Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Yago, #11, Monday 5/16/16: We're all pawns, my dear
Ambar calls Yago just as he's getting in his car. He gets bonked on the head and has a flashback:
Melina is visiting him in prison. She's brought him lunch and is telling him about Dad's new job. Then Omar is attacked and beaten badly. Omar is dragged into a small cell and locked up alone. Later, Fidel joins him in the small cell. Omar says he doesn't have the strength to eat. Fidel encourages him to bounce back.
Ambar leaves a message. She's sure she heard a struggle. She doesn't look well. Sara offers to try to track Yago down. She looks again at the threatening text from her father and puts 2+2 together the wrong way: Damian must have taken Yago!
Yago comes around and sees a silhouette. It's Fidel. They hug. Fidel plays the tape of Yomar revealing himself to Melina in the hospital. Yago feels that Teo has betrayed him. Fidel says Teo is just doing his job. "Melina is Omar's mother, not yours. And Omar is dead. You are Yago." Fidel knows about the video of Abel shooting the guard, too.
Lucio visits the loan shark. He's already late with the balance of his payment, and what he offers now (I think it's a golden poker chip) is not deemed an acceptable form of payment. Now the shark wants triple!
Sara calls Lucio. He tells her about the inflated loan shark bill. She tells him about Yago. Abel meets with Lucio and Sara and questions why Damian would have taken Yago out. They bring him up to date on the incriminating footage Damian has on them. (Pretty much everyone has that footage now, except them.)
Mathias hangs out with Ambar. She admits that she's in love with Yago. The boy doesn't like his grandfather. He wants to know about him. Ambar prepares to tell him something about Damian, but is interrupted by a phone call from her boss.
Bruno visits with Melina in the hospital. She's in a crazy-good mood now and apologizes for the suicide attempt. She doesn't know what she was thinking! She wants Bruno to work hard for Yago. Bruno admits that he thinks Yago is hiding something.
Teo goes to the casino. Abel whines about his girl troubles.
Melina comes home to roses. Jonas notices that she's unusually happy. She gets rid of him ASAP so she can call 1-800-HI-YOMAR.
Fidel is preparing to serve Yago lunch (or dinner) when Yago gets the text from Mom. She needs to see him ASAP. Fidel guesses right away that it's her. She's not going to let Omar go.
Abel and Teo go to the place where Damian is staying. Abel sneaks in and starts searching the room for clues as to Yago's whereabouts and/or the video I guess. Abel finds nothing useful, but is able to liberate some bottles of wine or booze.
Yago goes to see his mother. She wants to know everything about everything. He has to ask her to back off. He kisses her goodbye. We'll see if it takes.
Yago visits Fidel and tells him he was right. Yago flashes back to learning chess with Fidel: "The workers have to protect the King, but never underestimate the workers. They may be the weakest piece but they're crucial to strategy. And some moves are made only to distract. Don't lose sight of the king, and be ready to improvise. Always be ready to sacrifice a piece in exchange for victory. (Within this flashback is another flashback - the prison riot. Omar is smuggled out of the place, and his Omar's chain placed on another man's neck.
In the present, Yago checkmates Fidel. Fidel reiterates that the pawn is the heart of the game. It's an easy piece to attack. Apparently, he's saying that Abel is to be the Pawn of the Day.
Abel meets up with Sara and Lucio. He found no sign of Yago, but here comes Yago now! Yago plays it cool, says he lost his phone signal or the battery died or something, and the yelling was just the valet parking guys. He'll go see Ambar at home. Sara goes with. Abel smirks after them and clinks glasses with Lucio.
In the car, Sara tells Yago she's not used to people worrying about her, but she did worry when her father left her and her sister alone at home.
Abel is feeling nostalgic about old times, when thy would drink right out of the bottle. Abel makes some sour noises about Yago, and Lucio knows Abel is jealous about Ambar. I think Abel plants a seed of doubt in Lucio's mind about Sara and Yago, too.
Fidel tells Katia and Teo that Yago is about to strike against Abel.
Flashback: Fidel is getting beaten and taunted in prison.
Yago arrives at Ambar's place. She rushes into his arms. She tells him she's going to comply with her medical treatment. (She's drinking wine. Is that safe with a heart condition?) She talks about her father: He would disappear, go on trips, come back with odd gifts. She wanted to see the places he'd been to; that's why she became a photographer. Now her boss wants her to go to Asia on a Marco Polo tour. But she doesn't want to leave Mexico, because of Yago.
