PepSi University

"You Don't See Me"

2010-09-06T05:48:00.015-04:00

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 PepSi U. 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 LHdP during S9, so I think

"Without You"

2010-07-15T04:40:00.006-04:00

Dr. Booker 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 ever, 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 Dr. Piper. But, I can never say no to a request by Dr.

The Geeky Story

2010-07-04T07:54:00.004-04:00

Hello, hello! 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. For this, I am going to recall

Come to my window by Dr.Booker

2010-06-24T16:47:00.003-04:00

Here 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.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

That's Entertainment

2010-06-14T11:02:00.006-04:00

I’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 why 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

"Open Your Eyes"

2010-06-11T06:24:00.003-04:00

When Dr. Booker 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

PepSi Fan Fiction – The Power of Fandom and Why It Still Matters

2010-06-09T01:37:00.003-04:00

Hola PepSi University chicas! (And any chicos as well!) First of all, a huge thanks to kalikeca for broaching my idea to be a guest lecturer this time around and Dr. P for allowing me to come and play. Seriously, y’all rock! 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

9x13 LHdP 66.6: The Rip-off - "In the End, It Doesn't Even Matter"

2010-06-05T18:26:00.001-04:00

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. Ep. 117: El Acabose de los tiempos (The last straws of time) Rip-off: Angels and Demons Summary: After Pope Pius XVI dies, the four Preferiti in contention to succeed him are kidnapped by the secret brotherhood of the Illuminati,

9x13 El Acabose de los Tiempos - Complete Recap

2010-05-31T18:00:00.036-04:00

9x13 El Acabose de los Tiempos (The Last Straw of Time) By Drs. Bekelauer & Piper So here we are, the very last original LHDP episode, the end of the line. For what it's worth, this last episode was not lacking in effort from ATPP, so please sit back and enjoy this last goodbye from the folks of San Antonio. Summary Recap Pove pulls a joke on Curtis letting him think he slept with a

9x12 LHdP 66.6: The Rip-off - "Sing with Me in the Gasoline Choir"

2010-05-26T17:01:00.012-04:00

Ep. 116: Patadón y ParribaAside 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.

9x12 Patadón y Parriba - Complete Recap

2010-05-23T09:26:00.028-04:00

LHDP 9x12 Patadón y Parriba (Kick the ball and go long) By Dr. Bekelauer Additional comments by Piper The action resumes the same night, after Curtis has asked Rita to marry him, and Deker has been kidnapped by Damián Jr. 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

9x11 LHdP 66.6: The Rip-off - "In Bed at the Hospital"

2010-05-16T23:22:00.001-04:00

Ep. 115: Ojito Avizor (Watchful eyes) Theme: Eyes Summary: It is often said that our "eyes are the windows to the soul". 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

9x11 Ojito Avizor - Complete Recap

2010-05-14T22:22:00.005-04:00

Episode 115 - Ojito Aizor (Watchful Eye) By Dr. Bekelauer Picspam and additional snark by Piper Translator's note: 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 “away to get over everything that has happened to her and move on”. Which in my world means she’s going on a 3-day trip

9x10 LHdP 66.6: The Rip-off - "Lux Aeterna"

2010-05-06T02:30:00.004-04:00

Ep. 114: El Fumadero del Sr. Chang (Mr. Chang's opium den) A few notes before we begin: Thanks to Dr. Piper and Cela for pointing out rip-offs from the episode. And sorry Dr. P, but no, I haven't seen Eli Stone. 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

Pepa y yo

2010-05-05T03:28:00.008-04:00

I wrote this entry for my blog, 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 :) This is one of the many random posts I write, but I really wanted to put it in words. I was walking down Byres Road to the Kelvin Hall, and this subject popped in my head behind the Kelvingrove Museum. And I walked all the way

9x10 El Fumadero del Señor Chang - Complete Recap

2010-05-03T23:33:00.018-04:00

Episode 114 - El Fumadero del Señor Chang (Mr. Chang's Den) By Dr. Bekelauer Picspam and additional snark by Piper 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

THE WAY WE WERE

2010-05-01T07:56:00.004-04:00

In 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. I can say with confidence that it was one of the best

9x09 LHdP 66.6: The Rip-off - "Toke a Big Spliff of Some Good Senismillia"

2010-04-26T01:30:00.012-04:00

Ep. 113: Novicia a la fuga (Runaway novice) Rip-off: Paranormal Activity Summary: 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

9x09 Novicia A La Fuga - Complete Recap

2010-04-24T23:25:00.020-04:00

Episode 113 - Novicia A La Fuga (Runaway Novice) By Dr. Bekelauer Picspam and additional snark by Piper The episode starts with a recap, so we'll skip that. 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

9x08 LHdP 66.6: The Rip-off - "Killing in the Name Of"

2010-04-19T21:43:00.010-04:00

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.Ep. 112: El ABC del Satanísmo (The ABCs of Satanism)Rip-off: The ExorcistSummary: A single

9x08 El ABC del Satanismo - Complete Recap

2010-04-17T16:31:00.045-04:00

Episode 112 - El ABC del Satanismo (The ABC of Satanism) By Dr. Bekelauer Picspam and additional snark by Piper 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. Deker Narration: And here I am, wearing the same tie I wore to my family’s funeral, five

9x07 LHdP 66.6: The Rip-off - "You Use Me Up"

2010-04-12T22:22:00.003-04:00

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

9x07 Conexiones y agua bendita - Complete Recap

2010-04-09T15:33:00.125-04:00

Episode 111 - Conexiones y Agua Bendita (Connections and Holy Water) By Dr. Bekelauer Additional comments and snark by Piper Voice off: 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

Silvialogy 2x02

2010-04-07T20:20:00.019-04:00

LHDP 2x02 Before Deker, before Damian, before ATPP® lost his 2 remaining brain cells... Remember when LHDP was sweet and funny? And remember when Silvia, with all her quirks and insecurities, lit up our computer screens and TVs? This is one of those episodes, and it's nice to be reminded why we are still here, keeping the faith. This lecture only focuses on the Silvia scenes because we

9x06 LHdP 66.6: The Rip-off - "I Think I'd Better Run, Run, Run"

2010-03-31T05:54:00.021-04:00

Ep. 110: Una noche espeluznante (A bloodcurdling night)I need to preface this lecture by saying that as much fun as it sounded to watch 3 white kids being stalked in the forest, I never saw The Blair Witch Project or any of the other rip-offs in this lecture. In fact, I rarely watch horror films at all. Why? First of all, horror films make me laugh due to their predictability. Don't get me wrong,