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Before I get into my review, I find it imperative that I mention my list of Pat’s best t-shirts:

- “I’d rather hunt with Dick Cheney than ride with Ted Kennedy” (absolutely wild pull and a wild statement)
- Tim Hortons (which has 10 locations in Thailand to be fair)
- Baseball mom (Worn in one of the most pivotal scenes in the show)
- Hilton Head (Pretty sure this is a town in South Carolina)
- White Castle (which has no locations in Asia lmao)
- Proud to be a Noles Hater (I get the whole rivalry thing, but why college teams in Florida?)
- California shirt with “heir bin ich mensch heir kauf ich ein” below the logo which means “here I am human, here I shop” in german
- Sex Air & Sun
- Lucky Charms

Also, why does that bar have a near-life-size Hulk statue with a hole in the pants opening up his entire asscrack to the world? Nbd, just wondering…

Acting:

Everyone did an amazing job in this. They really brought this story to life it wasn’t stilted at all even in some of the cornier scenes. Ohm and Nanon were so absolutely phenomenal. Nanon’s side eye had me cackling and his look of incredulity was so real 10/10. The supporting cast were all amazing too. BRAVOOO

Writing:

Were there a couple of questionable story decisions in this? Sure sure sure. I mean, be so ffr rn with that rugby player not only being strapped w/o a holster, but then pulling it out to threaten/fight someone because of a rugby match in a nice area of the city? But I digress, this shit still slapped through and through like idec lmao. Some of those lines were evil to my little gay heart. Pat unknowingly casually destroying Pran a little bit inside when he said, “let’s see you find someone half as good as me” is diabolical writing in that scene… Idec if it made no sense that they had to not only fund and find the materials for the bus stop (that as it was before the fight definitely cost around $500 at most plus the cost of the security camera), but they also had to design and build it for some reason. And did the sponsorship thing make any sense either? No. But again, all of this will not keep me from rating even the story as high as I am abandoning rationality for this one. Plus, overall it's a great story so whatever.

Chemistry/Romance/Kissing:

The chemistry was utterly insaaaane, my guyyy. They were so good at portraying rivals, normal young guys, maybe friends, two bros in a limbo of ambiguity, two dudes openly yearning for each other, bros in love, boyfriends, etc. It was weird going to MDL to check info about a character and being reminded that Pran and Pat are fictional and not a married couple somewhere in Thailand rn. This was such a good romance. Beginning to end, through and through. The kissing was well performed, believable/realistic.

Side characters:

I just want to note that Korn and Wai and the rest of those idiots had me ready to throw hands. Korn became a homie and then I was left with all that hate directed at Wai bc how are you gonna act like that at your age smh. Then Wai became a bro so ig it’s alright… I’ll still beat the shit outta those parents though. Grown ass adults holding grudges to that extent… You’d think someone was murdered and Pat’s dad got away with it or some shit. Girlypop, I get you’re mad and I’m not saying you can’t be but like look at your life now, you’re fine, work this out with a therapist or like meditate on it for a while, geez.

Music/SFX/Audio:

Music was good. Obv those songs Pran wrote were corny as hell, but I can embrace the cringe for them. There were also obv some goofy ass SFX but it fit for the most part, just took a little bit to adjust to the use of them. But most notably, how many times did they peak the mic in this series LMAOOOOO. I stg I was cackling every time that mic peaked, it was hilarious.

This was just so amazing. First episode started out and I was like wtf is happening, why are these freshman architecture and engineering majors having a fist fight? Go do your homework, nerds. But after a little while, something hit me and my eyebrows shot up and my smile got all big and goofy and I had to laugh because damn, they really got me with this one. GOOOD SHIIIIIIIII. Someone find a way to put this into a liquid that I can shoot into my veins regularly.