tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34526792878873316972024-03-10T13:50:10.938-04:00PepSi UniversitySOL SOLIS NON PARO IN PEPSILOCUM REGNUMUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-77509316123074778952014-04-05T00:17:00.001-04:002014-04-25T22:43:49.149-04:00The Last Lecture: Lessons from Dr. Booker<div sab="3521">
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<strong sab="1240"><span sab="1241" style="font-size: large;"><span sab="1047"><span sab="1049"><span sab="1071" style="color: red;"><u sab="1048">UPDATE</u>: After fighting cancer valiantly for 78 days, </span></span></span><a href="http://janeduttonutrecht.wordpress.com/" sab="1243" target="_blank"><span sab="1050" style="color: cyan;">Dr. Booker</span></a><span sab="1051" style="color: red;"> died peacefully last 17 April 2014 at around noon, Netherlands time. She is survived by her beloved Scoopgirl and their 2 beautiful kids, her mother who lives in CA, and many, many friends on both sides of the Atlantic.</span></span><span sab="1052" style="color: #ea9999;"> </span></strong></div>
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In the US, a lot of <em sab="3613">real</em> schools have a <strong sab="3614"><em sab="3615">Last Lecture</em></strong> series where professors give a lecture on any topic as if it was their last. One of the most famous was given by <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture/" sab="3523" target="_blank"><strong sab="3616"><em sab="3617">Dr. Randy Pausch in 2007 at Carnegie Mellon University</em></strong></a>, except he really was dying and it really was his lecture at CMU. </div>
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The idea of a Last Lecture at PepSi University seems preposterous and anti-climactic since we haven't had any posts in 4 years, most people have moved on, and the school's <em sab="3618">raison d'être </em>- Pepa and Silvia - have all but disappeared from our collective consciousness. We still get some visitors here and there and as long as the PepSi clips are on You Tube, there will people who will discover the joy of this wonderful couple.</div>
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So why give a last lecture now? </div>
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Dr. Booker is very sick. Or rather, the real person who playfully and thoughtfully called herself Dr. Booker is dying. She was diagnosed with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcomatoid_carcinoma" sab="3677" target="_blank">sarcomatoid carcinoma</a>, which apparently is a rather rare type of cancer that very few (real) doctors have actually seen, and Wikipedia hardly has anything written about. </div>
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This is not a lecture about oncology. Booker has already very eloquently written about it in her own <a href="http://janeduttonutrecht.wordpress.com/" sab="1257" target="_blank">blog</a>. And I have lost some very special people to the disease, my own mother included, and I have only one sentiment and that is: <strong sab="1075"><span sab="1076" style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Fuck Cancer!</span></strong></div>
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No, this is about PepSi University and Booker and the intersections between fictional and real people and how real the fictional people have been, about Pepa and Silvia and everything in between.</div>
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One thing you will notice when you read Booker's blog is that she lives in the Netherlands. No, she's not Dutch, she's from Long Beach, CA by way of Worcester, MA. She rearranged her entire life to be with someone she met... thru yes, PepSi University. In all honesty, I was pretty pissed about the whole situation. We were not supposed to meet anyone from the university in person - my unofficial rule - much less fall in love with them. But I was only being arrogant, it was never about me, of course. <em sab="1085">Booker and Scoopgirl..</em>. Screw the consequences, they made a go of it. And they've been happy, and I have been happy for them.</div>
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Have you ever wondered how Silvia would have carried on if Pepa was the one who died? Neither have I. Five years after Silvia died, I have come to accept that that was how the story was supposed to end, like some of the greatest tragic love stories of all time: <em sab="1099">Romeo and Juliet, Tristan and Isolde, Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala, Lancelot and Guinevere... </em>It is as if some of the greatest authors in history couldn't wrap their heads around the idea of a happy ending, that love could only realize its completion in another world, not in this one where pathos and tragedy reign supreme. </div>
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Except<em sab="1132"> Jane and Natascha</em> are real people with real lives and real houses and real cars and real kids. This is so fucking unfair... why would the universe conspire to bring these 2 people together and let them be happy and then very cruelly try to rip their hearts apart? I must admit that it would make for a compelling love story, but I would rather that Jane and Natascha grow old and boring together.</div>
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Once upon a time, PepSi University was a fun, fictional place, and Dr. Booker had a lot to do with it. She was like a kid who found this fantastic place and made it real: she organized lectures with other contributors, she wrote with her heart on these pages with the openness of someone seeing life and PepSi for the first time, she really <em sab="1147">IS </em>Dr. Booker, Provost.</div>
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But more importantly, she has been my friend. We couldn't be more different except for our shared love for Archie comics and Ted Kennedy. If only I could have half of the kindness and patience Jane has shown me during my most annoying and judgmental times... </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-35648264921170018382010-09-06T05:48:00.015-04:002010-09-06T13:17:03.552-04:00"You Don't See Me"Welcome back, PepSi peeps! It's Fall 2010, and that means it's time for a brand new year of PepSi studies here at good 'ol <a href="http://pepsiuniversity.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">PepSi U</span></a>. I know, I know. You're wondering what we could possibly be able to talk about given that the show ended in May. Well, PepSi technically ended over a year ago when Silvia met her tragic end, yet we still gathered to discuss PepSi and <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span> during S9, so I think that shows that we've got a few more ideas left in us here at the uni.<br /><br />To prove my point, I have a brand new lecture series for your enjoyment. But before we begin, I need to give proper credit to the inspirations behind this idea. First, apparently an anonymous commenter made the following statement on my last lecture, <a href="http://pepsiuniversity.blogspot.com/2010/07/without-you.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Without You"</span></a>:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"[The] reality is that Pepa as a character was not sufficiently developed to stand on her own without Silvia. That character was brought on LHdP *as* Silvia's love interest. Pepa never developed as one of 'Paco's men'. She was primarily on the show, Silvia's girlfriend. About 90% of Pepa's storylines involved chasing Silvia, seducing Silvia, supporting and taking care of Silvia, making out with Silvia, making up with Silvia, etc. etc."</span><br /><br />This observation - an excellent one by the way, so well done <a href="http://pepsiuniversity.blogspot.com/2010/07/without-you.html?showComment=1280006157058#c860868806563906674"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Anonymous July 24, 2010 5:15 PM"</span></a>, whoever you are - led to <a href="http://pepsifangirl.livejournal.com/7579.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">this post</span></a> on LiveJournal by <span style="font-weight: bold;">pepsifangirl</span>, in which she made some more good points and observations about the show. And as I was thinking about Pepa's role (or lack thereof) on <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span>, I began to think about the other female characters on the show, which brings me back to this new lecture series. Basically, I'm going to be examining the female characters and the extent to which they were developed (or underdeveloped for that matter) on <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span>. In other words, I'm going to take a look at exactly how badly the female characters got fucked over by Alex Pina & Co.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lecture 1: "Hey! Stripper!"</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YlgmB27X3W0/TITEh-IjrBI/AAAAAAAAALA/aT1qjzJ30gc/s1600/Neus+Sanz.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 232px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YlgmB27X3W0/TITEh-IjrBI/AAAAAAAAALA/aT1qjzJ30gc/s200/Neus+Sanz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513747931701947410" border="0" /></a>I'm going to start this lecture series off with our favorite cop who dreamed of going undercover as a prostitute and, IMO, the most overlooked character on the show: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rita Peláez</span>. I think Alex Pina & Co. blew several opportunities when it came to Rita's character, but I'm going to focus specifically on two missed opportunities in particular.<br /><br />Technically, of all the female characters that showed up on <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span>, Rita was the only one who was a "hombre". This is most clearly evidenced by the fact that she's the only female included amongst all the boys in the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZirfXPZQUfA"><span style="font-weight: bold;">opening shot of the credits</span></a>. While Silvia saved their asses with her forensic expertise, she was Paco's superior, not a member of his team. Pepa was an elite agent and specialized in covert ops, but that just means she spent her time pursuing and dating Silvia. Sara was briefly assigned to Paco's team, but she was never really a hombre (or an official agent for that matter), and Lola, Bernarda, and Mama Concha were all civilians. So that left us with Rita.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YlgmB27X3W0/TITEu6UvGuI/AAAAAAAAALI/6JgQdU-G-hM/s1600/LHdP+-+Opening+Shot.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YlgmB27X3W0/TITEu6UvGuI/AAAAAAAAALI/6JgQdU-G-hM/s200/LHdP+-+Opening+Shot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513748154017585890" border="0" /></a><br />To me, having one female cop amongst a bunch of guys seems like a great opportunity to showcase the various differences between male and female officers, but sadly, Rita's role on the show was never really utilized in this way. Rita was simply the comic foil, and even in that capacity her role was greatly reduced, as her only "thing" was her obsession with her appearance. Pove, Curtis and Kike were the Three Stooges of <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span>, and although Rita would occasionally join them in their shenanigans, she was pretty much absent on the show. Because of this, I feel like the writers really missed out on an opportunity by failing to inject more of Rita (and a female dynamic) into the group scenes with the hombres.<br /><br />The other missed opportunity I want to focus on stems from Rita's role as a mother. Before Reyes showed up in S9, Rita was the only female cop who was also a mother. Her daughter, Sabina, created the perfect opportunity for the writers put a dramedy spin on the struggles that single, working mothers have to deal with. After all, a large part of <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span> dealt with Paco's struggle to balance his family life with his job, and whenever those two paths crossed, hilarity often ensued (see <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXz625rh_Io"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ep. 68, "Miranda al natural"</span></a>). I understand that Rita wasn't a main character on the show, but still, I don't think it would've hurt to create storylines that would remind viewers that she was mother. I mean, they showed so little of Sabina over the years that if you weren't a regular viewer of <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span>, you may not have known that Rita even had a daughter.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YlgmB27X3W0/TITE8qG6PbI/AAAAAAAAALQ/KJjQYpHmXt4/s1600/Ep.+80+-+El+replay+de+Don+Lorenzo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 221px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YlgmB27X3W0/TITE8qG6PbI/AAAAAAAAALQ/KJjQYpHmXt4/s200/Ep.+80+-+El+replay+de+Don+Lorenzo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513748390182796722" border="0" /></a><br />I believe that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu6jDs_aUC8"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ep. 64, "La ratonera"</span></a>, sums up Alex Pina & Co.'s attitude towards Rita on the show. To refresh your memories, this is the episode where PepSi eye shagged each other during an autopsy. Before that, everyone was helping Lola out by participating in a commercial shoot for Los Cachis (aka the hangout that existed before Leo turned it into Lizarran and then promptly disappeared into the <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span> black hole). The director didn't want to shoot the commercial with "the Munster family", which included "the old guy (Don Lorenzo), the 'fro' (Curtis), the fat guy (Mariano), the gay guy (Kike), 'Mr. Beard' (Paco), and 'the teeth' (Rita)" and Pve. He proceeded to place them in the back room under the premise that he was going to shoot them later in a more "classy atmosphere." In reality, he simply intended to shoot the commercial with the "more attractive" people, which included PepSi.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YlgmB27X3W0/TITFIO9eo5I/AAAAAAAAALY/hK_3qn54Foc/s1600/Ep.+64+-+La+ratonera.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 332px; height: 220px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YlgmB27X3W0/TITFIO9eo5I/AAAAAAAAALY/hK_3qn54Foc/s200/Ep.+64+-+La+ratonera.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513748589053911954" border="0" /></a><br />Similar to that commercial, Rita was always placed in the "back room" on <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span>. She was never given any significant storylines, her relationships with others were rarely shown (if at all), and they even failed to properly utilize her in a comedic aspect to enhance the groups' dynamic. Maybe Alex Pina & Co. didn't think Neus Sanz was "pretty enough" to warrant more screentime, which is a shame IMO, because Neus made Rita quite the lovable character. Maybe they thought audiences wouldn't want to see stories about a single, working mother. And maybe the name of the show explains it all: <span style="font-style: italic;">Los <span style="font-weight: bold;">hombres</span> de Paco</span>. Perhaps it didn't matter how funny Rita was, how much potential her character had, or that she was, in fact a member of Paco's team, because simply put, she wasn't a man.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">kalike</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">*The title for this lecture series is based on lyrics from the song "3 Libras" by A Perfect Circle.<br />**The title for this lecture is based on the song "Stripper" by Sohodolls</span>.kalikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17409523740634445570noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-7888780575131387022010-07-15T04:40:00.006-04:002010-08-18T21:00:42.364-04:00"Without You"<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Booker</span> recently informed me that today, 15 July, marks the one year anniversary of Silvia's death. That's right. It's been exactly one year since the worst wedding <span style="font-style: italic;">ever</span>, and the good Doc asked me to write something in memoriam of la pelirroja. Admittedly, I was hesitant to oblige her request. After all, I'm not a Silvialogist expert like <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Piper</span>. But, I can never say no to a request by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. B</span>, so here I am, making an attempt to put something together that is hopefully fitting and worthy of another great doctor: Silvia Castro Leon. And yes, I know she's not real, but this is <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://pepsiuniversity.blogspot.com/">PepSi U</a></span>, so over here she's completely legit.<br />
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</div>Given how much Silvia has been analyzed and discussed here at the uni - 65 Silvialogy lectures, roughly 8 Silvia-centric lectures by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. B</span>, and an entire lecture series devoted solely to our favorite forensics inspector - I initially thought I made a huge mistake when I agreed to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. B's</span> request (I still might have). I mean, what could I possibly say that hasn't already been said about Silvia? But inspiration struck as I was watching the World Cup semifinal match between Germany and Spain (Congrats to La Furia Roja by the way on winning their first World Cup!). One of the things the commentators focused on was the absence of German player <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frbwh9K9d1w">Thomas Müller</a>, who was forced to miss the game after acquiring a controversial 2nd yellow card in the quarterfinals match against Argentina. Much was said about how the German team would be affected by Müller's absence - what they would be losing without him on the pitch and what they would need to do to compensate for that loss. All of this got me thinking about Silvia and what <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span> lost without her on the show.<br />
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For PepSi fans, the loss was blatantly obvious - there was no more PepSi without the "Si" - and as I stated before, the uni faculty has already done an excellent job writing about Silvia's absence in that context. But if one were to examine the show at large, the ramifications of Silvia's death were much, much larger than Pepa's loss of her wife.<br />
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Silvia wasn't perfect. Her personal life was as crazy and neurotic as the rest of the Castro-Miranda family. But at work Silvia was very rational and professional, and she often brought some much-needed logic to balance out the wild and craziness that was <span style="font-style: italic;">Los hombres de Paco</span>. Whatever problems she may have had with Lucas or Pepa, she (almost) never let it affect her professionally - her job was something she took very seriously. Perhaps it was because work was her escape, her safe haven from whatever personal issues she may have been dealing with at the time. Perhaps it was one of the few places where things always made sense or could be explained in black and white scientific terms, something she couldn't always find amongst her colorful family. Whatever the reason, Silvia's dedication to her job made her an excellent forensics inspector - the person the Pacos could turn to time and time again when they needed something concrete (and legitimate) to back up whatever far-fetched theory they concocted. And Silvia delivered every time.<br />
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Despite what you all may think about him, Deker was also a good forensics inspector. Whether you loved or hated his attitude (and his infatuation with Pepa), like Silvia, Deker was also good at his job. Now, before you all get your pitchforks out to attack me, I do have a "<strong>but</strong>". Deker was a good forensics inspector <span style="font-style: italic;">but</span> he still couldn't fill the void left by Silvia's death, because he didn't have (and could never have) the one thing Silvia had from the start: her personal connection and history to Paco and the hombres.<br />
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Silvia grew up with Don Lorenzo as her father, so she knew all about his mannerisms and his mood swings. She knew how to talk to him to calm him down or to rationalize a point to him in order to gain his compliance. Silvia also spent a great deal of her life around Paco, and if he were to approach Silvia with the idea that Satan was killing people and only he could stop him, Silvia...well Silvia would've thought Paco was nutters. <span style="font-style: italic;">But</span>, Silvia would have also tried to find a rational, scientific way to prove or disprove Paco's theory, and she would have talked to him in a way that would've been helpful <span style="font-style: italic;">and</span> supportive (see Ep. 109). This is something that Deker could never accomplish no matter how good of a forensics inspector he was, because Deker didn't share a father-daughter bond with Don Lorenzo or a brother-sister bond with Paco. He was also never Sabina's godmother, nor did he spend years working alongside Pove, Curtis and Rita. This lack of a connection - the history that Silvia shared with the Pacos, both personal and professional - is what the show truly lost without her. And in some ways I think that when Silvia died, the personal connections between all the characters - the heart of the show - died as well.<br />
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Did life go on? Of course, and unfortunately we have 13 episodes to prove that. Every day until his retirement, Don Lorenzo woke up and tried his best to govern a bunch of crazy cops. Pove woke up every morning trying to overcome the daily fears that plagued his life. Curtis and Rita continued to scrounge around for some decent screentime. Aitor got up every day trying to find a new relationship he could ruin. Pepa continued to have the best job ever by getting paid without having to actually do any real police work. Paco continued to stumble his way through solving crimes. Okay, he stumbled his way through the stupidest scheme <span style="font-style: italic;">ever</span> to get people to go to church, but there was (very minimal) police work involved. And for four months many of us continued to watch S9 against our better judgment. So sure, life went on, and the show went on. But the connections that made it great, the connections that helped make it a success? Many of those died exactly one year ago with Silvia. And eventually the show found that it couldn't go on, that it was dying without those relationships...without her.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">kalike</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">*The title for this lecture is based on the song "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frbwh9K9d1w"><strong>Without You</strong></a>" from the Broadway musical Rent</span>.<br />
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<span style="color: cyan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Piper's Commentary</strong>:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;">When Silvia died one year ago, many of us felt a visceral reaction, like someone real actually died. I cried. I don't know of many who didn't. One year later, I am still flabbergasted at our collective grief over the death of a TV character.</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;">There are some who started their Pepsilogy lessons at the end: their introduction was the death of Silvia on her wedding day, which in turn piqued their interest in this awesome love story. </span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;">But there are also many of us who followed PepSi from the beginning. Through the flirtations and smoldering looks, through the first kiss and the first love scene. And I don't really know what it was, but we waited each week with bated breath for the next installment of this story. It became more than a TV show. Nope, we were more than mere spectators of this unfolding love story. We claimed the pair for ourselves, like a prized secret affair that no one else in your real life knew about. We shared their angsts, seductions, denials. And when they fell in love, so did we.</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;">And for some, <em>*cough* Dr Piper *cough*</em>, we watched the "<em>Si</em>" even before the "<em>Pep</em>" - and completely fell in love with this flawed person who was looking for redemption. As KC said, we have an entire collection of Silvialogy lectures, beginning from when Silvia walked into the Comisaria (and into our hearts) for the first time wearing an oversized police uniform. We watched her broken engagements, her blind devotion to Lucas, her very loving relationship with her older sister, her tepid involvement with Montoya. We watched her get shot, we watched her finally freed from the demons of her past. She was a study in contrast: vulnerable and brave, independent and obsessive, gentle and fierce. And we loved her for it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;">Is it any wonder then why the collective grief over the <em>death of a TV character</em> was so palpable? </span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;">They say time heals all wounds. I say time doesn't necessarily heal, it just allows you to get used to the idea of being wounded. One year later, are still <em>wounded</em>. We've just forgotten that we are.</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;">Thank you, Marian, for giving us Silvia. </span>kalikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17409523740634445570noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-55665701528186854572010-07-04T07:54:00.004-04:002010-07-06T07:50:12.118-04:00The Geeky Story<div class="MsoNormal">Hello, hello!<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is Dr Bekelauer back from the shadows of oblivion. I promised Dr Booker to write this forever ago, and I have to confess I feel a little embarrassed by how long it has taken me to get back in track. So, while stuffing my face on purple Skittles (yeah, most people hate them, that’s why I get them for free), I shall write what PepSi meant to me.</span></i><br />
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</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal">For this, I am going to recall an incident that happened to me a couple of weeks ago. While riding home from work on my bike, I was pulled over by the Strathclyde police and I was asked if I were Spanish and if I could help them being the interpreter or a poor Spanish boy who did not understand a word of English and was in a care home for the homeless. Very random, yet true. I was standing there, trying to get a fellow citizen and the police communicate for like a half hour, and when I left, I felt amazing. I didn’t feel anything for the boy, who was in trouble, or ‘proud’ to be of use to the police, but happy that I had done something that for me, in these troubled times, means a lot: I translated. I was the translator.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">My story and my feelings for PepSi are sort of the same now. The excuse of the TV show helped me open some mental doors and tear some psychological barriers down and despite it’s over, despite I’m sort of sad of how everything finished, at the same time I am very, very happy, because it meant something for me, in a sense that probably nobody else can feel. And that also makes me feel special – I feel for PepSi, and PepSi changed my life in a completely radical way than it did to a lot of other people. Because PepSi didn’t open my eyes to accepting myself or to normality, or to love – real life did all that for me; they, however, opened a very big door for me, and put me back in track in the translation mind. All the motivation I had lost and all the hopes that were ruined by months of ostracism from job offers, came back with even more strength ever since I became Head of the Translation Department.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Maybe you expected something different, and this will sound terribly geeky, but translation, for me, is probably the only thing in the world I genuinely have a passion for and love sincerely. With the only exception of my coffee maker hehe. People will come and go from my life, but that will always remain. And if I know that, it's because and thanks to PepSi.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">So thanks very much,<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Dr Bekelauer</div>Bekelauerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17784662212399001456noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-1622071197729940302010-06-24T16:47:00.003-04:002010-06-24T17:19:50.722-04:00Come to my window by Dr.BookerHere is my confession: I have rarely watched any Pepsi scenes since Silvia died. It was too hard for me to watch them fall in love, flirt, kiss and get married. It was too hard to walk down that memory lane, because I missed Pepa and Silvia so much.<br /><br />I was a fan who watched the Pepsi scenes over and over. I was also a major fan of the numerous music videos made by some very talented Pepsi viewers.<br /><br />I went through a Pepsi withdrawl...cold turkey. I could have used a Pepsi Patch! But the best thing for me was not watch any Pepsi at all.<br /><br />But when Dr. Piper and I discussed doing a lecture series on what "Pepsi meant to us", I knew I would have to contribute something.<br /><br />There are only two things I watched to prepare myself for this lecture--the famous bathroom scene at Pepsienglish2 and "The One" video at MStrong0623. That was all I needed to remind me why I loved this show so much.<br /><br />I have written many lectures and posts about specific scenes and why these characters are significant. But I have not written about how LHDP personally impacted my life. I could write thousands of words on what has happened to my life because of the people I met. But I am not going to do that.<br /><br />I will tell you this--Pepsi gave me a peek into a window I never thought I would look into. Pepsi opened my eyes to seeing love in a new way. In a very silly way (now that I think of it) I wanted to be the Pepa in Silvia's life. To have that kind of connection and to cause that kind of reaction with another woman. I didn't realize it at the time, but I think that watching Pepsi wasn't just about a fantasy, I think it made me wonder who I am.<br /><br />There are many reasons to love Pepa and Silvia and their storyline. It was very entertaining, it was exciting to see lesbians on TV, and it gave all of us a community we did not have before. But for me, it was even more. Of all the people I met through Pepsi and PepsiU, the person I got to know the best was me. I learned a lot about myself and it was life changing.<br /><br />Sometimes a TV show is just a TV show. Sometimes it reaches into a corner of your heart and stuns you. It is up to each of us to accept or deny what has happened.<br /><br />My heart and arms are open. And I have much gratitude...to Spain, LHDP, Marian Aguilera and Laura Sanchez, and the AE and PepsiU communities.<br /><br />And we go on.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-50896339941767403442010-06-14T11:02:00.006-04:002010-06-19T21:10:30.997-04:00That's EntertainmentI’ve been thinking for some time now about how to sum up what PepSi’s meant to me, and I realized that first I’d have to figure out <em>why</em> it’s meant so much to me. It’s something that’s difficult to pare down; there are just so many good things about the PepSi storyline that I and others have discussed at length before – the wonderful actresses and their chemistry, the way their relationship was handled like any other relationship on the show, the passion and playfulness that was written and acted into each of their scenes…and did I mention the wonderful actresses and their chemistry? Outside of the show itself, there’s also been the awesome recognition that I wasn’t the only one so affected, that there are hundreds of other people – off all genders and sexuality - who were also touched by PepSi’s love story. It’s amazing to see and be a part of something that’s brought people together in a way that they would have never connected before. <br /><br />I’ve personally never been overtly involved in a fandom before, and I owe it to PepSi for bringing me out of lurkdom…and it’s been a great ride since I first stepped out of the shadows. I’ve gotten to discuss, converse, and interact with people from different parts of the world – people from cities and countries that I’ve never known anyone from before. I’ve even started to contribute in my own creative way, writing my own fanfic, which is something I <em>never</em> thought I would do. I’ve realized that I don’t have to be a professional writer to write…I enjoy doing it, and that’s what matters most, so I hope I continue to do so for some time. Of course, I have PepSi to thank for giving me this productive outlet…and speaking of thanking PepSi for things, I also have to give this whole PepSi phenomenon thanks for helping me to improve my Spanish. Seriously. And my parents are thankful for it, too.<br /><br />But after all this lofty exposition, I think what I concluded was that primarily, to me, PepSi was pure, satisfying entertainment. It was just fun to watch. It had been a long time since I had last been so engaged in a tv show, waiting with such eagerness and building enthusiasm to see what happened in the next episode. And I’ll never forget all those hours I spent in front of the computer, getting sucked into Pepa’s and Silvia’s relationship, smiling like a giant, sappy goober during their romantic scenes…or getting all worked up into a tizzy when things weren’t going well for them. I’ll never forget <em>rushing</em> to work the day after the Garage Frisking scene to send some of my friends links to the videoclip and forcing them to watch it just so I could gush over how magnificently sexy and sweet it all was (and lament the fact that American tv had not offered anything that was justifiably equivalent in super fantastic-ness). And that’s basically it. First and foremost, PepSi was an enjoyable story, for various reasons, on a quirky Spanish tv show…and I laughed, and I cried (boy, did I cry), and I’ll never forget how much Pepa and Silvia made me feel.Celahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561011102746375370noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-20591521236000749892010-06-11T06:24:00.003-04:002010-06-19T21:10:30.999-04:00"Open Your Eyes"When <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Booker</span> first approached me about this new lecture series and asked me to write about how PepSi changed my life, I didn't have to think very hard to find an answer to that question. Simply put, PepSi opened my eyes. It's not that my eyes were closed before - PepSi wasn't the first lesbian couple I'd ever seen on TV. However, like I stated in my "First Time" lecture, they made me realize how underrepresented gays and lesbians truly were on American television. PepSi were the first gay characters I ever saw who were a part of the main cast <span style="font-style: italic;">and</span> treated as equally as the other couples on the show. Yes, I had seen the occasional gay character/couple on TV before, but they were usually guest roles (during sweeps) or secondary (and largely invisible) characters. On the rare occasion that there was a recurring lesbian character, I rarely saw her in a relationship or saw that relationship treated with the same affection (and screentime) as the heterosexual characters on the show - "diet PepSi" as I like to call it.<br /><br />PepSi opened my eyes by showing me an example of how our world can and should be today: people being allowed to love whomever they choose without judgment. <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span> wasn't a sci-fi/fantasy show (at least it wasn't until S9) where a lot of problems that plague humanity don't exist anymore. The world of <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span> existed in our world today - the 21st Century - and yet, for the most part, all of the characters on <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span> never judged or questioned the validity of PepSi's relationship or Pepa and Silvia's sexuality. Sure there was Don Lorenzo, who initially wasn't keen on Pepa and Silvia's relationship (or Pepa in general), but even he was willing to open his eyes (and his mind) and see things from a point of view other than his own: Silvia's. And by doing so, he realized that Pepa made Silvia happy and that his daughter was in love with Pepa, and it didn't and shouldn't matter that Pepa was a woman.<br /><br />I'm not saying that people shouldn't be entitled to their opinions, but I do believe that in order for change to occur people on both sides of an issue need to be willing to look at things from the another's perspective. I also believe that media can be a great source for social change (and oppression) because it covers two of the most common ways that people learn - auditorily and visually - and PepSi was one of the best entertainment visual aids I've ever seen in the fight for equality. Through Marian Aguilera and Laura Sánchez’s portrayal of PepSi, we could see the love that Pepa and Silvia had for each other every time they were on screen together through every look, every touch, and every word.<br /><br />PepSi changed my life in many other ways - the music it's introduced me to, the friendships I've developed through the PepSi community, etc. - but, for the most part, <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span>'s honest and equal treatment of PepSi was a lesson to me that homosexuals can successfully be and should be the norm, not the "others" as they are so often portrayed as on American shows. That just as one shouldn't judge a person by their race, gender or the God they choose (not) to worship, they also shouldn't judge another by their sexual orientation. That a homosexual couple experiences the same ups and downs as any other person in a relationship. That two women and two men can love each other just as much as a man and a woman and that love is no greater or worse - it's just love. That a world of equality truly can exist as long as one is simply willing to open their eyes.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">kalike</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">*The title for this lecture is based on the song "Open Your Eyes" by Snow Patrol</span>.kalikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17409523740634445570noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-29603892576108627022010-06-09T01:37:00.003-04:002014-04-03T23:19:49.087-04:00PepSi Fan Fiction – The Power of Fandom and Why It Still Matters<div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hola PepSi University chicas! (And any chicos as well!) First of all, a huge thanks to </span><a href="http://kalikeca.livejournal.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">kalikeca</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> for broaching my idea to be a guest lecturer this time around and </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06756887210708370554"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Dr. P</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> for allowing me to come and play. Seriously, y’all rock!<br />
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With the end of LHDP and the season 9 clusterfuck (sorry, there’s just no other word for it!) fast approaching, I’ve been thinking a lot recently about all this fandom has given me. Granted, I’ve only been a fan of PepSi for less than a year – ep 104 was the first one I ever watched, believe it or not! – but my time in this fandom continues to be increasingly gratifying and rewarding. I’ve been able to witness the unparalleled chemistry of Laura Sánchez and Marian Aguilera as they portrayed one of the most beautiful, realistic lesbian relationships ever seen on screen. I’ve found a fan community that loves to analyze every PepSi look, glance, word of dialog and more – while the folks in this fandom I’ve found to be alternately hilarious, profound, silly and just plain awesome. But beyond that, one of the most important things PepSi did for me was to rekindle my creativity.<br />
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I’ve been a writer all my life, but admittedly a chickenshit one. I’ve written dozens of fanfics on various fandoms since I was a kid, but have never showed them to anyone beyond a few select friends. Until I became a PepSi fan. Something about Pepa and Silvia’s onscreen magic fueled an insatiable urge in me to create more stories – to fill in the gaps that might have happened between scenes or episodes or to take the characters in a new direction. Tentatively, and then with growing confidence, I started posting my PepSi fanfic on my </span><a href="http://lenageek.livejournal.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">LiveJournal</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. I was afraid that I’d irrevocably ‘messed up’ these two beloved characters with my first attempt and wondered if anyone would hopefully enjoy or even read what I had to offer. But I kept writing more PepSi stories, unable to stop. And the feedback I received was not only gratifying, but helped give me a huge boost in my self-confidence as a writer. My PepSi fanfic entitled </span><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/pepa_silvia/tag/fanfiction:%20in%20love%27s%20defense"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In Love’s Defense</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> was not only the longest piece I’d ever written, it was the most substantial piece of writing I’d been able to finish in over 15 years – just about all of my other writing has been left by the wayside, unfinished and gathering (virtual) dust in the depths of my hard drive.<br />
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Now, I’m not only chomping at the bit to keep on writing PepSi fanfic, but have the fortitude and conviction to return to my own original novel (a lesbian romance) after having not worked on it for almost a year. And now I have the confidence that I will actually finish it. I’ve been able to have become more comfortable in my own skin as a woman who’s not only out, but is able to thoroughly enjoy the fantastical creative process that comes with being a writer.<br />
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I know that my experience writing PepSi fanfic is not unique. So many awesome fanfic writers have taken Pepa and Silvia on their own journeys – whether filling in the blanks of that missing year in between seasons 6 and 7, creating little slice-of-life domestic moments, or just plain hot, sizzling smutty ones! :D With the end of LHDP upon us, I believe that PepSi fan fiction and fan creativity in all its forms is not only more important, but more necessary than ever. Fan contributions will continue to keep Pepa and Silvia happy, alive and in love. They’re a way of healing and catharsis after the disaster of episodes 104 and season 9. But most importantly, they will keep this community engaged and lively long after the show ends.<br />
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A friend of mine who runs one of the most foremost Xena: Warrior Princess </span><a href="http://www.ausxip.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">sites</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> wrote after the ending of the series (pardon me, I’m paraphrasing): “Rob Tapert [Xena series creator] may have created the show, but it’s the fans who hold the legacy and will carry it forward.” Like Pepa and Silvia, Xena and Gabrielle also had a similar, tragic ending to their relationship, with Xena’s gruesome death and separation from her soulmate. Fans also felt hurt, enraged and betrayed by the series they loved so much. But I think what my friend said is also true in this case – a lot of us hate what Alex Pina has done to a series and couple that started out so beautifully, but we as fans, can create the ending we want. We can write the ending where PepSi goes off into the sunset on their honeymoon, make a </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDP0-3znxUg"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">happy ending</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> video or create PepSi artwork that portrays them together and eternally in love. We can keep introducing LHDP and PepSi to others, which can in turn continue to affect people on a personal level, as it has in my case.<br />
