Caray, Caray!

We begin with Juan Carlos and Mimi chatting.  Mimi is telling him about her friend, Peggy Sue, who was pretty sad regarding the death of her love....Juan Carlos Caballero.  Well…the secret is out!

Juan Carlos is scared when Mimi finds out who he is.  He begs her not to turn him in, and the suspense builds.  Of course she won’t turn him in because he is the son of Eugenia Mistral…famous actress.  According to Mimi, she was in a novella with Eugenia and actually was her makeup artist.  They continue to talk and commiserate.  I guess at one time in her life, Mimi had also been accused of something she didn’t do.  They become friends and allies.

It is also the day of Santiago’s wedding,  Fernando and family are getting ready to go.  We meet Jennifer and Kevin, Fernando and Marcela’s teenagers.

We go back to JC and Mimi, and he pours out his heart to her.  He regrets everything he did because he knows he fell in love with Elena.

Mimi tries to comfort him.  JC is uncertain of what he’s going to do.  Mimi has a bit of a mischievous side to her.  She’s going to help her new friend in some crazy schemes.

JC wants to attend Santiago’s wedding.  Mimi helps him find a disguise.  They continue to talk, and she continues to cheer him up.  She makes him dance and sing and be in harmony with life.  These two will be a funny pair of friends.

Now we get to perhaps the funniest scene of tonight’s episode.  What a mistake on Helena’s part!  She tries helping Lucia by going to what they thought was Sebastian’s wedding.  It was actually Santiago’s wedding.  Helena stops the wedding and begins saying all of this stuff about Santiago, thinking that he’s Sebastian.  Lucia’s very embarrassed, Santiago is wondering who the crazy lady is that is defaming him, the crowd has no idea how to react except for being shocked, and Helena tries to fix things, embarrassing herself even more.  I needed a good laugh!

Helena lets Lucia have it when they leave the wedding and asks how she could have been so distracted and gotten the wrong wedding and church.  They look at the invitation, fight some more, and then realize that the invitation was from JC’s friend and was directed to JC.  Of course, this makes Helena think of JC and get angry all over again.  Another funny scene.

At the wedding, we meet Angelica, who is Santiago’s x-girlfriend who came to stir things up.  She did, making Santiago doubt his love for Patricia.  Oh man!

Meanwhile, Plutarco and Onesimo are at Playa Majagua, and Plutarco is not making a good impression on anyone.  Basically, he’s told that people around that area won’t deal with anyone who isn’t Helena Moreno.  Plutarco continues striking out with these folks.  If he’s not careful and leaves, he liable to be lynched!  They all have his number.

Fernando and Santiago talk, and Fernando asks if Helena seemed at all familiar to Santiago.  He can’t really think about that at that time because he is too busy deciding whether he wants to marry Patricia.  Does he love her or Angelica?  Patricia takes care of Santiago by coming out and letting him have it, with hits and all!  No wedding for Santiago.

JC and Mimi go back home after attending Santiago’s wedding.  She stops him from getting close to the love of his life.  Poor guy.  He’s miserable.  Mimi has a plan for him to feel a little bit better.  She has him call Helena in order to listen to her voice and then hang up on her.  Childish.  He doesn’t feel better.

Santiago is also down in the dumps and confused.  He goes to Angelica’s to let her have it.  We learn why they broke up…infidelity on Angelica’s part.  She knows how to push his buttons and make him fall right back into lust for her.  Right then, Patricia calls, and he’s squirming.

At the Contreras household, it’s morning, and we have a scene where the teenagers are being teenagers, Fernando is freaking out because Jennifer has makeup on to impress her boyfriend, and Marcela is trying to keep peace in her home.
We also see how Fernando doesn’t like it when Marcela tries to give him ideas regarding his job.  He’s the man of the house…the one who works and has a macho attitude regarding work and family.

We next see Helena and Lalito having breakfast.  She’s playing with her son, and Eduardo doesn’t like that one bit.  She lets Helena know it and reminds her of her debt.  Silvia tries to keep peace in the family.

At the office, Plutarco and Onesimo talk.  Plutarco has a scheme cooking.  He wants to hire Helena to work on the project, since he knows that’s the only way the people at Playa Majagua will deal with Grupo Imperio.  Hmmm.  He actually has the audacity to call Helena, offering her a job whenever she’s ready to start working.  She’s stunned!  She’s unhappy because she’s being offered a job by the company that stole her project.  Silvia convinces Helena to at least consider the offer and to think about her family, especially Lalo.

We have another scene with Angelica and Santiago.  Nothing too important.  Lucia agrees with Silvia.  Helena is about to capitulate.  She has an idea.  If she goes back to work, she can find out who did her wrong!  She calls, and Plutarco asks to meet with her at a café to talk business.

At Mimi’s house, JC is quite depressed.  Mimi makes a deal with him.  If he eats his breakfast and cheers up, she’ll find out how Helena is doing and report back to him.  He likes that idea.

At the business meeting, Plutarco is able to manipulate the situation and get Helena to accept the job offer.  Helena is quite skeptical, but she goes for it.  Of course she does.  That’s where this story takes a new turn.

Now we have a scene with Santiago and a dramatic Patricia.  Both of these gals are too weird.

Mimi makes a trip to what used to be Helena’s and Lucia’s travel agency and begins asking Lucia questions.  Lucia, being the loquacious person she is, tells it all, in her own convoluted way.  Mimi finds out that Helena is about to accept a job at Grupo Imperio and lets JC know.  Now, the dynamic duo of

Mimi and JC want to know more and come up with a plan to disguise JC and make their way to Grupo Imperio to find out more about Helena.  At first, they stop by her house, and Eduardo lets Mimi know that Helena no longer lives there.  Worry.

At Grupo Imperio, Plutarco introduces everyone to Helena.  At that point, Adriano walks into the meeting and is furious and almost kicks Helena out of the company.  Plutarco asks to speak with Adriano privately and ends up convincing Adriano to give Helena a chance.  After all, she’s the only person who knows the project and who could make it work.  Plutarco isn’t dumb.

