Love Alert (2025)

In Defense of Bob the Builder Toh: Naïve but Not Guilty.

Moral math is not mathing.
I’m Toh’s attorney and let’s get this out of the way first: did my client embarrass himself? Yes. Was loving Jimmy a humiliation ritual? Also yes. But does that make Toh a villain? Absolutely not. I understand the frustration with Toh’s character, however I do not understand the grace given to other characters while holding Toh at much higher standard of emotional restraint than others. I cannot believe people are more frustrated with Toh’s actions than with Jimmy for exploiting, manipulating and lying to everyone and their grandmother’s pet dog.
What’s exhausting about the discourse is how quickly people somersault into blaming the wronged party because it’s easier to dunk on a naïve character than to hold a charming liar accountable. Stupidity is not a moral crime but cheating, manipulating, lying is. I cannot comprehend how the blame shifts or lessens on the actual morally bankrupt playboy to the person getting deceived because they decided to fall blindly in love.


In defense of the gentle ones: Understanding Toh.
Flawed decisions in love do not erase a person’s right to empathy or justice. There’s a disturbing tendency in fandom spaces to treat characters who suffer visibly as if they somehow “earned” that suffering. The logic goes: you saw the red flags, you ignored them, therefore whatever happens next is on you. That mindset conveniently absolves the person who actually chose to lie, manipulate, and cheat. Toh’s real setback isn’t kindness, it’s hope. The belief that consistency will eventually be reciprocated if he’s patient enough. That belief doesn’t make him weak, it makes him human. That vulnerability is exactly what people seem most eager to punish. The tragedy is not that Toh loves deeply, it’s that he loves someone who uses that depth against him. By framing Toh’s humiliation as something he “deserved,” the narrative some people push ends up doing something far uglier…. it turns kindness into a liability and trust into a joke. It suggests that unless a character is perfectly rational, emotionally guarded, and self protective at all times, they forfeit the right to sympathy.
It irks me how Toh’s kindness gets reframed as a character flaw rather than what it actually is: a personality trait that other people exploit. Gentleness is not stupidity and emotional openness is not moral failure. Toh isn’t “wrong” because he’s soft, he’s wrong because he keeps extending grace to someone who repeatedly proves undeserving of it. That distinction matters. Being kind does not make him responsible for the harm inflicted on him, it only explains why he stays longer than he should. A lot of the hate Toh receives stems from a deeply ingrained discomfort with characters who don’t perform emotional hardness. People are far more forgiving of characters who are cold, detached, or even cruel, as long as they appear “self aware.” Meanwhile, a character who leads with empathy is expected to magically grow a backbone the moment things go south and if they don’t, they’re treated as complicit in their own mistreatment.
What I mean to say is people should be more furious with Jimmy for taking advantage of Toh when he is naive and kind rather than being angry at Toh for being vulnerable. Instead of asking why Jimmy is comfortable benefiting from Toh’s affection while offering none of the stability that affection requires, the conversation shifts to why Toh “should’ve known better.” Yes, he should have. But knowing better does not equal deserving worse. This idea that victims must behave perfectly to deserve compassion is toxic. Toh doesn’t stop being wronged just because he makes bad decisions. Pain doesn’t become invalid because someone “should’ve known better.” Expecting victims to be rational, detached, and emotionally disciplined at all times is an unrealistic standard we rarely apply in real life, yet people demand it mercilessly from fictional characters they find annoying. You can acknowledge Toh’s mistakes without minimising Jimmy’s wrongdoing. You can criticise Toh’s choices without rewriting the narrative to make him responsible for being deceived.
Reducing Toh to “stupid” or “pathetic” ignores the more uncomfortable truth: many people see parts of themselves in him.
And it’s easier to mock a reflection than to sit with it.


