“We are experiencing a happily ever after, we just know it’s not going to last." -- Liz
"Mariachis ...yeah!!!" -- Susan
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Lo Imperdonable #44 Fri 7/17/15 A Passionate Cleansing
I don't have much time today so this will be a short recap:
* Thoughtubbling from Marty and Vero. Both are in different places but via their thoughts they recite the lyrics of the theme song to each other. Marty apologizes to Vero via his thoughts while Vero says that she can't forgive Marty this time.
* Marty via his thoughtbubbling knows that he doesn't deserve Vero's forgiveness. If only she knew how much he loooves her. She's his everything - his light, hope, beginning and end. He needs her respiration. He's sure that he and Vero will get back together. He will find a way for Vero to forgive him. The two will leave the past behind. Marty gets on the boat that will take him one step closer to the city.
* Lucky Old Goat. Not only did he survive the operation but his shall we say intimate parts were left untouched. Now all he must do is take his medication and lose some weight. If he does all this then we'll have to deal with the old goat for a loooong time. Oy vey. The old goat is ready to head back home because he can't stand being in the contaminated city that is full of cars and shameless women. Die Old Goat. Die. Oh and he wants Botel to give him back the letter he had written for Ana Perla. No one must read it. Hmm...
* Emi tells Virginia that he tried to convince Nanci to let her come along to the jungle to meet her people BUT... Virginia "understands". She's ticked off though because Nanci said that she was a bad person. How dare she do that? Emi thinks it must have been Nanci's way of saying "Me no like Virginia". Emi changes the subject and tries to convince her to head back home but Virginia can't. Because she promised her aunt and uncle that she'd return with him.
La Sombra del Pasado #108 (Mx 109) 7-17-15 The return of Cris's spine and Val takes charge: Good vs. evil, lite
Sombra Patio Peeps!Estamos en las Ultimas Semanas!Let’s jump right in.Some members
of the patio have entreated the tn gods that Cris keep the nice, erect spine he
sprouted last episode.Well, our boy
marches in to daddy’s office demanding to know where his lover, Simoneta
is!He cares because Simoneta is
expecting his and Lola’s half sibling and Simoneta is Lola’s mother!Sev
doesn’t accept the child is his but Cris has learned aaaaall about DNA and this
matter can be settled easily.Sev
finally says she is in San Miguel holding up her part of a bargain they
made:Sev claims that Simoneta had an abortion.Sev
shouts that Cris ought to be more concerned about his own unborn child than Sev’s.Cris knows how to take care of his own
business.AND SO DO I!Yells Sev.Cris doesn’t believe Sev one bit and vows to leave no stone unturned
until he finds Simoneta and he prays to God when he finds her that she is
well.Cris leaves Sev using his tongue
to count his teeth.(Igbo saying for
laying something on another’s mind.)
From the Police Station Aldonza calls Hum to tell him Eman
is in jail.Hmm, looks like the same
patient that left the office in indignation the day Hum through Pru out.I guess his cough won out over principal.
Nava, Val and Sev (Los Tres Diablos) are walking.Sev tells Val to trust that Nava will get her momma out of jail and lock
up that low life Eman.They run into
Aldonza, Renato and Silvia as they leave the station.Snarls, yips and hissing ensue. . .Aldonza
(the zorra) should be the one in jail. . .Pru is going to be sued for slander
and defamation of character. . .Sev insults Aldonza’s virtue and she holds Ren
back from charging.After the three walk
away, Val kvetches about how much she HATES Aldonza, Sev caresses her face and
Nava looks at them like, “what the . . .”
Cris goes to the Santa Lucia Hilton to get some info on
Simoneta.The clerk gushes and grins
right into the camera, torn between
whether to flirt with Pablo Lyle and telescope her continuing availability as a
novela extra or actually play the part of the hotel clerk.Pablo, not Cris, looks like he wants to burst
out laughing.Anyway, he gets a
forwarding address for Simoneta but we don’t know if this actress will get
another part.Sheesh!
Amores con Trampa #79 Friday July 17, 2015 Isa and Francis go from bad to worse... Estefi can't deny her 'evil nature' ... Santee tries to come back home but Isa won't have any of him.
