Caray, Caray!

Sweeping up the bits from last week: Jero makes plans with Doctora Marina Tataterrific. Is he resolved to forget the love of his life, Renata so quickly?

On to tonight’s revelations: Roberta enters the house, climbs the stairs to her room and looks at her box of memories. Included is the engagement from Rafael. She tries on the ring and begins to replay that Rafa movie she loves so well. How Rafa loved her and she loved him. He wants to take her to the hacienda and grow grapes and she hesitates but accepts. (I think I remember she was whining inside about missing all the fun and action of Mexico City?) She looks truly happy in the reverie of this one true love, then she is on the floor on that enviable purple sweater crying her eyes out.

Alfonsina walking among the grape vines has an attack of stomach cramps.

Jero finally gets around to seeing Dr. Nesme the Nasty. Nesme tells Jero he is worried that Agustin will find out he is still alive. He repeats, Agustin wants not just your woman but your lands and your mother vines. We see Nesme’s brain movie of getting into the protective cage at Rafa’s with Augie holding the light. Augie plans to take the plants to another secret field to develop them, then come back and destroy all your plants.

Nesme begs pardon for his wrong doing. He wants another chance to have a good life with Cari far from here. .Jero expresses conditions that if Nesme is to remain safe, he must remain hidden.

Cari goes shopping for a wedding dress in ignorant bliss of the cauldron of dead white fish that is headed her way.

Sot descending the staircase: Roberta drinks and thinks (or perhaps merely remembers), As if Rafa has hidden himself inside her bottle, she pleads, you seemed so sincere, I want to believe that if you didn’t arrive like you promised it was only because you were killed. I think you really did love me the most. (or, maybe the only one who ever did) My dear love, if you weren’t a coward to carry me away, then I could have gone with you and we would now be happy together with our baby too.

Laz , Carlos and Jero talk about the theft of the super-vine cutting. What are they going to do to prove Augie’s theft. It is dangerous. (somebody ought to tell Zeke just how dangerous) Matilde arrives so they talk cheerfully about the coming double wedding. Carlos, Matilde and Laz all go off happy he tells them he’ll see them tomorrow, all is okay (in spite of his dour face) and tells them he can’t go eat with them he has another plan.

At Cruz de Amor, Zeke says the new sprouts are almost ready (to establish the new Cruz plants and for the plan to ruin the Bonita’s crop). Agustin threatens Zeke again that he is to stay right on top of this work and don’t even think of backing out or telling anyone what is going on. The bottom teeth are in full jutting position, so Zeke hops to it.

Renata in her flannel jammies gets a text from Augie: Even though we are distant, I want you to know that I am at your side. And I will always be at your side, ALWAYS? She texts back that it gives her a lot of peace to know he is there. She wishes he will rest well then puts the phone down on the other side of the room so she won’t sleep next to it. So is he really at her side? (and did I miss a small lobotomy or drug injection here? Where is our smart Renata? And who is this dopey robot wearing her pajamas?) She sleeps and dreams right away. She is in the bed with Jero hugging her (nicely photographed). She is so cozy for a moment then she turns on the light to find herself alone to realize that it was a dream.

At the restaurant the romantic son-of-a-gun toasts Marina with more good wine. He has something important to ask her. She smiles waiting for a wedding proposal, and he asks her if she would like to live with him at La Bonita, a bit crestfallen she smiles. (Did I miss some procedure on HER head?)


Another dream sequence shows the bride and Jero in front of Padre but when the veil is lifted for the kiss it is Marina Tatas. NO! Renata wakes mumbling Don’t abandon me, don’t marry her. The bride wasn’t me it was Marina. The song croons Don’t abandon me for emphasis. While back at the restaurant, Jero then says he thinks marriage doesn’t work for him. We don’t have to make the usual promises just to be together. Marina agrees that a love needs to be honest and not built on empty promises.

Regina promises herself that it is better to go alone to meet Pepa and thinks it is also better than no one knows what she is going to do. She could lose everything since Papea is keeping vigil over her if she discovers she hasn’t followed Pepa’s orders. (I know I’m harping on this but what happened to this smart woman?) Suddenly Gonzolo knocks and comes in to say with concerned looks, you look worried and tense. He promises he is really here with her. She says her too. The phone rings, o sure it is Pepa telling her, you better pay attention and follow to the letter of what I want if I am to tell you about who your daughter is.

In the other restaurant. where the two couples talk about Jero’s reluctance to be the padrino or best man for Lazaro’s and Cari’s wedding, Mati waves her engagement ring saying it is more elegant than anything she ever expected to have. Lazaro asks Cari would like one? She demures while he summons the waiter who brings a red rose which magically has a lovely engagement ring inside the bloom. He puts it on her hand promising her she will soon be Senora Lopez. He wants them to be together happily ever after forever (while we all picture that caldron of dead white… oh wait a minute, those fish are thrashing around, but here they come sliding along on words like forever…). Carlos observes what a sound investment it is to spend money (on a ring) so you can get the benefit of being happy. They all laugh happily for now.

Back at the prison hospice ward, Nesme is anxious to resume his happy life with Cari far from here. The doctor reminds him that perhaps that could happen but he is in danger. Nesme wants his wife to know he is alive so she won’t feel vanguished (delusions of grand happiness) He has been reflecting in his coma and now wants his new life. The doctor observes that he can’t leave this room and everyone outside of it is thinking he doesn’t exist.

Fina calls Roberta from her hotel hideout asking has she done it? No, Roberta sighs, the door to Tia’s is locked. Fina has to tell her that there is a spare set of HON/CON ‘s keys in the office. She better get over there and do her part. Fina gives a snide reminder to Roberta that she has to perform this next step of her big plan or she will have lost everything. Roberta really doesn’t like to work, but she has to step up to the nasty.

Roberta has the evidently decided to help. She walks into Constanza house with a plastic bag and a flashlight, quiet as a dust mop in her pajamas and slippers. She steps into Renata’s room then into the bathroom. How did she know which room to pick? Hmmm. She comes back out still looking for ahh yes a hair brush. It goes into the plastic bag. Regina sleeps sweetly and Roberta starts out of the house but has to step into the shadows when Matias comes out from the kitchen with a glass of water he disappears through the door that leads to the bedrooms. Roberta holds her breath until she gets out the door. Have we ever seen Roberta do something so smoothly and competently? She’s a born cat burglar, it’s nothing short of impressive.

An kitchen encounter with Manuela, Lazaro and Cari after the dinner, they share the engagement story as Cari swoons. as she shows Manuela the ring. Manuela who loves creating new myths says it not only signifies a promise/engagement but it means that you have a man that loves you deeply. Lazaro says I will love her my whole life. Manuela says many people go through this life having never known such love and you didn’t have it with Dr. Nesme but now you have it with my godson. Your love with be blessed forever and will last forever. I am very proud of your love that has conquered all those nasty obstacles in life. Oh hear those wheels cranking as the carts creep forward. She just said forever way way too many times.

Renata dressed for work the next morning, looks for her toothbrush and hairbrush so she can comb her tangled curls, she stubs her shin and finds a brush in the night table. Over at the doomed house of Monterubbio, Fina insists that Renata’s hairbrush goes straight into Roberta’s purse and the toothbrush in the plastic bag has to stay in the purse for three days. Roberta hasn’t studied DNA planting so whines that she can’t figure out why Fina is making her do all these nutty things. Roberta brings up being upset with Fina’s cold blooded disdain for Consta’s life so she is worried if Fina could harm Consta, she wants Fina to swear that she had nothing to do with the death of Rafa. Fina puts on her best crocodile tears and swears without faltering. She now lies without ever flinching. I know that you are suffering for the loss of this sweet boy you loved so much. It hurts me that you could think I could have had anything to do with this. I’m so sorry you are suffering but it wasn’t me.

