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 Coco Martin
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
Production location(s)	Philippines
Running time	30 minutes (Philippines) 60 minutes (Singapore, Malaysia, Uganda, Vietnam)
Production company(s)	Dreamscape Entertainment Television Star Creatives CCM Productions
Release
Original network	ABS-CBN
Picture format	NTSC (480i)
Original release	January 19 (2009-01-19) – September 25, 2009 (2009-09-25)

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 revolves 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.^[1]

Plot summary

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 Loretta, 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.

As things develop, Stanley kills Elizabeth over a financial dispute and frames JR, who is imprisoned and escapes with a former enemy, Ka Doroy, as part of a double agent operation with the military in order to infiltrate the syndicate. He discovers that the syndicate's boss, "Hunyango", is actually Marlon Cardenas, Dave's godfather and Leo's father.

After JR is hit in a later incident, Dave agrees to a kidney transplant to save his twin in exchange for a civil wedding to Audrey, but the marriage turns out to be fake because of Mamita's machinations. Dave and Audrey plan a church wedding, but Dave backs out. Audrey ends up marrying JR in church and later bears him a son named Adrian. However, she dies of heart disease a few days after giving birth.

The brothers eventually face off in a final showdown with Ramon, who agrees to surrender after Marlene's appeals and completing a plan to bring down his syndicate. However, a mentally-insane Ingrid shoots Ramon in the head while being taken into custody. He survives the shooting but doctors said the bullets rendered him blind. Dave later commits Ingrid to a psychiatric hospital. Ramon is sentenced to life imprisonment and makes amends with Marlene, JR, and Dave behind bars. The three, who visit Ramon from time to time, now live together with Robert, Adrian, Ula, Angela and Lily. The story ends with a cliffhanger: a woman and her son appears at the Garcia house one evening. They introduce themselves as Emma Garcia (a third wife of David Garcia Sr.) and David "Anthony" Garcia III.

Cast

Reception

Soundtrack

The show's title theme music is "Tayong Dalawa" by Gary Valenciano, and certain scenes use "Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin" ("I Will Love You Tomorrow") by Lani Misalucha. The song "Tayong Dalawa" was originally composed and performed by Rey Valera and also covered by Sharon Cuneta for the theme song of her film with same title, with former husband Gabby Concepcion. Released in 1992, it was their final movie, after their annulment.

DVD release

On August 27, 2009 an announcement was made that Tayong Dalawa will be available on DVD.^[5] All volumes have been released. There are 20 volumes on DVD for the whole series.

Tayong Dalawa: The Untold Beginning (special episode)

On September 20, 2009, ABS-CBN aired Tayong Dalawa: The Untold Beginning. The made-for-TV movie features deleted scenes from the first few episodes of the series, which explores the origins of the rivalry between mother-daughter pairs Lola Gets-Marlene and Elizabeth-Ingrid. It also expounds on Ingrid and Marlene's separate love stories with David Garcia Sr.^[6]

Awards

International release

Country/Region	Network(s)	Series premiere	Series Title in Country
Malaysia	Astro Prima	April 6, 2010	The Two Of Us
Singapore	MediaCorp Channel 5	August 31, 2010
Uganda	NTV
Kenya	NTV	June 29, 2010
Cambodia	TV5 Cambodia		យើងទាំងពីរនាក់

References

See also

• List of programs aired by ABS-CBN
• List of ABS-CBN drama series