Caray, Caray!

OK, a lot of more "Other News"....

• It seems that Renzi has convinced Patrick to go tomcattin' with him.  Renzi warns their "dates" Tania and Wendy that Patrick is depressed because his woman left him.  Renzi tells Tania that Patrick likes to be the hunter, he likes likes old fashion girls.  After introductions are made, the group sits down and Tania immediately sticks her foot in Patrick's crotch and hits the sweet spot.  Silvana who?  Little Patrick has found a new friend.
• Irais tells Armando to go outside because Alexa wants to talk with him.  Irma sees both Alexa and Armando heading towards the door and follows them outside.  Instead of getting the kisses that he craves, Alexa breaks up with him.  She tells him to contact her again until he is single. Irma listens quietly from the shadows.   Araceli goes back into Cuco's and cries with Irais.  Irma thinks that the breakup will give her time to get Armando back. 

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At the reception, Isabela is up to her old tricks and adds vinegar to the champagne used in the wedding toast.  Couth Jenifer allows “Doña Ana” to wipe her mouth off with the bottom of her gown.  

Fanny is playing coy again with Lenin.  When she hears that Lenin’s got the opportunity to study abroad in S. Korea, she finally gets the nerve to break things off with him.  She thought she loved him, gave it the “old college try” (ahem….) but realized what she felt was not true luhhhhhv after all.  (Awww, and just when Lenin was learning how to civilize those hideous, curly locks of his, too!)  Is she still in love with Leon?  Could be.  Lenin is Mr. Perfect in his own way, but it just hasn’t been enough.  No spark to start her motor runnin’…so to speak.

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Aldonza seems fortified with an inner resolve as she tells Tia Adelina that she is returning to Santa Lucia and if Adelina is uncomfortable, she can stay behind.    Tia matches the resolve and tells Padre Gerònimo she will be ready in ten minutes.
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This is one big "Other News" Episode!

• Everyone who is anybody and nobody arrives at El Lugar de Cuco!  Rosa's marketing efforts have paid off and the line is wrapped around the corner.
• As the band sets up, we learn that Peralta paid for the set and the lighting.  The cute drummer has a name and it is Juancho. 
• After Dulliver tells Lucas that her invited Peralta (his father), Lucas asks if Dulliver told Peralta that Lucas is in the band.  Dulliver assures Lucas that Peralta doesn't remember him.  Dulliver is incorrect.  Peralta does remember Lucas...well!  Peralta reminds Dulliver that he fired Miggie because Lucas stole his watch!  Dulliver defies his father!  He believes Lucas when Lucas says that he didn't steal from Perala.  Peralta only accused Lucas of larceny because he wanted to break up the boys' friendship.  Peralta insists that Lucas is a criminal.  Rosa overhears the exchange and tries to jump in between the men, Cuco pulls her back before she can say anything.  Peralta denies that he set Lucas up and tells Dulliver that he would have never come to the show had he known that Lucas was in the band.  Dulliver tells Peralta to hit the bricks, he doesn't care.  Lucas gently reminds Dulliver that his father could disinherit him.  Dulliver will no longer be a trust fund baby.  He will be...poor!  Dulliver suddenly has a change of heart and comes to his senses!  He chases after his benefactor, stops him on the street and demands that he return immediately.  Leaving will only confirm for him that Peralta is a big, mean, doody head!  Peralta begins to argue back, but changes his mind when he notices the arrival of Sophia and Ripoll clan!

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It is truly a sad evening out on the patio as we say goodbye to Roberta. Ironically this is episode 18 and Judaism often associates the the number 18 with life ("chai".)

You will be missed, Roberta.

Aldonza has discovered her mother bleeding in the tub. She calls for her tío and he comes in and asks Roberta not to go. Roberta tells him God is punishing her. He's calling her. Padre Jeronimo (Padre J) begs Roberta to hold on. Her daughter needs her.

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Sev waxes rhapsodic about how women who cheat in Santa Lucia are utterly destroyed…and all their descendants, too!  I think when he talks about how the town does that to them, I think he's really talking about himself.  "So, careful what you wish for.  You might get it."

Aldonza confesses to Bernardita that she has had a boyfriend, sort of…not a lover…more like...a platonic love.  Aha!  Bernardita thinks that meant Aldonza "lo hechaste al plato!" (had him on a plate; or, you know…just had him).  OK, Bernardita can't take this topic seriously, Aldonza realizes.  Anyway, that's all over now.  It was a dream and then it became a nightmare…an impossible love.

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Arquimides and Hissabella plan on what they will do to spoil/prevent the wedding. He says he just signed up an extra server/waiter for the wedding catering. He will drive the van. He needs to be near the action too, to coordinate it all. Hissabella drools on how much fun she will have with the unforgettable wedding of the n a c a.

