Marimar Episode 48

Marimar Episode 48 - The one where Bella is declared as the real Marimar

Sergio is in his room. He is feeling quite lonely as he goes to his laptop and looks at pictures of Marimar and himself during happier times. He is still wondering whether he did see his wife or if his loneliness and need to see her had just played tricks on him, "Ikaw ba talaga ang nakita ko o namamalik malang lang ako? Pinapaniwala ko lang ba ang sarili ko na ikaw nga iyon? Nandito ka nga ba sa Maynila?" Sergio wonders whether Marimar is really in Manila, He wants to see her so much nut wonders whether Marimar wants to see him back. "Gusto mo ba ko makita?"

He looks at his wedding ring and calls out a desperate message to his wife, that he wants to see her and be with her. "Marimar nahihirapan na ako. Di ko na alam ang gagawin ko. Isa lang ang gusto kong mangyari: magkaharap tayo muli."

Kim who saw Marimar and Cruzita pass by is fighting within herself whether she is going to call out to Marimar or not. "Anong sasabihin ko sa kanya? Na kilala ko si Sergio? Paano kung gusto niyang balikan si Sergio?" If she would approach her nemesis, what would she say? Would she reveal to her that she knows Sergio? And what would she do if she found out that Marimar would still want Sergio back?

Fifi had been looking for Fulgoso for over a week. She is also quite hungry. She sees a saucy-looking dog complete with a bone paraphernalia. She admits the dog is quite an ugly pug but she is more interested in his bone than his looks so she goes and sits beside the rich-looking mutt.

Kim has decided not to tell Marimar or Sergio of what she knows about them. She has thought it through and knows that she will only complicate matters if she should tell about each of them to the other. (Besides, she is more likely only protecting her own interests in keeping Sergio to herself.)

Fulgoso arrives with flowers for Fifi. He's accompanied his mistress who has decided to stay with Innocencia and her mother whilst awaiting for the DNA results. Baby Cruzita and Marimar are already well ahead of him but he stopped to pick flowers for his beloived Fifi who is left in Innocencia's home and care. But Fulgoso sees the ugly pug beside Fifi and demands who he is, "Fifi sino siya? Sino yang aso na iyan?" (Sus seloso din pala itong si Fulgoso, di lang pala si Marimar ang possessive!) Fifi tries to explain, "Fulgoso, this is not what it looks like," but Fulgoso has already ran away. Fifi calls, "Please let me explain, sandali." But Fulgoso is gone. (Ay sus, pati pala nga dogs may LQ rin!)

Gustavo implores the help and guidance of his dead wife to help him find the true Marimar. "Nalilito ako. Di know na alam kung anong gagawin ko." He tells her that between Natalia and Bella, who should he choose? Who is their real child? He wishes his wife is still alive and with him at this very trying moment, "Sana nandito ka."

Natalia talks to a man who is key in ensuring that the DNA results will reveal her as the real Marimar. She tells him she is willing to pay whatever is necessary, "Name your price," to show the results as her bearing the Aldama genes.

Marimar is learning to read as Innocencia teaches her and Inay (both Innocencia and Marimar call Innocencia's mother, 'inay') is looking after baby Cruzita. Marimar is a very diligent student and Innocencia seems happy at the progress her friend has made.

Back at the Aldama home, Gustavo and Esperanza meets the medical team who did the DNA testing. Esperanza breathes a sigh of relief to her cousin, "Sa wakas Gustavo, malalaman na rin natin ang katotohanan," telling him that at last they'd be able to finally know the trurth. The doctor hands Gustavo a sealed envelop. He opens it and reads. Suddenly he stares out in disbelief, "hindi." Esperanza alaramed as her cousin's reaction asks him what the problem is, "Anong problema?"

Marimar falls back into the routine at Innocencia's home and she is sweeping the floor, helping the kind mother and daughter keep their home clean. She talks to Innocencia that she hopes to find out the results of the DNA test as soon as possible. She has some doubts, even to the point of believing that maybe Natalia is indeed Gustavo's child. But in her memory, she knows she is right. Innocencia tells her not to doubt, she is in the right.

