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More than half a million concurrent viewers tune in to David's death episode in “FPJ’s Batang Quiapo”

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<p>“<a href="http://batangquiapo.abs-cbn.com"><strong><u>FPJ’s Batang Quiapo</u></strong></a>” stunned viewers after one of primetime TV’s most popular and hated villains, David portrayed by McCoy De Leon, was fatally stabbed and shot in last night’s (June 24) action-packed episode that drew more than half a million or 673,931 peak concurrent viewers on YouTube.</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-1" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLSTMoMBZHT/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=768&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A9325971.599999905%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="719" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>In a major turn of events in the series, David, who was Tanggol’s (Coco Martin) mortal enemy for many years, made a last ditch effort to redeem himself by reconciling with his brother as the two joined forces against Miguelito (Jake Cuenca) in an epic gunfight.</p><p>Apart from the adrenaline-pumping scenes, the episode was also filled with heavy emotions as a grieving Tanggol held the lifeless body of David, who was ultimately killed by Tanggol’s political rival, Miguelito.</p><div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAFz8gWM8iRADsJr&amp;cid=ABbFu8-gifvzoq0o"></script></div><div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAFz8gWM8iRADsJr&amp;cid=ABbFvX1V_a7uRd4z"></script></div><p>As David’s chapter comes to a close in “<a href="http://batangquiapo.abs-cbn.com"><strong><u>FPJ’s Batang Quiapo</u></strong></a>,” netizens commended McCoy’s remarkable portrayal as an effective ‘kontrabida’ where he made viewers’ blood boil every night for more than two years with his many trending scenes and viral confrontations.</p><p>Don’t miss the action-packed scenes in “<a href="http://batangquiapo.abs-cbn.com"><strong><u>FPJ’s Batang Quiapo</u></strong></a>,” which is inspired by the original story of Regal Films, weeknights at 8 PM on Kapamilya Channel, A2Z, TV5, iWant, and Kapamilya Online Live (KOL). Viewers outside of the Philippines can watch on The Filipino Channel (TFC) on cable and IPTV.</p>

<p>“FPJ’s Batang Quiapo” stunned viewers after David's death scene drew 673,931 peak concurrent viewers on YouTube.</p>

“FPJ’s Batang Quiapo” stunned viewers after David's death scene drew 673,931 peak concurrent viewers on YouTube.