Caray, Caray!

Hola, Patio Peeps! This recap will not be in order as usual I have combined some scenes to make the recap more fluid.


Guzmancito, Vikki and Angel
They are still at Pau's talking and Angel informs Guzmancito that he and Vikki are engaged and as soon as Vikki gets divorced they are marrying. Ay Carumba! Guzmancito is happy for them. Now Guzmancito wants to know if Lili and Nikki know about this? Nikki knows but Angel has to find the proper moment to break the news to Lili. Adri even volunteered to talk to Lili. Later, outside of Pau's apartemento Ms Vikki asks if he has given any thought to what the Angel will tell Lili? He thinks it will be hard for Lili to accept this relationship and he is afraid what happened with Frankie and Pau will happen to him and Lili, in other words, no speaking or seeing each other for years!


Meanwhile At Meta Imagen:
FF is still telling Anyballs that Vikki is the amante of the Angel, which begs the question why can't Angel be the lover of Vikki, Hmmm..... anyhoo, FF claims he has a witness in Salsa Dude. He saw it all!!! Ms Vikki isn't the saint she pretends to be. Anyballs doesn't beleive him. FF wants Anyballs to ask Ms Vikki himself, see what she says about that bodyguard!

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Vivian, the most bumptious divorce lawyer in Mexico, visits Vero at home. After Viv nearly chokes to death on some kind of canary grass juice, semi-enlightened Vero sends Minerva to make real coffee and they get down to business. Vero says she wants a divorce, she wants Eli out of the house, and she wants to legally establish Jesus as Valentina's biological father. Viv tells her that these are three different things, and they need to take them in order: PRIMERO, EL DIVORCIO! I swear if she had castanets she'd be snapping them. That girl really, really enjoys her work.

Back at Avon, Alma needs to ask Jesus a very important question, you know, just as friends: why did he kiss Vero? Oh never mind, it's none of my business. Forget it. You're asking me to forget an awful lot of things these days, Jesus replies, giving her Facial Expression #5: Stern and Significant. Where is that look when random chicks are kissing on him? He has all the software, but there seems to be an upload problem.Read more »

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A wailing siren announces the arrival to the rural jail of a dangerous criminal shackled in the bed of a police pickup truck closely guarded by three heavily armed officers sporting Tevlar vests. It's... Maricruz?

Yes, she's been arrested on trumped up charges of the theft of a very valuable necklace. The police chief scolds her as she is helped to the ground, "You are a disgrace to your grandfather don Ramiro who has always been an honorable man."  He does not buy for a single moment her ridiculous story that it was a gift from doña Lucía who had compelled Maricruz to retrieve it from a mud puddle. (Well, when you put it that way, it does sound a bit far-fetched.) He orders the strapping young policemen (no pretty police women?) to escort her inside the fragile looking mint green police shed.

Meanwhile, it looks like Octavio has made a few bucks and is sending a money order along with a note for Miguel to get things started on Maricruz's little house he promised. He writes.

Maricruz is peering out through the back bars of her cell. (Hey, at least she got a room with a view.) In black and white (so we'll know this has already happened) Maricruz recalls the events leading up to her incarceration. That "I was screwed" look of realization creeps across her face as she slowly sinks to floor of her cell and cries out to no one in particular, "I didn't steal nothin'!"
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We often hear money being talked about and wonder what things really cost in Mexico for the characters we love, hate, and debate about.  Lo and behold, a website called Nubeo provides this information.  Another one called World Salaries gives average salaries in a number of countries, although it doesn't provide as full a list for Mexico as for the US.

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Have a great week!

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The cops recognize the mariachis from their previous trip to the bar.  They're celebrating the birthday of their lady cop, so Colosso dances with her as they sing Las Mañanitas.  JA seems grumpy and doesn't join in.  Fernando shoves him out the door while they're all distracted, then insists on reciting some poetry for the lady cop before they share her birthday cake.  He simultaneously keeps some of the other cops from looking in the direction of JA…who didn't take off as Fernando suggested.  He swipes JA's "Wanted" flyer from a cop's desk and uses his wiles to keep the party going.

They were apparently released, as Fernando and JA are back at Fernando's place.  JA is pouty, saying he's going to get busted eventually.  JA fills Fernando in on what Bruno told him.  Fernando thinks it's crappy of Bruno to have come all that way just to tell JA to his face what they'd done to him.

Elvira shows up at Colosso's for a booty call.  Oh, no, wait, she wants him to convince Maria to go back to work at the bar.  She doesn't want to have to keep pulling waitress duty.  "I wasn't born to serve!  I was born to be served!"  Hey, no prob, says Colosso, just get down on your knees and beg her forgiveness.  Oh, that's so no going to happen!  Colosso says she looks great in her waitress uniform…and asks her to bring him a tequila.  He gets slapped for it.
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Good evening, I am filling in for Tablet Jefa who is off on a secret mission (not really, I am just creating a little drama in my life of entertainment for two bored poodles and forest fire vigilance) so I am here to post a recap:



Elias tells Maricela that the rich bitch is indeed one of the richest of the country.  Maricela rightly is not impressed with the woman's rudeness and lack of class.

