Wild Cat Episode 16

I am such an addict. I need an intervention.

Camelia runs straight to Eva to tell her frenemy the "good news" about Rosaura being pregnant with Luis Mario's baby. Eva threatens the wild cat with telling Patricio about what his wife has been up to. 

Eduarda tells Luis Mario about him being abandoned in a box on the beach by his birth mother and he's not really a high-falutin Arismendi. Eduarda quickly forgets all those decades she thought of him as a brother and wants Luis Mario to vacate the premises immediately. 

Aunt Claudia advises Rosaura to disappear until she has her baby before Patricio finds out and has one of his patented freak outs. Rosaura doesn't want to tell Luis Mario about the baby. Luis Mario goes to confront his birth mother, Mercedez. She says she has an explanation but argh, I don't get to hear it. Camelia tells Patricio about Rosaura's pregnancy. He has one of his patented freak outs. Luis Mario packs his bags and goes to crash at Gabriel's place. (Luis Mario also makes some reference to his arm being hurt although I don't know how it happened.)

When Rosaura hears about Luis Mario being kicked off the estate, she plans to do her own eviction of Eduarda. Remember, the estate is technically Rosaura's until the family pays the loan back. She throws Eduarda out and moves herself and her annoying little sister in so they can get away from Patricio. However Patricio finds his runaway bride and tries to force her to come back with him. She's rescued by a gun-wielding (and buff) field hand who orders Patricio to unhand that maiden! 

Rosaura hires Bruno the Lifeguard to be the new manager of the Arismendi ranch. Luis Mario is involved in an automobile accident so the show can introduce a new character, Maribella Tovar, a professional model. It's not long before they're making out. Patricio gets Thug-For-Hire to capture Rosaura and tie her to a tree. 

You're not going to believe this. Well, yeah, it's a telenovela so you probably will. As Rosaura is left out in the wilds tied to a tree, a parachutist drops down from the sky and frees her. (So far she's had a man delivered to her by a plane crash, jumping out of a helicopter, and now parachuting down. I can only surmise that a UFO will beam down her next macho love interest.) 

Gabriel finally confesses to Luis Mario that he is probably the real father of Eva's son. Luis Mario insists on a paternity test but Eva screeches that she won't have it and that Gabriel is lying. Valeria, some girl I've never seen on the show before, suggests to Eva to pretend to have a nervous breakdown to distract Luis Mario from going after the test.

Rosaura's savior, Silvano, is the owner of a modeling agency. Ah, I can see where this is going. He invites Rosaura to a party he's throwing for one of his models. Maribella is Silvano's ex-wife as well as his model but they seem to have had an amicable split. Luis Mario and Maribella make out at the party while Rosaura once again swears vengeance against him. 

Eva is out on a balcony with the baby, acting all crazy like she's about to toss the little tyke over the side. (I'm actually quite nervous about this scene as I don't know if Venezuelan TV will go that dark or not.) Thankfully the baby is retrieved from her and a psychiatrist is called in. Luis Mario is smart enough to wonder if this whole crazy act is just that - an act. 

Patricio offers to give back the spa and the mansion to Grandma Cruz if Rosaura will give herself to him.

Wildcat 11 - 15

Rosaura finally tells Grandma Cruz the truth about who she is so Grandma won't sell the spa to Patricio. Luis Mario wakes up naked in Eva's bed with her claiming they had wild and unprotected sex. She's hoping Gabriel's little swimmers were powerful enough to get her knocked up so she can claim the child is Luis Mario's. Diego, the fake psychiatrist who helped Camelia fake her amnesia, has come to town and is demanding money to keep his mouth shut. He and Camelia fight over a gun with Camelia being shot and her life now hanging by a thread. Luis Mario's youngest sister, Jimena, has run off with Rosaura's ne'er-do-well brother Ivan. Luis Mario is able to track the couple down and force his underage sister back to the house where she discloses she's pregnant. Ivan needs money to get Jimena back so he's easily talked into pulling a robbery on the spa. Eva's father, Rafael, joins the spa and keeps flirting with Rosaura. Seeing how this is driving Eva crazy, Rosaura encourages the flirtation.

