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 11-12 of See Your Love, taking us nearly to the end. The show rewards us for coming this far with a super sweet moment and a shower scene. What more can you ask?
I also recapped The Heart Killers episodes 11-12, which takes us to the end. Your reward is watching the weirdest dinner ever and Fadel being needy.
What did I watch this week? I feel like my BL cup runneth over but I’ve only got one-kinda BL to talk about today with an initial review of:
The Bangkok Boy – 2025
Currently airing Thai crime thriller with BL loveline, I’ve watched 4 of 12 episodes.
After being released from prison, a young man discovers his neighborhood has changed, and meets a hot artist with dark ties to his past.
I’m enjoying this show for being a grittier, darker show with a gay main character and a love interest. I’m enjoying it less when BL tropes attack from nowhere.
There’s nothing BL about the first three episodes
We spend them building up the tragic backstories of our characters. One is the son of a kind, benevolent gang leader who cares about everyone in the neighborhood. This upsets the other evil, power-greedy gang leaders, who have him killed. Some other bad stuff happens, and our lead ends up in jail.
Our other lead is the internationally raised, Korean-Thai son of a very evil man. He wants to study philosophy and do art, but his Dad wants him to be another henchman. He has to do some bad things because he has no choice.
Life for them is genuinely dark and miserable. We’re still only at episode four, but this show feels more genuinely dark than shows that tried but ultimately avoided anything too upsetting. This is a positive for me, but a warning for others who prefer things kept light.
Our leads’ lives intersect in tragic ways in the first 3 episodes, but they don’t know about it yet. Their real interactions don’t start until episode 4.
So why would this show have a fall kiss in it?
And the PPL. Both things clash horribly with all the poverty and misery.
Despite this, the darker tone and potential for redemptive romance have me hooked. I’m relieved that all the characters understand the moral grayness of their world. No one expects others to be “good,” and everyone understands that no one controls their own life. This gives me hope for a more complicated reaction when our leads realize their real situation.
It’s hard to judge the romance aspect of the show because it’s barely started. So far, I like our guys’ dynamics. Our recent prisoner has a cocky, light hearted attitude but also feels very steely and determined. Our sensitive artist feels soft and gentle, weighed down by life to the point he might break. I can see how being together would benefit them.
If the show can drag them through some horrible dark times and have them come out the other side by loving and supporting each other, I’ll forgive it for the fall kiss.
Fans of the darker Spare Me Your Mercy or it-was-sometimes-darker Jack and Joker may want to try this out. Or wait until it’s all out, and I’ll give my final verdict.
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