Marimar asks Innocencia why Gustavo can't accept her as his daughter. Why give in to the doubts instead of the call of their hearts that indeed they are father and daughter. She wishes her loving grandparents, Pancho and Cruz were still alive. They were very loving and supportive of her, no matter what. Then Marimar remembers the time when they were still alive. We flashback to a scene when Pancho and Cruz are speculating about the gender of Marimar's child. Cruz declares any gender will be acceptable so long as it is a fair-faced as the mother, "Basta kamukha mo lang, okey na sa akin yon. Ipangako mo lang na kapag babae, ipangalan mo sa akin." Cruz asked Marimar to name the child after her if it is a girl and Marimar immediately agreed. (This gives us more background as to why Marimar decided to call her baby, Cruzita.)

Back to reality, Marimar tells Innocencia how she wished both are still alive to at least alleviate some of the loneliness she is feeling right now. She declares they had always been her staunch supporters, "Kakampi sa lahat ng bagay."

Innocencia reminds her friend that altough her grandparents are no longer with her, she is there for her and that she is her friend and ally too. "Kakampi mo rin ako Marimar. Nandito lang ako para sa iyo."

Just then Flor arrives and tells Marimar that Senor Gustavo has asked her to fetch them as the results of the DNA has arrived. Marimar suddenly felt nervous but Innocencia told her to be strong and that she should not worry because she holds the truth, "Huwag kang matakot. Hawak mo ang katotohanan. Sa DNA test na yan mapapatunayan na isa lang Aldama," and the DNA test will confirm that she is the real Aldama heir.

Fulgoso and Fifi now say their goodbyes. Fifi tells her dogfriend that he has not even spoken a word to her in a week. Now they are about to part ways again. Fulgoso only tells FIfi , "Goodbye salawahang aso ko." (Farewell to you my two-timing dog.) He leaves Fifi in tears.

Kim is staking out Marimar's home which unknown to her is actually Innocencia's home. She sees Innocencia accompany Marimar and Cruzita to a vehicle. Innocencia waves goodbye and the car leaves. Kim follows in her own car. Sergio calls her on her cellphone asking where she is. They have a meeting and the young man wants her to be there with the team. Kim tells Sergio she is pursuing a project. Sergio asks her whether she is just trying to avoid him. Unable to decline to Sergio's whims, she ends the call with her agreement to attend the meeting and even asks Sergio, "Happy now?" as she cuts the call and Sergio prepares to leave his room.

Marimar carrying baby Cruzita arrives at the Aldama home. Esperanza and Gustavo meet her but both hold generic expression on their faces. Esperanza gives her an encouraging smile as the older woman takes Cruzita from her. Marimar stands facing Gustavo and Natalia arrives taunting how the trouble-maker is back at her home. "At nagbalik ang intrimidera. Ano Bella, manggugulo ka na naman ba sa bahay namin?"

Marimar cuts her telling Natalia she is not her to fight, "Hindi ako makikipag-away sa iyo Natalia." The psychotic impostor tells Marimar that she is sure that despite not having any fights, Marimar would still come out as the loser. "Kahit di ka makikipagaway, sigurado akong talo ka."

Gustavo tells both women that now they're both here and he is ready to reveal the DNA results. Marimar looks anxious and Natalia looks quite confident. Gustavo tells them that the results are clear. "99.5 per cent match." Natalia comes to Gustavo's side and takes his arm saying she is his child, "Papa ako ang tunay mong anak." But Gustavo disproves her statement, "Nagkakamali ka Natalia." She feigns surprise and puzzlement, "Anong ibig ninyong sabihin?"

Gustavo now shows an angered and betrayed face to the impostor who has fooled him for quite sometime, even causing his real child and granddaughter harm, "Hindi ikaw ang tunay kong anak, niloloko mo lang ako!" Finally caught at her game, Natalia continues to deny it, "Hindi maari, ako si Marimar. Papa, ako ang tunay mong anak."

"Hindi kita tunay na anak," Gustavo is adamant. "Kundi si Bella, " looking at Bella for the first time and with eyes full of tenderness and love, "Siya ang tunay na Aldama." He goes to his long, lost daughter and embraces her. Marimar is speechless and in tears but at last happy that the truth has finally come out.

Natalia is now rabid screaming, "Mali, ako ang dapat lumabas sa resulta!" Esperanza now faces her and tells her, "Alin dahil dinoktor mo ang resulta? Nagsumbong sa amin ang duktor kaya bistado ka na! Lumayas ka na!" A security personnel comes and takes Natalia away. Esperanza instructs the man to take her away and out of the premises.

Natalia screams at them all, threatens Marimar, "Pagsisisihan ninyo it. Lalo ka na Marimar, pagbabayaran mo ito!"

