Tuesday, December 08, 2015
Pasión y Poder #23 Monday 20151207 Arturo Gives Erick and Nina the Finger
Something is wrong with Blogger. It keeps saying that I logged out and shutting down on me. I can't make this better. Sorry.
Telenovela Dictionary:
angry forefinger: the physical stance in which Arturo Montenegro arranges his body once he has become enraged by the action or words of the idiots in his personal and professional life. The position consists of Arturo Montenegro entering an moron's personal space, and slightly crouching down while jabbing a extended index finger in an upward motion towards the his or her chin. At this stage he is normally screaming and pulling out his hair. This should not be confused with the "I'm about to explode fist".
Telenovela Dictionary:
angry forefinger: the physical stance in which Arturo Montenegro arranges his body once he has become enraged by the action or words of the idiots in his personal and professional life. The position consists of Arturo Montenegro entering an moron's personal space, and slightly crouching down while jabbing a extended index finger in an upward motion towards the his or her chin. At this stage he is normally screaming and pulling out his hair. This should not be confused with the "I'm about to explode fist".
I'm about to explode fist: the physical stance in which Arturo Montenegro arranges his body right before he becomes enraged by the action or words of the idiots in his personal and professional life. The position consists of Arturo Montenegro entering an idiot's personal space, slightly crouching down and lifting a fist with a bent index finger motioning towards the idiot. While the bent index finger is not yet extended, it is positioned higher that the other fingers. It is a warning sign to all idiots before he crosses over into the angry forefinger (see above) stage. In this stage he is still may be attempting to reason with the said idiot, but is beginning to realize that you can't reason with a fool. Please note, that because they are imbeciles, most of the people in his professional and personal life do not take heed to the warning signs and continue to provoke him into the angry forefinger (see above) stage.
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Monday, December 07, 2015
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #73 Monday, 12-7-15 (Mex 102) In Which Fiorella Finds a Knife Protruding from the Angeles Family Back
Ciao, Patio Peeps! Are y'all all refreshed from a day away from our dysfunctional bunch of ego-maniacs, vultures, swindlers and sadistic seniors intent on sucking the joy out of young lovers' lives? Well, let's catch up with the madness in Dos Rios, picking up where we left off. Pardon the choppiness, I'm going to try to go scene by scene.
Pedro and Gianluca's yelling goes to blows right inside La Dolce Vita: Pedro is attacking Gianluca for his part in deceiving the poor, dying Vittorio and Luca accuses Pedro of being a typical, cynical rich dude and trying to make Fiorella his personal plaything. Domingo breaks up the fight and Pedro leaves in a huff.
Pedro arrives at ACorp just after Benigno has signed the papers which form the new fused company headed up by the Ass. Benigno asks for a list of ACorps customers so as to insure there is no conflict of interest between the two client bases. Pedro exchanges sharp words with Assvaldo, then leaves with Aitana trailing him. Benigno and his wife discuss the still lost cell phone. The whole group toasts the merger.
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Pedro and Gianluca's yelling goes to blows right inside La Dolce Vita: Pedro is attacking Gianluca for his part in deceiving the poor, dying Vittorio and Luca accuses Pedro of being a typical, cynical rich dude and trying to make Fiorella his personal plaything. Domingo breaks up the fight and Pedro leaves in a huff.
Pedro arrives at ACorp just after Benigno has signed the papers which form the new fused company headed up by the Ass. Benigno asks for a list of ACorps customers so as to insure there is no conflict of interest between the two client bases. Pedro exchanges sharp words with Assvaldo, then leaves with Aitana trailing him. Benigno and his wife discuss the still lost cell phone. The whole group toasts the merger.
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Yo No Creo en los Hombres #102 Lunes 12/7/15
Chapter
102: Crocodile Tears
Maleny
sat in the chair at the desk. She did not look at her mother, her
brother, or the two accomplices in the room.
“I
don't blame you. Now I take in my own hands the only thing I'm
grateful you gave me. My life.”
She
then raised the pistol to her temple and fired. She fell to the
floor, overturning the chair.
Úrsula's
jaw dropped and she cried out. Danny-Boy began to cry. Jacinto
froze. His eyes bugged out. Arango closed his eyes in pain.
“You
didn't do this. It was Daniel!” Úrsula cried. “It was
Daniel.”
Daniel
ran out. Isidro entered the room and stopped dead.
