Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #83 Monday12-21-15 (Mex 115-116) Fiorella gives Vitto a Piece of her Mind and we hope she has some left!

Ciao!  How y'all are?  Picking right up where we left off with Pedro learning that once dementia starts, it's very difficult to reverse the damage.  Pedro is visibly moved and remarks that he never expected this to happen and that just recently Eloisa was so good.  Dr. Elizalde just wants to make sure Pedro understands and doesn't have any false hopes.  Dr. Elizalde also suggests that she get her legal affairs in order and advises Pedro to be very patient with her.  Pedro agrees he must step forward to take charge of ACorp and the family!

First on his list is to get in touch with Fabio.  Darn!  Still no answer!  Fidel knocks and is invited into the study.  They discuss Pedro's failure to reach Fabio.  Pedro wonders if Fabio could be working with Benigno and Aitana.  Fidel thinks this is possible and why Fabio has made himself scarce.  There must be a way to expose Benigno but Pedro doesn't know what to do or who to trust.  Fidel asks if Assvaldo is a good option and Pedro says no, his consuming interest has been wanting to head the family and the business and he doesn't trust him.  Fidel asks Pedro if he thinks Assvaldo could be an accomplice of Benigno and the music ramps up quickly in a feverish crescendo!!!  Pedro says no, he doesn't think so:  Assvaldo would never do anything that would threaten his own self interests and my heart takes a dive!!!  AAAAAGH!!!!  Fidel advises then that Pedro should go to Assvaldo and get his help!  FIDEL!!

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Monday, December 21, 2015

Yo No Creo en los Hombres #112 Lunes 12/21/15



Chapter 112: A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Maria Dolores asked the nurse if the test was done. The nurse answered that it was and left. Maria Dolores didn't even count to three before removing the IV needle and getting out of bed. She headed down the nearest stairs and asked the way to the neonatology.
Meanwhile in that ward Ivana was holding Maria Dolores' newborn daughter. The nurse who had been bribed by Mama Bear told her she was holding the baby correctly against her skin so the baby could feel her body heat. Danny-Boy leaned over the baby from Ivana's left side. It was just as well that he wore the surgical mask; the poor infant would have been frightened out of a year's growth at the sight of him. He began talking to the baby who was reaching at random and looking away from him. She turned away from the sound of his voice. Smart baby.
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, and Fatmagul: Week of December 21, 2015

What a week ahead! It starts with the solstice and ends with Xmas. Señora Acero continues in Ultimas—It's got about 3 weeks to go. Celia will air capitulo #49 tonight; I've not been following this, although my neighbors all tell me I should. Fatmagul continues with great recaps & commentary by Caray followers on our page. And Bajo el Mismo Cielo is unstoppable. Here is where we appreciate the difference between Ultimas (semanas) and Ultimos (capitulos). I'm not entirely clear how they've designated these episodes we're watching. 

Going forward, Juanita and I will be posting the new Telemundo page for each week at 3PM EST every Monday. Please join in with your comments and don't forget to add your signature (it can be anything—but please not the default "anonymous") so that people can respond to you And please specify which show you are commenting about—because here on the Telemundo page, we are all clumped together and this helps to keep things sorted out.

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La Vecina Highlights and Discussion #128-131 Dec. 21-25

According to the schedule, La Vecina will not air on Thursday.

Happy Holidays, everyone!

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¿Qué nos cuenta, Caray, Caray!? (December 21, 2015)

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Yo No Creo En Los Hombres, #111 Friday 12/18/15

I’m filling in for JdesdeNYC. I had no ccs for this one, so I did the best I could with understanding what’s going on. No doubt I missed stuff and got stuff wrong. If you would kindly point it out in the comments, I will make adjustments to the recap.

We start where we ended yesterday with Alma reaming out Claudio for what he’s done to her and the family, etc. Hangdog stoneface leaves the room.

MD and Max are talking in the hospital after she gave birth about Claudio’s involvement in her continued stay at the prison. After asking the same question we all have been asking, why, Max’s said that Ursula had continued threatening him about outing his slimy reputation so he agreed to slime it some more by doing what she asked.
She tells him that the Santibanez want to take their baby from them too. She pleads with him to not let the baby out of his sight.
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Pasión y Poder Episode #32 Friday, December 18th 2015 Erick gets busted with his Ratt (then loses her), David returns his early Xmas gift, and Clara vows to travel from rags to riches.

As you may recall, The Ratt showed up in Tabasco and now she and Erick are about to have a quickie in one of the offices. Artie is about to be left scarred for life as he is about to open the door and catch his son with his hands in the cookie jar, or in this case, with his hands on The Ratt's melons. Over on The Patio, we all want Erick to get busted, so we are all very disappointed when Artie is interrupted from opening the office by a phone call. The caller is none other than his love interest- Julia. 

So like father, like son. While the son is busy with his lover, the father is busy taking a call from the woman that he's been mooning over. Julia tells Artie that she has something VERY important that she needs to ask him and that she wants to see him. This is music to Artie's ears, because as we know, he has been dying to see her too. However, he doesn't want to get her into trouble with hubs (Oh, so now you're worried about getting her in trouble. A little late for that, Artie!). Artie tells her about his run in with David- and omitting the fact that he told David that he had the hots for his mom- he only tells Julia that he told David that he had found out that she was in the hospital and wanted to see her. Julia doesn't know where or when the two could possibly talk. Artie tells her that he'll find a way once he returns. He suggests enlisting Gabriela in Mission: See My Ex Behind My Spouse's Back. Julia does the right thing and tells Artie that she doesn't want to get Gabriela involved. Artie wonders if what Julia has to tell him is urgent because if it is then he's willing to slay the dragon, climb the tallest mountain, sail the seven seas, and lose millions in his business deal, to come and see her right now. Julia decides to let him know right then there what she wants to ask him because she fears that something bad could happen to her. She asks Artie to look after David and to make sure he's well feed, that he changes his underwear, and that he doesn't miss his bedtime to take care of him like a son if anything bad happens to her. (Yikes, someone should tell Julia that Artie isn't exactly Father of the Year material!)

Oh the horror. Inside the office, The Ratt is about to remove her Forever 21 bra. As I am about to shut my eyes (after being scarred for life over seeing her booty) Erick asks The Ratt not to remove any more clothing because he's worried that his dad could arrive at any moment. Erick would rather get down to business at the cheap hotel she's probably staying at at the hotel where she's at. The Ratt lets him know that she's at one of the Montenegro hotels. Erick tells her to switch hotels because his dad could be at the one she's staying at. 
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Friday, December 18, 2015

Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #82 Friday 12-18-15 (Mex 114) I Love You and I Want to Shout it to the Four. . . . walls. . .

Aitana and Assvaldo continue their illicit face-sucking in the study as Pedro heads toward them when he is stopped by Sergio who grabs him up in a bear hug and tells him how glad he is he has returned.  Sergio tells him he must see his Abuela.  Pedro agrees and is headed to the door once again.  Aitana tears Assvaldo's lips from her own, whispering loudly that Pedro is there.  Assvaldo doesn't seem to care.  Sergio now wants to know what happened. . .is Pedro starting to have panic attacks as well?  Pedro finally pulls away and is about to enter the study when Aitana steps out of the study and confronts him while Assvaldo stands just behind the study door.  Of course she wants to know why he humiliated her by leaving her at the altar.  Pedro's gaze is cold and piercing as he listens to her repeat the question five different ways.  Sergio comes behind Pedro's shoulder and quietly tries to suggest that Pedro ask to be pardoned.  Pedro is silent but his glare full of contempt and I can almost hear him calling her a lying, cynical, thieving, %^&*(!  "Oh, you're not going to say anything?  Well, you and I are going to have a serious talk, right now!" and she grabs Pedro's arm and he wrenches it away forcefully and vehemently:  "Don't touch me!  I'm going to talk to my Abuela."  He looks around the corner, but not fully and so misses the ass behind the door.  Pedro turns on his heels and heads hurriedly toward the stairs with Sergio right behind him.  Aitana stares after them with a look of surprise and recognition that Pedro has changed.  Assvaldo steps out and gloats that she saved them.  Aitana declares that Pedro, however, will NOT be saved!
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Antes muerta que LIchita #62 Friday 12/18/15... Out with the old and in with the new Alicia!! And the reactions don't take long to surface!!

