The screen is fading out to black on ABS-CBN’s Starla, after three months on air.
Top-billed by Judy Ann Santos with Joel Torre, Joem Bascon, Meryll Soriano, Raymart Santiago, Enzo Pelojero, and Jana Agoncillo in the cast, the family drama premiered on Oct. 7 and will have its final episode tomorrow night.
“When they presented Starla to me, it was really meant to be just a one-season TV series. I think people are getting tired of drama series that are too long,” Judy Ann said during the program’s launch.
Meanwhile, during the series’ finale press conference, the lead star talked about how she looked forward to taping for Starla.
“It was a very light environment. It motivates you to work especially that everyone was cooperative and talented. And of course, Joel Torre is in the series. He’s the main reason why accepted this project,” she shared.
“And what I like about ABS, with Dreamscape, they are able to give you an out-of-the-box character that challenges you as an actor. That’s what happened to me in this series that’s why I consider this as a memorable project,” she added.
In the final episodes, Teresa, Mang Greggy (Joel Torre), and Buboy (Enzo Pelojero) face a new challenge as Dexter (Joem Bascon) holds Starla (Jana Agoncillo) captive after having finally confirmed that she is the real reason behind the mysterious and inexplicable miracles in Barrio Maulap, which hindered his previous plans.
Desperate for the baby wishing star to follow his orders, Dexter resorts to blackmailing and cooks up yet another evil scheme as he threatens to endanger Buboy’s and Mang Greggy’s lives.
With just only five wishes left from her initial 50, the baby wishing star has to carefully weigh up the dangerous situation to ensure the safety of her adoptive family on Earth and the whole Barrio Maulap.
Meanwhile, after painfully reflecting on her actions and forgiving her father, a renewed Teresa plans to repent and to confess to the whole town her wrongdoings and original plans of revenge.
Will the townspeople be able to forgive or will they now truly turn their backs on her? To what lengths will Teresa go to correct her mistakes? With Dexter’s evil plans looming over the horizon, will the heart’s purest wishes prevail over its own selfish desires in Starla? Will Starla be successful with her mission and turn into a wishing star? Or will she grant a bad wish and become a black hole?
“That’s what the viewers need to find out in the finale,” the seasoned actress said.
Follow the final fight for hope, forgiveness, and love for family as Judy Ann’s character and her family scramble to make things right in the primetime program’s last starry night.
Starla written by Dindo Perez, and directed by Onat Diaz, Darnel Villaflor, and Jerome Pobocan, has brightened viewers’ nights nationwide as it imparted lessons and good vibes to kids and the whole family since its premiere.