What a crazy ride ABS-CBN’s Maria la del Barrio has had; from its months-delayed premiere to its excellent start to that regrettable middle patch to its eventual kidnapping (orly?) and lovefest ending. A show that ended up being filled with missed opportunities, near-fatal missteps, and questionable network influence, but carried by a strong performance from the should-be title character.
OOH-AH-OOH! Octoroo is sad that the sootballs are not as musically pleasing as Dayu and her harmonium. Up pops Switchbeast from the Sanzu, a newcomer who serves another master. He…
“For me there are neither locks nor bolts, whatsoever I desire is mine.” Three Wesen (I had thought ‘vessen’, pardon my non-Germanic vocabulary) rob a jewelry store (and kill the…