Wednesday, January 26, 2011
La Fea Más Bella #185-186 1/26/11 NO, PANDORA! Noooooooooo!!!!!
Capitulo 185.
Read K-Fuego’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Fausto says he was too stubborn and he’s missed his son. Aldo says he’s happy with the life he chose. Fausto gives him a 2-year-old letter.
2. Fernando is dragged out of the bar and returns for a third time, but he passes out. Libardo says he acted like he wanted someone to kill him. Marcia starts to take Fern home, and he says, “Marcia, you don’t deserve this.”
3. Aldo is afraid to read the letter from his cuñada. It says Lenora did it because she loved him too much and was afraid he didn’t love her, so she wanted to make him jealous. At least now he knows she did it for misguided love and not rejection. He asks Lety to stay on the beach with him to greet the dawn.
4. Julieta cries for Lety’s pain, and she cries because Lety told her diary instead of her. Erasmo is discouraged because he can’t find work, and he reaches for the tequila.
5. Fern asks for an exorcism because he can’t take it anymore. He doesn’t want to stay and impose on Marcia. She says that even though they’re finished, she can’t watch him destroy himself.
6. Lety and Aldo greet the dawn. They romp in the waves and he kisses her. In the WATER. They run back to the beach, and Aldo draws her to him again. Suddenly it’s Fernando and they share a long, intimate kiss that springs from Lety’s deep love. On the LAND. As she gazes at him in total contentment, he transforms back into Aldo who just received the kiss of his life. She gets flustered and scurries away.
7. Fern asks why their photo is still on the nightstand. Marcia says it’s not easy to throw away something very important to her, and the heart is a traitor. He asks for a hug. She says now it’s time to think about herself and forget about him.
8. Back in her room, Lety asks, “Why did I kiss Aldo like that if I love Fernando? The only kisses I desire are Fernando’s.” Meanwhile Aldo thinks about that kiss. He realizes that he’s cured; he’s able to love again.
9. In the morning, Marcia brings Fern breakfast and a suitcase to carry all his things away.
Capitulo 186.
Read Alma’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Lety tells Caro that she and Aldo shared a (as in one) kiss, and she doesn’t want to see him again. She regrets it because she still loves Fernando. Caro asks if she’s holding out hope since he and Marcia broke up. Lety says no because he never liked (querer) her.
2. Marcia has a new haircut. She tells MamaT the suitcase was a test. If he takes everything, there’s no chance of them getting back together. Fern starts to pack, looks at his clothes, shakes his head slightly, and says, “No, it’s better to leave it here.” No, Pandora, Nooooo!!!!
3. Caro tells Lety why Aldo is a much better option. Lety says it’s very hard for her to believe in love again. Caro advises Lety to grab what life has offered. Aldo calls to arrange lunch. On the old recap Alma has a Freudian slip and calls him “Also.”
4. Ariel heaps a load of insults on Fern. A: Are you here to defend Lety? F: No, that finished. A: Do you accept that you gave the company to a fugitive? Fern doesn’t answer. A: Do you accept that that woman could be anywhere in the world squandering our patrimonio? F: Maybe.
5. By phone, Humberto tells the board to hire a criminal attorney to file charges against Lety because she stole the company. He tells Fern to talk to Lety’s family.
6. Tom tells the HaHA’s (Happy Hour Attorneys) that they need to reverse the judgment. Lety wants to return the company. The HaHA’s tell him that’s complicated, and they’d have to do it before the liquidation.
7. Fern calls MamaJ. The beating the luchadores gave him is nothing compared to RamboMom. She says he sent her daughter into this hell and destroyed her; it’s a miracle she’s still alive. She’s no thief; Tom is working to get the embargo reversed. It is Fernando who created this mess. She forbids him from calling her house again.
8. Tom tells the HaHA’s that Lety returns tomorrow. They insist that he explains the real story of FI.
Read K-Fuego’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Fausto says he was too stubborn and he’s missed his son. Aldo says he’s happy with the life he chose. Fausto gives him a 2-year-old letter.
2. Fernando is dragged out of the bar and returns for a third time, but he passes out. Libardo says he acted like he wanted someone to kill him. Marcia starts to take Fern home, and he says, “Marcia, you don’t deserve this.”
3. Aldo is afraid to read the letter from his cuñada. It says Lenora did it because she loved him too much and was afraid he didn’t love her, so she wanted to make him jealous. At least now he knows she did it for misguided love and not rejection. He asks Lety to stay on the beach with him to greet the dawn.
4. Julieta cries for Lety’s pain, and she cries because Lety told her diary instead of her. Erasmo is discouraged because he can’t find work, and he reaches for the tequila.
5. Fern asks for an exorcism because he can’t take it anymore. He doesn’t want to stay and impose on Marcia. She says that even though they’re finished, she can’t watch him destroy himself.
6. Lety and Aldo greet the dawn. They romp in the waves and he kisses her. In the WATER. They run back to the beach, and Aldo draws her to him again. Suddenly it’s Fernando and they share a long, intimate kiss that springs from Lety’s deep love. On the LAND. As she gazes at him in total contentment, he transforms back into Aldo who just received the kiss of his life. She gets flustered and scurries away.7. Fern asks why their photo is still on the nightstand. Marcia says it’s not easy to throw away something very important to her, and the heart is a traitor. He asks for a hug. She says now it’s time to think about herself and forget about him.
8. Back in her room, Lety asks, “Why did I kiss Aldo like that if I love Fernando? The only kisses I desire are Fernando’s.” Meanwhile Aldo thinks about that kiss. He realizes that he’s cured; he’s able to love again.
9. In the morning, Marcia brings Fern breakfast and a suitcase to carry all his things away.
Capitulo 186.
Read Alma’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Lety tells Caro that she and Aldo shared a (as in one) kiss, and she doesn’t want to see him again. She regrets it because she still loves Fernando. Caro asks if she’s holding out hope since he and Marcia broke up. Lety says no because he never liked (querer) her.
2. Marcia has a new haircut. She tells MamaT the suitcase was a test. If he takes everything, there’s no chance of them getting back together. Fern starts to pack, looks at his clothes, shakes his head slightly, and says, “No, it’s better to leave it here.” No, Pandora, Nooooo!!!!
3. Caro tells Lety why Aldo is a much better option. Lety says it’s very hard for her to believe in love again. Caro advises Lety to grab what life has offered. Aldo calls to arrange lunch. On the old recap Alma has a Freudian slip and calls him “Also.”
4. Ariel heaps a load of insults on Fern. A: Are you here to defend Lety? F: No, that finished. A: Do you accept that you gave the company to a fugitive? Fern doesn’t answer. A: Do you accept that that woman could be anywhere in the world squandering our patrimonio? F: Maybe.
5. By phone, Humberto tells the board to hire a criminal attorney to file charges against Lety because she stole the company. He tells Fern to talk to Lety’s family.
6. Tom tells the HaHA’s (Happy Hour Attorneys) that they need to reverse the judgment. Lety wants to return the company. The HaHA’s tell him that’s complicated, and they’d have to do it before the liquidation.
7. Fern calls MamaJ. The beating the luchadores gave him is nothing compared to RamboMom. She says he sent her daughter into this hell and destroyed her; it’s a miracle she’s still alive. She’s no thief; Tom is working to get the embargo reversed. It is Fernando who created this mess. She forbids him from calling her house again.8. Tom tells the HaHA’s that Lety returns tomorrow. They insist that he explains the real story of FI.
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Eva Luna #57 Tue 1/25/11 Tantrums and tantrums and tantrums. And then tantrums.
I haven't forgotten! WATCH THIS SPACE! I'm doing the recap right now!
Eva Luna—Episode 57, January 25, 2011
I'm going to have to streamline some of the scenes and storylines, otherwise we'll be here all day. . .
We recycle the end of yesterday, where Justa is going to tell Don Ricardo her whole story. Then we go to the reading of the will. Then we cut to a nauseating scene where Daniel is apparently suffering from some sort of amnesia because he is treating Icky like she is not some homicidal FREAK.
Justa continues her story to Don Ricardo, about getting pregnant with this guy but he's marrying some other lady so she never told him, blah blah blah.
That FREAK FREAK FREAK Icktoria is talking to Daniel as if nothing has happened, and they are playing out some sort of sick, twisted reconciliation scene, where he asks "forgiveness" for how he treated her. (Whiskey tango foxtrot? For real?) Oh, I can't stand this. You get the picture. It's just awful. Delusional. Whatever. Anyway.
Justa is telling Don Ricardo that she had a lot of resentment towards the father of her undead baby (okay, she doesn't know the kid is undead yet, at least not for sure). She never looked him up, but now the memories are resurfacing.
Leo and Icky are having a discussion about their reversal of fortunes. Icky is actually sounding VEXED that she was sad about her dad's death, and now he does this! Some kvetching about that nobody Eva having more money than they do. Leo keeps on saying he's got a plan, not to worry . . . all Icky has to do is secure Daniel once more for herself.
At the happy pension they're sitting down for a meal. Tony says (in English) "Hello family! I'm so hungry!" but his hunger is suddenly suppressed when Alicia gets a phone call from Eva. He stealthily hovers in the background and eavesdrops.
Basically their conversation is about Eva making it down to San Diego to the tia with the tarot cards, and Alicia telling Eva that she should stay hidden, because Daniel is MAJORLY PISSED at her. Eva looks impactada at this news. Eva wants Alicia to come join her, but Alicia says she's doing okay with her great new job.Then Eva warns Alicia not to trust Tony and DEFINITELY not to tell him anything. Eva doesn't get into details about why, of course. I am not sure but I think that Tony (while eavesdropping) does not hear where Eva is staying.
Meanwhile Daniel is at home, kvetching to Francisco about Eva inheriting all that money. Obviously she was scamming Don Julio too! Daniel is in self-righteous pr*ck mode. So wow, he's going to have to do a lot of groveling later, isn't he? Anyway, Francisco makes a comment that they're going to have to call Eva a "lady" because she's going to be the boss at the company, right? Daniel doesn't like the sound of this.
We then go to a scene were Evil Marcela is having a major meltdown about losing all that money. All through this episode she blames EVERYONE for what's happening, expecting things to turn her way just because she demands it and screams for it. She also makes ample death threats, mostly towards Don Julio (if he were only alive she'd kill him—but wait, she thinks he IS dead because she killed him!) and also she makes threats towards Eva. We first see her screaming at Leo and blaming him for everything and basically having a tantrum. FF>>>
Then we have a scene that drags out throughout half of the episode where Don Julio shows up at the door of the pension, wanting to see Eva. Alicia answers the door and of course is uncertain about what to do. Don Julio is able to convince her that he's not the cops and is indeed that nice old sick dude that Eva was looking after. He really needs to get in touch with Eva so he can help her, but Alicia hems and haws.
Don Julio also warns Alicia that it's very dangerous for anyone to know that he is looking for Eva.