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: Bajo el Mismo Cielo and Fatmagul: Week of December 7, 2015
Well, thanks to Juanita, last week saw a successful launch for the new team here at Telemundo y Más, full of great recaps & comments Now it's my turn and I'm already grateful for the enthusiastic support you all have shown us. So here's the new page for the week starting out on Pearl Harbor Day.
We continue with Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Señora Acero (still in últimas semanas), and Fatmagul, which is an Azteca (I think?) show that Vivi kindly synopsed for us recently. As always, we encourage you to join the conversation. Since discussion of all these novelas takes place on the same page, please remember to put the name of the novela you're discussing at the top of your post, so people can easily find commentary about the ones they're watching.
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La Vecina Highlights and Discussion #118-122* Dec. 7-11
*This can be corrected if it is incorrect. With the events in San Bernadino last week, there was an episode missing.
Mariana is the best!
Mariana is the best!
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¿Qué nos cuenta, Caray, Caray!? (December 7, 2015)
Friday, December 04, 2015
Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #72 Thu 12/3/15 (Mex 101) The things we do for love
In the midst of the refrito, a detail catches my ear…Gael says that none of the Angeles can get thrown out of the house until Eloisa's will is completed. Funny how they keep making up new rules for why they're all stuck living together.
Fi's latest argument with Gianluca ends with a demand that he never kiss her again. Boo!
Ramiro gets all dressed up and goes to La Dolce Vita to check out Diana…and he makes it clear to Domingo that he is, indeed, checking out Diana (busy flirting with Vitto). Vitto even wanders over, giving Ramiro the chance to say that the meal is excellent, and oh by the way, that woman over there is his neighbor who he has the hots for. She doesn't know they're neighbors but he watches her all the time…with her son. Well, Vitto is convinced Beto is her nephew, so that gets Ramiro nowhere. He breaks it to Ramiro that Diana's spoken for…ohh, not by him! He's an honorable lech…er, leech…er, man who's about to get married. Fake-sad Ramiro asks for the check.
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Fi's latest argument with Gianluca ends with a demand that he never kiss her again. Boo!
Ramiro gets all dressed up and goes to La Dolce Vita to check out Diana…and he makes it clear to Domingo that he is, indeed, checking out Diana (busy flirting with Vitto). Vitto even wanders over, giving Ramiro the chance to say that the meal is excellent, and oh by the way, that woman over there is his neighbor who he has the hots for. She doesn't know they're neighbors but he watches her all the time…with her son. Well, Vitto is convinced Beto is her nephew, so that gets Ramiro nowhere. He breaks it to Ramiro that Diana's spoken for…ohh, not by him! He's an honorable lech…er, leech…er, man who's about to get married. Fake-sad Ramiro asks for the check.
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Pasión y Poder #22, Thursday, December 3, 2015: The Fall of Erick Montenegro. (And it's SO not fair!)
A Foundation of Cruelty – The Letters
Eladio takes the crumpled paper out of Julia's hands, smooths it out, and realizes it's a letter from Arturo. So she's still seeing him! Julia protests. That letter is 20 years old!
In Eladio's eyes, that's even worse. She has kept Arturo's letters with the photos of her precious son, and after all those years, she is still moping over them.
Julia says she was cleaning house – she was going to get rid of the letters.
"Since you were going to tear up the letters," he says, snatching the small bundle out of her hand, "I'll help you."
He rips each page deliberately, his eyes on Julia's face. Now he looks down at the pieces on the floor. "And if you ever have anything to do with Arturo Montenegro again..."
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Yo No Creo en los Hombres #101 Thursday 12/3/15 Family Trees and Histories
Recap of many things, ending with Pyscho Guard catching MD square in the belly with her nightstick. MD goes down and passes out right next to a panicking Dan, who has suddenly realized that if MD loses the baby, all of his/Ursula's plans are over.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #52 Thursday 12/3/15 The Episode Where Grown-ups Make Bad Decisions and the Children Suffer
Don Augusto, Elias and Sandra discuss Alicia's work performance. Sandra thinks she is super "green" (newbie) when it comes to her position. Elias disagrees, he feels that Alicia is doing wonderfully as a creative director. He also wonders why Sandra and Augusto are referring to each other as "Ud" when they have known each other for 10 years...is it because he is in the room? Sandra believes Elias is singing praises where it does not belong. Augusto has the final say as always and he agrees with Elias more than Sandra this time. His reports show that clients are happy with Alicia.
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Alicia gets a call from a very distraught Magos. Once Alicia calms her down she learns more about the accident. Not so bright Magos and Chanclas the Bozo walked away with mere scratches while Ximena is in a more dire state.
