2gether The Series (2020)

TOO OVERHYPED

Just like everyone else I started watching this series because of how hyped this series was.
I was wrong for keeping watching this series, as I completely missed out the wrongs and bads.

1. STORY/ACTING

I'm gonna honest and say that this series was the most awkward series I've ever watched in my entire life.

Through out the entire series, there was a huge lack of real intimacy between them being a couple that were supposed to be "in love".
When we were introduced to Tine and Sarawat for the first time, I felt like we may get something good of out them, if you know what I mean, as Sarawat was this mysterious guy and Tine being the shy school kid.

As they started fake dating, you could feel the tension in the air, and that what made me interested in the show, but sadly as their relationship progessed it lost its spark. The only reason I kept going with the series was because I was hyped as everyone else.
Watching it for the second time, made me realise I missed out alot of the flaws there were in the series.
I didn't like Tine's or Sarawat's characters AT ALL. They were not fit in that role as a couple.

2. WHAT I LIKED

I must admit, the only thing I liked was their OST. The rest was just not it.

3. OVERALL

I give this series a -10000/10. Would I consider rewatching it ? Absolutely not!

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This is a show that started off strong enough, the fake dating trope was fascinating, there was a certain sweet chemistry between the leads. But as it went on, it was increasingly obvious that there is no substance, no depth, no plot to this series but glamor shots of leads and some isolated cutesy moments. The plot never made sense from the beginning and their relationship essentially ran on forced jealousy conflicts but the isolated cute moments between Sarawat and Tine were enough for the viewers to overlook those issues. But once they actually begin a relationship, every bit of chemistry between them is sucked away. These characters have no arcs, no growth, no development, no motivation, no family, no ambition. There is nothing to this series but the visuals of the leads. Side couples are never given enough space to develop, they are just used as fillers.
Many sins of this series would've been forgiven to a major extent if they could only deliver what a romcom is supposed to do: create a cute, well-rounded love story. But they fail at doing even that. This isn't a love story, there is no sense of togetherness between the couple. Intimacy isn't kissing. Intimacy is the natural ease between two people who are supposedly in a relationship. That sense of ease, that natural chemistry is completely missing between the two. Ever since they became a couple, they just looked unhappy and distant. Even at the ending, they looked dissociated from each other. It was uncomfortable to watch. There are bromances that deliver significantly better love stories than this. If a romcom fails at such a basic thing, it doesn't deserve high ratings.

Acting: Mediocre to okay. Win was better, Bright is good at fond gazes but he seems constantly disengaged to me. Side actors were better.

Direction/Plot: Direction wasn't good enough and there isn't a plot. This series ran on forced conflicts and the most basic writing. Dialogues were consistently terrible too.

Music/OST: I liked the OST and the music used throughout the show, best thing about it really.

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okay so i just finished watching this drama and it was great. this was one of the really good ones this year. this year the casting visuals were not the best for this year considering all the other 2020 dramas. this time around though the cast was amazing with their visual.

story
the story was pretty good in the beginning it started getting rough for the last two episodes. I think they might've rushed the ending a bit but it was great in the end. if you consider the story from the beginning it is a classic storyline for Bl dramas. but the thing I like about this dram is that they were not really confused with their sexual orientation. they kinda new even though they had dated girls before.

cast/acting
I like how they had multiple couples. although the secondary couples got barely any scream time even though they were totally cute. the whole cast for this drama is eye candy. The acting is pretty good too. I think the chemistry between Tine and Sarawat was great because they played their characters so well. although the secondary couple's chemistry was really bad it was not my favorite. they were really awkward.

music
I usually do not pay much mind to the music but for this dram, it was pretty good.

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As someone who has watched all BL series, I can say that this show is Amazing!! 2gether is the best BL drama I have ever seen after SOTUS, I started this with no expectations and I ended up falling in love with this show.
The story line funny and well written. The casting and the acting are perfect. Music is great, i discovered Scrubb and their songs thanks to this show. I'm completely in love with the actors who played TINE and Green. The most notable thing is the chemistry between the main actors, even i will be happier with more skinship but its ok.
I absolutely recommend this show.

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The storytelling failed big time

I hate the storyline:
- Based on the novel, Tine - originally a straight guy, agreed to enter a relationship AS A BOTTOM with another gay guy (lol). And after he was violently forced .., he continued to stay with Sarawat. (seriously the novel writer knows zero shit about gay relationships.)
- From what was portrayed by the series, Sarawat got starstuck by Tine and came up with various schemes to get Tine to fall in love with him. After he succeeded and managed to get Tine, his passion and "love" appear to quickly die down.

