Pit Babe Season 2

Not really worth watching

The first season of this series was so unique and interesting that I was really excited for this season. I remember counting down days on the calender until the first ep aired. But to say I was disappointed would be a severe understatement. The stark contrast between the personalities of the characters in season 1 and season 2 was an eyesore. The only thing that kept me watching until the last ep were the actors. The script writing was really poor for this season and if not for the actors and their hardwork, I would have stopped watching long ago. Some parts of the plot seemed completely unnecessary and they trimmed off a lot of scenes. Even some scenes that were showed in the trailer. Honestly, I would recommend ppl to only watch the first season. Re-watch value is very low for me. Season 2 was a massive letdown.

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This felt like lukewarm leftovers...

I've spent a lot of time trying to comprehend just how season 1 could've gone so well and how season 2 could have gone so terribly? The magic of season 1 is completely lost in season 2. The grit and fun of season 1 is missing in all aspects; maybe Way took those with him into the afterlife?

I truly only kept watching this season for one reason only, for Kim / Kenta and wowwww what a mistake that was. I could've just powered up ao3 and found a fix it fic to fill the VOID in my heart.

I feel bad for the cast and crew who spent so much time on this, because I'm sorry it was literally bordering the utter garbage category in my honest opinion. It was like eating lukewarm leftovers, it looked and tasted nothing like it did the first time.

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I enjoyed it

I'm a simple person, as long as I have fun and in invested in a story then that makes a good movie or series for me.

I enjoyed season 2 alot. There was alot going on plot wise and the tension remained high throughout. However some characters definitely disappointed me and it was from bad writing.

Charlie, Jeff, Dean, Kenta and Kim were solid for me.

The Babe from season 1 would have beaten Willy the minute he got all up in his face. Yeah you can say Charlie made him a better person but for all the shit Willy was doing or saying Babe would have never entertained it. Added to the fact that Willy assaulted him and has been a perv from day one and that wasnt addressed. However I'm glad he went his own way. In addition the fact that Babe didnt say sorry once and was gaslighting Charlie into making it seem like his fault for being at the lab was wack. Atleast we should have had the first epi be drama free so we could see how Chralies lab work affects him spending time with Babe.

Alan pissed me off. They really said we are going to make you the biggest hypocrite. The same thing he got mad at Jeff for he did it ten fold. Lied, made a deal with Tony and stole Charlies blood. And the team going oh dont be mad at him he'll do anything to save his boys. What he did was extremely dumb and the biggest catalyst for shit going wrong. He went back on every advice he gave and betrayed Babe and Jeff the most and that was brushed over.

I never cared for Way so neither did I care for Chris and Pete. I only watched their dialogue wasnt even interested in their sex scenes. Their screentime should have been given to Kentakim. The whole concept of Pete being with the twin of his ex situationship is interesting but they themselves werent.

Also didnt care for NorthSonic. That could have been resolved ages ago. The drag out was unnecessary.

Winner is just.... pathetic and useless and I wished they beat his ass.

Kentakim were great the development felt natural wish there was more.

Jeff and Alan were cute, was never too interested in their couple to be honest.

Loved CharlieBabe ofcourse. Wish we got more of them being happy and seeing their routine without the drama. Charlie had every right to be pissed because he voiced how he felt about Willy and his insecurities to Babe and he lied and practically threw it in his face. But it was nice to see how much Babe cared for Charlie which was the opposite in season 1. We saw a desperate, not so cool Babe chasing his bf and I liked that we chipped away at that rough cool exterior.

Also liked jealous possessive Charlie who is always standing on business and the most we saw him smile was when he lost his memories which is quiet telling of how everything with the lab, Tony, Willy, Babe etc was weighing on him. That also could have been explored more.

Dean got a good redemption arc and I hated him in season 1 and was calling him my little baby in season 2 so you know they did great work there. But Dean in a coma and Winner was just okay????

Also I love that whole Papa Mama thing. But to each their own. I dont find it cringing at all.

Acting was great. Paval carried. He put in all that work. Pooh was good too. His eyes just get me every time when it comes to displaying emotion. Going from cutey to daddy is his speciality.

