redmonkeyqueen

In episode 4, we didn't. In episodes 1 & 2, he asked "why did you came back?" Episode 3 is the only one that Phi asks why Tam dumped him.

Same! They are giving so many indicators that it is a flashback scene. They do have a black & white filter at the beginning, but for only a few seconds which I really like since it helps people who have trouble differentiating between the past & present.

They do. If Tamtawan has bangs, they are in the past, If he doesn't, they are in the present.

The grey fading happens right as the flashback scene begins and as the scene ends, so you don't have to wait a few seconds for the effect to happen. Plus, it is usually accompanied by a deep whooshing sound as it happens.

Also, so far, every episode starts off with a flashback, so most likely every first scene will be in the past. The first scene don't have the grey effect nor a sound at the beginning, so look at the hairstyles, mannerisms, and dialogue.

Lastly, pay attention the mannerisms and dialogue if you are still confused. If they are suddenly touchy, flirting, and are physically comfortable, it is the past. If they are not and Pathaphi is frowning and they look like they are bickering with each other, it is the present. The setting & fashion also gives clues like if they are in a really nice place & dress pretty well, it is the present. If they are in a run-down place & they are wearing very casual clothing like t-shirts, hoodies, or school uniforms, it is the past.

I am writing a lot, so this may look complicated as it seems, but The Ex-Morning is one of the easier shows to tell if a scene is in the past or present due to multiple indicators I have mentioned.

The ex-boyfriend is Paul played by Ohm. However, he is not his ex. Paul is a senior that Pathaphi had a crush on and rejected Phi. They said a line in the episode that he got rejected (I forgot what scene. It is either on the bus or on the salt farm with Tam & the mom).

I hope Phi's mom will be alright. I didn't get red flags from that since I know a lot of Southeast Asian moms REALLY like talking about "not being around", so I don't think they are foreshadowing anything (I hope not). The forgetfulness is probably for comedic effect and for Phi & Tam to have a moment.

Not his ex, but a senior that Pathaphi had a crush on who rejected Phi. There is a sentence that Phi said on the bus (I think? or maybe it was on the salt farm that he got rejected).

I agree! We need more clarity. There are so many questions left unanswered. I don't even know what year are we in anymore.

Dream and Ozone are the ones who need to fake their deaths. I think they do have to do this every leap year as the curse will find out it didn't kill them just like it found out they they survive the 2020 one. If the curse never finds out, what will happen later in the future when Dream & Ozone gets older or when kids are in the picture? I guess this solution is just to buy them more time to find a solution.

They never said it directly, but they hinted that Kit is still cursed. This is based on the fact that he constantly moved around, is awkward with people, and keep saying "I will never do it" referring to what Wiwat did.

I was thinking the same thing. I don't like that they didn't talk about how did Dream & Ozone escaped the curse, why is the curse still active, and why did the curse not strike during the timeskip? Since the curse is weaker outside of Leap Day, the power that Day & Night have of being together is also weak, so maybe it can get strong when all 6 of them are together. I have no idea. Hopefully, we will get answers soon.

1) I don't know that the curse will end or be fully tricked since it still has power after leap day has passed. Unfortunately, they never talked about why does the curse still have power? It is weak outside of leap day, but still its active. I think if they have children, the curse will followed them too once it gets rid of whoever is on top of Day's & Night's love list. I am guessing this plan is just to buy them more time to find a cure.

2) Hopefully, it will. When Day & Night are together, the curse will still strike, but it is not fatal.

3) Good catch! I keep thinking that 1 out of the 4 (Kit, Wiwat, Day, Night) will die, which explains the lone star. I don't think this is right, but I can't think of another explanation.

4) At first, I thought the curse realized that Dream & Ozone are still alive in 2020, so it needed to still be active. However, it is weak outside of Leap Day, but it keeps trying to finish its job. As the days passed by, the curse gets stronger. The months timeskip mess that theory up as the curse suddenly stop trying. Maybe it was waiting for the older versions of Day & Night to meet with the newer versions. Does it have a bigger plan in store or this is just a screenwriting error?

I missed the timestamp we got in the first few episodes. Now, I don't know what year are we in.

