the subject to something safe and respectable.

A few minutes after, Irasema seeing Santos alone from the hallway, walks in and puts the working-girl moves on him.  From the other room, Maria apparently hears her propositioning Jorge.  She races in to put her possessive, and most respectable, foot down.  “—Asunto???” [Your business here is??? –this is always said in a way that implies the person it’s directed to actually has no business discussing any business with you.]  Maria, telling Happy Hooker that her “husband” doesn’t need [her kind of] help, thank you very much, manages to get rid of irritating Irasema toots-sweet.  Santos raises his eyebrows and smiles at Maria’s …er…street savvy shall we say…..  The word “esposo” sounds pretty good to him, too, we can assume--at least when Maria mouths it. 

Amalia, now, is cooking at home with Susanito’s mama, Fortune-Telling Neighbor. But the steam is apparently hurting her wrists.  (Can we assume that she suffers from some kind of debilitating arthritis, or MS?)  Susanito arrives with some groceries and the two women kid him about being such a good boy.  He’ll make somebody a good hubby someday.  Not too soon, says his mama, he’s waaaaaaay too young to consider having a girlfriend.  (Hmmm.  What’s the Mexican word for nebbish?  Whatever it is, Mama’s got him fast-tracking.) 
 
Irasema excuses herself now to Maria for thinking that he was another prospective john, like most of the men living in this flop-house.  Maria curtly replies thanks, but they are busy people.  Santos is extremely amused at this scene, Viewerville notes.  Yes, I’d be extremely busy myself if my husband were as handsome as yours, says Ira and leaves.  Once she’s gone, JA looks at the bright side of this particular situation.   He tells Maria that at least this gal was a friendly sort, whereas the guy chasing after Maria came around to threaten him if he didn’t keep his distance from her.  They giggle over El Coloso’s bad boy attitude.

El Celoso, meanwhile, is home now and looks up at a large poster of Maria in her charro costume that he has framed and hanging in his living room.  He remembers how she told him it wasn’t any of his business if she was leaving or not with El Pocho ése!  He decides to pay a visit to Amalia and tell her what kind of guy her daughter has decided to get involved with!

A bit later, on the other side of the colonia, Santos has changed clothes and is remembering what he read about Michael’s being caught and thrown in jail, and the scandalous way the newspapers had written up the story.  He’s in one mell of a hess, he is!   Just then in walks Irasema again to explain she wasn’t there to cause a hassle, just just to make it clear that she doesn’t mess with “prohibited” men; and she adds, it was quite obvious that his “wife” was very much in love with him.  Cara de “Hmmm” de Santos.

El Celoso now goes looking for Maria at home and runs into sweet little Isabel playing out front by the stairs.  She tells him that Maria went to see JA, and confidentially, she thinks the Maria and Jorge are sweethearts!  El Celoso feels a sudden case of heartburn coming on and secretly frowns.  Cara de say-it-aint-so-Joe! del Coloso.

Meanwhile, Mil and our nebbish neighbor boy named Su are chatting about the proper treatment and wooing of women.  Mil sees a group of gals standing by the entrance to the colonia and tries to give Su a lesson in the arts of womanizing.  Works like a charm for Milamores—he makes it look sooooo easy.  Su doesn’t have the same luck, though, and gets a slap across the chops.  (Ugh.  This is painful to watch…..cuz MB is such a believable angelic, mama’s boy.)

Amalia spies Coloso with Isa now and mentions Maria’s gone out.  He invites himself up for a glass of water.

Back at Santos’ place, over breakfast, Maria tries to ask about his family, but he avoids telling her more than there’s really nothing to tell her.  “—Food’s delicious!”  He adds, again in all sincerity, how great it feels to be pampered the way she’s been pampering him, especially considering all the tons of silly stuff [burradas=nonsense/gross errors] he’s been mixed up in. 

Santos mentions then that Neighbor Lady made another visit and commented that it was obvious that Maria was in love with him.  Maria hesitates, stares into his eyes meaningfully once more, and then says that is just a lot of hooey because he’s leaving in three weeks.  Santos says, well speaking of that, he knows he’s bee abusing her generosity but now needs to ask her to help him find a job so he can get enough money together to buy his ticket back to L.A.  She offers to loan him the money, but he refuses to hear of it since he knows she is financially strapped herself.  She suggests he could work at the bar.  He thinks she means as waiter or a bouncer [garrotero?].  No, she means singing with the band.  Oh no!  That’s the last thing in the world he’d ever consider doing, he assures her!  Maria can’t believe it.  “--Why not?  You have a marvelous voice!”  No, singing for his supper isn’t an option, y punto!

