Only Friends: Dream On

ONLY FRIENDS : DREAM ON ‧ Drama ‧ 2026
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Mademoiselle Noir
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Missing the Forest for the Trees

God, was this a disaster of epic proportions (and not in an entertaining way)!

If I had to summarize its problems in just one sentence, I would say that they went for what was obvious and advantageous rather than what was challenging.

S1 of Only Friends was messy (intentionally), but there was more to it than that. It didn't just point the camera at its possessive, broken protagonist hitting on someone and then shove a cheeky third party in the picture. Through its leads and their problems and mistakes (romantic and not), they thoughtfully weaved a narrative about second chances. How you can't always tell whether they were deserved or not. How some people change, and some never change. Time is what reveals it.

Only Friends: Dream On seemed to look at the success of Only Friends and miss the core of it: This is about hook-ups and flirting in front of a crowd! It wanted the messiness without challenging views or casting any of its actors in a bad light as their characters. Likely because of changes in the crew and the creators wanting to make sure their fixed pairs didn't appear blurred, if you ask me. Which, if you're making a second season of Only Friends, should not be one of your priorities!

Predictable and safe. That's what it was.

Without intending to, they made one of their leads into a painfully oblivious villain, dragging others down and going back on his word, all the while bemoaning slights against him as if they were daggers to the heart. Meanwhile, viewers were meant to sympathize.

I could not find a deeper meaning here, no matter how hard I racked my brain, probably because there wasn't one from the start. If it was supposed to be "wanting someone you shouldn't," based on the conclusion, the drama seemed to disagree with its own messaging.

And what was originally a unique storytelling device: interview-like segments interspersed throughout to get a read on the characters' thoughts, became characters performing for the camera, and ended up feeling like an exaggerated, dragged-out wink and nod to the audience as if to say, "See what we did! It's just like you remember! Aren't we cool?"

Fitting for a story centered around a stage play to feel like bad theatre.

I'm disappointed and in the mood to go rewatch the original Only Friends.

Side Note: Rome and Raffy and Dean were the saving graces of this drama.

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Mich
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Worth the try, but I don't know if I would rewatch

So to be brutally honest, I liked the first season better. It lived up to it's name perfectly and delivered exactly what I expected and wanted from something called "Only friends." But we're here to talk about the second season which did disappoint me in some ways, but it was still watchable. (I'll compare these seasons a bit to show what it was missing in my opinion.)
To start with the positive things, the acting was pretty good, especially Mix's. It's visible that he's skilled and knows what he's doing in each scene, he was my favorite in this season. The storyline was also decent, but I think it needed way more messines and spiciness just for the pure fact that this is ONLY FRIENDS, not just any bl. I don't expect a lot of drama or spicy scenes in other bls that perhaps don't need it, but to me Only friends is literally built on these things (and other things of course) and that's what makes Only friends "Only friends."
There was drama for sure, but over childish things (more or less) and not the amount I seeked. I've also had this feeling that some of the characters lacked a certain depth unlike the characters in the first season.
But the biggest problem I had with this was the mischaracterization of Boston. Y'all made him come back just to make him a saint? Back in my days he was an iconic walking mess who made the show so much more interesting to the very end, but now he's the best guy around? No thanks. I know GMM cares about pairings so much that they don't let the characters kiss each other or, godw forbid, more, but ruining Boston's character to fit the shitty pairing rule was lame af. It'd be much more interesting if he was allowed to interfere in somebody's relationship the same way he did in the first season. I'd understand it more if he got some character development in the previous season, but doing it now is just dumb.
The ending was good, but why are we scared of letting one couple separate? Earthmix couple could've absolutely go their separate ways and move on but no. Realistic endings never hurt anybody, not everything has to be perfect. So honestly, this would be much better as a separate show. It's not really "Only friends" worthy.
And since we're getting a third season, let's bring the energy of the first season, shall we? Don't ruin it

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Rewatch Value 6.0

a good series if we don't compare it to the first part

If you want to make a series with multiple love triangles surrounding a play, that's fine. The interviews between scenes with the characters seemed like a super innovative idea in thai dramas. I liked the cast and all the couples had great chemistry. So far so good.

Do I consider this the second part of OnlyFriends? No. In the first part, everything was a mess. A group of friends torn apart by selfish decisions and sex addiction. Here we have love triangles, yes, but nothing like before. Boston in this part is practically an angel. I couldn't help but buy into the plots all the time, even though they are not essentially the same thing.

