Caray, Caray!

Welcome to Page #1 (Monday edition) of the Telemundo y Más page, issued twice a week: Mondays and Thursdays at 8:00 PM.

Here are the current evening telenovelas (all times are Eastern Standard Time):

• 9-10PM—Todo Por Mi Hija
• 10-11PM—Falsa Identidad 2

NOTE: Neither novela will be shown this Thursday or Friday, Dec. 24 or 25. ¡Felices Fiestas!

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 referring to at the top of your post, so readers can easily find the conversations they're looking for.

By common agreement, this group DOES NOT discuss previews, trailers, or any other plot information not found in a current or past episode of the current production. Spoilers WILL be removed by the admin. This includes reference to earlier productions of the story, and even the original novel. Thanks for your cooperation!

Labels: hija, identidad2, telemundo

Welcome to page 1 of Daytime TNs!  This page is being provided to give those who are watching daytime TNs on any channel a place to discuss the TNs aired prior to 6PM.  If you would like to contribute a recap or just some highlights for a daytime TN, I’m sure there are those who watch the same TNs that would appreciate it.

9 -11 AM - Contra Viento y Mares  (Unimás)

12-2 PM –  Alborada (Unimás)

1-2 PM -   Yo Soy Betty, La Fea (Telemundo)

2-3  PM -   Mañana Es Para Siempre  (Univisión)

7-8 PM -   Pájaro Soñador (Unimás-repeat aired at 8AM the following morning.)

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Labels: daytime, pajaro, viento

THE NIGHT BEFORE

Grand Central Love Shack

Leo finally comes out of the Little Policeman's Room to discover Cris has vaporized and Elisa is in a funk. She wants to turn herself in. He doesn't want her to. Adri and Mario walk in and say the coast is clear, so they group up into a convoy to go back to Mexico. 

Leo asks Adri to pep Elisa up while he phones his mom, so she climbs into the driver's seat and says hey. El wants to know if Leo and Cris were a thing, but Adri waves that off. Elisa also feels bad that Adri and Mario are risking their careers for her. She doesn't want to make any more trouble. Adri tells her that she and Mario are Leo's best friends, and Elisa is the most important person in the world to Leo, and that's why they will never leave her alone. Elisa sniffs prettily. 

Can't-Do War Room

The New Can't-Do Trio are still hashing out what to do about Dario's mom when Ren suddenly remembers what she's been reading in the Caray comments all week: she has an apartment! Why don't they take Piedad there? Then she realizes Clara and Majo aren't listening, so she leaves them alone to work out their girl stuffs.

Majo tries to friendzone Clara, but Clara isn't sure she can deal. Majo goes on to give a pretty impressive explanation of trauma-bonding as the reason both she and Clara are attached to the wrong people. Clara politely does not point out that at least she never pointed a gun at her, bled all over her, or made her get naked on the phone. 

Mea Culpa Hospital

Elisa and Leo arrive for Velasco support duty, with Adri and Mario on their heels. JL pulls Adri aside and rips her a new one for showing her face in front of his family: "You make me feel dirty!" What a tool.

JL and Leo go off to sign some Very Important Papers regarding Leslie's treatment, and Sara comforts gloomy Elisa. She tells her she saved Leo from drowning in his own grief. He truly loves her, and so he will never leave her alone. If I were Elisa, I'd be starting to feel a teensy bit claustrophobic right about now. 

Leslie wakes up and asks for Leo. She wants him to tell her what's really wrong; she knows her parents will shine her on. "Be brave!" he tells her. "You have The Only Childhood Disease in Mexico, but you're young and strong and we're all here for you and we will never, ever leave you alone." Leslie starts to cry, probably because she realizes she will not have a moment of privacy for the rest of her natural life.

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We have a repeat of Leo whisking off to check out while Crisbitch lurks behind and glares at the cabin where she assumes Eliesa must be hiding. She takes a revolver out of her purse.

