El
Diario de Daniela Summaries
from 1999-2000 Broadcast on Univision (First 39 episodes plus final episode)
Mexico (Televisa) 1999.
USA (Univision) 1999-2000.
USA (Telefutura) 2005 (Saturdays, 6:00am)
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Introduction
from El Universal-Mexico, 11/22/98: Mañana
inicia "El diario de Daniela", primera telenovela que Televisa
realizará en coproducción con Filipinas, con la que los niños podrán conocer
éste lejano país, sus paisajes, cultura y tradiciones, a través de las
aventuras de Daniela y su pandilla por aquellas tierras. Asimismo, le ofrecerá
al público infantil la posibilidad de tener contacto cercano, a través del
correo de voz y la página de Internet, así como de compartir aventuras
inolvidables con "Capulina", quien debuta en las telenovelas. Rosy Ocampo, productora de "El diario
de Daniela", asegura que esta historia promueve contenidos positivos para
los niños, tales como el valor de la amistad, la importancia de la persona por
encima de su color, raza o posición social y la solidaridad entre amigos, por
mencionar solamente algunos. Cabe
mencionar que detrás de todo esto, hay un equipo multidisciplinario conformado
por productores, escritores, educadores e investigadores que buscan lograr un
producto de calidad para los niños, por lo tanto planean que con el tiempo sea
seriada. Así que todos los días a las
16:00 horas, los chiquitines serán parte de las aventuras de Daniela Monroy
(Daniela Luján), una niña de 10 años que plasma en su diario sus sueños,
ilusiones, secretos y tristezas. En
esta telenovela actúan: Leticia Calderón, Marcelo Bouquet, Anahí, Rodrigo
Soberón, Yolanda Ventura, Mónika Sánchez, Juan Pablo Gamboa, Odiseo Bichir,
Gaspar Henaine "Capulina" y Amparo Arozamena, entre otros.
UNIVISION ( http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=96289 )
El Diario de Daniela
Televisa
Leticia Calderon, Daniela Luján y Anahí en el Diario de
Daniela.
Una de las más
populares telenovelas infantiles de los 90's, describe las aventuras de Daniela
y su pandilla de amigos que incluye un
fantasmita. Daniela es una heroína
fascinante con la mente abierta para aceptar al mundo de los adultos donde su madre es asesinada,
y su "novio" abusado físicamente.
Sinopsis:
Daniela Monroy
es una dulce niña de diez años, con una carita angelical y una intensa imaginación Su inseparable
compañero es su maravilloso diario, donde ella vuelca todos sus sueños, esperanzas, secretos y
tristezas. . El escenario principal de esta historia es el teatro del que es dueño Enrique Monroy, el padre de
Daniela. Es aquí donde Daniela siempre se encuentra con su grupo de amigos.
Martín Linares,
el "amorcito" de Daniela, es un niño guapo e inteligente. Su historia es triste; él viene
de una familia deshecha. Su padre Pepe, director de escena y mejor amigo de
Enrique Monroy, está divorciado, y aunque ama a su hijo enormemente, no
pudo ganar la custodia. Martín vive con
su madre Rita y su padrastro Gustavo, un hombre celoso y violento quien descarga todas sus frustraciones en su
hijastro.
Daniela es
feliz. Sin embargo, una hermosa mujer
llamada Elena está obsesionada con Enrique y hará lo imposible por
arruinar la felicidad de la familia
Monroy. Esta es una historia que pueden compartir jóvenes y viejos, niños y adultos. Una experiencia inolvidable
para toda la familia.
Historia original de Fernanda Villeli y Marcela
Fuentes-Berain
Adaptación de Fernanda Villeli, Marcela Fuentes-Birain y
Palmira Olguín
© Televisa S.A. 1998
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Rinconlatino. SUMMARY FOR EPISODE #1
(Broadcast on July 11, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 07/15/99 15:13 Our
story begins on the most awaited and anticipated night of the Monroy Production
Company. Their musical-comedy "Un Sueño de Amor" makes its premiere
at the Teatro Principal in Mexico City. The parking lot at the theatre is
filled to capacity, since the musical features its brightest star Priscilla
Román. At one end of a street behind
the theatre, Matrin Linares comes running down and lets out a whistle. He then
stops midway and announces, "Daniela, it's going to happen!" Daniela Monroy, along with a group of
children known as "La Pandilla" (slang for "The Gang"),
comes running down the other end of the street. "Okay, we're ready!"
she responds to Martin. However, she is interrupted when one of the kids tells
her about Juancho. The children turn around and see Juancho sitting at a corner
near a building. Then they let out a big groan. Juancho stands up and cradles a dog in his arms. He then joins
Daniela and La Pandilla. Martin,
Daniela, and La Pandilla run to the rear of the theatre, where they see a huge
message "No Bloque, Salida de Emergencia" (Do Not Block, Emergency
Exit) on the doors. However, they ignore it and gather near the emergency
exit's doors. Daniela explains to the children about their plan to sneak into
the theatre. She tells one of the children, Christopher, to act as a decoy.
Meanwhile, Martin and the children discuss how they would get into the theatre
without getting caught, and soon Martin points to a vent located above the
emergency exit's doors. "Quiet,
quiet," Martin tells the children. Then he turns to a boy and tells him to
get a ladder. The boy finds a ladder and carries it to the doors. He then sets
it up directly below the vent. The children begin to climb to the top of the
ladder until they reach the vent, where one of the children easily pries it
open with his hands. A young girl with
her hair in a double ponytail and glasses puts her hand to her chin and
witnesses what is going on. She knows an easier way to sneak into the theatre,
then she walks over to the emergency exit doors and opens one of them. The
children are happy, as they climb down the ladder and walk through the
emergency exit doors...well, almost all of the children. One of them, who
climbed halfway through the vent, found herself stuck. "Don't just leave
me up here, help me!" she complains.
The children help her slide through the vent, and she falls down on top
of the children. -------------- In the dressing room area, Daniela and La
Pandilla appear through a secret door and sneak inside. Daniela first appears,
cradling in her arms the dog that Juancho found. She then hands the dog over to
Martin, and the children pass the dog to one another until the last child puts
the dog down. He then joins the children without noticing that the dog trots
away somewhere. Daniela, Martin, and
the rest of La Pandilla arrive at a dark and unknown location beneath the
theatre's stage. Meanwhile, during the play, the main characters sing a
beautiful number and the people in attendance cheer and applause. The children appear inside a vent on the
stage floor. "Catalina,
despierta," says a man dressed in a royal blue King Arthur suit. The
woman, Catalina, gently slaps him across the face, and the audience laughs.
Catalina then stomps on his foot. More laughter from the audience. "Y es..." the man says, but soon
he realizes that he forgets his lines. Nervous, he tries again in hopes that he
could remember. "Y es..."
Suddenly the man hears a faint voice whisper to him. It was from
Daniela: "...Escandalosa."
The man looks through the vent, surprised to notice a group of children
beneath the theater. However, he doesn't worry about the children or how they
appeared, and he then proceeds, "Y es escandalosa!" Shortly, the man again forgets his lines:
"Pero lo que hace rico es...pero lo que hace rico es..." He turns to
the vent, and Daniela whispers to him the rest of the line. However, upon
saying the line, the man goofs it up and the audience laughs. Daniela puts her
hand to her forehead in disbelief.
Meanwhile, a boy climbs down a ladder from beneath the stage and lands
on Don Capu. A second boy also climbs down, and soon the lighting director
finds himself entangled in a scuffle with the boys. Suddenly the dog that the
children leave behind appears on stage and tackles the guy who messed up his
lines. The audience laughs, as a big fracas takes place on stage. The children
appear from beneath the stage and try to get the dog. Although the audience laughed, Enrique Monroy, the producer of
the musical, did not. Sitting in the front row with his wife Leonor, he
witnessed what was taking place on stage. He could not believe that his
production transformed itself into a musical version of "Salud, Dinero y
Amor," and he could only hope that Huicho didn't make a cameo appearance.
"What happened!?!? What the heck is going on?!?!" he states, gritting
his teeth. Leonor comforts him and
tells him that everything was going to be okay. Frightened, the children run to one end of the stage, screaming.
Don Capu appears. "Children!" he shouts, and the children run to the
other end of the stage. A woman in a red dress appears. The children scream and
run all over the stage, knocking down props, running into actors and actresses,
creating all kinds of chaos. Daniela, with the dog clutched in her arms, runs
to another part of the stage area and disappears, as the woman hides behind the
stage. While all this was going on,
the audience continued to laugh. Soon, their laughs turned to roaring cheers
and applause. The really enjoyed the comedy that they witnessed! At the rear of the stage, one by one the
children exit. Elena, the woman in the red dress, captures one of them and
grunts at her. Enrique appears and asks Elena what happened, wondering if she
knew anything about this sudden tragedy that occured in his musical. Elena lets
the child go, as he confesses to Enrique that she doesn't know how the children
entered the theatre or why the children appeared on stage out of nowhere. ----------- In one of the dressing rooms, Natalia sings as she irons
clothes. Enrique, fuming angry, walks down the halls with Elena, demanding
answers as to how the children appeared out of nowhere and messed up his
production. He looks for Natalia, thinking she might know. He barges in some of
the rooms, until he finally locates Natalia. Enrique asks if Natalia knew something
or seen anyone, but Natalia tells him that she doesn't know. Natalia then
checks to make sure that both Enrique and Elena are gone. She walks around to
the other side of the ironing board and uncovers the cloth on the board, to
assure both the boy and Daniela that the coast was clear. The chldren quickly scurry out of the
theater. Don Capu screams after them some "parting" words. Daniela and the young boy walk down a
stairwell. Suddenly Daniela hears a strange sound. Daniela snuggles the dog
into the boy's arms and tells him to take the dog with him. The boy exits, and
Daniela, curious to find out what that sound was, walks down the hallway to the
room where she heard it. When Daniela
arrives at the room, she looks around to find out what that sound was and
exactly where it is. However, the room is so dark that she cannot see a thing,
not even the yellow shirt that she wore. Daniela comes closer to the sound
until she finds it. The sound came from a storage closet, and Daniela is not
sure if she wants to open the closet door to find out. However, she proceeds to
push open the door.... Daniela screams
and runs away. ------------ At the Monroy Residence, Daniela is in her
bedroom writing in her diary. Suddenly, Daniela hears the bedroom door open.
She stashes her diary away and pretends to be sleeping. Adela Monroy, Daniela's
older sister, appears. She appears very frustrated, and she expresses how
annoyed she was that the musical was a total disaster. Adela wakes Daniela and
tells her this. The next morning, the
family is at the table having breakfast. Leonor, Daniela's mother, explains to
Daniela that her father has work, work, and more work. Adela trots down the
stairs and joins them, but briefly. She hears the sound of a car horn and tells
her mother that her boyfriend is picking her up. However, her mother orders her
to sit with them and have breakfast. She also tells Adela that she needs to
speak with her, but Adela lets out an assault of complaints. She feels that
she's getting treated like a little child compared to Daniela. Fuming mad,
Adela sits and eats her breakfast, stuffing huge chunks of pancakes in her
mouth. Leonor is not amused. The car horn sounds, and Adela leaves.
Leonor's mother tells Daniela that her father wants to speak with her about the
musical disaster the night before. At
the office, Elena is upset and angry about the musical and complains to
Enrique's secretary. Soon, Enrique's secretary tells Elena that the musical was
a hit and received great reviews. She hands Elena a copy of a newspaper to show
her the headlines. Elena enters
Enrique's office and shows him the newspaper. Enrique is glad to hear that his
work was not a disaster as he first feared. Daniela shows up at his office,
depressed about the chaos that occurred at her father's musical last night.
Enrique gives Daniela some fatherly advice. He isn't upset about the chaos last
night, because she is part of the family and he loves her. Daniela tells her
father that the whole charade was an accident, and her father forgives
her. ------------ At the Linares household, Martin is about
to leave the house. His father forbids him to leave, but he leaves anyway. He
then discusses with his mother about the dislike he has for the children he
hangs around with. Back at the
theatre, Don Capu teach the children a new dance routine. One of the girls from
La Pandilla, Maru, is annoyed about a prop on stage. Don Capu tells Maru that
the theatre is Enrique's life, that the theatre is filled with magic, laughter,
and applause. At the Monroy household,
Enrique tells Leonor that his musical was a hit. Leonor is glad to hear the
news. Elena is on a wing hidden from
the stage looking down at the children. Suddenly, one of the children dresses
up as a ghost and runs around scaring the children. The children scurry away,
while Daniela stays behind. Elena then loosens a rope that is holding a large
prop of a balcony. Daniela looks up to see the prop falling toward her. She
could only hope that the prop doesn't land on her... ---- The prop misses.
Daniela is left shaken. The children
rush to Daniela to see if she was all right. Don Capu is relieved to see that
Daniela was not hurt. Elena appears, concerned, wondering what had happened.
She then asks Don Capu what happened, and Don Capu doesn't know. Elena then
turn to the children, angry at them after what they did during Enrique's
musical. During a press conference,
reporters surround Enrique and Elena. Elena escorts Enrique away from the
reporters and complains to him about the children. Back at the theatre, Daniela leads the children to the room
where the night before she heard a strange sound. They sneak into the room, and
Maru complains. Suddenly the pounding noise returns. The children scream,
frightened, and run out of the room.
Construction workers are fixing the balcony. Elena tells Enrique about
the damage that occurred after the balcony fell, but informs that it was not
serious. Elena calls the construction worker Jairo over, and Enrique tells
Jairo to stop work after ten minutes. He then tells Elena that Jairo is an
angel, and both Enrique and Elena leave.
Don Capu talks to Natalia about the children and how special they are to
him. Natalia gives Don Capu his medicene and then talks about Enrique. Natalia
is so enraptured about the type of man Enrique is, but Don is more concerned
about his health. At the Monroy
household, Adela comes home and tells her mother that she and her friend Tania
are going out to a nightclub tomorrow. Leonor says to her that the family is
going to see the musical again at a university that same night; however, Adela
argues and says that all her friends are going to be at the nightclub. Adela
wants to go to the nightclub, but Leonor wants her to forget about it. She
feels that Leonor is taking away her fun.
The children are in a dark area outside the room, talking about what
that strange sound could be. They investigate it to find out, and the pounding
noise appears again. One of the children guesses that the pounding are coming
from mice, and the children scream in fright.
Elena asks Enrique if he would like to grab something to eat, to
celebrate the success of his work. Enrique tells Elena that he has to return
home. Elena gives her opinion to Enrique about the musical that would premiere
at the university tomorrow, and Enrique agrees to join Elena. ------
Adela is in her room listening to loud music. Leonor comes in and says
to Adela that tomorrow night was going to be a very important night for her
father and bigger than going out to a nightclub. Adela continues to argue that
all her friends are going to be at the nightclub and she wants to go. The
nightclub is so important to her. She wonders why Leonor treats Daniela better
than her, but Leonor says how much of an influence Daniela is to her. The children barge into the storage closet
and are in awe to see it. Old boxes, old clothes, dust scattered everywhere.
They then hear a strange sound and applaud, figuring they are sneaking up on
something. One of the children walks over to a box. The children join him and
find some old clothes and costumes inside.
Elena tells the secretary that Enrique is the most marvelous man in the
world. She also tells her how she plans to steal him from Leonor. The children hear a bang and run out of the
room. Daniela joins them, but she hears the magical sound again. She stays
behind and turns around, only to let out a shriek as to what she sees. SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #2 (Broadcast on July 11, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 07/18/99 12:32 The children hear a bang and run out of the
room. Daniela joins them, but she hears the magical sound again. She stays
behind and turns around, only to let out a shriek as to what she sees. Then she
simply watched as the floating sparkles formed what she never imagined she
would see: A ghost. The ghost sees Daniela and approaches her
in a very friendly way. "Hi," he greets. Daniela was in complete shock. She stared open-mouthed and
wide-eyed at the ghost. She couldn't believe it. She had read about ghosts in
fictional stories or seen them on television. However, never did she expect to
come face-to-face with one, and especially one who looked like a particular Boy
Who Came From The Sea. "Who are
you?" he asks. Daniela still
couldn't say anything. "What is
your name?" he prodded. Finally,
Daniela, having enough courage, said to the ghost, "Say
something." The ghost tells
Daniela how he appeared, and Daniela quickly turns around and runs away. "Don't go away, come back," the
ghost calls after her. "Come back..." The children run back to the auditorium stage, talking about
their experience in the dark room. They joke about it briefly. Daniela, on the
other hand, sits down at a chair behind the stage area. She reminds herself
that there's no such thing as ghosts.
---------------------- Elena
greets Leonor at the lobby area of the theatre. Leonor tells Elena that the
problems at home with the children are much greater than the problem that
occured the night before. She also tells Elena that with having children, any
type of problem in inevitable. Elena understands Leonor, especially what it's
like to be a mother who raises children. Leonor then asks where she can find
the children, and Elena tells her at the auditorium. Leonor leaves. "In one day, I will be giving her my
orders," Elena mutters—(or I think that's what she said). "That is
the truth." On stage, Martin is
preparing the children to practice a number. He assigns Toby, Lili, Maru to
join them.... The pounding noise
reemerges itself. The children turn around and are in shock. Juancho grabs the dog and turns around to
watch the figure approaching him. He looks up at it. "Hi, dad," he said.
Enrique flips off Juancho's cap. The children laugh. Leonor appears in the auditorium. The
children are happy to see her, and they gather around her. Enrique announces to the children that he
had nothing to say except Daniela was brave to admit last night was an
accident. However, he was still upset that the children attempted to transform
his production last night into a Titantic-sized Emilio Larrosa production and
sink it farther than the depths of futility. Because of this, he terminates the
children's privileges to hang around the theatre. Daniela appears and begs her
father not to take away this privilege.
At the office, Elena tells Enrique's secretary that she is happy Enrique
will not allow the children to hang around the theatre. She also tells the
secretary that she met Leonor, that Leonor is such a good mother to her children.
She also mentions Enrique.
------------------------ The
children are sitting in the audience as Enrique is on stage explaining that the
children create too many problems when they are at the theatre. The children
are sobbing, since they feel bad their privilege had been taken away. The
children try to talk some sense into Enrique to change his mind. They knew what
they did was wrong, and they admitted their fault. Enrique thinks it over
briefly and decides to give them a second chance. They are elated. Enrique is in his office talking with Pepe
about a movie that the children might be starring in. Elena is happy that
Enrique decided to prohibit the children from the theatre and that they will
never return, but Enrique gave the children a second chance. He tells Elena
that they are just children and they had no intention to ruin the production.
Elena is not happy to hear this news, but Enrique tries to make Elena
understand. Elena understands, but she adds the truth that these children are
"monsters" he just created.
In her bedroom, Daniela is writing another page in her diary. She puts
the diary away when Adela enters the room. Adela sees the dog and is scared.
Daniela asks Adela if she believes in ghosts. Adela, almost wanting to laugh,
wonders if Daniela is starting to become crazy. Daniela falls asleep. ---------------- Daniela hears that magical sound again. She thinks its the
ghost, so she gets out of her bed and sneaks into Adela's bed. Adela pushes
Daniela away, and Daniela falls to the floor. Daniela then grabs a flashlight
and hides beneath her bed to continue writing in her diary. She places the
flashlight on the diary and writes in her diary about the ghost she thought she
saw and how she doesn't believe in ghosts. Suddenly the alarm clock
sounds. Today is Leonor's birthday,
and Adela, Daniela, and Juancho wake their mother by singing a wonderful
birthday tune. Then they give presents to their mother. Adela presents her
mother with a picture of herself encased in a wooden frame, so her mother would
not forget about her. Daniela and Juancho present their mother with small
candies. Enrique presents Leonor with a necklace. Leonor thinks its precious
and she loves it. At the Linares
household, Martin greets his mother. His mother asks how he slept last night,
and Martin says that he slept well. Martin then asks his mother if he can go to
the theatre, to celebrate Daniela's mother's birthday. Daniela invites one of the children from La
Pandilla to the room where she saw the ghost. The girl asks where the ghost is,
and Daniela tells her to not say anything because the ghost might come.
Suddenly they hear that all-too-familiar pounding noise. They're frightened.
Don Capu enters the room and wonders what is going on. Daniela and the girl
tell Don Capu that they thought there was a ghost. Don Capu urges them to
return to the theatre, but Daniela wants to stay and see the ghost. Finally,
Don Capu talks her into leaving the room...
...but not after the ghost calls her name. "Daniela...." Daniela and the girl talk return to the
theatre with Don Capu, and they all talk about what they thought they saw in
the room. Don Capu tells them that the noise came from mice. ------------- Martin talks to Pepe about women. He asks Pepe about his first
girlfriend. Pepe tells Martin that he's never had much experience with women,
but he then asks what girl Martin has feelings for. Martin tells him that it's
Daniela. Pepe is surprised to hear this, and he agrees to tell him everything
he needs to know to win her heart. In
Natalia's dressing room, Daniela asks Natalia if she knows anything or believes
in ghosts. Natalia wonders where Daniela heard of such a thing and tells her
that ghosts don't exist.
------------ Elena enters a
room and asks for a key from the light director. The director gives Elena the
key. Adela joins her friend at the
restaurant and tells her that her mother can't join her at the nightclub
tonight. Elena goes back to the room
and fixes the lighting equipment. She then returns to the office with a folder.
She tells the secretary that Pepe needs the folder for his interview, so she
gives it to the secretary. Back at the
Leonor household, Don Capu works with the children in practicing the song and
dance routine. Martin wants to speak to Daniela, and the children suspect that
Martin wants to do more than speak with her. As the children set up props
around the house, Martin shows Daniela his admiration for her. Daniela is
startled. --------------- Enrique tells Elena that there are people
coming from a long distance to see the play at the university tonight. Back at the household, the children finish
practicing their song and dance routine. Martin joins Daniela as they go to the
theatre. Juancho climbs into the cardboard house that the children built, and
the dog follows him inside. Daniela
invites Martin to the room where she saw the ghost. Martin feels romantic and
wants to tell Daniela that he likes her. However, he feels hesitant to say it.
The ghost appears out of nowhere, carries a bonnet hat and dumps it on Martin's
head. The ghost laughs. Daniela is amazed, since she knows the ghost is around
somewhere. In the lighting room,
Enrique and Elena test the lighting equipment for tonight's show. Elena flips a
handle, and a shock electrocutes her. She falls to the floor. "Elena!" Enrique calls to her,
but Elena is out cold.
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SUMMARY FOR EPISODE #3 (Broadcast on July 18,
1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date:
07/22/99 10:20 "Elena!"
Enrique calls to her, but Elena is out cold. "Elena! Elena, what happened?
Elena! Elena, your reaction, please!"
Suddenly the lights in the room turn on. Enrique steps aside for a
moment to seek help. Meanwhile, Elena is laying on the ground unconscious...or
is she? She sits up momentarily to check if Enrique left, then returns to her
unconscious state while Enrique calls for help. ----------------
Daniela and the ghost are laughing when she sees Martin with the bonnet
hat on. "What's so funny?"
Martin wonders, and he quickly notices the hat on his head. He takes it off and
throws it on the ground in disgust. Then he turns around and leaves. "Wait, Martin," Daniela calls
after him. "Martin..." The ghost
asks Daniela if the boy was his best friend. "Yes," Daniela replies.
"He's my best friend."
"And me?" the ghost says. "Am I your friend?" "Well, you're a good friend...."
Daniela remarks, grinning. "Very
good!" "Then yes, you're my
friend." The ghost clenches his
fists in joy. "Great!"
"Well, I have to talk to Martin." "Don't go," the ghost begs Daniela. Daniela holds up her hand. "I promise
you, I'll be back soon," she tells the ghost, and she runs out the room as
the ghost watches. ---------------- Enrique is on the phone calling for help.
"Yes, young lady, young lady, we are at the Teatro Principal....right
now....yes, yes, yes, quickly, please."
Natalia enters the room and is in shock when she sees Elena lying
unconscious. "Oh my God, what happened to Miss Elena?" "I don't know, she got short-circuited.
The force discharged her." Natalia
runs out the room to get help, as Enrique still tries to awaken Elena.
"Elena, Elena...Elena...."
---------------- Martin sits
outside the room depressed. Daniela appears. "Martin," she
calls. But Martin turns around to walk
away. "Wait for me," Daniela tells him. "What are you looking for?" he asks. Daniela puts a hand on Martin's shoulder,
trying to apologize. However, Martin gets up and leaves, upset. ---------------- Outside the theater, Elena is carried out on a stretcher and
taken into the ambulance. At the
Monroy residence, Leonor has just finished setting the dinner table. She tells
Flor about Enrique and how much they love him. Natalia informs Doña Amparito about Elena and her accident. She
asks her to join her at the hospital. At the Linares household, the family is having dinner. Martin
asks his father Gustavo if he can go play with his friends. Gustavo, angry
tells him yes, but that this presentation is the last that he will participate
in. Enrique enters the hospital and wonders
where Elena is. The doctor informs him that Elena is in the operating room and
that he will have to wait in order to see her. A nurse arrives and tells the
doctor that they have to operate on Elena. The doctor leaves, and Enrique is
frustrated. Daniela comes running down
the steps and joins La Pandilla, as they wait for Enrique to come home. Don
Capu arrives and asks if the children are nervous. Leonor arrives, wearing an
amazingly beautiful evening dress. Flor brings out a tray of delicious treats,
and Leonor asks the children if they would like something to eat. The children
cheer yes. Back at the hospital,
Enrique tries to call his house from his cellular telephone, but he can't
because he is outside the calling area. He asks the doctor if he could use his
telephone, but the doctor doesn't allow him and tells him that there's a public
phone outside his office that he can use.
The doctor checks on Elena, and Elena is okay. Actually, Elena had been
okay, since she pretended to be injured from that shock. The children are eating their delicious
treats as they continue to wait. Leonor asks Adela if she can use the phone to
try and contact Enrique. Later the
children become bored. Don Capu tries to sprinkle some life into the children.
Suddenly the phone rings. Leonor picks it up. It was Enrique. "Hello," Leonor spoke into the
receiver. "Yes....we are waiting for you, what happened....WHAT? Is Elena
okay?" Enrique responds that Elena
is fine and that she suffered a shock. He apologizes that he couldn't come home
to join the children. After she hangs up, Leonor tells the children that
Enrique can't arrive today. She proceeds to explain about what happened that
Elena was feeling bad and Enrique wanted to help her. The children groan;
however, she agrees to participate with the children in their rehearsal. She
drags Adela out of the room. Enrique
and Elena are at the doctor's office filling out paperwork. Adela argues with Leonor about Enrique.
Adela tells Leonor that her father doesn't spend enough time in the home with
them. Leonor wants to know what is making Adela so jealous, but she is
interrupted when Daniela calls her to join her. ----------------
Daniela is prepared to sing her tune with her gang. She dedicates her
song to her parents. Leonor listens ... (sorry, I couldn't write this part
because it was just too much for me to see Daniela, Juancho, and Leonor crying.
Meanwhile, the immature Adela is watching them and thinking, "When is this
over already? I want to have a hamburger right now.") Enrique escorts Elena to her apartment.
Elena thanks Enrique for everything and softly kisses him on his cheek. She
then hugs him, but Enrique hesitantly backs away. Martin returns home late, and Martin's father Gustavo surprises
him. Angry, Gustavo wonders his son has been. Martin explains that he was at
Daniela's house. Gustavo tells him that both he and his mother were worried
sick, and that this would be the last time he would go to her house. Enrique finally arrives home. He realizes
that he didn't spend the quality time he wanted to with his family, and he
feels guilty about it. The next
morning, the Monroy family is having breakfast. Enrique apologizes to his
family for what happened last night. The phone rings, and Daniela picks it up. It was Martin. Daniela is happy and brings smiles to everyone's faces (including
this writer's). Daniela invites Martin to join her at her house, but is
disappointed that his parents might not allow him to leave his house. Still,
Daniela says that she will see him later in the day, and Daniela hangs up, but
not before she tells him, "It was good that you talked to me." ---------------- Enrique tries to apologize to Leonor about missing last
night. "Forget it," Leonor
says, still mad at Enrique. "Surely it wasn't your intention to go
elsewhere." "I'm sorry for
not thinking about it," Enrique replies. "I wish that I could make it
up to you." "Yes, with gifts
or with flowers? What your princess needs is your love." Enrique begs, "Really you know that
it's my fault." He tries to kiss
Leonor, but Leonor turns away. Dejected, Enrique grabs his suitcase and
leaves. The phone rings. Enrique's
secretary picks it up. Leonor. "Good morning, Leonor," she says.
"...very well, thanks, and you?...How wonderful...by the way,
congratulations..." She hands the
receiver to Elena. Elena would rather watch Mauricio Islas get run over by a
carriage in "Amor Gitano" than to speak with Leonor, but she took the
receiver and said, "Leonor, I am pleased to speak with you..." "I received your gift," Leonor
explains. "Do you like it?"
Elena asks "They are precious. How
are you feeling?" Elena tells
Leonor that she feels bad, but Leonor hopes that Elena recovers soon. Martin just finished making his bed. He
grabs his coat and heads out the bedroom door, but suddenly.... "Where do you think you're going?"
asks his father Gustavo. "To the
theatre," Martin replies. Martin
argues with Gustavo, begging that he wants to play with his friends at the
theatre. Instead, Martin's father has another job for him: To paint his
room. "But I'm not a
painter," Martin pleads.
"Learn how," Gustavo says, and he shows Martin how to move his
paintbrush against the wall in an up-and-down fashion. Then he says,
"You'll paint your room all day today, and when I return this room better
be painted." At the theatre,
Enrique meets with Daniela and apologizes to her for missing the rehearsal last
night. He also explains that Leonor was mad at him for missing it. The children from La Pandilla are playing
with the dog in the playground, showing him a new trick. They also play hide
and seek, and suddenly one of the children checks his pager....wait a minute,
children in Mexico carry pagers? In any event, he looks at the message on his
beeper and it reads "S.O.S., *Emergencia*, Vengan a mi casa,
Martin..." (S.O.S., *Emergency*, Come to my house, Martin...). He calls
the children over and they join both him and Juancho in going to Martin's
house. ---------------- Don Capu sees Daniela in the basement.
Daniela leads Don Capu to the room where she saw the ghost. Martin is in his room preparing to paint
it. He tapes some newspapers on the floor, and suddenly he hears the doorbell.
He knows who's at the door, so he wastes no time in answering it. "He's a very nice boy and very
hansome, too," Daniela says to Don Capu about the ghost. Don Capu still wants to know more about this
"ghost" she saw. "He's a
very tiny child like me," she says.
Don Capu doesn't believe Daniela, but he agrees to stay with her just to
see this "boy" she imagined appear.
Elena is at the office manuevering scissors through the family picture
of the Monroys. Suddenly the ghost appears. Elena throws away the picture and goes to
grab a glass of water. She heads back to her desk and puts the glass down on
the table. Suddenly the glass falls and spills water on her skirt. The ghost laughs. Elena mutters some words (I think a couple of f-words here and
there) and lights up a cigarette, as the ghost disappears. Daneila sees the ghost appear, but Don Capu
doesn't. Daniela tells Don Capu that she can see the ghost, but Don Capu
doesn't want to waist any more time in the rom so he leaves. The children are painting the room as they
jam to "Ven Comingo," one of the tunes from the "El Diario de
Daniela" soundtrack. Daniela is
writing in her diary when suddenly the ghost appears. "What are you writing in your diary?" he asks. "Things that have happened to me,"
Daniela responds. "Also things about my parents and my family." Daniela mentions a bit about Elena. "Who is Elena?" the ghost
wonders. "She's an assistant to my
dad," Daniela tells him. "They work together." Enrique returns home and professes his love
for Leonor. He realizes he's been a bad father for some time, and he sees that
the family is more important than work.
Daniela opens her diary and shows a family picture to the ghost—an
identical photo to the one Elena destroyed at the office. "Who is that?" the ghost asks,
pointing to one of the faces.
"Adela, my sister," Daniela says. The ghost points to another face. "And who is
that?" "My father." "And this other one?" "My mother." Suddenly the ghost tells Daniela something
about her mother. Daniela wants to know what will happen to her. The ghost says
that her mother is in danger and something bad will happen to her mother.
Daniela covers her mouth with her hands, in shock.
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SUMMARY FOR EPISODE #4 (Broadcast on July 18,
1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 07/25/99 12:14 Daniela opens her diary and shows a family
picture to the ghost—an identical photo
to the one Elena destroyed at the office.
"Who is that?" the ghost asks, pointing to one of the faces. "Adela, my sister," Daniela
says. The ghost points to another face.
"And who is that?" "My
father." "And this other
one?" "My mother." Suddenly the ghost tells Daniela something
about her mother. Daniela wants to know
what will happen to her. The ghost says that her mother is in danger and something bad will happen to her mother and
her father. Daniela doesn't believe the
ghost and tells him that her father has been seeing Elena, but her father and Elena only work together and
nothing more. Her mother understands
that they only work together, and her marriage with her father will not become ruined because of it. The children were painting Martin's room,
and everyone and everything is a mess.
