Tuesday, July 14, 2015
La Sombra Del Pasado #105, 7/13/15: Maybe it's time to leave town
Morning peeps here's your recap:
Humberto and his shrew
Poor Humberto, I think we can all agree that his life poor choices have finally caught up with him, his wife belongs in an episode of Cheaters and his daughter, well, she needs some serious professional help. Today, Humberto's wife shows up at his clinic and tells him that she will never give him the divorce and if he moves forward she will take him to the cleaners. She also accuses him of cheating on her with Aldonza, aka, her favorite whipping boy.
Humberto tries to talk sense into her but Pru will have none of it, finally, her crazy overwhelms Humberto and he drags her out of his office, Pru, ever the evil shrew starts screaming and asking him not to hit her any more, he tells her she is out of her mind and tosses her out of the clinic. This all happens in front of a few patients, Hum apologizes and asks Blanca to send in the next patient, but having witnessed the madness that patient leaves the clinic so fast that you'd think the place was on fire- the next patient does go in to see Hum but does not look too happy at having to see Hum.
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Lo Imperdonable #41 Mon 7/13/15 Can This Marriage Be Saved? - or - Crazy Marty Redux.
I love you, brother. No, not you, my other brother.
Manuel pulls out a long, scary knife. Yikes! He has caught Pablo outside Ana Perla's window. We've seen Manuel try to murder a man with far less provocation. (Ana Perla herself is locked up on the other side of the house and unaware of the unfolding drama.) "Kill me!" shouts Pablo, with more bravado than brains. Before Manny can oblige, the padre shows up (thank God) and separates the two men. He sends Pablo to the church and sticks around to try to talk some sense into the Manny. He warns him that his hateful ways have alienated him from God and man alike. Manny doesn't care – he'll take money over love any day. And he tells the padre to watch his back – he's tired of him meddling in his life
Inside the house, Ana Perla is still sitting in her grandfather's locked bedroom, her dinner tray on her lap, while Julio pines on the other side of the door. At last he works up the courage to tell her he loves her. Unfortunately he chooses the wrong verb in this treacherous language. Te quiero, he tells her. This leaves room for Ana Perla to respond in kind. "I love you too. Like a brother." [Oh crap, Julio. You should have gone for broke with Te amo.]
Ginny marks her territory while Dr. F fumes
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Monday, July 13, 2015
Yo No Creo En Los Hombres, Gran Estreno Monday 7/13/15
Foreword
I'm
back. Here in Mexico City where the air is hot, the margaritas
frozen, and the people at each other's throats.
A
while ago I helped tell the tale of a disappearance, a stolen
inheritance, a eunuch drug dealer, and two men in love with the same
woman. Now I'm back because I've been told there is good and evil on
both sides of the income spectrum and the men on both sides are just
as skeevy in how they treat women.
Maybe
somebody should tell them that the biggest bitch in the world is
Karma. I'm not religious, but I can believe in that.
And
while I like how easy it is to edit and copy stuff on the computer,
the heat doesn't like my computer. So if I skimp on the dialogue
from time to time that's the reason.
So
sit back, cut a slice of lime, and get out the salt and the shot
glass. This is hot off the press.
– Dashiell
Hammett
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Amores con trampa #76 and #77 7/13/15 and 7/14/15
Hilda
While Rocio wasn’t looking, she swiped her phone.
She also delivered a letter from Florencio to Maria. Can Hilda just go away? Please?
Maria and Facundo Take One
Facundo literally stumbles onto the letter from Florencio. He confronts Maria and doesn’t let her explain a thing. Fac reads the letter. Florencio is still madly in love with Maria. In the letter he asks Maria to forgive him for showing up at her house. It’s just that without her he’s nothing. He misses her and wants a second chance.
Well, Fac is not cool with that. He wants to kill Florencio. And worse...he actually accuses Maria of thinking of cheating. Oh, worse! He actually wonders if Maria was starting something with Florencio before the Carmonas left SBeC.
This earns him a well deserved slap from Maria.
Maria stands her ground. She is not a cheater. Fac finally gets it together and begs Maria to forgive him. He was talking stupid. He wants to bust his own nose for saying it.
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: EL SEÑOR DE LOS CIELOS 3, TIERRA DE REYES, AVENIDA BRASIL, etc – week of July 13, 2015
Here's your page for the week, my friends. Enjoy!Labels: avenida, celia, telemundo, tierra
Celia-index
Sunday, July 12, 2015
La Vecina-Highlights and Discussion #11-19 July 6-17
15 episodes in and here's what we have.