The Playboy Immunity Clause
There’s this bizarre expectation that Toh should have perfect emotional discipline simply because Jimmy has a reputation. As if knowing someone is a playboy automatically immunises you from developing feelings, or obligates you to shut your heart off on command. People don’t fall in love because it’s sensible. They fall in love because it feels safe, hopeful, or validating in the moment, even when it isn’t. You can ask all the logical questions: Why get involved when everyone warned you? Why give him another chance? Why ignore what’s right in front of you?
All valid and fair but logic does not govern the heart. Infatuation may be foolish but cheating is a choice and these two things are not, and will never be, morally equivalent.
Why is Toh expected to walk away perfectly, regulate his emotions flawlessly, make the “right” decision every time while Jimmy is tolerated to lie repeatedly, blur boundaries, cheat, string people along…because “he’s a playboy” or “that’s just who he is”?
Lowering expectations for Jimmy while raising them for Toh is so biased. Being openly morally questionable does not entitle someone to gentler judgment. If anything, the person with less power in the situation deserves more understanding, not less. Jimmy’s “playboy” label is treated like a get out of jail free card. Somehow, people shrug and say: “Well, that’s just who he is.” If you can give grace or justify jimmy’s actions, I don’t know how some people are being so dense with Toh’s actions. It’s not rocket science to understand why he is giving jimmy, a chance.

If anyone is thinking that “He didn’t make it official”, “Jimmy never said he loved him”, “There was no commitment.”, I need you to understand this clearly: a lack of labels does not equal a lack of responsibility. Jimmy may not have made things official with Toh, but he still created emotional dependency. He still encouraged intimacy, allowed attachment to grow, and continued to keep Toh close while knowing full well that Toh was emotionally invested. If you knowingly let someone fall for you, continue to blur boundaries, and then act shocked when they expect honesty or consistency, you are not “technically innocent.” You are being deliberately evasive. Jimmy benefits from ambiguity. Ambiguity gives him freedom without accountability. By refusing to define the relationship, Jimmy keeps his options open while keeping Toh emotionally tethered. Toh gets confusion, anxiety, and insecurity while Jimmy gets affection, loyalty, and access without having to offer the same in return. That imbalance matters. People act like harm only exists once a relationship is formally named, but emotional exploitation doesn’t wait for official status. Jimmy knew Toh’s feelings and expectations but he continued anyway. You don’t need to promise love to owe someone basic honesty. You don’t need a title to be accountable for the emotional mess you create.
Some people try to give Jimmy “credit” for refusing to sleep with his ex. Sure, one good decision but that does not erase the months of lies, manipulation, and emotional exploitation he’s inflicted on Toh. A single act of restraint does not reset the moral scoreboard. Jimmy’s occasional acts of decency are actually part of why he’s so effective at manipulation, they give Toh false hope and make us confuse sporadic kindness with overall goodness.


The Selective Accountability Olympics.
Toh is constantly put on trial for every bad decision he makes, while Jimmy is treated like a force of nature, unfortunate, inevitable, and therefore excusable. Toh is not blameless, he makes choices that are frustrating, self destructive, and avoidable. He gets involved with Jimmy despite repeated warnings, he ignores his brother’s concerns, he lies to his brother’s face to protect a relationship that isn’t even stable. These are valid criticisms, there is no argument there. But criticism is not the same as condemnation.
What’s happening instead is that Toh’s mistakes are being used to absolve Jimmy of responsibility, as if one person’s poor judgment automatically cancels out another person’s wrongdoing. That logic is deeply flawed. Toh’s emotional weakness and Jimmy’s intentional harm are not morally equivalent. Jimmy’s actions are deliberate: he lies, withholds truth, cheats, and manipulates situations to maintain access to multiple people without accountability. Accountability doesn’t mean everyone gets blamed equally. It means blame is assigned proportionally. How is everyone placing the heaviest burden on the person who is being wronged rather than the one doing the wrong. This is just scapegoating.


Infatuation vs Deliberate Harm
One thing this discourse keeps refusing to acknowledge is the fundamental difference between emotional irrationality and deliberate harm. Toh’s biggest “crime” is infatuation. Infatuation is not logical. It makes people override common sense, dismiss warnings, and cling to hope long after it stops being reasonable. That doesn’t make it admirable, but it makes it human. But they exist in an entirely different moral category than what Jimmy is doing.
Cheating is not a misunderstanding. Manipulation is not an accident. Stringing someone along while keeping multiple options open requires awareness, planning, and repeated choices. Jimmy knows Toh is emotionally invested. He knows Toh is vulnerable. And instead of creating distance or being honest, he continues to benefit from that attachment while offering nothing solid in return. What’s especially frustrating is how people collapse these two behaviors into the same level of wrongdoing, as if “making bad choices in love” and “actively deceiving someone” cancel each other out.