Back at Maria’s, Col begins badmouthing JA to Amalia and tells her he thinks the guy is a big liar; that he is only trying to take advantage of Maria before he leaves town, living at her expense and well, who knows what!  Suddenly this stranger appears with his load of horse manure about getting hit over the head and robbed, and having no money.  True, he’s been living off Maria’s good will, agrees Amalia, but he’s not a bad person.  Well, says Oscar hoping to plant more than a few seeds of doubt, as his dear, departed mama used to say, “’Better safe than sorry.’”   

Maria and Santos discuss working at the bar vs. looking for a mechanic’s job a bit more and then decide to leave to discuss his options with Don Concho.

Once outside the colonia again, Col hops into his hoopty de mariachi and rushes over to the little hotel to see if Maria is still with El Pocho ese who is going to find out what’s what if he has anything to say about it!

We beam over to Don Concho’s manse where Elvira-Desira (wearing a mini-kini worthy of a Sports Illustrated cover shoot) tells her mama, Lourdes (who herself dresses like the ex-madam of a formerly first-rate escort service) that Jorge Alfredo is a very handsome man.  Don Concho arrives and (seemingly totally oblivious to Elvira’s Playboy centerfold look) tells his two luxuriating family members that he likes this Jorge Alfredo Vargas guy who is also from L.A. and very refined and distinguished. Yep, he needs more of those types of customers filling the seats in his bar, he tells them before rushing back to the bar.  Mama Concho takes all this into account, and decrees that if Concho is that gung-ho on the guy he must be good husband/SIL material.  She encourages Desira to try hooking (pun intended) Jorge before he gets away. 

Doña Prudencia tells Col he’s come too late.  She just saw Maria and Jorge Alfredo leave together.  Well, when you see him again, please tell Jorgito that El Colosito was here and to tell him they still have some unfinished business together.

 Col walks back out and spies the Maria and JA walking across the plaza together, then sneaks a jealous peek from behind a pillar.  
--end of parte 1~~
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Parte 2 ~~


Meanwhile, kid sis Paloma, tries knocking on Rodrigo’s front door and playing hide and seek again.  This time, though, maybe Rod’s not falling for it—or everyone’s gone inside.  Either way, Paloma’s down in the dumps because of it. (Yawn!)  FF>>FF>>

Milamores has a chat in the park with the abused Cheating Housewife, Roxana.  He gets really angry when he sees the beating she got from Hubmonster, Regino, and urges her to leave him already. She is afraid to because he’ll come looking for her and will want to get even with her for leaving him.  FF>>

Back at Maria’s again, Amalia gives cooking lessons to Paloma and Isa. 

Across the barrio, in another colonia, Oscar’s ex-girlfriend, Gloria, looks at a medallion and tearfully remembers her courtship with Oscar multiple moons ago, and his empty promises that nothing will ever separate them.  They and their little crumb-crunchers will live happily ever after.  She laments now her apparent battle with breast cancer.  (We get a pink-ribboned PSA style soliloquy about her fear to do monthly self-exams so that something like this could have been avoided.) 

At the bar, the band is coming to get ready for the evening’s business.  Maria has asked about JA’s possibly working in the bar or singing with the group.  The band members object because he isn’t documented/has no papers.  Heck, they don’t even know if he’s a real mechanic or not, they tell her.  JA walks in on them and insists that he is.  (I suppose he got his degree in The States as an auto engineer, right?)  The band does a major eye-roll. 

El Coloso celoso, meanwhile, is driving to the bar, griping the entire way about seeing JA and Maria together.  “—What a pretty pair those two are!”   Suddenly, his mariachi-mobile conks out on him a few blocks away from work and in the middle of traffic.  (Boo-hoo.)

Maria tries convincing Jorge to tell the gang he can sing.  Mil wants to hear more, but JA refuses to discuss it.  Maria tells the band how well he can sing.  “—Won’t there be a problem asking a favor like that from Coloso?”  Why, if it’s to earn enough to pay for a ticket back to L.A., asks Mil?  Don Concho arrives and Maria hurries in to discuss this with him.  

Don Concho Is more upset to find out Jorge Alfredo lied to him and is really only a lowly car mechanic instead of a rich, cultured American.  He refuses to hire such a liar, he argues.  But he isn’t, Maria says, he simply needs a ticket back to L.A. because he got robbed.  Not his problem, says Don Concho.  “--The guy hasn’t got any papers!! I’m not going to get mixed up with a guy who doesn’t have identification and you shouldn’t either!!”  Maria tells Concho then that she knows he’s always on the lookout for people who might have a good voice and that Jorge Alfred has a spectacular one.

