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Not As Good As The First
First review with spoilers as I like this drama but it also had me confused (at the end).
*Warning- some flowery language is used
Dove straight into this after I binge watched the first season in one day and just could not get enough. This ended up not being as good as the first season simply because it ends on a cliff-hanger despite having another season (which I don't care to watch). The main cast consists of mostly seniors and with them graduating none of them actually get a proper ending- it's one of the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in a drama.
Cast- for most of the cast this was their first acting role so I can forgive them for not being seasoned professionals but... still... some were just hard to watch.
~Win (Peach)- his role was greatly diminished compared to the first season yet he was still going through some major issues. He went to NY after the teacher fiasco and it was there he picked up a coke habit. That didn't end when he came back and of course the person to find out was Kwan, the girl he "loved" and set out to destroy in the first season. So yea he had his issues but they were never really dealt with or addressed expect for Kwan constantly asking him to stop. Does he get clean? Don't know but we do see him in his final scene in a hospital checking his grades. Does he go to college? What actually happens with Kwan? One thing that always bothered me is that we never see his family life. We could have got some reasoning as to why he acted the way he did.
~Kwan (Pattie)- after going out with Mhog, they end up breaking up in the final episode as she realizes she has no feelings for him. It's implied that her and Win have some weird attraction to each other but because of the shit Win did to her she could never truly forgiving him. I took came to my own conclusion that because she could never forgive, they could never be together. I guess she just goes off to dentistry school and just lives her life.
~Mhog (Michael)- one of two characters who when the episodes focused on them, it was emotional as fuck. The first one happens in the first season with his girlfriend breaking up with him and in this season it's his only parent, his father, dying from lung cancer. Mean while all the boys have been chain smoking since season 1, but it's after this episode they ease up on that. Mhog is a melancholy character and when he's happy Michael straight up looks uncomfortable. When he smiles it actually looks like it hurts.
~Phai (Tor)- the other character that had emotional episodes and they were damn good. Phai and his gf had the only true character development from the first season to this one. He went from someone with so much anger issues and literally being on the path to death to doing a complete 180 and and just becoming a better human being. He protected his on/off gf multiple times, got a girl pregnant and decided to stay with her although she decided to get an abortion, he just became a better guy.
~Sprite (Kao)- I hated this girl in the first season because, despite being a slut (she literally slept with every and anyone) she came in between Phai and his crew. At the end of last season and into this one, she was the only other character that had any sort of development. She changed her ways (stopped sleeping around), restored her friendship with Kwan, and was an actual decent girlfriend to Phai. The crap she had to go through this season was insane but also entertaining. Her and Phai, we never got closure to their relationship- did they get back together? The last time we see them is during the graduation party with her sitting outside sobering up and Phai asking is she and her ex doing ok. To which she replies they had broke up. I guess it's up to the viewer to assume they reunited.
~Taoi (Punpun)- talk about no development LIKE NONE AT ALL! She likes a guy, Tar, but (I'm assuming) she just doesn't want to ruin their friendship and denies her feelings when he confesses to her. She ends up with a guy who cheats on her with another guy. She actually never tell him why (she saw them in bed together) but just says she just doesn't love him anymore. It comes to the final episode and we think she is gonna finally confess these feelings she's had since season one to Tar and it's a big ass NOPE! I have never been more frustrated with a character before in my life. Punpun, she's not a strong actress but she plays the bitchy role really well. I don't think this was the right role for her as she has a natural resting bitch face and just always seemed to look annoyed... or she just smelled something hella stank- her face is always scrunched up.
~Tar (Gunn)- one of if not the only best actor in the entire group; he just came off as a natural compared to everyone else. His strong point is that he's loyal and a really good friend, like he loved and defended Taoi from the start but she wasn't having it (he confessed twice, the last episode could be counted as a third one) and to try to get over her he went and got a girlfriend. That was his weak point to me as he still had feelings for Taoi and was essentially hurting his gf. Taoi and Tar's "conclusion" was really the worst because everything came to ahead, he broke up with his gf because he still had feelings for Taoi and in their final conversation it played out like she was going to confess to him, and he was preparing for it only to be let down again. The disappointment on his face was telling and I genuinely felt bad for the kid.
~Dao (Fon)- she is a main character but at the same time she's a support one as she's a year younger than everyone else so she doesn't hang with the main crew but she had a decent story-line. She had sex and a pregnancy scare in the first season and we never see her talk with her parents about it, it just remains a secret for her to keep. This season she gets involved with a girl and her being in denial when it comes to her sexuality. None of that get resolved with her love interest but I'm assuming it does in the final season.
The rest are secondary characters who really don't matter: Phu is bi but struggles with it; loves Taoi and Thee but chooses Taoi; cheats on her with Thee and they break up (he never finds out she saw him in bed with Thee); Thee wants nothing to do with him but they somehow end up together in the last episode? Not sure but they were dancing and singing with each other. Thee gay character in love with Phu but chooses not to be around him cause Phu keeps emotionally hurting him but they somehow end up together.
The music was amazing; nice to hear some Thai rock/ alternative.
If you managed to read all that- MAJOR KUDOS! I would recommend this, assuming you watched season one. Be warned though the mature tag is there for a reason so if even though the main consists of kids, they are participating in ADULT situations.
