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Well, at least they gave her something to struggle carrying that was more substantial than two pieces of floppy cardboard.

Tong has such resting "I murdered someone & got away with it" face. It is so very punchable. I want someone to punch it. I hope Joe gets to punch it.

Joe, it's wonderful you acknowledge that you are, in fact, a dumpster, and Tong and Ming are the flames you keep letting set you alight. But you just keep being the best dumpster fire you can be, you pathetic boy.

Wut needs more love. The man has such layers, and is carrying so much tragedy and loss that he isn't sharing with anyone. I'm glad he got some of it out, and also got his friend back to boot. Cheers to you, Wut.

And am I the only one who was mildly surprised Ming didn't spawn from under the van or out of a tree when Sol was hugging Joe? I guess Ming's "Someone's touching Joe" radar goes silent during meditation.

I don't care. I just don't care. This didn't necessarily begin as a great series but it has certainly devolved over the weeks since its premiere. One episode left, and I'm dropping. They're going to end together, sure, great, of course, but I just don't care.

First episode was meh. Lovely marine cinematography, though.

What a filler of an episode. How long are we going to just be spinning our wheels here? And can we finally please be done with this Taemrak nonsense? It has been nothing but a dull waste of time since the beginning, as well as a waste of an otherwise engaging and likeable character who should have been given literally any other reason for existing. There is so much else we could be exploring during all the dead air that is pretending Yak's interested in Taem.

What medical mysteries lie in all "the research"? What ominous and vaguely illegal mess has Yei gotten into? Cher was saved from being assaulted, how'd that go down? Is Dr. Plakao putting sex costumes on other people? How talented is Wandee that he can perform completely bloodless surgery? Is Ter having a real awakening or is he about to villain villainously? Could they really not find NC archive footage where Yak wasn't visibly wearing his necklace, or what are we supposed to think happened there? Wandee has been conspiciously wearing that thing for weeks, it was distracting to see Yak suddenly wearing it with no context. See? So much more we could be focusing on.

At this point, whenever Taem appears, I start pining for the next sex ed lecture. It also contributes nothing to the story but at least something new may be learned.

Ming, you selfish ass. Now they've got to reset and probably reshoot the end of that scene, and Joe is likely going to end up apologizing to everyone after receiving yet another lecture about professionalism, because you keep sabotaging his work. Don't you have some more decour-coordinated robes to go buy or something? Let the man work in peace, at least.

Tong absolutely murdered someone in the past and no one will ever convince me otherwise. How is it that neither Ming nor his sister can actually see Tong? He just oozes smarmy insincerity from every pore. One would think a monster like Ming would recognize another monster like Tong, especially after they basically killed Joe together.

I suppose we are now officially on the "redeem Ming" arc, terribly disappointing. Honestly, I don't want to see Joe's love lift Ming up; I want to watch Ming's obsession drag Joe down. Joe has been most interesting to me when he meets Ming at Ming's level: manipulative, forceful, occasionally cruel. Stop fighting the poison, Joe; just let it seep in.

Typical GMMTV presentation, nothing more, nothing less. At least they're mapping the formula to a story with an actual plot, so hopefully we won't be spending excessive time meandering.

I am so pleased to see Na. I dropped "We Are" so I'm thrilled I'll get to ogle him in this series, at least. I am definitely hot for teacher.

That milk to cereal ratio was nonsense and it was all I could think about during the food porn scene.

Not that I expect anything in this series to make sense but I hope it revisits that whole "Patrick fended off a vampire chick" from a few episodes back. The series might've forgotten about it but I certainly haven't. I realize there are endless shenanigans from the Dumbest Scooby Gang Ever to cover but, still. I would like some closure.

Just doing my usual rewatch at the 50% mark of a Thai BL series, checking for improved subtitles and, subsequently, additional insight.

Tong gives off big "I murdered a chick in University and hid the body" energy, doesn't he?