Paint splattered all over their clothes and the bedroom furniture. The children are frustrated. Martin hands out
wet paper towels to the children to clean
themselves. At the Teatro Principal,
Enrique tells Pepe that he works too much everyday and its affecting his family. Pepe asks if Enrique wants to put
it all away to spend more time with his
family, but at the same time put away all the
affection and love he has received from his audience. --
Enrique is at his office reading aloud a passage from the book version
of the telenovela "Corazón
Salvaje." Moments later, Elena enters his office. "You called me?" she said. Enrique places the book on his desk and
turns around to see Elena lean her head
against the office door. Enrique remembers the shock that went through her last night and immediately escorts Elena
to his office chair. "What is
happening?" he asks. "I didn't see you come. Sit down for a
moment." "I feel okay,
thanks," Elena responds, sitting down momentarily. Then she stands up and looks straight into Enrique's
eyes, prepared to kiss him....
"Dad, can I speak with you?" Daniela asks as she enters his
office. Elena and Enrique look down at
Daniela. Daniela tells Elena to wait outside
the office for a while, and Elena exits. "What happened?" Enrique asks. "It has to do with my mother,"
Daniela says, concerned that her father and
mother are having problems.
"Don't worry about that. I love her, she is the love of my life,
she is above everything that I
do." Elena is at her office
accessing my website on her computer. She writes an e-mail to me wondering when I will upload more videoclips.
Suddenly, Enrique enters. "Did Daniela already go?" Elena
asks. "Yes," Enrique responds
as he sits down on a chair near Elena's desk.
"Those children have become a shadow," Elena complains. "Daniela is very humble. She thinks
that I'm having problems with her mother,
but I love her mother."
Elena is not pleased to hear that.
Enrique gets up. "Well, I hate to interrupt, but I have to check on
the premiere of my play." Elena understands. "As you wish,"
she says as she heads back to her computer
to check out the wonderful 36 videoclips of "Corazón Salvaje"
I uploaded on my website last
week. Enrique turns around for a moment
and states, "And for my marriage don't
worry about it." Daniela
is talking to Lidi about her mother and father and the problems they have been having. She says that her father
works a lot and doesn't have time to
spend with his family; however, her father still loves her mother very much.
----------------------- Natalia
enters Enrique's office and notices that book on Enrique's desk. She picks it up and pages through it. She
wonders how in the world Enrique got
this extraordinary book, because she tried looking through amazon.com
and couldn't find it. Finally she reads
aloud a page from the book, a page where
Monica is professing her love to Juan del Diablo, how Monica would
never marry any other man except Juan.
The fiery passion in Juan's eyes is an
inferno that hypnotizes Monica and forces her to plunge her lips onto his
and taste his love.... Enrique steps in and notices the way Natalia
is reading the page out loud. He is
intrigued by the way she reads it. Suddenly Natalia notices Enrique and hurriedly places the book down. "Excuse me, I'm so sorry..." she
says. "That's okay, you sound as
though you could make it to theater," Enrique remarks. Natalia leaves,
but then Enrique gives the book to her. "Please, take it with you. It's a gift for you." Natalia looks at the book as though it's a
delicate masterpiece....a masterpiece
that, like the heart within Juan del Diablo's tough exterior, is full of gold. "Really?"
"Of course."
"Thanks." "You
read very well." The phone rings
and Enrique picks it up. Meanwhile, Natalia hugs the book tightly to her chest, and like the love
Monica has for Juan she will never
sacrifice it for anything. --------------- Back at the Monroy residence, Lidi,
Daniela, and another child are talking
about Daniela's parents. Daniela asks that she be left alone, and both
Lidi and the child leave. Daniela then
heads to another part of the house and
picks up her diary. She then begins to write in it and express how sad
she feels about the situation and prays
to God that like Luciana in a familiar
story she read, there will be a Light in the Road. The room is painted! Martin and La Pandilla
did it! Martin thanks all his friends
for helping out. He is so proud of the way he painted it that he actually cries and hugs his friends for a
job well done. Martin's father Gustavo
enters the room and looks around. He is impressed, but he wonders why he was able to finish it so soon. Then he
leaves, but not before he notices a
print of someone's hand on the bedroom doorknob. "What is this?" Gustavo asks, suspicious. Martin tries explaining what happened, but
Gustavo doesn't believe him.
Immediately Gustavo suspects that he had friends come over to help him
out. "Tell me why did you bring
your friends over?!" Gustavo asks, grabbing Martin and shaking him violently. Martin still can't talk. "Tell me why!!!!" Gustavo yells,
and he throws Martin onto the bed. "WHY!!!!" Martin begs his father to stop, but his
father hits him hard. Lidi and a young
boy sneak into Enrique's office. Lidi grabs a manila envelop and writes in large letters "Para
Enrique Monroy, Urgente" (For Enrique
Monroy, Urgent) on the front of it. The boy stuffs a videocassette into
the envelop and place the envelop on
Enrique's desk. Then both Lidi and the boy
scurry away. Enrique enters his
office and notices the envelop. He opens it to find the videocassette. Then he walks over to the television
set and inserts the cassette into the
VCR, only to watch that tearful performance from Daniela, and she, Leonor and Juancho hugging each
other and crying. Enrique could only
shake his head in disgust, realizing what a fool he has become to put his work above the most important thing to
him—his family. ------- Daniela waits patiently for her mother.
When her mother Leonor arrives, Daniela
wants to speak with her. She asks why there are problems between her and her father Enrique. Leonor tells Daniela
that there are no problems. Enrique is
her life, even though Enrique is so involved with work and very little involved with family. Suddenly Enrique comes home and says to
Leonor "We have to talk." He leads
Leonor upstairs to their bedroom. In their bedroom, Enrique feels that his marriage with Leonor is
beginning to split. Leonor wonders why
Enrique is telling that to her. Leonor
thinks that Enrique is blaming her for their problems, but Enrique says to Leonor that he had been ashamed of
himself after he watched the video of
Daniela's song and then Daniela, Leonor, and Juancho crying. Leonor mentions to Enrique that he has been
spending less time with her. Back at
the office, Elena comes in and goes to her computer. She begins typing some words on the Windows application
Paintbrush: "Enrique Monroy, Tu
mujer tiene, Un amante, Un amiga" (Enrique Monroy, your woman has,
a lover, a friend). Then she changes
it: "Leonor Monroy: Se ha puesto a pensar por que su marido pasa tanto tiempo fuera de
casa....? Un alma caritativa" (Leonor
Monroy: She has been put to think her husband spends too much time
outside of the house....? A charitable
soul.) ----------- At the table the next day, Flor serves
Daniela and Juancho burgers and chocolate
milk. However, Daniela and Juancho don't have an appetite because of Enrique and Leonor. At first they think
about giving the burgers and milk to
Robyn Barnette, because they knew that she was hungry. Suddenly they, along with Daniela, notice a sight not often
seen: Enrique and Leonor together. They
join Daniela and Juancho and tell them that to make up for all the problems they have had, they are going
to renew their wedding vows and go on a
second honeymoon. Martin sits at his
bed trying to ease the pain he suffered at the hands of his father. Martin's mother Rita enters his
bedroom and explains that when Gustavo
realized that Martin had friends over to help him, he was not happy about it. She also tells Martin that his
father understands that Martin is not a
perfectionist. Rita tells Martin that she is very proud of her. Martin then says that he dislikes his dad, and
especially for the way he got angry at
him. Enrique and Leonor give details
to thei children about their second
honeymoon. There was one problem, however: Adela, Daniela, and Juancho
were not going. They were a bit
depressed to hear the news, but not in the sense that they would have the house to themselves. They also
understood that this would give Enrique
and Leonor more time to spend together.
-------------- Later that
evening, Daniela writes in her diary about how it was incredible that her mother and father put aside their
problems. She cried, she suffered, but
now it was over. She was so happy. Adela tells Daniela to turn off the lights and go to bed. Daniela does, and she
knew that she would have a good sleep
tonight. Elena is at her office when
Maru arrives and informs Elena exclusive details about where Leonor and Enrique are going. The details actually
came exclusively from Daniela herself,
but does Maru know something else about
this that Daniela doesn't know? We can bet that she does! Elena gives
Maru some money as a reward for her
good work. Leonor and Enrique are
discussing details about where they are going to go on their honeymoon. At the pool hall, Elena meets with Joel and asks him to come
with her so she can discuss her
obsession and attraction to a married man named Enrique....and a wife named Leonor that she wants eliminated from
the picture.
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SUMMARY FOR EPISODE #5 (Broadcast on
July 25, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette
Date: 07/30/99 12:20 At the pool
hall, Elena meets with Joel and asks him to come with her so she can discuss
her obsession and attraction to a married man named Enrique....and a wife named
Leonor that she wants eliminated from the picture. Joel grins at the idea and leads her to an area araw from the
pool table. Elena explains to Joel what she wants him to do. "Are you sure?" Joel asks. "Absolutely," said Elena. "I
want to rid this woman once and for all."
Joel laughs and hesitates at the idea, but he agrees to do it....if
Elena pays her. "How much?"
asks Elena, but she knows that Joel will do it for mucho dinero. Leonor and Enrique are planning out their
honeymoon. "Don't worry about
anything," Enrique advises Leonor.
"It will be so rich by the sea," Leonor says, and she kisses
Enrique. "Above all, just
us," Enrique says. "But I'm
worried about the children,"
Enrique then explains that Daniela's song was the reason why he wanted
to take her on this second honeymoon.
Joel heads back to the pool table. Elena asks how much money she has to
pay Joel to ruin Leonor and Enrique's honeymoon. Elena is stunned when she
hears the figure Joel reveals, and she walks away. However, she thinks twice
about it and agrees to pay such a large sum to Joel, just as long as Leonor was
gone. --------------------- While the children are playing, Martin and
Daniela are sitting on a ledge talking. Martin shows Daniela a bruise on his
arm and tells her that his stepfather Gustavo was the one who hit him. "Your stepfather hit you?" Daniela
asks. Daniela then recommends Martin to
tell his mother about it, but Martin doesn't want to because he doesn't want to
betray his love for her. Daniela wants to tell, but Martin says no. Daniela
also recommends that he tell Pepe, his father, that Gustavo is abusing
him. Adela and her friend are skating
at a local ice-skating rink. She tells her friend that her parents are going on
a second honeymoon and she has to look after Juancho and Daniela. Leonor is seeing if her bathing suit will
fit her. She then walks over to her dresser and looks at a photo of her family.
Finally she writes a letter for Daniela: "My lovely little girl, thank you
for loving me, thank you for helping your father, thank you to the name of God,
I am very certain that now you are going to view us different, thank you for my
child." Daniela asks Martin if he
would like to join her in meeting a special friend. Martin asks a few things
about who this friend is, a hint of jealousy creeping into him that this friend
could be someone she's currently seeing.
"Is he a friend....well, what does he have? Do you like him?" "Yes, I like him," Daniela
remarks. "He's very nice."
That's it, Martin should've known...Daniela falling in love with another
guy. After all the heartache he went through to try and win her heart, Daniela
finding someone else who was better-looking than him, probably someone who had
rich parents, wears nice clothes, looked as cute as that little boy Elena
tutored in that telenovela he watched last year.... "Well, I got to be going. But don't worry about him. He will
not end up with me."
"Seriously?" Martin wonders,
"Seriously," Daniela says, and she trots down the steps of the
ledge to meet this special friend.
--------------------- Natalia
makes an unexpected appearance at the Monroy residence to Leonor's delight. She
walks over to the kitchen table, where Leonor is preparing dinner. "How are you?" Natalia asks. "Good," Leonor responds, smiling,
happy to see Natalia. "Please sit down. Tell me, how is Don
Capu?" Natalia explains to Leonor
about Don Capu and then gives Leonor a small envelope that contains a card. She
thanks Natalia, and Natalia says that even though her life is at the theater,
her real life is with family. Daniela
arrives in the room and calls out for the ghost. "Yols! Yols, please appear! Yols!" Yols, the ghost, appears. "Where were you, Yols?" Daniela joins Yols in a brief slow dance. "Yols, my parents are going on a
honeymoon, so thank you for reminding me that my mother was in
danger." Yols jumps up and down,
excited that he contributed to solving her parents' problems. The children are playing. Malu asks Martin
if he and Daniela are boyfriend/girlfriend.
Lidi interferes and wonders what would make her say such a remark. Malu
grabs Lidi's arm and threatens to smack the ---- out of Lidi if she didn't shut
up, but Martin steps in to break it up.
Daniela arrives and explains to the children that her parents are going
on a honeymoon not because of that song she sang, but because of her friend
Yols the ghost. The children are happy to hear this news, but Malu has other
plans to rid Daniela once and for all....
Adela and her friend are at the theater lobby when the main character
from the play wlks by. Her friend wants to have a gorgeous guy like that, and
both Adela and her friend argue about who will get him first. Daniela arrives at her room and notices a
letter on her bed. She opens it and reads the letter her mother wrote. She
almost wanted to cry after what she read.
At the airport, the children wave good bye to their parents as they
board the plane, on their way to their vacation. "Mom," Danela calls after her mother. Leonor turns around and asks, "What is
it?" Daniela smiles. "I love
you so much," she tells her, and both she and her mother hug. She'd
remember it for the rest of her life.
Elena arrives at the pool hall, amidst a bunch of cat calls from the
others at the hall. She pays Joel the amount he wanted from Elena the other
day. It was a large price to pay, but for her nothing was more valuable than to
eradicate Leonor and steal Enrique.
--------------------- At
Cozumel, their vacation spot, Enrique and Leonor are spending the time that
they were not able to spend when Enrique began the preparations for his play.
They played volleyball, swam in the ocean, rode on horseback, things that were
typical for a vacation. At the Monroy
residence, their first day without their parents, Daniela, Juancho, and Adela
are at the table having breakfast. Adela complains to Flor that the kitchen is
her job, and Flor tells Adela how it would feel if she was to do that same
work. Elena is at her hotel room when
Joel arrives. Joel first checks the small refrigerator in her hotel room to see
if there are any snacks, then tells Elena that this is the type of hotel room
he likes. He lies down on the bed, but Elena tells Joel that she is not here to
relax—instead she is here to kill Leonor and ruin Leonor and Enrique's
honeymoon. Enrique and Leonor are
throwing water to each other on the beachfront. Enrique then escorts Leonor to
a small area away from the water and tells Leonor that he regrets not spending
time with her and their children. He also wants to renew his wedding vows with
Leonor. Leonor would be more than happy to.
The children are cleaning the area where Daniela first met the ghost.
Fatima believes she found an insect and sprays disinfectant at it. Martin picks
it up and shows her that the insect is slready dead. Then one of the children
prances around like an idiot and says something about Daniela and Martin are
boyfriend and girlfriend. The children join him in singing, but they're
interrupted when Don Capu appears in an armored suit. ---------------------
Elena is at her hotel room on the phone. She tells Enrique's secretary
that she's doing well and not to worry about her. Suddenly she hears someone at
the door. "Enrique
Monroy." Elena opens the door and
sees that it's Joel. She is not amused at his little joke. Joel comes in and looks out the window of
her hotel room. He tells Elena that he doesn't want to cause any pain for so
much money. The children are
"attacking" Don Capu with paper swords. Don Capu is trying to defend
himself by fighting them off. Martin
escorts Daniela away from the children and wonders if Daniela likes him.
Suddenly Yols the ghost appears and blows a cloud of dust into his face. Enrique and Leonor are preparing to go
scuba diving. Joel approaches them and says that he can show them the best area
where they can scuba dive, to see all the wonderful wildlife that exists under
the sea. He leads them to a boat docked at the pier, and both Leonor and
Enrique join him on the boat. From a
distance, however, Elena is watching the action very carefully through a set of
binoculars, to see that the plan is carried out accordingly....the plan to
eliminate Leonor once and for all.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #6 (Broadcast on July 25, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 08/01/99 11:04 Enrique and Leonor are preparing to go scuba
diving. Joel approaches them and says that he can show them the best area where
they can scuba dive, to see all the wonderful wildlife that exists under the
sea. He leads them to a boat docked at the pier, and both Leonor and Enrique
join him on the boat. From a distance,
however, Elena is watching the action very carefully through a set of
binoculars, to see that the plan is carried out accordingly....the plan to
eliminate Leonor once and for all.
Joel assists Enrique and Leonor in helping them into the water. He
expresses how exciting it's going to be to go under the sea. Enrique jumps in
the water. Leonor is about to jump in, but not before Joel attempts to rig the
oxygen tank attached to her back.
Enrique and Leonor swim underwater and are simply just fascinated and
marveled by what they see under water: Large and colorful fish; coral reefs and
shells; rocks, sand—just a wonderful sight to see. Joel's first attempt to rig the tank was not successful. Dressed
in his scuba diving gear, he looks around to check if anyone is watching. Then
he jumps in the water to go after Enrique and Leonor. Enrique and Leonor continue to swim, amazed with the beauty of
the sea. Outside the theater, Don Capu
and La Pandilla are taking a break from their performance. Joel locates Leonor in an area surrounded
by rocks. He struggles with the oxygen tank until he covers a valve so that no
oxygen flows into Leonor. Large bubbles begin to float to the water surface.
Leonor knows that she's in trouble. Meanwhile, Enrique continues to swim and
fascinate himself with the underwater world.
Leonor is unconscious. The pressure from the bottom of the sea was too
excruciating. Enrique swims until he
notices that Leonor is lost. He frantically searches for her. Joel swims to the boat, knowing that he had
accomplished what Elena expected him to do.
Enrique swims to the top of the surface. "I can't find my
wife," he calls out to Joel, panicking, arriving to the boat. "Help
me, search for her, please." Joel
puts on his swimming fins and jumps in the water to rescue Leonor. He goes to
the bottom until he sees a body in a yellow scuba-diving suit, lifeless. It was
Leonor. Joel inserts a breathing pipe into his mouth and into Leonor's mouth,
so that he can pump oxygen into Leonor. Then he grabs Leonor and pulls her to
the surface. Enrique sees them and joins Joel to help. Time was now running
out. Once all three arrive to the boat,
Joel and Enrique drag Leonor onto the boat. Enrique checks to see if there is a
pulse. There is none. Frantic, he performs CPR on Leonor to try and revive her.
"Leonor....Leonor...Wake up, Leonor!....LEONOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Joel, upset to see Leonor unsconsious like
this, sadly replies, "She's dead."
But Enrique doesn't believe Joel. He uses his hands to push harder
against Leonor's chest, trying very desperately to awaken her. Hope was all but
lost at this point. Enrique then tells
Joel to get medical help. At the airport,
Elena is boarding her plane to head back to Mexico City. Then Robyn Barnette
and the rap group Control Machete appeared and hijacked the plane so they could
crash it in Philadelphia (Univision didn't show this scene because they feared
it would scare the elderly, several small children, and roaches). "Leonor....Please, Leonor..."
Enrique continues to call, still trying to wake her, but it was too late.
Leonor was dead. Joel tries to console
Enrique, but Enrique resists. All Enrique could do now was grieve. At the Monroy residence, Daniela and the
children are preparing for Leonor and Enrique's welcome from their honeymoon.
They are painting signs, creating paper flowers, all to give Daniela's parents
the best welcome home ever. Outside
the hospital, Enrique is crying. He had lost his wife. A doctor breaks the sad news to Enrique that
his wife can't wake up. They tried as hard as they could to rescue Leonor, but
it was to no avail. Enrique grabs the
doctor and shakes him violently. "I WANT TO SPEAK TO MY WIFE!!!!!" he
shouts at the doctor, but the reality set in that he won't be able to speak to
her now, ever. The sign is finished.
It reads, "BIENVENIDOS PAPITOS QUERIDOS" (WELCOME HOME OUR DEAR
MOTHER AND FATHER). "It's so
incredible," Daniela comments about the sign. Daniela and the children begin cleaning up. Martin walks over to
her and flops down on the bed in front of Daniela. He looks at her as though
he's in love and lets out a sigh. Daniela looks like a dream. The children sigh, too. They know what
Martin is up to, that stud! Not
impressed with his approach, Daniela implies for Martin to go back to sleep by
moving to another location on the bad. Matin watches, knowing that he failed. A boy joins Martin and talk about what
Martin is trying to do to win Daniela's heart. Suddenly Yols the ghost
appears. The boy tells Martin how to do
it the right way, so Martin tries again. Upon walking toward her, the ghost
"pushes" a chair into Martin's way. Martin trips and falls onto the
chair. The children erupt a gale of laughter.
Daniela sees Yols and waves a signal at him, advising him that it was
not nice for him to do that. When Yols appears, Daniela informs him that it was
not nice to make fun of Martin like that.
Natalia appears and looks around. She is in awe with the way she and the
children cleaned the room. Then Daniela tells Natalia that beginning today, she
and her are "sisters" forever.
At the hospital, Enrique is upset with the doctor that they couldn't
save Leonor in time. Joel asks the
hotel clerk for a notice, and the clerk hands it to him. Joel opens the letter
and reads it. He accomplished what Elena wanted him to do, but a part of him is
visibly upset that he never imagined he would do it. Daniela and the children are making final preparations for
Leonor and Enrique's return home. The children are blowing up balloons "We are preparing a celebration for the
return of my parents," said Daniela.
Malu is not interested in hearing this news. Adela storms down the stairs and wonders what the children are
doing. Daniela repeats, "My
friends and myself are preparing a celebration for the return of our
parents." "Of course you're
preparing for the opportunity of our parents returning home, right?" Adela
retorts. "I'm not happy about it."
Adela then remarks an insult at the children and walks out, upset. "Your sister is feeling quite
upset," one of the boys tells Daniela. ("por dada amano" is bad
Spanish, so whatever this means I am not interested to know) The house is all decorated and ready for
the celebrations! Suddenly a portrait
of Leonor above the fireplace falls on the floor. Daniela and the children
wonder how the portrait fell. Daniela believes that the ghost had something to
do with it...she would find out much later there was a significant reason why
that portrait fell. At the office,
Elena is basking in the glory that Leonor is dead. She is also happy that she
escaped the hijacking unharmed. Pepe
enters and tells Elena that during Enrique's absence he has been working on
directing the play. Suddenly the phone
rings. Elena picks it up and finds out that it's Enrique. "Did something happen?" Elena
asks. Enrique tells Elena that
something did happen, and it had to do with Leonor. He wants to speak to Pepe
about it, and so Elena hands the receiver to Pepe. "Enrique?" Pepe says.
"Pepe, I'm leaving from Cozumel in a short while. I'll be waiting
for you to pick me up at the airport."
"What happened?" Pepe wonders, curious. "I won't tell you through telephone,
just come to the airport and I'll tell you." Enrique then hangs up. "Enrique?" Pepe asks. Elena is concerned. "What did he say to
you?" Pepe starts to leave for the
airport. "I don't know. I'll see you later." (**** I SKIPPED THE NEXT SEVERAL SCENES
BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET TO THIS NEXT PART BELOW ****) At the airport, Enrique arrives, tired, sad, grieving. He looks
over to his right, thinking that Leonor was going to catch up with him. She
didn't. She wouldn't, ever. Leonor was gone.
Enrique thanks Joel for his help in trying to save Leonor. Pepe arrives to the airport and sees
Enrique. He had been used to seeing Enrique a much happier man, smiling, proud,
delighted. Today, however, was a different story. He never saw Enrique look
like this. "Are you sick?"
Pepe asks. "What happened?"
Enrique didn't want to tell Pepe what happened. He didn't have it in him
to reveal the tragedy that took place, because he knew it would set off
landmines of sadness for the people he worked with; the audience that attended his
shows; but most important, the family that he loves. He couldn't hide the fact
from Pepe. It was shocking enough to keep it to himself.... "Leonor?" But hearing her name blurt out of Pepe was
much, much worse. Enrique dropped his
bags. Leonor. The name itself sent a ripple effect of heartache throughout him
and paralyzed him. Leonor, the beautiful woman Enrique has shared his life with
for so many years, dead. "What is
it?" With his voice cracking,
Enrique said, "Pepe....Pepe, help me." Pepe wanted to get to the heart of the matter. He held Enrique's
shoulders to try and comfort him. "What happened?" "I can't," Enrique broke down.
"I don't have it in me to do it."
"What happened to you, tell me." Enrique lit the fuse to detonate the first landmine. It exploded,
"Leonor...is dead." Pepe
widened his eyes in shock as Enrique embraced him. He had heard the words all
right—he wanted to pretend that they weren't the words he thought he heard
Enrique say. Leonor, dead? "Leonor
died." Only then could Pepe break
down in tears. Martin arrived home
when the lights to his house came on.
His stepfather, Gustavo, yelled at him. He knew where Martin was. Martin
tells Gustavo that he was five minutes late and his mother gave him
permission. But Gustavo didn't want to
hear it. He then orders Martin to go to his room because he wasn't going to
watch television, especially the special report on ECO where Jacobo Zabuldovsky
reported a certain plane that left Cozumel crashed at a landmark known as the
Franklin Institute... At the funeral
home, the people are carrying out the silver casket that contains Leonor's
body. "I can't believe it,"
Enrique says to Pepe. "I never imagined it would happen. It couldn't be. I
tried to save her, but I wasn't able to. She had only seconds to live, but I
couldn't save her. Why couldn't I? Why?"
Pepe tries to comfort Enrique by telling him that it was an accident. He
also tells Enrique that Leonor was a great wife adn now she is in a much
happier place. Then another realization
hit him: What was he going to tell the children? At first, Enrique requests to Pepe to tell the children about it.
Pepe shakes his head. It would be up to Enrique to break the shocking news that
their mother was gone. Daniela is in
her room writing another chapter in her diary. She is very happy about many
things: The second honeymoon her parents are enjoying; the party that they
would throw for them when they returned; her sister Adela; and, of course, the
ghost. Adela is on the phone. She
checks to see that Daniela is not there and tells her friend to wait for her.
Then she leaves.... "Where are you
going?" says a commanding voice. It was Daniela. Adela turns around and asks Daniela what could be more important
than a party to welcome her parents home. What could be? A night out with her
friend, that's what, so she leaves again....
Enrique suddenly appears. Adela and Daniela are surprised to see him
arrive home much earlier than they expected. They had been used to seeing
Enrique a much happier man, smiling, proud, delighted. Today, however, was a
different story. He never saw Enrique look like this. "Are you sick?" Daniela asks Enrique didn't want to tell both Adela and Daniela what happened.
He didn't have it in him to reveal the tragedy that took place, because he knew
it would set off landmines of sadness for the people he worked with; the
audience that attended his shows; the family that he loves; but most important,
his children Adela, Daniela, and Juancho. Especially them. He couldn't hide the
fact from them, and he knew the loss of their mother would change their lives
in many unexpected ways. It was shocking enough to keep it to himself.... "My mother?" Adela asks. But hearing a reference to her name come out
from Adela was much, much worse.
"She had...an accident," Enrique explains, trying to suppress
his grief. Adela and Daniela looked
concerned. "What happened to my mother?" Daniela asked, very curious.
She hoped her father would not reveal anything bad that happened to her. As tears stolled down Enrique's cheeks, the
grief rebuilt itself inside Enrique. Preparing to tell his children what
happened to Leonor, he replied, "I don't know how, but...children, my dear
children, Leonor..." Adela and
Daniela looked at their father with much interest, as though they wanted him to
say it. What happened to their mother Leonor Monroy? "Leonor died."
Adela opened her mouth wide enough to ram a train through it. Daniela
dropped the glass she held. They had heard the words all right—were they the
words they thought they heard Enrique say?
They were, and both Adela and Daniela would remember them for the rest
of their lives.
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Summary,
Episode 7. I can tell you from the summary of episode seven that I
did before it died were: - Enrique comes home from the vacation in
Cozumel and reveals to both Adela and
Daniela that Leonor had an accident and died.
- Adela blames Enrique for being responsible for the death of Leonor - Daniela can't (and doesn't) say anything.
She is in complete shock that her
mother is now gone, but she doesn't want to believe it. That look
spoke volumes. - The large funeral where everyone pays
their last respects to Leonor. Everyone
is sobbing as they throw white flowers on the grave. Adela's crying is completely uncontrollable. - Enrique introduced Elena to Joel, who had
helped try to save Leonor. - Juancho
wakes up and wonders where everyone went. I think from the summary I did, Flor was the one who would tell
Juancho that Leonor died, but Enrique
tells him instead. If I have
time later on, I'll put the summaries to episodes 8 and 10. Also, I'm still developing a new way to write each
summary much shorter while the summary
covers the entire episode.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #9 (Broadcast on August 8, 1999) Name: Robyn
Barnette Date: 08/13/99 11:07 **** First, I would like to apologize for
not being able to write the summaries to episodes 7 and 8. One of the computers
I used to write my summaries crashed on Friday and I lost all my summaries. I
tried fixing the problem these past few days, but to no avail. I might save them for last, when the
telenovela is over. Now on to the summary.... **** -- The children gather
around the bed to watch the video. A boy inserts the video into the VCR, and he
points his remote straight to the TV. Then he presses the play button and the
video begins to play. At first, Daniela
resisted watching the video. Suddenly, she heard a voice from that video which
sounded all too familiar, a voice that would reverberate in Daniela's head and
bring back such painful memories. It
was her mother Leonor. Daniela could
not help but turn her head toward the television. Through a haze of tears, she
saw home videos of Leonor in more happier times. A feeling of sadness and grief
began to construct itself within Daniela, because she knew that she would never
live any more happy times with her mother again. Slowly, she got up from the
bed and walked closer to the television. There she was, Leonor, a beautiful
woman playing with her, feeding her, singing songs with her. I, giving her
presents on her birthday was too difficult to watch. "Mom," Daniela spoke, her voice cracking. She put her
hand on the television screen. "Oh, my dear mother..." Lidi sat next to Daniela and put her arm
around her. She understood Daniela's pain, as she watched herself appear in the
video. She says that she will always be with Daniela now that her mother is in
heaven. Another boy appears with Lidi
in the video, and he says something very thoughtful. "This is so nice," Daniela tells the children.
"Thank you so much...really."
Martin embraces Daniela, and soon everyone embraces each other. All
Robyn Barnette could do in her apartment was pause the video of tonight's
episode and shed a tear, knowing now that the death of Daniela's mother has
brought everyone closer together.
Enrique is talking briefly to Pepe about life without Leonor, his first
day back at the office after that horrible accident. Elena enters his office,
as Enrique does something on his laptop computer which causes it to let out
that enjoyable (and sometimes annoying) Windows ding. She takes some papers
from Enrique's desk and says that she will continue her work without
interrupting him. As she does, she presses a button on Enrique's office phone.
Then she leaves the office. Enrique
shakes his head in disbelief. Elena
returns to her office, hearing a conversation between both Enrique and Pepe
through her speaker phone. Something she hears between them motivates her to
leave her office. Daniela tells the
children that she doesn't want to return to her home. And she wouldn't, since
her mother isn't there anymore. One of the boys says that Daniela can't live
the rest of her life in this dusty, old room, but Daniela doesn't mind: Natalia
brings her food, Amparito accompanies her. Overall, she is happy the way she
is. "Right now, I want to be
alone," she remarks to the children, and the children slowly begin to file
out. "Come with us," Martin
requests. The children also request
Daniela to come with them. Elena
unexpectedly makes a guest appearance in Juancho's room. Juancho is not pleased
to see Elena, since she remembers how Elena rubbed it in his face that his
mother Leonor was dead. "I don't
want to speak to you," he states to Elena. "I just want to help you," Elena begs. "Go away, go away, go away, go
away!" Juancho demands, and thus Elena decides to go away. She then hops
over to Adela's room. Elena tries to
wake up Adela, but Adela is too tired. She doesn't want to get up from her bed. "Eat your chocolates," Elena
requests. "It will help alleviate your pain." "I don't want to," Adela says.
"Because I'm fat." Robyn is
about to open her mouth and say something to her television, but Elena and
Adela shoot looks of anger toward her. "Robyn, shutup," said Adela,
reminded of the fat jokes Robyn made toward one of Adela's favorite actresses
Alicia Machado. Suddenly the telephone
rings. It was Ricky. Adela picks it up and speaks into the receiver mouthpiece:
"Yes....Well, here....I don't have to, please, because I don't want to
leave here....Because I'm sad....You are so nice....well, then, I am
accepting....we'll see you....until next time..." But Adela doesn't want to go to the theatre
and see Ricky, because she knows that bastard of a father is there. She doesn't
ever want to speak to that man. The
children talk about Daniela staying in that room and discuss a plan to get her
out of there and back to the house...HER house. -- Juancho doesn't eat
his breeakfast. Enrique comes in, and Juancho asks when her mother is coming
back. Enrique sadly wants Juancho to understand that his mother is now gone.
Juancho begins to choke. Enrique looks on in horror. Is he about to lose
another member of the family? Daniela
brings out her diary and pulls out a letter that her mother wrote before she
died. It reads, "Dany, you are a very important part of la familia Monroy,
and although you are very young you bring much happiness to our home. Thank you
for being who you are, and don't you ever, ever forget that I love you."
(This is not the exact translation, since I couldn't figure out some of the
words) Natalia comments that it is such
a sweet letter. Daniela feels that she now has to take the responsibility of
bringing and restoring the happiness the family once had before Leonor
died. Enrique asks where Adela is
going, but what difference does it make to him? Adela doesn't ever want to
speak to him. Enrique tries to reason with his daughter, saying that it was a
mental mistake for him to take Leonor out scuba diving during their vacation.
It was no use. Adela will do whatever she wants, whenever she wants. Enrique is
stunned that her daughter has now become more rebellious than ever. Meanwhile, Robyn watches this scene on her
television screen. She feels like dragging Adela out in the parking lot outside
the First Union Center in Philadelphia and beating the crap out of her. --
(First three scenes skipped because they made no sense) Enrique was in the master bedroom, sitting
on his bed. He stared at the picture of Leonor he kept at his bedside every
night. Leonor, such a beautiful woman, a paragon for all mothers to look up to.
