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Where it all went wrong....spoiler heavy post series review
How did this even get greenlit? What a complete waste of a stellar cast. The real failure here was the script: cartoonish plotting, endless fake-outs, and character arcs that made zero sense.Offroad’s Pheem should have stayed the menacing black flag he was in the first three episodes. He should have used Than and discarded him (without yet another fake death!), setting Than up to take him down and reclaim his badge. The moment Pheem shot Than in the back, their relationship potential should have ended. Instead, we got redemption after redemption, each more nonsensical than the last. I found myself wishing they had killed him off, for real, sooner.
The script had more holes than Swiss cheese, and the cast’s talent far outmatched what they were given. It is infuriating that this script got funded while so many good ones never make it to a pitch. And truly, there is no excuse for any agent to read this and think, “Yes, let’s send this to D/O.” without major revisions. The premise is there, the cast is there, the story simply wasn't.
Then there is the secondary couple, Chet and Phak, who were criminally underdeveloped. Waiting for them to finally connect romantically was the only thing keeping me going, and they fumbled that ball as well.
D/O didn't carry this the way they should have, not because they lack talent (they have improved!), but because the screenplay needed a better treatment. Frankly, they have more chemistry on their social media than they ever got to show on screen in this mess.
They need to vet their scripts better, find a new agent, and take this as a lesson learned. This was a joke.
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What many missed.... spoiler heavy post series review
Where to begin... this series had flaws, sometimes big ones, but what won me over was it's heart. Most fixate on the NC, and yes, there was plenty of it, much of it very well done between Sorn and Jun, but the story underneath is worth paying attention to. I almost wrote it off after the opening scene. Even though Jun consented to a shared viewing, Sorn "helping" him wasn’t consented to at first, and that put me in a real dilemma. I kept going, mostly because I saw something deeper in how the two interacted in the stairway scene where Jun meets Sorn again after a few years, and I’m glad I did.Both Jun and Sorn are carrying a lot of pain, and they projected it onto each other. Their insecurities made their actions feel real. You could see them growing because of what they’ve been through. Their choices mattered because the show let consequences play out instead of sweeping everything under the rug. Their relationship wasn't instant love. It was earned through mistakes, awkward moments, and slowly learning to hear each other.
Family and friend pressure/expectations gave everything more weight. Even the power imbalance between them was addressed head-on. Jun blaming Sorn for his own desires and saying horrible things came from a place that felt very real. Even the NC moments usually showed a range of emotional, like exploring their sexuality and desires, letting their guard down, or confronting new feelings.
The second and third couples also had 'some' development. The show attempted to explore their feelings and connections, even if it was mostly uneven or superficial. The supporting characters were surprisingly not as annoying as they tend to be, and even the comic relief worked. BUT-...the little kids, though, were everywhere, almost like they were the producers’ kids. Super annoying.
End of the day, this series was about the messy, real process of growing up, facing yourself, and finding/being worthy of trust. It built to something substantial, and it’s short-sighted and a bit hypocritical to dismiss all that it just because of the sexual content.
Was it Shakespeare? No. But it was better than average, and resonated with me more than I expected.
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I was TRAPPED alright - spoiler heavy post series review
I usually finish what I start because some series are late bloomers, but this one never flowered. I was indeed trapped, to the point where I wanted to gnaw my arm off to escape.The core problem was simple: they put three interesting satellites in orbit around a very dull sun. Yoo Doo was attractive beyond reason but as dull as a doorknob. Nothing about his character justified one, let alone three, hot guys chasing him. These scripts keep treating dead behind the doe eyes, pretty faces as irresistible simply because they exist. Half the time he looked like he needed a nap.
The fix for this was actually easy: give the sun some heat, and make the main lead charismatic, even if less conventionally attractive, with a huge personality that actually earns all that attention. Then bring him in with a real crisis, make each of the three pursuers part of the solution, and build tension as he spends meaningful time with all of them so the audience is genuinely torn about who he might choose. Once he chooses the best friend, let the two who were not chosen share a moment or at least consider exploring something together. Then jump three years forward and show two happy couples who have become genuinely good friends.
Instead, there was no spark at all. The main lead needed to provide the reason, and by failing to do so, the entire premise collapsed. All three pursuers (and maybe the main lead) had depth and could have thrived in a more complex story, but that opportunity never came.
And what was the title even about? I thought maybe it was a reference to everyone being trapped by their attraction to his peach (the behind being called peach as slang), but once I started watching, there was no real sexual tension anywhere except with the best friend. So what was the point of that title?
As it stands, the fruit here was rotten.
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