Thursday, January 07, 2016

Blog mom is considering deleting Caray, Caray entirely. Thoughts welcome.

Hello, friends, trolls, spammers, complainers, etc.,

Behind the scenes there has a been a lot of trouble over the past year or two. Against my instincts I let this project get too big. We used to just blog the three shows on Univision prime time. Now our net is cast across all of Telenovela Land.

We have had almost 18,000,000 visits to our site. Perhaps this is what has made us a target of ugly behavior. We have lost a lot of recappers due to nasty commenters. We have had to delete 1,000s of spam comments from witch doctors and spell casters and plumbing supply houses. We have had to scour the comments for spoilers and malicious mayhem.

Over the last year or more Diva del desierto (5 foot Latina) and her computer whiz husband have made a number of very complicated improvements under the hood. These improvements have answered some of your multiple complaints but the Diva has had it. She wants to throw in the towel. I cannot take on the work she's been doing.

So that's why I'm thinking about folding up the tent (to switch metaphors). People who complain and attack each other and post spoilers etc. have finally worn us down.

Most things online are eventually ruined by spam and porno. One could say about the whole internet: "This is why I can't have nice things."

Have you noticed that everybody who works on this site does it for free?

Another possibility would be to cut back to just three shows and dump the rest of this. I think I could keep my eye on three shows.

I am taking suggestions and comments below.

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Pasion y Poder #43, A Murder Investigation Starts While Nina and Her Coat Go Shopping in NYC, Wednesday, 01-06-2016

Lo Nuevo

Eladio walks into his home office to find Efrain, the chauffer, waiting for him. He tells Eladio that Julia ordered him take her to La Condessa.

Then we see the aftermath as Aldo cries at the sight of TheRat's lifeless body on top of the smashed car. The authorities have to keep him back. He gives them TheRat's personal information, and adds that he is sure that TheRat was killed.

Erick stumbles into his house.
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Yo No Creo en los Hombres #120, 1/6/2016: Would They Really Kill BOTH Our Protagonists?

The Old: Ursula talks to the kidnappers and tells them Max has to be in his five senses before he speaks to MD. They wake him with a tequila shower. Leo tells Clara, Doris and Chelito that Claudio is dealing with trying to track down the kidnappers and Max. The doctor tells them Esperanza had a heart attack, and had no trace of any of the medicines she was supposed to be taking to avoid it (too expensive). Now, any stress could cause the big one. Ursula tells Josefa that they will soon be rid of Max AND Claud, but Jo thinks death is too easy for Claud. She wants him alive and suffering for Marta’s death—she wants ALL of them to suffer. Ursula points out that Claud and Marcelo were responsible for putting Marta in jail, but La Abuela was responsible for her death. But not to worry. First they’ll get Abuela to get rid of their MD problem, and then they’ll get rid of her. Marcelo tells Claud he wants a guarantee that his name will be cleared of ALL suspicion before he helps him save Max and MD.

The New:
Ursula tries to calm Dan down after the big reveal that MD and Max are married. She assures him they just did it so that Max can try to get custody of the baby. Then she tells him how Max threatened to charge Ivana with abetting (encubrimiento) if she doesn’t testify. But without an accused (MD) or a defender (Max), then none of that matters. Dan’s ears perk up, and he demands that Ursula NOT kill MD. Ursula backtracks and says it was just a manner of speaking. They’ll just make sure MD stays in jail by having Ivana testify that she was hit and fainted and didn’t really see what happened. They both eye each other warily, neither trusting the other as far as they could throw them.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #73 Wednesday 1/6/16 " Augusto in Action!"

Here we go: I left out the Brisa and Braulio nonsense when they were not connected to the main plot. Let us just say they are still lovey dovey. Now on to the important stuff. We left off yesterday with Sandra telling Fátima that Augusto is going to stand her up in Europe for some reason she does not know yet and Detective Carmona telling Roberto that as far as he can tell Sheila is in the US. He does not know if Mateo is with her. He can only say what he knows. Roberto asks if he will investigate to see if she has Mateo with him. Carmona says sure like he has nothing better to do than sit at his desk scratching his belly and looking for his son and his son's mother in the US. Carmona gives Roberto a report about where Sheila was last seen in the US. That is all he can do for him at the moment. Roberto tells detective Carmona that he will get the definitive dirt on Augusto on a silver platter so Carmona will continue to help him find Mateo.