At Constanza’s bedside, Adriana tells Consta how much she has come to love her like a mother. She wants to be at her side and they will be a happy family. Consta is smiling but also grimacing when Honorio overhears this good news as he enters with a big bunch of roses. Consta silently talks inside her head that she hopes Fina isn’t going to hurt them too. She can’t warn them.

Chema meets Matias outside the hospital. Matias whines so that I couldn’t concentrate on all of it but Chema seems to be trying to be fair so tells him he better make a good pair with Adriana. He wants her too so Matias and he should get an agreement and make it legal for Adriana for her loyalty.

Regina cries and thinks she wishes her mother were there to see her granddaughter returned. The banker lady brings in the big black bag, seemingly full of money. Regina says this represents so much happiness. (I think using it for a trip to Rio would bring just as much happiness, but…) The woman says, I wish someone was going with you. Regina says no one knows what is in here. Only the Virgin and I can know what a treasure she is gaining with this exchange. Renata walks in, greets Regina in a very friendly manner then explains to banker lady that Regina is her fathers novia and also Jeronimo’s great friend. The woman notes that the two have such a similar air about them, they grin at each other with seeming pleasure then Regina leaves with the bulging black bag.

Carlos questions why Jero has a problem with Lazaro and Cari’s marriage. Yes he has a problem but he wants to talk to Lazaro alone.

Banker lady and Renata get back to the loan. Renata wants to know how much interest they are going to owe on the loan from the bank, er from Jeronimo. Bank lady says oh, I see you know where it came from. Yes, and Renata wants to pay it back as soon as possible so how much is the interest? Well actually the interest rate is ZERO.. She assures Renata that Jeronimo is a wonderful person. It is small wonder that he is so rich, he gives to everyone so generously and it always seems to come back to him.

Matias is being snotty with Adriana about her decision to be with Chema finally the snot says he knows that he loves her and wants to be with her. But he keeps putting words in her mouth, she can’t seem to make up her mind and she should know that he has made up his mind but she must decide between her feelings for him and for Chema because he can’t stand being in doubt. Both he and Chema want to be with her. He whines so thoroughly that Adriana, actually looks sideways in confusion.

Alfonsina clutches up in pain, staggers over toward a grassy spot and faints, the workers rush to her saying it must be because of her pregnancy so they need to carry her carefully somewhere inside.

Padre is telling Cari that it isn’t a good idea that Laz and she marry the same day as Carlos and Matilde. She can’t figure out why he is saying this He says it is because the people are very traditional and would think it is bad that she marry when Nesme is so recently…. Can’t bring himself to say DEAD cause he can’t lie. So Padre thinks it would be much better for the peoole if ahe waits just a little year to marry Lazaro. The time will go so fast she won’t notice. A YEAR, says a shocked Cari. Huh? Well that went well, didn’t it.

Lazaro comes to Jero’s office asks what problem Jero has if he doesn’t want to be the padrino at their wedding. Jero says It would be a grand honor to do this. It isn’t because he doesn’t want to but it is because he can’t. He doesn’t want to give him bad news, but he can’t be keep quiet. (already noted last week) Poor Lazaro says cant you at least tell me why not? Jero grabs his shoulders and says because Cari is not a widow. Dr. Nesme is alive. Fade to black and white shocked Lazaro, Yikes.

Next chapter; Jero and Tata announce their “engagement to live together at La Bonita” to an astounded Padre and Regina gets to see the picture of the Monterubbio family finally realizing that Pepa is Fina. She will ask, but is Renata or Roberta my daughter?

A Few Things:
Did anyone else notice and/or comment on the bedroom wallpaper of the three Monterubbio women? Bad Mom Fina, of course, had black wallpaper with slender white flowers behind her bed. Roberta’s was the reverse of white background and black flowers. Renata’s was bright red with black flowers. We probably won’t see all of them again and I just forgot to bring it up. Maybe someone else already did.

Did anyone watch the Rick Bayless program this past weekend on Baja California and especially the Guadalupe Valley? A wonderful vision of scenery, cuisine and fine wine. It really made me want to go there even more than the same influences in CME.

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Cleto lets Ivan into the Curiel gate. Inside the house, Camilo is telling the Curiel ladies about the inauguration event tomorrow. He has brought over a study of their land suggesting the best crops for them to cultivate, and an agreement, for a very agitated Lucrezia to look over. Without even looking at it twice, Lucrezia declares it all too expensive and that she doesn’t understand. Cleto comes in to get Lucia for Ivan.

Ivan is surprised to hear Camilo is there. Lucia explains the reason and that it seems that her mom doesn’t like any of his suggestions, or him (se caye mal). They are both certain her mother likes no one, not even JJ. They head off for lunch.

Lucrezia STILL doesn’t understand the study, or so she says. Carly is sure she just wants to cause trouble for Camilo. Carly compliments Camilo on his youth, intelligence and knowledge of cultivation, and tells him she’ll have the check ready for him tomorrow. She ignores Lucrezia’s protest and basically calls her an old cow. Lucrezia slings the insult right back, and poor Camilo looks like he’d rather sink through the floor, than be in the middle of this family drama. Camilo leaves as soon as he can.

At lunch, Ivan is excited about the beach trip and is showing Lucia pics of beach houses on his phone for her to choose. She’s down in the dumps and half heartedly looks at them. She explains that she lost her job and why.

In Casa Meandragon, Pinky and the Brain (aka Saul and JJ) think about how to get those McGuires nailed for the fire. Saul reminds JJ that it was actually they who started it, as it seems JJ is starting to believe his own lies. LOL! JJ wants to know what’s happening with the next stage of the plan- the fake witness who saw the car. Saul has it all under control and it will be quite a “show” when it all goes down. JJ doesn’t understand such fancy English words.

In the pool hall, Antolin is still in his church disguise and calls Gordo over. Gordo, knowing he’s planning on framing Anto’s brother for the fire, is as jumpy as, well… a Mexican jumping bean. Anto gives him cash to do a job for him, as he’s going away for a few days. He’ll call early tomorrow to explain the job. Once outside, he calls Carolina and demands to know if Ivan has to do with all this. She denies it. They decide to execute the plan tomorrow. She wants assurances that his hired thug won’t kill the McGuire spy. Anto assures her he only kills when necessary. He wants her to stay near the phone and get rid of the maid. She thanks him, but he doesn’t want thanks. He wants the whole story once they get to the beach town.

Ivan is trying to convince Lucia not to be sad about the job loss. She’s not sad, so much as humiliated. Ivan says that people like to be envious, and anyway, pretty soon she’ll have her degree and they’ll be married. Lucia gets an ‘oh sh!t’ look on her face. “So soon?” Ivan wonders if she’s not sure about them. She says she is, but what about Alex? Ivan knows that’s something they’ll have to work out eventually, but they’ll do what’s right for the child. Lucia doesn’t want to hurt Alex. Ivan is offended. He knows he can be intense and impulsive, but he doesn’t want to hurt Alex either, and will put Alex’s happiness above all else. He can even give up having Alex eventually call him papa, but he can’t give up seeing him. He understands Lucia wanting to protect her family, but the two of them are going to form their own family. Affection can be ruined by a lack of trust, and more than once she’s lied to him to protect her family. But another lie may seriously damage the love he feels for her. He asks her to think about it. The next time he asks her something, he wants her to tell him the truth. Uh oh!

Team McGuire meets and David updates them on inviting JJ. They make more plans for the inaugural event and David leaves. Camilo tells Ivan about his meeting with the Curiel women, and about seeing Anto, Saul and one of Anto’s buddies together a little before the fire. Camilo knows his brother. He’ll spill the beans when it’s beneficial to him.

