The story of the show is actually pretty straight forward. At the dinner table Sam comes out to his father as gay but the father doesn't take it too well. Angry he jets off to Bangkok, where apparently his uncle also moved to many years back, when Sam's grandfather disowned him many years ago for being gay. Sam is hoping to reconnect with his uncle with whom eh used to be close growing up. A chance meeting with a local Thai Boy in his hotel changes things for Sam. He meets Top, a Buffy, muscular handsome young man, who is looking for a stable relationship but has been unlucky in love. The duo get along very well right from the monist they meet and they sort of have a holiday fling started. Top shows Sam around and also helps him in his search for his uncle who even eventually finds. Top asks Sam to be his boyfriend but Sam declines citing his own issues of not loving himself (body issues) and moves back to Singapore. The show ends with an open note of one year later, Sam shows up at his uncle's doorstep with his father accompanying him, signaling that possible Sam's father is starting to come around with both his son and his brother's sexuality.
The story of the film is actually pretty basic and could easily have been a short film. But thankfully the production of the show, the acting and the direction are all good. So, at least they didn't do a shoddy job. Also, it's very obvious that the hotel the show is mostly shot in, "The Siam", is the sponsor of the show. As actors, the guy playing Top is really good. He is hot and has a charismatic energy to make this short episodes shine. I was hoping that the show would focus more on uncle an nephew and I can understand why the focus was mostly on love story, because believe it or not, eventually thats what sells. We needed a little more character development on both Sam and Top. Why the connection, why the attraction, why is Top desperate for relationship, why these parties. Similarly, why is Sam so insecure, what does he really want from life etc. Hopefully Season 2 would answer some of these things. The individual episodes sometimes added to the story while others like the one with ex-boyfriend was just not needed. I did like Top's introductory scene where he meets a guy for date but ends up in bed because of his big dick and how Top's friend makes a comment that every guy in Bangkok named Top is actually a bottom. Anyway, overall it's an easy breezy watch. (6/10)
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