This is about how two completely opposite people can flourish from meeting each other. First we see Peter Corp Dyrendal's character Dai, whose life path got stuck when his love passed on (as an inside joke, that sequence has Peter Corp Dyrendal's old nineties song playing in the background) leaving him behind. Then we see young girl with her mother, that looks just like her with heavier makeup (has Proy Manasaporn double roled to play her own mother here? MDL doesn't list the cast of the mother!:) leaving on a bus journey. There, she meets Dai, not a very cheerful guy twice her age. They find out they're going to live next to each other.

There's also funny side character portrayed by David Asavanond, actually only 1 year older than the pra'ek Peter Corp Dyrendal. Yet the full beard and long hairdo - he's trying for some sort of hippie style in almost all his roles, for some reason - of course makes him look like hundred. There you can see that shaving is everything:D Peter Corp here got even paired with 22-year old, while David Asavanond, who's actually handsome (like on his MDL profile pic:) obviously has decided THAT is not going to be what defines his roles. Just mentioning this as a fun fact... But I AM looking forward Abandoned (2019), where I expect I'll finally see what kind of roles he's been striving for all this time hiding his good looks.

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This got my attention. What with? The runtime! LOL

See, all korean dramas I ever watched had episodes at least hour long and forgive me to say, most of the cases it did NOT flatter them. Such runtime can actually afford only truly super-fun series, like 'Boys Over Flowers'... Else, the single episode runtime is like the K-DRAMA GREATEST WEAKNESS. (Note: I never binge-watch and require the SERIES to be actually working IN episodes. Each episode must win me over, again. Each should end so I feel excited to see more, not tired to death.) Here, at Her Lovely Heels, we're at the opposite extreme. It is not sitcom, yet the episodes are 15 minutes only. I am accustomed to 22-minute japanese anime episode runtimes, and it works well. But 15 minutes?

It's really as short as it can get. Can that be enough for a drama? Surprisingly, yes. It doesn't feel rushed, or like something is missing. Turns out, with such runtime, we just got short all the clamoring side-characters that only annoy, all the (in pure fact) un-related side-stories that only tire. Nothing is disturbing the drama's pace. Nothing dilutes it to more average feel.

As this is a romance drama, I can confirm what happens to the main couple in 1 episode, IS equal to what happens in 1 episode of regular k-drama. Amazing how much time this drama saves you, LOL. No seriously, you don't get the familiar FEEL of wading-through just 1 episode (I'm not saying the dramas won't reward you for your patience, but still:)

On the other hand, it also kinda exposes how banal most of the dramas are, LOL. Take away all the embellishments and fluff and this is what remains bare. Truth to be told, the actual story is often nothing much. But didn't I always insist that story is NOT what's truly important in a drama? Yeah! LOL:) So, good drama has that untangible "something" more... Some atmosphere, some vibrance, humour, chemistry, feeling... Something. Can that SOMETHING fit in the 15-minute runtime, too?

I think in this case, we got all the conversation and interaction and sad song playing scenes as we would have, even if this was full k-drama runtime. To me this was an average romance. Had I watched this with say 3-4 more side-character's stories, about twice as many scenes with the plotting rival and some ocasional comic relief, I bet I should definitely complain about it being a draggy drama. Because not much is actually happening. But! My point is I DID watch some k-dramas which had even LESS content than this one and they DID bore me with 1,5 hour long episodes. So even if this is an average k-drama, it still achieved something above average.

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The story was there 2 times already. So, it should be a strong one. At the beginning, we don't seem to see any likeable character. Perhaps the father, whom we can pity. Then the tragedy strikes.

I would understand if the nang'ek tried to slash her wrists in the bathroom, especially after hearing she caused her own beloved daddy to die (for she did love him, even as spoilt as she was). I would understand if she realized she lost the most precious thing already and no longer considered money that important. But, no. She shows some remorse passing quickly, then even after losing also her boyfriend, she is fast on track to secure herself some financials. All the while being sabotaged by relentless opponent played by still stunning beauty Bee Namthip. As we can see the nang'ek still didn't change and might as well act the same way the other woman is acting had the situation been reversed, it's unclear whom should we root for. Especially, if the gay best friends are on the nang'rai side (what, did they demonstrate against being stereotypized to play goodies only?:)

Then, we have James Jirayu (I call him 'Pasty Face' since his debut in Suparburoot Jutathep) who is supposed to change our naughty nang'ek, after her discovering her father's dead body and learning he committed suicide because of money, still did not work. So, I was kinda sceptical.