(I'm going to digress here for a moment because this reminds me of a real life telenovela moment from the past. A friend of mine who was married at the time was having an affair with this loser. As soon as she got a divorce from her husband, the loser started two-timing on her by seeing the mother of one of his children. (He had numerous children by numerous women and paid for none of them. Thus a loser.) To get back at the other woman, my friend then started to date the woman's aged father. Things went sour fast until one night the old man tossed my friend out of his house with only the clothes on her and her kid's back. So let this be a lesson to you, kids. If your life starts to resemble a telenovela, you need to back the hell up and get some kind of control over yourself. Now, back to the soap opera.)

At Rafael's birthday party, Eva announces to the guests that she and Luis Mario are to be married and are expecting a child. Through the miracle of modern medicine and editing, Camelia, who was barely alive last episode, is now healthy and living with Gabriel. She and Rosaura become allies. That thug-for-hire that's always doing the dirty work in this show has now been hired by Camelia to destroy the crops so that the Arismendi's are once again facing a financial crisis. Rosaura offers to loan Luis Mario money but insists the estate be put up for collateral. The planned robbery of the spa goes terribly wrong. As he's fleeing the scene of the crime, brother Ivan is run over (and I do mean over) by a Land Rover and he may never walk again. Sister Carina is being harassed by Julio, the inept hitman Patricio hired earlier. Julio corners Carina and attempts to rape her. She does put up quite a fight, I will give her that, and ends up killing the guy. Rosaura takes the blame to protect her sister and goes to jail for murder.

Don't get too stressed out by this storyline as almost immediately afterwards, at least by this editing, Carina can't take the guilt and confesses she is the real killer. Rosaura quickly puts her prison time behind her and gets back to forcing Luis Mario to accept a loan from her. Surprisingly it is Patricio who tries to stop his brother-in-law from signing the papers, pointing out that it was more than likely Rosaura who was behind the destroyed crops. They need the money, though, so Luis Mario reluctantly signs the legal papers.

Luis Mario's divorce from Camelia is finalized so he faces getting married to Eva. They're having a small ceremony at the estate when Rosaura bursts in. She interrupts the proceedings by telling Luis Mario that is was Eva who caused the accident that made her miscarry their child. Still believing the baby Eva is carrying is his, Luis Mario chooses to go through with the wedding.

Somewhere along the way (must be on the cutting room floor) Patricio and Camelia have started hanging out again. What happened to his revenge on her? Was that also edited out?

Time skip six months. The due date of the loan. Luis Mario is unable to pay her back so Rosaura is now the owner of the Arismendi estate. In triumph Rosaura goes to the big house and offers Eduarda a deal: she'll give it all back if Eduarda gets down on her knees and begs. Eduarda gives a half-hearted attempt at begging. Rosaura simply laughs and refuses to honor the bargain. She's keeping the house and they all have to go. For the final icing on the cake, Rosaura delights in telling Eduarda how her husband has a lover. Eduarda admits she's known for six months that Patricio has been cheating on her. Ah, but Rosaura can put a name to the other woman: Camelia.

Rosaura has a private meeting with Luis Mario where she backtracks on everything. She's not going to throw the Arismendi's out on the street and she's going to give him two years to pay back the loan. So all this was just to get Eduarda down on her knees?

Eduarda demands a divorce from her cheating husband. Patricio is like, "Fine, I was thinking of divorcing you anyway (slap slap)." But when Luis Mario returns with the good news that the estate is still in the family, Patricio thinks perhaps he was a little too premature with those slaps.

We whiz through Carina's trial (thank goodness) where she's found innocent. She's not out of trouble for long, though. Patricio (newly divorced) plants some evidence in Carina's purse and frames her for stealing from his office. He'll drop the charges against Carina only if Rosaura agrees to marry him.

(In another sacrifice to the Editing God, somewhere along the way Jimena has lost Ivan's baby.)

Rosaura reluctantly flies to Las Vegas so she and Patricio can have a quickie wedding. (If the producers wanted to make this look a little more authentic they should have had someone dress up as Elvis to marry the couple.) Patricio moves himself and his lover, Camelia, into Grandma Cruz's mansion. 

A new character is introduced, Mercedez Salazar. She's an older woman who will be the tutor to Rosaura's annoying little sister. Mercedez's has a young niece, Adrianita, who can barely keep her shirt on. Mercedez infodumps to her niece about how her first born son was taken away from her and her second son she abandoned on the beach. You sound like a peach, Mercedez.

