Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Abismo de pasión #104 8/7/12: Musings on the Minimal Happenings
Abismo de Pasion - Musings On the Nature and Character of Some of Our Characters and on the Minimal Happenings of Capitulo # 104
Gabino and a Possible Mendoza Momzer Ancestor
Now Gabino Mendoza is a momzer and no mistake, even if he does lay claim to an old and honored Basque name. Being Basque would explain Gabino’s blonde hair and blue eyes but so would Salvador Zerboni’s undoubted acting skills, so there is no figuring out that puzzle. There are a lot of Mendozas in Yucatan State, and no wonder. Hernan Cortes and his conquistador thugs came through the Yucatan in 1519-20, and among them was one Alonso de Mendoza. We have no reason to think that Sr. A. Mendoza spared the local maidens his attentions—and he might have left genetic evidence of such. A. Mendoza went on to make mischief all the way through Mexico, Peru and Bolivia before he came to a bad end in an indigenous people’s uprising outside Potosi, Bolivia, the largest silver mine in the world. The wealth of nations was mined at Potosi, on the backs and at the cost of the lives of tens of thousands of native persons. Such wealth, such power, attracted men like Mendoza like honey attracts bears. Over time ancestor Mendoza gained a reputation for meddling in power politics until he found himself sent out to the wilds of Bolivia, where he was tasked with founding the city of La Paz, on the site of a perfectly good indigenous town that had been there for centuries. For his sins, he was commemorated with bronze statues and monuments erected in various parks and cities in Spain, Mexico, Peru and Bolivia. As recently as 2010, the wise city fathers of Madrid named a train station after him. I suspect Gabino the momzer is very, very proud of his ancestor Alonso the momzer, preserved forever in bronze in the Plaza Central in La Paz. Or Gabino would be, he really would be—if he wuz real.
Paloma the Dove Gets Shot Out of the Sky
Gabino has a natural daughter, Paloma, but for all that she may be a Mendoza by blood, her character is not at all like her father’s. While Gabino is all about power, Paloma is all about love. Paloma’s greatest claim to infamy may be that her mug is likely plastered all over Mexican Employment offices with a bold-faced warning stamped below in ALL CAPS, ‘DO NO HIRE THIS WOMAN’! Paloma’s romantic worldview and extreme immaturity have caused her to leave her post as receptionist for Dr. Edmundo Tovar for the flimsiest of excuses—her girlfriend needs her, she is upset, she is sad, she has a hangnail—but her heart is in the right place. Paloma believes in fairy tales, and prince charming and best friends. In fact, she met Prince Charming in the form of older orphan boy Gael when she was just a little girl.
Tonight Paloma got her heart broken, and her dreams of Prince Charming and Best Friends got shot right out of the rosy tinted sunset, because when she wandered by Casa Castigo to see Elisa, Elisa wasn’t there. Delores answered the door but while Paloma was chatting with Delores, Carmina, THE Agent Orange herself, enters the scene, and she sprayed the interior of the quinta with her super toxic words. “Has Paloma heard the news about Little Elisa? She’s getting married! Oh, Elisa did not tell you herself? Tell her Delores! Tell Paloma just who Elisa is going to marry”. Pause. “Elisa is going to marry Gael”.
No one could accuse me of being a Romantic (although I admire true Romantics greatly) but I am a compassionate woman and I felt Paloma’s gut-punched reaction from California, and I’m on, what, a 5 months time delay from Mexico? Bam! In one blow Carmina took away the love of the Paloma’s life and her Best Friend.
Delores tells Carmina to leave her niña Paloma in peace, and politely calls Carmina a viper, but it is not enough for me, dear readers. I want to lock Carmina in a small room with only a food slot, a toilet and a magic mirror for company. Nature is not kind to highly sexual male-identified vain fair-skinned, light-eyed woman of a certain age who tan too much, and no one has to touch Carmina to torture her. Her mirror and the reaction of potential lovers will do all the work over the next few years.
Paloma leaves the quinta looking shattered and then we get several scenes of filler where she recalls her previous distrust of Gael and Elisa. Elisa’s move just confirms her worst fears and Doña Ramona’s dire mutterings about Gael.
Goodbye to Horacio—Forever—Not so much
Earlier, Lolita said goodbye to Horacio FOREVER. A police car drove off with flashing lights and siren (why?) with Horacio in the back seat in handcuffs. When Delores got back home to the quinta, Elisa tried to make a really lame case for why she agreed to become Gael’s bride. She even tried to remind Lolita that she, Lolita, told Elisa to look at Gael with new eyes. Nonsense, Elisa. You have not come to terms with who you are.
Elisa, the Neurotic Survivor
What we can never forget about Elisa is that she is a survivor, pure and simple. She was born that way and her life would have molded her that way, even if she hadn’t emerged from the womb with those tendencies. And before we go throwing stones, we should thank our own survivor ancestors, each and every one of the hoarding, ‘oops I just gave the last seeds and berries to my Johnny-boy’, one of them, because without these selfish survivors, we would not be here to complain self-righteously about Elisa’s behavior.
Elisa Castañon is a survivor who feels profoundly threatened right now, and she is so male identified that she can only imagine a MAN helping her out of her dreadful situation. Survivors, when feeling desperate, do not make very nice friends. Elisa needs time, space, and some perspective. She is in shock and is living with her greatest enemy. It is not a good time to take a life decision. Vivi said it so well, yesterday, “Take the money and buy some more land, Elisa”! But given her peculiar upbringing, not BEING a bastard but being BELIEVED to be a bastard and treated like one by her father, I am not surprised by her choice for Gael. She wants a man to choose her, to love her. It is a neurotic choice, it will make her miserable, it has devastated her best friend, it will cause her guilt and great sorrow and it will not solve her problems. But she must learn these lessons herself.
So, Elisa spends most of this fillergarbage capitulo running guiltily from place to place, trying to reach Paloma to talk to her about her decision to MARRY Gael. We know it is too late. Paloma has already been told in the worst possible way that her love and her best friend have betrayed her. Really, was there a good way to give the news?
· Damian goes to Don Lucio to see how the pay-off of Elisa’s debts went. “Didn’t happen,” says Lucio. “Your mama wouldn’t take the check because she said it was late”.
· Maru has collected the signatures from the La Anita workers needed to send to the Obispo.
· Ingrid is still working her connection with Dr. Tovar. He wants to help her. She asks him not to tell Gael about her fainting. Now Dr. Tovar has two fainting women in his life—Ingrid and Sabrina. Could either of them be, say,pregnant? We know Sabrina is but, our Doris says yes to both. Ingrid kisses Dr. Tovar’s hand on the way out of the Clinica. He looks quite smitten.
· Alfonsina lectures Flo (again) on why she should keep Dam Pitiful and the Nieto Falso in La Ermita.
· Flo visits her Dad, Guido, at the hotel. Flo has a lovely face, a wasp waist and she loves her father. There, I found something nice to say about her. She is also a spoiled scheming snot who is not above kidnapping to get what she wants. Can’t abide her.
· After Flo leaves, Guido runs into Edmundo Tovar in the Hotel hallway. Edmundo apologizes for, as Cynderella said, burning the toast at the Engagement party the previous night, but Guido is, surprisingly, all smiles. He agrees! Paolo is not a fit partner for a girl like Sabrina. They shake hands and part all friendly-like.
· Delores has a premonition that Horacio is injured and lying along a road somewhere. Her premonition turns out to be real. It appears that the police car carrying Horacio has had a terrible accident, but Horacio survived and walked away. After sparing the life of an injured policeman, Horacio takes the keys to his handcuffs and a large pistol and disappears into the scrub. I’m guessing he may still save Elisa or Delores heroically.
· In the funniest scene of the night, Begoña brings Sabrina her breakfast on a tray. Sabrina takes a sip of tea and runs bent-over-at-the-waist for the bathroom. Begoña, the loving mother, seeing her daughter suffer, suggests that she and Sabrina have a woman-to-woman talk. Sabrina looks sick. Begoña goes on to do all of the talking, jumping smartly to the conclusion that Sabrina is suffering from—bulimia! Then without Sabrina having to say a single thing her mom assures her that she can get help and that all will be OK. Just like that, Sabrina is off the hook—for the moment.
El Viejo Leon Juega Con El Momzer Mendoza
Don Lucio goes into Gabino’s office. Gabino has been fired, and is packing up his office. Gabino immediately assumes that Maru’s gossip has brought Lucio running to gloat over Gabino’s downfall, but Lucio says, no, he is there on another matter altogether. He stands respectfully, with his hat literally in his hand, a small distance in front of Gabino’s desk. He has a letter saying he is representing the dependents (Elisa) of Don Augusto Castañon in their affairs. (Power of attorney or something like it, I assume.)
Lucio says he would like to see a copy of the final signed contract with Gabino and Augusto’s signatures together. (Note: He used the word “contigo” here. Does this indicate signed at the same time?) Gabino says he doesn’t have a copy of the contract here (at the office). Lucio, like an old, but still dangerous white headed lion who still has a couple of very sharp canines left, moves closer into Gabino’s desk. He says in a slightly more insistent voice, “Here is something I don’t understand. You say there is a contract like this, but the copy of Augusto “No hay aparece por ningun nada” (can’t be found anywhere). Gabino hisses that it is not his problem. He has his proper copy, and a copy of the (document?) forwarding the fifty percent down payment to Augusto.
Now here is where is gets really interesting and I will need help from all of you in clarifying anything I might have missed. Lucio says that he is glad that Gabino mentioned the millions of pesos, because he has done his own investigation. The money that was supposedly paid to Augusto has not left Gabino’s account. Isn’t that strange?
Gabino says that if the situation is as Don Lucio says, he will have the ‘chamaco’ at the banque get the cheque ready immediately.
Now, a snaggle-toothed but still manificent Don Lucio Leon leans in to Gabino over the wooden desk and says, “But if the cheque did not pass into an account in Elisa’s father’s name ‘antes de morir’…if the money was not received before he died you are not an owner of Cielo Abierto”.
