Full Episode | MMK "Bahay"

A father bears the huge responsibility of keeping his family intact. He should be the strongest, the bravest, the responsible head and breadwinner of the family. As we celebrate Father’s Day, let’s watch the story of a family that was torn apart because the father was not able to fulfill his duty to his family. -Bro, have you seen Bong? -No. -Girls, have you seen Bong? -[both] There he is. [Armand] Hey, Bong! Give me back my marbles, you cheat! What? I'm a cheat? You just lost the game. Hey, Bon

g! Come on, let’s go home. Wait, Tikboy. Armand called me a cheat. Hurry. Dad is on his way home. Hurry! -Hey! You took too many! -[Bong] Let’s go! Hey, Bong, those are my marbles! What? -[panting] -Why are you so late? And you're soaked in sweat. Your father will notice that you’ve been outside. -[Nelson] Erin? -Here he comes. -[Nelson] Erin! -Here. How was it? How’s the market? Uh, we had a lot of orders, so we butchered a lot of pigs. Could you reheat this... fried noodles? -I'm hungry. -Sure

. -Okay. Um-hm. -Okay? [Let] I'll help you, Mom. -Put the bananas there. -Hand me that. Let me see that. -[pots banging] -Hold this. You. I hope you're doing well. Study hard, okay? Don't let... your dad's hard work go to waste. Where's yours? You? Why is this blank? Why is this blank? Don't you pay attention in class? Are you playing hooky? Dad, I wrote my lesson... at the back. I left the front blank because... -I'll place a picture there. -You'll paste it there. -Okay, okay. -[Armand] Hey, Bo

ng! Hey, Bong, give us back our marbles! What are you yelling out there for? What if I yell at you? Your son is a cheat. Yes, he is. [exhales] Uh... You went outside? Didn't I tell you to stay inside during class? To stay at home on school days and study your lessons? -Here's your noodles. -Dad, you see... Uh... -Here's the noodles. -Dad... -Eat it before it gets cold. -Stay out of this, Erin. If you watched over him, he couldn't go out. -[whimpers] -It's me they were playing with. -Go away. Go

away! -Go on, get in there. Are you playing me for a fool? I clearly heard them, they were playing with Bong. -[Erin] Water? -No, Dad. -You're making up stories? -No, Dad. Dad... You’re fooling me? You think I'm stupid? -No, Dad. -[Erin] Go inside. No, Dad. -You really think I'm a fool? -Nelson! -No, Dad! -Is that it? [Charo V.O.] Dear Charo, My siblings and I grew up in violence. The smallest mistake earns us a beating from our father. There was nothing I could do about Dad's beatings, but I di

d everything I could to keep my siblings from getting hurt. -[Erin] Let. -Mom? Get me some hot water and a towel. Your brother's fever isn't going down. -All right. -Be quick. [sniffles, groans] Here, Mom. -Tikboy. -Ow! Careful. It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have gone out. Forget it. You know me. I’m strong. I can take this. [Eleonora] Tikboy, are all fathers like ours? Always angry? Scary? -[Erin] Let, come here. -Not really. He used to be nice. Tikboy, You should go get your dad. Tell him we're t

aking your brother to the hospital. His fever won’t go down. -All right, Mom. -Hurry! -Okay, Tikboy. -[Erin] Go on wiping him down. And prepare what we'll need. We're going as soon as your dad arrives. [sniffling, sobbing] [Eleonora] Mom, why did Arnel die? I had fever once, didn't I? But why didn’t I die? You see, dear, your brother’s lungs filled up with fluid. He couldn't survive that. Don’t worry. Your sister Gina is there to take care of him. GINA NATURAL BORN MAY 7, 1969 DIED APRIL 26 Nels

on. Nelson. Nelson. Erin! [Tikboy] Dad? Dad. Dad... Dad, Dad, Dad. -Dad, stand up. -[groans] Drink some water, Dad. Do you want water? Come on, Dad. Drink some water first. Sit over there for a while. Have some water. Okay, Dad. Careful, Dad. Wait, I will get you some water. Dad? Dad... Dad! [breathes heavily] You look exactly like your sister Gina. [melancholic music playing] Dad, do you remember... the game Gina and I loved playing? Patintero. The one night... you joined our game. We had so mu