Lucio is at home. He's drunk. He gets mushy with Sara: he proposes that they should make a little brother for Mathias.
Yago brings Katia to the casino and they quickly go their separate ways. Teo tells Abel there's a problem. Katia sneaks into the control room and turns off the electricity main. Yago sneaks into the back and hacks a computer. He and Katia get out just as Omar and Abel come in. Abel sees they've been hacked, begins to hyperventilate, and draws his gun.
Next time: The pawn is cornered!
Melina is visiting him in prison. She's brought him lunch and is telling him about Dad's new job. Then Omar is attacked and beaten badly. Omar is dragged into a small cell and locked up alone. Later, Fidel joins him in the small cell. Omar says he doesn't have the strength to eat. Fidel encourages him to bounce back.
Ambar leaves a message. She's sure she heard a struggle. She doesn't look well. Sara offers to try to track Yago down. She looks again at the threatening text from her father and puts 2+2 together the wrong way: Damian must have taken Yago!
Yago comes around and sees a silhouette. It's Fidel. They hug. Fidel plays the tape of Yomar revealing himself to Melina in the hospital. Yago feels that Teo has betrayed him. Fidel says Teo is just doing his job. "Melina is Omar's mother, not yours. And Omar is dead. You are Yago." Fidel knows about the video of Abel shooting the guard, too.
Lucio visits the loan shark. He's already late with the balance of his payment, and what he offers now (I think it's a golden poker chip) is not deemed an acceptable form of payment. Now the shark wants triple!
Sara calls Lucio. He tells her about the inflated loan shark bill. She tells him about Yago. Abel meets with Lucio and Sara and questions why Damian would have taken Yago out. They bring him up to date on the incriminating footage Damian has on them. (Pretty much everyone has that footage now, except them.)
Mathias hangs out with Ambar. She admits that she's in love with Yago. The boy doesn't like his grandfather. He wants to know about him. Ambar prepares to tell him something about Damian, but is interrupted by a phone call from her boss.
Bruno visits with Melina in the hospital. She's in a crazy-good mood now and apologizes for the suicide attempt. She doesn't know what she was thinking! She wants Bruno to work hard for Yago. Bruno admits that he thinks Yago is hiding something.
Teo goes to the casino. Abel whines about his girl troubles.
Melina comes home to roses. Jonas notices that she's unusually happy. She gets rid of him ASAP so she can call 1-800-HI-YOMAR.
Fidel is preparing to serve Yago lunch (or dinner) when Yago gets the text from Mom. She needs to see him ASAP. Fidel guesses right away that it's her. She's not going to let Omar go.
Abel and Teo go to the place where Damian is staying. Abel sneaks in and starts searching the room for clues as to Yago's whereabouts and/or the video I guess. Abel finds nothing useful, but is able to liberate some bottles of wine or booze.
Yago goes to see his mother. She wants to know everything about everything. He has to ask her to back off. He kisses her goodbye. We'll see if it takes.
Yago visits Fidel and tells him he was right. Yago flashes back to learning chess with Fidel: "The workers have to protect the King, but never underestimate the workers. They may be the weakest piece but they're crucial to strategy. And some moves are made only to distract. Don't lose sight of the king, and be ready to improvise. Always be ready to sacrifice a piece in exchange for victory. (Within this flashback is another flashback - the prison riot. Omar is smuggled out of the place, and his Omar's chain placed on another man's neck.
In the present, Yago checkmates Fidel. Fidel reiterates that the pawn is the heart of the game. It's an easy piece to attack. Apparently, he's saying that Abel is to be the Pawn of the Day.
Abel meets up with Sara and Lucio. He found no sign of Yago, but here comes Yago now! Yago plays it cool, says he lost his phone signal or the battery died or something, and the yelling was just the valet parking guys. He'll go see Ambar at home. Sara goes with. Abel smirks after them and clinks glasses with Lucio.
In the car, Sara tells Yago she's not used to people worrying about her, but she did worry when her father left her and her sister alone at home.
Abel is feeling nostalgic about old times, when thy would drink right out of the bottle. Abel makes some sour noises about Yago, and Lucio knows Abel is jealous about Ambar. I think Abel plants a seed of doubt in Lucio's mind about Sara and Yago, too.