While Plutarco, Antonia, and Adriano talk, the rest of the folks (except for Marcela) give Helena a bunch of grief for being a woman and for wanting to work at Grupo Imperio.  Marcela comes to Helena’s defense.

This is going to be a story where we guys will learn about the power and capabilities of a prepared and competent woman.  It will also be a story of how the hero of this story learns quite a bit about human beings, especially the opposite sex.  Always good for us guys to learn a bit, huh?

Anyway, tomorrow, we find out Adriano’s answer to whether or not Helena stays.  We are very close to meeting Eva Jaramillo.

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Recap by Anita

Lo del anterior
Patricio and Matilde are talking in his room.  Pato wants her to ask her sister Estelita if there is any news of Luciana.  He doesn’t know Rod went after her.  Roselena walks in and hears the tail end.  She goes off on him.  Luci’s name was never to be mentioned again in this house.  He wants to know why she is surprised that he would want to hear about Luciana.  Even though she is no longer part of the family, he’s going to continue to seek her out.  Roselena dismisses Mati and this time tells her to shut the door.

She recognizes that he is an adult [really?] and she can’t pick his friends for him [really?] and she can’t stop him from chasing after Luciana [maybe not], but she wants him to remember that it was thanks to Luciana that she got “sick.”  Mamá demands an answer to her trick question,  “What’s more important to you, Luci or my health?”   Pato calls her bluff reminding her how she hurt the people that he most loves, then turns his back on her and rolls to the other side of the room.


In Het Het
Don A. talks to his dead vampire bat head trophy [it’s probably a rabid wolf, but in any case it’s a bad taxidermy job] on the wall.  He can’t figure out why after watering his little flower, another gardener just comes in and swipes her away right from under his nose.  He wants an answer to another trick question, “If she [Luci] has a husband, why isn’t he here?”

The two Het Het Chisme Twins follow Luci down the street, trying to catch up and talk to her at the same time.  They want to know if she going to take the call from the Licenciado, ese.  She stops them short and runs off around the corner.  They claim she’s changed, the city has changed her, she’s no longer the country girl she once was.

Luci arrives at Telephone Central.  She asks about Don Serapio.  Procopio says he’s getting better.  Claudio Linares calls back.  Luci tells him about winning the ceramics prize and getting orders for more pieces.  Claudio tells her that he’s coming to see her in a few days.  Is there anything she needs?  She avers that it’s hard to find certain pigments there.  Claudio says he’ll call her back tomorrow morning when she knows which colors she wants.  She tells him she won’t be home in the morning.  Instead of stopping there, she lets him know that she will be at the clinic in the morning with her a-ma.  Luci realizes a minute too late that she’s made a BIG ooopsie.  Claudio wants to know if she’s ill.  She tells him no.  Instead of stopping there, Luci, being Luci, can’t lie.  She tells him there’s a very tiny remote slight possibility that she’s expecting un bebé.  A baby, an astonished Claudio replies.  Well, not certain, not for sure.  Then what makes her think so?  Magda and Paz say they can see it in her eyes.  But then that’s the way things are determined there.  He want to be sure everything is ok and to call him after the tests are done.

At home, Luci tells her mother that, if the test is positive, Claudio wants the three of them, Luci, Paz and Baby, to come to D.F. to live together.  Paz says she wouldn’t feel comfortable there; her  place is here in S. Francisco el Alto, but if she wants to go and be with her father and lack for nothing, nothing should keep her here.  Luci says her place is here, too.  Then she gets nauseous from the odor of the tomatoes.  Magda and Paz give each other a knowing look.


In the Web of the Black Spider(woman)
Gala holds the pregnancy test.  She cogitates.  Is she or isn’t she going to take the test.  She hesitates.  She goes for it.  She sets it up.  She aims, she scores—nope, it’s negative.  [It’s hard to tell if she’s relieved or disappointed—either have extreme ramifications.]   Julie has arrived to share the results.  She seems genuinely disappointed she’s not going to become a grandmamá [haha].  It’s only been a couple of days, after all, there’s still time, time to try again (with The Rod) to get some positive results.

Gala is getting ready to crash the Torreslanda family gathering.  The City Chisme Twins arrive.  Gala’s excuse to show up is that she has a present for Roselena that she brought all the way from Colombia (proving that she’d actually been there).  The real reason, of course is to nuzzle up to Rod Her Bod Now.  She tells the Twins to go ahead—she wants it to seem as though she’s just popping in and doesn’t want anyone to figure out it was all carefully planned ahead of time.


The Cosmic Bed
Oscar and Conny wake up in the same bed to greet a beautiful day with birds chirping in the background.  Oscar leans over and kisses Conny and strokes her face.  They both have that lovely morning-after glow of two contented individuals who have known the intimacies of the cosmic bed (gracias, Isabel Cordero).  There is pretty music in the background while Oscar offers coffee for a queen.  They are beginning to learn some useful personal things about each other—they both like their coffee black.

A little later, they are both up and dressed, suitcases ready to roll.  Oscar thanks Conny for a spectacular night.  Between amorous kisses, he tells Conny he’s so in love with her.  She with him.  Oscar wants to unpack and spend another night.  Conny puts the damper on his ardor.  They both have to work tomorrow.


The Torreslanda Estate
Frigida Brigida is still complaining about setting up for the al fresco Sunday family-style get-together.  She wants Genaro to get busy and fire up the grill.  Hanna is boasting to Melissa & Lula about the menu.  Everything is going to be grilled (but she hasn’t mentioned the tacos that are coming.)  Pato arrives and the chit chat is kept very general.

Boris arrives.  He wants a chance to talk to Rosa before she sees him and runs him off.  Rod arrives for the repast “en famille” and praises Hanna for her organizational skills.  She says it’s great to be doing this now that everyone is together again, well, except for Tía Conny.  Pato, very calculatingly states that it’s only Luci who is missing.  That curbs everyone’s enthusiasm.  What a way to ruin the moment.  [Pato was probably taking notes on who looked the most uncomfortable.  Naturally, it was Rod.]  He knows darn well that Mama Rosa just admonished him about not mentioning Luci’s name again in this house.  Maybe he can claim it was a technicality, since they were all outside the house.

