A Boss And A Babe (Thai Series)

When I started watching the show, I absolutely loved it. It was uncomplicated, drama free, great chemistry, a very infectious energy from the lead and the conversations were something that you would expect most people to talk in their daily life. The problem with the show it overstays its welcome. After being a huge fan of the lead's chemistry and our 'babe', it just started to repeat itself and the conflicts and drama felt forced. Ideally the show could have ended in 6-8 episodes and I would have rated it quite high. But as it is, I would probably deduct one mark. Besides that the show does manage to keep a smile on your face, with some objectionable and questionable workplace behavior; but other than that, it's not a bad show at all. It is 12 episodes of about 40-45 minutes each.

Through his friend Jack who works for a gaming company, Cher manages to get 3 month internship. Cher is a bundle of energy, self-admit tingly chatty, very outgoing, says what he feels like and overall very likeable. As first order, he is asked to pick up a complicate coffee order for the CEO, his boss Gun which finds difficult to remember. When he can't help but offer his business advice on a new game, the boss notices him and the next time when Cher brings him coffee, the boss tries to remember where has he seen him before and realizes that Gu is a loyal follower of Cher's secret ASMR channel and that his videos help him with insomnia. The duo connect on that and before you know, the otherwise serious boss is slowly letting go off his guard with the peppy Cher and the two start hanging out a lot more. Other employees notice their bond and begin gossiping, especially since Gun is openly gay. Cher stands up for his boss, telling others to mind their business. Touched by his gesture, Gun and Cher grow even closer. They develop an attraction and share their first kiss, which happens actually pretty quickly by episode 2 or 3. After that , we see their relationship grow and navigate through multiple situations but nothing overtly dramatic. We see Gun's ex-boyfriend (now a very good friend) coming into picture making Cher jealous, there is a backstory of Cher's high school girlfriend and her brother to whom Cher takes care of after the girl died. We have the whole office gossip situation and a game competitor for the boss who used to be a close friend and more like this. Also we have Cher's group of friends trying to go for a big gaming competition and how Gun eventually also becomes part of the group. Cher even backs out of the relationship a couple of times, thinking that a boss and an intern relationship is not right and that Gun deserves better but both of them realize thatchy complete each other and are very much meant for one another.

The biggest USP of the show is its lead Cher. He is a bundle of energy, goofy yet charming, has excellent sense of humor and one can easily see why just any one would not be able to escape his charisma. The cheeky jokes, silly antics, and hilarious quips create a boisterous atmosphere. There were so many instances when he replies to Gun on his cheesy jokes that made me smile or laugh. I really can't recollect many but stuff like, "don't be overdramatic", "I am just finishing internship , not moving to Mars" or" u love me every time you do me" and many many more like this. The sassy character gives it back with the witty one liners and for a change I really have to applaud the screenplay writers and the dialogue writers who made sure the series and character remained true. And thankfully this doesn't change even when he falls in love, or moved back to college or in difficult situations. He is who he is and I loved that. In the show, you can't ignore his vicarious personality; but at the same time I can totally see rolling my eyes of someone like him was my co-worker. The romance between him and the boss develops pretty quick. Some may think that gun is abusing his position of power but personally I didn't feel that. You can see that even his office friend and other colleagues advice him to not take this relationship serious because the whole boss and intern dynamic is unhealthy, which I agree to a certain extent; but the way they have depicted things in the show, I have. Absolutely no problems with it. I was quite content with the way relationship, its sanctity and the whole office romance was portrayed. I loved that Cher was naughty but also mature enough to notice that Gun doesn't have enough friends and made sure he included him in his personal outings and office outings.

So overall I enjoyed the romance, their sassy interactions, the playfulness thanks to Cher's character and more. The big problem like I mentioned is that they kept introducing sub-plots which really were not needed. Had they focussed only on core couple and  finished the show in lesser number of episodes, it would have been so much better. The whole gaming competition or even his ex girlfriend's brother story could be completely taken away. Also the ending felt very disjointed from everything that happened so far. Cher deciding to cut ties completely with the boss after internship to prove himself, not talking for 6-12 months and then suddenly show up with flowers asking to Bemis boyfriend was something that just didn't sit well with me. I mean they both knew each other's home, college, internet etc, it is almost impossible to disappear suddenly. So yes, these flaws that I mentioned are real and took away from the overall spiciness of the show, but I still quite enjoyed it A LOT, and almost all of that has to do with the actor playing Cher, the tailing of his character and the sassy dialogues. Take away any of that, the show will be a big bore with its very below average storyline. (7/10)