We could have gotten one more episode to wrap things up. They crammed alot into the last episode. Even the thing with the key. Chris was snooping in Ways house and found the box so he didnt think oh wait maybe thats what the key opens??? Slopping writing there.

The Tony plot was interesting and I'm glad i noticed the marks on his neck that was later explained to be his power. Dont have any complaints character wise cause he stayed through to his character in the first season.

Graphics for the powers were well done. Some of the time manipulation scenes were a bit wonky but overall good.

The racing scenes were top notch. They really stepped it up and I loved it. The set for the races was great. The sets overall and those houses were gorgeous.

They could have done a much better job of separating the wedding from the story and just cast memories. Cause obviously ppl were there that we know werent supposed to. They could have edited them out then end the series and added the rest of the cast to the wedding scene as a goodbye from the cast.

But all in all I liked it alot. Would I rewatch? No. Too much pain and too little happiness. I just wish we had more chilled moments with the entire team bonding. However I looked forward to seeing the ships again. Pitbabe was overall really good and was a fresh idea.

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Pit Babe 2: I wanted to love this, but the show refused to let me

From the absurd storyline to the painfully bad writing and that forced “let’s make everyone a couple” cliché, Pit Babe 2 was a slow-motion disaster. I honestly don’t even know how I made it to the end. It dragged forever, and when it finally did end, it felt like a mercy.

Storyline:

The first season already wasted its one unique advantage: "racing"! It’s a theme I’ve never seen in another BL, and as someone who loves both engines and BL, I was genuinely excited. Finally a story not set in an engineering faculty with the same recycled “university love” plot. But racing here? A background prop at best! Apparently, anyone could just walk onto the track, touch a helmet and suddenly they were a professional racer. No training, no experience... Charlie went from being a complete beginner in season 1 to landing in top positions and random new additions like Dean and North were suddenly in the top three despite never being shown practicing or properly learning. It seemed like North started after Alan named him. Until then he always made videos and lives with Sonic. And of course, every competition magically ended with Team X-Hunter sweeping the podium. Always the same people, always the same results. No real rivals, no tension, no sense of realism. Apart from one recurring antagonist, Willy, no one else, not a single racer outside their circle, ever made it close to the spotlight. It made the entire concept of “team racing” feel like a running joke. When you introduce competition, at least make it believable. Otherwise, it’s just cosplay with engines.

Then came the plot twist overdose. I hate when villains turn into immortal demigods who can’t stay dead no matter how many times you kill them. If Tony had actually stayed in his grave and the story focused on the races themselves, maybe it could’ve been watchable. Instead, we got a circus. The drug experiment plot? Peak of absurdity! For half the series there’s only one “successful subject - Willy” and suddenly, by the finale, everyone survives, conveniently, all the main characters. Alan and Kenta stroll through the experiment like it’s a spa day, no trauma, no recovery time, like Willy had to do. Alan, who was older than everyone and had serious health injury and still pulled through? Yeah, a good one. They even skipped the whole chip implantation scene but somehow Tony could control him right away.

And when Jeff nearly died from his ability development in a few days but Charlie could handle it perfectly fine days later until the end of the series? Don’t even get me started. The writers completely forgot how to write. The moment Way’s long-lost twin appeared, I nearly closed my laptop. A perfectly Thai-speaking (instead of English), accent-free twin who grew up in the US and lived there his whole life? Sure. Because that’s totally how language works.

Oh and Dean... The guy who literally tried to kill Babe in the first season is welcomed back into the team with jokes and smiles? What kind of alternate reality is this? No one in their right mind would say, “Yeah, come back, buddy!” to a man who once tried to murder them! They would have trauma for life instead.

And of course, the cherry on top... instead of actually wrapping up the storylines they already had, the writers decided to turn Pit Babe 2 into a mass-produced matchmaking event. Two main couples were more than enough to explore, yet somehow, we ended up with almost the whole cast romantically paired off like it was mandatory. Instead of focusing on real character growth or giving existing arcs a proper resolution, they just kept throwing in more ships nobody asked for. It felt like a fan service in action.

By the end, good triumphed over evil in the most painfully predictable way possible. But it didn’t feel like victory, it felt like the writers ran out of ideas, threw on a happy ending and called it a day.

