Episode 26 Merci: I loved the final episode! It was interesting, moving, comical, romantic, and very sweet. For the Spaniards who are anti-Jarmandistas - I believe this episode completely vindicates Dr Mendoza in spades… As Betty used to say during the good ol’ days, “So divine!” All the actors shone… I am a bit sentimental, so one tear after another welled up, knowing that this was good-bye. I hope when

Episode 25 Freddy and Aura María walk up the church’s red carpet (hastily unrolled by Freddy) as Freddy vaguely hums the Wedding March under his breath, greets his aunt and uncle, and thinks to himself with a little bit of panic that this really is goodbye to his life as a bachelor. The priest starts the ceremony, but interrupts it to complain about Freddy’s “gringo” name

Episode 24 Beth: i finally started to get curious about the prices mentioned in the course of these shows -especially since several feature in this episode. so i looked up the exchange rate. as of the day i originally did this summary (20 May 2002), the rate was approximately 2,357 Colombian pesos to one US dollar; so from there on, whenever prices are mentioned, i have included the approximate amount

Episode 23 Merci: The leitmotif of the episode were the nearly-operatic scolds which Armando directed towards Freddy. Throughout the episode, Freddy was distracted by his little worry that Aura María might slip through his fingers and that Kenneth would continue his [Kenneth’s] pursuit of his [Freddy’s] “grillita” (little cricket), “reinita” (little queen), etc. etc… Beth: if you’re a fan of Freddy, you will probably love this

Episode 21 Armando is in his bathroom at home, looking at the bruises left by the blows from Calderón and the bite mark given to him by the witch, skinny Andrea… He is putting on a [i think] white bathrobe and has a look on his face like he can’t believe the kind of mess he’s gotten himself into… Betty arrives to tend

Episode 20 Merci: What can you say about the little group of male executives at EcoModa and Freddy? They’re all a bunch of idiots!! Poor guys, they share but two neurons between the lot of them… Beth: as i did with a number of the summaries, the original translation of this was done a bit at a time. however, instead of being sent out a day apart, this time there

Episode 22 Merci: Tonight’s episode was terrific! Who knew Dr Armando Mendoza Sáenz could play a guitar? And what’s more, that he doesn’t sing as badly as that night he and Betty “sang?” Today I really did cry with laughter… Hopefully the summary will give you an idea of just how delightful this episode was… The episode starts where we left off last week: Maruja saying

Episode 18 Merci: I cried with laughter watching today’s episode! Poor Armando - no matter how hard he tries, he still can’t manage to make Calderón act like an adult… The elevator doors to the Mendoza-Pinzón family apartment open and we see Don Hermes and Doña Julia

Episode 19 Beth: Merci, who as you all know writes the Spanish summaries i use for these translations, seems to have taken a break from summarizing for this episode. so instead of Merci’s summary, we have a “Valeriana” from Delta, one of the forum members. in point of fact, what follows is actually considerably more than a true Valeriana as i have come to understand the term, since altho it

Episode 17 Merci: EcoModa continues to be fantastic! Today was extremely funny. After Betty and Armando my favorite couple has to be: Mario and Armando! Incredibly, THREE days passed in one single episode… What continues to be terrible are the vaunted “advances” (teasers for the next episode) - they have NOTHING to do with the actual story. Today there weren’t any teasers since I believe there won’t be a show