The absence of a mother’s love and guidance can lead any child towards the wrong path. In the case of Juris (Bela Padilla) and her mother Dolores (Agot Isidro), it unconsciously and unintentionally happened.
Now that we are getting into the conclusion of the story, we all discovered that Juris is the culprit who blindly took the lives of her friends due to her mental illness. She suffers from a psychological condition that greatly affects her judgment and leads her to commit heinous crimes. This was the effect of the many traumatic events in her past, which she blames on her mother Dolores.
During Juris’ adolescent years, Dolores was caught between a thriving career and a growing family. Having a big story at hand, Dolores had to choose either serving the people by doing her job as a journalist or taking care of her own child. Considering the fact that she can leave her daughter for a while to her husband, Dolores grabbed the huge opportunity that her career offered her. Unbeknownst to her, her husband also abandoned Juris. Although she tried to search for her daughter, Juris remained unreachable because of the unfortunate things that happened to her. That includes being a street child who eventually was enslaved and repeatedly raped by a syndicate group.
Thanks to Tatay Emil (Buboy Garovillo) who saved and adopted her, Juris was brought to the right path. She studied hard and eventually earned a law degree until she passed the bar. However, the succeeding events in her life further led to her down spiral.
Thus, like every mother in the world, Dolores has her own share of mistakes in what kind of a person Juris has become. Choosing to pursue her career took a toll on her daughter. Nevertheless, Dolores admitted her sins and walked towards redemption. She tirelessly searched for Juris because of her unending love for her as a mother. Unfortunately, when she found her daughter, Dolores faced an unwell Juris filled with hate and anger towards her.
Seeing how much Juris despised her, Dolores did every effort in trying to win Juris’ love. Although she is completely aware of Juris’ psychological condition, her unconditional love as a mother led her to conceal the truth to everyone to protect and please her daughter. She kept mum about everything she knew about Fina’s (Jodi Sta. Maria) case and Bogs’ (Ketchup Eusebio) death.
However, as a journalist who is supposed to expose the truth, Dolores eventually realized that blindly choosing her daughter’s side was wrong. She must help in prevailing justice. In addition, she comprehended that helping Juris get away from her sins is not true love. She acknowledged that as a mother, she must help in bringing Juris to the path of righteousness. Therefore, Juris might also be able to attain the professional help that she needs.
As the story ends, we witnessed that Dolores is now being a more responsible and loving mother to her daughter. With high hopes that her daughter will ultimately recover in the end, Dolores is helping to expose the truth to help Juris properly recover from her mental illness and attain an upright character in the future.
Indeed, it is never too late for Dolores to become a better mother. Watch her journey as Juris’ mother in the Kapamilya Toplist above. Also, don’t miss how she will be able to mend her mother-daughter relationship with Juris on the breathtaking finale of Sino Ang Maysala? Mea Culpa, this Friday, August 9 on Primetime Bida.