Leonora Ruiz

Trining and Mario are a young married couple who are happy with their lives. However, Aling Badang, the titular mother-in-law who did not laugh, is very serious all the time. Will she ever feel happiness and laughter or just become frowning serious woman forever?

Celing and her younger brother Piding are recently orphaned and they come to Manila to find work in the home of their late parents' mansion landlord. But they are treated miserably by the landlord's ill-tempered wife, Doña Esperanza. They decided to leave home until they meet Victor, a carnival worker.

A king dreams, and his wisemen interprets his dream in which he will be overthrown. So his conniving jester suggests to kill all the babies but two survives, grows up and fulfills the king's dream.

A spoiled man gets punished by his father and gets disinherited, so he learns the value of hard work and money.

Nanding is a fisherman/farmer who also happens to possess a fine singing voice. The barrio is astir with the return of Marina, the daughter of the despotic Cabesang Berong the town's richest resident, who was a childhood friend of Nanding. Marina and Nanding renew their old friendship and the friendship inevitably turns into love.