Then we have a series of scenes between Daniel and Icky, where they have this "nice" talk and you know it's all leading up to how maybe they can get back together. I don't think Daniel is ready to think about marriage, but he even (gag) kisses Icky, so he's just totally giving up here. There is a flashback scene where he remembers being stood up at the altar and all the stuff with Eva supposedly betraying him. He thinks this is it, I guess. Icky is all he can get. Then we have Icky (with her mascara getting clumped up a bit with tears) saying that she's worried that he is just settling for her and that he will always be trying to forget Eva.
Icky also worries that when Eva returns he'll fall under her spell again. Daniel assures her that won't happen. (Don't bet on it, dude!)
More with Marcella pouting about the loss of fortune. This time at breakfast, over orange juice, Leo promises that he'll take care of it all and Eva won't touch any of the inheritance. If he doesn't take care of this problem, Marcella threatens, she will. She also says that Icky has got to secure Daniel again.
Down at the house of the tia with the tarot cards (I can't remember her name right now, sorry!) Eva and auntie are having breakfast and talking about that evil jerk, Daniel, who ran over dad (and tia's brother). Eva says that it's hard to believe that the man who taught her love could also be the man who taught her hatred and revenge. Tia sees the conflict here—she sees hatred and love in Eva's eyes.
We have a little petulant scene where Marcella asks an uncomfortable Renata if she knew anything about the will. Renata says of course not, and she's so shocked that she got the house in Mexico. Marcella then starts on a little tirade saying that Renata won't get that house, because everything is HERS!!! HERS!!! Yeah, whatever.
The chofer comes in to tell Renata that a lady is waiting to see her. It's Justa!
Justa has come to confront Don Julio and tell him about the undead baby. She's got a defiant way about her, like she's made up her mind and she's not taking no for an answer. After some back and forth, Renata spits out that Don Julio is dead. Justa is understandably shocked by this. She wants to know where he is buried. (I think this may end up being significant later on.) I was expecting that Marcela would say "Forest Lawn" (they are BIG in S. California) but hey, this is really Florida, so she names some generic sounding cemetery. The sisters have a moment where they express regret at not being able to tell Julio how they feel, but it's interrupted when Marcela pops in, is outraged to see Justa there, and they exchange some words. Marcela tells Justa that Don Julio always thought she was dead in the earthquake. Then Marcela kicks Justa out and Justa casually walks out with her head held high. Marcela threatens Renata, warning her to never tell Justa that Icky is the undead baby.
More nonsense between our Millionaire wannabes (Francisco and Marisol) scamming each other. Francisco is driving in the car and Marisol is polishing her toenails. This is just filler. Moving on.
Eva is having a flashback of all the nonsense that went down with Daniel and his supposed betrayal of her. She then asks Tia Tarot Cards (Tilda) for a reading. Wants to know what's going to happen in her life.
Then we have this whole long painful scene (split up between other long painful scenes) between Marcela and her lawyer. The lawyer looks at the will, it's good to go, he says, nothing he can do, he says. He can't find a way to break it. Marcela does what she has done all episode—she rants and raves and screams at him and blames him for this. He is shaking his head like whatever, you freak, but she keeps yelling, as if by abusing him and screaming at him will suddenly make him find some nonexistent loophole. She even tries to hit him as he tells her that she must face it, Eva owns everything. She even utters some threat towards Eva and her family and you can bet that the lawyer's ears perked up at hearing that. He warns her that she better watch out what she says or she'll end up in jail.
Tia's card reading is interesting. She sees things rightly—a beautiful woman is influencing this man (that's Daniel and Icky is the beautiful woman) and he is confused, but in the midst of this confusion he thinks a lot about her (Eva). But he's also still in love with her. "No puede ser," (It can't be) Eva says, and thinks the cards are mistaken.
Tia is so confused by what the cards are telling her that she asks Eva to re-cut them and they say the same thing again—much money, and not the supposed stolen money but a lot more than that. And there's also that man who is related to the woman who is with Daniel (meaning Don Julio). But he's dead, Eva says. Not according to the cards, apparently! Wow, Eva looks impactada at this.
Don Julio returns to his doctor and is elated. It turns out that he was able to convince a reluctant Alica to give up Eva's location—the auntie's house. Don Julio wants to go right away, but he has a mild episode and is not feeling well and realizes that if he doesn't rest, he could possibly begin to assume room temperature and then what good will he be for Eva. Tomorrow he'll go look for her, he vows.
At Alicia's job, we have Leo hovering over her, sliming all over her. We have this revolting scene where he wants to take her out to dinner and he'll pay. Slime slime slime. This just seems like a standard seduction scene until Daniel shows up and is full of self-righteousness. It all comes out that Eva and Alicia are siblings. Leo didn't know this and looks impactado. But Daniel thinks that Leo knew all along. Angry words are exchanged and Alicia gets so mad that she takes a lunge at Daniel and Leo has to restrain her!
Daniel then says he wants Alicia fired immediately. Leo asks to talk to Daniel alone. For the first time probably EVER, Leo actually tells Daniel the truth, but Daniel doesn't believe him! He tells Daniel that he didn't know they were sisters, that Alicia is a girlfriend "of a friend" (that's close enough to truthful) and that she asked for a job because her sister was in trouble. Daniel isn't buying it but Leo says maybe it's good that Alicia stick around, because they might be able to find Eva easier that way. Daniel seems mollified.
More nonsense with Francisco. He's talking about his problems with Jacky, and she totally doesn't want to hear it. He's trying to say he's in love with Marisol, but Jacky knows it's B.S. He then accuses Jacky of being jealous. That doesn't go over well with her.
There is a brief conversation between Renata and the nice maid (whose name I forget) about Renata dealing with her problems. More filler. FF>>>
At the office, Marcela finds out that her bank accounts are frozen. Curse that Don Julio! LOL! It just gets worse and worse for Marcela!
The end of the episode!
VIDEO CLIPS: (Right-click to open link into new window. These are streaming Flash clips, like you get on YouTube.)
Clip One: Daniel is angry about Eva (as usual).
Clip Two: Tia Tilda and Eva are confused about the tarot card reading.
Clip Three: Avances.
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| Can Daniel be any more of an idiot? Discuss amongst yourselves. |
I'm going to have to streamline some of the scenes and storylines, otherwise we'll be here all day. . .
We recycle the end of yesterday, where Justa is going to tell Don Ricardo her whole story. Then we go to the reading of the will. Then we cut to a nauseating scene where Daniel is apparently suffering from some sort of amnesia because he is treating Icky like she is not some homicidal FREAK.
Justa continues her story to Don Ricardo, about getting pregnant with this guy but he's marrying some other lady so she never told him, blah blah blah.
That FREAK FREAK FREAK Icktoria is talking to Daniel as if nothing has happened, and they are playing out some sort of sick, twisted reconciliation scene, where he asks "forgiveness" for how he treated her. (Whiskey tango foxtrot? For real?) Oh, I can't stand this. You get the picture. It's just awful. Delusional. Whatever. Anyway.
Justa is telling Don Ricardo that she had a lot of resentment towards the father of her undead baby (okay, she doesn't know the kid is undead yet, at least not for sure). She never looked him up, but now the memories are resurfacing.
Leo and Icky are having a discussion about their reversal of fortunes. Icky is actually sounding VEXED that she was sad about her dad's death, and now he does this! Some kvetching about that nobody Eva having more money than they do. Leo keeps on saying he's got a plan, not to worry . . . all Icky has to do is secure Daniel once more for herself.
At the happy pension they're sitting down for a meal. Tony says (in English) "Hello family! I'm so hungry!" but his hunger is suddenly suppressed when Alicia gets a phone call from Eva. He stealthily hovers in the background and eavesdrops.
Basically their conversation is about Eva making it down to San Diego to the tia with the tarot cards, and Alicia telling Eva that she should stay hidden, because Daniel is MAJORLY PISSED at her. Eva looks impactada at this news. Eva wants Alicia to come join her, but Alicia says she's doing okay with her great new job.Then Eva warns Alicia not to trust Tony and DEFINITELY not to tell him anything. Eva doesn't get into details about why, of course. I am not sure but I think that Tony (while eavesdropping) does not hear where Eva is staying.
Meanwhile Daniel is at home, kvetching to Francisco about Eva inheriting all that money. Obviously she was scamming Don Julio too! Daniel is in self-righteous pr*ck mode. So wow, he's going to have to do a lot of groveling later, isn't he? Anyway, Francisco makes a comment that they're going to have to call Eva a "lady" because she's going to be the boss at the company, right? Daniel doesn't like the sound of this.
We then go to a scene were Evil Marcela is having a major meltdown about losing all that money. All through this episode she blames EVERYONE for what's happening, expecting things to turn her way just because she demands it and screams for it. She also makes ample death threats, mostly towards Don Julio (if he were only alive she'd kill him—but wait, she thinks he IS dead because she killed him!) and also she makes threats towards Eva. We first see her screaming at Leo and blaming him for everything and basically having a tantrum. FF>>>
Then we have a scene that drags out throughout half of the episode where Don Julio shows up at the door of the pension, wanting to see Eva. Alicia answers the door and of course is uncertain about what to do. Don Julio is able to convince her that he's not the cops and is indeed that nice old sick dude that Eva was looking after. He really needs to get in touch with Eva so he can help her, but Alicia hems and haws.
Don Julio also warns Alicia that it's very dangerous for anyone to know that he is looking for Eva.
Then we have a series of scenes between Daniel and Icky, where they have this "nice" talk and you know it's all leading up to how maybe they can get back together. I don't think Daniel is ready to think about marriage, but he even (gag) kisses Icky, so he's just totally giving up here. There is a flashback scene where he remembers being stood up at the altar and all the stuff with Eva supposedly betraying him. He thinks this is it, I guess. Icky is all he can get. Then we have Icky (with her mascara getting clumped up a bit with tears) saying that she's worried that he is just settling for her and that he will always be trying to forget Eva.
Icky also worries that when Eva returns he'll fall under her spell again. Daniel assures her that won't happen. (Don't bet on it, dude!)
More with Marcella pouting about the loss of fortune. This time at breakfast, over orange juice, Leo promises that he'll take care of it all and Eva won't touch any of the inheritance. If he doesn't take care of this problem, Marcella threatens, she will. She also says that Icky has got to secure Daniel again.
Down at the house of the tia with the tarot cards (I can't remember her name right now, sorry!) Eva and auntie are having breakfast and talking about that evil jerk, Daniel, who ran over dad (and tia's brother). Eva says that it's hard to believe that the man who taught her love could also be the man who taught her hatred and revenge. Tia sees the conflict here—she sees hatred and love in Eva's eyes.
We have a little petulant scene where Marcella asks an uncomfortable Renata if she knew anything about the will. Renata says of course not, and she's so shocked that she got the house in Mexico. Marcella then starts on a little tirade saying that Renata won't get that house, because everything is HERS!!! HERS!!! Yeah, whatever.
The chofer comes in to tell Renata that a lady is waiting to see her. It's Justa!