*Warning- some flowery language is used
Dove straight into this after I binge watched the first season in one day and just could not get enough. This ended up not being as good as the first season simply because it ends on a cliff-hanger despite having another season (which I don't care to watch). The main cast consists of mostly seniors and with them graduating none of them actually get a proper ending- it's one of the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in a drama.
Cast- for most of the cast this was their first acting role so I can forgive them for not being seasoned professionals but... still... some were just hard to watch.
~Win (Peach)- his role was greatly diminished compared to the first season yet he was still going through some major issues. He went to NY after the teacher fiasco and it was there he picked up a coke habit. That didn't end when he came back and of course the person to find out was Kwan, the girl he "loved" and set out to destroy in the first season. So yea he had his issues but they were never really dealt with or addressed expect for Kwan constantly asking him to stop. Does he get clean? Don't know but we do see him in his final scene in a hospital checking his grades. Does he go to college? What actually happens with Kwan? One thing that always bothered me is that we never see his family life. We could have got some reasoning as to why he acted the way he did.
~Kwan (Pattie)- after going out with Mhog, they end up breaking up in the final episode as she realizes she has no feelings for him. It's implied that her and Win have some weird attraction to each other but because of the shit Win did to her she could never truly forgiving him. I took came to my own conclusion that because she could never forgive, they could never be together. I guess she just goes off to dentistry school and just lives her life.
~Mhog (Michael)- one of two characters who when the episodes focused on them, it was emotional as fuck. The first one happens in the first season with his girlfriend breaking up with him and in this season it's his only parent, his father, dying from lung cancer. Mean while all the boys have been chain smoking since season 1, but it's after this episode they ease up on that. Mhog is a melancholy character and when he's happy Michael straight up looks uncomfortable. When he smiles it actually looks like it hurts.
~Phai (Tor)- the other character that had emotional episodes and they were damn good. Phai and his gf had the only true character development from the first season to this one. He went from someone with so much anger issues and literally being on the path to death to doing a complete 180 and and just becoming a better human being. He protected his on/off gf multiple times, got a girl pregnant and decided to stay with her although she decided to get an abortion, he just became a better guy.
~Sprite (Kao)- I hated this girl in the first season because, despite being a slut (she literally slept with every and anyone) she came in between Phai and his crew. At the end of last season and into this one, she was the only other character that had any sort of development. She changed her ways (stopped sleeping around), restored her friendship with Kwan, and was an actual decent girlfriend to Phai. The crap she had to go through this season was insane but also entertaining. Her and Phai, we never got closure to their relationship- did they get back together? The last time we see them is during the graduation party with her sitting outside sobering up and Phai asking is she and her ex doing ok. To which she replies they had broke up. I guess it's up to the viewer to assume they reunited.
~Taoi (Punpun)- talk about no development LIKE NONE AT ALL! She likes a guy, Tar, but (I'm assuming) she just doesn't want to ruin their friendship and denies her feelings when he confesses to her. She ends up with a guy who cheats on her with another guy. She actually never tell him why (she saw them in bed together) but just says she just doesn't love him anymore. It comes to the final episode and we think she is gonna finally confess these feelings she's had since season one to Tar and it's a big ass NOPE! I have never been more frustrated with a character before in my life. Punpun, she's not a strong actress but she plays the bitchy role really well. I don't think this was the right role for her as she has a natural resting bitch face and just always seemed to look annoyed... or she just smelled something hella stank- her face is always scrunched up.
~Tar (Gunn)- one of if not the only best actor in the entire group; he just came off as a natural compared to everyone else. His strong point is that he's loyal and a really good friend, like he loved and defended Taoi from the start but she wasn't having it (he confessed twice, the last episode could be counted as a third one) and to try to get over her he went and got a girlfriend. That was his weak point to me as he still had feelings for Taoi and was essentially hurting his gf. Taoi and Tar's "conclusion" was really the worst because everything came to ahead, he broke up with his gf because he still had feelings for Taoi and in their final conversation it played out like she was going to confess to him, and he was preparing for it only to be let down again. The disappointment on his face was telling and I genuinely felt bad for the kid.
~Dao (Fon)- she is a main character but at the same time she's a support one as she's a year younger than everyone else so she doesn't hang with the main crew but she had a decent story-line. She had sex and a pregnancy scare in the first season and we never see her talk with her parents about it, it just remains a secret for her to keep. This season she gets involved with a girl and her being in denial when it comes to her sexuality. None of that get resolved with her love interest but I'm assuming it does in the final season.
The rest are secondary characters who really don't matter: Phu is bi but struggles with it; loves Taoi and Thee but chooses Taoi; cheats on her with Thee and they break up (he never finds out she saw him in bed with Thee); Thee wants nothing to do with him but they somehow end up together in the last episode? Not sure but they were dancing and singing with each other. Thee gay character in love with Phu but chooses not to be around him cause Phu keeps emotionally hurting him but they somehow end up together.
The music was amazing; nice to hear some Thai rock/ alternative.
If you managed to read all that- MAJOR KUDOS! I would recommend this, assuming you watched season one. Be warned though the mature tag is there for a reason so if even though the main consists of kids, they are participating in ADULT situations.
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