Not sure how much I missed or how we got here… haven’t been able to see much this week…
But here we go for Friday’s ep…
Alicia arrives in a high end sports car at Iconika’s curb… the press are all over her instantly… and so is Luciana who does not waste time to throw her venom and typical surnames of her for Lichita…
Augustus tells the press that the details of how she got fired and then reinstated (now saying she is indispensable for the company) with a better title are internal business of Iconika.  
The press want to know who’s mistake or mishap was it that caused Alicia to get fired… Augustus repeats that the details don’t matter but Iconika has one of its best assets back.
Roberto had not seen Alicia and he is smitten with her change (brows, long lighter color hair, good makeup, very sexy cleavage tight dress, etc).
Daphne is again on her blog… Bea comes in to innocently ask if she watched Alicia’s interview on tv.  Daphne says won’t give her opinion, better Bea watch it on her own and make her own assessment.  Bea asks her if she (by any chance) has it available.
Back to the curbside… Alicia tells the press she is very grateful to Augustus… Luciana still is grinding her teeth with Roberto and repeating her choice surnames for Alicia loudly so the press will hear.
Rafael and Bea are talking. He is admiring how Alicia did not fall for the pressure from the press (amarillismo)…  Bea asks him to try to get some help from Augustus.  She assures him Augustus won’t refuse to help him. (sorry, not sure what this one is about).
At office Augustus is telling Drago that Alicia looks spectacular and she deserved that change... and I did too! (is he suddenly interested in Alicia himself?)
At the office reception desk Alicia causes quite an impression with Nestor, Braulio, et al everyone else at the office.
In conference room Augustus is officially letting everyone know that Alicia is back and higher than ever.  Shushette and Nestor are of course kissing A___ again to the one in the lead (now Alicia) … Luciana again tries to talk trash about Alicia…  In comes Sandra and she is loudly insulted that Alicia is back. (I can’t believe such outrage [descaro]!!)
At café shop, Elsa is concerned about Alicia being back in Iconika… Nacho is not so concerned, he believes Alicia deserves the position.   Magos always with her own agenda, is glad Alicia is back in her job so she can take over the payments of the house and school again.
In Augustus office, Sandra rants at Augustus (you knew Alex was gay!!, the marriage with Gutierrez was arranged!)  she swings her fan fast and Augustus gets really fed up with her ranting AND with her fan, which ends up shredded on the floor…  Augustus tells Sandra that she herself had stated that Luciana was not qualified to be the Director.  So if Alicia is useful she will stay! And whoever is not…. (snap snap fingers) is gone!!
Alicia is meeting with all the staff… She is leading again… the only one who is not either honestly or fakedly supporting her is of course Luciana who continues to try to undermine Alicia.  Luciana won’t give up her office and that is FINAL!! Then Luciana tries to pull out the card of her last name… Alicia says last names here are not determining, hard work is…  She sends everyone to work… Brisa and Brau stay behind… they say they are not recognizing Alicia, she had never been that intense (or … ‘tan asi’ as Braulio states it)… Alicia says she has to get everyone to respect her, and is nothing against them… now the three of us are a team and that’s what matters.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #61 Thursday 12/17/15

Update: Clearly, it is not a good idea to watch and write a recap while you are traveling. I was not able to recap due to airport delays and crappy internet. Below is the only thing I have which is not much. Please fill in what I missed in the comments. Sorry :(

We begin with Alicia catching up with all those who have been snoozing during these episodes. Alicia finds out about Beto's lies and she refuses to listen to him further. Beto gets married to Luci but prior to Alex and Alicia's vows Kenny runs in to stop the wedding. Alex walks hand in hand with Kenny towards the light leaving a grateful Alicia to deal with the nasty aftermath. In short she loses her job, the press hounds her and she ends up threatening negotiating with Don Augusto for her old job.


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Pasión y Poder, Episode 31, Thursday, December 17, 2015: In which Gaby finally puts on her big-girl pants. And so does Julia.

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Before we get into tonight's story, let's take a moment to give thanks for the absence of the exceedingly unpleasant Joshua, whose invisible parents had the grace to send him to some equally invisible location, thus rendering him, in effect, invisible.  And now, on with the show!

Outside Julia's room in the ICU
David is pleading with Arturo – if he feels any love for Julia, he'll leave before Eladio gets there.  It looks as if Arturo finally gets it.  He tells David to call on him if there's anything he can do.  This offer seems to make David drop his guard.  "My mom's going to be okay..." he says, his voice almost breaking, turning the statement into a question or a prayer.  Arturo pats him on the shoulder and, touching his cheek in a tender, paternal gesture – which, had Eladio witnessed it, would have trumped any DNA test known to science – assures him that yes, she's going to be fine.

In the Montenegro home, Regina and Miguel compare notes.
They realize that Julia wasn't just an old flame of Arturo's – she was the love of his life, the love he gave up when he married Miguel's mother.  Miguel says it's sad to think that he's the cause of his father's unhappiness, though Regina is quick to tell him that is not the case.  The siblings muse on what might have been, and then return to reality: Arturo is married to that insufferable... um... to Regina's mother and Julia to David's father.  Miguel just hopes the past romance doesn't affect Regina and David's love.  So does Regina.
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Weekend Discussion: Yo No Creo en los Hombres -- Karmageddon!


Karmageddon comes to DF this time for the devil's own in Yo No Creo en los Hombres. We've had a very interesting collection of villains and top performances by the actors. Due to the nature and pace of this story, I've delayed this until today and this is updated through last evening's episode. As usual, we ask two questions:
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres, Capitulo #110 Thursday 12/17/15: A Child Is Born (...in a world of monsters)

Rewind: Doris shares her fears and annoyances about the other women in Orlando’s life with Nanis. In the prison, the warden sends her flunkies off of get a spare key before the Abuela kills MD rather than let her give birth to her baby. The Bitter, Crazy Grief twins storm past an overwhelmed maid to get into the Bustamante house. Max and Leo ask them to leave because their sick mother doesn’t need more crap. “I know she’s kicking the bucket, but so are we – dead in life, two mothers without children!” (We’re barely two minutes in and the rage that wells up in me at this demonstration of Josefa’s selfishness almost chokes me.) Claudio asks Hon how they can help her and she responds that she just wants justice for Julian, which won’t happen if he keeps using his influence to push MD’s hearing back. Cara de horrified “WTH?!” from Max.The Abuela proves to be the absolute worst labor coach in history. It’s not her fault; she’s just confused the “hee hee hoo hoo” chant with “it’s better that your baby die…it’ll me a monster like its father…it’s better that it die now, before it sees and feels…” She keeps up this stream of chatter while poking at MD, thinking that she’s taken the miscarriage pill. When MD reveals that she hasn’t, the Abuela starts smacking and pulling at her, enraged.
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Thursday, December 17, 2015

Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #81 Thu 12/17/15 (Mex 112-113) Honeymoon Interruptus

Diana breaks it to her mom that they've got a new roomie.  And there he is at the door, right on cue.

Aitana and Os wander over to the love cabin, defiling it with their presence.

To the accompaniment of the overenthusiastic synth player, the singer belts out the theme song.  I object to the excess of bass.  Fi and Pedro are already snogging before the JP can even finish pronouncing them man and wife.  Lol, one of her flowers even came partly dislodged in their enthusiasm.

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Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #80 Wed 12/16/15 (Mex 111) Talk about putting the cart before the horse!

Gianna is begging to be let out of the sauna, but Aitana keeps demanding answers.  She sticks to her story…good girl!  Gael comes along and hears her shouting.  Aitana and Os threaten her to keep quiet and tell Gael that Gianna's trapped in the sauna, the thermostat is busted, and the door got locked accidentally.  Aitana opens the door and Gianna is whisked away by Gael, who doesn't look like he believed their story one bit.  The Os/Aitana foreplay continues.

Eloisa's doctor says the results are conclusive--she has anemia.  Fed's relieved.  Mostly she needs to change her diet to get more iron…and stop drinking coffee.  "To hell with that!" says El.  Also, her BP is high, so she needs her meds upped for that.  That's apparently the purpose of the magic drops.  And if she doesn't take care of herself, she'll end up having a stroke.  El kicks everyone out of her room.  Hey, that's a great way to lower her blood pressure instantly!

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Pasión y Poder #30 Wednesday, December 16, 2015 The Truth Comes Out: Eladio Cries While David Learns That His Suegro Still Has the Hots For His Mom!

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Eladio begs Julia to not leave him, and to get better. David leaves the room at this time. Eladio reminds Julia that it was an accident, but that no one believes him. The machine alarms start going off and some nurses come in and get Eladio out of the room.

