Tayong Dalawa

Tayong Dalawa
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Also known as	The Two Of Us
Genre	Romance, Melodrama, Action
Created by	Rondel Lindayag
Written by	Reggie Amigo Mark Anthony Bunda Danica Domingo Dindo Perez
Directed by	Ruel S. Bayani Trina Dayrit
Starring	Jake Cuenca Gerald Anderson Kim Chiu
Theme music composer	Rey Valera
Opening theme	Tayong Dalawa by Gary Valenciano
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language(s)	Filipino, English
No. of episodes	178 1 special episode (The Untold Beginning)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Emerald C. Suarez Kylie Manalo-Balagtas
Location(s)	Philippines
Running time	30 minutes (Philippines) 60 minutes (Singapore, Malaysia, Uganda, Vietnam)
Production company(s)	Dreamscape Entertainment Television
Release
Original network	ABS-CBN (Philippines) Astro Prima (Malaysia) Mediacorp Channel 5 (Singapore) NTV Uganda (Uganda) Todaytv (Vietnam)
Picture format	NTSC (480i)
Original release	January 19 – September 25, 2009

Tayong Dalawa (lit. The Two Of Us) is a Philippine primetime drama series broadcast on ABS-CBN and worldwide on TFC in 2009. The story revolved around two brothers (Jake Cuenca and Gerald Anderson) who share the same name, the same aspirations, and the same lady-of-interest (Kim Chiu). The title of the series was taken from one of Rey Valera’s classic songs, in a manner similar to most Filipino soap operas.

David "JR" Garcia Jr. was born into a poor family. His father, David Sr., deserted his mother Marlene before he was born because his wife, Ingrid Garcia is pregnant with David "Dave" Garcia, Jr. When Audrey King and her family goes to Tagaytay for a visit, she falls from a set of high stairs. JR saves her life and introduces himself as David Garcia Jr. after she asks for his name. When she gets to the hospital and is asked by the witnesses and her family who saved her, she says it's David Garcia Jr. - but Dave is given the credit instead of JR.

As she grows up falling in love with Dave, Dave meets JR and they become the best of friends, but their families do not approve of their friendship. Dave's family thinks JR wants to use Dave just for the money. The siblings' mothers would not let the two hang out, although their father allowed the friendship to continue. Dave's grandmother, Elizabeth, and JR's mother, Marlene, suspects David Sr is keeping the two boys' friendship alive.

Audrey's father, Stanley Sr., sends her to Cebu to continue her studies. JR and Audrey have a chance encounter in the airport. Dave and JR enter the Philippine Military Academy where they graduate at the top of their class. The family rivalry becomes worse as everyone finds out that Dave and JR are half-siblings when David Sr. appears on graduation day. Elizabeth exerts all efforts to cover up the truth to the point that she engineers Marlene's imprisonment. Things become even worse as David Sr. dies from a gunshot wound during a raid by gun smuggling boss Leo Cardenas on his armory on the suggestion of Ramon Lecumberri, JR and Dave's estranged older half-brother. It would be followed by more events such as the death of Audrey's mother Loreta, Ramon killing Leo to save Lola Gets and the involvement of Audrey's younger brother, Stan Jr., in Ramon's syndicate. Further DNA testing confirms that Dave and JR are twins.