Social Syndrome (2018)

Dark, hopeful, cynical and fun!

It seems wrong to use 'fresh' for describing something dark, but it might be fitting for this series. After finishing it, I feel like drinking a summer cocktail on a graveyard. It's a compliment. Go watch this underrated series and then tell your friends to tell their neighbors to watch it too!

I'll try to rank the episodes from my most to least liked:

- Go Hoax! (Episode 5) - I give this one the highest ranking because it's mad fun from start to finish. Watch it if you want to see Oab and Foei writing fake news and getting hunted by the deep state big pharma for accidentally predicting the COVID-19 pandemic! Btw, this series is from 2018, just saying :D

- Life Of Alice (Episode 7) - An episode equally depressing and wholesome, and a bit crazy. Fantastic chemistry between Ployphach and Ben.

- Honesty Day (Episode 6) - Romantically tragic, would watch again. Lee and Smile not only look good together, but they also have the power to tag team you into sadness.

- Jump Scare (Episode 4) - A fun episode! And not as scary as the title implies. It does deal with darker themes but keeps a relatively comedic tone. Interactions between Best and Belle are quite entertaining.

- The Lucky One (Episode 1) - An interesting episode about the relationship between a fan and an idol, image building, media, manipulation and consumer culture. Watch it if you wanna see Mild as an idol and Bank as her loyal stan. Also, I rate the episode this low because Bank's insolent cuteness distracted me from following the plot.

- #SASITHORN (Episode 2) - A story of cancel culture and fickleness of one's reputation on social media. Janis was great in her role, and Petch was unexpectedly scary at times.

- Hamsters (Episode 3) - Emotional, and probably most realistic and down to earth episode. Ranked low only because it's not as fun and dynamic as the episodes I ranked higher. The quality is there though. Um and Nana portrayed a very convincing troubled relationship between a mom and a daughter.

- Bob (Episode 8) - Another emotional episode with a great premise, yet the most logic-breaking one. I only rank it last because it left me with lots of questions. But maybe that was the point, and I was supposed to feel like a loading screen. Great performance by Joey, and kudos for the freaky special effects!

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