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I’ve always believed that the story of Pepa and Silvia is more than a television show – beyond the relationship portrayed on screen, it’s a socially important story that needs to be told. How many people have found the courage to come out because of watching Pepa and Silvia? How many have had their horizons expanded or their opinions broadened because of watching this couple? How many have found their muse again? Probably more than we’ll ever know. So let’s keep on writing those fanfics, making those videos, that artwork, or whatever tickles your fancy. Even if it’s the first time you’ve ever written or made a video, give it a try. It may be more of a positive change than you can ever imagine.<br />
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Thanks for reading, PepSi peeps. I love this show, but more than that, I love the community it has created.<br />
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-lenageek</span></div>lenageekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04672153778538998735noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-75941172309678691872010-06-05T18:26:00.001-04:002010-08-18T21:04:36.586-04:009x13 LHdP 66.6: The Rip-off - "In the End, It Doesn't Even Matter"There was one major rip-off in this episode, so I'm going to discuss that and get it over with before examining the S9 storylines in our last rip-off lecture together.<br />
<a href="http://pepsiuniversity.blogspot.com/2010/05/9x13-el-acabose-de-los-tiempos-mini.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br />
</span></a><a href="http://pepsiuniversity.blogspot.com/2010/05/9x13-el-acabose-de-los-tiempos-mini.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span></a><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Ep. 117: El Acabose de los tiempos (The last straws of time)</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: yellow;">Rip-off<span style="font-weight: bold;">: <span style="font-style: italic;">Angels and Demons</span></span></span></span><br />
<a href="http://cutprintreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009_angels_and_demons_0031.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://cutprintreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009_angels_and_demons_0031.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 164px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 247px;" /></a><span style="color: magenta; font-style: italic;"><strong>Summary</strong></span>: After Pope Pius XVI dies, the four Preferiti in contention to succeed him are kidnapped by the secret brotherhood of the Illuminati, who promise to kill one Cardinal each hour culminating in an explosion of Vatican City with stolen antimatter - revenge for the persecution the Illuminati suffered at the hands of the Church. While the conclave remains in seclusion to determine who will be the new Pope, symbologist Robert Langdon (from <span style="font-style: italic;">The Da Vinci Code</span>), along with physicist Vittoria Vetra are summoned by the Vatican police and Camerlengo Patrick McKenna to aid in the rescue of the Preferiti and stop the antimatter from exploding. Langdon and Vetra use clues to trace the "Path of Illumination", hoping it will lead them to the missing Cardinals and the antimatter. They manage to rescue the fourth Preferiti from death, but by the time the find the antimatter bomb, it is minutes away from exploding. Camerlengo McKenna takes the vial in a helicopter and parachutes out just before it explodes, saving everyone and becoming an instant hero. However, it is soon revealed that Camerlengo McKenna was behind the whole thing, using the Illuminati as a ploy to bring people back to the church by showing that the church, not science, should dictate moral creedence. When his plans are revealed, he immolates himself.<br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-style: italic;"><strong>LHdP spin</strong></span>: Paco has spent all of S9 using clues to track down Damián Jr., who believes he is Satan incarnate. Each clue leads Paco and the hombres to another victim, which we learned each gave blood to Damián Sr., Damián Jr.'s father. Paco is the final donor and the last victim Damián Jr. believes he must kill in order for his reign of darkness to begin. He decides that the opportune place for this to occur is at a church - the sixth and final point on the pentagram - which results in the hombres infiltrating the church as Cardinals. During the climax of the episode Damián Jr. learns (from his father) that he is <span style="font-style: italic;">not</span> Satan, but a mere mortal. Rather, Damián Sr. is a member of the secret organization, The Witness of the Resurrection, who "created" Damián Jr. by raping his mother and raising Junior to believe he was the devil so that he and his organization could use the public's fear of Satan to renew their faith in the church. Damián Jr. doesn't take this revelation very well and kills his father before confronting and stabbing Paco. In the end, he dies after being shot by all the hombres.<br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-style: italic;"><strong>Epic fail</strong></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Angels and Demons</span> worked (as a film and book) because its premise was both intriguing and legit. The camerlengo is a religious fanatic who believes that faith trumps science and, to prove his point, he uses the Illuminati as a ploy to get that message across. In that respect, the sudden twist that Alex Pina & Co. chose to take with the "66.6" storyline actually makes sense. Like the camerlengo, Damián Sr. is also a religious fanatic, but one who simply believes more people need to go to church. And because of that belief, he and his secret group generate a plan in which he spends his life raising a guy to believe that he's Satan in order to get that message across.<br />
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Here's the thing though. In <span style="font-style: italic;">Angels and Demons</span>, Camerlengo McKenna hasn't spent half his life planning his "faith trumps science" scheme. Everything takes place over a short period of time and is triggered by his discovery that the late-Pope (a) considered using the antimatter research to show, through science, that Man and God are connected, and (b) used the science of artificial insemination to conceive a son. In <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span>'s warped "66.6" storyline, we're led to believe that Damián Sr. has been planning this thing for <span style="font-style: italic;">decades</span>. He and his group went through the trouble of (a) creating this plan of getting more people to go to church, (b) rape some poor girl in order to (c) raise that child, making him believe that he is the devil, including (d) manipulating thousands of Satan worshippers around the world to make it appear that Satan is on Earth only to (e) say "psyche!" in the end. And they wonder why Junior didn't react so well to the news that he's not Satan. That's a hell of a lot of planning and scheming just to get more people to go to church. I can think of several other ways they could've accomplished their goal without giving the church a bad rap - the Jehovah Witness door-to-door way, the <span style="font-style: italic;">Sister Act</span> giving your choir a makeover way, or even the simple giving back to the community way to name a few. It also doesn't help their cause that during all this time they actively encouraged Satanists. At least in <span style="font-style: italic;">Angles and Demons</span> the camerlengo achieved his goal: the public, unaware of his true motives, perceives him as a hero and demands that he be canonized. I don't think any of Damián Sr.'s action got more people in Spain to go to church - it certainly was a turn off for me.<br />
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Finally, in <span style="font-style: italic;">Angels and Demons</span>, Langdon went through the trouble of trying to find each Cardinal in order to save them and stop the antimatter bomb from exploding. We didn't get anything near that with <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span>. The "66.6" storyline may have started off that way (as I'll discuss below), but it eventually developed into a Paco-Damián Jr. showdown that frankly I (and it seems most other viewers) could care less about. Despite the fact that Paco had Father Sistiaga's "journey book", which seemed to lay out exactly where each point on the pentagram was (in other words, where each death would occur), he and the hombres kept running around like chickens with their heads cut off instead of staking out each location. And, with the exception of the novice, they never came close to discovering or protecting any of the intended victims - they always arrived well after the fact.<br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-style: italic;"><strong>Summary</strong></span>: Throughout the course of this season, Paco and the hombres discovered/witnessed the murders of: a philanthropist, a negotiator, a priest, a novice, and a bomb squad expert. Initially, the hombres believe that each victim represents one of the seven virtues. However, their investigation leads them to discover that each victim donated blood to the killer's - Damián Jr. - father, and thus, that is their real connection to each other. Paco, being the last donor alive, believes that only he can stop Damián Jr. and has a showdown with him, which leads to Paco being stabbed by Damián Jr. and Junior being shot by almost every hombre before he dies. During Don Lorenzo's retirement ceremony one year later, we learn that Paco has survived his encounter with Damián Jr. and will be taking over as Comisario of the precinct.<br />
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Putting aside all the plot points they brought up and dismissed like <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. P</span> mentioned at the end of the recap - the elephant, the opium dream, Paco's ability to see Ghost Silvia, an invalid Senior who turned out to be faking as penance!?!, Paco's paralysis in Ep. 113, etc. - when one considers the explanation Alex Pina & Co. chose as their "big reveal", it was this season's biggest failure IMO. In the end, it didn't fucking matter what you called the virtues or how many there were, because the whole thing was one big sham in a plot to get more asses in church on Sundays. I actually think it's a good metaphor to describe this whole season. Damián Sr. and his merry band got together and decided that the best way to convince people to go to church was to stage several decades worth of Satanic acts and make Damián Jr. believe he was Satan, and while we don't know the outcome - if more people, in fact, are attending church - I'm to going to venture a guess that it probably didn't work as well as they hoped. Similarly, Alex Pina and his merry band of writers got together and decided that the best way to keep his remaining viewership interested was to create a totally unrecognizable show that focused on nothing that made viewers want to tune in to begin with - the comedy, the relationships, etc. - and we <span style="font-style: italic;">definitely</span> know the outcome of that little idea.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Summary</span>: The CNI are aware of the fact that Pepa killed El Gordo and use that information (and the fact that she made Aitor her accomplice in El Gordo's murder) to blackmail Pepa into becoming an assassin for them. They make Marina Salgado Pepa's "handler", based on her relationship with Pepa and Paco. Pepa proves to be difficult, doing whatever she can to avoid carrying out her orders, forcing the CNI to bring in Aitor, who decides to carry out the job for Pepa. However, Aitor can't go through with the assassination either, and he and Pepa (along with Reyes and Deker) decide to gather intel from the intended target (a scientist) instead. They discover the CNI wants the scientist dead in order to cover up Spain's involvement in nuclear development. Salgado ends up shooting the scientist herself (with Pepa's gun in Aitor's place) but provides a cover story clearing both Pepa and Aitor of any involvement before giving Pepa all the information she has linking her to El Gordo's death. Salgado then reveals that she is a part of a secret CNI unit called "Zebra" and intends to expose them. She almost dies in the process before being saved by the mysterious Blackman.<br />
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However, once Salgado assassinated the scientist, this subplot took a huge nosedive. Pepa and Aitor are absolved from participating in the story because Salgado gives Pepa all the the CNI's evidence that links her to El G's murder, and suddenly "Zebra" is a focal plot point which is explained and resolved all in one episode. Blackman appeared out of nowhere - as he tends to do - and injected himself into the story without explanation (although that's pretty consistent with his character, so I'll give them that). The plot then focuses more on Salgado and two new, random CNI dudes that no one cares about because (a) they're not Pepa (or Aitor) and (b) they're not part of the show in general. Everything gets wrapped up in one ugly bow and *poof* storyline over. This subplot had the potential to be really great, but it ended up suffering the same fate as everything else this season - poor writing and another failed attempt to rip-off a show/movie.<br />
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While I was back home recently, I watched an old episode of <span style="font-style: italic;">CSI:NY</span> with my sis who loves that show. The episode was titled "Boo", and one of the plots dealt with zombies (it was their Halloween episode). The CSIs are called to a zombie flash mob where one of the zombies has died. They determine that the "zombie" died from a blunt force trauma to the head, but his body temp indicates that he had been dead for 8h, which is inconsistent with witness reports that he died 3h ago. It makes one believe that this guy could really be a zombie, right? Well, since <span style="font-style: italic;">CSI:NY</span> is a show that takes place in NYC in the 21st Century, viewers discovered that - surprise! - there's no such thing as zombies. Instead, the victim faked his death after being drugged to make it look like he suffered a congenitive heart failure. After "rising from the dead", he discovers his wife in bed with his doc and drugs them both, but not before being beaten on the head several times. Thus, he was able to stumble out into the street where witnesses saw him before he died for reals. While watching that episode, I couldn't help but think <span style="font-style: italic;">This is how Alex Pina & Co. should've/could've tackled the whole "66.6" storyline.</span> At least that way, it would've actually fit into the premise of a cop show. So perhaps instead of gathering all the horror/thriller/sci-fi rip-offs they could find, they just should've watched <span style="font-style: italic;">CSI</span>.<br />
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I've already expressed some of my thoughts on the finale here and in the latest weekend update, but it did leave me with several questions, although I'll admit they're irrelevant. Where the fuck was Blackman? They create a storyline with him and Amaia but don't resolve it in any way - he just "flys" away at the end of Ep. 116!?! Okay. Adios, I suppose. Where was WIN-E during the finale, and where does he go and what does he do when he's not at the precinct? Yes, I realize WIN-E's character is extremely minor, but I was more interested in him than the four newbies combined and would much rather know what he does during his off time than watch Lis pine over Aitor or Amaia cry over Blackman. On a positive note, one thing I recently noticed was that aside from Deker, Aitor was also absent during Damián Jr.'s takedown <span style="font-style: italic;">and</span> he wasn't a part of the "fucking rowing team" at the end. Now, his absence from the showdown makes a little sense - he was probably with Sara - but I found it somewhat amusing that they boy who seemed to be Alex Pina's "face of the show"/Lucas replacement/boy-crush was the only character absent from the rowing team. I guess Aitor's ego couldn't fit in their boat and he had to go. It's just a shame he couldn't take his wife Lis with him.<br />
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Finally, despite the title I've chosen for this lecture, I believe that what happened this season (as well as the S8 finale) does matter. It matters because I firmly believe in George Santayana's quote that <span style="font-style: italic;">"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."</span> Regardless of what it turned out to be in the end, <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span> had some really good moments and some really good lessons on the way people should (not) be treated. I don't hate Alex Pina - there's too much of that in the world as it is - but I am disappointed that he (appears to have) let his ego get in the way of being true to his show and the beautiful relationships he created. I have no idea if Alex Pina will learn (or cares enough to learn) from the mistakes he's made, but hopefully others will. Hopefully other writers, producers and execs will take the good from what this show was able to do - both in its style and relationships - and learn from the bad this show became. After all, isn't that one way change happens? And if future storytellers can create stories like PepSi and treat it with the same sincerity and honesty as <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span> did without falling into the same pitfalls, then while the S8 finale and "66.6" storyline themselves may not have mattered in the end, the message it taught us of what us not to do will have, and perhaps that will make the heartache we've endured a little worth it.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">*The title for this lecture is based on lyrics to the song "In the End" by Linkin' Park.</span><br />
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DL is trying to justify the<i sab="470"> lack of smoothness</i> of the mission to the newbies. Mariano orders Goyo to take the priest to hospital. Pove confesses to Curtis that the prostitute thing was all a joke and Curtis gets so worked up that he starts the car and accelerates, runs over the road block spikes, and blows their tires out.</div>
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Paco is drugged in one of the holding cells at the precinct, then wakes up. Salgado is there with him, and tells him that he can’t leave because he needs to keep on with his life. Oh, I see Pepa is there, so...</div>
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<i sab="475"><b sab="476"><u sab="477">Salgado</u></b>: Easy, easy Paco. Chloroform causes a terrible hangover.</i></div>
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<i sab="479"><b sab="480"><u sab="481">Paco</u></b>: Did the mission start?</i></div>
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<i sab="483"><b sab="484"><u sab="485">Salgado</u></b>: An hour ago. How are you? How are you, honey?</i></div>
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<i sab="487"><b sab="488"><u sab="489">Paco</u></b>: Marina, I know what you’re doing, but I don’t want to hide. I don’t want to dishonour my duties because of a threat. I don’t want fear to eat me alive. I don’t want to be locked away here for that motherfucker not to go on with his prophecy. Or to close his fucking circle, or kill me. Do you understand?</i></div>
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<i sab="491"><b sab="492"><u sab="493">Salgado</u></b>: Paco, listen to me, you’re not locked here because of that. You’re locked here because you have to have dinner with your daughter tonight, and you have to take your grandson to church to get him baptised in a couple of weeks. And you’re also here because you asked me to marry you last night and I told you I needed time to think about it. But now I realise that in life, sometimes, there’s no time. There’s no time. And that’s why you’re here. Because I want to say yes, I want to marry you, and live together for many years. Because if you walk out that door, we might not have time.</i></div>
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Back in Laureano Vicuña, Sara is in labor and being helped by Aitor and Rita. Just when she is about to pop her baby out, Sara decides that this is the proper moment to beg for forgiveness after all she did to Aitor. <i sab="500">About time! </i>She says that when she saw him and Lucas at Silvia and Pepa's wedding, she instantly <em sab="501">knew</em> that she had to be with Lucas.</div>
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<i sab="506"><b sab="507"><u sab="508">Mariano</u></b>: Let’s see gentlemen, in this precinct pretty much everyone has had an affair with somebody else’s woman. Paco with Marina, me with Lola, Lucas with everyone... not to mention the dead, because Gonzalo and <b sab="509"><span sab="510" style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Silvia</span></b> were also free spirits, may they rest in peace.</i></div>
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Curtis says he’s not going to hit him because he is brokenhearted. He tries to flag a passing car so they can hitch a ride, but the car doesn't stop, and he starts swearing and chasing it. Which is supposed to be funny because he is dressed as a bishop.</div>
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Reyes walks in the locker room and sees Deker smoking. They’re both brokenhearted. Reyes starts smoking with him. Deker suggests they could go somewhere together, and after some convincing she accepts. Someone walks in with the results from the lab. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxytocin" sab="517">Oxytocin</a> was present, a drug given to pregnant women to induce contractions – Deker and Reyes rightly deduce that Junior has gone after Sara.</div>
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Next thing we know, Sara is actually giving birth. Aitor and Sara have a tender moment. He says that he will never hate her because he loves her. Lis silently says, “<i sab="523">WTF</i>?”. He says that he also admires her for being able to choose so fast, and then he says that he also has had that <i sab="524">“fraction of a second”</i> in which he knew what he wanted... <i sab="525">“in an elevator, with a girl dressed up as Santa”</i>. Afterwards, Sara gives birth to the chunkiest preemie baby ever. </div>
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<i sab="533"><b sab="534"><u sab="535">Paco</u></b>: Pepa...<br sab="536" />
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<i sab="540"><b sab="541"><u sab="542">Paco</u></b>: What would you do if that motherfucker came for you? Would you like to be sitting in a cell while your friends do their best for you?</i></div>
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<i sab="548"><strong sab="549"><u sab="550">Paco</u></strong>: Well, I know! You would go out there with your gun, with your bare chest if necessary, and you would face anything that would come, because if you didn’t, when all would be over, you would never forgive yourself not doing anything, for staying put while your colleagues defend you, or worse, die for you.</i></div>
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Mariano, Curtis, and Pove have "<em sab="563">borrowed</em>" the bishops' vestments and are now walking to the monastery. Curtis puts his hand in his pocket and finds a train with a note from Pove, saying that he didn’t know what to give them for a present, so he bought them two tickets for the Orient Express and that he loves them and wants them to be happy ever after. Aawww! Curtis is moved and tells Pover that he loves him too and they forgive each other. At that same moment, a lorry drives by and they stop it.</div>
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Pepa and Paco are leaving the precinct when the SWAT patrol intervenes and stop them. Salgado shows up.</div>
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<i sab="568"><b sab="569"><u sab="570">Salgado</u></b>: I know the Mirandas. Paco, the gun, please.</i></div>
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<i sab="576"><b sab="577"><u sab="578">Reyes</u></b>: Inspector, do you know where your daughter is?</i></div>
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<i sab="580"><b sab="581"><u sab="582">Paco</u></b>: Why?</i></div>
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<i sab="584"><b sab="585"><u sab="586">Deker</u></b>: We think Satan might have established contact with her and induced her into premature labour. Call her now.</i></div>
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Goyo arrives at Confecciones Puri and says he has abandoned the priests at the door of the ER. Mariano, Pove, and Curtis are overhearing the conversation because their mics are still on. DL says he is going to teach the newbies how to be professionals because he does not want them to end up like <i sab="588">“that band of pilgrims”</i>. Never a truer word spoken. Then he scolds Goyo with his <em sab="589">“santos cojones”</em> repertoire.</div>
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Rita phones Curtis and tells him he forgives her. Sara misses a call from Paco. Aitor and Lis flirt tenderly in front of the baby. Then the paramedic arrives and takes the baby to the ambulance. Alone! Who the fuck lets a stranger take a newborn without its mother?! Aitor picks up the phone - it's Paco who asks him if he can see the baby. He goes down to the ambulance and see that the paramedic has been killed and the baby is nowhere to be found.</div>
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Mariano, Curtis, and Povedilla get to the monastery and they enter with the other priests. Then Deker explains in a voice-over the main points of ATPP's stupid Satanic plot, a blatant rip-off of Dan Brown's <a href="http://www.danbrown.com/#/angelsAndDemons" sab="597">Angels and Demons</a>.</div>
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<i sab="603"><b sab="604"><u sab="605">Deker</u></b>: The balance of universe is ruled in pairs, divided in opposite forces of the same magnitude. This way, Good remains balanced if Evil exists. But in these times, Evil is has devalued. Nobody fears it, nobody prays. The Witnesses of the Resurrection have known this for a long time long and they have been carrying out their plan. Damián Vallejo, one of the group's key members, conceived his own "devil" by a rape that cost him 8 years of penitence in a hospital bed. They raised the Chosen One making him believe that he was really Satan and that if he managed to "kill" all six theological virtues*, he would rule over the Earth. The twin was a mishap fixed by destiny, they used him like a puppet, like they used the three thousand followers of the order all over the globe, to make it look like a Satanic plot, all with the same purpose – to extend the fear of Satan, and bring people back to Church.</i></div>
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<strong sab="607">*<u sab="608">Piper</u>: THREE! There are only </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theological_virtues" sab="609"><strong sab="610">3 theological virtues</strong></a><strong sab="611">, </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_virtues" sab="612"><strong sab="613">4 Cardinal virtues</strong></a><strong sab="614">, and </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_virtues" sab="615"><strong sab="616">7 Heavenly virtues</strong></a><strong sab="617">.</strong></div>
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<em sab="622"><span sab="623" style="color: lime;"><strong sab="624">Random Silvia picture from the flasbacks</strong></span></em></div>
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The strabismus guy is the presiding priest of the secret meeting. Somebody is knocking at the door of the monastery and – ta-dah! Junior with Sara’s baby. Aitor phones DL to tell him that <em sab="627">Satan</em> has his great-grandson.</div>
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<i sab="630"><b sab="631"><u sab="632">Senior</u></b>: Hand me the baby, no more deaths. And time is not going to bring a new era.</i></div>
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<i sab="634"><b sab="635"><u sab="636">Junior</u></b>: Today is the great day, father. I need to spill the blood of the virtuous on the corner of the star, to open the doors of Solomon. </i></div>
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<i sab="638"><b sab="639"><u sab="640">Senior</u></b>: No door is going to open, my son. You’re not going to rule over anything, and you are not the Chosen One. There won’t be an era of shadows, nor will Evil be eternal. Come with me. You have to come with us. Your example will be the proof to show the world that prayers beat Evil. We will say that the power of the Church beats Satan. We will hand you to the authorities, so faith will be renewed. Come with me, give me the baby, please.</i></div>
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<i sab="642"><b sab="643"><u sab="644">Junior</u></b>: Father, why did you abandon me?</i></div>
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<i sab="648"><b sab="649"><u sab="650">Mariano</u></b>: Drop the baby, drop the baby.</i></div>
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<i sab="652"><b sab="653"><u sab="654">Pepa</u></b>: You here, you, over there!</i></div>
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<span sab="657" style="color: #e06666;">That’s when we see for the first time the girl that will end up hooking up with! She nods silently and follows with her.</span></div>
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<i sab="660"><b sab="661"><u sab="662">Mariano</u></b>: Don Lorenzo, what shall we do?</i></div>
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Junior takes out a HUGE ham-cutting knife and is about to carve Sara's chunky baby. He looks like a ham anyway. <i sab="667"><span sab="668" style="color: #e06666;">(<u sab="669">Piper scolding herself</u>: Piper! That's a very mean thing to say about a baby!)</span></i> But Paco, our hero, shows up.</div>
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<i sab="672"><b sab="673"><u sab="674">Paco</u></b>: SATAN!!! I am here! Were you looking for me? I am the last virtue – Hope.</i></div>
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<i sab="676"><b sab="677"><u sab="678">Mariano</u></b>: No, Paco!</i></div>
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<i sab="680"><b sab="681"><u sab="682">Paco</u></b>: Here I am. Leave my grandson alone. My life for his.</i></div>
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<i sab="684"><b sab="685"><u sab="686">Junior</u></b>: Hope is in your blood. Do you want the boy to live?</i></div>
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<i sab="688"><b sab="689"><u sab="690">Paco</u></b>: Yes.</i></div>
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Everyone starts shooting Junior, who takes an awfully long time to drop dead. You know ATPP wants us to believe that maybe Junior really was immortal. And now he wants us to ask that age-old question:<em sab="706"> Does Paco die?</em> We don't answer because we don't really care.</div>
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One year later... DL is giving his retirement speech to a glum audience. ATPP still wants us to think that Paco died, so he can surprise us and we'd be happy. Dumbass! You could have pulled that stunt at the beginning of this season! Silvia would be alive, we'd be really happy, and you'd still have a show.</div>
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<i sab="717"><b sab="718"><u sab="719">DL</u></b>: Every agent who falls in the line of duty is like an open wound that never heals. I have been a Captain for 26 years and when I look back, all I can think of are the agents, our colleagues, who lost their lives under my command. And not even success, nor medals, can compensate or ease the pain. Today I am retiring, and I would like to ask you a favour. Please, let’s take a moment of silence to remember those who were once in this precinct.</i></div>
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<i sab="725"><b sab="726"><u sab="727">DL</u></b>: Thank you. One day, I heard one of my men say that the end of everything was just the starting point of something new. And if this is like that, today, the Castro era is over in this precinct, but only to let in one of our best... the best Captain.</i></div>
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<span sab="873" style="color: #ffd966;">Fuck you for the 4 newbies who didn't do much other than to annoy the heck out of us. And for the characters whom we have learned to love but you have blown up, exiled, shortchanged, or simply sent to TV limbo: <em sab="874">Lola, the 4 casualties of Episode 104, Bernarda, Pig Noise guy, Mama Concha, Quoque (Bernarda's son), Lucas</em>... They were good, you know. They were <em sab="875">The</em> DNA of the show.</span></div>
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<span sab="878" style="color: #ffd966;">And lastly, FUCK YOU for killing Silvia. Yes, Marian wanted to leave the show. Yes, she was able to display her amazing acting and dying skills. But your smug and unapologetic demeanor afterwards just sealed your dickheadedness, so fuck you.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-55716466716830839292010-05-26T17:01:00.012-04:002010-06-18T22:23:26.606-04:009x12 LHdP 66.6: The Rip-off - "Sing with Me in the Gasoline Choir"<span style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://pepsiuniversity.blogspot.com/2010/05/9x12-patadon-y-parriba-complete-recap.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ep. 116: Patadón y Parriba</span></a></span><br /><br />Aside from the movie cliche of having a main character strapped to a bomb and having it tick down to the last possible second without it going off, I didn't spot any blatant rip-offs in this episode. So I've decided to take this opportunity to look at each character based on how they were supposed to be and compare it to how they actually turned out. I haven't seen Ep. 117 yet, so my analysis is limited to everything from pre-S9 articles/interviews to Ep. 116. Also, this lecture is going to be long, PepSi peeps, so please bear with me and thanks in advance for doing so.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://estaticos.20minutos.es/img/2006/06/21/468603_tn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="http://estaticos.20minutos.es/img/2006/06/21/468603_tn.jpg" width="320" border="0" height="198" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Paco Miranda</span> (portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Paco Tous</span>)<br /><span style="color:yellow;"><b><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9 info</span></b></span>: Despite being the title character of the series, very little information was divulged about Paco's character prior to the start of S9. A <a href="http://www.formulatv.com/1,20091214,13613,1.html"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">FormulaTV</span></a> article revealed that evil would come to Earth in the form of a mysterious case involving Satan and that Paco and his hombres would be the only hope in stopping it, while an <a href="http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/12/12/television/1260646555.html"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">El Mundo</span></a> article added that Paco Tous would not be a protagonist.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What actually happened</span></b>: The articles regarding the story arc for S9 regrettably turned out to be true. As we've seen (at least those of us who have watched S9), Paco and the hombres were slowly sucked further and further into a series of murders that involve Satan and a lot of other things that still don't make sense. Paco personally became obsessed with the case, believing that he is the "Chosen One" who can defeat Satan. Investigation tactics conducted by Paco this season included consulting a priest and his "journey book", a ghost (albeit a beautiful, intelligent one) a tarot reader and a medium, going on an unauthorized mission, and visiting an opium den.<br /><br /><span style="color:yellow;"><b><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span></b></span>: As much as Paco's character stayed true to the rumors, a part of the reason why this season failed so much IMO was b/c Paco began acting in ways that are contrary to who he really is. I've said before that I believe the show's true decline started in S5 and S6 when Lucas and Sara betrayed Paco on the El Kaiser case. I believe the same thing happened this season but the repercussions were more drastic given that S9 had the burden of trying to recover from the death of four characters. With the exception of Mariano and Pove, Paco didn't rely much on any of the other hombres to gather information, and he bought more and more into the belief that he and only he could solve this case. At least when Paco was involved in the El Gordo investigation, he worked on it <span style="font-style: italic;">with the other hombres</span> using (mostly) legitimate police investigation tactics. And perhaps that's what the <span style="font-style: italic;">El Mundo</span> article meant when it said that Paco wouldn't be a protagonist. Perhaps it was saying that Paco's belief that Satan was behind everything made him "the bad guy" b/c he's literally been fighting with everyone, including Mariano, trying to convince them that Satan does exist and is behind all of the deaths. Granted they all came around eventually, but Paco hasn't become any saner or calmer with the support - he keeps getting one step closer to completely falling off the ledge. Finally, Paco's decision to abruptly forgive Salgado for her blackmail of Pepa and her lies goes against Paco's character as the loyal family man, which is a core element of his character and a defining part of the show in general. Thus, I believe that this season failed for two main reasons (three if you count the four deaths from S8): the "66.6" storyline, and Alex Pina & Co.'s decision to their main character into a crazy, unrecognizable shell of the person he once was.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiO2jloVliMmHxSLw0sheCZm24zm4J7UDkgaQhLIKrsZxJAW8LIru7geYqjEGfb7gtAKpbWqlXL0uAtHbJlZtizUULspqNsePzmPL5-rK9f8uQ044slWIz4kCmfc1OJizrI_Wljd-dy9k/s1600/Pepon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiO2jloVliMmHxSLw0sheCZm24zm4J7UDkgaQhLIKrsZxJAW8LIru7geYqjEGfb7gtAKpbWqlXL0uAtHbJlZtizUULspqNsePzmPL5-rK9f8uQ044slWIz4kCmfc1OJizrI_Wljd-dy9k/s320/Pepon.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Mariano Moreno</span> (portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pepón Nieto</span>)<br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Info pre-S9</span></b>: Not much information was given about Mariano other than the fact that, like Paco Tous, Pepón Nieto would also not be a protagonist.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-style: italic;color:yellow;" >What actually happened</span></b>: Mariano spent the beginning of the season upset at Paco's relationship with Salgado until he realized that their friendship was more important to him. While he's often doubted Paco's belief that Satan is behind all the murders, he's always been there to support his best friend in the investigation.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span></b>: Mariano has always been one of my least favorite characters. I never liked how he would whine so much and was usually the last holdout amongst the hombres (even among rational Silvia and level-headed Montoya). This season, however, he's been less whiny and more practical. And despite my feelings for Mariano, I've always liked his loyalty to Paco and the friendship they have. He's continued to do a good job IMO of being a true friend to crazy Paco no matter how much he might disagree or not fully believe Paco's theories. He's even resolved his issues regarding Paco and Salgado's relationship, offering his support to both of them when he learns that Salgado blackmailed Pepa and was a part of the CNI's black ops unit. Basically, there have been subtle changes to Mariano's character in a good way this season and I just wish they would've showed more scenes with him and Paco together.<br /><br /><a href="http://hjoven.hola.com/tele/2008/02/19/Mario-Casas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="http://hjoven.hola.com/tele/2008/02/19/Mario-Casas.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Aitor Carrasco</span> (portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mario Casas</span>)<br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9 info</span></b>: The biggest news regarding Aitor in S9 was that he would be involved with both new characters Reyes and Lis. It was stated that he would be in a relationship with Reyes at the beginning of the series but would meet and fall into a relationship with Lis without knowing that they are mother-daughter and be torn between the two women. In an interview with <a href="http://www.europapress.es/chance/gente/noticia-mario-casas-proximo-chico-larios-2010-20091226110017.html"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Europa Press</span></a>, Mario Casas revealed that Aitor enjoys his relationship with Reyes because she makes him feel confident, but having to choose between both women will cause a lot of trouble for Aitor, because he's tired of having a crazy love life and would prefer peace and stability. Other news revealed that he would be assisting Pepa on her "mission" in Italy and become her confidante.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What actually happened</span></b>: Aitor did indeed travel to Italy and assist Pepa in her mission to kill El Gordo (although he says he didn't realize what he was getting into when he agreed to help). The beginning of S9 also revealed that he's been in a relationship with Reyes for awhile although he doesn't consider it to be exclusive. When he meets Lis, he becomes infatuated with her and sleeps with her before learning that she is Reyes' daughter. Aitor chooses to be with Reyes but struggles with his feelings for both women, eventually deciding that he can't be in a relationship with either and trying to figure out what to do with his life. He also becomes involved in the CNI subplot of the season, helping Pepa and playing a part in "Zebra's" demise.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span></b>: For someone who's tired of having a crazy love life and would prefer peace and stability, Aitor has taken very little steps to make that happen this season. He may not have known that Reyes and Lis were mother-daughter before he slept with Lis, but once he found out, his subsequent actions/behavior were inexcusable IMO and only served to remind many in the PepSiverse why they disliked him in the first place. Aitor simply had to decide which one he loved more, or, if he couldn't decide, recognize earlier on that he should walk away from both in order to prevent their relationship from deteriorating further. But similarly to when he continued to pursue Sara throughout S8, Aitor thought of no one but himself. Alex Pina & Co. have been trying to get Aitor to fill the void left by Lucas and have been failing horribly since S7. His storyline with Sara alienated many fans who were staunch Lucas-Sara shippers, his one night stand with Pepa alienated the PepSi fans, and I believe the remaining viewers just couldn't get behind the idea that Aitor would be the main cause in ruining yet another relationship. The main thing that separates him from Lucas IMO is that he wasn't doing much of anything else when he wasn't dealing with his love triangle. Yes, he did help Pepa with El Gordo and later with the CNI, but his role in those subplots were small and limited and he was barely involved in the main "66.6" plot. The evolution of Aitor's character is something that Alex Pina & Co. have been failing at for awhile and it has just gotten worse with time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/7000/7009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/7000/7009.jpg" width="275" border="0" height="400" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >José Luis Povedilla</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> (portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Carlos Santos</span>)<br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9 info</span></b>: Previews for S9 revealed Pove sporting a beard and using a cane to help him walk. He also appeared to be more "tough" and angry than the friendly Pove we were used to, indicating that his personality had taken a 180.