“Buenas Tardes”, says an always polite Don Lucio Leon. And Gabino grabs for his cojones, for they have just been twisted.
Paloma Drops a Bird Bomb on Elisa and Gael
Later, Paloma comes upon Elisa and Gael in the Plaza. They have just finished a mild and uninteresting kiss. She tells Elisa that she wouldn’t have believed it if she hadn’t seen it herself. “You are dead to me”, she announces. Well, we knew it wasn’t going to be pretty.
Labels: abismo
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Por ella soy Eva #16 8/7/12: Things Never Turn Out the Way You Expect
Ezra wasn't available to recap tonight, so La Paloma stepped up to the plate. Thank you, LP, for the great recap.
Here's a summary, complete with jerky transitions and some items possibly out of sequence. Feel free to add details or corrections as you observed.
Helena is being comforted by Lucia as she grieves for JC. Then, Helena spends time with Lalito, telling him of JC’s death and explaining his feelings of love will stay in his heart. Back at Lucia’s apartment, Helena remembers her good times with JC.
At JC’s home, his mother tells his disbelieving father about JC’s visit. They are shown at the funeral in the cemetery, along with many of JC’s grieving friends, GI associates, and former lovers. At the end of the funeral, Helena lingers near the tomb, holding a single white rose. Her heartfelt speech to JC is interrupted as numerous past lovers, wearing chic black dresses and teary faces, swarm the tomb. A dismayed JC, wearing shades and a hoodie, lurks behind a tree.
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Refugio Para el Amor #87 Tue 8/7/12 Everybody's Tucked Up In Bed Tonight--But Mostly With The Wrong People
With the exception, we hope, of Connie
and Oscar. When last we saw them, her peignoir had slithered to the
ground, and sweet kisses and tender laughter were being exchanged.
Looks good for romance between the middle-aged.
Not so with the rest of our folks.
Gala's in bed with Julie and the former is throwing up milk. Luciana's in bed with
Paz and tossing and turning ,wondering if she should tell Rodrigo
she's pregnant. Rodrigo's in bed with his memories of Luciana, racked
by loneliness and weeping tears of regret.
Jana's in bed with Melissa and
discussing the difference between “querer” (care for) and being
“enaomorada” (being in love). Like us, she's aghast to learn
Melissa's in love with Licenciado Linares.
Roselena's in bed with Max but when
he wants to go to sleep with his arms wrapped around her (abrazados),
she coolly pushes him away.
Vicky and Aldo aren't in bed yet (far
from it!) but he's managed to lay some fervent, furtive kisses on her
and she's responded.
Where will all these tangled threads
of romance and rejection lead? Stay tuned but it's going to be a
long and arduous ride, that I can guarantee.
Telenovela writers seem to love
contrasting scenes so tonight we flip back and forth between Paz
counseling Luciana, to wit: 1) I know you're pregnant by looking in
your eyes (this is a new one for me) 2) A baby is a gift from God.
(well, I've heard that one before) and 3) If you are pregnant,
Rodrigo has a right to know and to help raise his child. ( I agree
with Paz, emphatically)
And Roselena counseling Rodrigo: 1)
What!? You actually tried to reconcile and ask forgiveness!? 2) You
put more faith in her word and point of view than in MINE? If
Luciana lied to you once, she'll lie again. 3) Good Lord no! You
actually slept with her after getting married. Eeeeuwww, don't tell
me any more!
But he does. He lets her know that he
was the first man in Luciana's life and therefore she is not the
skank Mom and Julie made her out to be. An “inconvenient truth”
that Roselena ignores in her classic controlled fashion.
In Gala's Schematorium, the witches are
doing the usual plotting. Gala's in a huff, knowing that Rodrigo
sought out Luciana after his night of drunken passion with her. Her
friends are in a huff when they find out she didn't use protection
(cuidarse). And Gala's even more annoyed that Roselena didn't stop
Rodrigo from going north to see his lost love, even though helpful
friend Valentina points out that Rod's an adult who can do as he
pleases. They learn about Jana's planned “comida” (luncheon. in
this case) and Gala vows to invite herself (Julie too) if her
girlfriends are going with Frick and Frack. Later that night, we have
the dreaded nausea pregnancy scene, even though Gala's cheerfully
drinking coffee the next morning. (Coffee never bothered me but
supposedly nausea with el café is another sure-fire pregnancy
tip-off). And Mama Julie brings a home pregnancy test to the
breakfast. Whadda gal!
Conclusion: Rodrigo's got two buns
warming in two separate ovens. Gala's sure to tell him about hers;
but will Luciana spill the frijoles as well? Wait and see.
Something's cooking at Vicky's
apartment also. Aldo breezes by with the fable that he was “just
in the neighborhood” and thought he would stop by and see his old
friend, Geronimo. An invitation for coffee ensues, Aldo regales
them both with his crazy stories and finally Dad toddles off to bed.
Vicky tries to hustle Aldo out as well, but he gets in some bodacious
besos and a promise to never mistreat her like Osito does. Will she
listen? Perhaps.
Oscar is making considerably more
progress, we assume. A romantic dinner by the pool where he entreats
Connie to stop worrying about Roselena, and them promptly brings up
the possibility of her sister going to jail if the father of Luciana
decides to press charges. (Oscar, way to ruin the moment!) He quickly
recovers from that faux pas. They decide to let go what they can't
control and wend their affectionate way up to their separate hotel
rooms. He offers to keep her company so she won't miss him. She
gently fends him off. He returns in a few moments because
goshdarnit, he's a little nervous all by himself in his great big
scary room. By now she's in a lovely blue nightgown, and happy with
the way she looks. And so is he. A kiss, a compliment (you're
beautiful!), a giggle. And we draw a veil. Enjoy! you darlings of a
certain age!
Our other couple of a certain age, Max
and Roselena—well, it's slim pickins' indeed. She's got her
knickers in a twist because Max hasn't found a way to keep Rodrigo
from trotting off to see Luciana again. And horrified that they had
intimate relations. Max guffaws and says what do you expect from
newly marrieds. And now they're divorced. Aren't you ever happy?
BUT WHAT IF SHE'S PREGNANT!? And Max attempts at reconciliation and affection in
bed are brushed firmly aside by our one-track minded frigidaire.
Well, if Roselena's worried, so is Paz.
She's concerned that the Ice Queen might try to harm Luciana's baby
if she knows of it's existence. But ultimately she decides that it's
all in God's hands.
Upstairs, in the cold gray stone
Torreslanda mansion, the discussion is a little quieter. Pato, Jana,
Melissa and Rodrigo are all together. Rod's blue because the planned
reconciliation didn't take. But he takes full responsibility for his fault in not listening to her and rushing to judgment. ( I'm ready to forgive and forget even if Luciana isn't!) Jana's excited about the comida she's
planning and the involvement of Lorenzo, Luciana's brother. When Max
and Roselena arrive, Max is happy to see the kids all together like a
happy family. Rosa not so much when she learns Jana has planned a
lunch party without her permission, and invited Boris to boot! But
when she grudgingly allows that Boris can come, Jana gives her a
spontaneous hug and kiss. Which Roselena fastidiously wipes off as soon Jana
leaves. (and this is a mother “who loves her children above all
else”?)
If Paz is content to let the outcome
rest in God's hands, Roselena is not. She wants to control
absolutely everything and everyone, and will continue trying. And the less physical contact with anyone, the better!
Minor events:
Lorenzo thanks Estelita again for all
her help and Estela reminds him that with hard work and integrity,
success is always possible. Marianita teases Lorenzo about liking
Jana. But Estella warns him about getting involved with a
Torreslanda; look what happened to Luciana. Estelita's daughter
explains that she decided to come back home because 1) when she
worked as a servant, the pay was good, but the man of the house tried
to seduce her, and when she wouldn't give in, he threatened to report
her to Immigration. So she worked in the fields and hard work it
was. But once again, there was an Immigration round-up. She hid.
Those who were caught were badly treated. She decided it was time to
return home.
Linares plots his case against Max but
also tells his colleagues that he's learned Luciana is his daughter.
And he gives Luciana a telephone call.
Will she give him the possible pregnancy news?
Last scene of the episode: Next
morning, Pato asks Matilde to get news about Luciana when she goes to
visit her sister. Roselena walks in, overhears the request, and says
she doesn't want to hear that girl's name mentioned in her house ever
again! (Lots of luck with that Roselena!)
Dicho of the Day: Del dicho al hecho
hay mucho trecho. = Easier said than done!
( Indeed, I'm sure Luciana's name will
continue to be mentioned in the house, no matter how much Roselena
storms.)
Vocabulario:
- te van a salir raices = you're going to put down roots (Brigida yelling at one of the men setting up the table for Jana's luncheon party for seemingly just standing around.
- ya estuvo bueno = enough already! (Paz to Luciania when she quibbles about whether or not she's pregnant)
- Sentimientos encontrados = mixed feelings (what Paz is experiencing knowing her daughter may be a “madre soltera”.)
- con el alma en un hilo = worried to death (just about everybody at some point in a telenovela)
- usted me dice rana y yo brinco = Lit. say “frog” and I'll jump. Fig. Whatever you ask, I'll be happy to do. (Aldo, soft-soaping Vicky's dad.)
- yo que tú = if I were you.....
- por poco no vengo = Connie explaining why she almost didn't come on the trip with Oscar
- las castas = the upper-classes ( Paz discussing Roselena and her possible reaction to Luciana's pregnancy)
- se va a topar conmigo = she'll run into me! (Paz saying what she would do if Roselena tried anything)
- pura baba de périco = pure parakeet slobber (Lorenzo's buddy dismissing Aldo's promises of financial help in their business
Labels: refugio
Monday, August 06, 2012
Abismo de pasión #103 8/6/12
Where we left off...
Dam was firing Gab. He really doesn't want to lose Brau as an employee. Braulio would like to keep his dignity and doesn't take the job. Gab is still fired.
