Monday, May 16, 2016

Sueño de Amor (SdA) #49. Monday May 16, 2016. This Novela Was Smushed With "Porque El Amor Manda" To Give You "Sueño Del Amor Manda"... Because You're Worth It!

At a glance

-- Osorio has decided to recycle Porque El Amor Manda, because he can and because he gets his paycheck no matter what.

A closer look 

Ricardo shows Esperanza the apartment he one-sidedly decided that she and her grown children should move into. He does, however, grant the little lady the privilege of choosing the furniture and the knickknacks that will fit out their new home. 

Accompanied by her adoring lapdog, Pedro, Princess Confundida goes to visit her saintly mother in jail. Despite her histrionic whining, prison life isn’t treating Silvana that bad. She is impeccably coiffed and she sports her favorite fluttering falsies. All that’s missing is her signature red lippy, designer glasses and military-style black garb and she's Principal Crazy-Eyes again!

At the constructora, Viviana complains to Luca about Ernesto’s objection to her “friendship” with Mario. Luca informs her that Ernesto pulled a heroic stunt during Pato’s birthday. Viviana’s eyes bug out in disbelief. 

In the reception area, Nacho informs Begoña that he decided to pull a Ricardo and cross the border illegally into the United States (irse de mojado). See you in 20 years, toots! 

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Un Camino Hacia el Destino-Week 13 (May 16, 2016) First Half

The solution to the mystery of who and where in the world is Fernanda, granddaughter and future heir to a vast fortune, is known only to one person and he’s incommunicado, interned in a psychiatric hospital. The people who want to know starts with her grandfather, Don Fernando. For good or ill, he has memory lapses. The others, Luis, Amelia and Mariana, all have a stake in Fernanda being found for their own financial gain.

This week we are surely in for some surprises. When Amelia gets back from the D.F., will Fernanda run into her at Don Fernando’s hacienda or will they manage to miss each other? Will Luis stalk the hacienda until he sees Amelia and waylay her to find out where Fernanda is? So far, Pedro has been able to keep Luis and Fernanda apart by pure strength of will, but in doing so is also keeping Fernanda and Carlos, the love of her life, apart, leaving room for a certain Dr. Javier to move in. In Friday’s encounter Javier and Carlos had a standoff. What is next for our pixie-perfect heroine?

Note: This post will cover Episodes #58-Mon, #59-Tue, #60-Wed.  The Second Half will be posted on Thursday and cover Episodes #61-Thu and #62-Fri and carry us through the weekend.

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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS (#1): Eva la Trailera, La Esclava Blanca, El Señor de los Cielos #4 and ¿Quién es Quién?: Week of May 16, 2016

Welcome to Page #1 (Monday edition) of the Telemundo y Más page, issued twice a week: Mondays at 3:00 PM and Thursdays at 8:00 PM.
Here's the lineup (all times are Eastern Time):
• 12-2 pm—¿Quién Es Quién?   
• 8 pm—Eva la Trailera  
• 9 pm—La Esclava Blanca 
• 10 pm—El Señor de los Cielos  


Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation.  Since discussions of all the Telemundo novelas share the same page, please remember to put the name of the telenovela you're discussing at the top of your post, so readers can easily find the discussions they're looking for.

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Saturday, May 14, 2016

El Hotel de los Secretos #76, 5/13/16: The Black Widow

Hi everyone. I want to tell you all what a pleasure it's been recapping this fantastic telenovela and I'm sad to see it end. There are so few really good ones that when one finishes, it leave an empty hole that is hard to fill. We were lucky after Yo No Creo en los Hombres, we had another fantastic TN that followed it and that hole never formed.

This is very long, there was no way I could shorten in without leaving out vital information.

We start where we left off, Manuela and Felipe having a conjugal visit, and Julio and Isabel being told the story of how they faked Andres’ death. Julio wants to know why Ayala was willing to break the law to do this? Ayala is not disposed to let innocent people die for the benefit of rich people. 