In the pool hall, Saul and Gordo continue to make their plans to frame Camilo. Gordo thinks it’s a good thing Anto will be out of town. Once he finds out, it’ll be bad news for the both of them. Saul doesn’t take the Anto threat seriously. Gordo won’t admit he’s scared, but won’t take sides between him and Anto either. He’s on the side of money (billete). The bartender watches them closely.

Camilo tells Carmen she has her job back. She’s all gratitude and kisses. Camilo tells her the conditions of her return. She has to get along with the other staff and be respectful. She still thinks that as the boss, she has the right to treat them as she wants. Camilo doesn’t want her to keep abusing her relationship/friendship with Ivan. She’s still not getting it, but agrees to apologize to Toni the next day, before stomping off to bed. Celia tells Camilo she hasn’t seen Anto in a few days.

A shirtless (woohoo!) Ivan calls Lucia (the first heroine I’ve ever seen exercise regularly) to apologize for being so rude and hard on her. This may all be madness on his part, and Alex might not even be his son. He may never find his son. He apologizes again. He tells her the beach house has been selected and rented. They’ll all fly out on Monday.

The next morning, Benito catches his relief spy napping in his car and scolds him for it. Antolin watches the changing of the guard from his red sports car, and calls up one of his shady buddies, telling them to meet him at Begonia and Azalea Streets.

Gerry takes off for work, while Carolina tries to act like all is normal. Both Benito and Antolin watch as Gerry leaves in his car. Carolina calls Antolin to check in. Gerry is gone, and Anto’s buddy (cuate) is on his way to take care of Benito. Carolina wants assurance that they won’t hurt Benito.

In Casa Curiel, Lucia and Carlota excitedly chat about the beach house the McGuires are renting. Lucrezia joins them at the table as Gloria brings out breakfast—scrambled eggs with prickly pear (huevos revueltos con nopales). Sounds delicious and interesting. Lucia and Carly inform Lucrezia that they are going on vacation. Nope, they are not paying, the McGuires are. Yep, Ivan’s going too. Nope, they don’t give a darn that it doesn’t look “proper.” Alex, yes, the snot nosed brat (mocoso) of Gerry, is going too. Lucrezia can’t believe this. People are going to think she and Gerry are getting back together, that Lucia is a slut, and that Carly is indecent. Carly giggles in response. It’s not like she and Toni are going to be cavorting on the beach in bathing suits like adolescents. Lucrezia storms away from the table. (Can I have her eggs?) Carly thinks she’s just jealous because SHE wasn’t invited to the beach house. They are both very grateful that she wasn’t.

Lucia calls her father’s house to inform him of their date of departure for the beach. When the housekeeper runs to get the phone, Carolina whispers in Alex’s ear that they are leaving for their beach trip today. Carolina takes Lucia’s call. Everything is ready for their departure on Monday. Carolina pretends to go with the program. However, she tells Alex that the two of them are leaving sooner than the others, like right now, and that Antolin is taking them. Alex is excited that Antolin can teach him how to swim. When he runs off to pack his suitcase, Caro asks Rosa to make a special and complicated dish for Gerry for dinner. It means that Rosa has to go far off to the Central Market for the ingredients.

Outside, Antolin points Gordo in the direction of Benito. Anto wants Gordo to take Benito off elsewhere and steal his phone and wallet. Gordo puts on his ski mask and heads for the car. He pulls a huge gun on Benito and orders him to step on it. After Rosa leaves the house, Antolin drives up. Caro and Alex are packed and ready to go, but Caro is obviously very nervous. Alex is too excited, chatting away with Antolin about learning to swim, to notice.

At Casa Curiel, Camilo has arrived with another copy of his agricultural study and agreement that Lucrezia has ripped up. Carly goes to get the check, while Lucia chats about having crazy family with Camilo. He says his mom is a good person, but she also has a strong personality (carácter). Lucia would love to meet Celia sometime since she’s virtually her mother-in-law, being Ivan’s godmother (madrina), and knows all about Ivan. Camilo tries to put her off meeting Celia in order to get to know Ivan better, since Ivan did not keep in touch with them after he went to the States (ahem!). Camilo thinks it’s because he had such a hard time of it when he first went to the States. He then somehow makes the conversation about him, by explaining how he had more when he and Ivan were kids. But he had a hard life too—working his way through college, his father’s death, and his divorce. Lucia points out that he conquered all those setbacks, but Camilo thinks it’s just due to Ivan’s generosity. Lucia doesn’t see the problem. They should all help others, and who better to help you than your best friend? Camilo reluctantly agrees, but says sometimes he would have preferred that a stranger (un estraño) had helped him. “Because owing so much to a friend, makes you beholden to them (ties you up).” Carly interrupts with the check before Lucia can ask any more questions. Camilo takes off.

In Toni’s office/den, Ivan’s got a bad feeling, and a disheveled Benito runs in to confirm it. He explains about the carjacking. Ivan calls Gerry’s house and gets no answer. He doesn’t think it’s just a coincidence that soon after Lucia told Gerry’s family about the finalized beach trip date, that this happened to Benito while he was keeping an eye on their house. Toni calls Ivan back before he can run off and angrily confront Lucia about it. Ivan’s convinced that if Carolina and Gerry took off with Alex, that proves Alex is his son. Toni thinks it’s a better idea for Ivan to go with Benito to the police station to make a report about the stolen car.

After Ivan leaves, Toni calls Carly. They chat about the inaugural gala for the McGuire business the next day, and about the beach trip on Monday. Carly is nervous about flying. Toni, the Flatterer, says she should be used to being up high (en las alturas) since she has a place reserved in Heaven. He finds out from Carly that Lucia told Caro just that morning about their Monday departure and all seemed well. After they hang up, Carly blushes and giggles like a school girl and wonders what’s happening to her.

The Curiel women (Lucrezia, Lucia, MP) have a surprisingly civil run-in at a local restaurant. Lucrezia’s been shopping for a new outfit for the inauguration event. She doesn’t want to be seen in her same old clothes. MP wonders why the McGuires didn’t invite a skanky, blackmailing, liar like her, when Lucia was invited. It’s been so long since she went out to an event. She begs to come along, even resorting to calling Lucrezia “mommy.” She whines. She bats her eyes. Lucrezia gives in. MP takes off. Lucia is not pleased, but Lucrezia wants to show the town that their family is at peace and united, and lure MP back to the family fold.

At the Association, JJ is trying to convince Cutberto (the rancher who lost his crops to the fire) and his other lackey rancher pals to go to the inauguration. They are all ticked at the McGuires and think it would show a lack of dignity. JJ claims they will be showing the VIPS coming from the government that there are no hard feelings on their part. Cutberto’s NOT going, and that’s that! He leaves.

Ivan finally reaches Rosa the Maid and is told the story Caro gave her- that she and Alex went to the house of one of his friends to eat. He doesn’t leave a message.

JJ continues to pressure the other stupid ranchers to go to the event. They agree. He assures them there will be justice. The secretary sneaks another snack as Saul and JJ enter his office. JJ wants Saul’s assurance that tomorrow the bomb will drop on the McGuires. Saul is sure; it’s all fixed.

The whole McGuire Team is gathered, trying to figure out what happened to Benito and why. The car is insured, so Toni isn’t worried. David thinks they likely already sold the parts away. Camilo thinks that the description of the carjacker fits Anto’s and Saul’s buddy, El Gordo. Toni asks about the guy Benito saw with Caro. Camilo thinks perhaps it was Anto, since he and Caro are tight. Well, my goodness. They figure the whole thing out, right then and there!