Characters:

Kim:
I actually liked that Kim left the team, it was the only logical thing. He saw there was no room for growth as a racer. But then… why was he still there? I never understood why his character stayed in the story at all. After everything he went through in the first season... nearly dying, getting dragged into that entire nightmare, any normal person would’ve packed up and gone back to Korea. He was just a professional racer Tony hired, a regular guy with no idea about the chaos happening behind the scenes. A more realistic storyline would’ve been him returning home and trying to rebuild his life after the trauma. Instead, he somehow decided to stick around and risk his life again once it was revealed Tony was still alive. For what? The man barely had a reason to stay, let alone get involved again. As much as I liked him in season one, it would’ve made far more sense if his only scene had been him boarding a plane out of that hell. His presence in season two felt forced, like the writers didn’t know what else to do with him.

Kenta:
God, what wasted potential! I loved him from the very first season. He actually had one of the most grounded, psychologically real storylines. When someone raises you from childhood, even through abuse, that bond can become the only form of connection you know. It’s the same twisted logic that keeps victims tied to their abusers, tragic but real.
But season two gave him almost no room for self-growth. And while I did enjoy his chemistry with Kim, their pairing made absolutely no sense. It felt forced and completely unrealistic, especially considering his long-standing feelings for Pete. It was so out of character it almost felt like fan fiction written by someone who never watched season one.

Willy:
One of the few genuinely interesting characters and he was saving the show for me! I didn’t like what they did with his storyline, though. There was so much untapped potential in exploring his background, his past and the reasons behind his behavior. He was layered, complex and carried the kind of charisma that made you want to know more.
Milk actually nailed the role!!! Every scene he was in felt alive and that’s saying a lot given how dull everything else was around him. But him celebrating on Charlie's and Babe's wedding was totally OFC!

Charlie:
I couldn’t connect with him in season 1 and unfortunately that didn’t change in season 2. Pooh just can’t act. He got slightly better in season 2, but when you put him next to Pavel, who completely owned his role, the difference was almost painful to watch. Charlie’s expressions never matched the emotion of a scene. He always looked flat, detached, like he was reading lines off a teleprompter. And the character itself? Stuck in a loop. No development, no growth, just the same secretive, self-sacrificing pattern over and over again. He constantly kept things to himself, carried every burden alone and made reckless decisions that hurt everyone around him, especially Babe. Their relationship lacked trust, lacked support, lacked everything that makes a partnership believable from his side. Watching them was like replaying the same toxic cycle from season one just with different lighting.

Babe:
He was the only reason I made it through the first season and the reason I even bothered starting the second. Pavel brought him to life so naturally that every emotional scene hit exactly as it should. He has this rare ability to pull the viewer right into the story, to make you feel what his character feels. But in season 2, Babe was pushed more into the background. He carried the season 1, yet was treated like a supporting role in the sequel. A massive waste of talent and character potential.

Tony:
Tony wasn’t a deep or fascinating villain, but at least he was believable. And honestly, that’s more interesting than forcing him to have some tragic backstory. People like him exist in real life: selfish, power-hungry, driven purely by greed and control. He didn’t need a grand reason for his cruelty, his motivation was simple and disturbingly human. He stayed consistent throughout the series, showing zero empathy for anyone, not even Babe in the end. He didn’t love him; he wanted to control him. That sociopathic, narcissistic energy was played perfectly and I’ll give him that. He wasn’t the kind of villain that blows you away but he was portrayed realistically.

Everyone else? Forgettable filler. Background noise in a story that didn’t know what it wanted to be. But thanks to this series I discovered Pavel, Milk and Garfield and that is at least one positive thing I found on this disaster.