It was too sad to see the picture of her.
Juancho runs into the bedroom and asks what his father is doing. "Looking at the photo of your
mother," Enrique responds.
"Will she ever return?" Juancho asks. Enrique shakes his head from side to side.
No, Leonor would not ever return.
Juancho then reveals something surprising about the death of Leonor, and
it stuns Enrique. It stuns him even more that it came from Juancho. That
something was that Elena was behind the plot to trap and kill Leonor. While Adela is talking to Ricky about how
life has become more difficult now that her mother was gone, Ricky preoccupies
himself in checking out the beautiful girl that walks by. How he would love
to....well, anyway, Adela is pleased that Ricky is very understanding in her
time of grief, although Ricky wondered what this spoiled brat was doing trying
to impress him. Elena and Joel are
talking, when suddenly Enrique enters the office. Joel leaves, and Enrique
tells Elena that Juancho knew Elena had something to do with killing Leonor.
Elena looks astonished, wondering what Enrique was talking about. Enrique wants
answers. -- The children are dressed up in costumes and running down the
street, in the direction of the Teatro Principal. Martin leads them into a dark
area of the theatre, when suddenly a shadow of two men pointing guns at each
other appear on the white screen. The children panic. Martin stands there,
laughing, since he know that it was his father Pepe playing a joke on
them. Daniela reads a note that her
mother wrote for her. Reasing it was too painful, but she went ahead and did.
After that, she looked at a page in her diary, a page where she pasted a photo
of the family on it. She then sings the tune "Donde te Encuentras"
(available on the "El Diario de Daniela" soundtrack). The screen opens and the children are quite
annoyed that it was all a joke. The two men holding guns to each other were
actually Don Capu and Amparito. They were dressed up as mobsters. --
Daniela is not happy that Elena is here. "You come here," she
said. "I want to be alone."
Elena wants to speak to Daniela, because she is worried about Daniela
and wants her to go back home. Daniela doesn't want to, however, because her
mother is not there. Elena adds that
her father Enrique needs her as does her family. She also wants Daniela to
think about Juancho, her brother; and Adela, her older sister. Daniela briefly thinks it over, and she
agrees to go with Elena back to the house. Elena is excited that she will bring
good news to Daniela's family, that Daniela will return home...or so Elena
thought. Daniela immediately suspects that Elena is up to something, especially
after the way she's been flirting around with Enrique, and she instead refuses
to go back home. Then Daniela tells Elena to get out. Daniela and the ghost Yols are talking about how Elena may have
been involved in this mess. She thinks that there may have been some motive
between her and Enrique, but she doubts that her father had anything to do with
it. Yols then suggests to Daniela that she return home. Daniela intends to, but
seeing that house without her mother there will not be the same. Adela talks to Elena about Ricky, when
Enrique appears. He wants to speak to Adela, but Adela is not going to. Elena
requests that Adela not go and listen to the man for once. Enrique doesn't want
Elena involved in this moment, but Elena doesn't want to see both father and
daughter at war with each other. She says to Adela to look at him for a moment.
Does this look like a man that would be responsible for the death of her
mother? Does he look like someone who planned this whole thing? Adela understands, and finally some
reconciliation. Both father and daughter bury the hatchet. Enrique thanks Elena
for helping out. Adela thanks Elena
for helping her patch things with her father, and she says that Elena is her
best friend. Elena and Adela soon become best friends. Elena is dressed up as a red devil, mean
and ugly, with lots of makeup and hair. She looked somewhat like Gloria Trevi.
In any event, Elena is chasing her around the room and frightening her to
death.... Daniela immediately wakes up
and realizes that it was only a dream.
At the theatre, Enrique asks if Daniela slept well. He then says that
Daniela can't stay here forever and requests that he come home with him to see
Elena. Elena. That woman whom Enrique has been spending too much time with. She
then thought back to her nightmare last night... Daniela immediately says that althought she doesn't know why, she
has no faith in Elena and begs not to go back.
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SUMMARY FOR EPISODE #11 (Broadcast on August 15,
1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date:
08/21/99 00:13 Daniela finally returns
home after spending several days in the basement of the Teatro Principal.
Together with Lidi, she enters the living room and notices that the painting of
Leonor was.... GONE! Replaced by a beautiful oil painting. Although Daniela could have commented that
the painting added a nice touch to the household, she instead asked what
happened to the painting of Leonor. One name came to mind as to who was behind
replacing that painting....dark hair, evil face, always hanging around her
father, yes, THAT individual....
Natalia is sobbing in her dressing room. Doña Amparito entered Natalia's room. "Natalia, what
happened?" she asked. "Why are you crying?" "Nothing," Natalia responds. "What do you mean, nothing? Look at how
you are suffering." Natalia let it
out, "I have fallen love with Enrique Monroy." Doña Amparito looked stunned. Natalia, in
love with Enrique Monroy? Natalia feels
absolutely in love with Enrique and expresses her feelings to Doña Amparito. At
the same time, Natalia feels scared. Doña Amparito states to Natalia that
Enrique is gorgeous and intelligent, and Natalia agrees with her, but Enrique
is exceptional. Something about him has showered Natalia with such strong
feelings for him. It isn't love, it's admiration. Daniela is not pleased about that painting and complains to Lidi
about it. She calls Flor over, and Flor arrives. Daniela asks where the
painting of Leonor was, and Flor looks surprised to see the oil painting. She
never saw that painting there before and wondered herself who took down the
painting of Leonor and replaced it. Then she suspected that it was Elena who
did it.... "Her?" Daniela
asks. "Why?" Flor doesn't
know why Elena would replace the painting. Daniela complains that no other
painting should be there except the one of her mother. She and Lidi search for
Elena, demanding answers. --- Enrique is at his office, looking at a
black-and-white portrait of Leonor. "The love that I feel for her is only
one," he says, as he presses the portrait to his chest. "Such a
strong feeling." Pepe mentions
about a Fax from the Philippines. Ah, yes, the Philippines. Such a beautiful
country. Enrique could fantasize it in his head. He and Leonor had the
intention of going there one day; however, it was not to be. Greta, Enrique's secretary, is busy writing
some documents. Daniela and Lidi enter. Greta asks if Daniela is loking for her
father and tells Daniela that he is at his office. Daniela is not here to see
her father, but instead here to see Elena. Greta says that Elena is not here
but will inform Elena that both Daniela and Lidi wanted to see her. The children La Pandilla are walking down
the street, heading to Martin's house. When they arrive, one of the children
tries to let out a whistle by sticking his fingers in his mouth and blowing
(this is really a hard thing to do). Since he can't do it, Fatima shows him the
right way to do it and whistles to Martin.
Martin appears and wonders why La Pandilla are here. Malú tells him that
they came to visit him. La Pandilla find the nearest ladder and set it up at
the balcony of Martin's home, and one by one the children climb up the ladder
to sneak into his house. Once in the
house, Martin and the children play with his toys, read his magazines, surf
robynbonline.com using Martin's IBM Thinkpad 1512, and lots of other fun
activities. Daniela is angry. She complains to Natalia that Elena had no
right to take down that painting of her mother. Natalia understands, but for Daniela ever since Elena has been
staying at her house Elena has been nothing more than a nuisance. ---
Juancho comes home and notices the oil painting. He wonders what
happened to the painting of his mother. Flor says that Daniela moved it to
another area. Juancho doesn't like the oil painting. It is bad and horrible.
Flor thinks it's beautiful, but Juancho wants the painting of his mother there.
Disappointed, he runs upstairs to his room.
Christopher wins the building blocks contest. Malú complains that her
building block structure was much better and should have won. Martin grabs some
colored papers, and the children begin using them to create drawings or make
cut-out figures. Malú asks Martin to
make a card that says "Te Quiero Mucho" (I Love You So Much) and
write his name on it. She then wrote her name on the card. Martin says that it
is not part of the contest, but it isn't important to her. It's just her first
step in stealing him from Daniela.
Greta informs Elena wbout the fax from the Philippines. She also
mentiosn that Daniela wanted to see her. Elena is not delighted to hear this,
especially that name Daniela, as she goes to her ofice. Greta powers off her computer and leaves.
Daniela appears and enters Elena's office, visibly upset. "Dany, it's a pleasure to see
you," Elena remarks, sounding very happy to see her. But Daniela was not happy to see Elena.
"I want to know what you did to that portrait of my mother," she
demanded. Elena looked blank. What
portrait? She then explains that Daniela's father requested her to move that
portrait to another location.
"Nothing is important to me than you moving that painting,"
stated Daniela firmly. "You are not to move that painting of my mother anywhere." Elena continues to defend her case, but Daniela
will speak to her father about this.
Juancho atempts to put the painting back in its rightful place. He sets
the coffee table near the chimney, then places the chair on the table surface. Just as Juancho is about to take the oil
painting down, he is about to fall. Daniela quickly rescues him and says that
she and Juancho will put the portrait back together. She also promises that no
one will move that painting once they put it back. Natalia bumps into Enrique at the theatre. Enrique asks Natalia
if she wanted to come to his home, but Nattalia decides not to. Natalia has
feelings for Enrique, but she didn't want to reveal them to him. The children are jumping around on Martin's
bed. Martin's stepfather Gustavo comes in, and he is angry to see Martin's
friends here. He is even more angry that Martin defied his orders. Enrique is helping Juancho with a jigsaw
puzzle. Suddenly Daniela comes in, sad and upset. "Dany!" Enrique greets. "How are you?" "I did not want that picture of my
mother removed from the hcimney. I don't want anybody to touch or remove your
picture." Enrique looks stunned.
"What are you talking about?"
"I don't want to speak to you again. I'm going to see myy
friends." Enrique could only
wonder who or what would make Daniela say such things to him. He is left
devastated? Surprised? He doesn't know.
--- Juancho wants to know if
Enrique had any intention of removing the picture of his mother and moving it
to another area. Enrique doesn't understand what Juancho is saying. He doesn't
understand, period. Then Juancho explains something that surprises
Enrique. Daniela looks around in her
room. She first removes the stuffed animals on her bed, then yanks the blanket
off. Daniela then grabs her diary and writes in another page her frustrations. Enrique is still confused. Where did that
oil painting come from? Who put it ther? Did Robyn Barnette have anything to do
with this? He doesn't know. Adela comes
in after her date with Ricky and wants to speak with Enrique about something. "No, no, not now, my precious
daughter," Enrique says. "I'm sorry at this time, but Daniela has
problems and I must talk to her."
Adela watches her father jog upstairs. "It's always Daniela and not
me," she complains. "Always more important that she needs
him." Then Adela looked at the oil
painting. "What a beautiful picture." Gustavo wants the children out of the room, the house. He is
extremely angry at Martin, as he usually is. The children quickly gather their
stuff and leave. The children run down
the street, running for their lives and getting far away from the house as
possible. One by one the children cross the street. A large bus comes
barrelling down the street. The bus driver slams on the brakes, hoping that he
doesn't hit the boy he sees in front of him.... The children could only watch the bus continue its route. They
felt relieved to see that the bus missed their friend by inches. While Daniela is sleeping, Enrique says to
Daniela that he loves Leonor so much and he can't think of one day without her.
Enrique also mentions that they now have to learn to move on without her.
Daniela could only cry, knowing that it would be a difficult thing to do. ---
Enrique wants to know from Natalia if he is correct that Daniela thinks
he requested Elena to take down the portrrait of Leonor and put it
elsewhere. Natalia doesn't know, but
all she knows is that Daniela is very sad the portrait was removed. Enrique and Daniela have a magnificent
relationship and love each other very much. What was most important was that
they understand each other. Enrique wonders then why she is so furious with
him. Natalia says that she had to go, but Enrique still wants to talk with her
about the matter. The next morning,
Enrique is having breakfast with Daniela, Juancho, and Adela. The first order
of business of the day was about that painting of Leonor. He tells Daniela that
he did not request Elena to take down that painting. Adela remarks that more
and more Elena is taking charge of the house. Something about that statement
reminded Enrique of a brief encounter he had with Elena earlier, where he
mentioned if Elena would like to come to his house. Okay, so Elena is somewhat taking charge of the house, but after
all isn't she here to help around now that Leonor is gone? Daniela doesn't think so. Neither does
Juancho. Robyn stared at her television
set, not amused. Apparently she thinks Elena is here for more than just helping
around the house. Adela argues briefly
with both Daniela and Juancho, and Enrique wants this quarrel to end. Daniela
and Juancho leave the table. He doesn't understand the thinking behind all
this. Malú is in her room setting up
her plans to steal Martin from Daniela. She designs phony love notes where
Martin wrote to Malú that he loves her. The first of many plans to ruin
Daniela. Enrique wants to know about
that portrait from Elena. Elena says
that it was bad faith on her part to take it down. She didn't like the way
Daniela and La Pandilla were celebrating Leonor's welcome home, and that's what
motivated her to take it down. She feels bad (?) that she did it. Enrique
understands and embraces Elena....just the way Elena wanted it. Malú sees her friends hanging out at the
theatre. She hands Daniela one of her phone love notes and states that both she
and Martin are going out. Daniela can't believe it. Martin and Malú, going out?
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #12 (Broadcast on August 15, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 08/22/99 12:50 Daniela Leaves, hurt. Malú smiles condescendingly. The first of
many plans to ruin Daniela has been fulfilled.
Lidi and Fatima argue that it was very mean for Malú to do that. Juancho
calls Malú stupid. Sticks and stones may break her bones, but their comments?
They'll never hurt her. Not even the
word traitor, which Fatima refers to Malú as both she and Lidi leave. For good
measure, Juancho sticks his tongue out at her. Gustavo arrives to his car and sees.... Eggs!
Huevos! Yello, gooey, sticky
stuff splattered all over his black car. Even the egg shells are there. Who did
this? Daniela explains to Yols the
ghost that she had her heart broken. Martin is in love with Malú. Martin, the
handsome boy she was to fall in love with, now with another. Martin, the boy Yols
made fun of earlier by planting a flower hat on his head. What would Martin
find attractive about that....that thing Malú, when Daniela was much prettier
than her? Yols then asks if he is her
boyfriend. Malú explains to her friend
that she and Martin are not really going out. Her friend calls Malú a liar, but
Malú is doing all this because she can't stand Daniela. Daniela says to Yols that it's impossible
for Yols to be her boyfriend, because Yols only exists in a fantasy. Yols is
not ugly, but hiow would it look ffor Daniela to date an imaginary
boyfriend? Yols is heartbroken. He
snaps his fingers and disappears.
---------- Lidi, Fatima, and
Juancho try to cheer Daniela up. They say that Martin could not possibly be in
love with Malú. Juancho ddoesn't want to see Daniela sad, so he puts his arm
around her. Then Lidi, Fatima, and Juancho leave. Daniela then calls Yols. She could really use his help. As
Daniela leaves, Yols appears. He heard her.
Enrique is on the phone talking to Flor. He requests that Flor purchase
a bouquet of flowers for Elena. Martin
is making several phone calls. One of them was to Robyn Barnette's house. Robyn picks up the phone at her house.
"Martin!" she speaks into the receiver, excited. "So nice to
hear from you!" "Nice to hear
from you, too. Listen, I want to know when you are buying that
printer?" "Today. An HP
DeskJet 712c from Wal Mart. It's around $144.00. Very cheap for a quality
printer." Martin agreed. "I
know what you're saying. I bought my printer from Wal Mart at the same price.
So tell me, when are you going to appear on 'El Diario de Daniela'
again?" "Well," Robyn
explained, "I'm not sure. I want to smack Adela on episode number
thirteen, and do so in the worst way so that the whole audience can see it.
Univision might not broadcast it, though, because some of the scenes I've been
in were edited out. They thought the scenes would scare the elderly, several
small children, and roaches. However, I can't think about it right now, because
I'm planning on creating more videoclips for my website." "You are? Oh, please, do 'Gotita de
Amor'! I love Andrea Lagunes!"
"I thought you were in love with Dany," Robyn joked.
"Don't worry, I plan to redo the clips to 'Gotita de Amor.' The first time
I did them, the project got interrupted because of exclusive coverage of the
murder of Paco Stanley. But I'll do them, just for you." "Great! By the way, when you come back
from Philadelphia, get me a cheesesteak."
"I will, but lemme see where the best cheesesteaks are. By the way,
how is Gustavo treating you?"
"Bad, as usual. That bastard is driving me crazy. He completely
hates me." "Well, don't look
now, because that 'bastard' is about to interrupt our phone call." Suddenly Gustavo appears and plunks his hand
on the phone's reset button. He then grabs Martin by his arm and yells at him
about making phone calls from the house. Finally, he angrily yanks the phone
off the table, nearly damagins its telephone cord. Enrique is playing with Juancho, carrying him around until he
dops him on the sofa. He then tells Enrique that Daniela's feeling sad, not
because of what Enrique supposedly did to the painting of Leonor, but because
Daniela had her heart broken after Martin "found" the love of his
life in Malú. Enrique understood. Ah,
yes, young love. He knows what that feels like. Natalia opens the door of her dressing room to find.... Joel?
"Finally, we are going to spend time alone," Joel says to
Matalia. Enrique and Daniela first
talk about Elena. Then he mentions that Juancho told him about Martin and Malú.
Daniela responds by saying it's just a rumor, but Martin was the boy she wanted
to go out with. Enrique then gives Daniela some advice that love is a feeling
which is impossible to understand.
Maybe Daniela didn't do enough to get Martin's atttention. She feels
very bad that she didn't.
---------- "To me, I enjoy
being with people like you," said Joel as he came on to Natalia. Natalia resists as she leads Joel to the
kitchen where Don Capu invites them for dinner. Joel is pleased about staying
for dinner. Finally, those Philly cheesesteaks he has always wanted, and
they're the Robyn Barnette specialty!
At the table, Joel, Natalia, and Don Capu are having a delightful
conversation as they enjoy the food (sorry, they couldn't have Philly
cheesesteaks, so they settled for Mexican food instead). Suddenly there is a knock at the door.
Natalia gets up to answer the door, and as she does Joel checks her out. Jairo
comes in. Don Capu asks if Jairo would like to join them, but Jairo turns down
the opportunity. Jairo then says to Joel that Elena wants to see him at the
office. Joel is still eating. Natalia wants Joel to stay for chocolate dessert
afterwards, but Joel decides to go. Joel thanks Don Capu for inviting him for
dinner. He then gets up from the table and follow Jairo out. Rita pleads to Martin that she doesn't want
her marriage to fall apart for the second time. Martin knows that, but he feels
that Gustavo is treating him bad. Rita then mentions what Gustavo put her
through, and it surprises him. All Rita wants to do is bring her family back
together. Elena tells Joel to take the
painting of Leonor back to the Monroy residence. Elena, I think, modified the
painting to remind the Monroy family what happened to Leonor. Elena points out
that it's very important to not daamage the painting. Joel carries the painting
out of the office. As he does, Greta
comes in with a large bouquet of flowers. She looks at the small card attached
to the bouquet and sees that it's from Enrique. Daniela writes another page in her diary about how she had her
heart broken today. She believes that Martin is so handsome, but does she
believe that Martin deserves to be loved by her? "No, I don't know if he deserves it," Daniela
states. ---------- The children try to call Martin and ask if
it's true that he and Malú are going out. They don't believe he is. Then they
discover that they can'tt get through to his house. Lidi, Fatima, and Daniela are playing Monopoly. They discuss
that it's a rumor that Malú and Martin are together. Regardless whether they
are or not, Daniela doesn't want to see Martin again. This surprises both Lidi
and Fatima. Martin is in his room
painting Daniela's name on a large piece of paper. He then hears a whistle and
knows that it's his friends. Martin heads to the balcony to see them. One of
the boys was about to ask if he and Malú are together, but from a distance
Martin sees Gustavo's car approaching. The children flee quickly. Gustavo pulls
his car into the parking space outside the home. Outside the movie theatre, Elena and Enrique are talking. Joel
and Natalia meet them. Elena asks where they are going, and Joel tells her that
he and Natalia are going to the moviews. Elena congratulates them for their
first date, especially since she never knew Joel is Natalia's boyfriend. Natalia is amazed to hear this, since she
really has her heart set on Enrique.
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Episode
13. 8/22/99. Name: Robyn Barnette
Date: 08/28/99 11:03 Because of
my work schedule, I was unable to do a full summary to this episode so I'll try
as best I could to highlight the main points. The real highlights actually come
in the episode after this one. Also,
I'm trying to shorten the length of my summaries, because they are too long and
time-consuming to do. This summary isn't the best one I've done, but hopefully
these short summaries will improve over time.
Now, on to the short, short summary for Episode #13: Elena congratulates Natalia that she found
her new boyfriend in Joel. Natalia feels insulted. She retorts to Elena that
Joel is not her boyfriend, only that they work together. Elena complains to
Enrique about Natalia being so proud of him, but Enrique doesn't admit to Elena
that he is growing an admiration for Natalia.
Lidi, Daniela, and Fatima are playing Monopoly. Daniela is daydreaming
about what could have been with Martin, when she suddenly hears Juancho
screaming. Daniela rushes into the bathroom to see that Juancho is afraid to
take a bath. Joel and Natalia are in
the movie theatre watching the film. They both play around with the hair of a
woman sitting in front of them, throwing popcorn into the woman's hair. The
woman doesn't notice. Enrique talks to
Juancho about Natalia, and Juancho asks if both Enrique and Natalia are going
out. Enrique is surprised to hear this, since he does have feelings for Natalia
and wonders how Juancho knew about him and Natalia. Adela dreams about seeing Ricky on stage, and she tells her
mother Leonor about how gorgeous and beautiful he is. Suddenly Leonor
disappears, and Adela wakes up realizing that it was only a dream. She also
realizes that Leonor is really gone.
Pepe wants to see Martin, but Gustavo denies him the privilege. Rita is
carrying her child on a stroller, and Pepe meets Rita in an alley where he asks
her to see Martin. Since their divorce, Rita is not certain if she wants to
give Pepe that opportunity. Martin
meets Malú outside his apartment, and Malú explains to Martin that she devised
a plan to steal him from Daniela. Martin can't believe what he heard, and he
tells Malú that he doesn't want anything to do with her. Malu is dejected but
still admits to her friend that they're going out. Daniela wants to talk to Yols the ghost because it's really
important. All kinds of confetti fall on Daniela, and Daniela knows that it was
Yols who did it. Rita asks Martin if
he would like to see his father Pepe. Martin tells his mother that he would,
after all the abuse he had been suffering at the hands of his stepfather
Gustavo.
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Episode 14.
Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 08/29/99
12:00 I really wasn't supposed to do
this episode, this after what happened to Episode #7. However, I decided to
give it a shot and see what happens.
------------ Greta wants to
know if Natalia and Enrique are together, and Elena tells her that it's a lie.
Natalia talks to Enrique about Daniela, since she is worried that Elena is
taking charge of the household. It began when Elena removed the painting of
Leonor from the chimney. Enrique thinks that according to Daniela, both he and
Elena are together, but it's not true. Lidi, Fatima, and another boy sneak into
Elena's office and steal her cellular phone. Fatima sneaks under a car that is
in the middle of having its tire changed, and Lidi pulls her out from
underneath the car as the car jack collapses.
Joel hangs the painting of Leonor back on the chimney, and Daniela
thanks Elena for arranging it to have it placed back there. She still doesn't
like Elena. Gustavo screams at Martin for playing with his baby brother and
throws him out of the bedroom. Martin calls Daniela's house, but Daniela
doesn't want to speak with him after "admitting" that he is in love
with Malú. Martin is upset that
Daniela doesn't want to speak with him, and what he's more upset about is that
Malú is spreading gossip that he is in love with her. Natalia stares at the
book Enrique gave her, and she admits to Don Capu that she has intricate
feelings for Enrique. Malú still admits to the children of La Pandilla that
Martin is her boyfriend. Malú is
furious with one of the children, and she warns him that she will come after
him if he tries anything to get both Martin and Daniela back together. Martin
wants to tell Daniela the truth, but he is afraid that he will suffer more
abuse from Gustavo if he leaves the house.
Elena wonders where her cellular phone is, and Malú thinks she knows who
did it. Daniela and Fatima present Chuy with a gift—a portable video game. Malú
arranges a plan to force the children to return the cellular phone back to
Elena or they would go to jail. One of the children comes in and admits that he
lost it. Elena warns him that he has one hour to find and return her cellular
phone. Gustavo gives Martin the privilege to meet Daniela. Elena wants to play with Juancho, but
Juancho refuses. Elena argues with Flor, and they take the argument outside his
bedroom where Juancho shuts the door and locks her out. Juancho then says that
Enrique is in love with Natalia, and Elena is left stunned. The children are
trying to get Martin and Daniela back together, but Malú prevents it from
happening. Natalia arrives and Enrique
wonders what is going on. Juancho wants Elena out of the house, because he
hates her. Enrique thanks Natalia for taking such good care of his children
during his time of need, and he kisses Natalia's hand. Natalia discovers within
herself that her feelings for Enrique are true. Martin meets Daniela in the
basement, and Daniela is not happy to see him.
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Summary of
Episode 15. Name: Robyn Barnette
Date: 09/04/99 10:14 Martin confesses
his case with Daniela. He tells Daniela that it's a lie that he is going out
with Malú and that he would rather be with her. Daniela mentions a letter that
Malú gave her, but Martin swears that Malú made him write it. He has nothing to
do with Malú, and both he and Daniela to meet with La Pandilla to find out the
truth. When both Martin and Daniela
meet with La Pandilla, Martin wonders why Malú wrote that letter and tried to
interfere with him. Malú says that she did it for Daniela. Daniela doesn't understand
why Malú would deceive her and realizes that Martin was telling the truth. Malú
is left disgusted and furious. Enrique
wonders why there is no chemistry between Elena and Juancho. Elena says that
she can't get Daniela to admire her. She is angry that Natalia has been such a
good servant to the family, and Elena is angry that Enrique is falling for
Natalia. Pepe pays Rita for giving him
the privilege of allowing Martin to stay at his apartment. Natalia reads
Juancho a bedtime story, and Juancho says that Natalia reminds him of his
mother. Natalia confesses to Doña Amparito that she is in love with Enrique and
thinks about him all the time, but she doesn't know how to tell him. Daniela
writes another page in her diary where she is very happy that Martin told the
truth and he is her boyfriend. Enrique informs Pepe that Juancho doesnt support
Elena until he receives a phone call from Señor Carrillo. Something Señor
Carrillo says about a food service surprises Enrique, and he suspects that
Elena had something to do with it.
Enrique makes arrangements for a young Latin pop music artist to perform
at the Teatro Principal. Daniela, Adela, and Juancho wonder who the music group
is, but Enrique wants it to be a surprise for them. Adela won't go if the artist
is Daniela's group La Pandilla. Some members of La Pandilla and Enrique set up
the equipment for tonight's performance. Backstage, Enrique wants Natalia to
talk Adela into going to tonight's performance. Natalia would like to help, but
she has had a difficult relationship with Adela. Krista wants to explain something about Señor Carrillo to
Enrique, but Enrique doesn't want to hear it. Aleks Syntek makes a guest
appearance at the Teatro Principal, and the children are excited to find out he
will be performing tonight. Natalia talks to Adela into going to the
performance. Adela goes, and she is very happy to find out that Aleks Syntek
was the surprise artist Enrique told her, Daniela, and Juancho about.
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Summary
#16. Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 09/05/99 12:19 Natalia is on the rooftop of the Teatro
Principal looking out at the city
landscape in front of her. Enrique arrives and wanted to thank her for
inspiring Adela to come to the
performance. He sees that Natalia has been such an angel looking after his children, and he kisses
her. However, she quickly runs away,
because she wasn't expecting Enrique's feelings for her to suppress her
feelings for him. Natalia touches her lips. She can't
believe that Enrique's lips were on hers.
Enrique has trouble sleeping, because he is thinking so much about
Natalia. Pepe informs Martin that Rita
has given him permission for Martin to stay at his apartment. Natalia is thrilled about last night, and she tells
Doña Amparito about it. Her dreams came
true—Enrique kissed her. There is true love between her and Enrique. Elena enters Enrique's office, and Enrique thinks it's Natalia.
Elena is quite annoyed to hear Enrique
refer to her as Natalia, and she immediately suspects that Enrique and Natalia are getting too close. Daniela, Lidi,
and Martin want to invite Chuy to a
special function that Don Capu is preparing for Daniela and La Pandilla, but he turns down the opportunity
because he wants to look after his
grandmother. Enrique can't concentrate on his work, because he is
thinking so much about last night with
Natalia. Juancho insults Ricky, and Adela tries making him go away. She mentions that Ricky is her
boyfriend, but Ricky was not expecting
to hear this. He feels insulted and leaves. Adela screams, because she feels that Juancho cost her a chance with
Ricky. Joel wants to invite Natalia
for another night out at the movies. Natalia tells Joel that she doesn't want to go. Enrique comes to Natalia's
apartment and presents her with a
bouquet of white flowers. He tells her that he thought about last night, and he doesn't want to see her
again. Natalia is heartbroken. Her
chance for true love has been shattered. Ricky sees Adela sitting alone at a table near the pool. He tells
her that it was a surprise when she
mentioned that he was her boyfriend. Still, Ricky wants to spend time with her, and Adela is delighted.
Natalia talks to Doña Amparito and
wonders how er chance for love with Enrique could go up in smoke. It
probably had to do with Leonor. Enrique
loves Leonor so much, and for him to fall in love with Natalia would make him feel guilty and would
erase the memory of Leonor. Elena
meets Natalia at the lobby of the Teatro Principal and suspects for sure that Natalia is falling in love with
Enrique. She is furious and informs Krista
about it, and she thinks of a plan to stop Natalia.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #17 (Broadcast on September 5, 1999) . Krista tells
Elena that Natalia is no danger to her. However, Natalia is a danger to Elena
in one respect: She's falling in love with Enrique, the man Elena wanted to
fall in love with. Elena explains to Krista her intentions to ruin Natalia.
Gustavo is angry with Rita that she allowed Martin stay at Pepe's apartment.
Pepe stops Krista's office by and picks up a skateboard that belongs to Martin,
and Elena thinks that there is some chemistry between Pepe and Krista. Krista
denies it. Pepe announces to Daniela,
Martin, and the rest of La Pandilla that he, Enrique, and the rest of the work
team are inviting them to a local fair La Feria de Chapultepec ("The
Chapultepec Fair"). Enrique wants Natalia to join the children at the
fair, but she can't forget the way Enrique treated him the other day. She tells
Enrique that she has a lot of work to do and can't make it. Enrique begs
Natalia to come with them. However, she does make it eventually, along with
Pepe, Krista, and Enrique, and they all have a great time at the fair. On one of the rides at the fair, Malú sits
next to Martin. She sees Daniela and tells her that Martin wanted to sit next
to her. Martin gets off and joins Daniela in another seat on the ride. He wraps
his arm around Daniela, and Daniela notices that Martin is coming on to her too
fast. Natalia returns to her apartment
and sees that her apartment is decorated with all kinds of flowers, along with
large signs with the words "Te Amo" ("I Love You"). She is
surprised and happy, and she thinks Enrique was behind it. However, it was
Joel. He appears with a large bow wrapped on him and says that he loves her.
Natalia is flattered but breaks Joel's heart when she says to him that their
love can never be. Joel leaves, sad and upset. Don Capu tells Natalia that she
is very cruel. Pepe drops Martin off
at his home and returns Martin his skateboard. Gustavo looks on, angry. Adela
explains to Daniela that she has a new boyfriend: Christopher. Daniela's
friend? No—Christopher in the play "Un Sueño de Amor," also known as
Ricky Rey. Enrique dreams that he is seeing Natalia playing a game with Adela,
Daniela, and Juancho at a nearby lake.
Gustavo breaks the sad, cruel news on Martin's birthday that Martin will
not have a large birthday bash with all his friends, a cake, and balloons.
Instead he will have it with his family. Ricky joins Enrique, Elena, and Adela
for lunch, and Adela announces to Enrique that Ricky is her boyfriend. Enrique
and Elena are quite stunned to hear this news. Martin blows out the candle on his "large" birthday
cake. He feels that this type of birthday celebration is an insult and leaves
the table. Don Capu invites Natalia to sing a number for the children. Enrique
appears at one wing of the stage and sees Natalia singing for the children, and
he is left speechless. Her voice was too good to be true.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #18 (Broadcast on September 5, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 09/13/99 10:21 Sorry if this summary came so late. ---------------- Enrique appears at one wing of the stage and sees Natalia singing
for the children, and he is left speechless. Her voice was too good to be true.