Patricio forces Grandma Cruz to sign over the spa and the mansion to him. Mercedez continues her hunt for the son she abandoned. She claims she only wants to know if he's alive and well. Cue dramatic music: Mercedez is told her son is now called Luis Mario Arismendi. Mercedez has no plans to spring the truth on Luis Mario but her sister Marcela has other ideas.

While Rosaura and Luis Mario are off making sweet love in the outdoors (look out for that cactus!), Eva is going into labor. Somewhere between trying to have her killed and forcing her to marry him, Patricio is shocked to realize he's fallen in love with Rosaura and swears she will be his. Rosaura learns that romp in the hay with Luis Mario has gotten her pregnant. Camelia overhears this news and runs straight to Eva.

Scandal Episode 16

After a moment of leaning on Myeong Geun for support, in more ways than one, Hwa Young gets a hold of herself and decides to get some fresh air. Myeong Geun at least sees her to the door. Joo Ha catches sight of the couple and wonders to herself how Mom #2 knows Dad #1. Real Eun Joong also sees his not-father and wonders why Dad #1 is here. Jeez, everybody comes to this hotel. It's so fancy it even has vases in the elevators. Poor people like me aren't used to that.

 

Anyway, Myeong Geun goes back up to meet with Joo Pil and shows the ex-reporter the notebook with the bribery list written in it. Joo Pil isn't satisfied and demands the USB. Myeong Geun cagily doesn't say he doesn't have it, just that he doesn't trust Joo Pil with it, which is also the truth. He asks Joo Pil for a little more time so he can tell Real Eun Joong the truth about not being his son. Until then, Myeong Geun warns no harm should come to Eun Joong or Ah Mi. As Myeong Geun leaves the room he's surprised to find Real Eun Joong outside. I don't know why he's surprised. The door is made of glass. He should have clearly seen Eun Joong standing on the other side.

 

Jang Tae Ha is beginning to suspect that his wife is meeting another man at the hospital. (Which is actually kind of smart. No one would suspect lovers hooking up in a hospital waiting room. Or even better the pharmacy. Remember this, kids, next time you're stepping out on your Significant Other.) Tae Ha orders Kang Ho to be extra vigilant at the hospital.

 

It's an awkward drive back home to the Ha House. Real Eun Joong proclaims he'll sleep in the car. He asks if the grave next to Mom's is Myeong Geun's real son. Oh, so he heard part of the conversation through the glass door. So now he knows Dad #1 isn't biologically his dad, but he doesn't know yet about the whole kidnapping story.

 

Myeong Geun is sitting dejected on the front steps when Woo Ah Mi and Fake Eun Joong come home. Fake asks Ah Mi to allow him to have a word alone with the old man. Ah Mi is just barely inside the gate when Fake starts shouting about how he knows Myeong Geun is the kidnapper and that Real Eun Joong is the real Eun Joong so what is the old man going to do? And Ah Mi (and probably half the neighborhood) is hearing all this.

 

It's an awkward morning at the Ha House. Myeong Geun has been up all night. Ah Mi doesn't know what to say or do about what she knows. Soo Young simply continues to be annoying and wondering where her not-brother is. At least Real Eun Joong has been at the office checking out the contents on the USB that cost Gi Chan his life. And now the Prodigal Son has returned.

 

Over at the Jang House Joo Ha is still trying to break up her engagement by insisting on dating Real Eun Joong. Fake Eun Joong blows a gasket and yells at her he told her to stop seeing that guy so she'd better stop and I mean now! Tae Ha thinks its just the pressure of the case getting to his not-son. Oh, look who has returned to the fold - it's Hwa Young moving back in. Once she's able to get a word in edgewise, Hwa Young lets Tae Ha know she's still going to handle the case against him. It's for his own good.

 

Myeong Geun doesn't know where to start with this hard talk but that's okay as Real Eun Joong is the one who does all the talking. He confesses that he's known since high school that he wasn't really Myeong Geun's son. Still thinking he's simply been adopted, Real Eun Joon assures Dad #1 that he's not going to look for his birth parents and wants to continue being Myeong Geun's son and Soo Young's older brother. Myeong Geun is overcome with emotion and doesn't tell the full story.

