Espetacular, uma perfeição pouco falada
INCRÍVEL!! Uma série com uma história sensacional que te prende do começo ao fim. Achava q em um momento ia começar a enjoar por conta de ter loops mas isso nem chegou perto de acontecer! A cada loop eu ficava mais ansiosa e animada!A história é sensacional, um suspense ótimo de assistir, onde nada é por acaso, até os mínimos detalhes tem importância.
A atuação espetacular, os atores perfeitos, interpretaram perfeitamente.
Não tem muitas cenas românticas, o foco principal da série não é o romance, mas achei que foi tudo na medida certa, ficou perfeito.
Recomendo demais, um bl ótimo com uma história excelente.
COMENTÁRIO COM SPOILER
A última cena com o Bun de Manne of Death foi espetacular pra mim. Eu já tava reclamando ''uai eles não vão resolver o caso do tráfico de órgãos?? E ai aparece essa cena deixando a entender que quem vai resolver é o Bun. ABSOLUTAMENTE CINEMA.
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INCRÍVEL
Legal, interessante, história boa, atuação boa, desenvolvimento bom!O dorama simplesmente não fica ruim, ou chato no final como alguns acabam sendo.
Apesar de ter 13 episódios, ele te prende do começo ao fim.
Sendo sincera no começo eu estava meio relutante em assistir, o primeiro ep não tinha me agradado muito e eu até cheguei a bocejar algumas vezes, mas que bom que não desisti!
Aí é só o primeiro episódio, desse pra frente é só coisa boa (em questão de qualidade, pelo menos rs).
É um dorama que não foca apenas na relação dos personagens e tem uma história inteira onde eles estão envolvidos, eu simplesmente amo esse tipo de BL.
Além do desenvolvimento da história, também tem o desenvolvimento dos personagens.
Não é algo rápido demais, mas também não é lento demais. É apenas na medida certa.
Gostei muito da relação do Tol e do Tin.
Conforme os episódios vão passando dá pra ver a evolução e desenvolvimento dos sentimentos de ambas partes. (Inclusive a cena do Tol no hospital partiu meu coração)
O que eu gostei também é que não é só pegação sem sentido como alguns BL's aí. Não que isso seja ruim, mas as vezes eles enchem tanto de pegação que simplesmente fica chato.
Eles chegeram no equilíbrio perfeito de romance a história.
Uma observação que eu fiz é que as fotos que aparecem quando vai para os comerciais e volta são muito bonitas! Ficou realmente bom.
De qualquer forma, Triage definitivamente entrou na minha lista de doramas favoritos!
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Melhor BL tailandês até então
Primeiro BL tailandês que eu avalio com nota 10 aqui, até então só tinha dado 10 pra dois BLs:The Untamed e Word of Honor. Essa série pra mim é o auge da evolução dos BLs da Tailândia, ela entrega tudo: história original e bem desenvolvida, humor na medida certa, personagens carismáticos (e pqp como o Tae é carismático se ele atuar como uma árvore eu vou assistir e gostar), atuações bem dignas, trilha sonora envolvente...Eu sempre digo que as vezes é melhor uma história clichê bem trabalhada (como por exemplo Bad Buddy) do que uma história original porcamente desenvolvida (como por exemplo Golden Blood), mas Triage consegue ter a junção perfeita desses dois elementos, o que é algo que até então faltava nos BLs thai. Eu me envolvi bastaste pela história, comecei odiando o Tol, mas toda vez que ele morria eu ficava de coração partido. Não preciso nem falar do Tin, perfeito, engraçado, lindo, um poço de carisma (sim, eu amo muito o Tae). Também gostei bastante de alguns desenvolvimentos, como o arco do Rit e o fato da Mae não ficar como vilã e sim como uma pessoa que só quer o bem da mãe (e eu estranhamente simpatizei muito com ela e torci bastante pra ela ter um final feliz).
Eu amei muito o casal secundário e confesso que fiquei até meio decepcionada da série não trazer o desenvolvimento da relação deles, simplesmente o Tin morre, começa um novo loop e eles tão juntos e a gente não vê como tudo isso aconteceu :( mas também não acho que isso altere a qualidade. Também gostei muito do fan service que fizeram incluindo Max e Tul na série, impossível não gritar quando eles aparecem.
Enfim, essa série nem parece um BL, dá facilmente pra sentar no sofá e assistir com a família pq a história envolve bastante. Eu assisto BL da Tailândia desde que praticamente Love Sick era único existente e de lá pra cá já me contentei com muita migalha e conteúdo duvidoso, mas não mais!! Os BLs estão evoluindo e Triage tá ai, uma obra prima e símbolo dessa evolução, com certeza vale muito a pena assistir.
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UMA BOA SÉRIE (MAS NÃO É ROMÂNTICA)
Se você está procurando uma história BL essa não é a série pra você, aqui o romance é apenas pano de fundo para a história principal.Eu comecei achando que iria ver um romance hospitalar e me deparei com uma história de suspense e fantasia, mesmo não sendo o que eu estava procurando é uma boa série e cada episódio é emocionante mas eu acho que poderia ser um pouquinho mais curta pois algumas coisas ficaram repetitivas e cansativas (mas num geral é uma boa trama).
Algumas coisas ficaram sem explicação e aconteceram de forma confusa mas o enredo se salva num contexto geral.
