Jack & Joker: U Steal My Heart!

One of my top 2 series of 2024…maybe of all time

This series had a hold on me like nothing I’ve ever experienced with a BL. The acting, the complex themes, the mix of intense drama with silly comedy, the gritty but warm vibe, the chemistry…indescribable. I wasn’t a YinWar fan in particular before. That has changed and they’re now two of my favorite actors.

The romance is slow burn and not the main focus at all times—but whenever the two leads are on screen together, even when they’re fighting or misunderstanding each other, their chemistry sizzles.

The theme of the story—how the rich and powerful play games with people’s lives, and how the poor are forced to take part to survive, sacrificing their own morals, mistreating one another, and unwittingly handing over even more power—is so well rendered.

Apparently this show is not for everyone, but to me, it was everything.

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amazing

The series is fantastic. It kept me on edge until the very end. I really liked the roles of Jack and Joker and grew even fonder of them through this series. The two first met at a bar early in the series, and it was clear from the start that Jack had a certain fondness for Joker. Joker, on the other hand, was disappointed in himself for lying and falsifying his exam results. He desperately wanted to prove himself to his parents, but they failed to appreciate his efforts. Joker engaged in theft primarily to get their attention, but also because he believed it was the only thing he was good at.

Unfortunately, at the very beginning of the series, Joker let Jack down by giving him false hope that he had been approved for a loan. In reality, Joker had stolen from the bank, which initially led to Jack being blamed. Eventually, Joker couldn’t handle the pressure and confessed to his parents about his mistakes and how he truly felt, but it was too late—by the end, the police arrested him.

Five years later, we saw the main characters again—Joker was out of prison, reformed, and eager to make amends. Jack was working for "The Boss," who collected people’s debts, including Jack's. Gradually, Joker became part of Jack’s small circle and tried to make amends between them, helping him break free from working for The Boss, whose reputation was dangerous.

The story also introduced Rose, who had taken a liking to Jack from the very first day they met—the same night Jack first met Joker at the bar. Alongside Rose, some of Jack and Joker's friends joined forces with one shared goal: to help them fight against The Boss, who sought to become even more powerful. Just when Jack thought he was finally free from debt and could live peacefully, his grandmother fell ill, requiring money for her treatment.

Meanwhile, Joker tried to mend his relationship with his father, who was a doctor. His goal was to convince his father to help Jack’s grandmother, but his father initially refused to communicate with him, claiming he had no son. Jack was forced to return to working for The Boss, who was even more ruthless this time and manipulated Jack into marrying Rose to gain her entire fortune.

Out of desperation, Joker broke his promise and decided to act alone. Meeting with The Boss, he was tasked with stealing a ring from Rose’s family—a ring that would give The Boss ultimate power. Once again, Joker was forced to steal in order to grant Jack his freedom. He teamed up with the rest of their group, and together they managed to execute the plan, but things spiraled out of control. Innocent people were harmed, and Jack discovered Joker’s betrayal. He didn’t even give him a chance to explain, telling him outright that he didn’t want to see him again.

The last two episodes were very intense. In the end, good triumphed, and The Boss got what he deserved. I’m grateful the series ended well because I had a bad feeling about it.

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This show is the one

Where to start to off omg this show was absolutely amazing. It was filled with romance, action, comedy and drama, it just had it all and I absolutely loved the combination of all those genres in this show. Jack & Joker is that show of the year 2024 and if you are looking for a good show with a good story line then this is the show for you cause once you start you can’t stop and you end up loving this show, the actors and even the OST is just good and it complements the show so well.

When we start the show we are introduced to Joke(War) it starts of with him in his high school days (which I found him so cute) and we also see his dynamic with his family and how he basically doesn’t fit in and also doesn’t fit the stands his family has for him. His just the odd one out but also we see his talent, a come up with good ideas and his tricky as well. He meets Jack and then the story starts of there cause the choices that he makes will definitely affect them both in the future and how the grow and fall in love while overcoming all the challenges and forces facing them. War really showed is acting capabilities here omg hi is such an amazing actor like he can convey all the emotions Joke is feeling and more. When he cried in that hospital scene like you could feel it in your soul cause I think we were all crying with him cause he was broken, had regrets and more. We could see the hurt and how bad he blamed himself for Toi Ting being in the hospital. I knew War was a great actor after Love Mechanics the way he played Mark OMG. He is the best actor , and so when he did this show it was evident the talent he has cause he really nailed this role!

