#Ch: Pladao

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The Jungle - 3rd Episode Review

I'm back with a review from this shit show. Really it is getting worse episode by episode. It is not engaging at all anymore. I'm still watching it because it's a series that's so bad it's good. You know what I mean ? I just want to see where they are going. I know many people already dropped the series for obvious reasons but I'll watch until the end and have fun writing those silly reviews full of spoilers. You've been warned.

So the episode stars with the flashback from last time where Bad Mom took her son and changed his name. We see that Pladao saw everything and heard everything. My question now is how can she remembers all that right now? This is so weird but anyway let's accept this because if you question too many things in a bad show, you can never watch the rest of it. So Bad mom is trying to convince her son to stop working with Gale because she is bad and has stupid reasons to do it. This guy is so manipulable. We don't know why he is always listening to her. I mean he is an actor so he must be rich. He is not underage anymore so he can probably access his money and now that he is famous he probably as connexion. He doesn't need do depend on his mom that much anymore. The show is trying desperatly to make us believe that Bad Mom has so much power that she controls all the entertainment business but Bad Mom is only an actress. They all act like she is producing the whole system.

Anyway we jump from the scene to another one with the Jungle minus Pite and Phethai. They are playing cards and drinking. Suddenly Phethai arrives and joins the game. The transition of scenes are always so bad it's freaking amazing to be this bad. It is always missing something. They jump too fast. Then, there is another cut to Pladao and Gale who are back to the Rendez-vous, the hidden bar so easy to find. Pladao wants to confront again Nannaman. She is forcing her friend to help her in her stupid plan. I don't understand their friendship. It's not healthy at all. Anyway they are playing the piano again to get in but of course the music is not right. They have no clue so it's a bit hard to enter. Why did Pladao not think about that before coming ? It's not like she didn't know how you have to enter the bar. The scene only exist so we get the story of Kaewta, her dead cousin. Pladao explained that it wasn't an accident and the responsible is Nannaman. We got a flashback where Pladao is back at home with food and discovered that her cousin took pills and died because of it. It's so bad ! The actress who played to cousin wasn't even doing anything and it looked terrible. The pills were aspirin and we learnt that the cousin was allergic to it but she took it anyway. Why would you do something like that? Didn't she know about her allergy ? We don't have more info. It's only, "Prayers, prayers, sorrow". Pladao checked her cousin's phone and found text messages where she was begging someone to come back to her because she couldn't live without them and that someone told her to die. Here a lesson for you all: Never go back to your ex. So the cousin had a boyfriend but no one knew him. This is the mystery! The cousin had a photo of herself with just the shoulder of a man and this picture screams "man with no intention of being in a relationship". I think Pladao jumps to conclusion a bit easily. She isn't even sure about Nannaman being the real culprit and also he hasn't really done something bad. It's the cousin who decided to take those pills because her "boyfriend" didn't want to get back to her and told her something really mean. Okay this behavior is not the best but the person can't be responsable for the actions of others. The guys from the Jungle never really made any girls felt like they are more than a one night stand. They are pretty honest with how they act towards the women they have intercourses with. The show litteraly presented them as womanizers so why would they be responsibles for that death. This is so stupid.