É boa, mas não é um romance.
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Excelente!
Fora dos padrões "escolares" desta série tailandesa, é com certeza uma das melhores plots dos últimos anos. Embora seja um BL, ele foca mais em resiliência, determinação, perdão e mudança. Prende a sua atenção do início ao fim, trazendo surpresas inesperadas a cada episódio. Muito bem dirigido, o elenco é TOP: Tae Darvid e Tee Thanapon são, além de lindos, uma dupla perfeita, que desempenharam seus papéis com louvor! Uma leve ficção científica que nos leva a refletir sobre a reavaliação de conceitos morais e profissionais. Está no meu TOP 10, com certeza!Esta resenha foi útil para você?
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Digna de um Óscar
Como não leio novels com muita frequência, não estava familiarizada com a autora Sammon, mas fiquei instigada a ver a série quando soube que ela fazia parte do mesmo universo de Manner of death, que para mim foi uma das melhores séries já produzidas. Não me decepcionei em nada... Antes de assistir, procurei um curta-metragem que conta essa história para ver se me interessava, depois disso, mergulhei fundo, afinal, é gratificante ver a Tailândia quebrando os muros das universidades e criando histórias com enredos diferentes.O roteiro parece confuso no começo, e confesso que fiquei sem entender os dois primeiros episódios, mas depois disso, era impossível para mim não ficar criando teorias loucas a cada final, esperando ansiosa pela semana seguinte para ver o que aconteceria, pois se teve algo que essa série não foi, foi previsível. Existiu alívio cômico, existiram clichês, existiram vilões potenciais, existiram amizades verdadeiras e falsas, existiu relacionamento tóxico e amor familiar (ou falta dele), e todas essas histórias conseguiram ser desenvolvidas de forma a nos cativar e prender a nossa atenção. Enfim, a cada ep um surto diferente, um elenco fantástico que transmitiu de forma perfeita as emoções de cada personagem, a ponto de nos fazer odiá-lo em um ep e amá-lo e defender suas atitudes no próximo. O desenvolvimento foi feito numa construção genial, que uniu de forma brilhante o drama, o sobrenatural, o romance, e todas as situações que entrelaçaram os personagens nesse fio que parecia não ter uma ponta.
Apesar de não ter críticas ao elenco, é necessário dizer que Tae Darvid e Tee Tanapol executaram com maestria o melhor papel de suas carreiras. Eles atuaram com sentimento, segurança e realmente foram o Dr. Tim e Tol
A série é única, maravilhosa, sempre vou panfletar ela. Sempre que bater a saudade eu vou rever, e peço a cada pessoa que gosta de BL's de qualidade que vejam e se encantem.
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Bom, vou começar dizendo os pontos fortes desse BL, na minha visão.A começar que o BL é quase que inteiramente perfeito do começo ao fim, a adrenalina causada pela trama que se desenvolve a cada episódio é absurda, e tão viciante que chega a ser quase tóxica para nós, por que junto com os protagonistas, nós vamos sofrendo todas as batalhas, lutas e dores deles, e é impossível nao se sentir extremamente tocado e sensivel com tudo o que acontece com eles, mas mesmo assim, não conseguimos parar de assistir, como eu disse, uma adrenalina "tóxica" de tão viciante. Mas no fim você termina com uma sensação de prazer por ter passado por tudo isso, já que tem um final feliz. Eu particularmente tive uma relação de amor e ódio com esse BL, com tendências possivelmente masoquistas por que eu sabia que estava me afetando mais do que eu podia emocionalmente, mas não consegui parar de ver até que acabasse.
Alguns pontos que eu gostei muito nesse BL:
- A personalidade de Tin é algo que me chamou muito a atenção e me fez se apegar MUITO a ele, por que ele é um dos personagens mais gentis que eu já vi em todos os BLs, 100% uma green flag. Um dos personagens mais humanos que ja vi, eu simplesmente sou apaixonado por sua humildade!
- A dinâmica do casal principal. Eu amo como Tol é um pouco mais, como posso dizer, "ousado" e Tin é mais tímido. Por que estou dizendo isso? Bom, podemos ver que Tol se tornou muito a vontade quando já estava com Tin. E mesmo quando Tin estava sem memória alguma dele, Tol parecia não ter a mínima vergonha de estar sempre tentando procurar oportunidades para fazê-lo se apaixonar por si de novo, e consequentemente, beijá-lo. Já Tin, nunca avançou até ter certeza de que Tol desse sinais de que também gostava dele, nem mesmo flertou com ele. E constantemente ficava sem saber como reagir ou até mesmo gaguejava e eu acho isso simplesmente adorável! Ao decorrer da história, entedemos que Tin tem uma personalidade gentil, sensível e vulnerável, e que Tol, apesar de sua doença cardíaca o tornar mais vulnerável que outros naturalmente, ainda consegue se defender e lutar pelo que acredita. O que quero dizer é que eu amo como o equilíbrio é estabelecido perfeitamente entre o casal, sem que nenhum deles seja mostrado como "mais forte" ou "mais fraco" que o outro, como é costumeiro aparecer em BLs os quais o Top é o "fodão" e o Bottom é o "indefeso". Neste BL ambos os garotos tem seus momentos de vulnerabilidade mas também de força. E eu valorizo demais isso em um BL.