Nang'ek is on the losing side. She's not much better a person than the nang'rai, but nang'rai fights better. Nang'ek needs to sell every valuable possession including the big house, to pay off the debts. She moves into a small condo (still luxurious in compare to what many common people live in) and signs contract for 1 year lease. Instead of paying the whole year in advance with the leftover money she still has to secure a roof over her head first and deal with the little things later, she spends money on little things, giving gracious tips to everyone. Then she gets behind with rent and needs to accept being hired at dodgy job like to get close to some guy and steal something.

The theme of pride is featured well in this lakorn. Nang'ek often flaunts money to save her face, parading around not caring whether she offended someone. Then we can see her calling her old contacts to ask for a job she has refused before, swallowing her pride, like we all sometimes must do. She comes to a party uninvited, in hopes to get connection to a job, but then refuses a job offered for being below her standards... Where exactly is the line for pride? We can see how difficult it is for her character to adjust to the drastic change, as her character does not have a enough firm foundation.

So, the stealing job offer? After some whining, she accepts it. She still acts like a princess and scolds everyone around for not doing their job well. She's lucky she is paid in millions for her task: which brings her to the hotel owned by pra'ek. I don't know what 'Tarm Ruk Keun Jai' characters are doing there, because I've seen that lakorn already and it has nothing to do with this (it's supposed to be a "side story", but it's something completely unrelated). But that's a detail which is skippable.

At the beginning, we see nang'ek still living in luxury and knowing how to pamper herself. She decides to enjoy herself a little before even starting to work at new job (as she reckons "she deserves it"). The person who hired her starts getting impatient. Finally she starts getting closer to pra'ek in order to steal from him, and interacting with him, all the while being watched by the yet still plotting nang'rai, and even by the yet still plotting ex-boyfriend (kinda surplus, he then leaves from the story).

So, to focus on the nang'ek and pra'ek interactions: In the beginning, when pra'ek keeps showering nang'ek with chivalry and flattery RIGHT AFTER she just acted like arrogant c*w, it almost looks as though he's got some hidden agenda too, LOL. Did the scriptwriters realize this? Probably not:) Due to the plot, he's supposed to get totally smitten then totally heartbroken, I know.

Either way, she doesn't really have to "work" in her new job as Ramet is following her around on his own. And when she does something, it's rather awkward. Only by courtesy of Kimberley Anne Woltemas who is so beautiful we can understand Ramet falls completely in love with someone so blatantly stupid. No matter how she treats his employees right in front of him, he keeps on smiling. So does he have a problem with her personality only AFTER he gets heartbroken by her? Or is this his tactics? Because he then treats one of the employees the same. Right in front of her. And she DOES comment on him being too harsh!:D

Then the two of them do such things like talking about flowers and going through a simple market hall and suddenly their conversation is honest and full of meaning. Even the nang'ek seems better person. Did the scriptwriters completely change? Or are they on a break and others filled in, LOL. Pop, there is 'Tarm Ruk Keun Jai' character popping in, again. So maybe that's what makes this a "sidestory" lakorn? Do they borrow the scriptwriters from there? Do they take turns? That would explain the schizophrenic changes...

I liked the scene she 1st time got into his office (all gleeful she got close to his safe:) because aside her snooping around, their interaction there was cute. Perhaps that's the other scriptwriter, again. But then the stealing attempt occurs rather early. The two of them cannot be called seriously dating. He says he wants to get serious but she doesn't. So it's far from her promising him love or seducing him, she didn't use him that low. And he's not so blindly in love to not see anything, he's onto her. When she comes opening his safe, he's already waiting there for her. Also his first reaction is just to make her go away from him, not make her stay and reform her. That she should work at his hotel, she more or less offers it herself (as she's unable to clear her bill for her 10 days stay). He actually offers several other options to her. It's all a bit different than stated in the synopsis.

Turning into a regular employee, Pimlapas tastes real life the first time. Wearing the same uniform everyone has, she looks quite different than the others, though. And it's not for the white swan brooch. You just cannot hate even a character like Pimlapas, when she posesses Kimberley Anne's charm and cuteness.

