What Happened to Cesar's Mom in 'On My Block"? Details

No but really, what happened to the mom and pa of Cesar and Spooky Diaz on 'On My Block'? A vital recap on the Netflix show.

Fans are still recuperating after binging during the third (and maybe last?) season of On My Block on Netflix.

It's been a wild experience for the LA teenagers as we've got watched Monse, Cesar, Ruby, Jasmine and Jamal navigate gangs, love, family dynamics and fear of deportation.

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What happened to Cesar and Oscar's mom?

So, Cesar's dad is back after spending 12 years at the back of bars. "We're going to get to explore that relationship between Ray and Cesar," actor Diego Tinoco, 22, told BET. 

"Cesar has looked at [his brother] Oscar as a father figure for the past many years," he continued. "So we're going to explore how they interact with the dad actually coming into the picture."

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On My Block co-creator Eddie Gonzalez opened up to Teen Vogue about what a powerful second it was once to have Cesar and his father reunite at last. "I can tell you that the character who plays Ray (Ian Casselberry) this year... I can tell you in three years that we've been doing this, I have never once had a scene where all the grips, everyone stops what they're doing to watch the scene on the monitor," he stated.

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"He comes in and he knocks it out," Eddie shared. "He's unbelievable." As it turns out, one reason for the tough connection between father and son has to do with the fact that the actors took a large number of time off-screen to get to know one some other.

"We would share very personal things about ourselves to one another just so we could connect on a personal level," Diego shared with Teen Vogue. "And we would do that every time before we shot a scene. So it was really interesting to do and try."

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The advent of Ray also served to dispel theories that Lil' Ricky could be Cesar and Spooky's dad. However, when it comes to the boys' mom, issues get just a little extra murky.

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In fact, it sort of feels like the only time that she's ever been discussed is in Season 1's "Chapter 8," after Cesar tells his friends that he is joined the Santos since the men in his circle of relatives had been also participants.

Talking to his brother, Cesar learns that Spooky had the opportunity to cross to a magnet faculty because his grades were so top, but made up our minds not to additional his training because he could not leave Cesar on my own. Cesar responds in confusion, pronouncing that he idea their mom have been round at that juncture in their childhoods.

"Mom wasn't always around," the big brother explains. "And, when she was around, she wasn't really around." Then Cesar unearths to Oscar that he wasn't acutely aware of his mom's habits. "Good, then I did my job," Spooky responds, hinting that she might have suffered from drug, alcoholism or mental health problems.

Season 3 of On My Block is now streaming on Netflix.

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