So initially I was also kinda frustrated with Tine's friends this episode as well, but then I thought about it a bit more, in retrospect, I started appreciating more and more for the following reason - and I'm not sure that this makes sense, but here's my take on it.
I think Tine's friends this episode are a manifestation of his "panicking" subconscious, resisting the unfamiliar change which was triggered by last episode's ending, when Tine started confronting his feelings. If you pay attention, you'll see that throughout the episode, what his friends are doing (trying to make him hit on girls, making sure he's a player, trying to set up dates, making dates to keep him away from Wat) pretty much correspond to how Tine was thinking/acting in earlier episodes (remember in the very first scene we see him being a player, hitting on one girl after another, flirting). His friends' priorities now are more or less his priorities back then.
At the same time, Tine is very "passive" in his interaction with the group this episode, at least in the beginning - for example, when hitting on Wan and her group he barely says anything. I think that this is where his uncertainty is highest, since he neither embraces what his friends are trying to do nor does he outright reject it. He's thinking "can/should I go back to my old ways?", "Is this change for the better?". Also, when Sarawat takes off his shirt in that one scene and his friends cover his eyes, you can again see he's very "inactive" and indecisive - on the one hand, he keeps looking towards Wat, but at the same time doesn't resist being pulled away.
The really awesome part is that despite this push-back (which, btw, is justified when you think about all that has happened) from his subconscious (his friends), at the end of the episode when he goes back to Sarawat, that's when I think he finally "made a decision", which of course is the one we're all hoping for.
If I'm right, I predict that in the following episodes, his friends will become more and more accepting and supportive as a consequence of Tine's subconscious becoming more comfortable (perhaps that is the role of Wat's beating, to kinda "force" him to see what ultimately matters, but that's another discussion).
Anyway, as I said, this might be completely off base and his friends might just be immature dickheads who knows, but looking at it like this did make it all more enjoyable and meaningful in retrospect at least for me so I decided to share!
I think Tine's friends this episode are a manifestation of his "panicking" subconscious, resisting the unfamiliar change which was triggered by last episode's ending, when Tine started confronting his feelings. If you pay attention, you'll see that throughout the episode, what his friends are doing (trying to make him hit on girls, making sure he's a player, trying to set up dates, making dates to keep him away from Wat) pretty much correspond to how Tine was thinking/acting in earlier episodes (remember in the very first scene we see him being a player, hitting on one girl after another, flirting). His friends' priorities now are more or less his priorities back then.
At the same time, Tine is very "passive" in his interaction with the group this episode, at least in the beginning - for example, when hitting on Wan and her group he barely says anything. I think that this is where his uncertainty is highest, since he neither embraces what his friends are trying to do nor does he outright reject it. He's thinking "can/should I go back to my old ways?", "Is this change for the better?". Also, when Sarawat takes off his shirt in that one scene and his friends cover his eyes, you can again see he's very "inactive" and indecisive - on the one hand, he keeps looking towards Wat, but at the same time doesn't resist being pulled away.
The really awesome part is that despite this push-back (which, btw, is justified when you think about all that has happened) from his subconscious (his friends), at the end of the episode when he goes back to Sarawat, that's when I think he finally "made a decision", which of course is the one we're all hoping for.
If I'm right, I predict that in the following episodes, his friends will become more and more accepting and supportive as a consequence of Tine's subconscious becoming more comfortable (perhaps that is the role of Wat's beating, to kinda "force" him to see what ultimately matters, but that's another discussion).
Anyway, as I said, this might be completely off base and his friends might just be immature dickheads who knows, but looking at it like this did make it all more enjoyable and meaningful in retrospect at least for me so I decided to share!