2gether The Series (2020)

The twist of scene is very unpredictable, and if you not watch all the series, you will never feel the feeling that I have....It start stuck my heart, and when I know this series has been ended, my heart feel in pain, and asking why every story have end....so please to the creator of this series, would you create many seasons until Tine and Sarawat graduated...I feel right now a wanna be kind of feeling of something unforgettable...

I will recommend it to those who want a inspirational things

The story follows a college freshman named Tine (Win Metawin Opas-iamkajorn) who finds himself being followed by a relentless gay suitor. In a ploy to shake him off without directly having to break his heart, Tine's group of friends suggest that he fake-date Sarawat (Bright Vachirawit Chiva-aree), their university's enigmatic and reserved, resident heartthrob. Though both apprehensive about the plan at first, Tine and Wat's reluctant fake relationship eventually turns into something more.

Even in the year 2020, romantic comedy storylines involving queer leads are a rarity, which is what makes 2gether a breath of fresh air. Amid the admittedly limited number of available LGBT media, a staggering amount of films and TV shows seem to only know how to depict the struggles of the community, most of which end in separation, and often even death.

2gether, on the other hand, adapts none of that. It’s a lighthearted, feel-good romantic comedy laced with mounds of kilig scenes enough to have you cheezing before your laptop screen like an idiot for hours. The best part? It takes a tired heteronormative narrative and serves it to the Asian queer community on a silver platter. Fake dating? Check! Enemies to lovers? Absolutely! Incredibly cheesy one-liners? They definitely hit different when you can finally relate to the images onscreen.

Sure it’s not perfect. There’s a lot of cringe-worthy scenes, problematic lines, and the acting may be questionable at times, but at the end of the day it’s a series that positively depicts the nuances of a very real love story between two people of the same gender. And for queer consumers in dire need of a frothy pick-me-up that they can identify with, 2gether definitely delivers.

Let’s call it what it is. 2gether is a fantasy. A gay-utopia if you would, where no one’s ever vilified for loving who they love. No matter how progressive the world has gotten, it's still not usual for a group of seemingly straight college boys to casually throw around the idea of fake-dating someone of the same gender, just to get out of a predicament. Nor would a completely heterosexual person agree to it without batting an eye or worrying about what others might say or think of them.

That said, no matter how unrealistic, what it presents then is a possibility. It proves that, although we’re nowhere near it, an open and accepting society such as 2gether’s version of Thailand, can and should definitely exist.

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The series started off strong but then the chemistry started to fade away. Even if they didn't want to give the audience a proper and romantic kiss, they should have at least shown a bit of skinship. The series is rated PG13+ for what exactly? Head pats? Win was great for his first time and Bright, while he did an okay job, it was obvious he was not that into character. The director should have just followed the novel how it is. It was all good uptill episode 8. The unnecessary drama, insecurity, jealousy and conflicts put me off. Mike and Toptap did a great job on the other hand.

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How to smash good potential against the wall

- At the beginning of the show everything was on point; the chemistry was awesome, the story line was funny and without unnecessary drama. It was something new that I hadn't seen before without any cliché or rushed processes. - But at the time they began to realize their behavior is not faked and they started their so called relationship the show kinda smashed the potential against the wall. - They did not only had no real character development nor "couple behavior", I mean i don't necessarily need kisses or stuff like that (I think a show like Soutus is the best example to show that it's possible) but WHY did it felt like they made a step backe? They initial chemistry while they pretended to be a couple was amazing but after that it seemed they became brothers or something like that. -Of course they had their sweet moments but it could have been 1000 times better if they had continued where they stopped while "faking". -To conclude I would say the show is not bad, especially the first episodes are really good and funny, but its sad to see how such a good potential was not used and bc of that I'm somehow disappointed.

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Disclaimer: This is my opinion about the series. Also, I tried not to include spoilers however, I do mention what happens at the end of the series.

I loved 2gether the series at the beginning. I really thought that this will be one of my fav BL series ever. However, towards the climax the actors and storyline turned to a living disaster.

There are several reasons as to why this series fell short however, I will only mention 3 major reasons:

1. Tine falling in love with Sarawat.
While it did start sweet they did rush Tine coming to terms about falling for another man while being straight. And also, Tine never initiates intimacy nor romantic stuff couples usually do and Sarawat was the only one who did. The reason as to why this was disappointing was because I thought they were both alpha males in the relationship. I thought the stereotypical roles you usually see in the BL series wouldn't apply here such as in Addicted. Honestly, I wanted more from the producer and director. I wanted them to show why Tine was slow in the romantic aspect with Sarawat, I wanted to know more about Tine's emotions and struggle with finding out that you fell in love with the same sex.

2. Chemistry.
The chemistry was good in the first few episodes. The series at that time was oozing with sweetness. Whenever I saw the series I felt like I was eating cotton candy. However, after episode 9 the chemistry started to go downhill. I know everyone has a personal life and that may be the reason why the chemistry started going downhill, however, when you have a job at least look like you enjoy it. Now episode 9 was not the end for me. I thought that even though episode 10 was absolute crap, I thought episode 11 would turn the series around. However, when Sarawat was pouring his heart out to Tine and Tine did nothing?!? I thought that this is not worth it anymore. 11 hours wasted. However, I still decided to watch the last 2 episode and I regretted it dearly. And another thing, Tine had a problem with voicing out his emotions and sadly that was not captured well in this series.

3 The storyline
The storyline was honestly good in the beginning. However, I don't know who told the producer and directer that changing the storyline from the novel to that soap-drama we saw, was a good idea. They did not need to include Sarawat's ex in that way they did to have drama or a good show. Just watch Sotus the series if you want to know what I mean. It was really hard to watch the last two episodes and do you know what my reward was? Sarawat and Tine giving each other a high five at the end of ep 13!!!! I- What a disappointment.

