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I have a slightly different take on the episode...

I really liked the episode. I did had a bit of an issue with two things you mentioned: Phupa going through Tian's things and Tian risking Longtae's life. As far as Doctor-Patient privilege goes, I don't know the laws in Thailand so I have no opinion on that.

I think that this episode was a very unique episode in the BL genera. In the last couple of years, we have been given a lot of externally-driven conflict dramas. Here the turmoil and conflict is mostly internal. We don't get the typical girlfriend interference (Lovesick, MIR's main couple, 2Moons, 2Gether, TonHon, etc.), parental interference (Lovesick, TonHon, Love of Siam and so many other movies), moving away (Gameboys, Your Home, and I am sure a couple more I forget!), and the "Am I gay?" internal musings from the Uke (SOTUS, Lovesick, MIR, My Engineer, Gameboys) or from the Seme (TonHon is the only one I can think of... maybe My Engineer?). No. This time is all about a character who just can't find himself. Tian is lost and has fallen into a dark place. In that dark place, he sees himself as being guilty for Torfun's death. He tells everyone he is guilty of her death. He also has lied to everyone about a lot of things. When he came in, he was this outsider that feared rejection so he used Torfun's notes to find things that would help him be liked by the villagers. Maybe he wanted to eventually tell them he had her heart, and play into this fantasy that somehow her heart had allowed him to know all this things about the villagers and Phupa. We should also take note of the fact that he did not reveal the fact that he had the diary to anyone. Longtae and Phupa found out but I don't think he told anyone and he definitely omitted that truth when he was doing his big reveal to the villagers.

This director has a penchant for overtly dramatic climaxes. I don't think this was as melodramatic as HCTM, for example or as over blown as DBK's climax.

Only thing that was a bit too much for me was when Phupa gets shot. It was also your stereotypical Seme protects the Uke... Meh....

I don't find the fact that she died the night he had the heart attack to be an unbelievable coincidence. It is a convenient coincidence but one that sets up an interesting conundrum: Tian has received a heart from someone who dies indirectly due to his penchant for living life to the extreme and in disregard of others. Torfun is his polar opposite: a person who is giving, who thinks first of others before she thinks of herself. She values the time she spends with people, not how many cars she has or the clothes she wears. Now Tian embarks on a journey to find out who Torfun is, and lives her life so she can honor her death. He essentially takes over her life, or at least one important aspect of her life, so he can continue her work which he knows mattered a lot to her....

So I think this episode offered a fitting climax. Forgiveness is one of the central themes in this series and it was an important aspect of this episode. I think the drama was necessary to drive the plot forward.

Or maybe my bar for melodrama is much lower due to all the Asian series I watch. LOL

Since we haven't seen it, we don't know what this is about exactly. However, I am appalled that you think any relationship between a director and an actor has to be some type of abuse. In Hollywood (and I am sure Europe as well), it is pretty common for directors to get involved with the actors and vice versa. There has been many directors who have directed their spouse in a movie. We don't know if the relationship started BEFORE he was assigned to the movie, outside the movie, etc.

The #metoo movement is about abuse of power. If a director made a move on an actor, the actor told them no and the director used his or her power to remove the actor or made his or her life miserable on set, then that's another story. It is apple and oranges.

This was my thought too. Both series seem to be based on similar concept but this one is darker.

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We can disagree on that. I didnt like the overly dramatic scenes in My Extraordinary. Other than that, yes the directing was competent and even good sometimes.

I am not watching. The audio is atrocious and it looks like the quality of the directing in the dramatic scenes is worst than My Day. This is not going to be up to the standards of modern BLs (e.g. Gameboys, Gaya, most GMMTV BLs, etc.)... and also My Extraordinary's ending left me with little desire to watch anything from Asterisk (except for A kiss 2 Remember and that's only because the two male leads were amazing in their 2 minutes in My Extraordinary)

It is becoming more common for them to live over 10 years and younger and healthier patients can live longer than 20 years.

The thing is that if you have a heart transplant today and you make it to 25 years from now, you will be running into issues with your transplanted heart in the year 2046. Hopefully by that time there are other options for you.....

So Tian could live to grow an old man with his husband.... :)

It is Thai BL. Even He's Coming To Me had a "happy" ending.... Well, there was The Shipper but that's an exception LOL

Seriously thought, I was thinking along the same lines, that IRL Tian would not live long because his heart transplant would fail eventually. Well, it seems I am on the wrong.... Younger transplant patients who are relatively fit can survive more than 20 years. Considering he is in his 20s, and that 20 years from now we could have other advances, it sounds like he could live a pretty long life. Maybe he can get another transplant 20 years from now? IDK

What would definitely kill him is the way he likes to live his life. Why did he try to get into a fight with those tea buyers? What happens if he looses his meds? He is so far from the hospital now... I would think you want to be close to your doctor for at least the first couple of months until you go through the growing pains of a new heart....

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I will rewatch but if it was there, it was poorly translated or portrayed

OMG OMG OMG OMG.......

Deep breath! OMG OMG OMG....

I need to sit down.... :)

It is weird to me because I didnt know that. Maybe you read the book? Thanks for the spoiler.

What is weird is that White's character says "did you clear the road" right before Tian collapses. Watch it again!

This has exceeded my expectations. As someone pointed out, there are some minor issues but this is one of the few First Episodes in a BL that gets a 9.5/10 for me.

Whatever it is, I think it will be important later on. My guess is yes, it could be Tian's friend. Somehow I think it will be tied to Tian's collapse or his night of excess.

Is Joss a real southern or northern thai?

I see why ppl say they are similar. At the very least, the original Chinese version took a lot of concepts from Japanese shojou manga, of which Itazura na Kiss is a well known example.

But now that I have watched this version, I can say they are just similar. Some key aspects missing from this show thus far which I think are unique to InK are: the stolen kiss, living together (in the C-drama they are neighbors. Here they are too?), a dumb second lead, Naoki being good at everything.

But we do see some things clearly burrowed from Japanese shojou manga: the cold hearted tsundere, the daydreaming female lead, the male being super smart while the female is dumb, etc.

I wouldn't call the Hana Yori Dango story a very progressive story considering that in the story the female is constantly rescued by the male lead and considering that this follows the idea that a female can be the catalyst for change in a man (in other words the character that transform and changes and sees significant growth is the male character).

GMMTV should just do GL. Now that would be progressive ;)

You have some good points but I think it had be equally unfair to have someone else play it just because Bright is not fully "Thai" or is not "Thai Chinese".

I agree that the female character should have gone to someone from the provinces or an ethnic minority. I am not sure how realistic that is, considering the history of colorism in Thailand and the fact that the only time I have heard a Northern Dialect spoken (at least in Thai BL) is when they want to characterize someone as being dumb, uneducated, or incomprehensible. Baby steps?

Will this be available with English subtitles? Where can I watch it?