At the Quinta
Elisa is pithed! That b/witch didn't take the money and her aunt wants to throw her out! Lucio finally gets around to telling Elisa about the will that showed up. Everything was to go to Steffie and Augie never made another will. And if when they married Carmina and Augie combined their assests, then she gets half. Elisa assumes she'll get the other half. Well, no. That half gets split with all surviving relatives: Carmina and Elisa. Here's the breakdown- Elisa 25% Carmina 75%.
Carmina comes to rub her 75% in Elisa's face. Elisa escapes to the office to cry, freak out about losing everything and to say "no puedo" over and over as she has auditory flashbacks. She stops and flahes back to her history with Gael. Maybe there is a way out!
Hacienda Harangue-O
Gab pays a visit to get his job back, but first he makes sure Fina is sticking to the "It was Elisa story." He's no dummy and knows Fina cooked it up to make Elisa look bad. He reminds her that she said it was two people and then plant the Gael idea, but he's all slick and makes it seem like her idea. Fina asks about ING and Gab plays dumb. Later when he tries to get her to pull strings to get his job back, she tells him no way. She can't contradict Dam, buuuut if ING were to magically appear in front of her maybe Gab would get his job back. It's pure beauty the way these two schemers dance around each other.
Dr. Tovar's office
Pal and Quique show us some chemistry and talk about the hilarious dinner party. He offers to get her some ice cream and she says sure! Elisa calls and says she needs her. Pal takes a rain check and yammers about trying to forget Gael and advises Elisa to forget about Dam. She encourages taking the opportunity when love knocks on your door. Pal does not hear Elisa say "what if it's with Gael?" (Quique was nagging.) PS: They've got a theme dammit.
Hacienda Harangue-O
Dam tells Flor he want to get the hell out of La Ermita. Fina did not take the news well and accused Dam of abandoning her just like Dad did. And she even supported him when Gab came whining to her. Dam thinks she trusts Gab more than him. Mama can cry and wail, but Dam is starting his life over with his wife and child. Be sure to savor the look on Flor's face. Priceless.
Bat Cave II
Gael takes Elisa to his "special place" (seriously, not code. It's a cave somewhere.) She cries some more and tells Gael all her woes. She's so alone. She can't take it any more. She needs someone to help her. She asks if Gael is really in love with her and if he would be willing to do anything for her. She says she wants to be with him. Once Gael is convinced this means 1. Let's get hitched and 2. She's not kidding, he starts to make plans. He wants Padre Lupe to marry them, so we have a three month deadlineand 43 more episodes of angst.
The Only Innin Fresno La Ermita
ING nags Gweedo. If he wants his proof, she needs money. Gab is threatening her life. She flounces out and is seen by Doc Tovar. She promptly faints. Doc takes her to his office and when she comes to she tells Doc Gab is making her life hell: he's robbed her, threatened her AND keeping her against her will.
La Cárcel
Lolita goes to visit Horacio before he is transferred to Campeche. She asks him if he has a death on his conscious. Gab made it seem like he did. Horacio tells her not to believe Gab. Lolita tells him that Padre Lupe thinks Augusto did not kill himself; that Carmina had something to do with it and that Horacio might know something. Horacio swears he knows nothing and tells Lolita and Elisa to get as far away from Carmina as they can. Footnote: Horacio's "my dad was a butcher" story was bunk. In truth his mother was a prostitute who died when he was nine, leaving him to fend for himself. Neither he nor his mother knew who his father was. He is transferred to Campeche, Lolita says goodbye forever and the bets for "heroic death" are settled throughout the patio. (Drat. I lost 20 pesos.)
Quinta
Elisa comes home from the Gael's "special place" and Carmina asks when she will be leaving. Elisa tells her in three months...with her husband. Elisa won't say to whom but makes it clear she doesn't want Carmina there.
Dam was firing Gab. He really doesn't want to lose Brau as an employee. Braulio would like to keep his dignity and doesn't take the job. Gab is still fired.
At the Quinta
Elisa is pithed! That b/witch didn't take the money and her aunt wants to throw her out! Lucio finally gets around to telling Elisa about the will that showed up. Everything was to go to Steffie and Augie never made another will. And if when they married Carmina and Augie combined their assests, then she gets half. Elisa assumes she'll get the other half. Well, no. That half gets split with all surviving relatives: Carmina and Elisa. Here's the breakdown- Elisa 25% Carmina 75%.
Carmina comes to rub her 75% in Elisa's face. Elisa escapes to the office to cry, freak out about losing everything and to say "no puedo" over and over as she has auditory flashbacks. She stops and flahes back to her history with Gael. Maybe there is a way out!
Hacienda Harangue-O
Gab pays a visit to get his job back, but first he makes sure Fina is sticking to the "It was Elisa story." He's no dummy and knows Fina cooked it up to make Elisa look bad. He reminds her that she said it was two people and then plant the Gael idea, but he's all slick and makes it seem like her idea. Fina asks about ING and Gab plays dumb. Later when he tries to get her to pull strings to get his job back, she tells him no way. She can't contradict Dam, buuuut if ING were to magically appear in front of her maybe Gab would get his job back. It's pure beauty the way these two schemers dance around each other.
Dr. Tovar's office
Pal and Quique show us some chemistry and talk about the hilarious dinner party. He offers to get her some ice cream and she says sure! Elisa calls and says she needs her. Pal takes a rain check and yammers about trying to forget Gael and advises Elisa to forget about Dam. She encourages taking the opportunity when love knocks on your door. Pal does not hear Elisa say "what if it's with Gael?" (Quique was nagging.) PS: They've got a theme dammit.
Hacienda Harangue-O
Dam tells Flor he want to get the hell out of La Ermita. Fina did not take the news well and accused Dam of abandoning her just like Dad did. And she even supported him when Gab came whining to her. Dam thinks she trusts Gab more than him. Mama can cry and wail, but Dam is starting his life over with his wife and child. Be sure to savor the look on Flor's face. Priceless.
Bat Cave II
Gael takes Elisa to his "special place" (seriously, not code. It's a cave somewhere.) She cries some more and tells Gael all her woes. She's so alone. She can't take it any more. She needs someone to help her. She asks if Gael is really in love with her and if he would be willing to do anything for her. She says she wants to be with him. Once Gael is convinced this means 1. Let's get hitched and 2. She's not kidding, he starts to make plans. He wants Padre Lupe to marry them, so we have a three month deadline
The Only Inn
ING nags Gweedo. If he wants his proof, she needs money. Gab is threatening her life. She flounces out and is seen by Doc Tovar. She promptly faints. Doc takes her to his office and when she comes to she tells Doc Gab is making her life hell: he's robbed her, threatened her AND keeping her against her will.
La Cárcel
Lolita goes to visit Horacio before he is transferred to Campeche. She asks him if he has a death on his conscious. Gab made it seem like he did. Horacio tells her not to believe Gab. Lolita tells him that Padre Lupe thinks Augusto did not kill himself; that Carmina had something to do with it and that Horacio might know something. Horacio swears he knows nothing and tells Lolita and Elisa to get as far away from Carmina as they can. Footnote: Horacio's "my dad was a butcher" story was bunk. In truth his mother was a prostitute who died when he was nine, leaving him to fend for himself. Neither he nor his mother knew who his father was. He is transferred to Campeche, Lolita says goodbye forever and the bets for "heroic death" are settled throughout the patio. (Drat. I lost 20 pesos.)
Quinta
Elisa comes home from the Gael's "special place" and Carmina asks when she will be leaving. Elisa tells her in three months...with her husband. Elisa won't say to whom but makes it clear she doesn't want Carmina there.
Labels: abismo
Por ella soy Eva #15 8/6/12: Oh, Why Did Such a Feller Have to Die?
Thank you, Ithabill, for posting the following recap. -Paula
Hi all. I've been watching Por Ella from the beginning as a replacement for La Que No Podia Amar, which sadly ends this week. I'll give this recap thing a whirl.
Tonight Helena admits to her father, Bastardo, everything that's gone wrong including having mortgaged the house to buy the travel agency. After snapping at his wife not to say stupid things, he tells Helena that he told her so and of the hundreds of stupid things she's done this is the worst. He orders her to move out of the house in the morning.
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Refugio Para el Amor #86 Mon 8/6/12 Rod Comes Close, But His Major Case of Foot-in-Mouth Disease Gets in the Way; Rosa Puts on Her Glad Rags and a Happy Face
In Het Het, Magda has
just opened her door, and is as stunned as Viewerville to find Rod there. She
doesn’t look the least bit pleased about her surprise visitor. Magda informs Rod
that Luci went with Paz to Santa Lucia, a neighboring town. Rod asks if he can
come in and wait. Magda shrugs and gives a non-committal “Make yourself at
home.” She is nice enough to offer him refreshment and tells him what Luci went
to Santa Lucia for—she won a contest (concurso) and got a grant! Then she
catches herself getting too excited and happy as she speaks with the enemy. She’s
sure Rod doesn’t want to hear it. Rod tells her that anything having to do with
Luci is important to him. Magda looks incredulous.
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In the market, the
Gossip Girls are reporting to Luchita that Luci’s big, blonde, blue-eyed hubby
is in town, likely to take her back to D.F. This makes Luchita very happy, as
her rival for the affections of Don Aquiles will once again be out of reach.
The Gossip Girls leave to investigate some more.
In the Cultural Center
of Santa Lucia, Luci and Paz meet with the young woman who informed Luci about
winning the contest. She’s brought the final contract for Luci to read and
sign. Luci will receive a monthly payment (mensualidad) for a year, and they
will buy her pieces. Her pieces will be on sale/displayed in four different
cultural centers in the state. The first order (pedida) she has to fill is for
12 pieces. Luci and Paz are happy that Luci now has fixed work, and over the
moon when they are presented with Luci’s certificate for finishing first in the
contest. Paz is so proud (orgullosa/o) of her.
In the D.F. Aquatics
Center, we have another proud parent. Pato has finished with his therapy and
Max tells him how impressed he is by his tenacity. He’ll be here for him
whenever he can. Pato says it does him good to have Max there. He asks where
Rod is, but Max doesn’t know where Rod ran off to all of a sudden.
