I am going to miss the afternoon Teleserye called ASINTADO (2018)

Source: ABS-CBN

There is no doubt, I will miss this series.  It may have had some flaws(Remember my complaints about surgical masks, et cetera?), but this is one series I watched from start to finish because I enjoyed it so much.  The good guys only killed when necessary like when they were defending themselves, and only as a last resort.  Thanks to i Want TV I never missed an episode(the video above is from Daily Motion, and NOT from the said online service).

Sigh.

All's well that ends well.  If you missed the episode, visit iWantTV so you could watch it in high definition.

The four main characters: Aljur Abrenica(Xander/Alexander), Julia Montes(Title Role...Ana/Juliana), Paulo Avelino(Gael) and Shaina Magdayao(Samantha/Katrina)
Photograph from Pinoy Exchange
Cherry Pie Picache(Celeste/Ms. C Ramos), Lorna Tolentino(Miranda Ojeda), Agot Isidro(Hillary Del Mundo), Nonie Buencamino(Salvador/Buddy Del Mundo), Ryle Paolo Santiago(Tantan Dimasalang), Karen Reyes(Emmy Gomez), Chokoleit(Gracia Nuevadez), Louise Delos Reyes(Yvonne Calata), Julio Diaz(Jaime Melchor/Manuel De Dios), Empress Schuck(Mona Calata), Arron Villaflor(Chito Salazar) and Gloria Sevilla (Lola Puring Dimasalang---hope she's OK...she was missing during the last episodes of Asintado)

We musn't forget that Lito Pimentel(Vicente Dimasalang---the man who adopted Juliana and shortened her name to Ana...he is the son of Lola Puring and the father of Tantan), Adrian/Luis Alandy(Robert Ramirez dad of Juliana and Katrina) and Tanya Garcia(Criselda Ramirez---mom of Juliana and Katrina) played important roles.

Although their roles were short, they were very vital too: Art Acuña(Maj. Gregorio Calata---dad of Yvonne and Mona), Mari Kaimo(Sen. Arturo Galvez---dad of Xander) and Christian Vasquez(Eric Salazar---dad of Chito).

Plus many others who did well, most especially:

Ronnie Quizon as Jorge
Menggie Cobarrubias as The Prosecutor
Jean Saburit as Tita Carlota Candelaria
Lemuel Pelayo as Gael's best friend, Diego
Bing Davao as President Montemayor
Let's not forget the little ones who would be big stars one day:




Myel De Leon as young Juliana Ramirez / Juliana "Ana" Dimasalang


Jana Agoncillo as young Katrina Ramirez / Samantha "Sam" G. Del Mundo


Miguel Diokno as young Gael Ojeda / Gael O. Del Mundo


The three cast members

who were added during
 the last leg of the series:
Vivoree Esclito(Charie Tamayo) and Charles Kieron (Gavin Calderon)
(source)

Desiree Del Valle as Natasha Ojeda-Calderon, Miranda's younger sister
(source)

The series started under Lino Cayetano, Onat Diaz, and Ms. Trina Dayrit's direction. For one reason or another, different directors took over or worked alongside Ms. Dayrit.  The rest of the directors are:
  • Floy Allan P. Leonardo
  • Jerome C. Pobocan
  • Jojo A. Saguin
  • Darnel Joy R. Villaflor
  • Jon S. Villarin

The writers:


  • Danica Mae S. Domingo
  • David F. Diuco
  • Hazel Karyl Rabasio-Madanguit
  • Randy Villanueva
  • Adrelle Emil Alfonso
  • Maren Kyle Loreño

The creator:



Rondel P. Lindayag



Trivia from Wikipedia:



Angelica Panganiban was in negotiations for the role of Katrina Ramirez, but was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. Isabelle Daza was cast at a later point, but then dropped out due to her pregnancy before being replaced by Shaina Magdayao and the character was renamed Samantha del Mundo. JC Santos was initially part of the cast but was pulled out by management for a different project. He was replaced by Aljur Abrenica.

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