Mil Amores tells JA, meanwhile, not to get his hopes up cuz more than likely, Don Concho will refuse.  Su tells him his mother has a small shop and she might be able to offer him something. 

Coloso walks in at this point and gets angry when he sees his buddies jawing with JA instead of rehearsing.  He gives Santos grief about always hanging around their bar, then tells him he cam by for a visit.  Santos asks suspiciously why it was so important to know where he lives. Col slaps him on the arm like they’re best buds.  “--Oh, it was only a friendly [cordial] visit….. in case you ever happen to need something…..”  Maria races and to let Jorge and the others know that she got him work as a singer.  JA isn’t a happy camper—but then neither is El Coloso.  “--Waddayamean El Pochito is going to sing with us!!!?????”

It seems Jorge Alfredo suffers from a bad case of the bashfuls [estar tímido].  He wouldn’t dare think of standing up on a stage and singing!  Col hears the discussion and starts giving Santos grief about it.  Just then Don Concho walks out of his office and yells for Jorge to see if he’s ready to sing.  Oh, he’s ready, he says, he’s ready to run the heck out of there.  This cracks the band up and they enjoy a belly laugh at Santos’s expense.  Maria promises then to explain to Don Concho and not force the issue, but Don Concho reminds her that she agreed that if the guy couldn’t sing he’d fire her.  Coloso gets upset and says the guy’s a no-good liar that’s got Maria bamboozled and she shouldn’t be made to pay for his lies.  Santos/JA turns around and screams back at him that he’s no liar!  Tough nutz, cuz Don Concho screams back that if the guy doesn’t sing like she told him then both of them can pick up their stuff right now and hit the street!    

Santos gives in.  What song should he sing?  Coloso is one pissed off cockerel.  “--Sing??? What song should he sing????  You can’t sing!!!”  “—Yes, I can sing!!!”  Col turns to the boss.  “--Hey, Don Concho, it’s one thing for him to make up things to Maria, but it’s quite another for him to go telling you stories!  [cuentear]”  Don Concho yells at the both of them that he says the guy is going to sing for them and that’s an order!!  No buts about it!!  Coloso asks Don Concho to let him choose the song, then, that JA has to sing.  Ok.  Don Concho warns JA to sing like he means it cuz Maria is involved. 

Lourdes, meanwhile, goes shopping with daughter Desira for dressed-to-kill wear.  The dress Desira tries on is “extremely daring” according to our flirting young floozie with the basketball-sized pocket-protectors.   All the better to snag Jorge with, my dear, advises Lewdes.  “—There are two ways to win a man, either through his belly or the advantageous use of your physical…assets.”

Back in their dressing room, Coloso explains the plan to give El Pocho the kind of song that will do him in right away.  Mil reminds him that Maria will be run out of the place just like Jorge if that happens.  Is he willing to do that to Maria?  No way, says Coloso.  They’ll all just go on strike and follow her out if when he runs her off.  What’s Don Concho going to do without a band, right?

At the same time, Santos tells Maria that he never has wanted to sing it’s just not him!  “—How could this be happening!  Ay yai yai!  Dear gawd!”   Such an absurd idea never even crossed his mind!  She tries calming him down and telling him she knows he has a beautiful voice.  He’ll do great.  Yeah, but he just doesn’t want her getting hurt because of this thing.  He’s so tired of relying on her generosity and decency.  “--And, the next time that I hear Don Concho has mistreated you, I won’t be responsible!” [Yo no respondo = I won’t answer for my actions as a result!]  Maria smiles at this protective stance of his.  

Don Concho yells over at him that it’s time for him to sing.  Get to it.  Yeah, what’s one more humiliation after all the others, he tells Maria as he prepares himself.  Coloso tells the “hombrecito compadrito”  that the song he’ll have to sing is Ay, Jalisco, No Te Rajes.  Maria becomes incensed and immediately objects.  “—That’s too difficult a song for most any mariachi singer!”  Doesn’t matter to Don Concho. “-- All the better!”  Let the chips fall where they may.  He either sings or he’s owdader!  El Coloso quips to Pichi the barkeep to go ahead and open the door cuz El Pocho is going to be flying through it shortly.  The guys in the band snicker loudly in the background.

