Helena Mahawan

Neither do I, I hope "Us" is the first series to not go down this route.

Finally!

No problem!

Honestly, I've been wondering the same thing too but I think they will definitely go with the redemption arc. It is also what happens in the book. I'll make a party the day a Thai GL actually decides to go against this idea that we should forgive our parents for everything because they're our family.

She's not toxic but her mother is. Her mother is very problematic, abusive and manipulative. She also gets physical with her more than once. In the book, though, her mother gets a redemption in the final chapters. I think OP was wondering if they're going to do the same with Rey's mother or give us something different for a change.

The book version was SO much better!

Thank you for giving your insight, it's good to have Asian people give their own opinion in this situation. I think we all agree they should face consequences but maybe they're too afraid to go against the idea of a sacred family and the sacrifices we should do for them.

I always thought about it because there are so many hints throughout the series that point towards that. I hope I'm wrong but it would also be a way to redeem Dokrak's father because he feels bad about it, blá blá blá.

Unfortunately, I agree with you.

I know they changed a lot from the novel and I'm very grateful for it but am I the only one suspecting they might go down the suicide route when it comes to Kawi? Maybe it won't actually result in suicide but Kawi is definitely not mentally stable and what he said to Pam about taking care of Dokrak for the rest of her life definitely made me consider that possibility.

I swear I will kill someone if they redeem Dokrak's father. But the worst part is, I can actually see that coming.

What I hated in this episode and I think everybody else did too, is the fact they made Kliao's father have a redemption arc. In the book, Kliao has two consistent visions of the future: one in where she and her father get along and he goes to her wedding and one where they don't get along and he does not go to her wedding. She never knows which one will be the real one but after he slaps her, Kliao decides to cut all contact with him and the family and accepts she's alone in the long run. Karan becomes her real family. Actually, the story between Kliao and her parents/brother is a lot more complex in the book and the writer does explore misogyny and sexism in the household. Still, her father did not deserve to be a part of her life in the series either and I wished they'd have gone with the book on this one. It just made more sense if Kliao cut all contact with him but I guess that was too much for us to hope for. I don't know why Thai series feel the need to consistently try to redeem characters that deserve no redemption, especially family members. I'm not Asian but I've read somewhere that in Asian culture family is a sacred thing and I do think there's a possibility it might be cultural too (please correct me if I'm wrong) but it is a trope that's overly saturated and is making everybody tired. Life does not work that way. People don't magically wake up one day and change. If a person has been behaving this way all their life, there's a very small possibility they will actually change. We are just tired. We'd like to pretend real life is like that but it simply isn't. Some things are simply unforgivable. I hope the writers stop doing this.

I found this last episode very very good compared to some other ones. Obviously, they still needed more time to tell the story in a satisfying way but it was very well done in my opinion. It's just sad this series is so inconsistent and although it was a good episode, you still have the feeling something isn't lining up. They changed a LOT from the novel but I don't think those are necessarily bad things. In the novel, the bad guy is actually a woman named Ming who works with Karan and she's there on the rooftop the night Karan saves Kliao. The story is exactly the same, except she loses her father, mother and sister in an accident and is left with a disabled brother who does not have one leg. Fiat is just an helper in the book. Ming approaches him and tells him about time travel and he agrees to help her because he also lost someone, his brother. Ming's family, in the novel, did not die because of Karan. Actually, they were already dead before the incident on the rooftop but I think this was a good addition to the series because after all, all choices have consequences and Karan pays the price for it. Karan does not try to go back in time in the novel, she tells Ming she can't do that because she will lose her life. The lives of her father, mother and sister would reduce 30 years of her life and she'd also pay for everybody who died after them, even the guy who tried to kill Kliao. So, she just refuses and Ming shoots Kliao or in this case, tries to shoot her. After Karan helps save her brother who tries to commit suicide and is left with severe side effects from the liquid he drank, Ming goes back on her plans, is able to find peace and she even ends up going to their wedding, this time as a friend. Because they turn back time to help save her brother, Fiat does not remember a single thing Ming told him so he stops being dangerous. I think their additions and their changes made sense and I'm actually happy with it. Now I guess I can understand why they focused so much on the side couple, Tree and Meow, although they didn't exactly need a romance to be established as relevant characters because in this case, only Tree really matters.

No because he didn't die, he just tried to commit suicide.

Yes, it is. A very happy one.

The story is totally different from the novel so nobody knows. My guess is he's been helping his dad cover up some dirty secrets.

They are now filming! I'm so excited to see this series.

A million times, yes.

Yeah, like @Heekie1000 said, he's in the book but he's irrelevant. He works on the same hospital as Karan and Meow likes him but at first it's one-sided since he has a crush on a singer. It is mentioned later they're dating but nothing like in the series, it's not really important and there's nothing about his supposed "panic attacks" either. Neither him or the friend are that important.

No, she approaches him and tells him about time traveling and what she saw. He goes on with her plan because they both want to get back in time to save their loved ones. Ming lost her mother and sister in a car accident and was left with a disabled brother. Fiat lost his younger brother. They want Karan to save them.