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Amorcito Corazón Discussion #79-83 Aug. 6-10
ANOTHER FABULOUS RECAP BY KAREN :-)
I’ve consolidated the action so its not in the order we saw it. Let me know if I’ve completely or slightly misunderstood anything.
Isa grabs Wigsy, the police arrive, and thankfully arrest her. At the police station, Gimme refuses to tell where Leo is. To our horror, poor Leo is in a ditch and moaning.
Lucia visits Zoe and is worried about Willy (his operation, she’s in denial about being concerned about him). She admits she’s grossed out by what she overhead Beba and Horny saying in regard to Willie. They go to lunch and meet up w/Sabrina, who tells Lucia what Zoe told her early no man is perfect and Willy loves her.
Poncho goes on his blind date w/Mayela. Things appear to be going well, she gives him a cake and since we know he loves food he’s ecstatic. He then realizes she’s 14 months pregnant (he actually says 14 which is pretty funny) and leaves w/the cake, of course. Later he goes to Fer’s to find Doris for a hug. He tells her about his “date” and I’m concerned there may be another baby kidnaping based on the look in her eyes. Doris wants to get that baby and pass it off as her own. Though the end result is a lie, I hope they ask for the baby and don’t steal it (even though Mayela will be a horrible mother and we know is willing to sell her child)
Willy wakes from surgery and has a nice dream about being married to Lucia and them having a baby girl. When he actually wakes, he asks about Tuqueque. Meanwhile, Lala and her co-madre are talking badly about Beba quite loudly (icky Horny is there too). Lucia finally goes to the hospital. Willy has been asking for her and Lala urges Lucia to see her son as she can see him later in the day. The family gets the good news that both patients are doing well. As Lucia approaches the door to Willy’s room Horny is there. Willy is drugged and is asking for Lucia, Horny never states who she is and keeps pawing our hero. In typical TN style, once Horny realizes Lucia is there, she kisses him to Lucia’s and our extreme displeasure. Naturally Lucia leaves, running into the abuelas as she leaves. They notices she was acting odd but attribute it to Willy. Unfortunately they don’t know Horny is the true vampire not Beba. Willy talks w/his mom and she tells him about Lucia’s visit. He calls her and she thinks he’s in love w/Horny; Seriously, Lucia. When Horny visits him she asks why he is trying to get back w/Lucia; WITCH. He tells her regardless of their “agreement” he loves Lucia and will handle the situation in his own way. She reminds of their contract and how she will act crazy if he crosses her; Again I say, WITCH!
Doris, EWM and the two younger Mari’s are playing kiddie cards. Minnie returns and wonders what is burning in the kitchen. She reprimands Doris and EWM for trying to cook. The girls say they were dying of hunger and Minnie will make them some good grub (as oppose to whatever dear Doris was attempting to cook). EWM gets offended by Minnie, yeah, and goes to find Fer & Isa. Doris tells her the wrong way to go to find them.
Maristupid chats w/Knuckles, who telling her his life as a child (which is most likely a big ol’ lie).
Fer & Isa go to the ranch to look for her father. Sarita arrives just as the two are about to leave taking horses with them. I’m surprised Fer rides horses, he’s a city-sliker. What’s funny is that Diego is clearly pretending he cannot ride. The search party actually finds Gimme’s lover and to distract them he scares Fer’s horse. By nightfall they find Hector who tells them where he last saw Leo. Of course by the time they get there Leo is gone. Thankfully an older couple has found him and is taking care of him; this scene is a flashback to CME when Jero got found. Leo actually speaks and asks for his daughter. At the end of the episode, Hector is in police custody and keeps claiming he doesn’t know where Leo is. Isa & Fer vow to keep looking for him.
Ricky wants his antiques friend to speed up the restoration. When Ricky brings the artifact to Jorrible’s henchman, the latter refuses to pay Ricky for the work.
EWM goes to Jorrible’s and she tries to get a rise out of him by telling him Isa & Fer are together. He calls her on her obsession w/Fer and she leaves in a huff. Tomorrow - Isa & Fer might actually make a love connection.
I’ve consolidated the action so its not in the order we saw it. Let me know if I’ve completely or slightly misunderstood anything.
Isa grabs Wigsy, the police arrive, and thankfully arrest her. At the police station, Gimme refuses to tell where Leo is. To our horror, poor Leo is in a ditch and moaning.
Lucia visits Zoe and is worried about Willy (his operation, she’s in denial about being concerned about him). She admits she’s grossed out by what she overhead Beba and Horny saying in regard to Willie. They go to lunch and meet up w/Sabrina, who tells Lucia what Zoe told her early no man is perfect and Willy loves her.
Poncho goes on his blind date w/Mayela. Things appear to be going well, she gives him a cake and since we know he loves food he’s ecstatic. He then realizes she’s 14 months pregnant (he actually says 14 which is pretty funny) and leaves w/the cake, of course. Later he goes to Fer’s to find Doris for a hug. He tells her about his “date” and I’m concerned there may be another baby kidnaping based on the look in her eyes. Doris wants to get that baby and pass it off as her own. Though the end result is a lie, I hope they ask for the baby and don’t steal it (even though Mayela will be a horrible mother and we know is willing to sell her child)
Willy wakes from surgery and has a nice dream about being married to Lucia and them having a baby girl. When he actually wakes, he asks about Tuqueque. Meanwhile, Lala and her co-madre are talking badly about Beba quite loudly (icky Horny is there too). Lucia finally goes to the hospital. Willy has been asking for her and Lala urges Lucia to see her son as she can see him later in the day. The family gets the good news that both patients are doing well. As Lucia approaches the door to Willy’s room Horny is there. Willy is drugged and is asking for Lucia, Horny never states who she is and keeps pawing our hero. In typical TN style, once Horny realizes Lucia is there, she kisses him to Lucia’s and our extreme displeasure. Naturally Lucia leaves, running into the abuelas as she leaves. They notices she was acting odd but attribute it to Willy. Unfortunately they don’t know Horny is the true vampire not Beba. Willy talks w/his mom and she tells him about Lucia’s visit. He calls her and she thinks he’s in love w/Horny; Seriously, Lucia. When Horny visits him she asks why he is trying to get back w/Lucia; WITCH. He tells her regardless of their “agreement” he loves Lucia and will handle the situation in his own way. She reminds of their contract and how she will act crazy if he crosses her; Again I say, WITCH!
Doris, EWM and the two younger Mari’s are playing kiddie cards. Minnie returns and wonders what is burning in the kitchen. She reprimands Doris and EWM for trying to cook. The girls say they were dying of hunger and Minnie will make them some good grub (as oppose to whatever dear Doris was attempting to cook). EWM gets offended by Minnie, yeah, and goes to find Fer & Isa. Doris tells her the wrong way to go to find them.
Maristupid chats w/Knuckles, who telling her his life as a child (which is most likely a big ol’ lie).
Fer & Isa go to the ranch to look for her father. Sarita arrives just as the two are about to leave taking horses with them. I’m surprised Fer rides horses, he’s a city-sliker. What’s funny is that Diego is clearly pretending he cannot ride. The search party actually finds Gimme’s lover and to distract them he scares Fer’s horse. By nightfall they find Hector who tells them where he last saw Leo. Of course by the time they get there Leo is gone. Thankfully an older couple has found him and is taking care of him; this scene is a flashback to CME when Jero got found. Leo actually speaks and asks for his daughter. At the end of the episode, Hector is in police custody and keeps claiming he doesn’t know where Leo is. Isa & Fer vow to keep looking for him.
Ricky wants his antiques friend to speed up the restoration. When Ricky brings the artifact to Jorrible’s henchman, the latter refuses to pay Ricky for the work.
EWM goes to Jorrible’s and she tries to get a rise out of him by telling him Isa & Fer are together. He calls her on her obsession w/Fer and she leaves in a huff. Tomorrow - Isa & Fer might actually make a love connection.
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Sunday, August 05, 2012
Por ella soy Eva #14 8/4/12: Love Hurts and Pluto Gloats
We start tonight with Helena at home with Silvia and Lalo. Helena is telling Lalo, JC won't be at his soccer game cause he is having problems and is moving to another country. Lalo doesn't beleive her.
At GI there is a meeting in full swing and the whole purpose of the meeting is to accuse JC of the fraud against GI. Pluto is providing "proof" at the meeting, Antonia's thesis, Pluto's work on the project, yada yada. JC pipes up the only one he stole from was Helena Moreno. She came up with this Playa project wayyyy before Pluto. He goes to leave, but Adriano tells him to wait, the meeting isn't over yet. The next "proof" JC is presented is the money transfers of 30 million dollars. Combine that with JC giving the Playa project to the competition (Helena) and it smells, looks, tastes, etc like FRAUD. JC swears his innocence and says he was entrusted with the Playa project and Ferni and Santi had nothing to do with it. Now Pluto brings in another "proof" one Senor Maxillian Montes, who Pluto asks if he recognizes anyone in the room. Of course he points to JC that's the guy. JC swears he's never seen him before. I think this Montes guy has some pics/proof of Juan in some hotel with Helena. JC swears his innocence and then points an accusing finger at Pluto and says he set this whole thing up. Antonia gets mad and says no way hubby did this. JC says this is absurd! He is getting his own lawyer to investigate these charges and he goes. Pluto is gloating.
Helena is in her office, crying her eyes out. She feels she was bamboozled by "Juan Peron" who is knows now as JC. He got his hands on her project and now she feels like an idiot. Lucia tells her not to blame herself, she couldn't have known who he really was. Helena is still crying when some clients come in looking for a honeymoon package. Lucia waits on them, they see Helena is upset and crying, but Helena blames the tears on allergies! Lucia helps them out and Helena picks up the magazines from the floor along with Santi's wedding invitation. She doesn't notice it on top.
Two police officers come to the front desk of GI looking for JC. They have a warrant for his arrest. Marcela goes to find him. Meanwhile, JC is in his office looking on his computer, and Marcela comes in, gives him the 411 about the cops that are there to arrest him and throw him in jail. JC sneaks out of the building to the garage and while a cop is ogling the girls coming in and out of the building, JC sneaks into his car and drives off.