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What actually happened</span></b>: Pove started out S9 very different from his original self. He was militant, angry and very hard on the newbies, yelling and threatening them on a normal basis. We eventually learned that Don Lorenzo was encouraging Pove to take a "tough love" approach in his training of the newbies in order to make them more prepared for the field. We also learned that he's been hiding behind his cane as a defense mechanism for the fear he's retained as a result of the events from the S8 finale. Eventually, Pove learns to overcome those fears, helps Paco with the investigation, supports Rita and Curtis' new relationship despite his feelings for Rita, and offers words of comfort to many of the other characters, including Lis.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span></b>: Pove's character is one of the few who have remained consistent throughout the series. Although he started S9 a bit harder and more crass than we've ever seen him, it was just an act and he soon returned to the old Pove we've come to know and love over the past 5 years. He continued to provide the (sometimes only) comedic relief on the show and his understanding regarding Curtis-Rita's relationship despite his feelings for Rita make you cheer for him and wish he too could find some happiness in life.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/9500/9564_fede-celada-curtis-en-los-hombres-de-paco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/9500/9564_fede-celada-curtis-en-los-hombres-de-paco.jpg" width="267" border="0" height="400" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Curtis Naranjo</span> (portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Fede Celada</span>)<br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9 info</span></b>: Aside from the fact that new character Amaia was Curtis' niece and that he would be overprotective of her, there was no news about Curtis prior to the premiere of S9.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What actually happened</span>:</b> Curtis didn't get much screentime, but over time we saw him develop a relationship with Rita, which turned out to be a romantic one. After realizing that he loved Rita, he proposed and the two are planning on getting married in the finale.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span>:</b> I don't know what's up with the cops in San Antonio and their need to have shotgun weddings (minus the bun in the oven). But aside from that, Curtis' character has also remained consistent - when he was on screen, he would provide some comedic relief and showed his continued loyalty to Paco, never questioning Paco's methods or his crazy theories. Alex Pina & Co.'s failure with regard to Curtis lies in their failure to show him grieving from the loss of his best friend Kike. In fact, with the exception of Curtis' toast to the fallen four in Ep. 105, I don't think he ever thought of or mentioned Kike's name ever again. They also failed to show much of Curtis' relationship with his niece Amaia, and they rushed his relationship with Rita and exploring the effects it had on his relationship with Pove. Granted, Alex Pina & Co. only have 13 episodes per season to work with (and probably thought they were going to get a 10th season), but his interactions with Amaia were so few (and undeveloped) that they would've been better off IMO if they didn't make them related to each other.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Rita Peláez</span> (portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Neus Sanz</span>)<br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">info</span></b>: Just as Rita wasn't in the helicopter and was barely in any of the S9 previews, there was no news with regard to her character at all prior to the start of S9.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CE5pm3NPs50MZOGND_sWSJ2t-BfPvMF_-eOc7biQwMrkomFQM7atrvaWjnyKwFZOG8PH5RJD_D5sY_d-1zNYhxrTTC3Ojf9jlGd8YyGl-YIfFczP34M6ZXBNK6cJa97QYKrWFkAQ7mc/s1600/10988_rita-y-montoya.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CE5pm3NPs50MZOGND_sWSJ2t-BfPvMF_-eOc7biQwMrkomFQM7atrvaWjnyKwFZOG8PH5RJD_D5sY_d-1zNYhxrTTC3Ojf9jlGd8YyGl-YIfFczP34M6ZXBNK6cJa97QYKrWFkAQ7mc/s400/10988_rita-y-montoya.jpg" width="400" border="0" height="267" /></a></div><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What actually happened</span>:</b> Like Curtis, Rita wasn't on screen much during S9. She spent her time occasionally helping out Paco on the "66.6" investigation and the rest developing her relationship with Curtis culminating in their engagement and upcoming wedding in the finale.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span>: </b>If I had to bet, I would wager that of all the characters Rita had the least amount of screentime. IMO Alex Pina & Co.'s main failure with regard to Rita (aside from not allowing her to fulfill her dream of becoming an undercover prostitute) was that they neglected to show her dealing with the loss of Montoya. Similar to Curtis, Rita never mentioned Montoya or the sadness she may be experiencing as a result of that loss. Given that both she and Curtis lost a dear friend/love interest, it makes sense on some level that they might connect and bond as a result of those losses, but as I stated above, their romance was rushed and suffered from several flaws.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DCyOd3WTCg28nYDqTYwAuR213cDhAAli98kcmpRn2Abk1eygp_RGzj5Vl-vbOBY74BdVZVS1kWMiTefUuq-fLMA-dBGIy0oqj-YPx2a7RzXyIoFqqeRuG-0Q66vW3P_iWuQckLd3mpU/s1600/11111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DCyOd3WTCg28nYDqTYwAuR213cDhAAli98kcmpRn2Abk1eygp_RGzj5Vl-vbOBY74BdVZVS1kWMiTefUuq-fLMA-dBGIy0oqj-YPx2a7RzXyIoFqqeRuG-0Q66vW3P_iWuQckLd3mpU/s320/11111.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Pepa Miranda</span> (portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Laura Sánchez</span>)<br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9 info</span>:</b> Several interviews with Laura Sánchez, including one from <a href="http://www.formulatv.com/videos/1594/laura-sanchez-aitor-sera-el-confidente-de-las-gamberradas-de-pepa-que-se-vuelve-muy-loca/"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">FormulaTV</span></a> revealed that in S9 Pepa would be obsessed and crazy with revenge for Silvia's death and have a love-hate relationship with her sister-in-law (Salgado). LS also revealed that Pepa would be living with Paco in Sara's old room, that Aitor would become Pepa's confidante, that she would maintain a professional relationship with new forensics inspector Deker, and that she would not fall in love again this season. A <span style="font-style: italic;">Supertele</span> article revealed that Pepa and Aitor would be in Italy, which lent credence to the rumors that she would obsessed with vengeance.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What actually happened</span>:</b> Pepa was indeed crazy and vengeful, but only at the beginning of S9. With Aitor's help, she executed El Gordo and was later blackmailed by Salgado and the CNI, which created a great deal of tension between the two women. And while Pepa may not be in love with him, she did have a one night stand with Deker and seems to have developed as least a friendship with him. She confessed to both Paco and Don Lorenzo that she killed El Gordo and later offered her support to Paco when he revealed that despite Salagdo's actions, he loved her and wanted to marry her.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span>: </b>The evolution (or regression depending on your point of view) of Pepa's character has been discussed at great lengths by many in the PepSiverse this season. We haven't seen her grieving over Silvia much, nor has she mentioned Silvia often this entire season, and the PepSiverse has mixed feelings about what this means for Pepa's character which I'm not going to discuss any further here. What I will talk about is the other way that Alex Pina & Co. failed with regard to Pepa's character: their failure to explore her relationships with Don Lorenzo and Paco. All three suffered from the same loss - a family member - but at no time were they shown helping each other through their grief (perhaps that scene in Ep. 107 but that's it). Pepa's random confession in murdering El Gordo was a big revelation and yet, it was dismissed just like many of the other plot points this season. Instead, they alluded to a discussion, Pepa disappeared for awhile, returned, and they acted like nothing happened. To top it all off, they placed her in a fantastic B storyline with Salgado and the CNI but concluded it without any involvement from Pepa even though it started and continued to exist because of consequences relating to her actions.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pURVd2IA-H8cJ6izmoixade0FNHk3LpV1amDYbW2sfVFFO2PdjJhkaTimVo0Z5Lm-obveu9LrSqmpmaVy-ULkN98fCeCMOfU2rMQOx_zyloPs64wZzDXvFa10V0xIqCbQo1GAZTpYKs/s1600/16085_los-novatos-de-los-hombres-de-paco-666.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pURVd2IA-H8cJ6izmoixade0FNHk3LpV1amDYbW2sfVFFO2PdjJhkaTimVo0Z5Lm-obveu9LrSqmpmaVy-ULkN98fCeCMOfU2rMQOx_zyloPs64wZzDXvFa10V0xIqCbQo1GAZTpYKs/s400/16085_los-novatos-de-los-hombres-de-paco-666.jpg" width="400" border="0" height="267" /></a></div><br /><div style="border: medium none;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Lis Peñuelas</span> (portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Patricia Montero</span>)</div><div style="border: medium none;"><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9 info</span>:</b> Lis was introduced as a new rookie in the precinct, as well as the daughter of Reyes and the love interest of both Aitor and Dani. She was described as an independent, intelligent, confident and determined young woman who can take down armed and dangerous criminals or jump across rooftops while in pursuit of a fugitive.</div><br /><div style="border: medium none;"><a href="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/16100/16105_patricia-montero-en-los-hombres-de-paco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img gu="true" src="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/16100/16105_patricia-montero-en-los-hombres-de-paco.jpg" width="204" border="0" height="320" /></a><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What actually happened</span>:</b> The first time the audience was introduced to Lis, she was playing dead in a training simulation. Since then, her role with regard to actual police work has been very limited. She occasionally participated in the "66.6" investigation but most of her scenes centered around her developing interest and love for Aitor. Even after Lis learned that he was her mother's mysterious lover, she continued to pursue him and it created a rift in her relationship with Reyes.</div><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span>: </b>Lis is this season's greatest failure IMO. She hasn't displayed any of the traits listed in her character description. Instead of appearing independent, intelligent and confident, she's come off as self-centered, ignorant and slightly stalkerish. Additionally, I highly doubt she could take down an armed criminal or chase a fugitive across a rooftop - she doesn't even know how to drive. No, Lis' idea of police work consists of eating while on a stakeout, freaking out and screaming while on unauthorized missions, getting high, and falling asleep on the job. If there was any new character that Alex Pina & Co. should not have created, it should've been Lis.<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><div style="border: medium none;"><a href="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/16100/16106_marcos-gracia-en-los-hombres-de-paco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img gu="true" src="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/16100/16106_marcos-gracia-en-los-hombres-de-paco.jpg" width="208" border="0" height="320" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Daniel Andradas</span> (portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mark Gracia</span>)</div><div style="border: medium none;"><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9 info</span>:</b> Dani was introduced as another new rookie in the precinct. He was described as someone that people like from the start because of his charm, but behind that charm lies a guy who is rebellious and daring. The biggest news regarding Dani (aside from his interest in Lis) was that he would be butting heads with his training instructor Pove.</div><br /><div style="border: medium none;"><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What happened to him</span>: </b>Dani started out butting heads with Pove, because he felt Pove was being too hard on him and the other rookies. He spent the beginning of the season finding ways to embarrass Pove in retaliation for the way he was being treated, until he got shot during an investigation. Following his recovery, Dani's screentime became more limited as he focused more on his infatuation with Lis and his disapproval of her desire to be in a relationship with Aitor.</div><br /><div style="border: medium none;"><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span>: </b>While Dani certainly has been rebellious and, I suppose, daring at times, he certainly has not been charming IMO. As with many other characters, his storylines have remain limited and underdeveloped. We know that he loves Lis and he has talked to her about her actions with regard to her mother and Reyes, but most of Dani's screentime involves him scowling and being emo. Alex Pina & Co. failed with regard to this character mainly b/c they failed to develop him in any substantial way - a decent cop, a good friend, a valid rival for Aitor, etc.</div><div style="border: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border: medium none;"><a href="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/16100/16104_angela-cremonte-en-los-hombres-de-paco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img gu="true" src="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/16100/16104_angela-cremonte-en-los-hombres-de-paco.jpg" width="212" border="0" height="320" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Amaia Mondragón</span> (portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ángela Cremonte</span>)</div><div style="border: medium none;"><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9 info</span>: </b>Amaia was also introduced as a new rookie in the precinct as well as Curtis' niece. She was described as an empathetic character who always looks for the good in others and dresses in clothes that others wouldn't dare to wear. It was also rumored that Amaia would fall in love with the mysterious Blackman, much to the dismay of both her uncle Curtis and her friend (and admirer) Goyo.</div><div style="border: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border: medium none;"><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What actually happened</span>: </b>Amaia did the occasional police work until she met Blackman and instantly connected with the mysterious vigilante. She became consumed with her love for him and could literally "sense" his presence in the precinct. Amaia was accidentally shot when Blackman intervened to save Salgado's life. Since then, she's been trying to assuage Blackman's fears and pursue a relationship with him.</div><div style="border: medium none;"><br /></div><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span>:</b> Amaia started off as one of the likeable newbies of the season. Her quirky attitude was refreshing compared to Lis' self-centeredness and Dani's arrogance. However, once her storyline with Blackman began, Amaia delved into a bumbling mess of a character who could not stop thinking about him. IMO her love story failed b/c it was too over-the-top. Their scenes were too forced and too cheesy. It didn't help that Alex Pina & Co. chose to have her in a relationship with Blackman - a non-regular - in the first place. And similar to the Rita-Curtis relationship, the Amaia-Blackman relationship has been rushed. They met in Ep. 108, but didn't see each other again until Ep. 114, giving Alex Pina & Co. only three episodes to develop (and hopefully provide a resolution to) their romance.<br /><br /><div style="border: medium none;"><a href="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/16100/16103_alex-hernandez-en-los-hombres-de-paco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img gu="true" src="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/16100/16103_alex-hernandez-en-los-hombres-de-paco.jpg" width="214" border="0" height="320" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Goyo</span> (portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Álex Hernández</span>)</div><div style="border: medium none;"><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9 info</span>:</b> Goyo was introduced as the fourth rookie of the group. He was described as a guy who has been unlucky in life and suffers from paranoia but is very loyal to his friends and will often be the first to offer his help. He's also in love with Amaia and has been since their days at the police academy.</div><br /><div style="border: medium none;"><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What actually happened</span>: </b>Goyo has had the unfortunate luck of not doing much work this season. After talking with Rita, he finally worked up the courage to confess his feelings to Amaia before learning that she was in love with Blackman. Still, Goyo showed himself to be a good guy by trying to remain friends with her despite his feelings. He eventually admitted his feelings to Amaia (while under the influence) and even though she did not reciprocate, he has continued to support her, even going so far to unintentionally create panic at the precinct when he send out a signal for Blackman that got misinterpreted by the rest of the police.</div><br /><div style="border: medium none;"><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span>: </b>Goyo is one of the few newbies has accurately matched his character description. And even though he seems like a push over (and often is pushed around by others), he remains a true friend, and has shown that he isn't afraid to stand up for himself (as he did when he told both Dani and Blackman off). My only problem with Goyo is that he is truly a poor-man's version of Pove - the guy with a good heart but the worst luck. While Alex Pina & Co. may not have had the opportunity to assassinate Goyo's character, they also didn't have the time (or chose not) to utilize him in an effective way on the show.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.seriesadictos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/benjamin20vicuna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://www.seriesadictos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/benjamin20vicuna.jpg" width="200" border="0" height="194" /></a></div><div style="border: medium none;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Deker</span><span style="color:cyan;"> </span>(portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Benjamín Vicuña</span>)</div><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9 info</span>:</b> Deker was introduced as the new forensics inspector and described as a person with a sarcastic and irreverent attitude. Further news stated that Deker was previously married but his marriage didn't work out (but the articles didn't say why) and, as a result, he's become a womanizer.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What actually happened</span>: </b>Deker started off S9 making an enemy in Don Lorenzo (and the PepSi fans) by cleaning out Silvia's lab and making crude statements about his deceased predecessor. His unorthodox methods became routine, as he would listen to rock music and eat while working and talk to his victims. Deker's one night stand with Pepa developed into something more on his part, and we learned that he previously came off as cold and crass b/c he was masking his pain over the death of his wife and daughter. Since that revelation, Deker has been determined not to live that way again, and has his sights set on Pepa even though he knows she's a lesbian.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span>: </b>As I've stated before, the biggest failure with regard to Deker is that Alex Pina & Co. took too long in revealing his backstory that, by the time they did, (most of) the audience no longer cared. Viewers found his actions and attitude leading up to that revelation unforgivable and for many, Deker reached the point of no return when he slept with Pepa and continued to express his interest in her afterward. Personally, I think if one looks at Deker from a strictly professional point of view, his character was a success. His methods may have been unorthodox, but he is an intelligent and competent forensics inspector and has been able to gather legitimate evidence to support Paco's crazy theories, lending credence (sadly) to the "66.6" storyline. However, from a personal point of view, Deker is an absolute failure IMO for the reasons I've already stated simply b/c of his crass attitude and Alex Pina & Co.'s decision to wait until halfway through the season to start explaining and exploring his backstory.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Reyes Sánchez Bilbao</span> (portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Goya Toledo</span>)<br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9 info</span>:</b> Reyes was introduced as Montoya's replacement in the precinct, the mother of rookie Lis and described as a competent and successful woman on the surface, but a sensitive, neurotic and insecure woman underneath. Further news stated that she would be keeping their relationship a secret from others in the precinct and that she would have several ideas to improve and modernize the precinct, but would butt heads with Don Lorenzo as a result. The biggest news regarding Reyes is that she would be involved in an affair with Aitor, and that she would later learn that he would become involved with another woman closer to his age, although she doesn't realize that woman is her daughter, Lis.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.heraldo.es/uploads/imagenes/_goya_toledo_b21e94d7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://www.heraldo.es/uploads/imagenes/_goya_toledo_b21e94d7.jpg" width="400" border="0" height="333" /></a></div><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What actually happened</span>: </b>Reyes began S9 in a secret relationship with Aitor and also deciding to keep the fact that she is Lis' mother a secret. She is devastated when she discovers that Aitor is the man Lis is in love with and that they slept together, but continues to date him anyway. Her revelation to Lis that she and Aitor are in a relationship severely damages her relationship with Lis, and they have yet to recover from it. On a professional level, Reyes initially butted heads with Don Lorenzo over changing the way things are done at the precinct, but they have since come to an understanding with each other. She is one of the only people in the precinct who vehemently disapproves of Paco's investigation tactics, openly stating and recognizing that they need to gather legitimate evidence that has been discovered through a legitimate police investigation.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span>: </b>Similar to Deker, Reyes' character actually succeeds on a professional level but fails on a personal level. Her decision to remain in a relationship with Aitor despite Lis' feelings for him is as bad as Sara's betrayal of Paco during the El Kaiser case IMO - sacrificing a family member for a love interest. It might even be worse simply b/c Reyes is the mother and should care more about her child than her misguided libido. Reyes' scenes are always weaker when they involve her love triangle with Aitor and Lis, not b/c Goyo Toledo is a bad actress, but b/c those scenes make Reyes herself look weak. In contrast, her scenes tend to be strong when they involve her acting in a professional capacity - she's more focused, determined, intelligent and independent. Thus, Alex Pina & Co. failed with regard to Reyes' character b/c they chose to focus on things that would make her character seem more weak than strong - a waste of Goyo Toledo's talents.<br /><br /><a href="http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/rsz/434/x/x/x/medias/nmedia/18/71/11/36/19123483.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/rsz/434/x/x/x/medias/nmedia/18/71/11/36/19123483.gif" width="212" border="0" height="320" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Don Lorenzo Castro</span> (portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Juan Diego</span>)<br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9 info</span>:</b> The <span style="font-style: italic;">FormulaTV</span> article listed Juan Diego as the fourth actor (along with Paco, Pepón and Mario) who would not be a protagonist. Additionally other news revealed that Don Lorenzo would be butting heads with Reyes, whom he believes has been brought in to force him into early retirement.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What actually happened</span>:</b> Don Lorenzo began the season butting heads with Reyes as the rumors predicted. He also disliked Deker, but eventually came to an understanding with both characters. Don Lorenzo has struggled a lot with the "66.6" investigation, finding it hard to believe Paco's theory that Satan is the killer and that Paco is the "Chosen One". Recently, Don Lorenzo considered retiring before changing his mind and deciding to stick with Paco and the other hombres.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span>: </b>Like Pove, Don Lorenzo's character has continued to remain consistent. One of the things that makes DL so likeable is that he may be a tough old man who is verbally abusive and retains a lot of his old school habits, but he genuinely cares for each officer in his precinct and has shown his willingness to change (as he did when he learned to accept and respect Silvia's relationship with Pepa). I think the only failure with regard to DL's character is that his recently formed father-daughter relationship with Pepa was never explored or developed, which was a wasted opportunity for both characters. Nevertheless, at least DL didn't suffer from character assassination like so many others. Then again, I like to believe he was spared b/c Alex Pina & Co. were afraid that Juan Diego might channel DL and kick their santos cojones if they did mess with his character.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/16000/16052_cristina-plazas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/16000/16052_cristina-plazas.jpg" width="205" border="0" height="320" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Marina Salgado</span><span style=";font-size:large;color:cyan;" > </span>(portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cristina Plazas</span>)<br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9 info</span>:</b> No new information was specifically released regarding Salgado's character. However, cast photos and revelations from Laura Sánchez's interview indicated that while Paco and Salgado were still together Pepa would be having a love-hate relationship with her.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What actually happened</span>: </b>The beginning of S9 revealed that Paco and Salgado were in a committed relationship and had been living together for some time. When El Gordo turns up dead, Salgado is tasked with blackmailing Pepa into working for the CNI. It is something that she struggles with b/c of her love for Paco and eventually, she confesses to Don Lorenzo and Mariano that she works for a black ops unit of the CNI know as "Zebra". In an effort to protect her, Blackman shoots Salgado. When Paco learns about her participation in "Zebra" and her role in blackmailing Pepa, he dumps her only to realize that he still loves her, so he proposes to Salgado, who gladly accepts.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span>: </b>In S9, Salgado continued to suffer from the same character flaw that's hindered her since she was first introduced in S6: she tends to change from a strong, intelligent woman into a passive, weak one whenever she's involved in a relationship. Similar to Reyes, she often excels in her professional life, but her personal one often tends to be a complete disaster. Despite the fact that she betrayed Paco's trust, as I've written before, I have actually enjoyed Cristina Plazas' work with regard to the CNI storyline this season and think she did a great job of portraying a woman torn between her love for Paco and her fear of the repercussions for disobeying the CNI. Even though she acted late in doing the right thing professionally (which negatively affected her relationship personally) I think she's the only character to actually find redemption this season. She allowed herself to realize that she could not continue to participate with "Zebra" and be in a relationship with Paco so she was willing to give up one knowing it could end up costing her both things.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Donde+Viven+los+Monstruos+Premiere+Madrid+_UHbhYaHkjql.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Donde+Viven+los+Monstruos+Premiere+Madrid+_UHbhYaHkjql.jpg" width="293" border="0" height="400" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:large;color:cyan;" >Blackman</span> (portrayed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Asier Etxeandia</span>)<br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-S9 info</span>:</b> Like Salgado, no information was released prior to the premiere regarding Blackman, with the exception that Amaia would fall in love with him.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What actually happened</span>:</b> Blackman initially appeared in S9 without any memory of who he was. While he was at the precinct looking for answers, he met Amaia and instantly connected with her, but left abruptly after he regained his memory. Blackman recently returned to shoot Salgado in a warped effort to save her from the CNI and help expose "Zebra", and viewers learned that while Blackman has a history of being extremely lucky, his loved ones tend to suffer and die. Thus, Blackman initially rebuffs Amaia's advances in an attempt to protect her, but she gets injured anyway, which is when Blackman begins to realize that he can't hide his feelings for her anymore.<br /><br /><b style="color:yellow;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Character analysis</span>:</b> I've always said that Blackman does a good job of coming off as a very cool character. However, that doesn't change the fact that Blackman never should have been on this show to begin with b/c his supernatural abilities don't fit into the show's DNA. With regard to this season, Blackman's role has been sporadic - Alex Pina & Co. continue to randomly inject him into current subplots or irrelevant new subplots that serve no purpose to the main story arc. And as I stated earlier, his romance storyline with Amaia is too over-the-top to be endearing or entertaining and his emo attitude simply got old.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMmmfmpyJHLr1sOuM2h5PIR0-lI6UlAFHwMIAE1m4qP8VZ0rirrxZGbg3jvQqlTTCEQDZs2s-7NvJ7n5ltRKqxtwPeUI4OkZNJJCupxSU5ob6HsOQywlvrmyf0_NtcP_iQM4TAV6k0g4/s400/16091_el-reparto-de-los-hombres-de-paco-junto-al-robot-win-e.jpg" width="400" border="0" height="385" /></div><br />Viewers have been understandably upset and reacted negatively to Alex Pina's decision to turn S9 into a paranormal thriller, but perhaps the true nail in the coffin for the show has been the audiences' disdain over the numerous character assassinations that have occurred this season as well as the injection of several new, undeveloped, uninteresting characters that only served to steal screentime from the veteran cast members without adding too much to the storylines or the premise of the show. I suppose the best we can hope for at this point is that each character will find some sort of resolution in the series finale. It'll be an added bonus if each character (especially the original cast) can receive a decent resolution. Like I said, one can hope.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">kalike</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">*The title for this lecture is based on lyrics from the song "<strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n55XC174UQc">Bomb</a></strong>" by Bush.</span>kalikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17409523740634445570noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-89368323509629779732010-05-23T09:26:00.028-04:002010-06-18T22:23:26.606-04:009x12 Patadón y Parriba - Complete Recap<b><span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">LHDP 9x12 Patadón y Parriba <span style="font-size: small;">(Kick the ball and go long)</span></span></b> <br />
<i><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">By Dr. Bekelauer</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Additional comments by Piper</span></i><br />
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The action resumes the same night, after Curtis has asked Rita to marry him, and Deker has been kidnapped by Damián Jr.<br />
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This time, the band sings a different song. Most of the precinct is there, including the newbies, Mariano, Paco, Aitor, and DL. Everybody sees Rita and Curtis kissing. Rita says yes to the marriage proposal and walks up to the stage and gives one of those vintage LHDP speeches about how <i>love is easy when you have the guts to live it. </i><br />
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Paco leaves the pub and goes home. He sees Marina leaving with a suitcase.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: Paco... Listen to me. I didn’t want to say goodbye. I understood the fact that you didn’t come visit me in the hospital. I lied to you. I used Pepa. And I jeopardised the thing I love the most just to follow orders, I’m sorry.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: You are a motherfucker. You have lived in my house. You have had breakfast with my father-in-law, like one of the family. And you slept with me while you were sending my sister to kill people. I swear I have never met anyone as cold blooded and heartless, and I swear I’m never going to forget this in my fucking life. Marry me. Marry me.</i> <span style="color: #e06666;">(WTF?)</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1eiWHg1uZ3uPL-BmhdLx-e32eo_t-e-TD_FJip_tUx9iomkt0UZeE2S-YTMUywTYo0dGqNd6jAdpVNbBo7QBbC0M60k3GcPETwCByRP1YxZgOK1d9llPOr8bjxPJThczcTqGM3y557A/s400/116_22.jpg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Lis tries to hit on Aitor again, but he is mad as hell and scolds her for trying to hit on him and breaks her heart saying, well, the truth. People around him are celebrating while Aitor cries. <br />
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Scene cuts to the most unromantic proposal in the history of LHDP after Marquez proposed to Silvia in front of a "cadaver".<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: I know, I know what you did. I know you tried to fix it. But I know what I didn’t do, which was to be with my family, when I needed to be. It’s been like this for too long, but that’s over, honey. When everything’s over and I catch that devil, I will take you down the aisle. Because I already lost a great love, and I don’t want that happening again.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: Are you forgiving me? Are you forgiving me?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Honey, only if you knew... I drugged my father-in-law with methadone, I kidnapped him, I paid a Romanian to get him hit by a car, I have pretended to be a member of ETA and Al Qaeda, I’ve sent stupid and senseless terrorist messages, and the worst... Walt Disney... I defrosted him.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: I love you.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: That’s why I understand that temporarily, one can lose his senses. But not anymore.</i><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">Pepa walks in to see them. She looks very pissed off, and with a reason.</span><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Hi Paco.</i></blockquote>Deker shows up at a soccer field. There is a whole bunch of SWAT snipers ready to shoot him. He shows his badge, turns around and unbuttons his lab coat – he has a HELL OF A LOT of explosives attached to his body.<br />
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<b>LHDP Intro</b><br />
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Everybody is at the precinct.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>DL</u></b>: I’m sorry its 4 am and I busted your party but the situation is very serious.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: Deker has showed up voluntarily in the soccer field of Manuteras. It’s one of the two spots of the pentagram that we have been watching. He’s got 15 kg of unidentified explosives attached to his body. The SWAT patrol is on its way.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Rita</u></b>: That’s so embarrassing... And I’m still tipsy.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: Inspector Miranda and I were the last ones to see him. The two corpses found in the parking lot have been dead for four hours. The time frame coincides with Deker’s disappearance. </i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Gentlemen, this is a countdown.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Carrasco, check the lab, all his moves, any blood tests sent to the Central Station. I want to know what the hell Deker was working on before he left. Carrasco, take Peñuelas.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGugnumvBo6FWkD9E5XAfFSyQ_h-yF0NNZsz-2u6gmil8VRzHL45f_rZPfcgopP-rLBTbR1w2KfSbat-KMqohKdMXP7z2Ws61MnKiRiAIwOU4kGYOrLhZo2Vmpy9n_LEAzz8KFN81IMU/s400/116_3.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />
Then assignments are given and everybody finds something to do. Pepa of course sees this as an excuse to bring a big ass gun. Rita tells everyone not to say anything about the wedding to Povedilla.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Paco, do you want me to send other people there?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: No.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Are you sure you want to go alone?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: I saw a tower fall </i><span style="color: #e06666;">(i.e., from his opium dream)</span><i>. I played chess with the devil and I saw a tower fall. I am not the next victim, I am the last one. And I’m going to stop this.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: What's the significance of the tower, Paco?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: The next virtue he wants to eliminate - fortitude.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Cut the chat and let’s get going, I was already starting to like Deker.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Good, gentlemen, let’s get to work.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: I’m going too. Work has separated us, that’s why so many horrible things have happened, that ain’t gonna happen anymore. Because we’re always going to be together.</i></blockquote>Pepa leaves very pissed off - she doesn't want Salgado with them on their road trip. <br />
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Rita tells DL that they can postpone the wedding, but DL says no. He convinces her to be honest with Povedilla. Then he says “<i>Don’t say sorry for trying to be happy, you deserve it</i>”.<br />
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Salgado is at Confecciones Puri. A SWAT agent gives Deker a walkie talkie.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: Witnesses saw Deker leave a red Citröen, but that’s all we know. Can you hear me?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Yeah, we’re in.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: The whole perimeter is contained. We have snipers aimed at all entrances. We’re combing the area, but there’s nothing suspicious. If you need me, I’ll be here.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Thanks, Marina.</i><br />
<i><b><u>SWAT guy</u></b>: Inspector Miranda? We have given him a walkie talkie so you can talk.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Thanks. What happened, Deker?</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGb2QVqT4gRpXbFrMvsCQg3_sDdgv2LkmTl9Q2utzaE494uf2gW1LoQ_4fO4LqGzY59v_bmeH9_aqhrRycjFtC0JdT_rIiAOrZjolxV3BrG2JzxWB-oZ7Bc07mE80byI4kApNI5Ask87s/s400/116_6.jpg" width="400" /></div><blockquote><i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: I got bored of being single, and some Al Qaeda dudes offered me forty virgins for immolating myself. It’s not too bad, huh? Our Satan is running out of fireworks and he’s becoming more prosaic. I’m sorry, inspector, he didn’t give me much of a choice: walking in here or exploding in the middle of the street.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: First priority, try to take the bomb off him before deactivating it.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Don’t worry, you’ve done the right thing. And I swear I’m gonna get you out of this. Just hold on.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Guys, I gotta go, Buzz Lightyear just showed up.</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: Good morning.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Good good morning, not really.</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: Turn around, please.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: So, how long are we gonna be here?</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: No more than 2 hours, for sure.</i></blockquote><span style="color: #e06666;"><u><b>Note</b></u>: <b><i>TEDAX</i></b> stands for <b><i>Técnico Especialista en Desactivación de Artefactos Explosivos</i></b> - Spain's bomb squad.</span><br />
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Amaia is at the shooting gallery and Blackman shows up. Of course he senses that something bad is going to happen. He tries to convince her to go home and get away from him, but she insists on staying. They kiss.<br />
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Aitor and Lis are at the lab trying to find out what Deker was doing just before he got kidnapped. Amaia and Blackman enter the precinct hall to see Goyo taking Uncle Fester to the interrogation room. He senses something bad is going to happen, but Amaia leads him away. She's like kryptonite. <br />
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Salgado is reading the case files.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: Paco, I’m checking the case files and there’s something I don’t understand. The shit he’s doing to Deker does not match the rest of the victims. He is playing with us.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: He wants us to be here. He wants to show us something, but I don’t know what it is.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: He’s got a very systematic pattern. Do you think we’re obviating something?</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRqZ4A-CeuGwRJ6_dLLMJKy7Tq31_3xplhhWkuzDf2n73dJm1glr1E8X2XTggG7b3AnUy-Gx_6bDHEf9YnecdoFaqVBXHRkdeqxHFc3Ir2B-HyPmst9KMl_AlTExIkMmLHMFk4Betsd8/s400/116_10.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />
