This was so much better than Joy and Pol's version. The changes I thought were appropriate and fitted to the lakorn more. Though this Mor Sattawat is only 10% better than Pol's version, both are relatively still quite stupid. Fast paced, each episode went somewhere and I was surprised that the lakorn actually came to a point where the pra'nang got along and got lovey dovey. Thank god Ch3 is more open with love scenes and kissing, the lakorn wouldn't have the same effect if it was partially cut like before.
Somika! While the old version's Som is a bitch, unapologetically a bitch even to the point of almost slapping p'ek's mom, she wasn't entirely psychotic or THAT evil. This one was anger inducing to watch since she is entirely psychotic and delusional and completely evil. That speech at the end where she asks what she did wrong for people to leave her was laughable. You freaking helped arrange to get your boyfriend's niece raped, thats why you got dumped. I guess they changed Som from being the girlfriend from the last version to being just a friend here helped make her more psychotic since Wat never gave her hope, always keeping her at an arm's length, though strangely he seemed more close to her after marriage which is problematic and made him more of an idiot. I don't think she paid enough, so what you can't see your dad for a few years, he's rich, he can arrange for something clever. You freaking hit a pregnant woman with a car and then whine and cry that you are the victim and what's even more angering is that she isn't doing it to manipulate Wat but she genuinely thinks that she is the victim. Kudos to Namcha for making me hate her.
All the characters had their depth despite some of their stupidity. Chaiya was well written, made the audience love and hate him at the same time and you are meant to see his entire depth. Nut did indeed give him hope, after all they were close in age and she was always overly physically close to him, especially at that dancing part, not something I would do to a family member who was close in age. I liked Pop with Eye, they are super cute. Wish they had more development with their love story, kind of felt thrown together at times.
James did well in this role. I've always thought of him as a great actor since his first lakorn, he's not what I would call eye candy for me but his acting lures you in. While he and Kim had chemistry I didn't think they were physically compatible but it didn't really distract from the lakorn much. I really liked the ending, any ending with a happy family is always a good one to me. Thanks Anne for changing the flaws of the old version and making this one a well rounded lakorn.