Justa has come to confront Don Julio and tell him about the undead baby. She's got a defiant way about her, like she's made up her mind and she's not taking no for an answer. After some back and forth, Renata spits out that Don Julio is dead. Justa is understandably shocked by this. She wants to know where he is buried. (I think this may end up being significant later on.) I was expecting that Marcela would say "Forest Lawn" (they are BIG in S. California) but hey, this is really Florida, so she names some generic sounding cemetery. The sisters have a moment where they express regret at not being able to tell Julio how they feel, but it's interrupted when Marcela pops in, is outraged to see Justa there, and they exchange some words. Marcela tells Justa that Don Julio always thought she was dead in the earthquake. Then Marcela kicks Justa out and Justa casually walks out with her head held high. Marcela threatens Renata, warning her to never tell Justa that Icky is the undead baby.
More nonsense between our Millionaire wannabes (Francisco and Marisol) scamming each other. Francisco is driving in the car and Marisol is polishing her toenails. This is just filler. Moving on.
Eva is having a flashback of all the nonsense that went down with Daniel and his supposed betrayal of her. She then asks Tia Tarot Cards (Tilda) for a reading. Wants to know what's going to happen in her life.
Then we have this whole long painful scene (split up between other long painful scenes) between Marcela and her lawyer. The lawyer looks at the will, it's good to go, he says, nothing he can do, he says. He can't find a way to break it. Marcela does what she has done all episode—she rants and raves and screams at him and blames him for this. He is shaking his head like whatever, you freak, but she keeps yelling, as if by abusing him and screaming at him will suddenly make him find some nonexistent loophole. She even tries to hit him as he tells her that she must face it, Eva owns everything. She even utters some threat towards Eva and her family and you can bet that the lawyer's ears perked up at hearing that. He warns her that she better watch out what she says or she'll end up in jail.
Tia's card reading is interesting. She sees things rightly—a beautiful woman is influencing this man (that's Daniel and Icky is the beautiful woman) and he is confused, but in the midst of this confusion he thinks a lot about her (Eva). But he's also still in love with her. "No puede ser," (It can't be) Eva says, and thinks the cards are mistaken.
Tia is so confused by what the cards are telling her that she asks Eva to re-cut them and they say the same thing again—much money, and not the supposed stolen money but a lot more than that. And there's also that man who is related to the woman who is with Daniel (meaning Don Julio). But he's dead, Eva says. Not according to the cards, apparently! Wow, Eva looks impactada at this.
Don Julio returns to his doctor and is elated. It turns out that he was able to convince a reluctant Alica to give up Eva's location—the auntie's house. Don Julio wants to go right away, but he has a mild episode and is not feeling well and realizes that if he doesn't rest, he could possibly begin to assume room temperature and then what good will he be for Eva. Tomorrow he'll go look for her, he vows.
At Alicia's job, we have Leo hovering over her, sliming all over her. We have this revolting scene where he wants to take her out to dinner and he'll pay. Slime slime slime. This just seems like a standard seduction scene until Daniel shows up and is full of self-righteousness. It all comes out that Eva and Alicia are siblings. Leo didn't know this and looks impactado. But Daniel thinks that Leo knew all along. Angry words are exchanged and Alicia gets so mad that she takes a lunge at Daniel and Leo has to restrain her!
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| Daniel in full self-righteous mode at seeing Alicia and Leo at the modeling studio. (Click on image to see much larger version.) |
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| Both Leo and Alicia are open-mouthed impactado at Daniel's ranting, raving, and accusations. (Click on image to see much larger version.) |
More nonsense with Francisco. He's talking about his problems with Jacky, and she totally doesn't want to hear it. He's trying to say he's in love with Marisol, but Jacky knows it's B.S. He then accuses Jacky of being jealous. That doesn't go over well with her.
There is a brief conversation between Renata and the nice maid (whose name I forget) about Renata dealing with her problems. More filler. FF>>>
At the office, Marcela finds out that her bank accounts are frozen. Curse that Don Julio! LOL! It just gets worse and worse for Marcela!
The end of the episode!
VIDEO CLIPS: (Right-click to open link into new window. These are streaming Flash clips, like you get on YouTube.)
Clip One: Daniel is angry about Eva (as usual).
Clip Two: Tia Tilda and Eva are confused about the tarot card reading.
Clip Three: Avances.
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Triunfo del Amor #17 1/25/11 Eh. Nothing Special. Fer Disappears and Reappears. Victoria Cries and Gets Mad. Same Old.
Tues
• Bear-nada-de-Juan Pablo is creepily swearing to avenge Victoria very soon. In the morning, she tries to assure JP that she did everything to keep him on the path for which he was born--that of God. JP says he would never leave his vocation, but he's going to find this girl (his daughter). Bernarda doesn't object and asks if she's forgiven. He says yes. Oh, how noble. Not. Idiot. Wait, there's more. He says she should hope God forgives her.
•Linda is putting on tights under her skank dress and asks how she looks. When Nati calls her out on her skankiness, she insults her, and Maria jumps to defend Nat. Maria further asks how she paid for her dress cause she knows it's expensive. Juan Jo gave her money. She says he was too willing to be with her.
•Speakin of the demonio, he's at the door. Juan Jo thinks Linda looks great, and he wants to take her to the movies. She lies that she has an interview and runs out. Juan Jo is disappointed since he already bought non-refundable tickets. He asks Nati to go with him. She happily accepts. Poor girl.
•JP goes to Vicki's house, but he meets Osvaldo instead. Os welcomes him warmly, and asks if he can help since Vicki's gone. JP says he'll come another day. Fer screams from upstairs about being detained at home, and Os apologizes to Padre for her behavior. Ya know how kids are...[Kids that don't get smacked when they deserve it? Yes, I know how they are.] JP says np. Os walks him out.
•Fer's on the phone, planning on running away with the stupid tattoo guy.
•Vicki is yelling about Federico's dad wanting money from her. She can't stand Fer being with his son. Her past is back to haunt her.
•Federico's dad tells Fed to marry Fer. Fed thinks that's too fast, but his father shakes him up and has the final word.
•Maria and two other models practice walking. Max comes in, and the two models ooo and aaa the guapo. They missed him. Maria looks understandably uncomfortable. Max jumps on stage and fakes being formal with her. "Hello, Maria...Desamparada, correct?" he kisses her cheek. She excuses herself.
•Maria is in the bathroom being annoyed. Max comes in to explain himself amidst many besos. He says it'll be obvious something's up if he acts differently, and Maria need not fear cause she's the only one he loves. Kiss. Maria smiles and asserts that she feels really uncomfortable seeing him so close to those girls. Max laughs. He likes having a jealous girl friend/fiance. Max starts to leave before anyone suspects somethin's going on, but Maria wants to know who Jimena is. Max laughs uncomfortably this time. It's a long story that he'll tell her, but he wants Maria to know that he only loves her. No one else. Kiss. Max tries to leave, but Maria asks about someone else. "Who's who?" Max says, like a little boy who doesn't want to answer. "Who loves you most?" Maria smiles. Kisses. Max finally leaves. Maria smiles.
•More revenge talk from Bernarda. Screaming. Yelling. Throwing pillows. She wants peace...okk...she needs help.
•Pepino tells Maria and the other two models about a soon-to-be-coming fashion show. They should prepare themselves cause one of 'em will be the show stopper.
•Max goes to Fer's room and discovers she's missing. He calls Victoria home. Next thing ya know, they're both in Fer's room. Victoria's sure she went with the stupid Fed. Max finds his address (ok, what girl in this day and age writes her bf's wherabouts on a piece of paper?) and is ready to approach the imbecile. Vicki snatches the paper and says she'll do it. Max wants them to go together, but Vicki warns him not to follow.
•Fed's dad is surprised to see Victoria at his door. What surprises him even more is the slap he gets! That was a good one. Vicki demands her daughter back. She forbids him from doing to her daughter what he did to Vicki. He denies having such thoughts of his son's fiance. Vicki slaps again. FER IS NOT MARRYING HIS SON. He threatens that he'll tell all about her past. She doesn't give a damn anymore. I guess there's no statutory limit (which I don't mind; I watch too much Law and Order: SVU to have sympathy for criminals) cause Vicki says he'll go to jail for what he did to her. She searches the house.
• Fer and Fed come in right then, laughin and all. Victoria grabs her rotten kid, who fights a little. Fed tries to talk to Victoria, and she smacks him too. Is Fer next?! That I want to see. She's dragged home for now.
•Os tries to hug the weeping Fer, while Victoria pushes her around and demands that they talk NOW. Osvaldo and Max pity Fer.
•Milagros describes that old fire man's potential mate (herself) to him. She tries to kiss him, but Juan Jo comes home.
•Vic gives that guilt trip that all girls get in their lives. "This is how you repay me for loving you...?" She tells Fer she's the only daughter she can love. Os asks Vicki to stop with the anger. She says ok, but keeps her attitude (understood) and tells Fer that her parents are not her enemies. They just want to protect her. Fer cries.
•Same old Osvaldo topic at Maria's apartment. Linda's a skank. Blah. Blah. Maria angrily leaves, and Nati asks if Linda really loves Os? Nope. She just likes him. Especially his wallet. She'd marry Juan Jo only if he were a millionaire.
•Fer cries about wanting to be the boss of her life. Victoria starts to say something, but Max gives her a look that tells her he'll handle it. Os and Vicki leave, and Max starts talkin. He understands Fer because when he was her age, he went through the same thing. He rebelled too, and he was expelled from high school. The only person who understood him then was Fer. She was just a kid, but she was with him. What happened to that intelligent little girl? She hugs him and cries. He tells her that they love her and want to protect her. Fer loves Max very, very much.
•Linda calls Os. They're going to meet in awhile.
•Victoria and Os apologize to each other for their attitudes. Os tells her that he loves her and always will. They kiss, and Max walks in, coughing to make em stop. He apologizes for interrupting but is glad that they're happy. Anyways, he talked to Fer as a friend, and he thinks she'll reflect. Os thinks she's a smart girl and will too. Max and Os talk Vicki into unpunishing her. Max thanks her and goes off for work. Vicki tells him they'll go together, but he rejects the idea with smiles. Os tells Victoria that JP came. He wonders why she's nervous, but she says she just doesn't get along with the padre. Os is confused since JP seemed so nice.
•Max picks up Maria in his car.
•Victoria tells Antonieta that JP came and spoke with Osvaldo. They're scared he'll bust her out. Luci calls Vicki qnd lets her know JP is here to see her.
•Os tells Linda that it's over. He loves Victoria.
•JP apologizes to Victoria again. She tells him he can't understand her suffering and hatred. She won't let him have peace of mind from forgivness. He says he'll help her find her daughter. She doesn't need his help. She's done all she could, and she's lost her little Maria.
•Maria Desamparada tries on a dress. Antonieta whispers to Pepino that she reminds her of Victoria! Hey, did it occur to you that she's an orphan of 18-19 years named Maria? Nope.
•JP won't be at peace until Vicki is united with Maria.
•Juan Jo beats the crap out of thugs that try to rob a vulnerable Linda. Linda tells him that she loves him.
•Victoria tells Antonieta that JP sincerely told her that he'd help find Maria.
•Bernie acts outraged when JP says he's looking for his daughter. She tries to convince him out of it. She thinks he'll be thrown out of the church. He's gonna accept the obligation. Bernie is PO that she raised a responsible adult. She'll never speak to him again if he continues like this.