- E por último e não menos importante, queria falar sobre um tópico que me trouxe uma reflexão. "Triage" me trouxe um pensamento de que enquanto queremos que alguém goste de nós, não devemos "forçar" esses sentimentos à outra pessoa. Percebemos isso quando Tin, depois de muitos loops, tenta desesperadamente fazer com que Tol tenha simpatia por si, e mais tarde, se apaixone. Todas as tentativas "forçadas" de Tin nunca deram certo, porém, sem que ele percebesse, outras opotunidades que não foram planejadas por ele, os fizeram ficar mais próximos. A mesma coisa aconteceu com Tol, só que de uma forma mais rápida já que estava no fim da temporada. Reforçando tudo que acabei de dizer acima. Tudo vai dar certo se você ir com calma e não se apressar.
Agora, vamos aos pontos negativos.
Eu só não dei nota 10 para Triage por conta de duas coisas.
1- O final, apesar de ser feliz e lindo, na minha opinião não compensa todo o sofrimento que passamos assistindo até então, só compensaria se fosse ter uma segunda temporada, por que literalmente tivemos apenas MIGALHAS de como é/seria a vida de casal de Tin e Tol. Mas depois de todo estresse, nervoso e tristeza que passamos, é só isso que temos deles FINALMENTE se livrando de toda dor e sendo felizes??? Por que se for parar para pensar, durante o BL todo até o finalzinho, nós só vimos eles vivendo dentro desse loop, ou seja, vemos a mesma semana/dias deles repetidamente, mas nenhum desenvolvimento depois disso. Não compensa!
2- O casal secundário merecia um desenvolvimento. Digo, eu entendo que não tinha tempo pra mostrar como eles ficaram juntos, mas é realmente frustrante eles DE REPENTE aparecerem namorando e não temos nem uma explicação sobre como foi isso?? Poxa, nós estávamos esperando ver eles se declararem!
Observações finais:
O BL é maravilhoso, é bom por que não é inteiramente só focado no casal como outros BLs, mas eu senti como se fosse mais drama do que BL, eu AMO o casal principal, mas apenas queria mais momentos deles como casal vivendo suas vidas depois de todo o sofrimento, era literalmente TUDO que eu queria para ser feliz e o unico motivo pelo qual dei 9,5 e não um 10. Mas é isso, recomendo, assistam sabendo que vão passar por muito sofrimento, desespero, adrenalina e choro, mas também momentos de felicidade e boas risadas apesar de menos frequentes. Mas ainda espero que tenha uma segunda temporada para mostrar como ficou a vida de Tin e Tol depois de tudo, é praticamente OBRIGATORIO!!!!!!
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UM DOS MAIORES ACERTOS DA TAILÂNDIA
Quem conhece o famoso casal TaeTee que atuam juntos há algum tempo, já imaginava vê-los nas telinhas com um drama protagonizado com eles, pois em 2 Moons o casal que eles estrelavam sequer chegou a ser desenvolvido. Além disso, quem poderia imaginar que após aquele curta-metragem lançado em meados de 2019 fosse originar essa série tão maravilhosa e com uma trama envolvente? E sabem o que é melhor, ela foi gravada em segredo e teve a mesma direção de "Manner Of Death". Como todo drama médico (um gênero pelo qual sou viciado), temos Tin (Tae Darvid), um médico que trabalha na emergência em seu terceiro ano de residência. Em determinado dia, após não ter conseguido salvar a vida de um jovem, ele se encontra em um loop temporal e sempre retorna ao passado na missão de salvar a vida de Tol (Tee Tanaphon) que morre todos os dias às 22h55. Contudo, há uma trama muito mais obscura e profunda girando em torno do hospital que acaba conectando todos os personagens envolvidos.Vocês que estão acostumados com dramas médicos, podem entender como traduzir isso para as telinhas é algo trabalhoso e, por vezes, ambicioso; os procedimentos médicos, os jargões utilizados na sala de cirurgia, tudo isso acaba influenciando a qualidade da trama. Com Triage não é diferente. Para a nossa sorte, o roteiro e a direção são impecáveis, afinal, como duvidar da direção que produziu Manner Of Death? Honestamente, eu acho a ideia de loops temporais um pouco perigosa, uma vez que as chances de furos no roteiro aumentam. Entretanto, a narrativa é muito bem trabalhada e quase não há (ou não há) pontas soltas. Devo alertar que aqueles que irão assistir a série esperando foco no romance e seu desenvolvimento, estão se enganando. O BL é um suspense, um thriller que foca principalmente nos loops temporais e nos crimes praticados dentro do hospital, enquanto o romance é jogado para terceiro plano com algum desenvolvimento satisfatório por parte do casal principal. Em momento algum, a série se propõe a desenvolver um relacionamento apenas para satisfazer a audiência. Porém, o romance chega, meus amores. E quando ele chega, nossa, que satisfação. Ocorre uma quebra prazerosa entre o thriller, a comédia e a interação entre os protagonistas.
