Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Episode 4.2

The guards at the prison make an unannounced inspection of all the prison cells, saying that they received a tip. Emilio and the warden appear to exchange looks, prompting one of the plotters to conclude that Emilio has snitched on them.

Adora comes home all excited and shows off three tickets to Rosamia's concert. Dorina reluctantly reveals that she had been hoping to watch Lavinia's concert, which was on the same night. After some hesitation, Adora tells her to go ahead and watch Lavinia's concert. She will just invite someone else to use Dorina's ticket.

Emilio is cleaning up at the prison when three of the plotters approach him. They are about to beat him up but a prison guard is nearby and warns them against starting a fight. Just before they part ways, the plotters threaten Emilio.

At the World of Fun amusement center, Dorina and Oman are enjoying themselves. We see a montage of scenes of the two teenagers driving cars, shooting hoops, hitting gophers, and just having an all around good time together. Oman even wins a stuffed bear with a ring tied around its neck, and he goes to the trouble of dropping down on one knee and placing the ring on Dorina's finger. She is oblivious to his intentions and gamely lets him slip the ring on, without realizing that it meant more to Oman.

-- commercial break --

Rosamia learns that ticket sales to her concert are okay, but not good. She decides to appear on more promotions and do more guestings to get more people interested.

Larry learns from Libby that Lavinia's concert ticket sales are behind Rosamia's. He instructs her to do something about it.

Oman and Dorina are winding down their day of fun together at a bench, eating sandwiches. Oman is finally ready to confess the depth of his feelings to her, but Dorina is suddenly distracted by the sound of Lavinia's "Miss Na Miss Kita" playing on a nearby radio.

Oman becomes increasingly frustrated at Dorina's lack of attention since she is still half-listening to Lavinia's song. All hope of confessing his feelings are lost when Dorina hears on the radio that Lavinia's concert will be free. Dorina is excited at the news, causing Oman to finally lose his temper and walk out on Dorina.

The next day, Dorina tries to strike a friendly conversation with Oman outside the church, but he is still unhappy with her. She doesn't understand why and becomes exasperated with him when he doesn't want to talk to her and even calls her names. Finally, she loses her temper and she's the one who walks out on him, leaving Oman to feel even worse.

Dorina is outside the residential subdivision where Lavinia lives and the guards won't let her in because they've received written orders. A taxi pulls up at the gate, and it is Rita who is in the cab, returning from school. She invites Dorina to join her and they ride into the subdivision together.

Dorina is at first hesitant, but she accepts Rita's invitation to come into the house. She is drawn immediately to a large poster of Lavinia hanging in the living room. Dorina gazes at the poster with admiration... prompting Rita to remark that it looks like an altar. Dorina agrees.

Rita asks Dorina if she intends to wait until Lavinia returns from her rehearsals, but Dorina says no and shows the sampaguita that she has brought along for her idol. Rita accepts it and promises to make sure that Lavinia gets it.

Dorina hesitantly asks about the incident the other night with the maid, Brenda, and Rita tells her not to worry, and that she had become upset with Brenda when she had heard what happened. Dorina asks about Lavinia's reaction, and Rita hesitates before finally saying that Lavinia was also upset with their maid (apparently a lie -- Rita didn't want to hurt Dorina's feelings).

Dorina is relieved at this (mis)information, then out of curiousity asks Rita what it's like to be the sister of Lavinia. Dorina remarks that Rita is so lucky.

Rita replies -- you might say that I'm the moon and she's the sun. I only have light when she's around. She pauses and then says quietly, That's how lucky I am. Rita forces a smile, and Dorina smiles back hesitantly -- she doesn't seem to know quite what to make of Rita's statement.

Dorina is trying to sneak into her home but Adora is still waiting up for her. Dorina explains her tardiness by saying that Rita invited her into the Arguelles home and she had not been able to resist.

Adora becomes upset when she learns that Dorina had gone by herself. Given how late it was and how dangerous it is to be alone on the streets, Adora has every right to be upset. Dorina tries to defend herself, which further angers Adora. She grounds Dorina as punishment for her behavior -- she's only allowed to go to school and church. Dorina tries to plead with Adora, asking about Lavinia's concert, which is scheduled for the next evening. Adora tells her she's still grounded and that the discussion is over.