•Max sneaks up on Maria at work and kisses her. They break away when they hear Pepino, who wonders why Max is with Maria. Max says he's lookin for Fabian. To Maria, he says, "Chow, bella." Pepino smiles knowingly.
•Fer on the phone with Fed. She says she's not going to be punished as long as she leaves him, but that isn't happening. They think of how to meet. She's going to pretend to go back to school.
•Linda cries to the roomies about what happened. Juan Jo saved her life. She wishes he had money. Ditz. Nati tells her to be honest with him. Linda adds that Os left her. (She's horrible at crying.)
•Creepy Bernarda again. She's not going to permit JP to lose his priesthood. Victoria is gonna pay.
•Victoria hugs her Maria's doll and cries "hija." Luci tells her someone is there to see her. It's Bernie!
Sweet WL in a kayak. ;)
• Bear-nada-de-Juan Pablo is creepily swearing to avenge Victoria very soon. In the morning, she tries to assure JP that she did everything to keep him on the path for which he was born--that of God. JP says he would never leave his vocation, but he's going to find this girl (his daughter). Bernarda doesn't object and asks if she's forgiven. He says yes. Oh, how noble. Not. Idiot. Wait, there's more. He says she should hope God forgives her.
•Linda is putting on tights under her skank dress and asks how she looks. When Nati calls her out on her skankiness, she insults her, and Maria jumps to defend Nat. Maria further asks how she paid for her dress cause she knows it's expensive. Juan Jo gave her money. She says he was too willing to be with her.
•Speakin of the demonio, he's at the door. Juan Jo thinks Linda looks great, and he wants to take her to the movies. She lies that she has an interview and runs out. Juan Jo is disappointed since he already bought non-refundable tickets. He asks Nati to go with him. She happily accepts. Poor girl.
•JP goes to Vicki's house, but he meets Osvaldo instead. Os welcomes him warmly, and asks if he can help since Vicki's gone. JP says he'll come another day. Fer screams from upstairs about being detained at home, and Os apologizes to Padre for her behavior. Ya know how kids are...[Kids that don't get smacked when they deserve it? Yes, I know how they are.] JP says np. Os walks him out.
•Fer's on the phone, planning on running away with the stupid tattoo guy.
•Vicki is yelling about Federico's dad wanting money from her. She can't stand Fer being with his son. Her past is back to haunt her.
•Federico's dad tells Fed to marry Fer. Fed thinks that's too fast, but his father shakes him up and has the final word.
•Maria and two other models practice walking. Max comes in, and the two models ooo and aaa the guapo. They missed him. Maria looks understandably uncomfortable. Max jumps on stage and fakes being formal with her. "Hello, Maria...Desamparada, correct?" he kisses her cheek. She excuses herself.
•Maria is in the bathroom being annoyed. Max comes in to explain himself amidst many besos. He says it'll be obvious something's up if he acts differently, and Maria need not fear cause she's the only one he loves. Kiss. Maria smiles and asserts that she feels really uncomfortable seeing him so close to those girls. Max laughs. He likes having a jealous girl friend/fiance. Max starts to leave before anyone suspects somethin's going on, but Maria wants to know who Jimena is. Max laughs uncomfortably this time. It's a long story that he'll tell her, but he wants Maria to know that he only loves her. No one else. Kiss. Max tries to leave, but Maria asks about someone else. "Who's who?" Max says, like a little boy who doesn't want to answer. "Who loves you most?" Maria smiles. Kisses. Max finally leaves. Maria smiles.
•More revenge talk from Bernarda. Screaming. Yelling. Throwing pillows. She wants peace...okk...she needs help.
•Pepino tells Maria and the other two models about a soon-to-be-coming fashion show. They should prepare themselves cause one of 'em will be the show stopper.
•Max goes to Fer's room and discovers she's missing. He calls Victoria home. Next thing ya know, they're both in Fer's room. Victoria's sure she went with the stupid Fed. Max finds his address (ok, what girl in this day and age writes her bf's wherabouts on a piece of paper?) and is ready to approach the imbecile. Vicki snatches the paper and says she'll do it. Max wants them to go together, but Vicki warns him not to follow.
•Fed's dad is surprised to see Victoria at his door. What surprises him even more is the slap he gets! That was a good one. Vicki demands her daughter back. She forbids him from doing to her daughter what he did to Vicki. He denies having such thoughts of his son's fiance. Vicki slaps again. FER IS NOT MARRYING HIS SON. He threatens that he'll tell all about her past. She doesn't give a damn anymore. I guess there's no statutory limit (which I don't mind; I watch too much Law and Order: SVU to have sympathy for criminals) cause Vicki says he'll go to jail for what he did to her. She searches the house.
• Fer and Fed come in right then, laughin and all. Victoria grabs her rotten kid, who fights a little. Fed tries to talk to Victoria, and she smacks him too. Is Fer next?! That I want to see. She's dragged home for now.
•Os tries to hug the weeping Fer, while Victoria pushes her around and demands that they talk NOW. Osvaldo and Max pity Fer.
•Milagros describes that old fire man's potential mate (herself) to him. She tries to kiss him, but Juan Jo comes home.
•Vic gives that guilt trip that all girls get in their lives. "This is how you repay me for loving you...?" She tells Fer she's the only daughter she can love. Os asks Vicki to stop with the anger. She says ok, but keeps her attitude (understood) and tells Fer that her parents are not her enemies. They just want to protect her. Fer cries.
•Same old Osvaldo topic at Maria's apartment. Linda's a skank. Blah. Blah. Maria angrily leaves, and Nati asks if Linda really loves Os? Nope. She just likes him. Especially his wallet. She'd marry Juan Jo only if he were a millionaire.
•Fer cries about wanting to be the boss of her life. Victoria starts to say something, but Max gives her a look that tells her he'll handle it. Os and Vicki leave, and Max starts talkin. He understands Fer because when he was her age, he went through the same thing. He rebelled too, and he was expelled from high school. The only person who understood him then was Fer. She was just a kid, but she was with him. What happened to that intelligent little girl? She hugs him and cries. He tells her that they love her and want to protect her. Fer loves Max very, very much.
•Linda calls Os. They're going to meet in awhile.
•Victoria and Os apologize to each other for their attitudes. Os tells her that he loves her and always will. They kiss, and Max walks in, coughing to make em stop. He apologizes for interrupting but is glad that they're happy. Anyways, he talked to Fer as a friend, and he thinks she'll reflect. Os thinks she's a smart girl and will too. Max and Os talk Vicki into unpunishing her. Max thanks her and goes off for work. Vicki tells him they'll go together, but he rejects the idea with smiles. Os tells Victoria that JP came. He wonders why she's nervous, but she says she just doesn't get along with the padre. Os is confused since JP seemed so nice.
•Max picks up Maria in his car.
•Victoria tells Antonieta that JP came and spoke with Osvaldo. They're scared he'll bust her out. Luci calls Vicki qnd lets her know JP is here to see her.
•Os tells Linda that it's over. He loves Victoria.
•JP apologizes to Victoria again. She tells him he can't understand her suffering and hatred. She won't let him have peace of mind from forgivness. He says he'll help her find her daughter. She doesn't need his help. She's done all she could, and she's lost her little Maria.
•Maria Desamparada tries on a dress. Antonieta whispers to Pepino that she reminds her of Victoria! Hey, did it occur to you that she's an orphan of 18-19 years named Maria? Nope.
•JP won't be at peace until Vicki is united with Maria.
•Juan Jo beats the crap out of thugs that try to rob a vulnerable Linda. Linda tells him that she loves him.
•Victoria tells Antonieta that JP sincerely told her that he'd help find Maria.
•Bernie acts outraged when JP says he's looking for his daughter. She tries to convince him out of it. She thinks he'll be thrown out of the church. He's gonna accept the obligation. Bernie is PO that she raised a responsible adult. She'll never speak to him again if he continues like this.
•Max sneaks up on Maria at work and kisses her. They break away when they hear Pepino, who wonders why Max is with Maria. Max says he's lookin for Fabian. To Maria, he says, "Chow, bella." Pepino smiles knowingly.
•Fer on the phone with Fed. She says she's not going to be punished as long as she leaves him, but that isn't happening. They think of how to meet. She's going to pretend to go back to school.
•Linda cries to the roomies about what happened. Juan Jo saved her life. She wishes he had money. Ditz. Nati tells her to be honest with him. Linda adds that Os left her. (She's horrible at crying.)
•Creepy Bernarda again. She's not going to permit JP to lose his priesthood. Victoria is gonna pay.
•Victoria hugs her Maria's doll and cries "hija." Luci tells her someone is there to see her. It's Bernie!
Sweet WL in a kayak. ;)
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Llena de Amor #115 (Mex. 120) Tue 1/25/11 Oliver finally solves the liars-and-truth-tellers riddle.
Malicio’s in a big hurry to ditch Kristel at the altar and collect on Victoria’s ever-so-vague promise of…not much, really. What did she agree to? Anyway, I guess Fonskanka figures he’ll be able to die happy, if the idiot remembers there’s a bounty on his pumpkin head if he doesn’t get hitched to Kristel. The frootloop fresa is so charmed by her cheatin’ Cheetoh, she agrees to a wedding the next day.
Over at the pensión, Malicio’s intended booty prize and her low-flow-showerhead hair are sobbing and will someone please put on a different record? This one keeps skipping. Emanuel stands there and listens to his barely-disguised beloved tell him yet again that he’s a low-down bastard thieving murderer, as bad as his mother or even worse. He’s heard all that before, but it’s news to him that Marianela was poisoned by the chocolates he gave her. He denies having anything to do with that. He would never hurt his gordita! Never! “Your gordita hermosa is dead,” Victoria says. Emanuel reels, but seems to get that she’s speaking metaphorically, I think. “Admit that you’re guilty of trying to murder her!” “The only thing I’m guilty of is loving Marianela more than anything else!” MariVicky stares at him, with his tears and pain mirroring her own. Does she soften a bit? He leaves.
Fedra staggers out of Lowrenzo’s blechelor pad bedroom, giving a rave review. She tells him not to worry about being left out on the street. She’s got a new business venture, a luxury resort in Cancún, and she needs sucios, ermmm, socios (I think we can assume she’s already got all the sucios she needs). Fedra tells Low to get as much money out of Muñeca as he can before the divorce, to invest in her project. Low thinks Fedra should give him a piece of the action as a gift. She reminds him that this is an investment not just for himself, but also for his daughter. Not that she deserves it, says Low. Fedra sniffles that someday that pair of ingrates will pay, and Emanuel will be on his knees begging her forgiveness.
But let’s look at a cuter pair for a few minutes. The champagne Axel pours for a toast at their romantic dinner makes Delicia cough and choke, but no matter. He asks her again to go to the benefit party with him. That’s just for starters, though. Every day forever after, he wants to make her feel like the most special and important woman in the whole world. Delicia finally agrees. Much happiness.
