Episode 11.1
Bombee marvels at the way fate has brought Emilio, Rosamia, and Dorina together. He credits God for allowing the paths of the Suarez family to cross once again. Emilio scoffs at the notion of the three of them as a family, saying that with an ex-con father and an alcoholic mother, Emilia Rose's parents can only bring her misery.
Bombee asks if Emilio intends to tell Adora just who Rosamia is, and Emilio firmly says no. He says Rosamia is Adora's idol. He doesn't want her to deal with the emotional burden of having to decide whether or not to continue hiding the truth.
It's morning at the Pineda home, and without maids to help them, the family is hard at work cleaning the house. Dorina asks Adora to take it easy; she is worried Adora will have another dizzy spell. Adora asks how she heard about her first one, and quickly realizes that Emilio must have told Dorina. Adora asks about the bump on the back of her shoulder, and once again, Adora dismisses it as a leftover injury from her encounter with Barbara.
Adora quickly changes the subject and asks Dorina how they will celebrate her birthday. Adora toys with the idea of throwing a big party, but Dorina says it's better if they just bring pancit in for everyone. Adora agrees, saying her pancit is particularly good anyway.
Oman and Gary play basketball. Gary asks for advice on how best to court Dorina, and Oman says Gary should ignore Dorina, not be a gentleman, and not be sweet. He should wait and hold off until Oman has had a chance to influence Dorina's impression of Gary. Gary is grateful.
Later that day, Oman is visiting Dorina and he says that he and Gary are bonding, that they even played basketball together. When Dorina says the two of them seem to be getting along, Oman agrees, but says he finds Gary weird. Lying, he tells Dorina that Gary ran over a cat earlier, and that he actually took pleasure in doing it. He softens the statement by saying that's just his impression and that he's not sure, but his ploy has worked. Dorina is disturbed.
Lavinia is watching an interview of herself on TV when Barbara enters. Barbara is shocked to see that Lavinia had been on an interview that she knew completely nothing about. Lavinia says Larry arranged it and that she accepted it. When Barbara demands to know when this was arranged, Lavinia patronizingly tells her not to worry, that she'll still get her percentage of the talent fee. Insulted, Barbara angrily asks her who taught her to behave in this way. Lavinia smiles with false sweetness and answers -- who else, but you? Then she walks out of the room.
At Zoni's office, Nico tells Dorina that he and Zossimo are preparing for her birthday. He's even told Gary not to work Dorina too hard so she's always beautiful and fresh. When Dorina asks what his plans are for her birthday, Nico smilingly answers -- you're turning 18, aren't you? I'm throwing you a debut.
Barbara confronts Lavinia about her behavior. She starts crying as she asks how they can treat her this way, dismiss her as if she's nothing and nobody after she has done so much. She taught Lavinia how to sing, she curried favor with all the producers when Lavinia was nobody, and now Lavinia is just throwing it all away as if it's nothing?!
Lavinia appears to be moved by Barbara's words and tears, but at the last minute, she compliments her mother on her acting, saying it's worthy of a best actress award. She even applauds Barbara's performance. Barbara is shocked once again into silence. Lavinia turns and leaves.
Libby informs Larry that Dorina's sales figures have caught up with Lavinia's. Focus group studies reveal that Dorina has more fans. Advertisers are not as interested in Lavinia anymore. She tells Larry that the P3 million they've allocated for Lavinia's publicity is almost gone. And Dorina continues to get stronger.
Larry is silent for a moment, then he resolutely sits down, picks up the phone and calls someone to say: This is Larry Calma. Tell your boss I need to talk to him. There is much I need to discuss with Nico Escobar.
At Zoni's office, Nico's secretary tells Nico that Larry didn't say what he wanted to discuss, but he insisted that they meet today. Nico tells her to just give Larry his free schedule for the day, and if Larry can't make it, then sorry.
Oman advises Gary to buy Dorina a gift, now that he's had a chance to prep Dorina. Gary is excited and thanks Oman again.
Larry arrives for his appointment with Nico and Zossimo. The three men greet each other with false civility before sitting down to talk. Larry tries to frame the meeting as a meeting between long-time friends. He says they've been through so much together both good and bad, and he says he doesn't want their competition to ruin their friendships.
Nico agrees, although it's obvious he doesn't really care. He also asks Zossimo for his take on the situation, and Zossimo is quick to say he harbors no ill feelings towards Larry, after all -- Larry firing him was probably the best thing that ever happened to him.