Irin apperead from nowhere and she guessed the song so they can all enter at the same time. Why does Irin act like she doesn't recognize Gale ? Why do people have memory loss all the time in this show. Anyway, Irin knows the guys pretty well so the girls join the Jungle. Remember they were playing card and drinking. Phethai is here and he shared an awkward moment with Gale. I just noticed that this bar is so empty. Hunter must starve to keep it at bay or maybe the production couldn't have any extras for this scene. The Jungle propose to play a drinking card game. The rule is simple: whoever finds the king figure becomes a king and the numerals get ordered around. Is it an actual game ? It's been a while that I haven't played drinking games. For the firt round, Pladao is the king. She asked a question to Naam and he has to answer. Her question is about her cousin and if he knows her. He said that he doesn't and she gets mad. Of course this reaction made him smile. At the same time, Phetai and Gale are still acting awkward around each other. Hack is the next one to get the king and Gale has to drink. Cut, we're back to Pine who is on the roof. Why do we have this scene now ? It doesn't make any sense for the narrative. He is imagining Irin joining him (I thought it was her, but someone on the comment told me it was August so first apparition for her I guess). Man, choose if you really want her or not. This is already boring. We are back with the Jungle and the girls. Pladao tried to help Gale because she is not good with alcohol, but all the men told her that she has to comply. Luckily, Pethai drinks it for her. Now, Pine is back and joins the game. Nannaman is the new king and he orders two people to kiss. It's Phethai and Irin. Gale is shocked and Pine doesn't seem to like it. Naam is really a little shit. I love this kind of characther. They always bring drama around them and I live for it to make this boring show a bit more funny. Gale can't watch this and leave the place. Pethai and Irin are uncomfortable. Fortunately, Hack saves the day and kiss Phethai. Hack is a good friend. His character isn't really compelling but we can still grant him the title of good friend. Pethai then run after Gale. They have some kind of fight but suddenly the crazy journalist is here and filming them. So, Pethai acts against her. This bar is so easy to find this is laughable. By the way, Pethai is a weather vane. Man choose who you like and go for it. Stop hesitating between Gale and Irin. It will only hurt both girls. Why do they find him interesting ? He has the personality of a wet sock. After getting rid of the journalist and her phone, He listed all his faults to Gale while she looked at him with heart eyes. Girl has no respect for herself. He is just a guy! Finally a kiss between them. Granted it's not the most alluring kiss but I take all the crumbs.

I can't believe, I'm still watching this. The story is all over the place. We got a Hunter cameo. Mix smile is really something. Can you believe that he is the reason why I'm watching this show ? Him and Aye but we still haven't seen her. Well, Naam is talking again to Pladao. She is making a face. They are arguing as always everytime they have a scene together. She is telling him that The Jungle men are despicable and that makes him smile. Dude is always smiling. I think I wrote that several time in my notes. Yes because I'm taking notes at the same time as I'm watching this show. Pladao again threatened the Jungle. We leave them to find again, Gale and Phetai in bed. Did they have sex ? They are wearing different clothes so I will say that they did it. For a series about playboys, it's not very sexy or spicy. Phethai is telling Gale that she is special because he stayed the night with her and felt more like he is Wayu with her. She answered that he is both men. Smile, smile again. They are in their bubble. How long will they stay in it until Bad Mom arrives again to burst it?

Gale at work finds her colleagues gossiping about Phethai. They recognize Gale on the video of the journalist. Bad Mom is not happy. Her adult son has a life on his own. Shocking ! It's so funny how those bad moms always think their sons will ruin their career because of a romance. One night stand is okay but a real relationship is a bad no no. What a load of bullshit. So now, he has to do a press conference to apologize to the journalist. Bad Mom and her son have a fight. Also, Bad mom wants to ruin the life of Gale. The rich really have nothing better to do with their life. I think the problem is that Bad Mom doesn't have a hobby. She should really find something better to do with her life than trying to control her son's life. Back to Pladao reading comments about Gale on internet and obviously they are not kind. Gale has no self esteem. She says that she is a nobody and that she shouln't be with Phetai. She is trying to avoid him now. Stupid move! I mean they were in bed kissing just two scenes ago. I don't understand this woman.