Haven’t we seen this scene before? Manolo hauls falling-down-drunk Oliver into their bedroom, drops him on the bed, and falls on top of him. Oliver hollers for more booze, but Manolo tries to convince him to settle into bed. “If you were a woman, I wouldn’t put up a fight,” Oliver slurs. Tempting, but Manolo struggles to stay in character as Oliver laments that he spent so much time searching for his Gretel, and then she stabbed him in the back again. GretelMan struggles in silence, resisting the urge to put Oliver out of his misery. Don’t resist, GretelMan. Oliver cries that Gretel never loved him, never. Manolo gives him a hug, under the pretext of helping him take his jacket off. “But you care about me, right? You love me. I remember you said you did.” GretelMan agrees this is true. “And you’ll never hurt me. It’s weird, I get so jealous when I see you with someone else,” Oliver drunkenly babbles. He grabs Manolo and plants a big kiss right on the smacker. “You liked that, right?” Oliver says. He goes for seconds but Manolo pushes away. “I can’t continue this farce. You and I have to talk. I can’t keep deceiving you.” Gretel pulls off the mustache and wig, but Oliver has fallen asleep. Gretel kisses him and wonders if telling him the truth is a good idea (lemme help you out here, Gretel – YES!).
He-manuel is on the hunt, and he’s loaded for Spiderus. Ron-Weasley-torture-size Spiderus. “I KNOW you were the one who poisoned Marianela! Tell me the truth!” Eman yells, and Mild-Mannered Bernie tries to play the put-upon innocent. “You used me! You knew Mari trusted no one in the house except me, and you knew I gave her chocolates! You poisoned them! Tell me everything!” Uh, sounds like you’ve got it all, Eman. Bernie distracts Eman momentarily and runs away. Good luck getting away from a world-class athlete, stodgy Spidey.
MariVicky sobs in bed and whines about that liar Emanuel and Doris tries to calm her down. Netty comes in and is sad that she didn’t get a chance to say goodbye to that nice boy Emanuel. MariVicky is irate that Netty believes him. Netty says she’s found out that he didn’t hurt Marianela and he’s totally decent, and she believes in admitting when she’s made a mistake. MariVicky says if Marianela were here, she’d be furious at her auntie’s betrayal. Emanuel is a MURDERER!
Spidey runs down the hall and hides around a corner. Whew, safe. Emanuel casually strolls up, grabs him, and demands an explanation. Spidey employs Fedra’s tried-and-true Deny, Deny, Whine and Deny trick. While Eman’s warming up to beating a confession out of him, Fedra walks in and asks if he’s drunk. No, he only wishes he were, so he could escape this nightmare. He tells his mother to admit she ordered her mutt Bernie to do the dirty work and kill Marianela. Of course Fedra won’t admit this, only that she wanted Mari out of her way. Eman warns them that when he gets proof, he’s sending them to jail. {Emanuel. Take note. As has been discussed on this blog: You don’t tell your enemy, “Ha! I have a knife!” You stab them, and THEN you say, “Ha! I have a knife!”} Eman heads upstairs, where I hope he plans to sleep with one eye open and his finger on a trigger.
Next morning, wedding day? Not so much. Fedra puts the kibosh on Malicio’s and Kristel’s plan. Los Ruiz y de Teresa are super fancy big important uppity people; they can’t just get married like it’s nothing, without pomp and circumstance and announcing it to all the fancy folk. Mauron suggests they announce the wedding at the big benefit event.
Over at the agency, MariVicky wears terrible-looking bloomers with a tank top that just looks grungy, and Emanuel announces to the gathered staff that Marianela is now the majority owner of the business and Victoria is representing her shares. Subtext: You’d better suck up to this raging icy beyotch, even though we’d all like to chuck her out on her magic pull-out hair. Vicky reminds them all that they need to work super hard, because they’re way behind on preparations for the benefit. She does not mention that they’re behind because the management spend all their time fighting amongst themselves. Emanuel tells them all to rest up over the weekend so they can hit the ground running on Monday. Victoria says no way; they’re all working this weekend. Ilitia is mad. I’m not sure why she’s even there, but she’s mad. So is Eman, but he isn’t in charge anymore.
Oliver wakes up with GretelMan wrapped around him and holding his hand. GretelMan wakes up and immediately lets go. “Don’t let go of my hand! Can’t you see I’m suffering?” Oliver has definitely gotten over his squeamishness. GretelMan asks him if he remembers kissing him the night before. Oliver says he was drunk, but if that’s what it takes to get Gretel out of his head, then so be it; he’s ready for a repeat. Manolo jumps away and tells him to try to understand Gretel. Oliver is hurt that she’d do that to him, dance nearly nekkid for a bunch of posh old geezers just to mock him; it’s like she’s spitting in his face. “You’re an idiot. You couldn’t see an elephant if it were right in front of you,” Manolo points out. “What would you know about it? I wonder whose bed she slept in,” Oliver snerks. “Gretel never stopped loving you, not for a single instant,” Manolo says, and then pulls off the wig and mustache. “Well, guess whose bed I slept in, and who I slept with? The same man, Oliver Rosales, I want to love for the rest of my life.”
Emanuel tries to negotiate with Vicky about the work schedule. She says that even though he’s the absolute worst person in the world, she admits he’s indispensable in this business, so she’ll tolerate him. He says he’ll save her the trouble on the weekend; he won’t be here. Ilitia interrupts to ask Vicky where she got her makeover…because she looks terrible and Ilitia wants to be sure she never goes to that place. MariVicky ignores that and asks Eman why he can’t work on the weekend. “Well, some of us have lives, which you would know nothing about, and my lovely wife and I are going to the beach to enjoy a honeymoon.” He and Ilitia smooch to emphasize the point. Mari fumes.
MariVicky tells Emanuel the only excuse she’ll accept for his not working is that he’s dying, and unfortunately, he appears to be in excellent health. Eman says too bad; he promised his wife the vacation, and that’s his priority. Emanuel and Ilitia sashay off, and Marianela manages to shake with rage while simultaneously looking like a wax statue of herself.
Not quite the happy reunion Gretel was hoping for. Oliver is sobbing, but not out of joy. “How could you?! You’ve been here for weeks, sharing my room, and you never told me the truth?!” Gretel wants to explain. Oliver doesn’t want to hear it. “All the love I had for you, you killed with your lies and deceits. Get out!” Gretel finally insists on explaining: “I didn’t want to leave you! I’ve been locked in the cellar for TWO YEARS, with no window, nothing! It took me two years to get a chance to escape! I had to leave you, because Fedra said she’d kill you if I didn’t!”
Fedra sobs to her loyal lackey…boo hoo hoo, her son betrayed her and he has to pay, it’s all Marianela’s fault, she wants to see that girl dead and roasting in an incinerator, but first she wants her to suffer. Bernardo worries what will happen if Emiliano finds Marianela first. Fedra agrees that’s a possibility, thanks to that wretched Victoria de la Garza. She knows about Fedra’s past! She knows about La Mala Noche! She’s got to be eliminated. Bernardo calmly pours Fedra a drink and says it’s a good thing she’s got her lover on the job, then. Better hope he gets it done right and doesn’t hurt Fedra more than he helps her. “You’re such a pessimist. He and I see the glass half full, and you see it half empty,” she snarls, swiftly making the glass totally empty. Fedra’s optimistic view is that if la albóndiga and el espagueti (the meatball and the spaghetti, i.e. Marianela and Victoria) turn out to be the same person and Lowrenzo kills her, it’s a two for one! The sale of the week! The war is on, to the death. Fedra murderously eyes another glass of hooch.
Axel is helping out at the agency. He brings the benefit invitations to Muñeca and gets to take one. Hmm, wonder who he’ll give it to. Lowrenzo walks in. “What part of ‘you’re out of this business and out of my life’ didn’t you understand?” He tries to smooth-talk her, but she just points out she could charge him with fraud. Instead, she’s just going to have him sign the divorce papers, and then he’s out of her life the same way she found him, without a centavo. She’s reached her limit. He says he is not agreeing to the divorce. She whips out her checkbook. “How much for you to disappear?”
Oliver is still wrapping his mind around the levels and layers of Gretel’s lies. They’re both crying, remembering the cruel things she said to him. Gretel says Bernardo was spying to make sure she did it. If she hadn’t, they would have killed him for sure, and she never could have lived with the guilt. “But you did kill me! That day, you wounded me so deeply I will never recover!” Gretel says she did it because she loves him, but if he wants her out of his life, she’ll go. She walks to the door. “No! Don’t leave me again!” Oliver grabs her and we finally have our happy reconciliation, with passionate smooching and everything.
Lowrenzo drives a hard bargain. Muñeca is so eager to be rid of him that she agrees to give him her remaining shares in the agency. But she’s keeping the kids. He argues that Cristián is his child, not hers. “Well, try to take him. Just try. But I’ll leave you in the street if you do. Keep in mind we’re married por bienes separados. I don’t have to give you anything.” Lowrenzo is in a quandary, now. The kid or the money? “Well, for the moment anyway, I’ll leave you your office, and your three pens and four pencils. Have a nice day!”
Let’s take a trip to the beach. Honeymoon time. Our not-so-newlyweds are dressed for the tropics and admiring the ocean view. Emanuel wants to go run on the beach. Ilitia thinks they have better things to do. “Remember our beach vacation, before?” Of course Emanuel remembers. He imitates Ilitia: “Baby, it’s too hot. The mosquitoes are biting me, Baby. Baby, the bed is too hard; how am I supposed to sleep here, Baby? It’s horrible, Baby, Baby, Baby.” Ilitia protests that she doesn’t talk like that. Besides, they’re in a five-star hotel this time. It will be way better. Straight off, it doesn’t look like it will be much better; Emanuel isn’t listening to her, and she starts whining that his mind is elsewhere, Baby; he’s probably thinking of the agency and that wretched Spanish girl, Baby. Emanuel distractedly says he wants to go down to the beach.
The agency crew sets up for the party while MariVicky rants and whines and does nothing helpful. Doris deduces that she’s annoyed that Emanuel is off on a romantic vacation with his wife. “I don’t care what that jerk does with his life,” Mari protests. Uh-huh, sure, Doris rolls her eyes. Meanwhile, Lowrenzo climbs up into the catwalk. Doris and Mari bicker about Mari’s feelings while Low cuts something. Doris shrieks, but Mari does not see the light, either literally or figuratively, and get clonked on the head.
At that moment, Emanuel and Ilitia are smooching on some bridge, but Eman’s psychic connection tells him something is wrong. He tries to explain, but Ilitia just thinks he’s nuts. He wants to call the agency, but Ilitia stops him. She thinks it’s time to get busy. She doesn’t give him Kristel’s “FOCUS!” speech, but he tries to get into the swing of things anyway.
Everyone in the publicity agency is freaking out, but it seems they might actually be calling for help. Someone even says, “Don’t move her! Don’t move her!” Good grief, have telenovela writers finally learned something about first aid? Lowrenzo sneaks out the door…and runs into Emiliano on the sidewalk. He claims he’s just upset about his issues with Muñeca. Emiliano doesn’t want to get involved. The ambulance pulls in as André carries MariVicky outside. So much for not moving her. They explain what happened and Emiliano is furious about the sloppy safety violations.