At the Grupo Can’tDo, Fab is taking care of business when he gets a call from Ewww’s minion. A messenger will deliver the documents Fab is to sign—documents to certify and confirm shipments. Minion also tells him to look through Eliesa’s paperwork for pricing certificates and he is to duplicate the prices. They need the documents today, so, the messenger will wait for the signed documents. Fab walks out of his office and runs into Fer who hands him the documents which have just been given to her by the messenger. After he grabs them and turns to leave, Fer comments, “You are doing exactly what Augusto did, or rather, you are doing what your father wants.”

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Greetings, Caraymates!

Welcome to page 2 of Primetime TNs/Series. Jarifa is providing some darned good recaps for Vencer El Desamor, but if some other brave soul(s) would like to contribute a recap or just some highlights for it or any of the listed TNs, it would be greatly appreciated. You can also add to or clarify scenes/details, especially those that are favs or not-so-favs. The TNs covered by this page are:

8PM  - Vencer el Desamor: Ep. 27-28

10PM – Dulce Ambición

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Labels: desamor, dulce, primetime, Univision

TELEMUNDO WEEKEND EDITION (continuación)

Here's Page 2 for the week.  The current evening telenovelas are as follows (all times are Eastern Standard Time):

• 9-10PM -  Todo por Mi Hija**
• 10-11PM - Falsa Identidad 2

**Todo por Mi Hija will not be shown on Friday, December 18.  As they've done before Telemundo will air two episodes of Falsa Identidad 2 beginning at 9PM. 

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 referring to at the top of your post, so readers can easily find the conversations they're looking for.

By common agreement,this group DOES NOT DISCUSS previews, trailers, or any other plot information not found in a current or past episode of the current production.  Spoilers WILL be removed by the admin.  This includes references to earlier productions of the story, and even the original novel. Thanks for your cooperation!
 
 

Labels: hija, identidad2, telemundo

 Welcome to page 2 of Daytime TNs!  This page is being provided to give those who are watching daytime TNs on any channel a place to discuss the TNs aired prior to 6PM.  If you would like to contribute a recap or just some highlights for a daytime TN, I’m sure there are those who watch the same TNs that would appreciate it.

9 -11 AM – Contra Viento y Mares (Unimás)

12-2 PM –  Alborada (Unimás)

1-2 PM -   Yo Soy Betty, La Fea (Telemundo)

2-3  PM -   Papa a Toda Madre (Univisión)

7-8 PM -   Pájaro Soñador (Unimás-repeat aired at 8AM the following morning.)

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Labels: daytime, mariana, pajaro, viento

 Just some bullet points this time, I'm typing the recap as I'm watching (and then putting scenes together, with a little bit of snark on the side).

Adriana gives up on Mario’s friendship because of JLow’s sick control over her. And then screams at him that he can't control her life. Yeah...

The happy Fabrapoodle family are waiting on the DNA results. Fab thinks Fer is a worthless whore (his exact words basically), he’s going to fight for Juanito if he's his son. 

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⦁ Leonardo and Elisa are stuck at the roadblock being checked by the officer in charge. "My wife doesn't need an ambulance; she has a headache because she doesn't have the medicine I left at the hotel.  We just need to get that."  Finally, we've got a cop who can relate to spousal guilt trips;  he relents and lets them pull out of the roadblock.  Lucky for Leo and El (and the telenovela gods) that in this little corner of the alternate universe Mexico's police use walkie-talkies still instead of slick cell phones or laptops with Instagram and twitter-sharing options in their cop cars......

⦁ Back at Grupo Cantu, Renata still has her funky uncky Eugenio corralled and is laying her cards on the proverbial poker table.  She's seen the report where the type of nefarious operation performed on her is discussed in glorious detail.  All she wants to know is who the heck gave them permission to do that to her.  Ewwy diverts and skirts asking if she really thinks him capable of harming her.  She is his favorite of them all and knows this.  Truly, she's been off her meds too long and needs to continue taking them.  He kisses her and hugs her as Viewerville has visions of a mafioso's last kiss to the condemned. 

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Time is everything. We can't buy it back or sell it and it always has the last word. – Dashiell Hammett

Leo looked at Christina with suspicion. She said “We're going to talk about Julia and Elisa, but first I want to talk about me.” He was not looking for a crash course on black widow spiders.

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Greetings, Caraymates!