Roberto arrives at the public hospital near the accident. He found out the location because he happened to see Magos climb into the ambulance. The whole family eventually arrive at the hospital waiting to her news of Ximena while Chanclas the Bozo lurks in the background. The doctor informs the family that Ximena is out of critical condition but she has a fractured knee. She needs surgery immediately to enhance her chances of a successful recovery in regards to walking. Unfortunately they do not have a orthopedic surgeon at the hospital. Alicia wants the doctor to tell her the best place (public or private) with the best doctor to do Ximena's surgery. She does not care about the costs. As the doctor and Alicia leaves Roberto notices Chanclas making a run for it. They have a heart to heart and Beto lays everything out. He knows that Chanclas had sinister plans against the Guiterrez family with his accomplice Axilla. Beto also knows that he was never once interested in his own daughter...better yet someone like him does not deserve a family and he needs to disappear once and for all. Chanclas now understands Beto is the "Black Panther" his buddy was referring to earlier. Roberto channels his inner Bond and sternly warns Chanclas to disappear forever.
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| "I can channel scary face just as easily as my puppy dog one" |
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Thursday, December 03, 2015
Antes muerta que Lichita #51 Wednesday 12/2/15 "The Rise of the Black Panther"
Wow! What an episode! So many details! So let's get right to it. . . .
Just when we thought Alicia had gotten into the cab with Pits (El Axilas) it turns out that they played us in the previews and that Roberto appears just in time to prevent Alicia from ever getting into the taxi. He grabs Alicia by the arm and tells her that he has to talk to her about work and he will drive her home. What he says really does not make much sense and he has a hard time convincing her, but he manages to get her away from the taxi after a lot of arguing back and forth. Roberto tells her to wait for him at the reception desk and call her parents as he pays the taxi driver (who is already looking at him warily) a visit. Alicia remembers she did lose her phone and grudgingly goes inside complaining that Roberto always gets his way. So now we have just Pits and Roberto. Pits is afraid because he recognizes Roberto. Roberto grabs Pits by the hair on the back of the head and asks what he was doing with Alicia. Pits lies and says he was just taking her home. Roberto does not believe him one bit and tells him that if he sees him around Alicia and her family, Roberto will make Pits swallow his own fists (better that I stop here with the more than colorful description that follows).
At the Gutiérrez household, Flops (El Chanclas) is installed on the couch when he gets a phone call from Alicia. Boy is he surprised. She explains she forgot her cell phone and was just calling to say she was on her way. Magos comes to chit chat on the couch. Flops starts talking about Magos, Ximena and him, just the three of them in their own house. They wake up Nacho who has had it with their lack of respect for him and his house. He tells them go talk in their own house but not in his at that time of the night. Of course Magos has to complain.
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Just when we thought Alicia had gotten into the cab with Pits (El Axilas) it turns out that they played us in the previews and that Roberto appears just in time to prevent Alicia from ever getting into the taxi. He grabs Alicia by the arm and tells her that he has to talk to her about work and he will drive her home. What he says really does not make much sense and he has a hard time convincing her, but he manages to get her away from the taxi after a lot of arguing back and forth. Roberto tells her to wait for him at the reception desk and call her parents as he pays the taxi driver (who is already looking at him warily) a visit. Alicia remembers she did lose her phone and grudgingly goes inside complaining that Roberto always gets his way. So now we have just Pits and Roberto. Pits is afraid because he recognizes Roberto. Roberto grabs Pits by the hair on the back of the head and asks what he was doing with Alicia. Pits lies and says he was just taking her home. Roberto does not believe him one bit and tells him that if he sees him around Alicia and her family, Roberto will make Pits swallow his own fists (better that I stop here with the more than colorful description that follows).
At the Gutiérrez household, Flops (El Chanclas) is installed on the couch when he gets a phone call from Alicia. Boy is he surprised. She explains she forgot her cell phone and was just calling to say she was on her way. Magos comes to chit chat on the couch. Flops starts talking about Magos, Ximena and him, just the three of them in their own house. They wake up Nacho who has had it with their lack of respect for him and his house. He tells them go talk in their own house but not in his at that time of the night. Of course Magos has to complain.
