Tuesday, June 23, 2015

New Telenovela: Yo No Creo En Los Hombres/ I Have No Faith In Men


"Yo No Creo En Los Hombres/ I Have No Faith In Men" replaces Que Te Perdone Dios on July 13th and that's in the 10PM Eastern time slot.  [FYI: it won 7 premios for acting and directing at the 2015 awards.  So, although it is another in a long and seemingly endless list of refritos Univision chooses to serve up, this could be another diamond in the rough.  Could be...... as a telenovela taken from a Caridad Bravo Adams novel (one of Martai and my favorites!) whose screenplay is written by Aída Guajardo (nominated for best screen adaptation). Some familiar and strong actors are in this one:  Flavio Medina,  Rosa María Bianchi, Azela Robinson, Alejandro Comacho for a few.  Gabriel Soto and Adriana Louvier (Best Actress 2015 Premios) are the two leads in this one.]  
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Maria Dolores is a beautiful young woman of small means and greatly idealistic. She is also a contender and has the strength to get ahead when faced with adversity.  She is a seamstress who exists within a sphere in which men surround her. (We, fortunately, can expect at least one or two will be a rotten lowlife.)   With her job, Maria Dolores supports her mother, Esperanza, herself, and her sister, Clara.  Maria Dolores’s boyfriend is Daniel.  His life, however, is not a bed of roses.  Daniel turns out to be rich, but is passing himself off as a poor man in order not to feel ashamed in light of his social class and above all, his mother, Ursula, who’s the matriarch of the Santibáñez family and prejudiced against the poor.  (Grrrrrrr!)  Ursula’s children, Daniel and Maleny, were trained to inveigle and maneuver rich people, the first being designer Ivana Duval, heiress and owner of a large (and no doubt successful) company; the second is Max Bustamonte, an attorney, who follows the law to the letter.  (Gotta love those straight arrows, frustratingly  dense as they usually are.)

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Lo Imperdonable #26 Mon 6/22/15 Schmalz, Blood and Cyanide.


Marty splits open like a piñata and it's all Vero's fault.

Over Veronica's protests, Crazy Marty insists on going to the church to talk to the miners.  Somehow Lorenzo gets him there (a gentle horse is involved but the details are left to our imagination).  Marty limps inside, clutching at the wound in his belly.  He tells the sick men that a doctor is on the way, and he promises to keep paying them their wages while they are recovering.

Again ignoring Vero's warnings, Marty pushes on to the mine, where he meets up with Crescencio and Joaquín.   He has figured out the best way to repair the cyanide leak and will supervise the work.  
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres-Index

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Monday, June 22, 2015

Amores con trampa #61 and #62 6/22/15 and 6/23/15

Some scenes combined and condensed.

El Refritito
Porfirio overhears Fac the human talking to Fac the horse. He says to himself "Oh Facundo. If only you knew how much your mother loved you. Ah well. The past is best left in the past. It's painful and we shouldn't think about it." (I really like Ignacio Lopez Tarso. Such a good actor.)

At the boutique
Abuela is making sure Rocio knows how much she dislikes Santiago. Maria is worried about Santi. Rocio is too. He takes a lot to heart and Rocio doesn't know how much longer he'll be able to take it.

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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: EL SEÑOR DE LOS CIELOS 3, TIERRA DE REYES, AVENIDA BRASIL, etc – week of June 22, 2015

 Friday's episode of Tierra de Reyes was supposed to be pre-empted but wasn't so they showed Thursday's episode again!

Deb kindly posted a status report on where we are with the 3 prime-time novela as of Friday:
"Avenida Brasil" 52 of 160 (international release was cut from 179 on original run)
"Tierra de Reyes" 133
"El Señor de los Cielos" 39 (season 1 was 74, 2 was 84)

Promos for "Bajo el Mismo Cielo" are running. I think that will replace Señor but I'm not sure. 

Deb also reports that "Aurora" is scheduled to replace "Una Maid en Manhattan" on Monday at 10:30am EDT. The Brazilian version of El Clon continues at 12pm EDT.

So that's where we are right now. Over to you.

