Things I liked:
1. Chemistry between the main couple, Phubobee and Ornicha, portrayed by Pong and Bee.
2. Cute kid.
3. Pong shirtless. Again. (I know, shameless, right?) (But hey, you probably would like it too.)
4. To borrow a phrase from Humbledaisy, Pong being “crazy pants” because he didn't know how to express his love/feelings.
5. A mostly strong and sassy female lead.

Things I've come to expect in a Thai lakorn to check the boxes:
1. Somebody is going to the hospital. Multiple times.
2. Kidnapping
3. Separating a couple in love because one of them is viewed as beneath the other by the family.
4. Side characters, usually a “2nd” lead, who lies to undermine the relationship between the main couple in order to become the main love interest.
5. Karma.
6. Forgiveness for pretty major hurts and cruelty.

Things I didn't like:
1. How easily forgiveness was given.
2. The “best” friend character, Gifgay. That old saying, “With friends like that, who needs enemies.” comes to mind.

Story: 7 – some parts better than others, still some of the character had behavior gaps/jumps
Cast/Acting: 8 – I think the actors mainly nailed their characters
Music: 6 – mostly seemed to fit. Opening credit song really laid foundation for what this lakorn was about.
Rewatch value: 3 (the digital quality was not the best, but still pretty watchable)


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It's somewhat hard to make the leap to believe Ornicha could really love Phubobee because he played such a role in the death of his brother and her sister. Not only their deaths, but the subsequent hardships Ornicha, her father and Toonkla experienced by being forced to live/hide in a different province. But, ultimately her guilt for having feeling for him was overcome by her love for him that was really planted when they first met. I think neither knew how to express that love in a healthy way and ended up hurting each other. Especially Phu. He's like the kindergarten boy who likes the girl so he hits her. He is, as he later says, “heartless” until he met her. It's a bit of pay back from his brother, Pawat, telling him if Phu loved someone he would understand how he felt about Oranee. I would have liked to have seen a bit more “happy” for the couple after all they experienced. I did like seeing the very end with the baby and the family reconciled and happy. However, I would have liked to have seen Phu suffer a bit more over his role in the death of his brother.

Oh well, it's a Thai lakorn and even when they drive me to drink, I still love them.