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres #100, Wed 12/2/15: In Which Someone Finally Says the Name of the Telenovela
Julian’s Last Wishes
Adrian, Orlando and Doris sit Fermin down and review Julian’s
last wishes, and loose ends to tie up. Orly will take care of selling his car,
Adrian will take care of selling Julian’s part of their business, and the money
will go to Fermin and Honoria, who will need it more than ever. Adrian also
reveals the life insurance policy Julian took out (to take care of his parents), and
the contract he signed where he paid for a shop for Esperanza’s business—it was
a surprise he had planned for MD’s wedding. He also wanted to invest in MD’s
and Doris’ business. Fermin breaks down in tears over his thoughtful son.
Honoria emerges from Julian’s bedroom just long enough to spew her venom and to
refuse any last wishes Julian had to help his murderer (MD) and her family. She
also curses God once more, and decides she’s no longer speaking to God, but
instead to the dead.
Fermin leaves her to her suffering to go see if he can pull
Jenny from the brink. She’s still drinking in her apartment, but has finally
changed into sweats from her red dress. After he knocks a few minutes and begs
her to let them mutually support each other through this pain, she finally lets
him in. She offers him a drink, because she knows he needs it as much as she
does. Fermin stays strong and refuses. He made a sacred promise to his wife and
son. He wisely points out to Jenny that she just exchanged her addiction to alcohol
for an addiction to Julian—and has fallen back to alcohol now that Julian is
gone. This gives Jenny pause.
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Wednesday, December 02, 2015
Pasion y Poder #21, Wednesday December 2, 2015
Hey Patio Peeps. Sorry but I could only do bullet points for tonight's capitulo. Please let me know what I missed or if you have any questions. Have a great day.
- Arturo wants to interrogate all the employees involved in the business deal to find the guilty person. Augustin thinks he's crazy. He can't see how anyone close to them was involved in the dirty deal because they have all been working there so long and are loyal. Arturo thinks the opposite and tells Erick that he should be taking better care of the company that is his as well.
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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #71 Wed 12/2/15 (Mex 100) Fifi fights for her obsession with marrying Vitto
Ciao, Muchacha Peeps. Well, looks like I've gotten an episode interrupted by mayhem once again. My heart goes out to every family affected by this madness. About forty minutes of the episode was taken up by breaking news bulletins. Here is what I was able to gather. Please fill in the blanks if anyone is able to watch this tomorrow online:
Gael and Roxi have launched their plan to pose as lovers to fake the family out and take them off the trail of her and Benni. There is a scene where Osvaldo tells Sergio, Freddie and Sonia that Roxi and Gael are lovers and he apparently believes it. Sonia is shocked and thinks it's wrong because they are related. Freddie think it's no biggie because she's adopted.
Giana and Gael's little interlude in the garden is interrupted by Roxi and this is when the bulletin broke in. Later in the episode Gigi is bummed out about the fake romance between him and Roxi: she's afraid a real boink is in the future. Gael chills her out and warms her up at the same time with tender caresses and kisses.
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Gael and Roxi have launched their plan to pose as lovers to fake the family out and take them off the trail of her and Benni. There is a scene where Osvaldo tells Sergio, Freddie and Sonia that Roxi and Gael are lovers and he apparently believes it. Sonia is shocked and thinks it's wrong because they are related. Freddie think it's no biggie because she's adopted.
Giana and Gael's little interlude in the garden is interrupted by Roxi and this is when the bulletin broke in. Later in the episode Gigi is bummed out about the fake romance between him and Roxi: she's afraid a real boink is in the future. Gael chills her out and warms her up at the same time with tender caresses and kisses.
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Antes Muerta Que Lichita #50 Tuesday 12/1/15: Enter the Armpit
Luci and her mom arrive at the Santa Clara orphanage (where Alex' announcement will take place, after Alicia's quick switcheroo). They think Alicia is trying to be some sort of stuck-up Evita of the shirtless masses by having the thing there. Luci: "hmm, maybe i should get me one of those miserable orphans so I could become Saint Luciana!"
But before Luci can make her big entrance, Alicia trips on Mateo and they have a face-to-face. She explains the purpose of the rich people visiting (to get money out of them), he says all the orphans had been told to stay out of sight for the duration of the event, and she proposes that they both hide.
Whoah! Luciana is trying to wrangle the press, preening and suggesting they ask her about the wedding, but one reporter says there's a rumor that she's pregnant! Everyone gasps!
