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Lito Pimentel joins “Darna” as cunning scientist Dr. Ibarra

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<p>Darna (Jane De Leon) continues her search for General Borgo (Richard Quan) in hopes of finally beating the Martean who is set to destroy human life in the season finale of the hit primetime series <u><b>“<a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/darna"><em>Mars Ravelo’s Darna</em></a>.”</b></u></p><p>Darna has been working with Hergis/ Master Klaudio (Joko Diaz), Lolo Rolando (Levi Ignacio), and Ding (Zaijian Jaranilla) to find Borgo’s hidden spaceship and is now closer than ever to making her attack on the general.</p><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="06b9cac5decc13edae3497a22831561a" data-ivs-spid="3001384" data-ivs-vid="2333349"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The series has also introduced the character of Dr. Florentino Ibarra, played by veteran actor Lito Pimentel, the scientist in charge of the facility established to house the Extras.</p><p>&lt;</p><div><img alt="Darna" src="https://aa1a-dctp-s3-entertainment.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/updates/darna/2022/11/11/lito-pimentel-as-cunning-scientist-dr-ibarra-1.jpg"/></div><p>Lolo Rolando described Dr. Ibarra as his former student who does not care about the effects of his experiments on humans as long as he finds a discovery. In Dr. Ibarra’s investigation, he finally uncovered the green crystal that causes the mutation of Extras.</p><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="06b9cac5decc13edae3497a22831561a" data-ivs-spid="3001384" data-ivs-vid="2337310"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Will General Borgo, disguised as Madam Victoria (Carla Martinez), succeed in his evil plan to beat Darna with the help of the cunning Dr. Ibarra?</p><p><u><b>“<a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/darna"><em>Darna</em></a>”</b></u> continues to win the viewers&#x27; hearts, with its week 12 episodes (October 31 to November 4) garnering over 15 million combined views on YouTube alone, while the previous week’s episodes (October 24 to October 28) have earned over 15.7 million combined views.</p><p>The series also continues to be part of iWantTFC’s top 10 shows and has been amassing an average of 179,000 peak concurrent viewers on <u><b><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/kapamilya-channel-livestream-12685">Kapamilya Online Live</a></b></u> since it began airing until Oct. 31.</p><p>Don’t miss the season finale of “Darna” this week, while its new season begins airing on Monday (November 14).</p><p><u><b>“<a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/darna"><em>Darna</em></a>”</b></u> airs weeknights at 8 pm on <u><b>K<a href="https://kapamilyachannel.com/">apamilya Channel</a>, <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/kapamilya-channel-livestream-12685">Kapamilya Online Live</a></b></u>, CineMo, A2Z, and TV5. </p>

“Mars Ravelo’s Darna' has introduced the character of Dr. Florentino Ibarra, played by veteran actor Lito Pimentel, the scientist in charge of the facility established to house the Extras.