There is a difference between being powerless and being weak, and I fully admit I find the former more deserving of sympathy than the latter. If Joe is choosing to once again be Ming's doormat, despite having valid alternatives, then he deserves to once again be walked all over. So keep wiping those shoes, Ming, you delightful little sociopath, until that weak boy is crushed completely under your heel.

Grandmother's Glasses are my second favourite character in this series. They aren't my style but they have such personality and flair, and look like someone actually bothered with principles of form rather than just raw functionality. Usually in Thai shows eyeglasses (alongside wigs and jeans) are deeply unflattering and/or ugly as sin. I am half-convinced those glasses may actually belong to the actor rather than the production.

This Taemrak thing is very tiresome. Not merely because we know where it's all headed but because it just looks so assinine in-universe. They're publicly going about as boyfriends, spending most of their free time together, posting affectionately intimate updates on their socials, everyone seems aware they're screwing one another's brains out, and all those soft longing looks aren't happening entirely behind closed doors. Wandee is wearing Yak's necklace, for fuck's sake, and Yak is voluntelling his friends to actively support Wandee's scholarship efforts. How does any of that help the "Make Taemrak Fall for Yak" plan? If Taemrak actually DID fall for Yak, it would ruin her character, because she'll come off looking either bizarrely stupid or jarringly self-centered, neither of which she is. And not one single person in the viewing audience is convinced Yak has meaningful feelings for her anymore so...why are we doing this dance? It's lazily contrived even for a Thai BL.

Leave sweet Taemrak out of it and just give us more Dr. Plakao and his enthusiastic costumed sexplay research—for science!

An aside: did the OyeCher stuff make anyone else feel like they missed some scenes? I think I was more bewildered than Oye when Cher popped off in the gym. There's been some friction regarding their business finances, sure, but shite really escalated into a whole other thing this episode.

The clarification on Uncle's corporate position is everything I needed. Thank you, special episode. Also interesting to see four grown men, including the wildly advanced android with a massively juiced AI system, are absolutely baffled by the violently antagonistic concept of intentional low-speed collisions.

Whatever. Just bring back Yamase Kazuma's glistening naked torso and let me stare at that for the final episodes. I'm just so over the MLs and their bland, predictable nonsense.

A slow slide into utter mediocrity, and a pathetic "kiss" so insulting it makes me want to vomit. What a waste of time.

Perhaps you should read my comments again.

I would believe that was the intention save for the overall presentation of the conflict, which focused heavily on responses from Wandee that had little to nothing to do with the scholarship, particularly Wandee's juvenile "make him jealous" shenanigans. Indeed, so much of Wandee's subsequent behaviour following his unsuccessful confession has been about his anger at the rejection that I still can't take the scholarship contest seriously as an actual bone of contention rather than just Wandee's cover for dealing with his heartbreak by lashing out.

This series is wildly stupid. It is so very dumb. It's badly plotted, weirdly acted, and awkwardly shot. And yet, I can't look away.

On a serious note, and I swear I ask this every time, what exactly does the Thai BL industry have against Long? Did he run over someone's dog, seduce and then dump someone's kid, forget to respond to a text, what? The man is handsome, sexy, and a versatile actor; why does he keep getting relegated to such awful projects? Either someone has a vendetta or Long is being punished for some misdeed in a past life.

Nice of the series to show character behaviours from Dr. Ter that suggest he's a conflicted but perhaps narcissistic asshole with a power-control complex. Seems the series is aware enough to know it's ridiculous to villainize a character simply because they knocked back someone crushing on them. Yes, rejection is painful and humiliating, but no one is obligated to return anyone's romantic feelings, and it has been bugging the hell out of me that the series was treating Dr. Ter like a jerkass simply for declining to date Wandee.

In the same vein, we might be headed too far in the other direction, accompanied by some dullness about Dr. Ter emerging from the closet...

Frustrating. This series is just immensely frustrating.