Class 406

Clase 406 is a youth telenovela produced by Pedro Damián for Televisa, adapted from the Colombian series Francisco el Matemático and originally broadcast between 2002 and 2003.

The first and second seasons have Jorge Poza and Alejandra Barros as adult protagonists, Sherlyn, Irán Castillo, Dulce María, Arap Bethke, Alfonso Herrera, Karla Cossío, Aarón Díaz, Francisco Rubio, Christian Chávez, Grettell Valdez, Frantz Cossio and Sara Maldonado as young leads, along with Tony Dalton, Julio Camejo, Felipe Najera and Fabián Robles in the antagonistic roles.

The third season has Francisco Gattorno and Michelle Vieth as adult leads, Sherlyn, Dulce María, Arap Bethke Sara Maldonado, Alfonso Herrera, Aarón Díaz, Francisco Rubio, Christian Chávez, Frantz Cossio and Grettell Valdez as young leads, along with Anahí, Miguel Rodarte and Juan Carlos Colombo in the antagonistic roles.

The fourth and final season stars Sherlyn, Dulce María, Grettell Valdez, Sara Maldonado, Alfonso Herrera, Aarón Díaz, Francisco Rubio, Christian Chávez, Frantz Cossio, Anahí and Luis Fernando Peña, with the special participation of Karla Cossío, along with Francesca Guillén, Andrés Montiel and Rosángela Balbó in the antagonistic roles.

Synopsis

First season

Francisco Romero (Jorge Poza), is a teacher at High School no. discovering that it is not enough to master your subject; that in order to earn his respect and be a positive influence in their lives, he will have to be more than an authority, a friend to them. Over the course of the school year, Francisco will witness heartbreaking moments in the lives of these young people:
Gabriela 'Gaby' Chávez (Sherlyn) is intelligent, outstanding and the virgin of the class, she falls in love with Professor Romero. On "Teacher's Day" Gaby gets drunk with her friend, a situation that physical education teacher Dagoberto & # 34; Dago & # 34; Garcia (Tony Dalton) takes advantage of her to abuse her, getting pregnant. Madeleine 'Magdis' Rivera (Irán Castillo) is the class rebel. She has problems at her house with her mother's boyfriend and her stepfather, respectively, because of the mistreatment he gives her mother. Enrique 'Kike' González (Aarón Díaz) is the handsome one in the class, he was Marcela's boyfriend and later Magdalena's. He had problems with alcohol, for which he had to be treated, in a group of Alcoholics Anonymous. Marcela 'Marce' Mejía (Dulce María) is a friend of Gaby's and they take her as the other virgin in the class. She dumped Gaby's boy, Dylan (Roberto Assad), whom she met at a club where he was the DJ. Dylan only wanted a girl to sell as prostitution, although with her he failed. Fernando 'Fercho' Lucena (Christian Chávez) nicknamed & # 34; El Chino & # 34;, loves to play soccer and was Gaby's boyfriend, he lives alone in a rented room, since his father lives in Tamaulipas and sometimes visited him his younger half-brother. Juan David Rodríguez Pineda (Alfonso Herrera) is a flirtator and student president of the school, he is one year older than the students in history. Carlos Muñoz (Francisco Rubio) nicknamed "El Caballo", gets into dirty business related to the sale of drugs within the school, for which he is expelled from school and later rejoins as a school janitor, but what he likes the most is delving into the world of music. Hugo Salcedo (Pablo Magallanes) is a friend of Fercho y el Caballo, due to the financial problems he and his family have, he decides to dedicate himself to stealing. He died after entering the school to steal a computer in the company of Alejandro "Alex" Acero Pineda (Imanol Landeta), when one of the school security officers shot him trying to prevent the robbery. Daniela 'Dani' Jiménez Roble (Grettell Valdez) was transferred to that class, at first he tried to resemble Magdalena in personality, he had problems with his uncle for sexual harassment and he messed with Fercho even when he was with Gaby.
For all this Francisco decided to help some students to improve their lives with the help of the counselor Adriana Pineda Suárez (Alejandra Barros), with whom he would fall in love. But later the English teacher Ana María (Alexa Damián) begins to have some interest in Francisco, who finds himself in a love triangle between Adriana and Ana María. Francisco, initially determined, chooses Adriana, who convinces him to go live with him and his son Alex in Tijuana, this due to the problems she had with her ex-husband Gonzalo Acero (Manuel Landeta), the participation of her son Alex in the incident from Hugo, and the job proposal from Tijuana leaves the school where his son is. Francisco changes his plans and Ana María stays with her, beginning a love relationship with her.