Curtis and Rita are having breakfast at Lizarrán when Povedilla walks in. Rita doesn’t want to look him in the eye, but ends up telling him that she and Curtis are getting married. Povedilla is in shock, and he tells her not to marry Curtis, but to marry him instead. Drama!<br />
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Aitor and Lis update DL but they talk over each other. They know there must be some connection between the accident in which Paco donated blood to Damián Sr., and the victims, but they don’t know what it is.The TEDAX guy is still checking Deker’s bomb. Pepa talks to him via the walkie-talkie.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: You’re not going to die, you know that?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Listen to me, precious, phase one of mourning is denial.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: No, you’re not going to die. No. I don’t want to miss that damn island. I might return there one day. Do you remember?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Every fucking day.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Maybe you’ll end up falling in love...?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Right back at you.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Listen, Deker, you are not, by far, a fucking virtue. So you can’t be the victim.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Yes, I am. Pepa, I am Fortitude.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Flashback to Paco's chess dream.</span><br />
<i><b><u>Junior</u></b>: You only have the tower to protect the white king.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Towers are strong, robust. </i><br />
<i><b><u>Junior</u></b>: Towers burn, Inspector. Towers fall.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FpJI1USPYbuLb7w4Psqenw7F2oAfz377OXaxxKjyl1fgJm1sXc_5AOwGi0jLhaROeDHbsnADiqRaORXSe2lYpC595oiwo4ZmrIUTBIa6qFH5Hbox0Ericd98j7_8QXumfTdXPx9O7h8/s400/116_8.jpg" width="400" /></div><blockquote><i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: Right, we have a problem. We can’t take this off you without cutting any cable. He did his best to corset you into it.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Right, so what do we do? Do you have a favourite colour?</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: There’s a secondary system that is not connected to the explosive. If we can make a hole there, maybe I could take out an arm, and then the rest of it.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: We are in a soccer field. Like my fellow countryman <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Pellegrini">Pellegrini</a></b> says: “Kick the ball and go long”</i> <span style="color: #e06666;">(<u>Translator's Futbol lesson</u>: Pellegrini is the former Real Madrid head coach, and the expression means “to be brave, to go for it")</span>. <i>Play.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenBVP8smaalsKucf3aJA_jn_I3e-HsrM4pox8IEuNcFshnXiakQAlFYHPIXG2ghcPIlYciW7PmNb8azkM7UycBqnDlUUe0G1MHBH9sxJaxUQNR42ivzR7oNOtHK65h8f9yWIUV0sSIfk/s400/116_4.jpg" width="400" /></div><blockquote><i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: I am proceeding.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: Go ahead.</i><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">TEDAX guy cuts the white cable. The countdown starts to rush from minutes into seconds.</span><br />
<i><b><u>SWAT</u></b>: What’s happening? What’s going on?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: Everyone, out!! Everyone out, Paco!!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Noooo! Take off the damn bomb!!</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: Motherfucker...</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: What’s going on?</i><br />
<b>TEDAX</b><i>: We have 30 minutes.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLlzuDli0hH_RpPkaEhB6_LCKV_h-eefTPuW6Y_dQqAkRfcFf_s7vPcVzWuh7MhuH98hvixx5Uc-ojb8Af7LB_UR6AoNpDDjGGn5w0vO6vsgxaSgbpVyAEINlCYMWic54qfAs6fheQ-tA/s400/116_1.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />
Blackman is with Amaia at the newbies apartment. He looks a bit uncomfortable. He takes off his coat and folds it – he looks so sweet and antisocial. Amaia starts talking about herself. <br />
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Mariano is interrogating Uncle Fester. Amaia and Blackman keep having their connection, then he suddenly sees that something is wrong at the precinct, but Amaia tells him to stay. Kyptonite! At the interrogation room, Uncle Fester stabs one of the cops and hurts Goyo and gets his gun. But Dani storms in triumphantly to save his (boy)friend.<br />
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Lis and Aitor have solved the mystery. Apparently, Junior is killing everyone who donated blood to his father the day of the accident. There is one unidentified donor – the fifth victim. Aitor keeps talking over Lis, so she leaves the room. The fifth donor happens to be the TEDAX guy, Deker is not the intended victim.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Do you want me to give you a hand? You don’t look great.</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: Liquid nitrogen makes the countdown clock go slower... but under this heat... Do you have kids?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: If the question is if I have someone waiting for me at home, the answer is “no”. So don’t be too worried.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYG_qY3LCfDTJlRdXb2vjGuowhI_GLHLt-eK-Lm9JJvzXwzHgTUu8OaphSUhtqRueZyN6Bhd_yMPh8kQEloZ6IqFyeFOPysrF0lGnMLH0wxQkNTMjhdg3Io3MfKYJ1LWHfW3omYaT_yiU/s400/116_9.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />
Pepa and Paco are sitting together, doing some Miranda family bonding.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Are you not even going to ask me why I lied to you?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Would it make a difference? Plus I knew you were lying to me. Your eyes told me. I saw you grow up.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: I’m not going to say I’m sorry, I don’t even need you to understand me.</i><br />
<i><u><b>Paco</b></u>: We have the same blood, the same fucking DNA. Would you understand me if I told you that I want to marry the woman who sent you to kill? Because I love her, because I love her in a way I had not loved anyone in a long time. Would you understand that?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: More than you think. And if necessary, I’ll take you down the aisle. I will sing </i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YooiIWYqQzk&feature=related"><b><i>Salve Rociera</i></b></a><i> for you. Beause you’re never going to stop being my brother. Because I lost you once, and from now on, you and I are going to walk hand in hand, like when we were kids, in La Higuerita.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><u>Piper's awesome memory for totally inconsequential information</u>: Mariano was also humming Salve Rociera, a traditional Sevillana song, at Lucas' fake funeral.</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezCQc263ffC5mJSt-zQ3zhVARgK_j7Z0FfhW2ehD6iV-nenPKEMhJKdnklwN0ewlBc5GkzTJ-yuCE6ub__7V0uRnz8rLfNvoACR8NujhMgHSZbL25OSYEg1Z5YQlR9eq0oM2MtGowcsk/s400/116_7.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />
Bomb guy interrupts the Miranda moment.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: Inspector?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Yeah?</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: Send your men away and get everybody out of here.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Are you going to let him die?</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: No, but we have less than ten minutes and I have never seen something so complicated.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswdog4alsL_5ovjFRIrcNGMD3AvFiB1VPGbPArnmACNQNnhOkHnW0Z3AwoCkf9FKSzq6Mr7-F92UytyfFdYB5tZnoAiuSpl_M8ix4UbujG-fRDmz-FOqy8MmPzYThiwB2qDnAuGS4P3E/s400/116_14.jpg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Lis goes to the locker room and sees Povedilla naked. She tells him that she is quitting the police force because she can’t deal with the situation. In the lab, Reyes tells Aitor that he can’t treat her and Lis that way and that they can’t be together <i>like that</i>. Povedilla tells her that he has asked Rita to marry him, but he knows that is ridiculous. Lis tells him about trying to steal her mother’s boyfriend. Aitor says he’s tired of hurting people and it’s all too much and he can’t deal with it anymore. Pove says that things end and the best thing is to deal with it and move on.<br />
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The TEDAX guy is going to <i>play</i>, like Deker told him.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: We only have one chance, so say all the prayers you know.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Good luck.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Deker, my brother is getting married. So hurry up cause we’re going to a wedding.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: That’s great news, say congratulations from me.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u>:</b> You have to say it yourself. I have a dress but I have no one to go with. So if you don’t mind...</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: It’ll be a pleasure, gorgeous. Maybe you’ll have to bring me there in a Tupperware.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-buH5FngMV1iXKTiJ8Zn-QL-NWMrOpofy3WG1b3RMYCXwS-b9oLbZ4jfH5UTNdurMJNTMdAJVaJS1lEz8b1wf04gmeZDoGz7Y2y8vSkL77p3rewE5meATWsnAFa5g_74VEAoS83Yah4o/s400/116_17.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />
Uncle Fester is at the interrogation room; he still doesn’t want to talk. Dani plays bad cop and points a gun at him until the guy confesses. Apparently some guy with a severe case of <a href="http://www.strabismus.org/">strabismus</a><i> (yeah, I had to look it up too)</i> passed the information to him, but he does not know either Junior or Senior personally. <i>That doesn't make a lot of sense. </i><br />
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At the residence where they keep Senior, a nun is reading the Bible to him when a middle age man with a cross pin on his jacket walks in and starts talking to Damián Sr. He tells him that he has now completed his penitence, and that he can finally stand up and walk – looks like a miracle, but it is rather clear that Senior has been faking his condition for eight years. We also see that the <i>squinting strabismus guy</i> is the church guy.<br />
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Rita is at Lizarrán on the phone with her mom when Pove walks in. Pove explains that he wants her to marry Curtis, but that he is scared of being left alone and stuck in time. Rita says that she and Curtis are always going to be with him, because she loves them both.<br />
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The TEDAX guy is still trying to deactivate the bomb.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: What’s your name?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Deker. They call me Deker.</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: What do you think?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Six cables go in, six cables go out, they’re all different. I think two of them connect to the detonator, two cut the connection and two are fake.</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: Bravo. Any favourite colours?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: No, but I hate red. I’m with it all day. I pass by a strip club and all I can think about is work.</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: So kick the ball and go long, right</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDlpNtse7gbhYo04tTIgQTXiCG5oOF7qVdx3Sn07CHzDg3_eDBZy_eX6rzEAsVnZnUAWsl9PVUv_0sWhYci3DLI5X_T2zl5R9fJ8R-YqZkMSldIR_4Dm1wI24pUaD63XKhXsz_JggyH0/s400/116_12.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />
Pepa stands up and tries to go to Deker, but Paco stops her.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Let’s go.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: No, wait. Paco?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Tell me, Deker.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Listen, how is it possible for that motherfucker to cover me in explosives all by himself? He is not working alone, this is coming from above, yeah. Maybe it’s ten, a hundred, 200, 500, I don’t know! But he’s not working alone, that’s the key, you hear? It’s impossible for that guy to also be an expert in explosives, it’s not possible!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Of course, fuck’s sake! That would explain it all! There are more people!</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: We have no time, I got to cut!</i><br />
<i></i></blockquote>At the newbies apartment, Goyo walks in with Dani and Blackman explains what has happened because of course he has felt it – enough with the superhero powers! Amaia reproaches him, Blackman feels all guilty. And we don't really care.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: I go ahead.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: Come on.</i><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">TEDAX guy cuts the red cable, but nothing happens.</span><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: It’s still counting down, I’m going to cut another one.</i><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">Deker tries to get the pliers.</span><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Give me the pliers! Give me the pliers!</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: Deker!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: You’re stupid! Leave me alone! It’s two lives we’re risking.</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: This is my life.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_dS5lLqHEVHwEkgwIKBDoqzrs9nLEJ1Rf2FuzA8cnXA4aZTqsTxpj6BdzGimU93nPEY8JRAmnxITtnAY6Skfad_WwBLhiEGeqE9hOhfE4_XudNGlkct4r5rBgIDMqgeLRJ-yGMFchxIE/s400/116_18.jpg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: lime;"><b>The smile that can move mountains...</b></span></i></div><br />
The countdown goes to zero and the detonator goes to “error”.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: The detonator has failed!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: It didn’t explode!</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: It failed!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Well done!</i><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">Salgado phones DL.</span><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Hello?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: Don Lorenzo, Deker is safe. The bomb was a bait.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Thanks.</i><br />
<i><b><u>TEDAX</u></b>: Go and hug the blonde. After I throw this stuff away, I’ll invite you to another (blonde), but in a cold jar. <span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></i><span style="color: #e06666;">(He means beer of course)</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-buH5FngMV1iXKTiJ8Zn-QL-NWMrOpofy3WG1b3RMYCXwS-b9oLbZ4jfH5UTNdurMJNTMdAJVaJS1lEz8b1wf04gmeZDoGz7Y2y8vSkL77p3rewE5meATWsnAFa5g_74VEAoS83Yah4o/s400/116_17.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />
Paco phones Aitor.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Aitor, can you please tell the precinct that Deker is safe?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Hey, hey, Paco, listen. There is something that doesn’t fit. He chooses his victims, remember? Deker can’t be it, he wasn’t in the line.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: What fucking line you’re talking about?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: The line of people who donated blood in Guadarrama. They’re all dead, but you and him. </i><br />
<b>Paco</b><i>: He who?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: I am sending you the picture of his face, he is a cop. He might be there with you, Paco.</i><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">The sprinklers go off, and they all get soaked with water... or maybe it’s not water.</span><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Oh shit!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Fuck’s sake, turn them off!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: This is not water, huh? What do they use to irrigate here? It seems like... acetate. Right?</i></blockquote>Paco gets the picture of the TEDAX guy on his phone but it’s too late. The man has touched a circuit in the detonator causing a spark, and he has been set on fire. Paco starts running towards flaming guy but Deker tackles him. Flashback again of Junior: <i>Towers burn, Inspector. Towers fall.</i><br />
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Blackman leaves Amaia, because he can’t stop being a superhero. Rita and Curtis are kissing in the pub. Reyes is depressed. The TEDAX guy is dead. Aitor sees Lis having a shower. The band plays Bipolar. Povedilla, Rita, Curtis, and Reyes end up having a drink. Blackman flies away from Amaia.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDxeBXUB9aDtd3mz_Mhhf07iLkC4IMLl7W5k0dqpwLocjp2tBpmvXw2lJE7dw2uW7Wxr2-HKNAO76W0HlyOawgHWsJEv00RJ0NvTboIyboaPhosvSAUKp1SnBUigboCPCK1d8S5ofDA8/s400/116_19.jpg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="color: lime;">That's it? This episode stinks!</span></b></i></div><br />
<b>Next Week!</b><br />
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The end of times. The proper end of times. Don’t you worry, nobody dies. And we’re left with the show’s main theme: Drugging and infiltrating.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">Piper's commentary:</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Let's pretend we do not know what happened at the series finale and take this episode per se. What were the writers trying to do, what did they want us to believe, what story were they trying to tell? How stoned were they whilst writing? And just how much do we really NOT care?<br />
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<b><u>First</u></b>, Pepa, who always seems to use her affection to <i>save</i> someone from the brink of death. There's Curtis, and we all know what happened there (at least we got some really hot PepSi makeup sex), then Aitor, whom she asked to walk her down the aisle, and now Deker. (I'm excluding Silvia because they were truly in love.) While said with good intentions, Pepa's professions of love were not only untrue, they were almost cruel. <br />
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<b><u>Second</u></b>, we have Paco and his bi-polar feelings for Salgado: <i>"I hate you. Marry me. No, I hate you. But I still want you to marry me."</i> Dude! She blackmailed your sister and your friend! She only gave up her CNI buddies when she knew she had no other choice. And she's a murderer!!! Salgado is no Lola, that's for sure. <br />
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<b><u>Third</u></b>, the writers are still forcing the Amaia-Blackman House of Gothic Love. Nothing there, so leave it. Did they leave it? Ah, they did, but not before we almost slapped our computer screens in hope that Amaia would somehow feel our disgust.<br />
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<b><u>Fourth</u></b>, the Aitor Triangle. If there's one reason we should all be glad that the series is finally over, it's that the Bermuda Triangle vanishes with it. <br />
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<b><u>And lastly</u></b>, the Satan arc. The whole storyline doesn't make any fucking sense. At all! Uncle Fester was totally inconsequential, although he did look gory. The Strabimus guy happens to be a Roman Catholic prelate, so is the Church involved in all this? What's the significance of Father Whatshisname asking Senior to "stand up"? Now they're ripping off the Gospel?</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><i><span style="color: red;">And the sick man answered, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is disturbed; so while I am still on my way, another steps down before me". Jesus then said to him, "<b><u>Stand up, take your mat and walk</u></b>". And at once the man was healed, and he took up his mat and walked. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">- </span></i><i><span style="color: red;">From John</span></i></div><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">No, there really is no significance, they just want us to think that there is. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">And Junior's followers? The hamburglars roaming around the hospital from last episode, the bomb experts? Nope, nada. And the elephant bat signal? Please let me know if its significance was ever explained. What about Junior having the power to appear even in Paco's dreams? And the sketches from Padre Sistiaga's notebook depicting Senior? And where did Amadeo's body go? And the hanging nun? Was she just a figment of Paco's imagination?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Stick around, all those questions and more will be answered in the series finale. ATPP will tie all the loose ends neatly, and hand the package to us with a red bow on top. Just wait. You'd be pleasantly surprised.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Oh, who am I kidding? The finale sucked.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-23145566625928629832010-05-16T23:22:00.001-04:002010-06-18T22:23:26.607-04:009x11 LHdP 66.6: The Rip-off - "In Bed at the Hospital"<a href="http://pepsiuniversity.blogspot.com/2010/05/9x11-ojito-avizor-complete-recap.html"><span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">Ep. 115: Ojito Avizor (Watchful eyes)</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Theme: <span style="font-style: italic;">Eyes</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />
Summary</span>: It is often said that our <span style="font-style: italic;">"eyes are the windows to the soul"</span>. It is the thing we rely on the most to tell us about the world around us. The emotions of others can often be told just by looking into someone's eyes - you can see their hate/love, their pain/comfort, their joy/fear, and much more. Thus, many view the removal of one's eyes as an incredibly heinous act, and Hollywood has used it as a go-to source in many films and episode arcs for added dramatic/horror/thriller effects.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP use</span>: Deker's autopsy of the novice reveals that her eyes have been removed from her body. Deker realizes it's connected to Paco's chess dream and ancient history/folklore. Later in the episode, the hombres consult (another) medium, who is able to "see" what happened to the novice from the time Paco and Pove discovered her at the abandoned school until her untimely demise.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Epic fail</span>: As I stated, the loss/removal of a person's eyes is often used as a plot point for added dramatic effect. Here, Alex Pina & Co. fail in their attempt to use the novice's missing eyes for this purpose because, like every other element they've thrown into the "66.6" kitchen sink, it served no valuable purpose to the plot. Other than Deker's HS nickname, we didn't learn anything new than what we already knew, and we also never got an answer as to why the novice's missing eyes were so important. Now, had her eyes been able to "show" Satan walking around in the precinct, then perhaps it would've paid off. But it didn't. Deker figured out something was going on (based on him recognizing his nickname, not with anything related to the novice herself), much in the same manner that Paco realized something was afoot in Ep. 107 after they discovered the body of the second victim. Yes, one might argue that it led to Deker being captured by Satan so that he could be strapped to a bomb in next week's episode, but they could've easily acheived the same effect without the use of the novice's eyes.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Rip-off:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Suspect Zero</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Summary</span>: Demoted FBI agent Thomas Mackelway investigates the death of a salesman, which he discovers is linked to seemingly random killings, with the exception that each victim is marked with a "zero" on their body. As the investigation unfolds, Mackelway discovers that the victims are all serial killers. In his quest to discover the truth, Mackelway becomes consumed with the case and his past mistakes haunt him as he tries to find the true killer. Mackelway's partner notices that the case has become personal for him and is concerned about his well-being, but she is also drawn into the investigation, which leads them to former FBI agent Benjamin O'Ryan, who may be the key to everything.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP spin</span>: Paco Miranda is a demoted police officer who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation involving several victims with no obvious connection to each other. As the investigation unfolds, Paco becomes consumed with the case and each death haunts him as he tries to find a way to beat the true killer - Satan. His fellow colleagues, including his best friend Mariano, become more concerned about Paco's well-being as the case progresses. <span style="font-weight: bold;">*Spoiler alert*</span> In the next episode, Paco and the hombres discover that all of the victims share the same blood type.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Epic fail</span>: I dunno why it didn't dawn on me until now that aside from a reverse <span style="font-style: italic;">Se7en</span> rip-off, the whole "66.6" plot is also very much like <span style="font-style: italic;">Suspect Zero</span>. Okay, maybe because the movie itself wasn't so great and is a poor-man's version of <span style="font-style: italic;">Se7en</span>, but still. Demoted officer? Check. Serial killer? Well, it's Satan, but close enough, so check. A concerned partner? Check. The killings seem random except - oh wait! - there's a hidden connection? Check. Consumed by the case to the point where it's become personal? Double check. The original failed IMO because it had too many holes and left too many loose ends with too many unanswered questions. The rip-off fails for many of the same reasons. A lot of elements have been injected into the "66.6" storyline without making much sense or adding much to the overall arc - the significance of the "elephant signal", the entire opium dream, eyes, etc.<br />
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As with the last episode, I thought this one was another throwback to the old <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span> in many ways, but I've already expressed my thoughts on that over at AE (and in the update) and think it would be redundant to do so here again. Needless to say, it was yet another reminder of how the show used to be and how much different it is now.<br />
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Feel free to add any other rip-offs you may have spotted, as well as your thoughts in agreement or dissent.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">kalike</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">*The title for this lecture is based on lyrics from the song "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyhkQzPLjcA"><strong>Hospital Beds</strong></a>" by Cold War Kids. You should also check out the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jvkq86OQLQ"><strong>cover version</strong></a> by Florence + the Machine</span>.kalikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17409523740634445570noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-29699696744380915112010-05-14T22:22:00.005-04:002010-06-18T22:23:26.608-04:009x11 Ojito Avizor - Complete Recap<b><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 115 - Ojito Aizor</span> (Watchful Eye)</span></b><br />
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<i><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">By Dr. Bekelauer</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Picspam and additional snark by Piper</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><u>Translator's note</u>: If you watched 9x10 (and I’m saying IF because it was crap and we had only one short Pepa scene), you will know that Pepa can’t be in this episode because she is <i>“away to get over everything that has happened to her and move on”</i>. Which in my world means she’s going on a 3-day trip to a spa place to reconnect with herself and probably meet (and do) #42 or #43. We don’t know. She is, anyway, not showing up in this episode so feel free to skip reading until next episode. <i>(<u>Piper's note</u>: And picspam will be sparse because, well, no Pepa)</i></span><br />
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Don Lorenzo is doing the intro speech. He says that being a cop is not a job, it is a way of life, and the worst way of life there is, because you face horrible things every day and weapons and bullets and other terrible things become normal because you see them every day. He is writing his resignation letter.<br />
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At Mariano’s, Paco, Povedilla, and Aitor arrive to tell him what they <i>saw</i> during their dope-induced dreams, but Mariano tells them that Marina has been shot and that she confessed that she had been blackmailing Pepa and Aitor. DL walks in and tells them he is quitting and that all of them should as well.<br />
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<b>LHDP Intro</b><br />
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Curtis and Rita are at the gallery doing target practice. They talk about the embarrassing hair spitting session. Curtis tries to convince her that it’s only been a peculiar way to start a relationship, but she says everything’s been pretty ugly. They start arguing, because Curtis thinks she wants to be with a gentleman, or with someone more handsome but she doesn't. Names are called – oops! He tries to apologize but she starts firing her gun and the noise shatters his hearing and he collapses.<br />
Deker is taking pictures of the dead novice and grabs her hand and starts talking to her. Seriously? Reyes walks in to tell him that relevant information has leaked to a website, and now all the media are reporting about it. The novice has no eyeballs, so Deker puts a pair of funky sunglasses on her – that’s much better, thanks.<br />
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Paco asks Deker to explain to him what his dopey dreams mean, but Reyes interrupts them. Paco conducts the briefing, saying that DL is quitting, and that now he knows that the Satanic case is going to destroy everyone, so he encourages them to leave as well. Nice. But then vintage LHDP: and all of them say that they’re going to stay and help Paco – very much like a badge-handing moment. DL walks in and receives an ovation. DL is astonished and feels a mix of sadness and incredulity. <br />
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Goyo and Amaia get home and she confesses that she has discharged herself from the hospital because Blackman may come to see her. Whatever.<br />
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At the briefing, they are discussing the case and how to plant a false leak to the media. Since Junior did not kill the novice - he just cut her wrists so she would bleed out - they think they can still catch him by letting him think that the novice is still alive and in a hospital somewhere. Paco is skeptical and Reyes starts to scold him. <br />
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In his office, DL is picking up his stuff and oh, there’s a picture of Silvia and Lola... I start to get teary eyed. <i>(Piper: Me too!)</i> He drops some stuff on the floor and as he crawls near the door to pick them up, he overhears what they say about him outside the briefing room. They are all saying that he is a great man, Mariano gives the example of DL being cool with Aitor and Sara. <i>They say he is a tolerant, but what about the beginnings of Pepa and Silvia, huh? </i><br />
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Reyes scolds Paco big time and she is close to using some DL vintage language to make him believe that they can catch the assassin. DL is still overhearing everyone, and is getting sentimental.<br />
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Rita and Curtis go to a hearing aid clinic to get his ears checked. The rather hot lady tells her that he might be only pretending not to hear. Meanwhile, Curtis starts to feel guilty about everything that he’s told Rita.<br />
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</div>The misinformation campaign is on. TV news person says that the novice is not dead. At San Antonio, the hombres start preparing to go undercover at the hospital where the novice is supposed to be. DL is talking to a dude in a travel agency and gets all worked up and hangs up the phone, also because he is seeing how they are preparing for the mission and he is sort of jealous.<br />
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Deker and Reyes are trying to research the significance of the cut eyeballs, but he is far more interested in Paco’s opium dream. Reyes scolds him then leaves for coffee. She goes to Lizarrán and finds DL at the bar, reading the paper. In a sort of condescending way , she complains about having to do his job and says her mother is also retired and wonders how is it possible to <i>“shit on somebody’s fucking mother” </i><span style="color: #e06666;">(<u>Translator's lost in translation note</u>: How sweet, nice, and Spanish that sounds!)</span> every five minutes and still be treated like a father. She ends up saying: <i>“But well, you have to be ready for everything in life. And if you’re not ready, I recommend you resign. Resign from retiring”.</i><br />
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Goyo is in a patrol car in the frisking garage and sends out a radio message for Blackman. An injured agent. Too bad Blackman does not reply, but the whole back up does and everybody is coming to San Antonio. Funny! <br />
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Curtis is getting his hearing tested. He is alone in the test room with Rita and they both apologize and say how much they love each other... but neither one can hear the other. Which is pretty pointless, if you ask me. It is very nice, tender and proper LHDP. <br />
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All units are in place at the hospital. Lis and Aitor are flirting in the room. Lis is supposed to be the novice, just so you know. Aye right, novice my arse – that was my first thought, sorry. She’s becoming unbearable. She says that if she picked a ball out of a big lottery drum, the lottery ball would have Aitor’s name on it.<br />
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</div>At Confecciones Puri, Paco and Mariano are watching the cameras. Paco gets a couple of calls from Marina but he says he doesn’t know if he wants to see her ever again. Then he tells Mariano that after everything’s over, they have to go to Austria to check a new roller coaster with a huge free fall, even though he is scared of amusement rides. To face his fear. Then DL storms in with dinner from Lizarrán and tells them to fuck off and update him. He’s back, oh yeah!<br />
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Goyo is about to enter his flat when Blackman shows up and they chat at the door. Goyo says he’s tired and that they (<i>Blackmaia</i>) have to be together, otherwise it would be like treason to love. He leaves Blackman and walks in but Amaia is gone, and so is Blackman.<br />
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At the hospital room, Aitor has little pieces of papers with Reyes’ and Lis’ names to find out what destiny says. Deker is in the lab with Reyes and he finds that cutting eyeballs is a 15th-century Inquisition technique inflicted on witches as they were being condemned to walk in limbo eternally. They argue about why she has sent Aitor and Lis together in the mission. She replies saying that <i>“No, do not make excuses, you’re the first one to throw himself in the arms of a lesbian to avoid anything real happening”.</i> I don’t know if she means something happening with her or with Pepa but I have the feeling they (<i>Reyes and Deker</i>) will hook up in the end. Why not? Deker phones Paco to tell him that the chess game and the eyeball cutting are related: <i>since the devil couldn’t beat the monk, he cut his eyeballs to play chess with him eternally.</i> Paco interprets this as a sign and gets Deker to find him a psychic so he can talk to the wandering-in-limbo novice.<br />
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Aitor picks up a few pieces of papelitos. Lis keeps flirting. Aitor picks up a paper with Lis's name on it maybe twice.<br />
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Curtis and Rita talk again, and this time, they could both hear each other. But they don’t say the same thing. Curtis says he is worried about not being able to listen to rock music again, Rita says she pities him if that was true. They agree to go out to a concert in the pub.<br />
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Paco goes to the interrogation room and Reyes tells him this is the last supernatural act she is going to allow. The psychic has a French accent and can sense the evil in the room –<i> these two things, French and evil, were not meant to be connected, hehe</i>. She can <i>see</i> that the evil is in the hospital, but Amadeo also has a message for Paco – using psychic voicemail? <i>“Man the strongest and most powerful living being there is. Do you remember, Tivi?”. </i>Paco doesn’t know what it means, but Deker is on the walkie and says it’s him – he was nicknamed Tivi when in high school.<br />
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At the hospital, there’s a false alarm, and they still think they’re going to get to catch Junior. Then there is a lot of action. Two people with black hoods are walking about the corridors. At the precinct, Deker realizes that Junior is not going to get trapped because he doesn't leave anything to chance – he sliced the novice’s main arteries to make sure she died. Now he wants her corpse to show the world he has killed her. At the hospital, Aitor, DL, Dani, and Povedilla arrest the two hooded men but see they’re only Satan’s followers. Or <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheOaNWr5Uwd4sxefYj70CJ1XESyTZd5_w3blAqqYTxyYJHa7X6Rqvw0b6yj2EiqgKOW6a56T5W9ilxHk1xMntWecADu-JyqwV5svtTJ8NYBuUlDvGoBhmMTKJqzWO-4Mok1n_X2diIgAY7/s1600-h/hamburglar.jpg">Hamburglars</a>, not sure. Then two hospital workers wheel a covered stretcher towards the exit, but DL is sharp and arrests them. They pull the cover off the body on the stretcher and it's not a corpse, it's Lis. One of the fake orderlies looks like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Fester">Uncle Fester</a>, shaved eyebrows and all.<br />
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Amaia is out in the dark in a backstreet alley trying to find Blackman. And of course she does. They try to fight The Force, but Amaia is very convincing and they end up kissing. Somehow Goyo is also there to witness it – that hurts, ouch. And again, “<i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlid34Ql1MU"><b>Lo que no ves</b></a></i>”, but at least the band has changed clothes. <br />
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At the pub, Rita and Curtis hold hands. He declares his love, and asks her to marry him! Oh good God! At the alley, Amaia passes out but she is taken (flying?) by Blackman. <i>Like Superman taking Lois Lane for a ride. </i><br />
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Deker runs to the frisking garage and sees that the agents that were moving corpse of the novice have been killed and Junior in his classy suit, is there to take him. <i>Seriously? You'd move the cadaver while you're in the middle of an investigation? Really?</i><br />
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<b>Next week!</b><br />
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Deker <i>with 15 kg of explosives attached to his body, Pepa telling him,</i> “Maybe you will end up falling in love” and him replying, <i>“Back at ya”.</i> Not liking it but Pepa is back. Then also Aitor breaking Lis’s heart and Povedilla asking Rita to marry him instead of Curtis.<br />
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A few notes before we begin:<br />
<ol><li>Thanks to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Piper</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cela</span> for pointing out rip-offs from the episode. And sorry <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. P</span>, but no, I haven't seen <span style="font-style: italic;">Eli Stone</span>. Prophetic lawyers? Yeah...it's not my thing. I think the profession has enough problems without adding to it. Although I do hear they break into song occasionally, and given my love for musicals, maybe I'll check it out one day.</li>
<li>The recap mentions a point in the ep. where DL et. al. finally crack the CNI's code (with WIN-E's help) and images of their secrets flash onto screens throughout the precinct. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Drs. P</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Beke</span> noted that it seemed like a rip-off that they couldn't quite place, and I think they're right, although I can't quite place it either. What it kind of reminds me of is the <span style="font-style: italic;">La Femme Nikita</span> ep. "View of the Garden", when Adrian (the "Mother" of Section One) and Michael are trying to get a message to George (head of Oversight) that Adrian is alive by hacking into Section and plastering Adrian's face all over the screens throughout Section One. Similar to <span style="font-style: italic;">LFN</span>, the purpose of having the CNI's secrets shown throughout the precinct was a message to say, "Your secrets are out." I'm sure this has been used in other spy/thriller films and shows before, which may be why we can't quite place it.</li>
<li>Blackman and Amaia's ability to "sense" each other reminds me of the bond that the vampires on <span style="font-style: italic;">True Blood</span> share with those who drink from them, but I'm not going to analyze it any further, because I find the whole thing to be utterly ridiculous and nauseating.</li>
<li>The fact that Blackman is a "bad luck magnet" also reminds me of a rip-off I can't quite place, so if any of you can, please do let me know.</li>
</ol><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rip-off: <span style="font-style: italic;">Eli Stone</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.wchstv.com/abc/elistone/elistonecast.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.wchstv.com/abc/elistone/elistonecast.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 160px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 261px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary</span>: Attorney Eli Stone discovers that he has an inoperable brain tumor, which is causing him to have hallucinations. His acupuncturist (Dr. Chen) believes that Eli's hallucinations are divine visions of future events, making him a modern-day prophet. In the episode <span style="font-style: italic;">"Owner of a Lonely Heart"</span>, Eli visits another acupuncturist - one of Dr. Chen's rivals - and undergoes a risky "dark truth technique" to try and discover what the future holds.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP spin</span>: After consulting a tarot reader, Paco learns that he has a "dark future" ahead of him when the "Hanged Man" and "Death" cards are revealed. He proceeds to go to an opium den in order to find a way to save the world and defeat Satan.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Rip-off: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Matrix</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Reloaded</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Summary</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Matrix</span> film series follows Neo ("The One") as he and other human rebels continue their fight to release humanity from the control of sentient machines. Much of the second film is about Neo, Morpheus and Trinity's quest to find and protect "the Keymaker", a program in the Matrix that makes keys which can open up hidden portals. One scene follows Neo traveling down a long white corridor with Morpheus and the Keymaker. The corridor contains several doors, which are shortcuts that lead to different areas of the Matrix. The Keymaker unlocks the door to "the Source", where Neo has a confrontation with "the Architect", the Matrix's creator.<br />