Fidel tells Katia and Teo that Yago is about to strike against Abel.
Flashback: Fidel is getting beaten and taunted in prison.
Yago arrives at Ambar's place. She rushes into his arms. She tells him she's going to comply with her medical treatment. (She's drinking wine. Is that safe with a heart condition?) She talks about her father: He would disappear, go on trips, come back with odd gifts. She wanted to see the places he'd been to; that's why she became a photographer. Now her boss wants her to go to Asia on a Marco Polo tour. But she doesn't want to leave Mexico, because of Yago.
Lucio is at home. He's drunk. He gets mushy with Sara: he proposes that they should make a little brother for Mathias.
Yago brings Katia to the casino and they quickly go their separate ways. Teo tells Abel there's a problem. Katia sneaks into the control room and turns off the electricity main. Yago sneaks into the back and hacks a computer. He and Katia get out just as Omar and Abel come in. Abel sees they've been hacked, begins to hyperventilate, and draws his gun.
Next time: The pawn is cornered!
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Oh! Looks like I won't be recapping next week after all - the Eva premier is going to be two hours on Monday.
Thanks, Julie. Terrific title and recap. She [Melina] gets rid of him [Jonas] ASAP so she can call 1-800-HI-YOMARÂ FREE. - lol
At the end, the recording of Abel shooting the security guard plays on the security screen. Abel freaks, and Teo looks at the screen and deadpans “what’s that?”
Melina was supposed to call only if it were an emergency, but I’ll grant her this one slip.
I am loving Teo. The man is on his j-o-b, alerting Fidel about Yago and double-dealing with Abel. Didn’t sink in with me till last night how risky Teo’s role is.
At the end, the recording of Abel shooting the security guard plays on the security screen. Abel freaks, and Teo looks at the screen and deadpans “what’s that?”
Melina was supposed to call only if it were an emergency, but I’ll grant her this one slip.
I am loving Teo. The man is on his j-o-b, alerting Fidel about Yago and double-dealing with Abel. Didn’t sink in with me till last night how risky Teo’s role is.
Niecie - I didn't see what was on the security screen. Wow. Abel is really screwed, or so it appears - but isn't it too early in the story for that? Well, there will be plenty of woe to go around.
There was also some scene with Fidel and Katia and I didn't understand what that was about.
How can Melina text Omar on a smartphone unless she's using Siri or Corona or whoever? And how can she see the text reply? If she turns on disability on her phone, then Bruno & Jonas would know she had this cell phone. Then she'd have to explain where she got the cell phone and who gave it to her and then Bruno would be more suspicious of Yago because why is this man giving my mom a phone?
Good (?) thing about Melina knowing about Omar still being alive is no one will believe her because they all think she is cray cray.
How can Melina text Omar on a smartphone unless she's using Siri or Corona or whoever? And how can she see the text reply? If she turns on disability on her phone, then Bruno & Jonas would know she had this cell phone. Then she'd have to explain where she got the cell phone and who gave it to her and then Bruno would be more suspicious of Yago because why is this man giving my mom a phone?
Good (?) thing about Melina knowing about Omar still being alive is no one will believe her because they all think she is cray cray.
Permalink posted by 
: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 10:35:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 10:35:00 AM EDT
To Katia, Fidel said something like "it's a good thing your family disinherited you." I took it as Fidel complimenting Katia on her skills and acknowledging that she wouldn't have known what she's capable if her family hadn't disowned her. I don't remember Katia saying anything much during this scene.
Anon207, I imagine Yago would have turned on the disability features before he gave his mother the phone. And she was alone when she used it. I don't think there's really a problem, other than her loose interpretation of the term "emergency." Also, I would think a small flip phone with real buttons would be easier to use, but I'm not blind and wouldn't know.
But if Yago turned on disability on her phone and replied back to her with a voice text, he wouldn't know from his location if Melina was alone or with Jonas & Bruno. She looked like she had an iPhone 6+ ...when Bruno finds this phone he's going to be even more suspicious of Yago than he is already.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 11:02:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 11:02:00 AM EDT
Julie: Thank you very much for the recap.
Anon207: Teo is just doing his job. Reminds me of Callao from "PyP".
I'm not that shocked that Fidel was the one, who orchestrated it.