However, one thing that did not disappoint was the music and the side actors. They were enjoyable to watch from the start to the end.

To conclude, the series was a damp squib. I will not rewatch it nor will I watch season 2 (if it comes out). I don't think anything can save this series unless the actors can build up their chemistry, and the production can stop making poor choices or stick to the novel to be safe. As other reviewers have already mentioned, this was indeed not a BL series more like an awkward story between strangers.

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The first 9 episodes are amazing. Highly recommended. Watch up to that point and then make up your own satisfying ending.

Because eps 10-13 are utter disappointment. Sarawat and Tine wind up being more like platonic roommates, who barely hug or show any closeness. You can drive a truck through them during most parts, they stand so far apart.

ManType is the only reason to watch eps 10-13. In the end, they demonstrate more closeness than the main couple.

MilPhukong is just toxic. Phukong needs to get out of that situation.

In the end, it’s a disappointment.

If it IS the case that Bright doesn’t want to do any more bl, I fully support that decision. He seemed uncomfortable with the scenes and he can’t really act.

Win is promising and I hope he finds satisfying roles in the future.

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episodes 1-10: absolutely loved it, it was great I just couldn't stop rewatching it. The plot was fine, and the characters were well developed. I didn't really have any complaints.
episodes 11-13: ON THE OTHER HAND, they really said f**k it and ruined the whole show. Once they got together they became more platonic, and it's not even about the lack of kissing (I have watched The Untamed idc about kissing), it's just just how they started behaving with each other. (Also, I don't really understand why they made them kiss twice when they were not even a couple and Tine didn't kiss back but afterwards they barely touch, god in episode 13 THEY HIGH FIVED I DIED).it's just that they somehow rushed into everything, like moving in together, and the plot and writing were lacking something. They brought in unnecessary drama when they could have just developed the side couples who deserved better. I just watched episode 13 and I was very disappointed, only Man and Type were great whereas everything else was quite underwhelming. Also, there were too many flashbacks.

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I would like to call myself a BL Drama addict, i have watched tens of them, but what really makes 2gether one of the greatest is that simplicity and inoccence to tell the story, the way that it just feels like if you were watching someone story, i mean, i know maybe the plot at the beginning by itselft may be a little cliché and unrealistic, but once you go beyond that is a hell of a drama, The acting, OMG, the acting is spot on, the way you can teel the two main character really attract each other just by the way they look each other.

I was shock when i found out that, This is Win (Tine) firts acting role, his scenes are the best of the show, he just seem like a pro, Bright (Sarawat) acting is just natural, you would even tell he isn't acting, it seems effortless. But is no only the two main character with great acting skills, Scenes including Tine's friends are comedy gold, and some of them may make you cry (thanks Fong aka "the voice of the reason"),

Its difficult to find a BL when there is no girl trying to destroy the boys love, actually i fall in love with Pear, i dont make me talk about Air (Nene) perfectness everytime she is on the sceen

To conclude, What makes 2gether one of the greatest BL out there? Well, the Amazing acting, the very realistic way the main characters seem to love eachother, The girls (did i talk you about how bad i love Air?), the boy gang, the comedy, you even feel empathy with one of the characters (Green). Great BL

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Definitely the best show that I have accidentally came across on . As a young gay guy, I've never seen many shows like this. So far it has taught me a lot, make me cry, laugh and JUMP WITH JOY. The actors are extremely, extremely talented and fit their roles perfectly. The story line is unique, funny and enjoyable, not messy at all. This show is spectacular when it comes to showing peoples inner feelings, the charisma between the main characters is to die for. The character development is amazing. Overall this is just my short opinion but I do agree that this show is a 10/10. If it wasn't for this show, I wouldn't of found all these Thai BL shows. If you like this I recommend 'Why r u', 'Sotus' and '2moons'. You can thank me later.

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If some people have doubt about watching BL Drama, don't worry just go for it. This will make you love BL dramas for sure. This drama is one of the kind. People who aren't interested in BL dramas will also love this one since it has superb romance in it. I have watched nearly all the BL dramas but so far I liked very few of them. This is one amazing drama with the most idealistic and handsome men. At first, i thought it will be the same like many other BL dramas so i didn't wanted to watch it. Also the other reason is that I'm too much impatient to wait for next episode if I liked the drama. This drama is making me loose my patience. There are still half number of episodes to go. It's hard to wait for that one day every week to watch this drama but i'm excited too when it's the day for the drama to be screened.
I was also curious about how Sarawat showed more interest in Tine as they were progressing on their fake dating thing. And then it's like BOOMMMmmm. It's great script of how and when Sarawat fell for Tine and why he didn't approach him firstly and on purpose. But I must say most BL drama have this strategy that one of the guy is straight and if a gay guy hits on this straight guy he falls for him and then he is gay too (eventhough the straight guy rejects the gay guy at first).
However, this BL dramas shows that what matters is love for that person in his heart and it doesn't matter if its a guy or girl. All that matters is LOVE and not the gender.

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Fun and Lovely BL Series

While the two lead actors claim to be straight guys in real life, there is no denying that both Bright Vachiravit and Win Metawin have an electric chemistry onscreen. Both portray Sarawat and Tine effectively and its soooo easy for the audience to fall in love with the characters and feel the story. Supporting actors were also effective and funny.

As a romantic comedy series, 2gether is successful in delivering its singular goal of giving fun and happiness to audience without being cringey or too sensual.

The OST Kangoo and the songs by Scrubb also add to the effectiveness of the series.

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