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Saturday, June 20, 2015

Lo Imperdonable #25 Fri 6/19/15 Let's Rub Our Arms To Help Us Get Through This Mess

Greetings everyone! I'm not sure what happened with yesterday's recap but here are some bullet points (from memory) of the highlights to help fill in what happened (please feel free to add if I missed anything or to correct me if I get anything wrong)

  • The miners from both La Moreneita (Martin's mine) and La Perla (Crescencio's mine) both get intoxicated from drinking water contaminated with cyanide. This is due to Manuel the idiot not having changed the filter when he should have.
  • Manuel is released from prison and Crescencio tells him about the conditions Martin put to forgive him. Oh and Manuel will sign and come with him to give Martin the document where Manuel promises to behave.
  • Ana Perla was still upset with Pablo but the two end up kissing and making up. Pablo will go and break things off with Mariana when he gets the chance to go to the city.
  • Emiliano is stressed at the office and Virginia (determined to turn him into an alcoholic because it'll be easier to dominate him) serves him a drink and tells him it'll make him feel better. He at first declines but ends up accepting it and chugs it down. He later serves himself another drink.
  • Veronica finds out Demetrio is dead from Joaquin. She goes and asks Martin about it and Martin accuses her of having been Demetrio's lover. She denies and gets mad at him.
  • Botel offers to compensate Dr. F really well with money if he replaces him in Mina Escondida for some time. Dr. F says he needs the money and will think about the proposal. For now he'll be in Mina Escondida for 15 days. Claudia shows up and Botel takes one good look at her and how she's dressed and tells her to ummm wear something a tad more comfortable for the trip.
  • Virginia realizes how sending Claudia over to Mina Escondida wasn't such a good idea because she could cause problems between Martin and Veronica. Virginia says she has to do something about that.

The new stuff...

Martin knows Vero doesn't understand him. But he doesn't understand himself either. He's sooo tormented by it all. Vero thinks he's "tormented" by his jealously. She knows they love each other but sometimes it's not enough. They have to fight to keep their love alive and attempt to comprehend and and trust each other. She asks him to please trust her. She kisses him and the kiss quickly turns passionately. Will the marriage FINALLY be consummated? Nope. The two lovebirds are interrupted by a knock on the door.  
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Que Te Perdone Dios #108, Double Vision: Max Does A Double-Take of Ximena's Fake

Parte 1~~

Renata walks into Fausto’s bedroom and pretends not to see Diana and Fausto aiming pistols at each other.  To Fausto’s credit he doesn’t lie about Di being there.  Ren asks her what the heck she’s doing in her hubby’s bedroom.  Di says she’s there asking why Mateo hasn’t gotten home yet.  (Yeah, like why not just go downstairs and ask the staff, or anybody else in the common areas of the house, right?)  Di and Feisty lie about her leaving the room to rest up in her most delicate condition and then hiding in the corner with the gun still aimed at him.

Ren plays blind and dumb and leaves.  However, once she gets back to her own bedroom she’s impactada at the sight of the two of them wanting to obliterate each other and wonders if they’re still lovers or what.

Back in draw-down central, Feisty’s fractious doxie of a daughter-in-law gets dissed once again.  “—You should never have survived our accident.  You ought to be in Hell about now.”  “—Yeah, but the Devil left me alive to get rid of you for him.”  “—Don’t you know you can’t harm me?”  she tries shooting him in the foot but the revolver is empty, just like Fausto had warned her it would be.  “—There’s not a person born who can get the better of me!” he informs her.  She gives up—but not in.  “--And?  Now what?” He’s not going to bother killing her, especially not in his house, dirtying up his room.  She claims he’s just a pitiful wuss.    He slaps the crap out of her and then moves in on her; they launch into hot and heavy tongue swallowing.  (I honestly don’t know how these two actors manage not to break up into uncontrollable giggles and guffaws after a scene like this…..)

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Friday, June 19, 2015

La Sombra del Pasado #89 Friday, 6-19-15 "We Are Family. . .I Got All My Siblings with Me. . ." but nobody's happy!



Hello, my friends of the Sombra Patio!  Time for another Friday on the Patio, get a refill of your favorite beverage from the Naughty Melon (you may need it), get your darts sharpened and ready, let’s see what up in the Santa Lucia Zoo!  Some scenes have been combined (hope it flows all right) and as usual, feel free to correct and expand in the comments, especially the horsey stuff!