Santos sets the condition that if he does well with the song, then Coloso has to stop calling him “Pochito”.  Col accepts. “Uno, dos, ¡arrancanse! [Start her up!]”  Santos begins singing, but it’s very weak and just way too robotic. He apparently forgets some of the lyrics, too.  The camera pans to the shocked disappointment on Maria and the bargirls’ faces, then to Don Concho’s disgusted cara de I-knew-it!  Even El Coloso’s pet rooster is hard put to shake a tail feather!  (And,  that has got to be the best scene of the whole night!)   

Santos sees the shocked look on Maria’s and the other’s faces, and tries improving the performance, but it just ain’t happenin’.   Don Concho calls it quits and then starts screaming for Jorge and Maria to grab their stuff and hit the road!!

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Permalink posted by Jardinera654 @ 9:07 AM 51 comments

PEAM #30-4/19/13: Breaking News: All of Avon Gathers at La Fontaine for Dinner, There Was an Incident, Film at Eleven.



We start this epi with that cab ride to Vero's with Xochi and Chucho. They arrive and Xochi kisses Chucho. He is very verklempt and doesn't know what to do. Xochi finally stops and apologizes for being so impulsive. Chucho doesn't say anything, he can't think of anything to say. Chucho pays the cabdriver, he is the same one that he owed money to before. The cabdriver is estatic, paid twice on the same day, Yahoo! Xochi runs out of the cab, ahead of Chucho and knocks on the door. Chucho is lagging behind.

Meanwhile, Fern is in the office looking for Discua, and Jess runs into him. He wants to know where Discua is. Jess is only too glad to tell him Discua is going to La Fontaine this evening with Don Gilberto. Fern is pithed, cause for some reason, he claims that Discua is "his" and only "his". Jess is so not pleased.

Ricardo and Maricela arrive at La Fontaine in that old beater car. The valet actually parks the car. Ricardo thinks to himself how much he adores Maricela. The same Maitre d' is there and asks if they have a reservation, nopis, but does he happen to know who Maricela's Papa is? He's a big wig in the bidness world and she better be getting a table this said in English and on top of that she wants the best champagne!
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Friday, April 19, 2013

TELEMUNDO Y MAS - week of April 22

Buona sera. Now that the drama of the manhunt  in Boston is over, we can guiltessly watch the drama of telenovelas. Some of you know that I have put Spanish things aside while I try and learn some Italian for a trip to Sicily this summer. (I confess that I am watching the rerun of Pasión de Gavilanes on Mun2 - I love that novela and they are showing it with English subtitles whether you can get cc3 on your TV or not.) I have been watching a little Italian TV including an italian novela and an incomprehensible game show.

Over to you.

Ciao!!

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Weekend Discussion: ¡Musica Latina!



 


Most outsiders to our particular world probably don't know much about Latin music and I feel bad for them. They don't get that there are as many genres and subgenres as in anything else. Some get stupidly xenophobic over the language; I called out a friend on this one once because she's willing to listen to Italian opera on the radio when she doesn't speak Italian. She also listens to Celtic music whose lyrics are indecipherable and in a language she has no patience to learn. There was definite cultural bigotry going on.

When you watch novelas, Latin music is part of the package. Whether it's baladas, boleros, urbano, salsa, son, or Mexican Regional in its various flavors, you hear the sounds and – we hope – feel the rhythms.

Of course, we also sometimes hear flamenco and its offshoots, like Gypsy Rock (which is what The Gipsy Kings call their sound).

My love of Latin music starts with ranchera and its current stars and I love introducing people to it.  One friend eagerly took the plunge with me at Madison Square Garden a few years ago to hear Vicente Fernandez and his colorful opening act, Paquita la del Barrio.  When I translated the lyrics of "Rata de dos patas" to her she laughed along with all the women in the audience.


What Latin music does it for you? Who makes you dance, sing, cry, want a booty call? Digame, amigos.

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Qué Bonito Amor #4 (Mex 5.2-6) Thursday 4/18/13 Que Bonito Tentación!

You know how in Spanish class they have you pick a "Spanish" name just to get in the mood?  And how when Pasion finally aired, we were all so giddy (ok, some of us were giddy) we picked pirate names?  Well, how about for this one, we all pick mariachi names!  (I'm going to pretend a great cheer of general agreement went up at that suggestion.)

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Amores Verdaderos #112 Thu 4/18/13 Ana Martin’s Death Stare


* Lo refrito: in the funeral home Candelaria is crying over Cristina’s coffin. She remembers back to that lame typed letter “Aníbal” sent her and she thinks that Cristina didn’t deserve the rejection of her father.