Acting/Cast:
- Bright and Win did their best given what they had to work with. Please don't be harsh on them
- Watching behind-the-scene stuffs and BrightWin's interviews redeemed the show for me a little bit.

Music:
- Everyone seemed to love those Scrubb's songs played in the series but I just could not connect with them.
- I LOVE the OST video.

Rewatch:
- Ep 1 till the first half of ep 10 (before Type showed up at their new place). The whole "I know about your secret relationship but I will continue to act like a je** to your bf to spice things up for ya" is just weird, and it was the first time I sensed something really wrong with the show script.

Overall:
- Like most of the people here, I had high expectation but felt rather disappointed towards the end.
- I'm a huge Frank-Drake fan, so I was hoping this series could help boost their popularity. While it certainly did that, I'm sad that their moments together were mostly sad/heartbroken scenes.
- Does anyone else feel annoyed that the show watchers took their annoyance at Mil out on Drake by taking jab at his eyebrows ?

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Classifying this as a "light" series is even an exaggeration.

Okay. I know a lot of people come to watch this series because of the visuals of the main actors. Even that's not enough to save the storyline's progression.

It started strongly and so promising with the fact that the dynamics involved in many characters. Tine wanted to avoid a boy who had a crush on him by seeking out a fake boyfriend. It went well and made the viewers jump of fluff and cuteness. As Tine slowly started to develop feelings for his fake boyfriend, the promising storyline and heightened tension between them started to fade too.

When Tine and Sarawat officially went out, they lacked many features of a new in love couple. Taking things too far as to move in together didn't help either. They didn't show any affections at all, which itself wasn't a problem if the story was executed perfectly. They didn't communicate well with one another and to their family and friends. Tine also had a big trust issue for Sarawat as if he got heartbroken many times because of him. They didn't have a healthy relationship and giving a bad example of how jealousy and childish behavior could be normalized without having a resolution.

All things considered, there were many things that I'd like to address as to why this series was overwhelmingly overrated:
1. Introducing a girl for a "destroyer" in their relationship in the last few episodes was a major disaster because it gave a rushed storyline with no appropriate closure.
2. Another character, Mil, who was supposed to like Tine also, was given a badly written villain edit with no chance of redemption. Even when he was being chased by Phukong, their story was as messy as it could get because they ended up with yet another rushed storyline.
3. Many side characters are just that, side and were not given any adequate character developments. They were there just to be a filler and not adding anything useful to the main plot.
4. The musical theme helped to alleviate this catastrophe a bit, but still the music could do so much to just be another filler.

In conclusion, this is not a good series with a proper representation of a gay relationship, or any relationships for that matter. Watching this as an enjoyment is a big turn off because the story just doesn't add up and can be frustrating to watch, and not in a good way. Overall, if you just want to watch their beautiful faces well, this series is a good way to go.

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No chemistry

A lot of people have mixed feelings about this BL, to me the only thing this BL had was a attractive cast and a decent side story (Man and Type deserve a spin off) the way the storyline evolved was absurd and made no sense a Straight man pretending with another straight man to be in a fake gay relationship to escape a gay man from hitting on him, why not just date a woman? Or make it abundantly clear that you have no interest in him? If that wasn’t enough the chemistry between Sarawat and Tine or the lack of I should say, was very clear both were distant and showed very little affection for each other, I don’t know if it was the actors that weren’t comfortable with being affectionate or it was supposed to be more PG (as gmmtv usually is) but it was very noticeable something was off.
As their story evolved the writers and directors could have and should have fixed the flaws especially in the second season (don’t let me get started on that mess) the only reason it didn’t get 1 star is because the soundtrack was decent and so was the side story, the actors portraying Man and Type had amazing chemistry and I felt a better connection with them then I did with the main cast unfortunately they did not get very much screen time but I looked forward to every scene they were in their storyline was much better then the main storyline (I still think they should have their own show)

Overall: The only way I would rewatch this is as a background show while a sleep, if you’re into more of a bromance kind of story you will enjoy this for the lack of chemistry between the mains, Is a okish BL for first time BL watchers it could either put you on to BLs or heavily put you off of them

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Pales in comparison with other BL dramas

I've seen several BL dramas, so it was rather shocking to hear people claiming "2gether" as the best BL there is. I respectfully disagree.