Pati continues her broken heart drama in front of Alma and Rogue but asks Rogue to walk her down to her car to protect her.  They fight in the hallway and after she slaps him he pulls his fist back to everyone's shock but his usual lack of control slips and he stops just in time. She can't believe he is going through with the wedding to her best friend when she knows he loves her.  We know it too.

Baby Valentina plays right into Vero's fantasy as she tells papa Jesús that the princess in the fable they are constructing together is named Veronica. Vero gives us a rare ear to ear smile behind the door.

Cardenas and Ricardo talk about the end of year party and how he should use the opportunity to negotiate for his positon.

Elias tells Maricela that his latest complication is that Valentina's therapist is fatally attracted, I mean hopelessly in love with him. Maricela understands how he is such a bon-bon and uses the moment to get into a passionate kiss with him but it is interrupted by our omnipresent Chatita.
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You’ll have to excuse me today, I am nursing the biggest hangover from the ‘Basura’ game yesterday. I stopped counting after 20. I’m not sure if I’m sober yet, and I have a pounding headache. Also, no cc’s this time, my recorder didn’t record. Stoopid recorder. So help me out in the comments for what I missed or got wrong. I’ll try to correct it later.

Lucia is showing MC a pile of jewelry. MC is rightfully suspicious, but Lucy promises not to snatch away that football from Charlie Brown. This time she means it. She feels bad that Octavio left her, and she wants to help. Really. She will send the jewelry to the kitchen where MC can get it. Lucia continues to talk to Ester about the plans to get rid of MC once and for all, get her to trust her before she pulls that football away for the final time, and oh no, here we go again. Another basura. Salud! I’m going to need some serious intervention when this TN is over. So Charlie Brown goes into the kitchen once again naívely believing Lucy will hold the ball until Charlie’s foot makes contact. MC gets the bags and starts to look through them. Santa is watching and worries enough for the two of them. Santa doesn’t trust Lucy. She’s seen Lucy snatch that ball away every single time Charlie tries to kick it. But Charlie is certain this time will be different. (I hope everyone gets the Charlie Brown/Lucy analogy, because this makes perfect sense to me in my major hangover head.)

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In which:

• Victoria and Arriaga exchange vows of love and then fret over how to tell the kids.
• Lili keeps pestering Guzmán and rejecting Roy
• Bea and Guillo are reunited
• Aníbal pays Lili for her silence and in doing so, antagonizes Candelaria.
• Nabila's life proves nasty, brutish and short

Idyll in Cuernavaca 
Nelson is gone and Victoria is uneasy about what he might do next.  Arriaga tells her they can think about the outside world tomorrow. This is their first night together.  They kiss.  Awww.
The Kitchen of the Balvanera Mansion
Liliana turns a deaf ear to Roy, insisting that she only has eyes for her Frankie.  Maybe she and Roy had something at one time but he ruined it with his lies.  For his part, Roy can't believe she's rejecting him for a guy who doesn't love her.  Doesn't she get it that Guzmán and Nikki are in love with each other? (That is, they are both 10's.) He, Roy the Boy, is the one is love with her!  (That is, he and Lili are both 6's, maybe 7's.)  


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Recap By Pablo

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And Other Stuff (E-Mails, Phone Calls, Betrayals, Threats, Entrapments, One Song and the All-Girl Band is Formed); Cap. 55, and 56, pt. 1 [maybe]




Jorge Alfredo is wrapping up his convo with Amalia when Isa staggers in from the bedroom.  She wants a story. Maria is out looking for work.  Why doesn’t he wait for Maria to return and meanwhile tell her more about the Moon Princess.  Nope, not until she does her math.  Poor little thing, numbers just seem to confuse her.  Looks like she’s not getting a story from JA.

Gloria’s Place
Paloma and Roddy are actually doing a good job studying and not horsing around.  Gloria has prepared them a special dish from their region—Tacos de Trompas (they are very yummy little pork filled tacos made from wheat flour—said to have been introduced by Lebanese immigrants and popular in Nuevo Leon and other parts of northern Mexico).  There is certainly puppy dog love in the air and Gloria is ok with it.  She likes Paloma a lot.  Paloma assures Roddy that he can “Cuentas conmigo.”  Gloria asks about her Quinceañera fiesta, but Paloma tells her she cancelled it.  It was her decision—she didn’t have a chambelan anyway.  Roddy looks a bit guilty.

Amalia’s Place
Maria arrives back home with ingredients for dinner. She’s happy to see JA, until she sees his face [with a tiny little redness on one cheek—how she could see that is beyond me]. What’s that, how did you get that?  JA sheepishly confesses that he an Coloso got into a little rumble-for-two. Exasperated, Maria wants to know for WHAT?  Hmmm, he made me mad because the coward won’t get an ADN test. And that was enough to provoke you? Hmmm, no. How many times have I told you, NO GOLPES. Gulp. No more fighting—what is it about men who want to settle their differences a golpes? What did I tell you the last time? Hmm, no more violencia a golpes. Forget me. Go away. He protests. It was legitimate. She looks in his puppy-dog eyes and relents a little. When you realize how opposed I am to fighting, THEN come looking for me.  Ooooh, is this it for our two-never-to-be-separated lovers?

