Monday, December 14, 2015
La Vecina Highlights and Discussion #123-127 Dec. 14-18
¿Qué nos cuenta, Caray, Caray!? (December 14, 2015)
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Yo No Creo En Los Hombres Cap 106, Fri 12/11/2015: Maria Dolores Is Still the Martyr, Isela Does Her Doe-Eyed Shtick, Claudio Won’t Take Responsibility for His Foolishness, and Clara and Leo Learn the Facts of Life
RECAP BY JDESDENYC. Scenes combined as usual.
Lo Pasado:
Orlando comes by the Morales’ to let Isela know her
apartment is ready for her to move into. Clara growls and cries as Isela seems
to get away with being shady even as she lost Leo by not revealing Ise’s
shadiness.
La Abuela continues to show she is the big boss in the jail
as she passes by prisoners asking her for favors—she shoos them off with a “Not
now”—and she lets the warden know she knows she’s the one who let Daniel come
in the prison to visit Maria Dolores.
The warden lets her know that they no longer have to give MD any
“special treatment” because Claudio Bustamante ordered MD to rot while awaiting
trial. The warden and La Abuela both smile at this.
Lo Nuevo:
Not in My Name
Claudio comes by Isela’s apartment and promises Isela he’ll
be there for her child. Isela balks,
saying she can parent by herself, but Claudio says that their child is a shared
responsibility. Ise asks if that means
Claudio will give the child his last name, legally recognizing him or her as
his own.
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Saturday, December 12, 2015
Pasión y Poder Episode #27 Friday, December 11th 2015 Daddy's Home
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| I may look sweet and fragile, but there's a rat bastard inside of me. |
We begin with a repeat of stuff we already saw last night. FF --> Ok, now we've made it to the new stuff. Eladio arrives home. He's boiling mad. He's just found out that his wife has been seeing her ex finance and his worst enemy. That's right.. she's been seeing Artie Montenegro. Eladio manhandles her and yells at her. She spits out the truth- she tells Eladio that she saw Artie out of desperation, because Eladio is always going on and on about David not being his spawn. She admits that she asked Artie for a DNA test so she could shut him (Eladio) up once and for all. Eladio is very impactado- he's all QUE?!
At the Montenegro dinner table, Daniela is enjoying some quesadillas (minus the salsa, of course). Meanwhile, mom and pop are setting a bad example by arguing at the table. Nina doesn't think Artie should care about the consequences of his business deals unless if they affect the family directly. If they affect others- then Artie should care less (is how Nina sees it). Artie calls her out on her self centeredness and not caring about others- not even her own kids. Nina gets mad at him- she stands up and throws her napkin on the table for dramatic purposes.
Back to Eladio and Julia. Eladio has Julia by the arms- he asks her how she could have done such a thing. Julia tells him that she did it because she has no doubts that David is his spawn. Eladio whines that now Artie will make fun of him on the playground. Julia tells him that Artie ain't like that. Eladio still can't believe that Julia went to ask Artie for a DNA test. Julia explains that she asked Artie for one because he (Eladio) never wanted to get one done. Also, because he (Eladio) has always been torturing her with his "David is not my spawn" remarks. Eladio tells Julia that he thought that she was smart but now he sees that she's not. Julia wonders what the hell Eladio means.
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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #77 Friday, 12-11-15 (Mex 107) ¡Muchacha Italiana Escaparse!
Saluti, miei amici belli del Patio! Let's dive right in to an episode we all deserve! Pedro has a mini freak out in the ACorp board room after reading the email on Benigno's thumb drive! Aitana and Benigno have totally deceived him! He throws some bookshelves and chairs around but stops to answer his cell. It's Fabio calling to apologize for not being able to attend his wedding; something has come up at home in Italy. Pedro verifies that Fabio was part of the team that investigated the sale of ACorp stock and then they agree to meet at La Dolce Vita as what he wants to discuss is very sensitive.