Niecie: Abel is freaking out after seeing the videotape of him fatally shooting the security guard. What's he going to do next ? I'm going to bet he'll tell Lucio & Sara on what he saw.
Anon207: Teo is just doing his job. Reminds me of Callao from "PyP".
I'm not that shocked that Fidel was the one, who orchestrated it.
Niecie: Abel is freaking out after seeing the videotape of him fatally shooting the security guard. What's he going to do next ? I'm going to bet he'll tell Lucio & Sara on what he saw.
thank ya Julie
"1-800-HI-YOMAR"
I guess loyalty to Fidel trumps a pistol whipping.
If Omar is dead why is Yago butthurt? Nobody did anything to him.
Anytime Sara and Yago are alone together I don't like it.
Unless I have 2 hours to burn I don't answer my mom's call. I know, I'm a bad girl.
"1-800-HI-YOMAR"
I guess loyalty to Fidel trumps a pistol whipping.
If Omar is dead why is Yago butthurt? Nobody did anything to him.
Anytime Sara and Yago are alone together I don't like it.
Unless I have 2 hours to burn I don't answer my mom's call. I know, I'm a bad girl.
Tofie: "If Omar is dead why is Yago butthurt? Nobody did anything to him."
My thoughts exactly. That's not a very realistic expectation for Fidel to have. If Yago doesn't have any feelings about what happened to Omar, then he's got no reason to pursue revenge. So, sorry Fidel if that makes things messy, but you don't get to cherry-pick the things that make Yago angry.
And I hope Yago realizes that he's a pawn, too. Or maybe a rook or even a queen (giggle), but he's not the king in Fidel's game. Fidel is the king! All the other pieces are expendable. That includes Yago.
My thoughts exactly. That's not a very realistic expectation for Fidel to have. If Yago doesn't have any feelings about what happened to Omar, then he's got no reason to pursue revenge. So, sorry Fidel if that makes things messy, but you don't get to cherry-pick the things that make Yago angry.
And I hope Yago realizes that he's a pawn, too. Or maybe a rook or even a queen (giggle), but he's not the king in Fidel's game. Fidel is the king! All the other pieces are expendable. That includes Yago.
If Abel runteldat to Lucio & Sara about the tape, they will realize Damian was telling the truth about not having the tape.
So if Damian doesn't have the tape, HE can't blackmail them for the money (and Lucio needs that money to pay the loan shark).
But if Damian doesn't have the tape, WHO does? That's going to freak them all out more so than Abel seeing the tape.
So if Damian doesn't have the tape, HE can't blackmail them for the money (and Lucio needs that money to pay the loan shark).
But if Damian doesn't have the tape, WHO does? That's going to freak them all out more so than Abel seeing the tape.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 12:14:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 12:14:00 PM EDT
Great recap Julie. Busy bee you are and yet don't miss anything!
And I agree with you on that little life lesson from Fidel. Everyone is expendable from the King's vantage point. Yago seemed to have a look that understood what he meant and realizing he sort of screwed up, mother or no.
For a minute there looking at Abel with that gun after he saw the monitors, I swear he was about to aim it to his own head.
Problem I think with Yago is going to be that no matter what Fidel tries to teach him about keeping the end game in sight and that EVERYONE is expendable to get there, I don't think Yago has it in him. He can't switch off the Omar who still loves his family, possibly Ambar and lord help us, Sara. Either it will endanger everyone he loves, and he learns to walk away from everyone to enact his revenge, or he goes down himself. Keeps me interested to see how well the student learns...or even turns the tables on the teacher?
And I agree with you on that little life lesson from Fidel. Everyone is expendable from the King's vantage point. Yago seemed to have a look that understood what he meant and realizing he sort of screwed up, mother or no.
For a minute there looking at Abel with that gun after he saw the monitors, I swear he was about to aim it to his own head.
Problem I think with Yago is going to be that no matter what Fidel tries to teach him about keeping the end game in sight and that EVERYONE is expendable to get there, I don't think Yago has it in him. He can't switch off the Omar who still loves his family, possibly Ambar and lord help us, Sara. Either it will endanger everyone he loves, and he learns to walk away from everyone to enact his revenge, or he goes down himself. Keeps me interested to see how well the student learns...or even turns the tables on the teacher?
