Did they expand the role of Mae Klin because they got Namtarn to play her? I agree that her role is pointless. She shows up to screech at Puttarn and that's about it. I get the whole karma/old debts thing they're going for but they should work her character into the cast better.
That’s basically the main speculation of fans now.
I think in a few eps they seemed to show Namtarn as the rai character that brings in some comedic elements but there’s really too much of her character in the drama.
There are many characters, which I like, but each character doesn’t have a lot of dimension. Not even pra’nang. Pope is acting well given the challenges, but Rit is not seen at work much. He going to Pudtarn’s house so often. And sulking. Even if as a junior civil servant he doesn’t have much to do yet, or during King Tai Sa’s reign there wasn’t much conflict, surely there were projects that were ongoing that could involve them? I think the boyband should have had more scenes in action before George died.
Phraya Wisutsakorn is also not seen to be working much. He’s just at home with his wife. Even if as a senior civil servant he doesn’t have to be out often, there could be people coming over to the house often for meetings, etc?
Pudtarn is created as a tomboyish girl who’s reserved and cold. And constantly fights with Rit, teases him. But to give the character more dimension, her cooking scenes are many but there are little explanation as to how the food is cooked and prepared etc. The ingredients looked like they were already prepared and then it looked like she just had to put the finishing touches on the dishes and serve. They could have shown her preparing some of the cosmetics or making her face mask too. But the editing basically shows them already made and she’s just ready to sell them.
Since Prang & Kaew are in the palace, the show could also show a bit of what they do there. But maybe that could add too much cost in terms of added filming location and extra casting.