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<a href="http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/5993/647339-matrix_reloaded_neovarchitect_600_super.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/5993/647339-matrix_reloaded_neovarchitect_600_super.gif" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 138px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 330px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP spin</span>: In Paco's opium-induced dream, he is surrounded by an entirely white backdrop, where he receives a key from Amadeo that unlocks "doors" as he travels in his dream. The final door that Paco encounters leads him to Satan, who is waiting to play a game of chess with him.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Rip-off: <span style="font-style: italic;">Det sjunde inseglet (The Seventh Seal)</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://media.timeoutnewyork.com/resizeImage/htdocs/export_images/714/714hr.fi.dvd.seventh.jpg?width=480" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://media.timeoutnewyork.com/resizeImage/htdocs/export_images/714/714hr.fi.dvd.seventh.jpg?width=480" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 148px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 238px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary</span>: A disillusioned knight returns home from fighting in the Crusades to discover his country ravaged by the Black Death plague, and "Death" waiting for him. The knight challenges Death to a game of chess, and they agree that if the knight wins, he gets to live. It is suggested that the knight knows he can't beat Satan but continues to play chess with him anyway in order to give others the time to live.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP spin</span>: Towards the end of his opium-induced dream, Paco and Satan play a game of chess. Paco loses the chess match, but believes he can still defeat Satan because he still has hope.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAT8ZoVZ9LHo4u8lW8PmCoO4Sm0J4EpKTU4NPtlddB3MdhSTcYom8O-XnkKr3HOyoNYOxVXq1kPt0VB7fVLmWCUuBfiBb_PgAGPNiM7DbPtVXf-bNcIQvm0iT4kvqf6jUltX65GJSRyjs/s400/114_20.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAT8ZoVZ9LHo4u8lW8PmCoO4Sm0J4EpKTU4NPtlddB3MdhSTcYom8O-XnkKr3HOyoNYOxVXq1kPt0VB7fVLmWCUuBfiBb_PgAGPNiM7DbPtVXf-bNcIQvm0iT4kvqf6jUltX65GJSRyjs/s400/114_20.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 138px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 307px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Epic fail</span>: First of all, if anyone should be given <span style="font-style: italic;">The Matrix</span> rip-off, it should be the dude dressed like Neo: Blackman. Secondly, as with all the other rip-offs used for the "66.6" storyline, these were equally (if not more) pointless to the overall plot. Look. We know that Paco is fighting Satan and they're playing one big game of chess with the future of humanity as the prize. We also know that Paco doesn't stand much of a chance, because...well, it's <span style="font-style: italic;">Satan</span>, and Paco is simply a mere mortal. Paco doesn't need to consult a tarot reader, visit an opium den, or have a whacked out hallucination to know that he's fucked - I could've told him that from Ep. 105.<br />
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Finally, Pove's right. Paco could've gotten all that he needed to know from the wonder that is the Internet. My analysis of the "66.6" storyline and the seven virtues in the last rip-off lecture? A lot of that came from info I learned through Google and Wikipedia like good 'ol Pove said. So instead of wasting his time getting doped up, maybe all Paco really needed to do was gather the hombres and go through the evidence one by one to analyze each victim, the manner and circumstances in which they died, and the clues they discovered before and after their deaths. Oh wait. That would be doing <span style="font-style: italic;">real police work</span> and apparently Pepa's not the only one who isn't allowed to do any police work on this show - nobody is.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Rip-off: <span style="font-style: italic;">Unbreakable</span></span><br />
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</span><a href="http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/filmimages/unbreakable.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/filmimages/unbreakable.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 173px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 115px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary</span>: Elijah Prince is a comic book specialist who suffers from a rare disease, in which his bones are susceptible to breaking easily. He believes that if he is so frail there must be someone else who is on the opposite end of the spectrum - someone who is extremely strong. After learning that security guard David Dunn was the sole survivor of a catastrophic train crash, and that he walked away completely unharmed, Price comes to believe that Dunn is his extreme opposite - a modern-day superhero. Dunn is skeptical about Price's theory but begins to see the validity in it when he realizes that he's never been hurt or sick in his entire life and that his physical strength is greater than the average human.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP spin</span>: Blackman first appeared in San Antonio in S7 as a mysterious vigilante who believes in carrying out justice by any means, even if it is outside of the law. He appears to be a modern-day superhero, having unexplainable abilities that protect him from danger. For example, he possesses a great deal of strength and once put a loaded gun to his head and fired it until it was empty without dying. In this episode, Blackman explains that while he has been extremely lucky in life, he brings bad luck upon others around him who he cares about.<br />
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<a href="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/18100/18175_blackman-apunta-con-una-pistola-a-salgado.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.formulatv.com/images/fgaleria/18100/18175_blackman-apunta-con-una-pistola-a-salgado.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 182px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 273px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Epic fail</span>: As cool as Blackman may look and appear at times, I've always thought that he didn't belong on this show, because he doesn't fit into the DNA of what the show is about. Aside from that, there was never any consistency with his character - he would come and go at random. In this season alone, he's assisted the hombres on cases that have nothing whatsoever to do with the "66.6" storyline, which is where I, personally, would be utilizing the guy with supernatural powers. We never knew about Blackman's motivations or his backstory until now, and the revelation of his history just seems rushed. Furthermore, he's not a main character of the show, and I think that if Alex Pina & Co. should be doing something, it should be worrying about tying up storylines that are connected to the main characters of their show first and dealing with the secondary characters later.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Rip-off: <span style="font-style: italic;">Los Hombres de Paco</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Summary</span>: Paco Miranda is a honest, but clumsy police officer in San Antonio. Paco, along with his best friend and fellow officer Mariano solve crimes to protect the citizens of San Antonio. In the S8 finale, <span style="font-style: italic;">"Todo los planes de Lucas Fernandez"</span>, forensics inspector Silvia Castro was shot in the lower abdomen on her wedding day when the mafia attacked her wedding. She eventually died from a loss of blood in the arms of her father and her new wife. Yes, I did just summarize <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span>, but honestly, after watching S9, one might be genuinely confused as to what this show is supposed to be about.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blogs.levante-emv.com/series-tv/files/2009/01/hombres-de-pcao.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><img alt="" border="0" height="234" src="http://blogs.levante-emv.com/series-tv/files/2009/01/hombres-de-pcao.jpg" style="display: block; height: 173px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 295px;" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: 85%;">Ahhh...the good old days</span></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />
LHdP spin</span>: The mysterious Blackman fires a bullet, which hits the one heading towards Salgado, protecting the CNI Commandant from being killed. In the process, Blackman's bullet splits the bullet intended for Salgado in half and it hits rookie Amaia in the lower abdomen. She seemingly dies in the arms of a brokenhearted Blackman.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Epic fail</span>: I've mentioned before that (most of) the newbies remind me of rip-offs of current cast members: Goyo reminds me of Pove 2.0, Lis reminds me of Sara 2.0, and Dani reminds me of Aitor 2.0. I've also stated that if Alex Pina & Co. can't be original enough to create new characters without ripping off personality traits from ones they currently have then perhaps they shouldn't have cast four new characters for this season. I have the same thoughts with regard to this scene. I feel like the only reason why it was included in this episode was because Alex Pina & Co. knew that it would create an intensely dramatic moment given how well it worked in Ep. 104. Except it didn't IMO. Why? First, while I like Amaia more than some of the other newbies, I don't have any attachment to her character like I did to Silvia. The main reason for this is because I don't know who she is - she hasn't been on the show long enough for viewers to form an attachment to her. Secondly, given that it did remind me of Ep. 104, <span style="font-style: italic;">that's</span> what I was thinking about instead of focusing on the scene, and I just got depressed all over again. Not only was it tasteless, but I also think it was a poor tactical move (and just plain lazy writing) by Alex Pina & Co. to blatantly remind whatever viewers they have left of how great the show used to be. I mean seriously? Why would you create a scene that reminded people of Marian Aguilera and the wonderful acting that she, Juan Diego and Laura Sánchez portrayed in Ep. 104 and then allow them to compare that to Amaia's "not really dead after all" scene? It never stood a chance. It's this lack of creativity in something as simple as (almost) killing a character which explains why, even without the rip-offs we've seen thus far, <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span> wouldn't have lived to see S10.<br />
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Feel free to add any other rip-offs you may have spotted, as well as your thoughts in agreement or dissent.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">kalike</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">*The title for this lecture is based on the song "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKLpJtvzlEI"><strong>Lux Aeterna</strong></a>" by Clint Mansell from the film Requiem for a Dream</span>kalikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17409523740634445570noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-40386816264872425452010-05-05T03:28:00.008-04:002010-06-18T23:15:42.100-04:00Pepa y yo<span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">I wrote this entry for <a href="http://bekelauer.blogspot.com/">my blog</a>, but given it's LHDP-related, I felt the need to share it. Excuse the pictures of me - it's what it has, having privileges with the Boss :)<br />
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This is one of the many random posts I write, but I really wanted to put it in words. I was walking down <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byres_Road">Byres Road</a> to the Kelvin Hall, and this subject popped in my head behind the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvingrove_Museum">Kelvingrove Museum</a>. And I walked all the way home thinking about it, and what to say, so I guess I gave it a lot of thought. <br />
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I also want to say that I know Pepa is a fictional character. But it is the character itself the one that sticks to me, and not gorgeous Laura Sánchez. So apart from a thing or two, this is all going to be based on personality aspects. </span><br />
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When I first saw PepSi, I was immediately drawn to Pepa. Like a moth to a flame. I thought she was the one who sold the character better, the one that looked properly gay, and therefore the one I <span style="font-style: italic;">fell for</span> at the very beginning. I have to say, very straight women, or women who look very straight are not my type at all. There are so many hotties in this world that I would never put my eyes on just because they look so straight to me that I wouldn't even think of it. It's physical, I can't help it. That's why I never considered Silvia until much later. When I realised I was a Pepa.<br />
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Lately, my world has been crumbling to pieces and, even though I was only a Pepa for certain things, it is true that I am developing some features, as some sort of reaction to the problems, as a survival mechanism, that draw me even closer to the character. I am just going to list them, and illustrate them with some examples.<br />
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1. Pepa's biggest love story began when she was 18. She fell in love with a straight woman, and converted her. I did the exact same, even tho I did not run away for my parents for 8 years. My most important relationship to date happened when I was 18.<br />
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2. Pepa moved to Madrid to be with the woman she loved. I moved to Brighton to follow the woman I loved. <span style="font-style: italic;">I should add, we both ended brokenhearted.</span><br />
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3. Pepa is drawn to people because she is social and always open. I am always surrounded by my friends, and they are my most valuable treasure. Still, I get to meet new people very often and I socialise with random strangers.<br />
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4. Pepa's girl-counter is allegedly at #40. It is likely that by the time I'm 30, my girl-counter would be around that number too. There's a map on Dr. Piper's refrigerator that illustrates that. <i style="color: #e06666;">(<u>Piper's note</u>: It's true, a diagram of Beke's complicated love life is on my refrigerator door, delicately held by a single magnet)</i><br />
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5. Pepa's first reaction to something that's against what she wants is an angry face, a storm out and a solution to the problem following the "por mis santos cojones" rule. Me, ditto.<br />
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6. In pick up artist mood, Pepa is unstoppable. With some obvious physical handicaps, I am difficult to stop as well.<br />
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7. Badassness. All the way.<br />
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8. Vests.<br />
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9. The want-a-piece-of-me look.<br />
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10. The commitment to one's family and friends above everything else in the world.<br />
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And some randoms.<br />
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11. The thousand watt smile. I know it's a sin to even compare it, but I've been told.<br />
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12. We both own a Cookie that is probably being tracked down by the CNI. <br />
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Leaving so soon - KeaneBekelauerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17784662212399001456noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-14013011273765613682010-05-03T23:33:00.018-04:002010-06-18T22:23:26.609-04:009x10 El Fumadero del Señor Chang - Complete Recap<b><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 114 - El Fumadero del Señor Chang</span> (Mr. Chang's Den)</span></b><br />
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<i><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">By Dr. Bekelauer</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Picspam and additional snark by Piper</span></i><br />
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Paco is doing the intro speech, which is about fears. Salgado is in the interrogation room, talking to DL and Mariano about Zebra, a super secret élite CNI group created to “eliminate” whomever threatened the state security. Paco realises that the only way of solving the Satanic plot is examining the evidence one by one. He needs to “know the truth”. He has called a tarot lady, who asks him what he wants to know. “The truth” – yeah, we figured that much. She tosses the Devil, the Fool, the Hangman, and the Death cards. Not good.<br />
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Marina is all torn and confesses to DL that in 8 years she has witnessed 9 assassinations and ordered two of them. DL doesn’t know what to say or do. Salgado tells him to call super bigwig Sánchez Aguirre, her mentor. At Paco’s, the tarot lady is about to leave because she is creeped out by Paco’s future. He asks her how to look inside of him and she recommends drugs. Nice. <i>(I'd recommend a colonoscopy.)</i> She gives him the address of Mister Chang’s coffee shop, which is really an opium den.<br />
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<b>LHDP Intro</b><br />
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At the newbies's flat, Dani and Lis joke and I’m just about to puke when Goyo and Amaia show up to tell them that they’ve been kicked out of the police for smoking pot. Dani says that’s not possible – then Reyes wakes up with a wicked hangover and confirms that smoking narcotics is a grave disciplinary violation. <i>Yeah, right, so what the hell is Paco doing at Mr Chang’s, huh?</i><br />
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Povedilla tries to tell Mr Chang not to make the opium too strong for Paco because he’s “new”. He is like the only funny thing remaining in this show. He and Mariano. So Paco is all high now and dressed in white pyjamas and inside a white room that looks like the Matrix. Amadeo, also wearing white, shows up. Paco asks him where he is. <i>“You’re inside yourself. And you’re not alone”.</i> Damián Jr., dressed in black, is also buggering around. <i>“You’ve come to play with my brother”</i>. Paco says he wants answers, Amadeo says Junior has all the answers. He also tells him that if he fails, he won’t be able to go back to his life.<br />
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Old Super Big Wig (OSBW) walks into the interrogation room and hands Salgado an envelope with a fake passport, et. al. <i><span style="color: #e06666;">(<u>Quick pedantic translator moment</u>: Lucas got the same deal as well. They handed him fake documents with a different name. Salgado’s new surname is <b>Zurriagamimundi</b>, a stupidly long and complicated Basque name. Lucas’s two surnames were Catalan and Basque. Do the police think that by giving them really uncommon and not Castillan surnames, they would not stand out in a crowd? Are they not supposed to assign them names so common? And why do they have to be Catalan or Basque? Right then, that was a pedantic moment brought to you by the Translatori).</span></i> The OSBW tells her to get the fuck off the country, but she says she has to give a statement for the benefit of the people who love her.<br />
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Pepa is at Laureano Vicuña, with a big rucksack, clearly going off on holiday. Aitor gets out of the house, sees her. <br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Whose corpse are you carrying in that bag?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: I’m going for a few days.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: You know that you have to report to the judge every fortnight until they call the hearing for the engineer’s death, right? And you’re not gonna do anything stupid, right?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: I’m off... Aitor, I talked to Paco, and to Don Lorenzo. And I told them about El Gordo – my part, not yours.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3gtdiTwMRLEVaEeZSd6tKKQt75GibLSpcWhZeHhRNqlL6Zf4skAZDIb2VwzW-Qe1EsG-mHUTR0Nj9F4yuKxmun3IUdKk69Hj-bgMoG0W4kyeWvDHITgFgeQ1c5ueFbmc6WwvdJphUkY/s400/114_9a.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></div><blockquote><i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Do you want me to go with you? See, if you want, I can wear a dress... for you.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: You’d look so pretty.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Aye, right?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: I’m not going to run away, don’t worry, Aitor. But I need to go and close doors. I've been stuck on the moment when Silvia got shot, and you know that. But I’m gonna make change happen.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: But do it quickly. I don’t want to miss you too much.</i></blockquote>Pepa playfully shows Aitor her tongue. She is definitely my home girl. And most of the screencaps you'll see from this point on will be anachronistic, so just enjoy. vale?<br />
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Mariano walks into the interrogation room to see Salgado. Somebody is unscrewing the ventilation grill. DL walks in and tells her that Colonel Etxebarría, a.k.a. CNI Jackass, is in the building. She’s a dead woman if they take her.<br />
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Lis convinces Reyes to tell DL not to get Goyo and Amaia out of the police. Lis acts all “motherly” and tells her she’s too old for binge drinking. <i>“As I am too old to date Aitor, right?”</i>. She then reveals that she overhead Lis' declaration of love for Aitor from last episode. You’re so screwed, brat. Aitor knocks at the door and invites Reyes for breakfast... but Lis says she’s also going.<br />
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CNI Jackass walks in ready to get Salgado, but OSBW gets in the middle to protect her. CNI-J has a warrant, so they have to hand her in. But when they check the interrogation room, she is gone... thru the ventilation system. Amaia has a strong Blackman vibe <i>(Barf alert!)</i> and runs to the parking lot along with all the CNI guys. Blackman has Salgado on a choke hold. Blackman then shoots her and lets them arrest him. Salgado looks dead. Or is she?<br />
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Povedilla refuses to get high. Paco is still in the Matrix. He opens a door and enters a dark room. There he finds Father Sistiaga wearing a cassock, and himself (Paco) in a coffin. Very freaky. And there's somebody else in the room - it's Sara mourning him. He tries to talk to her, but she can’t hear him. She is talking to dead Paco and tells him that she’s proud to be a Miranda, because they never give up. Povedilla is all freaked out and wakes Paco up. <br />
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And probably the only funny line in this episode:<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Povedilla</u></b>: Look, you’re freaking me out, you kept saying “I’m not dead, I’m not dead”, that’s creepy. And if what you want are answers, I help you find them through Google, Wikipedia, or in the National Library, but we gotta get out of here. No, that’s honourable... Chinese. Very tasty, but no more.</i></blockquote>Mariano and DL take a bleeding Salgado to the lab. The paramedics are coming, but Deker walks in first and he is NOT happy. Amaia is in tears at seeing what her lover boy did. CNI Jackass tells her to take Blackman to the interrogation room.<br />
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At breakfast, Lis tells Aitor that she’s going to wait for him. Aitor tells her to get over that thought. Lis is so insistent and is very, very annoying. Povedilla phones Aitor and tells him to go to the opium den. <br />
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Blackman and Amaia have a chat, he rejects her, for her own good, but he still acts like a total jerk. Deker realises that the bullet did not touch any organs or bones in Salgado’s belly and that her gunshot wound is not life-threatening. DL figures out that Blackman shot her to save her.<br />
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In the interrogation room, CNI Jackass is making another CNI guy punch Blackman until he talks. But he’s not going to. DL is not allowed in, so he goes to find Goyo and Amaia, who has the solution – Blackman has given her the password to the CNI database. <i> Breakup gift?</i><br />
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Aitor tries to convince Paco to stop smoking dope, but he tells him that Sara is in the Matrix, so Aitor is going to go with him. Good Lord!<br />
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DL, Goyo, and Amaia are trying to hack into the CNI archives. But the password is wrong, so DL drafts Win-E. Deker tells Mariano he’s back so soon because he is going to solve the Satanic case. He also asks OSBW to leave his lab.<br />
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Blackman is still getting pummelled. CNI Jackass is trying to get the truth out of him, but one look into Blackman’s eyes and he is scared shitless . CNI-J gets a phone call alerting him that somebody is trying to hack into their database.<br />
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Amaia tells Goyo that she doesn’t want to hear about Blackman anymore. CNI-J wants to take Salgado out of the precinct, whatever it takes.<br />
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Chinese man at opium den insists that Povedilla also smoke... too funny. Aitor walks into the mental Matrix but Paco can’t hear him. He tries to run but ends up in a white room. Talking to Sara. They have a sentimental moment. Aitor sees she’s pregnant. She tells him that even though he has stopped dreaming about her, he no longer knows whom to dream about. The answer is he has to be with Lis. WRONG ANSWER!<br />
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At Lizarran, Dani tells Lis he is going to wait for her like she is going to wait for Aitor. This is the only moment I’ve ever liked Dani. He goes<i> “I am not gonna sit around, waiting to see how you crack your head against a wall trying to steal your mother’s boyfriend. Do you think I’m more ridiculous than you are?”</i> – no, you’re both pathetic, but Dani has a point.<br />
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Goyo goes to talk to Blackman, and tells him that he has broken Amaia’s heart. Blackman tells him some short stories about his past, and says that he’s the luckiest man in the world, but that he is cursed because whoever gets attached to him, dies or suffers. He walks away, even if he is in love with Amaia.<br />
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At the bar, the band is playing <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3czw37mVbA"><b>Lo Que No Ves</b></a></i>. Lis says she’s sorry, and tells her mother that their love story is over, and that Aitor only broke up with her because he felt sorry about Reyes. <br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Lis</u></b>: If you weren’t my mother, where do you think he would be?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: How can you look me in the face and tell me that?</i><span style="color: #e06666;"> (I THINK SHE DESERVES A SLAP, REYES!)</span></blockquote><div style="border: medium none;">Lis says Aitor is the most important love story of her 21 years of age – dude, I’m going to bitchslap you myself! Reyes leaves the bar, all broken hearted. </div><br />
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</div><div style="border: medium none;">CNI-J wants to take Salgado at any cost. Mariano stands between her and the barrel of a gun. Deker injects something into her IV and she flatlines. This is so they can keep her in the precinct. So now a lot of electroshock crap, you know, and Salgado goes to the light... So she goes and talks to Paco. She says she is real, because she is dead. She asks for forgiveness. Since Paco forgives her, she decides to walk back from the light and survive.</div><div style="border: medium none;"><br />
</div>OSBW is now revealed as the Big Bad Guy and tells the CNI Jackass to confiscate all CPUs in the precinct and kill Salgado. Win-E pretends to be a fake robot so as not to be taken by the CNI. Seriously, he is way better than all the newbies in the precinct.<br />
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</div>Salgado wakes up and wants to talk to Mariano. DL tries to convince Win-E to crack the code, but its protocols are too strict (i.e., wouldn't break into a top secret system). Salgado says she dreamt that Paco forgave her. She confesses that he ordered Pepa to kill a man. <br />
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Paco is in a dark room, and Damian Jr. challenges him to a chess game. <u><i>Multi-action</i></u>. CNI-J enters the lab with his gun pointed at Salgado. Mariano stands between them. Paco plays chess. CNI-J hits Mariano unconscious. Goyo tells Win-E to follow the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics"><b>Asimov rules of robotics</b></a>. CNI-J does what everyone does when they’re not going to shoot – talk to the person you have to kill! Salgado gives him lessons on morality. Junior is kicking Paco’s butt at chess. Goyo convinces Win-E to get the password. DL arrives just in time to stop the CNI Jackass. Once the key is cracked, all the secrets from Zebra start flashing at every screen in the precinct. <i>I can't remember where this scene has been ripped off, but it looks awfully familiar.</i><br />
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Paco loses the game to Junior but finds the way to beat him – HOPE. Junior goes ballistic, and Paco is back at the white Matrix. Sara is there, not pregnant anymore, but with a doll that pretends to be a baby. Then he goes and wakes up Aitor and gets a phone call from Sara, so he realises it wasn’t a dream.<br />
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At the frisking garage, an ambulance is waiting to transfer Salgado to the hospital. Blackman walks in and they have a strange tender moment. OSBW sees the chance to shoot Salgado but ta-dah! Blackman grabs a gun and shoots the bullet which then breaks into 2 perfect little bullets! Too bad that after they arrest the OSBW, they realise that half the bullet has hit Amaia and she sort of dies in Blackman's arms. And then they all start singing... <i>Probablemente ya...</i> Nah, not really.<br />
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<b>Next Week!</b><br />
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Pepa ain’t there and they are wearing hospital uniforms. I don’t understand a bit.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Piper's Commentary</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">I am underwhelmed. So just how incompetent is this precinct, that you have strange dudes in trenchcoats roaming your frisking garage where a totally vulnerable shooting victim is lying on a guerney like a sitting duck? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">And just how unrealistic has this season been? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">I didn't know they still have opium dens; I thought those went out of style after the Green Hornet. And a totally awesome robot exists. And Blackman has superpowers to shoot at a bullet and totally change its trajectory. My IQ dropped 10 points after watching this episode.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">When a show has become this bad, mercy-killing doesn't seem like a bad idea. The finale cannot come any sooner. Yeah, ATPP, it's all on you!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-85383281415887530532010-05-01T07:56:00.004-04:002010-06-19T21:24:03.740-04:00THE WAY WE WEREIn the summer of 2009, I officially joined the growing number of LHDP fans on the AE forum. I did it for one reason: I was in so much pain from the death of Silvia Castro. I needed to "talk" with people who loved this character like I did. I wanted to share my love for Pepa and Silvia with others who shared my passion for this storyline.<br />
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I can say with confidence that it was one of the best decisions I have ever made.<br />
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When I look back to the very beginning of Pepsi--to the introduction of Pepa Miranda and then to the terrible death of Silvia Castro, I can clearly see why I loved this show. I have written many lectures and posts on why this storyline worked and why it was historic. We all know how rare it is to find a television show that is respectful, fair and intelligent when it comes to gay characters especially a lesbian love story.<br />
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I have stated repeatedly that American TV doesn't allow women to look at each other like Pepsi did. To touch each other. To kiss. And to simply talk. We were fortunate to be there for this magnificent ride.<br />
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I look back on Pepsi episodes as the good old days. How many music videos were made dedicated to these two characters? Their scenes were studied like they were specimens in a CSI lab. We wrote about fingers touching fingers, unspoken looks, types of kisses, the clothes they wore, the times they made us laugh and cry, and the many moments that we saw how it must be to be loved. <br />
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We were sad and angry with Silvia's death. We felt betrayed by a television show that we loved. This was a show that we believed finally got it right. Here were producers and writers who were committed to a good lesbian story. This was reason to celebrate and we did, by watching each episode in anticipation of new Pepsi scenes.<br />
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And now, we are pissed. We are angry about the many changes in LHDP, and not just because of Pepa's storyline. Many of us debated whether we would watch this season without Silvia, but most of us said that we would because of Pepa and we were simply curious. <br />
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But the producer put a knife in our hearts and then he, with the same knife, he hoped to remove our brains. It is impossible to watch season 9 with any intelligence or romance. They took what we loved about the show and destroyed it.<br />
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Does it surprise anyone that my favorite episode in this season was the return of Silvia? When they write for Pepsi, there is beauty in the words and in the silence. In those brief ghost scenes there is an intensity that has been lacking in this season and it is obvious that the show has lost its way.<br />
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We have been searching for the heart, smartness and humor of LHDP and we finally have to admit that the search is over. The show was over when Silvia died.<br />
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Her death scene was symbolic for the death of of the show. It was bloody, painful and unbelievable to watch, just like season 9.<br />
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My esteemed colleague Dr. Piper is justified in her anger. All of us should be angry because one man (Alex Pina) destroyed a show and now it is over. At the end of season 8 four actors were no longer were working on the show. At the end of season 9, everyone involved with LHDP is unemployed. As they say, he couldn't have screwed this up more...if he had tried.<br />
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Dr. BookerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-59779591075147585592010-04-26T01:30:00.012-04:002010-06-18T22:23:26.610-04:009x09 LHdP 66.6: The Rip-off - "Toke a Big Spliff of Some Good Senismillia"<span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://pepsiuniversity.blogspot.com/2010/04/9x09-novicia-la-fuga-complete-recap.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ep. 113: Novicia a la fuga (Runaway novice)</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Rip-off: <span style="font-style: italic;">Paranormal Activity</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.icelebz.com/movies/paranormal_activity/images/movie-paranormal_activity-stills-1120835103.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.icelebz.com/movies/paranormal_activity/images/movie-paranormal_activity-stills-1120835103.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 157px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 255px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary</span>: A young woman believes that she is being haunted by a ghost, but a psychic reveals that she's really being haunted by a demon who feeds off of negative energy. The psychic advises the woman and her boyfriend not to taunt the demon and to consult a demonologist. Her boyfriend believes he can solve the problem himself, so he sets up a video camera in their bedroom to record any paranormal activity that might occur while they sleep. The activity starts of benign, but gradually escalates and becomes more dangerous as the boyfriend fails to heed the psychic's advice and taunts the demon throughout the film.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP spin</span>: Paco has brought the novice he discovered in Amadeo's school back to his house. Along with Don Lorenzo, Mariano, Pove and Dr. Felix, they decided to monitor her while she sleeps by setting up a camera in Paco's bedroom. During the novice's slumber, they hear her making odd, incoherent noises that suggest paranormal activity.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Epic fail</span>: Aside from the same old "this rip-off fails because the premise of the show is not about paranormal activity," the other reason why this rip-off fails IMO is that it fails to fit into the actual "66.6" storyline itself. Paco et. al. don't need confirmation that this girl is possessed - they saw it for themselves at the precinct during last week's <span style="font-style: italic;">The Exorcist</span> rip-off (take 2). I saw no reason for the novice to be at Paco's or for them monitoring her while she slept. They learned nothing new and never had the opportunity to learn anything new, because Paco proceeded to take her away, so it didn't further the plot in any way. The end result - Paco helping her escape - could've occurred at the precinct without the need for this rip-off.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Theme: <span style="font-style: italic;">Mind control</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.lope.ca/halo/xmen3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.lope.ca/halo/xmen3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 158px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 126px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary</span>: Mind control is a process in which one person subverts another's sense of control over their mind, emotions and behavior, usually to the detriment of the person being controlled. There are many different forms of mind control, but the most common form is psychological. Examples of mind control in pop culture include the use of "the Force" by the Jedi in <span style="font-style: italic;">Star Wars</span> to influence weaker-minded individuals, Professor Xavier's ability to read and control the minds of others in <span style="font-style: italic;">The X-Men</span>, and The Master's ability to control weak-minded individuals with a form of hypnosis in <span style="font-style: italic;">Doctor Who</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP use</span>: While running away with the novice, Paco begins to experience paralysis in his hands and legs. Eventually, his entire body becomes paralyzed to the point where he can no longer operate the car, and the novice has to pull the brake in order to prevent them from crashing. Once the car stops, Paco can see another car pull up behind him and a figure emerge, but he still can't move. The figure eventually reveals himself to Paco, and it turns out to be Damián Jr. (aka Satan), who kidnaps the novice while Paco is forced to sit there helplessly before passing out.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Analysis</span>: I'm not sure if Paco's paralysis is the result of Satan's general ability to control his mind (you know, one of his powers as evil incarnate) or whether his power comes from whatever "link" he and Paco might share like I mentioned in the last rip-off lecture. Either way, Paco's paralysis and state of helplessness is a clear message from Satan to Paco that he can't do anything to stop Satan from carrying out his evil plans. Either that or it's Alex Pina's message to Paco Tous (and viewers) that he (we) can't do anything to stop this train wreck that is S9. I'm just playin'. Kinda.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Theme: <span style="font-style: italic;">Crucifixion</span></span><br />
<a href="http://latinmasses.ca/images/crucifixion.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://latinmasses.ca/images/crucifixion.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 163px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 127px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary</span>: Crucifixion was used by many ancient civilizations, including the Greeks, Persians and Romans, as a form of execution. The purpose behind crucifying someone was generally twofold: (a) it provided a slow and painful death while publicly humiliating and dishonoring the person being crucified and (b) it served as a message to others to submit to the rules/laws of those in power. Although the cross that a person was crucified on took different shapes, such as the X-shaped cross that St. Andrew was supposedly crucified on, most people associate crucifixions with the T-shaped cross that Jesus is believed to have been crucified on. Thus, the crucifix - the image of Christ crucified on a cross - is a very important religious symbol among Catholics and Orthodox.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP use</span>: After Don Lorenzo, Pepa and Dr. Felix find Paco (alone and without the novice), Mariano informs them that a group of teens have gathered at one of the spots that form a point on the pentagram on Paco's map of the city. Upon arriving at the location, nothing seems Satanic or out of place (other than the teens who seem to be Satan worshipers). Dr. Felix notices blood leaking from Paco's car and, upon examination, Paco discovers the body of the novice tied underneath with her arms outstretched so that her body forms the shape of a cross.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Analysis</span>: Judging from the novice's bloodied and mutilated corpse under Paco's car, I think it's safe to assume that she died while being dragged underneath it from one location to the next. Thus, her death was a slow and painful one - a really fucked up, modern day version of crucifixion if you will. Additionally, it served as another message from Satan to Paco that he can't be stopped - that if he wants someone to die, they will.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Theme: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Bat-signal</span></span><br />