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Idk anymore

I usually enjoy almost every kind of series — even the cringiest ones. I always try to find something good and justify the weird parts just to enjoy the ride. But with this one? I genuinely feel like I could’ve written a better script myself.
The entire season made no sense. Nothing connected. And by the last episode, I found myself doing something I *never* do: speeding it up at 2x speed and even skipping scenes. I hate leaving shows unfinished, so I forced myself to see it through. But honestly, the only reason I even made it to the end was Kenta and Kim — and guess what? We didn’t even get proper closure for them. Kim just goes off to Korea and Kenta’s left hanging. “You can always reach out”? That’s it? That’s the big payoff?
We barely got any real development with North and Sonic. Pete and Chris had way too many unnecessary NC scenes, but at least they got *some* kind of closure — even if Chris catching the bouquet made absolutely no sense. And sweet, innocent Alan? They completely ruined him. As much as I hated it, even Jeff catching the bouquet would've made more sense.
And don’t even get me started on the wedding. Why was *everyone* from *The Boy’s Journey* cast even there? Tony literally just died — why was Winner there? Willy showing up would've made way more sense narratively. And then they just left Winner standing there alone after asking where Dean was? After *everything* he did?
I only stuck around because I genuinely liked the first season and was really excited for this one — but it ended up being a major letdown.
Also, I’m beyond tired of the whole “mama/papa” dynamic. They’re two men — calling one “mama” is just straight-up misgendering. Even in an omegaverse setting, unless one of them is explicitly trans, it should’ve been something like “dad” and “papa,” or at least masculine-coded parental terms. The way they kept calling each other “mama” and “papa” made me want to throw a vase on them. It was painful to sit through.
And KentaKim? They had *so* much potential — more than any other couple, honestly — and they got maybe 10 minutes of screen time across 13 episodes. No confession. No proper moments. Nothing.
They even ruined Alan and Jeff for me. I could probably write a whole essay just on that.
I won’t give a low rate to the series because I respect the cast and the effort they put in. But this series is a textbook example of why *not* every show needs a second season or a special episode. Sometimes, it’s better to let fans live in their delulu dream where everyone lived happily ever after.
Honestly, the list keeps growing: Together With Me 2, I Promised You the Moon (at least that one made sense as a story about growing up), Jack & Joker’s special, and now PIT BABE 2… just stop.
Second seasons like this are seriously ruining the main series for me.

P.S. Kenta going full action hero, shooting everyone to save Kim and then kissing him? Absolutely iconic. (We’re just going to pretend that editing disaster didn’t happen — like how Kim got shot and then magically… wasn’t? Yeah, let’s not talk about it.)

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Script completely changed, scenes cut off and no respect for the actors and fans.

So, where should I begin?
I suppose we all know by now that, during the final episode's screening, Chod (chief executive officer of change2561) told before hundreds of fans that SHE basically changed the script how she wanted (her words were "If we talk about the script, it's an original that I made myself, I can do whatever I want with it. I can make the villain as strong as I want or the hero as weak as I want") alas why this season sucked and some characters' choices and behavior didn't make sense (example Alan). You can understand what type of woman manages this company.

Second important point: the infamous AlanJeff bathtub scene. This scene was and still is one of the most anticipated, showed in the trailer and included in the photobook, many fans bought the tickets for the final episode just to watch it in the theater. Now, you can imagine the disappointment when this scene wasn't shown, because it was decided to cut it off completely from the episode.
It's not the first time they cut scenes off of other couple, but this in particular it's a scam because it was promoted in many occasions and during interviews (that can be found on yt). People pay a subscription to watch a determined content, and when this content cannot be watched in its entirety, it's not fair towards people who spend their money; then we can talk about the complete lack of respect towards their actors and fans. The bathtub scene was filmed for more than three hours, until SailubPon were sore (because did you see how small was the bathtub?) and they were also naked: this tells you how much they worked hard and dedicated they were in giving us, fans, something to be proud of and to look forward to, but to Change matters only the money. Yesterday, episode 13's reaction was uploaded, and we know for a fact that the cast react to it way before the episode it's uploaded on iQIYI or yt. The entire cast knew about the bathtub scene, and when I tell you the faces they made when they saw it was cut off completely, Sailub and Pon were devastated, their smiles faded, they were heartbroken. The company didn't even inform them of the cut beforehand, instead it decided to do this vile thing.
It's been five days and Change hasn't given yet an explanation, answers or most importantly apologised to Sailub and Pon. Change treated them as tools basically, it used them to make and lure fans to spend money for something that, in the end, wasn't shown.

Anyway, I apologize for the rant, but I dislike injustice and unfairness.

To conclude, I feel sorry for the actors that had to read and act a script that wasn't how it was supposed to be, they are not to blame. The only thing that cheers me up is that they had a great time together.

