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4R’s: Encantadia Season 2 (March 15, 2017 episode review)

Episode 173

Recap:

Piging sa Lireo

Ariana looked absolutely stunning that night.

Even Hara (Queen) Danaya complimented her, Ybrahim was still speechless but managed to acknowledge Ariana’s presence nevertheless. Lira came and reminded Ariana of the dance they were going to present to everyone and even let her father, and Ariana’s brother Azulan to tag along. A festive mood filled the air when the guardians, together with Hara Pirena, Wahid, Azulan and Rama Ybrahim presented a dance for the guests. Each and everyone enjoyed and had the chance to show off their dancing skills. There was an awkward moment between Ybrahim and Ariana when Lira pushed them on the dance floor together, they ended up dancing intimately which only led to Ybrahim getting more confused at his feelings towards the Punjabwe-a. When the dance was over, Ybrahim immediately left the room and headed outside, constantly reminding himself that Ariana isn’t Amihan no matter how beautiful she is. Pirena came and was puzzled as to what he was doing outside and talking to himself. Pirena wanted to welcome the guests (and let them in since Etherians won’t be able to enter the palace freely because of the barrier), Ybrahim bluffed and told her he was doing the same.

Hara Avria and Asval arrived at the ball where they were warmly welcomed by the encantados including the monarchs of Etheria’s neighboring kingdoms. Avria presented the gifts to her new “allies” and expressed how glad she was for this new found friendship with the other kingdoms. Avria immediately requested for the wine to be served which Hara Danaya granted. Meanwhile, Wahid who was disappointed at how Lira ignored him and decided to hang-out with Pao Pao instead (Lira got annoyed at him when Wahid pushed him off during the dance) decided to drink the night away, he left his bottle of wine at one corner while looking for something to eat, a Lirean guard came, saw the bottle of liquor, and immediately drank it. Wahid got irritated but his irritation turned into shock and confusion when the soldier suddenly collapsed and died, it was only then Wahid found out that the wine was poisoned, thus he hurriedly went back to the feast and stopped everyone from drinking the contaminated liquor. Wahid proved that he was telling the truth when one member of the council died because of alcohol intake, Hara Avria’s plan was busted but managed to put up a show and pretended to be clueless. Hara Danaya immediately stopped the party and ordered for an investigation.

Hara Danaya consulted Imaw’s balintataw and found out that it was one of their guards who poured a bottle of poison to the wine prior to the feast. Danaya immediately ordered to seize the perpetrator, however, Danaya knew that the guard wouldn’t do that without reason and suspected that someone told him to do this, and they have to find out who the mastermind was. Pirena and Ybrahim brought Avria and Asval to the meeting room where Pirena low-key suspected Avria to be the culprit, again, Avria denied all of the former’s accusation but Pirena wasn't convinced especially that they still have captives on their side and Avria even used an incantation to brainwash them. Avria insisted that they don’t have hostages anymore and the encantados on their side “volunteered” to pledge their loyalty to Etheria. Pirena was still unconvinced and reminded Avria that Imaw cane is a powerful tool and that will help them give the answers they were looking for.

Avria knew the diwatas will find out that she was faking it all along, thus she had to do something. She excused herself and told Ybrahim and Pirena that she wanted to use the rest room. Truth was, she went out of the way to look for that soldier she brainwashed, she saw him being surrounded by other Lirean guards and Mashna (General) Muros. They were interrogating the suspect and demanded him to tell them who ordered him to put poison on the wine. Avria has the ability to control and manipulate the mind, and through this, she was able to dictate what the guard must say and that is to express his disapproval of Lireo making peace with Etheria, and he despised Etherians more than anyone, he attempted to wreck havoc which forced Mashna Muros to kill the suspect on the spot.

Muros immediately reported this to the monarchs. Danaya apologized for what happened that night and assured her that it won’t happen again. Avria “thanked” the Lirean Queen for their fast action, it was also an opportunity for Rama (King) to ask Avria to free all of the encantados on their side which Asval strongly disagreed and insisted that they already swore loyalty to Etheria but Avria stopped Asval and “agreed” to the monarch’s request. She vowed to release every encantado in Etheria the following day. Avria and Asval bid farewell to the Queens and King, Pirena was still unconvinced, but Danaya found no reason to doubt Avria especially now that Avria has proven her innocence in the attempted mass murder.