<a href="http://media.arstechnica.com/journals/apple.media/thumb/250/250/iamthenight-Batman-Bat-Signal-CEL.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://media.arstechnica.com/journals/apple.media/thumb/250/250/iamthenight-Batman-Bat-Signal-CEL.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 162px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 236px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary</span>: The Bat-signal is associated with comic book hero Batman and consists of a symbol of a bat attached to a searchlight, which projects a larger bat symbol into the sky. While it is generally used by the Gotham City Police as a distress signal to contact Batman whenever his help is needed, in both the films and comics, it has been altered a few times as a message to Batman from his enemies.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Theme: <span style="font-style: italic;">Elephants</span></span><br />
<a href="http://mikel.agirregabiria.net/2006/elephant.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://mikel.agirregabiria.net/2006/elephant.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 164px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 124px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary</span>: Some African tribes believe that elephants are the closest animals to God, because of their size, and if an elephant was spotted nearby, it was a sign that rain would follow. One myth explains why an elephant trumpets when it senses danger: Whenever God and Satan battle, it takes the form of lightning (God) and thunder (Satan) on Earth. During one particular battle, the rain cooled, but the thunder remained. Since God could not physically appear (as lightning) without the rain, He sent an elephant to battle on His behalf with its trumpeting, and eventually the thunder ceased. There are also two known associations with elephants depending on their mood. A peaceful elephant is a symbol of strength and gentility, while a mad elephant symbolizes violence, brutality and rage.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP use</span>: Shortly after Paco discovers the dead body of the novice underneath his car, a spotlight appears next to it and subsequently flashes the image of an elephant onto the ground.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Analysis</span>: As <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Piper</span> pointed out, the use of an "elephant-signal" doesn't appear to make much sense, although it could be an elaborate way to challenge to Paco to a game of chess like our wise Founder suggests. However, it could simply be a way of calling out Paco in general. If elephants are a symbol of peace, strength and gentility (things associated with "good"), and if one believes that they are the closest animals to God, then perhaps the symbol was Satan's version of throwing the gauntlet. Much like Batman's enemies would use the Bat-signal (or alter it) to call out Batman, maybe this is Satan's way of calling out God by telling him, <span style="font-style: italic;">"Send the best guy you've got to do battle with me."</span> Apparently that guy is Paco, which worries me a lot. I'd rather take my chances with someone else, like Pepa or Don Lorenzo. Not that I don't like Paco, but he relies too much on his hanky, which doesn't do much to reassure me that he can handle himself alone with Satan. Then again, if the elephant is interpreted as being an angry one, it might've been Satan telling Paco, <span style="font-style: italic;">"I'm here!"</span> , because it would represent violence, rage, etc. (things associated with "evil"). Either way, it's a message that challenges/dares Paco to try and stop him.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Theme: <span style="font-style: italic;">Seven virtues</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />
Summary</span>: The seven virtues are a list of virtues that are direct opposites to the seven deadly sins. They consist of humility, kindness, temperance, chastity, patience, charity, and diligence.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP use</span>: Thus far, the victims involved in the "66.6" storyline have included a philanthropist, an army psychologist who served as a negotiator, Father Sistiaga, and a novice. The philanthropist represented charity, the negotiator represented temperance, Father Sistiaga represented humility, and the novice represented chastity.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Analysis</span>: I figured it was about time that we took a look at the overall plot we've been involuntarily sucked into. As I mentioned in the very first rip-off lecture, the entire "66.6" storyline seems like an inverted rip-off of <span style="font-style: italic;">Se7en</span>, where the victims are chosen because they represent examples of the seven virtues instead of the seven deadly sins. But in actually thinking about each victim (and the circumstances surrounding their deaths) this entire clusterfuck actually started to make sense to me.<br />
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The first victim - the philanthropist (charity) - was killed and his body was placed in a way that resembled the image of a person who represents justice. Thus, the hombres believed that the judge visiting the precinct was the intended second victim. In actuality, the second victim was the negotiator, whom they later discovered was the epitome of soberness (temperance). Her autopsy revealed that she was forced to take communion prior to her death, and the host given to her was supplied to Father Sistiaga's church. This led the hombres to believe that Father Sistiaga was the killer, when really, he was the third victim (of humility, which is associated with reverence, a term often associated with priests). The phone in Father Sistiaga's body led to Paco discovering that Amadeo has a connection to his past. In turn, this led Paco to believe that he should learn more about Amadeo's past, which led him to the school, where he learned about Damián Jr. and discovered the novice (chastity) - the subsequent fourth victim. When she was eventually killed, the elephant signal appeared to Paco and the hombres, so perhaps it really is a clue to the next victim (like <span style="font-weight: bold;">Drs. Piper</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Beke</span> also suggested). If an elephant is a symbol of peace, the next victim could be someone who represents the virtue of patience.<br />
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So, we've got four episodes left and and three more potential victims to complete the seven virtues, which would theoretically mean that there will be one victim per ep. culminating in a battle between Paco and Satan in the series finale. It could also mean that Paco represents one of the seven virtues and the final obstacle in Satan's plan to unleash evil/chaos into the world, which is also a nice set up for a final battle.<br />
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Here's the thing though. As much as all of this kind of makes sense to me now, <span style="font-style: italic;">I still don't care</span>. At face value, I have to admit that it all sounds intriguing. Then again, so did <span style="font-style: italic;">Se7en</span>, and again, the difference between the movie and this rip-off is that <span style="font-style: italic;">Se7en</span> didn't need to rely on Satan or paranormal activity to be a success. It was about a psychotic guy with a warped sense of reality who believed he was doing God's work. I think this whole storyline might've been more successful if it were about some whack job who thinks he's doing the devil's work by killing virtuous people. Alex Pina would get the mystery thriller he so desperately wanted while still staying true to the DNA of his show: <span style="font-style: italic;">honest yet bumbling cops who solve crimes</span>. Real crimes (a serial killer), not paranormal-related crimes (Satan). And maybe if he stuck to the format he built his show on, it might've been renewed for a 10th season. Maybe not, because the declining ratings might have more to do with the absence of beloved characters than the storyline itself, but I think that if he had just left out the Satanic bullshit and given us a straight up reverse-<span style="font-style: italic;">Se7en</span> rip-off, he would've had a fighting chance. And at least that way he could've used S10 to finally figure out a useful role for the newbies.<br />
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Feel free to add any other rip-off you may have spotted, as well as your thoughts in agreement or dissent.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">kalike</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">*The title for this lecture is based on lyrics from the song "Smoke Two Joints" by Sublime</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span></span>kalikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17409523740634445570noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-55616923974147498302010-04-24T23:25:00.020-04:002010-06-18T22:23:26.611-04:009x09 Novicia A La Fuga - Complete Recap<b><span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">Episode 113 - Novicia A La Fuga <span style="font-size: small;">(Runaway Novice)</span></span></b><br />
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<i><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">By Dr. Bekelauer</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Picspam and additional snark by Piper</span></i><br />
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The episode starts with a recap, so we'll skip that.<br />
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At Paco’s, Mariano, DL, Paco, Pove, Felix the psychiatrist, and the novice are about to have dinner. The novice leaves to go to the bathroom and the others take the chance to comment on her “possession”. Felix says he doesn’t find anything funny about her. Paco, Pove, and Mariano argue that he’s wrong based on what they have witnessed in the lab. DL says he’s gonna take her back to her congregation, but Paco tells him she’s already a dead woman and it’s a matter of time. <i>I thought so too.</i><br />
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<b>LHDP Intro</b><br />
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The newbies are in their apartment smoking pot. Lis tells them that her mother “<i>is shagging Aito</i>r”. <br />
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</div><div style="border: medium none;">Paco says that the novice represents the virtue of chastity and that they’re going to find her dead in one of the other three spots in the city that form a pentagram. <i>That’s what I call optimism!</i> DL is the only one who's calm, almost to the point of indifference, and Paco calls him on it. The novice, who looks possessed again, comes back from the bathroom and tells Paco that he can tell Satan himself. Then a 666.666.666 phone number starts calling them all. Supposed to be creepy. I think it's just <a href="http://www.movistar.com/">Movistar</a> fucking up again.</div><br />
Pepa, Aitor and Salgado are giving their statement about what happened in the house to a prosecutor in the interrogation room.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: This is the weapon used to shoot the victim. It’s a Walter P-22</i><span style="color: #e06666;"> (I thought she had a Magnum!?)</span><i>. This is Agent Pepa Miranda’s personal weapon. It was she who killed him.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Reyes is watching the scene from behind the mirror and phones Lis, who doesn’t pick up. Lis tells them all she has also shagged Aitor.</span><br />
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<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: Agent Carrasco and Agent Miranda were in the house. They had just bought food for breakfast in the bar downstairs so they invited me over. We didn’t hear a sound. The individual entered the house through the corridor, and he was carrying a weapon.</i><br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Flashback</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: I’m not gonna let you take him.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: I’m sorry, but I don’t think you’re in a position to negotiate.</i></span><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: Carrasco threw himself at him and they wrestled. </i><br />
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<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Did you know this guy was innocent? Did you?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Pepa, lower your weapon!</i></span><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: We told him to freeze, but he did not lower his weapon.</i><br />
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<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Lower your weapon!</i></span></i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: And we couldn’t stop him from shooting.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5MWR4SjXJQu7W_PUr2ENgOOzprEJyQ0RX_xcVGWXnDLC_7qWJLvpLkaoT9J2S8UnbMtj8_k5EX4edwW-AmNWvob07CjOvomhSEush7UJginUOXBtN9Xqzutf7dfifOO56Hz_xkpOx74/s400/113_2.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></div><blockquote><i><b><u>Prosecutor</u></b>: But the man, the man had a wound in his arm, a wound made with a Stanley (box-cutter) knife. How can you explain that?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: Carrasco wounded him with the Stanley knife. It was the only thing he could reach to try to stop him while they were wrestling. Then the suspect was gunned down in self-defence. </i><br />
<i><b><u>Prosecutor</u></b>: Well, I think I have enough. Can you sign there, please? I will notify you when the routine hearing takes place.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: I’ll be right with you.</i></blockquote>Pepa stands up, really pissed, about to storm out.<br />
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<b><u>Pepa</u></b> (because it sounds better in Spanish): Muerto el perro se acabó la rabia, right, sister-in-law?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Pepa!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: What the fuck is she doing? She’s crazy, she’s a motherfucker, we don’t know what she’s up to!</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsT52MwDPVGE2geEpSfA39p_zrGSJbZ8bRXWx63SZfq3ozOp-Oybdi_6lZ6ngGohnsuNFVWyMDUMaCxfzmq2kvXOKWyu1uXRVKiacsQdXE0Kvq7E8qNuO-b3GPwGjycq7a_6R_WHw4NB4/s400/113_4.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></div><br />
At the newbies’, Goyo complains he doesn’t get laid, and Dani tells him it’s because he likes girls but never tries. We try not to really care.<br />
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Pepa is hugging Aitor outside the interrogation room.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: At your orders, Chief Inspector. I don’t know whether to apologize or to say thanks. I was thinking of asking for a couple of days off, so I can decompress.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: I see, Deker has asked for the same. You two are planning to run away together, maybe?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Deker is not my type. I prefer them with long hair, pouting lips and high heels.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Hey Pepa, it's one thing helping you with your troubles with justice, but it's a different when you try to steal my girlfriend!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: I’m off cause I can’t stand you (in a sort of sweet tender way).</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEACZBb9m2Nr0CuDy3x2Cd3Z58XwgyjqzoDCBPxiow2dWA-nu-E80AgKDm65IMKvltd-nHamuoSzXrILnOYSdPlxlSc5HZRHG5ZtoLDVA-rAcX64H7J3HCaod4CvQasvayMKnqj8Mdgp8/s400/113_8.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></div><br />
Lis is still in the flat and decides to talk to her mother, who, at that moment, starts flirting with Aitor at the precinct. They decide to have a <i>quiet night</i> with bubble bath and champagne. Yeah, right.<br />
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At Paco’s, DL decides they’re gonna take turns to watch the novice sleep, they’re going to put up cameras and they’re going to ask the newbies to collaborate (but they have all been smoking pot!!). Felix stays – I think he likes being half a cop too much.<br />
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</div>Lis arrives at the precinct and asks Reyes and Aitor to go to the bar because it's karaoke night. Mama / hija decide to “normalise” their relationship. Goyo wants to keep smoking pot. Mariano, Rita, and Curtis show up at the apartment to give the newbies instructions – but they’re all stoned so I don’t think they're getting anything. Mariano tells Rita and Curtis to sleep in his flat and replace them after four hours. They find out that the newbies have been smoking – so they have a joint as well. <i>Hello LHdP druggies!</i> <br />
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</div><div style="border: medium none;">At the bar, Lis is singing “<b><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DA3JOPOF">Puede</a></b>” by the Spanish group<a href="http://www.elsuenodemorfeo.com/"> <b>El Sueño de Morfeo</b></a>. She’s annoying as hell even when she sings. She cajoles Reyes to go on stage and sing with her. You can already sense the hellish awkwardness growing. Oh, and Lis can't sing.</div><br />
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At Paco’s, they are all watching the novice sleep - spying is more like it - via some nanny cam. They start seeing funny things and noises, and it seems as if the novice is farting or something – it’s not serious for me anymore. DL tells Povedilla to go to the room and investigate if it’s the <i>almighty</i> spirit of Satan who’s getting close to her or something else, like maybe some <a href="http://www.spain-recipes.com/fabada-asturiana.html">fabada Asturiana</a> stew.<br />
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Outside Mariano's flat, Goyo and Amaia are talking pish and end up kissing. Goyo tells her, “<i>What are we gonna do with Blackman?”</i> and Amaia says they <i>(she and Goyo)</i> are not in a relationship and that he is the guy she will call to help her do the shopping or take her to the doctor. Poor boy.<br />
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</div>Inside the flat, Rita and Curtis are smoking and flirting while Dani is stuck hiding in the kitchen, trying to clean up the stash (HAHA!). Curtis tell Rita that he can’t take the shag they had out of his head.<br />
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Povedilla enters the bedroom where the novice is sleeping but gets scared and drops his glasses. At that point, the lights go out again, and Paco goes and checks in the room.<br />
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Lis, Aitor, and Reyes are having tequila shots. Reyes seems quite affected by the alcohol at this point. She jokes about having missed a period. Seriously, this is like a conversation from hell. Aitor says it’s very weird and apologises to Lis – at least she's got that much more decency and honesty than Sara ever had with him.<br />
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</div>When the light goes back on, Paco has kidnapped the novice and puts Pove in her place. Here’s when they say their vintage fuck-up sentence, “<i>Esto es peregrino</i>” (or <i>“Esta idea es peregrina”</i>). Peregrino means pilgrim, but also odd, in that what-a-mess-we’re-making sort of sense. Povedilla starts making noises – I swear he’s like the funniest thing ever!<br />
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Rita and Curtis start talking about oral sex – seriously? Curtis offers a “<i>Friendly cunnilingus</i>”. Gah! Goyo and Amaia are at Lizarran having a bite (at 4 in the morning??). Pepa is alone at one of the tables. Salgado walks in and drops the bloody microchip on the table.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nPEDn2OfCaOgA2BWvPPFl8hcBn0ISg5MkmDw4dchkxY7Y1CpPFKherhUMWR7KNcJd56oPPKJNP4cYSyPl-tRPHfMx5eBuTepjs8dMxtHg_WpfXuRK3G0J71JbKTfxEFLtrHEiQQ0NqE/s400/113_13.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></div><blockquote><i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: His name was Alfredo Nieto and he worked in the Falcon project, a secret program to develop nuclear weapons. A year ago, we found out he was killing the members of his own team. He was looking for that</i><span style="color: #e06666;"> (hands Peps the bloody microchip)</span><i>, and he found it. He had it surgically implanted inside his arm so he could leave the country without it being detected. It contains the activation codes of two of the missiles he developed for the project, missiles that had disappeared six months ago from the place they were being kept. And Nieto was about to give this information to the Intelligence of Iran.</i> <br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Very well – he was one of the baddies, and I fucked up. Who are you going to send me to kill now to settle my debt with fucking CNI?</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWxzRQtQtBx6aOpSAmnVmaMyZC0f8qrMHFg_lCBXID8ghy7S1r6Sy7AlMILKVpvGOdXeMV17doqu512POlVJ3XoTNC5Y9vZ85EaYONUkklvm0iBrcZhRCgaaL8Mzez6OtWyVErRTHNPg/s400/113_15.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></div><br />
DL, Mariano, and Felix are still watching Povedilla The Fake Nun who's under the sheets making weird noises. DL blows his cover (literally) and Mariano tells him that Paco has taken the novice. At the 24/7 bar, Goyo tells Amaia to use him as second dish “until Blackman comes along”. Are you serious? You want to be a fucking doormat?<br />
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Salgado hands Pepa a dossier. It’s the pictures of her and Aitor in Italy.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: These documents are the only proof linking you to El Gordo’s assassination. I’ve deleted all the copies, you can burn them if you want. I have accused you of Nieto’s assassination because that way your debt with the CNI is cleared. And you don’t owe me anything. We’re family.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Thanks. But you’re not gonna be part of MY family in your fucking life </i></blockquote>Well, as we have seen in the preview, her <i>fucking life</i> is gonna be over soon anyway!<br />
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</div>Goyo gets a phone call from DL but hangs up; he leaves with Dani knowing they’re in trouble. Salgado stays at the table looking all dejected while browsing a top secret file called “Zebra”.<br />
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<i>Action sequence</i>: Paco is driving with the novice. DL scolds Povedilla and Mariano. Paco gets a crap in the leg and in the arm, he’s getting paralysed. DL tells them all to go to the precinct when the newbies storm in. DL tells them they’re out of the force when the Satanic plot is over. <i> To bad they make it until the last episode.</i> Paco gets another cramp and gets completely paralysed. Embolism? Poison? Satan? Aye, Satan. The novice manages to stop the car by using the hand brake.<br />
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The whole staff goes to wake Curtis and Rita up, but they’re... well, let’s say Curtis is working hard. Haha! Dani is still there and hears everything – <i>there’s nothing worse than hearing your friends have sex, but if they’re your superiors...</i> HAHA! They all storm in to find Curtis and Rita in action while Dani is trying to skip out. Dani tells DL that he's not a part of it, and he was only there to smoke pot. Smooth. Very smooth, jackass!<br />
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Pepa gets there to join the fun. Curtis, who's been muff diving, comes from behind the sofa... AND SPITS! Hahaha!!! DL’s face is UNBELIEVABLY FUNNY!<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Did I miss anything?<br />
<b><u>DL</u></b>: Let me update you <b>DOWN</b> to the last detail.</i><span style="color: #e06666;"> (The funny thing about DL’s remark is that in Spanish, “con pelos y señales” means <i>“I’ll explain everything to you by showing you every hair and every mark”</i>, which of course relates to Curtis’ hair spit. I guess by underlining <u>DOWN</u>, we sort of get that effect – because Curtis was going down on Rita)</span><br />
<i><b><u>Mariano</u></b>: So everybody’s up then.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91SzFu_lRhY5iG6NP1MTfelPAsuM2yE4Jhb0SAHjLDefs0YHSn8l2vrhnADtw8IRE32ZEqKoYaEAgxR28gZKVaCi3A-H-lAD_UEtLZ4x0pLgLdhUn2GVsQU1-lodYWRy_tEySd9sKHTg/s400/113_20.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>At the karaoke from hell, Reyes wants to keep singing, but she’s too drunk. She starts talking to Lis - who<i>, she seems to have forgotten, IS HER DAUGHTER!</i> - about Aitor and how funny it is that they had to fall in love with the same man. Lis says she’s not in love, but Reyes knows otherwise and tells her so. Oh, Reyes, you are such a waste of womanhood!<br />
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DL, Felix, and Pepa are in a car to find Paco. Pepa is driving like a maniac <i>(I love how this woman can do everything “like a crazy lesbian”. She’s my home girl!)</i>. Needless to say, Felix and DL are scared shitless.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Felix</u></b>: We better drive carefully. These regional roads are a bit treacherous.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Pepa, you’re driving at 130 mph, don’t know if you’re aware of that.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: How much time do I have left to find my brother, Don Lorenzo?</i></blockquote>And DL shuts up. He knows he just better nod along after that! <br />
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Paco is completely paralysed and can’t even speak. The novice is scared shitless and a car stops just right behind theirs. Of course, it’s not help, it’s Satan, who takes the novice while Paco passes out.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>DL</u></b>: They can’t be that far away, we lost them 20 or 25 minutes ago. Pepa, do a U-turn. </i><br />
<i><b><u>Felix</u></b>: Maybe they have gone to the lakes. There’s a small road to the right over there, I think...</i></blockquote>Pepa turns left in proper rally fashion. Meaning, she makes a very illegal huey.<br />
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Mariano, Povedilla, and Curtis are trying to track Paco down. Mariano orders them to keep an eye on any of the places in the city that correspond to the three corners of the pentagram. Curtis tries to talk to Povedilla, but Pove ignores him.<br />
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Reyes, Aitor, and Lis get home. This is really not cool! Reyes gets sentimental with Lis. Reyes tells Aitor “I don’t understand how you could pick me instead of her”. And then the song that accompanied Pepa and Silvia whilst looking at the stars - "<i><b>I Will Survive</b></i>" - starts playing in the background! Bastards!!! So let's just look at the screen cap of Pepa driving like a maniac again.<br />
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Curtis gets to talk to Pove to tell him that he knows he shouldn’t go out with his ex. Pove says the best line of the whole episode <i>“Having an ex is not like having a title, that lasts forever”</i>. He just warns Curtis that Rita might be vulnerable because her last love died in her arms. Then he says he is happy if they are happy, but when Curtis leaves, the look on his face does not really say "<i>happy</i>".<br />
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DL, Felix, and Pepa find Paco.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Open your eyes.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Felix</u></b>: Paco, it’s Felix Montejo, the psychiatrist.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Listen to me.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Felix</u></b>: Can you hear me? If you can, blink for me.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Yes.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Finding you is a fucking miracle</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: He has been here, and he took her. In my face. I have to go find her.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Calm down, please. I’m going to phone an ambulance and organise the search. </i>(To Pepa) <i>You’re in charge.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: You all right, bro?</i><br />
<i><b>Paco</b> (trying to get up and leave the car)<b>:</b> Yes.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Paco, no. Paco! Paco! No!</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNxZp3AiBYF7vs5KAaWs3ZmkvJQHk3hNHBxNgPq3HhEsLJC6abjGMd8OVFk0pNE_l8jHutPOrwhxJsGKzOUijhadoxyKWJkNjS3-_prp6WzhgwSzr0c1hLuF2gEQzrfRUaqcIbl1pXh4/s400/113_19.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></div><blockquote><i><b><u>Mariano</u></b> (on the radio): Attention, Central speaking. Can you hear me, Don Lorenzo?</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Yes, Mariano. I have Paco, over.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Mariano</u></b>: Unit 26, located in high security spot number two, has informed that there’s a group of youngsters gathering in the area.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: That’s one of the corners of the star. He’s taking her there. He’s going to kill her there.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Mariano, we’re 15 minutes away from that area. Take all the available units.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Mariano</u></b>: Okay, Don Lorenzo. We’re on our way.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Come on, Paco, I’m driving.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: I drive.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Are you sure?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Sure.</i></blockquote>So they’re off to the place. <br />
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</div>Reyes is mumbling in her sleep. Lis and Aitor are having what can only be called as early breakfast. Lis has some books about improbable loves on the kitchen table. Whatever. Lis tells Aitor in the sweetest but bitchiest kind of ways that she knows for a fact that they will end up together and that Reyes in only a chapter in Aitor’s life. Well, kiddo, wait til Sara comes along next week, and you’ll see how fucked up your life’s gonna be!!<br />
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Dani, Goyo, and Amaia are having a beer and dancing at the bar when Aitor shows up. Somehow it looks as if Amaia is also going to be interested in him. Goyo and Dani finally realize that they are meant for each other and swear off women forever. Nah, not really. At the house, we see how Reyes has her eyes open all along, so she has overheard everything that Lis has told Aitor. <br />
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Paco, Pepa, Felix and DL get to the square.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: I’m Inspector Miranda, what’s going on?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Agent</u></b>: Five minutes ago we had like 20 more kids, these are the remaining ones. They said the webmaster of a Satanic website had sent them an email saying to meet here.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Thanks.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: You sure no one else get here, no vehicles? You didn’t notice any strange moves? Any Satanic elements, crosses, effects?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Agent</u></b>: Nothing, sir. And the boys are leaving now, they’re harmless.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSMv4eF5rgdi4cTsMLQETmmJ8DMPLSJnsyAn2iO9h5Atad6w5-VqCTId8kPhlOH9TDAjm20VnAw1oqNuaRganDwbED9rNrKWGPbZhyphenhyphenRChy3odFEafKphqoHHaxQSf3SZD3p6VAPM_BVU/s400/113_26.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></div><blockquote><i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Very well, thanks agent. False alarm, Paco. We have to go back to the precinct. </i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: No, Don Lorenzo, it’s here. I know. </i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Paco, for God’s sake, there’s nothing here, we have to find the novice before it’s too late. Come on!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: We have to stay here. He has summoned them. He’s an exhibitionist and he’s going to take her here, I’m sure.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Maybe this is all a strategy to prevent us from chasing him, to create a divertion. You said that’s what he does. Come on!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Paco</u></b>: Don’t go behind him. Fuck’s sake, don’t be so cool and collected. I beg you, stay with me. Please.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: Let's go back to the precinct, come on.</i></blockquote>He starts walking away, but Pepa stops him.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuBCGn8gX0ChS7hyphenhyphenw_cVVbPhIfYV0mYMocCPq8Fx6eq_b95j6T_wzjOFpjC1dUr_pQ_bqAh1aEOHUAkFZ_AkabvQrkTkLl9PV2Fg9O2wNRAshC4niS4yJqEqKhDeU8nJQaXObe4gTlcNI/s400/113_27.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></div><blockquote><i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Don Lorenzo, wait. I have to tell you something.</i><br />
<i><b><u>DL</u></b>: We have two other places to check. We either find the novice or he kills her.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: I killed El Gordo!! I’m sorry. Paco, I killed him because I couldn’t live like that anymore. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">DL looks incredulous. Disappointed? Proud? Touched? Constipated? Not sure. Paco snaps out of his shock and hugs Pepa. Felix is wandering aimlessly. I think.</span><br />
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<i><b><u>Felix</u></b>: Paco! Your car! I think it’s dripping blood!</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56QrZTOUP4lZ__58q9wYFMwezXxU_byhzjU6vup0OzRzpZ9GymWHAZN9wx3F62qiuN7RkGzeSBESRQQTg-o-Q_1262hJ5DqKhyphenhyphen5KlYyQploFDy-FVe3pDWY5jjO4rlCURp1I6V8jAOHc/s400/113_28.jpg" tt="true" width="400" /></div><br />
And the novice is tied with her arms outstretched, like in a crucifix, underneath Paco’s car. Then a huge flash light is switched off and the image of an elephant appears on the ground. <i>Batman? Elephant Man?</i> I guess that’s the next clue.<br />
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<b>NEXT WEEK!!</b><br />
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OMFG! Has everyone gone crazy!? <u>Spoiler Warning</u>: It seems that Salgado dies, killed by either Blackman or the CNI Jackass. Clusterfuck at the precinct! CNI Jackass and Mariano are all alone in the lab and not for chiki chiki, but he’s pointing at him with a gun with a silencer. Also, Paco is doing a mental trip where he finds Sara and Salgado, who tells him she’s dead. Salgado, not Sara. Too bad, I know!<br />
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As for Pepa, Aitor says “<i>I can crossdress</i>”, probably to take Pepa out to a gay bar or something, and she says “<i>You’d look so pretty</i>”, mocking him. That sounds funny. However, I have the feeling they’re ALL going to die because they’re all dressed in white and that is a quite disturbing thought. We shall see.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Piper's Commentary:</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">You might be wondering about all the random screen caps of Salgado. Because I really, really liked her before she had a lobotomy and threw herself (and her dignity) at Mariano. And I think she has done her best with the shit of a script she's been handed. She could really say a lot with her eyes - <i>strength, vulnerability, anger, sadness, love</i> - she <i>could say </i>them all wordlessly. Yes, the actress Cristina Plazas has big eyes. Big expressive eyes. So she already has an advantage in the Eye Expressiveness Department. But a big round of applause for Miss Plazas and her Marina nevertheless.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">So satan runs a website, eh? Does he have a Facebook page? MySpace? And he instigates flash mobs? I wonder if his website reaches international flash mobbers, because we get those buggers a lot in </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/us/25mobs.html"><b><span style="color: cyan;">Centre City, Philadelphia</span></b></a><span style="color: #ffd966;">, so much so that the cops have already been involved. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">And the Elephant light flash? Very Gotham! Why an elephant? Elephants are revered in the Eastern Culture. The white ones are sacred in Thailand, a little racist maybe, for the green pachyderms. Elephants have carried kings and warriors in the battlefield. So why an elephant emblem? There is nothing inherently bad in a elephant and its symbolism. <i><b>Except for the Republican Party elephant -that's one mean sucker.</b></i> Maybe it's an invitation to play chess. Yes, chess. <i>Ajedres</i>. You see, chess originated from an ancient Persian board game called </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatranj"><b><span style="color: cyan;">Shatranj</span></b></a><span style="color: #ffd966;">. And the piece corresponding to the modern chess piece of bishop was an elephant. So it was simply an elaborate, overly dramatic way to ask Paco for a chess date. Sometimes I wonder if satan is a flaming queen. <i> Haha! Flaming! Got it?</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">I also wonder what Paco Tous and Juan Diego think about the crap they are being asked to do on a daily basis. Especially Paco. We've seen his eyeballs more than we could care in a lifetime - the writers probably think this is awesome acting. I think of it as torture - to ask a well-respected actor to do stupid stunts. Juan Diego is one shining star in this cesspool of mediocrity; he has managed to keep the essence of DL intact while the world around him falls.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">This episode showcases the utter absurdity and uselessness of the newbies. Like they're just there occupying space to annoy us. They have no value added and I still don't know why they were brought to the show. I really don't know what this show has become, but there are only 4 episodes left, and I'd stick around if only to see how they resolve this stupid experiment. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">So, FUCK YOU, Alex Tiny Penis Pina!!!</span></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-6397307564426710232010-04-19T21:43:00.010-04:002010-06-18T22:23:26.611-04:009x08 LHdP 66.6: The Rip-off - "Killing in the Name Of"This episode, while entertaining, was filled with recycled rip-offs that Alex Pina & Co. already used this season. So this lecture should be short and sweet. Hopefully. I'm going to re-summarize the rip-offs for you and then we can analyze how they've developed in the show since we last talked about them.<br /><br /><a href="http://pepsiuniversity.blogspot.com/2010/04/9x08-el-abc-del-satanismo-complete.html?showComment=1271639814380_AIe9_BFsQt07Kkblpa0RIoks4uMvYv1s5jIrYQ2n-ZnPltVGASFwwEtr-QQ8M-lrMV-GnVUtSZ7lqH8v59GC-ICxALMZx2p6K-ebNE6U2lf9qiLIXPZMPyUnUc26_eMB4Y7LjDbgS_HQiO-O3Wq6HpQZ-Rr3fiV-PpsA5_9veM9hl7P3snhzOy7IPDaUh5qcbM9nTpjMtCIfUSedTVWbi-WSZ4UtVlQqMe10Zuk-GitLpAgszv8IEPKxT737Ow6a_CtWY4esy87V#c3126916987975856623"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ep. 112: El ABC del Satanísmo (The ABCs of Satanism)</span></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rip-off: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Exorcist</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/film/gallery/2008/dec/03/scariest-children-movies/Kexorcist1973450-3808.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 183px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/film/gallery/2008/dec/03/scariest-children-movies/Kexorcist1973450-3808.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary:</span> A single mother begins to notice dramatic changes in her 12 year-old daughter's behavior, which she initially attributes to her recent divorce. These changes include the exhibition of supernatural powers, such as levitation and supernatural strength, as well as a demonic male voice. Doctors remain skeptical about her condition until several paranormal events occur in the house, leading them to believe that the girl might be demonically possessed (or at least that she believes she's possessed). Two priests are brought in to exorcise the demon from the girl.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP spin</span>: The girl that Paco and Pove rescued at the abandoned school in Ep. 110 turns out to be a novice (aka. a nun-in-training). Throughout the episode, she displays behavior indicating that she's possessed by Satan, such as prophetic abilities, slipping occasionally into a demonic male voice, and having the typical "possessed black eyes". Deker remains skeptical that the girl is possessed or that their case involves paranormal activity until the novice starts sharing personal knowledge about his life.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Epic fail</span>: This time Alex Pina & Co. have taken <span style="font-style: italic;">The Exorcist</span> rip-off to the next level by creating a scenario that's almost an exact duplicate of the film. You have Deker, the skeptical doctor, and a young woman who clearly displays signs of being possessed. All we need is to resurrect Father Sistiaga so that he can die again when he tries to exorcise Satan from the girl's body. And, as <span style="font-weight: bold;">Drs. Piper</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Beke</span> pointed out in their recap of this episode, some of the dialogue was taken directly from the film. What this tells me is that Alex Pina & Co. have gotten so lazy that they can't even be original in their dialogue. And, IMO, if you find yourself creating characters that are nearly exact duplicates of their rip-off counterparts and stealing the dialogue from those rip-offs, it's a clear sign that you shouldn't do the rip-off to begin with.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rip-off: <span style="font-style: italic;">Harry Potter</span> films</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/798/798766/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-20070622072329282_640w.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 166px;" src="http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/798/798766/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-20070622072329282_640w.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary</span>: Harry Potter is an orphan who discovers at the age of 11 that he is a wizard. He is famous in the wizarding world, because when the evil Lord Voldemort attempted to kill an infant Harry, the spell rebounded and seemingly killed the dark lord himself. While Harry learns about magic at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Voldemort is planning his return to power. In the fourth film, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Goblet of Fire</span>, Harry's blood is used in a potion to help restore Lord Voldemort to a new body. In the fifth film, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Order of the Phoenix</span>, a prophecy reveals that Harry or Voldemort will kill the other. It also establishes that Harry and Voldemort share a telepathic connection.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">LhdP spin</span>: We learn that eight years ago, Paco and Mariano assisted in the rescue of victims involved in a multiple car crash. We also learn that Damián Sr. was one of the injured victims in that crash and that Paco is a universal blood donor, implying that Paco's blood saved Damián Sr.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Epic fail</span>: Not only is Paco the "Chosen One" like Harry, now he's bonded to Damián Sr. like Harry is bonded to Voldemort - by blood. And given that Damián Sr. and Damián Jr. are evil personified, I'm guessing that in the end Paco or Damián Jr. will kill the other. We can even say that the novice's possessed state of being is similar to when the memory of teen Tom Riddle (aka. Lord Voldemort) possessed young Ginny Weasley's soul in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Chamber of Secrets</span>. I guess that makes Don Lorenzo Dumbledore and Mariano Ron Weasley. And Pove might be Hermione. Actually, Pove kind of reminded me of Harry at the beginning of this episode with his scarf and glasses, but I digress. All we need for this rip-off to be complete is a telepathic connection between Paco and Damián Sr. and/or Damián Jr. The main reason why this rip-off continues to fail is because, aside from the fact that the film series is way better than this show and Paco and the hombres can't beat a bunch of charming kids with British accents, the last time I checked, <span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP</span> wasn't about wizards or demons. On a completely unrelated note, I don't really read the HP books - that's what the movies are for - so do me a favor and don't spoil the last two films for me if you comment on this below, vale?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rip-off: <span style="font-style: italic;">Nikita</span> (film) and <span style="font-style: italic;">La Femme Nikita</span> (TV series)</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.parlonstv.com/sites/default/import/emission/la-femme-nikita.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.parlonstv.com/sites/default/import/emission/la-femme-nikita.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary</span>: In the original French film, Nikita is a drug addict who kills a police officer during a botched robbery. She is sentenced to life in prison but "recruited" by the French intelligence agency and trained to be an assassin. The television series follows a similar premise, where Nikita is recruited to become an operative for Section One, a top secret counterterrorist organization. In both versions, Nikita's only choices are to comply or be killed. However, unlike the film, in the television series Nikita is not a drug addict, nor had she killed anyone prior to her recruitment into Section. She was framed, but Section believes that she is a killer and thus, that is the reason why they recruited her. Throughout the series, Nikita struggles to balance her role as an operative with her sense of morality.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP spin</span>: Mariana Salgado is a Commander in the CNI, Spain's intelligence agency. She blackmails Pepa (and later Aitor) into doing the CNI's dirty work, but you can tell that she doesn't like having to do so, possibly because she's romantically involved with Pepa's brother, Paco. When Pepa and Aitor save and protect the scientist that Aitor was supposed to kill, Salgado reveals that the orders to execute him came from people above her. When Pepa tells her to do her own dirty work, Salgado does so by killing the scientist herself and extracting a chip from his dead body.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Epic win</span>: It's no secret that I like this rip-off, but the developments in this episode have made me love it. As I've stated before, Pepa's character is very similar to Nikita's character, but I've come to believe that she's not the only Nikita in this rip-off. We don't know much about Salgado's background or how she got recruited by the CNI. All we do know is that she's been with them for quite some time. Salgado's guilty expressions in the past two episodes, especially her reactions to reading Pepa's letter to Paco shows her reservations about what she's forcing Pepa to do. She seems vulnerable in those moments, like she's struggling with herself because of her love for Paco. I think Alex Pina & Co. did a nice job in contrasting the compassionate, moral side of her as a person with the emotionless, unforgiving side of her as a CNI agent. And thus, I believe that Salgado is also Nikita, but a seasoned Nikita. Pepa is a newly recruited Nikita - one who wants to hold onto her humanity and is therefore resistant to complying with the CNI by telling them, <span style="font-style: italic;">"Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me."</span> Salgado represents Nikita from the latter part of the series - she's resigned herself to the fact that she's under the CNI's control and, while she might not like or want to do the jobs they assign her, she does it anyway. She's the cautionary tale, if you will, of what Pepa might become and it makes the entire storyline intriguing. It's still a rip-off, but by showing Salgado as an example of what Pepa could become, Alex Pina & Co. have injected some originality into it, and by doing do they have created a rip-off that actually succeeds.<br /><br />Feel free to add any other rip-off you may have spotted, as well as your thoughts in agreement or dissent.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">kalike</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">*The title for this lecture is based on lyrics from the song "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine</span>kalikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17409523740634445570noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-15779429799474858442010-04-17T16:31:00.045-04:002010-06-18T22:23:26.612-04:009x08 El ABC del Satanismo - Complete Recap<b><span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">Episode 112 - El ABC del Satanismo </span></b><b><span style="color: cyan;">(The ABC of Satanism)</span></b><br />