Toni doesn’t want to jump to conclusions, since Rosa mentioned the lunch Caro and Alex went to at a friend’s house. Ivan calls Gerry on his cell phone to try to get more info. No, Caro did not tell Gerry about the Monday departure for the beach. They still have his permission, but he wants Ivan’s word again that he will not tell Alex about his paternity claim. Ivan is still cool with that. Ivan ends the call even more sure that Caro has taken off with Alex. Camilo and Ivan head to Celia’s to get Anto’s cell phone number. David wants to know why Alex’s whereabouts are so important and what it has to do with Ivan. Toni tells him and Benito the whole truth about Ivan and MP and Alex.

At a roadside stand, Anto, Caro and Alex have stopped for food. Anto is mad at himself for not taking a faster road. When Alex excuses himself from the table, Anto pressures Caro to tell him why they are on this little adventure. She’ll tell him, but not now, since she doesn’t want Alex to hear. Antolin can only see two reasons for this affair. Either Gerry’s giving her trouble (echar los perros), or it has to do with IVAN. Cara impactada de Carolina.

Avances: Carolina calls Gerry from the beach town and tells him NO ONE will take Alex from her. The cops break up the McGuire inauguration gala.

Don Francisco
Don Francisco started right after the show. Tonight’s guests are Gabriel Soto (Camilo), Marcelo Cordoba (Antolin), and Geraldine Bazan (the life partner of Gabriel Soto, recently in Alguien te Mira, and currently on Mira Quien Baila). The show starts out with Gabriel and Marcelo in their LFDD characters, doing a funny bit. What I learn in the first ½ hour is that Gabriel went to Harvard and was discovered by a modeling agency. He quit school, began modeling internationally, and then began tns. He was originally supposed to have the role of Ivan, and DZ the role of Camilo in LFDD. After some polling, they found that people really wanted the roles reversed and that’s what happened. (I’m trying to picture the original roles and having a hard time.) Gabriel wasn’t upset about it. Work is work, is his philosophy. He and Geraldine met when filming a tn in Miami some years back. They don’t believe in marriage via a piece of paper or a big wedding event. Don F. brings out their little daughter, who they named after Gabriel’s mother who passed away when he was a boy. Marcelo is actually from Argentina, although he hides the accent really well. He started out doing construction work, and then got small roles in tns in Argentina. He then got offered work in Mexican tns. He sold his car, moved to Mexico, and didn’t look back. His family is all still in Argentina.

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Today's episode is covered in Melinama's Recap #32, Tuesday segment, at this link.

On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 83 start at this link.

Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures. The Japanese call that "fan service."

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It appears that Telemundo will rebroadcast the novela based on the classic Venezuelan novel, Doña Bárbara, beginning today in two hour episodes starting at noon eastern time. It is listed on the TV schedules for that time. Sometimes Telemundo mysteriously doesn't show what is on the schedule but I thought I would give folks who might be interested a heads up.

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Hello friends - who is going to be continuing on with "Familia"? Email me or leave a comment here. Thanks!

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Chela Torres (Luz Elena González): Pancho's sister-in-law, sister of the deceased Laurita, whom she had admired and respected. She is sexy and the engine of the home: she loves to cook for the family. She is secretly in love with her brother-in-law. She adores her nephews, especially Temo. Just like Pancho, she defends family values and family unity. She has great intuition and energy, a strong leader.


Pancho López (Arath de la Torre): A worker with a noble heart and positive attitude. Despite being a widower with four sons, he knows how to get the most out of life. He was raised in the neighborhood and everybody respects him. He has a great heart and manages without anger in any part of his life, because though he knows he isn't cultured, he has the ability to confront any challenge with his native wit and natural ingenuity. His belief in loyalty, responsibility and honesty have accompanied him through life.


Rebeca Treviño (Mayrín Villanueva): Educated, she works in business administration. Attractive, intelligent, disciplined and constant in her objectives. She'll be falling in love with Pancho for his courage, nobility and honesty. Without meaning to she'll compete with Chela for his love, being her exact opposite, educated, distinguished, and elegant.


Vicente Irabién (Sergio Sendel) : Fernanda's ambitious and distrustful nephew, he's obsessed with inheriting her fortune and her business. He married Pina for her money (Alfredo/Freddy is their son). His life will be changed with Pancho's unexpected arrival; he doesn't know how to deal with him. Pancho represents everything Vicente hates: poverty and low-class habits, but especially his honesty and nobility. He falls in love with Pancho's sister Candela.


Pina Arteaga (Daniela Castro): Vicente's wife, she obeys him in everything. Her bad marriage has made her a dissatisfied hypochondriac. She dumps all her love on Freddy and her dog Abejita, and is an overprotective mother. Her radio show, "Pina opines," makes up for the lack of love in her life. She suffers because she knows her husband probably has at least one lover. She'll be Candela's rival and perhaps will teach Vicente a lesson when she meets Tomás, who'll bring new fire into her life.


Fernanda Peñaloza (Alicia Rodríguez): A woman of firm character and a big heart that's been saddened by the ambitious people who surround her (especially Vicente). She's accustomed to making difficult decisions and would have committed suicide but for Pancho who shows her there is a lot to live for. From that moment on she recovers her will to live and names Pancho president of her business to teach her nephew a lesson.


Candela (Alicia Machado) is Pancho's sexy big-hearted sister. She falls for her brother's enemy, Vicente, and will have a tormented but amusing relationship with him.


Pepe López (Pablo Lyle) is Pancho's oldest son. He has a rebellious and noble heart - people love him or hate him. He's a classic heart-throb of the barrio. He believes in his father's values and devends the family. He's affectionate with his aunt Chela and his siblings. He'll win the love of Mónica Rinaldi, showing that love is stronger than social barriers.


Ana López (Sherlyn) is Pancho's second daughter and she loves him profoundly. She's sexy but doesn't believe it and is timid in love. She dreams of becoming famous with her musical group in which she sings and plays accordion. She falls in love with Freddy and their love will change their lives.


Lupita López (Ale García): Pancho's third daughter, she's pretty, studious, helps other kids in the neighborhood. She wants to remain a virgin until she marries. Tomás is her boyfriend; she breaks with him and is pursued by Alex.


Temo López (Darel) is Pancho's youngest, happy, playful, and studious. His dog is his constant companion.


Freddy Irabien (Juan Diego Covarrubias) is Vicente and Pina's egotistical, attractive, overprotected son, always in the shadow of others. He is Mónica's boyfriend. He's manipulative but sees something attractive in Pancho's daughter Ana and falls in love with her.


Enzzo Rinaldi (Pedro Moreno) is attractive, proud and intelligent. He has an important secret. He is Vicente's accomplice and Pancho's enemy, a corrupt lawyer. He tries to keep his distance from the Lopez family but falls in love with Chela. He rejects his daughter's relationship with Pepe.


Arnaldo (Julio Bracho) is better known as Arnold and is pretending to be homosexual. He's a connoisseur of beauty. Attractive and intelligent, he is Vicente's accomplice and hates Pancho.


Mónica Rinaldi (Violeta Isfel): over-protected by her father Enzzo Rinaldi, she hates anything that smacks of lower-class taste. She's a good daughter and loves and respects her father, but sometimes she challenges his aughority. Intelligent, attractive, Freddy's girlfriend, she's accustomed to the good life and will feel conflict when she is attracted to Pepe.


Alex (Lucas Velásquez): Freddy's best friend. He has social prejudices against the poor, but his point of view changes when he meets Pancho's daughter Lupita and falls in love with her.


Tomás Campos (Osvaldo de León): Pepe's friend, he's been Lupita's boyfriend forever. He and his sister Elena are orphans so Pancho takes care of them. He'll do what he has to for his loved ones; he's macho and jealous toward his sister. He'll meet Pina and have a strange and exciting time with her.