Second season

After Francisco decided to help some students to improve their lives and to start a relationship with Ana María, a new school year begins, Ángela (Alejandra Barros) enters the high school as the new administrator of the school cafeteria, the sister Adriana's twin, with whom Francisco would begin to have certain mixed feelings, but on the other hand Ana María would begin to be jealous of Ángela, but she would also begin to fall in love with the new school psychologist (and old friend of Francisco) Juan Esteban (Sebastian Rulli). For Magdalena, living and being the girlfriend of the Mechanics Workshop teacher Douglas Cifuentes (Julio Camejo) would be her biggest mistake, since Douglas begins to show Magdalena her true face; that of being a controlling, jealous and macho man. A new student, Alfredo "Freddy" Ordóñez (Frantz Cossio) who was initially hated by Class 406 (since he was the one who betrayed Juan David and Fercho for having planted an explosive in the office of director Don Ezequiel Cuervo (Rafael Inclan), as revenge for failing Juan David), but with the passage of time he began to earn everyone's affection. Things between Fercho and Gaby are on the decline, since Daniela just to bother Gaby tries to take Fercho from her. When Fercho ends up with Gaby, and still rejects Daniela, Tatiana del Moral (Sara Maldonado) comes into his life and high school, a young woman from a high socioeconomic level who due to life circumstances her family went bankrupt and had to go live. to the neighborhood where Class 406 lives. In response to that, Daniela begins to delve into modeling through Giovanni Ferrer (Fabian Robles), but what Daniela does not know is that he is a drug lord, where it will be difficult for her to go out From the beginning, Francisco had planned to live in Ana María's house as his partner, but since he ended up with Ana María, Ángela offers Francisco a room in her house to rent in order to pay off the mortgage debt on his house, Juan David Dissatisfied with Francisco living in his house, he begins to live as a quadrigat but in the end it would turn out badly, since he is expelled from high school for having stolen Francisco's math exam answers from his bedroom, but he would start working and study the open high school like El Caballo (for having put drugs in the school, he ends up working as a school janitor) and Kike (after rehabilitating himself from his alcoholism). Already living and falling in love with Ángela, Francisco will have to defend himself against Dagoberto at all costs, since he is released from prison with probation in order to take revenge on Francisco through Ángela's daughter: Sandra Paola (Karla Cossío), in order to to put it into her head that she is living with a child molester and that they can take away her teacher's license, and of Gaby trying to steal her own daughter in order to also sell her. In the end, Dago ends up getting away with it just like Douglas (breaking out of jail trying to collect the money Dago had stolen from him and taking revenge on Magdalena), Magdalena reunites with Douglas to try to save Gaby's daughter (but what he really wanted was to kill her), being in the place where Dago has kidnapped Juanita (Gaby's daughter), Francisco together with the police comes to save them, but in a struggle with a gun between Francisco and Dagoberto, Magdalena accidentally is mortally wounded. In response, Douglas kills Dago, and Commander Jácome (Esteban Franco) shoots Douglas down causing him to fall down the stairs. Magdalena survives and tells everyone that she is going to live in Colombia, already at the end of the year, Francisco says goodbye to Class 406, since he is going to live with Ángela and Sandra Paola in Zacatecas, since they offer him a a job as a school principal at a high school in his hometown.

Third season

Santiago Cadavid (Francisco Gattorno) is the new literature professor; a mysterious and reserved man who hides a great secret. His purpose is to rebuild his life after losing his wife (Marisol del Olmo) and having been sentenced for her tragic death. Jessica Riquelme (Anahí), is a capricious teenager who has returned from abroad with the intention of finding Santiago, whom she knows as Luis Felipe, since she is obsessed with him. However, Jessica discovers that Santiago is dating Nadia (Michelle Vieth), the new Physical Education teacher at Rosario Castellanos, and that he plans to rebuild her life with her. Kike meets Jessica and feels strongly attracted to her, so he decides to endure her rejection until he falls in love with her. Leonardo Nava (Miguel Rodarte) is a perverse and ambitious man who works for Jorge Riquelme (Juan Carlos Colombo), Jessica's father, who is dedicated to politics and drug trafficking, without caring about hurting third parties, such as his own daughter. he. Tatiana and Fercho's relationship is affected by the difference in social strata, but her relationship lasts until Leonardo takes an interest in Tatiana and decides to take her away from Fercho, turning her into a drug addict. Everyone is affected by Leonardo's cruelty, especially Jessica, Tatiana and Fercho. Gaby meets Pedro and together they form a group in his community to build a factory financed by Mr. Riquelme, who promises to give young people better opportunities. While working together, Gaby falls in love with Pedro, but she tries to ignore her feelings because she feels committed to Carlos and doesn't want to hurt him. Freddy comes out of the closet and openly confesses to being gay, but is rejected by several people, including his father and Juan David. Juan David and Marcela date for a while, but Marcela breaks her heart by returning to Chacho and Juan David is devastated. However, Clara, Jessica's best friend, appears in her life and makes Juan David believe in love again. Daniela is released from a juvenile detention center after serving her sentence for illegally transporting drugs, and with the help of Professor Santiago and the rest of the gang, she becomes a student again at Rosario Castellanos High School. Juan David helps Carlos to become a singer, but the record company chooses to use his voice in Juan David's physical attractiveness, turning him into a musical star, while Carlos remains anonymous. Tatiana discovers Leonardo's true intentions and returns to Fercho, but Leonardo tries to avoid him. Tired of being the villain of the story, Jessica helps them escape from her, but Leonardo discovers her and decides to punish her for her betrayal. Jessica regrets all the damage she caused and summons Santiago to apologize to him, before leaving with her father abroad, but Leonardo shows up at her house and tries to kill her. The police surround the mansion and Leonardo takes Jessica, Santiago and Mr. Riquelme hostage. Finally they have an accident and Jessica is left in a coma. Jessica wakes up on the day of Santiago and Nadia's wedding, and tries to end her life, repentant for all the damage she caused. However, Santiago and Kike avoid a tragedy and Jessica is convinced to seek professional help. The boys in the band graduate and decide to go on a field trip, but the illusion of a good vacation collapses with the sudden appearance of Leonardo, desperately seeking revenge on Jessica, Dated and Tatiana for ruining his plans. Leonardo kidnaps Tatiana, but her gang rescues her and confronts him; during the confrontation Leonardo shoots Fercho. Kike, who has just found out about the damage that Leonardo caused Jessica, hits him and leaves him to his fate. Leonardo dies in the middle of the desert.