Belen has arrived at the hotel, wearing mourning black and a veil over her face, crying her eyes out at the injustice of Andres’ fate, through every fault of her own. She’s a first class drama queen, she’s utterly torn up, and runs to hug a startled Angela. Oleg pulls her off of Angela, but everyone wants an explanation of how this could have happened. 
Viewerville is on the edge of our seats, waiting to hear her explanation.
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Yago #10. Friday May 13, 2016. Some Truths Are Better Left Untold.

What is this salty discharge? Why am I bawling my eyes out, on a Saturday morning, over fictitious people? This ain't right.

At a glance

-- The Avengers Squad is disintegrating: Yago hides things from his sidekicks, while Katia and Teo turn on each other.
-- Damián upgrades his blackmail plan.
-- More about Abel's backstory after the casino robbery.
-- Yago tells his mother that he is Omar.

A closer look 

Let's delve right into the action, shall we? Flashback. San Nicolás Prison, a few years ago. Abel pays Omar a visit. He is visibly upset to see his friend’s bruised face and asks him what he can do to help. Omar wants answers, answers Abel is not prepared to give. He wants to know whether Abel knew about Lucio and Sara, about their intent to betray him. Abel dodges Omar’s questions and evades his scrutinizing gaze. He pretends that he doesn’t know anything about the casino robbery and that he hasn’t heard about either Lucio or Sara in a long time. Abel says his fare-thee-wells: He’s going to bounce (retachar) to a new place and start from zero, so he won’t be able to keep up with Omar and... Before he can finish stuttering his lame excuses, Omar sternly bids him goodbye and wishes him good luck. He smells a rat. Abel emphatically makes Omar promise that he’ll take care of himself. 

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Sueno de Amor, #48, Friday Ric can't even catch the faux Sombra

Hello, everybody! I'm going to keep this short and to the point, feel free to add details that I've missed and you think add to the overall plot. 

We start with the cat-fight between Kristel and Aranza. They are, indeed, fighting over bland Pedro, but who am I to judge?
The quarrel is interrupted by Pato, coming out of the toilet and reminding her two amigas that this is HER day and they should stop making a mess out of it.
Kristel almost starts weeping, apologizes to both Pato and Aranza and leaves. Aranza tries to defend herself, with the classic "She started it", but Pato bluntly asks if fighting over Pedro is something that Ara should focus on now, with everything else that is going on in her life. Touché!

Barbara Santillana informs Felix that she will take over for Silvana and no, she doesn't need his incompetent help to do the job, he's less likely to screw up things better in an administrative capacity. What she needs is a good educator, someone who knows about academics and is an excellent teacher. My mind goes straight to Esperanza, but then Barbara says another name: Cristina Velez Valderama - and here is how I suppose we'll be getting introduced to Marjorie de Sousa. Not even in the cast yet and she's already replacing my lovely Esperanza (oh, yeah, and I saw her in the credits, too, third position, with the mention Protagonista Invitada - whatever that means).

The scene switches to a child's room, a little girl - we see a picture of her with her mother (Marjorie), we hear her recorded voice saying how much she loves mom and we see a woman enter the room. No face for now, though, and I really don't get the mystery.

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Friday, May 13, 2016

El hotel de los Secretos #75, 5/12/16: Andy is alive ALIVE!

Oh my sweet lord, we got our Andres back!

  • Gabriel tells Natalia that Belen is alive and that Andres was killed for a crime he did not commit.
  • Natalia realizes the danger this puts her brother in so she hides him- smart girl.
  • Everyone mourns the death of poor sweet Andres- Julio has some lovely things to say about how awesome Andres was.
  • Teresa goes looking for Doctor V. when she can't find him she sits in his room and has a melt down, she even starts reading the Bible.
  • Speaking of melt downs, Sofia is having awful nightmares of Beatriz who tells her she will never give her a moment of peace, then she sees a dead man sitting with the babies, it was so creepy to see dead baby #1.
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Yago #9. Thursday May 12, 2016. World That Never Was

This recap is brought to you by our recapper and Patio regular, CountxAlacran. Enjoy! 