Pluto is pithed that JC got away, and wasn't arrested and put in la carcel. Adriano can't beleive it, it is soooo bad for the business.
Santi and Ferni are upset too, Santi can't beleive it, much less that JC escaped.
JC has gone to his lawyer, one Lic Suarez. JC tells him he is innocent, but Lic Suarez says you should prove this in court. Lic Suarez will help him, and JC goes.
Helena and Lucia get a visit, and wait for it, it is the guys from the tourism board come to shut them down over this Playa bidness. Helena and Lucia are shocked, I tell you shocked! The clients see the lay of the land and high tail it out of there. Helena is very ticked off and she wants to know why they are shutting HER down. The guys tell her that she has to prove she was the one that orginially did the project. Lucia starts packing up the office and packs those mags with Santi's wedding invite on the top, which neither of them has looked at yet.
Adriano is in his office alone and he can't beleive that JC did this to him, when Pluto comes in all gloaty and sucks up to Adriano. Adriano tells him that the law will deal with JC.
Rebe and Antonia are in the bathroom at GI and Rebe is asking Antonia if she can beleive that JC did this. Antonia says that JC was always in like Flynn with Adriano and that JC is really a Don Juan and Rebe pipes up that he has done the wild thang with half the women that work at GI. Antonia asks Rebe if she is one of the ones that did the wild thang with JC. Rebe laughs and says no way, as if!
Pluto is in his office with Onesimo and gives him a pic of Juan to distribute to the media so they can catch JC already. Pluto is snapping his fingers at Onesimo telling him to git already. Oni goes and in comes Rebe. Rebe has come to gloat about that Casanova finally getting his comeuppance; they plan on going to her apartment in the evening, hot kissing and finger sucking ensue.
JC has ended up at Ferni's house. He wants to stay for the night. He can't go home to his place, or his parents cause the cops will surely go to these places first and he can't go to Santi's house either. Both Marcela and Ferni tell him no problem. Marcela is going to make dinner and JC is calling Helena but no answer.
The cops have come to Modesto's and Eugenia's house looking for their son JC. Modesto is way pithed and Eugenia thinks the gentleman are there with her contract and then she thinks they are the paps! She poses a bit, but Modesto tells her they are security guys coming to check the home security system. He invites the cops in, the cops are looking at Eugenia funny.
Pluto and Rebe in the tub drinking wine, eating grapes and gloating about how Pluto nailed JC with "proof" about the fraud and the missing 30 millon dollars.
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Saturday, August 04, 2012
Por Ella Team is Experiencing Summer Scantiness.
Hi friends, As you know we don't really have a full team for Por Ella and due to summer shenanigans we're in trouble at the moment. I am going to be in Cincinnati and unable to blog Monday; Ezra is in Canada and I'm not sure he'll be home in time to blog Tuesday; Jim is at guitar camp and will not be blogging Wednesday. It IS possible Ez will get home in time, but I don't know, because I'll be gone when he gets back. ideas?
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Abismo de pasión #102 8/3/12: Doctor Tovar Burns the Toast
Alternative Titles
Anyone Not Waiting in Line to Punch Damien, Please Step to the Right
Who Invited this Crazy BWitch to My Party?
A Convict, A Rapist, A Doctor and A Witch Attend a Dinner Party
Dam! You got knocked the Hell Out! (From the Movie Friday)
Castanon Home Office Damien tells Elisa that some chick tried to kill his mommy last night. Damien informs Elisa that Alfonsina has pointed her bony, bejeweled, forefinger with an impeccably polished red nail at her. Elisa freaks out and screams that Alfonsina is one sick puppy dog. Elisa freely acknowledges that, at times, she has wanted to choke the hell out of Alfonsina and feel her soul slowly leaving her body. However, Elisa did not make the attempt on Alfonsina’s life, this time. Damien wants to know where Elisa was last night. Elisa asks how many times Damien will believe his mother’s lies about her. Damien tells Elisa that he does believe in her; he just needs to know where she was so that he can prove his mother wrong. Elisa tells Damien to get the hell out and go back to his fake pregnant wife and his deranged mommy.
Casa de Arango Alfonsina’s Bedroom Alfonsina wants to chat with Florencia about the trip to Mexico City. Did she go to the OBGYN? Where’s the ultrasound? Damien has the ultrasound. Florencia informs Alfonsina that she and Damien got married by the Justice of the Peace. Alfonsina is surprised that Damien doesn’t want a church wedding. Florencia laments that Damien doesn’t want to acknowledge or celebrate the wedding (no party, no church ceremony, no nasty nookie, no nothing). He gave her his name. What more does she want? Alfonsina tells Florencia not to worry; she will get a white wedding. There is no way her fake grandchild will be born in a marriage not blessed by God. BEGIN TMI ALERT!!!!! Florencia tells her mother-in-law that she didn’t get to ride the stallion on the wedding night! The saddle wasn’t ready, so she couldn’t jump on it! END OF TMI ALERT!!!! Alfonsina apologizes for breaking up the happy honeymoon, but since someone tried to kill her, she figured she’d better call her son. Florencia wants to know if it’s true that Elisa tried to kill Alfonsina. Do you think I would lie about something like this? Florencia tells Alfonsina that Damien doesn’t believe it. Florencia tells Alfonsina that she went to see Elisa and informed her that she and Damien were married. Alfonsina says that she did well. Florencia doesn’t think so. Florencia asks if it’s true that Damien and Elisa are not siblings.
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Friday, August 03, 2012
Refugio Para el Amor #85 Fri 8/3/12 DumbRod gets a Bobo OVERLOAD, Rosa la loca confesses more symptoms, Connie and Oscar's little dream escape
RECAP BY
MARTA IVETT
Refritos: Max
angrily insists he wants to see the bank videos of Claudio fraud time….Vicky
gets to the apt, sees note, gets upset. She writes back to him on same little
bitty card, leaves keys. (Sorry this plotline just gives me the creeps… it is
sickening, period.)
At TL, Connie and Mati try to console a nutsy Rosa. Connie would
have offered to come along. Rosa says it was time. Sooner or later she would
have to face CL. Frigida listening behind door…
-I have lived so long with nightmares, seeing Aurora following me
around in every corner of the house, reprieving me for what I did to her
daughter. I hope that now that I told CL the truth, she will stop stalking me
around. (Connie gets worried) I had no choice. Claudio caught me, he knows the
truth already, he knows Luci is his child. (Connie wants to tell Max or Oscar.
They need to protect her.)
- No need, Claudio can’t do anything against me. Luci asked him
for mercy for me. Now it turns out the woman I hate most in life has prevented
me from ending up in jail for everything I have done. (This woman is so
out there in her own little Fantasia world… The sorcerer’s apprentice has
nothing on her, what role is she playing on the scene? One of the dancing polka
dot hippos?)
At Gala’s, Julie is having a small party with some folks (surely
her latest pickup guys and gals at the latest bar hopping night, I am beginning
to doubt this woman’s bedside habits. How old is this woman anyway? 17?).
Frigida calls. Tells her have a bomb of info. Julie brushes her off but Frigida
insists it is important and dangerous. (drum roll) CL knows he is Luci’s dad.
Now Luci is a Linares thru and thru. Julie finds it just interesting. Frigida
won’t let her off so easy. Will meet tomorrow and will bring my big black bag
so you can fill it with… (Interesting open ended question… what would we put in
her bag? Piranhas, roaches, poison ivy, dog doo doo, rotten eggs, a picture of
herself?).
Patito shows Jana his reading on MRIs. Rosa comes in robe and
slippers and barks at him. Some mom. Pato argues with Rosa, want to know about your tests. Rosa gets
offended. Jana asks if she got Boris’ flowers. Rosa says yeah but it
won’t clear up his ‘offense’. Pato notices Rosa is really anxious, but Rosa
won’t talk at all about what is bothering her. Pato and Jana wondering what is
up.
Claudio in his office gets a call from Luci. She wants a
debriefing. He does not want to lie to her. Says Rosa and I argued, it got violent
and offensive at times. Told her a piece of my mind. She tried to deny but then
had to admit all the damage she caused you and Aurora and me. Just because you
asked me, I will not harm her. I wanted her to recognize all she did to us. It
was hard for her but she did admit it. Deep inside I thought she would
apologize but she didn’t. (Luci says RTL would never apologize).
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El Mundo de Telemundo, week of August 6, 2012: Discuss Amongst Yourselves
Here's a fresh page for our Telemundo community. Have a great week!
Labels: diamante, pablo, rostro, telemundo, valiente
Weekend Discussion: Telenovela Villains; Peer(less) Evil
Dirty Dozen #3: Femmes Fatales
Now we get to a particularly lethal
species of female viper, the femmes fatales, the
women who think they're the gods' gift to the men from whom they demand gifts. Not always clad in plunging necklines, stiletto heels, and red lipstick, they demand everything and get it... until Karmageddon gets them. Always involved in one-upwomanship competitions with the
female characters in their peer groups – and sometimes beyond that
– for the attention of any or all of the males, they will use
seduction as the primary weapon and deception as a close second.
Frequently as sadistic as seductive, they are motivated either by
pride, revenge, or greed. Whether toxic relative or false friend,
the femme fatale is a typical narcissist and often a vile
sociopath. Most are succubi and emotional vampires in other ways and –
fortunately – few ever live to become the toxic mothers of future
protagonists.
Who is the most evil of them all?
Labels: abismo, barbara, Fuego, Fuerza, Karmageddon, manana, mundo, no-podia, pecado, telenovelas, Teresa, weekend
Abismo de pasión, #101, Thursday 8/2/12: In which the writers vow to hold all plot developments until Sylvia gets back home
J’accuse.
Alfonsina insists it was Elisa who attacked her. To Damián, that is simply impossible. Gabino, lurking at the doorway, can’t believe his ears – or his luck: “Are you sure?” To the doubters, Alfie shoots back: “How could I invent something like that?” Florencia narrows her eyes. She knows how.
If there’s not a will, we’ll find a way.