Burn this script.
Script doing mental gymnastics to downplay Jimmy’s action is diabolical. Framing Toh as easily exploitable, jealous, insecure when he is just responding to suspicious situations that Jimmy created is malicious. Not them trying to justify a pattern of infidelity and emotional harm while shaming the person who actually trusted and loved.
Jimmy’s ex saying “I should have been more patient, at least you didn’t physically harm me” is an insane moral calculus. The argument assumes cheating is somehow acceptable if it isn’t physically violent. Emotional harm is still harm. Being cheated on is betrayal, plain and simple. It implies that victims of manipulation are responsible for enduring bad behavior. If someone cheats, the onus isn’t on the partner to be patient, the responsibility is on the cheater.
I don’t have a problem with angst or messy plots. I do have a problem with badly done messy plots. There’s a difference between emotional chaos that feels earned and emotional chaos that feels like ragebait dressed up as “realism.” Messy plots already demand emotional labor but when the mess is poorly executed, it stops being compelling and starts feeling like intentional provocation. Burnout Syndrome is extremely messy. The characters are morally complicated, their decisions are questionable, and their relationships are tangled. But it works because the production, acting, and writing are doing the heavy lifting. The characters feel complex and their choices feel like extensions of who they are. The mess comes from psychology and circumstance, not because the script needs a shock factor every episode. That’s why the production, acting direction, film score matters so much when the plot itself is chaotic. In Love Alert, the characters often feel shallow, not because they couldn’t have depth, but because the script doesn’t bother to give them any. They behave the way they do because the plot demands it, not because their inner lives logically lead them there. You can’t just stitch together emotional beats and call it storytelling. Take Love Mechanics as another example. The plot was undeniably messy…..cheating, poor decisions, emotional selfishness but the execution carried it. The scenes flowed naturally, the emotional escalation made sense, and the criticism toward War’s character was earned. He made foolish, selfish choices while actively justifying cheating, and the narrative treated that seriously. The angst was purposeful. That’s the key difference is well executed angst feels heavy, not hollow. The frustrating part in Love Alert is that the concept on paper is genuinely intriguing. There is a good story buried in here somewhere. But the execution falls embarrassingly short. Scenes don’t flow into each other, emotional beats don’t land, and the overall viewing experience feels disjointed.
Now, about the acting. Yes, it’s a little awkward. And that awkwardness is amplified by how uncinematic the show looks. The framing is flat and the scenes don’t flow. Even decent performances would struggle in this kind of visual environment. I will always have grace for actors who are still improving. Acting is a skill. There is always room to grow. I’m not gonna go heavy on criticising actors. I have seen people disguising shallow insults as criticism. Dragging actors’ looks is not critique, it’s lazy, and it contributes nothing. The one undeniable saving grace? The face cards, they never decline but a strong visual cast can only carry a show so far. At the end of the day, no amount of pretty can compensate for weak direction, tonal whiplash, and characters written like emotional placeholders instead of people.


Cheating is not a love language.
Representation is not desensitisation, showing flawed characters, messy relationships, or complex love triangles is not inherently bad. Romanticism of cheating and people defending it proves how desensitised cheating has become. Media consistently romanticises cheating, excuses manipulators, and punishes the emotionally invested, it desensitises audiences to betrayal. When I say “romanticism”, I’m talking about people completely disregarding the victim’s feelings and finding cheating as hot. Evidently seen so in Love in the moonlight and Shine BL dramas. People were hating on female leads for reacting to being cheated on rather than two men cheating on their significant others. They found affairs hot and hated on everyone who didn’t. That is the desensitisation I’m referring to.
Cheating has become normalised, romanticised, and morally diluted. Emotional betrayal is treated as a minor inconvenience, a plot twist, or even a badge of passion. Cheating is cheating, whether it’s physical, emotional, or manipulative. Yet somehow, narratives repeatedly convince audiences that it’s acceptable if the cheater is charming, attractive, or already labeled a “playboy.” The more shocking part? People often empathise with the cheater’s struggle while blaming the victim for trusting, loving, or hoping for loyalty. The moral message becomes insidious, if you want a healthy relationship, you’re unreasonable and if you tolerate betrayal, you’re mature. Fans internalise this, shrugging at repeated betrayal and labeling victims as foolish for expecting basic honesty. This risks glorifying betrayal and normalising manipulation as a core component of romance. Cheating should never be romanticised. Emotional harm should never be minimised. And the moral responsibility of a manipulator should never be lessened because they’re “charming” or “complex.”

