Affair Episode 2

Pleng annoys me such much...

In this episode, Plaeng realizes she’s in love with Wan – but a) she doesn’t realize Wan loves her, too, even if that so obvious; and the b) she actively tries to sabotage her relationship with Wan by getting Ek into the picture.


She screens Ek to find out if he’s suitable for Wan, and finds a few red flags (especially his problems with his parents), but agrees to get them together anyway. ☹ Shouldn’t she first inquire whether Wan wants to date Ek? Because so far she hasn’t given the slightest indication that the even likes the guy.

Then, she tries to sabotage her relationship with Wan by distancing herself from her and pushing Ek onto her. Wan surely didn’t expect this, and the reacts disappointed and angry. But she respects Pleng’s – stupid – decision and distances herself as well. So Wan has no friend left and walks mopey through the school.

This is the first time she hears about her father’s problems at work, from fellow students who talk about it without noticing her. Well, perhaps she should google the matter if it is public knowledge at school (I know some pupil head about it through an uncle or father, but they must have gotten the info from somewhere as well). We know that Pleng know how to google that she googled relationship advice earlier. 😊 She tries to confront her dad about it, but he brushes it off, saying he already found a solution. And as Pleng hasn’t watched the pilot for the show, she believes him.

The next day, Pleng tries to orchestrate a date between Ek and Wan. She tags along with her and Wan’s mother, so that she seems busy and gets Wan to buy guitar strings for her – which Wan agrees to without hesitation. This should tell you something…

Sidebar: Wan’s mother doesn’t know of Wan’s plans to study medicine. Interesting; she has no confidence in Wan whatsoever. Pleng doesn’t want to end up at her father’s company – but somehow, I don’t think this is going to be a problem…

Wan meanwhile buys the guitar strings, and runs into Ek. She immediately smells the setup, and tries to call Pleng – who is spying of them from outside the store. 🤦

Before I forget it: Wan never picks up Ek’s calls – this should tell you something, Ek…

Pleng and Wan fight; Wan rightfully scolds Pleng for pushing Ek onto her when she isn’t even interested, and accuses Pleng of acting annoying. Pleng’s response to that something along the lines of “You’ll soon come running back to me” - this stinks of entitlement, and Wan responds that she hates her.

This gets to Pleng, she’s sitting in the bathtub crying and – tries to end her life by drowning herself?!?! Wan rushes to save her, as Pleng’s mother is having a heart attack or something like that. Well, perhaps it wasn't a full-blown s*icie attempt, but it should be cause for concern.

And that the end of this episode. This time I actually watched the “next week” bit – because I’m not sure I could stand another episode full of this passive-aggressive bulsh*t. But things are seeming to get better between Wan and Pleng next week.

After the credits, they even show that Wan didn’t ignore Pleng at school after all, as it looked like before, and she heard the rumors about Wut (Pleng’s dad). Come on!

About half of the episode, I wanted to push Pleng is front of a bus for her idiotic behavior, actively preventing not only her own happiness but also Wan’s, all out of denial and misguided plans for Wan which the doesn't discuss with her. I’m pretty sure that Wan loves Pleng as well, but she needs to spell it out for Pleng, and Pleng needs to stop her ill-advised meddling.

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