At this point, I have no idea what year they are in anymore. I thought the January 13th, 2022 security camera glitch was just the curse messing around, but someone said it could be the actual date, which is insane if 2 years already passed. Plus, in the teaser for the next episode, it says that leap day is happening in 1 year. Either we will have a time skip next episode or we are already in 2023.

In today's episode, Night doing the delivery was not to pass the curse yet. Professor Wiwat is training him in surgery to prepare for the actual thing later on. Four years is a long time, but it is a very short time to cram a decade worth of medical knowledge.

Since each episode airs every Thursday, it will be expected to end on July 24th, 2025.

Oh shoot! I confused the minute hand with the hour hand lol

The teaser for the next episode (episode 10). It shows that scene the very first second.

My theory is that the curse is weak outside of leap day. However, it still hasn't finished its job, so it is still active, but very weak, thus it keeps missing. As the days goes by, it keeps getting stronger. At this point, it is taunting them. Also, I think Day & Night being together only works during leap day as Dream still got hit by a car when they were together. Maybe just like the curse, the power that Day & Night have together is weak too, thus it can only be strong when both versions are together (I think?).

LOL at this point, maybe. I have no clue on how to beat the curse. Maybe the 6 of them need to be in a certain formation like a human constellation lol in order for the universe to be in order.

I slowed down the teaser and it looked like Dream solved the stars formation as it looks like the hands of a clock, specifically the time 3:03 (I think. I couldn't read the minute hand.) It could be the time the curse will strike in 2024 like 3:03 PM.

I have been binge watching the show for a week now to get caught up and wow there is a lot to say!

If you don't want to read this long comment, my predictions for episode 10 are at the last paragraph.

First, I don't blame Night for his decision. Before he met Day, he already lost all hope and now that he knows there is a 100% granted solution, he wants to take it. He doesn't want to put all his hope & energy on a solution that Day is looking for that is not 100% confirmed. Whether he does the transfer or not, people will still die, it is just a matter if it is your loved ones or strangers. It is like the railroad question of would you kill 5 strangers or 1 loved one? Less people will die if he choose not to transfer. I do not think he is evil or being 100% selfish. However, I do not trust the professor as he is still not happy after his choice and I still believe he is the 2008 killer.

I am still on my 2008 theory where the professor was the mall shooter who took the lives of Day's sister, Night's uncle, and 18 other people. None of my reasons really work anymore, but I think it is odd that the curse would involve strangers into this. I think it is 18 because an article in episode 3 said so, but in episode 8, another article only said there is 2. There are so many production errors.

I am mainly confused of the timeline. What year are we in? I thought the January 13th, 2022 camera glitch was just the curse messing with the date or a foreshadowing effect, but someone told me it could be the actual date. If that is the case, how in the world did we skip 2 years in the span of 5 episodes? That better not be the case. Also, the pacing is off as things were happening so rapidly in the present, then suddenly we time skipped forward a few months with nothing happening. All in an instant, the curse stopped coming after Dream & Ozone. Was it waiting for the older versions to meet with the newer versions? Does it have a bigger plan in store? Or was it a screenwriting error? At this point, we will probably time skip to 2024, maybe in episode 11 or episode 12.

By the way, why did Wiwat & Kit not mention about Day & Night meeting will pause the curse? They didn't mention how Dream & Ozone happen to survive the 2020 Leap Day. Do they not know like it never happen to them or they are leaving something out or the writers forgot to mention it? Day & Night being together does pause the curse, but only on Leap Day because Dream's accident happen when Day & Night were together. I think it only pause the cause, but not stop it for long for the next Leap Day. I think the curse will come back for a vengeance.

Part of me believes that Wiwat & Kit will die, but majority of me don't think so because I am a sucker for hoping that it will have a happy ending. I have no clue on how to end the curse besides by putting the universe back in order/orbit. Maybe by destroying something or restoring something or standing in a certain order under the stars kind of like a human constellation.