Triangles and Torment
Antonio, Sara, Isabel
Sara, Antonio, Cheo
Antonio and Sara fell in love over a three day period. But Antonio is still attached to Isabel and Sara can't get rid of Cheo.
Update: Now Sara is in the DF and Antonio is trying to shuffle her without Isa finding out.
And Sara's friend Bruno is convinced that Antonio is a player de lo peor.
Update: And it only got worse since he found out Antonio is engaged.
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Saturday, July 11, 2015
Que Te Perdone Dios #123: Jail House Rock Meets The Never-ending Story Of Musical Chairs
The real Ximena appears right after Macaria lies that Xi’s decided to skedaddle to more fertile and rewarding climes now that Fausto’s been reduced to living on borrowed time if not embezzled/burgled assets. Macaria is WTF-seen-a-ghost impactada. Just who the hell did she kill, she wonders?
In town, Marcelino and Diego are asking Comandante Barragan (who's having as hard a time keeping track of everybody turning themselves in and going to jail for some horrid crime or other as Viewerville is) for 24 hours more so that Diego can arrange his affairs before turning himself in. The Comandante says fine and that he’s arranging for Mateo to be released ASAPP.
At the same time, Simona and Toño say their good-byes. He’s going to do his time and then go to the seminary to become a priest, as we remember. Sim won’t be an Abuela, but she’ still proud of the change in Tony, drastic as it is. And, across the room, Teodora and the bald-as-a-baby’s buttocks de Max kiss good-bye. He’s goin’ in the poky as well today.
Meanwhile, Dr. Duarte explains to Renata that his agreement with Porfirio Zarazua got Pat the means of destroying Fausto once and for all in exchange for artificially inseminating Xi-ella with Dr. Pat’s sperm. He swears there was no sex involved whatsoever. Can she forgive him? Wel-l-l-l-l yes. If there’s one thing Abigail has taught her, it’s love means never having to say you’re sorry (er…wasn’t that a different novella?)--love means forgiving. And by the way, they don’t really know who is having his baby nor who he was really married to all those years. What???? Pat has no idea what she means. Ren explains that Xi has a twin sister. She knows this because she saw them with her own eyes! (Dun-dun-dun-dunnnn!)
Teodora returns home to find Ximena pretending to be Daniella needing to speak with her nephew right away! Teo explains that Max has turned himself in to do penance for keeping quiet about all the crimes he knew his daddy’d done. Danmena stops the masquerade and tells Teo to pick up her stuff and get the heck out of her home. She’s only tolerated Max’s marrying a housekeeper because she had to but now that he’s gone to jail, hopefully he’ll die of leukemia there! “—SCRAM!”
Teo exits stage left and Padre Tomas enters stage right (or maybe that’s vice versa). He wants to know if it’s true she’s expecting his child? A child that will bear the shame of being a priest’s bastardo! She says sure it is, Tommy. Why not come with me and we’ll live free and easy. No, he’ll have to talk it over with Dios first, he tells her.
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Friday, July 10, 2015
Lo Imperdonable #40 Fri 7/10/15 Cousins Doing Things Cousins Don't Do
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scenes out of order and some have been combined)
Marty has promised Vero that he'll control himself and listen to her before turning into Crazy Marty (™ NovelaMaven). (Let's take a bet - How long before he breaks his promise? I give him two days) He gets all lovey dovey with her and using his charms err kisses he's able to convince her to give him a second chance under the condition that he keeps his word and controls himself. First, Marty tells Vero that he would love to stay and be all lovey dovey with her forever. Then he tells her that he has to go work at the mine. Smooth Marty. Smooth. Before leaving, he asks Vero if things are a little better between them. Vero tells him that they are.
Emi has seen Virginia at the cantina and he isn't amused. Usch! That's just what needed - for her to come slithering to town to asphyxiate him. He sits down and serves himself a drink. Virginia explains she had to come because his parents decided to travel to Cancun earlier than expected. They would have noticed he wasn't there and realized he was in Mina Escondida. Emi thinks Virginia ratted him and she denies it. She informs him that daddy is on his way over there. From behind, Daniel watches as Virginia talks with Emi and isn't a happy camper.
Pablo has showed up unexpectedly at Blanquita and Polo's door. Blanquita is reluctant to let him come in since 1. they aren't allowed to hang out with him anymore 2. it could cause them problems with her parents and grandfather. While Blanquita tries to close the door shut, Polo tries to open the door and let Pablo in. Pablo explains he came to see their mother Raymunda to talk to her and let her know how things are. Eventually, Blanquita lets him come in and she calls her mother telling her there is someone at the door.