2gether owes much of its success to the fact that it was released during a pandemic, a time when people had no choice but to stay in and look for a distraction, and 2gether perfectly fits the bill --- you watch it to waste time but there really isn't much to expect from it. I'll admit the first five episodes or so got me hooked, but the series just kind of disintegrated from that point. The main weakness of this series is that there really isn't much to tell, so the creators just kept on stretching it until the story became tiresome.

I'll be enumerating below the three main strong and weak points of 2gether:

Weaknesses:

1) ZERO interesting sidecouples
Mike and Gus, who played Man and Green, respectively, were so hilarious and continued breathing some life to the series at times when things fell flat. However, I don't see the point of pairing them up with Type and Dim because they can do well on their own. Their pairings were so uninteresting, especially Dim and Green. Although Toptap and Mike had a lot of funny scenes together, they don't have any chemistry at all. As much as I love the Frank and Drake ship, Mil and Phukong were probably the most uninteresting characters in the series. Drake, who showed so much talent and energy in My Tee, was cast as the cold and bitter Mil, a role that does not suit him at all! Frank on the other hand was not given much time to shine as Phukong here; he was mostly left in the background throughout the series so I cannot comment much on him and his character.

2) Shameless plugs
2gether had so much shameless plugs from its sponsors that scenes were specifically built for them. The other series I've watched managed to circumvent this "problem" in creative ways (i.e. they make the sponsored product a "part" of the story instead of just plugging it in out of nowhere).

3) There's nothing much to tell, really
Tine hired Sarawat to pretend to be his BF to ward off a gay admirer. When it was revealed that Sarawat had genuine feelings for Tine, they entered a relationship and moved in together, but after that, the series had nothing else to show. It could've ended after Tine accepted Sarawat as his BF. Like I've said before, the creators just extended the story as far as they could until it became boring.

Strengths:

1) Metawin
In every series, there is at least one actor or actress who proves himself/herself to be a cut above the rest. In 2gether, that actor was Metawin, who played Tine. The entire series revolved around his character, and Win completely understood that the project would sink if he screws up in his delivery. Despite this being his first series (I think Win is the only actor in 2gether who has zero acting experience), he showed admirable acting chops, and it somewhat saved the entire show from sinking into oblivion. Bright, on the other hand, is a sure eye candy and can deliver excellent fan service along with Win. However, he does not do well on his own; his character Sarawat only becomes interesting when Tine is around, and that pretty much justifies Tine /Win's importance in the whole show.

2) Supporting players: Green, Fong, Man
Like I've said before, Man and Green give so much life to their scenes, they can easily steal the show. Khaotung as always plays the wise, supportive friend. Small parts such as theirs can definitely make a change.

3) Soundtrack
Music plays a big part in 2gether, so having a great soundtrack was a big achievement for the show's creators.


In sum, there are tens of other dramas that are better than 2gether. The series is just so-so. As much as I hate using the word, 2gether is extremely "overrated." People should stop treating it as the holy grail of Thai lakorns.

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Basically, in an objective way contains the story of Tine and Sarawat, that start a fake relationship to prevent Green's character from forcing a romance in Tine. The beginning of the series is very good, as simple as that. Win and Bright's performance is very good, especially Win. This review has spoilers by the way. A LOT OF SPOILERS!!! English is not my first language.

However, even at the beginning we started to see problematic situations. Starting with Green trying to win over Tine at all cost, even though Tine had specific said he didn't feel the same. After that, the asshole ends up becoming Tine himself who tries to drug Green at a party. I was seeing this thinking, “Wait what? Really? Nobody will talk about that? "

I ended up watching it because I was enjoying it, even though these two facts are still in my head throughout the whole series. Then we saw the relationship of the two main ones that grow in a friendship, than into a romance and an ending up in weird friendship that was neither.

The part of the fake dating was by far the best part, as we saw a Sarawat in love and Tine confused and starting to fall in love. And we came back with other unnecessary scenes like Sarawat and his friends trying to get Tine drunk.

The moment the two start dating, everything ends up getting worse. A relationship of the two never feels like a real relationship, but neither does it feel like a friendship, or leave a strange relationship without definition.

The romance scenes that had a good frequency during the fake dating stage, are almost all gone in the real dating stage, the only one I remember is the bus during a trip, the others are basically cliché jealousy tropes, very forced ones.

The lack of kiss and intimacy are also a problem in the series, I'm not asking for a softporn like Why R U? is. However, a total lack of them leads to the problem of sanitization of gay characters who are often portrayed as almost asexual characters. They could have done like Sotus with a basic kiss in the final episode and to avoid the problem.