 

Joo Ran shows her daughter the picture on her cell phone of Hwa Young and Myeong Geun, asking if the two are having an affair. Joo Ha instead realizes Myeong Geun must be the whistle blower her father is so anxious to find.

 

Fake Eun Joong is back to begging Hwa Young to stop looking for her real son. She correctly assumes this means Fake must have found the real son although Fake lies and says he hasn't. Fake quickly calls the Dick Detective to tell him that if Hwa Young calls to ask (and she does) to lie and say the search is still on.

 

Real Eun Joong is at his office checking out video of all the vehicles that were near the construction site at the time of Gi Chan's death when he receives a surprise visit from Fake Eun Joong. Naturally they can't stay in the office and talk. I figure this means another trip up to the roof (it's a Kdrama after all) but no, they simply go outside.

 

Fake first hints that Real doesn't know his father (Myeong Geun) as well as he thinks he does, then Fake asks the odd question of does Real still draw emperor penguins. Real is like, "Penguins? What the hell are you talking about?" So therefore Fake changes the subject and warns Real to not allow Myeong Geun to meet Tae Ha as that will put Dad #1 in danger since he's the whistle blower.

 

Speaking of Myeong Geun, the doctor confirms he's got terminal cancer and has about three months to live. Out at the pharmacy Myeong Geun figures why bother to get his prescription filled since he's dying so he stuffs the paper in the trash basket. This is the time when Hwa Young happens to see him but he doesn't see her. She pulls the paper out of the basket and wonders why he didn't get his medicine filled. Being a Nosey Nellie, Hwa Young easily convinces a nurse to tell her all about Myeong Geun's terminal diagnosis.

 

Myeong Geun is sitting outside on a bench, his shoulders bent in weariness, which is where Hwa Young finds him. She doesn't alert him to her presence as she only wants to look at him with concern.

 

At the same time Real Eun Joong has made a breakthrough with all the videos. He's spotted a car with a license plate that is registered to Yoon Hwa Young. He calls her cell phone. The ringing is what causes Myeong Geun to look up and see her standing nearby. She hurriedly answers the phone and gets that wide-eyed look to hear the caller identify himself as Detective Ha Eun Joong. She keeps asking, "You're name is Eun Joong?" He tells her he's calling about a case she may have a connection to and he needs to meet her.

Three Kingdoms Episode 46

We're back to the touchy alliance between Liu Bei and Sun Quan. (Or rather Zhou Yu and his insane obsession with Zhuge Liang.) The Southland party all figure Liu Bei is preparing to attack Nanjun which is the key to the entire Jing province. Zhou Yu wants Baby Bouncer to attack. There's no way Liu Bei will win as he doesn't have enough men or materiel. What he will do, however, is soften up Nanjun's defenses, allowing Zhou Yu to sweep in and seize the day.

 

Zhou Yu orders a generous supply of grain to be sent to Liu Bei's camp. They are indeed preparing for an attack on Nanjun. Zhang Fei has his shirt off to show off his shoulders as he works with the other men on ladders. Zhao Yun is there but once again he only has one line and that is to tell Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang about the grain being delivered. Baby bouncer is immediately suspicious and orders all their preparations to be hidden so he can be like, "What attack? We're not getting ready to attack anything except some peaches ready to be harvested."

Just then one of those anonymous soldiers runs up shouting, "Report!" He tells Liu Bei about Liu Qi being ill and thinking about going back home. Zhou Yu's man returns to tell the general that if Liu Qi and his forces are there with Liu Bei this could change everything. Zhou Yu decides to go see for himself and makes a formal visit to the Baby Bouncer.

Liu Bei has to put on a big production to welcome the visitors. Zhou Yu inquires as to why Liu Qi isn't here to meet him. Liu Bei explains the other man is very ill and is unable to leave his bed. Zhou Yu was ready for this and points out he's brought one of the foremost physicians with him; they'd better go check Liu Qi out and now.

Whaddya know, Liu Qi is there and he is quite ill. As they leave the young man to rest, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu have a private dinner together. Of course the subject is going to touch upon Nanjun. Zhuge Liang, knowing how to push all of Zhou Yu's buttons, claims they had been thinking of attacking Nanjun no matter what the cost in order to create a buffer for the Southlands. Zhou Yu boasts that he will attack the city and take it in thirty days or his name is mud.

