I just finished watching November 21's episode and it was excellent! By far the episode this month. We find out what Pilar's secret is and I was actually surprised at how fast Reilly let us know about it. LOL Anyway, the secret goes way to when Pilar only had Luis and Antonio. Pilar flies down to Mexico to see Juanita, her best friend from when she was a teenager. Pilar meets Juanita's husband, Carlos Vasquez, who is a total slimeball - Carlos hits on Pilar right away. Next we see Carlos talking over phone to one of his men - Carlos is actually running his family's mob organization and is planning on killing the rival mob family. He's been lying to Juanitia all this time. Pilar overhears everything, but Carlos catches her. Carlos tries to force himself on Pilar but she hits him, then he hits her back and knocks her down. He starts dragging her across the floor and hits her again and knocks her out. While Pilar is unconscious he rapes her (we don't actually see the rape). Carlos is still on top of her when Pilar regains consciousness she grabs a candlestick that fell on the floor and hits him twice on the head. Next we see Pilar sitting on the couch, she’s all dazed, with blood on her face. Juanita comes home and sees Pilar and wonders what happened. Pilar looks over to Carlos’ body.

Pilar: “He’s dead.”

Juanita: “But how? How could Carlos be dead?"

Pilar (crying): “Juanita, Carlos attacked me. He forced himself on me...I tried to stop him, but I couldn’t because he was so strong...and I.....I hit him with that.”

Juanita: “Liar! You killed him. You killed my Carlos!!”

Pilar (crying): “Noooo....I was defending myself.”

Juanita: “Murderer!!! Murderer!!!”

Pilar tries to tell her best friend the truth about her husband and that he raped her, but Juanita will have none of it. Then we hear sirens, it’s the police. When the police gets there, all hell breaks loose. We hear tons of gun fire going off. Juanita runs to the window and yells, “My children are out there!! NOOOOO!!!! STOP SHOOTING!! DON’T HURT MY CHILDREN!! NOOOO!!!” It’s a massacre. Her children are dead. Next we see Juanita in handcuffs.

Pilar: “I’m so sorry.”

Juanita: “My husband gone, my children murdered by the police....because you called them.”

Pilar: “I thought the police would stop the violence, not add to it.”

Juanita: “I don’t care what you thought. You are to blame for my entire family being killed. You took everything away from me, Pilar. Everything I held dear.

Pilar: “I didn’t mean to.....Carlos raped me and I tried to defend myself and I killed him by accident.”

Juanita: “You liar. My Carlos was a good man. We had a loving marriage. He wouldn’t hurt anyone. He certainly wouldn’t have forced himself on the likes of you.”

Pilar: “Juanita....”

Juanita: “Shut up!! I lost everyone I loved, Pilar......because of you. And now I’m going to prison for accessory for what I don’t even know!! All because of you!!”

Pilar: “I tried to warn you about the Vasquez family. I knew being with Carlos would be bad. I knew he would get you in trouble.”

Juanita: “I am only in trouble because of YOU!!!!! You better start running, Pilar. Run as far away as you can because I won’t be in prison forever and when I get out, I promise you, I will find you wherever you are and I WILL KILL YOU AND EVERYONE YOU LOVE!!!!!”

Flasback out to Pilar.....

Pilar: “Please God, protect me and family. I beg of you.”

I also noticed the clue of them making sure we knew that Pilar only had Luis and Antonio at the time of the rape. Which makes be believe Theresa is really Carlos' daughter, making her the heir to the Vasquez crime family!!!

Juanita is out of prison now and she's coming for Pilar and her family! Damn, I love this storyline. Eva was so good in this episode.

Hmm...what else is happening....oh yeah, Vincent/Valerie is pregnant!!! LMAO!!! That is so awesome. I loved Vincent’s reaction.... “Noo....I can’t be! It has to be a mistake.” HAHA Oh wait, there’s more. So Valerie goes to Eve and ask to get a blood test done to make sure he/she’s pregnant. Eve confirms the pregnancy and Valerie only wants Eve to be her doctor. So during the examination, Eve is checking “down there” and is shocked and says, “Oh my God, I recognize the genitalia.” ROTFLMAO!!

Another good storyline is the baby Jonathan storyline. I didn’t expect this storyline to be that good, but the new twist of Jonathan a liver transplant has made this storyline quite interesting. So baby Jonathan needs a liver transplant because Vincent changed Eve’s medical prescription (eveyone thinks it was Eve because she was drunk, which later on made Eve lose her medical licence). The transplant can only be from a close relative....nobody seems to be a match. So now Ethan goes to Theresa (who’s in jail....more on this later). Ethan thinks Jane could be a match for Jonathan, but he’s worried because if Jane gives up part of her liver, Jane could develop some problems in the future. Ethan thinks he can’t objectively make that decision (to get Jane tested), so he asked Theresa to make it. They’re in a dilemma! What will Ethan do? Does he risk the future of his daughter to save his baby son? What does Theresa do? Does she tell Ethan that he has another son and he might be a match for Jonathan, and risk losing Ethan? Awesome stuff.