Nico thanks Larry for coming, and stands up as if to end the meeting, forcing Larry to reveal his real purpose for visiting -- Larry proposes that they merge LaCalma and Zoni to form the largest and strongest recording company in the country, maybe even in southeast Asia. Nico and Zossimo are both surprised by this turn of events, but after some thought, Nico tells Larry that he prefers the way things are right now.
Larry pulls the friendship card and says that he's doing this to restore their friendship. Nico calls his bluff and tells him he's doing this because he's panicking and he's doing this to eliminate his company's biggest rival. Larry denies this. He says both companies are strong, but they are expending their respective resources by competing against each other. If the two companies merge, the resulting company will be stronger and they both stand to make more money. He tells Nico to look at this as a business opportunity.
Nico agrees to the merger but on one condition... Larry has to drop Lavinia. Dorina Pineda will be the main artist of the merged company.
While waiting at the rehearsal room, Dorina asks for Chris' help to look for a great guitar for Oman, just as Gary arrives. Chris takes the cue and leaves the two of them alone in the rehearsal room. Gary presents Dorina with a gift. Dorina is surprised but she accepts the gift and unwraps it to reveal a stuffed cat. She is disturbed. Warily, she asks Gary - Why a cat? Gary says he likes cats and that you can even hang this particular stuffed cat up in the car -- although it does look like it's been killed by hanging if you do that. Dorina is disgusted and starts hitting Gary with the cat, asking him how he can so bad!
Larry says he can't drop Lavinia because she's still under contract with LaCalma. Nico says Lavinia is a deal breaker, because she has no part to play in his company. As long as Lavinia is still there, there can be no merger.
Larry realizes he's been cornered. He reminds Nico that he was the one who came to Zoni's office to patch things up between them. He tells Nico that he's making the wrong decision and that he will regret it. Larry leaves.
Gary finally stops Dorina from hitting him by grabbing the cat and throwing it across the room. Dorina tells him he's disgusting and asks him what he has against cats that he would purposefully run over them on the street. Gary is shocked and denies doing such a thing -- and he eventually realizes that Oman has set him up. Dorina is just as upset when Gary tells her this. She quickly apologizes to Gary, who by now is furious.
Larry gets into the elevator at the building of Zoni's office. When the doors close, he is unable to contain his anger and resorts to punching the elevator doors. His knows his plan has failed.
Gary pulls up in front of Oman's home and heads straight towards Oman to punch him in the face. The two guys start fighting and the neighbors gather around to watch them go at each other.
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Bombee asks if Emilio intends to tell Adora just who Rosamia is, and Emilio firmly says no. He says Rosamia is Adora's idol. He doesn't want her to deal with the emotional burden of having to decide whether or not to continue hiding the truth.
It's morning at the Pineda home, and without maids to help them, the family is hard at work cleaning the house. Dorina asks Adora to take it easy; she is worried Adora will have another dizzy spell. Adora asks how she heard about her first one, and quickly realizes that Emilio must have told Dorina. Adora asks about the bump on the back of her shoulder, and once again, Adora dismisses it as a leftover injury from her encounter with Barbara.
Adora quickly changes the subject and asks Dorina how they will celebrate her birthday. Adora toys with the idea of throwing a big party, but Dorina says it's better if they just bring pancit in for everyone. Adora agrees, saying her pancit is particularly good anyway.
Oman and Gary play basketball. Gary asks for advice on how best to court Dorina, and Oman says Gary should ignore Dorina, not be a gentleman, and not be sweet. He should wait and hold off until Oman has had a chance to influence Dorina's impression of Gary. Gary is grateful.
Later that day, Oman is visiting Dorina and he says that he and Gary are bonding, that they even played basketball together. When Dorina says the two of them seem to be getting along, Oman agrees, but says he finds Gary weird. Lying, he tells Dorina that Gary ran over a cat earlier, and that he actually took pleasure in doing it. He softens the statement by saying that's just his impression and that he's not sure, but his ploy has worked. Dorina is disturbed.
Lavinia is watching an interview of herself on TV when Barbara enters. Barbara is shocked to see that Lavinia had been on an interview that she knew completely nothing about. Lavinia says Larry arranged it and that she accepted it. When Barbara demands to know when this was arranged, Lavinia patronizingly tells her not to worry, that she'll still get her percentage of the talent fee. Insulted, Barbara angrily asks her who taught her to behave in this way. Lavinia smiles with false sweetness and answers -- who else, but you? Then she walks out of the room.