 (Scenes may be merged out of order)

Credit: Teche-Anubis, Deviantart

If anyone wonders about the title choice, I took it out of Kingdom Hearts. It’s a world that reminds me of Yago’s mindset and lonely life. 
  • Repeat of previous scenes (Ambar rejects Yago’s advances, Damian catches Matias looking at the tape, Matias informs Yago about the tape).
  • This is mostly a Yago-centric episode. We find out how he was doing after his surgery. We meet a new character, Selma (She is the lover of Fidel, mentor of Yago). Selma helped Yago design his alter ego teaching him of all of the tricks in life, more importantly to throw his original face (physically and mentally) out of the picture. In the present, Yago went to visit Bruno at his house because Bruno was worried about Melina’s rapidly decreasing mental health. Obviously, he had a hard time encountering with family memories, pictures and Omar’s favorite food after so many years. As Yago he had to abandon Omar completely (The directors must be happy to the tears that this show is just fantasy so that Ivan Sanchez cannot sue them for stealing his vocal cords).
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Thursday, May 12, 2016

Sueño de amor, Ep 47 (5.12.16) This episode has been brought to you by open ''Death threats'' when doing it anonymously is not enough.

''A very long time ago, very, very long time ago, in a land very far, very, very far, a little princess was born. She was so hairy and her beak was so crooked that her Mapa called her  ''Pato''. When she turned ''18'' her dad gave her a luscious party. Everybody was invited, specially Eli and Pocoyó. The shadow, international art thief was not on the list but he assisted anyway because he had a special gift for her. I told you I would kill her when she turned 18, remember?''

Grandmamá Pepa thought she was getting weird, wired, but all Ricardo did was give her a tracking device that looks like Barbie's smartphone to locate her son. Can you really know where he is with this? Sure! Do you remember the tubes from the tv when you were a kid? Well... technology has made everything smaller... 
She thinks she is the only one to blame because Max grew up without a father figure. She said that she created a soulless monster because the absence of Max's father made him steal to fill that void, yeah right! To another dog with that bone!

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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS (#2): Eva la Trailera, La Esclava Blanca, El Señor de los Cielos #4, Secretos, and ¿Quién es Quién?: Week of May 9, 2016

TELEMUNDO WEEKEND EDITION (continuación)

Here's Page 2 for the week.

The current novelas include the following (all times are Eastern Time):

noon - 2 - ¿Quién es Quién?
8 PM  -  Eva la Trailera
9 PM  - La Esclava Blanca 
10 PMEl Señor de los Cielos #4


Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation.  Since we all share the same page, please remember to put the name of the telenovela you're discussing at the top of your post, so readers can find their way around.

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Yago #8. Wednesday May 11, 2016. A Broken Home

This recap is brought to you by our recapper and Patio regular, Princess Juju. Enjoy! 
  • Bruno, Jonas and Melina are falling apart, they won't tell each other the secrets they hold and Melina is drowning in sadness. 
  • Bruno and Jonas argue about Melina's treatment and they later make up and agree to stick together; they always have. 
  • Flashback: Yomar's family is so happy, it actually hurts to see this knowing what's coming ahead, they are all very proud of Yomar for working on his degree. 
  • Flashback: Yomar and Bruno bond, Bruno's voice over tells us that Yomar was his here and always brought light, happiness and laughter to everyone he met. Buy the way this is exactly how Sara described Ambar to Yago. 
  • Flashback: Yomar gets set up and the family picks sides, Jonas feels Yomar was guilty and refuses to visit him in jail, Melina and Bruno on the other hand refuse to believe that Yomar committed the crime and stand by him. 
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El Hotel de los Secretos #74, 5/11/16: A Son Saved and Sent Away; A Son Who Stayed Close is Lost

Diego’s Mad Mama has Julio tied to a chair and blindfolded, and Isabel drugged half out of her mind and hog tied to the bed in her lair. She orders her goon to shoot Julio, as he swears his love to Isa. The goon takes aim and gets ready to shoot Julio in the head, when suddenly a shot rings out, hits him square in the heart, and drops him dead to the ground. Mad Mama hides. Isa faints into drugged unconsciousness. Doctor Vicario steps into the room, knocks Julio out with the butt of his gun, and points his gun at Mad Mama as she emerges from the shadows.