ch fun, Dad. We were so happy. Dad... [sobbing] I want to see you happy again. I want us, you, to be happy again. I know. I know it’s my fault. This is my fault. If I only I had been a good father, I only I had money to pay for Gina's treatment. If only I had done the same for Arnel. They... They would still be here with us. [Charo V.O.] That night, I saw how hurt Dad was about what happened to my siblings. And I saw again what my siblings don't see, that our father is not a bad father. Ever sin

ce that day, Dad became even more cruel. He didn’t return to his job as a butcher and he'd get drunk everyday. That became our life. -No, Dad. -[Nelson] You better be sure. [Erin] Nelson, Susan came to talk to me. She offered me a job as a server in their canteen. The pay is good. No! -You know we really need-- -I said no! -Dad! Dad! -Dad! Dad, it's okay, I'll take care of this. Go, Mom. I just thought that if you're not going back to work, -how will we feed our children? -Mom... You have never

respected me as a man! -Dad, stop! -You want me -to look like a fool! Admit it! -Dad, enough. That's enough, Dad! -You're fighting back now? -No, Dad. -[yells] -[groans] Ow! -You're fighting back? -Ouch! No, Dad. Think you can do better? -No, Dad. -Fine. You take care of dinner, then. -I don’t have money. -Buy fried noodles! -Dad... -Go on, buy it. Hurry! You’re better than me, right? -No, Dad. -You're smart? -Find a way! -Go now, hurry! Don’t come back here empty handed, you understand? Or you'

ll get it from me! Enough, please. Auntie Lida? Auntie Lida? [knocks] Auntie Lida? Oh, Lida is not there, she went out. [Charo V.O.] I wasn't able to borrow money from my Auntie Lida. I didn’t know what I was going to do. All I know is I didn’t want to get beaten up again. I no longer wanted to return to our house which has become a hell for all of us. [Lida] Tikboy? What are you doing here? [sobs] Why? What happened to you? [Lida] Tikboy is not going home to you, Virginia! He will live here! I

will send him to school! He only has to help Badong fish. -Oh, my! -But if he doesn’t come home, his dad will hurt his siblings. Mom... What's wrong with you? Mom... Look, Virginia. Are you going to let your son return to your house after what Nelson did to you? He might kill this boy! Mom, I'll come with you. -Okay, you don't have to, son. -[Lida] What? Just stay here. This is all I can do to protect you from your father. Just make sure to be a good boy. And grow up to be a good man, okay? But,

Mom, what about you? What about my siblings? Don’t worry. I will take care of your siblings. Mom, why can’t we just leave Dad? Let’s get away from him. I can’t do that. He’s my husband. And I believe that your dad will change. [scoffs] The man I used to know will return. -Erin! -[Erin whispers] Go inside! -Go inside. Quick, go inside. -[Nelson] Erin! Where is my jerk of a son? Just let Tikboy be. Uh, let’s go. [Lida] Hey! He doesn’t want to go home, let him stay here! You stay out of this! -Or

I will march in there! -[Lida] Go ahead! -Nelson, Nelson... -Do it! Hmm? [Lida] I will call the police! I am not scared of you! -Let's go. -So you're my sister's husband? -Come on, let’s go. -Hey, Tikboy! if you don’t come home, -I'll forget you’re my son. -[Erin] Let's go. [Nelson] You can never come home! [dramatic music playing] Eleonora. Ella. [Bong V.O.] Dad told us to stop talking to you. Or he will beat us up. He said you’re not our brother anymore, that you've left us. But I know that’s

not true. I know that even if you’ve left home, you’re still our older brother. Bong. Let’s go. Eleonora, let’s go. Let’s go. Don’t worry! I promise, I will never abandon you. [Charo V.O.] At that moment, I made the decision to do everything I can to give my siblings a good life. I know that getting away from my father is my only chance to do that. [indistinct chatter] Take them down! Take them down! [Eleonora] Tikboy! -Eleonora! -[Erin] Tikboy. Oh, my! What are you doing here? Wait... -Mom... -