Lucio agrees it would be unfair if tía Nutcase ended up with the quinta. Good thing she doesn’t know about Elisa’s account. They need to find out if Augusto left a will. If he didn’t, they’ll have to find a good lawyer.
[“Well duh” hisses someone in the beanie-optional area of the Patio.]
Doc in a box
Once again, Doc Tovar has taken refuge in the hotel but is tracked down by Begoña. In BegoñaLandia, protecting Enrique from Paloma and pushing Sabrina towards Paolo ‘the momzer’ Landucci make perfect sense. She is all aflutter about the dinner tonight at which Paolo is to ask for Sabrina’s hand (la pedida de feto ... er ... I mean mano
His hyperactivity is harnessed for good
Gael can’t stand by idly and let Padre Lupe be transferred to a parish far away. He wants to start a petition drive. Lucio is sympathetic though he knows Lupe won’t like the idea.
Casa Castigo, Nerve Center of La Ermita
Dolores fills Elisa in on the assault on Alfie.
Paloma comes by and Elisa tells her about Lupe. Elisa wants both of them to catch up with Gael. No thanks, says Paloma. She’s trying to get past her obsession with him and it would be better to keep her distance.
Dolores reminds the Killer Orange that she. Lolita, is no longer her servant. If Citrus is hungry, she can cook. And as for her pigsty (chiquero) of a room -- well, it’s her problem.
The Cranky Oracle and the Unemployed Engineer
Ramona thinks Enrique comes around a little too often for someone who’s “just friends” with her nieta. Yes, he can wait for Paloma. But outside. And not too long! Before he steps out, Enrique extends an invitation to Ramona and Paloma to attend the “pedida” at the Tovar house tonight.
Gael and Elisa finally connect, though not the way he would like. He explains how he’s fighting Lupe’s transfer. If Lupe does leave, says Elisa, Gael would be out of a home. In that case, he’d be welcome to stay at the Carminatorium. But just friends. No benefits. Capeesh?
Begoña’s BFF Carmina assures her that Enrique is just toying with Paloma. The Bumble agrees to help Citrus find a lawyer to keep that devious Elisa from putting the helpless widow out on the street.
Paloma finds Enrique waiting for her at the cenote. He invites her to the “pedida” and then admits sheepishly that he’s really doing so to irritate his mother.
The Blue House of Shame and Incredulity
Gabino explains to Curls why Alfie is blaming Elisa: she hates her so much, she’d do anything to harm her. But Curls should watch out – Alfie won’t denounce her to the cops but she might try something privately.
Back in town, Maru agrees to help Lucio collect signatures for Lupe. She invites him in for coffee and they chat. She tells him how Braulio got canned; both assume it was Gab’s doing and that Dam will fix things now that he’s back.
Maru is convinced that Gab has always had the hots for Alfie and that Alfie, well aware of this, has used his feelings to manipulate him. Lucio is skeptical. He repeats the dogma that Rosendo was Alfie’s only love. “Hay amores que marcan a uno para siempre” he says nostalgically. “Like yours and doña Blanca’s” says Maru with resignation.
[On the Patio, they shift uneasily at Lucio’s table – that Alfie loved Rosendo doesn’t mean she hasn’t sensed and used Gabino’s feeling for her. Will the horses stand all alone on the “not stoopid” list? Who will take care of them?]
A person’s feelings could get hurt.
When Flor asks Dam what’s wrong, he snaps “¿Eres tonta o te haces?” (Are you an idiot or are you just acting like one?)
When Flor says it’s not her fault that Elisa tried to kill his mother, he tells her to shut up – Elisa couldn’t do such a thing. So does that mean his ma is lying? Well, she hates Elisa so much ....
Flor tries to steer the conversation away from her rival. “Have you told your mother we got married por lo civil?” No he hasn’t. He prefers to wait until she’s calmer. But one thing is sure – he’s not leaving her alone when there is someone out there who means to do her harm. Pout pout goes Flor. Snark snark goes Dam. Lying, Pregnancy-Faking Gold-Digging Flor, left alone, sighs and laments: “Como siempre, yo pago los platos rotos por culpa de Elisa.” (As usual, I sweep up after the elephants in E’s parade.)
Someone is cleaning house at Casa Castigo
The tía is in a frenzy, throwing Augusto’s clothes in a heap. She threatens to attack Estefanía’s room next. She and Elisa go nose to nose, exchange insults and end with Elisa proposing that for now, they divide the house so they don’t have to see each other.
Elisa has just scooped up an armful of Augusto’s things when the bell sounds. Dolores offers to take the stuff to Estefanía’s room while Elisa goes to the door.
ALL TOGETHER NOW: ¡Ay, no puede ser! ¿Qué haces aquí? ¿Qué quieres?
Yes, it’s Florencia Landucci de Arango who has come to rub Elisa’s nose in it – she and Elisa’s brother are married!
Now, as Dolores watches disapprovingly, Elisa transforms into the Jezebel that the likes of Begoña have always believed her to be:
“You feel very sure of yourself” she begins. And then adds with an imperfect subjunctive flourish of bitchiness: “Si yo quisiera, yo te lo quitaría todo, Florencia!” (If I wanted to [but I don’t], I'd take it all away from you, Flor!)
“¡Damián y yo no somos hermanos, Florencia!” (We’re not brother and sister) Flor’s tears undermine her show of bravado when she tells Elisa that it doesn’t matter because it’s too late. Dam is her husband and the father of her non-existent child.
Elisa isn’t finished though. She is cool and dry-eyed, jaunty even, hand on hip: “You think that’s going to stop me? If I were you, I’d be worried.”
“En La Ermita las Bouvier tenemos la fama de ser de lo peor – y nadie dudaría que yo soy capaz de robarme hasta un hombre casado.” (In La E, we Bouviers are known as the worst – and no one would doubt that I’m capable of stealing even a married man.) “Just ask your suegrita about the Bouvier women.”
Flor makes furious threatening noises and leaves. Dolores shakes her head sadly: “You shouldn’t have said that, Elisa.” Elisa admits she was trying to make Flor suffer a little. She’s married to Damián – why did she have to come there to torture her? Why?
La Ermita, a public bench
Paloma and Enrique are laughing and kidding around. Then Paloma catches sight of Gael in the street, collecting signatures. Impulsively, she pulls Enrique towards her and kisses him. Convincingly and indicatively. Gael, apparently unimpressed, approaches them and asks them to sign his petition.
Braulio has come to see Dolores at Casa Castigo. He learns of Dam’s hasty marriage (he hopes Dam doesn’t live to regret it). And he tells her how much Vicente’s rejection hurts him.
She has a favor to ask – she wants to send Horacio some clothes but doesn’t want to see him personally. Braulio agrees to deliver them and also to let him know that the divorce and annulment are underway.
Before leaving, Braulio tells Lolita he was hurt by what she said to him in church – it made him feel she had stopped loving him.
[Murmurs on the Patio ... what did she say? anybody remember? Sara whispers: "Braulio was lamenting the fact that at the church, Lolita told him she no longer loved him." Ah! Gracias, profe!]
Paloma is depressed and demoralized. And Ramona isn’t helping. She tells her nieta that Enrique isn’t for her; Paloma will never love him; and she’ll never be able to get over Gael. Paloma fumes that everything her abuela says is negative and she is nicer to everyone else than she is to her own granddaughter.
Dolores literally pushes Elisa towards the office where Dam is waiting to see her at Casa Castigo. She tries to shoo him out but he closes the door firmly and then says conditionally, imperfectly and subjunctively: “No estaría aquí si no fuera importante lo que tengo que hablar contigo.” (I wouldn’t be here if what I have to discuss with you were not so important.)
“My mother says someone tried to kill her.”
“She says it was a woman.”
“Who?”
“It’s too ridiculous to say it ...”
“But that’s why you’re here, right? So who?”
“My mother thinks you’re the person who attacked her!”
Elisa goes Carmina-eyed!
Avances: ¡Una acusación! ¡La venganza! ¡La duda! ¡Golpes! ¡El cheque!
Labels: abismo
Thursday, August 02, 2012
Refugio Para el Amor #84 Thu 8/2/12 Rosa's Chickens Have Come Home To Roost!
In order to keep the flow of this capitulo things are not in order. I wanted to keep the different parts together in order for it to flow better.
Het Het:
We are starting in Het Het tonight. The Lady has come about Luci's ceramics. She offers Luci an economic scholarship to go to school for her ceramics an artist's college, I think. Luci is very surprised. The Lady also wants Luci to work for them. The Lady gives Luci a magazine with pictures of different ceramics in it, with different artists and she asks Luci if she recognizes anything. Luci's ceramics are in this magazine! Luci is wondering how they got in this magazine as she never entered a contest for them. The Lady asks if she remembers the woman that traveled on the bus with her and Ariche, when Luci went to sell her ceramics in another town? (Ed Note: Remember when Don A basically shut down Luci in Het Het from selling her ceramics? She went to the next town over) Luci remembers Marcella the lady she met on the bus. Luci also remembers she left her box of ceramics on the street when Don A kidnapped her. Ariche remembers that when the police took him back to Het Het, after the kidnapping, Marcella picked up that box of ceramics. Evidently, Marcella got them to someone and they ended up on display in New York! Luci is flabbergasted, to say the least, and wants to know how she got credited with her ceramics? The lady says there was some type of note/paper with her name on them and that's how they knew they were Luci's and that's how they were credited. Luci is wowed by that. The Lady wants her to sign a contract with them for work, and Luci asks Ariche what he thinks. Ariche wants to see the contract. Ariche looks it over and says Acepto! We accept, lol.
The Lady has left and Luci is smiling. Magda and Paz have come back from shopping, (Ed Note: I am really loving Paz's shawl here, it is a wonderful shade of pink), Luci tells Paz and Magda she wants to go to the funeria to use the phone, she is worried. Magda says it's about the Lic. isn't it? She says yes, he wanted to talk to Rosa, and Luci wants to know how it went.