Lorenzo and Fabian have arrived at the Torreslanda gate with the tacos.  The security guard remembers them, but won’t let them in and goes to fetch Frigida. 

Meanwhile, Max, Gabriel and Marco have joined the party under the canopy; the fiancées are late—the boys say, you know how girls are, they need time to get ready.  They decided not to argue with them and if they want to be late, let them be late.  Roselena arrives.  Boris sees his chance to receive absolution from Santissima Rosa for his bedroom transgression and approaches her.  He receives absolution and her blessing to return whenever there are other people in the house.

Frigida won’t let the tacos nor the taco carriers through the gate and tells them to begone.  Neither he nor his sister Luciana are welcome in this house.  Lorenzo protests that he’s just making the delivery that Hanna requested.  Frigida could care less—it’s not her problem.  From somewhere in the back, Hanna comes running to save the day and the tacos.  The gates are opened, she takes a reluctant Lorenzo by the hand and leads him onto the grounds, much to Boris’ distaste.  For Frigida it’s another lost opportunity to stick it a poor muerto de hambre, but she’s going to keep an eye on him because for sure he is a ratero (pickpocket).

Pato sees Lorenzo first, then Rod.  Hanna introduces Lorenzo to Max as Luciana’s brother.  Everybody welcomes the pair, asking about the tacos de canasta.  Rosa appears  wanting to know what this “tipo” is doing here.  Hanna speaks up, this is Lorenzo, she invited him.  He’s the guy that sells tacos outside the Tiendita de la Colonia.  Doesn’t she remember him?  Roselena says she didn’t ask what his name was, she wants to know what he is doing here.  Max says, what’s the problem?  Everybody loves tacos.  Boris is getting steamed, but not by the heat of the grill.  He wants to know if Hanna is going to take Lorenzo by the hand in order to eat his tacos?

Lorenzo doesn’t want to stay although he’s been invited to stay and serve the tacos.  They just want to get paid and leave.  Rod gets his billfold out.  What he really wants to know is how Luciana is (even though he just saw her yesterday).  He doesn’t know how much the tacos were and tries to give Lor more than the 300 pesos for the 100 tacos.  He tries to get Lor to keep it all.  Lorenzo doesn’t want it.  Dicho:  El dinero no se regala; el amor sí, pero el dinero no (Money isn’t given away; love yes, but money no).  Rod tries to justify it by saying that if they stay and serve, that’s more money for them.  Lorenzo says he doesn’t want to be here, not even in dreams, after what they did to Luciana.  They are only there because Hanna requested an order from them.  So, he hands the bill back to Rodrigo and Rod fishes out the right change.

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Wow, after a week in Canada I jump back in with a busy beginning . . . A lightly battered Juan is taken in by a makeup artist, who dresses him up to sneak him in his bud's wedding. He also beats himself up a bit for being such a twit to Helena.

Cut to the marriage, with Juan sitting in the back as a soberly dressed old dude (the friend did a pretty good job) sitting with his friend, who stands out in her sequined cowboy hat. Anyway, when the priest asks if anyone objects,

She got Sebastian and Santiago mixed up! Crashed the wrong wedding! Great OOOPS moment! but on the program helena sees Juan's name!

Now, another woman barges in to say this bastard tricked me! but he actually knows this one! She's dressed quite garishly! Then he runs away!

The bad guys on the beach are pleased about their coup, and happily stroll along a beach. At playa Majagua, but they won't make any business without the woman who's idea it actually was. Plutarco slips the mayordomo a bribe. However, the man throws the money in the sand, and all the locals form up to shout the badguys down w/ "HELENA, HELENA" They realize he stole the idea!

Santiago wishes Juan were there - he'd tell me what to do. Paty baby was the perfect girlfriend, but he wasn't so sure anymore when he saw the morena. Paty gave him a big 'ol slap and a half.

The makeup friend listens to Juan mope a bit. She encourages him to call her up, listen to her say "hello," and then hang up. Which does not actually seem like good advice, but he does it anyway.

Angelica is waiting around in her lingerie, having correctly foreseen the arrival of a drunken and desperate Santiago. She calmly counts to three as Santiago desperately slams on her door screaming her name. She gets what she wants from him, undressing him as he miserably answers his phone (it's the fiancee, of course). Seriously, this dude is in no position to marry anybody.

We have some domestic scenes at the home of Juan's mustache-d  bud. Weird!

Helena visits her son at her parents' house. Her dad is as mean as ever, reminding her that she owes him the money and maybe put her to work!

Plutarco is moping about how honest the folk of Majagua are. If they'd just taken the bribe, this would've been so much easier! He looks at a sexy photo of Helena and gets an idea. Hmmm... Also, he asserts to his flunky that the project is HIS, not hers.

Side note - I really enjoy the new transition scenes of Juan getting into his drag.

A totally terrified Santiago wakes up in Angelica's love nest and stumbles out in emotional shambles that match his physical state!

Plutarco calls to... offer Helena her job back! Her mom says she should do it - think of Lalo!

Friend to Juan: You need to quit starving yourself! If you will just eat these molletes I promise to go find out something about Helena.

Helena's friend wants her to take the job offer. He calls her, and she agrees to meet him at a cafe to discuss it. He lies a lot, especially the part where he says he respects the value of intelligent women, and she agrees to come back to work there. When she shakes his hand, I get a real bad feeling about this.

Santiago's girl enters his apartment, sees him in his crumpled disarray, and yells and cries. He's a wreck, honey, leave him in the dust!

HAHA see him freak out when he sees Helena in the boardroom. Really, everyone flips, except Plutarco, who has his sneaky-cat look going full-bore. The boss (his brother-in-law) is the most mad, calls Plutarco into his office for a "damn good explanation" why the woman who led the woman-workers' revolt is back to work.

Juan's makeup bud gets a lot of info out of Helena's friend, and comes back and lets Juan know that she's working at Grupo Imperial now! They go out together (him in sunglasses) for a closer investigation, but... Helena's dad is a total ass and tells her that Helena is DEAD!