We are also introduced to Jack(Yin) we also see his story and how he was raised in a poor community and how just because he was poor he didn’t have the same privileges as the other kids that had money. We see that in his karate class and how the teacher even said that cause the other students have money that e can’t do anything to them people like Carbon(absolutely did not like him and what he did especially to Toi Ting). His family has a debt to Boss and cause he couldn’t pay it he had to work for Boss to pay it back and through the years he has worked for Boss as a debt collector, he still remained kind and so thoughtful his character didn’t didn’t change and his dream of opening a school in his community didn’t change as well. When he finally opened his school with Joke in the end it was just so beautiful and I really loved it. Yin is another good actor what he was made that they got is boyfriend (Joke) captive OMG you you can see in his eyes how mad he was and it was about to go save his man and he absolutely do anything to ensure his safety. Such a great actor!

The love between Jack and Joke was so cute the build from hating each other to absolutely doing anything to protect each other is the best. It was just a good show wow. The side characters were also good we loved them Tattoo, Hoy, Arran, Rose, Save, Hope, Toi Ting and Grandma(the real Cupid of Jack and Joke). They did such a great job and each of them we lived them so much!!

Overall this is the best show of 2024, the fact they Yin and War produced this as a present to us their fans says a lot about them cause they wanted to thank us and it was evident in their acting and everything they gave us in the show it really was outstanding. Now I was hoping that we get a season 2 but it was announced that Jack and Joke coming back in February 2025!! Yay! So 1000/1000 for me for this show it’s a masterpiece everything the actors, the music, the characters, the OST, the story line, the production team. This is the kind of show you enjoy from first episode to last cause they gave us what we want and also unexpected this as well which made it even more spectacular.

Go watch Jack & Joke : U Steal My Heart! You won’t regret it!!

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Overall:3

once I saw that this series is yinwar's I immediately wanted to watch it and suddenly surprised that it already has 5 episodes released, watching the first episode and second I slowly started losing hope bc I'm not a fan for this sadness and actually I thought that the hobby of Jack that's Taekwondo doesn't make sense to the plot of the series and many complicated thoughts (I didn't like Jack's hairstyle in the first episode😅) but I gave it a chance until ep 4/5 I literally got chills that joke stole Jack's ring from boss just to let him free if I was jack I'd immediately love joke whatever he did to me in the past doesn't matter now, I thought that once joke gives back the ring to Jack it will be a lovely dovey moment but when Jack replied harshly to joke I CUSSED HIM IN MY MIND LIKE EH MAN JUST START CHU CHU HIM, fans needs some romance🤭

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WORTH IT

Jack & Joker is my hear me out. I will be honest with this one and will say that I am not interested in the title of the show because it is a bit cheesy for me. Like, it does not even make sense to me what the show is about from the title but I think I got from the poster will be handling darker themes or will have a more serious tone to it. I think that is true but what really surprised me more than anything else here is just how amazing the show actually is. Yes, I will be backing this up and one good example is the first episode. As I mentioned, I went into this story blind by not knowing any details about it so there I was expecting a BL with dark tones to it but I am pleasantly surprised when it was actually good and interesting. The first episode focused on them as younger version of themselves played by the same actors and what it did is that they already established who the characters are as Joke being this robinhood-esque criminal who steals from those who mistreat other people and is not feeling the love from his parents as he is not the type of kid that they wanted but what is even more interesting here is that we are getting his story while we are also seeing the story of Jack who is from an impoverished background. He is a kid from the slums whose parents are not here anymore and is using Taekwondo to be part of the national team so that he can earn to pay for his parents’ debt. It sounds like a simple storyline and it is very much straightforward but the narrative that we got is pretty much the back bone of where the story will be going and they were able to show us what to expect from these characters, how they met, the important characters in their lives, and how the story will go. Jack and Joke are played by Yin Anan Wong and War Wanarat Ratsameerat respectively and they are playing these roles really well that I don’t even care if it is a BL or not but I know that they are really doing good job with their characters. The differences of who they were in Episode 1 and the succeeding episodes are good but they are still falling under the stereotypical BL storylines but they did incredible job with making it feel fresh. I have heard of the love team #YinWar before but this is my first time seeing this love team in action but I am impressed. I am not sure if their chemistry is as good as this one already but I really enjoy what I am seeing here. It is really impressive to see them have chemistry without forcing it down our throats. I do think that is a good thing to have and they got it. I think we can say that there are subtle hints of flirting in the first few episodes but the latter half really went all out with it and the chemistry is good. The flirting is sweet and the sex scenes are intense but the characters still remained to be as charming and as lovable while they are moving forward with their storylines. This is why the ending felt so good. It is so simple and they were finally able to do what they wanted to do. Yes, the show had to undergo so many action sequences or fight scenes before we finally get to that ending but this is why it felt rewarding more than anything else. I think it also highlighted one thing that we do see a lot of but still needed to see which is the continued increase of disparity between the rich and the poor in the stories of these characters. The rich and the poor is the social commentary that we got to see here and it is extremely real. The show might have taken some liberties with realism here but I respect the way that they handled the storylines by making sure that they really know how to properly represent the issues without being too dark with the tones of the show. I, sincerely, respect them for this and appreciate what they did here. The idea of the Four Horsemen as this greedy group of people and the way that they ended the storyline of the Boss is surprisingly tragic especially when you will realize that the Boss is just actually a victim as well of the system that they were all living in. It is actually quite sad when he tried to kill himself and I must give it to them for making such an interesting villain. Again, these are still a bit stereotypical but they did it well that I can actually forgive them for doing the storylines in this light. It is not bad at all. We got good supporting characters here especially Grandma. She is one feisty woman and we have seen this character before but they put it all in one character that somehow made sense. She is not the weak Grandma but not also the surprisingly strong grandma. She is just someone who is fighting for her grandson and that makes senses to me. Also, I love her scenes so much and the wisdom that she is imbuing to these characters especially to Jack and Joke. Another good supporting character here is Rose. She is not the stereotypical female love interest in BL stories. She is understanding and she really fought for what she wanted but she respected the decision at the end and I support that. I do think that it is a representation that should matter and a representation that is needed. She is bitter with her not getting the man but she is mature about it. I like that about her. She is such a mood. The supporting love teams of the show are actually not as interesting to me as the main one and I like that they are not pushing them down to our throats. I respect that. It is cute enough to establish the relationship but not too much to overpower the main couple. This is a really good show and it had intricacies that I really liked. I think I have mentioned that I like this show and that is mainly because of how smart they were with the story and careful with the characters that we have here. They gave us strong story line while giving us a good couple to root for. It is that type of BL stories that is surprisingly sweet and intense that I like. It is a good show.