It was sweet and beautiful. Don Capu says that Natalia doesn't believe she
herself has any talent, but Enrique thinks it's absurd. Enrique wonders why
nobody has said anything to him. In her dressing room, Enrique comments to
Natalia that she has a future for being a singer. However Natalia thinks
Enrique is telling her all these nice comments because he wants to win her back
after that terrible day where he gave her flowers and said he doesn't want to
see her again. At his apartment, Joel
plays with a mannequin dressed up as Natalia. He treates "her" to
champagne and drapes a necklace around her, in order to rehearse what he plans
to do when he meets Natalia again. Gustavo sees Martin trying something on his
skateboard, and Gustavo appears to take it away, this after Rita informed him
that Martin stayed at Pepe's house one evening. Martin meets Daniela in the
alley of the Teatro Principal and wishes him a happy birthday. The children are in the audience looking
over scripts of a play Don Capu is producing. Daniela and Martin walk up on
stage and rehearse their lines. Don Capu announces that the main protagonists
are going to be Daniela and Martin. Malú is completely disgusted, since she
wanted the main role so she could be close to Martin. Adela and Ricky cuddle,
and Enrique catches them. Daniela appears in her princess outfit, and her skirt
falls. The children laugh, especially Malú, and Daniela is left hurt. Lidi helps
put her skirt back together. Enrique
is a bit unpleased that one of the actors in his play fell in love with his
children. Adela strongly announces to Enrique that both she and Ricky are going
out. Martin appears as Robin Hood and gives Pepe the good news that he is the
main character in Don Capu's play. Joel wants to fall in love with Natalia.
Elena thought that after the death of Leonor it would be so easy to conquer
Enrique. Enrique talks with Pepe about
Adela falling in love with Ricky Rey, and he wonders what Adela found in Ricky
that made her fall in love with him. Adela is excited and tells her friend
Tania about her new boyfriend Ricky. Enrique wants Natalia to sing at Don
Capu's production, but Natalia can see that Enrique is doing this just so he
can make up for that awful day. Joel presents Natalia with a bouquet of
flowers, and Enrique notices. He thinks that Natalia kept turning down all
these opportunities he presented her and disliked all these nice things he said
about her voice because she fell in love with Joel. Enrique is left upset.
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SUMMARY FOR EPISODE #19 (Broadcast on September
12, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date:
09/19/99 09:52 Joel presents Natalia
with a bouquet of flowers, and Enrique notices. He thinks that Natalia kept turning
down all these opportunities he presented her and disliked all these nice
things he said about her voice because she fell in love with Joel. Enrique is
left upset. He talks to Pepe about his feelings for Natalia and mentions that
now Natalia is in love with Joel, he is worried about Natalia. Pepe asks if
Enrique is sure that Joel and Natalia are in love, and Enrique is sure. After
all, he saw Joel present Natalia flowers.
Natalia wants to know if Joel knew anything about the accident that took
away Leonor's life, but Joel does not like to talk about it. Natalia prods with
more questions, wanting to know more solutions about the incident, but Joel
resists answering any more information or informing anyone about what he knows.
Natalia is now not certain if Joel is the sweet and charming guy she once
thought he was. The children are
practicing their play, and Chuy asks when he enters the play. However, Chuy has
more things to worry about, and he decides that the play is not so important
anymore. Daniela begs for Chuy not to leave, but Chuy has to look after his
grandmother and he walks away. Enrique
wants to talk to Adela about Ricky. Adela loves Ricky, and she dreams that one
day she and Ricky will get married. Enrique wonders if Adela really has true
feelings for Ricky, if this is the guy that Adela wants to spend the rest of
her life with. Daniela and Ricky go to the playground, and Daniela pushes
Martin on the swing. Not only that, she arranges for Martin to have his
birthday cake and a party with balloons, streamers, presents, and all his
friends, unlike the birthday party he had before with his mother and malvado
stepfather Gustavo. Gustavo had
overheard a phone conversation between Rita and Pepe, and it had to do with the
custody arrangements of Martin. He is angry about the exchange, since he feels
that he is not benefitting from it. Gustavo packs up his suitcase and leaves.
Rita begs for him not to go. Martin appears from his bedroom and wonders what
is going on.
Natalia
feeds Juancho some liquid medicene, and Enrique notices how wonderful Natalia
is to his youngest son. Ricky is spending an evening with Tania, Adela's best
friend. Adela happily tells Elena that Enrique is allowing her to go out with
Ricky, but while this is going on both Ricky and Tania are at the local
nightclub. Daniela writes another chapter in her diary summarizing the events
of today, including the part where Chuy departs from the play. Natalia reads
Juancho a bedtime story, but she puts both Juancho and Enrique to sleep. When
she appears in the living room to meet both Adela and Elena, Elena is upset
that Natalia put both Juancho and Enrique to sleep, since it proves that
Natalia is once again rubbing it in Elena's face that she and Enrique are in
love. Both she and Adela order Natalia to get out of the house, especially
Adela since she would not want Enrique to fall in love with anyone else except
Leonor. Natalia loves Enrique so much,
but she wonders what Adela doesn't like about her. Maybe it's the fact that
she's taking the place of Leonor. Ricky drops Tania off at her house, and Tania
notices that Ricky is falling in love with her. Martin plays with the baby and
sings him a lullabuy. Chuy's grandmother reveals to Doña Amparito that Chuy did
not get the part in the play. Natalia tells Doña Amparito that Adela does not
want her in the Monroy residence.
Juancho will not get out of bed until Natalia visits. Adela meets Tania
at the local gym, and she invites Tania to meet her Ricky. Tania is quite
surprised to hear this, since Ricky is falling in love with her. Daniela and La
Pandilla meet Chuy outside the Teatro Principal, and Daniela gives Chuy another
opportunity to join them in their play. Elena informs Enrique that Adela
doesn't want Natalia in their home. Martin still wants to know what happened to
his mother Rita, but Rita is in a nervous wreck. Natalia is sewing a costume back together, when Enrique appears.
He tells Natalia that he knows Adela doesn't want her in the home, but his
house is her house regardless of what Adela thinks
SUMMARY FOR EPISODE #20 (Broadcast on September 12,
1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date:
09/20/99 10:33 Natalia is sorry to tell
Enrique that she will not return to Enrique's house. At his office, Enrique
admits to Pepe that he is in love with Natalia. Pepe wants to know if Enrique
really feels this way about Natalia, especially after Leonor died. Enrique
doesn't know, since from his view Natalia is already in love with Joel. Daniela informs Pepe that Gustavo left
Martin's house. Enrique lets Adela know that Natalia is a good person and comes
by to help around the house. Juancho and Daniela love Natalia, and Natalia is
allowed to come regardless of what Adela thinks. Joel returns to Natalia's
dressing room to treat Natalia to another date, and does so in front of
Enrique. Adela pleads her case to
Elena, for she feels that Enrique is falling in love with Natalia. Chuy's
grandmother is setting up the props for Don Capu's play. Enrique is sitting at
a table all by himself, and Pepe arrives to ask why he is there. Enrique is
distressed that Joel and Natalia are in love. Elena tears up a vest that
Natalia has been working hard to clean a stain off of. Elena tells Joel that
her problems with Natalia are personal. Enrique wants to help Natalia carry her
bags, and he asks Natalia how was her date with Joel. Natalia tells him that
everything went well. Martin breaks the bad news to Daniela that Gustavo is
returning to his house. A large
audience is present to see Don Capu's production. Held by cables, Daniela and
Martin "fly" in the air. The ropes that both Chuy and Don Capu use to
fly Daniela and Martin is the air strangles Don Capu, and both Daniela and
Martin end up flying into the audience. Both Daniela and Martin are not sure what
is going on, but that wasn't how the play was supposed to go. Still, the
audience applauds and laughs, for they enjoyed the production. After the play, Natalia is at a booth and
makes an arrangement for both Daniela and Martin to "get married."
The children count the money that they made from all the tickets they sold for
the play. Enrique follows Natalia in the lobby of the Teatro Principal and
wants to know if Natalia is in love with Joel. Natalia says no. Enrique and
Natalia both kiss, and Elena appears from one area of the lobby. She can't
believe her eyes as to what she sees.
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SUMMARY FOR EPISODE #21 (Broadcast on
September 19, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette
Date: 09/26/99 09:01 Enrique and
Natalia both kiss, and Elena appears from one area of the lobby. She can't
believe her eyes as to what she sees, and she immediately disappears. Enrique
asks what Natalia is thinking. Natalia is not sure, but Enrique is tinking of
sharing this moment with Natalia, and with all his heart. Back at her office,
Elena is visibly upset. She looks around each object in the office and the
image of both Enrique and Natalia kissing appears each time. Elena augments
more distress to herself each time she sees the image.
After the play,
Daniela and the children present Señor Jaimez (1) with the money made from the
sales of all tickets for their short play, but he refuses to take the money. He
then orders everyone on the block to clear all the furniture and other stuff
out of the area or he will call the police. Enrique feels alive once again now
that he has found love in Natalia. Ricky is driving around the block in his
yellow sports car, with Adela at his side. The more he speeds down the track,
the more Adela is enjoying it. Krista asks if Elena needs medical attention,
but Elena refuses. Don Capu indicates to Doña Amparito that he is confident
Natalia is in love with Joel.
Elena is
holding on to her stomach, looking as though she is in pain. She is, both
physically and emotionally, after catching Enrique and Natalia kissing, but the
situation would turn out to be much worse. Krista and Joel escort Elena to the
hospital. Enrique announces that he made arrangements with Señor Jaimez
involving the building they were trying to save, and everyone at the theatre
returns furniture and other materials back to the building. Elena has a
gastronomical pain and the doctor informs her that she will need an operation.
Martin asks if
Chuy is now part of La Pandilla, and Daniela says that he is. Daniela and La
Pandilla sing and perform a number "Sólo Así Triunfarás" (2) for
Natalia, Enrique, and other people watching. Elena complains to Krista about
her stomach pain. Daniela calls out for Jules (3) the ghost to appear, but
Jules is feeling ill and can't come out. The phone rings in Enrique's office,
and Krista tells Enrique that Elena's condition is very serious. Both Pepe and
Enrique leave to go to the hospital and see Elena. Enrique comes home to tell
both Adela and Ricky about Elena's condition.
Pepe drops off
Martin at his house and thanks Pepe for everything. Enrique shows up at Elena's
hospital room and asks how she is, and he wonders what caused Elena to feel
such pain. Elena can't get the image of Enrique and Natalia kissing out of her
mind, and for sure it had plenty to do with her condition. Joel wants to kiss
Natalia, but Natalia resists. Daniela, Juancho, and Elena present Elena with a
box of chocolates, even though Juancho was not happy to give a gift to a witch
like Elena.
The doctor
gives Elena the good news that her condition will not require any surgery or
operation of any kind, but the doctor wants Elena to stay because they still
need to do some tests. Elena is frustrated and throws her gift across the room.
Joel finds out that Natalia is in love with Enrique, and the information came
straight from Natalia.
NOTES:
1 - I'm not
sure if this was his name.
2 - Available
on the soundtrack to "El Diario de Daniela"
3 - Originally
I had spelled it as Yols until Daniela pronouced it clear enough for me to
obtain a more accurate spelling of the character.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #22 (Broadcast on September 19, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 09/26/99 10:22. Joel finds out that Natalia is in love with
Enrique, and the information came straight from Natalia. When did she begin
talking about Enrique? Joel wanted to know if Natalia was telling the truth,
that she really was in love with Enrique. Natalia wonders why Joel would ask
that. She doesn't understand what Joel wants. Adela tries out a new outfit to
show Tania, and she informs to Tania that she is like a sister to her. Enrique
enters Natalia's dressing room and wastes no time kissing her. He then presents
Natalia with a pearl bracelet. Natalia tells Enrique that he doesn't need to
present her anything, but she accepts the gift. Tania and Adela are at one of
the clothing outlets at the local shopping mall trying out new clothes.
Elena is out of
the hospital and joins Daniela and La Pandilla at Daniela's house, and Juancho
wants Elena to pamper and wash his dog. Natalia is worried now that Joel found
out she is in love with Enrique, and she talks to Doña Amparito about it.
Krista presents Pepe with a check, but Pepe resists in accepting it. The
children splash water on each other while they are cleaning the dog. Krista is
actually falling in love with Pepe, and to prove it Pepe kisses Krista.
Joel complains to Elena his case to her,
that Natalia and Enrique are in love. Elena has ideas to stop this charade
between Natalia and Enrique. Doña Amparito directs Natalia to a large basket of
roses. She plucks a note from one of the roses and presents it to Natalia, and
Natalia discovers that the roses came from Enrique. She can't believe that her
dreams of being with Enrique are reality. Daniela and La Pandilla play a game
where they each showcase their pets and Daniela rates them. Elena comes in to
see that a blue dress Doña Amparito tries on for Natalia gets stuck on
Natalia's pearl bracelet. Upon trying to get it off the braclets comes apart.
Elena is quite impressed, since she would have done the same thing.
Juancho
showcases his dog during the game, and the children applaud after his
presentation. Juancho then shows the children how he can make the dog stand on
its hind legs, and the children are in awe. Enrique tells Pepe that he plans to
take Natalia to a romantic and special place, but Enrique still can't forget
about Leonor. Daniela comes home and sees the large wardrobe that Adela bought
at the local shopping mall.
Enrique is at
Natalia's apartment ready to take her out to dinner, and he is absolutely
stunned to see how beautiful Natalia looks in her blue dress. Enrique and
Natalia are at the restaurant sharing a moment during a candlelight dinner
under the moonlit sky. Krista and Pepe had set up camp at Daniela's house for
Daniela and La Pandilla, and the children are roasting marshmallows at a
campfire through the tune of "Amistad" (1). Joel steals Juancho's
dog, and the next morning Juancho notices that the dog is gone. Don Capu is annoyed
that Natalia spent last night with Enrique Monroy, when she should have spent
it looking after Doña Amparito.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #23 (Broadcast on September 26, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 10/03/99 02:23 Don Capu is annoyed that Natalia spent last
night with Enrique Monroy, when she should have spent it looking after Doña
Amparito. Don Capu feels deceived. Natalia wants to explain her case with Don
Capu, but Don Capu doesn't want to hear her. Enrique is in bed dreaming about
his evening with Natalia, when Juancho runs to him and cries out that his dog
is missing. Elena had a horrible night last night because she saw Enrique with
Natalia. Enrique, Daniela, and Juancho
travel in Enrique's minivan to look for Juancho's dog. Juancho is worried, and
Enrique advises him to calm down. Suddenly they approach a white fluffy animal
that looks like Juancho's dog, but instead it's a cat. Gustavo and Rita are
working on some financial matters, when Martin comes down the stairs. Gustavo
is not pleased to see his stepson, and makes a logical guess that Martin is
going to see his friends. Rita is not pleased that Gustavo has returned to
abuse Martin again. La Pandilla post flyers all over town about Juancho's
missing dog and are offering a nice reward to anyone who finds him. Enrique,
Daniela, and Juancho return home, disappointed that they were unsuccessful in
their search for Juancho's dog. Daniela wants to talk with Enrique about
another matter: Adela. Enrique knows that Adela and Natalia are having their
differences, but eventually things will work out. He tells Adela that Natalia
is a good person. Doña Amparito shows Natalia a note regarding Enrique that Don
Capu found, but Natalia doesn't know anything about it. Enrique and Natalia are cuddling in Natalia's
dressing room, and he tears up the infamous note Natalia referred to him about
moments ago. Juancho doesn't want to get out of bed until his dog is found, and
Elena talks him out of bed by announcing that she knows where his dog is.
Daniela doesn't like this plan that Elena has crafted. Don Capu doesn't accept
Enrique and Natalia's relationship. Little by little, Enrique is building the
foundation of his newfound relationship with Natalia because of her talent and
beauty. Daniela and La Pandilla are in the parking lot outside the Teatro
Principal washing cars and asking everyone around if they have seen Juancho's
dog. Adela and Ricky are at a teen hangout and about to kiss when Ricky's
co-star interrupts. Martin and Pepe
are at the music shop selecting which set of drums Pepe is going to buy for
Martin. However, Martin would have to wait until tomorrow to purchase his drum
set, since the store didn't have any of the drums available. Pepe gives Martin
som money so he would purchase his drum set the next day. Enrique and Natalia
are at the park strolling down a sidewalk next to the pond. Juancho is
depressed that his dong is lost and may never be found. Joel stuffs the dog
into a sack while Jules the ghost watched in shock. Martin comes home to show Rita the money he received from Pepe
so he can purchase his drums. Gustavo is upset that Pepe is treating Martin so
well, and he thinks about taking that money away from Martin since he feels his
stepson doesn't deserve anything. Daniela firmly remarks to Elena that Natalia
is a great friend that she loves very much, in addition to being a great
singer. Elena thinks that Daniela doesn't know Natalia like she does, and she
shoots back saying that Natalia doesn't love her, rather Natalia is only doing
this because she wants to get close to her father.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #24 (Broadcast on September 26, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 10/03/99 11:21 Elena thinks that Daniela doesn't know
Natalia like she does, and she shoots back saying that Natalia doesn't love
her, rather Natalia is only doing this because she wants to get close to her
father. Natalia was the one who took down the portrait of Leonor after Leonor
died, but Daniela argues that it's a lie. Don Capu tells Natalia that both
Daniela and Juancho love Natalia, but Adela has different feelings toward her,
and Natalia knows it. Joel poisons Juanhco's dog and gets him drunk. Elena is
at Enrique's house looking for Enrique, and she had promised Juancho that she
would find his dog but Juancho never believed she would. Daniela wants to know
from Enrique that now he's in love with Natalia will she take Leonor's place,
and Enrique says that nobody will occupy the memory of Leonor, either in his
house or his heart. Pepe talks to
Krista about love, and Krista thinks she found love in Pepe. Ricky drops Adela
off at her house after their night out, and they both kiss. Adela doesn't want
her night with Ricky to end. Daniela writes a summary of today's events in
another page of her diary, including how Elena would lie to her about Natalia
and say all those mean things about Natalia to her. Gustavo sneaks into
Martin's room to search for Martin's money, and as expected he finds it in a
box that was inside one of Martin's dresser drawers. The next morning, Martin
is sad that his money is gone, since he was to purchase his new set of drums.
He and Rita should have expected that Gustavo took it. Joel runs into Daniela
outside the theater lobby, and Daniela recognizes a tattoo on Joel's arm that
somehow indicates he was the one who robbed Juancho's dog. Enrique questions Adela about her sexy
outfit that she is wearing. Adela is about 20 pounds overweight to fit into
that dress. Gustavo meets with a street vendor and gives him the money he stole
from Martin, in addition to a television set and a stereo. Martin still wonders
if a thief snuk into his house last night and stole his money. After the way
Gustavo has mistreated Martin, it is a logical guess who stole it. Elena pays
Malú to ruin Daniela once again, and Malú promises to Elena that she will ruin
Daniela in the worst way possible. It isn't enough that Malú tried to steal
Martin from Daniela, but anything to finish her. Malú meets Daniela in the basement of the theatre, and she
invites Daniela to come with her to ride on the gondolas. Martin will be there,
and so now the trap is set. Enrique and Natalia ride in one of the famous
gondolas as a group of musicians perform a romantic tune for them. On the
phone, Rita asks Krista if she knows anything about who took Martin's money.
Rita thinks that it was impossible for something like this to happen, but she
promises to find out who took it.
Daniela and La Pandilla are sitting at a table within the gondolas, and
Malú is paying very close attention to Daniela. They begin their journey down
the river and throw water at the people on the gondola across from them. Soon,
Daniela and La Pandilla are throwing water at each other. The sadistic and evil
Malú can't stand it anymore seeing Martin and Daniela together, and Malú pushes
Daniela off the gondola into the water. Malú smiles condescendingly. Martin
helps Daniela get back into the gondola, but one of the children tells Daniela
that it was just a way to congratulate Daniela for her and Martin being
together. Malú is absolutely furious. That wasn't the way her plan was supposed
to go. She pushed Daniela into the water so she herself could drown her. After reviving herself, Daniela turns her
head and looks at a gondola nearby. She can't believe her eyes to see both
Enrique and Natalia snuggling into each other's arms. It was bad enough that
Malú pushed her into the water, but it was a lot worse to see that Enrique and
Natalia are really in love. Nobody will occupy the memory of Leonor, Enrique
told her, but Daniela isn't seeing it that way.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #25 (Broadcast on October 3, 1999) Name: Robyn
Barnette Date: 10/09/99 19:17 Daniela feels bad. She suddenly came down
with a headache of some kind, but it didn't come from the cold water. Instead,
it came from seeing Natalia and Enrique at the gondola nearby. Enrique and
Natalia were kissing! Daniela could not believe her eyes. Martin feeds Daniela
some water. The lighting director who took Daniela and La Pandilla on their
voyage annouces that Daniela is not feeling well and they have to return home.
Malú didn't want to return home. Instead she wants to take advantage of Daniela
even more. It wasn't enough that Malú pushed Daniela into the water, and she
thinks of other ideas. Enrique and
Natalia are sharing a moment at the table in the local restaurant. They've
never been more happy. Natalia wants to know if Enrique's thinking of marriage
again. Enrique isn't certain if he wants to remarry, because of Leonor and his
children's feelings toward Natalia. Still, that's a long way away, and Enrique
isn't ready to decide. For now the two just wanted to share their moment,
amidst a photographer taking a picture of them kissing. Elena asks Krista if the children returned
from Xochimilico (I think this is the place in Mexico City famous for those
colorful gondolas). Krista hasn't seen them, but she gives Elena a copy of an
outline for Enrique's next musical project. Elena is concerned with Malú, for
she wanted to know if she did any damage to Daniela. Daniela and La Pandilla
return home, and Flor is told that Daniela was feeling bad. Elena comes out of
nowhere to ask how the experience was. Pepe asks Martin if he got his money
back. Martin hasn't, and Pepe advises him not to worry. The money will appear
somewhere. Martin is upset. He doesn't know who or what would do such a thing,
to steal his money. Malú delights Elena
after she tells Elena what she did to Daniela, but Malú is still upset that
Martin and Daniela are still together. Elena feeds more bad advice to Malú, and
Malú becomes even more sinister. She asks Elena to pay her for more dirty deeds
she will do to Daniela. Enrique complains that the photo of him and Natalia
kissing is absurd, but Natalia thinks it's okay. Ricky drops in on Adela and
Tania at the food court. Tania is a bit distressed to see Adela and Ricky next
to each other showering each other with affection. She feels sick to her
stomach, after she thought Ricky was in love with her. Joel and Elena find (?) Juancho's dog, but
the dog is dead. Juancho is visibly upset. He feels that a part of his life was
taken away from him. Joel doesn't know how this happened. Daniela comes in to
see what was going on, and as soon as she notices the dog is dead she
immediately suspects that Joel and Elena killed him. Natalia also comes in, and
she pets the dog to see if he is still alive. She knows he is. Then she puts
her ear to the dog and notices a pulse. The dog is not dead. Juancho is happy,
while Elena is annoyed. Natalia invites Daniela to come with Enrique and
Juancho to give treatment to Juancho's dog, but Daniela refuses. At the dinner table, Martin immediately
brings up the idea that maybe Malú paid Gustavo with his money. Malú? Where did
she come from? Gustavo denies that he didn't know anything about Martin's
money. Later in the evening, Martin confronts Gustavo and accuses Gustavo of
being a thief. Martin wasn't going to back down from Gustavo's abuse, but
Gustavo is furious and slaps Martin hard.
Daniela writes another page in her diary where she can't believe her
father and Natalia are together. Natalia enters Daniela's room, but Daniela
doesn't want to see her again. She immediately refers to Natalia as a traitor.
Natalia doesn't understand. Why did Daniela call her that? Natalia's been such
a nice person. She's not a traitor, but she's caused enough emotional pain in
Daniela. Daniela can't take it anymore and she doesn't want to continue
speaking to Natalia anymore. Natalia continues to plead her case, but Daniela
orders Natalia to get out of her room. Natalia leaves, upset and confused. Natalia practices her vocals, but she can't
get that message out of her mind where Daniela called her a traitor. She
doesn't know who would be influencing Daniela these false things about her.
Daniela stares at a picture of her mother and cries her tears of sorrow on the
picture, for she misses her mother so much and the idea that Natalia was taking
Leonor's place brought even more pain. Pepe calls Rita and informs her that
Martin is at his house. He then asks Martin what has really been going on at
his house with Gustavo. Martin is uncertain if he wants to tell Pepe the abuse
he'd been suffering at the hands of Gustavo.
Enrique asks Adela how her date with Ricky at the cafe went. Adela
admits that she's in love, and Enrique tells Adela the same thing. He knows
what it feels like to be in love. Daniela overhears their conversation, and she
feels upset to hear that Enrique is in love and know who he's in love
with. Natalia asks La Pandilla what the
know about Daniela's bad feelings toward her. One of the children tells Natalia
that Daniela saw both her and Enrique in Xochimilico. Pepe takes off Martin's
shirt and notices the bruises all over Martin's body. Immediately he suspects
some type of abuse going on at Martin's house. Enrique is delighted to see
Natalia at his office, but Natalia breaks the sad news to Enrique that she
can't continue her relationship with him, for now, for Daniela's sake.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #26 (Broadcast on October 3, 1999) Name: Robyn
Barnette Date: 10/10/99 09:53 Enrique is delighted to see Natalia at his
office, but Natalia breaks the sad news to Enrique that she can't continue her
relationship with him, for now, for Daniela's sake. What? Enrique was puzzled.
Natalia was such a nice guest to Enrique's family, but when Daniela called her
a traitor she was upset. Enrique wanted to know why Daniela called Natalia a
traitor, and Natalia responds that when she and Enrique went to Xochimilico,
Daniela saw them there. Natalia wanted to end this silly relationship, but
Enrique didn't. Just because Daniela called her a traitor? Just because Daniela
had all these bad feelings about Natalia falling in love with Enrique and making
Enrique forget about Leonor? Pepe rubs
medicene on Martin's body to relieve Martin from all the bruises he suffered
from Gustavo. He was very angry that Gustavo would abuse Martin. Natalia is on
stage rehearsing the tune "Abrazame" (1), the theme to Enrique's
musical "Un Sueño de Amor." The people who were in the audience and
on the stage floor applauded. Martin wanted to know why Daniela was sad, but at
the same time Daniela wanted to know the same from Martin. Although Martin
didn't want to reveal it, Martin decides to tell Daniela that Gustavo hit him.
Pepe is angry when Ricky asks about Natalia's amazing capability to sing, but
his anger was influenced from the abuse Martin suffered from Gustavo. Jairo
comments to Joel about Natalia's singing, and Joel admits that Natalia has a
great voide for singing, but also that she and Enrique are together. Daniela
decides to tell Martin that she's sad Natalia is in love with her father.
Martin wanted to know what Daniela was really thinking, but Daniela didn't know. Enrique admits to Elena that Natalia was
the greatest thing that has happened to him. The problem was with Daniela, and
Enrique wanted to know if Elena had been telling Daniela bad things about
Natalia. Elena denies that she did. Rita didn't want Martin to see Pepe, but
Pepe reveals to Rita that Gustavo was a bad man. He had abused Martin. Rita
doesn't believe Pepe and denies that Gustavo has done anything wrong to Martin.
The relationship between Martin and Gustavo is not working. Pepe wants to know why
Gustavo has been abusing his son, and he grabs that evil man Gustavo and whacks
him across the face several times.
Enrique didn't understand Daniela. Now Daniela didn't want to speak to
him, either. Pepe warns Gustavo that if he ever abused Martin again he would
return and kill him. Rita contacts the local authorities, but Gustavo doesn't
want them to press any charges. Pepe tells Krista that he didn't mean to be
angry at Ricky. He just had other things on his mind. Adela expresses her
happiness to Enrique that she's still in love with Ricky. Enrique arrives at
Natalia's house and tells Natalia that Daniela thinks he is going to marry her.
He didn't want to end his relationship with Natalia. He loved her, but that
didn't mean he wanted to marry her. Daniela apologizes to Enrique for the way
she acted to him. She still believes that Enrique is forgetting that Leonor
died and Natalia was very bad. Joel
wants to come in Natalia's house. Natalia didn't want to leave. She feels
terrible about what's going on with Enrique, with Daniela, with Enrique's
family, Elena--so many things. Enrique loved Natalia, and Don Capu says to
Enrique that Natalia believes there is no future between Enrique and her. Joel
tries to make Natalia happy by singing something silly, and Natalia wanted him
to leave her alone. She decides to let him in after all, but when Joel mentions
Enrique, Natalia doesn't know him. Joel didn't understand that Natalia was
upset after Daniela discovered her and Enrique were at Xochimilico, Daniela has
turned against her.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #27 (Broadcast on October 10, 1999) Name: Robyn
Barnette Date: 10/17/99 02:00 Episode begins with Daniela writing in her
diary summary of main highlights in previous episode. Joel didn't understand that Natalia was upset after Daniela
discovered her and Enrique were at Xochimilico, Daniela has turned against her.
Natalia is not very satisfied that she had to end her relationship with Enrique
Monroy. Enrique thinks its absurd that problems exist between Daniela and
Natalia. Martin shows Rita the bruises he received after Gustavo beat him and
proof that Gustavo is really a bad stepfather. Rita wanted to know why Martin
didn't tell her all this time he had been doing this. Ricky and Adela are at the
bowling alley, where Ricky bowls a strike. Pepe asks Natalia to try her singing
during rehearsal, since he had heard Natalia before and knew that she was a
good singer. Natalia accepts, although she admits that she doesn't have much
experience. Ricky kisses Tania, but from a distance his friend Carlos catches
them in the act. He escorts Adela to an area of the bowling alley far away from
Ricky and Tania. Daniela doesn't speak
much to her father Enrique at the table during breakfast. Elena is basking in
the glory that Enrique and Natalia have ended their relationship, and now it
gives her an open opportunity to claim what was rightfully hers. Martin runs to
Daniela's house and tells her what Pepe did to Gustavo, but Daniela has other
problems to worry about, especially what was going on between Enrique and
Natalia. Enrique still thinks about Natalia and rejects Elena's
"request" for a possible relationship. His heart is set too much on
Natalia and he still wonders how he can win her back. Joel walks in Elena's office and explains why Natalia and
Enrique broke up. The news was music to the ears of Elena, since she was the
one who told Daniela all those negative things about Natalia to her. Enrique
bumps into Natalia outside the theater lobby and asks how she has been. Natalia
has been doing fine, but Enrique is more or less okay. He explains that since
Leonor died, Daniela hasn't spoken to him much and now doesn't love him as a
father. Natalia thinks that Daniela could be right, that she really was taking
Leonor's place, and she feels guilty about it. Enrique wants to patch things
with Natalia, but Natalia hesitates and doesn't allow Enrique to kiss her.
Ricky thinks it's funny that he kissed Tania behind Adela's back, but Carlos
was not laughing. Gustavo can't go to
work because of a black eye he received after Pepe beat the crap out of him.
Still, Rita inspires Gustavo to go to work. Natalia meets Daniela at the
theatre, but Daniela wants her to leave her alone. Natalia explains that she
broke up with Enrique because she realized that she was taking Leonor's place
after Leonor died, but that was a lame excuse to Daniela. Natalia only broke up
with Enrique so she could make Daniela happy. Martin tells Pepe that he doesn't
want to go to his home, because he fears that Gustavo will hit him again. The cast and Natalia are rehearsing the
theme to "Un Sueño de Amor." Pepe is a bit distressed that Natalia
put too much emotion in her singing. He is then upset at Ricky for comments he
made about Natalia's singing. Martin explains to Daniela that he got his money
back. He takes Daniela's hand, and both he and Daniela leave the basement and
head to the music store to purchase the set of drums that he always wanted.
Elena mentions to Enrique about a vacation to Acapulco, and Enrique wants to
know if he is going with her. However, Elena reveals the sad news that Natalia
is going alone. Joel approaches Natalia outside the theatre and reveals that he
was the one who wrote a certain letter which Don Capu read a while back, the
one where Daniela would find out that Natalia and Enrique were at Xochimilico.
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SUMMARY FOR EPISODE #28
(Broadcast on October 10, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 10/17/99 12:38 Joel
approaches Natalia outside the theatre and reveals that he was the one who
wrote a certain letter which Don Capu read a while back, the one where Daniela
would find out that Natalia and Enrique were at Xochimilico. Enrique wonders
why Natalia would go to Acapulco by herself. Joel presents La Pandilla with
lyrics to a song he wrote. Daniela is annoyed at Juancho for playing with his
food, but what she was really anoyed about was Natalia. Juancho refers to
Daniela as a bad girl for the way she had been acting toward Natalia. Adela and
Tania can't decide who Carlos is crazy for.
Don Capu reads the lyrics that Joel wrote, and he is satisfied with it
even though he and La Pandilla discuss some changes that need to be made. The
children sit in the theather and dream about what it would be like performing
Joel's song to a large audience. They could just see themselves now becoming
the next Onda Vaselina. Pepe leads Joel to the basement and escorts him to the
large drum set in one area of the room. He sits Martin down and takes off
Martin's blindfold, and Martin is very excited to see his gift. Martin thanks
Pepe, but he wonders how Pepe got the money back to pay for it. That didn't
matter, however. Martin was happy that he finally got his gift. Yuls tells
Daniela something about the relationship between Natalia and Enrique, and
Daniela steps inside Enrique's office to hear that Natalia is not going to sing
in Enrique's musical production. Yuls
wonders if Daniela is convinced that Natalia is not interested in Enrique anymore.
Natalia's dream was to sing and to perform in many theatrical works, but she
doesn't have it in herself to fulfill it now that she and Enrique are in limbo
about their relationship. Martin demonstrates to La Pandilla his ability to
perform on the drums. Daniela blames Malú for starting all of this mess between
herself and Natalia. Adela and Tania are going to a photo shoot tomorrow to
become future models. Pepe is angry that Ricky is late for tonight's
performance and wants him in the theatre first thing tomorrow morning. Adela gives Enrique a document about a
vacation to Acapulco. A woman sneaks in Joel's apartment and looks for a jewel.
