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I never expect too much from GMMTV, but this series seriously exceeded my expectations. I see many people complaining about some little, frankly insignificant things that I didn’t even get to pay too much attention to as I was too absorbed into the amazingly portrayed story of the main couple (I’m still going to mention some of the things that I wasn’t too pleased with down below tho). Leng and Ohm did a phenomenal job, both are just genuinely some of the best Thai actors I’ve seen. The love of their characters felt very real, natural and… romantic? Yes. I feel like many moments in the series could’ve been a cringey disaster but they’ve smoothly saved them with their amazing acting. A great plus of this production that I don’t see many people mentioning are the personalities of the characters which were CONSISTENT. They didn’t act out for absolutely no reason just to make the moment dramatic, their decisions and actions were explainable most of the times (the only exception would be Jada but she could’ve just been very bad at being a villain I guess). I like how they kept it away from being over dramatic — Q didn’t cry and left for Vancouver, we didn’t get the “10 years later” shot and they didn’t call it a day like that and, knowing GMMTV — they could’ve. There were some scenes that I think were useless, cringeworthy and could’ve been skipped, but I can probably count them using only one of my hands. I would definitely like for this to be more focused on this criminal storyline that got me so excited about Kidnap and maybe come up with a less shallow and short plot based on it, but even like this I think watching it was overall a very enjoyable experience. I usually hate movies and series that mostly focus on romance but I found myself not bored when the storyline focused on Q’s and Min’s relationship. Ohm’s acting (I mean the younger brother of Min) was also very impressive and him alongside Q created a very special, unique and funny dynamics when they tried to get Min to come back to Q. At first I thought that desperation wasn’t the right move for Q’s character but after reconsidering it I think that “being overly confident” and childishly stubborn fits Q perfectly. I would recommend it to everyone who likes the increased number of incredibly sweet but not at all cringey moments between family and lovers mixed with a slight criminal side story.