Wow finally I got to watch Lupin! It's amazing I really like it, just as promised it's different and riveting. If you missed it here's an episode recap (long but detailed) of Lupin's premiere.
Note: Naturally, this summary contains spoilers. o(^_^)o And I do plan on posting episode recaps everyday (I'll try my best to do it!)
Monday, April 10, 2007
EPISODE ONE
Avril
At an unnamed museum, 2005:
Avril (Rhian Ramos) approaches Lupin (Richard Gutierrez) who’s quietly jotting down notes while studying a painting. Avril puts a cigarette to her mouth and asks Lupin if he has a lighter. In an abrupt manner, Lupin reminds Avril that smoking in museums is prohibited. Put off, Avril comments the guy (Lupin) is rude but admittedly good-looking. Lupin ignores her and is about to leave when Avril asks him to take a photo of her and the painting. She hastily retrieves a bulky Polaroid camera from her bag and gives it to Lupin. Amused, Lupin studies the camera and asks if it’s hers, Avril smiles and answers it’s actually her dad’s camera. Avril introduces herself and gives her name and asks Lupin what’s his but Lupin smilingly says he’ll give it to her once the photo is taken. Avril turns around and poses with the painting and sees Lupin gone. She screams “thief!” and “he stole my camera!” Lupin is standing in a corner grinning, and then walks nonchalantly to leave.
Lupin
At a helipad on building roof, 2006:
Lupin stares at a slim metal case he’s holding and remembers something:
He and his dad Ka Duroy (Tirso Cruz III) are arguing. His mouth is bloody, and tempers are high. Lupin tells his dad he’s now regretting his life and wants to change for the better, Ka Duroy accuses that Lupin’s girlfriend is the main reason why he’s rebelling against him. Lupin answers he already asked Angeli (Abby Cruz) to marry him. Angeli is pregnant and he wants to have a decent life with his future wife and child. Ka Duroy insists his son should never fall in love with anyone because it will only destroy him.
Lupin argues he doesn’t want to be like him (his dad) and that’s not the kind of life he wants to give to his family. Ka Duroy seems to give up but he says he’ll only allow Lupin to make his own life if he agrees to make a last major heist for him, after that he’ll be free.
Ashley
Present:
Lupin is crouched in a sitting position and looks through his binoculars; he spies on beautiful women playing on the pool wearing skimpy bikinis. Lupin smiles and exclaims “wow!” He diverts his attention to a guy on the top of the adjacent building. The guy sits on the chopper. Lupin pockets his binoculars and confidently says “its show time!” He stands and trips on a banana peel he earlier ate and discarded, he gets irritated with himself. Ashley (Katrina Halili) saunters in on the adjacent building that Lupin has earlier spied on. She’s wearing a two piece bikini and heels. She greets the man sitting on the chopper; the guy is impressed and flirts with her. Ashley punches the guy and throws him off the building.
Lupin launches a hook on the opposite building with a gun-like gadget hoisted on his right shoulder, kisses the ring on his necklace and says “for luck”. He attached himself with a device to the rope now connecting the two buildings and began to rappel towards the other side. Meanwhile an unnamed man opens a briefcase stuffed with crisp paper bills. Suddenly four men in black suits entered and shot him down and his bodyguard using guns with silencers. They get his briefcase run.
While he’s rappelling, Lupin passes by women he earlier spied on who are bathing on the building’s pool. They naughtily invite him to join them and Lupin who’s enjoying the attention apologizes and tells them he can’t because he’ll get married soon. Lupin arrives at the building where Ashley is. Ashley roughly removes his protective suit and Lupin tells her to be careful because he doesn’t want his pilot costume to be ruined. He goes to the pilot seat of the chopper while Ashley hides herself. Pretty soon the men in black suits hurriedly board the chopper and Lupin throws the slim silver case and proceeds to maneuver the vehicle for ascent. Ashley stares as the chopper gets smaller from her sight.
At Angeli’s luxurious residence:
Angeli is about to leave when her mom (Isabel Lopez) stops her. She asks her daughter if she’s still determined to marry Lupin. Angeli says she loves Lupin and wants him for a husband. Her mom argues she’s never heard of Lupin’s family and no one knows where they came from. Angeli answers she’s determined to push through with the wedding no matter what and leaves. Her mom is left seething with anger.
Lupin is piloting the chopper and asks the leader of the group if he knows how to drive one. The man abruptly answers yes then ignores him. Lupin says “good” then opens a can of tear gas. The chopper is choked with fumes and Lupin quickly jumps to the skids. He’s now hanging from one of the skid bars while the men inside are coughing and in chaos. One of them shouts that the briefcase is missing. Meanwhile Angeli is inside a church praying the rosary and asking God not to take away Lupin from her and their future baby. One of the men discovers where Lupin is and points his gun at him, Lupin and the guy with the pistol stare at each other.