As soon as she finds it, Joel catches her in the act and threatens to kill her.
Ricky shows up at the theatre the next day and Pepe demands him to sit down.
Pepe complains that Ricky has been spending too much time on Adela instead of
his work, and because of that and his defiant attitude lately he lets Ricky go
from the cast of "Un Sueño de Amor." Elena tells Natalia that she and
Enrique are going to Acapulco alone, and it leaves Natalia in a state of
surprise.
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SUMMARY FOR EPISODE #29
(Broadcast on October 17, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 10/24/99 10:47
Elena tells Natalia that she and Enrique are going to Acapulco alone,
and it leaves Natalia in a state of surprise. After all, Natalia would have
loved to go to Acapulco with Enrique. However, she could care less. Natalia
continues to measure Elena's dress as Elena continues to boast her excitement
about going to Acapulco alone with Enrique. As she does, Natalia is thinking
what would it be like if she went alone with Enrique. The idea that Elena was
going made her feel as though maybe breaking up with Enrique was not a smart
idea after all. Gustavo comes home
from work and surprisingly shows his kindness to Martin by giving him the
privilege to hang out his friends. Martin pecks (?) Gustavo on the cheek and
leaves. Natalia is distressed that Elena was going with Enrique to Acapulco.
She could remember his smile, his kindness, his handsomeness, and she turned it
all away for Daniela's sake. Now she gave Elena a wide open opportunity to cash
in on the man she had wanted to fall in love with for some time. Daniela and La
Pandilla are in the basement "rehearsing" a tune, and Daniela sounds
as though she is tired. In fact, the whole group sounds terrible. Daniela wants
to speak to Martin alone, but La Pandilla knows that they're going to do more
than just talk. Adela and Tania are in Cuernavaca attending their photo shoot
along with two other girls. They are all dressed in bikinis, and both Adela and
Tania are each 20 pounds overweight. The photographer complains to two of the
girls about Adela, but still he takes photos of her standing on a stairmaster.
Adela presents a different pose for each shot, but the photographer notices how
Adela is overdoing her poses. Martin and Daniela are at the lobby, and Daniela
mentions the subject about Natalia taking the place of her mother. La Pandilla create a video where each
member introduces and tells a little about him- or herself. Daniela also
mentions the subject about Natalia to Don Capu, and Don Capu tells Daniela that
Natalia loves her very much. It hasn't been the same for Daniela since the
accident that claimed Leonor's life. She couldn't imagine anyone else other
than Leonor, but Daniela had to learn to accept Natalia into her family.
Daniela steps into Natalia's dressing room and apologizes to Natalia for the
way she had been behaving toward her, and both she and Natalia embrace. Daniela
realized that Natalia wasn't occupying Leonor's place in her family. However,
why had Daniela been acting like that to Natalia? Why had Daniela believed that
Natalia was falling in love with Enrique so that she would integrate herself
into their family and erase Leonor's memory? Elena told Daniela, and that left
Natalia stunned. That didn't matter, however. Natalia wanted to know how
Daniela felt about her love for Martin? And how did she feel about her love for
Enrique? Both Daniela and Natalia sing a wonderful tune in response to this
question titled "Es Amor" (1).
Natalia wants to know from Elena why she had been infiltrating Daniela's
mind with all these bad things about her. Elena was in love with Enrique and
she was jealous of Natalia falling in love with him. Natalia throws Elena's
dress in Elena's face and storms out of the office. Enrique looks at an old
photo of Leonor, and Daniela comes in Enrique's room. She apologizes to Enrique
for the way she had been behaving toward both him and Natalia, and Enrique was
very understanding about it. Enrique tells Daniela that she had nothing to
apologize about. Daniela was worried that Enrique would forget about Leonor if
he and Natalia fell in love, but Enrique would never forget about Leonor.
Nobody would occupy Leonor's place, both in his mind and in his heart. Elena comes to Enrique's house, and Enrique
complains to Elena about this gossip she had been spreading about Natalia.
That's why Enrique's relationsip with Natalia ended? That's why Daniela hadn't
spoken to either him or Natalia? Enrique was furious with Elena. He knew that
Elena was doing all this so that way she would fall in love with him. All that
stuff about Leonor dying because Natalia wanted to be with Enrique? Daniela writes lyrics in her diary to a
future song she and La Pandilla were going to perform, and soon lyrics emerge
in her head, lyrics to the song "Es Tiempo de Amar" (1). She presents
this song to La Pandilla, and La Pandilla likes what they hear (well, almost all
of La Pandilla—Malú would have preferred that Daniela shutup). Now how to
implement the song using instruments? Enrique meets Natalia at the rooftop of
the Teatro Principal. Natalia can't imagine Daniela turning against her for
some time, but Enrique would find out about it. It was all Elena who did the
damage. What was important was not only to make Daniela happy, but also Enrique
to be happy, and Natalia to be happy. The relationship is reformed again, and
both Enrique and Natalia kiss. (1) -
Available on the soundtrack to "El Diario de Daniela"
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #30 (Broadcast on October 17, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 10/24/99 10:48 Natalia is worried. Elena had told her that
she was going to Acapulco with her, and Natalia wanted to know what that was
all about. Enrique replies that it was meant as a surprise for Natalia, to
promote Natalia's career as a singer. Natalia was a very gorgeous woman
according to Enrique, but Enrique can't forget a similar vacation earlier where
Leonor died in a tragic scuba diving accident. He didn't want lightning to
strike twice. Malú is the next person
to complete the La Pandilla video documentary. She talks about her mother and
father. She doesn't have a family. Her father ran off to Hollywood, to work in
theatre, and Malú didn't want to know him. She only had a mother, and she felt
uncomfortable to talk about it. Daniela realized that within the villain lied a
sweet girl looking for love and affection, and she never got it. Daniela thanks
Malú for revealing this to La Pandilla. Malú had no ounce of affection toward
anyone, especially to this brat who was getting all the attention from her
friends. Fatima and Chuy take their turns talking about their own families.
Then Martin talks about his family. Her mother loves him very much, and so does
her father. He lives with her mother, along with a very mean stepfather which
he didn't mention. And he announces to all of La Pandilla that he is in love
with Daniela. To prove it, he tells Daniela that he loves her. La Pandilla
liked what they heard! (well, almost all of La Pandilla—Malú was not pleased to
hear this. After all, that was HER Martin going with with that brat
Daniela). Elena is so excited to tell
Krista about her vacation with Enrique. That was just what she had wanted—to
plot the murder of Leonor so she would fall in love with him. Natalia was no
longer with Enrique, so going to Acapulco with him was the perfect opportunity
to spend time with him. Natalia meets Joel at the theatre, and she is surprised
and delighted to see Joel wearing a suit and tie. Natalia thinks Joel is very
handsome. Was this Joel's way of winning Natalia back? Martin mentions to
Gustavo that he is going to the theatre to hang out with his friends,
especially to perform this new song that Daniela wrote. Gustavo is happy to
hear about it. Rita is very proud of Gustavo being this nice, considerate guy,
unlike before when Gustavo was this bastard who always abused Martin. Maybe
after the day Pepe beat him up, Gustavo had learned his lesson. Elena is
boasting her excitement to Joel about her vacation with Enrique, but Enrique
comes in and announces that he is not going to Acapulco after all. She wasn't
expecting to hear that from Enrique. All the excitement Elena had been feeling
suddenly disappeared. Elena is
furious. Natalia, isn't it? Did Enrique think that after she ruined his
relationship with Natalia, he would go to Acapulco with Elena? As Enrique left
the office, Elena wanted to know where he was going. Wherever he was going, he
didn't want Elena to go with him. Daniela and La Pandilla are bored. They
rehearse their song "Es Tiempo de Amar," but it sounds dull and
horrible. Daniela notices Yuls the ghost sitting in one corner of the basement,
and she tells him that she and the children are performing music. Yuls
disappears when Malú's friend wanted to know what Daniela was doing in the
corner. Daniela makes up an excuse, but Malú knows that Daniela is lying. Malú
finds out for herself what Daniela was really doing, when suddenly she feels
something hit her on her hand. Elena
interrupts a conversation Enrique and Pepe are having. She tells Enrique that
she isn't going to Acapulco, either. That didn't surprise Enrique, but Elena
might have told him this because she knew that Enrique was going to Acapulco
with Natalia. This might be something to ruin their vacation much like how she
ruined Enrique's vacation with Leonor to Cozumel earlier. La Pandilla are
performing a "trial run" of "Es Tiempo de Amar," when
suddenly Yuls the ghost plays a joke on them. One of the speakers blows up.
Daniela is worried. Don Capu asks the children to take a break while they
figure out how this happened. Adela is
talking on the phone to Enrique. She is very excited about something Enrique
told her, and she and Carlos are heading to one area of the household when
suddenly Adela catches her Ricky making out with her best friend Tania. Adela
is shocked. Her mouth was wide enough to ram a tractor trailer through it. Rita
is setting up the dinner table when Gustavo returns to his evil self and
damages the table. What happened to the nice, considerate Gustavo she had seen
earlier? Martin is in his room watching the video La Pandilla made. Gustavo
comes in at the same time he is announcing in the video that he loves his
father and thinks Gustavo is a bad man. That infuriates Gustavo even more.
Martin hates Gustavo, right? Gustavo grabs Martin and throws all 80 pounds of
Martin into the wall. Martin is unconscious. Gustavo doesn't feel any guilt for
what he just did. Enrique and Elena are at a restaurant, and finally Elena
announces to Enrique what she had been feeling about him all along: That she is
in love with him.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #31 (Broadcast on October 24, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 10/30/99 00:28 Rita is setting up the dinner table when
Gustavo returns and damages the table. She can't believe it. What happened to
the nice, considerate Gustavo she had seen earlier? Gustavo has turned into a
monster agin. Martin is in his room watching the video La Pandilla made.
Gustavo comes in at the same time he is announcing in the video that he loves
his father and thinks Gustavo is a bad man. That infuriates Gustavo even more.
Martin hates Gustavo, right? Gustavo grabs Martin and throws all 80 pounds of Martin
into the wall. Martin is unconscious. Gustavo doesn't feel any guilt for what
he just did. Enrique and Elena are at a restaurant, and finally Elena announces
to Enrique what she had been feeling about him all along: That she is in love
with him. Enrique doesn't want her to say that to him. Elena can't believe the
feelings she has for him and she needs his love. Elena shows no fear in flat
out telling Enrique the true feelings she has had for him. She wants him to
fall in love with her, but Enrique isn't flattered or touched by her affection.
Enrique is too much in love with Natalia that he can't just simply give her up
for Elena. Tania tries to reason with Adela about what she and Ricky were
caught doing, but Adela doesn't want to hear it. Carlos wants to get into
Ricky's face, but Adela has everything under control. Ricky claims that Tania
meant nothing to him, but Adela literally tells him off. Adela refers to Tania
as a traitor, a bad friend, and a bitch.
Martin is unconscious. The left side of his ear is bleeding badly. Rita
tries to wake him by shaking him. Gustavo can't believe that he almost killed
his stepson. He claims that what he did was an accident, but Rita could tell
that Gustavo meant to do damage to him. Rita could now see the true evil person
that Gustavo really was. Enrique tells Elena what they have been all along—good
friends, who are companions at work. He couldn't possibly imagine turning a
good friendship into a serious relationship. However, the situation was
laughable to Elena. He was only saying this to keep Elena out from his current
relationship with Natalia. Elena continues to profess that she was in love with
him. Daniela, Malú, Toby, and Don Capu are outside the theater lobby waiting
for Martin, when suddenly a young boy dressed in a mariachi outfit enters the
theatre accompanied by a mariachi set. He introduces himself as Yamil and Don
Capu escorts him to the theatre stage to rehearse. Was this part of Malú's plan
to break up Daniela and Martin? Daniela doubted it. Daniela, Malú, and the
others run inside the theater to watch this individual Yamil perform. Tania orders Ricky to get out of her house,
but Ricky isn't buying it. Tania sends him the message by trying to sucker
punch Ricky, and Ricky immediately grabs her hand. He tries to kiss her, but
Tania kisses it off. Joel arrives at Natalia's dressing room, trying to win
Natalia back. He really loves Natalia, but Natalia is already in love. Enrique
is her prince, and Joel presents Natalia with a large bouquet of flowers. Natalia
is touched by his affection. Carlos
drives Adela back home, and during the ride back Adela talks about how she
can't believe her Ricky would fall in love with her best friend, and how Tania
would turn out to be the traitor. She also had to blame herself for this,
because she was stupid to fall in love with this otherwise pigheaded jerk. At
the hospital, Gustavo is pacing around waiting for word on Martin's situation.
The doctor steps out and asks Rita how Martin got hurt. She could have told the
doctor that Gustavo beat him just like he usually does, but she decided to make
up an excuse, that Martin suffered a simple accident, from "a trapeze
act." The doctor informs Rita and Gustavo about the bleeding in Martin's
ear. Gustavo then wonders why Rita lied to the doctor, why she didn't tell him
what really happened. She then warns Gustavo that if Martin dies at his hands,
she swears that she will kill him.
Enrique is thinking about marriage again, and Adela wants to know who he
wants to marry. She could easily suspect that it would be Natalia, but she
didn't want to hear that name. Unfortunately, Enrique reveals that it is
Natalia, and Adela does not accept it. Yamil, the mariachi boy who Daniela had
met earlier, meets with her, Malú, and the rest of La Pandilla to introduce
himself some more. He took singing classes for two years, and he enjoys singing
very much. But he enjoys singing himself, and for one special girl—Daniela.
Daniela is quite surprised to see that this boy she never formally met before actually
likes her. Natalia is praciting her vocal agility when she hears a knock on the
door. It was La Pandilla. Daniela and the rest of the gang come in and talk to
Natalia about the new boy they just met, Yamil. Martin is on a stretcher,
barely able to talk with Rita. The doctors wheel him away to the operating
room. Malú and her friend are at the right wing of the stage watching a young
children's rock group rehearse their number for an upcoming talent show. The
song is quite irritating. In any event, Daniela and some members of La Pandilla
come in when they are introduced to the lead singer of the rock group,
Sebastian. Malú's friend is enthusiastic to tell Daniela that Sebastian is a
very good singer and guitarist, and at his age it's quite amazing that he has
this talent. Sebastian and Daniela formally introduce themselves, but this is
all an effort from Malú to set Daniela up with someone else and to help Daniela
forget about Martin. Elena feels a pain
in her stomach, and Krista helps her out. Ricky admits that he loves Adela, but
the damage has been done. Adela doesn't want to see or speak to him again and
orders him out. She threatens to throw an object at Ricky on his way out, but
she holds back. She has other ideas. Daniela writes another page in her diary
about Yamil she met today and dreams what it would be like if she was a fan of
Yamil and saw him at a concert performing. She could just see it now, sitting
in the audience and surounded by several other fans, while he is there on stage
singing with the Mariachi Vargas. Yes, she is his fan. He is gorgeous. Natalia and Enrique are out having a
candlelight dinner, amidst a very annoying violin piece. She wants to know the
situation about Acapulco and Elena from Enrique, and Enrique replies that he isn't
going to Acapulco with Elena. What happened to Enrique? He can tell it to her,
but Enrique doesn't think that it's important. Enrique loves her very much, but
it's too bad that he couldn't explain it explicitly to her because of a plane
flying overhead. Gustavo is ecstatic to report to Rita that Martin is perfectly
okay. Tomorrow they will all return to the house. Is Gustavo happy? Yes. Is
everyone returning? Yes, but Rita doesn't think so. Everyone, no. As she takes
her child from Gustavo's hands, she firmly tells Gustavo that he is not
returning home with them. Natalia comes home and sees that her apartment is
completely painted with messages such as "Arribisita," and she
demands answers from Don Capu as to who did this.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #32 (Broadcast on October 24, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 10/31/99 10:15 NOTE: The last scene between Enrique and
Elena I could not understand, so I made up something based on what, if any,
dialogue I was able to grasp. Now, on
to the summary....
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Natalia comes home and sees that her apartment is
completely painted with messages such as "Arribisita," and she
demands answers from Don Capu as to who did this. Natalia wants to know what happened.
Who did this? Don Capu couldn't imagine anyone having done this. He couldn't
imagine anyone coming into the room and splattering the room with such
patronizing and degrading material. Natalia swears that it might have been
someone who knew about her and Enrique, and she thinks she knows the one
individual responsible for it. She swears that she will find this perpetrator
of this heinous act. Adela is in the kitchen washing the fingernail paint off
her hands, when Enrique comes in and wants to talk to her. However, Adela
doesn't want to talk with him, after he announced that he is planning on
marrying Natalia. She feels that Enrique has forgotten about Leonor. If Adela
can't accept Natalia and the fact that he is in love with her, then what is
Adela going to do? Elena is sleeping when she abruptly awakened by Natalia
storming into her office and asking if she painted all that graffiti at her
house. Elena doesn't know what Natalia is talking about. Natalia swears that
she will find out who did it, and if it is Elena she will come back and get
her. At the hospital, Rita tells Gutsavo that he is leaving the house. He fires
back by saying that her children are also his, but after he threatened to
nearly kill Martin does he plan on doing the same thing to Rita's other child?
After Gustavo saw the video where Martin talked about his family and where
Martin said he loved his father Pepe and hated him, he felt so sad and his
sadnes turned into a deep, abiding anger. That didn't matter to Rita—Gustavo
wanted to kill Martin. Gustavo continues to promise that he wouldn't do it
again, but Rita makes her decision final. Adela steals Daniela's diary and
pages through it to see and read all those wonderful secrets Daniela had been
writing about. Martin tells Rita that
he is scared—scared of Gustavo and the fact that he might come back and hurt
him again. Flor's former boyfriend comes back to try and rekindle his
relationship with her. Daniela and La Pandilla invite Natalia to the basement
and want to show her the new song they spent time rehearsing and performing.
Tania comes back to apologize to Adela about what hapened between her and
Ricky. She regrets it. Tania didn't know that Ricky was such a liar. Adela
understands Tania and forgives her by embracing her. Outside the theatre lobby
Martin says to Pepe that he and Daniela are going to do a video. After Pepe
leaves, he tells Daniela that he couldn't meet with her yesterday and he shows
Daniela the bruise on his ear. He also tells Daniela the good news that Gustavo
is no longer going to stay at his house, and that news delights Daniela.
Enrique looks around Natalia's apartment and is in shock by what he sees. He
doubts that Elena was responsible for this. It was Adela. He could tell,
because the color of the graffiti all over the apartment was Adela's favorite.
Suddenly there's a knock on the door. Natalia answers and carries a large
bouquet of sunflowers into the house. Natalia reads a note attached to the
bouquet, where it says that the person who sent them is sorry, but felt it was
important to send these flowers to her apartment. Then it says something where
she thanks Elena and about his relationship with Natalia, and those were the
key phrases that led Enrique to believe that it really was Adela. What would
lead Adela to do such a thing? Natalia leaves her apartment to find Elena.
Daniela and La Pandilla are at a large tabl in the backyard of the house when
Adela interrupts and talks about Daniela's love for Martin. Daniela was easily
annoyed. She recites certain phrases from Daniela's diary out loud for everyone
to hear, and Daniela demands to know how Adela got her diary. Then Martin asks
Daniela if that was what she wrote in her diary about him. Elena is on her
computer when Natalia returns to her office again and apologizes for pointing
the finger of blame at her for ruining her apartment. Martin tells Daniela not to say anything about him and Daniela
that is not true, especially in her diary. Suddenly Yamil comes and greets
himself to Daniela. Daniela introduces Martin to Yamil. Yamil extends his hand,
but Martin just simply waves hello. Martin is not impressed by his appearance.
Yamil wants to know if Daniela is going to the theater, because he is going to
do another mariachi number with a large mariachi set. Daniela agrees, and it
upsets Martin. Adela is proud of having done her dirty deed at Natalia's
apartment. She tells Elena about it, when suddenly Enrique steps in and
confronts her. Enrique is not pleased, and he wants to know straight from Adela
why she did it. Adela wants to know if Natalia told her. Natalia did. Adela
admits that she is sorry for what she has done, but she couldn't imagine her
father being with anyone else besides Leonor. Adela really has no right to
determine Enrique's decision about what happens between him and Natalia. Back
at her house, Adela is eating ice cream when Daniela comes in. Daniela tells
Adela that she has no right to butt in her personal life. Does Daniela have a
new boyfriend? No, her boyfriend is Martin. Suddenly Daniela pushes Adela's
bowl of ice cream, and it spills all over Adela's black skirt. It was a new
skirt, and Daniela ruined it. Painting Natalia's apartment, stealing Daniela's
diary—serves Adela right for being this rebellious these past few days. Carlos and Ricky fight about the situation
that happened the other day at Tania's house. Carlos was the considerate one.
At least he doesn't two-time the girls he dates, whereas Ricky does. The
lighting director puts the finishing touches on repainting Natalia's apartment.
Joel comes in and wants to help out. Natalia says to Joel that it was Adela
Monroy who damaged her apartment. Don Capu explains to Joel how Adela did it.
Then Natalia says that she accepts her relationship with Enrique, and it
depresses Joel. Tania brings Adela a surprise—an issue of the magazine
"Tú" where Adela is featured in one of the pages. The other day when
Adela was doing her photo shoot on a stairmaster in her bikini, one of the
photos made it to the magazine. Adela is delighted. Wow! She can't believe that
her fat, ugly, disgusting figure made it to the magazine. Enrique talks to
Pepe, where he mentions that Adela can't accept his relationship with Natalia.
He knows that she and Elena have been good friends for quite some time. At the dinner table, Rita is eating by
herself. No Gustavo to sit with her. She barely eats anything from her plate.
Martin doesn't want her mother or himself to suffer any more, espeically now
that Gustavo is gone. Malú tells Yamil that Daniela and Martin are in love, but
Daniela is now also in love with him. Yamil is surprised, but happy to hear it.
He fell in love with her the moment he met her. Enrique acknowledges Elena for
being understanding about his situation with Natalia. However, he can't just
give Natalia up for Elena. He knew the reason why she wanted to go with him to
Acapulco, alone. Elena is upset about this, and she's even more upset about a
special function that Enrique is having tonight where he is to announce that he
and Natalia are about to get married. Enrique is puzzled. A special function?
What special function?
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #33 (Broadcast on Ocober 31, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 11/06/99 22:04 Enrique acknowledges
Elena for being understanding about his situation with Natalia. However, he
can't just give Natalia up for Elena. He knew the reason why she wanted to go
with him to Acapulco, alone. Elena is upset about this, and she's even more
upset about a special function that Enrique is having tonight. Enrique is
puzzled. Elena tells Enrique who is going to be at this special function: Don
Capu, Joel, Krista, La Pandilla, everyone. Adela walks down the stairs to see
Flor approach her and carrying a bouquet of flowers. Adela wants to know who
sent them, but Flor doesn't know. Adela thinks it's from Ricky, but suddenly
Carlos stops by and says he brought the flowers for her. Adela and Carlos sit
down, and Adela tanks Carlos for the flowers. However, Adela hasn't exactly
ended her relationship with Ricky. Finally, Carlos flat out says to Adela that
he is in love with her. Adela is overwhelmed with emotion to hear this news.
She would love Carlos, but she thinks her heart is set on Ricky, even after she
caught Ricky kissing Tania the other day. She thanks Carlos for the flowers. Sebastian joins Malú and her friend for some
ice cream. He tells them about needing girls for his performance. He would like
Daniela to join him, but Malú and her friend volunteer. In her dressing room,
Natalia is putting the finishing touched in her costume. Enrique comments that
Natalia is beautiful and at the end of the night both he and Natalia will
return to his house for a special moment. On this night, Natalia's life will
totally change. Enrique is happy to announce that she will be the new and most
successful queen throughout the world. Ricky comes out of nowhere, actually
looking for Carlos. Instead, he asks for another chance to join the play. But
Pepe already made his decision for Ricky not to return. Ricky acknowledges the
opportunity and the decision Pepe had already made, and since Enrique is
feeling happy about tonight he decides to allow Ricky to return to the
play. Flor's old boyfriend wants to
rekindle his relationship with her. Flor gives him some money, because he
hasn't eaten for days. At Martin's house, Rita looks at the large bed, knowing
that Gustavo will no longer sleep with him. The phone rings, and Rita answers
it. It was Gustavo. Gustavo wants to speak with Rita, but Rita tells him not to
call her and hangs up. Gustavo is frustrated.
Anpther night of "Un Sueño de Amor" at the Teatro Principal,
and a sold-out audience is present to see not just a great play, but a great
singer in Natalia. She is playing the lead role, and everyone is delighted to
see her in her princess costume and even more delighted to hear her beautiful
voice to the theme of "Un Sueño de Amor." Enrique and Daniela are in
the audience seeing Natalia giving one of the best performances they have ever
seen. Adela and Juancho look as though they could care less. Doña Amparita,
Joel, and Don Capu are happy to see Natalia acting her role to perfection. They
love her performance, and the audience's applause is proof. Elena liked
Natalia's performance, but she had to go elsewhere and thus she and Krista
leave to go to Enrique's house. In her dressing room, Don Capu tells Natalia
that the audience is very proud of her. The audience's applause was for her.
Natalia couldn't believe that she gave such a great performance. She didn't
think she did, but Don Capu tells her to believe that she was a woman with a
great future, and tonight was proof that she triumphed against all odds to give
the best performance. Now Natalia has to go to a special funcation that Enrique
is having at his house, and she invites Don Capu. Don Capu sadly turns down the
opportunity. Enrique comes in the dressing room as Don Capu leaves, and he
expresses his happiness to Natalia. He, too, is proud of Natalia and loves
her. At Enrique's house,
everyone—Natalia, Enrique, Joel, Doña Amparito, and several others—are
celebrating not just a great night at the Teatro, but a special evening.
Daniela is bored. She looks over at Martin, who has become jealous after
finding out that she has a crush on Yamil. Martin doesn't really want to speak
with her. Ricky drops by to see Adela, and Adela wants to know why he is here.
Enrique invited Ricky to his house, but Adela doesn't care. She tells him to
leave. Daniela wanted to know the situation between Adela and Ricky. Daniela
understands what it is like to be in and out of love. Daniela finds both Pepe
and Martin in the kitchen, but Martin turns away from Daniela. She tries to
apologize to Martin about Yamil, telling him that she isn't in love with Yamil,
but instead she's just his fan. Martin wants to know if Daniela is lying about
what she said, and Daniela swears it's the truth. She doesn't like Yamil—she
likes Martin. Martin is happy to hear this, and the smile on his face
shows. Enrique and Natalia stand below
the famous portrait of Leonor Monroy. Enrique has trouble popping open a
champagne bottle, but after a few tries he pops it open. Champagne gushes out
of the bottle. Enrique pours champage into both his and Natalia's champagne
glasses. To everyone's health, for a successful night.
Then
suddenly.... Mariachis? What in the....are they in Guadalajara? Who
requested mariachis? Daniela looks out
the window and sees...Yamil!? Martin is
annoyed. That idiot, what is HE doing here? Martin takes off his fisherman's
hat and slams it on the ground. He joins Daniela to confront this Pedrito
Fernandez clone and tell him that Daniela is in love with him, not Yamil. In the backyard of the house, Yamil and his
mariachi set are performing "Amiga Mia." However, the lyrics were
rewritten with Daniela in mind. Daniela is overcome with emotion. She can't
believe that Yamil went out of his way to show his affection to her. She almost
wanted to faint. Yamil, such a gorgeous boy, and Martin...well, he was
gorgeous, too. Meanwhile, Martin is visibly more furious, to the point that he
wanted to slap Yamil's sombrero off his head. After Yamil had his turn to sing,
Martin sings back that Daniela is for him and she is the most beautiful girl of
them all. Daniela didn't know what to say or do. Martin loves her, Yamil loves
her....to see these two boys fight for her was too much, but to do it through
this song was special. Martin also
sings for Yamil to turn around and go away. Martin loves Daniela. Oh yeah?
Yamil loves Daniela, too, and both Martin and Yamil express their love for
Daniela through this song. Daniela couldn't believe how these two attractive
and handsome boys would shower her with such affection. She's beside herself.
She almost wanted to cry. Enrique
wanted to know from this Yamil boy who the song was for. It was for Daniela.
Enrique, Pepe, Elena, and the others who had heard the two sing loved the
emotion each boy conveyed throughout their voices and their lyrics. Martin and
Yamil begin pushing and shoving in front of Daniela, but Daniela quickly breaks
it up. Soon Yamil mentions something about lies and Malú, and it made sense to
Martin: Malú must have been behind this. Martin understood very well that Malú
was trying to influence Yamil to steal Daniela away from Martin so that Malú
would be Martin's girlfriend. Martin and Yamil shake hands and come to a
resolution. Martin meets Daniela in the
basement of the Teatro. He wanted to talk to Daniela about this "boy"
that likes her, and he wanted to know who it was. Yuls makes some noises, and
Daniela tells Yuls to shutup. Martin becomes suspicious. Was Daniela telling
him to shutup? He leaves, but Daniela quickly apologizes and sits him down on
an old chair. Martin still wants to know who likes Daniela. Yuls still annoys
Daniela, and Daniela again wants Yuls to keep quiet. Suddenly Yuls
"puses" Daniela into Martin. It wasn't Daniela's intention to have
done that. Elena had just finished counting a large stack of money as a result
of the ticket sales from last night's performance, and she is prepared to
deposit it at the local bank. Joel has other ideas with that money, and they
involve something with Don Capu. At the office, Elena stashes all the money in
a large brown paper bag, and she hands the bag to Don Capu. It's a lot of
money, and Don Capu is not certain if he wanted to carry it around Mexico City.
However, he agrees to take the money for deposit at the local bank. Daniela and La Pandilla are in the basement
performing "Es Tiempo de Amar." Natalia likes what she hears, but
suddenly Daniela and La Pandilla stop performing. La Pandilla take a break from
their performance. Daniela talks to Natalia about last night. Natalia saw
Daniela happy, but maybe Daniela was sad about her situation with both Martin
and Yamil. Daniela was worried about Adela. Why does Adela hate Natalia so
much? What's really going on between both Adela and Ricky? Daniela wants to know why Adela was so sad.
Daniela didn't like what Adela did stealing her diary, but she didn't think
about that. Adela promises that she won't look into Daniela's diary again and
she explains to Daniela how stupid and crazy she was to go out with Ricky. She
could not believe that Ricky would fall in love with her best friend Tania.
Even still, something in Adela is crying out that she still loves him and can't
let him go. Daniela wants to know if Adela wants to continue suffering any more
heartache and heartbreak from Ricky. She promises not to tell anyone else about
Adela's situation with Ricky. Martin
asks Krista if she has seen his father Pepe. krista hasn't, and she wants to
know if he needed something. Suddenly she asks if Gustavo has returned to his
house. Martin is suspicious. He hasn't returned, has he? Krista then brings up
some good news for Martin about Pepe selling his car. Gustavo returns to
Martin's house to present Rita with a gift for Martin. Rita is not happy to see
Gustavo here, for she knows that Gustavo is doing this to come back to Martin's
house. To abuse Martin, is that why he wants to come back? Gustavo tries hard
to apologize for the damage he has done. Rita tells Gustavo to take the gift
back and get out. Gustavo will be back. Malú storms in the basement to announce
to Daniela, Martin, and the rest of La Pandilla about Sebastian and his new
group, and how they will defeat Daniela during a music contest they are having.
Worse, Malú plans on singing. Don Capu, carrying the large bag of money, looks
around to see if there are any thieves or other bad guys around attempting to
rob him. He stops by at a local market to pick up a bottle of fruit punch.
First he places the bag of money in a very unsafe place—unsafe enough for Joel
to sneak up and steal the bag. After Don Capu receives his fruit punch, he
turns around and discovers that the bag of money is gone. Don Capu is in total
shock and disbelief.
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FOR EPISODE #34 (Broadcast on October 31, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 11/07/99 10:54 Don Capu, carrying the
large bag of money, looks around to see if there are any thieves or other bad
guys around attempting to rob him. He stops by at a local market to pick up a
bottle of fruit punch. First he places the bag of money in a very unsafe
place—unsafe enough for Joel to sneak up and steal the bag. After Don Capu
receives his fruit punch, he turns around and discovers that the bag of money is
gone. Don Capu is in total shock and disbelief. He asks the person at the
counter if he had seen a bag, and the person says he didn't see anything or
anyone. He wants to offer Don Capu a drink of water, but Don Capu can't think
of water. He says that he was stupid and explains to him about what happened:
Don Capu was walking down the stret and came to the market to buy a drink, and
he turns around to see that a bag of money he was carrying just disappeared.
That money he was supposed to deposit at the bank. What was he going to do?
Daniela declares that Malú is a traitor for being in Sebastian's group. A large
argument ensues between the children, but Natalia comes in to stop all the
commotion. The fuss was that Malú is going to be a singer for Sebastian's group
and not Daniela's. Enrique asks Adela about how things are with Ricky, and
Adela replies that it's been going well even though she didn't want to reveal
what was really going on between her and Ricky. The mention of Ricky's name
sent a wave of sadness throughout Adela. Enrique prods that last night Ricky
left the party early, and he suspected that something was going wrong between
Adela and Ricky. Adela tried to hide her situation with Ricky from her father,
but her crying could not cover it. Adela could tell her father what was going
on—after all, he loved his oldest daughter very much. Malú drops by to see Sebastian practicing his annoying rock song.
