Weekend To Remember (Filipino Series)

This is a short and sweet-ish Filipino gay series, but I am not sure what was the point this show was trying to make. I think this was one of the shows where you are not supposed to put to much of your head. Just watch with dead pan face, assume what's happening in front of. You is possible and just go along with the ride.

The story is about 5 siblings and their mother. The mother's birthday is approaching on Saturday but the kids (4 brothers and a younger sister) are all pretending to now remember it because they want to give a surprise party. While this is the overall plot, all the 8 episodes are spent on showing us the love stories of the four brothers. The eldest one is secretly liked by the house helper, a very effeminate Jeneviv. The next two boys have a girl best friend since they were kids but neither of them actually realizes how much they love their girlfriend, until another guy comes and take those girls out on a date. And then we have the youngest brother, a shy an introvert guy, who finds unexpected love with a delivery boy.

Firstly, what's amazing is how all the four boys are of almost same age. Mom must have been perpetually pregnant for about 5 years straight. Now I’m wondering how she had time to court 4 different men at during that same time. The show is shown more of an episodic format where each brother is sort of given two episodes to show their love story. First I thought that the effeminate house help drooling over eldest son was done strictly for laughs (as my previous experience would tell me), but thankfully it wasn't the case. The son also liked him back and son they start dating. Jeneviv is probably trans. The straight love story of the next two boys is as stereotypical as any other love story can be. Friends turned lovers. Th only half bot interesting love story was of the youngest brother, who is coming to terms with his sexuality , is made fun of by his brother and finds love in most unexpected circumstances. In all this, the boys are also preparing for the birthday surprise for their mother. The ending of the show was kind of warm where Jeneviv proposes to the eldest son. "Normal" and "happily ever after" relationships featuring a trans character are rare and the is one respectable thing that this show did. But other than this, no proper character arc is given to any brother or mother for that matter. None of their actions or sexuality are explained. We are never told why one of the brothers is always picking up on the youngest introvert one. Strictly ok, when you have nothing better to watch. (4/10)

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