Thanks for the wonderful recap Julie!! My cc's were way off last night so I missed a lot of what was being said.
I don't have any hope that Melina will keep the secret. I mean she was texting him like 20 minutes after Yago left her. And all it takes for her is to lose the phone and Jonas or Bruno to pick it up and see the text messages.
daisynjay, I too thought Abel was going to shoot himself!
For Ambar's own saftey I hope she goes on the trip.
Sara and Lucio may think it was Damian who posted the shooting since he threatened them. I wonder what he actually will do. Without the tape he has no evidence to use against them. Again, I think he will hit at them through Matias or Ambar.
Sara seemed happy last night with drunk Lucio. Whatever her feeling were for Omar and whatever fights she and Lucio get into, threats made, as someone said, they are thick as thieves and like each other.
I don't have any hope that Melina will keep the secret. I mean she was texting him like 20 minutes after Yago left her. And all it takes for her is to lose the phone and Jonas or Bruno to pick it up and see the text messages.
daisynjay, I too thought Abel was going to shoot himself!
For Ambar's own saftey I hope she goes on the trip.
Sara and Lucio may think it was Damian who posted the shooting since he threatened them. I wonder what he actually will do. Without the tape he has no evidence to use against them. Again, I think he will hit at them through Matias or Ambar.
Sara seemed happy last night with drunk Lucio. Whatever her feeling were for Omar and whatever fights she and Lucio get into, threats made, as someone said, they are thick as thieves and like each other.
Are we assuming that Damian has only one copy of that video? Because if I were him, I'd have copies of it everywhere. It's not really a problem for him if other people have copies of it too. (It's a big problem for Lucio, Sara, and Abel, though!)
Julie, I am assuming he has only one copy because of his freak out when it went missing. But who knows? Maybe he has copies but just didn't want anyone else to have it too?
ATTENTION ALL TELENOVELA CHARACTERS: If you have any irreplaceable data, photos, reports, documents, blackmail collateral, etc. please do a backup RIGHT NOW.
This is a pet peeve of mine! It happens in TNs all the time. Very rarely does a character ever say "oh it's no problem, I backed it all up on this little flash drive here and I've got another copy in a vault. Look - it's the screensaver on my phone, too! Ha-ha, you'll have to try again!" The whole point of digitizing things is so that you don't have to worry about preserving your only one.
This is a pet peeve of mine! It happens in TNs all the time. Very rarely does a character ever say "oh it's no problem, I backed it all up on this little flash drive here and I've got another copy in a vault. Look - it's the screensaver on my phone, too! Ha-ha, you'll have to try again!" The whole point of digitizing things is so that you don't have to worry about preserving your only one.
IMO Sara/Omar never would've truly worked even if there had been no casino heist because Sara is a grimy grifter at heart. She likes the cons and the manipulations and the thrill of pulling off cons. I don't think the simple home life Omar would've given her would've worked; she would've been bored.
Plus, Sara knows that Omar is a good man who thought she was good, too. But Sara's not good. She's grimy. She KNOWS she's grimy and I think she would've been in constant fear that Omar would find out how grimy she really was and I think she would've sabotaged the relationship somehow. She would've always been on edge, fearful of her true self being found out.
With Lucio, there is none of that fear because Lucio is grimy too, and he knows Sara is grimy and loves her anyway.
The only people in Sara's life that saw/see her as good were/are Omar, Ambar & Matias. Everyone else (including Pepe the 1st investor) knows she's grimy.
Sara's pilgrimage of tears to Omar's grave every year is because she knows Omar was the only man in her life that ever saw her as "good." And she repaid him for seeing the good in her by stabbing him in the back.
Plus, Sara knows that Omar is a good man who thought she was good, too. But Sara's not good. She's grimy. She KNOWS she's grimy and I think she would've been in constant fear that Omar would find out how grimy she really was and I think she would've sabotaged the relationship somehow. She would've always been on edge, fearful of her true self being found out.
With Lucio, there is none of that fear because Lucio is grimy too, and he knows Sara is grimy and loves her anyway.
The only people in Sara's life that saw/see her as good were/are Omar, Ambar & Matias. Everyone else (including Pepe the 1st investor) knows she's grimy.