Marimar takes Cruzita and hugs her. She is happy. Esperanza looks at Gustavo and Marimar and cries tears of joy. Marimar and Esperanza hug one another, finally knowing their true relations. At last, the true Marimar is revealed. Marimar goes to hug Gustavo again. Finally, father and daughter are reunited.

In Kim's office, Antonio arrives asking for the woman's signature. He notices that she is looking quite jolly and comments, "Parang masaya ka ah." She replies that she is indeed, "Well alam ko na kung paano laruin si Sergio. Ang feeling ko eh ang gusto niyang laro eh - habulan," she declares she now knows how to play Sergio's game and at the moment, that game is 'catch me'.

Sergio calls Kim and invites her to accompany him to an event he is attending that evening. Kim declines telling him, "I need my beauty rest." Sergio asks again, "Sure ka?" Kim is firm in her decision and tells him, "Dati eh isang kalabit mo lang nagkakandarapa na ako. Well I finally got the message," she used to be at his beck and call but now she is over that.

Natalia continues to struggle against the man who is pulling her out of the Aldama mansion. The man comments that she is quite crazy, "May sayad pala ito!" Near the gate, she is able to use her elbow to hit him hard on the stomach telling the guard that she is going to show her what crazy is, "Sayad pala ha!" as she also takes his weapon - a gun - that she points at him. She shoots and the guard falls. With a loaded weapon, Natalia goes back into the Aldama mansion, filled with hatred and vengeance.

Esperanza sees Natalia come in who is point a gun at all of them, looking quite crazed and maniacal. She tells the young impostor to leave them be, "Patahimikin mo na kami." Gustavo tells Natalia to stop what she intends to do, "Tigilan mo na kami." Esperanza moves to call the police but Natalia points the gun at her and tells her that if she calls the police, she will shoot Cruzita, who is now nestled in her pram.

They plead her to calm down and give it up but she tells all the maids including Gustavo and Esperanza to leave. The maids run. Gustavo and Esperanza are both hesitant to leave Marimar and Cruzita but Natalia looks scary and could very well do what she threatens to do so they have no choice but to play along. Gustavo declares they are leaving, "Lalabas kami pero huwag mo sasaktan pati apo ko, please Natalia," and implores that Natalia not hurt Cruzita. Outside Esperanza quickly calls the police.

Natalia points the gun at Marimar. Marimar pleads, "Huwag mong idamay ang anak ko. Natalia nakikiusap ako sa iyo." She wants Cruzita excluded from all this.

Unable to know what is going on inside the house, Gustavo feels quite helpless. He feels that fate continues to toy with his family's life, bringing them together then taking them apart, always pawns to destiny's whims. "Parang pinaglalaruan ako ng Diyos. Ang tagal kong hindi nakita ang anak ko. Ngayong nagkita na kami, parang gusto na naman kaming paghiwalayin. Parang gusto kaming laglaruan. Esperanza tells her cousin to be strong and have more faith.

The press and the police arrive together and the SWAT team set up their posts. Esperanza talks to the lead, "Kailangan hong itligtas ang pamangkin ko sa sira-ulong babaeng iyan."

Natalia asks Marimar what her last request is. "Huling hiling bago mamatay." Marimar declares she wants to hold Cruzita for one last time. Natalia fires a couple of gunshots. People outside are startled and Gustavo gets more worried.

Press have updated radio and television about the Aldama hostage-taking news. Innocencia's mother overhears it on the radio and tells her daughter. Innocencia wants to immediately go and make sure Marimar and Cruzita are okay. Her mother has second thoughts, thinking about Innocencia's own safety but she declares Marimar needs her leaving her mother alone and quite worried.

Sergio is in a party but the TV is on and the news is up. He hears a familiar name being mentioned, that of Natalia's. He tells everyone who cares to hear that he knows her. She used to be one of their employees at the resort. He wonders who Natalia has taken hostage.

Natalia wants to kill Cruzita but Marimar cries and pleads her, "Hindi! Ako na lang patayin mo," offering herself instead of Cruzita. Marimar adds, "Pag pinatay mo ako, wala nang mangugulo sa iyo," if Natalia kills her then she will no longer exist to bug Natalia. She implores the crazy woman, "Parang awa mo na Natalia, ako na lang ang patayin mo."

Sergio gets and idea. If he could speak to Natalia, she may be able to tell him where to find Choi. He remembers Natalia and Choi used to be close.

Marimar tells Natalia to let Cruzita go. "Ilabas mo ang anak ko, wag mong idamay dito."