* Lo nuevo: Liliana and Big Angel are grieving at the other side of the coffin. Lili can’t live without Cris, she’ll miss her much. Opalina arrives at the funeral home, just in time to say a few consoling words to Arriaga, who’s on the verge of a nervous breakdown. He says he won’t be able to stay there much longer, he can’t live without Cris, and it was him who killed her. Opalina assures him that he’s always been a strong man, and now he has to stay strong for her daughter. Cris’ll always live in his heart and she’ll guide him to find a way to overcome this loss.

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

PEAM #29-The Ice Princess is Melting, Please Speak into the Microphone and Its Not Funny!

Xochy is whispering to Jesus on the phone-

Discua loudly asks Ferny if he is going to the Public Ministry office,  shhhhh!!  She just wanted to know if he was going there and if he needed anything.  It’s a secret; no one should know that he is going. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzz. (Wink, wink)  He is just going to run out.  Jesus asks for Alma, but Xochy tells her that she went out a little while ago.

Pati meets Alma for lunch and lets her know that she just saw Jesus and she is worried about him.

Xochy lets Jesus know that Ferny is going to the Public Ministry.  Jesus calls Delia to find out why she was contacting Ferny. She still has doubts about the empty warehouse and is continuing her routine investigation.  It’s strange that after attacking him at his house the warehouse is completely empty.  Hmmm.

Pati tells Alma that Jesus misses Alma.  She lies and tells Alma that he clearly told her that he would love to return to Avon and work alongside Alma.  Alma finds it hard to believe because it was no picnic working with Ferny and he needed to earn more money for his daughter.  According to Pati, Ferny is a saint compared to Jesus’ new boss.  Alma doesn’t believe her.  Pati throws out a love comment, and then takes it back but it leaves Alma thinking.

Ferny meets his brother and the lawyer outside of the Public Ministry Office and the lawyer instructs him to only answer what he is asked.  Rogue tells Fern to call him and leave his phone on so that Rogue can hear everything that is said.  Ferny is worried that they know about the money.  The lawyer says that if they knew anything then he would have been arrested.

The secretaries ask Discua, if she had any idea as to why the Public Ministry Office wanted to talk to Ferny.

Alma and Pati return to Avon and Susana.  Alma wants to know why they are not working?  When do they work?? Susana tells Alma that Ferny had to go to the Public Ministry office. (Wink)

Discua answers the phone for Alma. It’s her daughter????? It’s a little girl, wink.

The lawyer accompanies Ferny to the Public Ministry office visit.  Ferny tries to sweet-talk the agent but its not working and she doesn’t want any part of the lawyer’s participation either. She wants to know what Ferny has to do with the warehouse.  The agent shuts Cantu down. She doesn’t want to hear from him. She will ask the questions!!! Cantu reminds her that Ferny came on his own.  F looks could kill, the agent continues.  She asks Ferny what Information does he have on the warehouse at 43 Independence Avenue.

A sad Valentina talks to Alma.  She is sad and is crying because Papa Elias is not returning home.  She had spoken to he Papa Jesus via computer. She misses him.  Why doesn’t he work at Avon??  He is at the new job because he has a better job.  Valentina likes Alma as a friend.  (Valentina is an old soul)
The Ice Princess is at Avon and meets Discua Paz de la Soledad.  She then meets Xochy and sizes her up mentally, while sanitizing her hands.  She checks up on Jesus, oh because of her daughter. You know that he has a daughter? Xochy tells her that he works for Orion.  Alma asks why the Ice Princess is here? She wants to talk to Xochy.  Xochy says that the Ice Princess wants to know about Jesus’ whereabouts. It’s a good thing that no one works as a CIA agent, because no information is scared here.
The lawyer wants proof, but the agent says that it’s only a conversation.
The agent says that Jesus was attacked by two men and that Jesus recognized one of the men.  The wonders if Ferny knows anything about this, he looks a little nervous.  It’s just the pressures of the job.  She knows that Jesus went to that warehouse to get a package from one of the men that attacked him and Ferny sent Jesus. Rogue is peeved that it is a known fact that Ferny sent Jesus to the warehouse for the package.  Ferny says that that the package was for his brother, Rogue (no honor among thieves).  The lawyer nudges Ferny. They were special Turkish cigars.  Rogue is livid.  Why was he surprised that his brother is such an idiot??  The lawyer is working on the agent’s nerves.  She is not falling for any of his foolishness and the story that the Brothers Dimm have ordered European cigars for years.  Are they buying the cigars as contraband??? She has been to the warehouse, which is located in a remote area.  The agent asks Ferny for his lighter, since he is a smoker, but he left it in his coat.  Ferny suffers from hoof in the mouth disease.