Elena Campos (Claudia Godínez): Intelligent, she learns about life quickly and has great intuition when it suits her. Her recklessness gets her into trouble. She's capricious and always wants her own way, but she's on the wrong road. She'll learn through sad lessons that prudence is helpful.

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Hello friends! Finally another comedy in our lineup. I hope to take a slot for this one.

Fernanda Peñaloza (Alicia Rodríguez) is told she has cancer and decides to commit suicide. When she's at the point of throwing herself off a bridge Pancho López (Arath de la Torre), a vegetable delivery man, tells her life is beautiful and one has to struggle for her every day. He conviinces her and invites her to join him in his truck, which he calls "The Donkey." He's a humble man, full of virtues and with natural knack for business - he helps whoever needs it and belives in family. He thinks having a lot of money makes for problems.

Fernanda meets his four children: Lupita (Ale García) is his pampered daughter, a warm-hearted girl who has inherited her father's love of helping others. Ana (Sherlyn) Lupita more than he loves her. Temo (Daniel Arévalo) is the baby of the family - their mother Laurita (Ana Bárbara) died giving birth to him and he's been raised by Chela (Luz Elena González), Pancho's sister-in-law, who took charge of the family when her sister died. She hides a secret: the only love of her life has been Pancho.

Pepe López (Pablo Lyle) is Pancho's oldest son. He's audacious, a mechanic's apprentice, he loves race cars and relates to people of a different social status than his own. He meets Mónica Rinaldi (Violeta Isfel), the rich girlfriend of Freddy Irabién (Juan Diego Covarrubias) and they become rivals on the road and for Monica's love.

Candelaria (Alicia Machado), Pancho's sister, is a pretty diva, who flaunts her exuberant beauty for all the men of the barrio to admire.

Pancho López and his family have a big problem: the neighborhood is mortgaged and there's no money to pay the debt. It hurts Pancho that he can't protect his family.

Fernanda Peñaloza values Pancho's honesty and sense of responsibility and considers him an honorable man, quite the opposite of her nephew Vicente Irabién (Sergio Sendel), an ambitious man who uses people, who's anxious for his aunt to die so he can have her fortune and become president of the business.

Enzzo Rinaldi (Pedro Moreno) wants to evict the Lopez family and their friends. Pancho feels trapped, he and his family suffer humiliation and in the end there's nothing for it but to accept Fernanda's proposal - that he become president of her cosmetics industry.

Rebeca Treviño (Mayrín Villanueva), a beautiful, intelligent woman, is Pancho's advisor in his new job as president. She will educate him, teach him how to live in the world of high finance. She becomes Chela's rival.

The López family moves into Fernanda's mansion, their new neighbors the Irabién family: Vicente, Pina (Daniela Castro) and Freddy...

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¡Hola a todos! I can't believe it's already the end of September. Below are recapettes of Friday's episodes of Mi Corazón Insiste and Flor Salvaje. Now over to you.

Labels: casa-lado, flor-salvaje, insiste, telemundo

REPRISE: Arturo taunts Fernando about the possibility that Teresa would enjoy another romp under the bed sheets with him, and he would gladly oblige.

MARIANO’S APARTMENT BUILDING: “Handyman” Fito is back again trying to get doofus Pancho the attendant to let him in, saying he really needs this chamba (job). Mariano walks up and gets a good look at Fito. He grabs him by the collar asking him what the devil is he doing here? He tells Pancho to call the police as he chases down Fito the Maldito. POW! A punch to the kisser, then SLAM! A kick to the groin. He gets Fito down on the floor and WHAM! POW! WHACK! The blows are raining down on Fito who finally manages to say through his bloodied mouth that he was only coming here looking for a job. (yeah, a WHACK job!) Super Mariano lifts him by the collar and tells him he must pay for all the evil he’s done. Fito again tries to say he’s done nothing wrong. MENTIRA! Fito tells him to calm down or the one that will pay will be the Doctorcita! Oh no, he didn’t just threaten Super Mariano’s Lady Fair!!! SM doesn’t take this lightly and delivers another well placed kick to the groin. Oooooh, he’s so manly! *sigh* He warns Fito that if he touches Aurora, he’ll kill him! Fito finally manages to break free and punches our hero and flees.

NOTARIO’S OFFICE: Ferneanderthal tells Teresa that Arturo warned him she’d be unfaithful to him with Arturo just as she was to Arturo with Mariano. She tells him not to listen to him, he only says this out of spite (despecho). Arturo was always jealous of Mariano and in the end that’s what caused so many problems between them so he best control himself, or else! Fernando grabs her by the shoulders and angrily says through clenched teeth that he would never put up with her betrayal, jamás! Teresa breaks free and says she will not be treated this way! Either he trusts her or they’re finished no matter how much she loves him. He apologizes but says he’s crazy jealous, what can he do?! She half mockingly asks him, Dude, where’s your security? Where’s his faith in what she feels for him? She calms down then kisses him and asks him if he realizes how much she desires him and what she feels for him. They continue to smooch, or rather, he continues to smooch. She suggests they go see about her divorce papers. He can’t get enough of her and continues to kiss her. She just takes it all in while visions of pesos dance in her head.

CASA LEDESMA: Esperanza is busy looking at her cell phone and heads out the front door. As usual, she doesn’t bother to check first and as usual, Rubigote is standing there. He asks if she’s thought about his proposal. Does she or doesn’t she want to see their son? He’s expecting some news about him today. He asks if it’s true Rodriguito was wearing a medalla of the Virgen de Guadalupe at the time of the abduction. She confirms this and he says the ‘nappers are going to provide this medalla as proof that they have their son. Esperanza is frantic about recovering her baby and starts to ask a ton of questions. Where is he? How is he? Who has him? The “people” who are helping him can’t tell him much but they assure him the baby’s fine and they should be able to get him back. Esperanza urges him to go to the police and if necessary, they can ask Hernan for the money. Ruben reminds her he warned her not to tell anyone. She swears she hasn’t said a word. Ruben hopes so, because if she does, she’ll never see her son again once Ruben recovers him. He leans in and kisses her as he says, “you and me, together.” Eeeeeeww!

LUCIA’S HOUSE: Luisa tells Oriana once again she wants to know nothing of Fernando. Oriana says that’s the wrong attitude. She knows Luisa can get him back if she sets her mind to it. Luisa wonders how she can say that after everything she’s just told her! Arturo arrives in time to hear Odiosa say that Fernando was under the influence of Teresa and she manipulated him. It will soon be over and Luisa will be there to help him straighten out his life. Arturo interjects, saying Luisa will not do what Oriana is suggesting. Teresa is not the only one at fault here. Fernando knew only too well what he was doing. Oriana starts to disagree but Luisa stops them both. She’s the only one who can decide what’s best for her and she’s already decided what she needs to do. She tells Oriana she will not follow her advice. Instead, she’s decided she needs to get away from all of this. Arturo doesn’t want her to leave. Luisa tells him she must confront this alone and she will succeed. She asks them both to understand. Oriana agrees to support her decision but Arturo still doesn’t want her to leave. Oriana tells her she can count on her. She chokes up as she kisses Luisa and says she’s always thought of them as her children.

CASA LEDESMA: Teresa comes by to ask about Rodrigo and wonders if Ruben is still bothering her. Esperanza reacts angrily, saying she doesn’t know why that desgraciado, maldito Ruben continues to come after her when she’s sure he’s still fooling around with Mayra’s amiga. Q-Q-QUE?!? Teresa’s smoky eyes grow ever wider at this revelation! Yeah, Espe says, Genoveva. That guera. You remember I told you how I found them together way back when at the love nest? It all comes back to Teresa! She asks if Espe’s sure it’s Genovenom. Esperanza confirms it and furthermore, he was with her the day of Teresa’s wedding. Teresa’s all shocked and trying to take this in! Wowsers!