She introduces herself to the other members of the group and the group's
dancers. Malú says that she wants to sing/dance in the group, and the group
agrees to let her try. The replay their song with Malú in the group, and so far
she is not doing a very good job. Natalia wants to know why Don Capu was so
sad, and she thinks it has to do with something she did. It didn't have
anything to do with Natalia—it had to do with him, and right now he wanted to
be left alone. Adela storms in the Teatro basement to meet Daniela. She is
furious. She wants to know why Daniela told Enrique about he and Ricky. Daniela
didn't know that Enrique would ask Adela about Ricky. She thought he would keep
it a secret. Adela accuses Daniela for being a liar. After Adela leaves, Yamil
comes in to watch Daniela and La Pandilla perform their song "Es Tiempo de
Amar." in the hallway outside of the basement, Malú invites Sebastian over
to hear what Daniela and her group sound like, and Sebastian can't believe what
he hears. He says that the group sounds very good. Natalia tells Enrique about Don Capu. She doesn't know why Don
Capu is so upset. On a more lighter note, Natalia mentions about a contest that
the children are having. Sebastian complains that his group doesn't sound
better than Daniela's. Daniela has such a good voice that his group stands no
chance of winning. If that is the case, then Malú has an idea that guarantees
his group will win—SHE will sing in Sebastian's group. Was this a good idea???
Don Capu had told Natalia that he had been robbed. He was visibly upset and
angry at himself, for it was a lot of money that he had been carrying. He had
such a good relation with everyone at the Teatro, but after this, not anymore.
He prohibits Natalia to listen to him. Elena asks Enrique if Don Capu had
deposited the money at the bank, and according to Enrique not yet. Elena knows
why Don Capu hadn't deposited the money yet. In Ricky's dressing room, Adela
admits to Ricky that she loves him more than anyone. They embrace at the moment
that Carlos enters, and Carlos is not pleased to see Adela and Ricky together.
Elena looks at a magazine and is shocked to see Adela's bikini photo in the
magazine. This was the same magazine, the same issue of "Tú," that
Tania had shown Adela earlier. She knew that Enrique was going to be furious to
see this photo, which Joel looked at and couldn't believe his eyes at seeing.
Malú damages Martin's drum set and instruments. She takes out a screwdriver and
tears out the white sheet that covers one of the drums. All of this in an efort
to ruin Daniela's chances of winning. Rita explains that Gustavo did return,
and this is not good news to Martin. Rita gives Martin money that Gustavo had
set aside for Martin, but Martin doesn't accept it. He knows that Gustavo is
doing this so he would return to their house.
Malú
showcases her "ability" to sing during practice. Her voice is
irritating. Sebastian and his group stands no chance of winning with her
singing. Elena asks Enrique if Adela was home, and Adela wasn't. She was at the
nightclub, with Ricky, as usual. Elena is worried about Adela, and she shows
Enrique the magazine that Adela posed in. He looks at a page featuring a girl
in a bikini. It looks like Adela, but he didn't want to believe it. Who was
this girl? It was Adela all right. Enrique was angry. He could not believe that
Adela would pose semi-nude in a magazine, and he thinks that Ricky was the one
who influenced her to pose in the magazine. At the nightclub, Ricky treats
Adela to some drinks. Adela is not sure if she wants to drink, but she does
anyway. She feels a burning sensation in her mouth. Don Capu is in no mood to
talk after what happened to him today. Joel hadn't seen him this upset before.
Elena had sent him to deposit money at the bank, and all of a sudden the money
just disappeared. Joel thinks he know how he can help Don Capu win all that money
back, but Natalia wasn't certain if Joel was doing the right thing. Ricky and Adela have more drinks. Adela
doesn't like what she's drinking, but she drinks anyway because Ricky's
drinking. A fan asks Ricky for his autograph, but Adela shoves her away. Ricky
is her boyfriend, and this fan will never have a cance with him. Joel and Don
Capu are at a smoke-filled bar/casino in an effort to win all the money back.
That same money Don Capu had stolen Joel secretly hands to a person managing
the roulette wheel. He had felt guilty of stealing Don Capu's money, and so he
influences him to fix the game so that Don Capu would win all the money back.
Don Capu had never been to a casino before, so this experience was quite new to
him. Joel invites Don Capu to try his luck at the roulette wheel. Don Capu
places his bet on an arbitrary number 0. Don Capu watches the roulette wheel
spin, hoping that the ball lands on 0. It lands on 0. Don Capu is excited. They
won some money, and Don Capu bets everything on the same number. Adela arrives
home, drunk. She is so happy. Enrique was not. Enrique looks on at her daughter
and can't believe it. First, she poses in a magazine, and now she's drinking.
Has Adela become so rebellious? Don Capu and Joel arrive home after a long night
at the casino. Natalia was woried, but she tanks God that they arrived home
safe. Joel and Don Capu won so much money, and Don Capu empties his sack to
show Natalia how much money they won. It was a lot of money, and thanks to Joel
he can now pay Enrique Monroy. Natalia looks at each stack of bills. Didn't she
see this money before?
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FOR EPISODE #35 (Broadcast on November 7, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 11/14/99 10:45 Joel and Don Capu won
so much money, and Don Capu empties his sack to show Natalia how much money
they won. It was a lot of money, and thanks to Joel he can now pay Enrique
Monroy. Natalia looks at each stack of bills. Didn't she see this money before?
How did Don Capu win so much money? Where did Don Capu get this money? Don Capu
explains that he won the money by playing roulette. All Don Capu did was bet
everytime on the number zero. The number zero was good luck. Natalia suspected
that the supposed roulette game both Joel and Don Capu played was fixed. She
knew that Joel had something to do with it, knew that Joel had something to do
with all that money. Joel hesitates and gathers all the money, then stuffs it
into the sack. Natalia continues to interrogate Joel about the money, but Joel
quickly heads exit stage left and leaves without explaining. Daniela steps into
the basement to se that Martin's drum set had been damaged. She wonders what
happened and who did this. Now they have no chance of winning the music contest
tonight, El Gran Concurso Infantil (The Great Children Contest). What was
Daniela and La Pandilla going to do? Daniela was left upset and saddened by
this setback, but she felt even more upset that it was Martin's drum set and
Martin's father Pepe had spent so much money for it. Yuls appears, feeling bad
for Daniela. Daniela asks specifically who damaged Martin's drums and tells
Daniela that it was Malú who did it.
The drummer for Sebastian's band practices for tonight's contest, when
Malú shows up with friend and explains how she and Sebastian's band are going
to win tonight. Pepe is pleased to hear from Martin that Rita sent Gustavo out
of her house. Pepe is pleased to hear this news, since the bastard Gustavo had
been abusing his son. Adela is in bed, recovering from her hangover after
spending the night with Ricky at the nightclub and drinking. Martin and the
rest of La Pandilla discover the damage done to Martin's drums, and they know
that there's no chance for them to win. Joel comes in and asks if the children
are prepared. He looked around and not only saw unhappy faces, but also an
unhappy Martin crying because his drum set had been damaged. Daniela knew who
did this—Malú, the devil. However, Joel thinks he knows how to help La Pandilla
out. Joel shows Elena the deposit slip from the bank after he deposited the
money. He explains to Elena how he made Don Capu "win" all his money
back, after it was Joel who initially stole the money. Elena finds it funny
that Joel had robbed Don Capu and set the plan up the way he did. Enrique is
upset at Adela for two things: One, posing in a bikini for a major fashion
magazine; and two, arriving home last night, drunk. Adela apologizes for her
behavior, but Enrique can't accept this from his daughter. She hides under the
blanket, but Enrique hasn't finished talking to her yet and pulls the blanket
away so that Adela would listen to him. Adela was 16 years old, very young,
maturing, but has a lot to learn. Enrique then makes his decision to prohibit
Adela from seeing Ricky again. Daniela
and La Pandilla are backstage when Don Capu shows up and announces to them that
in five minutes they will begin rehearsing for tonight's Gran Concurso
Infantil. After he leaves, Malú and Sebastian show up and looked directly at
the group they think they are going to destroy at tonight's contest.
Martin
and Daniela walk up directly to them and shove both Malú and Sebastian
respectively. Both Malú and Sebastian fall backwards, almost disappearing in
the stage behind them. Malú was not expecting her "friend" to push
her. Meanwhile, Martin didn't know why he pushed Sebastian. He hadn't done
anything wrong to Martin. Pepe takes out his wallet and some lottery tickets he
had stashed away. He compares the numbers on his tickets to a sheet of numbers
posted on a glass window. He wasn't expecting to win any money—after all, he
played the lottery before dozens of times, and lost dozens of times. This time,
however, luck went in his favor. Pepe couldn't believe it. He won! The start of
something big. Pepe comes to Rita's house and explains that Martin pointed out
to him about Gustavo leaving her house. He wanted Rita to tell it to him, tell
him what happened. Rita feels bad about Gustavo leaving, but she had problems
with money. Pepe wanted to help her with that. He explains the good fortune he
had when he won some money from playing the lottery. Rita was pleased to hear
Pepe winning and helping her out. Enrique examines the deposit Elena gave to
him. He wanted to know who made the deposit, and Elena tells Enrique that it
was Joel. Enrique didn't understand how Joel ended up depositing the money in
the account. Don Capu and Joel enter the office, and just as Don Capu xplains
about a crisis that the children are having Enrique asks Don Capu if he knew
anything about the deposit slip he was waving around in front of him. Soon,
Joel makes up a story about how they won all the money playing roulette. Joel
and Don Capu had such good luck. Enrique is puzzled. What was really going on?
The answer to that question would wait when Natalia appeared in a new beautiful
look, with a beautiful purple dress and radiant hairstyle. Natalia wondered if
Enrique liked her new look. Enrique couldn't believe his eyes. Joel couldn't
believe his eyes, either. Was this the same Natalia that Enrique was in love
with? Enrique was completely mesmerized
by Natalia's beauty. He comments that Natalia is gorgeous, the most beautiful
woman he has ever seen. Don Capu takes both Natalia and Enrique's hands,
believing that Natalia and Enrique would be happy forever. Martin explains to
Rita about how Joel is helping both him, Daniela, and the rest of La Pandilla
out. Rita would not miss his performance at the Gran Concurso Infantil tonight
for the world, and this makes Martin happy. Rita was very proud of his son.
Gina, Daniela, Fatima, Chuy and several others are waiting impatiently outside
the Teatro Principal where the Gran Concurso Infantil is to take place. They
sudenly see a minivan pull up to the front of the Teatro, and the children know
that the instruments have finally arrived. At first the driver teases the
children with some bad news, but he is just kidding. He, Joel, and the children
begin to unload instruments from the minivan to take inside the Teatro. Enrique
and Natalia share a moment in the office where they are both kissing. Enrique
will always be with her. Martin, Daniela, Yamil and the others are backstage
and wish each other the best of luck for tonight. They wouldn't let what Malú
has done to Daniela and Martin and what Malú has done to Daniela and La
Pandilla's instruments stand in the way affect them in any way. Ricky wants to
know why Adela is being forced to end her relationship with him, when Enrique
suddenly arrives home and sees the two. He thought he told Adela that she was
not allowed to go out with Ricky anymore. He orders Ricky to get out of his
house. Adela plunks down on the sofa in a huff. Her father was making her life
miserable. Daniela and La Pandilla are
putting the final touches to their instruments for tonight. Sebastian, even
though he had been acting like a brat, wishes them the best of luck. Martin
announces that may the best man, or act, win. Rita is just about ready to leave
to see Martin and La Pandilla tonight, when suddenly Gustavo shows up looking
like a mess. What was he doing here? Rita has to leave. Gustavo wants to come
back to her house. He realized what a bad person, a bad stepfather he had been.
He sits down at the couch in front of Rita and admits to her that its true he
hit Martin many times. Natalia and Enrique take a peek outside the stage to see
that seats in the Teatro are filling up fast. There's a large audience present
for tonight, and they hope that everything goes well. Enrique was still upset
about Adela and that guy she's been with known as Ricky Rey. Adela was in love with
him, but that didn't matter. Adela comes home from the nightclub, feeling very
bad, so he drove the point home that she was not allowed to see him. The Gran
Concurso Infantil is about to begin, and the audience lets out cheers and
applauses. They're waiting for Daniela and La Pandilla, but they'd like to see
the other acts perform as well. Daniela
and La Pandilla are nervous. Some of the children are biting their fingernails.
They just heard Sebastian give a strong performance, with his stupid rock song.
They were going to go out there on stage and win. The next performer was Yamil,
and once he on stage he completely hypnotizes the audience with his ranchera
set and strong voice. Meanwhile, Gustavo wants Rita to help him with his
problem. He admits that he really is an abusive man. He can't do it alone. He
cries on Rita's dress. Why would Rita want to help him? Gustavo should seek
help for his problem himself. Finally,
the moment has arrived for Dany y su Pandilla—they were the final act to
perform. The audience is cheering her name. The group performs their track
"Es Tiempo de Amar" (1). Enrique and Natalia watch Daniela and the
group perform, and they love seeing her on stage. Pepe and Krista are also in
the audience watching, and they, too, are enjoying Daniela's performance. The
audience cheers loudly for Daniela y su Pandilla. The chances of them winning
were almost certain. Enrique and Natalia return to the office, wishing that
Daniela wins. They liked Yamil's performance, too. Enrique suddenly notices a
note on his desk. He opens it and reads the contents in it: "Me voy de la
casa, no aguanto que seas tan incomprensivo conmigo" (I'm leaving from the
house, I am not tolerating with you being so misunderstanding with me.) In
other words, Adela has run away.
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FOR EPISODE #36 (Broadcast on November 7, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 11/16/99 00:38 Enrique and Natalia
return to the office, wishing that Daniela wins. They liked Yamil's
performance, too. Enrique suddenly notices a note on his desk. He opens it and
reads the contents in it: "Me voy de la casa, no aguanto que seas tan
incomprensivo conmigo" (I'm leaving from the house, I am not tolerating
with you being so misunderstanding with me.) In other words, Adela has run away.
It's impossible. Enrique can't believe it. He tells Natalia that Adela is 16
years old and Ricky is the one who is causing Adela to be this rebellious. He
storms out of the office to look for Adela. Gustavo swears that he would be
nicer to Martin and not hit him. Does Rita want to welcome Gustavo back? Rita
accepts Gustavo's promise, but only if Gustavo woun't betray Martin. He shows
Rita a business card with the name of the psychiatrist he is going to see
tomorrow for his first therapy session. Rita finally sees Gustavo becoming a
changed man. Sebastian, Yamil, Dany y su Panilla wait patiently to find out who
won the Gran Concurso Infantil. Yuls secretly reveals to Daniela that she and
her group won the contest. She excitedly shouts that they won, and instantly everyone
surrounds her to find out if she was right, if she and La Pandilla really won
the Concurso Infantil. The host of the contest reveals the third, second, and
first place winners, even though in reality everyone was a winner. In third
place was Sebastian. The crowd shows their applause. In second was Yamil. And
that means, thus, that Dany y su Pandilla have won the Gran Concurso Infantil.
The crowd cheers. They knew their favorite group would win. Backstage, Malú
looks on through a haze of tears, knowing that she was not able to celebrate
the victory with her friends and realizing that she would pay the price for
being a traitor to her friends. Dany y su Pandilla receive a large check for
100,000 pesos (about $11,000 US dollars).Adela is staying at Tania's house,
when the doorbell rings. Tania sees a furious Enrique coming to her house, and
Adela doesn't know what to do. How did Enrique know where Tania's house was?
Adela had to hide somewhere. Pepe, Natalia, Don Capu congratulate Daniela and
La Pandilla for winning. Martin was happy that he won with all his friends,
even though Rita was not there at the concert to see him perform. Daniela asks
where her father Enrique was, and Natalia couldn't tell Daniela where he went
because she was involved gathering everyone around for a group picture. Enrique is upset. He knows that Tania knows
where Adela ran away to, but Tania doesn't know. Enrique promises that if Adela
doesn't come back to his house he would hold Tania responsible. Martin wants to
know why Rita did not show up last night to see him play, and Rita explains
that se made a new arrangement to allow Gustavo to live with them again. Rita
has full confidence that Gustavo will change, but this is not good news to
Martin. Gustavo wants to have the family back together again. Daniela writes
another page in her diary about today's events, including the news that she and
her group La Pandilla won the Gran Concurso Infantil. Natalia comes in and
tells Daniela about Adela running away from home. That was where Enrique was
after Daniela's performance. In the pool hall Joel kisses a woman whom he
imagines is Natalia. The woman says that Joel looks as though he had seen a
ghost. Joel soon understands that he has true feeling for Natalia. Enrique
tells Ricky that he is having serious problems with Adela. Does Ricky know what
happened to Adela? He couldn't tell. Gustavo steps inside Martin's bedroom,
wanting to rekindle his family ties with Martin. Gustavo wants to know why
Martin is scared of him. He insists that everything has changed, but Martin
doesn't believe it. Martin still thinks Gustavo is still the same savage beast,
and with this thought in mind he races out of his room and somewhere far away
from Gustavo. Daniela is at Tania's house, sitting patiently at a couch. Adela
comes down the stairs and is not surprised to see Daniela as she asks Daniela
why she is here. Daniela wants Adela to come home, but Adela demands Daniela to
get out of Tania's house. She doesn't want to see Daniela again.
Enrique
wants Natalia to understand the crisis he is enduring with his children.
Natalia thinks that it was Leonor who would know why Adela would not want to
return to his house with Enrique. Ricky wants Adela to return home because her
father is worried, but Adela doesn't want to because her parents, her father,
treat her like a little girl. Pepe escorts Martin out of the Teatro to show
Martin his new car. He bought it using the money he won from the lottery along
with money he got from Rita. After Yuls was able to predict what would happen
to her family, Daniela wants Yuls to introduce himself to her second family La
Pandilla. La Pandilla are playing a
card game in the backyard of Daniela's house. One of the children hands out a
small pamphlet to Martin, Gina, Lidi, and the others. They notice Malú
appearing for a moment behind the steel gates, then disappearing. Gina runs to
talk to her, even though Martin advises her not to because Malú was such a bad
circumstance to La Pandilla. Enrique was desperate to find out anything on
Adela. It all began when he fell in love with Natalia. Adela assumed that
Enrique forgot all about Leonor. Elena tells Enrique that Leonor was the best
mother that Adela could possibly have, but since she died Natalia has filled
Enrique's life with joy again. Yet, it didn't suit well with Adela. Don Capu
was so happy having won so much money the other day, and he explains to Joel
that he never imagined it would be so easy to win. Joel claims that it was just
luck, but Don Capu wants to go back to the casino and play on the roulette
wheel again. Was this the birth of a bad habit from Don Capu? Pepe hands Rita
an envelope. In the envelope was the money he promised to give her. However,
for some reason Rita resists. Pepe didn't know what happened, why she refused
to accept the money he wanted to give her. Meanwhile, Rita wonders if she did
the right thing not accepting Pepe's money.
Daniela invites all of La Pandilla to her friend, Yuls. She calls out
Yuls' name. La Pandilla waits for this friend Yuls, but soon realize that Yuls
is not appearing. They leave, but Daniela wants them to believe that Yuls will
appear. She confesses that Yuls is a ghost. The children don't beileve it. They
don't believe in those things. Daniela can see Yuls, but why couldn't her
friends? She almost wants to scream at Yuls, but she exerts some control and
lets out a huff. Elena asks Ricky about what is going on with Ricky's
relationship with Adela, and suddenly she develops interest in Ricky. Ricky is
intrigued with Elena, and it was more than just her looks. Before anyone knows
it, he and Elena will fall in love.
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SUMMARY FOR EPISODE #37 (Broadcast on
November 14, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette
Date: 11/21/99 10:25 Elena asks Ricky about what is going on with
Ricky's relationship with Adela, and suddenly she develops interest in Ricky.
Ricky is intrigued with Elena, and it was more than just her looks. Suddenly,
Ricky and Elena kiss. Joel comes in, but he doesn't say anything as he watches
Ricky all over Elena. He almost wants to laugh at what he sees, but all he does
is leave. Ricky believes that Elena is very sexy. Elena laughs it off. Even
though Elena is turned on by Ricky's sly charm, Elena tells him to leave for
now because she's got other things to worry about. Ricky feels as though he had
been insulted. Elena thinks that maybe Ricky is someone she would like to fall
in love with after all. At a restaurant, a waiter escorts Enrique and Natalia
to a table. At the table, Natalia swears that she never believed she would live
like this, but thanks to Enrique she never imagined that she would have a
promising career as a singer. Enrique, on the other hand, believed right from
the start that Natalia was a natural. He is still worried about the problems
now between himself and Adela, but for now he wanted to be with Natalia. He
orders champagne for both him and Natalia. He thinks that Natalia is very
beautiful. When the waiter comes back, Enrique accidentally refers to Natalia
as Leonor, meaning that somewhere inside Enrique he hasn't forgotten Leonor.
Daniela is writing another page in her diary when Yuls appears. Daniela doesn't
want to see him again, after he would not introduce himself to her friends.
Suddenly Elena wants to know who Daniela is talking to. Daniela didn't know
Elena was here. Daniela replies that she is talking to an imaginary friend, and
Elena asks if this "friend" is a boy or a girl, or a relative. Then
she speaks to Daniela about Malú, especially after Daniela and La Pandilla won
the Gran Concurso Infantil. Malú is very hurt and wants to come back to La
Pandilla. At Tania's house, Carlos wants to talk to Adela about helping her
with her problems with her father, problems with Ricky. However, Adela doesn't
want to deal with any of them. Enrique
is sorry that she called her Leonor. He doesn't know what happened, how he
ended up calling Natalia that. Joel is upset at Elena after catching her making
out with Ricky. He sees Enrique come in the office and explains to him about
reporters wanting to conduct interviews with him. Daniela wants to hang out
with her friends. She says that the ghost was very important to her, but La
Pandilla thinks that Daniela is imagining things. Daniela understands, and she
walks away. At least Lidi knows what Daniela is feeling, and she goes to talk
with her. At the Teatro, Daniela swears to Lidi that she is not lying, that she
did see a ghost. Lidi claims that ghosts do not exist. Daniela wants to know if
she is crazy for believing such a thing exists, but Lidi doesn't think so. Then
Daniela demands Yuls appear. If Yuls didn't sppear for all her friends, at
least he should for one. Yuls magically appears, and Lidi screams. She is so
shocked to see the ghost that her hair actually stands on end. Lidi realizes
that Daniela was right all along, but she certainly wasn't expecting to see an
actual ghost appear before her very own eyes.
Elena mentions to Natalia about Enrique's
birthday. She says that they plan to celebrate Enrique's birthday at the same
time Leonor got married, and Natalia is at a loss for words. Martin is not happy that his stepfather
Gustavo is back in his house, and in his life. He is not convinced that Gustavo
is a changed man and that he will start to abuse him again. Rita wants to know
why Martin is not happy at all that Gustavo is back and what he thinks about
the arrangements she and Gustavo made. Martin doesn't like that Rita lived with
him. Martin then remembers flashbacks of the abuse he suffered from that man
during his song "Cancion de Martin." He remembers the times when
Gustavo took away his skateboard; threw him against the wall and knocked him
out unconscious; when he showed the bruises to Pepe when he stayed over at
Pepe's apartment. Those memories came back to haunt Martin. That bastard will
do it again, and Martin wants to get out of this broken family of his. Meanwhile, that bastard sees his
psychiatrist to discuss his problems. Gustavo explains to the psychaitrist that
Martin is a good, responsible boy. However, he has this problem where he hits
him. The psychiatrist orders Gustavo to lie down on the bed next to him. He
begins to take notes as Gustavo talks about his life, his mother and father.
Was Gustavo in an abusive family relationship when he was growing up? Natalia
comes home to tell Don Capu and Doña Amparito about Enrique's birthday. She is
preparing for it, and Don Capu has a good idea to make it memorable. Enrique
talks to Ricky about Adela. He apologizes to Ricky about the way he behaved the
other night when he threw him out of his house. Ricky understands and gladly
assures that Adela will never return to Enrique's house. La Pandilla wants to
make up for the way they acted toward Daniela by participating in Enrique's
birthday celebration. Daniela would allow them to if they believed her and
agreed to meet with Yuls. At the church, Enrique sits in the front row,
thinking about something. By his side are both Natalia and Daniela. Don Capu is
at the casino playing on the roulette wheel. He is continuing to bet his money
on the number zero, not realizing that that's how much money he will have at
the end of the night if he continues to place his bets on this number. The ball
on the roulette wheel lands on 0....but it's not 0, it's 10. What happened? The
other day Don Capu won so much money betting on 0. Now he lost all his money,
money that he was to pay Doña Amparito. Martin comes home to see both Rita and
Gustavo, a sight he didn't like to see. Gustavo tells Martin that he is happy
to see him and that he is getting help on his problem. Another night of the play "Un Sueño de
Amor," and this time a large press conference is present to interview
Enrique Monroy. Barto introduces himself to Enrique. Meanwhile, Natalia is
giving another great performance in the play, and the audience is enjoying what
they are watching on stage. Barto thinks that Natalia has a promising future.
Joel thinks so, too. In another page of her diary, Daniela writes that she
misses her ister Adela and wishes that she come home. That evening, Enrique is having a bad dream. He remembers the
vacation where he and Leonor were scuba diving and where Leonor had that
accident that took away her life. Suddenly he wakes up and sees that it was
just a dream, a dream that brought back a painful memory. The next day at the
Teatro, Joel reads to Enrique the front page where reporters gave great reviews
to last night's performance. Natalia was brilliant and outstanding as the lead
actress in the play. She's got a new real voice. All of this was magnificent
for Enrique, but Joel can't get Natalia out of his mind. He can't hide it any
longer from Enrique. Joel reveals to Enrique that he is in love with Natalia
and he is dying for her.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #38 (Broadcast on November 14, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 11/23/99 02:33 Joel can't get Natalia out of his mind. He
can't hide it any longer from Enrique. Joel reveals to Enrique that he is in
love with Natalia and he is dying for her. Enrique becomes upset, but Joel
quickly apologizes. He didn't want to say things that would upset Enrique. Joel
loves Natalia, but not in the same way the Enrique loves her. Don Capu returns
from the casino, dejected. Doña Amparito is excited to see Don Capu, and she
wnats to know if Don Capu brought home lots of money. Don Capu tells her that
he lost all of the money. How did Don Capu lose it all? By playing roulette and
betting on a stupid number 0. What was Doña Amparito going to do? Natalia shows
Daniela a new dress. Daniela likes it, but she is worried about Adela not coming
home. Natalia understands, and she cheers Daniela by announcing that she will
be handling preparations for a birthday surprise for Enrique. The strange thing
is that the birthday will fall on the same day that Enrique and Leonor got
married. Yuls wants to know why Daniela tried to introduce him to her friends.
It wasn't Daniela's intention, but she swears that she is going to try not
revealing him to other people. Only Daniela and Lidi could see Yula. Suddenly
Natalia wonders who Daniela is talking to. Daniela says that she is talking to
a ghost. Natalia thinks that Daniela has a vivid imagination to talk to a
ghost.
Enrique
is confused about the mystery of how Leonor died. He thinks that Joel might
have had a role in her death. Malú actually does something nice by giving
Juancho an new instrument. The children don't believe that Malú has suddenly
gotten into a giving mood. Don Capu emerges from behind the stage and says to
Joel that last night a disaster occurred. He needs money for Doña Amparito, and
he wants Joel to join him in the roulette wheel. Instead, Joel gives Don Capu
some money to use, and possibly blow away after playing on the roulette wheel.
Elena explains to Adela that at the church yesterday Enrique ignored Natalia
and had deep thoughts about one Leonor Monroy. Adela doesn't care. Joel meets
Natalia, and Natalia explains that she is obtaining the necessary things for
Enrique's party. Gustavo wants to join Martin in seeing him and his friends
perform, but Martin doesn't want him to go. He quickly leaves. Gustavo has a
feeling as to why Martin would behave this way to him. Enrique snaps at Natalia
because Joel is in love with her. He then mentions that Leonor would never have
a secret for him. Natalia became irritated with Enrique hearing that name
Leonor. Leonor, always Leonor. Are memories of Leonor creeping back into
Enrique's life? Enrique can remember the vacation at Cozumel they had a few
weeks ago where they had many a candlelight dinner, had fun at the beaches,
scuba dived underwater. He can also remember the funeral where everyone said
goodbye. Leonor, dead. Now he only had three children to look after. The
responsibility haas put a greater strain on not only his job, but on his
personal life. Adela has become a rebellious teenager. Daniela and Juancho are
still the same loving children he remember them as. Now Enrique's birthday is
coming up on the day he and Leonor got married. He tells Natalia to leave him
alone, and Natalia leaves his office.
Natalia realizes that Enrique is not
happy about his upcoming birthday because Enrique remembers Leonor too much to
celebrate it. Gustavo is at another meeting with the psychiatrist to explain
his story about his family. The psychiatrist asks how was Gustavo's parents. It
was a question that penetrated into the root of Gustavo's life, such that it
forced him to get up from the sofa and tell te psychiatrist that he would like
to go now. Ricky and Adela were prepared to go out, wen suddenly Ricky's beeper
went off. Ricky checked his beeper and saw that it was Elena who contacted him.
He is forced to break his date with Adela and instead go to the Teatro.
**Daniela and La Pandilla enter the music store where Martin obtained his
drums. They all gathered some instruments throughout the store and began
performing their hit "Es Tiempo de Amar", the song that helped them
win the Gran Concurso Infantil a couple of days back. Suddenly Juancho
accidentally knocks down some cymbals with his soccer ball, thus abruptly
interrupting a good song. La Pandilla let Juancho know how upset they were when
he did that. **(Skipped the next few scenes to arrive at this moment, the
moment we've all been waiting for)
Daniela
and La Pandilla exit the shopping mall after going on a major shopping spree.
They're all talking, excited about the goods they bought. They all walk toward
the minivan, where the driver of the minivan opens up the rear door and begins
to load the equipment inside. Juancho is alone at the corner, bouncing his
soccer ball. The ball accidentally bounces off the curb and rolls into the
middle of the street. Juancho is surprised that the ball got away from him, and
he runs after it. Meanwhile, a red Chevrolet Cavalier is racing down the
street, the driver of the Cavalier talking on his cell phone. The driver of the
car is more involved with the phone conversation than the safety on the
roadway. Juancho is in the middle of the roadway continuing to play with his
ball. Lidi notices that Juancho is in a very dangerous position, since she can
see the car heading toward him. She races out to the middle of the street and
pushes Juancho out of the way. The Cavalier can't stop in time. The driver
slams on his brakes. Daniela calls out Lidi's name. Unfortunately, it is too
late. The Cavalier directly smashes into Lidi. Daniela and the rest of La
Pandilla turn around to notice Lidi lying unconscious in the street. Frantic,
they all run to Lidi's aid. Even the driver of the car pulls over to see what
happened, and he is visibly upset to see that he hit her with his car. Daniela,
Martin, Gina, Fatima, Christopher—all of La Pandilla, crying, trying to save
the life of one of their own.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #39 (Broadcast on November 21, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 11/24/99 23:48 Daniela and La Pandilla exit the shopping
mall after going on a major shopping spree. They're all talking, excited about
the goods they bought. They all walk toward the minivan, where the driver of
the minivan opens up the rear door and begins to load the equipment inside. Juancho
is alone at the corner, bouncing his soccer ball. The ball accidentally bounces
off the curb and rolls into the middle of the street. Juancho is surprised that
the ball got away from him, and he runs after it. Meanwhile, a red Chevrolet
Cavalier is racing down the street, the driver of the Cavalier talking on his
cell phone. The driver of the car is more involved with the phone conversation
than the safety on the roadway. Juancho is in the middle of the roadway
continuing to play with his ball. Lidi notices that Juancho is in a very
dangerous position, since she can see the car heading toward him. She races out
to the middle of the street and pushes Juancho out of the way. The Cavalier
can't stop in time. The driver slams on his brakes. Daniela calls out Lidi's
name. Unfortunately, it is too late. The Cavalier directly smashes into Lidi.
Daniela and the rest of La Pandilla turn around to notice Lidi lying
unconscious in the street. Frantic, they all run to Lidi's aid. Even the driver
of the car pulls over to see what happened, and he is visibly upset to see that
he hit her with his car. Daniela, Martin, Gina, Fatima, Christopher—all of La
Pandilla, crying, trying to save the life of one of their own.