In "the Chif's" office, Plutarco struggles to explain why this woman is indispensable to a project that he himself came up with... He changes the story up a bit.

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Ezra wasn't available to recap tonight, so La Paloma stepped up to the plate. Thank you, LP, for the great recap.

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Here's a summary, complete with jerky transitions and some items possibly out of sequence. Feel free to add details or corrections as you observed.

Helena is being comforted by Lucia as she grieves for JC. Then, Helena spends time with Lalito, telling him of JC’s death and explaining his feelings of love will stay in his heart. Back at Lucia’s apartment, Helena remembers her good times with JC.

At JC’s home, his mother tells his disbelieving father about JC’s visit. They are shown at the funeral in the cemetery, along with many of JC’s grieving friends, GI associates, and former lovers. At the end of the funeral, Helena lingers near the tomb, holding a single white rose. Her heartfelt speech to JC is interrupted as numerous past lovers, wearing chic black dresses and teary faces, swarm the tomb. A dismayed JC, wearing shades and a hoodie, lurks behind a tree.

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1. te van a salir raices = you're going to put down roots (Brigida yelling at one of the men setting up the table for Jana's luncheon party for seemingly just standing around.
2. ya estuvo bueno = enough already! (Paz to Luciania when she quibbles about whether or not she's pregnant)
3. Sentimientos encontrados = mixed feelings (what Paz is experiencing knowing her daughter may be a “madre soltera”.)
4. con el alma en un hilo = worried to death (just about everybody at some point in a telenovela)
5. usted me dice rana y yo brinco = Lit. say “frog” and I'll jump. Fig. Whatever you ask, I'll be happy to do. (Aldo, soft-soaping Vicky's dad.)
6. yo que tú = if I were you.....
7. por poco no vengo = Connie explaining why she almost didn't come on the trip with Oscar
8. las castas = the upper-classes ( Paz discussing Roselena and her possible reaction to Luciana's pregnancy)
9. se va a topar conmigo = she'll run into me! (Paz saying what she would do if Roselena tried anything)
10. pura baba de périco = pure parakeet slobber (Lorenzo's buddy dismissing Aldo's promises of financial help in their business

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Where we left off...
Dam was firing Gab. He really doesn't want to lose Brau as an employee. Braulio would like to keep his dignity and doesn't take the job. Gab is still fired.

At the Quinta
Elisa is pithed! That b/witch didn't take the money and her aunt wants to throw her out! Lucio finally gets around to telling Elisa about the will that showed up. Everything was to go to Steffie and Augie never made another will. And if when they married Carmina and Augie combined their assests, then she gets half. Elisa assumes she'll get the other half. Well, no. That half gets split with all surviving relatives: Carmina and Elisa. Here's the breakdown- Elisa 25% Carmina 75%.

Carmina comes to rub her 75%  in Elisa's face. Elisa escapes to the office to cry, freak out about losing everything and to say "no puedo" over and over as she has auditory flashbacks. She stops and flahes back to her history with Gael. Maybe there is a way out!

Hacienda Harangue-O
Gab pays a visit to get his job back, but first he makes sure Fina is sticking to the "It was Elisa story." He's no dummy and knows Fina cooked it up to make Elisa look bad. He reminds her that she said it was two people and then plant the Gael idea, but he's all slick and makes it seem like her idea. Fina asks about ING and Gab plays dumb. Later when he tries to get her to pull strings to get his job back, she tells him no way. She can't contradict Dam, buuuut if ING were to magically appear in front of her maybe Gab would get his job back. It's pure beauty the way these two schemers dance around each other.

Dr. Tovar's office
Pal and Quique show us some chemistry and talk about the hilarious dinner party. He offers to get her some ice cream and she says sure! Elisa calls and says she needs her. Pal takes a rain check and yammers about trying to forget Gael and advises Elisa to forget about Dam. She encourages taking the opportunity when love knocks on your door. Pal does not hear Elisa say "what if it's with Gael?" (Quique was nagging.) PS: They've got a theme dammit.

Hacienda Harangue-O
Dam tells Flor he want to get the hell out of La Ermita. Fina did not take the news well and accused Dam of abandoning her just like Dad did. And she even supported him when Gab came whining to her. Dam thinks she trusts Gab more than him. Mama can cry and wail, but Dam is starting his life over with his wife and child. Be sure to savor the look on Flor's face. Priceless.

Bat Cave II
Gael takes Elisa to his "special place" (seriously, not code. It's a cave somewhere.) She cries some more and tells Gael all her woes. She's so alone. She can't take it any more. She needs someone to help her. She asks if Gael is really in love with her and if he would be willing to do anything for her. She says she wants to be with him. Once Gael is convinced this means 1. Let's get hitched and 2. She's not kidding, he starts to make plans. He wants Padre Lupe to marry them, so we have a three month deadline and 43 more episodes of angst.

The Only Inn in Fresno La Ermita
ING nags Gweedo. If he wants his proof, she needs money. Gab is threatening her life. She flounces out and is seen by Doc Tovar. She promptly faints. Doc takes her to his office and when she comes to she tells Doc Gab is making her life hell: he's robbed her, threatened her AND keeping her against her will.

La Cárcel
Lolita goes to visit Horacio before he is transferred to Campeche. She asks him if he has a death on his conscious. Gab made it seem like he did. Horacio tells her not to believe Gab. Lolita tells him that Padre Lupe thinks Augusto did not kill himself; that Carmina had something to do with it and that Horacio might know something. Horacio swears he knows nothing and tells Lolita and Elisa to get as far away from Carmina as they can. Footnote: Horacio's "my dad was a butcher" story was bunk. In truth his mother was a prostitute who died when he was nine, leaving him to fend for himself. Neither he nor his mother knew who his father was. He is transferred to Campeche, Lolita says goodbye forever and the bets for "heroic death" are settled throughout the patio. (Drat. I lost 20 pesos.)

Quinta
Elisa comes home from the Gael's "special place" and Carmina asks when she will be leaving. Elisa tells her in three months...with her husband. Elisa won't say to whom but makes it clear she doesn't want Carmina there.