Out in the hallway and out of his scrubs, David tells Gaby that he heard what his father was saying to his mother. For the first time in his life, David feels the love that Eladio has for Julia. When Eladio comes to join them David tells him that he heard what Eladio said to the unconscious Julia and thanks his father. David also apologizes for never believing that Eladio loved Julia. They shake hands.

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Antes muerta que Lichita #60 Wednesday 12/16/15

Well, what an episode! So let's get right to it . . .

We pick up with Augusto and Alicia still in each other's face just outside of Icónika on a balcony. Augusto will not be swayed even after hearing Alicia's threat about telling Beatriz about Sandra and the affair.  It is what he expected to hear from a wretch like her. No mediocre "little lady" like Alicia is going to blackmail him. Alicia clarifies that this is not blackmail;  it is rather a negotiation. What does she have to negotiate with?  He has his prestige to back him up. She has nothing. People are just going to think she is a poor bride who got jilted at the altar.

At Icónika, Braulio is chit chatting in the hall with Brisas. It sounds like the same old same old with Braulio talking about his "yolo" (you only live once) and them being roomies. Brisas says she is not too comfortable with the arrangement. Braulio understands: sleeping on a sofa all this time wouldn't be very comfortable. Brisas tells Braulio that that is not what she means. The reason is she is in love with him. Braulio looks very uncomfortable. He says he is late for a meeting. Inspired by a running and cheering shape on the wall, he runs and cheers on to the supposed meeting. Brisas is left confused.

Back on the balcony and still in each other's face, Alicia is telling Augusto how hard she is going to laugh when the API board members hear all she has to say about him. If he wants to shut her up, all he has to do is return her to her position of "General Creative Director."  Augusto cannot stop laughing. She won't even be getting a gum selling stand from him. Does not she realize that nobody in the advertising world is going to hire her? Yes, she does. She tried it already and the Madelén Agency was the only one willing to hire her provided she brought along all of her accounts. Getting right up to her nose, Augusto tells not to even dare try to do that. Alicia tells him that she would never do that because of her sense of ethics. Augusto mocks her "ethics?". What kind of ethics would allow a woman to accept getting married when she was fooling around with somebody else? She insists that she is simply seeking justice after the years of hard work that she put in.

At the orphanage, Roberto and Gumaro having been denied entrance see that Marta and Ángel Vidal are being let in. The long and the short of it is that they have come to the orphanage for another reason and not to visit Mateo. Roberto does not believe them. Marta tells him he must be happy because because of him they have suspended judgement on Mateo's custody indefinitely. Of course Roberto says he didn't do anything. Ángel says they don't know what happened but they will wait until the court has a decision.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Yo No Creo en los Hombres #109, Wednesday 12/16/15: Claudio is Outed (Again)


Thanks Tofie, Victoria, GoBlueFan, Anon207, and Urban! Between all of you, we have a really great mini-recap of this episode. I can’t wait to see it!

Max files a petition to have a doctor see MD. The warden calls Ursula, telling her she will comply, but the doctor can be someone of Ursula's choosing. Ursula wants a doctor to say there are complications at birth, so that she’ll be able to take the child.

At Julian’s graveside, Jenny resolves that though she wasn't the love of Julian's life, she was the first woman he danced with and kissed, and she will have his child. He will live on through this child for her, and it will give Honoria a reason to live. Later, as a doctor describes the artificial insemination procedure to Jenny and Fermin, there is concern on Jenny's face as the required condition of her reproductive organs is discussed.

Josefa and Honoria go to Ursula to find out what is taking so long, after they both provided information to assist Ursula. Honoria wants to know why MD's trial hadn't begun- she wants justice for Julian and wants Maria Dolores convicted of the crime. Josefa wants info on Marta's death. Ursula shares that Romina, a friend and coworker of Marta's, told a different version of the story. Marta wanted to get away from Josefa, and she was in a consensual relationship with Monterubio, who was married. However, his family would never allow Monterubio to marry Marta, just like Claudio would never marry Isela, and she would never allow Daniel to marry Maria Dolores. Monterubio and his family framed Marta for the robbery, and his friend Claudio helped send her to prison with the maximum sentence.

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Antes Muerta Que Lichita #59 Tuesday 12/15/15

At the hospital with Beto, Alicia gives them Luci's number and tells them to call her instead.

Luciana gets the call but is relatively unconcerned and wishes people would stop telling her she should be more concerned.

Sandra and Augusto are snuggling in bed. She reminds him that he cancelled their last romantic vacation, and he groans "what's the point of having lovers if they just complain like my wife?"

Later, with his other lover Chuchette: She's showing off her new lingerie, but he would rather hear gossip. But she starts talking about how gentlemanly his brother (Rafael) is. What a Toledo y Mondragón! Augusto is pissed and sits on her while he reminds her that Rafael is broke and he's a millionaire. He then reminds her that her role is simply to entertain him.

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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres #108 Tuesday 12/15/15: The Battle For Baby Begins


[I must do this from memory again.]

Jenny and Daniel both finish their stay at the drunk rehab center  Jenny reclaims the faux engagement ring from Doris that she at first rejected. She swears to Dor and Orlando that she’ll never forgive Maria Dolores; DannyBoy returns home and Urrrrsula and he prepare emotionally for the court battle.

Maria Dolores spends months being locked away in her dark, dank cell trying to keep her sanity, keeping mum to Esperanza and Max during their visits as she’s been threatened to do so.  They remain clueless to all the inner machinations as Max loses every legal battle trying to get her to trial.

Ivana hires on Isela as a paralegal in her legal department.  Gerry and Tía Susanna suspect Ivaca of ulterior baby-buying/stealing motives which she denies.

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Pasión y Poder #29 Martes 12/15/15


Chapter 29: Lies and Whispers

Eladio charged into the master bedroom shouting his wife's name. Julia had been in this position too many times in the past to not know what to expect from him. He demanded to know how many times she had seen Arturo, but would not allow her to answer or explain. She finally told him that she saw Arturo about the DNA test that would disprove Eladio's accusation. However, that answer not only did not satisfy him, it fueled his anger once again.

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #79 Tue 12/15/15 (Mex 109-110) Honeymoonin'

Fi and Pedro are curled up post-coital in the pre-matrimonial bed.  She calls Vittorio's name, but not the way he would have wanted!  She had a nightmare that she was at the wedding with Vitto and she tried to say she didn't want to, but her voice just wouldn't come out.  Pedro says that was just a nightmare, and THIS is reality…this meaning nekkid smoochies.

Aitana is STILL at the Rancho, fussing over how she's SURE Pedro's with Fi.  Os doesn't think Pedro and Luca would have plotted together.  Aitana basically calls him stupid.  Os suggests they have Gianna watched.  Aitana changes her tune…and gets a little handsy with Os.  WTF does anybody see in that guy?  Sonia comes in and looks like she's ready to start a fight over him.  Yuck!  Aitana departs and Os fills her in on the convo.

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Antes muerta que Lichita #58 Monday 12/14/15: having pneumonia is better than having a honeymoon.

One of the great things about this show is that no matter what happens to Lichita, she is not destroyed. She tolerates Sandra yelling at her and Augusto YELLING at her. She tries standing up for herself but she's outweighed, especially when he reveals that he's known along it was she kissing Beto in Luciana's cellphone video.

Roberto is very ill in the honeymoon suite. Luciana urges him to tell his secrets but as he tries he gets sicker and hoarser and can't really get anything out. Even though he told her Mateo was his son, and that he himself was an orphan, she thinks he's hallucinating and discounts it all.
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Pasión y Poder #28 Monday 20151214 Challenge Accepted and Maybe Completed. Francisco Might Owe Dave Some Money!

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Julia has just told her father to shut the fudge up!  She falls to her knees and begs him to help her and believe her.  She is not now boinking Artie, nor did she boink him a few days before her wedding day.  Humberto's not buyin' it.  He has no reason to believe that Julia is not a two-timing tramp.  She's bought all these problems on herself.  Eladio is a great man; he's been like a son to Humberto.  He feeds Humberto and makes sure that his Depends are changed frequently by the nurse.  Julia tells her dad that she wants Art to take a David'sNotArt's kid test, that's all.  Living with Eladio for all these years has been a big b*tch because he doesn't believe that David is his.  Humberto tells Julia that information will be very embarrassing for Eladio if it every gets out.  Eladio right and Julia is wrong. The end.  Julia must obey her husband.  They are interrupted by Gaby, who could pass as the adult version of the Wednesday Adams character if need be.  Humberto immediately notices Gaby's lack of clothing and loses his laser focus on Julia.  He can't believe that Julia can't afford to buy his grandchild modest clothing that will cover her a$$.  In his opinion, Gaby is rebellious, like Julia.  Gaby's dressed like a tramp.  He can't look at her, so he's going to bed. 
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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #78 Monday 12-14-15 (Mex 108) A Time for Us!