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La Sombra del Pasado #104, 7/10/15: No cliff hanger, just more annoyance
Greetings, all!
There
was essentially no review tonight and we get right to Val’s confession to Cande
that she shot Aldonza and only regrets she failed to kill her!
Cande calls her stupid!
Val’s justification is that as long as that
zorra is alive Cris will never have anything to do with her!
Cande counters that he certainly won’t when
he finds out what she did.
Val reveals
that she knows Aldonza is out of the hospital:
she was the one who called the front desk, not Cande.
Cande demands to know where the rifle is and
Val runs upstairs to get it where she’s kept it hidden.
Tomas is consulting with the statue of a saint he’s dusting
when Pru walks up and hears him talking about his latest amorous target,
Silvia. He drags her out of the church
and refuses to answer her questions about who “is robbing her of his love!” He is
decidedly cold. It’s over between
them: he tried to kill himself for her
and she didn’t even show up! He rejects
her efforts to butter and kiss him up though he asks aloud amid her
ministrations, “Why is the flesh so weak?”
Tomas gathers himself and pushes her away. Pru
tells him about Teresa “betraying them” and her threat to publish the intimate
details of their affair. Pru wants Tomas
to shut her mouth permanently! Does she
thinks he’s capable of killing someone in cold blood? Pru answers very quickly, YES! As Tomas protests while admitting he has
flaws but he would never. . .Pru meets his protests with suggestions of mayhem
of a lesser degree, like breaking her knees.
He is NOT going to touch one single hair on a woman’s head! His protests fall on deaf ears as she whips
out her wallet to give him some monetary incentive. Disgusted, Tomas finally leaves when Pru
refuses to, wiping her slime off his face as he goes.
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Amores con Trampa #75 The Neanderthal is behaving even worse and Isa has found a new career for Mireya, who is not that thrilled. Rocio and Estefani bump noses... Florencio plays his last card.
Beto and Rocio repeat from Thursday. Rocio thinks marriage
is just a paper. Beto surprised but he asks of she doesn’t want to marry him.
Of course she does! He is willing to marry her anyway, even if they have to run
away like his parents did. ‘I will marry you… because I will marry you!’
Back in SBeA Florencio punches Panzon but is nice enough to
then help him with some ice on the eye and buys him a stake and sausage dinner
because Panzon said the scare made him hungry (tragon). Panzon asks if
Florencio will sit down with him but he almost gets punched again. Heck no!
Beto shows Rocio a picture of his family and says they will
make their own family. They look soooo good together! Rocio still a bit reluctant to just get
married in hiding. She asks Beto to
really think about it. Beto says once we get married we’ll just tell them and
that’s that! Rocio still thinks it’s a crazy plan. But he is the bravest guy
she’s ever met and the one that accepts her as she is and brings out the best
in her. He assures her she will be his
wife… and no one will stop that.
(smooch).
At Carmonas, its nighttime. Gusana is trying to cheer up
Jacinto. They are a bit upset they can’t see Alejandra anymore. She’s their
friend. Jacinto even mentions some
hypnosis plan. He walks around and ends
up saying its not a problem for the smarts, it’s a problem for the heart. He is
downgrading himself saying he knows nothing about issues of the heart. Gusana again tries to cheer him up. She is even willing to lie to her parents,
which would be a first for her.
In their bedroom, Maria asks Facu if they went overboard
with Beto. He says no way. We have to stay strong in our decisions. For our
family. Maria recognizes Rocio and Beto
really love each other. Facu says that’s
because you are getting close to her.
Facu even suggest Maria fire Rocio and hire a new sales help. Maria
refuses. It would be like Facu fired Felipe.
No. Facu changes the subject and
says he likes when they talk things over and get agreement. HE will never allow anyone to cause him to
lose her. We are together in this (boy,
man, you are very selective in when it is convenient to have her around).
In the Velasco bedroom, Isa has put on a white rather dated
nightie… Santee is almost losing his breath from all the perfume she put
on. She is lighting up some aromatics.
Santee is worried they will burn down ‘da house!... She keeps acting a bit strange, flirty…
Santee asks if she took more pills than usual.
She is upset, she is trying, they went together to the grocery store and
out to eat… she is trying, don’t you want us to fix our relationship? … She then tries the nose rubbing flirting…
he thinks asking her what she is pretending… she thinks a response you will
find out soon enough and you will regret having deceived me.
