For Him (2023)

Starts great, quickly slips into poorly written melodrama filled with air.

Watched 9/12 Eps. Overall: I wanted more quietly sassy and flirtatious Nail like in Ep 1 & 2. I was immediately intrigued by, and empathetic for, him. I also liked that he communicated boundaries but was straightforward and kind about it while being firm. It was a fresh take on a character, especially a Thai BL one, and I loved it. Sadly, the former fades away and the later starts weakening half-way through.

Ep 1 & 2: Interesting! The characters and plot mystery is intriguing and the sex/intimacy satisfying. The long bathtub scene in Ep 2 is sensual and hot and done extremely well. The action, cinematography, music, and editing all work together to build a sensual crescendo. Some of the music so far is great too. These two Eps are the highlight out of the 9 that I watched.

Ep 3 & 4: Nothing memorable, but I was still hooked on the slowly-revealing mystery and looking forward to the next weekly episode.

Ep 5 & 6: Much weaker. Ep 6 especially felt more like set up for the next episode (instead of continuing the story). A lot of back-tracking to fill in a lot of history gaps at once; the previous episodes did a better job of balancing the present with insights into the past while keeping the overall story moving forward. Stopped looking forward to the next weekly episode.

Ep 7 Things keep going downhill. The entire episode is Him working to get Nail to listen to him explain and when the scene comes nothing is said! In fact, not much is said the entire episode, it's a bunch of air and some spoken statements. It's like the writer is allergic to conversations that actually go back and forth between people. There are so many latent pauses that the director/editor kept in to fill out the time. There are stereotypical "bad guys" scheming, but doing it poorly (Tec is so clueless in his approach that he's not really a threat; he keeps blatently rubbing Nail the wrong way). The "comedic" silly sound effects were copious and inane, when nothing is funny and the overall mood should be serious to sustain tension. My interest and hope in this series is sinking fast.

Ep 8 & 9: I debated dropping, but decided to give it one more chance and watched 8 & 9 back-to-back. And I *am* dropping now. At least I finally learned what happened to Blue in Ep 8. The story starts making leaps in character relationships and the progression of scenes without showing how things got there. I was so confused about Him, Nail, and Tec's first scene in Ep 8 after the way Ep 7 ended. How they got there makes no sense whatsoever. I thought I had missed an episode or something, but nope. The secondary couple is annoying, especially Chao. Tec and the cousin are 2-dimensional, delusional, low IQ, and irritating. The intimate scene between Him and Nail feels oddly forced/over-exaggerated this time, and it lacked the 'crescendo' built with actions, cinematography, and music that Ep 1 & 2 did so well with.

Tor as Nail/Blue is the most charismatic and nuanced actor of the cast. Not awesome, but above average, especially for a rookie. Everyone else is mediocre. Dew as Him shows some potential, but he is not a rookie, and his lack of range becomes more and more obvious as the story gets more dramatic and emotional for his character.

I might rewatch Ep 1 & 2 for fun sometime, but I certainly won't bother with the rest of it again.

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going good, seems great... oh look, there's a lookalike

Disclaimer, this review is based on ep 1 - 3 only. Two episodes in and seems like the show is pretty good, but then wham, they hit you with that lookalike. The Thai bl industry is really going ham with this twin/lookalike trope, after Not Me, everyone wants to follow in Gun's footsteps and play more than one character. Maybe it's because Playboyy and Twins are also both currently airing that it feels so overdone, but I'll admit I'm not thrilled with this one.

If we take that aspect of it and just sidebar it, the show is pretty good so far. Two people trying to forget their past romances find eachother at a bar and a steamy sex buddy relationship is formed. The chemistry is great, the scenes are long too which I was not expecting, I feel like nearly half of the episodes were NSFW, and they were quite sensual. Take that as a pro or a con, whatever suits you. You can already see their attraction to eachother is strong, whether it will turn into more than just sex is TBD, but it looks like the road to that kind of relationship will not be easy. Right now they're licking eachothers wounds and we've yet to see of that will help or hurt them.

Also, daaayyumm with the side character chemistry!!!

Optimistic for the next episodes! Trying not to let the lookalike trope kill my interest. Will update review as more episodes release.

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Such a great start

Honestly I'm just here to say I wholeheartedly appreciate a feminine gay man as the lead role and not a side character.
He's cute, he's sassy and seductive. He reminds me of Uea from Bed Friend serving it down look after look with the upmost confidence and I'm absolutely loving every minute of it.

This first episode was so tasteful and easygoing, I love the "messy" drama so far, I'm enjoying the characters of the two main leads, the NC scenes were well placed and made sense. This series is kind of a strange cross between the vibe of Only Friends and Bed Friend (concept-wise at least)

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What really happened to Blue,that is Him's ex

This series is very interesting and highly recommendable ,i can't wait for more scences with good plots. I always look forward to waching this series every week and most times infact i don't always like the wait because am always curious to know what will happen next. Please if it's possible to be releasing 2 to 3 episodes in a week i would like it because it's a very interesting movie to be waiting for. Mostly,i love the chemistry between him and nail,they look so cute and sweet and i also love the supporting couples that is phai and chao ,am just hoping for them to end up together so badly

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10/10 Ship Name

I'm starting off this review saying that it is a 10/10 for the ship name XD

Only watched 1 episode but like it so far! Nail's character which is straight up confident, knows-what-I-want, sassy which I loved about Uea from Bed Friend. Probably second time I've seen such a character so far! I love dramas where there is minimal "shyness" about a relationship so this is so refreshing to watch after Bed Friend.

Not sure how this is going to turn out but I hope they keep the premise simple as it is now or at least, not flip the boat. The root colours though...

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