Your father. Mom, for you. Oh, no, no. That’s yours. Mom, don’t worry. I will always give you some of my earnings. Please. Thank you so much. But you have to go. Your father can't see you giving me money. He'd turn on you. -And it's raining. Go ahead. -Okay, Mom. [Charo V.O.] Life became even more difficult for my siblings. Dad took them out of school. But what I didn’t know is that my leaving home would be the spark that gave them the courage to leave and escape our house. Can you bring me with

you to Manila? Uh... He’s just kidding. Don’t mind him. Please, Auntie!! I want to go to school. So you're not sending him to school anymore? Life is hard nowadays, you see. He's helping us earn a living. And he watches the other kids when we are out. [Luz] Your kids are all grown. I can send Bong to school, he just has to help me in the market while doing it. Yes, Auntie. I will help you. I will work hard. [Nelson sighs] Go ahead. Take him with you. I wash my hands off him. [Erin] Come on, the

n. Be good to your Auntie Luz, okay? -Yes, Mom. -Luz, take care of him. [Erin] All right, go on. We'll talk again, go on. -[Luz] Let's go, Bong. -Go now, before it gets dark. [melancholic music playing] -[Eleonora wailing] Mom! -Nelson! -[Nelson] What? -[Eleonora wailing] Mom! My God, what are you doing -to your child? -[Nelson] You, too! -[grunts] -[wailing]Enough, Nelson! -That's enough, Nelson! -You dare interfere? -[grunts] -[groans] -Mom... -Enough! -[grunts] -[groans] -[Eleonora wails] -Da

d, stop! -[wails] -[Nelson grunting] -[Nelson panting] -[Erin] Please, stop... Mom! Mom. -Hey, what are you doing here? -Tikboy! Your father might see you. Leave now! Mom, where is Let? Uh, she’s left, too. She went with your Grandma Juliana. Go now, your father might see you here. Please, son. Go ahead! He’s here! -What are you doing here? -[Erin] He's leaving. I told you to never come here again! If you didn't leave, your siblings wouldn't think about running away! Truth is, it’s your fault th

is family was torn apart! Get out! He threw my siblings out. I wish... I could have told them to just come with me. But, Uncle... I don't have a house to offer them. I don't. You know, Tikboy, the lot beside our house is quite large. When you've saved up some money, why don’t you start building a house there? Is it all good? [Charo V.O.] My own house. A house I can build for my mom and siblings. I know that the longer it gets, their life with Dad gets even more difficult. So even though I know i

t's going to be hard, I slowly started to build my dream. Hurry! Take our catch down, okay? [man] Tikboy, here's your stairs! [grunts] It's all there. -Thank you, sir. -[man] Thank you. Does it fit? [grunts] -Perfect. -It is. -What do you think, Uncle? -It's good. Okay. [Uncle] It's finished. It's finished. Aren’t you going to look at your house? Go upstairs. Check it out. -It’s done, Uncle. -It is. Wait a minute. [uncle] Is it all right? [Charo V.O. ] It took me four years to build the house. T

oo much time has passed by. -[Erin wailing] -[Eleonora sobbing] Mom? Mom. -Mom? -[Erin wailing] [Eleonora] Mom! Mom, you're coming with me. Mom, you're coming with me, we have a house now. This can't go on. You're coming with me. I have come for you. Mom... Come inside. Sit down. Ella, come inside. Tikboy, your house is so nice. Why don't you look happy about it? We’re just not used to it, Tikboy. We will be happy here. We will be together now, Mom. Are you hungry? There’s food in the kitchen. T

hat’s the bedroom if you want to rest now. What about you, Mom? Maybe you want to rest. -Thank you. -[Nelson] Erin! -Erin! -Mom... -Wait-- -Don’t you hide there, Erin! Come out! -I know you’re in there, Erin! -Wait here. -Tikboy, don’t. -[Nelson] Erin! [Tikboy] Stay here. I will handle this. [Nelson] Erin! [Eleonor] Mom, Mom, don’t, Mom! Mom, don’t! What are you doing here? They are not here. You can go home now. You talk like you're some big shot. You have a house now and you're so full of your

