T.G.I.S.


T.G.I.S. is a Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Mark A. Reyes, it stars Bobby Andrews, Onemig Bondoc, Angelu de Leon and Michael Flores. It premiered on August 12, 1995 on the network's Saturday line up. The series concluded on November 27, 1999 with a total of 233 episodes.
The series' title is derived from the expression "" with Friday being replaced by Sabado, the Tagalog term for Saturday.

Cast and characters

A film, TGIS The Movie was released in early January 1997 by Viva Films and GMA Films.
Wacks plans a weekend get-away using his father's yacht without him knowing. However, the boat breaks down, forcing the group to stay on a nearby island. The boat is not tightly anchored to the bottom; as a result it drifts away from the island with nobody on board. Left stranded, the gang try to survive as their loved ones search for them. Eager to find help, the guys move out using an improvised raft, but not before Wacks finally confesses his feelings for Peachy, who fell unconscious in a bat cave. The entire group is eventually rescued days after.

''GMA Love Stories'' Reunion

The original cast members - minus Angelu de Leon and Onemig Bondoc - returned for a special episode of GMA Love Stories that aired on February 17, 2001. The episode aims to show character developments after the in February 1999.

Plot

Most of the gang's members come together in a beach resort, where Kiko successfully proposes marriage to Mitch. When Wacks appears, everyone except Kiko greets him. The characters' fates since are explained over the course of the episode:
Wacks says his quest to go to the US to patch things up with Peachy after their aborted wedding has failed; she has since married someone else. Cris is a single mother. Mickey and Bea have been in an on-and-off relationship for years. Noticing that Kiko has been cold to him since they met again, Wacks learns that Kiko resented him for not even keeping in touch while he was in the US. They reconcile and later joins in the rehearsal for Kiko and Mitch's wedding.

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