Estefi convo with Jacinto… (we hear her thoughts) she feels
bad she is deceiving Jacinto and all the Carmonas but she has to admit her
mother was right, she does not know how to NOT BE bad. She knows she will
eventually betray all the Carmonas.
Isa visits the Carmonas. Notes to Conchita that Conchita is
dressed normally. Says some nonsense about Conchitas clothes getting worn out.
Conchita isn’t buying, she feels GOOD there at the Carmonas because they treat
her as family, something she never felt at the Velasco household.
At San Bartolo Florencio arm wrestles el Panzon. Hilda comes
in and debriefs Florencio about the Maria, Facundo et al happenings. She says
he should have some hope because his letter DID cause some impact on Maria.
Hilda leaves and Florencio mumbles to himself ‘Maria will be mine again!’
Maria does receive Isabel at her house, although treats her
very dryly. Isa has several ‘announcements’ for her. Perpetua went to threaten
her in defense of Maria. But Isa is
willing to follow up on her earlier promise to Maria that she will leave
Facundo alone. Maria is suspicious, and I am too. (good for you Maria).
At office, Beto congratulates Facundo (on staying away from
Isa?)
Felipe catches with Carmen at school, wants to get together
again, she has to check with Facundo (really? How old are you? 8?) Francis
comes again to annoy Carmen and says Carmen dug her own grave. She threatens
Carmen again yada yada… (maybe Francis should go to the eye doctor… not that Felipe
is THAT ugly, but if she is all about appearance, does she really want Felipe
over Diego or is this just a personal vendetta on Carmen and no longer about
the boys?)
Conchita is a bit edgy serving Porfirio in the kitchen. He
complains a bit about her rebellious attitude ‘Calmate! No es para tanto! Estas
hacienda tormenta en vaso de agua’ (calm down, its not so serious! You are making
a storm in a glass of water… meaning… its not that big a deal as you seem to
make it)
Porfirio keeps calling her ‘yeguita’ (mare?)
Carmen admits she never felt for Diego what she has always
felt for Felipe. All she cares about is Felipe. Are you happy now?? (too bad for her that Francis was recording
this conversation and is planning to use that tape to her advantage)
Lo Imperdonable #43 Wed 7/15/15 "And to my grandson Manuel, I leave my second best bed..."
Technology and life have conspired against our beloved LatinInMd in small and aggravating ways today. (No worries, she is just fine!) The upshot is that those of us who look forward to her Wednesday recaps will have to make do with what NovelaMaven can remember about last night's episode. Please fill in with additions, corrections, etc.
Marty and Vero – Dueling Passions
We join Crazy Marty and Vero in a full-blown Harlequin Romance moment. He has just bested her in their duel and with one swift movement of his sword, has sliced off the top button of her blouse. Will she be swept up in the passion of the moment? Hell, no! When Marty is off guard, she knocks his sabre out of his hand, picks up her own, and with its point at his throat, gains the upper hand.
Has he allowed her to win? Probably. She was angry before. This makes her even angrier. She is unwilling to listen to his explanations. Their self-destructive dance has gone on too long. It's too late. They might have been very happy together, but now it's over.
Yo No Creo En Los Hombres Capitulo 3 Wed 7/15/15 : Ari's wonderful day
Sorry for the delayed recap, my family had a 4 hour long power outage and later we were 2 hours without an Internet connection. Anyway despite the hissy rage here is the recap:
(Some scenes were merged out of context)
MD proceeds to break up with Daniel over phone because she has called him over and over but only received one call in return. If she calls now it's because ours is now Basta! Daniel doesn't take it well which affects his driving skills thus he crashes into a lamp nearby. (Is this the final goodbye , the anvil of a century? Let's find out!)
Hoe-Sefa points out to the maid of honor, Honoria that MD will never pay Julian any attention cause he is sick ( And his eyeballs also look like they're shortly falling out of the sockets but he is still a great guy) . Hoe-Sefa also reminds Honoria that Max came with other interests rather than actually offering help but MD will choose him anyway. Hon forces her to shut it and it takes three tries till the Duck Tape Curse takes effect or not because Hoe-Sefa promises a sweet revenge to be had.
