Mara Clara: Theme Song by Therese Amper (Original Version) The theme song of Mara Clara can actually narrate and tell us the plot of the series. We can imagine the lives of Mara (Judy Ann Santos) and Clara (Gladys Reyes) just by hearing the song. It tells us that the two women were swapped and it’s going to be revealed as the series goes on. “Ang buhay minsa’y nakapagtataka, kahit ating sikapin na ito ay maiba… Sa bandang huli, babalik muli sa kung saan lahat nagsimula.” “Ang buhay minsa’y nakalilito, pilitin mang baguhin ang kanyang anyo, lahat may paltang, baliktari’t takpan… Lilitaw ang tunay na loob nito.” “Sinilang may kanya-kanyang palad, datapwa’t kapalaran ay ibinaligtad, ipinagpalit, ‘di ginawang huwad. Mara Clara, katotohanan ay lilitaw.”
Main cast
Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo as Mara del Valle / Mara Davis
Gladys Reyes-Roxas as Clara Davis / Clara del Valle
Supporting cast
Susan Africa as Susan Davis
Eruel Tongco / William Martinez as Gary Davis
Beverly Vergel as Ma'am Almira del Valle
Juan Rodrigo as Amanthe del Valle
Dan Fernandez as Kardo Davis
Wowie De Guzman as Christian Torralba
Christopher Roxas as Erris Reyes
Minnie Aguilar as Lagring
Eagle Riggs as CG
Noel Colet as Enrico
Anita Linda as Aling Pacita
Paolo Contis as Jepoy
Agatha Tapan as Denise
Carol Magallanes as Carol
Jochelle Olalia as Karen
Extended cast
Rico Yan as Derrick Gonzales
Angelika de la Cruz as Joyce
Ian Galliguez as Bekya
Leni Santos as Lenita
Piolo Pascual (recurring role)
Mara Clara's finale is one of the most emotionally compelling last episodes on Philippine television. It features the conclusion of these storylines:
Mara and Clara's exchange to prevent being hurt by Clara's crazed biological father known as Gary.
Susan (Mara's pseudo-mother) gives birth to twins that belonged to Gary, yet he did not believe them to be his twins.
The Amanthe-Almira-Gary love triangle.
And since this is the finale, one person from the series would die and it would most likely be Gary.
As for the ending itself, it is summarized in these words:
Amanthe and Almira visit Gary at an abandoned warehouse with no cops.
Mara gets locked up in a water tank by Gary after arguing with the antagonist for a while.
Almira was forced to choose between Amanthe or Gary, because Gary can only tell Almira where Mara is unless she shoots Amanthe.
The climax arrived when Amanthe fought Gary and ended up falling down a few stories from the building where they fought; Amanthe falls towards the ground but is only hurt, not dead. Then, Almira wants Gary to kill her out of pity since this has caused Gary's obsession towards the young woman. As she was about to be shot, Gary fires a shot, but Clara takes the shot in exchange of Almira. Because of this action, Susan attacks Gary with a pipe until she eventually stabs the crazed man with a stick. Gary dies due to the said pipe impaling, Clara was shot in the arm and survived. Mara was eventually saved, right before Clara took a bullet for Almira.
After the climax, Clara was placed inside a mental institution for treatment because of her behavior disorder. Time passed, the epilogue sets in: Susan gives birth to twins.Mara and Clara are in total friendship once more.And eventually, they all lived happily ever after. It is a wonderful ending that can compel even the hardest of hearts. The actors have placed a lot of effort replicating a dramatic scene with their own artistic flavor. The action scenes weren't much, even for the finale; in the words of some directors in an art class: "It's good, but not good enough", they could've hired trainers to do some fight scenes with basic grappling arts, given Amanthe is a "Privileged" man who can afford classes instead of a pistol, but we have to understand also that budget plays a role towards the finale. Overall, it's above average. The series ended with a bang, but the writers and producers could've developed the ending more to be an explosive and heartwarming closure to one of Philippine TV's best drama series'.