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You can be mad all you want, but I have my right to write a review.
This isn't even Science Fiction anymore, it's just Thailand. What a horror of a series
How can you rate episodes that weren't on the air out of 10?How can you rate episodes that weren't on the air out of 10?How can you rate episodes that weren't on the air out of 10
A script with many holes and implausible.
The actors are unconvincing, as if they are rookies.
The series seems SF of romance, love...no trace or voice.
This: Mom/Dad is gross
I wouldn't go any further, because the others will attack me.

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I tried watching this series on the recommendation of a friend. It seems like he set me up. I watched season 1 first. How can someone who died in season 1 appear in season 2? Couldn't the screenwriter have come up with something better and more original? I see he didn't. Well, since I'm not a member of the fun club, my rating is as follows. If everything is like this, why isn't the genre SF?
Acting: Has anyone graduated from an acting academy?
Director: Has the director graduated from an academy in directing?
Screenwriter: This is classic SF genre with fiction to appeal to the audience. The story has no point, it doesn't give us any logical sequence of events, the story definitely takes place in .
Production: terrible.
I tried to keep watching, but this is a total failure, a waste of time and money in the end.
Sorry but this is unwatchable!!!

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Mixed Reviews? Just watch it.

Im going to give my opinion on the complaints i see, whilst trying to remain unbiased because Pit babe (1+2) are easily in my top 10.

1. "There wasn't enough recap from the first season, I was confused!"
That’s entirely on you. I know my memory’s trash too, so you know what I did when season two dropped? I rewatched season one. Simple as that. You can’t fault a show for not spoon-feeding you a 30-minute recap just because you didn’t bother catching up.

It’s just common sense if a sequel comes out years after the original, whether it’s a series or a movie, you go back and refresh your memory. That’s your job as a viewer. Expecting the story to pause and re-explain everything just because you forgot is wild.

2. "Where are the authorities?"
Our main antagonist isn’t just some random thug he’s a very well-connected billionaire (or at least extremely wealthy) with ties to businessmen, politicians, and all sorts of shady elites. He’s also full of pride and ego. Involving the police would risk exposing himself and be an admission that he couldn’t handle things on his own that he had to rely on “low-level pawns” to do the dirty work for him. That’s not his style.

And from the protagonists’ side, calling the cops would be pretty much useless. With the kind of power Tony holds, the second law enforcement got involved, he’d be tipped off instantly. The whole thing would backfire, fast. In short: the cops aren’t missing they’re just irrelevant in a world where money, influence, and abilities speak louder.

3. "How the hell is Tony back? Lazy screenwriting."
(Skip this part if you're avoiding spoilers.)
People keep acting like this came out of nowhere, but it’s literally been explained since season one—this whole series is built around people with special abilities. That’s not a new thing. Tony’s ability is that he can bring himself back to life if he swallows his own blood at the time of death. It’s not some random plot twist; it’s tied directly to the rules of the world they’ve set up.

The downside? His body still needs time to recover and he has to be closely monitored after. He’s not some untouchable immortal, and the show doesn’t treat him like one. It’s not lazy writing it's actually one of the more consistent things in the story. We were given clear answers to the what, how, and why. Just because you missed it, doesn’t mean the writing failed.

4. "The acting was terrible."
This one’s super subjective. Personally, I thought the acting was solid line delivery, emotion, all of it felt on point. There were plenty of scenes where you could clearly see what the characters were feeling or thinking without them having to say a word. That’s real acting. It’s not just about speaking lines it’s about expressing, embodying, feeling the role. And in Pit Babe 2, I felt that.

To me, “bad acting” is when someone’s just reciting words with no depth, no connection to the character or the emotion behind it. I never got that vibe here. If anything, it felt like the cast really got their roles and committed to them.


5. "The plot was bad/not present."
(Heavy spoilers, read after watching.)

This is hands down the worst opinion I’ve seen in the reviews.

We’re continuing from season one where Tony was running a human trafficking facility for superhuman babies. That was the whole climax, and in the end, his plan was exposed and he was presumed dead. Season two picks up from that exact mess, and people are acting like the plot disappeared?

