Sadly, this series falls into the same trap most GMM shows do. I really wanted it to be good because the premise genuinely had potential. And honestly, it starts out strong: playful, funny, with a fun little love-scam angle running through it. But around episode four or five, it slips back into the same worn-out formula every other show like this uses, leaving very little that sticks with you. There are twelve episodes, each roughly fifty five to sixty minutes long, so it demands a serious time commitment, yet it never offers enough charm to make all that feel worthwhile.
The story centers on cousins Pai and North, both heirs to a rich, influential family. Pai is doing well in business, while North keeps wasting family money on ventures that fail. We first meet Tim, whose random encounter with Pai gradually turns into a slow-burn romance. But it is revealed pretty quickly that Tim had been after Pai from the beginning, intending to make him fall in love so he could secure a comfortable life with a wealthy man, while secretly also dating several rich women on the side. At roughly the same time, North meets U during a hiking trip and immediately falls for him. This comes right after North’s breakup, and in a moment of impulsiveness, he proposes to U right there, even offering him money to agree. Since U is broke, he accepts the money and marries North, only learning afterward just how wealthy North’s family really is. Eventually, U and Tim uncover one another’s scams and begin helping each other keep them going, until U’s secret is exposed. By then, though, he has genuinely fallen for North and starts trying to win him back for real. Meanwhile, Tim knows he should not be developing feelings for Pai, but he cannot stop himself from catching them anyway. Fate, however, has other plans. On their wedding day, a group of meddling aunties arrive and ruin the entire ceremony. Pai is left heartbroken, unable to process losing Tim after loving him so deeply. Their grandfather then cuts both cousins off from the family fortune, hoping it will force them to grow as people. The rest of the series follows North and Pai as they rebuild their confidence, while Tim and U accept that they truly love their partners and fight to win them back and remarry them. All along, the grandfather quietly watches over everything, because deep down he only wants his grandsons to find real love, success, and a secure future in both life and business.
The concept is genuinely good, and you can see that real effort went into it, but it was stretched out so needlessly that it starts losing you somewhere in the middle. It begins in a really fun, playful way, everyone has great chemistry, and some situations are genuinely hilarious, like Tim and U both hiring the exact same woman to pretend to be their mom. Stuff like that worked really well. The show’s silliness works early on, but once the masks come off, the angst and the whole win-them-back storyline drag on forever. I honestly do not understand why these shows keep insisting on being this long. Audiences right now want tight, sharp editing that can actually hold their attention. Instead, these creators keep serving up bloated episode runtimes. Why? For me, the show genuinely belonged to Tim. He brings this seductive, sly energy into every scene, to the point where it is entirely believable that Pai, normally so guarded and logical, falls apart the moment Tim enters the room. And he does it brilliantly. Pat has this serious expression the entire time that is just judgy and annoying. North and U’s scenes were a lot of fun too, especially after their divorce, like the moment North makes U sleep in an actual giant dog pen, basically a literal doghouse metaphor. Watching U linger around North’s apartment like a puppy waiting for his owner to notice him, you cannot help rooting for them to sort things out. At this point, honestly, I do not even feel like writing much more because I am genuinely disappointed by what this show became compared with what it could have been. (5.5/10)