Doc Vic: Hello, Juana.
Mad Mama: Simón! What are you doing here?
DV: You and I have a lot to talk about. Let’s go!
He leads her out at gun point.

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Un Camino Hacia el Destino-Week 12 (May 9, 2016) Second Half


EPISODE #55 (Wed May 11)
 
Carlos comes to help Paco with his homework, but he says he can do it alone. Paco wants to know what he and his mother were arguing about. It’s adult stuff. Paco doesn’t think a mother and son should be fighting. Carlos says it happens.
 
Next morning Cesar is helping Fer at the quesadilla stand. Then she leaves for her new job and reflects on the burden she’s carrying on her shoulders. She needs to pay back the loan—with interest, all by herself, without a father, without a mother and without Carlos. How quickly life can change from night to morning. She thinks about her mother, how she knows now her mother didn’t love her. She wonders where she is.
 
Adelina comes to visit Pedro in his room at the clinic and introduces herself as Fer’s good friend. They spend time getting to know each other. She’s impressed by how happy he is, even in a place like this. He claims there’s always light at the end of the tunnel and his daughter is the light of his life.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Sueño de amor #46 Wednesday 5/11/16

So, here we go with a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

Pato is on the street and Anastasia approaches her. They end up on a bus where Anastasia wants Pato to get a message to Ernesto for her. She needs his help because she has no money: nothing. So far he has refused to give her anything. Anastasia makes sure that Pato sees a  gun in her handbag. Maybe Ernesto needs someone he loves to be in danger . . . Anastasia sure hopes that Patricia gives Ernesto the message. After getting off the bus, Anastasia pretends to shoot Pato through the bus window with her finger. Pato is left creeped out and alone on the bus.

At the hospital, the doctor is filling in Viviana and Luca about the severity of Adrián's problem. Luca and the doctor think that Adrián needs to go inpatient at a rehab center. Viviana is not too sure. Later at home, Ernesto agrees Adrián needs to be admitted to the rehab center. Adrián sees it as if they are throwing him away. Luca and Ernesto do their best to talk him into it. Adrián hysterical makes all sort of promises not to drink. Viviana is afraid they will mistreat Adrián and promises to take care of him rather than send him off to that terrible place. Ernesto sees Vivana as just stupid but then he has to stay quiet because it is all his fault anyway. Luca tries to convince Viviana and Adrián that Adrián's promises mean absolutely nothing. Seems to be enough blame to spread around.
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Sueño de Amor (SdA) #45. Tuesday May 10, 2016. Misery Loves Company.

Hello Patio Pals! We’ll have to make do with a quick summary until a volunteer takes over this recapping spot. 

Adrián is in hospital with alcohol poisoning (congestión alcohólica). His pity party for one is getting old. Everything that happens to him is everybody’s fault but his own. He treats both Estrella and Salma like crap when they visit him at hospital. That should teach them to care. 

In Acapulco, Esperanza and Ricardo do a lame copy of the “From Here To Eternity” kissing-on-the-beach sequence. Agent Alegría informs his starry-eyed fiancée that he’ll resign as soon as he catches La Sombra. Wouldn’t an immediate resignation be more conducive to La Sombra’s prompt capture? 
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Sad, salty tears: Damian lives Yago #7 05/10/2016

This won't be my best recap but that's because in a few minutes my office computer is going "bye, bye" and I'm finally getting a new one!