Morning. Siete is slurping Ana’s face, she is not quite aware it is the dog so she says his breath smells bad. She suddenly wakes up and realizes all the young kids are on the bed with them. Fanny comes in, wants for Ana to go with her in the afternoon to start working on picking out a dress for Ana. Meanwhile Fernando wakes up and jolts when he realizes the crowd on the bed. Fernando walks over to Fanny. He asks her for a kiss and they share an embrace.

Fe: You know I love you, right?

Fa: Yes. Dad, I am sorry for the Ana situation…

Fe: I am sorry too. I treated you real bad. I love you. And I will be here for you always… always.

Ana slowly gets all the older kids (had to send Siete to go fetch Nando, Alicia walked in by herself) into a standing hug with Fernando. Just when she has everyone on the hug she grabs a pillow and starts the feather pillow fight while she rolls the bassinet with DN out of the way. Fernando (and Jorge, of course) is enjoying the scene, laughing his head off.

Back to Hissa’s… Arq thought she wanted him to do something related to computers for her. She said hey why not hacking someone’s computer, build an explosive device, etc. I will come up with some genius idea. Arq asks who is it she does not want to get married? She shows him Fanny’s facebook photo of Fernando and Ana on the computer. Fernando and Ana cannot be married.

Back to the feather cloud… Ana is still by the bassinet, Fernando bumps her rear end with a pillow so Ana turns around and joins the fight, directly targeting Fernando. Then she whistles with her finger, time to get ready for school. She gets the troops on line (shorter to taller, which in spanish is called ‘fila india’) then she gets them all to march out… she turns around and gives Fernando a whole lot of kisses… (he enjoys that too, JS must be a fun guy to live with) (all the kids start yelling at Ana to help them… Luz wants her to dress her, Alicia or Sebas asks her to help find the red sweater, etc etc…) while Ana asks Fernando if he is ok ‘I am happy! Feeling better than ever!’ ‘yeah it shows!’ then he asks her to bring her stuff to his bedroom/closet, yeah even her toothbrush lol! (they even squeeze some dance-like shaking). She kisses him, will be right back with her stuff after she helps the kids get ready. (a bit too much Ana yelling is the only bad thing in this scene sequence)

A: I love you!..

F: (pulls her back) I love you!

A: I told you first I love you!... you can’t copy me!! Equis!! (they goof around some more with I love yous and kisses, she leaves him in charge of the baby and he dances his way to the bassinet and picks DN up… this baby is ADORABLE!!)
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Recap by HellaShelle

We’re back with Aldie and the Mother Superior. MS gives Aldie the application and asks if her parents know she’s here. Aldie tells her they do, but her father died a long time ago. MS wants her mother’s phone number and Aldie balks. MS gets right down to it: they don’t know you’re here, do they.

Back to Roberta getting the bad news: lung cancer. Roberta rapidly starts to fray at the seams. She accuses Dr. Gonzalo aka Sleazey, of making this all up to get rid of her because of his son, but Dr. G has integrity (apparently he saves it all for work).  He curtly informs her that he’s a doctor and wouldn’t play with something like this. (Humberto must’ve missed that lecture in med school during his ob-gyn rounds). Rob breaks into tears and he gently embraces her in a brief, but kind, hug. She asks if he’s sure and he says he doesn’t have exact elements to confirm, but pretty much yeah. They need to do surgery to find out how bad it is and what the treatment should be. Can they cure it? Dr. G won’t know without further exploration. She doesn’t know if she wants to go through all of that, she needs to think about it. He reminds her that the faster is better. Rob’s set on finding her daughter first.

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Jobeth, Matias, Irais menage a trois......boring

Daddy Peralta finds Sofia fascinating......zzzzzzzzz

Chava gets a little jealous.......zzzzzzz

Now on to tonight's mediocre episode.

Menage e trois I
Armie finishes Nandito's bedtime story, he texts Alexa, asking if he can call.  Before he can get through, she gets call from Paolo, telling her he sent her photos of the accessories he picked out and  director wants to start filming tomorrow.  He offers to pick her up for the shoot but she tells him she'll meet him there.  This gets her thinking Armando may have a point in suspecting Paolo has the hots for her.

Menage e trois II
Jobeth finds Irais bawling in her room.  She's brought her some aspirin for her “headache”.  Irais accuses Jobeth of using her, making her spend tons of money for two dinners, only to find her, Jobeth, making out with Matias.  Jobeth defends herself, saying it was spontaneous and that really, Matias isn't into Irais.  Irais cries, saying she realizes Jobeth is the pretty one.  Why, she's so upset, she's fogged up her glasses and has to take them off!  LOL!!  She finally gets angry and shoves Jobeth out of her room so she can continue her crying in peace.