I have answered some questions you might be typing in a comment below since this review is so long.

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The most cliché redflag/good guy "romance" ever...

After "Bad Guy My Boss" I hoped the next thing should be better, but no it's still a pile of crap. The worst thing is GagaOOLala picked this diarrhea up and polluted their content.

It starts with an narcistic egoistic asshole meeting a good guy and of course the good guy falls heavily for the asshole regardless of warnings previously given. And when the inevitable happens he has to cry himself to sleep. But of course the asshole gets a miraculous redemption arc because - the script says so. Yeah of course love can move mountains but people are not mountains. 🤣

I don't know why girls dig such shit, because this series still has a rating of 7.1... WTF? What's wrong with you people? This series is so awful it's not only a waste of your time, it's a waste of the money that was invested. Of course it's a tad better compared to 4Destiny, but it's just a different taste of shit. Could they please stop making such series? Nobody needs them, because they only thing which was watchable where all the nc-scenes because fanservice is king or so it seems.

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6 Days of Doomsday (/Doomsdom)

So the progress goes:

6 days ago:
Do I smell a series that will not give the young audience the standard digestible, forgivable cheating, but the very hurtful deal? I'm in!

3 days ago:
My oh my, I am into ep. 6 and I am fed up with Toh and Jimmy, the characters (fortunately we have the lovable, adorable Fah Teh here). Jimmy is just a greedy baby who will not say no to anything since it is offered to him, while Toh just doesn't know when to stand up and leave. If he did, maybe many more things could be solved.

Jimmy? He is your friend? Well, you have too many friends for my liking.
And Toh? You do realize you have more things in your life than the male organ between your legs, right?

OK. Now go and do something with your lives, because this is horrible.

2 days ago:
EP. 8

Jimmy: "I tried my best."
Me: This is your BEST?! 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀

/then it got worse/

Jimmy: "He was so stubborn."
Me: Victim blaming? 🤔

Jimmy, the f**k, grow up first, please. You are as dumb as a rock and twice as useless. If lying after a cheat-and-lie game is somehow "the best you could do," then you have a loooong way to go to learn how to do things properly.

And a suggestion — try exchanging your flings for some self-development. It would do you a world of good.

The last day of torture:

Why did this get stupider and stupider with each later episode?

I would say that, in the writing, the story itself was written fine — it could stand — but the relationships were written very poorly. It is a very strange mix of quite deep potential for personalities that somehow landed flat, as if someone had written it while thinking about secondary-school relationships.

They were not the worst kind of flat characters at first, but they became flat in the later stages of development — and you can't recognize that from the first episodes.

It somehow culminated with supporting characters in the last episode doing something totally improbable that no normal adult would realistically plan to do. But it strangely sounds like a secondary-schooler fantasy or wish for things to happen that way.

It is not an entirely bad story, and whatever is bad about it does not have anything to do with the budget. It is just that the majority of us seem to be adults, or at least of an adult mindset, and even if shown kindly, these stereotypes from the story do not appear in this format in real life.

So as fantasy it is fine, but you need to have huge objections when comparing it with normal behavior or acceptable paths in these situations.

Note: it was not the acting or the chemistry of the actors — that was good.

There is also a certain level of comfort, cuteness, and security, and that is mostly delivered thanks to the fact that you know how it will happen. You know the Happy Ending in advance. You know you will run into some hurtful stuff, but it is not going to be a fatal transgression. No mortal trespass.

And so it is still a comfortable and, in places, cute watch, which makes it digestible even if most of the actions are not.

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A waste of time filled with NC scenes to keep viewers engaged

I had to take a deep breath before writing this review so I can write it without offending others .
Taste is subjective but I’ll still say what’s on my mind in a respectful manner.

This series is a waste of time and would reduce your brain cells . The Nc scenes were so unnecessary that there was no longer chemistry. I started skipping the Nc scenes of both couples . That’s how exhausted I was .

I know you’d wonder , if you hated it so much , why did you finish it . I finished it so I could hate better with proof and evidence . I watched it to the last episode and dropped it 19 minutes to the end because it felt like self harm at that point .

I could go into details that only people that have seen this drama would understand and empathize with me but no .
The purpose of this review is to chase away someone that hasn’t watched it yet .
This review is for the person wondering if they should start and I’m here to say DON’T do it .

Don’t fall for the edits or recommendations .
If I’m able to save at least one person’s time , then I have succeeded .
In this day and age , there are several series to watch . Please pick something else .