Inspector Angeles
Inspector Clavio Angeles (Janno Gibbs) arrives at the building where the man was earlier shot. An incompetent cop greets him and excitedly informs him that a crime has occurred in the building. Angeles gets irritated and tells the cop if he thinks he doesn’t already know that. After dressing down the cop, he turns around and enters the building. On the stairs of the building entrance he bumps into an old man (Ka Duroy) walking with a cane assisted by a nurse (Ashley). They exchange apologies and Angeles notices the nurse. He comments to the old man and says his nurse is hot; the old man smiles and informs the Inspector that she is actually his wife. Angeles comments the old guy is lucky while looking with regret at the nurse. When Inspector Angeles was inside the building, Ka Duroy opens a wallet and sees the i.d. of Inspector Clavio Angeles, he reads aloud the name then gives it the wallet to Ashley.
Brigette
Manila Bay:
Brigette (Ehra Madrigal) is on a yacht worriedly scanning the sky with her binoculars. A group of men on another boat stare at her (who’s provocative looking in a bikini) and tries to get her attention. She ignores them and later on spots a chopper in the sky. Lupin has let go of the skids and now parachuting, two men from the chopper fire successive shots at him and two bullets managed to tear his parachute’s fabric. Soon Lupin has a hard time controlling the device, below him Brigette is manning the yacht and following his descent. The men who were earlier trying to get her attention are closely following behind her. With careful maneuvering on the part of Brigette Lupin slams on the yacht’s windshield (unharmed lol) and gives Brigette a broad smile.
Scene of the crime:
Inspector Angeles is informed that the shooters of the dead guy left using a helicopter parked at the helipad of the building. He pompously tells them to contact his friend at the Air Force so that they can monitor the sky. He retrieves his wallet to give the number to the cops and realizes it’s missing. He accuses the police men with him of stealing his wallet and they protest they won’t do such a thing. Exasperated Angeles accuses everyone in the room including the dead guy (lol :D) .
The cops secretly laugh at Angeles’ mistake. A weird barking is heard in the room and it turns out the cell phone of Angeles is ringing (lol, weird bark is his ring tone). Ashley is the one calling and insults Angeles saying “walanghiya ka (Filipino curse word) all you’ve got in your wallet is a hundred pesos” (roughly two US dollars). Angeles answers back and says he’s got a lot of money with his ATM account and it’s just that he doesn’t carry much cash around. The Inspector realizes too late that the old guy he earlier bumped on is an expert pickpocket. He stomps on the floor with exasperation and loudly laments “why me”. The cops behind him seems to realize what happened with his wallet and can’t stop grinning which further irritates Inspector Angeles.
Manila Bay:
Lupin and Brigette are chased by the chopper and on top of that Lupin has to deal with the men crazed with desire for the woman beside him. Earlier Lupin laughingly commented to Brigette her beauty is pahamak (brings trouble). The men in the chopper seem to regard the guys on the other yacht as accomplices of Lupin and they also shoot them. They die from the gunshots and chaos ensues because their boat is now unmanned. It smashes on Lupin’s boat and an explosion occurs. Meanwhile Angeli’s rosary mysteriously snaps and she calls Lupin’s name with alarm.
Brigette is unconscious beneath the ocean, Lupin swims towards her and managed to bring her with him on the surface. Lupin sees the debris from the explosion and remembers when he and Angelli where still dating:
Angeli
Angeli asked Lupin what his occupation is and Lupin changes the topic. Depressed, he’s lost in his thoughts when Angeli screams “magnanakaw!” (thief). Shocked, Lupin asks her how come she knows and realizes she’s actually calling for help because someone snatched her purse. Lupin confronts the guy and the two men with him. A fight ensues and Lupin expertly deflects their knives and punches. He managed to get their watches and tie their shoe strings together because he is reputedly unmatched in sleight of hands. Lupin laughingly tells the astounded men they’re still novices compared to him. He allows them to leave. Lupin sadly tells Angeli he’s a lot like those men but the main difference is he never hurts innocent people. Now that she knows the truth about him, he'll understand if she breaks up with him just like what other women did before her upon learning his true background. Angeli looks at Lupin and tells him she loves him no matter who he maybe, even if he’s the worst man on earth as long as he’s telling the truth that he never harms innocent people. She also makes him promise he’ll never hurt anyone. Lupin hugs her tight.
Manila Bay:
Lupin seems to be shaken as he stares at the lifeless guys floating on the water who earlier were chasing their boat because they were a bit excessive with their lusting for Brigette.
