The Sign

sacrifices must be made for the greater good

Hey gang, I saw edits of the on-screen chemistry, and then I watched it lol. The most recent was 21 days ago, holy fuck, with This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans. I have so much stuff I need to do but this review is more important lol. I have written 4 supplementary essays for college about this show lol. Let's average it out. So this show came out a year ago and it has a pretty high rating overall (8.4), which drew me to the show too. Also just got Sylus in Wander in Wander so I am happy. 9.125 out of 10, so I will round it down to a 9 out of 10. This was a pretty good show, with some really good acting. Also not checking my grammar.

I love to start shows despite having 20 already started. First off, starting with the actors that I recognized because I mentioned that in my review. Phaya (Billy), Singh (Suprise), Dr Chalothon (Heng), Mayris (Looknam), Wansarat (Freen), and Saint (self-insert core). I recognized all of them from secret crush on You or Gap (which has been rotting in my watchlist for a long ass time now). I actually plan to rewatch Secret Crush on You after this, lol. I was very confused lol. Then I saw the hottest man I have ever seen in my whole life, "This disproportional ass guy who has big ass monkey ears and a big ass nose and who is jacked, has to be one of the sexiest mother fuckers I have ever seen in my LIFE." I am Chloe and I still stand by that. It was Yai, lol. It is a police academy x Thai FBI shit. "All that for a fucking police officer, bro. I'm pretty sure the qualifications in America are to be racist and bad at shooting." Probably the funniest thing I have said in a while. We start strong with all the foreshadowing of the soulmate shit. That and the next 11 episodes felt so fucking long, it was insane.

I was making heinous assumptions about Lieutenant Akk or whatever his name is and I would like to issue a formal apology. The whole police academy, while in a weird setting, was very cute and I actually set the show up very well. "This drama is all light and sweet and then it has this weird dark undertone with the murders and this soulmate shit" I still second this because it got so dark, it was psychologically overwhelming lol. Probably because I got very immersed in it. Me when I saw Chalothon for the first time " MY MANNNNN MY MAN MY MAN, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE SECRET CRUSH ON YOU, MY MAN MY MAN."

It started very light and I was just taking it all in, in between class, during class, and while I was doing college stuff and homework (what I should be doing right now). The theme song was lowkey bumping and whoever made that and whatever soundtrack that was playing throughout (besides all of that fucking classical music) needs a raise lol. I knew Dr was bad from the start, "Dr what? Okay, they know each other but imagine they didn't, that is so problematic. Why he look down at the camera like that? Say it with me, that man is not your man." That was just such an off-vibe for me, that he kinda knew Tharn's every move at the start and Tharn didn't really think anything of it, but it did fold out very well I think. The subtitles were a little fucked and spelled wrong, with " a serial rapist and serial killers who kill rapists are two very different things." They were like oh he's a serial rapist. No, he is a serial killer who kills rapists, that is so fucking different.

Their having the random shared sex dream was funny as fuck. And Dr putting the image that Phaya has Schizophrenia in Tharn's head was vile, but Phaya and Tharn both have Schizophrenia, but Phayas is so much worse. Phaya also gets very angry very easily which makes it so much worse than it needed to be. I was so into the cases and the show that I was lowkey forgetting about their love story lol. Yeah, they should have both gotten help, because that would have fixed all of their issues.

"I think he doesn’t have schizophrenia he has anger management issues, he does have a lot of hallucinations though so, maybe it's both." It is very much both. "Just wrote one of my USD supplementary essays about this show, bro it turned out fire." Medical malpractice on the Doctors' part, with Tharn and Art, so much medical malpractice. He was making them more crazy than they needed to be. Also, someone's house was the house from Unforgotten Night lol. Then we had the soulmate thing confirmed.

Great acting throughout this show. Beautiful. I love Khuem and Tai, or whatever his name is, I wish we got more of them ". Khuem and whatever his man's name is have been a thing since 2009 lol. 14 years bro. Holy fucking shit 10/10, for the whole episode after that. Secret crush on you full circle moment. 14 years of relationships and I still don't think he likes men or you. They just start making out and the best SEX SCENE I HAVE EVER SEEN HAPPENS. I HAVE NEVER LAUGHED SO FUCKING HARD IN MY LIFE." I might rewatch just to see their moments again, but other than that I will not put my shit through that again. We find out that the Naga that has been after Phaya and Tharn is actually the doctor and that is interesting.