Magos returns to the café from her errand and runs into the bill collector from the bank whom Elsa has pressed into service having him wait on tables. After the usual Magos nonsense, he gets Magos to sign a paper stating that she knows that she has a debt to the bank. It looks like she thought she was signing for a package that was being delivered at the same time. She is not a happy camper that now she has acknowledged legally her debt with the bank. She tells him she will not pay anyway. He assures her she will be paying. He leaves the café.

Sandra is still talking with Fátima who tells her to go on her vacation because she deserves it. Maybe this time Augusto will still actually meet her in Europe. Since the snack "Mis saboritos" presentation is Alicia's she will be in charge of there is a problem. Sandra should just go.
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Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #93 Wed 1/6/16 (Mex 129-130) Maximo, you're a jerk.

The big questions for tonight:
-Will Papi Chulo reveal his true Papi-hood to Gael?
-Will we find out what Fi's plan is?
-Will Roxi accept her enabling mama?

On the first score, there is too much yelling for Alina's taste and she opts to kick Gael out of her office so she can talk to Papi Chulo alone.  "So…you're his dad, huh?"  I guess she did see the resemblance.  She wants to make sure this is managed properly, since Gael is a recovering addict.

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Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #92 Tuesday 1/5/16 (Mex 128) Los Angeles Can’t Handle The Truth, … Or At Least Not Well

Recap by sneaky two shoes

Os explains his plan to Sonia – upshot blame it all on Benigno (Beg from now on cause I’m lazy and I hope if I don’t bother to use his whole name he’ll go away)

Fed runs in and tells him Beg is taking over ACorp he’s in Pietro’s office and everything. She’ll help pressure Elo to make Os prez, anything to get Beg out.



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Lichita 1/5

Alicia busts one of the heels on her ridiculous shoes on her way into the Ikonica US office and limps around the place with two employees. They apologize that the place is such a mess, and they're waiting for the new boss to come and arrange everything. She also discovers that those two are currently the only employees. They don't let her get a word in edgewise, even as they go on and on about the executive who will surely arrive soon. They eventually find a magazine that has a picture of Alicia on the cover, and Alicia really enjoys their moment of shock and surprise when they realize that she's the new boss. For, like, half a second, she breaks that glazed and impassive generic-novela-bimbo affect that's shrouded her since they dressed her up, and looks genuinely fun and playful for a bit.

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Yo No Creo en los Hombres Lunes, 1/04/16 #119



I've been up and down mean streets long enough I thought I'd seen everything. I was wrong. Tonight I witnessed something so disgusting it would make Sam Spade cry. Danny-Boy and his Mama Bear need to burn in hell. I'd send them there myself if there were no risk of being caught. Hell can't be that much worse than the prisons here.

I'm off for a good stiff drink. Maybe that will help.

                                                                       – Dashiell

Chapter 119: Consequences

Honoria was called to testify for the prosecution, but refused.
Because I will not testify to help anyone who is trying to sully my son's reputation. He never was Maria Dolores' lover. He was good and honest, values I taught him. Since he died my grief made me forget those values.” She looked at Hosefa briefly and cried as she finished. Max may have felt some relief and Esperanza, too, but it wouldn't have been much. Hosefa looked nervous.
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Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Pasión y Poder Martes 1/05/16 #42


Chapter 42: Dead Woman Walking

Ah, what amusement: A masked ball! I've always loved those things. They're showy, easy to crash in most places, and full of pretentious fools whose primary need is to draw attention to themselves. Their choice of costume or mask often tells us more about them than it hides. Here is where the powerless can appear powerful, the weak can appear strong, or the evil can appear to be good and moral.
Or wishes can be expressed. And granted. Be careful what you wish for.
– D.D.