self! Erin! -Dad! -[women gasping] -Stop it! -Come out! -[women screaming] -Dad, you're done hurting us! You're done hurting them! I knew they are inside. Erin, come out! Come out or I will destroy this! You can't hurt them anymore! -What's wrong with you? -[grunts] -You're out of line! -[Erin screams] No! -[Erin] No! -[both grunting] Enough! That's enough! No! [wails] That's enough! Don’t. I will go home now. Let's go, I'll go home, just stop hurting each other. How does it feel to use your fis

t? You can’t help it? You have to hurt someone? You need to hit someone? Because if you don't, you will explode with fury. My Dad and I are exactly the same. Now, son, we’re just the same. [Erin] No. I will never be anything like you! We’re just the same. Enough. Enough, Nelson. Let’s go home. -Let's go! -[Ella] Mom! [Eleonora] Mom! -[Ella] Mom... -[Eleonora] Mom, don’t leave us. Watch over your sisters. -[Eleonora] Mom! -[Ella sobbing] Mom. [Erin] Go on. [Charo V.O. ] I am not like my father.

That's what I told myself over and over again. I will never be like my dad. -See you tomorrow? -Okay, tomorrow. Finish your homework. -Okay, I'll go home now. Bye. -Bye. Let? Tikboy? Tikboy! [sobs] Tikboy! We'll be together again. I have a house now. Really? Thank you, Tikboy. [Charo V.O.] Let readily went with us. But I have one more sibling to fetch. [Bong] Auntie, can I eat first? Well, hurry up, you still have to bring that to the market! You've been doing that for years! Won't you ever cha

nge? Unbelievable! Won't you ever learn? -Auntie? -[sobs] Oh, Tikboy! What are you doing here? I’m here to fetch my brother. He's going to live with me now. Just like that? After I fed him and gave him a home for years? Yes. Why? Did you take care of him? Did you send him to school? You didn't do what you promised Mom! You just made him a servant! [Luz] Fine, take him. Take him with you, but don’t you ask me for help ever again! Get out of here, you pests! Bong. After leaving us, you're changing

your mind now? Bong, I did not leave you. I just put my life in order, so I can help our family, so I can help you. It was so hard, Tikboy. Bro... I know. But we'll never be apart again. We will help each other. Okay, let me get the plates. And the glasses, too. [clanging] Hey, come on. That’s just a plate. Go get another one, Eleonora. [Charo V.O.] My long-held dream finally came true. My siblings and I are together now. Time passed, I now have a family of my own. So do Bong and Let, who have

moved to their own houses, too. Ella has found a job, and Eleonora is graduating from college. Goodness, when your sister went up the stage and received her diploma, I almost died of happiness. [all chuckling] But Mom, I just can’t understand this. Dad allowed you to work? Are you sure about that? -And you're helping Auntie? -Yes. And you only go home on weekends? He let me. I was surprised, too. And he also allows me to take side jobs now. I clean at the school where your aunt works. I'll take

her. Let, go on upstairs. We'll be right there. Go on. Go ahead. Bong, go on. Erin! I’ve been looking for you. Come on, let’s go home! I’m starving. Let's go! Mom... Mom, it’s my graduation day. I want to be with you. You're the only one we invited. Come on. Fine! If you don’t want to go home, then don’t! Go with your arrogant children! [moans] That’s my children! They think they're hot shots. But they are useless! Shameless! Ungrateful! [groans] [yells] Hey, Nelson! You're older but you haven’t

changed! You still make such a racket! Stay out of my problem! All right? That’s why your family left you, because you don’t do anything but drink! And you say your family is useless? You are the useless one! You only think about yourself! Take back what you said! You really won't stop? -You won't quiet down? -Take it back! Take this! [groans] You'll learn your lesson now. [moans] [moans, grunts] [groans] Erin? Ella! Tikboy? [dramatic music playing] [Erin] Nelson. Nelson? My God! Nelson, what h

appened to you? -Nelson! [grunts] -[groans] -[groans] -Nelson! -Nelson! -[grunts] What happened to you? -What? -Erin? [groans, sobs] I thought you're never coming back. [Charo V.O.] According to Mom, Dad suddenly changed after what happened to him. At first, she didn’t believe that the change would last. But after one week, when Mom came home from work, she was surprised by what she came home to. Hey, you’re home. Does it look different? I borrowed money from Ma'am Rose. To change our wall into

wood. But don’t worry, I can pay for it. I have a job now. Mely hired me to help in her store. I know you’re thinking that... it took me so long to fix our house. I want to fix our lives, too. Everything I neglected. Everything I destroyed. Nelson, what are you doing? Just wait. [chuckles] There you go! We have light. We don't need the kerosene lamp anymore. [Bong groaning] Okay, thanks, buddy. Son, uh... I hope you don't mind. I fixed your fence. Uh, I saw that it’s falling apart. So, there, it

