"What Life Took From Me" is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa. It is a remake of Bodas de odio, produced by Ernesto Alonso in 1983. In 2003, "True Love", the first remake, was produced by Carla Estrada. Unlike Bodas de odio and "True Love", "What Life Took From Me" has been adapted to the present time.

Gaspar is a young, lonely cinematographer. Unable to deal with his sister and sick grandfather he spends his time with Susana, an actress working on a opera. When he meets Alvaro, an idealistic traveler, Gaspar's life changes. They embark on a adventure that help them unearth the fragility and value of human existence

Teenager Lannie Waters (Traci Lords) wakes after dreaming about nude women floating in space. She wonders aloud about her sexuality and inexperience. Her mother (Helga Sven) brings up boys and tells her about a new man, Mr. Kennedy (Don Hodge), whom she believes likes Lannie, but who is too shy to say anything. 　　Mark Radner (Shone Taylor), the son of a well-to-do suburban family, hangs out with his friends, Jeff(Tom Byron) and Kevin(Marc Wallice). Kevin talks about his encounters with Debbie; meanwhile, Jeff gets teased about not "getting laid." Mark reveals that his maid Sarah (Dorothy Onan) has been stealing, but also that he has not informed his parents, because he wants to blackmail her. He meets her outside in the garden, and brings her upstairs. He orders her to remove her uniform, then she starts servicing him and his friends before they have sex with her. 　　By the side of a pool, Debbie (Bunny Bleu) goes topless with Cheryl (Susan Hart) also present. A self-conscious Lannie follows, as the three girls talk about sex and boys. Cheryl talks about losing her virginity while babysitting after calling Bill (Greg Rome) over. She was nervous about giving oral sex at first, as she admits, but he made her comfortable. 　　Marks mother, Mrs. Radner (Maria Kay), shows up with her boyfriend (Herschel Savage). Though angered with him for having driven too fast, she soon gets over it and comes on to him. He, for his part, is worried that her son is home, but she reassures him (incorrectly) that Mark is out. They have sex on the fountain as Mark secretly watches. Mrs. Waters and Mr. Kennedy conduct themselves similarly, next to the pool where the girls were conversing. 　　Instead of going outside as planned, Lannie, Jeff, Debbie and Kevin meet for a picnic inside the house. Jeff takes Lannie to the kitchen after getting a signal from Kevin. When Lannie's dress gets wet, she teases Jeff, then removes the dress. Jeff, overwhelmed, ejaculates on himself. Debbie teases Kevin before sex. Lannie goes home and masturbates about Jeff. The scene cuts back and forth between Lannie touching herself, and the imagined sexual encounter outside on a picnic table. 　　Mark calls Kevin, then invites Debbie, Kevin's girlfriend, to his home. Once Debbie shows up, Mark orders her to undress, then lie on the bed and close her eyes. After she has done that, he brings Wendy (Leslie Thane) and Louis (David Sanders) over to her. Wendy performs cunnilingus on Debbie until Mark tells her to open her eyes. Mark has sex with Wendy, while Debbie does Louis, until they switch partners. Excited by the encounter, Debbie calls Lannie and tells her that she is breaking up with Kevin, whom she dismisses as a boy, in favor of going steady with a man like Mark. Lannie decides that she knows what gets her hot. She hangs up and looks over at her friend Cheryl lying beside her.