Another situation was with Pam, or Sarawat's first love. Pam is a typical character who exists only as a plot device. This type of character is always bad independent of the gender, but nevertheless, being girl ends up worsening what was already bad, since in BLs women are horribly represented with few exceptions.

The last two episodes are the worse in the show, also brought with them a lack of characterization of the two main characters. Win, who was normally an easygoing guy, became paranoid and Sarawat who kept declaring that love all the time was quite aloof. The secondary couple formed by Man and Type was very cute, but lacked development. The couple formed by Mil and Sarawat's brother (who appears so little I didn’t remember his name) was quite forgettable. And I really wanted a show with Green and Dim.

Let's go to what I liked about the series:
- The beginning (despite the problems mentioned at beginning).
- The fake relationship.
- Sarawat obsession with Tine’s boobs.
- The acting.
- Secondary couples (with the exception of Mil and Sarawat's brother).
- The ost. (Best OST ever !!!!)

Well that's it, thanks for reading, bye!

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kinda disspaointed. beneran kecewa sama adegan pas mereka udah jadian. bukannya nambah manis, tapi malah kayak temen biasa aja gitu. kayak gak ada hubungan apa apa. gak ada manis manisnya kek sebelum mereka jadian. plotnya mengecewakan. akting bright pun kaku banget. akting win bagus banget walaupun series pertama dia. dan malahan lebih suka sama alur cerita Man n Type disini. sukaaaaa. jadi pengen ada series khusus mereka huhu. well, intinya sangat kecewa sama ni series. sorry not sorry.


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I love this series. It’s another one of those Thai coming of age gay bl drama. The actings aren’t that great, but it’s just a goofy romance drama. Vachirawit Chivaaree can do better with his acting. I feel like he’s always looking constipated When it comes his acting, especially the face expression. :-D

Anyhow, a very sweet teen bl drama. My only complaint is that as the series progresses, the two leads aren’t kissing at all. The kissing would show that they are truly in love. They mostly talk for most of the episodes and a few hugs. Will be interesting to see if they share any kiss as the series comes to an end.

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GMMTV did a great job with marketing 2gether. I was hooked since they dropped the first trailer. I was always excited for Fridays. At least the first 8 weeks or something.

Story

And the first few episodes did not disappoint me: I really liked the characters and thought that they were likable.
But when the fake dating ended -as mentioned by other users- the real relationship seemed less real than the fake one. It has nothing to do with that they did not kiss or had a sex scene. This is definitely due to the lack of character development, filling the plot with unnecessary drama and then rushing everything in the end. There was no spark between Tine and Sarawat. It just felt weird, because they did not act like a couple, they acted like best friends (that high five).
They really didn't fix anything between them during that concert scene and then they gave us a music club scene instead of them talking alone in the apartment or whatever. It just felt so weird.

Characters
For me it seemed like Tine always stayed the same, it maybe actually seemed like his insecurities got worse. Sarawat turned from being a funny, interesting, likable character into an asshole. The last two episodes he was so out of character. I still can't understand how that happened.

I really liked Man and Type and I wish they would've taken more time to develop them. They really saved the last episode for me.

I don't want to talk about the mess that is Mil and Phukong. What even is that? Phukong deserves better.

If you can't handle your main couple, don't start developing another one.

Production
I don't know who planned this whole thing, but it was definitely a mistake to film the concert scenes so early. Im quite sure that they filmed the Scrubb scenes in one day or maybe two. That's why the chemistry feels so off in the final episode because Bright and Win probably weren't that comfortable around each other yet.
Also what is up with Bright's hair? Like who approved that? It changes from scene to scene. GMMTV should work on their production coordination. I know that it is not easy, but these are mistakes that can easily be fixed by more accurate planning and not trimming your actor's hair midway or stopping to trim it after starting filming.

Editing & Music
The Editing sometimes was sloppy and I felt like I missed something when I didn't. Also what is up with them using the clip-on-microphone sound, when the actors are grabbing their shirt (Tine crying in Ep 12) or are laying on a sofa? The boom operator is there for a reason. The sound-design is disappointing in most Thai-dramas, so I won't complain too much.
I really liked the original songs and listen to them occasionally, but the "score" just sounded like library music.

Overall
I think I will rewatch it when I'm bored and I would still recommend it if you're searching for something cute, where you don't have to think so much.

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