With Simon living with them, Pablo starts to notice strange things happening in their home, including Rita treating her husband critically.
Raised in a lower class family, a boyish Judy grows up idolizing her hardworking parents who are supportive of her education and her interest in taekwondo.
Wanting to seek revenge for her mother's mishap, Judy takes up criminology in college, where she meets the man who then captivates her heart, Edmund.
Until one night, Judy is tested when their one-year-old baby suffers from a high fever while she is on duty, and promises to attend to her son as soon as she gets home.
While working in Hong Kong as a domestic helper, Filipina widow Evelyn met Beth, a fellow overseas worker from Indonesia.
The two women soon found a sister in each other as they became each other's confidant when Evelyn struggled with her abusive employer and Beth with her deteriorating marriage with a Filipino man.
When Evelyn's contract ended, Beth decided to go with her to the Philippines and start a new life because she did not want to go back to her family in Indonesia and tell them about her failed marriage.
The ensuing months prove to be the family's greatest trial as the rebel group asks for an impossible amount in exchange for Alan's freedom.
Nonito reunited with Dodong until another serious disagreement arose between them, when the latter expressed his disapproval of the former's relationship with a woman named Rachel Marcial.
In a barangay in Pikit, Cotabato, Rasul and Roseller are exposed to myriads of armed men and even children their age who are members of a rebel group.
But things take a dark turn when his father's abusive behavior leads to Bita's decision to flee their complicated situation.
Due to poverty, Juan did not get the opportunity to finish his schooling and promised himself that when the time comes, he will do everything to give his own children a proper education.
Making matters worse, a storm devastates Juan's home, leaving him with the difficult decision to live in a cave.
A frustrated singer-songwriter, Jack (mid-30s) sees a bright future for his musically-inclined teen sons Marko and Niko when they competed in a local talent competition.
With support from his wife Vivien (30s), Jack would teach his sons to hone their craft and would eventually form a full band (with dancers) that accommodates the entertainment needs of local and out of town events such as weddings, birthdays, and other occasions.
He gets up at 2 in the morning for his 4 AM program a couple days a week and commutes for almost two hours, resulted to his white blood cell count to drop bigtime.
But in his last year in college, Mario finds an opportunity to live his dream without sacrificing his health when he applies for a DJ job which slot is in the evening.
Wanting to share their seemingly stroke of luck, Julia and Denise tag along the group to Cebu City to transfer to a bigger club.
Growing up, Analyn (10) and her brother Allan (16) were never deprived – all their needs and wants are provided to them by their father Sulpicio (45), who manages a general merchandise shop and runs a poultry business in Pagadian City.
Analyn enjoys the wealthy and comfortable lifestyle and admires Sulpicio's unbounded capacity to support their family, especially his epileptic and dependent wife, Luzminda (41).
Barely adapting to this and the abrupt beggary, Analyn is forced to stand up for their family and strive hard to sustain the legacy of Sulpicio.
But empowered by his father's love, Analyn braves her way through the stumbling blocks in life eventually succeeds as a licensed educator.
Gilbert is about to enter college when Ilong starts losing jobs due to his old age and fails to provide for his grandson's education.
Years pass, Hidilyn is able to compete locally and internationally, but still feels underwhelmed especially when she comes home because her parents and siblings don't seem to give her the affection that she craves for her entire life.
Soon, Victor comes across and helps a homeless old lady, Aling Maring (60's) with her drug addict son Benwho seek food and shelter from him.
The tables completely turn when Victor starts to become inscrutable as he experiences delusions and hallucinations – from being unexpectedly violent to his eldest son Carlo (7), to digging corpses, and burying saint figurines on spur of moment.
Though it breaks her heart, Genesis makes a sacrifice of selling her priced masterpieces to pay the hospital bills and buy medication for her mother.
Her dream of having a better life was crushed when she found out that she had acquired Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) as a result of the rape while she was recovering in the Philippines.
At an early age, Awra or McNeal Briguela in real life, knew that he wanted to be like his idol Vice Ganda when would grow up.
With sheer determination, hard work, and passion, he climbed up the ranks, got promoted, and eventually established his own company that manufactures Philippine-made amusement rides alongside his wife Annie.