A virgin guy Reb is planning to meet JM, a popular discreet online personality in the virtual online world for a discrete hookup, agreeing to keep their ‘alter’ names and to remain masked throughout their encounter. Interesting Reb is not ready for a live session for audience and freaks out. Clearly they lack chemistry and Reb asks JM to leave. But as son as he leave, it turns out that the area has been sealed because of covid case and now JM is forced to stay with Reb for 14 days. Since they did not have a good start, initially Reb is reluctant but he allows it. Over the course of next 6 episodes, we watch them grow from enemies , to acquaintances, to friends and lovers. They both share their past history and grow close eventually.
The series has a very Gameboys feeling of two strangers meeting online and connecting, but how they grow on each other over a time period of few days. Its a inspiration, but it really brings nothing to the table. Reb having an ex girlfriend added nothing much to the overall story. There's been multiple filipino BL's that have done quarantine stuff better. So this was meh. I was never really rooting for this couple because they weren't very fleshed out. Or at points even likable, so I was just kind of watching to finish it. There isn't much else to say about it, there was complete lack of chemistry or charm or anything for that matter. As mentioned , I di appreciate the efforts put in to make the show in a difficult time, and maybe had I seen this show two years ago, my feedback would have been different, but as of today, this show is easily a miss. It is no where close to Quaranthings or GameBoys. This is not a good start for me in this new year. (2.5/10)
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