Note : I don’t hate the actors as individuals. I think they did a great job . The show is just not it and I hope they all get better projects in future although I doubt I’d be interested again but I wish them the best .

Bonus : the actor that plays run is very pretty and I hope he gets a show as the lead .

Byeeee and see you in my next review! :)

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Started off strong ended in the ditch

I can't believe the amount of hate this drama is getting for being cliché. I really wanna ask everyone to not go with the rating and give this drama a go. It has the 2010s vibes. Like the old OG kdramas with the bad boy who hurts the good girl and regrets it later.

We don't get such dramas nowadays so i loved it🤭 kinda took me back in time. Compared to BGMB i think they have improved a lot when it comes to pacing. Every episode made me wait for the next episode and I'm kinda wishing i watched it after it was completed😭.

I like all the toxic characters. The acting is good. Direction is good. Pacing is good. Story is cliché but good. It doesn't look cheap. People are just hating on it cz they're not popular actors and i guess they wanna feel superior by commenting trash about the series🙃. I've seen many dramas that are unbearable and boring but high rated cz they like the actors. Well watch it you wont regret it

Edit: Finished the drama more like watched it cz i was curious how bad it could get. It's messy super messy like 3 off 4 characters are 🚩🚩. Toh might seem innocent but nah he's not he's just potrayed as such. Teh is probably the worst brother one can have and jimmy is a red flag nothing more to say about him. Fah is the only sensible character you'll find in this show and I LOVE HIM!! I also loved Freeze another green fla and normal person in the bunch. Totally shipped FreezeRun. Run deserves a green flag after all he went through.

The redemption arc we all waited for never happened instead Toh served himself in silver platter to Jimmy. I really feel Jimmy doesn't love Toh he likes him and is used to him but doesn't love him. These 2 red flags literally deserve each other. Now they can just hurt each other instead of others.

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It is not irrelevant, but it never reaches the weight it seems to aim for

Love Alert leans on an old formula: the romance between an emotionally open young man and a man who turns affection into a power game. The premise itself is not the problem. Melodrama thrives on archetypes. What weighs it down is the uneven execution, shifting between moments of genuine intensity and rushed, underdeveloped narrative choices. There is a good story buried in the concept, but it rarely finds the right way to express itself.

Toh is written as the embodiment of vulnerability. His devotion is absolute, almost reckless, and the script repeatedly places him in a cycle of hope and disappointment. At times, this creates empathy; at others, it feels repetitive. The series touches on emotional dependency and manipulation, yet it uses them more as immediate dramatic fuel than as themes to explore with psychological depth. Even so, there is an internal consistency to the way Toh loves. He is not inconsistent, just painfully constant.

Jimmy, on the other hand, drives the conflict and also represents the show’s biggest weakness. His personality blends charm, arrogance, and impulsiveness, but the line between complexity and caricature is often crossed. The script seems interested in portraying him as a wounded man unable to face his own feelings. However, his actions pile up so aggressively that his redemption arc loses credibility. When his emotional shift finally arrives, it lacks the groundwork needed to feel convincing.

The supporting characters offer the most stable moments in the narrative. Fah serves as a rational counterbalance to the central storm, while Teh moves between flaws and loyalty with more nuance than the main lead. In these parallel interactions, the series shows it can handle conflict with greater balance and less exaggeration. It is in these moments that the drama finds some emotional stability.

Technically, Love Alert has clear limitations. The direction favors simple, almost overly television-like framing, and the editing sometimes disrupts the flow. Scenes do not build tension; they simply follow one another. The soundtrack serves its basic purpose but rarely enhances the emotional weight of the scenes. Nothing is disastrous, yet there is no technical element that truly elevates the material either.

The acting is serviceable. There is visible effort and commitment, especially in confrontation scenes, but the script rarely allows the actors to explore more subtle layers. When intensity is required, the writing leans toward exaggeration; when introspection is needed, it offers little subtext. Even so, the cast manages to maintain a basic level of credibility, despite the script’s weaknesses.

The repeated focus on intimate scenes stands out. The physical chemistry is present, but repetition weakens its impact. Instead of deepening emotional connection, the series often uses physical closeness as a substitute for character development. The result feels excessive: there is bodily proximity, but limited emotional growth.