Pablo, I agree, I preferred the original opening too.  I guess that we are entering a new phase.  Fast forward.
The Ice Princess returns home, to a sweet loving Valentina.  She tells her mom how much she loves her and it is the same thing that Jesus used to tell the Ice Princess, when she was hot.

The two fools at Orion give the secretary a hard time regarding their lunch orders and Jesus sets them straight.  Heat up your cold lunch in the microwave.
The agent tells Ferny that if her has anything to hide, now is the time to speak.  The conversation is cut off from Rogue.  Cantu brings up the fact that Jesus is entered the country with the suitcase filled with money and the agent dismisses him.  She looked at him so coldly, I felt the chill.

The Brothers Dimm and their lawyer realize that the agent is no fool. It will be hard to prove anything about last night’s beating as long as Malvino doesn’t speak.  Rogue is certain that he and Ferny don’t have the same blood and they all start arguing.  Where’s the loyality??? These idiots know nothing about loyalty.

A melancholic Jesus arrives at Avon and introduces himself to Discua. (Wink!!)  Xochy acts like 12 years old and greets Jesus.
Everyone including Alma is watching.

Cantu lets the Brothers Dimm know that Jesus is the one who carried the suitcase for Uri Petrovsky.  Rogue’s face lights up.

The only way that Jesus didn’t serve time was to snitch on Uri.  Rogue starts putting two and two together.  He can point put Malvino.  Rogue blames Jesus for losing the money that was illegally entering the country.

The secretaries ask Jesus about his bruised lip.  He zips Xochy’s lips and chats with the ladies.

Alma thinks that Xochy is Jesus’ girlfriend.
Jesus stops to see Alma, he comments that his new job is going well and he is learning a lot.  Pati is watching the two of them as if she was at a tennis match.  Alma mentions that Valentina called and asked for him.  Jesus pays Alma back the money that she lent to him.  He appreciated her kindness.  Pati, for once is left speechless.

Valentina asks the Ice Princess if she is sad and misses Papa Elias.  Yes, she admits that she is.  Icy wishes that Valentina would have asked her before rather than her Papa Jesus. but she wasn’t around.

Jesus speaks to someone on the phone.  Xochy asks who is it?? Someone that I have a debt with??
Stooge-Bautista needs a salary advance he makes up a story about a family member to Cardenas.

Marsela announces that she is going to the expensive restaurant with the Stooge Bautista.  Xochy and Jesus wonder if he can afford that restaurant.  Why not something a little more modest.  No, not for the materialistic Marsela, that won’t do.

Jesus is going to see Valentina.  The stooge gets his advance.  The Brothers Dimm and their lawyer ask Cárdenas for Jesus’ record.  They see the criminal note and ask why was he hired.  He tells them that Alma insisted that he be hired.  The Brothers Dimm and the lawyer do not want anyone else to know that they have asked for the records.
If Jesus commits a crime he will have to go to jail.  The Brothers Dimm have a plan-uh boy.  They meet Jesus in the secretary area, they are so happy to see him. - Yeah right!  Xochy doesn’t understand what is going on. Hmmm and he paid Jesus’ hospital bill.  The two stooges watch the third stooge count money.  Jesus asks for the money that he is owed for the night that they stiffed him.  He had to work it off at the restaurant.  He doesn’t work there anymore and he needed the money for his daughter. He snatches up one stooge and they start making excuses.  Jesus wants and needs to teach them all a lesson, while a proud Xochy looks on. Xochy is becoming annoying and hanging around Jesus like an itchy wool collar.
The three stooges are scared, it was only a joke.  Really???  Put yourselves in my place, pay up!!  They rate Xochy an 8.5.  Alma asks for Jesus and Susana says that Xochy is in heaven right now.  Jesus pays the annoying cab driver, who is happy and changes his annoying tune. Jesus is a man of his word.  Xochy is still looking on.  Jesus needs a ride, the driver will oblige and she invited herself.
 
The Brothers Dimm blame everything on Jesus and Alma interrupts.  She asks about Ferny’s appointment at the Public Ministry office.  The Brothers lie about buying cigars and Rogue blames Ferny for buying contraband- cigars, x-rated movies, etc.  Rogue “scolds” his brother. Rogue has had a long day, he would invite her over but…. Alma smells a rat.
Ferny and Rogue starts calling each other nacos. Fast forward.

Marsela and Stooge Bautista firm up their plans and talk about his old car and Discua bids them a good night.  Gilberto, the stooge is making small talk with another secretary but he can’t take his eyes off of her backyard.  The Gilberto stooge meets Discua at the elevator and is ecstatic that she remembers his name and he would like to invite her to The Fontina while an ignored Jessica walks by.