After looking at the teaser in slow motion, I think Kit will sacrifice Ozone or make him do something dangerous. When I first watched it, the line "If you die, you will die trying" gave me goosebumps. Then, I realized that it also goes with the line of "This is why I needed Ozone in the first place". Also, at the end, it looks like Ozone is having a vision of someone's looking at Dream, Ozone, Day, and Kit (I think) doing CPR from a hospital bed. I think we will get to see Kit's dark side and Night will get hurt. Plus, I think Night will switch sides or will question his side like what if he messed up during his first delivery and witness someone dying, which woke him up. Finally, Dream will solve Ozone's drawing as it looks like a certain time on a clock (12:15 (couldn't see the minute clearly and assumed it is PM)). Maybe that is the exact time the curse will happen (12:15PM).

After looking at the teaser in slow motion, I think Kit will sacrifice Ozone or make him do something dangerous. When I first watched it, the line "If you die, you will die trying" gave me goosebumps. Then, I realized that it also goes with the line of "This is why I needed Ozone in the first place". Also, at the end, it looks like Ozone is having a vision of someone's looking at Dream, Ozone, Day, and Kit (I think) doing CPR from a hospital bed. I think we will get to see Kit's dark side and Night will get hurt.

Ikr! I missed the little timestamp we had of the date like we did in previous episodes. I have no idea what year we are in. I thought the security camera glitch was just the curse messing around or foreshadowing an important date, but someone said that we are maybe in 2022 like what?! If that is true, then why?! Like, how does 5 episodes span 2 years? I hope that was just a production error or a foreshadowing date.

The curse is powerful, but not as powerful as Death in Final Destination. While watching the show, I was watching video summaries of all of the final destination movies (including the newest one) and omg! There is so much death and complex action scenes.

However, I do not want the curse to be that powerful as I am loving Dream & Ozone.

Love your profile picture! hehe

I don't fully trust Wiwat & Kit yet as I feel like they are leaving something out. I understand why Wiwat made that decision, but the fact that he was still brooding after his choice shows that making the transfer is not ideal. I am also still wary of the 2008 incident since a shooter is involved.

Ooo love where your head is at!
All of these questions can be answered with "it depends" as the situation and whose POV it is matters.
~ Is it moral to save one life at the cost of another?
This can be applied in real life when there are multiple lives in stake. It is like the drowning hypothetical situation where there are two people who are drowning, who will you save first? First-time responders deal with this situation daily where they need to rank the victims priority, but sometimes it is hard to pick and they have to choose random. What we do know its that it is not moral to ignore both lives. However, is it moral to try to save both lives with the uncertainty that you might not save any rather than having 100% certainty that you are saving one & letting the other die? This goes in hand with the second question.
~ Do our intentions matter more than our actions?
This really depends on POV. People tend to judge your actions more when the outcome is not great and people tend to judge your intentions more when the outcome is great. If you hurt someone for the sake of good, the motives can't redo what just happened. If you save someone for a selfish reason, people can't trust you because what if the situation didn't concern you. Also, people tend to be bias towards themselves by judging themselves on intention and others on action. It is like you are breaking the speed limit and cutting people off because you are late to work or you are having a bad day, but when other people do the same thing, you don't care about intention anymore.
~ Is love still love if it sacrifices strangers?
For this question, it can be a yes, but it will be slowly distorted to something dark. It is still love towards that person, but will they be obsessed in sacrificing people like it is the only way to prove their love or to keep that love? A scenario I can think of is where someone you love needed an organ transplant to live and you knew someone who is a match, but isn't willing. Would you harm them to save your love? Love doesn't always lead to good choices. It can turn to you giving your all to the one you love and ignore everything else. Love can make you be blinded by fear and desperation, ignoring your humanity.
~ Can we change fate without becoming the villain?
It really depends on the story. Some stories? Yes. Others like this one? No. Whether Night choose to transfer or not, people will still die. Day said if both him & Night choose to transfer, 20 people will die. However, without the transfer, 20 people will still die if they continued to live for the next 40 years. Plus, when they die, the curse will naturally transfer by itself. Finding the end to the curse is not 100% granted, but doing the transfer is. I don't blame Night for doing this as he wants this to end fast. Without the transfer, less people will die, but there will still be death.

lol I went all philosophical. I barely even talk about the show.