Ciao, Muchacha Patio Peeps!  Let's find out what has happened since Pedro and Fiorella escaped from the scene of the two bodas of doom!  Gianna bids Fiorella and Pedro a warm adieu while Vittorio stalks out of the church, his family and guests surrounding him.  Now it's his turn to shout Fiorella's name.  Gianna comes around the corner and feigns surprise as she asks Vitto what has happened and then exclaims that she saw Fiorella and Gianluca running "that a way" and she points in the opposite direction of their escape.  The guests head off in that direction while Vitto calls her name over and over while Diana grins in the background.

Eloisa, Sergio, Julieta and Freddie have arrived back at El Rancho.  Sergio helps her in, her steps are heavy and she regrets having left the church:  Pedro could come back there.  Sergio thinks Pedro wouldn't return to the church as the paparazi were arriving and they couldn't just hang around looking like fools.  Not them, quips Freddie, but Aitana sure could.  Freddie is clearly amusing herself.  Sergio, Julieta and Eloisa ask her to chill.  Dante announces that there is no trace of Pedro at the hospital or in the police station.  Julieta thinks he ran away with Fiorella, Sergio says it's impossible as she was marrying Vittorio at the time.

Aitana is a blur of agitation and frustration as she runs frantically around Pedro's room rifling through his bureau drawers, under his bed, everywhere looking for clues of what could have happened.  Her parents, Celeste and Benigno, are there.  Celeste rejects the running away with Italian girl theory and tries to keep Aitana grounded with the practical matter of changing out of the wedding gown.  Aitana thinks her dad's failed wedding dress shredding scheme has brought her this bad luck!  Benigno thinks something bad has happened to Pedro and sites his missing motorcycle as evidence:  those things are dangerous!

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Monday, December 14, 2015

Yo No Creo en los Hombres #107 Lunes 12/14/15

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Chapter 107: Hell is Other People

Danny-Boy paced by the fountain, shaking in drug withdrawal. Jenny approached silently and precisely, eyes trained on the scuzzy worm. He finally turned around and looked at her. “Where are my pills?” he asked.
I don't know.”
Don't say things like that. If you don't have my pills, what do you want?”
You don't recognize me, do you?” she asked. “I'm Jenny. A friend of Julian's. And I'm going to give you something better than your pills.”
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Señora Acero, and Fatmagul: Week of December 14, 2015

OK, Telemundo fans.  Here's this week's page for discussion of Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Señora Acero, and Fatmagul.  Both Señora Acero and Bajo el Mismo Cielo are now in últimas semanas. There are published reports that Señora will end on January 11.  Replacing it on Tuesday, January 12, will be a new telenovela, La querida del Centauro.  More about that as the time draws closer.  Telemundo has started to post quick peeks as well for another new novela, Eva, la Trailera.  It's possible that this may replace Bajo. In the meantime, everyone is encouraged to join in the discussion of the current offerings.  Please remember to put the name of the telenovela you're discussing at the top of your post so people can easily find commentary about the shows they're watching.  Muchas gracias.

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La Vecina Highlights and Discussion #123-127 Dec. 14-18

Here's the post for the week.

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¿Qué nos cuenta, Caray, Caray!? (December 14, 2015)

Hola Carayites!

In this week's edition:



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Sunday, December 13, 2015

Yo No Creo En Los Hombres Cap 106, Fri 12/11/2015: Maria Dolores Is Still the Martyr, Isela Does Her Doe-Eyed Shtick, Claudio Won’t Take Responsibility for His Foolishness, and Clara and Leo Learn the Facts of Life


RECAP BY JDESDENYC.  Scenes combined as usual.

Lo Pasado:
Orlando comes by the Morales’ to let Isela know her apartment is ready for her to move into. Clara growls and cries as Isela seems to get away with being shady even as she lost Leo by not revealing Ise’s shadiness.

La Abuela continues to show she is the big boss in the jail as she passes by prisoners asking her for favors—she shoos them off with a “Not now”—and she lets the warden know she knows she’s the one who let Daniel come in the prison to visit Maria Dolores.  The warden lets her know that they no longer have to give MD any “special treatment” because Claudio Bustamante ordered MD to rot while awaiting trial. The warden and La Abuela both smile at this.

Lo Nuevo:

Not in My Name
Claudio comes by Isela’s apartment and promises Isela he’ll be there for her child.  Isela balks, saying she can parent by herself, but Claudio says that their child is a shared responsibility.  Ise asks if that means Claudio will give the child his last name, legally recognizing him or her as his own.
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Saturday, December 12, 2015

Pasión y Poder Episode #27 Friday, December 11th 2015 Daddy's Home


I may look sweet and fragile, but there's a rat bastard inside of me.

We begin with a repeat of stuff we already saw last night. FF --> Ok, now we've made it to the new stuff. Eladio arrives home. He's boiling mad. He's just found out that his wife has been seeing her ex finance and his worst enemy. That's right.. she's been seeing Artie Montenegro. Eladio manhandles her and yells at her. She spits out the truth- she tells Eladio that she saw Artie out of desperation, because Eladio is always going on and on about David not being his spawn. She admits that she  asked Artie for a DNA test so she could shut him (Eladio) up once and for all. Eladio is very impactado- he's all QUE?! 

At the Montenegro dinner table, Daniela is enjoying some quesadillas (minus the salsa, of course). Meanwhile, mom and pop are setting a bad example by arguing at the table. Nina doesn't think Artie should care about the consequences of his business deals unless if they affect the family directly. If they affect others- then Artie should care less (is how Nina sees it). Artie calls her out on her self centeredness and not caring about others- not even her own kids. Nina gets mad at him- she stands up and throws her napkin on the table for dramatic purposes. 

Back to Eladio and Julia. Eladio has Julia by the arms- he asks her how she could have done such a thing. Julia tells him that she did it because she has no doubts that David is his spawn. Eladio whines that now Artie will make fun of him on the playground. Julia tells him that Artie ain't like that. Eladio still can't believe that Julia went to ask Artie for a DNA test. Julia explains that she asked Artie for one because he (Eladio) never wanted to get one done. Also, because he (Eladio) has always been torturing her with his "David is not my spawn" remarks. Eladio tells Julia that he thought that she was smart but now he sees that she's not. Julia wonders what the hell Eladio means. 

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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #77 Friday, 12-11-15 (Mex 107) ¡Muchacha Italiana Escaparse!

Saluti, miei amici belli del Patio!  Let's dive right in to an episode we all deserve!  Pedro has a mini freak out in the ACorp board room after reading the email on Benigno's thumb drive!  Aitana and Benigno have totally deceived him!  He throws some bookshelves and chairs around but stops to answer his cell.  It's Fabio calling to apologize for not being able to attend his wedding; something has come up at home in Italy.  Pedro verifies that Fabio was part of the team that investigated the sale of ACorp stock and then they agree to meet at La Dolce Vita as what he wants to discuss is very sensitive.

Diana gets ready for Vitto's wedding.  Her Mom is surprised she's going and takes the opportunity to "I told you so" Diana.  Anibal the animal calls to threaten Diana and press her for his bail.  She counsels him to be patient:  Vitto is about to be out of town and they can rip him off then.  After she hangs up on him Anibal charges Ramiro with REALLY tailing Diana and giving her any help she needs with the heist.

Pedro looks comfy, yet determined in his jeans astride a motor cycle as he arrives at La Dolce Vita (LDV)  Ok, he looks hot.  Anyway, he makes a call to Fiorella and gets that frustrating disconnection message.  Ay!  She's got to know he's not getting married anymore!!

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Friday, December 11, 2015

Antes Muerta que Lichita #57 Friday 12/11/15 'Stop! in the name of love!' but it ain't the Supremes and this ain't Motown... Augie shows his worst side...

