People are quick to condemn Pheem, to label him cruel, manipulative, monstrous. But that’s because they confuse his clarity for cruelty. He isn’t the hero meant to be admired; he’s the reflection most people aren’t brave enough to face. Every action he takes comes from a place carved by betrayal. He’s a man who learned too early that softness invites destruction, that love without control becomes a weapon turned against you. So he built himself into a wall, not out of arrogance, but out of necessity.
Yes, what he did to Than is wrong. It’s painful to watch. It’s almost unbearable to think that someone could use the person who genuinely loves him as part of his revenge. But the tragedy of Pheem isn’t that he’s wicked, it’s that he doesn’t know how to stop being wicked once the game starts. Revenge became his entire language; to abandon it now would mean abandoning the only identity that ever gave him power.
When he pulls the trigger, when Than falls, we see a man who has reached the end of his own darkness. The moment is horrifying not because of Than’s apparent death, but because of the silence that follows. You can feel that Pheem’s revenge is complete, yet it gives him nothing. No relief. No closure. Just an echo that keeps reminding him that he has crossed every line, even the one he built for himself. That is the cruelest punishment of all - to finally win and realize the victory has nothing left to hold.
People keep asking when he’ll change, when he’ll “redeem” himself. But that’s the wrong question. Pheem doesn’t need redemption written in bright letters and soft piano music. He needs time, the kind of time that breaks you open from the inside. Sudden character development would insult the pain that shaped him. Not all people wake up pure after doing wrong; some carry the rot for a while before they even dare to look at it. That’s what makes him real.
And that’s why the show is called *The Wicked Game.* Because wickedness here isn’t about evil, it’s about being trapped in your own strategy, unable to tell where love ends and vengeance begins. Pheem has finished his revenge, but the real war is only beginning - the one between the man he became and the man he might still be. Than’s apparent death is not an ending; it’s the haunting pause before consequence. You can already sense that he’ll come back, that the story between them isn’t finished, because the bond they share isn’t the kind that dies cleanly. It festers, it returns, it demands resolution.
Pheem will have to face the ruins he created, not as a villain seeking forgiveness, but as a man finally forced to stand alone in the silence he caused. And maybe, in that silence, love will crawl back in, not as redemption, but as recognition. Because not every sinner becomes a saint. Some just learn to live with the truth that they were both the wound and the weapon.
That’s the brilliance of 'The Wicked Game.' It doesn’t ask you to love Pheem; it asks you to understand him - and in doing so, it quietly exposes how much of him lives inside all of us.
I am enjoying this series as it has production values , but unfortunately them as leads in a stand alone project for them it’s just plain and they don’t stand out…Satang has a leading aura but Winny don’t. Mond is another artist being ignored and paired with different people in both straight or gay roles. He should have been the lead with a proper story line. I don’t know if you guys agree or not but Winny and Satang as leading pair in a series just for them has no charm in it.
I am realy loving this, their visuals and plus their chem is gem here!!!
can anyone tell how they are so casual about their powers, like Khunkaho had his power, Tharas well, but they pretend they don't care..something feel off in that regard, like no thrill, no secret...
Nice start, but since it is IF's work, it is more like a fantasy with many unexplained things...so my expectations are already lower...thats how I will be able to enjoy it!!!
Heng is getting excellent with acting by each series. The way he acted surprised and happy when he saw the character Ruedee, it was acting done damn right....too bad he is only going to get supporting roles only, but at least he is in IF with major supporting roles and chance to be in every series, if he were to join GMMTV, he would have been ignored!!!
So the past is set in 1913 and the present is 1945, right?
can we don't have "everything happens in its own time" excuse for plot holes again? I love khemjira but…
fantasy are always like that, no matter how much I hate it when they don't explain things....I make myself understand...ahh its fantasy anyway...I have not yet seen a Thai fantasy drama where they explain things in order and logic behind it...so yeah its fantasy anway....
no wonder it is p'Nuchy's project. Gun and p'Nuchy's collaborations are one of the best in Thai entertainment industry. Nuchy stands way above among her peers, perhaps no 1 in LGBTQ, her each prject is LGBTQ, its been 17 years since I saw Down the River, and I didn't even know the language, back then no titles were available....what a memory....
ps. Of lost too much weight, and because of that he looks taller now. Gun looks the same as he did 20 years ago when I first saw him in any acting. He is the most senior LGBTQ+ artist GMMTV has and the most senior among the first generation of BL actors or industry....his journey is quiet, but very successful and fruitful....he has come a long long way...he is extremely versatile actor, there isn't a role he has not done!!!
this is good...but too many plot holes, just like JP one...I mean the fucking MIL, who preached her sob story of violence and all, can't even differentiate if her DIL injuries were of fall or abuse...also more worst is SIL, she sees and understand everything yet she asks and behaves as if something is wrong with her FL...fuck those people ...