’s good as new. [Nelson sighs] By the way, son. We have electricity in our house now. Your mom can watch TV now. If you have time, maybe you can drop by. Let’s watch TV. Okay? [door opens] Dad. Uh... Where's ... -Where is Mom? Uh... -[Nelson] Uh... I though she’s here. She’s here. Wait, I'll call her. Erin? Erin! [Erin] What is it? Mom. Baby... Oh... [mellow music playing] All right. I just want to give you something. I just want you to know that... I’m so proud of you for graduating, and now th

at you’re a teacher. You’re telling me this now? You didn’t want to send me to school. Dear, forgive me. I know I did you and your siblings a lot of wrongdoings. But I’m willing to do everything to earn your forgiveness. By the way, I asked your mom for this picture. But this frame, I made it myself. I hope you can drop by our house if you have time. I'm fixing our house. I stay up late fixing it. For all of you. -Just keep eating. -Have some water. -[Ella] Is that it? -Here it is. -Hey, what is

that? -[Eleonora] Wait a second. -[Eleonora] Here. -[Let] Let me see. [Eleonora] Wait. [Let] Hey, you look so pretty in it. Were you wearing make up? -[Ella] I’m jealous! -Well, it’s my graduation. I wish I have a pic like that. You know, I really want something like that. -Come on, show it-- -[Tikboy] That’s nice. You had it framed? [Eleonora] Uh, it's a gift. From Dad. He said he made this himself. He said he's fixing the house, too. Uh, that’s true, Tikboy. I saw it. I told him I'll help, be

cause it's obvious he's struggling. But he declined. He wants to fix it all by himself. And you know, Tikboy, Mom said it's been a while since Dad stopped drinking. And he now works at the market. He always come by to see my baby, you know. You let him come near? You let him come near you? Near your children? What if he hurt the children? [Bong] Tikboy, I think... he won't do that. That's it? After all the torture he put us through? A monster will forever be a monster! He will not change! [drama

tic music playing] Sorry, dear, Grandpa's getting... a bit forgetful. What’s your name again? Nica. -[Nelson] Come again? -Nica. [Tikboy] Nancy? [Nelson] How old are you? -Five. -Nancy? What are you doing here? Uh, I dropped by to give you this fried noodles. I don’t need that. Leave now. Nancy, take Nica upstairs. Uh, never mind. Nancy and my granddaughter can have it. Here, take it. I said we don’t need that. And isn't it your favorite? You used to beat me up every time I come home without noo

dles. So you can have it. Tikboy. Don’t worry, my dear. Grandpa will come back, okay? [Charo V.O.] But however much I try to push Dad away, he wouldn't stop trying to earn my forgiveness. Grandpa. Say it again. -Grandpa. -Grandpa. He’s not your grandpa, dear. [sighs] Your grandpa died a long time ago. If what you're doing with my siblings... is making them believe you've changed, well, not me. Would you leave us alone, Dad? Nancy? Our house just needs a ceiling. It's almost done. I hope you can

see it. Your house, not our house. I'm fixing our house so you can all come home. So you can forgive me. You think it’s that easy, Dad? Because you have fixed the house, you can make us all come back? Fixing a house is easy. But the family you tore apart, that would be tough to fix. If I could only take back the beatings I gave to you, son, I would. Why? Do you think that's all you did to us? Dad, Eleonora... still jumps in terror whenever she hears certain noises. Even the least bit of noise. E

lla... The scars from the wounds you gave her. Me. All my life, I have... this fear... The fear of being like you. Wasn't it you who told me that? That you’re like your father, and I am like my father. But I’m finding ways, I’m doing everything I can... to not become a monster like you. Because even in my dreams, and in here, Dad, that fear won’t go away. Son, forgive me. What good can forgiveness do? After everything you’ve done? Nothing. [melancholic music playing] [grunts] What are you doing?