At the climactic moment in the wedding, three 'I do's'... one left... 
Alex is asked… do you?...
But all of a sudden, in a very entertaining twist of Diana Ross and the Supremes song… in comes running Kenny yelling ‘STOPPPPP!!!! In the name of Love!!’  Freeze frame!!... Someone pull out a shovel, everyone’s jaws are falling on the floor…
Lichita encourages Alex to listen to his heart and go with Kenny and turn his back on everything and everyone else… Alex walks closer to Augustus and Bea and tells them ‘dad, mom.. I’m sorry but I can’t get married.’ Then he walks to Kenny, holds hands with him as they walk away and everyone, especially Sandra, is dumbfounded. Augustus is angry, having an internal combustion, and Bea is having an indigestion and faulty waterworks.
Next, Lichita is the one that walks away smiling after consulting the audience on her decision to either laugh or cry… 
Everyone else who didn’t know yet is chitchatting about Alex being Gay, Sandra says ‘imagine what Augustus must be feeling’…
Priest tries to bring everyone back to the wedding and finishes declaring Luciana and Roberto man and wife. 
Kenny explains to Alex that he was pressured by the managers to get engaged. But he only loves Alex.  Alex asks ‘now what?’  Kenny suggests they move far away and start a new life.
Lichita is still walking/running down the street, with all of the press following in her heels… She jumps on a public bus and loses the press.  The press people head back to the church.
Everyone in the bus is a bit intrigued by LIchita entering wearing a wedding gown.
At the orphanage, Mateo is talking to the teacher. The teacher encourages to him to get better and wait for his dad.
Lichita at a park bench… ‘all my life I had heard ‘you propose and God acts’.  (uno propone y Dios dispone). But at this moment she wonders if it was God’s will what was happening or if fate was laughing at her expense.  And there was her life, falling apart, and she was experiencing an unending fall.  We see Lichita walk through the locations where she spends her time (the office, the coffee shop, the house, etc). she is crying.
At church, the board members are all ranting at Augustus, they ask if he ‘knew’.  He tells them he is as surprised as they are. They don’t buy that.
Bea and Augustus are walking out.  Luciana and Roberto are the only ones left in the church and Luci asks Bea if they are going to her reception.   But no response from aunty and uncle.  Luci asks Roberto to give her the ‘kiss’. But he just says dryly ‘lets go’.  As they walk out Luci talks to the press… she tells them she was aware of her cousin’s preferences… and Lichita also knew… thus she was only marrying Alex for ambition.   However, Roberto notes to her that there is no one listening to her (no press).  Then she asks again for the ‘kiss’. But He suggests they go ahead to the reception.
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Weekend Discussion: Recap Authors, What Series Was Your Biggest Challenge?


This is also a forum for recap authors to talk about how we go about what we do.

I'm going into my fifth year of writing for this blog and most of it has been fun and interesting.  My first series was La Fuerza del Destino in 2011 where I caught most of the juicy episodes about the character we called Merry Piece and I felt privileged for that.  There were a few truly great performances in that series and some wooden ones and we all take the good with the bad.

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Pasión y Poder, Episode 26, Thursday, December 10, 2015: Never piss off the cook


Today's show is brought to you by the color BLUE.

The Foundation, the office where Julia goes to moon over Arturo
Regina pops in for a surprise visit to Julia, who quickly tucks away Arturo's letter in a desk drawer.

The Beach in Acapulco, where a maudlin chapter draws to a close
Justino holds Maribel's lifeless body in his arms and sobs.

The Foundation
Regina tells Julia that she truly loves David – she is not her father's puppet.  Julia seems moved by Regina's sincerity.  She tells the younger woman's it's hard to believe she's the daughter of Arturo and his.... um... that she's Arturo's daughter.   Regina reminds her very much of Arturo.

Outside Gómez Luna Associates
Francisco and Clara are chatting about their plans for the weekend in Acapulco when Justino calls with the tragic news about Maribel.  Francisco, mensch that he is, offers to do what needs to be done.  

[Tertiary character dies: the Rules clearly stipulate that the Patio is excused from the funeral, right?]
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres, Capitulo 105 Thurs 12/10/15: There's no sweet end, only the bitter aftertaste

Even after all he’s Done, MD would forgive Daniel (she is Esperanza’s daughter, after all), but then he’d never learn. Looks like she’s already preparing to change the dynamic; Daniel Junior won’t get Ursula remixed in wide-eyed MD. Daniel argues that the thing with Julian was an accident. He would have never tried to hurt her, he didn’t want Julian to die; he was just trying to get the gun away from her. If they stick with that, she’ll get out quickly and they can’t accuse Dan of anything (um…hold up on that second part). No dice with MD; Dan pushed her to the brink, drove her to a point where she felt she had to use a gun. Dan’s lawyer jumps in here to say it’ll take months to prove that, months in which she’ll stay in prison. And for what? Julian’s already dead-CRACK! MD slaps him across the face and yells at him and Dan will pay for everything he’s done to her before stomping off. In response Dan swears she’ll be sorry if she does anything rash.

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Antes Muerta Que Lichita #56 Thursday 12/10/15: Lessons Every Telenovela Character Needs to Learn



Rehash of what has happened over the last few episodes but lets get straight to the point:

Alicia is speechless as she sees the "sick" Gumaro standing and acting like this is his everyday norm. He wonders why Alicia is giving him a weird look and she spells it out for him...she has never seen Gumaro in anything but a wheelchair. As he invites her in Gumaro's mouth runs far ahead of his brain. He tells her she must know everything by now since she came for the luggage. She just muffles a yea sure as he yaps away. He tells her she then knows that Beto and Gumaro are not actually brothers and he really is not sick. All of these lies Roberto had to make-up so that he can use her to get into Iconika...because you know he did not know a thing about the being a publicist.  Alicia quietly takes this all in.

Lesson 1: Facial expressions are not adornments and usually mean something.
To understand what a character is feeling just pay attention. An extra bonus is to do
so when they think you are not looking. 

In the mansion, Rafael chastises Luciana for verbally harassing her very own cousin. He is very disappointed in her since he feels that they did not raise her to be like this. Both Luciana and Dafne start fighting again and it is not long before Rafael starts clutching his chest. He tells them not to worry, he just needs his pills but cannot remember where he placed them. 


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Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #76 Thu 12/10/15 (Mex 105-106) Set a course for the weddings! Warp 2? 3?

Voyeur Luca thought bubbles that Fi deserves to be happy.  With all due respect…screw Fi!  I deserve to be happy.  Uh…we!  We deserve to be happy!  And Fi marrying Vitto will not make us happy.  But before Luca can actually say anything, the undead arrives, shouting for his bride-to-be.  Luca claims he was looking for her, too, but whaddayaknow, she's not here!  Fi and Pedro continue with the heavy breathing.  And then DANTE is screaming for Fi.  Because apparently his job has jack to do with security, but everything to do with tormenting Fi.  He gives her a hard time about slacking on the job and nearly finds Pedro hiding in her room.  She is summoned to Eloisa's.

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #75 Wed 12/9/15 (Mex 104) The weddings approach at the speed of sloth

El lives in some kind of fantasy world and she's horribly offended that Gael would ask such a question about his sainted parents, who she loved dearly and misses.  His mom was awesome and his dad would never have been a "cornudo" (cuckold; dude who was cheated on)  Sure, Os Sr. was a horrible ass who treated his wife badly, BUT THEY LOVED EACH OTHER!

Gi finds the picture of her new jail and is…impressed.  Except that it makes her relationship with Gael more difficult.  Even when Fi points out that she can invite Gael over Gi is not convinced and would rather find out what happened at the dress fitting.  "But I thought if he saw you in your dress…."  Oops!  Backpedal, backpedal, backpedal.  Fi says Pedro's a rock and won't be moved by anyone.  Gi's grateful for everything he has done for them, though, and so Fi agrees she shouldn't be so hard on him.


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Pasión y Poder #25 Wednesday 20151209 It's Episode 25, Christmas is on the 25th! Coincidence? I Think Not! Maribel is Dead...I Hope! Yeah Baby!

The Foundation

Julia asks her ex-fiance to take a David's.Not.Art's kid test.  She explains that Eladio doesn't believe David is his.  He thinks that Dave is Art's son.  Anyway, from what Julia says, Art visited her a few days before the wedding and Eladio found out about it.  Art came to beg her forgiveness and ask her to call off the wedding.  Art remembers that they merely kissed, but she didn't "give it up" that day.  Art asks Julia why she didn't forgive him.  Why didn't she call off the wedding?  Does he really have to ask?  Duh!  She reminds him that she was pissed because he impregnated another woman while they were engaged.  Julia admits that she was still angry with him and only married Eladio to hurt him the way that her had hurt her. Julia tells Art that she takes Eladio's abuse for Dave's sake.  She wants him to have a relationship with his father.  Julia ask Art to forgive her for not forgiving him.  Living with Eladio has been a b*tch.  Eladio won't take the test because he doesn't want to be a joke...a cuckhold.  The results will change Dave's life.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #55 Wednesday 12/10/15

Well, let us just pick up where we left off at the bachelor/bachelorette party where Nestor's "wife" turned out to be part of the entertainment: the stripper. Néstor grabs her by the hand to talk to her in private and it turns out that she is Delia the same girl he hired to play his wife so that his coworkers at Icónika would stop teasing him about being gay. Néstor is mortified that after playing his wife,  Delia would show up as the stripper. As far as she is concerned business is business. She offers to do a "private dance"for him and charge him on the side. That sounds good to him but what will he do afterwards?