Ariche is at the funeria, which I will be calling Don Copio's, and is playing his flute when the Chisme Ladies come in and want to pump Ariche for info. Don C comes in and tells them to stop with the gossip,especially trying to get chisme out of a child, for goodness sake. The phone rings and Don C answers and its, wait for it, Pato. He wants to speak with Luci. Don C isn't sure who Pato is, but Ariche hears and takes the phone from Don C. Ariche calls Pato, Mushashon, and talks to him. Tells him he is happy to speak with him. Don C and the Chisme Ladies are listening in, but get no info other than the name Pato. Ariche hangs up and then goes, and the Chisme Ladies are trying to figure out who Pato is, one things it is Luci's husband, the other says, no it is Rodrigo, sigh! lol. For the sake of continuity I am adding that after Pato hangs up he tells Mati, who had been holding the phone, to put the cell phone by his good hand. He is expecting Luci to call him back. He tells Mati he is very happy to be talking to Ariche and to Luci when she calls back. The plan is Pato is going to be going on a trip close to Het Het, stopping by to see Luci and Mati is in on it. He makes her swear she will never tell anyone. She swears. He thanks her and tells her he loves her and she goes.
Luci is still at home and Paz wants to know if she is thinking of Claudio and Aurora. Paz tells her they were always wonderful people and with money too. Luci doesn't care about that. She is starting to tell Paz about the Lady that came to visit with the ceramics, but Ariche comes and tells her he talked to Mushashon, at first Luci thinks it was DEAD TO ME, but Ariche says no the other one in the chair, my friend. Luci says oh Pato, I hope everything is ok with him. Ariche tells her to come on, cause Pato is expecting her to call back. They go and Paz is wondering why Pato is calling and Magda says don't worry he is a nice boy and cares about her.
Luci and Ariche go to Don C's and the Chisme Ladies are still there. The Chisme Ladies pretend they want to use the phone too, but will wait until Luci is done. Don C tells them, he is sure Luci wants to speak in private, he grabs the Chisme Ladies' arms and physically escorts them out, lol. Don C comes back, just as the phone is ringing and Don C answers, it is Pato of course. He hands the phone to Luci and she talks to Pato. She wants to know how he is. He says he is fine, but is worried about her. Luci says little by little she is getting her life back. Pato tells her if she needs anything to let him know, you know money, anything at all. She thanks him and tells him she has everything she needs. Pato tells her that he will be close to her soon, traveling for the Foundation for underprivelged children, I think, and Luci tells him not to give up his therapy. He says there are two very important things in his life, his therapy and her. She smiles.
It is now nighttime in Het Het and Luci still hasn't heard from Claudio. She is very worried, about what went down with Claudio and Rosa. Magda says she hopes that Rosa ends up in la carcel (the jail). Paz says no, no, she doesn't want that. She just wanted the truth to be told. Luci informs Magda and Paz that Max perpertrated a fraud on Claudio and he spent twenty years in jail for it. They are both shocked!
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Het Het:
We are starting in Het Het tonight. The Lady has come about Luci's ceramics. She offers Luci an economic scholarship to go to school for her ceramics an artist's college, I think. Luci is very surprised. The Lady also wants Luci to work for them. The Lady gives Luci a magazine with pictures of different ceramics in it, with different artists and she asks Luci if she recognizes anything. Luci's ceramics are in this magazine! Luci is wondering how they got in this magazine as she never entered a contest for them. The Lady asks if she remembers the woman that traveled on the bus with her and Ariche, when Luci went to sell her ceramics in another town? (Ed Note: Remember when Don A basically shut down Luci in Het Het from selling her ceramics? She went to the next town over) Luci remembers Marcella the lady she met on the bus. Luci also remembers she left her box of ceramics on the street when Don A kidnapped her. Ariche remembers that when the police took him back to Het Het, after the kidnapping, Marcella picked up that box of ceramics. Evidently, Marcella got them to someone and they ended up on display in New York! Luci is flabbergasted, to say the least, and wants to know how she got credited with her ceramics? The lady says there was some type of note/paper with her name on them and that's how they knew they were Luci's and that's how they were credited. Luci is wowed by that. The Lady wants her to sign a contract with them for work, and Luci asks Ariche what he thinks. Ariche wants to see the contract. Ariche looks it over and says Acepto! We accept, lol.
The Lady has left and Luci is smiling. Magda and Paz have come back from shopping, (Ed Note: I am really loving Paz's shawl here, it is a wonderful shade of pink), Luci tells Paz and Magda she wants to go to the funeria to use the phone, she is worried. Magda says it's about the Lic. isn't it? She says yes, he wanted to talk to Rosa, and Luci wants to know how it went.
Ariche is at the funeria, which I will be calling Don Copio's, and is playing his flute when the Chisme Ladies come in and want to pump Ariche for info. Don C comes in and tells them to stop with the gossip,especially trying to get chisme out of a child, for goodness sake. The phone rings and Don C answers and its, wait for it, Pato. He wants to speak with Luci. Don C isn't sure who Pato is, but Ariche hears and takes the phone from Don C. Ariche calls Pato, Mushashon, and talks to him. Tells him he is happy to speak with him. Don C and the Chisme Ladies are listening in, but get no info other than the name Pato. Ariche hangs up and then goes, and the Chisme Ladies are trying to figure out who Pato is, one things it is Luci's husband, the other says, no it is Rodrigo, sigh! lol. For the sake of continuity I am adding that after Pato hangs up he tells Mati, who had been holding the phone, to put the cell phone by his good hand. He is expecting Luci to call him back. He tells Mati he is very happy to be talking to Ariche and to Luci when she calls back. The plan is Pato is going to be going on a trip close to Het Het, stopping by to see Luci and Mati is in on it. He makes her swear she will never tell anyone. She swears. He thanks her and tells her he loves her and she goes.
Luci is still at home and Paz wants to know if she is thinking of Claudio and Aurora. Paz tells her they were always wonderful people and with money too. Luci doesn't care about that. She is starting to tell Paz about the Lady that came to visit with the ceramics, but Ariche comes and tells her he talked to Mushashon, at first Luci thinks it was DEAD TO ME, but Ariche says no the other one in the chair, my friend. Luci says oh Pato, I hope everything is ok with him. Ariche tells her to come on, cause Pato is expecting her to call back. They go and Paz is wondering why Pato is calling and Magda says don't worry he is a nice boy and cares about her.
Luci and Ariche go to Don C's and the Chisme Ladies are still there. The Chisme Ladies pretend they want to use the phone too, but will wait until Luci is done. Don C tells them, he is sure Luci wants to speak in private, he grabs the Chisme Ladies' arms and physically escorts them out, lol. Don C comes back, just as the phone is ringing and Don C answers, it is Pato of course. He hands the phone to Luci and she talks to Pato. She wants to know how he is. He says he is fine, but is worried about her. Luci says little by little she is getting her life back. Pato tells her if she needs anything to let him know, you know money, anything at all. She thanks him and tells him she has everything she needs. Pato tells her that he will be close to her soon, traveling for the Foundation for underprivelged children, I think, and Luci tells him not to give up his therapy. He says there are two very important things in his life, his therapy and her. She smiles.
It is now nighttime in Het Het and Luci still hasn't heard from Claudio. She is very worried, about what went down with Claudio and Rosa. Magda says she hopes that Rosa ends up in la carcel (the jail). Paz says no, no, she doesn't want that. She just wanted the truth to be told. Luci informs Magda and Paz that Max perpertrated a fraud on Claudio and he spent twenty years in jail for it. They are both shocked!
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Por ella soy Eva #13 8/2/2012: The No-Recap Post.
Since Eva has no Thursday recapper (as far as I know), I've created this discussion post so we can talk about tonight's show. Our cable stalled and I missed the first 20 minutes. What did I miss? The second half was intense. I hope the rest of you saw it. If not, here are the bare essentials.
Eduardo warns Juan that if he hurt Helena or Lalo, “I’ll kill you with my own hands.” Juan promises Lalo that he’ll play in the father/son game tomorrow no matter what. JC absentmindedly puts Santiago’s wedding invitation into a booklet he later returns to Helena – apparantly that's significant. Helena discovers that Juan is Juan Carlos of GI. The tourism commission meets with the executives of GI and Alberta Travel because their projects are identical. They all conclude Juan stole Pluto’s project and gave it to Helena. Juan swears she’s innocent and that Pluto stole her project, but no one listens to him. Helena refuses to ever speak to him again. At a meeting at GI, Adriano shows that Juan transferred $3M from GI into his own account.
Labels: por-ella
Por ella soy Eva #12 8/1/2012 Discussion Post: The Plot Gallops Forward.
I suspect that JPCruzer had computer problems and wasn't able to post last night's recap. I'm creating this post so we have someplace to discuss it.
Several significant events happened in Wednesday's show. Juan and Helena do the deed. In the morning he proposes. He tries to tell his big secret but he stops when she says she’ll never forgive the baby-daddy for lying to her. When Juan tells his parents he’s engaged, mama is thrilled and papa is critical. Helena delivers the project to the tourism commission. Juan resigns so he can be more honest with Helena. But Pluto convinces Adriano to get Juan to stay on until after the project competition, for the sake of company image. Onesimo gets Eugenia to sign a contract, telling her it’s for a movie role. Juan asks for Helena’s hand from Eduardo, but he’s silent and walks out. With his women, Eduardo has added rude whistling to his silent treatment. Juan starts to tell Helena, “Yo no soy…” when he gets a call that his mother has disappeared and he must leave. Eduardo tells Helena, “Juan is not the person you think he is. He will deceive you. You’ve been warned.”
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Abismo de pasión #100 8/1/12: about good fathers, good brothers, good sons and nasty mothers.
**Recap by MartaIvett**
Lo refrito: Alfie recognizes II, Gab hits her, II gets panicky since ALfie recognized her.
(Recap by MartaIvett; posted by Blue Lass)
Lo refrito: Alfie recognizes II, Gab hits her, II gets panicky since ALfie recognized her.
Gab says don’t worry she won’t be able to tell anyone. II urges Gab to kill her.. Kill her!!