Actually Pimlapas should know best how to be the perfect server. Mere hours before, she was still lecturing the whole staff. Overnight she stops being the hotel guest and starts working there, and suddenly she has a lot of remarks about the guests being too demanding. Suddenly she doesn't know how to do the simplest things (like putting the plate down on table gently) or basics of polite behavior. She only learns how to be polite after she discovers how much she can earn in tips. Still it doesn't make much sense her serving in the restaurant, if she has known-face of the entertainment industry. She's most probably to work 10 months for her 10 days as a guest. Serving guests is both physically and psychically demanding, because "customer's always right", so there's even unjust treatment she's now got to swallow. As she's working shoulder to shoulder with people she previously offended, no one takes her side, rather adds to it when she's currently down. That makes Pimlapas cry. Truth is she is friendless and her only loved one died, she is alone in the world. If there's something that should make her depressed, it's THAT.

Then, pra'ek steps in. Unfortunatelly, he hits the wrong key with her and sets her to alert her enemies, again. Meanwhile, I'm starting to enjoy Pimlapas in her new surroundings. When she genuinely starts to aspire to be good in her job, it's finally a good watch (I happen to love watching work dramas:) with all her coworkers turning out to be congenial side-characters... But, pra'ek steps in, again:) It's funny that directly after a scene of dealing with a sexually-harrasing customer he swings around and steals his line (asking her to fill more water, LOL), then she spills some water on him (also same like with the abusive customer) then gets dragged into his office, where she is forced to watch him go shirtless and then put new shirt on him, carefully closing each button (very husband-and-wifey scene:) LOLz. But had they cast Jack Methus (minus the mustache) here instead of the Yosapol role, I woudn't mind it;)

Then nang'rai causes another "drama" in the restaurant, and that causes emotional exchange in between nang'ek & pra'ek. I started enjoying their interactions and truly liking this couple. Though I really don't find James Jirayu very attractive, things here don't always go as expected in lakorns and I am not bored watching. Of course it's not really original, actually Pimlapas ends up being such "friends for life" with people in the restaurant that one would expect her to stay working there even if she should inherit her millions back, LOL. On the other hand, nang'rai's gay friends often get treated more like subordinates and in the end turn against her. They then help Pimlapat's side, but somehow it's not that admirable to see them whistle-blowing. They were with the nang'rai for years, it's impossible they didn't know what she was like.

Nevertheless, this lakorn really deals with all the personal line side-stories well and again I must praise this for trying to depict some real understanding of its characters (and not just your standard yelling-and-fighting stuff). The "human drama" that's advertised in every lakorn here is really engaging, because it's simple and about ordinary things, but those that matter. It's actually similar to 'Tarm Ruk Keun Jai' in that respect. The less is more: I knew there was most probably some "action kidnapping" waiting in the final episode but that was certainly not the reason I was watching...

Last episode features the "new Pim". With her acquired endurance and humility, she searches for a job. And yes, now I could imagine her doing many jobs. Still, I couldn't imagine her tutoring children, LOL. I REALLY appreciated the final was kinda mellow and about FEELINGS, not filled with some stupid action scenes. The flashbacks were enough;)) But girl shouldn't run after a guy!:D "Happy end" here consists of James Jirayu grabbing (yet again) Kimberley Anne's shoulders... but no kiss (or no visible kiss). But it was great to see the happiness of all other characters. (Except the evil one of course... What she did to Pimlapas all her youth in her household and how she drove her dad to suicide was still no forgiving matter.) In the end, they all ended up where they wanted to be. No more closure for 'Tarm Ruk Keun Jai' characters (their wedding is not seen) but we know they had happy ending as well.

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The Cupids, alias the series of the "romance-quickies"...

...Well, except the last one, Kammathep Prab Marn, which collects some build up in-between in all the other stories, so I expect that one to be at least a BIT better.

If anything, all the previous Cupid stories may have failed in many things, but they sure haven't failed in being... speedy. This one even has the nang'ek getting brutally raped almost an one scene, then getting playful in bed with the pra'ek at the next. Well, in the romance quickie, body and soul has to recover quickly.

The leading couple IS easy on the eye, they look SO cute together. They have REAL kisses, too. There's also pretty girl there that looks similar to dozen other pretty faces but, is a younger sister of Margie Rasri, to whom she does not look similar at all.