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I feel like I need to write this. I watched it while it was airing because I had high hopes after Love Mechanics. The early episodes were promising, but by episodes 8–10, the conflicts just kept piling up in a messy way. I even watched it at 2x speed—it was getting too much. I’m stopping at episode 10.

The story went from a ring theft, to the ring being used as collateral, to another mission to steal it again… it all felt too forced. The “Joker” character was meant to be smart and dangerous, but he just seemed clueless.

Then there was that scene in the hospital—everyone blaming each other, Joke crying—and I just thought, how did it get to this point?

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Greatest Storyline!!

I've been watching this for a months and no joke, this is surprisingly amazing thai drama i'd watched( because i'm kinda bored with high school Thai drama lately ). I mean, almost everything is great in this series like the OST, the acting so natural, the story is cool & good( but i don't like when suddenly "Marry" things mentioned & i'm like, nuh uh🥴), their comedy, their heartbroken, the meaning life itself and more scenes that angst and touching ny heart. I'm really glad that i watching this series, i can't get enough of thrm and really waiting for the next episode, because this is epic & so thunder💖💖

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Wish it was better written

The cinematography is beautiful, most of the actors did a good job, Jack's actor did an excellent job. It's good they tried a different type of story but it needed better writers.
As an action series
Ep. 1 is rushed, some scenes are so badly written they make no sense, later episodes have too many filler scenes they become boring.
Fighting scenes and action scenes are poorly written and executed. There is no tension, it does not matter how much a main character is hurt a min later they act like it never happened, side characters are made of eggshells, touch them and they drop immediately. It does have a few good comedy scenes, one good sad scene.
Had a lot of potential and could have been really good if the story was written better.
As a BL
In my opinion they added the romance just to attract a certain audience but did not hire someone who can write a love story. In 4 episodes it barely has a few minutes of romance, there are more scenes where characters talk about a possible romance between Jack and Joke then actual romantic scenes. Unfortunately the main couple has no chemistry so it's not really a BL.

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Unique and passionate

I found this drama very unique compared to other BLs. Typical BLs are usually based in an office or a uni or a friendship circle and I think that is gradually getting repetitive and uninteresting. This is the highlight of this drama. Rarity is very significant in a drama, especially BLs. As we are modern day by day, we see different things. We tend to find uniqueness everywhere and that's what it makes something interesting.

Firstly, the story.
This is the key highlight of this drama. We favour to believe that BLs are classic and cringe as we see a lot of unusual romance in it. Well, typically that's what makes BL different from other genre's. But, I think it is crucial for a genre to stand out. Furthermore, this is the perfect example.

As of the music, I feel it is usual and that is fair.

Casting would be my favorite. A cast of a drama is as much important as the story. They should perfectly fit into the story. I believe that every single actor of this show fits in that criteria.

Finally, the rewatch value. As I explained through my review, this drama has a great potential and it makes the viewer curious which is perfect. I hope to see the next episodes good as the same. The drama has been great for now.

Overall, I loved it. Looking forward for the next episodes. Susu na ❤

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