Sara's pilgrimage of tears to Omar's grave every year is because she knows Omar was the only man in her life that ever saw her as "good." And she repaid him for seeing the good in her by stabbing him in the back.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 1:26:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 1:26:00 PM EDT
Anon207: "grimy"? LOL. (I'm only laughing because it makes me want to scrub Sara and Lucio with Pine-Sol.)
You're right about Omar's prospects with Sara, of course; it's easy for her to pretend that life with Omar would have been perfect, because she doesn't have to put that fantasy to the test. I wonder how long their relationship would have lasted, and how long Omar would have stayed with her even after figuring out how sleazy she is.
On the other hand, Ambar has been able to live this long without seeing that side of Sara. I'm not sure if that's more due to Sara's cunning or Ambar's blindness. (Is blindness one of the themes of this story? People who can't see what's right in front of them?) Duh, Ambar must be blind because she can't even see Damian's sleaziness. Blindness is an odd affliction for a professional photographer, but maybe Melina's "vision" is better than Ambar's!
You're right about Omar's prospects with Sara, of course; it's easy for her to pretend that life with Omar would have been perfect, because she doesn't have to put that fantasy to the test. I wonder how long their relationship would have lasted, and how long Omar would have stayed with her even after figuring out how sleazy she is.
On the other hand, Ambar has been able to live this long without seeing that side of Sara. I'm not sure if that's more due to Sara's cunning or Ambar's blindness. (Is blindness one of the themes of this story? People who can't see what's right in front of them?) Duh, Ambar must be blind because she can't even see Damian's sleaziness. Blindness is an odd affliction for a professional photographer, but maybe Melina's "vision" is better than Ambar's!
It's really stupid of Damian not to have transferred that video to a little, more portable, easily-hidden USB (not to mention make copies) after all these years. Instead, he's been lugging around that clunky hard drive ... what a maroon! Look how quickly Yago did just that! I love the way this TN is letting the good guys outthink the baddies along the way, and not just in the last 15 minutes of the gran final!
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 2:44:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 2:44:00 PM EDT
Agree Anon 2:44! Best thing about this TN, and such a welcome, is having the good guys out in front. I don't think it will last but I'm going to enjoy every last moment!!
Thanks Julie. Brisk, clear and to the point. Plus I loved:
She gets rid of him ASAP so she can call 1-800-HI-YOMAR.
Oddly, there were no cc's on the Hulu next day version. Usually they're great. So I especially appreciated your recap. I got the gist but I was guessing some of the time. Doing that now in English also. Arrrgggh.
Becoming quite enchanted with Yago's grin. The hair ruffling not so much.
Yes indeed, Sara seems quite chummy with Lucio and quite pleased with becoming "la paraja más poderosa en Mexico". But whether or not she wants to make a "hermanito" for Mathias is another matter.
Thanks so much. Am beginning to wish I understood chess better. But I don't seem to be a strategic thinker on any level.
She gets rid of him ASAP so she can call 1-800-HI-YOMAR.
Oddly, there were no cc's on the Hulu next day version. Usually they're great. So I especially appreciated your recap. I got the gist but I was guessing some of the time. Doing that now in English also. Arrrgggh.
Becoming quite enchanted with Yago's grin. The hair ruffling not so much.
Yes indeed, Sara seems quite chummy with Lucio and quite pleased with becoming "la paraja más poderosa en Mexico". But whether or not she wants to make a "hermanito" for Mathias is another matter.
Thanks so much. Am beginning to wish I understood chess better. But I don't seem to be a strategic thinker on any level.
Great work, Julie.
Melina's cell phone will give away the game eventually and she could be an easy casualty in this revenge game. Hiding the secret will be hard enough.
Lucio and Sarah's anvils are forged with the preliminary one prepared to strike. Good.
Melina's cell phone will give away the game eventually and she could be an easy casualty in this revenge game. Hiding the secret will be hard enough.
Lucio and Sarah's anvils are forged with the preliminary one prepared to strike. Good.
I am a terrible chess player. I understand the basics, but I really can't think very far ahead. Anyway, I don't want to capture the king. I want to be friends with him and braid his hair.
Also, a big part of chess strategy (or "stress chategy," as I just typed) is anticipating the other player's move. If you and your opponent are seasoned players, you have some reasonable expectations about how your opponent will react to your movements. But if you and your opponent are casual enthusiasts who haven't studied all the classic scenarios, there's a good chance that one or both of you will miss the "expected" response, and unexpected things will happen. The way I see it, that makes things more interesting. But it also makes it harder to strategize.