In the end, I had enough of screaming gran & mother that almost caused pra'ek to DIE and that was just one of her antics. Nevertheless, I admit this was strong story as the heroine had to conquer the worst ever adversary: her own loving family members. When they finally change their mind, they push the two into wedding right away and pra'ek must swear his loyalty to his grave. Let's hope Nantisa's young painter (actor is 5 years her junior) won't dissapoint her ever, LOL.

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Well, as the T-dej Production clearly stated they lost the files with more episodes so they created a movie instead, there's no sense in waiting for this to have more than 3 episodes. So I'll rate this as it is, a 3-episode mini-series. Then I'll move to the movie.

My main problem with this was something else: the 2-timeline setting. I am never a fan of unfinished business that drags back from the schooldays to the extent of someone's wedding years after (btw, I didn't know they allow same sex marriage in Thailand... perhaps it's just an unformal wedding... never mind).

I didn't like the change in the cast. The "schoolboys" cast (the cast you can see on the poster) is great. They should have them grow a beard or smth, better than change to completely different people that give you completely different vibe. I couldn't almost recognize who is who, except the one wearing huge glasses as a clue.

I'll definitely check out the movie as I anticipate that to be way better as it has 100 min runtime, and not 3x15. Still, given the infamous "Based on true story" tag, I know that even the movie version of this can turn out to be another emotionally unfinished thing with empty ending...

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Only thanks to MDL user 'Synchonicity' I got to know what was it written in the note Keng left for Neung. And without reading their review, I hardly think I would be able to summarize what this "story" was about.

I agree Mon Hatsawatchon was good. Only find it funny that Tui comes to "rescue" Neung from depression on the bridge, wearing PornHub t-shirt, saying he just watched 'My Bromance' and now understands, LOL. Mon Hatsawatchon then appeared in 'My Bromance 2'.

Cannot give this that high a rating as it cannot compare to full drama series, the boys in front of the camera did their best, but it went on so quick it looked kinda ridiculous in the end. Still, I think I can rate this at least as well as 'My Bromance', LOL.

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As someone here pointed out already, this lakorn has way more entertaining setting, than lets's say... office:-) There are cute scenes with animals, and animal keepers. Also the main couple gets your attention. She is Ice 'The Body' Preechaya (see 2015 'Stupid Cupid' for referrence) who can wear short hair and men's clothes all she likes, still she's not any less cute than your usual dolled-up nang'ek. He is someone I don't know from anything. But he definitely has some kind of arrogant air, perfect for portraying the annoying boss. Their contrasting dynamics is great.

It's soon obvious the boss likes Toonlayana, even if he professes it weirdly. At first, it looks like there's not much she could like about HIM, and Deaw Suriyon IS cuter... But then, he saves her from drowning, which IS the most romantic thing in my book:-) Also, his voice can be heard in the romantic song his actor sang (it's called 'Chan Cha Ro' and it's the ending song, mind you, not the opening song which is annoying as they usually are:) That makes him pra'ek alright.

Then she grows long hair (or rather quits wearing that super obvious wig) ... Yeah, years have passed. So it's bit weird nothing has progressed, even if things became obvious enough (he even kissed her a couple a times, back when she was still a short-head). The whole Deaw Suriyon line is weirder. All the time he treats Toonlayana as his sister, so you expect that when she realizes that, she will learn her life lesson (and finally see the real pra'ek in her eyes). Instead, he asks her to be his girlfriend, and later fiancee, even. They stay engaged for years (some silly reason of him preparing for the future). The boss now doesn't dare express anything more than friendship towards Toonlayana. So it's all stagnation. And that goes against hot romance:-D I felt like going back before the time-jump and continue there in some better way. Things are wrong now and it's worse if it's AFTER years passed, than if it was the beginning.

But, then the most emotional scene happens. That kind that always gets me. And instead of Toonlayana finally realizing her feelings and instantly go and break it off with her "fiancee", she and the pra'ek go further apart? I felt like smashing the scriptwriter's head! Many episodes passed already, it's tiring to keep playing the game where everyone stubbornly remains with the wrong person. Especially after nang'ek and pra'ek became more close than if they've slept together.

So, there I went with my many reservations against the script. But why was overall this lakorn so enjoyable? It was everything. I must really appreciate how much Nine Naphat Siangsomboon's pra'ek grew on me. His inner struggles were portrayed well and had poignant conclusion. Especially when I consider the young age of his actor. I loved Toon's friends and buddies... There were so many endearing scenes. The last few episodes were displeasingly diluted and draggy, but I'll definitely re-watch this lakorn. Just look at the main couple at that beach in the end, they are STAR couple. Can't wait for binge-concentrated version of this!:-)

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I watched Jean Gaewalin before in her early "lakorn" called 'Mong Kut Ritsaya', which was a below-average show about some kind of reality-show beauty pageant, where she stood out with her elegant air, charm and grace. I remembered her so I looked forward to seeing her as a nang'ek in proper lakorn.