We then go back to the Rendez-vous where Gale is going to drink. How did she got the song this time ? Makes no sense. Well, Hunter is still cryptic for no reason and tells her not to drink if she wants to really express herself. However, she doesn't listen to him and wants courage so she drinks anyway. Useless scene except maybe to give a important message about how drinking is not good, I guess. Phethai and Gale found each other again and she tells him, she likes him and she likes being with him. They have been together for two days max. He laughs at her and crushes her little bubble. He is a dumbass. He probably thinks he is protecting her by being a jerk. This guy is so weak. Bad Mom could tell him to jump from a window and he would do it. Also why would Gale has a crush on him ? Girl you are beautiful and you have a career . You can find so much better. You don't need a guy with no willpower. Okay so now Pethai is drinking by himself. Was I right to say that he rejected her to protect her ? I'm sure I am. Hack and Nathee arrive at that moment and they talk with him. Cut to the Press conference. Bad Mom is here of course. Did I say that the actress is really bad ? She is always making the same weird face. We learn at this point that I was right. He broke up with Gale because she asked him to do it. Gale is sad and tries to have a day off but her boss is here and annouces that she will go to Paris. She doesn't understand because she hasn't been able to do her job. She thinks it's because Phethai asks for her to go. Back to press conference and the journalist pretends to have been shocked by the event when she filmed the private life of Phethai. Girl, your crocodile tears fool no one. You are not a great actress. This is painful to watch. Pethai says sorry to pacify everyone. I don't know why he has to do it. He just snatched the phone, he has not been violent to the journalist. Boundaries please ! This woman was following him and he deserves some private life. Despite this, the joournalists only care about Gale and not about the apologies. Bad Mom says that Gale is not her son's girlfriend. At the same time Gale arrive at the press conference but also Hack. We discover that he is a lawyer. So he is not working on education like I thought. It makes more sense. Lawyer are always useful in this kind of show. Anyway, He is saying that Phethai will sue the journalist. Naan is also here. Why is he here ? Well, Hack saved the day again. He saved Phethai twice in this episode. The journalist is exposed for her bad practices. She cries and this problem is solved easily like that. This is so bad, I can't.

Gale find Phethai at the end of it and they have yet another talk. She wants to know if what he said was true last time. Unfortunately for her, He does not answer and leave. We then have Naam talking with Pladao. Now, we know why he is here. She is back at it with her cousin. He of course doesn't answer her (that would be too easy) and invite her to the Rendez-Vous again by giving her the password. That's the end of the episode !

It's still pretty bad but tomorrow is episode 4 and maybe we'll have more answers. The trailer for the next episode is all over the place so it will be a fun silly watch again.

[miss0atae]

The Jungle - 2nd Episode Review

Ding ding ! I wasn't expecting a second episode so soon. I think I didn't properly checked the schedule for this series. Anyway here is my second review on this series. It's full of spoilers ! Don't read it if you don't want to know what's going on.

To be honest, not many things happened in this episode. I would even say that it was less entertaining than the previous one. This was a very Gale/Phethai centric episode.

We got a flashback about Phethai's past. We discovered that he knew Gale from his past. She was his friend while he was living in the countryside with his grand-mother. Basically he dropped her paper doll and accepted to be dressed up with a paper costume so she could play again. It was his way of apologising. I think the flashback wasn't really good. They could have show us their friendship in a better way. It's not that hard even if you have a short time to explain how two people got close (If you need a good example, watch again the beginning of "Up!").

Then back to the present. Irin is still kissing very akwardly Pine (I mean dude had his eyes opened the entire time. It wasn't a good kiss). Phethai tried to hide from them after Gale kind of made a noise. Anyway short story, she doesn't handle alchool very well (We heard that from the first episode and it will play a major role in this one). He got annoyed by her and went back to his group of friends. She then tried to find again Pladao but can't seems to know where is she. Then three guys pretended to know where she was and she stupidly followed them. It's a dumb move but we'll blame it on the alchool. Of course, the three men tried to force her and she is saved by the Jungle (except for Pine who is still on the roof with Irin but we don't care about those two. To summarize their short interaction: She wants to be with him. He doesn't, so she leaves because she only wants his love. No backstory, no real chemistry... nothing). After the rescue, Hunter (the cryptic bartender, remember? The gorgeous Mix. Yes I really love his look in it. I'm a simple creature.) gave a room to Phethai and Gale. It is implied that it's the place where the boys take their one-night stand to have intercourses with them. Anyway nothing happen, because Gale in her drunkness remembers the real name of Phethai. Well, Phethai is not Phethai. His real name is, in fact, Wayu. Shocking! Not really. It is a classic move from soap opera. Anyway, after this crazy revelation (can you hear the irony in my voice?) he left Gale to sleep.