Diana gets ready for Vitto's wedding. Her Mom is surprised she's going and takes the opportunity to "I told you so" Diana. Anibal the animal calls to threaten Diana and press her for his bail. She counsels him to be patient: Vitto is about to be out of town and they can rip him off then. After she hangs up on him Anibal charges Ramiro with REALLY tailing Diana and giving her any help she needs with the heist.
Pedro looks comfy, yet determined in his jeans astride a motor cycle as he arrives at La Dolce Vita (LDV) Ok, he looks hot. Anyway, he makes a call to Fiorella and gets that frustrating disconnection message. Ay! She's got to know he's not getting married anymore!!
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Friday, December 11, 2015
Antes Muerta que Lichita #57 Friday 12/11/15 'Stop! in the name of love!' but it ain't the Supremes and this ain't Motown... Augie shows his worst side...
At the climactic moment in the wedding, three 'I do's'... one left...
Alex is asked… do you?...
But all of a sudden, in a very
entertaining twist of Diana Ross and the Supremes song… in comes running Kenny
yelling ‘STOPPPPP!!!! In the name of Love!!’
Freeze frame!!... Someone pull out a shovel, everyone’s jaws are falling
on the floor…
Lichita encourages Alex to listen
to his heart and go with Kenny and turn his back on everything and everyone
else… Alex walks closer to Augustus and Bea and tells them ‘dad, mom.. I’m
sorry but I can’t get married.’ Then he walks to Kenny, holds hands with him as
they walk away and everyone, especially Sandra, is dumbfounded. Augustus is
angry, having an internal combustion, and Bea is having an indigestion and
faulty waterworks.
Next, Lichita is the one that
walks away smiling after consulting the audience on her decision to either
laugh or cry…
Everyone else who didn’t know yet
is chitchatting about Alex being Gay, Sandra says ‘imagine what Augustus must
be feeling’…
Priest tries to bring everyone
back to the wedding and finishes declaring Luciana and Roberto man and
wife.
Kenny explains to Alex that he
was pressured by the managers to get engaged. But he only loves Alex. Alex asks ‘now what?’ Kenny suggests they move far away and start a
new life.
Lichita is still walking/running
down the street, with all of the press following in her heels… She jumps on a
public bus and loses the press. The
press people head back to the church.
Everyone in the bus is a bit
intrigued by LIchita entering wearing a wedding gown.
At the orphanage, Mateo is talking
to the teacher. The teacher encourages to him to get better and wait for his dad.
Lichita at a park bench… ‘all my
life I had heard ‘you propose and God acts’.
(uno propone y Dios dispone). But at this moment she wonders if it was
God’s will what was happening or if fate was laughing at her expense. And there was her life, falling apart, and
she was experiencing an unending fall.
We see Lichita walk through the locations where she spends her time (the
office, the coffee shop, the house, etc). she is crying.
At church, the board members are
all ranting at Augustus, they ask if he ‘knew’.
He tells them he is as surprised as they are. They don’t buy that.
Bea and Augustus are walking
out. Luciana and Roberto are the only
ones left in the church and Luci asks Bea if they are going to her
reception. But no response from aunty
and uncle. Luci asks Roberto to give her
the ‘kiss’. But he just says dryly ‘lets go’.
As they walk out Luci talks to the press… she tells them she was aware
of her cousin’s preferences… and Lichita also knew… thus she was only marrying
Alex for ambition. However, Roberto
notes to her that there is no one listening to her (no press). Then she asks again for the ‘kiss’. But He
suggests they go ahead to the reception.
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Weekend Discussion: Recap Authors, What Series Was Your Biggest Challenge?
I'm going into my fifth year of writing for this blog and most of it has been fun and interesting. My first series was La Fuerza del Destino in 2011 where I caught most of the juicy episodes about the character we called Merry Piece and I felt privileged for that. There were a few truly great performances in that series and some wooden ones and we all take the good with the bad.