Welcome to page 1 of Primetime TNs/Series. Jarifa is providing some darned good recaps for Vencer El Desamor, but if some other brave soul(s) would like to contribute a recap or just some highlights for it or any of the listed TNs, it would be greatly appreciated. You can also add to or clarify scenes/details, especially those that are favs or not-so-favs. The TNs covered by this page are:

8PM  - Vencer el Desamor: Ep. 24-26

10PM – Dulce Ambición

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Labels: desamor, dulce, primetime, Univision

Welcome to Page 1 (Monday edition) of the Telemundo y Más page, issued twice a week:  Mondays and Thursdays at 8:00 PM.

Here are the current evening telenovelas (all times are Eastern Standard Time):

• 9-10PM -  Todo por Mi Hija
• 10-11PM - Falsa Identidad 2
  

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 referring to at the top of your post so readers can easily find the conversation they're looking for.

By common agreement, this group DOES NOT discuss previews, trailers, or any other plot information not found in a current or past episode of the current production.  Spoilers WILL be removed by the admin.  This includes references to earlier productions of the story, and even the original novel.  Thanks for your cooperation!

Labels: hija, identidad2, telemundo

Welcome to page 1 of Daytime TNs!  This page is being provided to give those who are watching daytime TNs on any channel a place to discuss the TNs aired prior to 6PM.  If you would like to contribute a recap or just some highlights for a daytime TN, I’m sure there are those who watch the same TNs that would appreciate it. 

9 -11 AM – Mariana de la Noche: Gran POR FIN on Tuesday!! (Unimás)

               Contra Viento y Mares: Starts on Wednesday! (Unimás)

12-2 PM –  Alborada (Unimás)

1-2 PM -   Yo Soy Betty, La Fea (Telemundo)

2-3  PM -   Papa a Toda Madre (Univisión)

7-8 PM -   Pájaro Soñador (Unimás-repeat aired at 8AM the following morning.)

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Labels: daytime, mariana, pajaro, viento

Leo and Elisa continue to marvel at the fantasyland their fairy godmother has created for them. 

Leo: I'm fired! Let's run away!

Elisa: Nah, let's just pretend. I'm good at that.

They get down to some serious nose-bending. I hope Renata has put out some space heaters, because these two continue to generate no BTUs whatsoever. 

Leo gives Elisa a promise ring and makes many promising promises. He seems blissfully unaware that nothing will change until she starts promising a few things, like telling the truth or maybe just paying attention. After all, he's been Steady Eddie all along. But the theme music starts kicking up, so it must be working. 

Ren and Majo are watching the scene unfold while hanging out an upstairs window. God, this family is creepy. Couldn't they just screen the surveillance video after? Ren looks touched. Majo looks constipated. 

*****

Leslie is crumpled in her bed like a wet dishrag while Tere and JL hover over her. She tearfully announces that the only thing that will make her better is her parents kissing and making up so they can all be one big dysfunctional family again. (Wait; what? Isn't that how she got so weird in the first place? Did they bring in a third set of writers while we weren't looking?) JL's phone keeps ringing, but he doesn't answer it. 

*****

Video montage with dramatic strings of all the sad girls in their pajamas: Clara crying in her room, Adri texting an unresponsive JL, Tere and Leslie asleep in her single bed, Fer whimpering on the floor. Cut to Elisa and Leo, out of their pajamas and not sad at all. At least it's not the theme song again.

*****

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Labels: imperio

Greetings, Caraymates!

Welcome to page 2 of Primetime TNs/Series. Jarifa is providing some darned good recaps for Vencer El Desamor, but if some other brave soul(s) would like to contribute a recap or just some highlights for it or Dulce, it would be greatly appreciated. You can also add to or clarify scenes/details, especially those that are favs or not-so-favs. The TNs covered by this page are:

8PM  - Vencer el Desamor: Ep. 22-23

10PM – Dulce Ambición (Pre-empted on Thursday due to Futbol!)