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Amores Verdaderos #111 Wed 4/17/13 Cristina says goodbye

La Cruz Roja
"I feel so guilty," begins Paula tearfully.  But Candelaria comforts her and tells her not to cry, not to torture herself.  Cristina is strong and she will fight for her life.

Beatriz looks on silently.

The Balvanera Mansion
Victoria doesn't want the others, even Adriana, to know about Cris tonight, she tells Tomasina.  Just then, she receives a text from Salsero: Cris survived the surgery but her prognosis is guarded (reservado).

La Cruz Roja
Arriaga weeps as he watches his wife through the glass.  She is unconscious.  Her face and arms are covered with bruises and fresh bloody scrapes.  The monitors beep rhythmically.  He tells her how much he loves her and begs her not to leave him.

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Qué Bonito Amor #3 (Mex 4-5.1) Wednesday 4/17/13 Maria becomes Santos’ Guardian Angel.


Some scenes were combined for continuity......

Straight to the new stuff:

Dateline….Los Angeles
Orange Julius Giuliano is at a public phone, calling in an anonymous tip that Michael Johnson is hiding out at the Hotel West Side Park.  He must be apprehended because he’s very dangerous

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Permalink posted by Paquitadelbarrio @ 2:35 AM 53 comments

PEAM #28- 4/17/13: Rompope Could Be Both Healthy and Engergizing


 
Recap By Pablo
 
For the record: After episode 26, 3Ball has been replaced and now the intro is the ballad they use in the romantic scenes. I liked the old one better. Had more kick!

Nov. 4th. (from morning til noon)

Alma dials 815562002 but is afraid to talk. On the other side of the line Jesús whispers her name but she doesn't hear him. She has hung up already and stays in a daze of romantic memories savouring Jesús' Kisses, ''fake'' or non-intentional, but all real.  

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Amores Verdaderos #110 Tue 4/16/13 Opalina Arrives; abandon all hope

Amores Verdaderos Cap 110 April 16, 2013—Opalina Arrives, abandon all hope

 PUT A FORK IN IT, IT IS DONE! Screencaps and updates are now up! Most of this was written from memory with a few gaps filled in later.

EVENTS MAY NOT BE LISTED IN ORDER:

* Christina didn't die in the accident. We see a refry of her being hit by Espanto in the truck, then her in the ambulance.

* Lily, our Little Orchid, gets bad vibes which settle in her stomach. She even passes out. She feels so weird. Doesn't know why.

* Gilda/Hilda is talking with Paula. She's worried that both their gooses will be cooked if/when Anibal finds out what douchebaggery they've been up to (hiding Candelaria's letter, Chris's parentage, etc.) Paula is feeling guilty for everything and hopes to make it up to Chris. (Too late!)

Paula seems to sincerely be worried about Chris. 

* Big Angel is back in his home town, feeling good and hopeful. He meets up with a friend, the local policeman/sheriff and tells him an abbreviated and tastefully edited (but still honest) account of what happened to him and his family. He, Chris and Lily got jobs, but his schedule only allowed him to see his family once a week, which put a strain on his marriage. He's looking forward to getting things back on track, will look for a job there and everything! He's in high spirits.

* Vicki is talking with Thomasina about Big Angel's departure. Vicki is determined that this is how it must be. We can't build our happiness on someone eles's pain, she vows. Adri comes in and Thomasina excuses herself. Adri wants to know what's up with the bodyguard suddenly leaving. Vicki just says he was a country boy who belongs in the country. Adri is concerned—does this mean that Lili will go too?  She's bummed to hear that the answer is probably yes.

No more access to Lili? Bummer!
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Qué Bonito Amor #2 (Mex 2.2-3) Tuesday 4/16/13 The Great Escape Becomes the Road Trip of a Lifetime


Lo del pasado
Santos is calling Giuliano from a pay phone outside his hotel to let him know he’s alive and where he is, after all, the family lawyer is someone you can always trust.  Giuliano (El Oompa Looompa) happily takes down the address and later is seen talking to four henchmen and giving them the last best instructions on how they need to operate like real federales to get rid of Santos. Only that will make Godpadre happy. After hanging up, Santos passes by a sign where American ropa of finest quality is sold and decides to exchange his royal blue business shirt for something a little more americano—it looks like a leather jacket will be the thing.  He goes back to the hotel room and starts packing.