Lo nuevo: But Alfie is saved by the door, Paolo gets home and hears the whispering… finds Alfie…
Somewhere in MexC… Dam stoopid, sits looking at the night stars… he likes it (I bet he likes looking out into space so he doesn’t have to think he just signed his life sentence). Then sees someone with Elisa’s hair, he heads toward her. Gets sad when the woman turns around… He begins to doubt himself(as he should). Flo waves her ‘new wife’ status, promises happiness. (ok excuse me while I get sick watching such a waste of a hunk body under such a shallow brain)
Padre Loopy visits/stalks TangelHo again. Don’t worry, your visit to the bishop was a success. I will have to leave LE. TangelHo happy as a pickle. When do you leave? Not for at least Three months. TangelHo disappointed it won’t be sooner, Loopy mocks her about it. My leaving won’t wipe off your remorse. Did you have Gabino denounce Horacio? I am sure Hora knows what you did. IF I had any doubt of what was the real reason for Augusto’s death, I don’t anymore. TangelHo plays indifferent. You killed Aug because he found out about your affair with Rosendo. You made Stefie carry a guilt that was not hers. I know Hora is your only witness about Augie. And I know you think only I know about you and Rosie. There is someone else who told Augie and someday will tell everyone else. (she goes for his jugular but he defends himself) Elisa comes. What is going on here? Loopy just leaves quietly. TangelHo rubs her twisted neck.
At Tovar, BeGoneYa is tired of waiting for him to retake his role as a husband. He uses as excuse the problems with the kids. She wants him to fight for the family. Edmundo says what happened with Aug made him think the family is everything and to try to recover theirs. She gets a bit more clingy… we won’t make same mistakes again.. but swear you won’t betray me again with another woman. … Quique gets home Miffed at mom for having gone to argue with Paloma. BeGoneya says not true. Just told her don’t want you to hang around women like that. Edmundo takes that as his get outaDodge free card… tells BeGoneYa ‘you will never change’ and leaves. BeGoneYa blames Quique for Edmundo running out.
Braulio watches over Chente at clinica. Tona surprised at finding him there. He wants her to go back home and rest, She won’t because she might not fall asleep without hugging him. You will have to get used to the cold pillow. Please go, I will watch Chente and won’t let you take the only time I will have to watch over him. Tomorrow I will leave before he wakes up. Tona begs and begs for him to let her stay too. But Braulio stands firm and she ends up leaving.
You are a good father, Braulio. No matter what my son says, Chente is yours and no one else’s.
Elisa catches Loopy outside. This is also my house. Padre says don’t worry, but while your aunt lives here I better not come back. Why did she yell at you? Cause I told her things she doesn’t like or want to be reminded of. Is there a big problem between you two? … don’t ask. Is it true what Gael said that you will be transferred to another church?. In 3-6 mos I will have to go. I will miss/need you. No one is indispensable.
Gabino at M&M, is mad breaking things, II is upset too, they blame each other. II worried she will pay the consequences. He is sure ALfie won’t talk if she realizes it is you, if she talks, everyone will know who you are and what you had to do with Rosie… II not so convinced. Warns him If she goes down, he does too. He grabs her, we are together in this and in many other things (and proceeds to show her that this includes dirty ugly sex).
Elisa wants to argue with TangelHo but she locked herself in her room. Elisa does not care if TH does not believe in God but she will respect Loopy. Lolita comes out. Elisa tells her TH kicked out Loopy. Lolita says it was not the first time with Loopy. Elisa questions Lola what is up with my TH with Loopy. Lolita won’t talk. Tries to leave toward kitchen, Elisa goes after her.
Tona, flashlight in hand, shows Paolo where the fuse box is… he realizes someone took a fuse out, so it was intentional. Tona says whoever it was knew the hacienda. They knew where the fuse box was and no one goes into a dark house they don’t know. Paolo agrees she is right…
Loopy gets home. Gael was worried about him already. Did you convince the bishop? .. most probably will have to go in 3 mos. Gael in disbelief. Phone rings. Tona calls Padre’s number. Tona tells Loopy what happened at hacienda. Alarmed Loopy is heading there. You wait here.
Hacienda: Alfie in bed with a HUGE headache. Is it necessary to take me to a clinic? I need X-rays, MRI or to see a BETTER doctor whom I trust (oh! No you don’t Alfie! This guy can do kidney transplants, save your son from bleeding to death, and save TangelHo’s baby who happened to be your hubbie’s child? Oh by the way, he can also stitch up a fist blow on an old guy’s head and prescribe some pain killers) Inmundo says no need. Don’t even need stitches. Your blood pressure is great too. Check. All you need now is a chill pill and rest. She nags, won’t be able to sleep after what I just lived through. What did you see exactly? It is not clear in my head. … did anyone tell my brother what happened? … Dr T leaves. Alfie asks him to get Tona, don’t want to be alone. Dr T tells Tona ‘don’t let her blackmail you’ (into letting her go out?).
Dr T asks Paolo about Sabrina, Paolo tries to fake good intentions. Dr T says don’t bother with me, I don’t buy your script. Get away from her. I Wont’ let you hurt her and I will do everything I can to get a zangano like you off her back. (YAY!! You go Dr T!!)
Lolita won’t spill beans to Elisa about any issue between TangelHo and Loopy. Elisa sure it must be important/serious. Elisa tells Lolita about Loopy’s transfer. Could it have to do with TangelHo? Lolita doubts it, changes subject and urges Elisa to make it so that TangelHo leaves.
At MexC Flo wants a wedding night… starts forcing a make-out session… ‘this is first night we will be husband and wife’. Dam is tired. Don’t insist. I did not get a white wedding, so at least I deserve a wedding night. Dam has to give in.
Alfie won’t take the meds from Tona. Loopy arrives. Alfie is so upset/scared. It was terrible! What happened?... it was all so confusing… I was here in my room. Was about to go to bed and the lights went out, I heard noises and went out to investigate if it was an animal in the house. There was a person. I tried to defend myself. It was a woman. … did you recognize her?... Alfie stares at him scared… don’t know, could not see her that well… I need my son to feel good… call him at the hotel in MC!!. Call him and tell him he HAS TO COME IMMEDIATELY!!
Loopy is thankful to God it was not more than a scare. Maybe it was someone coming to rob. Alfie assures they came in to kill her. .. HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE? … I DON’T KNOW!!.
Well, the call from Loopy for Dam ruins Flo’s plans for the night of roll in the sheets… Dam alarmed. Flo a bit miffed. How is she?… the blow was not serious but she must be real nervous… sorry but I can’t…. I am really worried.
Morning at LE… Braulio still in Chente’s room, Chente wakes up before Braulio can leave.
Dam urges Flo to hurry up to leave. My mom needs me and I want to be at her side!
Flo is not in a hurry to leave. I had no white wedding, no walk down the aisle, no reception party, no presents, no wedding night. And seems I wont’ have a honeymoon either. (don’t you get the writing on the wall, girl??) Dam miffed at her attitude… you can stay if you want. Of course I won’t stay behind.
At M&M… II is still very upset and worried. Gab hugs her to comfort her. Relajate, chula! Veme y escucha. Noone knows where you are. Alfie won’t do anything against you because it is not convenient for her. I will go there to find out the way of the land. Soon I will take you out of this pocilga and to a place you cannot even imagine. Can’t tell you much about it yet, because no one can know I bought a property like that. (II’s eyes pop out… she is mad, you better not have bought it with her money).. it is an hacienda, as big as the Arango’s. Relax. I will be back.
Alfie wants to use what happened to convince Dam not to move to Mex City. He can’t leave me alone now. I wanted to give him the hacienda that belongs to the Beltran widow… Loopy asks when will the civil ceremony be. I Suppose in a couple weeks. Loopy hopes Alfie will convince Dam to get married by church soon enough… tells her about the bishop’s order. On a rare show of affection for anyone but Dam, Alfie says you can’t leave. This is your town. She is upset. Loopy is afraid there is nothing to do about it. He is moved to see she is crying for him. Surely you are a bit emotional right now. No, its not that, you are my brother and even though I never told you, you are important for me. He is totally moved, no, more like blown away shocked.
Gab comes to get the newsflashes from Tona. What did she tell you? Did she see anyone? Hasn’t told me anything, she does not want scandals. Gab wants to see Alfie. Tona won’t even ask Alfie. She just wants to go see her son. Gab wants to make sure his patrona is well with his own eyes. This convinces Tona to ask Alfie to receive him. Gab hides when Loopy comes out.
Back at Castigo hall, TangelHo sits at Augie’s chair. Elisa is miffed about that. ‘That is my dad’s place!’ Was. .. you mad at me because of what happened with Loopy? It is my house and I can decide who comes and goes. Elisa does not agree. ‘My dad built this house for my mom.’ TangelHo does not agree. Elisa argues this house was never in your name. All you have been here is an intruder and I want you to leave. Before he died he had already kicked you out. I am his wife. And this house belongs to me. The one that will have to leave is you. And I want you to leave now. You are crazy if you think I will just leave you the house I was born in. They declare war on the house ownership.
Alfie and Gab… Alfie wants to know what is going on with Beltran widow. She is out of town. Gab offers his services. Alfie says no thanks, don’t want to deal with another of your ‘references’.
Alfie makes Gab realize she knows who was that attacked her, it was actually two people, one of them a woman. She won’t identify her because it is not convenient. Have my reasons not to say. Dam arrives really alarmed. How are you? (Alfie puts on her martyr mother play script) I am ok, but for a moment I feared the worst. Flo plays it down, good thing nothing happened. Alfie says she is afraid whoever it was will try to kill her again. Who? Someone who hates me so much they can’t stand seeing me alive. Gab says ALfie says it was a woman. Did you not recognize her? Could you identify her? .. the woman who tried to kill me is … wait for it.. wait until I order a street sign with her name in neon colors… Elisa Catanon. Dam impactado.
Credits…
Preview: A lie(it was Elisa), and a dare (Flo threatens Elisa if she attempts anything to get Dam Back she will make her disappear, Elisa seems amused/intrigued more than scared)(Recap by MartaIvett; posted by Blue Lass)
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