At the mansion, Rafael goes to visit Dafne in her room. She is concerned about him taking heart medication. Is he that ill?  He tells her that he needs to take his meds; if not he could end up having a heart attack. She should not worry because that is not going to happen. Dafne examines his pill box which was a gift from his father (her grandfather). He is interested in what she is doing so late on her computer. She is doing research on violence in schools. Just at that moment Beatriz comes in and Rafael informs her that they are talking about bullying. Beatriz gets all weird, like she does, anytime that Dafne might need her help or protection. Dafne puts the pill box back on the desk.
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres #104, Wed. 12/9/15: Unexpected Divorces, Separations and Marriage Proposals


The Old: Max tells Leo that his irrational, enraged reaction proves they were all right in deciding not to tell him the truth. MD learns from Nayeli and Corina that no one in the prison will accept her money to buy necessities, on orders of La Abuela. MD goes off to confront her. Josefa tells Ursula that now that they are part of the Mothers Who Have Dead Daughters Club, they should totally be BFFs and partners in crime. In exchange for Ursula’s help finding out what really happened to Marta in jail, Josefa will make sure MD rots in jail and Ursula gets her kid.

The New:
Josefa tells Ursula that her daughter’s death involved a scandal with Claudio and the woman who’s the current prison warden of MD’s prison. If Ursula digs up the dirt on the Warden and the events around Marta’s death, then they could put pressure on her to keep MD locked up, forever! Josefa sweetens the deal by offering to testify against MD and to get Honoria to do it too.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2015

Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #74 Tuesday 12/8/15 (Mex 103)

Recap by sneaky two shoes:

Gia makes her terrible suggestion to Gael

Sergio tries to interest his son in internet hos – ‘you gotta have a little fun before you jump off the marriage cliff w/o a parachute’ And offers some terrible advice of his own – ‘you have to erase her (Fi) from your mind’

Elo and Fi and the phone. Elo isn’t so sure, wants proof – ‘are you sure this isn’t to stop Pietro from marrying Aitana?’ Takes the non-functioning phone and tells Fi to stay out of it, she (Elo) will investigate. Fi slumps and agrees, but gives it one more try – ‘if it turns on you gotta read the txts, its very important’ then slouches out.
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Antes Muerta Que Lichita #54 Tuesday 12/8/15: A romantic ambush! Oh, and Nestor's wife is a stripper

Gumbo in his wheelchair comes to tell Lichita how much Beto loves her. He wants to stop her and Beto from making a huge mistake that will mess with everyone's live. His pretend disability is hilarious.  Lichita notices "ah, your motor skills have improved since last time I saw you," reminding him to act more disabled, going into pretend convulsions and slapping himself. Alicia insists on accompanying back to home. She pushes his wheelchair to the disabled taxi. He gives her some last advice from his wheelchair - this marriage would be mass suicide, and it would suck for everyone!

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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres #103 Tuesday 12/8/15: Let’s Make a Deal III

  • Claudio tells his judge buddy to make sure Maria Dolores’s trial is pushed off into the far distant future—as long as legally possible. (Viewerville can only assume he’s still being manipulated by Grrrsula to protect his professional and social reputation. Clod really needs to just hang it up, just stop digging himself into a deeper and deeper hole.)
  • We learn from the Young Prisoner #3 that woman wait up to years before getting their day in court.
  • Maria Dolores gets out of the infirmary and tells her friends that La Abuela tried giving her medicine but she didn’t take it. She learns that La Abuela is in jail for cutting off the nose of her grandson. Yeppers. She’s BSC. MD beware!
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Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Pasión y Poder #24 Martes 12/8/15




Chapter 24: Paterfamilias

One thing about people with this kind of money and influence that always gets me is the degree to which they retreat into the past. Thus women often put up with infidelity in their husbands, some even endure horrific abuse to some of these megalomaniacs all in the name of status or security. Some of the men have such delusions of grandeur that they fancy themselves as paterfamilias, who were a law unto themselves if they chose to be. They could decree or prevent their children's marriages and divorce. For a while they even could decree their deaths although this was said to have been rare in ancient times.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #53 Monday 12/7/15: Two weddings, two wheelchairs

There was actually a lot of rehash last night and I'm skipping it.

Alicia goes to the orphanage to take Mateo a present. They won't let her see him, but they will let her talk to the social worker, Venus. Venus sees her from afar and ducks out - later telling Roberto that Alicia would have recognized her and a whole scandal would have broken out. She reminds him he promised to come clean to everybody every soon and says Mateo's been much more volatile since he started having memories of his mother.

Mateo loves Alicia's present and is delighted she remembered him.

Luckily for Roberto, Marta loses it completely in the courtroom, screaming and saying that Mateo is her Angelito and should be with her. Roberto kindly says the trial should be postponed till she feels better. Turns out this is the third anniversary of her Angelito's death from cancer. Sobbing, she's folded into the car by her sweet but ineffectual husband. She sees Beto talking to his lawyer and bolts to run across the road and almost get run over but is saved by Beto. She starts confusing Beto with God and says, "I begged you to take me instead of him." Shiver.

Roberto and Alicia continue to sulk about their respective upcoming weddings, which due to clerical error are going to happen at the same church on the same day.

The API guys are pleased with Alex and say he's ahead in the voting and his wedding will push him over the top and they wish him "a marriage as good as your parents' is." Eye roll.

There is a big dinner at the mansion. Roberto tries to beg off, Luciana says, "I pretend like the others but I'm worried, I never see you." He shows up after all, with a ring, she makes him get down on his knee, he looks like he's really making an effort to think this could work out. Luciana shows it to everybody. Alicia: "It's almost as lovely as the one you stole from the Duke." Luciana crows about her dress, which is nicer than Angeline Jolie's. Bea says she and Elsa will go with Alicia next day to get her a dress.

Magos is pushing Ximena down the sidewalk in her wheelchair when the gangster supplier appears, offers more merchandise to sell, and gratuitously makes a point of telling Ximena "your mother is a pirate." Magos says she's out of the game. "Your loss," he says and leaves. Magos lies, saying, "he's a liar," but Ximena says: "You think I know nothing? I know your friend Gerry got fired for selling pirated goods and now it turns out it was your fault and he took the fall for you." She chants "I have a mother who's a pirate" all the way home.

The cafe is doing well financially. Elsa and Nacho think Magos will help them more once Ximena recuperates, but Magos says she was thinking of studying something, Alicia had offered to pay. Nacho thinks she'll take the money and skip the studying.

The first commercial for Oki Oki is enthusiastically approved by the client. Alicia and Roberto have their usual fight about who is doing what por interes - to advance careers etc.

After being kissy with Sandra at the office, Augusto goes to some hotel and has sex with Chuchette, who notices the lipstick on his collar and knows he didn't get it at home, but she doesn't care much. She seems to be spying for him a bit and says that Roberto had been pretending to be in love with Alicia. This interests him for some Machiavellian reason.

Bachelor and bachelorette parties are being organized. There will be dirty games.

Rafael tells Valeria they have a pretty serious offer for the house, they'll pack up and move to San Miguel. Don Augusto has his henchman call the Buenos Aires real estate agent, he wants to buy Rafael's mansion.

Lastly, after yet another shouting convo with Beto moaning about how he's giving up the love of his life, Gumaro later takes off in his wheelchair to visit Nacho and Elsa at their cafe. To be continued!

Tonight: poor Ez will get a lot of bridal shop to recap I think.

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Pasión y Poder #23 Monday 20151207 Arturo Gives Erick and Nina the Finger

Something is wrong with Blogger.  It keeps saying that I logged out and shutting down on me.  I can't make this better.  Sorry.

Telenovela Dictionary: 

angry forefinger:  the physical stance in which Arturo Montenegro arranges his body once he has become enraged by the action or words of the idiots in his personal and professional life.  The position consists of Arturo Montenegro entering an moron's personal space, and slightly crouching down while jabbing a extended index finger in an upward motion towards the his or her chin.  At this stage he is normally screaming and pulling out his hair.  This should not be confused with the "I'm about to explode fist".

