What happens when two strangers trying to find themselves find each other in the middle of a lockdown? Could love blossom during these strange times? That is the question posed by the new WeTV Original series “Pasabuy,” which starts streaming for free on WeTV starting September 24, Friday, at 7 p.m.
In “Pasabuy,” Gino Roque and Heaven Peralejo play two strangers who head out to a beach resort to escape their real lives and do a bit of soul searching. Anna (Peralejo) is a young executive deciding on her next move. John (Roque) is an aspiring musician working on new songs. Then the lockdown happens, and they find themselves stranded there.
The series puts a “lockdown twist” to the meet-cute when the pair “cross paths” at the community chatroom while placing their orders for necessities “pasabuy,” to get through the lockdown. Could love be in the books even under the most unromantic of settings. when the pandemic ends and lives go back to normal, was any of it real?
The rom-com also stars Ella Cayabyab, MJ Cayabyab, Ralph Malibunas, Gail Banawis and Tiktok sweetheart Nana Silayro.
The six-episode series is written and directed by Xian Lim, based on a WeTV Original concept. Roque describes Lim as an “actor’s director” in the way he collaborated with the cast throughout the shoot. The show is co-produced by Forza Productions.
“Pasabuy” streams starting tonight at 7 exclusively on WeTV. New episodes drop every Friday.
