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LMAO ... you probably won't believe this, but last night I was trying to think of something to watch and I thought, 'Oh, I need to see the second episode of LBC2!'

Then I started watching and realized I'd already watched it. xD

I think you bring up an interesting point. If '2gether' had been set in a middle school instead of a university then everything about Sarawat and Tine's relationship would have been relatable as a story about puppy love. Everyone including me would be fawning over how adorable it is.

What they've been doing, basically, is depicting a middle school crush in a college setting.

I interpreted that moment as Tine being comfortable with kissing Sarawat in public for the first time. After a year of living together in a relationship I sure hope he would have initiated a few kisses in private before then. :)

As an example of how there can be chemistry between two leads without skinship, watch this episode of 'Ingredients' .. it's short, don't worry! This is what you can get when the actors are comfortable in their roles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hBjb-k003U&t=600s

They make Sarawat and Tine look like two strangers seated next to each other on an airplane. :)

(Actually, they could cast these two in a remake of '2gether' and get it right this time lol.)

I thought the second episode of LBC2 improved on the first. Like you I'll be sticking with it.

I've been skipping the scenes with Ae. Perth's acting has become so mannered. They're also building up the mystery over why Ae and Pete broke up, so I hope the reason will be worth the suspense.

Possibly the final scene? LX has never looked happier, it's like he's a new person!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abi3h4ewDQs

Yes .. they appear to have expected to do a second season but that never happened. The last episode ends with a cliffhanger which if you ask me isn't really that suspenseful. If there'd been a second season I think the situation would have been handled quickly and decisively.

We should "go ahead ... and rewatch" :)

For some reason your reassurance reassures me the most. <3

It would indeed be rather strange for a transcendent drama like this to have the central couple break up at the very end. It would be all we remember it for.

I can't wait to experience a rewatch where I'll always know what's going to happen next and I can just enjoy the ride.

Same. And it will ruin the entire series.

I've watched a couple of dramas this year where they're uplifting and fun until the last episode and then it's like a bomb drops. If this series also ends up doing that to me it will be traumatizing.

I'd have to be reminded of any scene where JJ wasn't nice to her. She becomes awkward around her but she's never less than pleasant.

"She just needs people to see her as herself and not as her mother's daughter."

That says it all.

Could it be any other? lol

I suspect he had something to do with the plagiarism accusation. If he did, put a fork in him -- he's done.

The hand-holding at the end was a breakthrough moment for Sarawat and Tine. They looked comfortable doing it.

It's not weird!

Bright just looks so uncomfortable doing a lead role in BL. If he was a better actor he could fake it, but as it is he's lost at sea trying to play Sarawat. Early in the first season when Sarawat was still in his aloof and mysterious phase Bright was really good. But from there he couldn't bring the character to life.

Mil and Phukong are played by actors who have lots of experience in BL, and I get the sense that they look for the fun in playing such roles.

Maybe Bright is just too worried that people will start to think he's not straight.

For the train wreck of the century check out 'My Day'. It makes LBC 2 look like a masterpiece lol.

I don't criticize it to stop people from watching it. The Bright Cult is impervious anyway. He could sit on screen cutting farts and it would get a million views.

I criticized '2gether' so that future series won't follow the same path of marketing a bromance as BL. And I'm pleased that they rushed this series into production to immediately deal with what people like me were saying. 'Still 2gether' isn't perfect, but it's better, and I respected everyone involved for being willing to do it.

It shows that while you yourself think big viewership is enough to indicate quality, the people who produced '2gether' knew that they couldn't let the lasting memory of the series be a high five and two boyfriends who slept 5 feet apart in the same bed with their backs turned.

I've used both approaches, but more and more I think it should be acceptable to talk about long-ended series without a spoiler tag.

Oh and you're right about Techno/Kengkla.

I remember how Perth over-acted in 'Until We Meet Again' and at the time I thought maybe all the attention from LBC had gone to his head. Ae going emo in ACTL isn't a big draw for me either.

With Can it seems like the director said, 'Everybody loved how scatterbrained Can was in LBC, so let's have more of that in ACTL.'