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Pasión y Poder, Episode 26, Thursday, December 10, 2015: Never piss off the cook
Today's show is brought to you by the color BLUE.
The Foundation, the office where Julia goes to moon over Arturo
Regina pops in for a surprise visit to Julia, who quickly tucks away Arturo's letter in a desk drawer.
The Beach in Acapulco, where a maudlin chapter draws to a close
Justino holds Maribel's lifeless body in his arms and sobs.
The Foundation
Regina tells Julia that she truly loves David – she is not her father's puppet. Julia seems moved by Regina's sincerity. She tells the younger woman's it's hard to believe she's the daughter of Arturo and his.... um... that she's Arturo's daughter. Regina reminds her very much of Arturo.
Outside Gómez Luna Associates
Francisco and Clara are chatting about their plans for the weekend in Acapulco when Justino calls with the tragic news about Maribel. Francisco, mensch that he is, offers to do what needs to be done.
[Tertiary character dies: the Rules clearly stipulate that the Patio is excused from the funeral, right?]
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres, Capitulo 105 Thurs 12/10/15: There's no sweet end, only the bitter aftertaste
Even after all he’s Done, MD would forgive Daniel (she is
Esperanza’s daughter, after all), but then he’d never learn. Looks like she’s
already preparing to change the dynamic; Daniel Junior won’t get Ursula remixed
in wide-eyed MD. Daniel argues that the thing with Julian was an accident. He
would have never tried to hurt her, he didn’t want Julian to die; he was just
trying to get the gun away from her. If they stick with that, she’ll get out
quickly and they can’t accuse Dan of anything (um…hold up on that second part).
No dice with MD; Dan pushed her to the brink, drove her to a point where she
felt she had to use a gun. Dan’s lawyer jumps in here to say it’ll take months
to prove that, months in which she’ll stay in prison. And for what? Julian’s
already dead-CRACK! MD slaps him across the face and yells at him and Dan will
pay for everything he’s done to her before stomping off. In response Dan swears
she’ll be sorry if she does anything rash.
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Antes Muerta Que Lichita #56 Thursday 12/10/15: Lessons Every Telenovela Character Needs to Learn
Rehash of what has happened over the last few episodes but lets get straight to the point:
Alicia is speechless as she sees the "sick" Gumaro standing and acting like this is his everyday norm. He wonders why Alicia is giving him a weird look and she spells it out for him...she has never seen Gumaro in anything but a wheelchair. As he invites her in Gumaro's mouth runs far ahead of his brain. He tells her she must know everything by now since she came for the luggage. She just muffles a yea sure as he yaps away. He tells her she then knows that Beto and Gumaro are not actually brothers and he really is not sick. All of these lies Roberto had to make-up so that he can use her to get into Iconika...because you know he did not know a thing about the being a publicist. Alicia quietly takes this all in.
Lesson 1: Facial expressions are not adornments and usually mean something.
To understand what a character is feeling just pay attention. An extra bonus is to do
so when they think you are not looking.
In the mansion, Rafael chastises Luciana for verbally harassing her very own cousin. He is very disappointed in her since he feels that they did not raise her to be like this. Both Luciana and Dafne start fighting again and it is not long before Rafael starts clutching his chest. He tells them not to worry, he just needs his pills but cannot remember where he placed them.
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Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #76 Thu 12/10/15 (Mex 105-106) Set a course for the weddings! Warp 2? 3?
Voyeur Luca thought bubbles that Fi deserves to be happy. With all due respect…screw Fi! I deserve to be happy. Uh…we! We deserve to be happy! And Fi marrying Vitto will not make us happy. But before Luca can actually say anything, the undead arrives, shouting for his bride-to-be. Luca claims he was looking for her, too, but whaddayaknow, she's not here! Fi and Pedro continue with the heavy breathing. And then DANTE is screaming for Fi. Because apparently his job has jack to do with security, but everything to do with tormenting Fi. He gives her a hard time about slacking on the job and nearly finds Pedro hiding in her room. She is summoned to Eloisa's.