  • Melina, does not get run over! She was shaken up but is in good health. she confesses everything to Jonas-including the fact that she pawned her wedding ring to get bus fare to see the shaman.
  • Jonas goes to Lucio for help in getting even with the shaman, Lucio and his goons pay the shaman a visit and trash his place- but wait for it...the shaman has Lucio's number and tells him that he (Lucio) may be able to fool everyone else, but that he can't fool him and that he knows Lucio is behind the suffering of Melina's son. Ooooooh snap!
  • Damian, Sara's and Ambar's dad makes his return. Sara and Lucio pretend not to know him but Teo and Katia are on the case and tell Yago that Damian is someone known to both Sara and Lucio, this will be important later.
  • We get a flashback scene where we see just how much of a conman Damian is, he catches someone's attention and is offered the casino heist job- so he never did it for Ambar, he was hired by someone else to do the job!
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El Hotel de los Secretos #73, 5/10/16: You Want Macho? Just Dial Hotheads Are Us

Parte 1
All are totally upset by the fact that Andres has been unjustly dragged off to jail for the missing Belen’s supposed murder.  (El bocazota ése, with that size 13 shoe of his, has managed to insert same with a perfect fit).  Julio and Detective Ayala are wise that the judge is in cahoots with Somebody.  Julio sees red and blames Diego for Isabela’s kidnapping.  Why?  I, frankly, am not sure.  They figure that he’s hiding a dark, dark pasado since he really comes from Colombia and was on the lam for some shady deal that got him in trouble with The Law and over which Romulo and he apparently argued –and which may be the reason he might have administered the deadly arsenic to the old dude? And, perhaps it got the others in Romulo’s secret society to want to off Diego also, or at least to accuse his beloved of being an adulteress.  Julio wants to head off to strangle and mangle El Diablo de Diego just because, because if it hadn’t been for that devilish brute his sister wouldn’t be dead and his beloved wouldn’t have been raped!!  However, Ayala tells him no!  “--Use some common sense! Killing   serves not the Greater Good.”  This gets Julio thinking with the common sense part of his brain…maybe.

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Yago #6. Monday May 9, 2016. Discussion Page + Highlights By Julie And Vivi.

Hello Patio Pals! We’ll have to make do with a discussion page until a volunteer takes over this recapping spot. 

Two of our Patio regulars kindly contributed this impromptu recap. Many thanks to both!

Highlights by Julie:

Katia gets her hands on Ambar's medical records and Yago finds out that Ambar was admitted to the hospital just days before (or after?) the heist and questions if it's a coincidence. (duh) 

Sara recalls that the hospital threatened to kick Ambar out because Sara's account was NSF. Turns out Sara's father kept her share as well as his own because his own welfare was more important to him than Ambar's. Lucio offered to pay Ambar's hospital bill himself. 

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Sueño de Amor (SdA) #44. Monday May 9, 2016. The One Where Nobody Calls The Police.

At a glance

-- Aranza gets kidnapped, beaten and raped because Osorio is running out of cheap ploys to raise the ratings of this train wreck.
-- Adrián runs away from home and spends the night drinking on a pile of garbage.
-- Nobody has the presence of mind to call the cops! 

A closer look 

In their luxury suite in Acapulco, Esperanza and Ricardo mingle limbs in slo-mo and fall asleep in a pillowless diagonal embrace. 

Back in Mexico City, Kristel tells Pedro that Salma’s pregnancy brought their family together. Silver linings and whatnot. However, Kristel doesn’t know where her witch of a mother moved out to. Pedro informs her that her mom was the one who sent the CCTV tape that got him locked up in the holding cells (separos) of the police station. However, he is still alive and kicking (vivito y coleando), so no harm no foul. Pedro receives the sympathy he was fishing for in the form of a kiss. A kiss for which he’ll get admonished, at some point, by Princess Confundida

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El Hotel de los Secretos #72, 5/9/16: Mommy-Suegra Dearest

Diego's mother has a mild face, but the tight bun in her hair and the black satin dress give her a severe air. The collar that looks like a chain of medium-sized doilies adds to the incongruity. She tells Isabel that she had Isa nabbed in order to "save" her and Diego. Diego's been writing letters to his mommy. He's treated Isa badly and it's not her fault. He's a troubled boy. During her speech, she prepares a mixture of medicines in a small bottle. She assures Isabel, "don't worry, you'll learn to love my Diego and all will be well. He won't make the same mistakes again!"

Isabel struggles to get up, but is easily knocked over. "My Diego should have been a writer," his mother says. "You're exactly as he described you." She administers another dose with the mask and says that a little morphine and scopolamine will help Isabel "sleep better."
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