I'm only sad her rival here is Fang Pitchaya, as I love her and she was always a nang'ek material for me, not just nang'rai (though lakorn producers don't seem to agree with me). And it's apparently her last role, too.

And the pra'ek? Fluke Jira kinda does not give me the air of notorious playboy as his role here is supposed to be. He's the cute type, morelike. Nevertheless I like him with Gaewalin (kisses are not bad, thankfully:) He is a father of a little girl, too. For me, the child is important in the story. Because it's not just as carefree thing to get married only in name or for some kind of revenge plan, if a child's life is involved.

This has enough episodes for the whole thing to get dragged and diluted till the viewers don't care anymore. Then we of course have some "good ol' action kidnapping" to stir things up. I would LOVE to see lakorn that would not sink to this level, ONCE:) But looks like we cannot portray strong feelings until gun is involved. (That's how you recognize good romance: it can do WITHOUT anyone using as much as a knife... except at dinner table:)

When we get to actual closure of the revenge story, it's really close to the end. As for me, I always start to enjoy the drama better AFTER the characters confront each other about something the viewers already know. So, the dragged ones are not my cup of tea. Final epi brings yet another "kidnapping/shooting"... even TWICE in the row. Seriously, I feel like I should drop my rating to average 5.0. Tiresome. Oh, there's yet another real kiss. Alright! I give 5.5! LOL. The kiss scenes are like the ONLY re-watch value of this. I liked the couple, so I'll try 'Sapai Rod Saab'...

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This show's main asset is undoubtedly Susie Susira Nanna, as she did not do that many lakorns so to find one of them subtitled, and watchable, is a treat as she's more beautiful than most nang'eks.

As for Ohm Atshar (previously known as Rome), he gets kinda outshined here by a "reverse-harem" assembly of super-fit A Passin, super-cute Ta Warit, super-dorky Jason Young, etc...

Luckilly, this lakorn's plot isn't boring. There is some stuff to fast-forward through, but there are endearing & entertaining moments, too. The ending is not much.

I liked the second couple. I liked one song playing there, too. Not the opening credits song, of course:)

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I did watch Goong, I did rate it above average even if the plot about becoming a princess is not my cup of coffee, and I did enjoy parts of it: but it was a LONG watch and I was glad it when it was over.

Was I curious to see thai version? Not really, LOL. But you can see I really am willing to give the chance to anything:)

This started with only a low expectations, as they've written everywhere that Ungsumalin had no-kissing clause in her contract, or smth. See, there are 2 options. Either the romance story can do without kiss scenes entirely and still be totally romantic (I know such ones:) Or it does have kiss scenes, and those can be powerful tool when used well or various ways. Now... Unfortunatelly some of asian countries came up with the 3rd option and that is to have something stiff and fake as a half-way. I say either stick with one or the other. Because even very good drama can become ridiculous if a passerby must knock or car must loudly pass or flowerpot must fall each time the characters are about to kiss. Repeated for the 20th time, it can change the piece's genre. Awkward, or plain scary looking stiff "kisses" can damage the intensity or purity of feelings the characters are supposed to portray. Attempts to use hands, objects or camera angles to hide the kiss "surprisingly" don't work either, as a kiss takes the audience's attention to the lips and nowhere else. Therefore if someone is against lip-kissing, either the script or the cast has to be changed.

Would I like Princess Hours without Ungsumalin? With someone who would dare to kiss Tao Sattaphong? That's a question. If this is a "meh" drama/lakorn, which even the hottest kiss cannot save, then I say it probably doesn't matter. I watched 7 episodes out of 20 and realized I don't care whether: she falls for him/ sleeps with him / falls for the cousin instead / dies. When it's like that I think it's pointless to count the series virtues or flaws. I'm not even that far in the story where the kisses could come and I could care whether they're true or fake. I need to get hooked, first.

And did I get hooked? See, I didn't drop this because of - for a lakorn - VERY short episode runtimes. While even THAT proved sneakily tricky: see the 3rd paragraph from the bottom, or if you care you can read as my further experience followed.