Of course this is all a trick. Liu Bei wants Zhou Yu to attack first and soften up the city's defenses so he can be the one to swoop in and take the day.

We now switch to outside the gates of Nanjun as 5,000 of the enemy are forming up. Cao Ren has one of his subordinates take out 500 of their men to meet the enemy. Alright, action time! I've missed these battle scenes. Ooh, somebody lost a foot. The subordinate may be fat but he's got some moves in him. While these 500 men are eventually wiped out, Cao Ren has the fever now to get out there and fight. He believes the enemy are exhausted and can be easily defeated. He orders up his entire force of men to go outside the gates and engage in battle.

This works the first time and Cao Ren is victorious as he returns to the city, the grounds around the walls littered with dead bodies of men and horses. However here comes Zhou Yu with reinforcements to lay siege. More battle scenes. I believe these are re-runs but I'll take them. Launch those fire balls!

Cao Ren reluctantly orders his forces to abandon the city once night falls. Zhou Yu orders his men to capture Cao Ren alive.

Scandal Episode 15

(I'm not going to bother with Joo Ran and Joo Pil as they're just a pair of drunken idiots. Although at this point I do ship them.)

 

Fake Eun Joong, his cell phone secretly recording, asks Myeong Geun if he really is Real Eun Joong's father and for Dad #1 not to use Cheonha Law Firm for the case against Taeha Construction. Myeong Geun doesn't say much so I'm not sure if Fake Eun Joong got enough sample for a voice test. As Fake is leaving he runs into Ah Mi and invites her out for a walk. (At last I get my answer about what ever happened to the lawsuit Ah Mi was bringing against Real Eun Joong over the food cart.) They run into Real Eun Joong and as Ah Mi rambles on and on and on the two men engage in a staring contest. Fake tells Real not to be dating Joo Ha. Real tells Fake neener neener I'll do what I want.

 

Those two drunk buffoons end up in a hotel room and sleep together, and I mean that literally. They both pass out on the bed.

 

The next morning Real Eun Joong gives his family their own little mace canisters and gives them basic self defense lessons, which makes sense after his own attack. Something tells me this will come in handy later on.

 

Entirely too much time is spent with the drunk fools.

 

Real Eun Joong offers to go pick up Ah Mi's husband's bike from the apartment (it was down in the garage and safe from the fire). She's thinking of selling it. Eun Joong reports how he's going to start up the investigation again and that the only reason he's dating Joo Ha is so he can get closer to Tae Ha.

 

Tae Ha has sent Kang Ho to be Hwa Young's personal minion/spy. Ah Mi mails off several copies of her findings on the unsafe building conditions. The subs aren't too clear but I think she's mailing them to higher ups, including (maybe) the Blue House. As Tae Ha has a photo op with some underprivileged kids, Minister Jo gossips with Joo Pil that he's already figured out Tae Ha is hoping Fake Eun Joong will be president one day. Fake Eun Joong is at a sound lab having the audio tape and the cell phone recording tested.

 

Myeong Geun has a notebook with the bribery list written on it. (So why hasn't he used it before?) He calls Joo Pil and asks for a meeting. Joo Pil was just on the verge of unveiling the paternity test to Tae Ha but after the phone call from Dad #1 he decides to hold off on that bombshell. What Joo Pil does do is offer to arrange for Tae Ha to meet with Myeong Geun.

 

And now it's that time in the show for a musical interlude.

 

Well, I wasn't expecting this. Real Eun Joong tells Joo Ha he knows she's the one who ordered the attack against him to get the cuff link back. He doesn't think she meant for him to be so seriously injured, though. He even offers to continue the boyfriend ruse so Joo Ha can get rid of Jo Jin Woong.

 

Ah Mi has been looking for work so Hwa Young offers to hire the girl as a secretary at the law firm. Fake Eun Joong gets confirmation from the lab that Myeong Geun is the guy on the tape from 1988.

 

Tae Ha follows Hwa Young to the hospital. She's so hoping to run into Myeong Geun but instead gets this guy. At least Tae Ha breaks down and apologizes for his freak out from the other night. Hmm, we get a quick look at Myeong Geun having a MRI or CAT scan (it's a big machine but I can't tell the difference). Anyway, Tae Ha takes his wife out for a romantic dinner where he asks for a fresh start. Hwa Young says she won't give up the lawsuit against the company. Tae Ha responds with he'll simply have Fake Eun Joong handle their defense, thus pitting not-mother and not-son against each other in court.