I'm about to explode fist:  the physical stance in which Arturo Montenegro arranges his body right before he becomes enraged by the action or words of the idiots in his personal and professional life.  The position consists of Arturo Montenegro entering an idiot's personal space, slightly crouching down and lifting a fist with a bent index finger motioning towards the idiot.  While the bent index finger is not yet extended, it is positioned higher that the other fingers.  It is a warning sign to all idiots before he crosses over into the angry forefinger (see above) stage.   In this stage he is still may be attempting to reason with the said idiot, but is beginning to realize that you can't reason with a fool.  Please note, that because they are imbeciles, most of the people in his professional and personal life do not take heed to the warning signs and continue to provoke him into the angry forefinger (see above) stage. 
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Monday, December 07, 2015

Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #73 Monday, 12-7-15 (Mex 102) In Which Fiorella Finds a Knife Protruding from the Angeles Family Back

Ciao, Patio Peeps!  Are y'all all refreshed from a day away from our dysfunctional bunch of ego-maniacs, vultures, swindlers and sadistic seniors intent on sucking the joy out of young lovers' lives?  Well, let's catch up with the madness in Dos Rios, picking up where we left off.  Pardon the choppiness, I'm going to try to go scene by scene.

Pedro and Gianluca's yelling goes to blows right inside La Dolce Vita:  Pedro is attacking Gianluca for his part in deceiving the poor, dying Vittorio and Luca accuses Pedro of being a typical, cynical rich dude and trying to make Fiorella his personal plaything.  Domingo breaks up the fight and Pedro leaves in a huff.

Pedro arrives at ACorp just after Benigno has signed the papers which form the new fused company headed up by the Ass.  Benigno asks for a list of ACorps customers so as to insure there is no conflict of interest between the two client bases.  Pedro exchanges sharp words with Assvaldo, then leaves with Aitana trailing him.  Benigno and his wife discuss the still lost cell phone.  The whole group toasts the merger.

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Yo No Creo en los Hombres #102 Lunes 12/7/15


Chapter 102: Crocodile Tears

Maleny sat in the chair at the desk. She did not look at her mother, her brother, or the two accomplices in the room.
I don't blame you. Now I take in my own hands the only thing I'm grateful you gave me. My life.”
She then raised the pistol to her temple and fired. She fell to the floor, overturning the chair.
Úrsula's jaw dropped and she cried out. Danny-Boy began to cry. Jacinto froze. His eyes bugged out. Arango closed his eyes in pain.
You didn't do this. It was Daniel!” Úrsula cried. “It was Daniel.”
Daniel ran out. Isidro entered the room and stopped dead.
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: Bajo el Mismo Cielo and Fatmagul: Week of December 7, 2015

Well, thanks to Juanita, last week saw a successful launch for the new team here at Telemundo y Más, full of great recaps & comments Now it's my turn and I'm already grateful for the enthusiastic support you all have shown us. So here's the new page for the week starting out on Pearl Harbor Day.

We continue with Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Señora Acero (still in últimas semanas), and Fatmagul, which is an Azteca (I think?) show that Vivi kindly synopsed for us recently.  As always, we encourage you to join the conversation. Since discussion of all these novelas takes place on the same page, please remember to put the name of the novela you're discussing at the top of your post, so people can easily find commentary about the ones they're watching.

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La Vecina Highlights and Discussion #118-122* Dec. 7-11

*This can be corrected if it is incorrect. With the events in San Bernadino last week, there was an episode missing.

Mariana is the best!

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¿Qué nos cuenta, Caray, Caray!? (December 7, 2015)

Hola Carayites!

In this week's edition:



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Friday, December 04, 2015

Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #72 Thu 12/3/15 (Mex 101) The things we do for love

In the midst of the refrito, a detail catches my ear…Gael says that none of the Angeles can get thrown out of the house until Eloisa's will is completed.  Funny how they keep making up new rules for why they're all stuck living together.

Fi's latest argument with Gianluca ends with a demand that he never kiss her again.  Boo!

Ramiro gets all dressed up and goes to La Dolce Vita to check out Diana…and he makes it clear to Domingo that he is, indeed, checking out Diana (busy flirting with Vitto).  Vitto even wanders over, giving Ramiro the chance to say that the meal is excellent, and oh by the way, that woman over there is his neighbor who he has the hots for.  She doesn't know they're neighbors but he watches her all the time…with her son.  Well, Vitto is convinced Beto is her nephew, so that gets Ramiro nowhere.  He breaks it to Ramiro that Diana's spoken for…ohh, not by him!  He's an honorable lech…er, leech…er, man who's about to get married.  Fake-sad Ramiro asks for the check.

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Pasión y Poder #22, Thursday, December 3, 2015: The Fall of Erick Montenegro. (And it's SO not fair!)


A Foundation of Cruelty  – The Letters

Eladio takes the crumpled paper out of Julia's hands, smooths  it out, and realizes it's a letter from Arturo.  So she's still seeing him!  Julia protests.  That letter is 20 years old!  

In Eladio's eyes, that's even worse.  She has kept Arturo's letters with the photos of her precious son, and after all those years, she is still moping over them.

Julia says she was cleaning house – she was going to get rid of the letters.  

"Since you were going to tear up the letters," he says, snatching the small bundle out of her hand, "I'll help you."

He rips each page deliberately, his eyes on Julia's face. Now he looks down at the pieces on the floor.  "And if you ever have anything to do with Arturo Montenegro again..."
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Yo No Creo en los Hombres #101 Thursday 12/3/15 Family Trees and Histories

Recap of many things, ending with Pyscho Guard catching MD square in the belly with her nightstick. MD goes down and passes out right next to a panicking Dan, who has suddenly realized that if MD loses the baby, all of his/Ursula's plans are over.

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Antes muerta que Lichita #52 Thursday 12/3/15 The Episode Where Grown-ups Make Bad Decisions and the Children Suffer

Don Augusto, Elias and Sandra discuss Alicia's work performance. Sandra thinks she is super "green" (newbie) when it comes to her position. Elias disagrees, he feels that Alicia is doing wonderfully as a creative director. He also wonders why Sandra and Augusto are referring to each other as "Ud" when they have known each other for 10 years...is it because he is in the room? Sandra believes Elias is singing praises where it does not belong. Augusto has the final say as always and he agrees with Elias more than Sandra this time. His reports show that clients are happy with Alicia.

Alicia gets a call from a very distraught Magos. Once Alicia calms her down she learns more about the accident. Not so bright Magos and Chanclas the Bozo walked away with mere scratches while Ximena is in a more dire state. 

Roberto arrives at the public hospital near the accident. He found out the location because he happened to see Magos climb into the ambulance. The whole family eventually arrive at the hospital waiting to her news of Ximena while Chanclas the Bozo lurks in the background. The doctor informs the family that Ximena is out of critical condition but she has a fractured knee. She needs surgery immediately to enhance her chances of a successful recovery in regards to walking. Unfortunately they do not have a orthopedic surgeon at the hospital. Alicia wants the doctor to tell her the best place (public or private) with the best doctor to do Ximena's surgery. She does not care about the costs. As the doctor and Alicia leaves Roberto notices Chanclas making a run for it. They have a heart to heart and Beto lays everything out. He knows that Chanclas had sinister plans against the Guiterrez family with his accomplice Axilla. Beto also knows that he was never once interested in his own daughter...better yet someone like him does not deserve a family and he needs to disappear once and for all. Chanclas now understands Beto is the "Black Panther" his buddy was referring to earlier. Roberto channels his inner Bond and sternly warns Chanclas to disappear forever. 

"I can channel scary face just as easily as my puppy dog one"
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Thursday, December 03, 2015

Antes muerta que Lichita #51 Wednesday 12/2/15 "The Rise of the Black Panther"

Wow! What an episode! So many details! So let's get right to it. . . .

Just when we thought Alicia had gotten into the cab with Pits (El Axilas) it turns out that they played us in the previews and that Roberto appears just in time to prevent Alicia from ever getting into the taxi. He grabs Alicia by the arm and tells her that he has to talk to her about work and he will drive her home. What he says really does not make much sense and he has a hard time convincing her, but he manages to get her away from the taxi after a lot of arguing back and forth. Roberto tells her to wait for him at the reception desk and call her parents as he pays the taxi driver (who is already looking at him warily) a visit. Alicia remembers she did lose her phone and grudgingly goes inside complaining that Roberto always gets his way. So now we have just Pits and Roberto. Pits is afraid because he recognizes Roberto. Roberto grabs Pits by the hair on the back of the head and asks what he was doing with Alicia. Pits lies and says he was just taking her home. Roberto does not believe him one bit and tells him that if he sees him around Alicia and her family, Roberto will make Pits swallow his own fists (better that I stop here with the more than colorful description that follows).

