November 6, 2007
After the recaps, this week's episode of Cane begins at a Duque family dinner. Henry explains his injuries by telling the family that he was in a car accident. He tells the family that the New Duque Rum Girl is going to be named at the club and that Alicia Keys will be performing.
During dinner, the family airs its' disagreements on Alex's handling of the ethanol situation. Pancho takes him aside to tell him of his dismay and to tell him that he needs to drop the ethanol thing and concentrate on rum. He tells Alex not to make him spend his last days wondering if he made a mistake putting Alex in charge ... ouch.
November 2, 2007
Many consider Jimmy Smits as the star of CBS' drama series, Cane, but the 52-year-old actor begs to disagree.
“I don't think myself as the lead in any way,” Smits told the Boston Herald. “I've always functioned best artistically when it's an ensemble thing that happens. I'm not walking in there with my 8-by-10 photo saying this show is about this guy.”
October 30, 2007
Cane opens darkly this week. We see flashes of Henry in the hospital, having been badly beaten. Interspersed with those scenes, Santo takes Alex to Little Havana against his better judgment. He uses his gang tattoos for entrance into a club and introduces Alex to a guy who may be a hitman of sorts.
Twenty-four hours earlier, the Duque's are hosting a big party celebrating the International Rum Awards, which they usually win. All of the big rum producers are there with their premium rums for tasting and judging.
October 26, 2007
Nowadays, Cane has been getting a bunch of music stars to grace the show for added appeal and for enhancing the mood and the storylines as well. As reported previously, Nicole Scherzinger of The Pussycat Dolls has already guest starred on the series and Alicia Keys has also signed on to appear on one of the episodes. Next week, another notable musical artist will be gracing the show and he comes in the form of William Adams, also known as Will.i.am.
Adams is expected to appear on the sixth episode of the season entitled “A New Legacy,” which airs on Tuesday, October 30.
October 23, 2007
This week's episode of Cane begins with brothers Alex (Jimmy Smits) and Frank (Nestor Carbonell) discussing the ethanol project. They are being spied upon as we see the scene interspersed with what looks to be a camera recording or something with the green tinge of night vision glasses. Vince Grasso (Jason Beghe) interrupts and once Frank leaves, Vince returns Alex's gun. He tells him that it is clean, but that the blood sample found on the body match the sample taken from the Samuels field where Miguel told them the body would be. Vince tells him that a Detective Hodges would be by to talk to him about the case.
October 19, 2007
After the appearance of Kristin Cavallari (Laguna Beach) and Nicole Scherzinger of The Pussycat Dolls, fans of Cane can expect to see yet another celebrity to guest star on the drama series. R&B and soul singer Alicia Keys is also set to grace the CBS show created by Cynthia Cidre.
Keys, who has sold over 20 million albums worldwide and has won numerous awards, including nine Grammys, 11 Billboard Music Awards and three American Music Awards, will be playing herself in the upcoming episode of Cane but will be doing some flirting with Henry Duque, who is portrayed by Eddie Matos.
October 16, 2007
Remember the ticked off look on Isabel's face last week when she found that gun in the safe? Well, she stewed about it all night and confronted him when he woke up in the morning. He came up with some bs excuse for having it, but I'm not sure she bought it. They are having some serious trust issues lately and he's not helping.
At the Samuels', their hired PI reports on his surveillance of Alex. They aren't happy that he has no dirt on Alex nor has he found any connection to the Quinones murder. They tell him that he'd better make some luck in finding some information.
October 13, 2007
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Much has been said about Cane's disappointing debut last month that prompted viewers to steer clear of the epic drama that chronicles the external rivalry and internal power struggles of a large Cuban-American family running a massively flourishing rum and sugar business in South Florida. Although some remain faithful to the series, the numbers prove that Cane continues to decline in terms of ratings, given that it already lost 2 million viewers by the time it aired its second episode.
While many consider Cane as a night-time soap opera throwback to the 1980s with a high possibility of getting cancelled, there are also others who regard the CBS television series as an appealing plot-driven, multi-generational melodrama that taps on jealousy, love, fortune, deception and murder. Among those supporters are Hispanic households, comprised of both English and non-English speaking viewers.