Coloso’s Place
He's pacing around the place. The Mendozas are ganging up on him. JA with his Chiquita and Paloma with that kid who thinks he’s Coloso's.

Irasema’s Place
Susano and Ira are having a little afternoon delight.  It’s sweet. He’s so gentle with her. She lets him take the lead. They need some privacy, but we might take a peek a little later.

Amalia’s Place
JA and Maria are still “discussing” violence and manly pride. He unexpectedly kisses her. She forgives him.  Then Maria fills him in on her busy day—quitting the bar gig, quitting school, looking for work.  Whoa, back up, JA says, you quit your job at the bar, why?  It’s all Elvira’s fault.  Maria got tired of her abuse and bullying.  She spent the day looking for work. They have so many debts and family upkeep to consider.  JA feels responsible for her situation, for her, for her family.  He promises that someday she will lack for nothing.  That’s a nice sentiment but it’s not reality, Maria tells him, poor people have to live from day to day. They don’t have a some-day. Those are dreams. JA doesn’t want her to quit school.  She had to, she did, y punto.
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Fernando has a LENGTHY flashback to last night, when he went up to the roof without any wet laundry. Amid a breathtaking view of the surrounding mountains, Chucho persuades Fernando to put on his big-boy pants and face his problems alive.

Now alone, Fernando tries to gripe about that meddlesome "Encanto," but realizes that Chucho saved his life. Fernando can't figure out why, especially after the nasty way he's always treated Chucho.

Chatita has prepared some lovely broth for Vero, conveniently forgetting that Vero had requested jasmine tea. (If I recall correctly, the broth was already on the stove last night and I don't think Chatita ever intended to serve anything else!) Vero asks where Alma went; Chatita says she's folding the laundry. She suggests that Vero get together with Alma so that they can compare notes on their own time instead of always asking her about each other!

Alma has to go back to the office. No soup for her! She pauses in tribute at Chatita's shrine to St. Thomas.

Vero says the soup looks great, but she starts picking things out of her bowl. Hasn't she any manners at all? I withdraw the question!
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Yesterday MariCruz got her crazy on by shooting Octavio in the leg. He was on a horse, moving, so she must be a very good shot, since she hit him exactly where she intended to. And Octavio somehow realized she was his aggressor (if that is not true love, than I don’t know what is) and decided to cover for her. But every time he does something decent, his tiny brain reminds him that he’s an idiot, so he goes and does something unpleasant, like making love to her under false pretense. And then leaving her to Miguel’s will. And then staying fully clothed even when injured (Note to MariCruz: next time shoot him in the shoulder, or better yet, in the ribs area, watching Cristian de la Fuente get “cured” from his shot in AB was truly…riveting).
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Recap of Vicky confronting Carlos by the SUV, she admits her mistake of the past in chosing husband, but that he has a double identity and that she kissed Carlos, not this stranger in front of her. He increases the pressure. 'Your bodyguard said he loves you. Do you love him??' She won't answer.

At Nikki's room, Nil-Brains comes on, wants to talk. She doesn't. How could you marry that... 'Low-bookie'... She won't hear any explanations. She yells he is a married man. He won't admit his mistakes, would rather blame her mother. She stopped 'fulfilling her marital duty, I am young, had to look elsewhere'. Nikki won't bulge, 'you let her become my friend!, and you let her be in this house and mock my mother and me!'. He claims he could not stop it. She won't hear it. 'You had every chance of confessing, but you would not dare lose her!' Nil-Brains changes strategy, begs Nikki not to hurt KenDrat, 'she is pregnant with your sister, whether you like it or not'... Nikki leaves in a huff.

Back to teenagers in their late 40s in the parking lot, he wants an answer, she won't admit loving Arriaga, swears she won't be with Arriaga EVER!... He asks 'what about me?' Not sure. I am confused. I see more resentment in you than love. Have to go away alone to think about it all.
At hospital, Bea wakes up. Realizes she lost her new baby and is very sad. Dances is there to console her. She is really sad, she already was loving this new baby, now don't have any of my children... yada yada... Dances wants to talk about their future, family. Bea won't even listen about anything but finding her son. Dances tells her they have leads, that Guillo was headed for Mexico.
Meanwhile at Mezcalitos, Guillo is really ill, very high fever. Mez gets real scared.
Mez worries that there is no money for clinic or meds. Mez prays to virgin to save his new grandkid.

At B house, JM and Polita are caring for Balzac. JM is taking real good care of him along with Stefano. They ask for Odiosa. JM tells her and Lilli that Stefano will send her to complete her recovery at Switzerland clinic. Polita tells them that Bea's ex husb died and Bea is in hospital and Guillo is not found yet. They all will pray for Guillo to be found soon. JM ready to get back to work once Odiosa leaves.

Vicky tells Adri about Carlos and Jean C being same guy. Vicky asks Adri if there is anything between them. Adri says no, and if he had not turned out to be Carlos... he must love you very much to fake being simple employee at grocery wholesaler just to find out where he stands with 'the love of his life'.
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