First. Tao Sattaphong is hot and can be quite expressive with his eyes, but what of it, if there's such a lukewarm atmosphere between him and Pattie. He kisses the other girl, but she is not the nang'ek.

Jab Benyakul and Sunsanee Wattananukul are great cast, they are doing a good job. It's just I am really not interested in whatever is happening. It's either my fault or the script's. .

At episode 11, pra'ek shares REAL kiss with the second female. Nang'ek is watching this kiss. She is deeply upset... maybe she knows that thanks to her character's actress, SHE would never kiss him? LOL. Now. I always say the marriage dramas do fascinate me as they span to so many episodes of dragging things the leading couple is still not capable to talk through, despite sharing the SAME ROOM the whole time, LOL. Here, the prince returns in the small bedroom and finds Pattie sulking on the bed. She refers to him being in love with someone else, she mentiones the kiss... there is no mistake of her being hurt (she is crying right in front of him). So there's obviously no way to drag this further as a misunderstanding. He does understand. As it was actually the old girlfriend who initiated the kiss, and as he is clearly stirred by his new wife crying about it, his reaction flashes right there. He goes to kiss her... er, wait. It's Pattie. He can't really kiss her. So he does something near to her ear. Now I don't know how we are supposed to feel as the audience. Should we imagine the kiss? Say to ourselves, that magnificent actress as Pattie is, is worth watching a thing like this? Then he goes to sleep with her on the tiny bed. There really is nothing else to watch in such scene. We don't have a light getting dim and cut to the scene of the next day. No, we're still there. That's why I mentioned if the actress can't kiss, then the SCRIPT has to be changed accordingly. It cannot leave us linger on the point where nobody shall deliver.

There's still half of the series ahead. It will be all about them living in very close proximity (as I remember, the Goong had hardly much else in the story), getting closer and closer... Not sure to what, in this remake's case. It's funny to see prince teasing nang'ek about the kiss and intimacy they DIDN'T share. We could clearly see it. We have camera! LOL. What was caustic in the korean version, is only mildly ridiculous in the thai one. Do I dwell too much? So what, there's no real kissing. But is there anything else to wach? The whole show is concentrating on this. There's no second couple, or side story. It's all about the main couple. And the stupid fictional kingdom stuff (I tune that out). There is the cousin... Jealous both in the love and title. That's about the most interesting thing this show has to offer. Or, is it the comedy? Scene of Pattie hiding under the Prince's bed was able to make me laugh. She's so clearly a comedy actress.

Next episode... The comedy continues. With combination of the jealous cousin/ex-girlfriend (he's cute, but she's got a face like a horse, hardly a competition for Pattie). As the childish playing with lipstick clown marks on a face is about as childish as jealous-games are, this definitely is immature show. Then, there comes slap/kiss scene. A big one. They use the fake kiss 3x in a row. Then they move onto bed. There's concentrated anticipation. There's like noo way they can complete this with another fake one. So in the last second, he doesn't do it and leaves. SORRY IF THIS IS A SPOILER but I think it's better you know what you've signed in for with this "romance" series:))

This then becomes just as draggy as Goong. EXCEPT you don't get the rare occasional meatballs in the loong string of sauce. The sauce got better, though. And it makes the whole thing WORSE. Because I kinda got hooked on Ungsumalin/Tao chemistry. They ARE cute together. They are supported by good production values (the palace, costumes... everything looks good) and side-cast. It's only sad I'm starting to see how sweet this lakorn COULD be. But in everything we're gonna see, no matter how funny/cute/romantic scene, there will be the scaredy-cat jumping around the "no kissing!" clause...

It's indeed getting serious since epi 14. There are finally some scenes with them sorting the feelings out. There are some hugs, at least there is no clause forbidding him to touch her. Yet another almost-kiss, repeated twice (it's like this in every episode that follows) LOL. Really, this needed to be re-shooted. Either with some time to grow-up for Unsgumalin, or with some other actress. OR the producers need to learn either shoot the proper thing, or not shoot at all.

Not only the romance line goes in circles, so does the "royalty" plot. There are no real problems between the couple besides them being prince & princess, targeted by the dethroned part of the family. Solution is plain simple. Let the cousin, raised in jealousy for the title, get the title. Let pra'ek get his private life back. Both sides happy. See? I think everyone watching can see. But we're going to tiptoe in circles around it for... how many episodes? Do we get to resolve this? I don't even remember how it got resolved in Goong, as EVEN GOONG bored me to death.