Lo del nuevo
El Auto Hotel – Santos hears the police come knock, knock, knockin’ at the door of his Auto Hotel room.  He had already packed his brand new backpack and checks out through the window.  The “fake” popo sent by Giuliano look around but can’t seem to find him.  They go back outside.  Lo and behold, Santos is on the roof and they don’t see him.  He drops down to the ground and *then* they see him and start taking pot shots at him.  It’s a one sided firefight in the dark.  Santos sneaks up and knocks over one popo and then the other and takes off.  They fire and miss but chase him down an alleyway. Santos doesn’t have time to think how they might have found him since he only told Giuliano where he was.

Truck Yard – A long-distance hauler is about ready to pull out when what to his wondering eyes should appear but a face at the passenger side window crying help, help.  He’s not sure what to do, or what he can do, but apparently the honest earnestness of the face on the other side of the window convinces him that it will be ok to let him into the cab.

Garza household in L.A. – Altagracia tells an unbelieving Justo that Santos is VIVO.  Justo doesn’t believe her, especially when she tells him she just talked to him by phone.  He must think she’s lost her diamond marbles.  Justo feels that to clear his name, Santos must return to L.A. Altagracia is not of the same mind. She’s sure that it’s a set up to blame him for someone else’s bad deed.  Altagracia is convinced he’s innocent and Justo is of a mind to believe her.

Character says title of the telenovela out loud/Bingo Square filled –  Back to the truck. TOBWR (The Only Big White Rig) on the road at night is stopped by some federales (conjecture).  The driver, by name of Rigoberto (aka Choforo, lately of LVO) is sweating bullets, but hands over the keys for them to examine the load.  They flash their lights around, but see nothing but cargo. Santos is scrunched down behind something that looks like a partition.  They hand the keys back and Rigoberto stops sweating bullets. It seems that the Virgen was protecting Santos because that partition was the back of a large framed picture of Her Holiness.  

Rigoberto has lost his fear of the stranger with the strange story, after listening to the whole thing. Santos ends his story by telling Riggo that he’s been living a nightmare (viviendo una pesadilla). Santos doesn’t think Riggo believes him, but he does. Obvio, Riggo ruminates, someone close to you wants you dead.  It might be prudent not to stick around a border town—it’d be too easy to be spotted.  Meanwhile, Riggo has his own slight problem.  He has to go from Tijuana to D.F. by day after tomorrow and his partner got sick. It’s a very long drive. Santos is more than willing to accompany him (according to Google, it’s about 1750 miles) and share the driving.  Rigoberto is not sure this is all on the up and up, and does Santos even know how to drive one of these big rigs?  Santos laughs a confident laugh, but doesn’t answer yes *or* no.  [Aside: Whatevva.  Next we see him driving TOBWR, so I guess it was a yes.] While they are tooling along, Riggo tells him his life story and how he’s been married to the same woman for 40 years. His dream is to buy a little house for them.  He doesn’t see her often because of his job, but he’s still crazy about her.  If you could only see it, que bonito amor, he says.

The Mejia Magic Expressway gets them to D.F. in no time – They have plenty of time to chat, listen to good Mexican music, check the road signs as they pass Guadalajara and Morelia on Route 307 (just try to find that on Google) and finally see a sign they are close to D.F.  They reach D.F. and Viewerville gets a birds-eye short tour of Capital Highlights. Santos thinks this will be the end of the road.  Riggo planned to get a hotel room for the night but won’t leave him abandoned on the streets of a city he doesn’t know. Santos is sure he can get a room in a hotel.  Riggo is afraid Santos’ identity will be discovered when he tries to register and pay with wet greenbacks.
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PEAM, Tuesday 4/16/13 (#27): Bombón Asesino (WINK!)

In no particular order...

Malvino has spent the night at Rogue's place. Last Rogue heard, Chucho had no idea who beat him up, so Rogue tells Malvino to go back to the warehouse. Rogue goes to work and Malvino loafs around the house for a while longer. He acts creepy around the maid, which makes her nervous (she calls Rogue to complain) and offends the dog.

Meanwhile, Chucho tells his probation officer about the beating, the assailant's familiar voice, the warehouse, and the Avon manager who sent him there to pick up the Turkish cigars. Like any irresponsible law enforcement professional, the probation lady actually takes him to the warehouse, which is still cleaned out so there is nothing to see. Silverio is there, though, and he calls Malvino to let him know that Jesus is watching.

Chucho is embarrassed that his tip didn't pan out and feels bad about implicating the Brothers Dimm because they were sooooo nice to him last night and even paid his hospital bill. The probation officer says she'll question the Brothers Dimm about their connection to the warehouse without implicating Chucho.
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