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Thank you, Ithabill, for posting the following recap. -Paula

Hi all. I've been watching Por Ella from the beginning as a replacement for La Que No Podia Amar, which sadly ends this week. I'll give this recap thing a whirl.

Tonight Helena admits to her father, Bastardo, everything that's gone wrong including having mortgaged the house to buy the travel agency. After snapping at his wife not to say stupid things, he tells Helena that he told her so and of the hundreds of stupid things she's done this is the worst. He orders her to move out of the house in the morning.

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In Het Het, Magda has just opened her door, and is as stunned as Viewerville to find Rod there. She doesn’t look the least bit pleased about her surprise visitor. Magda informs Rod that Luci went with Paz to Santa Lucia, a neighboring town. Rod asks if he can come in and wait. Magda shrugs and gives a non-committal “Make yourself at home.” She is nice enough to offer him refreshment and tells him what Luci went to Santa Lucia for—she won a contest (concurso) and got a grant! Then she catches herself getting too excited and happy as she speaks with the enemy. She’s sure Rod doesn’t want to hear it. Rod tells her that anything having to do with Luci is important to him. Magda looks incredulous.
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ANOTHER FABULOUS RECAP BY KAREN :-)
I’ve consolidated the action so its not in the order we saw it. Let me know if I’ve completely or slightly misunderstood anything.

Isa grabs Wigsy, the police arrive, and thankfully arrest her. At the police station, Gimme refuses to tell where Leo is. To our horror, poor Leo is in a ditch and moaning.

Lucia visits Zoe and is worried about Willy (his operation, she’s in denial about being concerned about him). She admits she’s grossed out by what she overhead Beba and Horny saying in regard to Willie. They go to lunch and meet up w/Sabrina, who tells Lucia what Zoe told her early no man is perfect and Willy loves her.

Poncho goes on his blind date w/Mayela. Things appear to be going well, she gives him a cake and since we know he loves food he’s ecstatic. He then realizes she’s 14 months pregnant (he actually says 14 which is pretty funny) and leaves w/the cake, of course. Later he goes to Fer’s to find Doris for a hug. He tells her about his “date” and I’m concerned there may be another baby kidnaping based on the look in her eyes. Doris wants to get that baby and pass it off as her own. Though the end result is a lie, I hope they ask for the baby and don’t steal it (even though Mayela will be a horrible mother and we know is willing to sell her child)

Willy wakes from surgery and has a nice dream about being married to Lucia and them having a baby girl. When he actually wakes, he asks about Tuqueque. Meanwhile, Lala and her co-madre are talking badly about Beba quite loudly (icky Horny is there too). Lucia finally goes to the hospital. Willy has been asking for her and Lala urges Lucia to see her son as she can see him later in the day. The family gets the good news that both patients are doing well. As Lucia approaches the door to Willy’s room Horny is there. Willy is drugged and is asking for Lucia, Horny never states who she is and keeps pawing our hero. In typical TN style, once Horny realizes Lucia is there, she kisses him to Lucia’s and our extreme displeasure.  Naturally Lucia leaves, running into the abuelas as she leaves. They notices she was acting odd but attribute it to Willy. Unfortunately they don’t know Horny is the true vampire not Beba. Willy talks w/his mom and she tells him about Lucia’s visit. He calls her and she thinks he’s in love w/Horny; Seriously, Lucia. When Horny visits him she asks why he is trying to get back w/Lucia; WITCH. He tells her regardless of their “agreement” he loves Lucia and will handle the situation in his own way. She reminds of their contract and how she will act crazy if he crosses her; Again I say, WITCH!

Doris, EWM and the two younger Mari’s are playing kiddie cards. Minnie returns and wonders what is burning in the kitchen. She reprimands Doris and EWM for trying to cook. The girls say they were dying of hunger and Minnie will make them some good grub (as oppose to whatever dear Doris was attempting to cook). EWM gets offended by Minnie, yeah, and goes to find Fer & Isa. Doris tells her the wrong way to go to find them.

Maristupid chats w/Knuckles, who telling her his life as a child (which is most likely a big ol’ lie).

Fer & Isa go to the ranch to look for her father. Sarita arrives just as the two are about to leave taking horses with them. I’m surprised Fer rides horses, he’s a city-sliker. What’s funny is that Diego is clearly pretending he cannot ride. The search party actually finds Gimme’s lover and to distract them he scares Fer’s horse. By nightfall they find Hector who tells them where he last saw Leo. Of course by the time they get there Leo is gone. Thankfully an older couple has found him and is taking care of him; this scene is a flashback to CME when Jero got found. Leo actually speaks and asks for his daughter. At the end of the episode, Hector is in police custody and keeps claiming he doesn’t know where Leo is. Isa & Fer vow to keep looking for him.

Ricky wants his antiques friend to speed up the restoration. When Ricky brings the artifact to Jorrible’s henchman, the latter refuses to pay Ricky for the work.

EWM goes to Jorrible’s and she tries to get a rise out of him by telling him Isa & Fer are together. He calls her on her obsession w/Fer and she leaves in a huff. Tomorrow - Isa & Fer might actually make a love connection.

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We start tonight with Helena at home with Silvia and Lalo. Helena is telling Lalo, JC won't be at his soccer game cause he is having problems and is moving to another country. Lalo doesn't beleive her.

At GI there is a meeting in full swing and the whole purpose of the meeting is to accuse JC of the fraud against GI. Pluto is providing "proof" at the meeting, Antonia's thesis, Pluto's work on the project, yada yada. JC pipes up the only one he stole from was Helena Moreno. She came up with this Playa project wayyyy before Pluto. He goes to leave, but Adriano tells him to wait, the meeting isn't over yet. The next "proof" JC is presented is the money transfers of 30 million dollars. Combine that with JC giving the Playa project to the competition (Helena) and it smells, looks, tastes, etc like FRAUD. JC swears his innocence and says he was entrusted with the Playa project and Ferni and Santi had nothing to do with it. Now Pluto brings in another "proof" one Senor Maxillian Montes, who Pluto asks if he recognizes anyone in the room. Of course he points to JC that's the guy. JC swears he's never seen him before. I think this Montes guy has some pics/proof of Juan in some hotel with Helena. JC swears his innocence and then points an accusing finger at Pluto and says he set this whole thing up. Antonia gets mad and says no way hubby did this. JC says this is absurd! He is getting his own lawyer to investigate these charges and he goes. Pluto is gloating.

