Hormones Season 2 (2014)

STORY: The description above sums it up but I have to say that Season 2 was spectacular. It beat all my expectations. The first half of the season was a solid 10. The writing was so damn good. The second half slowed down so I'd give it an 8. Each episode focuses on one of the cast, but does have side scenes of the other members. The episodes of Win and Phu were especially good. Phai's episode stunned me, it was shocking; I don't think I could ever watch that episode again...ever.

One thing that bugged me was that all of the relationships were harmed by one of the partners still being in love with an ex. Why was this theme so overused?? It would have been nice if at least one couple had a healthy and stable relationship where one wasn't still in love with some old flame.

As far as the LGBT themes, there is a girl couple and a guy couple, but not enough screen time was devoted to this topic, and it wasn't presented in a positive way; realistic maybe, but why can't a gay couple be happy?

ACTING/CAST: I liked all the cast but not all the characters. (I wasn't really all that fond of Sprite or Phai, even though the actress playing Sprite is amazingly cute.) Some are better than others and some have one-dimensional presentations or flat performances. Also, missed opportunity for this show, but dammit I wanted MORE POP! He was a great character that was underused!

MUSIC: I am always impressed with Thai drama music. This was no exception. There's a ton of great music here and many original songs. It's apparent some of the cast are also musicians.

REWATCH VALUE: I don't know if I'll watch it all a second time, but I might rewatch the episodes of Win and Phu.

OVERALL: This season rocked. The Movie was slow, Season 1 was OK, but Season 2 knocked it out of the ballpark. Again, first half was better but as a whole it was worth it.

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For the most part this is better than the first season, each episode seems to be more stand alone-y focusing on mostly 1 topic 1/2 characters. It deals with almost everything a teenager could face (almost) and the writing of it is done so damn well. The likeable charcters are extremely likeable and the unlikeable charcters are well, unlikeable. A charcter that I really loved was Phu, i didnt think it was possible to like a character this much...he has his flaws but god do I think he is just such a brilliant character. The actor (March Chutavuth) managed to potray someone struggling with their sexuality so perfectly. Episode 5...the Phu/bomb fiasco is what I’ll call it...was written so damn well, there was a specific scene that I cherish so much where bomb introduces phu to her friends...nothing particularly special happens in this scene, its just seeing his realisation that their are others that have struggled in similar ways to him, and that he isn’t alone, that he is normal...it made me so happy Whilst watching alot of Phu’s scenes i had to remind myself that this is only a fictional character..which shows a great ability from the writers to be able to suspend disbelief as well as an exceptional actor. I also liked Dao’s character more than i did in s1 shes still a bit of a brat (rightfully so) but its good to see her become less annoying and more of a likeable character. Other storylines which are quite good are Phai-Fern I won’ get into it too much since I want this to be spoiler free...but you can feel the tension through the screen during the hotel scebe, i was once afain reminding myself that this show is fiction.

Now my criticism, firstly I think the writers could have potrayed Win’s addiction situation better although it was portrayed okay in ep 6(?) which primarily focuses on it afterwards it seemed to be too romanticised with the whole Kwan situation too,..the actual issue seemed pushed aside in order for a half assed romance. Secondly the ending...honestly I hated the end. I feel like alot of situations and problems were left hanging in the air not really resolved. However I then found out there is a 3rd season only to see that the majority of the main cast is different meaning we’re left with a too open ending for the characters of s1/2....

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