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Thursday, December 10, 2015
Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #75 Wed 12/9/15 (Mex 104) The weddings approach at the speed of sloth
El lives in some kind of fantasy world and she's horribly offended that Gael would ask such a question about his sainted parents, who she loved dearly and misses. His mom was awesome and his dad would never have been a "cornudo" (cuckold; dude who was cheated on) Sure, Os Sr. was a horrible ass who treated his wife badly, BUT THEY LOVED EACH OTHER!
Gi finds the picture of her new jail and is…impressed. Except that it makes her relationship with Gael more difficult. Even when Fi points out that she can invite Gael over Gi is not convinced and would rather find out what happened at the dress fitting. "But I thought if he saw you in your dress…." Oops! Backpedal, backpedal, backpedal. Fi says Pedro's a rock and won't be moved by anyone. Gi's grateful for everything he has done for them, though, and so Fi agrees she shouldn't be so hard on him.
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Gi finds the picture of her new jail and is…impressed. Except that it makes her relationship with Gael more difficult. Even when Fi points out that she can invite Gael over Gi is not convinced and would rather find out what happened at the dress fitting. "But I thought if he saw you in your dress…." Oops! Backpedal, backpedal, backpedal. Fi says Pedro's a rock and won't be moved by anyone. Gi's grateful for everything he has done for them, though, and so Fi agrees she shouldn't be so hard on him.
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Pasión y Poder #25 Wednesday 20151209 It's Episode 25, Christmas is on the 25th! Coincidence? I Think Not! Maribel is Dead...I Hope! Yeah Baby!
The Foundation
Julia asks her ex-fiance to take a David's.Not.Art's kid test. She explains that Eladio doesn't believe David is his. He thinks that Dave is Art's son. Anyway, from what Julia says, Art visited her a few days before the wedding and Eladio found out about it. Art came to beg her forgiveness and ask her to call off the wedding. Art remembers that they merely kissed, but she didn't "give it up" that day. Art asks Julia why she didn't forgive him. Why didn't she call off the wedding? Does he really have to ask? Duh! She reminds him that she was pissed because he impregnated another woman while they were engaged. Julia admits that she was still angry with him and only married Eladio to hurt him the way that her had hurt her. Julia tells Art that she takes Eladio's abuse for Dave's sake. She wants him to have a relationship with his father. Julia ask Art to forgive her for not forgiving him. Living with Eladio has been a b*tch. Eladio won't take the test because he doesn't want to be a joke...a cuckhold. The results will change Dave's life.
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Julia asks her ex-fiance to take a David's.Not.Art's kid test. She explains that Eladio doesn't believe David is his. He thinks that Dave is Art's son. Anyway, from what Julia says, Art visited her a few days before the wedding and Eladio found out about it. Art came to beg her forgiveness and ask her to call off the wedding. Art remembers that they merely kissed, but she didn't "give it up" that day. Art asks Julia why she didn't forgive him. Why didn't she call off the wedding? Does he really have to ask? Duh! She reminds him that she was pissed because he impregnated another woman while they were engaged. Julia admits that she was still angry with him and only married Eladio to hurt him the way that her had hurt her. Julia tells Art that she takes Eladio's abuse for Dave's sake. She wants him to have a relationship with his father. Julia ask Art to forgive her for not forgiving him. Living with Eladio has been a b*tch. Eladio won't take the test because he doesn't want to be a joke...a cuckhold. The results will change Dave's life.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #55 Wednesday 12/10/15
Well, let us just pick up where we left off at the bachelor/bachelorette party where Nestor's "wife" turned out to be part of the entertainment: the stripper. Néstor grabs her by the hand to talk to her in private and it turns out that she is Delia the same girl he hired to play his wife so that his coworkers at Icónika would stop teasing him about being gay. Néstor is mortified that after playing his wife, Delia would show up as the stripper. As far as she is concerned business is business. She offers to do a "private dance"for him and charge him on the side. That sounds good to him but what will he do afterwards?