Overall, Love Alert is a drama that provokes more frustration than catharsis. It has an interesting premise and occasional impactful moments, yet it stumbles over predictable choices and storytelling that prioritizes immediate shock over emotional construction. It is not irrelevant, but it never reaches the weight it seems to aim for. It remains in between: intense enough to hold attention, yet too inconsistent to become truly memorable.

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Not Worth Your Time (or MINE)

It’s an annoying drama with little merit. I had given up on it, but, once again, boredom set in, so I’m going to TRY to finish this mess.

I don’t care about the characters. They’re self destructive or, simply destructive. I don’t care for Kad. Period. The second couple is fine, but not enough to make this series worth watching. They were the better actors and the more likeable couple. I would watch a series with Fam & David. But, Fah and Teh became
like an old married couple at warp speed! Sad!

Oh, it’s also, often quite boring and repetitive with lots of flashback scenes. The writers could have been better, especially with James’ dialog. And the y could’ve written a better personality for Kad. It helps to write rounder personalities when you want people to care about characters, especially the main characters.

That’s all. I tried to keep it civil, but it bothers me when it feels the Thai BL industry is getting lazy, and doesn’t care about the audience, or plays down to us.

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The Stud Complex meets Naivete and Low Self Esteem

Am I often irritated with this series? Definitely
Am I surprised by this dynamic? Absolutely Not
This is Bad Guy My Boss in a different setting. The tall handsome guy not wanting to commit but needs his needs met. In Bad Guy My Boss James played Elyes or something a CEO with a secretary he clearly wanted but he let him down more times than an adaptation series from GMMTV (by that I mean series adaptations not book adaptations it's just my opinion)

Like Elyes, Jimmy has a God complex thinking anyone and everyone wants him or something from him so he can treat people like servants and they'll always be there for Round 2 and Beyond. He's giving BD Energy (iykyk)
Toh like Pat before him is under Jimmy's spell and he's very sensitive so when Jimmy charmed him out of his fruit of the looms it was for keeps in his mind. No matter how much Jimmy emotionally abused him Toh kept running back. Toh may be older but experience wise Jimmy has the upper hand.

Now Jimmy is not a bad guy per se but I feel he's witness or felt hurt before by giving one person too much power over his feelings so he uses or hurts someone before they can do it to him. He kept Toh at arms length using him for sex and revenge but as his heart got involved fear made him hurt Toh before Toh could hurt him.

Jimmy initially wants Fah. Fah was a guy Jimmy saw as another conquest maybe even love but when his best friend and Toh's younger brother Teh swooped in and f'ed Fah right after Jimmy laid out his plan to woo Fah, Jimmy's animal instinct of an eye for an eye went after Teh's brother purely for vengeance and to have something to bargain with.

Jimmy is the king of getting in his own way but this series perpetuates the half of the story model. Jimmy realizes he loves Toh and Toh realizes he loves Jimmy but when Toh goes to tell Jimmy he finds him bragging to his buddies that he doesn't beg or love anyone. As Toh leaves destroyed once again by Jimmy we see Jimmy say But with P'Toh it's different I do love and miss him.

But taking a page from Jimmy's book, Toh is off to use Dr. Freeze by accepting his dating request even though he doesn't love Dr. Freeze.

As a write this incoherent review there are 2 unaired episodes. My prediction Toh and Jimmy are end game and Dr. Freeze is collateral damage. It's Jimmy redemption arch time.

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Fah was the best character (watch suggestions)

Overall: the other three characters annoyed me at various times. 10 episodes about 40 minutes each. Aired on Viu and GagaOOLala https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/6115/love-alert-2025 (not available in Thailand, Japan or Korea).

Content Warnings: slap, manhandling, blackmail, non con video recording/picture taking, intimate partner emotional abuse, manipulation, intimate partner physical abuse off screen, manipulation, vomiting

Watch Suggestions (to focus on sweet/steamy)
episode 1 start at 20:15 minutes-38
episode 2 watch 20-21:30, 24:20-26:30, 32:30-32:15, 42-end
episode 3 watch 19-25, 38:30-end
episode 4 watch beginning-7:30, 34:50-38
episode 5 watch 10-11:45, 13:45-15, 25:05-26:05, 37:45-42
skip episode 6
episode 7 watch 10:30-14:35, 34:20-35:50
episode 8 watch 36:20-37:20 side, 45-47:30
episode 9 watch 25:40-28:50
episode 10 watch 22:30-26:15, 30-34:40, 42:30-end

