Real-life sweethearts Rico Blanco and Maris Racal are together for the first time in an episode that shows what we become when we fall in love with someone who can not love us back the way we want them to.
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Actors: Angelica Panganiban, Maris Racal, Rico Blanco, JC de Vera, Alora Mae SasamTrina Legaspi, Poppert Bernadez, Camille Sandek, Quiel Quiwa, Elisse Joson
Genre: Romance, Drama
Premise: A woman is deeply in love with a guy who never sees their relationship beyond a casual affair. When a close friend offer her the love she could not get from the guy she’s in love with, she has to weigh in on her choices, and decide what her heart really wants.
Running Time: 35 minutes
Director: Derrick Cabrido
Watch it on: iWantTFC
Why You Should See It:
The Goodbye Girl’s fourth episode shifts its attention to Ria (Maris Racal) as ‘The Bitter Hopia’. Ria works as a videographer for Caio (Rico Blanco), a popular singer whom she idolizes. They are both engaged in a sort of mutual understanding, and Ria is hopeful it will evolve into a serious relationship, but when Caio revealed he was already in a relationship with another girl, Ria knows she needs to stop hoping.
To make her situation worse, her close friend, Benny (Poppert Bernades) treats her like a princess and promises to give her the love she deserves.
The Bitter Hopia marks the first time real-life couple Rico Blanco and Maris Racal are working as a romantic pair in a series.
Unlike most may expect, the story does neither pay attention to the huge age gap between the stars nor make an issue out of it. Racal and Blanco may be real-life sweethearts, but that didn’t enable them to show tangible romantic chemistry.
There is still an air of awkwardness between them, and there is not enough airtime to allow their romance to foster.
That said, the episode itself is about an entirely different thing. It is simply about being ‘the bitter hopia’ in a relationship. It’s a way to remind people, or lovers for that matter, that we often forget to love ourselves, in our desperate effort to win other people’s love. But more than that, it also teaches us to keep our eyes and hearts open, because the love we deserve might be just around, waiting.
The Goodbye Girl now streams on iWantTFC. Watch all five episodes on the app or via the official site. Check the official full trailer below:
