Welcome to my Saturday blog post, where I give thoughts on dramas I’m watching, whether at the beginning, middle, or end. Whatever I want, because I’m petty that way.
This week, I recapped episodes 9-10 of Love in the Moonlight. I’m glad there are only two episodes left, because I don’t want to watch Saenkaew suffer much longer.
I also recapped episodes 3-4 of Dare You to Death. Characters are dying, the doctor is flirting over corpses, and the bosses are threatening to pull our cops off the case. It’s business as usual.
What did I watch this week? I feel like I need to manufacture some snarky criticism soon, because I keep enjoying everything I watch, including:
Me and Thee – มีสติหน่อยคุณธีร์ – 2025
Recently aired poor-rich-mafia guy meets laid-back guy BL with 10 episodes.
The most laid-back photographer in the world becomes the obsession of a rich mafia heir with a loose grip on reality.
As I hoped in my initial review, this was the antidote to shows that get too serious at the end, staying light and fun for 97% of the run time. Was it a little too light at times? Yes, but I don’t feel like docking points for it.
Have I mentioned that I’m not into mafia stories?
Despite being a film major in a previous life, I’m not interested in talking about The Godfather. I’ve never watched The Sopranos. Besides disliking the “organized” part of organized crime, it’s so brutal and money-obsessed it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I don’t like stories about Wall Street for the same reasons, but that’s yet to become an issue when watching Thai BL.
Because Thai BL loves a mafia lead, though, and I love Thai BL. From KinnPorsche to My Dear Gangster Oppa, I can’t help but press play. Even with more “dramatic” shows like KinnPorsche, there tends to be a mermaid or two to keep things from getting too serious. Still, they’re a hard sell for me.
This show gets around all of that by being as vague, light, and silly as possible. There are vague noises about danger, how the business works, and why it’s made our mafia lead so lonely and determined to break free. But I couldn’t give you any details. This is the other 3% of the show.
So, if you (like me) are bracing for a late episode shoot-out and angst, you can relax. This is very family-friendly.
Really, this isn’t a mafia show, it’s a comedy. All the potential problems and angst melt away into heartwarming silliness by the end. Maybe a small part of me said, “This is too much,” but another part of me said, “ssshhhhhh”.
And the final resolution is basically a big punchline to everything.
If you are eagerly anticipating everything getting dark and angsty, you will be disappointed.
So basically, I was grinning like an idiot the whole time
It really helps that the show leans into the absurd, silliness hard. Our mafia guy is over the top, ridiculously devoted, and prone to quoting soap operas. Our laid-back guy is very chill, thoughtful, and protective. Much of the humor comes from how these two personalities interact.
Mafia guy, and the show, follow the “go big or go home” mantra, and it works for both of them.
But the show never sacrifices these characters to the comedy. Their growth together is an important part of the show, as our mafia guy learns what he can and can’t get away with for his chiller partner. Meanwhile, his chiller partner ventures outside the safe confines of his relaxed, laid-back attitude to commit himself to this absurd partner.
The biggest misstep the show makes is with one of the side couples. The actors, Santa and Perth, are a relatively new popular pairing and are adorable. But poor Perth is overdue to play a nice, good guy. Here, he is not a nice, good guy, but because they’re a new popular pairing, certain, unsatisfying things are decreed by the Thai BL gods.
But as they aren’t the main couple, and don’t take much screen time.
For me, this falls into the “rewatch” category
Anytime I’m having the kind of day where I need to smile, this will be on my list of shows to watch.
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