Cuenta pendiente (TV series)


#CuentaPendiente is a Mexican television series created by Daniela Richer and produced by Carlos Murguía. It premiered on February 24, 2014, on TeleHit and concluded on June 9 of the same year, consisting of a single season with 16 episodes.

Plot

Roberto Villalva is an ambitious businessman who runs the technology company Redared. His attitude is that of a selfish young man who takes advantage of his social position to get what he wants. Suddenly, his life changes when, on his way to work, he is involved in a car crash that leaves him in a coma. While unconscious in the hospital, Roberto is taken to "La Muerte" represented by a voluptuous woman, who shows him an app called "DeathBook," which lists the people he had behaved rudely toward.
Roberto wants everything to return to normal, albeit with a different attitude than before the coma; however, "La Muerte" isn't sure if she wants to revive him. Later, the two make a deal in which, throughout the series, the young businessman will have to reincarnate as the people on the aforementioned list and also sacrifice one of his closest loved ones if he wants to live again.

Cast

Main

Roberto Villalva is a young entrepreneur and CEO of Redared, a technology company. He is portrayed as greedy, arrogant, narcissistic, and living a life of luxury; however, these attitudes would take their toll on him over time. Before arriving at work, Roberto is involved in a car accident that leaves him in a coma. While in the coma, he encounters La Muerte, and she makes him a deal: if he wants to revive, he will have to be reincarnated as the people he was rude to. Throughout the plot, already delving into people's psyches, Roberto will deal with his best friend Nicolás's interest in Mariana, his ex-girlfriend.La Muerte is an attractive woman who personifies death in the series. La Muerte is the one who decides whether Roberto will continue to live or not, using the DeathBook notes app. She often torments Roberto when he's incarnated as someone else, although she deeply cares for him. In the eleventh episode, it is revealed that her real name was Abigail, a high-society woman who also died in a car accident.Nicolás is Roberto's best friend and main partner in Redared. Nicolás takes advantage of Roberto's condition to try to win Mariana's heart, getting engaged with her. However, at the end of the series, the couple suffers the same fate as Roberto, except they died outright. It is also revealed that Nicolás was the mastermind behind what happened to his former best friend, as revenge for having taken one of his girlfriends away from him. He ends up being "sacrificed" by Roberto through La Muerte.Mariana was Roberto's girlfriend, and later Nicolás's. She worked as an executive at Redared, proving herself to be a persevering and motivated woman. In the penultimate episode, Mariana gets engaged to Nicolás, but in the series finale, they both die in a car crash; Roberto is shocked to see Mariana's body, since he only wanted Nicolás dead to prevent him from winning her over.Claudio is a mechanic and recurring character in the series, portrayed as an antagonist. In the final episode, it is revealed that he helped Nicolás get revenge on Roberto for stealing his girlfriend by shooting out the car's tire, thus causing the incident that left Roberto in a coma.Luisa is the cleaner of Redared.Juanito Madero is one of Redared's employees, who uses a wheelchair. He's a hard-working and tenacious man, but also an introvert. Juanito was fired by Roberto on the same day the company celebrated its tenth anniversary, blaming him for something he didn't do. Like Nicolás, he had also been included on the DeathBook list, which is why Roberto reincarnated as him to get him a job at Enlace Global, a rival company to Redared.

Recurring and guest stars