I liked it, but for me it would have worked better as a standalone product separate from the first part.

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WingedBean
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Music 8.0
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It's Interesting Enough...

IMO, I think anyone asking fans/viewers not to compare this show to the 1st installment is calling for a tall order. You cannot have a predecessor like the OG Only Friends and expect people to scrub it off their minds to watch this. Like it never happened. That makes no sense. Not only do they share a name, but it's set in the same universe, and the OG cast keep popping in. Come on now.

The OG show was also messy, daring, and different. Far from anything we'd seen b4 in the Thai BL space. Of course, it's going to leave a mark that many will remember. Also, I don't expect a show like Only Friends to be relatable. If they were, I'd be seeking therapy and a new friend group, not sitting in my bed on a Friday to watch a TV show. I'm here to be entertained (and lowkey stressed out), not to find something relatable.

🎭Ok, now for my actual thoughts on this show, the couples, & plot.🎭

1. Jack & Dean
Their start was interesting enough. When Dean seduced Jack in the 1st episode, then Mix proceeded to break the 4th wall and stare deep into my soul, I was sat. I was ready for the mess, to learn what this unforgivable thing Dean had done to lead to the breakup, and to hate him. Turns out, I wouldn't hate Dean at all. In fact, I ended up disliking Jack instead.

God forbid, but if I had a partner like Jack... Bruh, I'd walk straight into Nairobi traffic. Just take me out, man. That man is so fucking petulant. Holy shit! When he got punched in ep 10, I stood up and clapped. A whole standing ovation in the living room. He'd had it coming for so long.

Now, I don't think the reason for their breakup was handled very well in this story. They broke up because Jack found out that Dean was side hustling as a host. And so he drank himself into addiction, hated Dean, and spent the rest of the show punishing him coz he could no longer trust him.

I have beef with that. I think that sex work or sex adjacent work should be handled very carefully, especially in this case, where familial circumstances and poverty led Dean to start hosting. And correct me if I'm wrong, but Dean never slept with any of the clients, did he?
He wasn't in love with any of them either. The man was poor, had to support his mother, was dealing with a sister who had an abusive bf, and didn't want to ask for money from his bf because, well, pride is a thing. Plus, moneyXromatic relationships are always a slippery slope.

Based on that, I'll say that the plot tried to be deep, but failed as they mishandled the topics at hand. Dean's poverty and family situation are only used to show that he's maybe untrustworthy, shame him into everyone thinking that he can be bought for sexual favours, and thus, hard to love. Like Jack was trying soo hard to love him. despite it all. Boo hoo, poor Jack *insert hard eye roll🙄*. Come on, man.

I wish that he'd actually cheated. Then all the drama, the name-calling, the mistrust, and the guilt that Jack (and others) kept throwing at and piling on him could make sense.

Side note 1. I need someone from the GMMTV screenwriters' room to sit me down and explain to me how alcoholism works. In the 1st installment, Ray was back to drinking after ditching rehab coz Sand's love and care made him all better. In this one, Jack, who went to rehab for drinking because he was oh so heartbroken, is back to clubbing and drinking with friends with zero repercussions. What...? How..? Fuck the science of addiction, I guess

2. Arnold & Tua
I don't have much to say about them. Friends-to-lovers has never been the genre for me, so I never have much to say about it. There was a lot of yearning and very cute, heartwarming moments with them. Definitely a change of pace from the mess that was the other couples.

I will, however, thank this show for introducing me to the ship that is JossGawin. I hadn't seen Joss b4 and the last time I saw Gawin was in 2023 in 'Be My Favourite.' I enjoyed their chemistry and acting, and cannot wait to see them in the just announced 'Round One.' I've seen parts of the trailer on Twitter, and it looks interesting. A little different. My interest has been piqued. Thank the gods I have a chance to see them in something since 'Replay' was cancelled.

Side note 2: I need to have a serious talk with whoever was in charge of styling Tua for this show. Y'all put Jack in those absolutely delicious fitted crop tops and put that on Tua?? What in the...🙆🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️. What were you trying to accomplish? What was the vision here?

3. Rome & Raffy
Now, if trophies were to be handed out to the couple with the most memorable NC scenes, they'd be taking them home. No questions asked. AouBoom is another new ship that this show introduced me to. Such incredible chemistry and good acting. Outside of their chemistry, their overall storyline was weak, though.

