Caray, Caray!

A couple of notes:

David Zepeda takes over the role of Chava in the middle of Episode 79.

The show is also getting a new female character (ala Ugly Betty) who is crazy about Matias and makes Silvana jealous.
 

Lucas better get used to being with Marisol for awhile.

Irma plotting holy chaos in her desperate attempt to keep Armando.

I'm still banking on Oliver & Dani being a couple.

Patrick & Renzi likely going to destroy Chava's family somehow.

Greta getting on my last nerves: no wonder why Paco HATES her
 

Xlnt, I was going to list my favorite captions for your recap, but they were way too many! Thanks for entertaining me this a.m. Those must be the commemorative 75th anniversary Abuelita mugs. If only Nestle could hear your request . . . Seems they are sold out. : ). Episode 79 is coming up fast. Should be fun.

What can I say?

Looks like Alexa has met her crazier (but not by much) match in Irma. So now we have to watch Alexa sobbing in her bed. Give me a break. Irma crawling in the bed with Armando and Nandito was creepy.

Greta needs to get a hobby so she can get out if everyone's business. The painting just isn't doing it.

Loved seeing Chava finally telling Araceli off for interrupting him and very jealous Sofía. No tacos for
Araceli!

Jarifa




 

xlnt, thank you so much for your recap!

At least Armando kept his wits about him, even if Sofía is backsliding on her own decision. Armando saying he’s going to try to take Nando away from Irma was a bright spot. I don’t know how he’ll be able to do it, without being a blood relative, though. The law doesn’t usually let that happen, even for bad moms. And really this is the first bad thing they can prove she’s done to Nando. This development just makes me more sure that Irma is going to die, like Mónika Sánchez in AV; it’s the only way to get rid of her.

ebay had an Abueltia 75th promo mug for sale for $19; but darn it, it sold: http://tinyurl.com/pnbvtxf

Yes, it was gratifying that Salvador leveled with Araceli. Araceli was so agitated when Sofía arrived at the meeting, and not only because of Salvador; they segued from Sofía to Araceli to Paco in a triangle, just in case anyone missed that the three of them are related. If Araceli doesn’t already suspect, her character in in the character bio knows; and that counts. It will be fun to see the reactions of both women when they find out they are half sisters. We got a preview of them duking it out at the front of the meeting.

Patricio got lucky with that excuse he made up during Silvana’s hospitalization about Renzi getting attacked; I don’t think it was calculated to do anything except throw suspicion off him and Silvana at the hospital. But it is working as a good red herring to throw suspicion off Patricio and Renzi. I hope Sofía does hold some neighborhood watch meetings at the factory; that might be interesting.

I can’t feel too sorry for Alexa; she’s not been thinking about Armando’s situation much. So now perhaps she will; up till now she’s only been thinking about what she wants.

Hmm…could Fausto actually influence events with his suspicions of the guy who’s apparently watching Sofía and Salvador? As the Ripoll majordomo and beloved family friend, it is definitely his place to do so. Maybe he will. I thought it was noteworthy that they took a moment to have Dani say out loud that she loves Fausto — and Miguelina. Miguelina is going to be her mother-in-law, for sure.

I would so love scenes like the ones between Salvador and Sofía if there weren’t that behind-the-scenes issue going on; I mean, I did love it anyway. But I can’t tell if it’s really uncomfortable for both of them; it seems like it is. For that reason alone, I hope David and Marjorie do well. Looking forward to less drama in that way and more in the usual way. I actually kind of wish I didn’t know; I should stick to my rule of being ignorant of actors’ personal lives.

What a disappointment to see Sofía listening to her mom; Greta should face the fact that she doesn’t have the responsibility of running the family any more and leave Sofía to her better judgment. So probably Sofía will get back on the wedding track with Patricio, and Araceli will get a little of what she wants for a while.

Salvador’s dream was typically so charming and funny, claro que switch.

 

You were totally on fire Xint.

The screen shots and captions were fantastic: "I lied about the kid for years then tried to kill myself, now I gotta think of something really crazy" was my favorite but I also liked "Maybe if I try puppy-dog eyes she'll change her mind". And yes, Pato did look oh so convincingly sincere.

"Greta thinks that Pato has proven his loyalty to the family. "Octavio would be disappointed in you." You know, at this point, I'm writing Greta off. That was about the cruelest thing she can say to Sofia, who has done nothing but work herself to a bone to keep the business going and support her family.

I am thrilled a new character is coming on who may be a match for Matias! Sil is not good enough for her.

Have an impossible work day so hope to check in later and read the comments.

This was great.