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<i>By Dr. Bekelauer</i><br />
<i>Picspam and additional snark by Piper</i><br />
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Deker is doing the introductory speech. He is explaining, point by point, the real story of the Satanic plot line, with forensic exactitude. There is some sort of a 3-person committee listening.<br />
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<i><b><u>Deker Narration</u></b>: And here I am, wearing the same tie I wore to my family’s funeral, five years ago. And I don’t know whether to <b>A)</b> try to convince the Ministry of Interior deputy secretary that the facts we’re dealing with are not paranormal, when I don’t believe in it myself anymore; <b>B)</b> leave the room to fight the first case of possession and exorcism ever to occur in this precinct, or <b>C)</b> go undercover to Tarragona to find the three nuclear warheads that the government is hiding from the nation, when the only thing I want to do is get out of here and kiss the first woman who has left me completely fascinated and defenceless since disgrace tore my life.</i><br />
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And there you are: the ABC of Deker. The End. Nah, just kidding.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: Deker? Are you all right?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Yes. Let’s begin.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TKHmWdTkVdWs7SebVMsH6ajSd3jaqGwqnyC84M_MHsw603rq351PmSQDYR_ytggdrcrE4INNKXjPjcQMKCPmcHjEwm36bo_bqV2l5_vNKTOqXKtJzunBWgJESpP3bFEj5iQWgfaUGXA/s1600/112_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TKHmWdTkVdWs7SebVMsH6ajSd3jaqGwqnyC84M_MHsw603rq351PmSQDYR_ytggdrcrE4INNKXjPjcQMKCPmcHjEwm36bo_bqV2l5_vNKTOqXKtJzunBWgJESpP3bFEj5iQWgfaUGXA/s400/112_5.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><br />
<b>LHDP Intro</b><br />
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Povedilla knocks on Paco’s house all worked up and points a gun at DL, asking him to say the Lord’s Prayer. Mariano hears the ruckus and comes out of his flat. Seeing him, Pove asks him to say the prayer as well. Pove argues that whoever is possessed would not be able to say the Lord’s Prayer and he just needs to check. But DL is total ace and smacks him on the back of his neck and makes him drop his gun. HAHA! DL scolds him with some proper vintage insults and Pove says <i>“Oh, then it’s you for sure, DL</i>”. Pove is afraid that he has rescued the girl hanging from 2 episodes ago, who happens to be a novice, but inadvertently sent Paco to hell instead.<br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;"><u><strong>Piper's Vocation Lesson</strong></u>: There are several steps before one can become a nun. First is <u>postulancy</u>; this is where a person (i.e., <em>postulant</em>) petitions to become a member of a religious community. She may live in a convent or in a community with nuns, but is not really a full-pledged member. The postulancy usually lasts a year. The second step is <u>novitiate</u>; this is a period of training and education often overseen by a Novice Mistress. Different religious communities have different time requirements, although novitiate usually lasts 2 years. After a novice has been deemed ready, she professes her 1st (temporary) vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. <em>Some orders tact in an extra 4th vow: Vow of stability for the Benedictines, hospitality for the Little Sisters of the Poor.</em> Now that the novice is a nun, she begins her ministry or take further education, but, per Canon Law, must make her final vows between 3 to 6 years or leave the order. Once a religious has made final vows, it is much more difficult to leave - there's usually period of exclaustration before dispensation from Rome is given. </span><br />
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</div>Reyes is in DL’s office when Salgado walks in, telling her they are in trouble for interfering with a CNI mission. Reyes says nonchalantly that they went there following a tip related to the satanic case and the mission went off course. Reyes is total hotness and looking down at Salgado, who’s not giving in. Salgado is using the non-formal pronouns, indicating total disrespect for an inferior officer – but she’s taller than you, you moron!<br />
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Aitor is with the scientist guy in the shooting gallery.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Look, we really risked a lot last night arresting the CNI. We had to release them this morning, so right now they’re going to be looking for you. I’m offering you personal security, a safe house... until we find out who the fuck is behind this mission. Until the danger is over, that is.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Scientist guy</u></b>: Are you gonna force me to stay?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: No, we can’t. You’re not arrested.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRTuBg3l1dZAP2IEpsQJvBt7GZ5C_47XL-V0LzO5tGxHl2gZXgCXg6CqhhT2PhkHl7qS21Z2ZTuXyhNmrHNdu_6KipMlVz4IZSZGLiDBu0hrc3zN6Ap3-4STwG4jbm8EchEoauWzhWEo/s400/112_6.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><br />
Pepa is outside with Deker, who's removing the hidden wires / mics hidden in the dude's clothes.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Deker, I think that...</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Shhhh...! When the search for microphones is over, conspiracies, ornamental cubes with nuclear warheads, satanic fugitives, and undercover missions... I’m not trying to say I don’t like illegality, I love illegality... just that when this is all over, I would love to show you my collection of postcards.</i> <span style="color: #e06666;">(<u>Translator’s reaction</u>: HAHAHA!!)</span> <i>Huh?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: You have a collection of postcards?! I’d love to see them... but I’m a lesbian, Deker.</i><span style="color: #ea9999;"> </span><span style="color: #e06666;">(<u>Translator & Piper</u>: What sort of an answer is that? You can’t see his postcards cause you’re gay? Or maybe all gay people are prohibited from looking at postcards?)</span><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: I know.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZBPC3OgXPDdgXaw7xfkPe2nigN-WdafUuo6zuhAfTo07eZI74ixVkZh2NrCVK2baRTO0cIZYLkypV12_BqjoOM67KDSHw34BnIeyf0h92kWVnP0dL-rIT_wkbld8-JLIOXJf8OPIXgu8/s400/112_10.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><blockquote><i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: There’s nothing to do. We have to let this dude go. I’m telling him they’re going to shoot him, and he still wants to leave. He doesn’t trust us, he’s scared shitless.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Look, Aitor, he’s our fucking insurance. If this guy disappears, it’s going to be you and me getting shot in a fucking alley. </i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: He’s not the insurance, per se, but the information he possesses. You have to get him give a statement, codify the declaration, put it in a safety deposit box, and send it to a notary, so it can go public in case one of you two dies</i> <span style="color: #e06666;">(<u>Translator's note</u>: Is it me or is ATPP going to kill Pepa in the season finale? Because hearing it from Deker sounds... really scary.)</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmP74QK2AcSSivHJf23X9Y6tncPbMmVMpPemc5cofJ5SzYUNWUW4wmnlWxCG6K0KTksnHx-fhXlXTJv4_8qzzFpqLa8HiXlvrnNKv0K_oMeYdLFCn25URm7UPddiGNYIcdYbD6VlTFmU/s400/112_8.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><br />
Salgado is trying to offer Reyes the possibility of protecting Aitor if she tells her where the scientific dude is. Since Reyes is not collaborating, Salgado and the CNI dude are going to search the precinct. So Reyes phones Aitor.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Talk to me.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: Aitor, Salgado is in the precinct, she’s going downstairs.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Pepa, Pepa...</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKhXdvEeRhP2tXvWF-tBJzk1ffVkfAqXnYbHsscZ7h_isZGcrTFGfWQ51FjhuChH4suTdtEBMOQYmwFFewckbksNL2WeG1sJQoMkA8vRc23XuXeGZy9OudhOIv1kVpKa1TEIDLxu1mbw/s400/112_13.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: lime;">...I hear silent whisper</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: lime;">And I know you're close</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: lime;">I watch your shadow linger</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: lime;">And I feel your ghost...</span></i></div><br />
Salgado walks in the shooting room and sees Aitor, Deker, and Pepa doing some target practice. <br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: The room is booked until 10. You can sign up for the next hour or go to the target practice El Pichón</i> <span style="color: #e06666;">[Translator doesn't think that’s a real place].</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SjW4d6sUr_b2C4D3W3Tu5pGd2eVh_1P1xU7im1zbxxYFJvLl8ss9Ybi_D90rAooF1oCQjVv7RJwv4M1NanOz5G8p7cdIgeFld8In1ZbeHnx3V8UuxHujFBQSkPkWiSvI2gBaR2EgM8o/s400/112_14.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><br />
Scientist dude is hiding in a box or something. Salgado stares at Pepa, Aitor, and Deker, knowing scientific guy is somewhere but she doesn't know where, then proceeds to leave because she knows she's lost this round. <i> Pekaitor 1, CNI 0.</i> She bumps into Reyes, they exchange loaded looks, Reyes smirks, then Salgado leaves in a huff.<br />
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Reyes proceeds to talk to Deker while Pepa and Aitor help out scientist guy from his hiding place.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: Deker, come with me. We have an hour until the Interior deputy secretary and the Chief of Police arrive. Yesterday’s arrest has gone out and they are wondering why a local precinct looking for Satanic cannibals ends up interfering with a CNI mission . They want to get us out of the case. We have an hour to explain to them and show them that there’s nothing out of the ordinary in the investigation.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Yeah, look, don’t know if you care or not but I have in my hands the recording of a document of national security regarding nuclear warheads...</i><br />
<i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: You’re going to come with me, you’re going put on the smartest suit you have, and you’re going to explain to the Ministry people the A, B, and C. No levitations, no ectoplasms, no paranormal bullshit. Because otherwise we’re going to have to explain to the Captain why the FUCK they want to get us out of the case!!</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjvKGEka07oVILb1a9ebnsYDjd9kraTRhNF6BmKSttCu1Us-6Ljfm-1RB6kEGM8PigTcU1VM6sNSQ52dhLS0KjrGFoofEpNif3VRXErkYHn4r5oBg18TYMSZYt69kNbFKVbMd941oB_4/s400/112_12.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Reyes storms out. <br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: It’s all good. While I help decipher the ABC of Satanism, my assistant can help you. My dear Watson.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Win-E</u></b>: At your orders, Doctor.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: He is the apex of security. He is like a suitcase, but with a gun.</i></blockquote>Aitor goes to comfort Reyes, who tells him that she’s not going to let him go to jail. Deker sees all the snogging and wishes he was snogging Pepa (this is not said, but we know that’s what he’s thinking).<br />
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At the lab, Mariano, DL, Curtis, Pove, and Rita are with the novice, who is still looking off but acting normal nevertheless. Everybody tries to comfort her but Pove is rather worked up. DL tells them that they have to go find the man who raped Mama Cannibal, aka Satan’s father. DL tries to interrogate the nun, but she can’t remember much, just flashes of Satan’s father (but they don’t know that).<br />
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</div>Deker and Reyes start analyzing the case with their forensics theories. This is a good summary for whoever hasn’t watched the show this season but can’t be arsed going through seven episodes of pure Satanic crap and a super hot top class agent. They get to the part of the painting with blood on the ceiling.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: What about this?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: It reminds me of a night I spent with a girl, looking at the stars. But it didn’t work out.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: I thought you were more interested in lesbians. And I, for now, am not one.</i> <span style="color: #e06666;">("<u>For now"</u> being the operative phrase)</span><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Come on, Inspector, one can’t tell the difference in the darkness.</i></blockquote>They keep working on their theories. Thirty-four minutes to go. <br />
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Aitor and Pepa brought scientist guy to Aitor and Mariano’s flat.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Scientist Guy</u></b>: The project went ahead in Germany. On 15th November 1995, we took a direct flight from Oslo to Frankfurt, to examine the plutonium coming from the ex-Soviet republic of Uzbekistan. </i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Right.</i><br />
<i><b><u>SG</u></b>: Can I go to the toilet?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Sure. Over there.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Win-E, this information is vital, you have to protect it. Our lives depend on it.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Win-E</u></b>: It’s saved in my memory slots. Nobody can access it without the password.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: I know, but it might happen that someone will try to steal it from you, at any cost. Win-E, you get what I’m trying to say?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Win-E</u></b>: Should I save all the data or delete the inaccurate information?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: What?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Win-E</u></b>: “On 15th November 1995, we took a direct flight from Oslo to Frankfurt, to examine the plutonium coming from the ex-Soviet republic of Uzbekistan.” Oslo airport was closed from the 14th to the 15th Nov 1995, due to a snow storm. In addition, Mr Nieto [the scientist] does not appear in the passenger list of any flights scheduled that week.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_b1_wt8XPfQXr3ro2m2wo7iy1bcuwNetlbxr4LjJQC96hYh11hnzMgAMeyGT5D39ZnZdprPv3Gf3JBqpEy8_V0mHpEv9gtqGD985OouLL_RLuEakRymEcIvy4Hq4jFkAXVAzDQuU3oc/s400/112_18.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><blockquote><i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: He’s lying to us, he’s totally lying to us, Aitor!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: I don’t know, Pepa, I don’t know. Maybe he got the dates confused .</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Yeah, maybe he got confused with some dates and now he just made up the flights, come on, for fuck’s sake!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: You don’t trust him and he doesn’t trust us. What the fuck do you want to do? The guy wants to fuck off, what do we do?</i><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Pepa’s got the crazy lesbian solution to everything – a nice blow on the back of the head to knock SG out for a while. Poor dude doesn't know what hit him.</span><br />
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<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Fuck’s sake, Pepa! Win-E, don’t record this, man, don’t record this. Delete it, come on. Blows with gun butts... no!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Don’t record kidnappings either.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Win-E</u></b>: Yes, agents. At your orders.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjhCZSfOcFZq-5W9tH_NkOGDT5-rGG1S_Id1_NB9WeXmb7DHGsyH6_Lid9NJGz5gsUK880d2rR3Ofg9rJaK28ZK0BWBoOfXj9rJm2oLV-JlTE8yqKUF2QhVHgjwOeAfirBYaAEcje0Uw/s400/112_19.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: lime;">You know Win-E is recording something else...</span></i></div><br />
The weird nun-wannabe tells DL that she was in the trunk of a car for three days. Satan has soaked her legs in blood and an animal licked them, and other sorts of Satanic stuff we don’t care about. Mariano walks in with information about Damián Sr. Eight years ago, he was in a multiple car crash, and Paco and Mariano were there helping out to rescue and assist the victims. Paco happens to be a universal donor, so you join the dots. Yes, you are right, Satan’s father has Paco’s blood in his system. Then the nun-wannabe tells DL he’s going to receive a phone call and of course he does. She’s already possessed, I think. It’s the Guardia Civil, somebody found Paco’s phone at the coach station.<br />
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This scene is just Deker and Reyes but they talk about Pepa – plus it’s HILARIOUS.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: We are already like a pretty family. You’re wearing trousers and I’m bringing you lunch.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: Thanks, but I’m not hungry.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: Ack, well. I forgot that when people are in love, they lose their appetite. Because you are, huh?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: How have you come to that conclusion?</i><br />
<i><u><b>Deker</b></u>: <b>A)</b> Agent Carrasco is a sex symbol here in San Antonio, <b>B)</b> no one risks his job organising a fake undercover mission if it’s not out of love, and <b>C)</b> I just saw you in the coffee room. Unless there’s a strong wind in that room, there were more than words there.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: It must have been the wind then, because just the other day I saw you with Agent Miranda, and you weren’t really talking either. Why are you so cold, Deker? Why do you speak with so much sarcasm? The only time I saw you being a bit more human was yesterday.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: I must have been pretending.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Reyes</u></b>: No, someone who has lost his family five years ago does not pretend. You are simply scared of affection. And if Agent Miranda can take you out of there, ten points for Agent Miranda.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: I would have to improve my <b><u>cunnilingus</u></b> a lot. </i><span style="color: #e06666;">(<u>Translator's juvenile reaction</u>: BWAHAHAHA!)</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW46mqyaAj9oV-fdcschx_oT3llquBaIL4iv4kRYDC5GrKVKfKrpgPlwbwPuts78_FJA31fWgUG61Qgw0k_xTefukGNhbWz2zLYvUhw-itBZSfnlf2cq2ktv4PVWzxZOUig_aihoAfRBQ/s1600/112_20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW46mqyaAj9oV-fdcschx_oT3llquBaIL4iv4kRYDC5GrKVKfKrpgPlwbwPuts78_FJA31fWgUG61Qgw0k_xTefukGNhbWz2zLYvUhw-itBZSfnlf2cq2ktv4PVWzxZOUig_aihoAfRBQ/s400/112_20.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><br />
Then they talk about the second victim.<br />
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At Paco’s, Salgado is trying to relax. I don’t know what the point of that scene is – I kinda got the feeling she was about to touch herself though! HAHA! (<i>Perv? Who? Me? Nah!) </i><br />
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</div>Pepa, who is next door, has effectively kidnapped the guy.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: We are the only thing standing between you and a fucking CNI bullet. So just give me a reason to get myself off the middle and hand them a fucking liar like you. I’m gonna give you just a chance. You’re going to tell me the whole story. Again. But I want it in reverse. You start with the end, and finish with the beginning. If you forget something or you skip a step, you lose.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qfbEqug0rXdsETZzjSs_TWnpYv3k_-AnCgrtfv0hirF2vDyZ_Y3GGv4H2kqWRdWJrt_odU36zWxLhJjF6YVke-uixo5OwNGfLXJLfV728UPGRsETP8TEEuOnpRIFGeRJ8rdkWHwmGqI/s400/112_22.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Povedilla is with Linda Blair, who shows him the inscriptions on her legs and wants them to do <em>el chiki chiki</em>. <em>EWWW</em>. DL walks in and wants to check the novice's ink.<br />
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Reyes and Deker are still analyzing the mysteries of the Satanic plot. Deker pulls out news clips about incredible feats done by ordinary people during extraordinary circumstances, like the mother who lifted 8 tons of crap to save her kid, or a 5-year old who survived 2 floors of debris. Humans are capable of inhuman accomplishments.<br />
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At the house, science guy is not coming out great.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>SG</u></b>: I don’t know, maybe we didn’t leave Oslo, or... Copenhagen, I don’t know, at that time we flew almost every other day. But I must have it written down, let me check it. I swear I wasn’t lying to you.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Would you please take it easy? Look, you’re pointing your gun at a guy and you have no fucking clue whether he’s innocent or not! What are you gonna do? Tell me... You gonna kill him there, on Mariano’s rug? What’s this about? Kidnappings or assassinations, again?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Win-E</u></b>: I shouldn’t record this either, right?</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VjDtlybpDcqmZmB3MdkDCxtmFqLMJI5i83qRQy1wMBLV2f9cfRlqwd7Y81QWYQl-dnRztRo9cku6CFh0PN6XyhYyXixNzm8gbJ9cxXcun3yxIrgjr0VQML3mDMTCVlA00V5R927-rG0/s400/112_23.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><br />
In Paco’s bedroom, Salgado finds Pepa’s goodbye letter to Paco and starts reading it.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: This is about nightmares. And about not only having to carry the guilt of killing El Gordo, but that every night before I go to sleep, I close my eyes... and I see him (i.e., El Gordo), and not my pelirroja. And ever since then, every day, when I wake up, I feel worse than the day before. That’s what this is about. And it’s about the fact that I am beyond salvation, that’s why I need to save you, that’s why I need this fucker to tell me why the CNI wants to kill him, because I have to stand against my sister-in-law to see if I can save my best friend’s ass. That’s what it's all about.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNx5RDOnrvDXGDqswnbxjbk73R7IHk3M-2INImlq7M7eyRk34n6Al2XDEGuUxvhuC7fCUp_oSPirQqPnG8eSch_T3vCjmnRNf04b4KT-W6eE9za0hAY-1h9Me9ShRil0gzL4xTab6yrVU/s400/112_24.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div> <br />
Salgado breaks down crying after reading Pepa’s goodbye note. <br />
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Pepa and Aitor are having a girl talk because they're BFFs.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: I’m going out with Reyes.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Is that true?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Yeah. Given we’re now best friends, I might start telling you my private things.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Right. I hooked up with Deker.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: You fucking kidding me? What are you telling me, are you going back in the closet?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Oy! No, but sometimes it’s easier to hook up with a guy.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: That for sure.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Nah. Plus I am not ready to hook up with a girl yet.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsDuF-KiepS1hcIfeT2zVMfIJmfVsfQqD0eVvaSqDNLQp4yBgRPjSmz26Bg42XsDVhuOmEecINeV75FaT6_O8kFJynn8-QAdXmvFkmWY__cStmV8iXesmLIgWFdWq35MxpqoS5k4I42tQ/s400/112_25.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><br />
Salgado locates Pepa’s phone using GPS.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Win-E</u></b>: GPS system found. The phone model LG KP500 it’s been tracked.</i></blockquote>DL checks the novice’s marks from her leg up to her bare ass. What were they inking on her? A fucking novel? Paco shows up. He is apparently fine. When he tells Pove and DL what happened, the novice repeats the same words as spoken by the devil. Bit possessed, huh?<br />
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Deker concludes there’s no supernatural case. It was about time somebody said that in this show, seriously.<br />
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Salgado is being picked up by her CNI mate and they’re about to break into Mariano’s.<br />
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</div>The possessed novice is out of control. Pove, who was the lucky recipient of her blood puke earlier, looks like the day Sabinica was born, his face all covered in blood.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Let’s see Win-E, have you saved everything?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Win-E</u></b>: I have activated protocol A-36 for classified information. And I have deleted your personal affairs.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: If anything should happen, if we get shot, you send that video to all mobile phones in the precinct: Castro, Miranda, everyone...</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Win-E, can you do that?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Win-E</u></b>: Of course.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Good. Send the video to newspapers, to courts... they might want to come and destroy you.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Let’s see, in 20 minutes we can be in Barajas. We get you a ticket to the fucking South Pole and you don’t show up around here for the rest of your life, right?</i><br />
<i><b><u>SG</u></b>: Yeah.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Pepa, get the car keys.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Hl1LpMjCSowSvnQKGkj9ON21yqhhQAYKdwx0djtrvFkIHMjPs5G_tQKr_1XkgDH4a5QI2L2gjKUjnTYoGcmijUw9o_o06GzI1u5pCmofBBIQjLpwz34Vbfi45hWSi4Swn3v5H8SUx7I/s400/112_28.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><br />
Knock on the door.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>CNI dude</u></b>: CNI! Open the door!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: I’m not gonna let you take him.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: I’m sorry, Pepa, but I don’t think you’re in a position to negotiate. Search the house, go see if there’s anybody else here. Go check if there’s anybody else!</i></blockquote>At the lab, possessed girl is going all mad. Paco asks her where Satan is. And she answers <i>“In Hell...”</i> then turns to DL and says <i>“...with your daughter, that bitch”</i>. Excuse me? First she rips off a line from The Exorcist and then she calls Silvia a bitch? Give me a hammer and I will finish her off, thanks. <br />
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Mariano, Rita, and Curtis arrive at the geriatric residence where Damián Sr. stays. It’s clear, as we can see, that this is the dude who is <i>possessing</i> the crazy novice, as we keep having back and forth scenes of him and her interacting.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: I didn’t want this to end up like this.</i><br />
<i><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: And how the fuck did you want this to end, Marina? What did you think? That I was gonna shoot an innocent guy in the head and then sleep well at night? Eh?</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Pepa, drop your gun.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Did you know this guy was innocent? Did you know?!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Pepa, drop your gun! Lower it, fuck, lower it.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: It’s not I who gives the orders, Pepa. There are people over me, in charge of national security, and they are the ones give the orders.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Sure, and what do you do? You execute them? No, you send somebody else to do the dirty work. Your sister-in-law, for example, or whoever has made a fucking mistake and has only her life to offer. That’s good enough for you. Her life or her friends’ lives. But you know what, Marina, you have a problem. We have saved this man’s formal statement in a very safe place...</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI71RclIM1bkqu1yU3VUTIkTeycfq3q1qMb_Rsw84tsx5qWY-XPiqdKilm29cVl3DwmzC-hkiPTk5lQN6NLLM6Ly_34kzCibrzJeVp77iQWb_UI15zoFzxYd8RB-zKjv-aLjhq-2y2SSY/s400/112_29.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><br />
CNI is looking in Aitor’s room but finds nothing. Win-E is hiding in the closet among Aitor’s clothes.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Win-E</u></b>: That was close.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>:... and if I die, or Aitor dies, you and your fucking Centro Nacional de Inteligencia are going to hell.</i><br />
<i><b><u>Aitor</u></b>: Pepa... Pepa!</i><br />
<i><b><u>Pepa</u></b> (gives Salgado her magnum): Shoot. Shoot me, fuck’s sake!</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2hubSAX1iHbeZe1yxuXdj-sP_xKCS_WE4Sn4It6tOcAhjKCyaMhX9yI74O4uIR7VVwOnlKpmuSVaVdiwLUHcTfsEfxmcnNDfEVYWh6qxLh-omQlnspm6kPE4BukjXCUw1DD6c3LgEn8/s400/112_31.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><br />
At the lab, Deker finds the explanation to the problem: everyone has been hypnotized. Paco is raging saying she’s possessed by Satan and that everything can be explained just because Satan exists and he is behind all that. Suspenseful intermittent scenes between Mariano's flat and the lab.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Shoot him, come on, kill him. Do your fucking job.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqEMoh4TBnxgEccKqRCD57J2roGJMaYjZX2vFv1XsWQJjXw-V8NlnKdv2JbVFzB8AuMM73CJluBNJn5YCwRGh4fzfL8k9jUhTpaw5lJdoo-BeSHToAostdorAwThDy8oNDE72fkcLHtlE/s400/112_30.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: lime;">Pepa still wearing her wedding ring</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Mariano realises that Damián Sr. is indeed Satan’s father. So then we have established that Damián Jr. is Satan. Good. Deker injects muscle relaxant to the novice, who seems to calm down, and yells that there’s nothing paranormal about the case. But then Satan’s dad has another card to play, possessing the novice again and pretending to be Deker’s dead daughter. Deker succumbs to that and comes close to the novice, showing her his bare neck (You don’t do that when a hungry cannibal family is possessing a girl, do you??). So of course she grabs a chunky bite of him.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Pepa</u></b>: Kill him, and then go and tell your boyfriend.</i></blockquote>So Salgado shoots the man.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Salgado</u></b>: Get out, get out!!</i></blockquote>Salgado takes her gun and shoots outside and fakes a shooting rather than an execution, then takes a knife and cuts open the guy’s arm to remove what looks like a SIM card – you killed him cause you needed a new number? Nah, surely it is some GPS tracking device, or a microfilm, or something.<br />
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And the final scene is the same as the first one.<br />
<blockquote><i><b><u>Deker</u></b>: And here I am, wearing the same tie I wore to my family’s funeral, five years ago. And I don’t know whether to <b>A)</b> try to convince the Ministry of Interior deputy secretary that the facts we’re dealing with are not paranormal, when I don’t believe in it myself anymore; <b>B)</b> leave the room to fight the first case of possession and exorcism ever to occur in this precinct, or <b>C)</b> go undercover to Tarragona to find the three nuclear warheads that the government is hiding from the nation, when the only thing I want to do is get out of here and kiss the first woman who has left me completely fascinated and defenceless since disgrace tore my life.</i></blockquote><b>NEXT WEEK!</b><br />
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Everybody seems to be smoking pot, very vintage LHDP. Fair enough, because Pepa hits on Reyes, telling her, in the sexiest of ways “I prefer them with sensual lips and high heels” – and the best part is that Reyes seems to be playing along! And Reyes and Lis seem to be hugging a lot too – threesome anyone?<br />
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But then we also have the CNI plot, in which Salgado is trying to incriminate Pepa in the assassination of the scientist guy. Can’t wait to watch it!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">Piper's commentary:</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Best things about this episode:</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="color: #f1c232;">Pepa with a gun</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #f1c232;">Win-E who's better than all the newbies, and</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #f1c232;">NO NEWBIES!!!</span></li>
</ul><span style="color: #f1c232;">Deker seems to be falling in love with Pepa, which is setting him up for a heartache. Because Pepa can only be tamed by Silvia. At this point, I think Pepa is simply existing, saving what she could, correcting the wrongs, and simply counting the days until <strike>cancellation</strike> she's with Silvia once more. Deker was a fudge brownie, a tub of ice cream, a facial... manicure and pedicure - something to comfort Pepa and nothing more. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">And what can I say about <b>Salgado</b>? I really, really liked her when she gave Pove his medal. She was a picture of bureaucratic hotness, like a naughty librarian who doesn't know yet that she's naughty. And now here she is, another victim of the <b><i>ATPP™ Character Assassination Department</i></b>. Because only they could take this hot bureaucratic librarian <i>quadriculada </i>and turn her into a hormonal, love-crazed putty with extremely evil tendencies. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">And of course this clusterfuck of a season will not be complete without an </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Exorcist</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> rip-off! I mean, isn't it the motherload of all creepy satanic movies, from whence appeared other creepy satanic rip-offs like <i>The Omen, Exorcism of Emily Rose</i>, etc.? If Deker and Reyes are already trying to find empirical, logical explanations for this case, I'd leave it up to them and cease and desist my speculations. Why? My IQ drops 20 points each time I try to explain this season which I can only assume is ATPP™ 's leviathan <i>fuck you</i> to all of LHDP's remaining loyal viewers.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-35958138382103842782010-04-12T22:22:00.003-04:002010-06-18T22:23:26.613-04:009x07 LHdP 66.6: The Rip-off - "You Use Me Up"Amazingly, there were no rip-offs in this episode. At least not any blatantly obvious ones. Sure, Aitor's heightened observational skills and the scenes in the bathroom with Aitor and Pepa are kind of a rip-off, but they've been used in countless other crime/spy-based films/shows that it would be unfair to chastise ATPP™ and Co. for doing the same. The same thing goes for the whole "mother birthed two sons but only knew about one and the second one turns out to be evil" storyline. Given the lack of rip-offs in this ep., you might be wondering, <span style="font-style: italic;">What's the point of this lecture, K?</span> Well, while there were no rip-offs, there were a few themes and analogies in this lecture that I thought were poignant and perhaps by examining them, we can get a better understanding of what the hell is going on with this season.<br />
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<a href="http://pepsiuniversity.blogspot.com/2010/04/9x07-conexiones-y-agua-bendita.html"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Ep. 111: Conexión y agua bendita (Connections and holy water)</span></a><a href="http://pepsiuniversity.blogspot.com/2010/04/9x07-conexiones-y-agua-bendita.html"><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Theme</span>:<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Connections</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Background</span>: By definition, a connection is a relationship or association, whether it be between words, ideas, objects or individuals. It is a link that bonds one thing to another in some way.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP use</span>: Connections were <span style="font-style: italic;">the</span> recurring theme of this episode, as one could probably gather from the episode's title. We were introduced to it from the very start of the episode, with the little history lesson on Alexander Bell's invention of the telephone and how it revolutionized the way that people connect with each other. Since then, technology, like the Internet, has allowed us to make those connections faster and more immediate.<br />
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Throughout the episode, various connections were shown whenever an hombre "saw" another even if they were miles apart: Paco and Mariano, Pepa and Aitor, Reyes and Lis, Amaia and Blackman, Paco and Salgado, and yes, even Pepa and Silvia. We also saw connections through the interactions in this episode: Damián Sr. and Damián Jr., Reyes and Aitor, Pepa and Deker.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Analysis</span>: There were three major types of connections in this episode: <strong>friends, lovers, and family</strong>. <br />
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Let's start with <u>family</u>. Despite her actions to the contrary, Reyes seems to really love her daughter Lis. And perhaps that's why she finds herself in such turmoil - she doesn't want to hurt Lis, but she can't help the way she feels for Aitor. And as she told Don Lorenzo, it's not easy to separate that link, because the link between family is one of the strongest connections we have. We saw a more twisted version of this between Damián Sr. and Damián Jr. It's unclear whether Damián Jr. knew his dad was about to die, but maybe he "sensed" it through their connection to each other. Regardless, he was there to get his father's dying instructions and, perhaps, fulfill his destiny of continuing his father's work.<br />