Emanuel and Ilitia make out on the pier thing. Eman’s phone rings but Ilitia takes it away and throws it in the water, making a HUGE splash which washes up over the pier from both sides. He freaks out.
André leaves Emanuel a message about Victoria’s accident. Emiliano is heading out to the hospital. Netty appears in the lobby and tells Emil they have to talk. He tells her about Victoria’s injury. She tells him anything that happens to Vicky is his fault. His and his nefarious family’s!
Emanuel and Ilitia make out in the water. He gets bitten by a cangrejo (crab). But he is tough, so ni modo. Ilitia, however, is a bit uncomfortable with the idea of getting it on surrounded by cangrejos and tiburones (sharks). She’d rather head back to the hotel, all civilized with nice sheets and everything. She tells him she never wants to be with anyone but him, and nothing will separate them, ever.
Emiliano declines to accept responsibility for what happened to Vicky. Netty yells at him all irrationally. His witch wife won’t rest until Marianela is dead, so she must be behind everything that goes wrong.
Ilitia and Eman haven’t made it back to their room; they’re on the beach, but Ilitia seems to have been bitten by something. Eman tries to kiss it all better. He gets a phone call (on what phone, I’m not sure), and when he hears what happened, he says he’s on his way back to the city.
Avances: Emanuel hovers over MariVicky’s hospital bed, and she deliriously tells him she loves him.
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La Verdad Oculta EP91 01/25/2011 – Carlos and Adolfo love Yolanda; Viewerville loves Julio Alemán
*At Zaida’s Psycho Eddie and Milady de Braless have a pleasant night filled with bickering, drinking, and meaningful, lustful looks, and eventually in the bedroom they discover they have much in common. Sexy sax time. In the meantime Yolanda’s maid calls Carlos because she’s very worried about the lady. Back to Zaida. After the exercise the exhausted lovers discuss why Zaida freaked out at Elsa’s, and Édgar learns about a letter that is very important for the woman.
* Carlos arrives at Yolanda’s condo, breaks the locked door of the bedroom, and when he realizes she tried to kill herself, he desperately tries to wake her up. At Zaida’s Elsa shows up to reproach her for manhandling Caramelo. Oh come on, they were just playing, that fool JJ misinterpreted the situation! Really? Elsa doesn’t know who to believe but she surely doesn’t want to see Édgar in her flat again. After she leaves Eddie asks Zaida if she wants to enter Elsa’s flat to look for the letter. And how? Don’t worry, Eddie knows how to do it. Two minutes later he’s in front of Ulises’s door: he pulls a very sad face and then he wakes his best friend up. Sorry for bothering him, but he’s been so kind to him and Eddie needs to speak with a friend… Of course, sit down, and tell daddy Ulises what his problem is. Errr, could he give him something to drink… a cup of coffee, maybe? While Ulises is in the kitchen Édgar steals the key for Elsa’s flat and when his golden-hearted pal returns to him, he tearfully confesses to him he has a very bad relationship with his mother.
*Carlos heartbreakingly cries over Yolanda body until he finds out she’s still alive. Then the frightened boy drives her to the hospital like a madman. Why did you do that, Yolanda, how could you be that stupid, please, react! Although inside he claims to be his son, he can’t stay with her, he has to wait outside. Next morning a nurse tells him the doctors managed to save Yolanda’s life. Carlos calls his tired, disheveled father who freaks out when he learns what happened to his redhead helpmate.
* After learning that Zaida isn’t interested in any kind of emotional relationship, Édgar presents the keys to the lady. However, they don’t find anything in the flat, and they run into Elsa in the hallway – but luckily Zaida manages to distract her with a few sweet words. Worried Adolfo arrives at the hospital where Carlos gives him a heads up. The boy doesn’t like Dolphie’s rude behaviour towards him, and warns him to be careful because in that moment he can’t tolerate anything from him. Finally a doctor shows up and tells the Ávilas that Carlos brought Yolanda in the hospital just in time. They may visit her now. Me first, says Adolfo. Inside he learns from the doctor she’s still in a very bad shape and she obviously has no will to live. He shakily approaches her, caresses her face and begs her: Yolanda, wake up! Please, react. She can’t do that to him, he’s all alone, don’t leave him, please.
* Zaida’s legs, smile and chest show up at JJ’s and gives reluctant and frightened Caramelo a notebook that calms the little girl down. They become friends quickly, and Zaida learns Caramelo couldn’t read The Letter. By the way, does Zaida have letters? Of course, she’s got hundreds! Tomorrow she’ll bring them along and they could bargain. She gives Cara a letter if she gets another in return. *Viewerville: clever* However, the girl doesn’t own the famous letter anymore, she’s given it to Chicles. Oh, no! When Asunción arrives at home Zaida says goodbye to her newest best friend forever and in the garden tries to charm Chicles, too. She invites him for an ice-cream, but the genius mini-goon finds her behaviour suspicious. She convinces him she’s JJ’s friend, they met in Puerto Vallarta, doesn’t he remember her? Oh yes, she came with the man who had that suitcase! Oops. Zaida looks around hoping that nobody heard that.
*In the hospital Carlos is allowed to visit Yolanda at last. While he’s begging to Yolandita to wake up and promising her that he’ll take care of her and won’t let anybody hurt her, outside Adolfo gets a phone call from Eddie who tells him the strange story of Caramelo, JJ and the chalkboard. Apparently Zaida is very interested in a letter. Adolfo’s all ears, and says he needs that letter by any means.
* After having an exhausting night and a VERY long sleep, Juan José and Alejandra declare their love for each other again. Alejandra tells him about the great show Gabriela, David and Mario performed at the council, which JJ finds interesting, but obviously his mind is on something else. Sexy sax time again.
* While Chicles is eating a big cup of delicious ice-cream, Zaida is asking him if he has many letters. Hell yes! And where does he keep them? He hid them. And… What about THAT letter? Where did he get that? He found it in Puerto Vallarta. In the meantime Elsa visits her new favourite boss who’s very satisfied with her work and gives her a check. He asks her about her daughter and her ex-boyfriend (is there any chance of getting together again?), and gives her another name, address and an expensive necklace to sell.
*In the bar Zaida offers 1000 pesos for the letter but warns Chicles not tell anyone about their transaction. His mother and Juan José wouldn’t let him keep the money. In the Genovés villa another trap is set for furious Adolfo who visits FaustiMario. While he’s telling Mario he’s in a hurry and don’t dare waste his time, at the headquarters David and Leo watch them on a TV screen. Mario tells him he has proof that Dolphie killed Marta. Viewerville and Adolfo: yawn.
* Zaida gives Chicles 50 pesos and asks him to go home for the letter. Great! Chicles runs back to JJ’s house, where his angry mom prohibits him to leave the building again. No, young man, you won’t spend your whole life on the streets! While Zaida is waiting for him in the bar, Chicles is forced to study. However, his stomach hurts much, so Lucha and Asunción learn he spend the afternoon with a specific lady. Oops.
* Adolfo finds Mario’s newest accusation amusing, did he seriously think he would fall for such an old trick? But all right, show him that proof! No way, says Mario, but Adolfo knows perfectly what proof he is talking about. Of course he knows it: Mario has nothing! That tumor inside his head surely made him demented! Mario should spend his time with more productive activities. Oh, and one more thing. Adolfo doesn’t believe that a waitress became a professional manager from one day to the next. He’ll find out what happened and he will kick the the Genovéses out of the Campo Real management.
Aribeth
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
La Fea Más Bella #183-184 1/25/11 Exorcism, Suicide, or Anesthetic?
Capitulo 183.
Read Chapel Hill Fiddler’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Alicia refuses to take Fern’s messages, but he tells her that when he recovers the presidency he’ll fire her. Great scene! Saimon wears Fern’s badge in support. Fern sends Saimon to retrieve his car.
2. Omar tells Fern he was ordered to keep Fern out of bars and get Lety out of his heart. Omar thinks that if Fern goes out with women he’ll forget Lety, since she’s not really a woman. Fern says that neither Marcia nor any other woman can take Lety out of his heart.
3. Fern takes offense when Omar thinks no other man would go out with Lety. Fern holds fast that Lety won’t take their company. She’s a good person and he believes in her.
4. Fernando implores Julieta. “Please, please ask her to give me one more chance.” Tom tells Fern that he talked to Sanchez since Conceptos brought in lawyers. Conceptos now belongs to FI. Fern’s world crashes because he concludes that Lety wants to take the company.
By the way, Julieta is making chiles en nogada, a Puebla specialty that is really delicious but really labor intensive. You can only find it in restaurants for 2-3 months out of the year. In 2008, I had the opportunity to enjoy chiles en nogada en Ciudad Puebla, along with mole pablano. YUM!
5. Aldo shows Lety his dream restaurant, but it’s just an abandoned construction site. His dream died when his wife died. He moves to kiss her and she pulls away. The magic is crushed and he wants to leave.
6. Fern starts drinking hard, straight from the bottle. Omar suggests that maybe Lety plotted it from the beginning. Fern says Omar is an expert at turning him against Lety, and he won’t let him do it this time because he loves her. He still holds fast to his belief in her.
7. Fern jokes to his mom that he’s going to find a priest to do an exorcism, to get rid of the demon inside him. He’ll come back in the morning so they can finish erasing the little that is left of his liver, his heart, and his brain. She orders him to come back and HE DISOBEYS HER!
8. Lety counsels Miss Puebla because her parents never cared about her.
9. Julieta starts to read Lety’s diary.
Capitulo 184.
Read Amanda’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Mama reads Lety’s diary, hoping to help her daughter. “No one will give me the chance to show how much I can love. I will be his shadow and his breath. It will be my meaning of life.” Her reading continues through the episode.
2. Seeing the flask, Saimon offers to drive Fern wherever he’s going. Fern says he’s going to Hell.
3. Omar tells the women that they’ve lost the company. Marcia yells, “Lety wants Fern to kill himself!” Saimon reports that he drove away drunk, and Marcia worries about the image of Conceptos.
4. Miss Puebla quits so Lety says she’ll be the stand-in because Puebla needs her. The bellas and Caro tell her she’s beautiful because of her attitude. Miss Puebla stays for her own sake, not her parents’.
5. Fernando sees Aldo’s boat and complains that boats don’t belong on the beach. Then he realizes, neither do cars. MamaT finds out he’s in Acapulco, and Marcia goes looking for him.
6. Fern sits at the bar and asks, “Why did you do this to me, Lety?” He remembers how much she loved him and bawls, “Only God knows how much I love you, Lety.” He stubbornly picks a fight with six pro wrestlers. His face says, “This is what was supposed to happen. Here it comes.” The bartender says, “They’re going to kill you,” and he answers, “You’re right.”
7. The men pummel Fernando. Lety, Aldo, and Fausto enter the bar, and Lety has a premonition that she’s going to see someone she knows. Fausto hustles them out because of the fight. They drag Fernando into the hall, and Lety wants to help although she doesn’t know it’s Fernando. Fausto makes them leave.