Helena is in her office, crying her eyes out. She feels she was bamboozled by "Juan Peron" who is knows now as JC. He got his hands on her project and now she feels like an idiot. Lucia tells her not to blame herself, she couldn't have known who he really was. Helena is still crying when some clients come in looking for a honeymoon package. Lucia waits on them, they see Helena is upset and crying, but Helena blames the tears on allergies! Lucia helps them out and Helena picks up the magazines from the floor along with Santi's wedding invitation. She doesn't notice it on top.

Two police officers come to the front desk of GI looking for JC. They have a warrant for his arrest. Marcela goes to find him. Meanwhile, JC is in his office looking on his computer, and Marcela comes in, gives him the 411 about the cops that are there to arrest him and throw him in jail. JC sneaks out of the building to the garage and while a cop is ogling the girls coming in and out of the building, JC sneaks into his car and drives off.

Pluto is pithed that JC got away, and wasn't arrested and put in la carcel. Adriano can't beleive it, it is soooo bad for the business.

Santi and Ferni are upset too, Santi can't beleive it, much less that JC escaped.

JC has gone to his lawyer, one Lic Suarez. JC tells him he is innocent, but Lic Suarez says you should prove this in court. Lic Suarez will help him, and JC goes.

Helena and Lucia get a visit, and wait for it, it is the guys from the tourism board come to shut them down over this Playa bidness. Helena and Lucia are shocked, I tell you shocked! The clients see the lay of the land and high tail it out of there. Helena is very ticked off and she wants to know why they are shutting HER down. The guys tell her that she has to prove she was the one that orginially did the project. Lucia starts packing up the office and packs those mags with Santi's wedding invite on the top, which neither of them has looked at yet.

Adriano is in his office alone and he can't beleive that JC did this to him, when Pluto comes in all gloaty and sucks up to Adriano. Adriano tells him that the law will deal with JC.

Rebe and Antonia are in the bathroom at GI and Rebe is asking Antonia if she can beleive that JC did this. Antonia says that JC was always in like Flynn with Adriano and that JC is really a Don Juan and Rebe pipes up that he has done the wild thang with half the women that work at GI. Antonia asks Rebe if she is one of the ones that did the wild thang with JC. Rebe laughs and says no way, as if!

Pluto is in his office with Onesimo and gives him a pic of Juan to distribute to the media so they can catch JC already. Pluto is snapping his fingers at Onesimo telling him to git already. Oni goes and in comes Rebe. Rebe has come to gloat about that Casanova finally getting his comeuppance; they plan on going to her apartment in the evening, hot kissing and finger sucking ensue.

JC has ended up at Ferni's house. He wants to stay for the night. He can't go home to his place, or his parents cause the cops will surely go to these places first and he can't go to Santi's house either. Both Marcela and Ferni tell him no problem. Marcela is going to make dinner and JC is calling Helena but no answer.

The cops have come to Modesto's and Eugenia's house looking for their son JC. Modesto is way pithed and Eugenia thinks the gentleman are there with her contract and then she thinks they are the paps! She poses a bit, but Modesto tells her they are security guys coming to check the home security system. He invites the cops in, the cops are looking at Eugenia funny.

Pluto and Rebe in the tub drinking wine, eating grapes and gloating about how Pluto nailed JC with "proof" about the fraud and the missing 30 millon dollars.

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Hi friends, As you know we don't really have a full team for Por Ella and due to summer shenanigans we're in trouble at the moment. I am going to be in Cincinnati and unable to blog Monday; Ezra is in Canada and I'm not sure he'll be home in time to blog Tuesday; Jim is at guitar camp and will not be blogging Wednesday. It IS possible Ez will get home in time, but I don't know, because I'll be gone when he gets back. ideas?

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Here's a fresh page for our Telemundo community. Have a great week!

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J’accuse.

Alfonsina insists it was Elisa who attacked her. To Damián, that is simply impossible. Gabino, lurking at the doorway, can’t believe his ears – or his luck: “Are you sure?” To the doubters, Alfie shoots back: “How could I invent something like that?” Florencia narrows her eyes. She knows how.

If there’s not a will, we’ll find a way.

Lucio agrees it would be unfair if tía Nutcase ended up with the quinta. Good thing she doesn’t know about Elisa’s account. They need to find out if Augusto left a will. If he didn’t, they’ll have to find a good lawyer.

[“Well duh” hisses someone in the beanie-optional area of the Patio.]

Doc in a box

Once again, Doc Tovar has taken refuge in the hotel but is tracked down by Begoña. In BegoñaLandia, protecting Enrique from Paloma and pushing Sabrina towards Paolo ‘the momzer’ Landucci make perfect sense. She is all aflutter about the dinner tonight at which Paolo is to ask for Sabrina’s hand (la pedida de feto ... er ... I mean mano

His hyperactivity is harnessed for good

Gael can’t stand by idly and let Padre Lupe be transferred to a parish far away. He wants to start a petition drive. Lucio is sympathetic though he knows Lupe won’t like the idea.

Casa Castigo, Nerve Center of La Ermita

Dolores fills Elisa in on the assault on Alfie.

Paloma comes by and Elisa tells her about Lupe. Elisa wants both of them to catch up with Gael. No thanks, says Paloma. She’s trying to get past her obsession with him and it would be better to keep her distance.

Dolores reminds the Killer Orange that she. Lolita, is no longer her servant. If Citrus is hungry, she can cook. And as for her pigsty (chiquero) of a room -- well, it’s her problem.

The Cranky Oracle and the Unemployed Engineer

Ramona thinks Enrique comes around a little too often for someone who’s “just friends” with her nieta. Yes, he can wait for Paloma. But outside. And not too long! Before he steps out, Enrique extends an invitation to Ramona and Paloma to attend the “pedida” at the Tovar house tonight.