Innocencia arrives at the scene. She is able to enter and now stands beside Esperanza and Gustavo who are hoping for Marimar and Cruzita to be alive still.

Sergio in his car asks why he is feeling something strange and why is he in such a hurry. "Bakit ba ko nagmamadali? Bakit parang may humihila sa akin para puntahan si Natalia? Sino ang kasama nya? Sino ang nasa panganib?" Who is she with? Who is in danger?

Natalia kicks Cruzita's pram and it rolls towards the Aldama's front steps. Marimar screams, "Huwag!" as she runs after the pram and the endangered baby inside it. She catches the handle just in time but Natalia shoots her in the arm. Marimar let go of her arm, Innocencia starts to run towards the pram as she screams, "Bella!" Gustavo calls out to his daughter, "Anak!" as he clutches his heart.

Marimar falls to the floor, Natalia stands over her, gun pointed at Marimar's head.

Innocencia catches the pram. Cruzita at least is safe.

Marimar's shoulder starts to bleed as she reaches out for Cruzita.

Marimar - Episode 22

Episode 22 – The one with the girl fight

Marimar is preparing breakfast and asked Sergio to join her before leaving off for work but the surly husband just up and left leaving the crumpled pictures of Choi and Marimar on the table. Marimar got a good look at the incriminating shots for the first time and realized these were taken when she had that thing in her eye and asked Choi to help her blow it out.

Sergio is upset that his project proposal has not been taken up by the company. He asked Innocencia to follow it up and talk to the Finance Manager about his project. Sergio has a talk with one of them but the man admitted their hands are tied as Renato has control over all the finances of the resort. He advised Sergio to go and talk with his father.

Renato is worried over the financial state of his company when Angelika walks in on him in their bedroom. This upsets Renato, who immediately closed his laptop, asking her to knock before entering to which Angelika replies she didn’t know she had to knock first at her own room. Renato was quite apologetic and reasoned out that he just has a lot of things on his mind. Angelika took this chance to ask her husband to increase her allowance. Despite monetary problems, Renato agreed to do this, even double his wife’s allowance on one condition: that Angelika gets pregnant and have their child. Angelika is obviously against this but hides the truth from Renato.

We then see Renato in a meeting with his lawyer when Sergio walks in on them. Sergio wanted a meeting with him but Renato declined stating that he’s got a visitor and that they should talk later. Sergio apologized for butting in and left.

Angelika is at the Reception area and Monica slips her a pack of birth control pills. Her friend is afraid and asks Angelika why not just give in to Renato’s will of having a child. Angelika doesn’t want Renato’s child or have her body “ruined” by pregnancy but if it is Sergio’s then maybe she would be willing to go through it. Monica was quite afraid for her friend. Angelika declares that she can see all of this end in three different scenarios: a) that Sergio and her become lovers and keep their love affair a secret; b) that she would leave Renato and run away with Sergio; or c) that Renato can die leaving her and Sergio the heirs and they would be free to rekindle their romance. Despite Angelika’s confidence her friend remains in doubt.

Meanwhile Marimar is back at the souvenir shop and was apologizing to Choi for Sergio’s actions. Choi says he understood Sergio and explained to Marimar that it is just a normal reaction for any man to try and defend his honor and his wife's. Marimar was puzzled at how men show their feelings and just then, when she was about to touch Choi’s bruised cheek asking if it still hurt, a flash – like that coming from a camera – of light broke into the shop and Choi saw where it came from. He told Marimar to stay put as he goes out at captures Nicandro who didn’t even take long to divulge that he is but a mere servant following orders and the real perpetrator is Angelika. To this the angry Marimar sets off to find Angelika.

Monica is walking with Angelika and is convincing her friend to come with her to Manila to do some serious shopping. However Angelika declined and suggested to Monica to just go and but her something. Marimar saw them and confronted Angelika about the pictures. At first Angelika denies having to do with it but Marimar told her that they caught Nicandro who admitted that she is the mastermind behind all this. Angelika caught Marimar off-guard and was able to slap her and bring her down, with Monica’s help. Angelika scratched Marimar with her long fingernails and told her to go back to the dump where she belongs. The loyal Fulgoso was about to help his mistress when Fifi told him not to intervene as this is a human fight.

