Friday, June 02, 2006

Episode 3.4

Lavinia, Barbara, Libby, and Oscar make an surprise visit at the Pineda home, much to Dorina's excitement. Lavinia assures Dorina that she's not just a fan, she's also a friend. The neighbors are all crowded into the living room of the Pineda home to see Lavinia. She gives Dorina an autographed poster while Barbara notes that someone in the household is a Rosamia fan.

At the prison, one of the cellmates reads the tabloid article about Rosamia and her encounter with Dorina. Emilio doesn't care and says he's just interested in getting out of jail to look for his daughter.

A cd player and a copy of Lavinia's CD has been delivered to the Pineda home and Dorina excitedly listens to the cd, saying she's hoping to one day sing as well as Lavinia.

Rosamia tries to convince a backer to produce one of her shows, but she is told Larry has issued a memo to all the players in the industry telling them Rosamia is exclusively LaCalma property until 2012, and that they risk being sued if they work with her to produce anything.

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Libby fails to stop Rosamia from barging into Larry's office. She demands an explanation for the memo he has issued. He tells her that her career will stay frozen until she obeys orders. His first order is that she change her style, but Rosamia refuses, saying she has fans because of her style. He taunts her by saying Lavinia is now the biggest asset of LaCalma, that she's the new shining star.

Dorina arrives from school and excitedly tells Adora that she's now an official member of the Lavinia Arguelles Unlimited Fans Club, and that she's even been made the president of the fans club because she knows Lavinia personally. Adora tells her all this is fine as long as her studies do not suffer.

Dorina is in line to attend one of Lavinia's performances, but the long wait is worth it for her. Lavinia finally appears on stage and sings Miss na Miss Kita to the applause of her fans. Nico watches her admiringly from the sidelines.

Dorina gets up the courage to rush to the stage with her sampaguita flowers and in her excitement, she hugs and kisses Lavinia before placing the sampaguita lei around her idol's neck. Lavinia is taken aback but she forces a smile and continues to sing until the end of the song. She even blows a kiss towards Dorina at the end of her performance.

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Barbara is upset at Lavinia for her poor performance. Lavinia blames Dorina for disrupting her singing, but she says this a little too loudly and other people may have heard her.

Rosamia consults her financial planner, who tells her she has enough savings to tide her over for a while, but that she can't go without income forever. Rosamia says she thinks Larry will come to his senses soon enough, and she can start working again.

Dorina is with Lavinia's many fans when Oman arrives to invite her to lunch. One of the fans sees Oman and asks Dorina to introduce her boyfriend to everyone. Dorina is quick to deny that Oman is her boyfriend. Dorina agrees to have lunch with Oman, but when Lavinia appears, she invites Dorina to have lunch with her. Dorina says yes and completely forgets about Oman.

Nico is in the LaCalma office waiting to see Lavinia. Zossimo tells him there's little chance of Lavinia entertaining Nico as a suitor since she's focused only on her career. Despite Zossimo's comment, Nico confidently predicts that Lavinia will soon be his.

Oman asks the old chessmaster/lawyer for advice on how to confess his feelings to Dorina. The old man says good-old-fashioned harana works.

Nico is waiting for Lavinia to leave the LaCalma office, hoping to invite her to dinner. He gives her flowers, saying he wants to show her how much he likes her. Lavinia turns him down, saying she doesn't want to mix business with pleasure, and since they'll be working a lot together she doesn't want to break that rule.

She thanks him for the flowers and makes her excuses saying she has to go pick out new clothes from her sponsor. Nico insists on giving her a ride, but Lavinia says she already has a ride. A large SUV pulls up and Larry alights and helps Lavinia into the car. Nico and Larry exchanges looks, apparently sizing each other up, before Larry gets into the SUV with Lavinia. They drive off.

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Oman nervously sets up his tape player below Dorina's window, with the apparent intent to serenade her. He starts the song, only to be shocked when Dorina suddenly appears behind him. He quickly turns off the player just as a neighbor walks by and notices how much cologne Oman is wearing, and concludes that Oman must be preparing to court someone.

Oman denies any intent of courting anyone, and Dorina doesn't quite believe him, and excitedly wants to know who the girl is. Another neighbor appears and talks to Dorina, so Oman makes his escape, all the while calling himself torpe.

Oman is pulling sampaguita flowers off of a lei, mumbling "she loves me, she loves me not" while Dorina is selling flowers nearby. He is thrilled when the final flower on the lei reveals "she loves me."

Barbara is upset at Lavinia for turning down Nico. She says Lavinia has no sense, because she shouldn't have turned Nico down, after all, Nico will be good for her career. Lavinia defends herself saying that Larry may not like it. Barbara asks her if Larry is also interested in her, but Lavinia denies it. Barbara says that if Larry were to be in love with her, Lavinia should choose Larry over Nico, because her career would go further with Larry.

Dorina is still selling sampaguita while at the same time trying to study for an exam the next day. Oman arrives and almost confesses his feelings for her, but he is interrupted by the arrival of Adora and Bencho. Instead, he offers to sell the rest of Dorina's flowers for her so she can study, and quickly makes his escape. Adora asks Dorina if there's a budding relationship between Oman and Dorina.

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Dorina is quick to deny any romantic relationship with Oman. She rationalizes his sweet behavior as just him being her best friend. Adora accepts the explanation, and says it's time to go home.

Dorina tells Adora that she wants to make a quick detour first, so Adora and Bencho head home. Dorina goes to Lavinia's home and waits for her idol. She greets Lavinia excitedly when her car arrives. Lavinia is unhappy to see Dorina there, but she goes through the motions of being gracious to her avid fan. They are surprised that Dorina knows where Lavinia lives, and Dorina confesses that she saw Lavinia's address once on a delivery package.

Dorina continues to gush with excitement, until Barbara starts hinting that it's time for Dorina to go. Dorina would rather stay, but she takes the hint and says her goodbyes, but not before giving Lavinia a kiss goodbye first.

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