Gael and Elisa finally connect, though not the way he would like. He explains how he’s fighting Lupe’s transfer. If Lupe does leave, says Elisa, Gael would be out of a home. In that case, he’d be welcome to stay at the Carminatorium. But just friends. No benefits. Capeesh?

Begoña’s BFF Carmina assures her that Enrique is just toying with Paloma. The Bumble agrees to help Citrus find a lawyer to keep that devious Elisa from putting the helpless widow out on the street.

Paloma finds Enrique waiting for her at the cenote. He invites her to the “pedida” and then admits sheepishly that he’s really doing so to irritate his mother.

The Blue House of Shame and Incredulity

Gabino explains to Curls why Alfie is blaming Elisa: she hates her so much, she’d do anything to harm her. But Curls should watch out – Alfie won’t denounce her to the cops but she might try something privately.

Back in town, Maru agrees to help Lucio collect signatures for Lupe. She invites him in for coffee and they chat. She tells him how Braulio got canned; both assume it was Gab’s doing and that Dam will fix things now that he’s back.

Maru is convinced that Gab has always had the hots for Alfie and that Alfie, well aware of this, has used his feelings to manipulate him. Lucio is skeptical. He repeats the dogma that Rosendo was Alfie’s only love. “Hay amores que marcan a uno para siempre” he says nostalgically. “Like yours and doña Blanca’s” says Maru with resignation.

[On the Patio, they shift uneasily at Lucio’s table – that Alfie loved Rosendo doesn’t mean she hasn’t sensed and used Gabino’s feeling for her. Will the horses stand all alone on the “not stoopid” list? Who will take care of them?]

A person’s feelings could get hurt.

When Flor asks Dam what’s wrong, he snaps “¿Eres tonta o te haces?” (Are you an idiot or are you just acting like one?)

When Flor says it’s not her fault that Elisa tried to kill his mother, he tells her to shut up – Elisa couldn’t do such a thing. So does that mean his ma is lying? Well, she hates Elisa so much ....

Flor tries to steer the conversation away from her rival. “Have you told your mother we got married por lo civil?” No he hasn’t. He prefers to wait until she’s calmer. But one thing is sure – he’s not leaving her alone when there is someone out there who means to do her harm. Pout pout goes Flor. Snark snark goes Dam. Lying, Pregnancy-Faking Gold-Digging Flor, left alone, sighs and laments: “Como siempre, yo pago los platos rotos por culpa de Elisa.” (As usual, I sweep up after the elephants in E’s parade.)

Someone is cleaning house at Casa Castigo

The tía is in a frenzy, throwing Augusto’s clothes in a heap. She threatens to attack Estefanía’s room next. She and Elisa go nose to nose, exchange insults and end with Elisa proposing that for now, they divide the house so they don’t have to see each other.

Elisa has just scooped up an armful of Augusto’s things when the bell sounds. Dolores offers to take the stuff to Estefanía’s room while Elisa goes to the door.

ALL TOGETHER NOW: ¡Ay, no puede ser! ¿Qué haces aquí? ¿Qué quieres?

Yes, it’s Florencia Landucci de Arango who has come to rub Elisa’s nose in it – she and Elisa’s brother are married!

Now, as Dolores watches disapprovingly, Elisa transforms into the Jezebel that the likes of Begoña have always believed her to be:

“You feel very sure of yourself” she begins. And then adds with an imperfect subjunctive flourish of bitchiness: “Si yo quisiera, yo te lo quitaría todo, Florencia!” (If I wanted to [but I don’t], I'd take it all away from you, Flor!)

“¡Damián y yo no somos hermanos, Florencia!” (We’re not brother and sister) Flor’s tears undermine her show of bravado when she tells Elisa that it doesn’t matter because it’s too late. Dam is her husband and the father of her non-existent child.

Elisa isn’t finished though. She is cool and dry-eyed, jaunty even, hand on hip: “You think that’s going to stop me? If I were you, I’d be worried.”

“En La Ermita las Bouvier tenemos la fama de ser de lo peor – y nadie dudaría que yo soy capaz de robarme hasta un hombre casado.” (In La E, we Bouviers are known as the worst – and no one would doubt that I’m capable of stealing even a married man.) “Just ask your suegrita about the Bouvier women.”

Flor makes furious threatening noises and leaves. Dolores shakes her head sadly: “You shouldn’t have said that, Elisa.” Elisa admits she was trying to make Flor suffer a little. She’s married to Damián – why did she have to come there to torture her? Why?

La Ermita, a public bench

Paloma and Enrique are laughing and kidding around. Then Paloma catches sight of Gael in the street, collecting signatures. Impulsively, she pulls Enrique towards her and kisses him. Convincingly and indicatively. Gael, apparently unimpressed, approaches them and asks them to sign his petition.

Braulio has come to see Dolores at Casa Castigo. He learns of Dam’s hasty marriage (he hopes Dam doesn’t live to regret it). And he tells her how much Vicente’s rejection hurts him.

She has a favor to ask – she wants to send Horacio some clothes but doesn’t want to see him personally. Braulio agrees to deliver them and also to let him know that the divorce and annulment are underway.

Before leaving, Braulio tells Lolita he was hurt by what she said to him in church – it made him feel she had stopped loving him.

[Murmurs on the Patio ... what did she say? anybody remember? Sara whispers: "Braulio was lamenting the fact that at the church, Lolita told him she no longer loved him." Ah! Gracias, profe!]

Paloma is depressed and demoralized. And Ramona isn’t helping. She tells her nieta that Enrique isn’t for her; Paloma will never love him; and she’ll never be able to get over Gael. Paloma fumes that everything her abuela says is negative and she is nicer to everyone else than she is to her own granddaughter.

Dolores literally pushes Elisa towards the office where Dam is waiting to see her at Casa Castigo. She tries to shoo him out but he closes the door firmly and then says conditionally, imperfectly and subjunctively: “No estaría aquí si no fuera importante lo que tengo que hablar contigo.” (I wouldn’t be here if what I have to discuss with you were not so important.)

