The Better Half | |
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The Better Half titlecard
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Genre | Romance, Melodrama, Psycho-thriller |
Created by | Mel Mendoza-Del Rosario |
Developed by | Ginny Monteagudo-Ocampo |
Written by | Jimuel Dela Cruz Jaymar Castro Kay Conlu-Brondial Zoilo Barrel Mary Rose Colindres |
Directed by |
Jeffrey Jeturian Topel Lee |
Starring |
Shaina Magdayao Carlo Aquino JC de Vera Denise Laurel |
Opening theme |
Hanggang by Erik Santos and Morissette Amon |
Country of origin | Philippines |
Original language(s) | Filipino, English |
No. of episodes | 148 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Sharleen Roanne Tan |
Producer(s) | Grace Ann Bodegon-Casimsiman |
Location(s) | Philippines |
Cinematography | Neil Daza |
Editor(s) | Joy Buenaventura Pamela Kim Katigbak Ron Ilagan Levi Ligon |
Running time | 30-45 minutes |
Production company(s) | GMO Unit |
Release | |
Original network | ABS-CBN |
Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | February 13 | – September 8, 2017
External links | |
Website |
The Better Half is a 2017 Philippine melodrama television series starring Shaina Magdayao, Carlo Aquino, JC de Vera and Denise Laurel. The series was aired on ABS-CBN's Kapamilya Gold afternoon block and worldwide on The Filipino Channel from February 13, 2017 to September 8, 2017, succeeding the 1-year run of Doble Kara.
Camille (Shaina Magdayao) is happily married to Marco (Carlo Aquino). Meanwhile, Bianca (Denise Laurel), Marco's childhood friend, is secretly in love with him. She begs Marco to marry her but Marco’s heart is only for Camille.
After Marco’s and Camille’s wedding, Marco flies to Dubai as an overseas worker. Unfortunately, the plane crashes with no survivors. Bianca, obsessed with Marco, does not stop searchimg for him and finds him stranded in an island. Marco suffers amnesia but remembers Bianca from his childhood. Bianca decides to use his amnesia and builds an intricate lie to him about his life: she tells him she is his wife and they live together as man and wife. Meanwhile, Camille is distraught over her husband’s death and eventually meets Rafael (JC de Vera), they fall in love and get married. Camille runs a school and the couple try to have a baby.
Months after, Bianca's greatest fear comes true as Marco begins to slowly recover his memories of another woman, but is unable to put figure it out. Bianca uses information she gathers about Bianca and manipulates Marco into believing his recovering memories are of her. However, Marco continues to pursue his unanswered questions about his memories.
Bianca discovers she is pregnant and ultimately, Marco choses to go with Bianca to the United States. They soon get married, and Bianca gives birth to a baby girl they name Julia. They are a happy family and soon set up a furniture business. But Bianca’s father suffers a heart attack and Bianca is required to return home to run her father’s failing business, so Bianca and Marco return to Manila with their dad alighted Julia, who is enrolled in the school run by Camille. Bianca discovers that her father signed a partnership agreement with Rafael’s company.