FERNANDO is arguing with some security guard about not being let in to a building. He’s the owner of this business, who could have possibly given that order. Bruiser security guard tells him Oriana has given the orders! Fernando makes a feeble attempt to get past Bruiser to no avail.

MARIANO’S APARTMENT: Mariano’s at the elevators on the phone with Aurora. He tells her they’ll need to postpone their dinner. He prefers to wait until things calm down. He wants her to be very careful when she goes out and makes sure she’s leaving with her father. Aurora gets scared and he finally tells her that Maldito Fito showed up. They scuffled and he escaped. He tells her to make sure she leaves with her father and to call him when she gets home. Aurora suggests that although they’ve parted ways, he should warn Teresa since she also lives in that building.

CASA DE GENOVENOM: Night has fallen and Maldito Fito has come calling. Ruben walks in with a briefcase and like a bad spy movie the dialogue goes pretty much like this: Ruben -- Cadena? Fito -- Relojes? Ruben – first the Cadena. Fito tells him to calm down. He’s got the chain but first he’s gotta share some bad news. He couldn’t go through with the job on Mariano. Ruben is angry. They had agreed Mariano would be eliminated. Fito explains he wasn’t able to get the jump on Mariano. Ruben’s worried Mariano may have recognized him. Of course he recognized him, can’t he see how battered Fito is? Ruben insists that he go back and finish the job. That infeliz can’t continue living! Fito says this is much harder than he thought and therefore will require more money. Ruben reminds him they had a deal. Fito tells him no lana, no trabajo! Ruben pounces on him, grabbing him by the collar telling him he’s not gonna make a chump out of him. Fito calmly pulls out a gun and Ruben pulls back. Geno walks in on this scene and hears Ruben telling Fito to put down the gun. She grabs a bronze knick knack (Eiffel Tower) and sneaks up on Fito and KABOOM! whacks him upside the head! Fito falls (dead?) to the floor. Ruben checks for a pulse. Yup! Dead as a doornail. Geno freaks and lets the knick knack fall from her hand. Ruben states the obvious: you’ve killed him, Geno! Good Riddance!

CASA DE LUCIA: Lucia agrees that Luisa would be better off leaving. (I know she’s supposed to be the nice one, but maybe she just wants Luisa out of the way – jeje) Arturo is reluctant to agree. Luisa convinces him this is what’s best for her to get over this tragedy. She wants him to think of how he can get over this. Lucia tells her not to worry, she’ll take care of him. (I’m sure she will – wink, wink, nudge, nudge)

CASA GENOVENOM: How will they get rid of the body before her servants come in? Geno leaves to tell the maid to stay in the room with “Paulito”, leaving Ruben there to think. He spies the bronze Eiffel Tower on the floor and springs into action. Grabbing a scarf from Geno’s purse, he carefully wraps the murder weapon and then hides it behind one of Geno’s many sofas. Speaking to himself he says “Now I have you in my hands, Genoveva!”

CASA BARRERA/FERNANDO/TERESA: Teresa is back and talking to the giant Arturo bear. She flashes back to when Luisa and Arturo welcomed her. She speaks to Arturo bear: “Por Fin, I have my house – our house, mi amor. Little by little I’ll recover everything: the money, social status, and above all else, you.” CARAAAAAAAZY!!!

CASA GENOVENOM: Ruben is now wearing gloves and rolls Fito’s body. He finds Rodriguito’s medal and pockets it before Geno can see it. She’s back with garbage bags. Very fitting that Fito should be disposed of like the garbage he is…..was.

CASA BARRERA/FERNANDO/TERESA: Fernando argues with Momzilla. He can’t believe she’d dare remove him from his position at the construction company. If she’s declared war, he doesn’t understand why she’s here! She explains she still has hopes he’ll come to his senses and brush off that spell this woman has him under! He tells her she’s wasting her time. She tells him he has time to avoid the worst of it. She pleads with him not to marry Teresa. He knows she doesn’t want to hear this, but that is exactly what he plans to do as soon as Teresa’s divorced.

CASA GENOVENOM: Teresa is parked outside spying on our murderous duo as they drive away. She follows close behind.

CASA BARRERA/FERNANDO/TERESA: Oriana warns Fernando to at least not get married with community property. He angrily tells her they haven’t even talked about that and he’s fed up (harte) with hearing her criticize Teresa. Why does she mistrust her when Teresa loves him and he knows it to be so. Oriana claims that Teresa has him idiotazado (couldn’t come up with a translation to do this justice---maybe stupidfied?) and she tells him all this so that Teresa won’t take off with half of everything. She pleads with him that even though they’re on the outs he should at least consider separating the assets before marrying.

CAR CHASE: Geno and Ruben drive up to an isolated location. Tere drives up just behind them with her headlights off. She walks up and sees them carrying what appears to be a body and asks herself, QTH? What are they doing? Just then, Geno drops her end of Fito. Sorry, I laughed out loud – so comical. They swing the body and on the count of 3, they throw his body into some water as Teresa looks on, shocked!

CASA LUCIA: They drink a toast to Luisa. Arturo wishes her the best on her travels and Luisa’s wish for him is to find a good woman. LOOK NO FURTHER! HERE I AM!!!! Pay no attention to that woman with her assets hanging out!

CASA GENOVENOM: Ruben arrives the following morning and Geno is exhausted, not having slept the whole night, thinking of the body. Now she complains that he didn’t stay with her last night. He tells her they must remain calm and be very careful about what they do and say. No matter what happens they have to be in agreement about everything. She thinks that’s obvious. No, no, no – not so, says the mustachioed one. She’s not understanding him. They’re in this together but at the end of the day, she’s the one who did everything. She killed Fito in her house, his body was taken to the canal in her car where they’ll find her tire tracks. She insists she did so to defend him. They both cleaned the rug and they both disposed of the body. She starts freaking out and he tells her to calm down. He doesn’t plan on saying anything to the police but they must come to an understanding where they’ll both remain protected. Geno gets a “ruh-roh” look on her face, or “oh sh!t”

CASA LUCIA: Luisa is still saying goodby. She and Arturo say their tender goodbyes. He asks her to stay in touch via e-mail or a call. Before she leaves, she wants to know why Artie hadn’t mentioned he had kissed Lucia. “whacha talkin’ ‘bout Luisa?”

CASA GENOVENOM: Geno’s crying and Ruben embraces her, saying he knows he doesn’t have to blackmail her because she loves him and wants to share not only her life, but everything, right? She’s not so sure. He says he just wants to have the security he needs in order to give her and his son everything they need. He feels terrible having to depend on her, it’s downright humiliating. He knows she wants a man that will protect her and care for her and their son but he needs that financial security to feel good by her side. She asks him to let her think on how she can arrange that. He tells her to leave this mess in his hands and concentrate on how she can help him while he watches out for her. She seems afraid of him and he looks as though he’s just grabbed the brass ring.

PENTHOUSE: Juana and Refugio have come to visit Teresa who is glad to see Refugio in much better spirits. She recalls how she felt when Fernando came to pay his respects at the wake. She remembers he was beat up and wonders what happened to him, did it have anything to do with Luisa? Teresa hesitates and finally lets it out in one breath: Fernando didn’t get married because he fell in love with me. Refugio goes all Fred Sanford, gasping for air as Juana and Teresa do their best to calm her down.

CASA LUCIA: Luisa’s finally left. Lucia tells him she promised to take care of him. He’s very embarrassed and asks about the kiss Luisa mentioned. She explains it was when he was drunk. He promises to control his drinking. She doesn’t regret he kissed her. On the contrary, she reaches over and plants a big one on him. Luisa’s been gone, what, 10 minutes?