Marimar reasons that Angelika too came from an impoverished past and that they are the same. This angers Angelika more and hits Marimar all over. Having thought they had done their best damage, both women stand up to a gathering awestruck crowd to walk away. Just then, Marimar got up and pulled their hairs and retaliated with all her strength. She was able to give Monica a blow that kept her from joining the cat fight. She also was able to pull Angelika off her feet and was now dragging her around the Santibanez grounds, totally damaging her coiffured hair and immaculate clothing. Fifi was cheering for her devious owner to get up but Fulgoso reminded her that, like she said earilier, this is NOT their fight. Corazon and Perfecta are both rooting for their own favorites egging them on while Arturo looks on horrified.

Sergio is puzzled at the state of affairs of the resort. It is obvious that it made a lot of money according to the financial report but how is it possible that there seems to be a lot of financial problems lately, even to the point of not having enough money? Innocencia was about to reveal what she knew from overhearing Renato but just then, Sergio’s phone rang. It was Arturo telling him about the fight waging on between Angelika and Marimar. Sergio had to leave quickly so their talk would have to be postponed leaving Innocencia quite disappointed.

Meantime Marimar was pulled off the clearly beaten Angelika by Corazon and Perfecta. They are now at Sergio’s with Arturo and Choi looking on as Corazon attends to Marimar’s scratches. When Marimar thought out loud why Angelika would want to destroy her relationship with Sergio by setting her and Choi up – Arturo slipped by saying “Because she wants Sergio to herself.” All three were surprised at his statement and he managed to correct it with “Well you know the Santibanez fortune; she wants it all to her self.” Marimar states she does not care much for fortune and Angelika can have all this to herself, referring to villa Santibanez.

Angelika, Monica and Nicandro were at the beach area with Nicandro getting slaps from Angelika for squealing on her. The rascal asks for a chance to redeem himself but Angelika orders him to get lost. Monica is afraid about the consequences of being found out. She fears her friend will be the next to leave the villa. Unknown to them, Renato’s hired bodyguard is at a short distance eavesdropping.

Marimar and Sergio meet in the lobby where they embrace and Sergio inspects Marimar’s many scrapes. He asks her to tell him everything that happened. Marimar tells all beginning from the pictures, to catching Nicandro, to the fight with Angelika. Renato overhears Marimar and looks quite angry as he looks for his wife. Perfecta tells him that Angelika is in their room, hiding.

Sergio is solicitous in tending Marimar’s wounds with what appears to be some sort of healing ointment. Marimar admits that she can stand the pain scrapes and bruises give her, what she cannot stand is Sergio being angry with her. She said that this was the first time she saw him really angry and it scared her. Sergio apologizes to his wife for his rash behavior lately as he just has too much on his mind. He sits her on his lap and tells her to avoid Angelika who is nothing but trouble. When Marimar asks why she would like to destroy her and Sergio’s relationship, her husband feigns innocence. Then Marimar tells Sergio that he is the only man she loves and would do anything to keep them together. She declares that even if Sergio dies, she will never remarry and asks Sergio if he would ever remarry should she die before him. This leads to teasing and fooling around. All seems to be well in their relationship.

Meanwhile the opposite is happening in Renato’s and Angelika’s. We see that Renato had just beaten Angelika to which the young woman reminded her husband that he once swore that he would never hurt her physically. Renato replied if Angelika had been a faithful and loving wife, he would never hurt her. He loves her but she is still in love with Sergio and is now caught red-handed, plotting to get rid of Marimar to win Sergio back. Renato then made a decision to divorce her. This made Angelika kneel down and ask Renato for another chance. Renato still enraged, leaves her wife in tears.

The next day, Marimar and Angelika meet in the Reception area. Marimar asked Angelika to be friends with her and forget everything that happened in the past. Angelika told Marimar that she will only be friends with her if she returns to her pathetic little island and never return to villa Santibanez. Marimar is sad to know that she and Angelika will never be friends from then on.

My take: I love Marimar! I was at the edge of my seat egging her as she takes on two bi-atches and makes putty out of them. Go girl! Serves them right for plotting and scheming together to bring about Marimar's downfall. I know this victory would be quite short-lived as the two, well, definitely Angelika, would be devising more malicious plots for Marimar to go through. Oh I can’t wait for Marimar to discover who she really is and be filthy rich!

Quotables: Angelika to Monica, “Naiintindihan mo ba talaga?” Monica, “Konti, pero kinakabahan pa rin ako.” Angelika retorts, “Ano ka ba, konti lang naiintindihan mo tapos kinakabahan ka na?”

Looking forward to: 1) Marimar possibly being pregnant; 2) Sergio finding out about how poor they have become and 3) Angelika finding out that Innocencia had truly fallen for Sergio.