Sev and Hum continue their conversation/confrontation over those coveted lands.  Hum reminds Sev that he gave his word and promised the lands as a condition of Hum’s performing the delicate, life-saving arterial repair on Cristobal’s leg.  Sev dismisses this as meaningless as he said it under great stress and desperation.  Sev maintains that what should govern Hum’s behavior as a Dr. is the oath HE took to take care of patients without condition.  Yes, Hum is a Dr., but he’s also a common man, with interests and ambitions as Sev so aptly taught him!  Sev abandons the appeal to professional ethics for something he’s more comfortable with:  threats!  “Don’t play with me, you know what I’m capable of! Sev sneers.  Hum stands his ground and declares that it’s time he put on his big boy pants!  He’s tired of being accomplice to the shady and dastardly crap Sev has done and it’s time to defend himself and what’s his!  Sev warns Hum for the last time, ES is not his and he’ll kill him first before he lets him take it!  Hum doubts that killing him would be convenient for Sev:  he’d lose everything, including his freedom as he doesn’t think his death would go unpunished like that of Padre Sixto and who knows how many others!  Sev counters that he’s always done whatever the hell he wanted for years and he’s always gotten what he wants. Hum shouts at Sev:  “I’m tired of living under your shadow, do what you please, I’ll do what I please.  I’m not afraid of you!”   Sev growls for Hum to get out, pushing him several times!

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Amores con Trampa #60 Facu shows the neanderthal genes in his ways of getting Santee out... Ale returns home but she can't trust Isa

IsaBella upset, very worried about Alejandra’s whereabouts.
Grandma and Maria talk about where Ale could be.  Maria finds Alejandra in the Cow area. Seems she slept the night there. They bring Ale inside, suddenly she is surrounded by all the Carmonas. She asks if she can call Maria ‘auntie’ and Grandpa ‘abuelo’. They are fine and glad with it.  Gusana asks Ale if she is mad about what she had told Andres. Ale says no. Jacinto says if Andres does not notice her he is a dumb a__.  Ale looks at Jacinto with gratitude.  Grandpa wants Jacinto to sing a corrido to Ale to lift her spirits. She says no need.  Grandpa insists.  Jacinto climbs on the chair to set up.  But he wants to be alone with her when he sings it.  They joke around about Facu not really being good for singing (LOL!).  Santee and Isabella come in running upset. Ale yells at Isa to leave her alone. But they want Ale to come back home with them right away. They grab Ale and Santee hugs her. They are very grateful with the Carmonas. Maria says just go take care of her. 
At Valencias’ Isabella starts nagging at Ale… first you have to take a bath. Rocio rolls her eyes and face at that comment.  Santee is only glad she is ok and back home.  Isabella insists in her taking a bath. Now it is Feli’s turn to protest loudly to Isabella. Rocio adds that Ale was cold all night. Santee wants Isabella to fix her up a warm soup or tea.  Isa reacts ‘excuse me?... you are right, sometimes I hate myself.. please forgive me dear…’ (I can’t believe she insisted a third time that Ale take a bath).  Santee tells Isabella that she needs to take care of Ale.  He has to go deal with the issue of Facu having bought the boutique. Ale gets nervous at their intent to leave her alone with Isabella. Santee tells Ale that it is time her ‘mom’ do what she should. Isabella also protests the plan.  Rocio tells Ale all she has to do is rest, she won’t go to school today. Santee asks Ale again to let her ‘mom’ take care of her.  Feli hugs Ale before he, Santee and Rocio leave. Ale looks very fearful.  Isabella tells her ‘I love you with all my heart… even if you don’t believe it…’  She finally hugs Ale  (‘bout time, woman!”)
At Carmonas kitchen Grandma talks to Gusana and Jacinto that it is good that Ale is finally home and safe.  Grandma says next time they need to speak up sooner about any issues with Ale.  Jacinto says he will be closer to Ale all the time. 
At their bedroom, Maria keeps worrying about Ale’s face when Isabella showed up. If any of her kids looked at her like that she would die.  Facu says don’t worry so much about her.  He says Isabella is a bit out of it (loose screws), that is why she goes around like a freaked goat hopping around all over.  Maria says Isabella warned her she would not stop until Facu was with her. Facu reassures her he only has eyes for her.  Maria says she knows, but she feels bad for Santee who has to withstand Isabella. Facu says Santee just needs to spend more time at home to watch her.  Maria keeps talking about Santee and Facu gets angry.  Maria suggests they give Santee a hand… Facu has an idea about that…
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Que Te Perdone Dios #107- Two Weddings and a Blind Secret Weapon



Renata enjoys seeing her property again after 25+ years. In the fields she flashes back to her younger self, strolling about, picking grapes and eating them as those around her toil to maintain her estate. Inside the Hacienda, she remembers telling her dad about Pablo, being summarily slapped and dragged around by the hair. Pre-Crazy Con makes an appearance. It seems that in each place Ren sees anew, she recalls events that happened there. In the present, Abi tucks her into bed. As soon as Abi leaves, Ren rushes to her armoire and pulls out a box of keepsakes, like Abi’s bootie and Pablo’s bandana, which she inhales deeply.