Elena
shows Natalia a new costume that Maximiliano will be wearing for the next
performance of "Un Sueño de Amor." Natalia likes the new outfit, even
though she sounds depressed because of Enrique's birthday. Enrique is at
Tania's house, pacing around. Adela walks down the stairs until she sees
Enrique. She is not surprised to see him. Enrique tells Adela that he misses
her, but Adela doesn't miss him. Enrique feels different now that Leonor's gone
and Natalia is now with him. Adela doesn't care. She won't return to her house
until Enrique promises to allow her to live the way she wants to. Enrique wants
to continue arguing, but he doesn't want to make a bad situation go worse. He
says that Adela doesn't have to return. Still, he'll be waiting for her at
home. At the hospital, Lidi is carried
on a stretcher and escorted to the operating room by several doctors. La
Pandilla and the others follow Lidi to the operating room, but they are held
back by some of the doctors. Lidi's mother and father rush to the hospital and
ask where their beloved daughter is. They want to know what happened. Jaime and
a few tell them that she was involved in a serious car accident. Lidi's parents
can't believe what they heard, but they can only hope and pray that Lidi will
pull through and make it. Natalia shows Don Capu her new costume. Don Capu
likes what he sees. The dress looks really pretty on Natalia. Joel is sitting
at a table outside the Teatro lobby calculating some figures and jotting down
results in a notepad. Elena wants to know if Natalia is a great star. Joel believes
that she is, and thanks to Enrique he helped make this possible. At the
hospital, the doctor explains to Lidi's mother and father that she suffered a
serious fracture. He sounded as though he believed Lidi would make it but not a
guarantee. She might not be capable of having an operation depending on the
damage she suffered. La Pandilla becomes worried. Their Lidi might not make it.
The doctor tells Jaime to take the children home while they examine Lidi's
injuries. Daniela doesn't want to go home. She wants to stay right by Lidi's
side, no matter how the odds are stacked against Lidi. Lidi's mother thanks
Daniela for such bravery, but the doctors have to do whatever they can to save
Lidi's life. Sadly, she slowly walks away and joins the rest of her friends.
Natalia
puts the final touches on her face before tonight's performance. She tries to
make Enrique happy by reminding him of his big day. Enrique is disappointed and
doesn't want to talk about it. He tried to talk Adela into coming home, but he couldn't
make her. Martin comes home, crying. He tells Rita and Gustavo that Lidi was
hit by a car. Gustavo wants to know who Lidi is, and Rita tells him that she is
one of Martin's friends. Gustavo wants Martin to take him to the hospital to
see how his friend is. Martin doesn't want to go. It was horrible. Martin
explains that Lidi tried to save Juancho from the street and a car slammed into
her. Martin leaves to call some of his friends and ask about Lidi. Daniela
still can't understand how Lidi got herself involved in this accident. Why
Lidi? Lidi was so full of happiness and charm, and she paid the price for it.
And now the doctors surrounded her in a brightly lit room, operating on her. As
they did, each member of La Pandilla held a prayer for Lidi, hoping that she
will survive.
The next
morning, Enrique was sleeping, continuing to dream about Leonor and the times
he spent with her. Suddenly he heard Daniela and Juancho sing Las Mañanitas for
him. Daniela was still crying since last night. Juancho explains to his father
that she is crying because of Lidi. Enrique would talk to Lidi's parents to
find out what happened, because he was not worried about Lidi. Instead, he was
worried about Adela. Meanwhile, Martin is making his bed when Rita shows up and
wants to speak with her son about his behavior towards Gustavo last night.
Martin doesn't have time, and he wants to go to the hospital to see Lidi. Rita,
on the other hand, does. This is very important. Gustavo is seeing a
psychologist for his problems and is trying to save the family. Martin doesn't
think a psychologist or anyone can change Gustavo and the manner in which he
hates him. Gustavo has another opportunity to make his family happy once again,
but Martin doesn't care. Daniela
explains to Adela about what happened to Lidi. Frankly, Adela didn't care.
Adela calls Daniela a liar for not caring about her family after Leonor died.
Daniela hands Adela a letter that Leonor wrote for Adela. Adela almost wanted
to scream. Is that what Leonor wrote to her? She angrily tears up the letter.
Daniela was shocked that Adela would do that, because the letter was from her
mother. Daniela, Jaime, and Martin arrive at the hospital where they notice
Lidi's father explaining to both Natalia and Enrique what happened to Lidi.
They had never seen Lidi's father so depressed before. Daniela is at Lidi's bedside. Lidi tells
Daniela not to cry. Daniela is amazed that she is conscious and still alive.
She asks how Lidi is feeling right now, but Lidi doesn't know. Barely able to
talk, Lidi asks Daniela to get her some water. Daniela goes to get some for
Lidi. At Tania's house, Ricky invites Adela to go with him to te movies. Ricky
then wants to talk about why Adela ran away from home and if and when she will
return. Adela has no intentions of returning anytime soon. Ricky then contacts
Elena on his cell phone and explains about his plans on Adela, that Elena could
end up being Ricky's flirt.
Daniela
was so worried about Lidi that she forgot about her father's birthday. Pepe
wants to invite Martin to stay over at his house, but he doesn't want to go. He
wants to care for his mother and resolve differences with Gustavo. At Enrique's
birthday party, everyone including Don Capu, Doña Amparito, Natalia are all
dressed in costumes. Elena shows Doña Amparito and Don Capu Joel's costume,
where Joel is dressed up as a prince from a fairy tale. Everyone cheers and
applauds when Enrique arrives. Natalia offers her cogratulations to Enrique,
but Enrique shows his envy because of Natalia's involvement with some guy named
Maximiliano. Gustavo wanted to know what happened with Martin, why he was still
in his room. He thought Martin was going to stay at Pepe's house. Martin didn't
want to go to Pepe's house, because Pepe blames Gustavo for abusing his son.
Gustavo nearly hits Martin. Back at the party, Adela surprisingly comes home
and atempts to make an already bad situation between Enrique and Natalia even
worse. Quickly, Enrique escorts Natalia in an area away from the party activity.
Enrique apologizes to Natalia for Adela suddenly interrupting the party. He
didn't know what was going on and was so confused. However, even though Enrique
became jealous about some guy named Maximiliano, Natalia wanted to know from
Enrique if he still loved Leonor.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #41 (Broadcast on November 28, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 12/04/99 21:28 At the hospital,
Daniela is ecstatic about her friend Yuls. She is thrilled that she has a
friend who is a ghost. Suddenly, Lidi is not feeling so well. Her head hurts.
Daniela suspects that something is wrong. Lidi complains that she is feeling a
lot of pain in her head. Daniela advises Lidi not to worry. Suddenly, Lidi
passes out. Daniela frantically shakes Lidi, trying to wake her up. She asks
Lidi if she can hear her. She then calls for help, and doctors immediately rush
in to help. A nurse drags Daniela away. Lidi's mother is worried that her
daughter is in grave danger and might soon die. Doctors perform CPR on Lidi to
try and save her. Daniela still calls out Lidi's name. Soon, the doctors
perform shock treatment on Lidi to revive her. It was no use. Lidi was
permanently unconscious. The doctor is sorry to break the sad news to both
Lidi's mother and Daniela that Lidi is dead. They don't believe him and try to
save her themselves. Daniela asks if Lidi is dead, even though she knows for
sure that she is. The doctor shakes his head, assuring that the worst is
true. Pepe is angry with Gustavo. He
complains that his problems with Martin are greater than the one Gustavo is
having with him. Ever since Gustavo returned home, Martin has been afraid that
he might hit him again. Gustavo wants to change and willing to do everything
possible to make it happen. Natalia tries to console Daniela. She understands
what Daniela is going through now that her best friend Lidi is gone. She
invites Daniela to come with her to the house. Ricky catches Elena at a good
time and wonders where she is going. He wonders about her going to his house.
Elena is intrigued by Ricky's seduction. At Enrique's house, all members of La
Pandilla except one special member sit in a circle and join hands, trying to
make sense of what happened. Their best friend, Lidi, gone. Later that night,
Enrique is sleeping on the couch. Elena sneaks inside and goes upstairs to his
room. She looks around and looks inside Leonor's jewelry box. There's a set of
pearls, diamonds, but Elena doesn't want those. As Elena is about to leave, she
meets with Adela. Elena informs Adela that her father is sleeping, probably
having another dream about Leonor. Adela then wants some advice from Elena.
Ricky hasn't been spending time with her. On the other hand, she thinks Carlos
is flirting around with Tania. Ironically,
the same funeral home where preparations for the funeral of Leonor Monroy were
being used for the funeral of Lidi. Don Capu, Doña Amparito, and others wonder
how it is possible that Lidi died. It was a small fracture in her leg. They
didn't understand. First, Daniela has to suffer the loss of her mother. Now
Daniela is suffering the loss of her best friend. She could never imagine
lightning striking twice in her life. Natalia soon arrives. She tells Don Capu
that she had informed Juancho and others about the death of Lidi. Adela was also
informed about the news. Soon, Natalia, Don Capu, Doña Amparito, Enrique and
the others notice emerging through the hallway all the members of La Pandilla
dressed in white and holding burning candles. They slowly marched toward the
beautifully decorated casket where Lidi's body now resides. They surround the
casket and turn toward everyone in attendance. Lidi's mother and father
couldn't bare to look at the scene. It was heartbreaking enough that children
were honoring their friend; it was even more heartbreaking to realize that they
were children. The message they were sending spoke volumes. Ricky escorts Elena inside his apartment.
Elena looks around and is quite impressed with Ricky's apartment. She wouldn't
mind living in a nice place like this. Soon, Elena mentions something about
Adela. Hearing the name Adela was an intolerable nuisance to Ricky. Right now,
all Ricky wanted to do was spend time with Elena, and he began by kissing her.
Elena was instantly turned on. If there was one thing she liked, it was a guy
who knew how to take control, and Ricky was showing her how it was done. At the funeral, everyone surrounds the
casket and all its decorations. Each member of La Pandilla gives a gift to
remember Lidi by. Juancho begins with a picture book. He places the book on top
of the casket. Next, Gina places a hairbrush. Chuy brought a keychain. Fatima
presented a book. Toby gave away his portable walkman. Since Lidi never really
gave Malu anything, Malu thought Lidi pretty much deserved the same (What kind
of attitude was that? Your best friend dies and you give her nothing?)
Christopher gave away his sweatshirt. Martin gave away a bottle of hair gel.
But perhaps Daniela gave the most special gift of all — a photo of everyone
accompanying Lidi at her bedside when she was at the hospital. As the casket is
lowered into the ground, everyone's grieves their goodbyes. As everyone leaves the funeral service, Pepe
catches up with Martin. He lets him know that he understands his loss. Gustavo
puts his arm around Martin, but Martin shrugs it away. Gustavo informs Martin
that he and Rita had a conversation last night and decided that if Martin wants
to live with his father he is welcome to do so. Martin and Pepe embrace. Adela tells Ricky that she came from the funeral
with her father, and nothing had changed. She still does not approve of the
situation between Natalia and Enrique, and things got worse during his birthday
party when she appeared. Ricky agrees that Natalia is a special person, but
Adela didn't want to hear that from Ricky. As Adela continues to shower her
affection to Ricky, Ricky is beginning to lose interest in this girl. He looked
very uninterested talking to Adela. Is this a sign that it's the beginning of
the end for both Adela and Ricky? Rita and Gustavo believe they were doing the
right thing for Martin, and Gustavo is learning how to live. Daniela asks Adela if she is going out, and
Adela is, with Ricky, of course. Ricky invited her to the movies. Daniela was
sad. She didn't have anything to say to Adela. Adela was sad that she tore up
the letter from Leonor. Adela steps away for a moment, and suddenly she notices
that Daniela is crying. Adela advises Daniela that now that Lidi is gone, she
had to move on with her life. To Daniela, however, nothing was important than
Lidi. Lidi was her best friend. Adela and Daniela embrace, finally showing the
love and bond that exists between two sisters. Joel has an idea where Natalia
can showcase her singing talent on an album. Joel knows an agent who can help
Natalia realize her dream as a singer. Natalia doesn't believe him, but the
offer sounded like a great idea. In the
basement, Daniela and La Pandilla talk about what they remember about Lidi.
They still are not over the shock that she died. Even Malú the AntiChrist
remembers Lidi as a great friend. Daniela knows that Lidi will not return, just
like her mother. Fatima knows that like the rest of the children, Lidi is up
there speaking with them. At Elena's apartment, Elena is not delighted that
Ricky showed up. She wants to know what he was doing there. Ricky came to see
her. If Ricky knew Krista, Elena didn't want Krista to see them together. But
while Ricky was sharing a private moment with Elena, Carlos calls Ricky's
apartment and notices that he is not there. Adela is worried. Is Ricky as
committed a boyfriend as Adela once thought he was? Ricky promised that he
would take her to the movies, double dating with both Carlos and Tania. Gustavo
is at te psychologist's office talking about his life. He mentions about his
parents, but he hesitates to talk about them. There was a terrible secret about
them that Gustavo didn't want to reveal to the psychologist. Natalia mentions
to Doña Amparito that Enrique hasn't said anything to her about recording an
album. She also mentions that Joel would help her record an album. Daniela
tells Yuls that she can't accept the fact that Lidi is gone. Now Daniela has to
suffer more on top of the loss of her mother. Enrique has a dream where he
presents Leonor with a beautiful necklace. The dream suddenly wakes him up.
Enrique looks over and notices the same necklace he presented Leonor lying on
his nightstand. He picks it up and looks at it carefully. No, it can't be. He
couldn't imagine anyone except Leonor wearing that necklace.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #42 (Broadcast on November 28, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 12/05/99 17:13 Enrique has a dream
where he presents Leonor with a beautiful necklace. The dream suddenly wakes
him up. Enrique looks over and notices the same necklace he presented Leonor
lying on his nightstand. He picks it up and looks at it carefully. No, it can't
be. He couldn't imagine anyone except Leonor wearing that necklace. Suddenly he
drops it on the bed. Elena is at the office, talking to Joel about her plans to
steal Enrique from Natalia, even though Joel mentions about Elena's thing with
Ricky. Daniela leaves from the Teatro, feeling upset about the loss of her best
friend. She feels as though she was to blame for the loss of her best friend after
she tried desperately to save her at the hospital. Martin catches up with her
outside the Teatro and explains to her not to cry, for he feels just as bad as
she does. Daniela is scared about what lies ahead. Enrique shows Pepe the
necklace that he gave Leonor on her birthday. He wants to reclaim his life with
her, because he can't go one day without thinking about her. Ever since he fell
in love with Natalia, he wasn't sure if his life returned to normal. Natalia
was no Leonor, and Enrique understood that.
Don Capu is delighted to hear that Natalia will record her first album.
It's incredible, and Don Capu offers his congratulations to Natalia. Natalia is
excited about the opportunity to showcase her singing talent. Gustavo breaks
down in a nervous wreck after revealing to the psychologist his terrible secret
about his parents, most notably about his father. Meanwhile, a phone call
arrives at the Linares household. Rita answers, and a woman on the other end
gives Rita a phone number before she is suddenly cut off. She tells Martin that
a woman wants to speak with Gustavo. Chuy, Fatima, Daniela and the other La
Pandilla members recall some wonderful moments with Lidi—the gondolas at
Xochimilico where Lidi splashed water on them, when Daniela introduced Lidi to
Yuls. Juancho has a bad dream about Lidi and wakes up. He calls her name, but
Lidi is not there. She will never be there. Daniela and La Pandilla are at the
basement. None of the members could sleep last night. Daniela had to sleep
alongside her father in order to get a decent night's rest. Malú feels really
bad now that Lidi is gone. Amazing how that girl has true feelings for her
friend, even though she never had any feelings for anyone, that traitor.
Suddenly they notice the trasure chest at one end of the room magically open.
There is a bright light. Martin is the first to notice it. The rest of the
children wonder what it is. Suddenly the light disappears. Martin picks up a
torn piece of paper and shows the children that the piece of paper is a map.
The children are happy. Yuls is happy, too.
Enrique and Elena discuss the type of music that Natalia will perform on
her first album. It will most likely be an album full of romantic ballads.
Martin, Chuy, Christopher, and te others discuss about the map and how they
plan on finding the tesoro. Juanco says to Flor that he feels its his fault
that Lidi is not here anymore. The children rush to Don Capu and ask him to
help them find the tesoro. Doña Amparito says that the tesoro is an unknown
object and does not exist. Regardless, Don Capu helps the children find the
tesoro. On stage, Don Capu explains that the tesoro is very dangerous. The
children still want to know what this tesoro is. Natalia practices her vocals, and as she does she recalls a
moment she spent with Enrique. Natalia can't go on singing. Some of the
children lead Don Capu into a room. Don Capu is intrigued to see some old
photos of himself when he was an actor. He remembers himself in such films as
"Mi Padrino". They brought back such memories. As Don Capu looked at
the photos, the children sneak out of the room and lock it. One of the children
waits outside the room. Martin climbs down one of the stage ropes and shows
Daniela, Malú, Gina, and Fatima a second map. Don Capu demands that someone
open the door and let him out. Ricky sneaks up behind Elena, but Elena doesn't
appreciate this. She demands Krista to come in and escort him out, but Ricky
informs Elena that Krista is not there. Ricky locks the door and starts
flirting around with Elena, kissing her in all the right places. Adela is
worried again. She and Tania go to Elena's office to ask if she knows where
Ricky is. Flor tells Natalia that Juancho is depressed and blames himself for
the loss of Lidi. Natalia goes to Enrique's house so she can talk to
Juancho. The children walk toward the
dressing room, counting every step they took toward the room. Chuy asks if they
should proceed inside, but Gina begs for them not to go yet. Daniela has an excellent
idea to get closer to this tesoro. If they find this tesoro, Don Capu wants a
certain share of it. While Ricky and Elena are making out, there is a knock at
the door. Suddenly Adela asks if Elena is there. Adela's voice sent shockwaves
throughout both Elena and Ricky. Adela suspects that Elena is in her office,
and she asks that she open the door. She rattles the door handle, trying to
open it herself. Elena is in her office all right...flirting around with Ricky,
Adela's boyfriend.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #43 (Broadcast on December 5, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 12/12/99 01:59 While Ricky and Elena are making out, there
is a knock at the door. Suddenly Adela asks if Elena is there. Adela's voice
sent shockwaves throughout both Elena and Ricky. Adela suspects that Elena is
in her office, and she asks that she open the door. She rattles the door
handle, trying to open it herself. Elena is in her office all right, flirting
around with Ricky, Adela's boyfriend. As soon as Ricky heard Adela's voice, he
was in shock. What was she doing here? Elena was also not expecting Adela to
arrive unexpectedly. Frantic, Ricky wonders where in the office he can hide.
Elena directs him to one corner of the office room next to a lamp. Elena wipes
off any lipstick smeared on her face and promptly answers the door. Elena is
happy to meet both Adela and Tania. Tania explains to Elena that they're
searching for Ricky and both she and Adela want to know if she knows anything.
Elena pretends that she doesn't know. She lies, of course, while Ricky is snickering
in the background. As soon as they leave, Elena says that it's Ricky's fault
for two-timing Adela. She wipes off the lipstick from his face. Martin is at Pepe's apartment eating pizza
with Pepe. He shows Pepe a drawing. Pepe says that's it's very nice. Martin
explains to Pepe that he feels for Juancho and that Juancho can't accept the
fact that Lidi died. The doorbell rings, and Krista comes in. She is a bit
irritated to see the apartment in such a mess. Pepe explains that he and Martin
are showing "their freedom of men by themselves." Adela is becoming
more suspicious about Ricky's actions. Ricky suspected that earlier Adela tried
to contact him on his cellular phone. Adela wants to know if Ricky is with
another woman. Ricky doesn't want to talk. It was none of Adela's business to
find out about his plan or plans. Adela is now beginning to wonder if this
Ricky Rey character is really worth spending her time with. Enrique is sitting at the couch feeling a
slight headache. He hears the door knock. It was Daniela. Daniela asks Enrique
if he is sick. Enrique isn't sick. Daniela then asks if it has something to do
with Natalia. Krista cleans up around Pepe's apartment. She can't stand seeing
Pepe living in an apartment with such filth. Martin sits down at a couch, but
Krista tells him that she just cleaned it and orders him to get off. Martin is
beginning to find Krista a very picky person. Pepe enjoys living in a place
full of disorder, and so does Martin.
Daniela tells Juancho about the tesoro. Daniela doesn't want Juancho to
brag about this tesoro. It's a secret that she wants Juancho to keep. She asks
Juancho if he would like to join her and her friends to search for it. Juancho
is more than happy to join. As Daniela and Juancho leave the house to find the
tesoro, they hear something, or so they thought. They then leave, which gives
Joel the perfect opportunity to climb over the tall bushes that encircle the
Monroy house.
Once
Juancho and Daniela catch up with Don Capu, the three head into te theatre.
Daniela suddenly spots Ricky making out with Elena in his yellow sports car.
She knew that Adela would be crushed to find out that her boyfriend was
flirting with another woman, although Adela should have suspected that by now.
But Elena? It was not possible. As Enrique is sleeping, Joel slowly opens the
door and tiptoes carefully insidehis bedroom. First he fiddles around with the
stereo system, and actually setting it up to play a tune that Enrique had heard
many times before and was too familiar to him. He then goes to the nightstand
and spots Leonor's necklace. That was the necklace that he had been looking to
steal. Joel inserts the jewels snugly into his pockets and easily escapes
Enrique's bedroom without a scratch.
The children and Don Capu search around the room looking for more clues
to find the tesoro. Martin is on to something when he and Christopher lift an
easy chair out of the way and see a vent. Martin tries to pry open the vent
with his bare hands, and when he does smoke begins to emit. The children all
scream. Yuls the ghost makes a noise that frightens the children and Don Capu
even more, and they escape the room as quickly as possible. Yuls gets a big
laugh out of it. Enrique suddenly hears music. He wakes up. He wants to know
where the music is coming from. He thinks he is going nuts. Martin tries again
to open the vent. He sticks his hand inside and pulls out a person's skull. The
children scream again. Could there be a dead body beneath that vent?
The next
morning, Enrique is in a tirade. He is throwing pillows, blankets and picture
frames around the room trying to find Leonor's necklace. Adela comes in and
turns off the stereo that had been blaring that loud music he was hearing
overnight. She asks Enrique why he had been playing that music so lously.
Enrique doesn't even know where that music came from. He didn't turn on the
stereo during the middle of the night. Adela then asks Enrique what he is
looking for. Enrique is looking for Leonor's necklace. He could have sworn it was
next to him on that nightstand last night. Enrique advises Adela not to worry
and to go back to sleep. He then wonders about that music he was hearing. It
sounded quite familiar. Don Capu plays around with the skull that Martin found.
Christopher tells him not to do that because it reminds them too much about
Lidi dying. As soon as Christopher mentioned her name, the comedy stopped. Don
Capu wants to know how they felt about the death of Lidi. Daniela held back
tears as she said that she felt sad. Don Capu pointed out that it was important
to remember Lidi and what a great friend she was. Christopher was so upset that
he mentioned Lidi's name that he took the skull from Don Capu and angrily threw
it on the ground. The skull opened, but it actually was a good thing. There was
a note inside the skull. Martin picked up the note and unfolded it to read the
contents. Another clue leading to the tesoro: "La perseverancia es el
medio para vencer cualquier obstáculo" (The continuation is in the middle
for any obstacle). Suddenly Enrique finds both Daniela and Juanco and demands
that they come home. They both don't want to because they're searching for the
tesoro. Enrique said let's go, and so they went. Enrique was very upset with Daniela that she and Juancho went out
by themselves late at night. However, he apologizes to Daniela because he had
too much on his mind. Leonor's necklace was missing, and it was like this huge
cloud hovering over him and raining its misfortune on Enrique.
Don Capu
sneaks inside the house, assuming that Natalia was sleeping. The lights turn on
and Natalia appears. Natalia was worried about Don Capu, but actually Natalia
could not sleep. She had this big problem with Enrique that she couldn't phase
out from her mind. Does Enrique love Leonor or Natalia? Natalia then admits
that falling in love with Enrique was probably a bad idea and she never wants
to fall in love again. Joel places the stolen necklace inside a small box and
stashes the box inside a dresser drawers. Meanwhile, Enrique is emptying out
his dresser drawers, frantic that the necklace is missing. It can't be. He
whips out the drawer from one of the nightstands and empties out the contents.
No necklace to be found. Enrique is going ballistic. He can't imagine the
necklace just disappearing. Elena comes in and asks what Enrique is looking
for. Was it a camera? Elena knew where that was. She had borrowed it just the
other day. Elena leaves, but as she does Enrique throws the drawer on the floor
in frustration. He yells and curses a few obscenities. Natalia is anxious for her first
opportunity to sing. Barto meets her for the first time and wants to be sure
that everything is absolutely clear. Joel states that Natalia just wants to
record her first album and showcase her vocal agility. Barto asks Natalia if
Enrique Monroy had anything to do with promoting Natalia's career as a singer.
Natalia pretended that she didn't know who Enrique Monroy was. Barto hands
Natalia the green foler he had been holding. Natalia looks at it and says that
Enrique didn't say anything to her. Ricky is taking a stroll down the park
until he meets Daniela. Daniela tells Ricky that she caught him kissing another
woman. Ricky is in shock. What was Daniela talking about? Daniela didn't see
anything, but she did, very clearly with her own eyes. Enrique is having a
nervous breakdown. Since Leonor's necklace got lost, Enrique has been going out
of his mind. He tells Pepe that he is going crazy, and he is.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #44 (Broadcast on December 5, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 12/12/99 18:54 Enrique is having a
nervous breakdown. Since Leonor's necklace got lost, Enrique has been going out
of his mind. He tells Pepe that he is going crazy, and he is. Pepe sits Enrique
down and tells him to calm down. Everything has to have an explanation, but
what explanation according to Enrique? Enrique didn't know, but he knew that he
was going crazy and needed to see a doctor. At a nursing home, a nurse escorts
Rita to an old man in a wheelchair. The old man was Gustavo's father. The nurse
informs Rita that she has ten minutes to speak with him. Gustavo was the old
man's son, but he didn't ever want to talk with him. Gustavo was a disgrace and
all he wanted was for him and/or someone related to him to go away. The
children continue to look for more clues leading to the tesoro. Doña Amparito
tells them that the tesoro is an imaginary thing. At the recording studio,
Natalia is recording her first album. She tests her vocals to a wonderful pop
composition. She actually sings really good, and both Barto and Joel saw that
as they listened to her. Barto says to Joel that she is good, but Joel didn't
say that she was until he saw it for himself. He, Joel, and the two producers
next to them appplauded. Barto comments that she was very good, excellent, and
she sings with such feeling. He wanted to know if Natalia in love, but Joel
quickly interrupts requesting that Barto and the other producers decide if she
was good or not. Ricky is upset that Daniela told Elena about them kissing the
other night in his car outside the theatre. He leaves Elena's office, slamming
the door on his way out. Natalia stands next to a grand piano, posing for
pictures. She can't believe that she is living her dream as a singer. Don Capu and La Pandilla count as they
approach another location leading to their destination. Juancho grabs the large
door knock and kocks on the large door three times. The door opens, and
everyone screams with fright. They think about going inside the room, but a split
second later they refuse to take the chance. Christopher, on the other and,
decides to take his first shot in going inside to see what exactly was behind
that door. The children advise him to be careful, but Christopher takes it in
stride. Moments later, a light shines. Christopher comes out and says that
there is nothing to be scared about and invites Don Capu and the rest of La
Pandilla to follow him. Natalia covers her eyes as Joel carefully takes her to
a special surprise on the street. She enjoys this game Joel is playing with
her. Meanwhile, Christopher finds another door knock on the other side of the
door. He knock it three times and the door closes, locking him, La Pandilla,
and Don Capu inside the room. Everyone is scared. Christopher than points to a
message painted on one area of the room, another clue to the puzzle: "Cada
vez que recuerdes a quien partio, volvera a vivir" (Each time that you
remember who left, it will come back alive. However, in this instance, it would
probably mean, she will come back alive, because the tesoro had something to do
with Lidi and I wasn't sure what it was). So they remember who left, and when
they do another door opens. Don Capu then looks inside and finds what looks
like an "egripta" (I'm not sure if the spelling is correct). Juancho
asks what an "egripta" is and Daniela says that it has to do with
death. This idea gets everyone even more scared. Natalia is delighted to see Joel's blue car. Joel explains to her
how happy he was to own this beautiful vehicle. A phootographer not far away
spots the two together and takes a snapshot of Joel planting an innocent kiss
on Natalia. La Pandilla finally find the tesoro that they had been searching
for. They quickly open it to find pictures and other documents.
Although
they're happy, Daniela is quite sad that Lidi was not here to share this moment
with them. Yuls magically appears and closes the door behind Don Capu, but Don
Capu is so excited about finding the tesoro that he doesn't even notice. Yuls
then locks the door. Don Capu tries to open the door, but it's not moving.
Fatima is very scared now. Daniela thinks that the ghost can save them, and so
Yuls does. He unlocks the door and opens it. The children are free. Daniela is not pleased to see Ricky at her
house. Ricky presents Daniela with a gift, in an effort to prevent Daniela from
telling Adela about his affair with the other woman Elena. Daniela refuses,
saying that he is a traitor. Adela steps in and tells Daniela that it was none
of her business between her and Adela. Then Daniela tells Adela that Ricky
brought a gift for her. Adela is very pleased. For a while she thought that
Ricky was a real butthead, but this was quite a surprise. Adela tears the
wrapping paper to find a box of chocolates. Wow! Adela offers Daniela a piece,
but Daniela doesn't want it. Ricky thanks Daniela for saving him and wants to
shake her hand. Daniela doesn't want to shake her hand with someone who's
tearing Adela's heart. Martin meets with Daniela as she races inside the
Teatro. He tells Daniela that she is very beautiful and kisses her. Daniela
can't believe that he kissed her and follows Martin inside. Natalia cautions
Joel to slow down, since Joel is driving like a maniac down the narrow street.
Joel stops by to purchase for Natalia a bouquet of flowers from a street
vendor. He presents them to Natalia, but Natalia thinks that Joel has gone nuts
and is acting silly giving her those flowers. Then he puts his pedal to the
metal and drives off. Natalia warns him again to please take it easy and drive
safely. Joel doesn't care. Fatima comes in the basement where the children and
Don Capu are. She has in her hand a beautiful picture of their freind Lidi.
They construct a makeshift shrine for Lidi in one area of the basement. First,
Daniela places the photo next to a small statue of the Virgin Mary. Then Gina
comes and places a bracelet in front of the picture.
Natalia
sees the distinct reality of Gustavo's family life. Gustavo came from an
abusive family life. His father was an alcoholic. Joel proudly shows Elena his
new car. Elena wants to know why he bought a blue car, and Joel says that blue
was Natalia's favorite color. Don Capu shows Natalia and Doña Amparito the
tesoro he and La Pandilla found when Natalia finds another map. She gives it to
Don Capu and believe it or not, the journey was not finished. The tesoro was
still out there and had yet to be discovered. Martin brings a large bowl of
popcorn and joins Pepe to watch a movie with him. The movie is about to begin
when the doorbell rings. Pepe answers it and sees Krista. Krista comes in, not
much to the delight of Martin. Martin says that they're going to watch a movie,
on two cassettes. However, he decides that he is going to sleep, since he knows
that both Pepe and Krista have "stuff" to discuss. Adela is becoming even more concerned about
Ricky. She knows that Ricky is up to something, but she can't prove it. He
presented her with chocolates the other day, but it wasn't enough to suppress
her suspicions. At breakfast the next morning, Enrique is reading the paper. He
turns a page and right in front of him is a large photograph of Joel kissing
Natalia. He could not believe his eyes. That couldn't be Natalia in that photo,
could it? With that clown Joel? Unfortuantely, it was, and the photograph
suddenly ignited a flame of fury within Enrique.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODDE #45 (Broadcast on December 12, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 12/18/99 12:52 This episode was quite
difficult to do. Many of the scenes I could not grasp any understanding of
(most often this is because I' Spanish deficient, combined with the characters
speaking too fast or not clearly enough), but I did the best I could with it to
produce something. Hopefully I'll have better success with the next
episode.
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breakfast the next morning, Enrique is reading the paper. He turns a page and
right in front of him is a large photograph of Joel kissing Natalia. He could
not believe his eyes. That couldn't be Natalia in that photo, could it? With
that clown Joel? Unfortuantely, it was, and the photograph suddenly ignited a
flame of fury within Enrique. One of the children believes that through a ghost
they can communicate to Lidi. The children don't believe him, and Juancho doesn't
know what he's talking about. Fatima and Gina like the idea, but Malú is
pessimistic. She thinks he's talking nonsense. In any case, they go along with
it. Martin invites Daniela to come with them, but Daniela decided to stay
behind. Martin kisses Daniela on the cheek and joins the rest of the children.
Daniela puts her hand on her cheek, knowing that Martin's kiss was one she'll
remember for a long time. Daniela says to Yuls that she loves Martin very,
very, very much, but she had to go. She grabs her book bag and is about to
leave when she checks her wristwatch and notices that she had to get home
quick. It was six P.M., and she knew that her father was expecting her
home. Natalia is upset about the photo
of Joel kissing Natalia in the paper and wanted an explanation from Joel. Joel
looked at the photo, and the article that accompanied it. He noted that it was
part of the price of fame. Natalia didn't understand how the price of fame has
made her a target for instant gossip. Pepe and Martin are having breakfast.
Pepe flings an empty box of cereal acros the room. He asks Martin why he is
upset about his relationship with Krista. First Gustavo is with Rita, and now
Pepe with Krista. Where was Martin in this family mess? The children are
playing volleyball in the backyard of the Monroy home. Daniela wonders why
Martin is not joining them. Martin has problems that he is concerned about,
especially with Krista. Pepe is in love with Krista, but Martin doesn't agree
with the relationship. Suddenly Don Capu arrives with the good news that he
found a new map to the tesoro, and he holds up the map to show the children.