Back at Carmona’s, Beto is arriving, trying to make the
least noise possible but of course he runs into some things downstairs. When Beto
gets to his bedroom, Maria and Facu are there waiting for him.
When Estefani arrives in a taxi, Rocio has been waiting for
her outside and confronts her, trying to find out what she is up to. Rocio says the Carmonas are the nicest people
she knows. Estefani tells Rocio that she
is behaving just like her aunt Isa, mentioning a crystal ball like trying to
guess what everyone else thinks and plans.
Rocio still isn’t buying any of Estefani’s schemes. Tells Estefani she destroyed her aunt and
uncle’s relationship and now is trying to break up the Carmonas. It is Estefani’s turn to not buy any. Estefani cares about Maria like a sister, and
‘we both know Facundo is a man any woman would desire… but he is my ‘sister’s
man!’ Rocio affirms she is also willing
to do whatever to defend her relationship with Beto. Estefani lists her daily
tasks as Mary Poppins: help Jacinto with his incontinence, helps Gusana with
her problems at school, helps Carmen with the Ho-wanna be girls who bully her,
and even Beto with the big problem he has with his dad… precisely because he
loves you… and you will thank me. Rocio
says don’t butt in there, I will see how I solve the problem and I will defend
Beto with nails and teeth. Estefi says maybe you are too young to know
that there are problems that nails and teeth will not solve… Rocio just leaves after saying ‘you have been
warned!’ Estefi asks herself why doesn’t
anyone believe me?
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Weekend Discussion: Novela Stars in English!
Before we knew them as novela characters -- stereotyped or otherwise -- some were in English-language movies and TV. Just to mention two here:
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Lo Imperdonable #39 Thu 7/9/15
Veronica wants to confront her accusers, but nobody is brave enough to have an honest talk - and, yet, everyone blames her for being bad
Hello, everyone. I'm going to have to keep this short, as I'm not home - Mr. Noel and I are visiting our parents before the baby comes and I'm still able to travel comfortably.
So here is the quick retelling of last night's shenanigans in Mina Escondida:
- Emi and Martin meet in the forest and Emi explains that nothing happened between he and Vero, they just stumbled and fell on the bed together - haha, this is actually funny, because it's true; Daniel was the one to take him to the hovel, he didn't come willingly; Martin still doesn't care, he wants Emi out of their lives; Emi is willing to step aside, even if Martin doesn't deserve it, with the way he's been treating Vero and the place where he makes her live (can't argue with that); he just hopes that his sacrifice will be worth it
- Crescencio won't allow Pablo to date Ana Perla, he is "saving" her for Eleazar; Pablo tries to plead his case, Manuel protests ..... zzzzzzzzz
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Que Te Perdone Dios #122 – Meet Padre Toño, and Body Count Increases By Two
Fausto visits Mateo in jail. Mateo reviles him, says Fausto’s
blood burns in his veins. That could be West Nile virus, Mat. You should get that
checked out. There’s no doubt that Fausto is ill, though. He tells Mat that
with him in jail, the coast is clear for Fausto to have Abi, by seduction or by
force. He doesn’t care which. The point is he never se queda con las ganas, especially when he has worked so long and
hard to get something. Mat ineffectually warns him, “¡No te atrevas!” (Don’t you dare!).
Renata is awake after her two month coma! I love that the
whole ‘Renata confessing to Abigail’ scene was averted. Abi calls her mom, Ren
is happy. Dr. Apple Cheeks buts in, kind of ruining the moment, and wants to revisarla a Renata. She says she is
fine, and as we’ll see later in the episode, Dr. Pat won’t be getting close enough
for any exams any time soon. Ex-Crazy Con comes in, sees Ren awake, and hugs
are exchanged all around.
Ren is brought up to speed on Helena’s untimely passing. I
only saw the last part of last night’s episode, so I appreciated Ex-Crazy’s
recap: Mat and Diego went to confront Fausto for being their dad. Diego got loco and pulled a gun, intending to
shoot Fausto. Mat wrested the gun away, shooting Helena in the process. She
told the truth about Diego’s parentage and it cost her life. Diego left town at
Mat’s request, to keep him safe from Fausto. It’s mostly true, except that we
know that it was Diego who accidentally shot Helena.
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Thursday, July 09, 2015
La sombra del pasado #103 7/9/15
Valeria gives back the engagement ring. She tells Cris she'll take it back if he changes his mind. Cris responds with a rousing chorus of "We are never ever ever getting back together." Val spews some venom about Aldonza and does this flouncy dizzy spell maneuver. Cris comes running and she pouts about him faking concern. She knows she doesn't matter to him. Oh and Val, the 80s called, they want their shirt back.
