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Yes, it's up on Viki now. Like last week it got posted around noon ET, so it looks like my weekly Wednesday lunchtime activity is now set until mid-December. :)

When they had both of the guys saying it to each other I was like "Huh?" lol

At least the second couple seems a little more standard issue gay. ^_^

Actually I wonder if the guy the twin has a thing for might be Yu Xi Gu, since he reacted so strongly against it when XHT was harassing him.

I get the distinct feeling that the "nice guy" twin has a thing for Xiang Hao Ting. He didn't look happy when XHT showed up to have lunch with Yu Xi Gu and was conspicuously absent during the rest of the episode, including when the rest of the gang was professing their support for their brothers.

And I have to say I'm not thrilled with the "I'm not gay, I'm just gay for you" angle. Mary, please.

Yes!

Viki is messing with me! I got an alert that the new episode is available but on the app it's still locked. Anybody else have this happen?

I've never been able to watch Our Skyy. Now I really want to see it.

It's set after Kiss Me Again. The "Pete and Kao" in Kiss The Series were different characters entirely. It was like that show took place in an alternate universe lol.

I'm going to swim against the tide and say I'm enjoying this series precisely because it is lighter fare. Given what was shown in the trailer early on I don't know what else anybody could expect. For me it's great to see the further adventures of the characters that I came to love in 'Kiss Me Again'. The chemistry between everyone is still fantastic, and AJ fits right in as Non. Everyone on set was enjoying themselves as they filmed, and it shows.

In 'Kiss Me Again' I thought Pete and Kao's "enemies to lovers" story was one of the best I've seen, but it's a tough act to follow even for them. So with DBK they're more standard as a couple, and for sure nobody's going to be debating over how Non is trying to come between them, tweeting and analyzing the way we do about, say, Tharn and Type. For me what's fun about DBK is the winking acknowledgement of that in the way the show is written and directed. I look forward to the new episodes every week.

Blaming Jump was stupid. He wasn't anywhere near Home when Home fell in the water. Everybody was acting like Jump pushed him in.

Possibly what the writers were looking for is that they blamed Jump for not knowing how to do CPR. But none of those other people could do it either. So it's just confusing.

For me, Pluggy/Por has the biggest future as an actor. He has presence on screen, can sing (he sounds so cute in the opening song), and of course has acting chops. His scene with Folk/Yong in Episode 9, where they have a real talk about their relationship, was a high point in the series for me. (Folk has impressed me too.)

Your post is the one I just came here to make. The storyline goes all over the place but I think the biggest failure is in the way it's directed. Too much dead air in every scene. During filming it must have made the actors feel uncomfortable since real people don't speak to each other that way.

Like you, though, I can't look away.

I think part of what we all love about this series is it's not a typical storybook romance. The characters are complex. (I won't be surprised if there are some major revelations about Tharn before all is said and done.) Each episode leaves me more impressed with the author of the books and the writers for the series. There are so many insights into real human behavior.

I can see where someone would think that the girl was thrown in to create drama. But Type has a traumatic past that has completely clouded his ability to realize that he's bi or gay. I think the girl will end up helping him to understand that Tharn is his man.

I'm with you! This isn't a typical storybook romance. (That's part of what makes it so compelling.) Type has a lot of issues to work through, most definitely.

I know where you're coming from. Tharn needs to realize that due to Type's past, he can't just start to date him the way he would other guys. There will be rough patches, and he has to be patient.

What Type has with Tharn will be missing if he dates the girl. It will be a teaching moment for him. But Tharn needs to be patient.

It's a tough thing to watch. Type's covert approach to the girl shows that he realizes something real is going on between him and Tharn.

This had to happen, and I'm glad it's happening at the beginning of the series rather than at Episode 9. For me it wouldn't be believable if Type just went along with Tharn and never had any feelings of doubt or rebellion. With Type's past he is going to test Tharn in every way. He doesn't fully trust him yet, or trust the feelings he has for him. This girl will help to make it all clear.

And I agree that Techno is awesome. You can tell that Mild is enjoying himself. There's a feeling of magic to this entire production. Such an insightful script and terrific acting. I wonder if we're entering a golden age of BL drama.

Well said!

Based on the trailer on Netflix there’s a supernatural theme.

Bummer. The trailer on Netflix is dubbed in English. It’s probably too much to hope that the series itself will be in Thai

This is one of the very first series I watched and I have returned to rewatch certain scenes (especially ones from the final few episodes) over and over. It's interesting that the first episodes have a feeling of each having its own little storyline that gets neatly sewn up by the time it ends, like episodes in a conventional TV sitcom. Then toward the end the stakes get higher and the storyline gets heavier, and it takes multiple episodes for the final plot elements to bring the show to a conclusion.

The only way this series could succeed for me was if there'd been some balance brought to the relationship between Jiang Chen and Xiao Xi, and fortunately that does happen. He proves he's not as aloof as we thought and she shows that she's a lot stronger than we thought. I loved that.