 

Eye Candy Time. Better late than never. Real Eun Joong and Joo Ha are at the gym working out. He suggests Joo Ha introduce him to her mother so he can help speed up this breakup. Since she has two mothers, Joo Ha chooses Hwa Young as the one to meet.

 

Ah Mi comes home to find Fake Eun Joong sitting on the steps. He's wanting to meet with his counterpart but fears he doesn't have the courage yet. He asks Ah Mi to grab a beer with him. Ah Mi talks about her dead baby making Fake Eun Joong think about his own situation. He starts blubbering right there in front of her.

 

Myeong Geun is arriving at the hotel where he's supposed to meet Joo Pil. When he gets on the elevator it is to find Hwa Young, in a sort of daze, already on it. She starts to cry and falls to her knees. You can see Myeong Geun is just itching to reach out and touch her but he restrains himself. Hwa Young tries to stand back up and ends up falling into Myeong Geun's arms. You know how that happens. She asks for him to allow her just a moment to cry on his shoulder.

 

Joo Ha and Real Eun Joong are also at the hotel waiting for an elevator. Conveniently he remembers he left his wallet in the car and goes back to get it. In the back seat is Gi Chan's bicycle that Eun Joong has been carrying around. He notices something has fallen off the handlebar and when he goes to replace it Eun Joong pulls out the USB that had been hidden.

 

Finally.

Wild Cat 6 - 10

Rosaura/Gabriela's Aunt Claudia, who doesn't know she is her aunt, takes it upon herself to teach the new maid how to be a lady. Sort of a Pygmalion thing. Eva knows Camelia is faking her amnesia but decides to keep the secret for now until the time is right. Luis Mario confesses to Camelia how he has suddenly discovered he's in love with Rosaura. Camelia and Eva join forces to destroy the "Wild Cat." Not that anyone knows where the Wild Cat is. Patricio is back in town and has sworn to avenge himself on Camelia. He resumes a secret love affair with Eduarda. While working out in the fields, Luis Mario is stung by a scorpion. He's rushed to the hospital where he's at death's door.

At the same time Rosaura's annoying little sister collapses with an appendicitis and is rushed to the same hospital. Rosaura has a tense run-in with Eduarda and Eva in the hallway which is how she learns her (ex?) husband is ill. (If Eva is so rich, why does she continually dress in cheap fashions from the Eighties?) Patricio returns to his job at the spa owned by Grandma Cruz and plots to bilk the old woman out of her fortune. Rosaura makes a visit to her perhaps/perhaps not husband. Luis Mario blubbers like a baby and confesses his love for Rosaura and looks like there's going to be a reconciliation. This calls for the three villainesses to come barging in and force the lovers apart.

The three witches hire a thug to grope Rosaura while another man takes pictures so it will look like our heroine was a willing participant. The always gullible Luis Mario now thinks the worst of Rosaura after seeing the photos and not hearing her side of the story. Rosaura learns that it was Eva and Eduarda who were behind her horse-riding accident that led to her miscarriage. Claudia finds evidence that Gabriela is her real niece while the other Rosaura is a fake. She decides to keep her discovery to herself for the moment.

Luis Mario takes Camelia out for the evening to an art gallery. Claudia also attends with her secret niece, Rosaura, who has been given a make-over (albeit she's wearing a hideous dress). The other women fume with jealousy as Luis Mario drools over his (former? never was? spare?) wife. Rosaura rejects him.

Luis Mario asks Camelia for a divorce. Patricio calls Camelia to let her know he's back in town and out for vengeance. Rosaura learns Grandma Cruz really is her Grandma Cruz and that her evil step sister has been assuming her identity. Eva makes an anonymous call to Luis Mario to tell him Camelia has been faking her amnesia. Oh no, Grandma Cruz is down! While the family matriarch stays home to recover, Claudia sends Rosaura to work at the spa and sniff out what Patricio is up to.

You're not going to believe this. Well no, this is a telenovela so you probably will believe this. Rosaura is strolling along the poolside at the spa when her attention is caught by a low-hovering helicopter. It's a thwarted kidnapping attempt. A young man beats off his kidnappers, leaps out of the helicopter into the pool below, and surfaces to immediately start flirting with Rosaura. This is Max, cousin of the evil Eva and now competition for Luis Mario.