You’ve been at it a while. Take a break. I’m fine, I’ll rest later. I'll finish this first. It's almost done. [thudding] -[Nancy] I’m sorry. -[Nelson] Okay. Uh, I'll go ahead. Don’t worry, I'm leaving. My father... was a violent man. I didn’t feel any love when I was growing up. So when I had my own family, I treated you the same way. Maybe that’s why... I turned out that way. [exhales] You know, son, you’re the one who made me feel I was wrong. Because in spite of the cruelty I showed you, you

were able to keep our family together. You helped your siblings to have better lives. And now that you have a family of your own, I see how good you treat your wife and child. Son, you will never... ever be like me. You became a real father to your siblings. You were the father... that I couldn't be. So, son, let go of your fear. Set yourself free. Tikboy. [Charo V.O.] I felt like a heavy weight has been lifted off my chest at that moment. And as my tears poured out, a big chunk of the hatred i

n my heart seemed to have flowed out with it. [indistinct chatter] -Let’s open this. -Hey, not yet. Later. -[Tikboy] Wow, you're so nice. -Happy birthday, Nancy! Happy birthday, Nancy! Nancy, Tikboy loves you so much, he prepared a feast. [cheering] -[all] Happy birthday, Nancy. -Thank you so much! [heckling] -[Tikboy] Let's eat, Mom. -[all] Mom! [Let] Mom, let’s eat! [sighs] Uh, don’t worry, I won’t stay long. I just came to give you this and to greet you. Happy birthday. Thank you, Dad. We coo

ked fried noodles. Dad... [Let] That’s delicious. Why don’t you join us? Thank you so much, son. Come on, come on. Come on. -Come on, let's eat! -[Bong] Wait! Let's pray first. [Let] Lead the prayer, Eleonora. [Tikboy] Behave yourself, okay? You know, Tikboy, I’m happy you agreed to go out with your mom and dad. I know it’s hard to forgive, but you're trying. Nica and I are so proud of you. I haven't forgiven him. We're just attending mass with him. Tikboy, when you're ready, I hope you'll let y

our father know that you've forgiven him. That’s’ what he needs to hear, and that’s what you need to tell him. So you can finally reconcile. [sighs] Let’s go. We don't want to be late. -[Erin coughing] -It’s hot! It’s so hot. Is this okay? Or do you want me to change? -Yes, it's hot. -Are you sure? It is really hot, so just relax. I just want everything to go smoothly. I wish Tikboy can finally forgive me. He will forgive you. He agreed to meet us, didn't he? And we're going out, as well. That m

eans he's going to forgive you. I hope so. But why does it ... seem so hot today? [Erin] Oh, my. Wait, I’ll get you some water. Drink some cold water to refresh yourself. Or if you feel really hot, change your shirt. And if you really want to wear that, just change back before we get there. Here’s your cold water. [sobbing] Dad... Dad, I wasn't even able to tell you... Dad, I forgive you. Dad... Give me water, dear, and... Mom, it’s Tikboy. Son, the day your father died, he was so happy. He was

so happy preparing for our outing. Son, though you weren't able to tell him you forgive him, believe me, he felt it. That’s enough. [Eleonora] Tikboy, do you remember? You told us that Dad is not a bad person. It came true. He made it up to us. [dramatic music playing] We will not let this house fall apart again. For Dad, Mom. [Charo V.O.] Because of what happened to us, I learned that everything that falls apart can be put together again. Everyone can change. Nothing is impossible in this world

. "We thank God for making our family whole again. And though Dad is now gone, we are happy because we feel peaceful now. Free from the hatred that enveloped our hearts because of our past. Respectfully yours, Tikboy." Being a parent is a very important duty and responsibility. Let’s strive to fulfill our duties to our family. Let’s love and care for them so we won’t regret anything in the end. This is Charo Santos. Kapamilya, good evening to all of you. "HOUSE"