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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #70 Tuesday 12/1/15 (Mex 99)
Recap by sneaky two shoes:
The Cards Know All *insert spooky music, and Tarot appropriate hand waving here*
(I got a good episode this time(at least I think so) its got suspense and intrigue and not too much of the annoying people or situations)
Ok, where were we, oh yeah; Alina is a huge hypocrite. Roxi throws a fit and Quina gives in as per usual
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The Cards Know All *insert spooky music, and Tarot appropriate hand waving here*
(I got a good episode this time(at least I think so) its got suspense and intrigue and not too much of the annoying people or situations)
Ok, where were we, oh yeah; Alina is a huge hypocrite. Roxi throws a fit and Quina gives in as per usual
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Yo No Creo EnLos Hombres #99 Tue 12/1/15 -- Life Catches Up To Claudio And Alma Stops Playing The Fool
[Briefly as possible, there are only a few highlights in this miserably overlong episodio. --ed.]
- Josefa the angry Jefa knows she is in trouble this time cuz she just bashed Isela's head on the terrazzo floor, and Ise is lying there totally unconscious and bleeding. She raced out to get help from the barrio version of Dumb and Dumber, screaming for a taxi. (I guess ambulances are a luxury.) Of course, Max and Leo, who've just come for Esperanza and Clara in hopes they'd stay a while at mom and pop's palace while the Honoria Horror Show of Hate dies down, helps out the Heffer. Ho-sey lies (natch) about how Ise ended up unconscious and bloody on her floor. "--duh-h, she just suddenly passed out and dropped and hit her head."
- Claudio, who found Alma in pain in the bathroom and nearly passed out from that, takes her to the hospital. She's quickly now becoming a pain herself, getting up and out of bed, schlepping her hanging bags and tubes all around, and thus sneaking up behind Clod in every whispered conversation, getting in the old hubby's face everywhere he turns. She, in this way, manages to overhear the phone call that Leo makes explaining they've found Ise bashed and bloody and wanting to know which hospital is best to bring her to. Clod naturally suggests the one he's at now, and then explains Mom's there taking up a bed also.
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Tuesday, December 01, 2015
Pasión y Poder #20 Martes 12/1/15
Chapter
20: Thirty Pieces of Silver
Consuelo
came out of the bathroom with the pregnancy test stick in her hand.
She took a deep breath, hoping for a positive result. This was going
to be the longest thirty seconds of her day. Miguel burst in without
knocking and she dropped it, startled. Miguel apologized and picked
it up. He looked down and told her it was positive. She was
thrilled and he was happy for her. When he said so, though, he
looked away.
“Consuelo,
now that you know this do you want to keep investigating your
husband?”
“Yes.
Now more than ever. I want to know everything. Afterward I'll
figure out what to do with the information.”
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Antes muerta que Lichita #49 Monday 11/30/15: Chanclas shows his true colors and Luciana prepares to hug an orphan
We learn more about Chanclas. He slipped up and let Ximena know: he knew Magos was pregnant before he left town. But, unforgivably, when Magos comes back in the room and Ximena tries to talk about it, he denies and implies Ximena is lying.
Later Roberto surprises Chanclas looking around in his office. Chanclas picked the wrong place to get caught because when it comes to lying bums, "it takes one to know one." Beto, immediately suspicious, later tells Gumaro about the incident and they agree: Gumaro will get his shady associates - "uh, ex-associates" - to look into the guy.
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Later Roberto surprises Chanclas looking around in his office. Chanclas picked the wrong place to get caught because when it comes to lying bums, "it takes one to know one." Beto, immediately suspicious, later tells Gumaro about the incident and they agree: Gumaro will get his shady associates - "uh, ex-associates" - to look into the guy.
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Pasión y Poder #19 Monday 20151130 Once Again, Eladio Proves that Erick Road the Short Yellow Limousine to Prep School Every Day!
Full Disclosure! This recap is totally out of order and I don't know what Dani's post said. I didn't see it. Sorry!
The Day Before
Gomez Luna Clan
Julia asks Eladio for a divorce. Julia tells him that she doesn't care if he resumes boinking Montseratt, as long as he keeps his mitts off of her. Eladio tells her that she will live in fear in this house if she doesn't start being nice to him soon. Julia says that she has always lived in fear. She feared her father and now she fears her husband. You'll have to come at me better than that buddy! Eladio tells Julia that her attitude towards him determines how he treats David. Before he leaves the room, he asks her to think about it.
Eladio checks the GPS on Julia's phone and tells his hunky body guard Efrain, to keep a close eye on Julia. I will be keeping an even closer eye on Efrain 'cause he is so fine. Anyway, Eladio tells Efrain, the hunky body guard, that Julia's life has been threatened and he wants her stalked. If she goes to the bathroom, Efrain had better be in the next stall. He stresses that Efrain's life depends depends on it.
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