Meu primeiro contato com Boys Love foi com os dramas Together With Me e 2 Moons, então tenho um apreço e um carinho gigantescos pelo Tae e o Tee. Se eles não puderam se provar com 2 Moons, meus amores, aqui eles entregam e entregam tudo. Fome nós não passamos. Seja através do médico bem intencionado que ainda sofre com a morte da irmã que o impede de cuidar de certos tipos de pacientes, até mesmo o médico mais ríspido e seco que encontramos em outra linha do tempo; certamente, o Tae Darvid nos ofereceu um show de atuação com sua fluidez para moldar o seu personagem à trama do início ao fim do drama. Tee se mostra como o príncipe gelado no início e externando muito pouco seus sentimentos (o que pode dar a impressão de que ele não tem muitas expressões), mas que se entrega a paixão que sente por Tin no meio do drama em diante. Algo que vale a pena destacar são os cuidados com a descrições de procedimentos e dos jargões médicos utilizados para o drama, pois para aqueles que não sabem a autora é verdadeiramente uma médica. Além disso, a série traz a luz uma importante crítica social sobre o tráfico de órgãos humanos.
Mesmo que a série tenha sido ótima do início ao fim, tenho minhas ressalvas quanto ao último loop temporal que sofreu com um roteiro disperso e apressado, utilizando-se muito do recurso que conhecemos como "Deus Ex-Machina" para a resolução do crime. Outra coisa que me deixou incomodado foi o casal secundário, pois ainda que o foco da série não seja o romance, temos para nós desde o primeiro episódio que ambos gostam um do outro, contudo eles se bicam demais para que no último loop temporal, eles se tornem um casal de uma hora para a outra sem qualquer tipo de desenvolvimento mais sólido. Os vilões também se tornam mais caricatos nos últimos episódios. Talvez minha análise seja parcial, porque amo dramas médicos e os atores principais estão na minha lista de favoritos, então passo pano, sim! Todavia, ainda considero que "Triage" foi um dos maiores acertos da Tailândia até os dias de hoje, mesclando suspense, ação, romance e crítica social, nos mostrando que BLs não são só casalzinhos e pegação, podendo ter uma profundidade mais ampla e tratar de temas mais sensíveis sem apelação. Quem estiver interessado em assistir, vá em frente, porque não irá se arrepender.
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THE BEST ASIAN BL EVER MADE
THE GODS THEMSELVES BLESSED HER. F*CKKKK, WHO TAUGHT SAMMON (writer of Triage) HOW TO WRITE.Triage absolutely caught me unawares. Now, I have watched BLs for 8 years (since 2014) and in that period I have watched over 370+ BLs, BLs from every area of life, from different countries and genres. I can proudly say that Triage is my best BL ever made or released (followed closely by The Untamed at number 2).
I was not ready for the phenomenon that is Triage, like I started this series and it was kind of slow in episode 1 and 2 but I am not the type of person that usually drops a show if I don't like the first few episodes and I can say that was the best decision of my life with regards to BLs, I absolutely love how well knit this series is and how realistic it is, the social issues that it handles and addresses and how it does this without being cliche or boring.
But what amazes me the most is how this woman managed to tie the entirety of Triage to Manner of Death, like her brilliance in all of this, I don't know how I will ever lower my standards for Thai BLs. THIS SERIES WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED IN THAILAND
Anyways, let me get to the review proper.
If you have read my reviews in the past, I review series in 8 standard areas/categories.
1. Introduction
2. General Review, Themes and Specific Issues
3. Story Arc and Storylines
4. Characters and Casting
5. Acting
6. Misses
7. Production
8. Rewatch Value
Introduction
In summary, this series is more about how interconnected the lives of different characters in the series can be without them knowing, it is about an abuse of a position of power and trust, it is about the complexities of love, it is about the desperations of life and how life can hand us such a bad set of cards, it is about the weaponization of poor disparity to keep the oppressed in an oppressed position. Along the line of all these things, we get to witness two men fall in love, in what might be one of the purest forms of love, a love that nurtures and guides, a love that doesn't judge, a love that grows us and develops us.
If I say this series took me by surprise which was what made it all that more pleasant to watch because I had ZERO expectations from it, but it absolutely SMASHED!!!! every possible barrier. Like when this series was being made, all the gods of earth were in the room with them because that is the only thing that can explain the execution I got from this series. I saw one of the videos on twitter, they literally had doctors on set with them to teach them what certain procedures should look like, the precise places to perform a surgery etc and I had a medical student as well as a doctor who watched the series who said their medical procedures were really spot on.
The series was so mature in how they handled their storylines, their concepts and issues, they did not make caricatures of any characters, they did not attempt to villainize any of the characters out of stereotypes (I was particularly worried they would do that to Mai, but the mature way the addressed Mai, Heart and Tol's relationship in the series).
LIKE FUCKKKKKKKK, these people really gave me such a good time in the series, that just thinking about it makes me smile like a child and giggle. I am almost tempted to say this series had no flaws but I won't lie the slow start in episode 1 and 2 is kind of a flaw because it may dissuade the impatient viewer from continuing with the show and making them miss the gem that they will get in the rest of the series.
Alright I know I am sounding like a broken record, so it's time for me to move to the next segment.
General Review, Themes and Specific Issues
For a general review, Triage is a sleeper hit, because Triage was such a refreshing breath to me, I had intended to give up watching BLs in October of 2022 (I don't know why I had a specific date) but the series just had the IT FACTOR, it was refreshing to see detail in that sense, as well as the amount of detail paid to medical terms, autopsy, surgery etc.