Scene of the crime:
Angeles scans the helipad area and notices the slim silver case. He picks it up and finds a cigar inside. He thoughtfully chews at it as he thinks about the evidences left. He tells the cops politely listening to him that he’s positive the crime was committed by more than one group. One of the cops seems eager to please him and lights the cigar for him, Angeles is pleased. The cigar gives a short burst (like a small firework) and again Angeles laments about his fate while the cops with him can’t stop laughing.
Ka Duroy’s house:
Ashley and Ka Duroy are watching a news flash on T.V. reporting the mishap in Manila Bay. The guys who died are apparently from prominent families; Ka Duroy turns it off and says he can’t stand bad news. Ashley began to worry but Brigette arrives carrying the briefcase and informs them mission accomplished. Ashley asks why she arrived alone and why she’s not with Lupin. Brigette hesitates.
Meanwhile Lupin is hurriedly stuffing a luggage with his clothes. His dad hands him a thick wad of money, saying it’s his cut of the pie. Lupin tersely answers he can keep it he doesn’t want any. Ka Duroy is incensed and punches his son. He tells Lupin that even if he marries the most beautiful and most decent woman on earth he’ll still be Lupin, the most notorious thief. No woman and her family will accept the truth of his character. On the verge of tears, Lupin asks what kind of a father is Ka Duroy, most men want their sons to have a decent and better life but he seems to prefer he’ll stay a criminal like him. Insulted Ka Duroy tries to punch him again but this time Lupin ties his father’s hands on the bed poster with handcuffs. Lupin tells his speechless dad that he must have forgotten that his son is a kid no more. He warns Ka Duroy from now on he’s gonna live his life the way he wants to and he never wants to hear or see him again. Then Lupin carried his luggage and left.
Inside an abandoned building:
A furious syndicate boss (the one who Lupin tricked in the chopper) answers a call in his cell phone. He happily tells his men he received reliable information about the whereabouts of Lupin. He menacingly fired shots from his machine gun into the air.
Lupin
Unnamed Catholic church:
Lupin walks in looking suave and wearing a white tuxedo. The church aisle is filled with flowers and white tulle. A janitor wipes the floor but keeps giving Lupin a mean look. The bride’s maid of Angeli arrives and warmly greets Lupin. Lupin is worried that Angeli won’t come but Angeli’s best friendly laughingly calms the nervous Lupin. It seems no one else will come except for Angeli’s best friend. Meanwhile Bridgette is convincing Ashley to come to the church with her because Lupin is counting on them; Ashley seems determined not to come to the wedding. She then asks Bridgette where Ka Duroy is, she answers she saw him leave in a hurry earlier and she has no idea where he’s going. Ashley becomes worried.
Unnamed bar: Ka Duroy hands a bagful of money to a guy; the guy gives him a metal briefcase. Inside it contains a sophisticated looking pistol. The guy asks Ka Duroy the purpose of his purchase, Ka Duroy answers there are big rats in his house he needs to exterminate.
Brigette and Ashley
Unnamed Catholic church: The disguised janitor radios the syndicate boss positioned in an unfinished building and informs him he’s positive the guy is Lupin. Lupin is outside the church and Ashley with Brigette alights from their black Benz and Lupin is happy. He thanks them for coming but Ashley looks pissed. Lupin asks her why she’s in a bad mood and teases her for being jealous, but Ashley accuses him that he’ll forget her and Brigette once he got married. He tells them no matter what happens they’ll be a part of his life but it’s true that he wants to leave his past occupation and encourages them to do the same. Appeased, Ashley tells him that they’ll talk about that once the wedding is over.
Lupin and his girls
The syndicate boss radios one of his men in the church and tells them “to do it now, do what you have to do”, one of them goes to the priest’s chamber and makes him unconscious. Meanwhile Lupin is double checking the littlest details of the wedding inside the church unaware that Brigette is staring at him. Ashley catches Brigette looking longingly at Lupin and teases her; the flustered Brigette gives her a lame excuse.
Outside of the church Angeli finally arrives and steps down from the taxi. Her best friend sees her and asks why she arrived on such circumstances and Angeli tells her it’s because her mom tried to stop her from coming as a result she’ll never forgive her mother for what she did. Her best friend appeased her and arranged her veil. Informed of Angeli’s arrival, someone called for the priest. Lupin sees the priest and comments to Ashley he’s not the officiating priest that he and Angeli commissioned for, but he quickly dismissed his doubts when he saw Angeli walk down the aisle, looking beautiful in her white gown.
The syndicate boss and his men purposely walk towards the church carrying black guitar cases. Lupin can’t keep his eyes off Angeli, the priest opened the Bible and inside there is a gun. He shot Angeli who seemed surprised and held her hand to her tummy and sees blood on her hand then keeled on the aisle. Lupin screams while Ashley and Brigette duck for cover. The guitar-cases toting men appear on the entrance of the church…
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