Diana
 

Here's a big image of the Abuelita 75th promo cup at ebay:

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTA2NlgxNjAw/z/9yIAAOSw-jhUKfpk/$_57.JPG?rt=nc
 

Diana, so who do you see Matias pairing up with in the end ?

I've heard about new characters joining the TN.
 

I also read somewhere the theme song is changing, too.
It will be like watching a new story . . . Now if we could just get rid of the most disagreeable characters and move on with more exciting plots!

Jarifa
 

Awesome xInt. Lots of quotes I loved.

Jarifa, I hope they don't change the theme song. Crap.

Greta's hypocrisy is sickening. She in private laments Paco hates her while carrying a torch for the guy and yet, hand picks the partners for her daughters. She is much worse than Javier in her selfish manipulations. They deserve each other.

Hope Salvador gives Marisol a rest, she'll learn for herself the guy a weasel. Now, Lupe is a fool, she knows better and gonna get bit again.

I kinda agree with Irma, Alexa is an immature tramp.

Dammit Araceli, git.

 

Tofie, I just did some research: The new theme song is "Te amaré" performed by Alejandro Fernández.

If you add crazy to the description of Irma for Alexa, I will agree, too. Of couse Irma would never call Alexa crazy because being crazy herself she would never recognize it in Alexa, right? Too funny.

Jarifa
 

I forgot to add this link to the artist who designed the Abuelita mugs. They are really cute:

http://tinyurl.com/mgx7nmc
 

There are spoilers all over the comments today. I thought this is supposed to be a spoiler free site.
 

If you mean David Zepeda, a cast change of the main character would be news, not a spoiler. It's been all over the news, and it's outside the story.

However, I would agree if you are thinking the revelation of the entrance and purpose of a regularly scheduled character is a spoiler.

Otherwise, personally I hate spoilers; I don't read them or watch them. I don't read Wikipedia about the characters or story. Anything in my posts that looks like a spoiler, is not. I have my theories, and I always back them up with my reasons.

If you're referring to the "character bio" mention I made, it refers to something I said the other day, where in telenovelas characters always seem to have a sixth sense about whom they are related to or who their natural enemies are. I haven't read any character bios, and that's not what I'm referring to.
 

Yes. I'm referring to the new character and Zepeda's entrance. If it hasn't aired in the U.S. yet, you should not be mentioning what is coming on a future episode. You're the reappear, if you're doing it, how can you police other people?
 

Zepedas's replacement of Pedro Fernandez has been in the news for about two months already.

No spoiler there.
 

Also, when there is the "llamada de la sangre", that too is commonly used in telenovelas and can be endlessly discussed and questioned without it being a spoiler. Speculation, not spoilers, is what we novela lovers thrive on.
 

Anonymous, you're incorrect about Zepeda. By your reasoning it would be a spoiler to reveal the title and cast of a new telenovela when they begin filming in Mexico, instead of waiting until Univision begins broadcasting it. It never has been a spoiler to do that. I only talked about Zepeda.
 

Casting change ain't a spoiler

Haven't seen anything here remotely close.
 

I read this morning that Julion Alvarez might be singing the new theme and that DZ wasn't supposed to make an appearance until somewhere around Dec 12 or 14...
 

Stating that the show is getting a new female character "ugly betty" is a spoiler. The exact episode Zepeda will appear is a spoiler.
 

Alexa crying in bed: GET OVER IT.


 

Thanks, xlnt. Late to the party, but thanks for the laughs. Alexa realizing Irma is even crazier than moi is a hoot.
 

Jeri, how do you see Irma getting killed off ?

A.) Similar to Monika Sanchez in AV

B.) Killed by Patrick or Renzi's thugs

C.) Suicide
 

Anonymous, I am the recapper for this episode. Mentioning that David Zepeda will take over the Chava character in episode 79 is not a spoiler. As has been mentioned by other commenters, this change has been reported in other actual news sites for weeks. I've even posted links to the articles in my recaps. No one has ever complained before. People were wondering when DZ was going to make his appearance, it was known that it would happen in mid-November in Mexico. Their schedule is about 2 weeks ahead of us, so a good guesstimate for the US was the end of November. No spoiler there.

As far as adding another character, if you've been watching TNs for any length of time you know that characters come and go all the time. Again not a spoiler. Her appearance, not a spoiler. If I would have said something along the lines of the new character kills Silvana and traps Matias with a fake pregnancy, now THAT would be a spoiler.

How can I police other people? I just click the little "garbage can" button next to their comment, and their comment goes away. Notice that I didn't police you. And I'd dearly love to police bitchin'.

So far I've been accused of allowing hate speech and posting spoilers. But I also think people like my recaps. Sometimes you just can't win. ;)