PENTHOUSE: Juana and Teresa are in a flurry around Refugio as Teresa calls Mariano and frantically asks him to hurry on up!

CASA LUCIA: Arturo pulls away. Lucia understands he needs time. She wants him to know she’s not expecting anything. He laments he has nothing to give. After what they did to him, he can’t offer her any type of security. She tells him again she’s not asking him for anything and tells him he’s wrong. He has a lot to offer. His person, his manner, his strength and so many things (like great abs, pecs, sigh).

PENTHOUSE: Have no fears, SuperMariano is here! Refugio’s fine, it was just her blood pressure. She’ll be fine – no need for the hospital. Teresa’s afraid she’ll die of heart failure as her father did. Mariano feels it’s best for Refugio to relax and be worry-free. Juana promises to take care of Refugio but scolds Teresa for giving her such shocking news. Mariano looks on disapprovingly.

VECINDAD: Johnny/Pati talk about how wonderful it is that Pati can now make money as a seamstress. He forbids her from leaving because of the threat of Fito. Goofberto shows up and wonders why they’re arguing. Pati explains it all started when Fito showed up at Mariano’s apartment.

PENTHOUSE: Teresa wonders what she owes him for the visit. After all, they’re no longer friends. Mariano reminds her he will always take care of Refugio without any need for compensation. If he and Aurora no longer consider her a friend, it’s because they don’t approve of her behavior. He advises her to do the right thing for her mother’s sake. He tells her to come to her senses and leave Fernando and guess who pops up! Yup, the Ferman himself. He quickly jumps on Mariano and pushes him against the wall.

CASA GENOVENOM: Ruben is scouring the newspaper for any news on Fito. Geno tells him she just heard they found a body in a canal. She wonders how the police found out. Ruben doesn’t know but they must continue to monitor the news. Geno says the news reported that the police are investigating but the body hasn’t been ID’d. Ruben says there’s nothing to do but stay calm. Geno can’t sit around as though nothing happened. She wants to leave the city and start a new life. Ruben agrees but they can’t just suddenly leave. He has to keep up the act that he’s worried about his son. He plans to go to the police to ask about his son’s case.

PENTHOUSE: Mariano explains he was there due to Refugio’s attack. Fer doesn’t believe him, of course. Mariano doesn’t judge him but he knows what Fernando is feeling, been there, done that and all because of Teresa. Teresa tells him that’s enough, he checked on her mother and he can now leave. Mariano turns again to Fernando and tells him to look in the mirror or, better yet, in Arturo’s. Whoa! Good one Mariano! The good doctor leaves and Fernando immediately confronts Teresa, asking if her mother is really sick. She confirms this and explains it was because she confessed that he loves her. Juana comes out to see what all the fuss is about and she also confirms that Refugio has been taken ill. Everyone goes inside. Refugio tells Teresa she can’t believe what’s going on. Fernando walks in and she asks him what he’s up to. He was engaged to Luisa and now he supposedly loves her daughter? What gives? Her daughter is married! Fernando explains she’s getting a divorce. “Because of you?” asks Refugio. Teresa thinks it best that Fernando leave now. Refugio can only repeat to herself, “no puede ser!”

CASA LUCIA: Bumberto has arrived. In his bumbling way, he asks Arturo if there is a possibility Juana and he can adopt a child through Paloma’s foundation.

PENTHOUSE: Teresa tells moms she’s headed home. “To the vecindad?” asks Refugio. Nope, to the house she once shared with Arturo. She explains Luisa no longer lives there. Refugio demands an explanation. Teresa explains she left Arturo for all the things he did to her and now he’s living with his assistant, Lucia. Everyone thinks Arturo is a saint but that’s not so. How can they expect her to mend her marriage when he no longer cares about her. Refugio doesn’t understand how Fernando came into the picture. Weren’t they best buds? How is it that he’s in love with Teresa?

CASA LUCIA: Jughead continues to explain he’d like to have a chorro (loads) of kids. Enough for a futbol team, or maybe a basketball team. But Juana can’t have children. He explains they were turned down at the adoption agency. Arturo gives a PSA about the agency having to ensure children are placed in the right home, etc. Jughead understands but asks if Arturo can help them.

PENTHOUSE: Teresa doesn’t understand how it came to be that Fernando fell in love with her. She swears she did nothing to provoke it. She thinks he never truly loved Luisa and felt pressured by Oriana and Arturo. They know she’d be incapable of becoming involved with someone who already has a novia. What Fernando did to Luisa bothers her but it’s still best they didn’t marry without love. She thinks Fernando is confused, yeah – that’s it. She thinks of him as a friend but he says that over time, he, uh, fell in love with her. Refugio agrees Teresa is a very beautiful woman but men don’t fall in love just like that. Teresa doesn’t understand why Refugio insists on saying she had anything to do with it. She didn’t do anything other than confide in him about her problems with Arturo. She tells her Fernando was the only one who came to her aid when Arturo was flat out drunk and she had to go running from the house because she was afraid he would hurt her. Refugio and Juana aren’t convinced that he fell in love with her but Teresa says that’s what Fernando says happened. Refugio thinks that his problem. She thinks Teresa should be by Luisa’s side. She must be suffering so badly right now. She shouldn’t have anything further to do with Fernando!

CASA LEDESMA: Ruben arrives and Espe immediately wants to know if he has proof, did they give him the medalla, what happened? He shows her the medal and she confirms it’s Rodrigo’s. She’s frantic to know where he is. All in good time, he tells her. For now, she should go pack a bag for she’s leaving with him right now!

WOMEN WHO LUNCH: Aiida and Aurora blab on about nothing in particular: Why won’t Fernando talk to Mariano; Mariano and Aurora are now aware of what that rrrrrrrata is really like; No one believed her when she trash talked Teresa; Aiiiida needs to get over Mariano, Aurora advises her to date someone else but Aiiiida feels she needs some alone time first, blah, blah, blah. Nothing to move the plot along.

CASA LEDESMA: Ruben says the kidnappers aren’t ready yet to release the baby. They’re not easy to deal with. Esperanza is frenzied, who are they? Where are they? Why won’t he tell her? He’s already told her it’s dangerous for him to tell her and dangerous for Rodrigo. She doesn’t understand what she’s supposed to pack. He reminds her of their agreement that once he recovered their son, they would go off together and form the family they should have from the beginning. She doesn’t believe he’ll bring back her baby. He takes back the medalla and says this the proof that they have the baby. He starts to leave and she chases him, asking him to return the medalla. She needs to have it to feel close to her son. He refuses to return it to her until she trusts him. He’s lied to her so many times it’s difficult for her to believe him now! With everything that’s happened she’s no longer the same person either. He wants to know what she means by that. It means that she’s not going anywhere with him until she sees that he has her baby.

CASA TERESA: Teresa lets herself in and heaves a great sigh. Now no one can take away what is hers. She calls for Reina who tells her Fernando is not in. Oh, she knows. She just wanted to let Reina know that from this night on, she will be staying here, because this is now her house. There’s a delivery truck arriving soon with all the new furniture she’s ordered, so Reina needs to keep a lookout for it. Oh, and prepare Fernando’s suitcases, because he’s moving out! I wonder if Fernando knows this?

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Hello TERESA fans,

The TERESA telenovela is entering it's final full week, with the Grand Finale on Monday, October 3.

In honor of the últimos capítulos, I invite you to view a photo montage that tracks the progression of the Teresa character (plus other characters and events) from chapter 1 to the current chapter.

The fotos can be viewed at this link

Thanks!

SharkByte

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Buen fin de semana a todos! A good capitulo combined with a cup of hot cider made my weekend trip home absolutely worth it.