If, someday, I have the time and opportunity to study the game in more depth, I'll probably spend that time and opportunity doing something else. But it is interesting.
I question, though, whether chess strategy is a good platform for predicting and/or manipulating human behavior. In games, you adhere to specific rules; play is voluntary, and the scope is very small. In real life, the scope is huge and you can't demand that others play by your rules, or even play with you at all.
Fortunately for Yago, Lucio & co are predictable... so far.
Also, a big part of chess strategy (or "stress chategy," as I just typed) is anticipating the other player's move. If you and your opponent are seasoned players, you have some reasonable expectations about how your opponent will react to your movements. But if you and your opponent are casual enthusiasts who haven't studied all the classic scenarios, there's a good chance that one or both of you will miss the "expected" response, and unexpected things will happen. The way I see it, that makes things more interesting. But it also makes it harder to strategize.
If, someday, I have the time and opportunity to study the game in more depth, I'll probably spend that time and opportunity doing something else. But it is interesting.
I question, though, whether chess strategy is a good platform for predicting and/or manipulating human behavior. In games, you adhere to specific rules; play is voluntary, and the scope is very small. In real life, the scope is huge and you can't demand that others play by your rules, or even play with you at all.
Fortunately for Yago, Lucio & co are predictable... so far.
Julie,
Thanks for this nifty recap. Excellent! The CCs (which had been pretty good up till now) were disastrous so this is especially helpful for me.
Countx and Nandicta,
Thanks for your recaps of Thurs.'s and Fri.'s episodes. I didn't get around to commenting on either but the recaps were great.
So if Fidel is the big boss mastermind of this elaborate plot, do we know what his ultimate goal is? What grievance could he possibly have against Lucio and Sara? And if this is his caper, it seems as though it would have made even more sense to have wrapped it all up with that game of cards in which Yago won the casino. Why in the world does he want to drag this out endangering so many innocent people in the process? I admit that this is all very fascinating but so far isn't making a lot of sense to me.
Julie,
I love this observation:
"Blindness is an odd affliction for a professional photographer."
Carlos
Thanks for this nifty recap. Excellent! The CCs (which had been pretty good up till now) were disastrous so this is especially helpful for me.
Countx and Nandicta,
Thanks for your recaps of Thurs.'s and Fri.'s episodes. I didn't get around to commenting on either but the recaps were great.
So if Fidel is the big boss mastermind of this elaborate plot, do we know what his ultimate goal is? What grievance could he possibly have against Lucio and Sara? And if this is his caper, it seems as though it would have made even more sense to have wrapped it all up with that game of cards in which Yago won the casino. Why in the world does he want to drag this out endangering so many innocent people in the process? I admit that this is all very fascinating but so far isn't making a lot of sense to me.
Julie,
I love this observation:
"Blindness is an odd affliction for a professional photographer."
Carlos
Interesting questions, Carlos. Maybe his grievance is with Damian, or maybe all of these people are being used as pawns against some other mobster.
I agree that this all made more sense when we thought Yago was running the show!
I agree that this all made more sense when we thought Yago was running the show!
Oh yeah, the photography thing. I was just thinking, if Ambar is incapable of seeing the ugliness in the people she's close to, then what kind of horrors is she taking pictures of??
There is nothing mini about this recap, Julie! Many thanks, indeed! I haven't had a chance to watch this episode yet but I wanted to thank you for generously offering to post a full recap for Monday night. I shall savor it fully once I'm caught up. Gracias a bunch! :)
Julie: Ambar won't be able to open her eyes & see how evil Sara, Abel & Lucio are until it's too late!
I'm also getting a bad vibe she won't be around come the Gran Final!
I'm also getting a bad vibe she won't be around come the Gran Final!
Ambar is Sara's anvil. Ambar needs to die to get Sara's ball rolling.
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 11:58:00 AM EDT
: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 11:58:00 AM EDT
Carlos, interesting questions. I'm thinking Yago didn't wrap things up when he won the casino with a game of cards because that wouldn't have been enough suffering for Sara and Lucio. My guess is he wants to play at being a puppet master like he feels they did with him. Agree, to Fidel, Sara and Lucio should be pretty small fry and he's probably after something/someone much powerful than them.
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