Krachao Seeda Season 2 (2021)

The best revenge is to move on and let karma do the rest

This review is for Season 1 and 2.

Krachao Seeda truly delivered the emotional rollercoaster that I expect from a Thai lakorn! The plotline is nothing new, but I enjoyed the story, and the pacing was good. There's definitely tons of slapping where almost no one was spared, and there was melodrama and angst when I found my heart wrenching or my blood pressure rising numerous times. However, throw in the happy and satisfying scenes, and you get an addictive drama that kept me binge-watching it. The main messages were karma, knowing one's self-worth, and valuing one's dignity.

After having experienced the spectrum of emotions, from the villains making my blood boil watching them plot and play dirty to the feelings of enjoyable romance watching the interactions between the ML and FL, the best part by far was seeing the good guys triumphed over the evil schemes repeatedly. This is so gratifying since there are so many lakorns where the bad guys keep winning until the last episode when they finally get their due punishment or redemption because forgiveness is a key virtue. The rating should be higher, but I guess a rating above 7.5 is considered high for a Thai drama on MDL.

I started this show because of Nune Woranuch, who played Nampink, the FL, but ultimately I binge-watched because of Got Jirayu, who portrayed the ML, Aumpon. I first noticed him in Love Destiny, looking so fine as Luang Surasak, but he stole my heart in this drama. A perfect ML, so charming, charismatic, and attractive...Aumpon may be younger than Nampink, but he was mature, thoughtful, protective, and committed to his love for Nampink. One of my favorite genres is when the ML falls for the FL first, and it was cute how Aumpon smoothly expressed his feelings to Nampink. I love how Got's eyes crinkled as he smiled widely, but his playful expressions can transform so effortlessly into serious and menacing ones when he stared down the villains. I have nothing but praises for Got's acting in this show, and I look forward to him playing more lead roles.

Nampink was a strong female lead, like an iron fist in a velvet glove. Beautiful, decisive, and resourceful, she handled herself with elegance and grace even through heartbreak and betrayal. I like that Nampink was intelligent, and even when she felt devastated, she executed her revenge so nicely and cleanly against the people who did her wrong. Nune has the aura of a commanding female lead, and it is not surprising that she was proclaimed as one of the royalty of Thai dramas. She is gorgeous and I spent the whole show admiring her hair and fashion. In fact, I loved all the female characters' outfits! The production designer deserved a shout-out for such excellent choices but seriously, does the Thai high society really dress like the way they do in the dramas?

As individual characters, our leads were likable, and as a couple, they were admirable and endearing. So supportive and understanding of each other, they were able to take down the villains by anticipating their next moves and laying traps for the bad guys. The chemistry was good, and I wish they had more kissing scenes. That said, both actors were so on point with their expressions and body language that I did not need obvious gestures like kissing to see how well they played off each other. They have a unique dynamic that made it so interesting to watch them. Plus, Got just oozed sexiness, and the show enhanced that impression by playing the sexy background song almost every time he appeared on screen to charm Nampink.

The supporting cast was good, but I was not interested in the second couple's relationship. I don't think it was executed very well, and I didn't exactly buy the idea that Ramnam and Lue loved each other in the end. Green Ausadaporn is lovely and was good as Ramnam, the scheming nangrai who stopped at nothing to get what she wanted, but something was lacking in her overall delivery. I think that the SFL was supposed to be a more complex character, fighting against societal prejudice and oppression, but Green's acting did not come through for me. She was good with her smirks and sneers, and she totally brought out the dislike in me. However, she did not do as well in the more emotional scenes. The same thing with Peter Corp Dyrendal, who played Lue, the SML who was supposed to be in love with Nampink even after he betrayed her but then all of a sudden, he was in love with Ramnam towards the end. I pitied Ramnam's mother the most, but in a way, she was the one who enabled Ramnan's wickedness.

The music list was not long, but the soundtrack was memorable, including the sexy song I now will always associate with Got…Haha! For posterity, I have listed the main songs below. Unfortunately, the show did not balance the dramatic background music well, and it can be quite jarring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tCPuOIeSHo
เพลง : พิง (Song: Lean)
นักร้อง : NONT TANONT (Singer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SHtrQNYE90
เพลง : ความรัก (Song: Love)
ศิลปิน : โรส ศิรินทิพย์ (Singer: Rose Sirinthip)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUhlXxelZZA
เพลง : ปม (Song:Crux)
ศิลปิน : ZANI ( ซานิ นิภาภรณ์ ) (Singer: ZANI (Sani Nipaporn))

I gave a decent rating for the re-watch value since I expect I will replay scenes of Aumpon and Nampink. On the whole, I do recommend this Lakorn. The story moved quickly with a great ending, good-looking actors who can act, and great music. So give it a try, and who knows, you may get hooked onto it just like I was.

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Great watch! Retribution in a great way!

A really good watch!
After having watched countless lakorns and having completed three Thai watch challenges I learned to appreciate if the SFL (normally the psycho) gets retribution in the form of going to jail - I have only seen two. Normally they are just forgiven when they apologize and kneel down. Is it the same here? Yes and no. I will get back to that further down.
This lakorn is a perfect example of a mentally deranged person and her enablers. The SFL has serious mental health issues but insted of helping her, the people around her enable her and push her further into her derangement again and again. The so called uncle (SML, husband of FL) takes her to warm his bed, the FL just divorces and leaves, her mother protects her over and over again. This leads the SFL to attempt murder on various people without being stopped once. Even when she pushed the FL mother down the stairs the FL did not report her to the police. Typical lakorn so far.
What kept me going was the chemistry between the leads and their story, which was really sweet, funny and well done.
Now back to the retribution. Some commented, that they did not understand why the SFL got a happy end. Did she really? Yes, she did not end up in jail (they almost never do, even after a real murder) but what she got was not a "happy end" IMO. She lost the person, who would have always been there for her (FL), she lost her reputation, she lost her career, she caused the death of her mother, she lost her baby, she is chained to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Yes, she got the SML, the one, who she had wanted from the very beginning, the one, who she tried to kill for....what a catch.....she got a man, who cheated on his wife and refused to get a divorce, a man, who refused to marry her. A man, who follows his ZIPPER and gives his "heart" to willing women. She knows, that he was willing to cheat on his wife with her. She knows, that he was willing to marry her, because he felt sorry for her. She knows, that he will let the next willing maid warm his bed. She knows, that she is paralyzed from the waist down and that she has a man by her side, who will cheat on her and who will get tired of her. And worst of all, she knows, that the FL will be very happy with a man, who truely loves her! And the SML.....he got that woman, who slept with every available rich man, who got pregnant from another man (no way was the baby his but the father was this young boy) and who can offer him nothing in the form of benefits for his career - and myyyyy, how badly he wanted those benefits! Ahhh so satisfying to watch the last episode! I really recommend this. If you get past the first few episodes and the cheating you can relax and let karma take over.

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