I was pleased with the level of suspense they left us with after each episode, like they dropped tidbits of knowledge that make you eager to learn more by the next week, and there was a certain level of complexity with the amount of attention devoted to the mystery. Knowing each character's driving forces and having the utmost suspicion for each one
I loved the series for so many things, they always made me laugh and roll over with laughter with how in love Tol was with Tin, how much of a bxtch Tin was to Tol, sadness with Rit when he discovered his information, sadness for Tin when Tol and Fukfang both died. This series made me feel all the emotions possible, joy, happiness, sadness, rage etc.
Now to the themes and issues addressed, there were so many real-life issues addressed in the show that if I decided to touch on everyone, I would exhaust my word limit on the review, because Sammon is just that good of a writer, she knows how to handle issues, but here are a few that I have identified and picked out:
1. Medical Malpractice and Organ Harvesting - Seeing a BL cover an issue as serious as this and as underrepresented in mainstream media was so exciting because this is a real-life issue we battle in the real world. From the improper administration of drugs to patients to the illegal removal of patient's organs, the series touched on an epidemic that has plagued the lives of so many persons who have had a need to use health facilities especially where the person cannot afford the most expensive of facilities. People don't understand the pain that comes with having your organ stolen but the series handles this pain so beautifully it could not have been better.
2. Relationships that build each other - I think in Thai media and media at large, we have been exposed so much to a love that is always toxic and destructive, that we have started to adapt to this as a form of "healthy" relationship. One thing I loved in the series was the fact that Tin never once judged Tol for his actions, instead he worked with him to try and do better, which is more important than most in a relationship that you are developing each other. Another angle in which I saw this was with Tol to Mai, we can all clearly see that Tol loved Mai in the previous loops (else why would he always die because of her), but I love how much when he found out about the reason why she was dating him, he didn't become bitter or vow to destroy her, no he understood why she did what she did and helped to ensure her mother got the appropriate care she needed, this is what I mean by having relationships when you edify each other.
3. The Effect of each of our actions: This is best portrayed in Tin and Tol and the drunk guy that was saved in the last episode. The effect of choices, every decision we make, no matter how remote or isolated it is, has an adverse effect on tons of lives, take an example, Tol saving that man's life now, impacts not just the man, but his family as well, who only God knows might be the sole bread winner of the family.
Tol said that is in-line with this -"Because someone doesn't love his life, doesn't mean there aren't those they love and that love them back. Saving a guy's life can make a lot of people happy "
It goes to the fact Tin was so blinded in rage about his sister that he forgot one of his core oaths as a doctor, DO NO HARM, his actions hurt someone, whether or not he sees them or not. Tol just talks about making them happy but me, my thoughts take it farther, not just their happiness but the overall impacts on their life
4. Wealth Gap and Oppression of the Poor - One of the most important themes of this series is how the voice of the poor is often robbed from them, we see Rit who initially commits suicide is led to those actions because his rich and more powerful friends' asides treating him like shit, steal his ideas and get away with it because the society is built to favour the rich and powerful. We also get this in Mai, who basically forced to enter a relationship she does not want to be in because it can pay her mother's bills, again portraying how expensive the health system is but also how it oppresses the poor from getting vital healthcare.
5. Mental Health: I felt almost foolish at the finale for hating Doi all through the series, the way she handled Doi's mental health, she didn't do something that writers and the world likes to do often and that is treating mental health as a crime. I always asked myself what Doi's motivators were and I wouldn't lie, I hated him for his interference in the series but I must say, when it was unveiled that he has mental health issues with him in the psych ward, damn, I was so happy with the writer becasue she shows often times, what these people need is the appropriate help not hatred
6. Senseless Injustices - Another prevalent issue or theme in this is the uncontrollable nature of injustice, asides Rit and Mai whom I have spoken about in number 4, we see uncontrollable injustice with Tin's sister and I think this specific theme is important because I understand how bad it can get when some of these injustices happens.
7. Forgiveness because there was a lot of forgiveness going around, from Tol towards Mai, Rit to Tol etc.
8. Bribery and Corruption - Honestly on this theme, I don't think I will go so much into it
So that is everything on general review, themes and specific issues.
Characters/Story Arc and Storyline
1. Tin, for Tin we see Tin have to come out of his shell, his dislike for humans and his judgemental high grounds to actually develop a conscience, fall in love and try saving people. At the start of the series, we meet an already broken person in Tin without realizing that he is broken, although we get a first hint of this where he is being kinda bitchy about treating a drunk person but the story arc of Tin has him maturing, seeing that life is not always what it seems to be especially with him discovering that Tol was not actually drunk and he had judged him too much. From his attempt to save Tol, we see Tin slowly change as a person on a whole he becomes softer not to only Tol, but those around him as well. His character development was really great to see. Seeing the efforts Tin put in on his side to being there for Tol broke me????, man legit studied a course he has no background in, just to stop Tol from cheating.... This is why I always say, it's the tiny things that matter.... This is such a positive example of passing across what a healthy relationship should look like.... Working to build each other up.
Also Tin being an ER doctor makes sense, when you explain it like this, he is an ER doctor, prolong their lives long enough to see other doctors. Because his personality doesn't mix well with other humans, and as an ER doctor, most patients are not in a state to be able to talk.