At the hospital, Diana tells Mat she wants to see the baby, so that she can no longer be criticized for not having seen the baby. Diana, the point is that you love the baby, not merely see him, so you may still be criticized. Just giving you a head’s up.

Meanwhile, Abi remembers Mateo’s stoopid plea, that she forget him and go back with Diego. I detest this, how since he has finally made up his own mind about what life he will live, he must also make up her mind. He needs to get her squared away for his own benefit, not for hers, since he’s sending her to a loveless sham of a marriage. Dude, you made your bed, so go lie in it and let Abi figure out her own life. Not that I believe she’s capable of that, but it’s the principle of the matter.
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Lo Imperdonable #24 Thu 6/18/15

Recap will be up tomorrow afternoon.  Discuss away until I can get it up.

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

La sombra del pasado #88 6/18/15 This Is Where the Cowboy Rides Away

Title inspired by George Straight. Don't judge.

Wow what a full episode. I had every intention of being all summary and snark….but there didn’t seem to be too many snark-o-tunities. Heavy stuff.

Lets get right to it, shall we? (Some scenes are combined or omitted.)

Flavia gives Adelina and Joaquin the slow clap. But it’s not a good thing. She’s pissed. Joaquin realizes they need to talk and asks Ray to go with Adelina for a little walk. Ray wants to stay with his mother and Flavia is not inclined to let the boy go off with Adelina, either. Joaquin asks if she really wants to do this in front of the child. Flavia sends Ray off with Adelina (thank goodness.) Adelina and Ray will go to the park and get some ice cream.

Aldonza goes to see Renato. Before their pending conversation, she has a huge favor. Em is in jail for public drunkenness and threatening the arresting officers. She wants Renato’s help in getting Em out. Renato just gives her a cold, silent stare. Aldonza says if he's mad then Pato and Silvia can do it. Renato says they aren’t around. Aldonza surmises that Ren and Silvia got into a fight. He confirms it and says Silvia took her things and left. Aldonza encourages him to talk to Silvia and set things right. Renato eventually agrees to help Em. Aldonza makes it clear again that they can only be friends. She doesn’t want to lose his friendship. Did anyone get a petulant child vibe from Renato?

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Lo Imperdonable #23 Wed 6/17/15 “Forgive the Psycho Killer, Condemn Your Loving Wife – Now That’s Unforgiveable!!!”



(I skipped the one repeated scene; also, several scenes are combined.)

The Prado Castelo Mansion (outskirts of Mexico City).  Salma returns with Malena’s shawl and, as expected, Botel doesn’t get a chance to show Malena the picture of young Vero.  Jorge comes and informs them that the chauffeur is ready to take them back to their hotel.  After they leave, Jorge tells Salma that he likes Botel’s directness, which is good for business.  He also really liked Malena, and there were moments when she reminded him of someone, but he can’t quite figure out who.  (Veronica perhaps?!)

The San Telmo Mansion Hovel (Mina Escondida).  As Martin continues to delight the ladies of the Patio with his bare torso, he and Vero are having a surprisingly calm moment chatting in bed, with him telling her that aunt Salma should have helped her overcome her mother’s absence.  Vero rationalizes Salma’s behavior, saying it couldn’t happen because Salma had a preference for Vsnake, plus she sent her to a boarding school overseas so she could study to become a proper society girl.  Martin wonders if she was ever sad there.  Vero laughs in a sad way and says she sometimes cried while she showered, and if any friends noticed her red eyes she would just say she got shampoo in her eyes.  They both smile and for a moment we almost forget that all he wants to do is destroy her.


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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

La Sombra del Pasado #87 - Wed 6/17 - A Haunting in Santa Lucia

So Cande said that she heard that Aldonza was, like, totally kissing her lawyer.  But Cris doesn't believe her.  Cande dares him to ask Aldonza…or Silvia, even.  Cris won't be badgered into doing it.  No offense to badgers.  Cris points out to Cande that she and Severiano have earned his distrust.  He's especially not going to give her the satisfaction of calling in front of her.  Cande leaves, threatening to send Valeria in.  Pobre de Cris…and he can't even get up and lock the door.