Okay, back to why Theresa’s in prison. Theresa saw that Gwen/Ethan were getting closer because of the Jonathan crisis. Tabitha sees this as a perfect opportunity to wreak havoc (to get Endora back from the dark side, she has to do as much evil as possible LOL), so she disguises herself as a fortune teller.....yup....the same fortune teller costume from July 1999. Theresa even recognizes her and says, “Aren’t you the fortune teller who told me I was going to marry a Crane.” Jim Reilly was kicking it old school here! Loved it! So Tabitha gives Theresa this “anti-love potion” to give to Gwen. Theresa being despereate of course, puts the potion into Gwen’s drink. Gwen drinks it and starts choking and his hospitalized. It wasn’t an anti-love potion, it was poison!! LOL

Then there's Esme. What a character. LOL I totally loved Spike/Esme hooking up.....and then Esme/Julian! LMAO Julian was back to drunken/horny/dirty Julian.......the Julian of 1999! Drunk Julian/Esme dancing and then playing twister.

So there's the recap for those who can't wait.

Damn I love this show. I can't wait to see what happens next. Bravo, Passions!! Keep it up!!

LOL um is Vincent pregnant by Julian? God I wish I had DirecTV. I never really followed PSNS but I think it's awesome how Reilly is not allowing himself to be constrained by boundaries anymore. I mean, it never really felt like Reilly was constrained by boundaries, but he has amazingly proven that yes, he can go even further.

Edited November 23, 200718 yr by juppiter

Toups I totally agree with you November has been a stellar month for Passions. It seems like the show has really hit its stride on DirecTV. I can't wait to see what happens next. Toups, do you know how the show is doing ratings wise? I hope we have the show for many years to come because I truly am loving it.

I disagree. The show has lost me. I get to watch a few episodes a week and other then Pilar's story and Esme, I could care less. They are destroying characters left and right again and Vincent being pregnant was too much for even me to swallow. I never thought the show could be worse then end of 2006-early 2007 but it is now. It's a mess IMO.

Toups I totally agree with you November has been a stellar month for Passions. It seems like the show has really hit its stride on DirecTV. I can't wait to see what happens next.

Did you see the November 22 episode yet? It was hilarious!! Tabitha and Kay's magic battle over Fancy/Noah/Paloma had be rolling. And of course Eve and Vincent's dialogue about the pregnancy. LMAO I'm going to try and type up the dialogue for tomorrow. It was absurd.

Toups, do you know how the show is doing ratings wise? I hope we have the show for many years to come because I truly am loving it.

Unfortunately I don't know what the ratings are, but I believe DirectTV picked up Passions for another cycle. YAY!!

theres a huge hole in the Pilar story. This woman hates her and wants her and her family dead but the only reason why she hasnt done anything yet is bc she has no clue where Pilar is. Um then how come she didnt go to Maria and threaten to kill her if she didnt reveal Pilar's whereabouts? Why didnt she for that matter kill Maria and Paloma as a message to Pilar? Are we really to beleive that when Pilar visited Julianna from Harmony, that she didnt once talk about her new life in Harmony? Its not like Pilar moved or went into hiding. And why couldnt Pilar tell Theresa this secret? Its not like Theresa wouldnt understand especially since she tried to kill Alistair, a man who has forced himself on her

Speaking of Alistair, where the hell is he?

Is Simone still on this show or what?

Is Simone still on this show or what?

she left before PSSNS went to DTV. She's in New Orleans with Whitney

Simone is with Whitney in New Orleans. Vincent has threatened to go kill them several times. Toups, I'm with you, PSNS is on fire! I still haven't seen Thursday's episode, but the reveal of Pilar's secret has been fantastic! Eva Tomargo is one of the best soap actresses and she's once again knocking it out of the ballpark.

My one complaint would be the endless Gwen/Ethan/Theresa triangle. With DirecTV they should've moved on. Instead they simply restarted the storyline. They need to reveal Little Ethan's paternity and MOVE ON! I also think the Shuis story is moving far too slow. Get Beth and Marty back, immediately.

Loving anything with Vincent and Eve, especially the pregnancy. My only complaint is that they didn't keep Simone to give Eve some hope. The Russell's are the only family to suffer with this move. Pilar and the Crane's have most of their siblings. They could've cut someone worthless like Pretty to recast Simone and give her a love interest. Would also be nice for Kay to have a friend, so she isn't always stuck with Tabitha.

speaking of Pretty, where the hell is she? She and Alistair have disappeard and I completely forgot about them. They havent been on all month and their part of the Fancy/Luis storyline seems to be nonexistant as that storyline is now all about Shuis and Marty

I have to admit, I'm taping "PASSIONS" this week because of Toups' review. LOL!

(I've watched the show before over the years and pretty familiar with everybody)

Cheap21, Pretty was in the promo for Monday's episode and it looks like her story is heating up again.

Toups I did see the Nov. 22nd episode and it was hilarious. I really like that they have Tabitha returning to the dark side to get back Endora. And I even liked Kay and I have hated her for months. Great to hear that DirecTV picked it up for another cycle, but I'm not sure what that means.

They could've cut someone worthless like Pretty to recast Simone and give her a love interest. Would also be nice for Kay to have a friend, so she isn't always stuck with Tabitha.

They could always recast Simone and pair her with Pretty.......

Is Juanita trying to channel Storm circa X-men 1? That wig is beyond horrible!