At the Gutiérrez household, Flops (El Chanclas) is installed on the couch when he gets a phone call from Alicia. Boy is he surprised. She explains she forgot her cell phone and was just calling to say she was on her way. Magos comes to chit chat on the couch. Flops starts talking about Magos, Ximena and him, just the three of them in their own house. They wake up Nacho who has had it with their lack of respect for him and his house. He tells them go talk in their own house but not in his at that time of the night. Of course Magos has to complain.
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres #100, Wed 12/2/15: In Which Someone Finally Says the Name of the Telenovela


Julian’s Last Wishes
Adrian, Orlando and Doris sit Fermin down and review Julian’s last wishes, and loose ends to tie up. Orly will take care of selling his car, Adrian will take care of selling Julian’s part of their business, and the money will go to Fermin and Honoria, who will need it more than ever. Adrian also reveals the life insurance policy Julian took out (to take care of his parents), and the contract he signed where he paid for a shop for Esperanza’s business—it was a surprise he had planned for MD’s wedding. He also wanted to invest in MD’s and Doris’ business. Fermin breaks down in tears over his thoughtful son. Honoria emerges from Julian’s bedroom just long enough to spew her venom and to refuse any last wishes Julian had to help his murderer (MD) and her family. She also curses God once more, and decides she’s no longer speaking to God, but instead to the dead.

Fermin leaves her to her suffering to go see if he can pull Jenny from the brink. She’s still drinking in her apartment, but has finally changed into sweats from her red dress. After he knocks a few minutes and begs her to let them mutually support each other through this pain, she finally lets him in. She offers him a drink, because she knows he needs it as much as she does. Fermin stays strong and refuses. He made a sacred promise to his wife and son. He wisely points out to Jenny that she just exchanged her addiction to alcohol for an addiction to Julian—and has fallen back to alcohol now that Julian is gone. This gives Jenny pause.
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Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Pasion y Poder #21, Wednesday December 2, 2015

Hey Patio Peeps. Sorry but I could only do bullet points for tonight's capitulo. Please let me know what I missed or if you have any questions. Have a great day.
- Arturo wants to interrogate all the employees involved in the business deal to find the guilty person. Augustin thinks he's crazy. He can't see how anyone close to them was involved in the dirty deal because they have all been working there so long and are loyal. Arturo thinks the opposite and tells Erick that he should be taking better care of the company that is his as well.
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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #71 Wed 12/2/15 (Mex 100) Fifi fights for her obsession with marrying Vitto

Ciao, Muchacha Peeps.  Well, looks like I've gotten an episode interrupted by mayhem once again.  My heart goes out to every family affected by this madness.  About forty minutes of the episode was taken up by breaking news bulletins.  Here is what I was able to gather.  Please fill in the blanks if anyone is able to watch this tomorrow online:

 Gael and Roxi have launched their plan to pose as lovers to fake the family out and take them off the trail of her and Benni.  There is a scene where Osvaldo tells Sergio, Freddie and Sonia that Roxi and Gael are lovers and he apparently believes it.  Sonia is shocked and thinks it's wrong because they are related.  Freddie think it's no biggie because she's adopted.

Giana and Gael's little interlude in the garden is interrupted by Roxi and this is when the bulletin broke in.  Later in the episode Gigi is bummed out about the  fake romance between him and Roxi:  she's afraid a real boink is in the future.  Gael chills her out and warms her up at the same time with tender caresses and kisses.

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Antes Muerta Que Lichita #50 Tuesday 12/1/15: Enter the Armpit

Luci and her mom arrive at the Santa Clara orphanage (where Alex' announcement will take place, after Alicia's quick switcheroo). They think Alicia is trying to be some sort of  stuck-up Evita of the shirtless masses by having the thing there. Luci: "hmm, maybe i should get me one of those miserable orphans so I could become Saint Luciana!"

But before Luci can make her big entrance, Alicia trips on Mateo and they have a face-to-face. She explains the purpose of the rich people visiting (to get money out of them), he says all the orphans had been told to stay out of sight for the duration of the event, and she proposes that they both hide.

Whoah! Luciana is trying to wrangle the press, preening and suggesting they ask her about the wedding, but one reporter says there's a rumor that she's pregnant! Everyone gasps!

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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #70 Tuesday 12/1/15 (Mex 99)

Recap by sneaky two shoes:

The Cards Know All *insert spooky music, and Tarot appropriate hand waving here*


(I got a good episode this time(at least I think so) its got suspense and intrigue and not too much of the annoying people or situations)

Ok, where were we, oh yeah; Alina is a huge hypocrite. Roxi throws a fit and Quina gives in as per usual

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Yo No Creo EnLos Hombres #99 Tue 12/1/15 -- Life Catches Up To Claudio And Alma Stops Playing The Fool


[Briefly as possible, there are only a few highlights in this miserably overlong episodio.  --ed.]
  • Josefa the angry Jefa knows she is in trouble this time cuz she just bashed Isela's head on the terrazzo floor, and Ise is lying there totally unconscious and bleeding.  She raced out to get help from the barrio version of Dumb and Dumber, screaming for a taxi.  (I guess ambulances are a luxury.)   Of course,  Max and Leo, who've just come for Esperanza and Clara in hopes they'd stay a while at mom and pop's palace while the Honoria Horror Show of Hate dies down, helps out the Heffer.  Ho-sey lies (natch) about how Ise ended up unconscious and bloody on her floor.  "--duh-h, she just suddenly passed out and dropped and hit her head."

  • Claudio, who found Alma in pain in the bathroom and nearly passed out from that, takes her to the hospital.  She's quickly now becoming a pain herself, getting up and out of bed, schlepping her hanging bags and tubes all around, and thus sneaking up behind Clod in every whispered conversation, getting in the old hubby's face everywhere he turns.  She, in this way, manages to overhear the phone call that Leo makes explaining they've found Ise bashed and bloody and wanting to know which hospital is best to bring her to.  Clod naturally suggests the one he's at now, and then explains Mom's there taking up a bed also.
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Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Pasión y Poder #20 Martes 12/1/15


Chapter 20: Thirty Pieces of Silver

Consuelo came out of the bathroom with the pregnancy test stick in her hand. She took a deep breath, hoping for a positive result. This was going to be the longest thirty seconds of her day. Miguel burst in without knocking and she dropped it, startled. Miguel apologized and picked it up. He looked down and told her it was positive. She was thrilled and he was happy for her. When he said so, though, he looked away.
Consuelo, now that you know this do you want to keep investigating your husband?”
Yes. Now more than ever. I want to know everything. Afterward I'll figure out what to do with the information.”
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Antes muerta que Lichita #49 Monday 11/30/15: Chanclas shows his true colors and Luciana prepares to hug an orphan

We learn more about Chanclas. He slipped up and let Ximena know: he knew Magos was pregnant before he left town. But, unforgivably, when Magos comes back in the room and Ximena tries to talk about it, he denies and implies Ximena is lying.

Later Roberto surprises Chanclas looking around in his office. Chanclas picked the wrong place to get caught because when it comes to lying bums, "it takes one to know one." Beto, immediately suspicious, later tells Gumaro about the incident and they agree: Gumaro will get his shady associates - "uh, ex-associates" - to look into the guy.

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Pasión y Poder #19 Monday 20151130 Once Again, Eladio Proves that Erick Road the Short Yellow Limousine to Prep School Every Day!

Full Disclosure!  This recap is  totally out of order and I don't know what Dani's post said.  I didn't see it.  Sorry!

The Day Before

Gomez Luna Clan

Julia asks Eladio for a divorce.  Julia tells him that she doesn't care if he resumes boinking Montseratt, as long as he keeps his mitts off of her.  Eladio tells her that she will live in fear in this house if she doesn't start being nice to him soon.  Julia says that she has always lived in fear.  She feared her father and now she fears her husband.  You'll have to come at me better than that buddy!  Eladio tells Julia that her attitude towards him determines how he treats David.  Before he leaves the room, he asks her to think about it. 

Eladio checks the GPS on Julia's phone and tells his hunky body guard Efrain, to keep a close eye on Julia.  I will be keeping an even closer eye on Efrain 'cause he is so fine.  Anyway, Eladio tells Efrain, the hunky body guard, that Julia's life has been threatened and he wants her stalked.  If she goes to the bathroom, Efrain had better be in the next stall.  He stresses that Efrain's life depends depends on it. 
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