At Zoni's office, Nico tells Dorina that he and Zossimo are preparing for her birthday. He's even told Gary not to work Dorina too hard so she's always beautiful and fresh. When Dorina asks what his plans are for her birthday, Nico smilingly answers -- you're turning 18, aren't you? I'm throwing you a debut.
Barbara confronts Lavinia about her behavior. She starts crying as she asks how they can treat her this way, dismiss her as if she's nothing and nobody after she has done so much. She taught Lavinia how to sing, she curried favor with all the producers when Lavinia was nobody, and now Lavinia is just throwing it all away as if it's nothing?!
Lavinia appears to be moved by Barbara's words and tears, but at the last minute, she compliments her mother on her acting, saying it's worthy of a best actress award. She even applauds Barbara's performance. Barbara is shocked once again into silence. Lavinia turns and leaves.
Libby informs Larry that Dorina's sales figures have caught up with Lavinia's. Focus group studies reveal that Dorina has more fans. Advertisers are not as interested in Lavinia anymore. She tells Larry that the P3 million they've allocated for Lavinia's publicity is almost gone. And Dorina continues to get stronger.
Larry is silent for a moment, then he resolutely sits down, picks up the phone and calls someone to say: This is Larry Calma. Tell your boss I need to talk to him. There is much I need to discuss with Nico Escobar.
At Zoni's office, Nico's secretary tells Nico that Larry didn't say what he wanted to discuss, but he insisted that they meet today. Nico tells her to just give Larry his free schedule for the day, and if Larry can't make it, then sorry.
Oman advises Gary to buy Dorina a gift, now that he's had a chance to prep Dorina. Gary is excited and thanks Oman again.
Larry arrives for his appointment with Nico and Zossimo. The three men greet each other with false civility before sitting down to talk. Larry tries to frame the meeting as a meeting between long-time friends. He says they've been through so much together both good and bad, and he says he doesn't want their competition to ruin their friendships.
Nico agrees, although it's obvious he doesn't really care. He also asks Zossimo for his take on the situation, and Zossimo is quick to say he harbors no ill feelings towards Larry, after all -- Larry firing him was probably the best thing that ever happened to him.
Nico thanks Larry for coming, and stands up as if to end the meeting, forcing Larry to reveal his real purpose for visiting -- Larry proposes that they merge LaCalma and Zoni to form the largest and strongest recording company in the country, maybe even in southeast Asia. Nico and Zossimo are both surprised by this turn of events, but after some thought, Nico tells Larry that he prefers the way things are right now.
Larry pulls the friendship card and says that he's doing this to restore their friendship. Nico calls his bluff and tells him he's doing this because he's panicking and he's doing this to eliminate his company's biggest rival. Larry denies this. He says both companies are strong, but they are expending their respective resources by competing against each other. If the two companies merge, the resulting company will be stronger and they both stand to make more money. He tells Nico to look at this as a business opportunity.
Nico agrees to the merger but on one condition... Larry has to drop Lavinia. Dorina Pineda will be the main artist of the merged company.
While waiting at the rehearsal room, Dorina asks for Chris' help to look for a great guitar for Oman, just as Gary arrives. Chris takes the cue and leaves the two of them alone in the rehearsal room. Gary presents Dorina with a gift. Dorina is surprised but she accepts the gift and unwraps it to reveal a stuffed cat. She is disturbed. Warily, she asks Gary - Why a cat? Gary says he likes cats and that you can even hang this particular stuffed cat up in the car -- although it does look like it's been killed by hanging if you do that. Dorina is disgusted and starts hitting Gary with the cat, asking him how he can so bad!
Larry says he can't drop Lavinia because she's still under contract with LaCalma. Nico says Lavinia is a deal breaker, because she has no part to play in his company. As long as Lavinia is still there, there can be no merger.
Larry realizes he's been cornered. He reminds Nico that he was the one who came to Zoni's office to patch things up between them. He tells Nico that he's making the wrong decision and that he will regret it. Larry leaves.
Gary finally stops Dorina from hitting him by grabbing the cat and throwing it across the room. Dorina tells him he's disgusting and asks him what he has against cats that he would purposefully run over them on the street. Gary is shocked and denies doing such a thing -- and he eventually realizes that Oman has set him up. Dorina is just as upset when Gary tells her this. She quickly apologizes to Gary, who by now is furious.
Larry gets into the elevator at the building of Zoni's office. When the doors close, he is unable to contain his anger and resorts to punching the elevator doors. His knows his plan has failed.
Gary pulls up in front of Oman's home and heads straight towards Oman to punch him in the face. The two guys start fighting and the neighbors gather around to watch them go at each other.
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