8. Fernando mumbles, “How I miss you, Lety,” and he passes out. When he awakes and realizes he’s not dead, he goes back to finish the job.
Read Chapel Hill Fiddler’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Alicia refuses to take Fern’s messages, but he tells her that when he recovers the presidency he’ll fire her. Great scene! Saimon wears Fern’s badge in support. Fern sends Saimon to retrieve his car.
2. Omar tells Fern he was ordered to keep Fern out of bars and get Lety out of his heart. Omar thinks that if Fern goes out with women he’ll forget Lety, since she’s not really a woman. Fern says that neither Marcia nor any other woman can take Lety out of his heart.
3. Fern takes offense when Omar thinks no other man would go out with Lety. Fern holds fast that Lety won’t take their company. She’s a good person and he believes in her.
4. Fernando implores Julieta. “Please, please ask her to give me one more chance.” Tom tells Fern that he talked to Sanchez since Conceptos brought in lawyers. Conceptos now belongs to FI. Fern’s world crashes because he concludes that Lety wants to take the company.
By the way, Julieta is making chiles en nogada, a Puebla specialty that is really delicious but really labor intensive. You can only find it in restaurants for 2-3 months out of the year. In 2008, I had the opportunity to enjoy chiles en nogada en Ciudad Puebla, along with mole pablano. YUM!
5. Aldo shows Lety his dream restaurant, but it’s just an abandoned construction site. His dream died when his wife died. He moves to kiss her and she pulls away. The magic is crushed and he wants to leave.6. Fern starts drinking hard, straight from the bottle. Omar suggests that maybe Lety plotted it from the beginning. Fern says Omar is an expert at turning him against Lety, and he won’t let him do it this time because he loves her. He still holds fast to his belief in her.
7. Fern jokes to his mom that he’s going to find a priest to do an exorcism, to get rid of the demon inside him. He’ll come back in the morning so they can finish erasing the little that is left of his liver, his heart, and his brain. She orders him to come back and HE DISOBEYS HER!
8. Lety counsels Miss Puebla because her parents never cared about her.
9. Julieta starts to read Lety’s diary.
Capitulo 184.
Read Amanda’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Mama reads Lety’s diary, hoping to help her daughter. “No one will give me the chance to show how much I can love. I will be his shadow and his breath. It will be my meaning of life.” Her reading continues through the episode.
2. Seeing the flask, Saimon offers to drive Fern wherever he’s going. Fern says he’s going to Hell.
3. Omar tells the women that they’ve lost the company. Marcia yells, “Lety wants Fern to kill himself!” Saimon reports that he drove away drunk, and Marcia worries about the image of Conceptos.
4. Miss Puebla quits so Lety says she’ll be the stand-in because Puebla needs her. The bellas and Caro tell her she’s beautiful because of her attitude. Miss Puebla stays for her own sake, not her parents’.
5. Fernando sees Aldo’s boat and complains that boats don’t belong on the beach. Then he realizes, neither do cars. MamaT finds out he’s in Acapulco, and Marcia goes looking for him.
6. Fern sits at the bar and asks, “Why did you do this to me, Lety?” He remembers how much she loved him and bawls, “Only God knows how much I love you, Lety.” He stubbornly picks a fight with six pro wrestlers. His face says, “This is what was supposed to happen. Here it comes.” The bartender says, “They’re going to kill you,” and he answers, “You’re right.”7. The men pummel Fernando. Lety, Aldo, and Fausto enter the bar, and Lety has a premonition that she’s going to see someone she knows. Fausto hustles them out because of the fight. They drag Fernando into the hall, and Lety wants to help although she doesn’t know it’s Fernando. Fausto makes them leave.
8. Fernando mumbles, “How I miss you, Lety,” and he passes out. When he awakes and realizes he’s not dead, he goes back to finish the job.
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Eva Luna #56 Mon 1/24/11 Julio Gets The Last Laugh
Cap. #56
We rewind to just as Renata starts calling for Aurelia. It seems like it’s time for Eva to make like a tree and leave.......(Ok. Ok. I know. That one’s as old as the hills, but then so am I.) We assume she does.
At the modeling agency, it’s another dram-edy of errors as Daniel is trying to fire Alicia. Ali won’t go and stands her ground. (Good girl!) He demands an explanation of what she’s doing there of all places. She yells back at him that that’s what she was doing. (Of course it sounds like a Greek opera here and sort of difficult to follow, even with Spanish CC’s. No way I’m going with their English ones for this!) She tells him she refuses to let him continue to insult her and the only “thief” there is Daniel! “--First you seduced her and then to get her out of the way you accuse her of something she didn’t do!.” He’s pulling his still unknown rank. “--Get out of this business place now!” Ali tells him the owner hired her and he can fire her. “--The owner?” Daniel is confused. Yeah, yells, Ali. “--Leonardo!!” Daniel is even more confounded and upset. “--Leonardo!!???” Daniel stands there flabbergasted-impactado.
Meanwhile, at the Casino, our tightfisted and suspicious Tony is telling said owner, Leo, that he’s beginning to get a bit upset and wants to know what’s really going on between him and his “girlfriend”, Alicia. Yeah, he could be getting jealous for nothing, but that’s what he’s there to find out. If he’s right, though, it would be a very serious situation. Leo gets miffed, hedges, and pulls rank. Yes, it’s a mistake all right, says Leo, and the only one who’s going to be sorry is Tony! He’s supposed to do the job he’s given him --finding Eva-- and that’s it! That’s all he’s getting paid to do. As Leo storms off, Tony tells himself again that if he finds out that Leo’s been messing with Ali he’s going to pay big time.
Back at Ali’s make-up station, Dano is still spitting nails at her. “--Leonardo! Yeah, I can just imagine! First Eva and now you!” Ali asks him what Leo has to do with Eva in all of this. Dano screams back at her not to play dumb. He says he knows very well the class of people she and her sister are and their fine little game they’re playing! Ali is ready to pull her hair out. “--What are you talking about?” “--I know now how you go looking for wealthy families and get involved with the men so that you can hook one of them, gain their confidence, rob them, and then leave for another town and start it all over again!!” (Dano, though, left Bimbutt in charge of his thinking cap. He doesn’t stop to think that if Ali left town she couldn’t be working there now. Can somebody order him a beanie, too?) She asks him where he got such a stupid story. He is not listening. “--Eva did exactly that with me. You tricked me in order to gain my confidence and then made me one of your victims. I fell for it like a fool!” Ali tells him he’s crazy.
Back at the Arismendi mansion, Renata comes out to get Aurelia to prepare a couple of trays with refreshments for the family while they listen to the reading of the will. Ren sees the glass of water Eva was drinking from and asks Aurelia who she was talking to. Aurelia has her answer ready and tells her it was her glass and it was only Jacky coming by to give her sympathies to the family for Don Julio. Ren asks if she mentioned Eva or her whereabouts and Auri says no, she didn’t. Ren warns her to be careful not to cover for Eva because not only would she lose her job but she’d also likely be thrown in jail as an accomplice or for obstruction of justice.
In Marcela’s office at the ad agency, Giorgio brings in some paperwork with the current expenses for the modeling agency. Marcy can’t believe the cost overruns it seems. Well, it was Toyboy Bruno’s doing. Marcy hasn’t got time to gripe at Bruno about it now, she’s got to race back home for the reading of her dead hubby’s will.
Over in the other part of the building, Ali and Dan are still at it. She accuses Dan of making this all up to malign them. “--We’re decent people! The only victim here is my sister!” (At least somebody is finally standing up for Eva.) Ali isn’t gonna take it with her tail between her legs like others might. Dan insists he’s not making anything up and nothing they say will make him fall for their little game again. She calls him a charlatan and a vile liar. He made Eva believe he loved her then got her into some jam to get the police after her, she screams. He asks her what in the hell she’s talking about! Ali says she doesn’t know, but he was pretty crafty about it. He believes she’s a wicked person. Ali’s trying to clean up her sister’s image with him, he screams back. (--well, yeah!) Ali says she has no reason to because her sister is totally innocent and didn’t steal anything from him! He says well she can tell it to the judge! Ali warns him that one day he’s going to be darned sorry for ever having doubted Eva. (Query: Anybody ever wonder how many ways you can serve crow?) Dan says he’s going to find Leo and get her fired from there because he is also an owner there, just the same as Leo!! “--And when you see your sister tell her I hate her for all the harm she’s caused me!” As Dan walks away, Ali is drop-jaw-impactada with his major revelation.
Giorgio is praising Money-Mad Marcy for her dedication to the business. She tells him she’s looking out for her kids to see that all the goods are included in the will. Just then Olga comes in with a humongous funeral bouquet and a ribbon around it saying “Marcela, my love, soon we will be together.” They all feel It’s obviously been somebody’s cruel joke and in bad taste. Marcy wants to know who sent it. All Olga can say is that the florist got the order a few days ago from someone who wouldn’t leave their name and who paid in cash, with the request to have it delivered today. She order’s Olga to dump it ASAP and not a word about it to anyone!
Back at the boarding house Tomas comes in and bullies Adriancito about doing his science homework. He told the kid, he says, that he’s not going to school. It’s a waste cuz he’s supposed to help him with a real man’s work. “--Get your feet on the ground and stop dreaming!” Yadda, yadda. “--Dry up those tears! I’m going to teach you how to be a real man!” He throws the schoolbooks in the trash. FF>>
Downstairs, Don Ricardo is still lamenting Adrian’s treatment from his father. Justa and he agree there’s nothing to be done legally because Tomas is the boy’s father and has rights. FF>>;
Later on, in the study at the mansion, everyone’s assembled and waiting for the lawyer to arrive. Dan tells Leo he wants to discuss something with him afterwards. It can wait till after the business with the will. He also asks Victoria if she’s sure she wants him there since this is really a family matter. Bimbutt tells him he’s like one of the family so he should be there.
At the same time, Eva is in a park on the side of the main drag out of town. She’s crying over Julio’s death.
Back at the manse, Leo asks Marcy which will the lawyer’s reading. Marcy explains that this version was rewritten at her request right after his papa’s accident, to make sure all was in order if anything should happen to him. Leo says as cold as it might sound, it was the right thing to do since in life you have to be prepared for anything. The doorbell rings. Ren goes to bring in the lawyer. Marcy’s mouth is watering.
Eva manages to eventually hitch a ride with some new-age girl about her age who just happens to read Tarot cards and is into positive vibes. The jargon is over the top. (I’ll combine this part of the story because it is too much scene-switching otherwise.) She gives Eva a pep talk and agrees to take her to her aunt’s which is on the way to San Diego. At one point they stop for gas. The girl talks with the attendant and it seems like she might be telling him she’s got that fugitive from the law with her. They get ready to drive off and a cop car drives up. Eva turns her face away. The cop stops them but only to say that the girl has accidentally left her gas-cap off. He screws it back in for her and they drive off. Problem avoided.