Mashna Mayca told the youngsters to call it a night but Luna decided to take a walk just outside the palace. He found Gilas who was trying to tame an Argona, Luna admitted that she still isn’t used to sleep in a large and luxurious room and preferred their old home, but Gilas resented the fact that even if they choose to return to their home, it wouldn’t be the same anymore since their mothers are gone—Helgad is dead, and Sera is nowhere to be found. Their conversation was interrupted when they heard someone coming, a familiar face appeared before Luna and Gilas—Lila Sari.

Rave/s:

💎 For the opening of the show, I’d say I really enjoyed that dance scene. It was nice, it was funny, it was cute. They were all fun to watch, I wished Danaya joined the dance as well, Muyak and Wantuk was freakin’ funny and entertaining, and AzPiren is the center of the spotlight! Oh gosh I can’t for that kiss tomorrow my ghaaaad! Also I have to say that the quality of the video for tonight’s ep looks really good on TV, nice job DMR.

🖤❤ Ah, I just love watching Ms Eula and Glaiza together, seriously, I would go binge watch every Avria and Pirena scene every single day. These two actresses are just so, so good and I’m really looking forward to see these really outstanding women on other shows after Encantadia. But that aside, Danaya seems to be trusting Avria now, Piry you’ve already done this before, come on! You of all people know the words betrayal and deception better than anybody.

Rant/s: 🤔 Hm…so a lot of fans are not liking Arra’s performance and I think I know why. Actually I had high hopes for that intimate dance between Ybrahim and Ariana and I was really, really hoping and praying to see that spark that I’ve been wanting to see. Ruru was so on point on this scene, but again, it was him who brought that scene, I didn’t see the team work between Arra and Ru. I want to see what Ybrahim sees in Ariana, I want to connect with Ybrahim’s character especially on contemplating his feelings towards Ariana, story wise this would have been a really great start for YbraMihan version 2, but the problem here is Arra. Although her performance tonight compared to last week and the week before that was much better, I think the main reason why Arra couldn’t connect with Ruru and viewers is that, she seems to have a lot of things going on in her head. I think Arra is overthinking her character way too much that she often forget to loosen up and actually enjoy the scene. See? That’s the common problem I’ve been seeing on the newbies. Arra for sure is definitely pressured for she has a huge role to play, being Amihan’s sarkosi and Kylie’s replacement, plus the bashing and all, who wouldn’t go crazy with that? I think for Arra to effectively play Ariana’s character, she should start by developing a really good working relationship with her co-stars especially Ruru and Mikee, that way, she’ll get comfortable in the set and the people she’s working with, and everything else will follow, it will be captured by the camera and every viewer will feel it. I’ve re-watched some of her scenes from the previous episodes and if you really look at her closely, there is confusion in her eyes—what to do and what emotion is she going to show, there was the pressure—so much pressure and she’s not doing a very good job at hiding it, and it’s suppressing her from doing what she supposed to do. I myself couldn’t connect with Ariana’s character because she seemed to have this invisible barrier that prevents me (at least for me) to really look into her character, and she has to break that barrier so that people could connect and relate with her, and eventually gain the love and respect that her character deserves. As for the fans, please stop bashing her because it will only take a toll on her and on all of you, chill, relax and loosen up, and that’s just not for Arra, that’s for everyone of us.

🤔 Why didn’t they asked Imaw’s balintataw of who’s the mastermind of that attempted mass murder instead of hunting the culprit and interrogating him? That would have been much easier, but then again, Ether would have blocked the balintataw’s power, bummer. I hate that Ether always have pa-livestream whilst Imaw’s cane is like a CCTV, minsan hindi pa gumagana, leche!

Best performer/s for this episode: Eula Valdes 🕷 Glaiza de Castro 🔥

Rating: 8 out of 10💎s

Photo credits: From Twitter: @GMAEncantadia (Encantadia 2016-2017 official twitter acct) @gmanetwork (GMA network); official website: gmanetwork.com @GMADrama (GMA Drama)

From Facebook: Encantadia 2016

Video credits: GMA Network via YouTube & dailymotion

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