"How long are these episodes? Why are they taking me two hours to watch?" Now we are in the 24-hour zone, on episode 7. We meet Art, who is a very beautiful looking man. ". This is one of the most overwhelming things I’ve ever watched. It’s like psychologically overwhelming. Dr." just medicates "these people and makes them even crazier and he did that with Tharn and he medicated him to stop him from having dreams about" Phaya and like him instead. I think this was the biggest connection I have ever made. He keeps telling Tharn that Phaya is this crazy bitch with anger management issues and schizophrenia and to stay away from him that he is normal and they should be together. That was insane and great story writing and acting. Claps all around.

I said the show was overwhelming 5 times in two sentences lol.

The whole thing with Phaya and the water, they kept connecting back to that from the start to the end, good on them lol. "Hey dude, can you fight demons for us." Oh fuck he is having a seizure. Holy fucking shit what the fuck is even happening anymore what is the show? I'm so confused somebody please save me. I'm so confused. What the fuck how the fuck did he get discharged from the hospital bro he still got his fucking IV on what the fuck someone send them back to the hospital swear to God." I think that sums up that episode and the rest of the show very well lol.

So much was happening and yeah. "Glad they're worried and want to go look for him because he's schizophrenic and has a history of wandering around and almost killing himself." And then they finally started dating.
"Normalize saying that people are looking up at you when they die." Their love is short-lived because another person dies and there are so many things physically wrong with the killers and everything, love to see it. Paying off the police to close the cases.

"The schizophrenia or “signs” came from the car crash with his parents. Traumatic brain injury core. Whatever the mofos on this tree mil are smoking, I want some of it. I feel like there are eight cases happening and it's very overwhelming." If Tharn just listened to Phaya they could have worked out a lot faster. I know he trusts the doctor but his admiration and trust are blinding him from the truth. "It is not a matter about being jealous, it's a matter of he will ruin y'all. I feel like I am being fucked with and I am actually the crazy one as the viewer." I think this show psychologically messed with me, bro. Normalize shooting people. The fact that Doctor has been preying on Tharn since he was a kid is very scary and concerning considering that he likes him and the way their relationships ended up folding out. " All of our problems would be solved if we just started shooting people lol. Tharn also needs to get out of his own ass and listen to Phaya." "Why does Phaya still have his gun if he is on leave? FIRST MOFO SHOT HOLY FUCK. Took y'all 11 episodes lol. Fucking freak. Holy. This show is so overwhelming it makes me not want to eat. Tell him you're sorry Tharn. Holy fuck." After I finish writing this I am going to go eat my dinner that I didn't finish because of this show lol.

They could have done the ending better, but I am just happy it's done, bro. "This is making me sick to my stomach. Chart: This might be the end road for you, but remember sacrifices must be made for the greater good (headline core). I am also praying that they can leave the main cast alone because the ring and the food are telling me otherwise." The oh I will give you this once the case it is over, I knew Khuem was about to get fucking shot lol. I was ranting and getting really philosophical lol. "I guess that’s the funny thing about death: you’re not supposed to feel a certain way and nobody can really force you to feel that way. People grieve differently and I think this is a pretty good example of that but they better bring that shit home or I will crash out. You find somebody who finally gives you purpose and then they’re gone and you don’t know what to do with yourself. That’s this. Glad he has friends to support him, because that could end very south very easily and could end in him killing himself. Because he has been looking for Tharn for literally his whole life, and now that he’s gone, I guess that can be very overwhelming. I guess that’s really love in a way. That’s kind of sad but true. That’s love. It’s not something you can ever buy; it’s something you find and that’s its fucking soulmate and he found him finally and know he’s dead and so is his love." Good on them for that message. It was interesting and not something I see a lot in Thai Drama endings. I wish they did more, they could have had some cuter moments or something. Also who the fuck was the red naga in the water. If there is a season 2, I will not be watching it because what the fuck. I think there is a special though, so I will watch that while I eat dinner. Would I recommend it? Yeah, it was actually pretty good and was great for writing college essays lol. Of course, the ending was mid but the rest of the show was good. If you are looking for some mystery, funny, psychologically and emotionally draining show that is going to flip you on your head so many times that you can't tell dick from ass anymore, this is the show for you. Stay woke my friends. Okay bye!

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all.

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While Tharns character was also a female
in a previous life, find a way to charge the smile into more feminine version.

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