Evil step mother and her daughter, Fake Rosaura, have finally returned from Disneyworld. Real Rosaura delights in confronting the two imposters. She throws evil step mother out but decides to allow step sister Carina to stay (which you know she's gonna regret).

Now that the Arismendi estate is making a comeback, Patricio pops the question to Eduarda. Camelia can say nothing without exposing her own bigamy. Luis Mario decides to fight fire with fire and starts hanging out at the spa pool with Eva and her gravity-defying breasts. Rosaura, trying to deny she's jealous, slaps Luis Mario. He grabs her in that manly man way and they succumb to their fiery Latin passions right there in front of Eva and everybody.

Luis Mario hears about Rosaura's time in the pen and tries to find out the truth behind story. Eduarda and her new husband Patricio plan to work together to destroy Rosaura. Somehow slutty step sister Carina is working at the spa now and also knows Max (must have been edited out) as they're stepping out together. Patricio puts a hit out on Rosaura but the hitman is an amateur.

Rejected by Rosaura, Luis Mario goes out and gets drunk. He makes his way to Eva's house where she's all set to take advantage of him only to have Luis Mario pass out stone cold. Eva runs right out to seduce Gabriel in hopes of getting pregnant and passing the child off as Luis Mario's.

Wild Cat 2 - 5

I have a guilty pleasure confession to make: I'm still watching this train wreck. I don't know why. It's like junk food. I know it's bad for me and it doesn't really taste very good, yet I keep on snacking. At least I've finally learned that the show is supposedly set in Florida, USA. Everyone just happens to have Venezuelan accents.

 

Against his evil sister Eduarda's wishes, Luis Mario (who is kind of an ass, let's be honest) marries poor girl Rosaura. He doesn't love his new wife as he's still longing for his dead wife, Camelia. Only she's not dead and has been running around with her new husband, Patricio. Therefore Luis Mario and Camelia are both bigamists. Camelia and her new hubby have lost almost all their money and things are going sour between them.

 

When Eva lays a big wet one on Luis Mario (which he does nothing to fight back against), Rosaura loses control and launches into a hair-pulling cat fight. Eduarda tries to convince Luis Mario that Rosaura is lovers with her friend Bruno. Bruno is in love with Rosaura but she sees him as only a friend. Rosarua's evil step mother has her evil daughter pose as Mrs. Cruz's long lost granddaughter. The gullible (and rich) old woman's other daughter, Claudia, remains suspicious of the evil interlopers. This doesn't stop evil step mother and her evil daughter from living it up at Disneyworld.

 

Eduarda and Eva plot to drive the newlyweds apart. At a swanky birthday party for Eduarda (where all the swanky women dress like cheap hookers) another female friend of Luis Mario's lays a big wet one on him. He again does nothing to fight back against it. Rosaura loses control again and launches into a hair-pulling, cake-throwing, pool-dunking cat fight with the woman. Luis Mario threatens to divorce Rosaura but she cries and cries and cries for another chance.

 

Luis Mario is unable to get a loan to save the family estate so he returns to New York to work at... say, what does he do? He's got an office and he wears a suit but I have no idea what he's doing. Anyway, he and Gabriel go back up to New York to earn money. Rosaura believes she is pregnant. Eduarda arranges it for Rosaura to be accused of theft. While our heroine is in jail, Eva and Eduarda run over Rosaura's drunk dad and kill him. Bruno pays to get Rosaura out of jail. After her stint in the cooler and the death of her dad, Rosaura swears revenge against the Arismendi family.

 

Eduarda and Eva successfully cause Rosaura to fall from a horse and have a miscarriage. To put icing on the cake, Eduarda also has her sister-in-law's home trashed. Changing her name to Gabriela, her dead mother's name, Rosaura takes what is left of her family and flees. With the help of a priest, she's able to get a job as a maid at the home of the woman she doesn't know is her grandmother. 

 

Not wanting to be a pauper, Camelia plots to leave Patricio and reunite with Luis Mario. She reappears in her first husband's life acting like she's had amnesia for the last couple of years. Luis Mario totally falls for this. One person who doesn't fall for this act is Eva.