immoralq
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don't bother - just go watch the Pete/Kao cut
This was just....awful.
There's no other words for it. It was boring, slow and painful to watch. Most of the characters were horrible and unlikeable, the plot was ridiculous (more ridiculous than usual) and the acting was truly dreadful in places.
Also sadly, the Pete/Kao cut of this, which was officially created by GMMTV and posted on their YouTube channel, did not exist when I watched this, so I had to suffer through all 14 episodes to watch Tay and New.
The story revolves around the lives of five sisters: Sanwan, Sanson, Sansuay, Sandee and Sanrak, and their daily lives. It's definitely more soap opera than drama. The oldest sister, Sansuay, owns a clothing store and lives above it with her sisters.
THE BAD: oh, there's so much bad. Starting with just the show itself, the opening credits run for 5 minutes. No, that's not an exaggeration - I timed them.
Then there's the characters. Most of them are terrible.
Sanson is paid by Matt's mother to find out if he's gay (because he spends so much time with his best friend Pat) or not, and the way she goes about it is just awful. One of them is to hire escorts to grope him at a karaoke club. She butts into his private life in ways she has no business doing and not only does he forgive her he starts dating her. Pat is actually gay and has a small crush on his best mate and Sanson treats him terribly for it.
Sanwan is being setup for a relationship by her mother as the 'girl who is the best match for you' in cahoots with the prospective boyfriend/groom's father. The young man in question, only identified by the initial 'R', is supposedly a doctor, but he never seems to do any doctor-ing. He's also arrogant, rude, cruel and a bully. He tries to sexually assault Sanwan in the second episode, ffs.
And his girlfriend of the moment, Sinee, is jealous and possessive and can't let go of the idea that Sanwan wants her man, even though she rejects him soundly and decisively and wants nothing to do with him. Sinee even sets Sanwan up to be raped, which is just....I have no words for how disgusting that is and how reprehensible of a character she is.
Sandee is still the only sensible one out of the gang, and we all stan June.
The main BL pairing in this, as mentioned above, is Pete/Kao. I'm not a fan of the 'accidental kiss' and it wasn't done very well here (Saifah/Zon's in WRU was better) but these two have chemistry leaking out of their pores. So much more more than So and Sansuay.
We also get hints of Sun/Mork, although their relationship is developed more in 'Dark Blue Kiss.'
The BL plot is fairly standard, which means its the only one that really makes sense in terms of character development and plot beats. It's the saving grace of this series.
And Pete's dad is the best Dad in Thai BL I've ever seen.
On the whole, I would highly recommend you watch the Pete/Kao and avoid the rest of this dumpster fire. It wasn't worth my time, and it's not worth yours.
There's no other words for it. It was boring, slow and painful to watch. Most of the characters were horrible and unlikeable, the plot was ridiculous (more ridiculous than usual) and the acting was truly dreadful in places.
Also sadly, the Pete/Kao cut of this, which was officially created by GMMTV and posted on their YouTube channel, did not exist when I watched this, so I had to suffer through all 14 episodes to watch Tay and New.
The story revolves around the lives of five sisters: Sanwan, Sanson, Sansuay, Sandee and Sanrak, and their daily lives. It's definitely more soap opera than drama. The oldest sister, Sansuay, owns a clothing store and lives above it with her sisters.
THE BAD: oh, there's so much bad. Starting with just the show itself, the opening credits run for 5 minutes. No, that's not an exaggeration - I timed them.
Then there's the characters. Most of them are terrible.
Sanson is paid by Matt's mother to find out if he's gay (because he spends so much time with his best friend Pat) or not, and the way she goes about it is just awful. One of them is to hire escorts to grope him at a karaoke club. She butts into his private life in ways she has no business doing and not only does he forgive her he starts dating her. Pat is actually gay and has a small crush on his best mate and Sanson treats him terribly for it.
Sanwan is being setup for a relationship by her mother as the 'girl who is the best match for you' in cahoots with the prospective boyfriend/groom's father. The young man in question, only identified by the initial 'R', is supposedly a doctor, but he never seems to do any doctor-ing. He's also arrogant, rude, cruel and a bully. He tries to sexually assault Sanwan in the second episode, ffs.
And his girlfriend of the moment, Sinee, is jealous and possessive and can't let go of the idea that Sanwan wants her man, even though she rejects him soundly and decisively and wants nothing to do with him. Sinee even sets Sanwan up to be raped, which is just....I have no words for how disgusting that is and how reprehensible of a character she is.
Sandee is still the only sensible one out of the gang, and we all stan June.
The main BL pairing in this, as mentioned above, is Pete/Kao. I'm not a fan of the 'accidental kiss' and it wasn't done very well here (Saifah/Zon's in WRU was better) but these two have chemistry leaking out of their pores. So much more more than So and Sansuay.
We also get hints of Sun/Mork, although their relationship is developed more in 'Dark Blue Kiss.'
The BL plot is fairly standard, which means its the only one that really makes sense in terms of character development and plot beats. It's the saving grace of this series.
And Pete's dad is the best Dad in Thai BL I've ever seen.
On the whole, I would highly recommend you watch the Pete/Kao and avoid the rest of this dumpster fire. It wasn't worth my time, and it's not worth yours.
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