The day after, she woke up panicked because she couldn't remember anything. She left really fast the place. While she was doing this, Phethai was listening to the radio and they have juicy news about him being part of a playboys group going to a secret bar. He then goes back there and his friends tell him that it's probably Gale who gave this info. He doesn't agree because he reconize her from his past when she used his real name. He doesn't make any sense. I particulary found funny when he said she hasn't change at all. He saw her before and couldn't get a clue. This guy is either very short-sighted or very stupid. But that's okay. I used my suspension of disbelief during this scene. I accept that it makes sense even though it doesn't.

Back to Gale. She is at work but she still wants to know why Phethai didn't want her design. Actually he already told her, but she forgot. Then suddenly her boss tells her that she got the job. She is really happy. Great for her. We got a short scene with Phethai and Nathee with glasses. I think it was about Phethai's crush with Irin. Despite Pite telling him, he has no chance with her because none of them deserve her (apparently she's kind and nice. Great ! What about the other girls you all slept with ?! I thought the reasoning was not good) and she's leaving for America (I guess it's the USA. Again...) soon. I don't remember exactly what they said because this part was insconsistent with the rest of the episode. Especially because we saw that Phethai already got a soft spot for Gale. We got almost nothing from his relationship with Irin . We had a short flashback where they talked in the beginning of this episode (I almost forgot about that) but frankly nothing that screams "Love" or "Good chemistry" either.

Gale goes to find Phethai to apologise again. She has to follow him during his day. He goes to do a photoshoot. This all part is to get them closer to one another. Then after there is a diner with her boss, coworkers and Phethai. She will get drunk again and spill the beans on her mean colleague. Pethai will save her by dragging her out of the bar. Then Pladao will be back. Apparently Phethaicalled her or she called and he answered, can't remember. Last time we saw Pladao she was having an argument with Nanfah or Nannam. My money is on the evil twin but we never know. She threw her drink on him and the rule of the bar is that you can't do that so Hunter threw her out. Yes, it was bad. To be honest, Pladao is really giving me secondhand embarrassment everytime she appears. It happened here when she's helping Pethai and Gale, to escape her journalist colleague.

The last part of this episode shows more about Pethai's mother and the relationship they have. To make it simple, his mother is a bad person. manipulative and unkind. She went to find him when he was a kid and asked him to forget everything about his past life and he has to use the name of Phethai instead of Wayu. She doesn't like what he does and wants to control him. We saw previously that he had a hard time being a celebrity. He was almost assaulted by a producer and when he defend himself, his mother wasn't happy by his action. She is joining the club of bad mothers in series. Welcome her ! It seems that Phethai never wanted to be a celebrity. What he wants is freedom to choose what he wants but he can't and we kind of guess why but it's not explicitely said. So Bad mom wants to stop his collaboration with Gale but she is fighting back for the first time and throwing the last bomb of this episode by saying that Pethai is not the real Pethai. If I have to guess, Bad mom had another son, Pethai and something happen to him so she went to find her other son (probably her illegitimate son) and she gave him the identity of Pethai. Why ? We don't know but maybe next episode will give us more infos. At this point, I'm just imagining things but I could be right.

So I didn't plan to make that big of a review because I felt that the second episode wasn't good. Mind you, I still want to see the rest of it. There are still many characters that weren't used properly yet. I didn't talk about the almost kiss between Phethai and Gale after they escaped the journalist because it was inconsistent with his love for Irin. Like she left only a day before or some hours. He said he loved her and wanted to be with her but Gale got drunk twice and now he wants to kiss her? Didn't make any sense. That's the problem of the show. It's riddled with inconsistency. I'm afraid it is going to be a weak point of this show.

What do you think about it? I saw a review on TikTok and that person was saying that this show is so bad and the lack of chemistry between every actors is really showing. Despite the cast of beautiful actresses and actors, GMM TV made a mistake with this show. I'm not really agreeing with this but I have to admit that it's true about chemistry. It's lacking alot here. I don't believe in any relationship between those characters. They lool blank.