In the leftovers from yesterday, Jero swears that he will prosecute Agustin if he stole any cuttings from La Bonita. Carlos and Matilde plan on having a double wedding with Lazaro and Karina. Jero tells Padre that Doc Invincible is still alive. Augie reluctantly agrees to put off asking Gonzo for Nata's hand in marriage.

On to the main course! Berta fills Fina in on Constanza's condition; she is still alive but can't form any coherent words. Berta is a little put off by Fina's excitement over the news. Now they can move forward with their master plan to hoodwink Regina without interference.

Jero explains the Doc predicament to Padre. The night that oily skunk supposedly died, Jero got a call from the jail. On his not-quite-death-bed, Doc croaks to Jero for help because Augie put the hit out on him. Doc has lots of information about Augie that he could pass along to Jero. "Augie is pulling a dirty trick. He not only wants Nata, he wants everything you own. I have proof." Doc sputters and hopefully chokes on his own blood before their phone call is cut off.

Back in the present, Jero tells Padre that he and the jailhouse doctor faked Doc LousyBum's death to throw Augie's hit-man off the trail. Right now, Doc is the only proof they have of Augie's villainy. Padre promises to keep a lid on it. Given Padre's track record, the whole pueblo will know within hours.

Lazaro asks Ezequiel why he showed him the cuttings that Augie stole. Jero is going to blow his top; there's no way Lazaro can keep it a secret. Zeke's life will be on the line if Laz breathes a word of it to Jero.

Augie accompanies Nata back to Connie's place. Presumably it's no longer a crime scene. At any rate, Augie's possessive side comes out again and Nata almost cringes when he kisses her goodbye. Augie senses that Nata doubts him. He can't put his plans in danger. Augie thinks a fire on Jero's land would be the next best move for him to make but he can't afford to lose his cool yet.

Honorio and Adriana are doing a little better at trying to understand Connie. They make out the words "señora" and "mamá" but are perplexed as to what it might mean. Connie's inner monologue agonizes that no one understands her; their lives could be in danger too. Mercifully, Connie succumbs to sedatives and falls asleep before anyone else can stress her out. Adri convinces Anxious Honorio to leave Connie's side for a while.

Matias goes on the defensive when Chema shows up at the hospital. "Who are you here to see? Connie or Adriana?" Por Dios, Matias, stop making everything about you. Adri and Honorio join them in the waiting room and everyone shuffles their feet awkwardly.

Jero goes into depth about Operation: Doc Ain't Dead. When Karina was told Doc kicked the bucket, Jero went to the jail and found out that Doc was only in a coma. The Jailhouse Doc ends up backing Jero into a corner when he presents Jero with a cooked up death certificate. Jero is uncomfortable being an accomplice to fraud. The plan? If Doc wakes up, they'll give him a new name and transport him to another jail. If not, he dies. Either way, they spared Doc a long, painful death-by-hitman. (Where's the problem in that?)

Jero felt like his hands were tied and had to go along with the plan. He even agreed to help organize the funeral to make it seem legit. They buried a different deceased convict in Doc's place. Padre and Jero are at a loss for what to do next.

Karina asks Lazaro why he seems down in the dumps. He would rather talk about their impending wedding than his problems at the hacienda. Laz suggests they go shopping for wedding rings.

Matias and Honorio gripe about Chema's presence and his relationship with Adri. Hon tells Matias to go after Adriana if he loves her. Matias sulks. He definitely needs some decorations to spice up his pity party.

Adriana fills Chema in on Connie's condition. He cares for Connie as a good friend and realizes that he felt that way for quite a while. It isn't the same as what he feels for Adriana. She asks Chema to leave so they can have this conversation at better time. Chema never meant to intrude and leaves without causing a scene. Matias mean mugs them the whole time from across the room.

Nata steps into the shower and has a good long thought bubble about Jero. She can't forget the wonderful moments they shared but she also can't forget the terrible ones either. Nata remembers how helpful and supportive Augie was after her car accident. Her heart is torn between wanting to run to Jero's side and run away from him forever. Augie has been better to her than Jero ever was; he has been nothing but kind to her.

Chema has a dizzy spell right underneath the Emergency sign at the hospital. If that's not prophetic, I don't know what is. A nurse notices his wooziness and tries to have him admitted but Chema says it's just a migraine.

Berta pays Augie a visit. They must be soul-mates since they are color-coordinated in purple. He wants a little nookie before he heads back to Cruz de Amor. She teases him for not being able to get any from Nata. He criticizes her for not caring about Connie. Berta says that Connie means nothing to her even if she was a mother figure for Nata. Berta gets under Augie's skin by claiming that Nata is using Connie's accident as a pretext to avoid him. Then they fall into bed together anyway.

Padre hates to say it but Karina is still officially married to Doc in the eyes of the church. Jero says they either have to keep the secret or spoil Kari and Lazaro's happiness. Meanwhile, ignorance is bliss as Lazaro and Karina shop for rings. Kari picks one out while Laz tries to buy another one in secret as a surprise for Kari.

That darned Doc moans to the Jailhouse Doc about talking to Jero. Doc swears he is going to use his second chance to make Karina happy. By dying? 'Cause that's the only way to do it.

The oblivious couple run into Padre and Jero outside the church. Lazaro asks Jero to be the best man at the wedding. Jero waffles about having important things to do and Padre acts like an ass when Kari tries to get Jero to explain.

Fina pawns Connie's jewelery for some quick cash.

At the hospital, Connie's doctor finally has a diagnosis. Part of Connie's brain was seriously injured which has caused her to have no control over arms. She cannot hold things or write. Her ability to speak is also severely impaired. Connie cannot communicate using speech because the signal from her brain is not responding. The doctor is uncertain whether Connie's condition will be temporary or permanent. Everyone exchanges concerned and sad looks.

Nata joins the group as Honorio questions the doctor further. He has few encouraging things to say. Recovery time all depends on the patient. Connie will have to undergo both speech and physical therapies and will have to learn to talk again. It can take anywhere from weeks to months or years to reach functionality and there are some who never recover. Despite all this, Connie will get to leave the hospital the next day (that soon after brain surgery?). Nata comforts Honorio as a bumper of a healthier, happier Constanza leads us into the commercial break.

Over at the centro, Regina assures Ines that Connie will recover. Regi will help with Connie's physical therapy in any way she can. Fina calls to torture Regi. "You have less than 24 hours to deliver my money." Regi gives her word that she will meet Fina the next day. Fina teases that she might or might not show up. Ines wheedles it out of Regina that it was Fina who called. Regi admits that Jero loaned her the money to pay Fina. Regi is sure that she will be reunited with her daughter soon.

Hon, Nata, Matias, and Adri visit Connie and actually behave appropriately this time. Nata and Adri are going to stay in the casa to help Connie recover. Hon promises that everyone is going to be very patient in trying to understand when she speaks. Connie smiles and starts to cry from such a show of love.

Berta and Augie freshen up. She hints at knowing something about Nata that will benefit Augie when he finds out what it is. Later, Augie calls Nata and gushes about how much he loves her. Nata admits that she does not feel the same way. Augie has hope she will one day.

Jero checks in with Maritata. He apologizes for getting tied up. Mariana warns Jero that if she is not a priority in his life, they should break things off immediately. Jero missed his plane because of an emergency, not out of disinterest. He wants to begin a new life with her. Mari asks him to promise that if he cannot get over Nata, he has to tell her (Mari). Jero agrees and we end with a kiss.

Avances: Lots of clips of what's to come throughout next week. Honorio emphatically tells Gonzo that Pepa and Fina are the same person (!!!), Jero tells Nata that Fina killed Rafa, Marina asks Jero if he wants to get married, and Augie gets in Jero's face.

Vocab:
reo - convict
sepelio - burial
féretro - coffin
aferrarse - to hang on
sostener - to hold

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