When I first started to watch this series, I frankly was perplexed by it. It certainly grabbed my attention and honestly, I did not identify the same actors playing different roles. Sincerely, I thought they were different actors as the roles, setup, and stories were so vastly distinctive. But as each of the storylines developed, I did observe that the essence was the same. It was well into the third storyline when I had my epiphany and realized the actors were the same but each of the stories was wildly different. Two young men find each other, fall in love, and form a nexus. However, not always with happy endings. Each character represented different personalities and certainly different outlooks on life. Yet, something always draws the two of them together. And that something of course is love.

Overall, certain stories were more entertaining than others but always adhering to the same centerpiece. This series goes beyond a BL genre and is quintessentially a LGBTQ nucleus because each and every protagonist in the individual stories represents different characteristics of maleness and subsequently symbolizes the embodiment of the gay population. From rich to poor, from masculine to effeminate, to strong personalities to weak ones. In other words, US! We see ourselves in this series. That is its sublimeness.

Mick Monthon and Top Plyawat are astonishing and phenomenal to watch. By playing several distinctive personalities, they manage to create their own unique connection to each coupling. Their chemistry went beyond them being actors. You could feel each of the individually unique pairings as strongly in each case. Every time they were together, they had a different endearing connection between them. Perhaps that is why initially I did not recognize that they were the same actors. I only saw the performances; not the actors. That is a rarity indeed. I believed they were in love in each story. That is how convincing they are.

What also made this series so unique and special is that it engaged a very interesting technique to make the viewer feel more participatory. They used metacinema, which literally means that the series filmed, in the last two episodes specifically, scenes alluding to the making of the series itself. So, we imagine we are watching real characters making the series having their own love affair while making the other stories. It is masterfully done that it twists the mind into believing you are watching a documentary, but of course it is all fictionalized. And they are equally convincing as a ‘couple’ in these two last episodes as they are throughout. It is watching acting within acting. They had me mesmerized by their natural abilities to connect to one another. I detest ‘shipping’ with a passion, but I found myself ‘shipping’ these two and had to remind myself that what I was watching is fiction; not real life.

The outstanding quality of this series is that while there is no direct link between stories, it all still flows so naturally. It is an anthology that comes alive for you. There is nothing metaphysical, esoteric, or destined in the stars that fate the two protagonists to be together in each story. It all seems to flow so naturally and organically and without help from any high power. And to be rewarded at the end with having a feeling of watching something that felt so alive happening, made it all the more special.

This is one of the most unique stories this year and is brilliantly acted. Sure, it is confusing in the beginning as there is no thread or connection to tie the stories together. All except its one overriding premise. You know that, in the end, they will be together, even if their time together is brief. And honestly, that is enough to give this series a big thumbs up for pure enjoyment.

Rating- 5 out of 5

Streaming on- WeTV