Aldonza tells Adelina she's going to give Renato a try. Adelina approves. Aldonza is going to put all her effort into the relationship. Whatever.
Cris has saddled up the horse and he's going for a ride. He needs to get away from the oppressive atmosphere. All talk buddy. I would be more impressed if you were packing your bags and getting the hell out permanently. A midnight ride just ain't cuttin' it with me, Pablo Revere.
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Lo Imperdonable #38 Wed 7/8/15 "Arguments and Fistfights Abound....And V-Snake Barely Sets Foot in Town to Wreak More Havoc"
The full recap is here now.
(some scenes are combined)
Lo viejo: Dr. Feelgood drops off Emi at the San Telmo hovel. Veronica tells him he can go. She can handle Emi and will just have to wake him up with a cup of coffee or a bucket of water. (Now why didn't she go with this Plan A, instead of trying to lug a drunken deadweight twice her size off the bed?)
Lo nuevo: Martin arrives home and notices the romantic candlelit dinner awaiting him on the table. He heads to the bedroom with a wicked smile that quickly turns to a look of rage. He picks up and punches Emi, who conveniently lands in a chair and continues sleeping. Vero tries to explain, but Martin is enraged and screaming right in her face, saying:
"The whole world warned me." She asks what he is talking about. He continues:
"I'm an imbecile and you are a......" She screams at him to shut up and not say something he'll be sorry about later. As he goes berserk, he accidentally head butts her squarely on her nose. (And that was clearly NOT in the script, because it was a REAL head butt. Poor Ana Brenda deserves combat pay for this scene.)
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Wednesday, July 08, 2015
La Sombra del Pasado #102 - Wed 7/8 - Please don't go!
Aldonza says she and Renato have decided to date, and she'd rather do it without baggage. Cris is angry, but Aldonza says her disappointment with him killed her love. The judge calls them into his office and Cris tells Aldonza she wins…"Let's go end this farce."
Melesio gives the guys a pep talk about how you have to keep working and do the best job possible even if working for Satan himself scares the crap out of you. Speaking of the devil…Sev appears to tell them all to quit yapping and get back to work and mentions docking people's pay. Sev tells Mel to get the horses they're taking to Puebla ready…with Cris' help. But Cris is out running a personal errand.
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Amores con trampa #73 and #74 7/8/15 and 7/9/15
This week's meeting of the Ernesto Laguardia Fan Club will now come to order. Please rise for our leader: Jarifa.
Her most excellent recap of Mr. Laguardia's performance will follow in the comments. Oh, and she'll tell us about the other people, too.
;-)
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Lo Imperdonable #37 Tue 7/7/15 Baby Emi has a bad bad day
Quick bullet style recap can be found below; my recaps will probably be done in this way until Sombra ends, then I'll have more time for longer, more detailed posts, enjoy!
- Emiliano makes his way to Veronica's house and quickly makes an ass of himself. Vero looks a little dirty- but that's because she's doing house work, Emiliano won't listen and berates her for living in poverty.
- Vero explains that she is in her home doing house work, that's why she's a mess, and yes maybe her hands are rough but that's because she has been doing work all work dignifies a person.
- Emi throws things. Seriously. This jackass breaks furniture in Vero's house because he feels she's not being treated like a princess. I'm not making this up. It really happened. My mouth hit the floor.
- Vero makes Emi leave.
- Emi leaves and bumps into Marty, he reads him the riot act for the way Vero is living. Marty tells him that Vero is happy and in love with him, and she's happy with her home.
- They fight.
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Que Te Perdone Dios Capitulo 120- Twin Fiasco all the way
( Some scenes were merged out of context )
This is my final recap for this show. It's been a blast learning how to do recapping and will now pass my skills on recapping YNCH. Make sure to catch me up sometimes !
- Previously: Despite poor Ben growing a pair of balls , Diana didnt like the smell so she jumped off a cliff barefolded much to Mac's and Ben's shock. Too bad, no early retirement for Dianaconda! Before jumping Di acts all maternal suddenly and hands over the baby.
- Present: Ben and Mac try to escape from the crime scene but unfortunately come into The Devil's cross hairs. Faust asks them what happened and dumb Mac explains it all with lies of course . Mac claims that she took the baby because Di threatened them and all was done for free but Faust doesn't believe it cause there isn't a thing Mac would do for free.
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