I lowered my rating even lower than at the beginning (the beginning that was NOT promising) as the number of episodes makes this MORE than overdragged. AT LEAST 5 last episodes could be, and SHOULD BE squeezed into ONE, tops. You like CONSTANTLY have the feeling that the show is NEARING the very end. Then it like, re-starts again... With completely the same stuff... It's like brain damage.

In conclusion, I won't even spoiler you how the ending was. As I also don't know. Because I did not CARE enough about it. Watching this show, I spaced out. I simply don't remember the ending. Same as with Goong. Only it's not because it was 2006 when I was watching it.

And I think THAT reveals more about this series than any spoiler.

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1st installment of 'Suparburoot Jutathep'...

...but I watched it last:) Well, as I've seen all the parts of 'Suparburoot Jutathep' separately, there was no real need for me to keep the watching order. I've seen 'Khun Chai Pawornruj' first and practically slept through with boredom. And that's the one with Pope Thanawat(!), who not only looks the oldest of the brothers (it was a bit confusing that in the story he was not), he's like the dullest thing in here. That wasn't promising. When I watched 'Khun Chai Rachanon', it was the same, only worse (way more stupid and annoying to watch). So, you can imagine that 'Khun Chai Puttipat' being completely average was actually quite an improvement. I had to wait till 'Khun Chai Ronapi' to see sparks of something worth watching... Oh wait, I forgot I haven't watched the 1st part. So, 'Khun Chai Taraton', here we go.

Ugh... What to say. The lead couple actually share a brotherly-sisterly bond, they know each other since childhood. Kinda tricky to turn that into love without looking too incestey, but that's not even the main problem of this show. Never mind the "antiques site" where the whole location consists of exactly 1 spot (they always arrive to "another" temple, resulting of them standing precisely in front of the same place as before) I know it's low budget. Never mind the "logical" story, yet again (so we're like the guardian figure, so we bring two girls we care about into highly risky situations?) It's the cross-dressing. I just find it just as far-fetched and idiotic as any supernatural with cgi ghosts grinning there at the characters.

Yet... I enjoyed watching Deaw Suriyon in this one. So cute:)) It was annoying he was not able to see Kong is a girl (which clearly he COULD see) but he was just adorable in this. What was also funny was to see Pream Ranida had more acting talent already than her co-lead, 11 year older (so, they were supposed to play along as kids, yeah?) veteran Grate Warinton. I was impatient skipping all the ballast featuring bleached-blonde Oliver Pupart (not only unwatchable by looks, but also acting "skills") alongside equally ridiculous-looking and just unsufferable James Kitkasem, to get to the bit where the truth will finally be revealed. It dragged so much!:)

So now, I've seen the stories of all 5 brothers. Sincerely, I don't get the idea of 5 actors that are physically so different types playing brothers, they're not very convincing...:) Also I had to keep thinking of their mother. Poor woman!:) Having 5 kids so close of age. Whenever they stand there all 5 of them it looks so ridiculous. Not only that, there is the unbreakable promise that at least 1 of them marries a girl from certain family. If each of them prefers to marry someone else but there are still other brothers left, only with the last brother this story starts to be interesting.

In the end, the thing that is absolute best about the whole 'Suparburoot Jutathep' project is the song "Lom Hai Jai Tao Nun Tee Roo” by Be Peerapat. You see, there is a quality to be found in anything:)

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Too much trash...

This lakorn features loads of action (which is just a ballast for me, really... as only rarely that is compellingly incorporated into romance story) and interactions between the main leads being Kwan Usamanee (thai 'blonde', round faced, don't like her voice, don't like her much in general) and weird Weir (rather plain for a pra'ek, visibly sweating almost entire of his creen-time... in all his lakorns, not just the action ones) which I both skipped through. So, if action scenes and lead couple scenes were all this lakorn features, I would practically skipped the whole lakorn (as I long-time hate the actress playing the mafia madam, that also supported the skipping:) So I was about to drop this in episode 1, but then I noticed the second couple line. So I kept watching the second-couple line only.