At the mansion, Rafael goes to visit Dafne in her room. She is concerned about him taking heart medication. Is he that ill? He tells her that he needs to take his meds; if not he could end up having a heart attack. She should not worry because that is not going to happen. Dafne examines his pill box which was a gift from his father (her grandfather). He is interested in what she is doing so late on her computer. She is doing research on violence in schools. Just at that moment Beatriz comes in and Rafael informs her that they are talking about bullying. Beatriz gets all weird, like she does, anytime that Dafne might need her help or protection. Dafne puts the pill box back on the desk.
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At the mansion, Rafael goes to visit Dafne in her room. She is concerned about him taking heart medication. Is he that ill? He tells her that he needs to take his meds; if not he could end up having a heart attack. She should not worry because that is not going to happen. Dafne examines his pill box which was a gift from his father (her grandfather). He is interested in what she is doing so late on her computer. She is doing research on violence in schools. Just at that moment Beatriz comes in and Rafael informs her that they are talking about bullying. Beatriz gets all weird, like she does, anytime that Dafne might need her help or protection. Dafne puts the pill box back on the desk.
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres #104, Wed. 12/9/15: Unexpected Divorces, Separations and Marriage Proposals
The Old: Max tells Leo that his irrational, enraged reaction proves they were all right in deciding not to tell him the truth. MD learns from Nayeli and Corina that no one in the prison will accept her money to buy necessities, on orders of La Abuela. MD goes off to confront her. Josefa tells Ursula that now that they are part of the Mothers Who Have Dead Daughters Club, they should totally be BFFs and partners in crime. In exchange for Ursula’s help finding out what really happened to Marta in jail, Josefa will make sure MD rots in jail and Ursula gets her kid.
The New:
Josefa tells Ursula that her daughter’s death involved a scandal with Claudio and the woman who’s the current prison warden of MD’s prison. If Ursula digs up the dirt on the Warden and the events around Marta’s death, then they could put pressure on her to keep MD locked up, forever! Josefa sweetens the deal by offering to testify against MD and to get Honoria to do it too.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #74 Tuesday 12/8/15 (Mex 103)
Recap by sneaky two shoes:
Sergio tries to interest his son in internet hos – ‘you gotta have a little fun before you jump off the marriage cliff w/o a parachute’ And offers some terrible advice of his own – ‘you have to erase her (Fi) from your mind’
Elo and Fi and the phone. Elo isn’t so sure, wants proof – ‘are you sure this isn’t to stop Pietro from marrying Aitana?’ Takes the non-functioning phone and tells Fi to stay out of it, she (Elo) will investigate. Fi slumps and agrees, but gives it one more try – ‘if it turns on you gotta read the txts, its very important’ then slouches out.
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Antes Muerta Que Lichita #54 Tuesday 12/8/15: A romantic ambush! Oh, and Nestor's wife is a stripper
Gumbo in his wheelchair comes to tell Lichita how much Beto loves her. He wants to stop her and Beto from making a huge mistake that will mess with everyone's live. His pretend disability is hilarious. Lichita notices "ah, your motor skills have improved since last time I saw you," reminding him to act more disabled, going into pretend convulsions and slapping himself. Alicia insists on accompanying back to home. She pushes his wheelchair to the disabled taxi. He gives her some last advice from his wheelchair - this marriage would be mass suicide, and it would suck for everyone!
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres #103 Tuesday 12/8/15: Let’s Make a Deal III
- Claudio tells his judge buddy to make sure Maria Dolores’s trial is pushed off into the far distant future—as long as legally possible. (Viewerville can only assume he’s still being manipulated by Grrrsula to protect his professional and social reputation. Clod really needs to just hang it up, just stop digging himself into a deeper and deeper hole.)