The children are excited about the news. Krista wants to talk to Pepe now about
Martin. It wasn't her intention to get involved in this mess. Pepe explains
that Martin doesn't like her in the same way he didn't like Gustavo. Elena drops the paper flat on the desk
surface and looks at Joel, wanting an explanation about that photo. Joel wanted
Elena to believe that it was not his fault that photo ended up there. Elena was
concerned about the reaction that Enrique would express toward him about the
photo. The children and Don Capu count as they approach step by step toward a
room. Daniela opens the door and notices that it's a very dirty room filled with
junk (broken chairs, tables, dust, etc.) Amazingly, it's the same room which
Don Capu was in earlier staring at photos of himself when he was in film and
theatre. Martin points to a genie's lamp in front of him, and the children and
Don Capu gather around to look at it. Daniela rubs her hands to prepare herself
to actually rub the same and see for herself if an actual genie would appear.
She rubs the lamp gently, and suddenly smoke erupts. The children are scared.
After a few moments, Yuls makes the lamp inhale all the smoke back inside. They
still suspect a genie or something is inside. Daniela grabs the lamp and rubs
it again, as Martin, Don Capu and the others advise her to be careful. She then
shakes it, and notices something is inside. Daniela pours out the contents of
the lamp: A set of gold coins. Adela
still suspects that Ricky is flirting with another woman, but who he is
flirting with she doesn't know. She intends to find out. Joel enters Enrique's
office, and Enrique wants to know which devil was behind Natalia's singing
career. Enrique looked at Joel as though he knew for sure it was him. Joel
didn't know who it was. Enrique knows that he was the one who founded Natalia's
talent, but his anger was really the result of him being so much in love with
Natalia. For someone to step in and elevate Natalia's career to great heights
really upset Enrique. It was his theatre, and it was here where Natalia's
career was born, not in a recording studio. Joel knew that there was an
explanation for all this, but what explanation? Elena comes in and says that
Enrique is shouting so loud that everyone outside his office can hear him. What
Enrique is saying is precisely what he wanted everyone to know. Joel explains
to Elena that Enrique wanted to know who was the person that created Natalia's
first album and, of course, gave her career a boost.
Eventually
Joel mentions that it was Barto who did. Elena convinces Enrique that Joel is
correct. Barto....yes, Joel remembered meeting him earlier during a theatrical
performance where he saw Natalia's potential as a singer. However, Enrique
didn't understand. After all the work that he did in helping Natalia, someone
just came in and boosted Natalia's career in one shot. What's more, was Natalia
falling in love with this Barto character?
Daniela shows Enrique the coins that she and the children found earlier.
Enrique wasn't really paying much attention. He had a blank stare on his face,
since his mind was clouded up with Natalia. Natalia this, Natalia that,
Natalia, Natalia, Natalia. Daniela waves her hand in front of Enrique trying to
grab his attention, and he apologizes to Natalia. Daniela thought that he was
joking around and says that her name was Daniela. How did she...oh, sorry, his
mind was elsewhere. Martin finds Daniela in the basement and explains to her
that his father knows of a place where they can exchange those coins for actual
money. He grabs Daniela's book bag, but there is a tender moment where he
offers her his hand. Daniela holds hands with Martin as they run out the
basement. Don Capu didn't understand Natalia, especially the photo in the paper
with that infamous kiss. Natalia was happy with her first album, but she didn't
know that this was part of being successful. She had a right to defend herself.
At the money exchange center, a woman approaches Pepe and hands him a stack of
money. Pepe gives the coins to the woman and she leaves. Pepe presents Daniela
with her money, but Daniela wants Pepe to hold on to it. Natalia is seeing that Joel suggested to her
to be a singer not to strengthen her career, but because he wanted to be with
her. Joel had a position to make Natalia a queen, because he was in love with
Natalia. Meanwhile, Enrique looks at an old picture of him and Natalia at a
restaurant kissing. This was the restaurant where a photographer came out of
nowhere and took their photo. So many wonderful things about this woman that he
can't get out from him. He then turns to a photo of Leonor. He loved Leonor
then, he loved Leonor today, and he will always love Leonor and no more. But
Natalia, he felt so complete and alive with her. Without her, his life would
have no meaning. At her apartment, Natalia stares at that same picture and
thinks of him. Suddenly a messenger comes by and delivers a card for her. The
card is from Barto. Natalia tears open the envelope and discovers that Barto
wants to take her out to the ballet. Daniela and La Pandilla go to Lidi's
house. Lidi's parents appreciate what they are doing, but they can't accept
their money. However, they want them to have it, for Lidi's sake. Lidi's father
decides to accept their money, since they have been very considerate in
offering them money and for understanding the loss of their daughter. Soon
Lidi's parents and the children surround themselves in a circle and join
together to remember Lidi, through the song "Amistad". So many
memories. One of them Daniela remembers candidly is when she and La Pandilla
camped outside her house, roasting marshmallows in the camp fire. Natalia shows Don Capu her new dress. Don
Capu was stunned to see it. Wow, he couldn't believe he saw his granddaughter
look so beautiful tonight. This was the best night of Natalia's life, and Don
Capu let her know it. The limo driver appears and says that he came to look for
Natalia. Yes, the woman he was staring at was Natalia. Suddenly Natalia was
confused. A limo driver? What was going on? At Elena's apartment, Ricky and
Elena are having drinks, talking, laughing. The doorbell rings. They can't
decide who will answer it. Eventually Ricky answers it, and it was Adela of all
people. Adela knew it. Ricky was flirting around with another woman, but Adela
demanded which woman he was with. Elena? Hearing Adela's voice forced Elena to
hide somewhere in her apartment. The
limosuine snakes its way down the meandering path toward a nice mansion. It
pulls up outside the mansion. The limo driver comes out and opens the door for
Natalia. A manager steps out and welcomes Natalia as he escorts her to a table.
The table is nicely set up, with flowers and two candles directly in the
center, and chairs set up perfectly. Surrounding this table are chefs, waiters,
busboys, and musicians. Natalia looked around. She had no idea what was going
on or who went out of his way to make this arrangement for her. She looked just
as confused as the musicians. Suddenly a tall man dressed in a tuxedo paces
toward Natalia. Natalia looks over and sees this man. He begs Natalia to give
him a chance to be with her. That man was none other than Enrique Monroy.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #46 (Broadcast on December 12, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 12/19/99 18:35 The limosuine pulls up
outside the mansion. The limo driver comes out and opens the door for Natalia.
A manager steps out and welcomes Natalia as he escorts her to a table. The
table is nicely set up, with flowers and two candles directly in the center,
and chairs set up perfectly. Surrounding this table are chefs, waiters,
busboys, and musicians. Natalia looked around. She had no idea what was going
on or who went out of his way to make this arrangement for her. She looked just
as confused as the musicians. Suddenly a tall man dressed in a tuxedo paces
toward Natalia. Natalia looks over and sees this man. He begs Natalia to give
him a chance to be with her. That man was none other than Enrique Monroy.
Natalia believed that the note she had received earlier was really from
Enrique, but signed in Barto's name. Enrique denied it. It wasn't his intention
to go out of his way to do this for Natalia. Regardless, Natalia was very
displeased and did not want to speak with Enrique. She walks away from Enrique,
but Enrique follows her telling her that he felt like an idiot, an imbecil. He
wanted to patch things up with his love Natalia. His love? Not according to
Natalia, after Enrique would not allow her to realize her dreams. She suffered
too much and didn't want anymore of Enrique's guidance. Enrique was left
wondering what now. Adela and Ricky
argue. Adela screams obscenities at Ricky after catching Ricky at Elena's
apartment. She knew that Ricky had been with another woman. After all the love
she had given Ricky, this was how Ricky repaid her? Carlos appears in the
middle of the argument, but Ricky Ricky orders him to go away. He knew that his
Adela and Carlos had something going on. However, Adela wasn't his anymore and
she tells Ricky to leave her alone. Enrique was confused. He missed Natalia's
love, but he also missed Leonor. Leonor was always going to be with him, but
Natalia was not Leonor. Since he saw the photo of Joel kissing Natalia, he had
lost his mind. He thought Joel stole Natalia from him. Enrique wanted to ask
Natalia if she was really in love with Joel. Natalia felt offended by this
question and wondered what would make Enrique think that. Enrique really misses
Natalia. His life hadn't been the same without her. He wanted Natalia to
understand what significance Natalia had in his life. She was so beautiful, so
innocent, so full of everything that he could ever want. He and Natalia were
meant to fall in love, him and Natalia together, beyond memories. Natalia saw
that Enrique was really honest about her and both Enrique and Natalia kiss.
Adela cries after her case with Ricky. She wondered how Ricky could do this to
her, why Ricky told her nothing. Carlos admits that he likes her. However,
Adela wanted Carlos to go away and allow her to drown in her own sorrow. He
hugs Adela, and out of nowhere nestles his lips on hers. Adela couldn't
understand why Carlos suddenly kissed her. Martin and Pepe finish watching a
movie. The movie was very violent, and Pepe saw why Krista would not agree with
him and Martin to watch such material. Martin wanted Pepe to come back to Rita.
He wanted his family back, not a new one with a very nitpicky woman like
Krista. Natalia and Enrique slow dance to the musicians' classical rendition of
Natalia's song, the theme to "Un Sueño de Amor."
Juancho
awakens Enrique, and Enrique explains to both Daniela and Juancho that he and
Natalia had a wonderful night last night. Juancho and Daniela are thrilled that
Enrique and Natalia are back together, but Adela is not pleased with the news.
Barto smokes a cigar as he discusses plans with Joel and Natalia, to bring in
musicians in order to assist Natalia. Enrique tells Pepe that his night with
Natalia was unforgettable. However, Enrique feels some type of pain in his
head, and this would eventually become important later on. Adela brushes
Daniela's hair. Daniela asks Adela about Ricky, and Adela replies that she
doesn't understand anything about love. After being with Ricky, she probably
would never understand. The phone rings, and both Adela and Daniela race to it.
Daniela picks it up, then gives it to Adela. Martin comes home, and Rita
wonders what happened. Rita was concerned if the situation between Pepe and
Martin didn't work. Martin says that he is not going to live at Pepe's house
and he wanted to come back here. Gustavo was also concerned if the situation
between Pepe and Martin didn't work, but Martin assured him that everything was
fine and that he wanted to come home to his mother Rita. Gustavo replied that
this was Martin's home. Enrique comes in and is not pleased to see Elena. What
happened was that he found the answer to all his problems, and he was staring
right at it. As a result, he announces to Elena that she is fired. What was
Enrique talking about, fired? Elena looked confused. But wasn't Elena the same
woman who was behind the plot to murder Leonor, to ruin his relationship with
Natalia, and just recently flirting with one of the stars of his play? Enrique ordered that Elena forget about his
private life because he was not going to have any of it from Elena. After
Enrique leaves, she shoves everything off her desk. She was very upset about
this, but little did Enrique know that he made Elena an even more dangerous
villain. Krista wants to talk to Pepe. She asks if Pepe is busy, and he is,
looking over some scripts from Enrique's play. She doesn't like distancing
herself from Pepe and wants to talk to him about it. Pepe agrees to talk.
Natalia opens the door of her apartment and standing in front of her is a large
bouquet of flowers. Hiding behind this bouquet is Enrique. Natalia is delighted
to see him and invites him inside. She loves the flowers he brought her. He
loved bringing the flowers for her, and being in love with Natalia. Natalia
wanted this relationship to last. She didnt like it when she and Enrique ended
it, then got back together, then ended it, then got back together. Enrique also
added that she won't have to worry about Elena any longer interfering in their
relationship. Joel was just as furious as Elena was about getting fired. Elena
wasn't paying much attention. Joel shakes some sense into her, but Elena
threatens to slap him. It all had to do with Enrique and Natalia, but that name
Enrique was like a curse to Elena. She wanted to kill Enrique after having
fired her. A struggle ensues between Joel and Elena, but they take their
frustrations out of the office. Malú
notices a love note in his rear pant pocket. She plucks it out and plans to
read it out to everyone on the room. Daniela orders Malú to give it back, but
would Malú? No. The children chase her around trying to get it, but eventually
Daniela gets her note. Malú curses at Daniela, and Chuy thanks Daniela for
getting it back. Ricky presents Adela with a large teddy bear. Adela thanks
Ricky for giving her such a wonderful gift. Adela then apologizes for the way
she behaved the other day and talks to him about getting married. Ricky
purposely coughs, since the thought of marriage was way beyond his imagination.
Ricky thought that Adela was just joking around. Carlos (or
"Carlitos" as Ricky referred to him as) comes in and is annoyed to
see Ricky and Adela together, kissing, this after what Adela caught Ricky doing
at Elena's apartment. He never imagined that he would see Ricky and Adela patch
things up. Adela then remembered that kiss Carlos gave her, and immediately she
steps in to prevent Carlos and Ricky from duking it out. Rita introduces Gustavo
to his father at the nursing home. Gustavo's father wants to know who this
person was that Rita brought with him, and Rita says that it's his son. What
son, according to Gustavo's father? He then calls Gustavo a bad man, proving
that he doesn't want to see or speak to his son again. Elena declares to Joel
that she is going to kill that stupid Natalia. Joel thinks he can help make
this possible, with Barto, since they are going with Natalia to the Isla de Paz
(Island of Peacefulness). Elena was surprised to hear this from Joel, but after
Enrique fired her, Elena would do anything to fire back.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #47 (Broadcast on December 19, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 12/28/99 01:37 My apologies if this summary was late. I
recorded the episode, but I forgot to take the tape home with me during the
Christmas weekend.
----------------------------------------- Elena declares to Joel that she is going to kill that stupid
Natalia. Joel thinks he can help make this possible, with Barto, since they are
going with Natalia to the Isla de Paz (Island of Peacefulness). Elena was
surprised to hear this from Joel, but after Enrique fired her, Elena would do
anything to fire back. However, Elena thinks that his plan would be stupid.
After all, Barto helped create Natalia's career. Enrique and his family are at
the restaurant, when Juancho reaches over to Daniela's plate and accidentally
knocks over his chocolate milkshake. A waiter immediately comes over and helps
clean up the mess. Adela thinks it was funny. Daniela advises to Juancho that
is wasn't any problem, as Juancho leaves the table and heads to the
restroom. Don Capu asks Natalia how
she could forget herself being with Enrique. Doña Amparito reminds Don Capu
that both Natalia and Enrique are together. Then there is this issue about
Joel: After Joel helped Natalia's career as a singer, and that infamous photo
in the newspaper, is her love for Enrique still there? Gustavo feels that his
visit with his father at the nursing home was an absolute insult. One of the
production members for "El Diario de Daniela" races by a large house
where Christopher announces to his friends La Pandilla the he is leaving.
Christopher is going to leave town to live with his father. Martin wants to know
how he is going to survive out of town, but Christopher couldn't tell. Rita
tells him that she thought it was important for him to see his father, but
Gustavo doesn't care. If Gustavo's father wants him back in his life, that will
be the day. He pours some liquor in a glass; Rita, however, reaches in and
tries to stop him. Gustavo wants Rita to leave him alone. He's already in a
mess as it is. Enrique consults a doctor on his illness. The doctor opens her
office door and Enrique steps inside. She introduces herself as Dr. Atalian (I
have no idea how her name is spelled -- eventually I'll fix this). Enrique
explains to the doctor that he feels certain pain in his head. The problem has
been happening for quite some time, and he doesn't know how or where the
origins of the problem were. He thinks that the problem occured after that
accident when his wife died. Dr. Atalian asks Enrique if his job might be the
cause of his medical problem. Maybe he doesn't like his job? Enrique denies it
-- on the contrary, he enjoys it. He also explains to the doctor that he's the
owner of the theatre, the Teatro Principal. Dr. Atalian is very familiar with
the Teatro Principal and was delighted to be talking to its owner. Adela tells
Carlos that he is her friend and Tania is his girlfriend. He can't betray his
love for Tania and fall for Adela. Adela loves Ricky too much, and this
disappoints Carlos. As Carlos continues to admit his love for Adela, Daniela
sneaks inside and overhears their conversation. He wishes that her love for
Martin would be the same. Natalia is
ecstatic about her singing career and her first album. She tells Enrique all
about it while she and Enrique are having breadsticks at a restaurant. She
can't believe that everything is happening so fast. Elena complains that
Natalia has been too much a thorn on her side, but Joel is planning on giving
Natalia lots of money to exploit Natalia. He explains to Barto his concept and
exploitation of Natalia as the star of the stage. The idea is very original to
Barto. The star is Natalia Navarro. Barto likes his idea. At the hospital,
Natalia is having her blood pressure checked when she suddenly hears Enrique's
voice. As soon as she hears the doctor mention the word Monroy, she knew that
the doctor was referring to the idiot that fired her. Elena steps aside and
from a distance sees Enrique walk over to the receptionist area and accept a
form. Elena then asks the doctor what Enrique was talking to him about, but the
doctor refuses to give her any information. The information is confidental, and
Elena thanks him for nothing. Martin notices his mother Rita fumbling around
with the . Martin wants to know what has happened to her, and Rita explains
that last night he and Gustavo had a terrible fight. Rita is not hungry and she
could not sleep last night. Gustavo then comes charging down the stairs. Rita
asks him if he would like to join both her and Martin, but Gustavo is in a
rush. He is not hungry. Strange, considering that he poured a glass of liquor
and drank it in one swoop. Gustavo then rushes past everyone, but Martin grabs
onto him. He angrily asks Martin what he wants. Martin makes a nice comment,
and Gustavo pats Martin's head and says thanks. Rita is very pleased to see a
connection formed between Martin and his stepfather. It's now much easier for
Martin to communicate with Gustavo, unlike before when Gustavo severely abused
him. Natalia helps Juancho in the
bathroom put gel on his hair. Juancho suddenly puts a large clump of gel on his
hair when suddenly Adela storms inside the bathroom and asks Natalia why she is
taking her things. Christopher comes to the basement expecting a surprise. He
sees nothing and turns around to walk away. Daniela, hiding behind a large bed,
pushes the play button on a small stereo and suddenly Christopher is hearing
the song "Es Tiempo de Amar." Christopher looks around and sees other
members of La Pandilla emerge from certain hiding places such as trunks and
folding mirrors. Before anyone knows it, all the members of La Pandilla are singing
"Es Tiempo de Amar" together. They then surround Christopher and hold
up signs that spell "Somos Uno Contigo" (We are united with you).
Daniela then reminds Christopher that no matter what happens to him, he will
always be a member of La Pandilla.
Enrique is pissed off at Joel's idea of making Natalia Navarro the star.
He thinks that Joel is crazy to promote Natalia as this "gran estrella del
espectaculo" (great star of the stage). Barto is actually the one who is
going ahead with the idea, and Joel believes that Natalia will gain
international fame. Enrique wants to know if Joel is hearing him, because
Natalia is not going. She is prohibited in going ahead, since he feels that
Natalia belongs on his stage. Christopher embraces Daniela and the other
members of La Pandilla as he says goodbye. Juancho presents Christopher with a
gift -- a large portrait of La Pandilla, which includes their best friend Lidi,
who was killed in a tragic car accident. Martin wants to know if Christopher
will be returning at any time, but Christopher doesn't know. Christopher then
wants to speak to Fatima alone, and some of the members of La Pandilla think
that they'll be doing more than just talking. Is there a possible romance
between the two? Outside in the hallway, Christopher explains to Fatima that he
believes there is a possibility that despite distances apart, love will exist
between them. Cristopher thinks that he will come back, but he will always be
thinking of Fatima. Christopher kisses Fatima on the cheek, and Fatima does the
same for Christopher. Enrique is becoming more frustrated with Natalia's
singing career. Pepe wonders if Enrique's love for Natalia is slowly
disappearing because of it. Enrique helped Natalia with her career on the small
stage, but now Natalia is achieving greater heights and is boarding a train
without him. Meanwhile, Natalia is setting up the table at her house when
Enrique suddenly sneaks up behind her and covers her eyes with his hands.
Natalia could easily tell that it was Enrique. Enrique then surprises Natalia
by announcing that she is going on a vacation. Vacation? Where? What is Enrique
talking about? Enrique then mentions that he is going to send her to the Isla
de Paz, along with the cast of "Un Sueño de Amor." That's odd -- Joel
and Barto were planning on taking her to the Isla de Paz, too.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #48 (Broadcast on December 19, 1999) Name: Robyn
Barnette Date: 12/29/99 17:48 Natalia is setting up the table at her house
when Enrique suddenly sneaks up behind her and covers her eyes with his hands.
Natalia could easily tell that it was Enrique. Enrique then surprises Natalia
by announcing that she is going on a vacation. Vacation? Where? What is Enrique
talking about? Enrique then mentions that he is going to send her to the Isla
de Paz, along with the cast of "Un Sueño de Amor." That's odd—Joel
and Barto were planning on taking her to the Isla de Paz, too. Natalia thinks
that Enrique is going crazy about this and wants to know how it will affect or
benefit her career. Enrique responds that it's a great opportunity for her, to
help project her career into an international level. Enrique and Natalia sit
down on a couch, where Enrique explains that it would be a good way for her to
work with Barto. Natalia likes what Enrique is saying, but she thinks that by
going away she would miss Enrique very much. With her amazing vocal agility and
charisma, Enrique believes that she will go far in her singing career and he
wanted Natalia to know that she has his support. Elena is in her office, carefully examining a small bottle with
a certain liquid inside. She hears the door knock and knows that it's Joel.
Outside, Krista informs Joel that Elena is busy at the moment—busy preparing a
poison. Joel wants to tell Elena something important, but Krista doesn't want
Joel to interrupt whatever Elena is doing inside. Krista gives Joel a set of
keys to open the office door. He opens it and tells Krista that Elena is okay.
Elena, however, is not okay, when she sees Joel. She wants to know what nerve
he had to step inside. Joel then asks Elena something about medicene, and he is
not far off when he pushes Elena out of the way to see the small bottle Elena
had been fiddling around with earlier. Joel wants to know what it is and who he
bought this for. Was it a poison? Yes, according to Elena: A poison for
Natalia. Joel hurls the bottle across the room, since he was not going to allow
the wicked witch Elena to ruin Natalia's career. Joel thinks that one way to do
it was to ruin Enrique first. Adela and
Daniela talk about what its like to be in love. Daniela is experiencing love
for the first time, whereas Adela has been in and out of love. Adela doesn't
like to be single, but then again doesn't like to be with someone who cheats on
her. Chuy is in one area of the theatre and through a walkie-talkie instructs
Toby to say the right things to say to Gina. Toby tells Gina many nice things
about her, and Gina is flattered. Suddenly Malú, Martín, and Fatima come out
and tell Toby that it was all a joke. Toby feels insulted. Joel is pleased to know if Enrique told her
that she is going to the Isla de Paz. She knows, but Natalia doesn't want to
go. Joel was really looking for ward to it. It was going to be his day, because
he wanted to help her. Natalia was now confused not so much about where she was
going on vacation to, but where her career was going. Enrique explains to Pepe
that this opportunity for Natalia at the Isla de Paz would help both her and
his play "Un Sueño de Amor." He then requests Pepe one favor: That he
assist Natalia in her vacation. At first, Pepe thought it was a joke. He wanted
to know why Enrique requested him to assist Natalia. No reason, really—he just
wanted someone to supervise her during the whole vacation. At the doctor's office, Dr. Talian (I think
this is her name, but I still do not know—I will fix this when I get more
information) views a couple of x-rays of Enrique's skull. Based on her
assessment, she found no report of anything with Enrique. Enrique still wanted
to know, and asked if his condition, if any, was serious. The doctor agrees to
offer Enrique medication, even though she felt that he didn't need it. Doña
Amparito and Don Capu have heard so much about Enrique sending Natalia on a
vacation to the Isla de Paz, and they suggest Natalia that she go. Doña
Amparito even tells Natalia that Don Capu would go with her, since it is for
her career, for her opportunity, and for her life. Natalia likes the idea, but
she thinks that Don Capu doesn't need to assist her. Enrique is so happy that Natalia made the decision to go on her
vacation. He prays that Natalia have a nice and safe vacation. As Enrique paces
to a chair across his deak, he suddenly feels something in his head. He can't
describe it. Natalia wants to know what's going on, what is happening to
Enrique. Before she knows it, Enrique collapses onto the floor, unconscious.
Natalia tries to wake him up. Natalia
rushes over to Enrique and waves some type of scented lotion under Enrique's
nose, hoping that it will wake up Enrique. She asks Enrique to wake up. A
moment later, Enrique does, and he doesn't remember what happened. He does,
however, remember Natalia and a meeting he had with Barto, Elena, and Joel
later in the day. Natalia encourages Enrique not to go, for she fears that
Enrique has a serious medical condition that might impair him. Enrique,
however, advises Natalia that he will be okay and nothing will happen to him.
At Enrique's house, Daniela had invited Chuy over for some delicious tamales.
Chuy wants three tamales. As Flor goes to the kitchen to make them, Chuy tells
Daniela a secret: That he was the one who instructed Toby to say those nice
things to Gina. Enrique looks over the
recording contract that Barto and Natalia had negotiated with. Enrique wants to
cange the terms of the contract, but Elena doesn't want him to change a thing.
Enrique would negotiate a better deal with Natalia and ensure that she doesn't
part from her recording company, at the same time she is still with the cast of
"Un Sueño de Amor." Barto then requests that Joel assist Natalia
during her vacation to the Isla de Paz; on the other hand, Enrique already made
that decision: He assigned Pepe Linares to that duty. In addition, he doesn't
have any trust in Joel. Later that evening, Natalia is having a dream where she
and Enrique are dancing the night away. All of a sudden, the scene where
Enrique collapses onto the floor replays itself, only it has tragic
consequences. In this case, Enrique is....dead? Natalia can't believe what she
just witnessed. She scurries over to Enrique's aid, but all she finds is a
white flower. She looks around and wonders what happened, where's Enrique?
That's when she wakes up from her dream and understands that it was just that:
A dream. At the table the next
morning, the Monroy family is having breakfast when that funny feeling in
Enrique's head reemerges. Daniela asks Enrique if there is something wrong with
his head, and Enrique says that there isn't. He steps aside from the table.
Daniela thinks that Enrique is very sick. Adela, on the other hand, either
doesn't know or doesn't care how her father is feeling. All the members of La Pandilla help load
Christopher's things in the moving truck across his house. Christopher thanks
everyone for not only their help, but their support. Martín hopes that one day
Christopher will come back to visit them. Christopher also promises Fatima that
he will write to her. Gustavo tries to reconcile things with his father at the
nursing home, but his father still does not want to speak to this bad man.
After trying, Gustavo is frustrated and leaves. During a meeting that Elena and
Enrique were having about Natalia's vacation, Natalia comes in and states
something important to Enrique: She has just announced that she is going to the
Isla de Paz. The statement not only stuns Enrique, but also Elena.
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SUMMARY
FOR EPISODE #49 (Broadcast on December 26, 1999) Name: Robyn Barnette Date: 01/09/00 12:24 My apologies if this summary came so late.
Now "El Diario de Daniela" is getting really boring! ------------------------------ During a meeting that Elena and Enrique
were having about Natalia's vacation, Natalia comes in and states something
important to Enrique: She has just announced that she is going to the Isla de
Paz. The statement not only stuns Enrique, but also Elena. Elena wanted to know
what she was doing, and so did Enrique. What happened? Why did Natalia just
suddenly announce that she was not going to the Isla de Paz? What was Natalia's
motive? The Isla de Paz was very important in her career. Natalia decided to
cancel her performance because she wasn't prepared. She didn't want to go out
there by herself. Daniela and La
Pandilla are playing a game where each member picks out a paper from a cup,
indicating who his or her partner is. Gina is grossed out when she finds out
who she is paired with. Malú wants to know who it is, but Gina wants it to be a
secret from her. Juancho wants to play, but Fatima advises to him that there is
no girl who would want him to be her boyfriend. Juancho is not happy. He kicks
a large box, then pushes Martin and "fights" with Toby. As the
members try to break it up between them, Yuls switches the two cups they were
using. Chuy is the next to find out who he is paired with. He sees that it's
Toby...wait a minute, Toby? Fatima finds out that her partner is Daniela, and
soon Daniela notices that Yuls must have been behind this. Suddenly someone or
something slaps Malú upside her head. Malú asks who hit her, and she thinks
it's Gina. But how could it be Gina when she was was with Daniela and Fatima?
Gina had to be behind Malú if she had hit her. Malú becomes scared and leaves
the room. Daniela and the others laugh, and they also follow Malú. Daniela then
tells Yuls that he shouldn't have hit Malú, even though it was a joke. Gustavo meets with the psychaitrist again
discussing his problems. He tells him that he remembered when he saw his father
hitting his mother. It was a frightening moment in his life, but it might have
contributed into him being the bad man he became and is now returning to. The
children play their game again (without Yuls to be found anywhere), and Fatima
discovers that she is paired with Martín. Elena informs Joel that Natalia is
not going to the Isla de Paz for her performance, and the news surprises Joel.
Toby showers Gina with his affection, thanks to the guidance of one Chuy, who
instructs him through a walkie-talkie what to say to Gina. This was the same
joke they played earlier. Daniela walks up behind Chuy and easily sees what
Chuy is up to. She doesn't like it. If Toby was to shower Gina with his love
and affection, he would do so from his heart. Having someone instruct him is
artificial and has no meaning. Daniela and Chuy fight for the walkie-talkie. Meanwhile,
Gina wants Toby to say more about her, but Toby acts as though he has some type
of pain in his ear. A delivery person
gives Fatima a package. Fatima takes the package over to both Gina and Malú.
She discovers that the package was sent by Christopher—a teddy bear. Along with
the package is a small note. Malú reads it out loud, and it's simply a message
where although Christopher is gone, he has not forgotten about Fatima. Joel is
upset with Natalia that she decided not to go to the Isla de Paz. Natalia
explains that her life belongs to the theater, even though the Isla de Paz was
a great opportunity for her. She wants to do things to make her happy, and one
of the things was to make Enrique happy by staying in theatre. Krista is upset after she caught Ricky and
Elena making out, and she is going away. She has her bags packed and is
prepared to get out. Pepe shows Natalia the scripts for a new production he and
Enrique are working on. Ricky is annoyed when Adela explains that she gave
Carlos a gift. Ricky tells Adela that Carlos is a poor imbecil and storms out.
At the nursing home, a nurse strolls Gustavo's father in his wheelchair to both
Gustavo and Rita. Him again? Gustavo's father did not want to see his child or
speak to him again. However, the least that Rita wanted from him is to see his
grandchild. Daniela, Juancho, Don Capu, and everyone is at Enrique's office.
Pepe finally arrives, and Enrique makes the announcement that both he and
Natalia have decided to go the Isla de la Paz. The announcement is good news to
some, but bad news to others.
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Summaries -- I am sorry and goodbye for a
while Name: Robyn Barnette Date:
01/13/00 12:00 I began writing the
summary for episode #50, but unfortunately I wasn't motivated enough to
continue with it. "El Diario de Daniela" has gotten too boring, and I
have decided to halt writing summaries to "El Diario de Daniela"
until it begins its final chapters in February or March. I will try to write
the summary to the episode this past Sunday, most likely the first hour of it,
and that's about it. I lasted as long
as I could, but hardly anyone watches the novela or discusses about it, and
Univision's disappointing programming has gotten to me. So, I think it would be
good to take a break from summary writing for a while. If I do post any summaries, you'll most
likely find them at my El Diario de Daniela site at
http://robynbonline.com/RobynBarnette/El_Diario_De_Daniela/ (keep this forum
active, because the summaries on this forum are more updated than the ones I
wrote on my local computer, and I'm posting the summaries from this forum on my
site) I won't be gone forever. I'll be
back when the final chapters begin, because I think by then the story will pick
itself up. And it will be interesting to see Gerardo Murguia take over the role
of Enrique Monroy. I haven't seen what he looks like or remember what other
novelas he has been in.
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ULTIMO CAPÍTULO. Daniela introduces her phantasmagoric friend to her friends and he says goodbye to all of them. ? confesses to the police that Elena killed Leonor Monroy. Enrique and Natalia see the confession. Daniela’s friend ascends to heaven. Malu asks her friends to forgive her for all she did wrong and they do. The scarred Elena confronts Joel, Martín’s mother tells Martín that he can stay with his father Pepe and Crista . Martín is no longer sure what he wants to do. Martín visits Gustavo in jail and pardons him. Enrique tells his children that Elena killed their mother. Martín asks his mother to forgive Gustavo as he requested. Martín tells his father that he wants to live with his mother because his father has Crista while his mother has nobody. In the hospital, Elena accuses Enrique of the murder of his wife. In jail ? confesses to Enrique that he killed his wife but that Enrique must retract the charges or he will accuse Enrique’s daughter Adela of theft. Enrique retracts the charges. Natalia prepares for her wedding. ?? asks Florecita to marry him and she accepts. Joel shows Enrique the video tape of Adela stealing; Enrique takes it. Elena is in a mental asylum. Natalia walks down the aisle. A child late to the wedding sees Joel outside and when he enters the church he tells the policeman. The wedding concludes. Joel in in the balcony ready to drop the chandelier on the couple as the walk down the aisle. The police arrive but not in time. Daniela and Adela see the chandelier, run, and push Natalia and Enrique out from under. Joel is arrested. Ricky? asks Adela to be his novia and she says yes. The novela concludes with a concert by Daniela and her friends in a football stadium. ? asks Daniela to be his novia and she says yes. FIN All the members of the cast appear on stage.
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