Some of the translation is not right, it didn't feel like translation but the translator's own interpretation, for example EP1 has too many such instances, for example at the end of episode 1 she clearly said "let's kill your husband" but the translation reads "if someone going to die it should be your husband" there is huge difference of emotion, impact of words and that scene...it was a serious put off...
ps: translator did an extremely poor job, whoever translated, they did transliteration not the translation of actual dialogues.
Please raise complaint by using flag button on top of screen in netflix window and choose wrong translation and submit.
Those who couldn’t be part of Squid Game are now writing scripts that may not match it entirely — but definitely carry fragments of that same wild craziness!
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Yes, what he did to Than is wrong. It’s painful to watch. It’s almost unbearable to think that someone could use the person who genuinely loves him as part of his revenge. But the tragedy of Pheem isn’t that he’s wicked, it’s that he doesn’t know how to stop being wicked once the game starts. Revenge became his entire language; to abandon it now would mean abandoning the only identity that ever gave him power.
When he pulls the trigger, when Than falls, we see a man who has reached the end of his own darkness. The moment is horrifying not because of Than’s apparent death, but because of the silence that follows. You can feel that Pheem’s revenge is complete, yet it gives him nothing. No relief. No closure. Just an echo that keeps reminding him that he has crossed every line, even the one he built for himself. That is the cruelest punishment of all - to finally win and realize the victory has nothing left to hold.
People keep asking when he’ll change, when he’ll “redeem” himself. But that’s the wrong question. Pheem doesn’t need redemption written in bright letters and soft piano music. He needs time, the kind of time that breaks you open from the inside. Sudden character development would insult the pain that shaped him. Not all people wake up pure after doing wrong; some carry the rot for a while before they even dare to look at it. That’s what makes him real.
And that’s why the show is called *The Wicked Game.* Because wickedness here isn’t about evil, it’s about being trapped in your own strategy, unable to tell where love ends and vengeance begins. Pheem has finished his revenge, but the real war is only beginning - the one between the man he became and the man he might still be. Than’s apparent death is not an ending; it’s the haunting pause before consequence. You can already sense that he’ll come back, that the story between them isn’t finished, because the bond they share isn’t the kind that dies cleanly. It festers, it returns, it demands resolution.
Pheem will have to face the ruins he created, not as a villain seeking forgiveness, but as a man finally forced to stand alone in the silence he caused. And maybe, in that silence, love will crawl back in, not as redemption, but as recognition. Because not every sinner becomes a saint. Some just learn to live with the truth that they were both the wound and the weapon.
That’s the brilliance of 'The Wicked Game.' It doesn’t ask you to love Pheem; it asks you to understand him - and in doing so, it quietly exposes how much of him lives inside all of us.
can anyone tell how they are so casual about their powers, like Khunkaho had his power, Tharas well, but they pretend they don't care..something feel off in that regard, like no thrill, no secret...
Heng is getting excellent with acting by each series. The way he acted surprised and happy when he saw the character Ruedee, it was acting done damn right....too bad he is only going to get supporting roles only, but at least he is in IF with major supporting roles and chance to be in every series, if he were to join GMMTV, he would have been ignored!!!
So the past is set in 1913 and the present is 1945, right?
Saint hold your artists tight!!!
ps. Of lost too much weight, and because of that he looks taller now. Gun looks the same as he did 20 years ago when I first saw him in any acting. He is the most senior LGBTQ+ artist GMMTV has and the most senior among the first generation of BL actors or industry....his journey is quiet, but very successful and fruitful....he has come a long long way...he is extremely versatile actor, there isn't a role he has not done!!!
ps: translator did an extremely poor job, whoever translated, they did transliteration not the translation of actual dialogues.
Please raise complaint by using flag button on top of screen in netflix window and choose wrong translation and submit.