Erick Montenegro was showing his worst hubris at this party. He arrived in the black boots, clothes, cape, and hat of El Zorro, the Robin Hood of Mexico. His real persona would never think of helping the poor; if he robbed from the evil he would keep any spoils in his own coffers. Nor did he look at women as fair ladies with honor, integrity, or intelligence. He bought favors from Monserrat Moret and felt daring in doing so. He lacked the power of observation to realize that his money – or more likely his father's money – was of more interest to her than he was.
Also the power of more physical observation because he failed to notice that Callao, the trusted henchman of Eladio Gómez Luna, was standing at the curb just beyond the building's entrance.
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Antes muerta que Lichita January 4: Lichita is going to Los Angeles.

Happy New Year, friends. First, I'd like to say I'm not happy with Alicia descending into the "generic bimbo" category. She looks like the receptionists now, only in red...

... and having just now learned of the existence of Spanx I can no longer look at these bimbos in their skin-tight dresses without imagining the industrial strength spandex (sometimes in multiple layers) that obliterates any humanity of form. Pobrecitas, I wonder if they have to cut themselves out of those undergarments with scissors when they get home. Anyway...

...the subtitles were functioning very poorly so feel free to elaborate if you got more than I did.

Master murderer and hypocrite Don Augusto consoles his daughter Luciana over the death of her purported father and says the best thing she can do is get knocked up and forget about it.

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Pasion y Poder #41 20160104 Dear Jesus! Why Won't You Give Me This Married Man? Duh!

In the Gomez-Luna bedroom where the action never takes place, Julia wants to talk to Eladio.  Eladio thinks it's great the Art and Nina are getting along so well.  Eladio tells Julia that he's going to work and saunters out of the room.  Julia tells Gaby that she needs her help again. 

Art and Nina return from the big dinner.  Nina thinks it's great that the kids are together.  Art and Eladio will be forced to get along now that the kids are together.  Art goes into his office to sulk.

Petra encounters Nina in the foyer and scares the hell out of her with her newly made up face. Petra tells Nina that Dani did it.  Dani comes down the stairs and listens to the exchange between her mother and the maid.  Petra's has returned from dancing.  She picked up the garbage man at the bar and he also brought her home.  Nina tells Petra to tell the garbage man to move his truck.   
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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #91 Monday 1-4-15 (Mex 126-127) After The Dog and Pony Show Fail, It's off to the Paris Hilton! Yikes!

Ciao, i miei amici!  Andiamo!  

Dante takes Eloisa her drops to the dining room.  She invites him to sit down and tells him somebody is trying to kill her.  She plays coy and at first and says he is the one trying to kill her with his incompetence as her Chief of Security and he needs to be more vigilant of her person and property.  He presses her about who she suspects and Eloisa finally says Freddie and he should keep an eye on her.

Roxi is off to school and seems to be getting a final inspection by Adela and Rey.  The two disagree as to whether Roxi's skirt is too short.  As per usual, they get into a yelling match.  Roxi noisily dismisses them and leaves just as Vitto is arriving.  In a funny little crack at Vitto, Roxi tells him to stop looking at her:  if Fiorella couldn't even stand him, she certainly can't.  She flounces away with her nose in the air, probably holding her breath, too.

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Monday, January 04, 2016

TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Señora Acero, and Fatmagul: Week of January 4, 2016

Thanks to all who have been carefully tracking our proximas.  I was all set to make a definitive announcement about Eva, la trailera. However, I have it on the best authority that the Jan 26th date is still uncertain (kudos to deb & sara for staying on top of this). Remember you can always check the page: ¿Qué nos cuenta, Caray, Caray!? (see link on the sidebar, below current show listings) for details of what's coming.

We continue with our lineup of: Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Señora Acero (one week to go), and Fatmagul.


Keep those comments coming! Just remember to identify which show you are discussing at the beginning of your comment, and don't forget to give us a "handle". It can be anything, just please not the default "anonymous". It makes for a better conversation. 

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La Vecina Highlights and Discussion #137-141 Jan. 4-Jan. 8

Welcome to a new week and a new year, Vecinas!

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¿Qué nos cuenta, Caray, Caray!? (January 4, 2016)

Hola Carayites!

