The first season of '' Ang Probinsyano'', a Philippine action drama television series, premiered on September 28, 2015, on ABS-CBN's ''Primetime Bida'' evening block and worldwide on The Filipino Channel and concluded on September 30, 2016. The series stars Coco Martin in a dual role as SPO2 Ricardo Dalisay and Police S/Insp. Dominador de Leon, together with an

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. The first season of ''Ang Probinsyano'' chronicled around the lives of Ricardo "Cardo" Dalisay and Dominador "Ador" de Leon, identical twins who were separated during childhood. Their lives intertwine once again when Ador was killed during a mission to stop a human trafficking syndicate. Cardo must now assume the identity of his brother and finish the mission, while also reconnecting with his biological family. After his cover was blown, Cardo was reassigned to CIDG where he handled cases that put him into conflict with the Tuazon family, a rich philanthropist family to the public, who are actually in the illicit business of drug and human trafficking.

Plot

The story revolves around the journey of twins Dominador "Ador" de Leon and Ricardo "Cardo" Dalisay (both played by Coco Martin), who were separated from each other because of financial reasons, even as they followed the path of being police officers. Ador is raised by his grandmother, Flora (

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). He enters the Philippine National Police Academy alongside Joaquin Tuazon ( Arjo Atayde). During his stint in the Police Academy, he meets Carmen ( Bela Padilla), sister of his classmate Billy (

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). After graduating as the class valedictorian, Ador marries Carmen upon discovering her pregnancy. Carmen gives birth to Dominador "Junior" de Leon, Jr. (Lei Andrei Navarro). Ador continues to display his intelligence and skill as a policeman and is eventually promoted to Senior Inspector. He becomes a prominent and respected CIDG police official in Manila with a loving family as his support. Cardo loves the solitude of mountains in the rural town of

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. He grows up with his childhood best friend, Glen ( Maja Salvador), who secretly has a crush on him. Both of them enter the police force, with Cardo joining the

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. Their lives take a sudden turn when Ador is betrayed and murdered by Joaquin after pursuing the latter's child-trafficking syndicate. Wanting to conceal the fact that Ador is killed in action, General Delfin Borja ( Jaime Fábregas), Cardo and Ador's maternal

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and CIDG Director, orders Cardo to assume Ador's identity and continue the mission his late brother left behind. Cardo is forced to pretend to his brother's family and friends; and reunites with his grandmother, whom he resents for deserting him. Nevertheless, he promises to find the person behind his brother's death. After his cover is blown, Cardo reveals himself and reunites with his family. Cardo is assigned back to CIDG and tackles various cases, some which ties directly to the Tuazon family's criminal acts.

Cast and characters

;Main cast * Coco Martin as PS/Insp. Dominador "Ador" B. de Leon and SPO2 Ricardo "Cardo" Dalisay * Maja Salvador as SPO1 Glenda "Glen" F. Corpuz * Agot Isidro as Verna Syquia-Tuazon * Jaime Fábregas as PC/Supt. Delfin S. Borja * Arjo Atayde as PS/Insp. Joaquin S. Tuazon * Bela Padilla as Carmen M. Guzman * Albert Martinez as Tomas "Papa Tom" G. Tuazon *

as Kapitana Flora "Lola Kap" S. Borja-de Leon * Eddie Garcia as Don Emilio Syquia ;Recurring cast * Joey Marquez as Nanding Corpuz *

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