Bagman Season 1
Aside from being a barber, Benjo had to do odd jobs to make both ends meet. His wife is pregnant and in order to provide for his wife and soon-to-be-child, he did a small mission to save his family. Soon enough, because of the easy money he gets, he will become the governor’s bagman.
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Bagman
2019
Benjo is a simple barber in an unnamed town. When his barber shop becomes a casualty of the local government's road widening project, Benjo has had enough of being helpless and at the mercy of the powers that be. Sick of being an inconsequential cog in an unbeatable and corrupt system, Benjo becomes a barber for the governor, but in reality serves as his "bagman"-a wheeling, dealing agent that handles all sorts of corrupt and illegal transactions for his boss. As he jumps from one transaction after the other, he gets entangled in a dangerous web of crime, corruption and double crossing in every political and societal institution that he gets into. And as he is sucked into this intoxicating and deadly game of lies, deceit and power struggle, he decides that he must move out of the shadows, use his acquired skill set, and conquer the ladder of power.
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Benjo seeks the Governor's help to dispose of the bomb as well as to save his family. In return, Benjo saves the Governor's life on the shoot out during the filing of candidacy, or not. The Governor died and the "invisible hands" groom Benjo to be his successor. He will be proclaimed as the new Governor, but did he really win?
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At the Governor's party, Benjo transports a bag not to be opened until Mariano says so. Leon keeps Benjo's family as hostage. As the night continues, Benjo gets distracted by the drunk Dos. As he tries to calm her down, Benjo recounts the events which led to his loss of the Governor's favor. Dos opens Benjo's bag. There's a bomb in the bag.
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After Sam refuses to leave Magdiwang with Benjo, Leon shows up at Ka Romy's house pretending to be the professor's former student. Adamant to kill Benjo, Leon stabs Benjo's leg and points a gun at him. With his life in peril, Benjo then remembers how a simple favor from the Governor led to the crumble of his marriage. As Leon prepares to pull the trigger, he receives a call from Mariano ordering him to spare Benjo's life, for Mariano cooks a plan that only Benjo can execute seamlessly.
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The naive Tres falls into Benjo's trap which implicates her as Mariano's mole, spurring the Governor's anger and violence towards her. Atty. Alex, on the contrary, is suspicious of Benjo's shticks and is determined to pound the truth out of him, but Benjo is unyielding. However, things go south when the Governor ordered Benjo to kill Tres. Benjo tries his best to save Tres but accidentally kills her after she finds out that Benjo set her up.
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Finally, Benjo digs up Joselito Fernando's briefcase which contains enough evidence to bury the Governor for murder but he is captured by the Governor's men. A bloody mess, Benjo finds himself face to face with the Governor who is on the verge of killing him. Benjo resorts to the last card up his sleeve, to pin his treachery on Tres, the Governor's youngest girlfriend.
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Benjo's search for evidence against the Governor is stifled when he is called in by Attorney Alex to do a loyalty check on the 12 Mayors of Magdiwang. During which Benjo uncovers information pointing him to the location of Joselito Fernando's corpse. Benjo races to the site. In doing so, he has confirmed Attorney Alex's suspicion that he is the traitor among them. The Governor orders the capture of Benjo.
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Benjo has only three days to find the corpse of Attorney Joselito Fernando, the first kill of the Governor and Cito during their rise to power. But unknown to Benjo, the noose around his neck is getting tighter as the Governor and Attorney Alex suspects a mole among their ranks
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One by one, Benjo's offensive against the Governor unfolds. The Governor begins to lose grip on his financial benefactors, political backers and even the affection of the women in his life. Benjo's plan pushes the Governor to the brink of backing down from the elections but memories of his climb to power with Cito, sways the Governor's decision to fight on. With his failure and at Leon's gunpoint, Benjo has to resort to a desperate move to bring down the Governor and save his family.
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With just months from his re-election campaign, Governor Arthur Alcantara is scrutinized for his alleged ill-gotten wealth and corruption practices by the influential broadcaster reporter, Sonny Liwanag. Benjo volunteers and succeeds in silencing Sonny before the truth about the Governor is fully exposed. By serving his master well, Benjo regains the Governor's trust. Now, he is in the perfect position to execute his plan to bring the Governor down.
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Cito trains Benjo in the ways of the Bagman: leverage, manipulation, and violence. Three years later, Benjo must use all that he learned from Cito to regain control of his life from the Governor who has already betrayed him. Benjo's first move is to strike a deal with Leon, the Bagman of the Governor's political rival.
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To secure his family's future, Benjo allows his barbershop to be used as a drop off and pick up point for three unassuming Styrofoam boxes. Not knowing that the boxes contain "grease money" for the vast smuggling network in the province, Benjo is assaulted by Cito, the Governor's right hand, for his involvement in the illegal operation. At knife point, Benjo's loyalty is tested. His decision impresses Cito and paves the way for Benjo's mentorship to be part of the Governor's "inner circle".
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After escaping death - twice in one night, Benjo Malaya, a small-town barber turned recounts the events that led him down the dark and dangerous path of becoming the Governor's "Bagman".
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