Sino ang Maysala?: Mea Culpa (International title: Mea Culpa / transl. Who is the Offender: My Fault) is a 2019 Philippine television drama crime series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Directed by Dan Villegas, Andoy L. Ranay, Darnel Joy R. Villaflor and Jerry Lopez Sineneng, it stars Jodi Sta. Maria, Bela Padilla, Ketchup Eusebio, Tony Labrusca, Kit Thompson, Sandino Martin, and Ivana Alawi. It aired on the network's Primetime Bida line up and worldwide on TFC from April 29 to August 9, 2019, replacing Halik and was replaced by The Killer Bride.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Contents
Premise
One unfateful night, Juris (Bela Padilla), along with her fellow law graduates: Drei (Tony Labrusca), Greco (Kit Thompson), Gaylord (Sandino Martin), Lolita (Ivana Alawi) and their friend Bogs (Ketchup Eusebio), accidentally run over a woman named Barbara (Rubi Rubi) who had kidnapped a baby from a local hospital. They agree to bury Barbara's body afterwards in the hills overlooking Baguio. Discovering the baby in the grass, Juris takes care of the child as her own, wracked with guilt and believing that they had killed the child's mother. The real mother, Fina (Jodi Sta. Maria), emerges years later and is desperate to win her child back. The story follows the subsequent actions of the lawyers, who are torn between doing the right thing or disregarding the law they had sworn to uphold.
Cast and characters
Main
Jodi Sta. Maria as Filipina "Fina" S. Baniaga
Bela Padilla as Julie Iris "Juris" Miranda / Julie Iris Agoncillo-Montelibano
Ketchup Eusebio as Ambrosio "Bogs" Bitangcol / Armand Bitangcol
Tony Labrusca as Andrei Joseph "Drei" Montelibano
Kit Thompson as Gregorio "Greco" Catapang, Jr.
Sandino Martin as Gaylord Mamaril
Ivana Alawi as Lolita del Rio
Supporting
Janice de Belen as Amor Capuyan
Agot Isidro as Dolores Miranda
Ayen Munji-Laurel as Matilda Montelibano
Boboy Garovillo as Emilio "Emil" Agoncillo
Jay Manalo as Luciano "Lucio" del Rio
Maria Isabel Lopez as Maria Isabel "Maribel" Baniaga
Allan Paule as Gregorio "Gorio" Catapang, Sr.
Carla Martinez as Celia de Vera
Leo Rialp as Estelito "Titong" de Vera
Alvin Anson as Yandro Torres
Menggie Cobarrubias as Lordivino Mamaril
Via Veloso as Alice Catapang
Chiqui del Carmen as Abigail Mamaril
Iyannah Sumalpong as Joy S. Baniaga/Leyna Montelibano
Ziljan Ventenilla as Noah S. Baniaga
Guests
Bernard Palanca as Rommel Baniaga
Joko Diaz as Ernesto Miranda
CX Navarro as Rafa Catapang
Noel Rayos as Dante Gallego
Precious Espinosa as Christy Villanueva
Karla Pambid as Atty. Greta Pilapil
MM Gigante as Sibuyas
William Lorenzo as Pedring Soliman
Benedict Campos as Juancho Dela Cruz
Rubi Rubi as Barbara Villanueva
Jonic Magno as Edward, Philippine Cable Network news editor
Giovanni Baldisseri as Sir Joel, NBI agent
Production
Development
In September 2018, the drama series was originally titled as Mea Culpa. On the ABS-CBN trade launch in November 2018, the drama series was titled as Mea Culpa: Sino ang Maysala?. On March 18, 2019, the title was reversed into Sino ang Maysala?: Mea Culpa.
Casting
JC Santos was hired to star in this project but later on withdrew.
Broadcast
Sino ang Maysala?: Mea Culpa premiered on April 29, 2019.
Reruns
It aired reruns on ALLTV since August 5 to October 22, 2023, replacing the reruns of Ngayon at Kailanman and was replaced the reruns of Sana Dalawa ang Puso.
Mea Culpa: The Hidden Files
A director's cut version of the series, Mea Culpa: The Hidden Files was released on iWantTFC.