Take an opposites-attract concept, then take those two very opposite personalities and force them to cohabitate, and you have Police in Love.

Adapted from kanola’s novel Phanraya Sarawat Thia, the Thai BL stars Yin Anan Wong as Inspector Thiar and War Wanarat Ratsameerat as Police Senior Sergeant Major Mangkorn, alongside Shane Rojanin Kulphatthanaphon as Phuwin and Boss Thapanat Athikompokin as Lukphlab.

For Thiar and Mangkorn, falling in love isn’t exactly part of the plan. Marriage, however, is. When Thiar’s mother learns that her son’s already questionable fortune is about to take a potentially tragic turn, she gives him an ultimatum. He needs to marry someone who can counteract his bad luck. Unfortunately, finding that person comes with a ridiculously specific list of requirements. They must have been born on Monday, October 13, and both their first and last names must contain the Thai consonant ro ruea.

Enter Mangkorn.

Thiar’s junior officer somehow checks every single box, leaving the two men with a fairly straightforward arrangement: get married, live together for six months, fix Thiar’s fortune, then get divorced. Simple. Or it would be if living together didn’t have the potential to make their fake marriage start feeling a little too real.

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting the comedic timing in the first two episodes of Police in Love to be so good. After years of watching Yin and War star in mostly drama-heavy projects, it’s honestly refreshing watching them tackle a romantic comedy. While I know their series Jack & Joker was also comedic in its own way, it didn’t have the same kind of lighthearted comedy that Police in Love is delivering.

And Yin and War seem to be having a lot of fun with it.

The first two episodes mainly set up the foundation for how Thiar and Mangkorn end up married and cohabitating for the next six months, all because Thiar’s mother is afraid she’ll lose her son after his fortune takes an unexpectedly tragic turn unless he can change it through marriage. Thus enters Mangkorn, a fellow cop whose birthday and name just happen to align perfectly with the prophetic soulmate who can change Thiar’s fortune.

It’s obvious from the beginning that Mangkorn is attracted to Thiar, even as he’s aggravated by Thiar’s arrogant playboy ways. And that’s where the forced cohabitation makes things especially fun. Now that they’re married and living together, there’s plenty of opportunity for Mangkorn’s attraction to grow while giving Thiar a chance to realize there might be a place in his heart for Mangkorn too. Especially if Mangkorn can resist strangling him first.

While the comedy is fun and the romantic tension even more fun, there are also sentimental touches to the series that make the lighter moments work even better.

Mangkorn’s relationship with his mother and his desire to help her gives us another side of him outside of his interactions with Thiar. I also really enjoy his close friendship with fellow officers Phuwin and Lukphlab, who are already a couple themselves.

Those relationships give the series a little more warmth beneath all the ridiculousness surrounding this six-month marriage arrangement.

And I’m here for it.

Police in Love is a fun watch so far, and I look forward to seeing all of these relationships grow, from the friendships and families surrounding them to Thiar and Mangkorn themselves. Because right now, the biggest question isn’t whether this marriage will change Thiar’s fortune.

It’s whether either of them will still want that divorce when the six months are over.

For a series that promises to be as fun as it is romantic, check out Police in Love, now streaming on Tencent Video/WeTV.

Rating- 4 out of 5