Rome was the good, long-suffering one, while Raffy was out there chasing and appreciating anything and everyone apart from the one person who showed him care. Yes, they got back together, but it felt a little rushed. Rome was really the 2nd option😭. Everyone left, and Raffy had no one, so he picked him. Tsk tsk.

I wanna see their future projects, but I'm weary of the upcoming 'Billionaire Biker.' I watched the trailer, and something about it gave me the vibes of 'A Boss and A Babe,' a show I could not complete. It's one of those GMMTV 'idol dramas', where the ship, their visuals, and their chemistry carry the show on their backs, while the actual plot limps and gasps for breath in the background.

🎭Other Thoughts🎭
a. The cameos from the OG cast were so much fun. I thought Sand & Ray cameos would be my highlight, only for Boston & Nick's conversation to come outta nowhere and take the cup. That was perhaps the best conversation in this whole installment. So heartfelt

b. Speaking of Boston, they used that man as bait. Had me all stressed out, only for him to work to push the couples together. Zero mess from him *sigh*. And then he had the most random 'come to Jesus' moment outta nowhere

c. What happened to the 100k that Pete stole? Yeah, he got exposed for the scheming, thieving, lying little shit that he was, but did he give back the money?

d. I wish they hadn't quickly dropped with that on-screen ship vs r/ship side plot that they started with DeanxArnoldxJack. I think that could have made a very interesting social commentary on the behind-the-scenes lives in the BL (and more recently GL) world

e. How did poor boy Dean end up in a high-rise with floor-to-ceiling windows? Did the pple behind the story forget that bro was poor? Or does rent in Thailand work differently than where I'm from?

f. Dean & Raffy's catty cutting fights were so fun to watch. Raffy was certainly in over his head trying to take on Dean.

g. Not enough 'cross kissing' for my liking

h. We saw Great in the 2nd-to-last scene. Does that mean we'll be getting a 3rd installment? If so, please, please bring back the mess - and tighten the plot

🎭Final Remarks🎭
Overall, the show is good. You can watch it, but perhaps lower your expectations on the messiness. It's nowhere near the levels of greatness set by its predecessor. The actors were good. The plot wasn't. It played it too safe and left many glaring plot holes.

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Yukii
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Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 5.0

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A good BL about toxic relationships, carried by Mix's fabulous performance.

A sequel to "Only Friends," focusing on the relationships between Jack & Dean, and Tua & Arnold.

PLOT: A story centered on the relationships (love, sex, rivalries, breakups) within a group of students putting on a play, "Romeo & Romeo."

+++ Mix lights up this series; he's a fabulous actor! ♡╰(゚x゚​)╯♡ I'm rarely moved by a series, but he brought tears to my eyes several times. He brings to life a character so wounded, vulnerable, lost... that you just want to hug him.
+++ A high-quality cast. For me, the best chemistry (by far) is that of Aou & Boom (their intimate scenes are fire.They border on voyeurism).
+++ The story is solid and realistic.
+++ Good direction with excellent pacing, sets, costumes, and soundtrack.

### I hated Jack's character. Selfish, demanding, ready to do everything for his play, even more toxic in his relationships than his friend Boston (who, unlike Jack, has changed). A total red flag!
I really would have loved a different ending: for Dean to pursue his acting career alone and find happiness with someone else!
Great's arrival in the final scene suggests trouble to come. With Jack, that's to be expected.

### The appearances of the couples from season 1 are unnecessary and seem completely incongruous and artificial.

=> A good BL about toxic relationships, carried by Mix's fabulous performance.

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Suite de "Only friends" focus sur relation Jack - Dean et Tua - Arnold

PLOT : Story centrée sur les relations (amours, sexe, rivalités, ruptures) au sein d'un gpe d'étudiants qui montent une pièce de théâtre "Roméo & Roméo"

+++ Mix illumine cette série, c'est un fabuleux acteur !
♡╰(゚x゚​)╯♡ Je suis rarement émue devant une série, mais il m'a mis les larmes aux yeux à plusieurs reprises. Il donne vie à un personnage tellement blessé, vulnérable, perdu ... qu'on a envie de le serrer dans ses bras.
+++ Cast de qualité. Pour moi, la meilleure alchimie (de loin) c'est celle de Aou/Boom (leurs scènes intimes sont tellement vivantes qu'elles frisent le voyeurisme)
+++ La story est solide, réaliste.
+++ Bonne réalis° avec rythme, décors, costumes, OST.