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Labels: desamor, dulce, primetime, Univision

TELEMUNDO WEEKEND EDITION (continuación)

Here's Page 2 for the week. The current evening telenovelas are as follows (all times are Eastern Standard Time):

• 9-10PM—Todo Por Mi Hija**
• 10-11PM—Falsa Identidad 2**

**On Friday, Dec. 11, Todo Por Mi Hija will not be shown. Falsa Identidad 2 will run for two hours (9-11 pm). Todo Por Mi Hija will return on Monday, Dec. 14.

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 referring to at the top of your post, so readers can easily find the conversations they're looking for.

By common agreement, this group DOES NOT discuss previews, trailers, or any other plot information not found in a current or past episode of the current production. Spoilers WILL be removed by the admin. This includes reference to earlier productions of the story, and even the original novel. Thanks for your cooperation!

Labels: hija, identidad2, telemundo

Welcome to page 2 of Daytime TNs!  This page is being provided to give those who are watching daytime TNs on any channel a place to discuss the TNs aired prior to 6PM.  If you would like to contribute a recap or just some highlights for a daytime TN, I’m sure there are those who watch the same TNs that would appreciate it. TNS currently being discussed are:

9 -11 AM – Mariana de la Noche: Últimos Capítulos!! (Unimás)

12-2 PM –  Alborada (Unimás)

7-8 PM -   Pájaro Soñador (Unimás-repeat aired at 8AM the following morning.)

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Labels: daytime, mariana, pajaro

 Eww defends himself in front of Fab – "Dario is the big baddie who did everything, I was only trying to fix all his porquerias, protect Elisa and the Cantus. And if you go to the police, you will ruin everything."

One flew over the cuckoo’s nest

Majo and Clara manage to get into Mau’s room by saying they’re part of his family. He is obviously sedated, wide eyes open, looking like what nightmares are made of. Majo tells him that Renata send her to check up on him. A nurse shows up with big bottles of pills for Mau. She encourages Majo to keep talking to him, because even if he looks like a catatonic contortionist, he can hear her. She’s not to worry, they are taking good care of him, even if they are short staffed. Why so, Majo asks. Because the head nurse, Estela, has died and most of the staff is at her funeral. When Majo asks, the nurse explains that Estela was mugged and killed when trying to defend herself, but it was strange, because nothing was missing (rookie mistake, art traffickers must make terrible muggers). As the nurse is talking, Mauricio gets restless, his eyes threaten to jump out of his eye sockets. The nurse remembers that Majo used to come visit another patient, so Majo admits that she lied about being part of Mau’s family. It was her sister, Renata, who asked her to come visit. The nurse doesn’t mind, she knows the two were friends. Majo asks why he’s being sedated, was there an unwanted baby inside his belly, too? No, she doesn’t say that, but it would be an honest presumption, right? The nurse explains that he tried to run away, so they are keeping him drugged in order to avoid another crisis. And that is medicine at its finest.

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With an easily enraged Leonardo doing the questioning one on one in the interrogation room, Cobra, aka, Dario, manages to purposely push every single one of Leo's buttons.  He screams at Leo to hit him.  When Leo refuses, Cobra gives Leo a head butt that kicks his nemesis into high hostile gear.  Adriana and Mario have to race in to tear the two apart.  They manage to pull Leo off Cobra and out of the room.  Cobra gets his jollies threatening to sue Leo for police brutality.  

At the Cantu manse, Majo asks Elisa what will happen to Cobra.  "--They keep him in jail while they put together a case against him."  "--You think that he's going to accuse you--Sorry.  Didn't mean to...."  They agree they've got to think of a legal strategy.  Majo's all for that. She encourages El to do whatever she's got to do, shady or not, to keep from going to jail.  El only asks Majo to help take care of Renatta since Mama is a lost cause. (Hell, so is Majo.  A perfect case of the blind leading the blind.)

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The fault is usually in so many lies people tell to themselves. – Dashiell Hammett

Adriana took the call about Leo trapping El Cobra. She had to tell José Luis, who was in the same room. He looked confused as she said “Let's go.”

Majo had to get Renata to calm down so that she7 would not be locked up in the loony bin again, possibly forever this time. She led her away. When they arrived home they argued about what to do next. Renata insisted that they could not wait because of what could happen to Mauricio.

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