In this week's edition:


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Saturday, January 02, 2016

Yo No Creo En Los Hombres, #118 The Trial Begins

We’re back at the prison yard, where Max is looking mighty fine in his suit and tie, (when doesn’t he look mighty fine though). And after an uncomfortably long kiss while everyone shuffles their feet waiting for it to end, he introduces them to a judge he brought along and asks MD if she will marry him right there, right now.
She hesitates for only a minute because she’s worried that if she gets a guilty sentence that she will not want Max tied down to being with someone in prison, but he tells her that he will always love her and he wants to have custodial power for Almita. Swoon!!! What a galan. So she says yes and they get hitched.

After the congratulations from Esperanza and Nayeli, Max hands her an envelop that he says she will need for the hearing that they are going to now.
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Pasión y Poder Episode #40 Friday, Janurary 1st 2016 The Montenegro family and the Gomez Luna family sit down for dinner.. and that's how they became The Brady Brunch.

Welcome 2016. Happy New Year Everyone! 

Back in 2015 (our time) we left off with David about to arrange a meeting with his family and his girlfriend's family. Ah, there's nothing like the in-laws getting together and sitting down for dinner. I can just picture the Montenegro's and the Gomez Luna's sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner. Artie and Eladio would fight over who gets to carve the turkey. Julia and Nina would bicker about petty little things like who has the better dress and whose husband has more money in his wallet. Daniela would try to seduce her brother-in-law, David. Regina would slap her silly for flirting with her man. Creepy Miguel would make googly eyes at Consuelo. While Franco and Erick would get stinking drunk and be the uncles that always get drunk and make a fool out of themselves at family reunions. Hummy would wheel himself around and whine 24/7 about everything (especially about Daniela, Gaby, and Regina's wardrobe). While poor Petra and Simona would be forced to serve these people. Yep, Thanksgiving is sure to be loads of fun. But I digress. 

Anyway, our first new scene of the night, is over at Grupo Montenegro. Regina has just been offered a great job at the family business. She accepts. But wait a minute... she wants to talk it over with David first. No, no, no. She's not the kind of woman that needs to ask her boyfriend for permission to work. It's just that since his dad and her dad are rivals.. then the whole thing could be.. umm... delicate. Besides, Regina really wants there to be communication in her relationship. And not just the kind of communication that happens under the sheets and when in heat like her *cough* parents have *cough*. Artie thinks it's good that Regina and David are a communicative couple. Regina gets a call from bae and is told that his mom, who happens to be Artie's ex, wants to talk to Artie. Regina tells her dad that Julia, his ex, wants to talk to him. Arte is left frozen. It's like he has passed gas and is trying to deny it. His inability to move a single muscle in his whole body makes Regina think that his dad doesn't want to talk to his ex. Artie takes the call. Julia tells Artie that she approves of their children's relationship. They agree to get together later on that night for dinner so Julia can let Regina know that she has nothing against her and that she still has the hots for her dad. Regina and David will choose the place where the meeting will take place. Regina thanks her dad for this gesture. David does the same by thanking his mom. He lets his mom know just how much he loves Regina. In other words.. yada, yada, yada. He tells her how Regina confronted the bad big wolf, a.k.a his dad. He lets her know how Regina used to be so afraid of facing the obstacles that would get in the way of their love and that he had to convince her so that she would face them. Julia tells David that she would love to be fearless like Regina. David tells her that everyone has fears and that what matters is that you overcome them. He leaves to let the chauffeur know to have the car ready. Now alone, Julia and Gaby realize that they are stepping in big doo-doo and that they have gotten Artie to step in it as well.  

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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #90 Friday, January 1, 2016 (Mex 124-125) Shriekin', Huggin' and a-Lovin'!

Felice Anno Nuovo!  Pace e Prosperità a Tutti!  Happy New Year!  Peace and Prosperity to All! Andiamo!  Let's go!  

Fiorella is with an increasingly frantic Pedro who instinctively wipes his eyes but the darkness doesn't dissipate.  Fiorella tries to explain to Pedro what Dr. Elizalde said but he's not listening.  He freaks and then shrieks for Fiorella not to leave him.  Fiorella bolts out the door to ask Sergio to get Dr. Elizalde.  Aitana demands to know what she is doing there.  Sergio and Fiorella ignore her as Fiorella gives Sergio the sad news.