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Moving on to <u>friends</u>, the one thing I have to credit ATPP™ for in this episode (aside from utilizing the CNI plot more) is that he remembered how important Paco and Mariano's friendship is in this series. It's one of the foundations of the show, so when Paco asks Mariano to believe him and distribute communion at the precinct, Mariano does. And as much as some people might not like the Pepa-Aitor friendship, I personally enjoy their relationship in this context. As Pepa pointed out (and Aitor echoed in this episode), she's a <span style="font-style: italic;">"fucking crazy girl"</span> and he's a <span style="font-style: italic;">"fucking crazy guy"</span>. They have a lot of similar personality traits, so it made sense in S8 when Aitor confided in Pepa about his relationship with Sara, and it makes sense now that they're working together to take down the CNI. The other two "friend connections" in this episode, IMO, came from Aitor-Reyes and Pepa-Deker. While Aitor-Reyes are technically lovers, this episode showed them in a capacity greater than that. For once. Reyes doesn't blink an eye when Aitor reveals that Pepa killed El Gordo. Rather, she figures out that the CNI are now involved in the situation and readily offers her help. Granted, her motivations in doing so might have to do with the fact that she loves/cares for Aitor, but at that moment, she's acting like his friend, not his lover. As for Pepa and Deker, again, technically they did sleep together, so that at least makes them <em><strong>friends with benefits</strong></em>. However, putting aside all of the arguments about whether their hookup was right/wrong, Deker was someone Pepa could trust/rely on when it came to helping her and Aitor out with the CNI. And I think one of the reasons why Pepa and Deker do have a connection with each other is that they both know a lot about pain and have been living with it for quite some time. The only difference is Deker has finally decided to try and move on from that pain, while Pepa is still stuck.<br />
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And that brings me to <u>lovers</u>. Dispite ATPP™'s claim that he wanted more action instead of romance because he <span style="font-style: italic;">"spent many cartridges on the love stories"</span>, there are a lot of love connections this season. Amaia is still pining away for Blackman even though he hasn't even been mentioned since Ep. 108, and I suppose we're supposed to ascertain how strong her "love connection" to him is by the fact that it brings her to tears. We can also ascertain Goyo's love for Amaia from the fact that he's willing to hang around her despite the fact that he knows she literally can't think about anyone but Blackman. <br />
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Paco and Salgado are another love connection in this episode and when the CNI agent asks her why she cares so much about the situation with Pepa and Aitor, it's clear: Paco. She genuinely loves him and, knowing how much of a family guy Paco is, she knows that her actions could be disastrous for her relationship. So Salgado faces a battle of her own: fulfilling her duties as a CNI commander vs. her love for Paco. The third love connection in this episode is PepSi. We first see it when Pepa spots Silvia's lab coat and uses it to cover herself. The way she holds it - so tight, yet so gentle at the same time - you can see how much she's trying to hold on to the memory of her wife. In that moment, you could feel the presence of their love even though Silvia wasn't there. I think it's a nice juxtaposition to her schtooping scene with Deker. Again, putting aside all other arguments, one thing that I found in it was the presence of Pepa's loss. The way she looks up - with tears in her eyes - it's like she's trying to find that connection to Silvia again, but she can't. And I think that's where a part of her pain comes from: <strong>the fear of losing her connection to Silvia</strong>.<br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Analogy:</span> <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Pink Panther</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Background</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Pink Panther</span> is a comedy film series that follows a bumbling French detective. However, despite the name of the film, the detective is not the Pink Panther. The Pink Panther is actually a pink diamond - the largest in the world, which also happens to have a flaw. If one looks closely, they can see a tiny discoloration in the stone that resembles a leaping pink panther. The film is known widely for "The Pink Panther Theme" written by Henry Mancini and the cartoonish Pink Panther that appeared during the credits.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP use</span>: While being held in the "white room" of the CNI, Aitor receives several calls from Reyes. His name for her in his mobile is "Pink Panther".<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Analysis</span>: I think the choice to use "Pink Panther" as a codename for Reyes is a fitting one. Reyes is beautiful, much like the Pink Panther diamond, and at times she seems to be perfect. However, she also has a flaw like the diamond. Actually, she has two flaws. The first, I've already talked about: her feelings for Aitor which have affected her relationship with Lis. The second is the fact that she lets her relationships with men define her instead of defining them. Reyes is a beautiful, competent cop - this episode proved that. We even see some of the reasonableness that Montoya once brought into the show when Reyes points out the dangers in taking down the CNI. But all it took were some smiles and kisses from Aitor and she was back to do his bidding. Granted, love can blind us sometimes, but Reyes always seems to lose her brain whenever Aitor smiles at her and it tends to have a negative effect on her ability to be an efficient cop (and mother). Honestly, if Pepa (and Deker) never showed up, they would've been screwed.<br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Analogy<span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span> The Petrine Cross</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and the earthquake following the death of Christ</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">*Thanks to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Piper</span> for the history lesson on this one</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />
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Background</span>: The Petrine Cross (or the Cross of St. Peter) refers to the cross that Peter was crucified on. Prior to his death, Peter requested to be placed upside down, because he felt that he was unworthy to be crucified in the same upright manner as Jesus Christ. There are two general associations with the Petrine Cross today. Many Catholics view it as a symbol of humility and unworthiness in comparison of their lives to Christ. Others view the inverted symbol as representation of Satanic and anti-religious attitudes.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Background</span>: According to the Bible, Jesus cried out just before he died. Shortly afterwards, the curtains in the temple were torn in two and there was an earthquake. A Roman centurion who witnessed Jesus' death proclaimed that he must truly be the son of God after witnessing the events following his death.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP use</span>: Just before the hombres get ready to take communion, we see Damián Sr. gasp and an earthquake occurs, which is felt throughout the precinct (and beyond). As a result, the cross hanging in the shooting gallery fell and ended up hanging upside down, resembling the Petrine Cross. Also during this time, Damián Sr. passed away. I think. It was hard to tell when I saw it and I don't feel like re-watching the episode to find out if I'm right.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Analysis</span>: I'm not going to analyze this one too much because this storyline bores and annoys me, but I think this was ATPP™ and Co.'s scene of the week to remind us that the "66.6" storyline is still present. If Damián Sr. (and Jr.) are Satan (and the devil's son) then perhaps the earthquake and resulting Petrine Cross was a way to show that Satan really does exist, much like how the earthquake made the Roman centurion believe that Christ was the son of God. And whereas Christ's death was the first step in His Ascension to joining his Father in Heaven, maybe the death of Damián Sr. (if he really did die) was a descension of sorts from father to son - perhaps a sign that Satan really is on earth and Damián Jr. can carry out his father's wishes.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Analogy: Miranda rights</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Background</span>: Miranda rights came about as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court case <span style="font-style: italic;">Miranda v. Arizona</span> (1966). In that case, the Court overturned the defendant's (Miranda's) conviction, because his confession was obtained in violation of his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination as well as his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. In their decision, the Court held that a person under custodial interrogation must be made aware of their right to remain silent and their right to have an attorney present during questioning. They also clarified what must occur when those rights are invoked. As a result of this case, law enforcement officers now read suspects their "Miranda rights" once that suspect is under custodial interrogation (which doesn't necessarily occur or have to occur when you're simply under arrest).<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">LHdP use</span>: In one of the final scenes of the episode, Pepa, Reyes, Deker, and Aitor have arrested three CNI agents. Reyes and Aitor then proceed to read them their Miranda rights while they are being handcuffed.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Analysis</span>: I suppose it's more ironic if Pepa et. al. were reading the CNI agents their Miranda rights, and while many view Miranda rights as an impediment to police investigations, I view them as a symbol of proper protocol - a "clean" investigation if you will. <br />
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This whole bit in the episode made me laugh because <strong><em>(a)</em></strong> I can't recall the hombres ever reading a suspect their Miranda rights in the history of the show,<em> <strong>(b)</strong></em> the fact that they did so just seems wrong/weird on some level given that this show is about anything but following proper police procedures, and <strong><em>(c)</em></strong> they were reading the rights to fellow law enforcement officers. That being said, I thought it was a nice, subtle way to really define the battle lines of this story to the viewers. <br />
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The CNI are the "bad guys" here - they authorize sanctioned hits and will use illegal means to achieve them. The hombres might not be the brightest group of cops in Spain, but they are clearly "the good guys" - the ones who may fuck up a lot, but never really cross the line between what is right and what is wrong. And so, when Reyes and Aitor are giving the CNI agents their Miranda rights, it's their way of saying <em>"Here in San Antonio, we do things by the book."</em> Of course, that doesn't explain the illegal search that led to their tryst with El Gordo, but I never said ATPP™ & Co. were great at being consistent.<br />
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I leave you all with a tip: if you ever find yourselves under arrest and being questioned by the police, after the cops read you your Miranda rights and ask whether you understand them, say <span style="font-style: italic;">"Yes"</span> and the following four words: <em>"I want an attorney."</em> Not <em>"I don't want to talk to you"</em> but <em>"I want an attorney."</em> At that moment, those four words will be your strongest ally. I know, you're probably thinking that saying it might make you look guilty for whatever it is that you've been arrested for. But would you prefer to just <span style="font-style: italic;">look</span> guilty or actually end up being convicted for something stupid you might have said during questioning? Personally, I'd choose the former.<br />
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If you happened to spot an obvious rip-off that I missed, feel free to point it out to me and I'll add it to the lecture.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">kalike</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">*The title for this lecture is based on the song "Use Me" by Bill Withers</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>kalikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17409523740634445570noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452679287887331697.post-79737065957782035332010-04-09T15:33:00.125-04:002010-06-18T22:23:26.613-04:009x07 Conexiones y agua bendita - Complete Recap<strong><span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">Episode 111 - Conexiones y Agua Bendita (Connections and Holy Water)</span></strong><br />
<em>By Dr. Bekelauer</em><br />
<em>Additional comments and snark by Piper</em><br />
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<u>Voice off</u>: In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and with it, the possibility of connecting great distances. From that moment on, man has always tried to make that connection more immediate. Paris, London, Hong Kong... they come closer in fractions of a second, thanks to fiber optics. Internet, videocalls... they allow us to be simultaneously connected with anyone any place in the world through invisible cables, in the same way that stars are connected by imaginary lines...<em><span style="color: #e06666;"> (cue in the voice of various characters interspersed with various scenes)</span></em><br />
<blockquote><em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: ...creating constellations. But above all, there are - travelling through time and space - umbilical cords that tie us to the people we love...</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Deker</u></strong>: ...like silver ropes that belong only to the kingdom of extrasensory...</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Reyes</u></strong>: ...that make something stir inside of us when others suffer, or when they are happy, like a palpitation or a shiver down your spine...</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: ...and that make us do marvellous things. Or terrible things. Simply because we are connected.</em></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseHdDcjDup6zQi2n3r84_qCsGp3GkyzMdVRya-URjHrc-g9yHCpzWi1X1Rv7KLei4_c9yVxPbWSOV69l2y4DhduHy79bNBwuAbGxG8IXqsZepf5NRSndvN5seZ4aSNfWcK4vkfuaUbOE/s400/9x07_1.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><br />
We’re back to Paco being given a hickey by Satan<em> <span style="color: #e06666;">(let’s</span><span style="color: #e06666;"> call him Satan, because who the hell is he anyway?)</span></em> – right before kissing time, Satan tells Paco he’s too early. We thought so too. Some twelve hours before, Satan walks into a geriatric residence ran by nuns to see his father, whose name is also Damián <em><span style="color: #e06666;">(let’s remember, he was the guy who paid for all the bills in the school).</span></em><br />
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<strong>LHDP Intro</strong><br />
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We see Paco et al ready to leave for the secret mission (from last episode). At his house, Mariano is having breakfast when Pepa knocks at the door.<br />
<blockquote><em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: Morning!</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Mariano</u></strong>: What happened?</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: I... fell down the stairs.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Mariano</u></strong>: How did you fall down the stairs?</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: Yeah, is Aitor in?</em> <span style="color: #e06666;">(<u>Piper's reaction</u>: HAHAHA!)</span><br />
<em><strong><u>Mariano</u></strong>: Yeah, he must be in there. He must be running a little late, we finished a bit late last night in the precinct, we had a riot.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: Paco left early this morning.</em></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPqllJIgULpdJxYtjhynPMCh2ifcuAUbWuTBxoo4Drs-bMQ1ULAfnDZJ_qb8Z18QrJfBsWMe4mz_Gw6qm0iwid6dtknwAql2Tq662tghngt78_aSeqVfCbryyUAhlsWrn6cQ3Dzvb8c8/s400/9x07_6.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><br />
Mariano’s phone rings. Paco insists on making everybody take communion. The wind blows open a window and all the copied pages from Father Sistiaga’s notebook fly. Mariano picks up the one showing Kashber, Satan’s father. On a multi-action, we see Damián's father lying on a hospital bed. Mariano is having a mental connection. He tells Paco he trusts him.<br />
<blockquote><em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: Mariano, Aitor is not here, and his bed is made.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Mariano</u></strong>: He’s not here. Sure he’s not here? Maybe he’s at the precinct. We have to go too, Pepa. I need to tell you something important.</em></blockquote>So Pepa is having a mental connection, and Aitor is being interrogated in a white room in a very Matrix-style by the big CNI pimps. But remember, despite the Matrix decor, Aitor is NOT the Chosen One. <br />
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<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: I had a date. But I cancelled it because I felt sick. So I went to bed early.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>CNI Jackass</u></strong>: So then how is it possible that you rented a car in Chamartín Station at 12.30? You better answer, otherwise I can assure you, you won’t get out of here in quite a while.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Salgado</u></strong>: Let’s cut the formalities.</em> <span style="color: #e06666;">(She takes out the surveillance pictures. Then they play a recording of his conversation with Pepa at the storage room. Aitor realizes that either he or Pepa or both have been wired unknowingly.) </span><br />
<em><span style="color: lime;">“They have ordered me to kill a man, in two hours and a half. And if not, they’re taking both of us? [Aitor] Who the fuck is blackmailing you, Pepa? [Pepa] The CNI, I’m sorry. They played with me. They let me kill El Gordo, I did the dirty job for them and now they have by the balls”.</span></em><br />
<em><strong><u>Salgado</u></strong>: You’re trapped, Aitor.</em></blockquote>Deker is in the lab brushing his teeth while comparing and contrasting giant fingerprint films. DL walks in asking for Father Sistiaga’s body – the cannibal made him drink liquid nitrogen to freeze his lungs to death. <em><u>Sarcasm</u>: And since his lungs are now frozen, it's so much easier to slip a mobile phone through his skin without leaving any bruises. Yeah, that's it.</em> Deker has just solved the mystery of the fingerprints... Then Reyes walks in and he tells them all that there are two of them – Two Cannibals, Amadeo and Damián Jr. Since I want to look all pro, the exact name is monozygotic twins, aka as identical. Interestingly enough, I solved this mystery on the first episode. <em><span style="color: #e06666;">(<u>Piper nodding her head</u>: Yes, you are awesomely awesome.)</span></em><br />
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<blockquote><em><strong><u>Salgado</u></strong>: It’s very praiseworthy what you’ve done to agent Miranda, but it’s not enough. Do you think that a broken arm can erase the charges we have against her? </em><br />
<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: No. But maybe I can, killing that man. I will do it.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>CNI Jackass</u></strong>: Understood. The subject is planning on leaving Spain in the next 48 hours, so we have no time. Male, white, 38 years old. You don’t need to know anything else. We’ll tell you how and when. You’ll go, execute him and you will be free. Make sure to finish off the job.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: You mean to kill him?</em><br />
<em><strong><u>CNI Jackass</u></strong>: I mean that if you don’t do it, the El Gordo incident will still be in your expedient and in Miranda’s. So this is your only chance.</em><br />
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So Deker has it – DNA codes are identical. Amadeo killed himself in the precinct, but Damián Jr. has been walking around killing people. A high case of <em>situs inversus</em> in monozygotic twins – I have no idea what it is, but Chilean boy says so and I believe him. But the mother didn't say anything about having twins – so DL asks them to bring the mother to the precinct. <br />
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At the Matrix, Aitor is about to sign his confession. There must be a misprint because they refer to Pepa as <em>Josefa Miranda</em>, and that isn't right, even if <em>Pepa </em>is traditionally a nickname for both <em>Maria José</em> and <em>Josefa</em>. Let’s not change the names please.<br />
<blockquote><em><strong><u>Salgado</u></strong>: You’re ruining your life, Aitor. Tell me, tell me why you have changed your mind. It is not even true, Pepa is guilty but you’re just her accomplice. Tell me what you’re trying to pull here. Aitor, this is not a videogame. Here you don’t skip a level and you start again. Tell me, tell me why the fuck have you changed your mind!</em><br />
<em><strong><u>CNI Jackass</u></strong>: Don’t worry, Commander. The boy is confused. The day after tomorrow we’ll send this declaration to the Italian Anti-mafia Prosecutor, and they will send a commission. From that moment onwards, he will be under the laws of both countries. Agent Miranda and yourself will be judged by an international court, and you’ll be convicted. Which means you have 24 hours to change your mind. If you do, call this number.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: Thanks, agent, but I don’t change my mind about things.</em><span style="color: #e06666;"> (His phone rings; caller ID is "Pink Panther")</span><br />
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</div>Damián Jr. is visiting Damián Sr. who tells him that his mother is <em>“attending somebody else’s prayers”</em>. Don't know what that means.<br />
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<em><strong><u>Mariano</u></strong>: Curtis, get me a priest, a bishop, a chaplain, whoever... And we pay him with the precinct budget.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: Good morning.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Mariano</u></strong>: What’s wrong with you?</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: Today is a super motherfucking day. Come with me.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: What’s happening, Aitor? What are you doing?</em></blockquote>Aitor drags Pepa to the restroom and writes on the mirror. <em><span style="color: lime;">“We have microphones. They have interrogated me. We have 48 hours”.</span></em><br />
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Paco phones Mariano. Everybody has to take communion willingly. Because he thinks has already saved the brats from everlasting damnation - he has given them communion. Piper still has doubts about the "validity" of this gesture.<br />
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Reyes is scolding Deker for taking it too far with the Holy Mother, who has been left alone in the interrogation room with a video of her Satanic son killing himself (seriously?). Reyes tells Deker he knows nothing about being a father or loving someone. <em>“Since you don’t know what loving or grieving is, you don’t understand that that woman is not lying but suffering”.</em> DL tells her not to mix the personal with the professional. Reyes asks him if he could separate those when his daughter (Silvia!) worked with him – there’s a special link, a kid is always carried in a parent's heart with a rope that cannot be torn, not even by death. Reyes says <em>“it’s all about affection in this precinct”</em>. And the Holy Mother keeps watching the video until she starts crying blood. Yeah, typical.<br />
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Aitor is still writing on the bathroom mirrow. Salgado is still listening from the Matrix Headquarter. Scenes from both places. <br />
<blockquote><span style="color: lime;"><em>“Do you trust Deker?”</em></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;"><em>“What’s going on?”</em></span><br />
<em><strong><u>Salgado</u></strong>: I told you. I told you that trying to manipulate Miranda was a crazy idea. But now with Carrasco, we’re totally out.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>CNI Jackass</u></strong>: Easy, Commander, we have them in our hands and they will do what we say.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Salgado</u></strong>: No!</em><br />
<span style="color: lime;"><em>“We’re gonna blow up the CNI”</em></span><br />
<em><strong><u>Salgado</u></strong>: We don’t have them. They know too much. And do you know what’s gonna happen? Now they’re gonna start running faster than us, like with Lucas Fernández.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: You and me? It’s a crazy idea, a fucking crazy idea. What are we gonna do?</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: You’re not gonna do anything.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: Aitor, I can’t let you do it.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Salgado</u></strong>: You also thought you had Lucas and now he’s one of the best agents of the international division.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: You’re not gonna do anything. Anything. When the moment comes, you’ll know. It’s a favour from a fucking crazy girl to a fucking crazy boy.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Salgado</u></strong>: Miranda and Carrasco have the same DNA as Fernández. And this time there’s two of them!</em><br />
<em><strong><u>CNI Jackass</u></strong>: And why do you care about it so much this time?</em></blockquote>Because Salgado has a Paco connection.<br />
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At the precinct, Goyo, Rita and Curtis show up with a crucifix, holy cup and guitar. Very LHDP-stupid. DL tells the precinct the news about the twins. Aitor tells Pepa to go to Deker to find the microphones. Aitor tells Reyes he needs to talk to her. Deker storms in the lab to see Pepa trying to tear her arm cast. She is HARDCORE. And she starts stripping off – yeah! Then she sees Silvia’s lab coat and wears it. Very tender moment. Deker is half aroused, half fascinated. She types on his laptop.<br />
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<em><span style="color: lime;">“Help me, there could be microphones and GPS trackers in these clothes. Can you please find them?”</span></em><br />
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She kisses him on the cheek and leaves.<br />
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Mariano gets a Paco connection. He convinces DL to let them hold a mass in the precinct and pray for Paco. Amaia has lost the Holy Mother - she took her to hospital and now there’s no explanation for her disappearance. DL tells them to go to mass.<br />
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Aitor and Reyes are at Lizarrán. Aitor tells her he needs help, to get the address of the dude he has to kill. He doesn’t want to go into detail. She says <em>“Something has happened with Pepa Miranda”</em>. Then he tells her that they killed El Gordo. <em>“So you have the CNI chasing you”</em> – Reyes is not only hot but total ace for guessing correctly.<br />
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Amaia tells Goyo she’s dying because she feels empty without Blackman. Poor boy. <br />
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Reyes finds the address. I said she is a total ace.<br />
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At the precinct, Curtis is struggling to find a priest while the gang is fashioning a chapel in the shooting gallery. Curtis and Rita talk about embarrassment. Still don’t know if those two are gonna end up together.<br />
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The birth certificate of the twins says only one was born, so Mariano asks Goyo to find the OB-gynecologist who signed it. Curtis didn't find a priest - he has only found a Mexican Evangelist pastor. Seriously? So mass begins with songs and stuff – not really Catholic huh? Deker walks in and sits next to Pepa, and gives her a report.<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Pepa goes to make a photocopy, but the copier is not working so she starts kicking it. Classy. Deker follows her.</span><br />
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<em><strong><u>Deker</u></strong>: If you need anything, you know where my lab is. I’ll try to have a thicker lab coat.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: Deker, you’re not gonna ask me who’s spying on me?</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Deker</u></strong>: It’s not plugged</em> <span style="color: #e06666;">(referring to the copier)</span><em>.</em></blockquote>The Mexican pastor is "consecrating" the hosts when an earthquake occurs. Everything starts shaking and that pushes Pepa to Deker. The cross falls on the priest leaving him unconscious. Pepa and Deker are hugging.<br />
<blockquote><em><strong><u>Deker</u></strong>: It was just a shake. A little earthquake, a 4.5 in Richter magnitude scale. Can I ask you something? Would you sleep with me some time?</em></blockquote>And they start kissing. Too bad they’re next room and the whole precinct gets to see it. Very LHDP.<br />
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The earthquake made a mess of the shooting gallery - unconsecrated hosts are scattered on the ground, wine spill all over, and the biggie: <em>the cross is now upside down</em>. <u>A quick lesson for non-Catholics</u>: The upside down cross is normally associated with St. Peter who elected to be crucified upside down because he didn't think he was worthy enough to die in the same way as Jesus. In the 1960's, it became associated with the satanic church founded by Anton LaVey - they started using the inverted cross as an upfront to Christianity. Which still fails, because the <a href="http://www.seiyaku.com/customs/crosses/peter.html">upside down cross</a> reminds us of St. Peter's humility. <br />
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And yeah, this is the part you don’t want to watch. My comment is: If you do manage to watch it, note that Pepa is so completely not in there mentally. She keeps looking up and crying. Thinking of Silvia much? I think so. Face it, we’ve all been there. Maybe not with a boy, but we have.<span style="color: #e06666;"> <em>(<u>Piper's comment</u>: Pardon the Translator for projecting again. Hahaha!)</em></span><br />
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The song on the background keeps saying <em>“You teach me that you can love what doesn’t exist”.</em><br />
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Reyes and Aitor are talking at the bar. Reyes says that the guy’s phone has been tapped for eleven years and they can’t just burst the CNI. But Aitor kisses her and convinces her. So much for the strong woman. Hahaha.<br />
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Pepa and Deker are lying in bed smoking.<br />
<blockquote><em><strong><u>Deker</u></strong>: I know why you're doing this.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: Did what?</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Deker</u></strong>: Sleeping with me. You think I’m the only island in this place. An island you can stop by and hide for a while... Because everything will remain the same tomorrow, huh?</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: An island to hug.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Deker</u></strong>: An island in which you were looking for water, for affection. Because affection is like water. Necessary to live. But be careful, because sometimes islands stop being islands. An earthquake like the one before occurs, and they become peninsulas, and then continents.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: I’m a lesbian, Deker, I’m not gonna come for water to your island again.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Deker</u></strong>: If that was a valid answer, the most important story of your life would have never happened. Because she was heterosexual. And I think I am too.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: Are you going to try to seduce me?</em><br />
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</div>Because Goyo is superhuman and can defy the basic laws of physics, he was able to find the OB-Gyn on the same day and brought him to the precinct without any incident, where he is interrogated by DL. Doctor guy doesn’t want to talk at the beginning. At the school, Paco finds the Holy Mother hanging, dressed as a nun (from last episode). <em>Although she looks suspiciously like a hologram.</em><br />
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Pepa's phone rings - it is Aitor in need for back up. He is already in the building of his intended target and storms in the guy’s apartment. Reyes is downstairs in the car.<br />
<blockquote><em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: On your knees to the floor, come on!</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Guy</u></strong>: Please don’t kill me.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: Come on!</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Guy</u></strong>: Please, please don’t kill me.</em><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Aitor puts on the silencer to his gun.</span><br />
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<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: I have no option. It’s either you or me.</em></blockquote>He shoots a pillow.<br />
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At the precinct, Mariano is getting the truth out of the doctor. Apparently, Satan’s father aka Damián Sr. raped the Holy Mother and then paid the doctor so he could take one of the babies. Despite the doctor's resistance, Damián Sr. managed to convince him with his evil tricks. Namely, money. <br />
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The CNI unit arrives at the flat. Reyes is holding a little video thingy so she can follow what they're doing.<br />
<blockquote><em><strong><u>Reyes</u></strong>: Here they are. It’s three subjects, two of them are going up.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: Why do I have to kill you? Tell me!!</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Guy</u></strong>: I’m a Nuclear Engineer. In 1995 I was selected to participate in a secret mission to develop atomic weapons in Spain, with three other physicians. </em><br />
<em><strong><u>Reyes</u></strong>: They’re going up Stairs C. First floor.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Guy</u></strong>: The Falcon project.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: What the fuck are you telling me?</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Guy</u></strong>: I swear! In 1998 we got out first results, a missile with a 600km range and a 140 megaton nuclear head.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: And what happened?</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Guy</u></strong>: If the project comes to light, the UN and the Nuclear Council would hunt us down. Nobody talks about the three nuclear heads that Spain hides somewhere in Tarragona since 1998.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Reyes</u></strong>: They’re in floor three, just one from aim. I repeat, just one from aim.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Guy</u></strong>: Since November, everything has changed. Three of those scientists have died in strange circumstances. I am the fourth.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Reyes</u></strong>: They’re in floor four. They’re coming to the apartment. I repeat, they’re coming to the apartment.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Guy</u></strong>: You wanted to know why they want to kill me? For something they already have, my silence.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Reyes</u></strong>: They’re going in. In five, 4, 3, 2, 1...</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: Lie down. For me.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Reyes</u></strong>: They’re in, Aitor.</em></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TUi6dXFlmAaLMSh1IPaVOgSlYkkzhZfAM2hstuXRaELyu5Ya7j73bP0IKxkizcp3xof2to8Tk_-4rHYEN8F-uYXNchZK8fpkPt9myEhUZuhPWh6zApJrP1Ns7Ut2Nq0eodbm3dHeI04/s400/9x07_4.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></div><blockquote><em><strong><u>Agent one</u></strong>: Freeze, to the floor. Drop your weapons. Lower your weapons now.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Aitor</u></strong>: Go and shoot and we all die here.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Reyes</u></strong> (to CNI Jackass, who's still on the ground floor): Freeze, Police!</em><br />
<em><strong><u>CNI Jackass</u></strong>: I am a Colonel of the CNI.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Agent one</u></strong>: Lower your weapons.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>CNI Jackass</u></strong>: I have priority of action, Amadeus code.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Reyes</u></strong>: Your hands on the car.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong> (Yeah that’s my top agent!): Freeze! Police!</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Deker</u></strong> (grabbing CNIJ from behind): You’re not listening to what the Inspector says?</em><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">(He came with Pepa and stayed on the ground with Reyes)</span><br />
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<em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: Drop your guns and on your knees. Now!!!</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Agent one</u></strong>: This is a mistake, we are CNI agents.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>CNI Jackass</u></strong>: I am a CNI agent, you’re getting into trouble.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Pepa</u></strong>: Hands on your head, or I’ll blow your brains up.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Deker</u></strong>: I really wanted to do this again. You were right.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Reyes</u></strong>: About what exactly?</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Deker</u></strong>: About affection. Five years ago my wife and two kids died in a car accident and I survived. It’s about time to come out of the hole. Thanks.</em><br />
<em><strong><u>Reyes & Aitor</u></strong>: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you. You have the right to not declare against yourselves or not declare yourselves guilty. You are under arrest.</em></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgvYdhut0ikLORELhq3atV0TNx1aDI4qcraIoD8Cl1BEPIC5kaFTbxT-68ygv1tWV-qIO6vdOMJg6gR9pDB-Z7Av4BJHBRSHsIK0LBrjNELKXFAFv_6GXOJkzGl_HBx-VR7X0HeTcBh8/s1600/9x07_19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgvYdhut0ikLORELhq3atV0TNx1aDI4qcraIoD8Cl1BEPIC5kaFTbxT-68ygv1tWV-qIO6vdOMJg6gR9pDB-Z7Av4BJHBRSHsIK0LBrjNELKXFAFv_6GXOJkzGl_HBx-VR7X0HeTcBh8/s400/9x07_19.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><br />
It’s apropos how it is called the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_warning"><strong>Miranda Warning</strong></a>. Yussss!!! Salgado, who is still listening in at the Matrix, at this point wants to kill herself.<br />
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The doctor says that Damián Sr. was present when Holy Mother went into labor and after the kids were born he searched them looking for a birthmark, a mark one of them had on his shoulder. Damián Sr. has the same mark on his wrist - three half moons.<br />
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<strong>Next week!</strong><br />
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Pepa and Aitor against the world. Funny how they are protecting the nuclear geek but as it seems, Pepa knocked him out with the back of her magnum. And a bit of a creepy line from Aitor to her saying, <em><span style="color: #e06666;">“Maybe you’re going back to the closet?”</span></em>. I’m hoping this is only a joke.<br />
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<strong><u><span style="color: #ffd966;">Piper's commentary:</span></u></strong><br />
<span style="color: #ffd966;">I think it was KC who said that ATPP® should have focused on the CNI case instead of this 66.6 thing. And I agree - it's much more interesting. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">So we have illegal nuclear reactors, a murdered army psychologist, a guy who thinks he's satan, and Paco who's losing his mind. Unless the show has turned into a paranormal thriller and we were not informed, I say there should still be some logical explanations to everything. And now we have it: ATOMIC / NUCLEAR REACTORS which can produce radiation waste (from unstable particles, a by product of the fusion itself). That shit is deadly and can cause unimaginable reactions, inluding genetic mutations. Maybe it is still connected to the degraded uranium soup from last season, since uranium is required to produce nuclear energy. Interesting that Salgado appeared right around the time of Bravante. She wasn't really after El Gordo, she's only protecting the CNI's secret! And the 4 dead? Maybe the CNI placed them under witness protection! Because as long as ATPP® is around, they aren't safe.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">What about Damian Sr. and Jr.? Well, Senior probably was one of the nuclear scientists. Because while he too had the "mark", which means he should have been the chosen one, there he was, dying under a cross in a Catholic hospice with proper nuns to take care of him! And why does he want Junior to kill his Mama? That, I don't have any conjectures yet, but whatever the reason(s) is/are, I'm sure it's connected to the nuclear reactor clusterfuck.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">The precinct mass was utterly pathetic. A communion host, by itself, will not save anyone, unless they've led a righteous life. Shows like this are giving us Catholics a bad rap. The Mexican pastor was a funny turn, but any 3rd grader Catholic child can tell you that only ordained priests can say mass and consecrate the Eucharist! Even if there wasn't an earthquake, the wafers would still be only wafers and the wine still wine even after the pastor "consecrated" them (not the actual Body and Blood of Christ).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">Which brings me to the earthquake. I know they needed to have something dramatic happen to bring about all the scenes that they showed: cannibal mama drama at the school, Peker in a hug, and the cross turning upside down (please see earlier explanation of its significance). But really? After the devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile? I think it was just the writers being lazy LHDP writers, to use a poetic earthquake to bring about whatever, despite its seeming insensitivity and apathy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">I have nothing to say about the Peker hookup. I'll leave that to my passionate lecturers and their passionate disapproval of this storyline. But I feel bad for the actor Benjamín Vicuña, because he moved all the way to Spain for this gig, and it wouldn't even last a whole year. Okay, not so bad because he gets to do sexy time with Laura Sanchez. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">And Reyes, despite being an excellent cop, is still defined by her relationship with Aitor (and several barf-worthy moments). But her support for him and Pepa in nailing the CNI was awesome and redolent of the comisaria's basic DNA - that of being there for each other, in spite and because of who and what they are.</span>Bekelauerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17784662212399001456noreply@blogger.com11