### J'ai détesté le personnage de Jack, égoïste, exigeant, prêt à tout pour sa pièce, encore plus toxique dans ses relations que son ami Boston (qui lui, a évolué). Un total Red Flag !
J'aurai vraiment aimé une autre fin : que Dean poursuive seul sa carrière d'acteur et trouve son bonheur avec qq'1 d'autre !
L'arrivée de Great dans la dernière cène, suggère des problèmes à venir. Avec Jack, il faut s'y attendre.
### Les interventions des couples de la saison 1, inutiles, semblent totalement incongrues, artificielles.

=> Bonne BL sur des relations toxiques, portée par la fabuleuse performance de Mix.

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Thank You Nyx
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Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 8.5
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Chaotic in it's own pace

The most common comment I see while watching OFDO is that everyone’s looking for the chaotic “mix and match” vibe from S1. And yes, a lot of them ended up disappointed because OFDO decided to take a different path this season. At first, that was my reaction too. Like, what do you mean it’s already Episode 5 and Boston still hasn’t kissed anyone yet? 😭
But the longer I stayed with this series, the more I realized that the chaos they wanted to show isn’t the same kind of chaos from S1. It has its own identity, and honestly, it works well on its own.
If you ask me, my favorite parts are Dean and Raffy’s constant “puksaan,” the cameos from the original S1 cast, and the bittersweet relationship of JackDean.
Another thing I really love is the filming locations, especially the apartments of the characters. You can actually see their personalities through the way their spaces are designed. And I know some of you noticed those photo-style scene transitions too, that was such a cool touch.
But yeah, if you’re expecting the same kind of chaos as S1… you’re probably in the wrong room.

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Rowie
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May 1, 2026
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Overall 5.0
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Acting/Cast 4.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 1.5
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HOT GARBAGE

First of all since it carries Only Friends title, I was expecting it will be messy and traumatic kinda like the successor. And boy oh boy I'm disappointed. I even make myself watched until episode 10 just to give it a chance.
Let's start with the storyline, the storyline is a hot mess, it's almost all over the place with no substance to it. We have a potential good storyline like Dean's background, they could dive into it and they didn't. Simply put, they have everything and nothing at the same time. So does the casting, with that many characters, there's no chemistry at all (well except for the pairing), in the previous series, we can see how the main characters group of friend really there and convincing, but this casts? Zero chemistry.
The characters dynamics is frigid, meaning that there's no flow in them. They interact almost like in sequence, outside of that, it's like nothing happens. All I can say is this series relies on the fixed couple stans, since they only interact intimately within their own pairing only, even the stage kiss was fake lol 🙄
Even NickBoston closure is a meh, because they just bringing Ohm, which is the fixed couple for Nick's actor to bring up the hype(?)
TopMew cameo is really out of their characters.
The only thing that good in this series is Mix's acting, he's doing it too good for an ass plot. Like how can you waste a talent like that lol
So to me, this is just fixed couple fans wet dream and of course their fandoms will love it.

In conclusion, it is hot garbage.

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Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 3.5

Should've appreciated season 1 more

I feel like when everyone heard there was going to have Only friends dream on, we were expecting messy SPICY drama, similar to or even better than season 1. I fear they did not live up to my expectations. At first I didn't mind when things werent getting messy but then when boston appeared i knew fs the drama was going to begin and it did not... I thought they were bringing boston in to stir up things.. Only friends dream on had sm potential i felt like they did not want pairings kissing outside of their pair so that also made the series boring sometimes.

Enough with the negatives, there were some good aspects that i liked.
1. Earthmix acting was SPECTACULAR. I was obsessed with Mix's acting. He made me feel all the emotions he was feeling, sometimes i couldnt even watch his crying scenes because it was just that good! My favourite scene of his would forever be when he had an argument with jack in the bathroom and immediately had to get dress to go out on stage. CHILLS ran down my spine. Earth's acting as well as wonderful. His character range is insane, he was able to pull off a completely different character than what he's used to, so im very proud of them both. They delivered and carried the series.

Also Ive got to give credit to timmy for keeping that friend group together. He has sm patience.