La Sombra del Pasado #107 (Mx 108) - Wed 7/15 - Inebriated absent one's posterior
OK, the Tomas-Silvia outing is set for Friday and he insists on paying. He also offers to snog her on the park bench, but she laughingly resists…sorry all, but she looks like she's enjoying it…at least until Pru shows up to make a scene. Don't be calling Silvia a "golfa!" (Three guesses what that means, and you'll only need one. Drink!) Can Silvia sue her for that? I'd watch those court proceedings. Pru calls Tomas her "EX-novio" and stands on the bench to shout out to all the passersby that no, he's her AMANTE (lover), because the lady here is MARRIED, is she not? Even if it won't be for much longer. Silvia's watching this in fascination. Tomas calls her out for going to Aldonza's house last night and says she's a hypocrite because he's her AMANTE! AMANTE! AMANTE! His unseemly behavior drives Pru away and drives Tomas and Silvia into gales of laughter.
Disclaimer: This show is already driving me nuts, cast your votes patio peeps, how long before I start my recaps with my classic "I wish they would all just die" line? I give it two more weeks, maybe less!
Cresensio is in Mexico City, he needs an operation to make sure his heart keeps ticking, Botel and the other doctor assure him that the operation has minimal risks, but that without it he will die (yay!)
Cres does not want the surgery because he is afraid he will die and he can't leave this planet while AP is still mad at him, he wants to have the chance to apologize to her for his past treatment, he is also not wild about the operation having to be preformed near his boy parts, Botel convinces him to go under the knife.
Veronica hears the conversation crazy Marty was having with Padre Juan, she's hurt that he feels he can't trust her, Padre Juan looks like he'd rather be anywhere else but in the Santelmo hovel, he tells them they love each other and that they can work through their issues.
Veronica and Marty argue-what else is new? She can't believe that he still does not trust her, why does he think she's a slut? Marty tries to explain that he has issues but Vero is fed up and does not stick around to hear his excuses, she goes to see Magdalena.
Magdalena tells her to give Marty a chance, they love each other and their love will help them overcome their issues.
Yo No Creo En Los Hombres #2 Tue 7/14/15: Of Good Gals and Gossips
Discuss here till recap up. --tks! Parte 1~~
Attorney Max Bustamonte has seen a woman in distress and lends her a hand –luhv at first site for the gal (Maria Delores) and the galán to be. He steps as White Knight—his charitable deed for the day—and tells the detective to back of backbiting poor M.D. for now. Copperhead Cop says until he can prove her story she’s suspect número uno.
As for Maria Delores, how’s she going to pay? He may be a terrific attorney but she just lost her job. Skinny Boy Brotherly Friend (Julian) says he’ll take care of that and not to worry. Then he tells his story to Max.
La Sombra del Pasado, Capítulo 106 (Mx 107), 07-14-15
Short: Pato and Lola are getting
married! One of them’s happy about it. Tomás is back home and ready to do good.
Pru is proud of her mob antics. Lola tells Cris about S/V’s pregnancy and
disappearance. Eman gets arrested. He tells Don Antonio the truth about El
Solitario, but Don Toño’s on his side. PJ says Cande would be the woman of his
life…if he hadn’t become a priest. Ren(/Aldi) will press charges against Pru. Sev
forges Cris’s signature to put El Solitario back in his name so that he can
legally crush Eman.
Long: Adelina and PJ put Baby Aldi
to sleep. PJ will try to figure out what happened with those crazy people tomorrow, but she should get
some rest tonight. On the stairwell, Adelina fairly bursts: What’s wrong with these
people?! They could’ve set the house on fire! They could’ve hit Aldonza or
Dominga with one of those bricks! PJ doesn’t get the incredible stupidity
either, but thinks Pru’s off her rocker and chances are she paid those people.
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. Read more »
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.]
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lo Imperdonable #40 Fri 7/10/15 Cousins Doing Things Cousins Don't Do
(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.
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.
"Gio asks him what kind of woman he wants for his father. Yeah, I agree, let's get her delivered online.” -- Weirdo
“I don't care if you're a completely unqualified 'undercover' spy, when you're alone in a hotel with a man and you hear him freak out because he finds out an innocent young girl ISN'T dead, you leave the room!!!" -- Darcy Buchanan
“Okay, no. Just NO. If you two get jiggy on the cucaracha table, you CANNOT sit with me on the patio. JUST TAKE YOUR DRINKS AND GO. " -- Blue Lass