What I Liked
- Fah
- easy to understand premise
- some things were so ridiculous they are funny (like massaging the meat was supposedly sexy lmao)
- visuals
- characters didn't shy away from intimacy
- non cliche love rivals

Room For Improvement
- started with a flash forward and then went back to 3 months before
- writers wrote Jimmy as more than just a jerk, he was abusive so I didn't want him in a relationship with anyone
- the redemption arc of Jimmy becoming an alcoholic, crying all the time and manhandling when he was apologizing was insufficient
- I needed Toh to have a villain era
- music did not fit some scenes
- time spent on love triangles
- odd how the younger brother said the older brother couldn't date (update, as the plot went on I could see where the brother was coming from)
- how the younger brother didn't just tell another character what was happening in episode 4
- Teh hated a character and suddenly was nice to him?!!!
- (neutral) comedy sound effects, they weren't as bad as some other series

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I would not recommend wasting your time watching this?

This is strictly about the characters, I don't hate any of the actors, it's just their (P'Toh's) character that I hate.

Because wtf is wrong with P'Toh?? I mean forget about Jimmy, P'Toh is the real Red Flag here.

First, if you can't love yourself, you can't really fall in love with someone else either. Unless you don't respect yourself, others won't respect you as well.

Second, the way Jimmy treated P'Toh was no different than how P'Toh treated Dr. Freeze. You just experienced being with someone who didn't truly loved you and was with you for his personal gain yet you went ahead and did the same to someone else who actually loved you.

P'Toh made me mad on SO MANY things;
1. He went behind his brother's back and had an affair with his brother's best friend despite getting like a HUNDRED warning.
2. He kept lying to his brother, even when he tried to confront him he denied.
3. He kept going crawling back to Jimmy even after knowing his true intentions, like bro have some self respect.
4. He NEVER loved himself or valued himself but expected Jimmy to love and value him. Huh, WHY!??
5. When he finally met someone who genuinely loved him and cared for him, what did he do? Ha! Yes, he USED him to make JIMMY jealous.
6. He freaking said Yes to the doctor when he, himself was not ready and was so not moved on. He thought being with doctor ("using this doctor") would help him "move on" from Jimmy. Did that work? Nooooo
7. He was so freaking cold with doctor, he maybe unintentionally disrespected doctor AND HIS FEELINGS SO MANY TIMES.

And guess what??
After ALL OF THIS, who is the victim?
P'Toh, yes!
I don't know how, trust me I really don't know how, but he and all of the other characters think that P'Toh was the "Victim" in all of this.

Other than P'Toh character, I liked their acting and their chemistry. Specially the 2nd couple🤌😩
They were so cute, I wish P'Toh's character was not there and these two could be the main leads🥲

I couldn't focus on anything else because mostly I was frustrated about P'Toh's character (as you can see above).

I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND WASTING YOUR TIME WATCHING THIS🫣

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...And That's Enough For Me!!

Wow, I feel like I've been dropping series like flies, but this is completely out of my realm of entertainment, and it's simply because this isn't a good story.

Let's Dive In.

Actually, there’s not much to dive into. The writing is rough, and while the story feels like it has potential, there’s nothing really driving it forward. It is like there’s enough fuel, but no engine to make it go anywhere. The acting is honestly the only thing that has kept me watching. It is not award-winning, but it is decent enough that you find yourself wanting to stick around, if only to support the cast.

Toh is far too much of a love-struck puppy who keeps throwing himself into traffic and acts surprised every time he gets hit. Toh knows what Jimmy's doing, and just, doesn't give a fuck, I guess. The romances move way too fast, and I am a yearner at heart. I need tension, build-up, and emotional payoff. This just is not delivering any of that.

I stuck around for five episodes hoping something would finally surface and give me even an ounce of what I was looking for, but, to no avail. I do believe there are people like Toh out there, people who forgive and forget, or simply ignore the hurt they receive. That kind of dynamic can be real. I just do not have the desire to keep watching it play out, or see how they'll enviably try to redeem Jimmy. But not everything is on Jimmy either. The brother is kind of awful too, in his own "I'm trying to protect my brother," way.

Ratings:

Story: 4/10 - Boring.

Acting: 8/10 - Decent Enough.

Music: 6/10 - Not distracting.

Recommendation Value: 1/10 - Move on!

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