All the other actors acted okay with what they were given. Would forever love Rome's iconic part of punching Jack too.

The OST is 10/10 gawin DELIVERED.

In essence, i think this season definitely fell short but the acting carried. I still would miss waiting every friday to watch it but im glad it is over tho.

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Unpopularopinionbydemand
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May 22, 2026
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 6.5
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Flawed, but I Oddly Enjoy...?

Maybe I'm the anomaly here (to my surprise) to see this series was not taken well by the vast majority of watchers. Surprisingly, I think I liked it? Now, did I like it in the sense that it's going to make top 10 of 2026? Highly unlikely. But I enjoyed it in a "this is sloppy and stupid, omg, I love it" kind of way. Now, it wasn't nearly as brazen and racy as the first season was, in which case diminishes the brand of Only Friends being the daring, everybody-kisses-everybody series, but in some peculiar turn of events, this worked for me.

Let's Dive In.

I liked that each of our leading couples had their own dynamic. I enjoyed Arnold and Tua's story the most, but that's because I'm a friends-to-lovers buff, otherwise that crown would've gone to the brilliant AouBoom. Truly so nice seeing them like this. We go a slight taste of this darker, more erotic theme of them in Perfect10Liners, and here, we get to see a much more complex attitude from them. Executed very nicely by the way. Joss and Gawin, for the love of straight, it's hard for me to play into their roles, only completely shadowed by my love of their trope. It also feel like they were playing racier versions of their own selves, at least for Joss that's the vibes I got. But I won't complain too hard, I got too see shirtless Joss, so *shrugs*.

And I can't forget the lovely Mix and Earth, of course. Not my favorite roles I've seen them in, but they do chemistry well. I'm not a fan of exes-to-lovers as much as I'd like to be, also way too much cat and mouse chasing for my own liking, but I still appreciated seeing them on my screen again doing something much somber and risqué. Mix being slightly evil in the beginning was also nice to see.

I think where this series slightly suffers is it's cowardice way of almost-kisses or totally eradicating the reason why people loved the first season: everybody was kissing everybody! It makes no sense that Jack and Raffy don't kiss, it makes no sense that Dean and Pod's character don't kiss, it don't make sense that Tua and Boston don't kiss, and don't even get me started on Pete and Rome. Urgh. If this was the real season one flare, Pete would've been riding the fuck out of Rome's dick with a dejected Raffy looking from a distance.

I also think it got slightly boring. Also those random confessional scene were... a choice!

Ratings:

Story: 8/10 - mostly entertaining. They should've really gone for it, but oh well.

Acting: 9/10 - good! I think Boom and Mix are the stand outs for me.

Music: 4/10 - I've been noticing more English music in GMMTV productions, and I don't know it's starting to pinch a nerve.

Recommendation Value: 6.5/10 - Maybe? There a story here, and it's fun for the most part. Don't knock it till you try it kind of ordeal.

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Blkittykat
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Rewatch Value 1.5
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The only thing we can 'Dream On' about is that this were better

I'm annoyed with how disappointed I am because
1. We know that most sequels don't exactly live up to their shared stories
2. We should never really have much expectations, ever

Sometimes, you watch a drama and go 'why do I even bother?' because it's just that bad. I could say that Dream On had no depth, no good character development, no nuanced writing of any relevance, but why bother? What does it matter when they didn't have a decent plot or characters from the get go?
Because drama that goes down between six guys on the set of Romeo and Romeo because all of them clearly like just one person but force themselves to pretend they like others is not exactly a watchable plot with characters you can root for.

Let's just rehash this couple by couple in no particular order (except for the amount I liked/tolerated them)

Arnold and Tua
I believe they were supposed to be the 'steady pairing' - the couple who is kind of always into each other, has a ton of cute moments and one smidgen of drama that is not actually worth crying over (I made up that last part but it happened!)

Tua has forever been in love with Arnold - Arnold has a policy to never date friends and against all odds, they date. But that one smidgen of drama? It comes in the form of Dean, Tua's friend and Arnold's co-star in that play. Dean has this idea to create 'ship content' with Arnold (more on that later) but things start to get kind of real and a photo of them indulging in an angle kiss goes viral. That causes some distress but they make up so quick I began to wonder why break up?