2. Tol is a rich boy, who it pretty and has always gotten what he wants, this of course makes him a spoilt brat who doesn't appreciate anything beside him. It makes him ruin his friendships with people without realizing that he is doing so, it makes him lazy and naive (the attempt to cheat in the anti-fraud exam.... the irony of cheating on anti-fraud). I mentioned it earlier but I love how his dynamic with Tin through the series, why did I particularly love this because Tin corrected Tol with love rather than judgement, he took his time to teach and explain why each of the imperfections and flaws. I think we get to see Tol develop from this immature self to ultimately being the one that has to save everyone in this final loop. If that is not character development, I don't know what is.
But can we take a moment to acknowledge how cursed Tol is with love, I mean my guy, women are using him for his money and the man is cursed to either watch him die or he watches the man die, like my dude should just give it up. But Tol was so in love
3. Jinta, our ultimate hookup master, lol, this man needs to be taught what privacy laws, because the way he just drops in it is funny, Tol trying to cover his eyes from seeing him and Tin do the deed got me. Jinta's hookup service is extreme because it is literally do or die, either you get him to be with you or he dies and you never get him back, the terms of his deal are simple, which is hillarious to see him stress Tol like that
4. Heart and Mai, surprisingly, I did not hate Heart and Mai, I love the clarity that the series gave to them both, Heart was not made to be some deadbeat guy who was using his girlfriend to defraud someone, instead you could see him actively trying to be better and available for her and Mai couldn't be blamed either, society put her in the position of having to trick Tol for the sake of her mother's life.
5. Gap and Sing were just adorable, watching Gap get jealous all the time was so funny to see because he was sulky about it. I liked how in this current loop; they are already together.
6. I hated Sak and his Lackey
Now on a general, I love how they tied their stories together and created parallels
1. If you followed the memories carefully, you would notice that the Tol and Mai fight, where he throws her and she gets cut, it's a replica of Heart and Mai fight, so since in the previous loop, he is in the knowledge of everything and he is already with Tin, balance is struck by having Heart and Mai have the fight instead.
2. Similar to how Tin also died at 10:55pm July 18th similar to Tol's time of death in the loop. Notice the cause of death is always linked to a party? Since the first cause of death was him chasing after Mai at the party, he threw to appease her, Tin's death was at Tol's party for his accomplishment because in this loop, Mai's party couldn't exist and be the cause of death... So now it's Tol's party that has replaced it and is the cause of death
3. The crossing of the loop with Tol seeing the memories, thus why Tol was physical in one of Tin's loops just made so much fucking sense, because in Tol's view, he is seeing how far Tin went for him, literally battling days of no sleep, just to have a way to save him and if you link if to the previous episode 4, it is shown to be a driving motivation for Tin... if you go back to episode 4 where the OG Tin seeing Tol scene happened, the music is the same as the music in episode 11, the conversations are also the same... Word for word.... The scene also makes sense now, on why Tol was so intimate with him in the scene when they didn't have a relationship yet.... Also, if you noticed, Tin "woke up" in episode 4, right when Jinta switched the memories in episode 11... LIKE THE FUCKING ATTENTION TO DETAILS!!!!!!!!!!!
4. Using their parents to get to each other
5. There was no scene that was left unexplained, every part was carried fully
Casting and Acting.
1. Tee Thanapon Jarujitranon is a FUCKING ACTOR!!!!!! The way he portrayed one important factor in his search for Jinta, so he can bring back Tin.... It's very important because Tin has had a cool and measured approach because he started trying to save Tol when he had no feelings for Tol, but subsequently those feelings developed and that's why his death in episode 6 pained him more.... But with Tol, we see that he is already in love with Tin when Tin dies, so the way they portrayed his anxiety to get his lover back is so great and realistic...... Like the utter desperation he displayed to Jinta as well as when he was still in his ghost form at the beginning of the memories and Tin was trying to save his life.... His reactions ????, when he is back to the past, we can see the desperation with which he tries to reunite with Tin, including faking the medical emergency (to a literal doctor), Tee is able to embody all of this, including the great love for Tin, which is beautiful
2. Tae was absolutely awesome as well as Dr. Tin, he gave the sassy and bitchy vibes completely well, his sequence in episode 6 after the deaths of Tol and Fang was so painful to watch, the tears and all. His gentle smile when he sees Tin. He absolutely delivered his scenes as well. His struggle to save Tol was palatable to me, I felt his frustrations in episode 1 and 2, I felt every disappointment of his because he was communicating it so well. I love how he characterizes Tin as a flawed human who was also in need of fixing.
3. The entire burial scene of Tin was really good acting from the cast, it felt like someone really died, the tears and crying didn't seem forced
Misses (There are none to me, so here are funny bits instead)
1. Tol assaulting Tin in his sleep (joking), so he can get him to remember him
2. Tol trying to block Jinta's eyes from him and Tin
3. Tin saying Nosy/Rosy
4. Tol trying to fake drowning (a medical incident to a doctor)
5. Gap thinking sing wanted to have sex in the medical room
Production
On production this series definitely put total thought into all aspects that they needed to make sure they are a 100% and they did their assignment on that, from the medical scenes to the acting etc. Like the open heart surgery, it was way too real, the irony of that scene was that right before they showed it, I was dragging them that they won't show it, they would just skip the scene and show us hours later, next thing I saw a blade cutting someone's skin and blood gushing out and I was like "alright, too realistic for me" but yes, scenes like that accentuated the series for me.