“My mother says someone tried to kill her.”

“She says it was a woman.”

“Who?”

“It’s too ridiculous to say it ...”

“But that’s why you’re here, right? So who?”

“My mother thinks you’re the person who attacked her!”

Elisa goes Carmina-eyed!

Avances: ¡Una acusación! ¡La venganza! ¡La duda! ¡Golpes! ¡El cheque!

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In order to keep the flow of this capitulo things are not in order. I wanted to keep the different parts together in order for it to flow better.

Het Het:

We are starting in Het Het tonight. The Lady has come about Luci's ceramics. She offers Luci an economic scholarship to go to school for her ceramics an artist's college, I think. Luci is very surprised. The Lady also wants Luci to work for them. The Lady gives Luci a magazine with pictures of different ceramics in it, with different artists and she asks Luci if she recognizes anything. Luci's ceramics are in this magazine! Luci is wondering how they got in this magazine as she never entered a contest for them. The Lady asks if she remembers the woman that traveled on the bus with her and Ariche, when Luci went to sell her ceramics in another town? (Ed Note: Remember when Don A basically shut down Luci in Het Het from selling her ceramics? She went to the next town over) Luci remembers Marcella the lady she met on the bus. Luci also remembers she left her box of ceramics on the street when Don A kidnapped her. Ariche remembers that when the police took him back to Het Het, after the kidnapping, Marcella picked up that box of ceramics. Evidently, Marcella got them to someone and they ended up on display in New York! Luci is flabbergasted, to say the least, and wants to know how she got credited with her ceramics? The lady says there was some type of note/paper with her name on them and that's how they knew they were Luci's and that's how they were credited. Luci is wowed by that. The Lady wants her to sign a contract with them for work, and Luci asks Ariche what he thinks. Ariche wants to see the contract. Ariche looks it over and says Acepto! We accept, lol.

The Lady has left and Luci is smiling. Magda and Paz have come back from shopping, (Ed Note: I am really loving Paz's shawl here, it is a wonderful shade of pink), Luci tells Paz and Magda she wants to go to the funeria to use the phone, she is worried. Magda says it's about the Lic. isn't it? She says yes, he wanted to talk to Rosa, and Luci wants to know how it went.

Ariche is at the funeria, which I will be calling Don Copio's, and is playing his flute when the Chisme Ladies come in and want to pump Ariche for info. Don C comes in and tells them to stop with the gossip,especially trying to get chisme out of a child, for goodness sake. The phone rings and Don C answers and its, wait for it, Pato. He wants to speak with Luci. Don C isn't sure who Pato is, but Ariche hears and takes the phone from Don C. Ariche calls Pato, Mushashon, and talks to him. Tells him he is happy to speak with him. Don C and the Chisme Ladies are listening in, but get no info other than the name Pato. Ariche hangs up and then goes, and the Chisme Ladies are trying to figure out who Pato is, one things it is Luci's husband, the other says, no it is Rodrigo, sigh! lol. For the sake of continuity I am adding that after Pato hangs up he tells Mati, who had been holding the phone, to put the cell phone by his good hand. He is expecting Luci to call him back. He tells Mati he is very happy to be talking to Ariche and to Luci when she calls back. The plan is Pato is going to be going on a trip close to Het Het, stopping by to see Luci and Mati is in on it. He makes her swear she will never tell anyone. She swears. He thanks her and tells her he loves her and she goes.

Luci is still at home and Paz wants to know if she is thinking of Claudio and Aurora. Paz tells her they were always wonderful people and with money too. Luci doesn't care about that. She is starting to tell Paz about the Lady that came to visit with the ceramics, but Ariche comes and tells her he talked to Mushashon, at first Luci thinks it was DEAD TO ME, but Ariche says no the other one in the chair, my friend. Luci says oh Pato, I hope everything is ok with him. Ariche tells her to come on, cause Pato is expecting her to call back. They go and Paz is wondering why Pato is calling and Magda says don't worry he is a nice boy and cares about her.

Luci and Ariche go to Don C's and the Chisme Ladies are still there. The Chisme Ladies pretend they want to use the phone too, but will wait until Luci is done. Don C tells them, he is sure Luci wants to speak in private, he grabs the Chisme Ladies' arms and physically escorts them out, lol. Don C comes back, just as the phone is ringing and Don C answers, it is Pato of course. He hands the phone to Luci and she talks to Pato. She wants to know how he is. He says he is fine, but is worried about her. Luci says little by little she is getting her life back. Pato tells her if she needs anything to let him know, you know money, anything at all. She thanks him and tells him she has everything she needs. Pato tells her that he will be close to her soon, traveling for the Foundation for underprivelged children, I think, and Luci tells him not to give up his therapy. He says there are two very important things in his life, his therapy and her. She smiles.

It is now nighttime in Het Het and Luci still hasn't heard from Claudio. She is very worried, about what went down with Claudio and Rosa. Magda says she hopes that Rosa ends up in la carcel (the jail). Paz says no, no, she doesn't want that. She just wanted the truth to be told. Luci informs Magda and Paz that Max perpertrated a fraud on Claudio and he spent twenty years in jail for it. They are both shocked!
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Since Eva has no Thursday recapper (as far as I know), I've created this discussion post so we can talk about tonight's show. Our cable stalled and I missed the first 20 minutes. What did I miss? The second half was intense. I hope the rest of you saw it. If not, here are the bare essentials.

Eduardo warns Juan that if he hurt Helena or Lalo, “I’ll kill you with my own hands.” Juan promises Lalo that he’ll play in the father/son game tomorrow no matter what. JC absentmindedly puts Santiago’s wedding invitation into a booklet he later returns to Helena – apparantly that's significant. Helena discovers that Juan is Juan Carlos of GI. The tourism commission meets with the executives of GI and Alberta Travel because their projects are identical. They all conclude Juan stole Pluto’s project and gave it to Helena. Juan swears she’s innocent and that Pluto stole her project, but no one listens to him. Helena refuses to ever speak to him again. At a meeting at GI, Adriano shows that Juan transferred $3M from GI into his own account.

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