Because they're that couple! Strong, dedicated and so boring. They were so bland as a couple and as individuals that remove them from the plot and it wouldn't really make a difference - which speaks both to how badly and boringly written these two characters were, but also how messily and terribly the other characters were written. I didn't enjoy this pairing much (didn't help that their last work was the Sniffle Story) because either have them be more involved or do not have them at all!

Dean and Jack
Before I start, please repeat after me - Jack is the worst!
Now let's go. I'd argue that these two got the most screentime, which genuinely upset me, not only because Jack was one of the worst characters in the series but also because of how terrible they were to almost everyone, including each other!

There's a lot going on here, and this is just an abstract but Jack and Dean are exes who broke up because Jack believes that Dean is a player who will eventually cheat on him. They're working together on a play and somehow end up in an on/off, FWB to couple relationship (complicated, I know) but throughout it all, Jack is just a complete jerk. Not just to his boyfriend, but almost everybody. I could actually write a paper on how badly written Jack is. Anyway, they have constant arguments working together, fueled even further by the presence of Raffy, Dean's rival in everything, including love.

The constant jealousy and arguments only get worse when Dean has the idea to shoot content with Arnold to promote the play, and that faux-kiss happens. And obviously Jack is super chill and that's that (ha-ha)

Their part of the story obviously has a lot going on, even aside from the petulant relationship troubles. They take about things like addiction, financial troubles, infidelity, trust - but they don't really talk about it. It's mentioned in passing and immediately forgotten to talk about relationship issues that do not exist. It's like they wanted to say something but were worried for some inapparent reason.

And we've already established that Jack is a jerk (the awfulness must truly be witnessed to understand) but Dean is actually a decent person. A good friend, smart and tenacious but when he's around Jack he turns into this monstrous person I really hated. This pairing actually angered me so much, I just - ugh.

Raffy and Rome
My favourite pairing, why? Because they had the most potential.
Raffy - in love with Jack, would do anything to get him, might be in love with Rome but won't accept it.
Rome - in love with Raffy, hated his step-brother Jack and will do everything to ensure those two don't end up together

These two start off as a quintessential FWB, annoyance to lovers pairing but I quite liked the way their story progressed. Despite being an integral part of the mess, it felt like they never really moved away from each other. Yes, they argued and fought, but somehow always kept looking for each other. Maybe it's the fact that they actually looked like they liked each other, but with a few tweaks, their story would've been one to rival even those from S1.

And even as individuals, brilliant characters. Not perfect but they actually had character growth. Compared to the other characters who didn't move an inch (personality or face wise) these two were aces better.


A story that was supposed to be messy, hard hitting and thought provoking like S1 turned out to be almost nothing. Don't get me wrong, this was MESSY. I haven't even covered so many of the things that happened in this series - embezzlement, the return of Boston, cameos from Only Friends, it had it all but it mostly felt like a hollow shell. Characters sometimes refused to interact outside their set pairings, and when they did it was mostly to fight. That was one of the biggest problems with this series, it felt like I was watching the love story of three different couples who rarely interacted with those around them.

Nothing worked beyond a certain point and we owe it all to the writers and makers who weren't willing to actually go anywhere with the story. The same drama was spun around hundreds of times, characters moved one step forward to take ten steps back, basically ending the story exactly as it started. Even the actors (who I know are brilliant performers) couldn't move their facial muscles to save this lackluster story.

If you've stuck it out until here - go you! It could not have been easy to read my rather incoherent rant (almost done I promise). I don't think I was the target audience for this series. Yes, I love flawed and messy people being themselves but there's a certain amount I can tolerate of people making the same bad decisions over and over again, and standing by that decision lol. If you're looking for a genuine messy bunch and a bunch of messy relationships, go for it. But don't say my rant didn't warn you ;)

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Ongoing 5/12
just_anne13
22 people found this review helpful
Mar 29, 2026
5 of 12 episodes seen
Ongoing 1
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

I DIDN'T KNOW ONLY FRIENDS DREAM ON WOULD BE THIS GOOD!

I love how deeply layered and emotionally complex its characters are no one feels one dimensional and every decision is driven by messy human motivations that unfold with striking realism. The series is elevated by its beautifully crafted music score which perfectly underscores each emotional beat while the thoughtful use of color and precise timing in its scenes create an atmosphere that feels both intimate and intense. On top of that, the actors deliver incredibly nuanced performances, bringing raw vulnerability and chemistry that make every interaction feel authentic.

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