The lawyer begins by saying that D. J. asked that Ren be there for the reading and that the originals of his will are locked in a safe. He offers to let them read through his copies of the list of holdings, but they say it’s not necessary. He begins to read: Leo and V-Icky each get one quarter of his fortune and …..(drum roll) the other half is left to Miss Eva Gonzales!!! The whole group look at Marcy as Julio’s Anvil of Just Desserts comes crashing down on her. (Viewerville does a little jig of victory. Pop the corks and let the champagne pour!!) Mean, Murderous, Manipulative Marcy got goose eggs! Bipkus! Z.E.R.O. Marcy says it’s not the will he wrote. The lawyer says that’s right. That one was destroyed and this one was written up a couple of days before he died. He signed it the morning of the day he died, in front of witnesses as required by law.
While the will is being read, Julio is enjoying a bit of sun and smiling to himself, thinking of how his “widow” is taking the news that Eva now owns the Arismendi mansion. “For the first time she’s losing her cool in front of everyone.” What a shame he can’t be there to watch it all. Marcela underestimated him, he tells himself, with a gargantuan grin, and she is now realizing that she is a poor widow--literally!
The lawyer continues: Leo and Icky get the properties in N.Y. and Miami. Ren gets his parents’ old house in Mexico City to compensate her for her care of his first wife and her years of loyalty especially in his final days. (That means they'll all have to vacate and take up residence of the houses they were left. Only Eva gets to live nearby.)
Marcy accuses Ren of knowing all about this. Ren says she really didn’t. The lawyer chimes in and says nobody knew anything. It was all done in secret. He continues reading: Eva gets the country house (the cabin?) and two bank accounts he specifically opened for her in her name, also 51% of the stock in the ad agency, and the Arismendi mansion. Marcy is fit to be tied! “--No! The house is mine!!” V-icky is near tears. Eva???? Dano is saucer-eyed impactado and probably thinking she’s an even bigger grifter than he ever imagined! Icky can’t believe Eva could have managed all of this. Leo says, well if his father wanted to give them a surprise, he certainly managed to! Marcy stands up and yells that Julio had to be out of his mind when he wrote this will! She threatens to challenge it. The lawyer says no, he was totally sane and the witnesses can confirm it.
Marcy cries on Leo’s shoulder. “She took my house and my business! She took everything away from me! They left me out on the street!” Boo-hoo! Real tears this time! (I think we can all agree that it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person--either Eva or Marcy!!) The lawyer continues. Icky gets his wife’s jewelry. Marcy moans in real pain. “--Nothing! Nothing! He left me with nothing!!” She threatens the lawyer again with challenging the will. Icktoria can’t believe he would leave half his fortune to that criminal, Eva! Marcy suddenly turns on Leo with a malicious hiss and blames it all on him for having brought “that whore” to work there. She then screams at Daniel and blames him too for believing in the slut! The lawyer tells Marcy again that the will is air-tight. Marcy whines over what Julio has done to her, but her dream-turned-almost-worst-nightmare is not quite over yet. There’s a letter Julio left for her to read.
Julio toasts her reading the letter with a bottle of Perrier since he’s not allowed to drink alcohol. “--I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Everyone must be dying of curiosity wondering what’s in it. Well, it’s the rest of the challenge for power between us. You thought you were an all-powerful woman, untouchable. The only thing you’ll be is pitiable! To your health, Viper!”
Leo and Icky hope the letter gives some explanation. Ren is still dumbfounded by it all. Marcy begins to read it to herself. “You don’t know how sorry I am not being able to be with you at the moment to see your face but I told you, dear wife, that I was going to show you that you’re worthless! The only inheritance I leave you --and God knows it’s what you need-- is humility. Surely poverty will really wrinkle you well. And when you leave the mansion with your rags, I’ll be watching you, enjoying your downfall. Lic. Basañez will give you two more letters in due time. But for now, Good-Bye. I hope that with this you finally understand and accept that not even in death from my tomb will I leave you in peace. --Julio”
Marcy refuses to read the letter aloud or to tell the others what it says. She crumples it up and takes it with her. (I wonder if they’ll sneak back in and dig through her trashcan before it’s emptied. I wouldn’t put it past either Leo or Icky!) Renata follows her out of the room.
Laurita has a conversation with her mother’s picture and tells her that she misses Eva, and that the police are still looking for her. She hopes she’ll come back soon, that her daddy doesn’t get any more confused and then comes back with that witch, Victoria!
Eva finally arrives at her aunt’s house.
Marcy goes to her room and blubbers, cursing Julio and hugging her fancy digs. She practically stomps her feet because it’s supposed to be all hers! She’s earned it! Nobody will take it away from her!! (I will want a ring-side seat when Eva has the cops throw Cruella Marcela out on her plentiful patoot. I’ll have popcorn and beer and I’ll be taking bets on how many men on straight-jackets it will take to pry her fingers loose from those pillars.)
At her aunt’s, Eva finally has a chance to fill in Matilde on what’s been really going on. She first asks if she knows why her father was so insistent on taking her to the city and who he was taking her to see the day he got run over. Matilde lies and says she doesn’t. Eva tells her that day everything changed for her and Ali. Matilde reminds her that the cards foretold a tragedy. Eva says the tragedy took place and she did meet the man who would make her life both a Heaven and a Hell.
Back in the study of the Arismendi mansion, Leo and Icky are kvetching about what their father did to them. Icky whines over her whiskey and soda that first Eva got involved with Daniel and finished off their relationship. Then, she finished them off by getting involved with their father and convincing him to leave her half of his fortune. She wishes Eva would die! Daniel takes the glass and tells her to stop drinking. She starts yelling at Leo that it’s his fault. Why did he ever bring her to the house? Leo says she fooled him also. (Have they totally forgotten all the rotten stuff they did to her first! It’s like they believe all the lies they’ve been feeding Daniel! There aren’t enough shoes in all of Viewerville to throw at the screen!) Leo asks Dan what he wanted to discuss with him. Dan says he’ll leave it for later. Today’s been enough for them as it is. It can wait till tomorrow.
Marcy now starts planning a way to regain control of her share. She tells herself she’s already killed Julio so what’s one more murder on her conscience? She’s got to find Eva!
Back in the study, Icky is whining to Dano about her rotten luck now that Eva has them cornered. Dan tells her he feels just as badly for them. She says Eva’s won and her life is over. Dan says Eva hasn’t won it all and Icktoria isn’t alone. “--You’re going to get out from under all of this...with me.” Icky stops and stares at him. (OMG! Laurita, better pack her bags again.)
At the boarding house, Ali and Marisol are chatting it up. Ali still wants to see Mari sing and Mari still refuses to bring her by. Same ol’, same ol’ yadda, yadda. FF>>
Eva tells her aunt that the day she and her fiance were to get married in secret, she found out he was the one who’d run down and killed her father. Neither one can believe it but Eva says it’s true. So now she’s got to hate him with all her might! She’s got to! (Seems to me she either hates him or she doesn’t. No room for maybe’s with this emotion. Everybody move your beanie control up a notch.)
Back again at the boarding house, Ali is telling Mari how happy she feels being a professional make-up artist. Mari warns her again not to get distracted by Leo if she wants to be successful. Ali says she won’t. Daniel’s the one who’s distracting her. Mari doesn’t understand what he’s got to do with the place she’s working for. She explains that he works there too and is trying to get her fired.
Back in apple-picking country, (the CC just went out) Eva explains that she had to leave Alicia behind because the police were after her. She tells her aunt how she was accused of stealing and swears it’s a lie and that she didn’t steal anything. Her aunt doesn’t need convincing, she says. She knows Eva’s character. Eva tells her the version that Leo gave her: that Daniel is accusing her of stealing to make her look bad to the police so that they won’t believe her when she accuses him of running over her father. She’s helpless now because there’s no way they’ll believe her instead of him! She’s got to get even with him somehow! Her aunt says she still has to report the crime so the police will at least begin an investigation. (Ah! Another person with a few functioning brain cells! Rather refreshing, isn’t it?) Eva doesn’t want to, she explains, because they’ll throw her in jail and the only person who could help her defend herself is now dead.
Matilde though, isn’t so sure that’s the real reason Eva won’t report Dan to the police. Eva asks what she means. Matilde says that by the tone of her voice and what she sees in her eyes, Eva still basically believes Daniel to be innocent. Eva argues with her aunt over that. How can he be innocent if everyone who knows him accuses him??/!!! (Seems to me there’s only been one someone and that’s that louse, Leo.) Matilde reminds her this accusation business works both ways. Eva’s been wrongly accused, so Daniel might have been also. Eva flies into a rage and tells her to stop confusing her with all these things she’s stuffing into her pounding head. The only thing for her is to feed the hate so that she can make him pay for her father’s death. (Better give it a rest and try again later, Matilde. Maybe you can undo Leo’s brainwashing. Add an extra rinse and spin while you’re at it.)
Ok. Back to the inevitable scene with Icky and Dan. She asks him if he really means it, sticking by her so she won’t feel so alone. He says yes. She was so attentive towards him. No way he would abandon her now. He can understand the way she feels; everything with her father has happened so fast and it’s even left him upset and disoriented. Well, she’s furious over it, she says. Bad enough Eva’s taking him from her, but then her brother and now-- taking advantage of her father, manipulating everything so that she became his heir!
Said dead father is now placing a call to Eva’s at Justa’s boarding house, trying to locate Eva. Ricardo answers and covers for Eva. He tells Julio she doesn't live there and hangs up. D.J. figures he’s written the number down wrong.
Matilde wants Eva to tell her about the man who was such a help to her. Eva tells her about finding a job with a wealthy family, the time she spent with Don Julio, and how he was grooming her to join him at his ad agency. (You’d think the bells would go off in Matilde’s head, but they don’t. She must have used up the last of the few working brain cells she had with her earlier discussion.)
Julio hopes the address is correct at least, even if the phone number might be wrong.
Justa wonders about the phone call and Ricardo explains why he did it. It could have been the police and he didn’t ask any questions because he didn’t want to raise suspicions. He really wished he could have had the chance to help Eva prove her innocence. Justa says he is just that way, wanting to help everyone. Unfortunately, says Ricardo, no one will let him, not Adrian, not Eva, and not even her. Justa asks why her? He says she refuses to let him in on what’s really been causing her so much emotional pain, that “something that prevents her from allowing herself to love again.” Justa decides the time has finally come. She agrees to tell Ricardo everything.
Leo now is thinking about the reading of the will and all that Eva inherited. “--It’s more important than ever now that Tony locates Eva!”
At the same time, Dano and Icky are making nice-nice over each other. Icky tells Dan that he’s the only nice thing she’ll be dreaming about when she goes to sleep tonight. (Blechhh!)
Back at Justa’s again, she’s telling Ric how the day she found out she was pregnant, the man she loved was marrying somebody else. Ric is shocked to learn that Justa had a child. Justa says, yes, she had a daughter.
Back at the manse, Danny Boy can’t believe how after all he did to her that Icky could be so sweet to him. She explains, in between sobs and dripping snot, that she now realizes that he never meant to hurt her. Eva simply confused him and made him doubt her. Tonight she’s going to pray that the doors to his heart will open up to her again. (Double blechhh! My barf-bag runneth over.) Danny stares at her with stars in his eyes.....Time for Aunt Matilde to get out those Tarot cards!!
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