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Fernando goes looking for Ana in her room, ends up calling Johnny to get directions to the poledance school. Fernando runs out and won’t even let Soledad say a word…

Freeky remembers when Ana confronted him at Alicia’s bday and called him rabo-verde and prevented him from getting to Fanny alone. Ana arrives at the studio, goes in and starts prepping the tube, Freeky comes behind her and grabs her, knife in hand.

Lo Nuevo:

Ana asks Freeky the obvious, what he’s doing there… he is rough with her, ties her to one of the tubes.

Jenny and Johnny call Fernando(who is in the car on way to polendance studio, he looks anxious), they are curious as to why he wants to talk to Ana, hopefully something good… ‘I can’t wait(ME URGE!!) to talk to Ana, have to tell her how much I love her, that she is the love of my life!(ME URGE!! ME URGE!!)’ Jenny and Johnny are soooo happy for Don Fer and Ana. As he hangs up, Fernando looks a bit worried/sad.

Back to studio, Ana and Freeky argue about whether he had any rights to Fanny, Ana argues Fanny was too young for him… Ana is pleading, he was in hospital in coma, he is not well… Freeky tells her Fernando is his enemy and that he knows Fernando would suffer very much if he lost Ana after losing his first wife.

Fanny very happily tells Lenin she got an 89 in her test. He leaves her alone, he gotta get something for her. She posts a status on her page that she is happy she scored a 89. Leon sees it and ‘likes’ it and posts congrats to her.

Back to studio… Ana makes the mistake of making Freeky even more angry… she then pleads more, 'the kids need me!!'

Fernando’s car arrives, he tells the security idiots that he is going in alone, runs in (if he knew there was any danger in going in, i would argue 'WHO IS THE BIGGER IDIOT??, but he is just running in to talk to Ana, has no suspicion of danger)

Freeky asks Ana to say goodbye to the world just as Ana is pleading and Fernando arrives and yells his name. Fernando backs up a bit when he sees Ana has a knife to her neck. HE begins pleading to Freeky to take him instead. Don Freeky’s ghost appears to Freeky and yells at him to take vengeance now!! Fernando realizes this and starts pleading with Mr Rojas, apologizes for his abrupt decision. Freeky mentions that he spent years planning his revenge. Freeky starts crying while Fernando continues pleading with the ghost… Freeky walks over to where his dad supposedly is… As Freeky is away Fernando uses the moment to untie Ana. By the time Freeky turns around Ana is free and runs out while Fernando and Freeky fight… Fernando is visibly stronger than Freeky since he can push/throw Freeky toward the tubes several times. At the third time Freeky bounces from the tube toward the floor with the knife under him so he is not moving. The security idiot Arroyo arrives and Ana behind him, she calls for Fernando who walks toward her.
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From Friday:
Chava tells Sofia not to fire Pato. She needs to keep him around so they can keep an eye on him.

Fausto and Iker make a date to go to the movies together. Greta's dresses are delivered by the cleaners. Iker suggests that Greta wear the black and white dress. While Fausto isn't looking, Iker puts Octavio's ring into the dress pocket.

Renzi calls Pato to tell him about Armando going to the real estate office. Pato is sure that wherever Armie is, Chava can't be far away. He tells Renzi that those two were up to something. Renzi isn't too worried since he keeps everything under lock and key.

Monday's Episode:
Chava tells Sofia that there were three names on the ownership documents in Renzi's office. He cautions Sofia to hold on to her panties: one of the names was Cipriano Fuentes! Chava is sure that Pato gave Greta that name to use as Sofia's fake father's, which indicates that Pato and Renzi are partners in slime. Manjarres is the guy who is the connection between Renzi, Pato and the sabotage at the factory, but Fuzzy Tavarres hasn't found him yet.
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Mia and Effie, who (has sucked up all the lemons on the earth to have such a sour expression outside of her acting) is clearly annoyed, raise a glass.
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Hi everyone! I'm really looking forward to your comments, you guys are such a fun group to hang with!
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Hi friends,

I have been too busy/sick to follow ANY telenovelas for quite a while. I am offering an award for the best telenovela summary mailed to me to help get me back in the groove. Here are the rules:

1. 150 words or less;
   
2. Must be a telenovela which is currently running on Univision or Telemundo;
   
3. As many lurid, ridiculous, amusing details as possible;
   
4. Excellent cliffhanger ending (you don't have to end where the novela currently is at - anywhere up to the current point will do).
   
5. Submit your entry before March 20.

Mail your entry to caray@mappamundi.com I will announce the winner on March 22. Winner gets:

1. Free downloads of any two of my cds, anything available on my Skylark Productions record label site;
   
2. A link to your synopsis from the sidebar;
   
3. The accolades of your fellow travelers.

I will post the winning entry on the blog, and also the two best runners-up.

Any questions? Really hoping a lot of you will take up the challenge!!

Love, Jane

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