The engineer talks about how he would divert the water from near the waterfall.  "¡Me lleva!" Sev thought bubbles (short for "me lleva el diablo"…British dudes would say "Devil take it!"…I'd say, "Aw, FFS!")  Sev nixes that idea, on account of it being Simoneta's watery grave.  He pays the guy his advance and it's adios ingeniero!

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Amores con trampa #58 and #59 6/17/15 and 6/18/15

Look for Jarifa's always wonderful recap in the comments!

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Lo Imperdonable #22 Tue 6/16/15 Stop with the crying!

*Ahem* Let's get this party started!

Okay, we start tonight's episode with Manuel asking Grandpa Cres to get him out of jail, he's learned his lesson! He follows this up by telling gramps that it was all that woman's fault for throwing herself at him. The f*ck? Clearly this worm has not learned his lesson. Gramps tells him that there's nothing he can do. Manuel does not give up, first he says he can't stay in jail because who will look after the mine? When Cres tells him he'll figure it out Manuel tries to get Cres to help him break out of jail because he (Manuel) is the last Alvarez left, without him the whole family line dies (good!). 

Cres tells him he can't help, if he does he too will end up in jail and that's not gonna happen. He tells Manuel he is disappointed in him and to take his punishment like a man. Once Cres is out of earshot Manuel says that he will never forgive the old man for not helping him. Manuel's day gets worse when he asks a police officer for a beer, the officer tells him that's a no-go and Manuel is all like "just wait till I get out of here!".
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Que Te Perdone Dios Capitulo 105- Tony aims better than Fofito!

(Some scenes were combined out of context)
  • In the previous episode the charges on Lucio were all put up like nails with everyone hating & stabbing his back. 



  • Back in the hospital Mat tries to convince Abi to forget about his existence completely because he suddenly began rooting for her happiness but only receives yappiness ( Meaning: Unhealthy dosage of obsessions & twat- like behavior . It is believed  that the syndrome causes sleep dilemma   ) in return.
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La Sombra del Pasado, Capítulo 86, 06/16/2015: Everyone’s just getting brought up to speed

Recap courtesy of HellaShelle

Main points:Lola and Irma tells Aldonza and Adelina Mari’s version of the story with Eman. They don’t believe it. Eman gets sloshed. The cops go to Joaquin looking for Flavia in connection with Adriano for Lardo’s murder. Sev tells Cris about Cande and PJ, but Cris doesn’t really care. Mari has regrets about what she did, but Val reinforces her evil ways. Silvia’s left SL! Cande tells Cris that Aldie and Renato kissed.

Fuller summary: Sev’s intense grossness is repeated, but apparently it’s just a power play for Aldonza’s benefit because after she walks away and he wipes his face disgustedly.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Bro, you're a hot mess La Sombra Del Pasado #85 06/15/2015

Confession Time: While I still dig Renato I have now developed a crush on Padre Jeronimo, don't judge me!

Now your recap:

 We get to see a replay of Sev getting rid of Simoneta's body, and we see his arrival at Las Animas where Dominga and Mel are waiting for him to let him know that his wife has been trying to reach him. They both note that something about Sev looks off, he's sweating even though it's cold out and he just looks out of it. Yep,  committing murder will do that to you. Mel tells Dom that whatever is going on is none of their concern.

At the hospital Candela is throwing a fit because she can't get a hold of her husband, she tells Cris that he's probably off with his whore-which is technically true. He tells her that he's probably just busy with work stuff but she says that nothing is more important than being at the hospital with him.
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Lo Imperdonable #21 Mon 6/15/15 I liked you better when you were delirious, Crazy Marty.


Nanciyaga knows her stuff.  

Even before the padre shows up with the penicillin, the herbal remedies have taken effect and Crazy Marty's fever has broken.  He still has a large green leaf draped rakishly over his brow and he is hurting from the big owie in his belly, but he is recovering his paranoia.  

In his conversation with the padre, he denies that his defense of Verónica is proof that he loves her – he would have done the same for anyone.  And yes, maybe she DOES love him, but she's still going to get what's coming to her.

Vero won't leave Marty's side.  In the night, he actually takes pity on her and invites her into his bed so she can get some sleep.  As they snuggle, he thought-bubbles his wish that things could always be like this and he didn't have to live poised between love and hate.

Don't be distracted by my black vulture feather bow and the insane intensity of my gaze
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