Teenager Lannie Waters (Traci Lords) wakes after dreaming about nude women floating in space. She wonders aloud about her sexuality and inexperience. Her mother (Helga Sven) brings up boys and tells her about a new man, Mr. Kennedy (Don Hodge), whom she believes likes Lannie, but who is too shy to say anything. 　　Mark Radner (Shone Taylor), the son of a well-to-do suburban family, hangs out with his friends, Jeff(Tom Byron) and Kevin(Marc Wallice). Kevin talks about his encounters with Debbie; meanwhile, Jeff gets teased about not "getting laid." Mark reveals that his maid Sarah (Dorothy Onan) has been stealing, but also that he has not informed his parents, because he wants to blackmail her. He meets her outside in the garden, and brings her upstairs. He orders her to remove her uniform, then she starts servicing him and his friends before they have sex with her. 　　By the side of a pool, Debbie (Bunny Bleu) goes topless with Cheryl (Susan Hart) also present. A self-conscious Lannie follows, as the three girls talk about sex and boys. Cheryl talks about losing her virginity while babysitting after calling Bill (Greg Rome) over. She was nervous about giving oral sex at first, as she admits, but he made her comfortable. 　　Marks mother, Mrs. Radner (Maria Kay), shows up with her boyfriend (Herschel Savage). Though angered with him for having driven too fast, she soon gets over it and comes on to him. He, for his part, is worried that her son is home, but she reassures him (incorrectly) that Mark is out. They have sex on the fountain as Mark secretly watches. Mrs. Waters and Mr. Kennedy conduct themselves similarly, next to the pool where the girls were conversing. 　　Instead of going outside as planned, Lannie, Jeff, Debbie and Kevin meet for a picnic inside the house. Jeff takes Lannie to the kitchen after getting a signal from Kevin. When Lannie's dress gets wet, she teases Jeff, then removes the dress. Jeff, overwhelmed, ejaculates on himself. Debbie teases Kevin before sex. Lannie goes home and masturbates about Jeff. The scene cuts back and forth between Lannie touching herself, and the imagined sexual encounter outside on a picnic table. 　　Mark calls Kevin, then invites Debbie, Kevin's girlfriend, to his home. Once Debbie shows up, Mark orders her to undress, then lie on the bed and close her eyes. After she has done that, he brings Wendy (Leslie Thane) and Louis (David Sanders) over to her. Wendy performs cunnilingus on Debbie until Mark tells her to open her eyes. Mark has sex with Wendy, while Debbie does Louis, until they switch partners. Excited by the encounter, Debbie calls Lannie and tells her that she is breaking up with Kevin, whom she dismisses as a boy, in favor of going steady with a man like Mark. Lannie decides that she knows what gets her hot. She hangs up and looks over at her friend Cheryl lying beside her.

Jake, Midwest High School's star long distance runner, is overtaken by anorexia and sexual fantasy.

The eccentric Oh Hyun Jae was a peerless criminal profiler until a bomb planted by a serial killer took the life of his young fiancée, causing him to become a recluse. When a serial killer long thought dead returns to terrorize the city, rising star of the police, Hwang Hwa Young, resolves to outwit the killer. To do so, she teams up with both Oh and the remarkable rookie cop Cha Soo Young, whose photographic memory may prove to be a powerful crime-fighting weapon.

Jesse, a young woman from England, goes to Trinidad to bury her father. Reluctantly she agrees to meet her mother, whom she thought had abandoned her when she was a child. Her mother tells her stories, revealing a troubled and violent marriage, and Jesse is forced to face the truth about her past.

Shuichi Furukawa receives a phone call from his mother. She reminds him that they are moving the next day. The following day, Shuichi takes a train ride back to his hometown. He arrives at his parents home, but nobody is home. He looks for the house key under a potted plant but can't find the key. He starts to thinks back to his childhood days in his parents home. Shuichi grew up with his younger brother, older sister, father who ran a shoe making business out of their garage and mother. Shuichi grew up with a crush on an older woman who lived next door and he loved to make piggy banks out of empty whiskey bottles. One day on a school picnic, Shuichi's classmates grabbed a lunchbox from a fellow student and eventually gave the lunch box to Shuichi. All the other students chanted "throw it away," while Shuichi's former friend looked on in despair.

Kuronuma Sawako is completely misunderstood by her classmates. Her timid and sweet demeanor is often mistaken for malicious behavior. This is due to her resemblance to the ghost girl from "The Ring", which has led her peers to give her the nickname Sadako.