The main crew is trying to make sure something like that never happens again. That’s where the serum comes in. They’re developing one that can remove special abilities. The point is to protect people who don’t want their powers or can’t control them. Jeff is a great example of this. His ability is unstable and dangerously strong. If he doesn’t get rid of it, it could seriously hurt him or others.

Then conflict hits fast. With Kim leaving, the team is weaker. They try to patch that by bringing in North as a new racer. That’s already a big shift in dynamics, but then enters Willy. New racer, new energy, and he's openly interested in P’Babe. For the first time ever, Babe comes in second place, which throws everything off. The team feels it. Babe feels it. It rattles him hard and starts pulling at his relationship with Charlie.

Charlie, on the other hand, is stressed and pouring everything into the serum. He’s not trying to be distant on purpose—he just wants them to be safe. He wants a future where Babe isn’t hunted or used for his ability, ever again. So he temporarily steps away from racing to finish the serum, but that only creates more space between him and Babe.

Then Dean returns. That alone brings more tension. He’s promoted to racer to help support the team while Charlie’s away, but let’s be honest, Dean’s presence always comes with drama.

And just when they’re trying to hold it together, guess who comes back? Tony. Not in the loud, obvious way people expected, but silently through Willy. Tony’s no longer chasing the boys himself. He’s watching from the shadows, playing the long game. His new goal is creating a serum that gives special abilities. Imagine how much money that could bring in—selling powers to the highest bidder, especially in military or elite circles.

So while the team is trying to eliminate the danger of abilities, Tony’s building the exact opposite. And while that’s happening, Babe’s shaken confidence, Charlie’s distance, Dean’s reappearance, Willy's meddling, Chris's appearance, and the team reshuffling all add more layers to the actual plot.

There was a plot. And not just a basic one. It was detailed, emotional, and connected all the way back to season one. Pit Babe is the only Thai BL series that’s even touched this kind of storyline. Calling it unoriginal, bad, non-existent, or lazy just because it isn’t your cup of tea is just a lazy and shallow take.

(Its like saying Vanilla ice cream is terrible just because you don't like it, its not disgusting it's just not something you personally enjoy; therefore you have no right to deter others away from it.)


Now on the complaints i expect to see.

1. "Alan was hellbent on protecting everyone, why is he so selfish now?"

At first, it didn’t make sense to me either. Alan has always been the caretaker the rock of the team. He’s the oldest, the boss, the mentor. Everyone leans on him. But season two reveals his old spinal injury from racing hasn't healed and it’s come back and worsened. His condition is chronic, affecting his nerves and mobility, its not just old age and something he can get rid of. He can’t race, he can’t pushd his body like he used to, he cant properly protect the team. Altogether it shoves him into feeling useless, he knows he can't protect anyone; and if he goes through surgery to get rid of these spinal issues he'd be even more limited on how he could help because he'd be recovering.

That helplessness is what pushes him into bargaining with Tony. He believes going to Tony might make him stronger and give him a way to protect Dean and Kenta. He’s never dealt with Tony directly, he isn't truly aware about how underhanded Tony can be and he genuinely thinks he can negotiate his way into being useful again and maybe even outsmart Tony.

Then it all blows up. Instead of saving anyone, Alan ends up betraying trust and landing himself in danger. He knows exactly what he’s done. ( when Jeff confronts him, Alan doesn’t argue. He knows he broke his own rules. He knows he lied, and worse, he endangered his people. That silence that acceptance that’s not selfishness. It’s accountability after bad judgment, born from desperation. )


I'll always have the opinion that if you didn't like a series because you refused to pay attention, or it wasn't the genre you liked, or the plotline wasn't your preference. You cannot give a valid review nor should you try. A series isn't bad just because you specifically didn't like it.

(will add more to this review later)

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Amazing intimacy in action!

Even though there were a couple of hitches along the way, and for some of the characters, I would wish they had a better-developed arc, I really enjoyed the second season. I fell in love with their interactions and the intimacy they shared.
What also struck me as wonderful was the mention of the recent legalization of same-sex marriages. While some shows have already explored this theme, I appreciate how it's becoming more normalized, despite still being a difficult topic for many people to accept or understand. The other notable aspect is the actors' ability to convey the deep intimacy between the characters and even between themselves, which was fantastic. Overall: recommended!

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