Season Four

Time passes slowly and Class 406 is at the university. Gabriela is in the best law university, Marcela studies photography, Daniela continues in high school, Kike works as a mechanic in a workshop, Jessica inherits her father's business, Juan David is the false image of Carlos' voice in the music industry, Tatiana is at university, Freddy is looking for love and Fercho has sunk into depression after losing the mobility of his legs. Kike tries to get used to the comfortable life that Jessica offers him, but he has a hard time adjusting, so Jessica decides to live a less expensive life. Everything is going well until Samsara (Francesca Guillén), Leonardo's ex-girlfriend, decides to avenge his death. Calling herself Paloma, Samsara gains the trust of all the gang members, except Jessica and Freddy, who are wary of her sincerity. Juan David reflects on her behavior, confesses not to be a singer, resigns from the music industry and opens his own cafeteria. Juan David and Clara end their relationship after Clara, against Juan David's will, decides to terminate her pregnancy. However, the side effects of the clandestine abortion end Clara's life, but not before reconciling with Juan David. Clara's death destroys the life of Jessica, who feels guilty for all the damage she caused her in the past. Daniela meets Manuel, Tatiana's older brother, and falls in love with him. After dating for some time, Daniela and Manuel decide to move in together, but the magic ends too soon. Manuel becomes a possessive and controlling husband, to the point where Daniela abandons her studies and dedicates herself fully to her new home. Marcela meets someone through a website and establishes a virtual relationship with him, without suspecting that Juan David is on the other side of the screen, who is also unaware that it is Marcela with whom she exchanges messages. Meanwhile, Samsara is not satisfied with ruining Fercho and Tatiana's relationship, but destroys each one of those involved in Leonardo's death. Jessica finds out about her bad intentions and tries to bring everyone down, but no one believes her words and she is kicked out of the band. However, Kike decides to go with her and get away from her friends, although later Samsara manages to trick him and get him away from Jessica. Now the band is separated and all relationships have failed. Samsara gathers them all in Juan David's cafeteria, reveals her true identity and confesses all the damage she caused, blaming Tatiana for Leonardo's death. Samsara burns down the cafeteria, intending to kill them all, but Jessica discovers a way out and they manage to escape. Fercho insists on staying in the middle of the fire, but an imminent accident motivates him to stand up and save the lives of his friends. Kike finds out about Samsara's cruelty, looks for Jessica and apologizes for having mistrusted her, promising not to do it again. Samsara kidnaps Tatiana and tries to assassinate Kike, Pedro and the Alebrije, but dies in the attempt. Finally Tatiana is rescued, Fercho reconciles with her, Juan David becomes Jessica's partner and decides to give Marcela another chance, Gabriela and Pedro get back together, Daniela decides not to go back with Manuel, Carlos becomes a great singer and Freddy falls in love. Kike and Jessica decide to get married, but they regret doing it at the altar, so Gabriela and Pedro take their place. After the ceremony, Kike gives Jessica an engagement ring.

Broadcast list

Cast

Main cast

Recurring Cast

Guest stars

• Kinky - himself
• Marco Antonio Regil - himself
• Juanes - himself
• Roberto Gómez Fernández - He himself
• The Fifth Station - They themselves
• Natalia Lafourcade - She herself (as a student)
• Valentino Lanús - himself
• Jon Secada - himself
• OV7 - They themselves
• David Bisbal - himself
• The Factory - They themselves
• Bacilos - themselves
• Julio Iglesias Jr. - Himself.
• Jorge Kahwagi - Himself
• Ana Layevska - Valentina Quintero Aragón
• Ari Borovoy - Juan Pablo Rubio Tejero

Main Themes

• Class 406, played by Caos
• Where are you going? played by the Fifth Station
• When you look at me like that, played by Cristian Castro (American Commission)
• School karma, played by Class 406
• Sha la la la, played by Class 406
• Where are you coming from, where are you going? played by Class 406
• Two in love, played by Dulce María and Christian Chávez
• Never. performed by Aaron Díaz

Awards

TVyNovelas Awards 2003