MAALAALA MO KAYA : Popcorn / Sep 17, 2016
AIRED: Sep 17, 2016
Stars : Aiko Melendez, Dominic Ochoa, Miles Ocampo, Abby Bautista
Plot : Amy (25) grows up in a family that frequently treated her badly. When she becomes a mother she vows to protect her children and ensure they never suffer like her. In her attempt to do so, she works abroad as a domestic helper. But when she leaves her family for Singapore, her marriage unravels, leaving her children to fend for themselves. Her eldest daughter Nelia (8), left behind in the Philippines, rises to the occasion and takes care of her younger siblings. While Amy works abroad, Nelia and her siblings suffer at the hands of their relatives. Despite their situation, Nelia (17) endures the suffering because in her mind she thinks her mother is also quietly suffering abroad to give them a better future. However, when a relative starts telling lies about Amy, making her out to be living the good life abroad by throwing herself at any man she meets, Nelia starts to doubt her mother. When she confronts Amy about the lies, Amy becomes hurt that Nelia would even believe the rumors. Unsatisfied with Amy’s answers Nelia loses her motivation to do anything, and starts seeing her sacrifices as being done in vain. After a while the two reconcile, with the knowledge that mother and daughter have helped each other get so far, and continue to work together to achieve their dreams.