- We learn from the Young Prisoner #3 that woman wait up to years before getting their day in court.
- Maria Dolores gets out of the infirmary and tells her friends that La Abuela tried giving her medicine but she didn’t take it. She learns that La Abuela is in jail for cutting off the nose of her grandson. Yeppers. She’s BSC. MD beware!
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Tuesday, December 08, 2015
Pasión y Poder #24 Martes 12/8/15
Chapter
24: Paterfamilias
One
thing about people with this kind of money and influence that always
gets me is the degree to which they retreat into the past. Thus
women often put up with infidelity in their husbands, some even
endure horrific abuse to some of these megalomaniacs all in the name
of status or security. Some of the men have such delusions of
grandeur that they fancy themselves as paterfamilias, who were a law
unto themselves if they chose to be. They could decree or prevent
their children's marriages and divorce. For a while they even could
decree their deaths although this was said to have been rare in
ancient times.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #53 Monday 12/7/15: Two weddings, two wheelchairs
There was actually a lot of rehash last night and I'm skipping it.
Alicia goes to the orphanage to take Mateo a present. They won't let her see him, but they will let her talk to the social worker, Venus. Venus sees her from afar and ducks out - later telling Roberto that Alicia would have recognized her and a whole scandal would have broken out. She reminds him he promised to come clean to everybody every soon and says Mateo's been much more volatile since he started having memories of his mother.
Mateo loves Alicia's present and is delighted she remembered him.
Luckily for Roberto, Marta loses it completely in the courtroom, screaming and saying that Mateo is her Angelito and should be with her. Roberto kindly says the trial should be postponed till she feels better. Turns out this is the third anniversary of her Angelito's death from cancer. Sobbing, she's folded into the car by her sweet but ineffectual husband. She sees Beto talking to his lawyer and bolts to run across the road and almost get run over but is saved by Beto. She starts confusing Beto with God and says, "I begged you to take me instead of him." Shiver.
Roberto and Alicia continue to sulk about their respective upcoming weddings, which due to clerical error are going to happen at the same church on the same day.
The API guys are pleased with Alex and say he's ahead in the voting and his wedding will push him over the top and they wish him "a marriage as good as your parents' is." Eye roll.
There is a big dinner at the mansion. Roberto tries to beg off, Luciana says, "I pretend like the others but I'm worried, I never see you." He shows up after all, with a ring, she makes him get down on his knee, he looks like he's really making an effort to think this could work out. Luciana shows it to everybody. Alicia: "It's almost as lovely as the one you stole from the Duke." Luciana crows about her dress, which is nicer than Angeline Jolie's. Bea says she and Elsa will go with Alicia next day to get her a dress.
Magos is pushing Ximena down the sidewalk in her wheelchair when the gangster supplier appears, offers more merchandise to sell, and gratuitously makes a point of telling Ximena "your mother is a pirate." Magos says she's out of the game. "Your loss," he says and leaves. Magos lies, saying, "he's a liar," but Ximena says: "You think I know nothing? I know your friend Gerry got fired for selling pirated goods and now it turns out it was your fault and he took the fall for you." She chants "I have a mother who's a pirate" all the way home.
The cafe is doing well financially. Elsa and Nacho think Magos will help them more once Ximena recuperates, but Magos says she was thinking of studying something, Alicia had offered to pay. Nacho thinks she'll take the money and skip the studying.
The first commercial for Oki Oki is enthusiastically approved by the client. Alicia and Roberto have their usual fight about who is doing what por interes - to advance careers etc.
After being kissy with Sandra at the office, Augusto goes to some hotel and has sex with Chuchette, who notices the lipstick on his collar and knows he didn't get it at home, but she doesn't care much. She seems to be spying for him a bit and says that Roberto had been pretending to be in love with Alicia. This interests him for some Machiavellian reason.
Bachelor and bachelorette parties are being organized. There will be dirty games.