Which consists of Korkwan Restall and Mik Tongraya: quite a tall guy, often looking rather awkward beside his petite leading ladies. Here the scriptwriters were smarter and built the story in a way that the two are rarely standing side by side, LOL. As he is mostly hiding from her. And seriously, the scene of him crashing her wedding with another made me reconsider whether an action can be a good part of a romance story. As I laughed from the beginning to the end. I mean, the way he held his gun. LOL: As I think, in terms of mafia drama, thai can never be hong-kong but as a parody it is brilliant. Of course him and the girl both act total empty-headed so they fail and have to be rescued by weird Weir, whom I totally forgot by then was there, so that was a surprise, at least:D And that's like episode 5 of 16.

After that, it's just pure ballast. Not even the second couple to watch. So? What to say? To be enough corny as this (unwatchable) "drama"? Too much trash... can kill even a cat?

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Well, after the failure second season - which, except the longtime anticipated bed scene they owed us, was unwatchable - the creators (thankfully) decided to come back to the roots. That means bleached hair for Gus (he looked horrendous in natural brown), Top is back, and (less thankfully) so is the gross "toilet humour". So, I had to withstand that, hoping for some romance & good humour (which I found in 1st season AMONG the toilet one). Due to smth in the stupid 2nd season (which I dropped so quickly I don't even know what happened in episode 2x2 and on), Gus has a new boyfriend, who is not Top. So, I also had to wait it out till he loses him. The creators might as well leave him behind beforehand, but no. So, I prayed in that 1 hr. 48 min. there will be something good for me to find... Similar with season 2, which had Davika Hoorne, here we have Chompoo Araya joining the cast. Nothing against her, but I am not watching this for her. Though, it's good that for the first time we have something like "general story" (which, frankly, the series hadn't, it was more like sketches and a little side-stories of the characters) I honestly only started caring when I saw the tension between Gus and Top was back. Cannot help but ship those two:) But then, I couldn't help but to care for the little girl. So, there's no happy ending for Gus & Top. Suxx. There is a last scene where they have a "cheerful" conversation about it, but I wasn't buying it. Personally, I edited all that out.

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Well, I DID watch the 15 years earlier version so I can tell you if there is any significant difference.

Fresh faced Davika Hoorne who barely reached 25 years of age (though I couldn't help but notice the traditional dress made her look like her breast sinked lower?), instead of mature beauty in her thirties. Visual effect of the enchanted bed, showing - unnecessarily - that someone fell asleep in it. The exact same plot holes. Ugh... we have Jason Young as the main villain (well, it's not a secret he cannot act) so... You might as well download decent quality of the 2002 version at lakornsworld2.blogspot, and see how Alex Rendell looked as a kid. Then again, that older version is more draggy. And if you love Mario, there's real kiss scene... Well, it does not really matter which 'Buang Banjathorn' you watch, all I can tell you it is not real necessary to waste time to see both, like I did:)

Either way, when we have grand final fight, which thanks to Jason Young is ridiculous and funny instead of thrilling, then any rating above average is too much.

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I liked the story EXACTLY to the point where I found there were two of them!

As I NEVER read story-summaries first, I started watching this lakorn and I liked!
The fact the main couple was together very early in the story, and even slept together I found that actually more romantic - if in the end, against all the trials and tribulations, they still end up together - than the concept the main heroine must be someone who is first not interested, has to be practically stalked/courted for a long time, all this time being a virgin etc...

I was intrigued by the story (she suddenly vanished, then re-appeared, but did not want to recognize him) as this was finally something different, I would LOVED any other reason for her PRETENDING not to know him other than it was acutally not her (and therefore she was not pretending anything). Since then, my excitement considerably dropped and I was forced to watch yet another story about two rivals, one bad one and one pure one, a virgin, of course:D

Well then, I said to myself that I'll go with the flow and enjoy at least THAT story. But then again I did not understand that after he slept with the GOOD sister, he did not notice she was a bleeding virgin? Really? And then we had to have the bad sister go as far as having a CRIME line, for god sake. I'm not interested in that in my lakorn!:D

Vill Wannarot wanted to show she can do a double role, but I was not really curious about that and would prefer much more ordinary story, about being just 1 girl but having some kind of a reason why she had to leave her lover and pretend she never was with him, and how the true love has won after all. Call me a sucker for romance, but that's all I would need. I know I was suppposed to like the good sister and condemn the other, but I did not. The "angelic" sister bore me and I rather pittied the other. Especially the bad sister's best friend was an good character, actually. So no, this is not my re-watch list lakorn.

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