Rewatch Value
Heck I am rewatching this show this night
Again, I must say I absolutely love this show. It is the Best Thai BL ever
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1Had the potential to be the best BL of all time, but ended up a mess.
This series got off to a good start, but took a wrong turn around ep 10 and largely fell apart. The plot centers around Dr. Tin, who gets trapped in a time loop that he can only escape by saving Tol, an accident victim. He repeatedly fails, falls asleep, then begins the same day again, etc. Along the way he gradually uncovers more and more of the mystery of what happened, and draws closer and closer to Tol, the man he has to save.It's quite well written - until it's not. Close to the end the perspective shifts to Tol, which deflates all the dramatic tension built up to this point, and then suddenly people's personalities change, to the point it doesn't feel like we're dealing with the same characters anymore. The story also starts to take a lot of "cheats", where the "rules" of the setup are changed in fairly silly ways - like all of a sudden kisses restore memories of past time loops - even if non-consensual, even unwanted, so it's not Love or something, it's just lips touching that works. There's also a magical notebook which makes no sense, i.e. if you go back in time, what you wrote before shouldn't be there anymore, and the way it's given to someone else makes no sense.
The finale is so random that I stopped caring what happened, and the ending is flat and anticlimactic. It's happy-ish although it doesn't make sense so it's not really satisfying.
The acting is superb all-around. This is Tee's best performance - he was adorable in Miracle of Teddy Bear, but here he plays are darker and more complex character, and everything he does is so authentic. Tae is also wonderful in this - he has that impish smirk, but he can also play cute and vulnerable and then shift to on-fire sexy - but it's his subtle moments that are the most impressive. At the end of Ep 9 he's so powerful - both of them are. Their chemistry is so on point, and so natural, and their characters are so fully realized. But then that's all thrown out and they essentially become different people.
The music is way better than typical - there are no old-fashioned power-ballads, and the soundtrack effectively supports the story.
One warning - there is a huge amount of secondhand embarassment in this - Tin is a terrible liar and he screws everything up constantly, and it's painful to watch. It's very well done, but I had to take breaks sometimes.
I loved this series up to about Ep 10 - after that I more or less stopped caring. It was still overall a good experience, but the lazy writing in the last few episodes prevented this from being one of my favorites of all time, and I was sure it would be.
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Must watch series
I’m so glad to see Tae and Tee together again after 2 moons not giving them any screen time together. Im soooooo happy. Their chemistry is off charts and I love this series so muchhhhh. I really recommend everyone to watch this series! I’m so excited for the upcoming episodes, currently its on my top ten list.This series offers something completely different than what we are used to and I’m here for it.
My friends and I have been crying over this show since it started. Really obsessed with the cast, plot, dynamics and everything. I cant really say much without spoiling it to those who hasn’t seen. Haha
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Good but definitely not the best BL series ever
Wow... I'm surprised by the amount of reviews and comments that have labeled this series as the "best BL series ever" writing long reviews that basically don't say much as all tend to go around in circles. People tend to give positive reviews based on how cute or hot the actors are, how well they acted, how much chemistry the main couple has, and other banal things that have caused an explosion of mediocre BLs over the past 2-3 years (most of GMMTV BLs for example) and an explosion of BLs done by low-budget companies who just produce a BL for the sake of getting some money. Most people forget to judge the show on concepts like plot, storyline, writing, and directing... which are always difficult to judge as many get blinded by how hot Tee looks or how well Tae portrays his character. In reality, "Triage" was good but it was definitely not the best BL series ever, I mean, did we watch the same show? Here is why...First, the good (which I admit, there is a lot of):
1. The acting: I believe we've seen Tee (playing Aek/Tol) and Tae (playing Dr. Tin) at their best. Tae was recently with Singto in "Paint With Love" and the show never really brought that much excitement and Tee played a cute/lovable character (for some moments) in "The Miracle of Teddy Bear". Both played the originals Forth and Beam in "2Moons" (before the whole cast changed for "2Moons2" and then changed again for "2Moons3: The Ambassador" that is supposedly coming at some point this or next year), so we knew they were familiar with each other and it shows. The chemistry is there, and not only for the kissing scenes, but also for the more dramatic moments as both seemed to have a connection in terms of what to expect from the other. The supporting cast was also good with Tonnam (playing Dr. Sing) and Dr. Aob (playing Dr. Gap) being the secondary couple but providing real support to the leads while dealing with the organ harvesting and corruption of Dr. Sak and Dr. Doi. Fiat (playing Rit) had some solid moments and it is a shame that he is currently dealing with some mental issues and on hiatus from acting until he recovers. Morris (playing Jinta) and Kradum (playing Dr. Sak... who we recently saw as an exemplary police officer who was also the father of Tee's character in "The Miracle of Teddy Bear") take the more adult roles in the show one serving as the guide to all the loops Dr. Tin has to go through and the other serving as the villain of the series. The other doctors and the lead male nurse all provided good moments in the show as well as it was clear they were there to fill a specific purpose and not just to fill the show with more faces.
