Trese will encounter non-Filipino supernatural creatures.
Set up in The Stinger at the end of Episode 6, where a jiangshi appears. The Choc-Nut expy in this universe has to be made with magic.
It's the only way to explain why a bar that size isn't crumbling. Talagbusao is gaslighting and lying to Alex about her father killing her twin sister just to get her on his side.