Rafael tells Valeria they have a pretty serious offer for the house, they'll pack up and move to San Miguel. Don Augusto has his henchman call the Buenos Aires real estate agent, he wants to buy Rafael's mansion.
Lastly, after yet another shouting convo with Beto moaning about how he's giving up the love of his life, Gumaro later takes off in his wheelchair to visit Nacho and Elsa at their cafe. To be continued!
Tonight: poor Ez will get a lot of bridal shop to recap I think.
Previous: Episode 52
Next: Episode 54
Alicia goes to the orphanage to take Mateo a present. They won't let her see him, but they will let her talk to the social worker, Venus. Venus sees her from afar and ducks out - later telling Roberto that Alicia would have recognized her and a whole scandal would have broken out. She reminds him he promised to come clean to everybody every soon and says Mateo's been much more volatile since he started having memories of his mother.
Mateo loves Alicia's present and is delighted she remembered him.
Luckily for Roberto, Marta loses it completely in the courtroom, screaming and saying that Mateo is her Angelito and should be with her. Roberto kindly says the trial should be postponed till she feels better. Turns out this is the third anniversary of her Angelito's death from cancer. Sobbing, she's folded into the car by her sweet but ineffectual husband. She sees Beto talking to his lawyer and bolts to run across the road and almost get run over but is saved by Beto. She starts confusing Beto with God and says, "I begged you to take me instead of him." Shiver.
Roberto and Alicia continue to sulk about their respective upcoming weddings, which due to clerical error are going to happen at the same church on the same day.
The API guys are pleased with Alex and say he's ahead in the voting and his wedding will push him over the top and they wish him "a marriage as good as your parents' is." Eye roll.
There is a big dinner at the mansion. Roberto tries to beg off, Luciana says, "I pretend like the others but I'm worried, I never see you." He shows up after all, with a ring, she makes him get down on his knee, he looks like he's really making an effort to think this could work out. Luciana shows it to everybody. Alicia: "It's almost as lovely as the one you stole from the Duke." Luciana crows about her dress, which is nicer than Angeline Jolie's. Bea says she and Elsa will go with Alicia next day to get her a dress.
Magos is pushing Ximena down the sidewalk in her wheelchair when the gangster supplier appears, offers more merchandise to sell, and gratuitously makes a point of telling Ximena "your mother is a pirate." Magos says she's out of the game. "Your loss," he says and leaves. Magos lies, saying, "he's a liar," but Ximena says: "You think I know nothing? I know your friend Gerry got fired for selling pirated goods and now it turns out it was your fault and he took the fall for you." She chants "I have a mother who's a pirate" all the way home.
The cafe is doing well financially. Elsa and Nacho think Magos will help them more once Ximena recuperates, but Magos says she was thinking of studying something, Alicia had offered to pay. Nacho thinks she'll take the money and skip the studying.
The first commercial for Oki Oki is enthusiastically approved by the client. Alicia and Roberto have their usual fight about who is doing what por interes - to advance careers etc.
After being kissy with Sandra at the office, Augusto goes to some hotel and has sex with Chuchette, who notices the lipstick on his collar and knows he didn't get it at home, but she doesn't care much. She seems to be spying for him a bit and says that Roberto had been pretending to be in love with Alicia. This interests him for some Machiavellian reason.
Bachelor and bachelorette parties are being organized. There will be dirty games.
Rafael tells Valeria they have a pretty serious offer for the house, they'll pack up and move to San Miguel. Don Augusto has his henchman call the Buenos Aires real estate agent, he wants to buy Rafael's mansion.
Lastly, after yet another shouting convo with Beto moaning about how he's giving up the love of his life, Gumaro later takes off in his wheelchair to visit Nacho and Elsa at their cafe. To be continued!
Tonight: poor Ez will get a lot of bridal shop to recap I think.
Previous: Episode 52
Next: Episode 54
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