-- commercial break --

The next day, Adora's friend and neighbor is excited at the thought of attending Rosamia's concert that night, but Adora is not in good spirits. She shares with her friend that she had to punish Dorina by grounding her the night before.

Her friend commiserates, but says it's only right for parents to discipline their children. It's too bad though that Dorina will have to miss Lavinia's concert. Adora says she'll make it up to Dorina by buying a front-row ticket to Lavinia's next concert, no matter how expensive it may be.

Dorina is walking home from school when her classmates and fellow Lavinia fans ask her where she thinks she's going. They've all changed out of their school uniforms to go to Lavinia's concert, and they do not take Dorina's no for an answer.

Rosamia tells one of the stage hands that it's time to start the concert, prompting him to ask if she's sure it's time? He pulls back part of the curtain and shows her the more than half-empty concert venue. She is taken aback, but she manages to tell the stage hand to ask all the people in the audience to move to the vacant front seats and to tell the audience that the show will start in 10 minutes.

Rosamia retreats to her dressing room backstage, and cannot stop herself from bursting into tears.

-- commercial break --

Rosamia's audience have moved to the front rows of the concert venue. Adora is excited to now have such great seats, but her friend comments that it's not good for Rosamia.

At Lavinia's concert, the very large crowd and much younger crowd is waiting impatiently. Dorina is guilt-stricken at the thought of having violated her mother's direct orders, but her classmates keep trying to talk her into staying.

Rosamia manages to compose herself, retouch her make-up, and make her way out to the stage. She opens her concert with her classic "Nasaan Ka Man" much to the delight and applause of the fans at the concert.

Dorina finally tells her friends that she can't stay anymore and she gives them the sampaguita lei that she was holding, just as an announcer introduces Lavinia. Dorina is unable to resist the temptation to stay.

-- commercial break --

Lavinia's concert starts with a disco remix of "Miss Na Miss Kita" complete with flashing lights and backup dancers. Her concert has a much younger, more hip feel than Rosamia's concert.

As Rosamia's concert continues, we see Oscar, the entertainment reporter, in the audience, taking photos of the many rows of empty seats at the concert venue.

Dorina's friends return the sampaguita to her and signal to her that it's time for her to go up on stage and present the flowers to Lavinia. Just as she climbs up the side steps of the stage, she feels ill, and faints. Thankfully, Nico is standing right there and he is able to catch her.

Emilio tells his friend in jail that he overheard an escape plot, and that he's thinking of joining the plotters in their escape. His friend is shocked.

Dorina awakens and finds herself at an infirmary, with Nico sitting beside her cot waiting for her to wake up. He tells her what happened, and insists that she get a bite to eat before she leaves. He says he suspects she hasn't had dinner yet, which contributed to her fainting.

When Dorina keeps trying to leave, Nico makes a deal with her -- if she eats the sandwich he's provided, he'll drive her home so she can get home more quickly. At his insistence, Dorina gives in.

Emilio's friend tells him there's no need to take that kind of risk, especially since his parole is coming up. Emilio tells him there's no hope of parole anytime soon for him, according to the warden. And he cannot wait any longer to get out of jail and look for his daughter.

Nico and Dorina arrive outside her home in his red convertible. Oman is there waiting and he is upset to see Dorina arrive not only late but with an unknown man. Oman demands to know who he is. Dorina tries to shush him and tells him that "Sir Nico" is Lavinia's producer. She thanks Nico again for giving her a ride home and he leaves.

Oman is still upset and he follows Dorina into her house all the while reprimanding her for being out so late and coming home with a total stranger, even if he is Lavinia's producer. Dorina tells him this wouldn't have happened if Oman had gone with her to the concert, because if he had, then he would have been the one to catch her when she fainted.

Oman is worried when he hears that she fainted, but Dorina tells him it was just because the venue was so hot and she hadn't had anything to eat. Oman tells her since they're fighting there was no reason for him to have accompanied her to the concert.

Dorina becomes upset and says she doesn't even know why they are fighting. Oman says he's not going to tell her if she doesn't even know why. Dorina tells him he's acting like a child. Oman replies by saying she's the one who's acting like a child, because she's totally unaware of what's going on around her, and she's totally unaware of his feelings.

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