Giana and Gael are at the University as Gigi continues to wonder what her sister is trying to hide from her.  Gael thinks she should directly ask Fiorella what is going on.  Gianna decides it's a better idea to call Fiorella's friend, Nicoleta.

In the study at the Ranch, Assvaldo and Benigno are on death watch, having sent the Hairy Witch to find out if Pedro has kicked the bucket.  Benigno thinks death is imminent and congratulations are in order.  He hugs the Ass and Eloisa almost busts them talking about Pedro's demise.  Assvaldo has to put on his game grief face.  He hopes it's not going to be a tragedy.  Eloisa maintains it will not!  Assvaldo floats his "we have to think about the company" line, you know, if Pedro remains seriously injured, or dies.  Eloisa looks him unwaveringly in the eye:  Pedro is strong and will recover!  Sergio comes in on his phone an beckons for Eloisa to follow him out of the study.  After Sergio and Eloisa leave, Assvaldo and Benigno exchange worried glances.  "Could he have died?" asks Benigno.  Assvaldo says, "I hope so!"  Ass notes that Benigno, wearing a black suit, has come dressed for the occasion.  They chuckle and leave the study.

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Friday, January 01, 2016

Antes muerta que Lichita..#70 Augustus begins his deception with Alicia, Luciana finally reacts to her dad's death... Elsewhere Roberto is willing to hand Augustus on a platter to some cop in exchange to find Mateo

The Vidals are exiting a building. Roberto calls for Mateo and it turns out to be Mateo’s friend Tomas who they had adopted.
Roberto explains to them that Mateo is gone… The Vidals don’t know anything.  Marta explains she understood she was wrong to keep obsessed with Mateo when Tomas and others were available.  Tomas doesn’t know anything either other than one day they took him out to the Direction office.  He found it strange Mateo would have left without saying goodbye.  Roberto wishes Tomas well. Ms Venus does as well.  Mr Vidal wishes to Roberto that he will find Mateo soon. Roberto thanks him.
Lichita at office… Fatima explains that she started from the bottom at the office… Brisa is nagging about men earning more than women.  Nestor says ‘we men earn more because we spend more! Ubiquense! ‘  The women rant at him. 
Lichita rants at Augustus… he seems to find it amusing rather than irritating.  But he justifies about the men earning more than women… says women eventually marry and get supported by a man…  He assures her she will eventually follow that pattern. Alicia is not buying what he is selling.  Alicia says ‘you won’t tell me now that it is the first time a female employee complaints.’  Augustus says not even Sandra has …
Roberto is preaching to the choir, arguing with Ms Venus about where Mateo could be…  Venus says if you want to find out who adopted your son, we will try to find out. 
Valeria talks to Bea… Valeria seems to be the only one genuinely upset about Rafael’s passing.  Bea says what about Luciana… Valeria is indeed worried that Luciana did not shed a single tear yet for her dad’s passing.  Bea assures her they will together care for Luciana… Said Luciana is heading to the office as any other day…
At a meeting at the office, Alicia and Sandra are arguing about the female salaries to Augustus… seems Alicia got all the women to meet with Augustus to present their case. Even Fatima speaks for Alicia’s argument.  Shushette makes a comment that could be interpreted a different way given her reputation (los hombres me doblan… = men make me bend over).  Augustus says he will see what he can do… the women celebrate…  (I would say that promise to ‘see what he can do’ is as good as words in the wind…)
Valeria and Bea talk to Luciana… Luciana argues she is just not as dramatic/expressive as them.  Luciana leaves, Bea tells Valeria that Luciana looks like Augustus, very insensitive to emotional things.
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Thursday, December 31, 2015

2015 - A Year of Telenovelas, in review

Well, we've almost made it! Before 2016 arrives, share your thoughts on the shows you loved, hated, loved to hate, and hated to love in 2015. What were some of your "Best of" moments? What made you cry, cheer, laugh? Here's a list of the shows we covered on Caray, Caray! to get you started:

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