2. Dr. Sammon: The writer does it again... "Manner of Death" with Max and Tul and this series have been two of her most successful stories so far (she also wrote "Bite Me" but that was mediocre at best due to terrible directing), as both are set up in other places different from the hundreds of BLs set up in university and both deal with serious topics that are barely covered in Thai TV and/or a BL story such as abuse of power, human trafficking and prostitution (in "Manner of Death") and organ harvesting, corruption, bribery and abuse of power (in "Triage"). In both stories these subjects are dealt head on by the lead actors and are handled correctly. In addition, being a doctor herself, the actors who had to work in the hospital received actual training from real doctors and Dr. Aob was also selected to play a character (Dr. Gap) but had the role of supervising his fellow actors in the challenging medical scenes. I think that made a huge difference from just training Tae, Tonnam, and the others, and then just let them do it on their own compared to training them and have an actor who is an actual doctor going to the scenes alongside them, that was a good move. As a side note... Dr. Sammon's next story to be adapted into a BL has more doctors but with a supernatural theme and apparently will have Judo (who appeared in "The Miracle of Teddy Bear") and Fluke Natouch as the leads... it might be weird to see Fluke without Ohm but also interesting to see how that story is developed.
Now, the in-between:
3. The plot: Here is where the series begins to falter a bit... the idea of someone living inside a time loop and having to repeat the same storyline over and over is not new on TV but it is for BLs... so, from that point, the show scores one point for being original and forgetting about engineering/medical students, universities, trope parents who either ship gay couples or who are completely against them, screaming/whining/ultra jealous female characters, unnecessary love triangles (sometimes even love squares), and boring storylines. The plot then also becomes a bit of weak point of the show after episode 10 as these episodes were set from Dr. Tin's perspective, this is his time loop after all, right? Jinta mentions that he needs to save Tol to break from the loop cycle and he gets better and better at connecting the pieces together and trying to solve all the issues around Tol's death. We are aware that his actions have consequences in what he changes on each loop and also we know that while he takes a bit of time to remember previous loops, I was under the impression that the others were not able to remember them. From episode 11 until the end we switched to Tol's perspective as Dr. Tin is killed in one of the loops and Tol begs Jinta to bring him back. That to me was the weak point as the series begins under the premise that Dr. Tin MUST save Tol's life or repeat the loop over and over... on episode 10 he does that, but he dies in the process... in theory, he broke the loop and that should be the end, EXCEPT for the fact that now Tol feels bad and wants to save Dr. Tin so he is now able to summon and see Jinta and ask for one chance. What takes Dr. Tin 10 episodes to partially solve, takes Tol only 3 thanks to the magical notebook with all the notes from the previous loops that Dr. Tin can't see on episode 12 and the magical kisses that suddenly restore the memories. The side couple of Dr. Sing and Dr. Gap doesn't even have a relationship until the final loop and while we know Gap likes Sing, Sing's personality is trending towards being a bit of a jerk towards Gap, so it was weird that all of the sudden, a new loop happens and they are happily together. Finally, some of the female characters in the show like Mai, Dr. Fang and Dear are good characters in the whole Dr. Sak saga but just bring unnecessary tension between the lead couple in their relationship as in some loops Dr. Tin seems to be close to Dear and Tol is jealous and Mai is just using Tol to pay for her mother's treatment when she is already dating Heart.
And the not so good:
4. The final episode: Once again, and I'm not sure if this they way Dr. Sammon planned it in the written novel, but just like in "Manner of Death", the ending of "Triage" felt so rushed. The episode is around 45 minutes long (taking out the introduction, the reminder of what happened in episode 13, the final credits, and the pictures of the cast and crew), and in that time Dr. Doi kidnaps Rit and Dr. Sing, shoots Sing, takes Gap as hostage, fights with the latter two, gets knocked out, suddenly appears in the basement where Dr. Sak and the organ trafficking gang were keeping Tol and Dr. Tin hostage and tries to kill Tin with a poisoned needle and then is captured and goes crazy. That's a lot for a character that was simply moved by greed and power and then apparently had some daddy issues or needed Dr. Sak's approval as he "is doing all of this for Dr. Sak" and "wants to show him he can do the job of cleaning up". Such a useless character played a major part in the final episode and as it happened on "Manner of Death", the villains don't get proper punishment through the justice system, which is quite disappointing... Dr. Doi goes crazy and Dr. Sak is murdered by the organ traffickers who are never captured. But, what I think bothered me the most of the ending was the actual ending... Dr. Tin is in a comma after being poisoned by Dr. Doi and Tol writes him a diary in the magic notebook for him to remember when he wakes up as he is transported to a different hospital. Tol goes on to live his life until one day Dr. Tin suddenly appears in the clock tower where they kissed for the first time and after pretending not to remember Tol, he tells him about how the magic kisses bring back memories so they kiss while Tul makes another special appearance to discover the organ traffickers harvested Dr. Sak's kidney before he died. Oh the mystery!
The way Dr. Tin came back was a bit underwhelming as he is in a comma and then suddenly he is there, next to Tol... AND Jinta is nowhere to be seen after the loop ends... for a character who appeared in every silly way possible and in every unexpected moment possible, it was odd not to have him in the final scenes at all.
So, in summary... "Triage" is a good series and a ray of light in a sea of mediocrity that BLs have become lately as it brought a different story with a different pace and brought great acting and solid writing. But, is most certainly not the best BL series ever written, let's be real about that.
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