Player EP 1 - UNCUT

Hey i’m so glad you’re doing the series. I personally like it though people say I don’t have criticising burning my body also great choice of snack. I love the original.kisses

I stopped watching player after the first episode, mostly because I was confused. After a while I started watching again and fell in love with it. I looked forward to every episode as it was released. Your Patreon members didn’t vote this in to make you suffer. Pun is an amusing (and sometimes frustrating) combination of adorable and toxic.

You got confused a bit, but that's okay. Pun went to NYC two years ago, but the episode doesn't say when exactly Phetai disappeared. Pun is seeking the whereabouts of Phetai, and believes that Ploy knows where he is so that she can get her money back. Pun’s friends are Jieab, Best, and Krit. I wrote this the day after the episode aired, so no spoilers: ___ The episode starts with a little flashforward: Pun wakes up hungover and naked in someone else bed, the apartment has many high-heel lady shoes, so it’s probably occupied by a woman. Pun frantically looks around but clothed in a bedsheet she stumbles as someone enters – the owner, Play, congratulating her on her – complete accidental – choice of heels. Pun’s friends are Jieab, Best, and Krit. And the credits, we move to New York, where Pun is interviewing for an unknown position. Then she’s talking to a friend, Jieab, complaining about a guy who apparently disappeared after she gave him money after knowing him for two years. An off-commentary explain that she went to New York to study design because she just loved the city, and because she caused some unknown trouble with her older sister. Then, she mentions Phetai, who proposed marriage to her – a “green card marriage” to be exact so she can get US citizenship. Phetai was her landlord in New York, the Thai national and restaurant owner got his citizenship from an American Woman before divorcing her almost 10 years ago. But this thing costs money, Phetai explains – and so she gave him a lot of money 1 million Baht (circa 30,000 US$), to be exact. She doesn’t know what happened after that, but keeps looking for the money everywhere in the apartment. She is also being followed by a stranger, but doesn’t pay too much attention to it. Up until now, she only saw the people following her near Phetai’s restaurant and on public transport. At home, she’s looking for the money – and curses at a photo of Phetai and his mother that’s hanging on the fridge. She opens a box labeled important documents and finds a laptop in it. While someone is entering the apartment, she tries out a few combinations as the password, and succeeds with “1234”. She remarks that that’s an awful password, and finds a flight ticket to Bangkok, but can investigate any further, because she gets assaulted from behind. Someone calls her his “girlfriend” and wants his money back – so apparently he not only stole from her. As her phone rings, she can break free momentarily, and tries to flee – but she gets recaptured and is looking into the barrel of a gun… …as we switch to Bangkok, where three of her friends (one of them is Jieab) have organized an impromptu “Welcome Back”-Party for her – on such short notice that the decoration says “Congratulations” and the cake says “Happy Birthday”. But they congratulate her on being alive, which apparently is the case because the New York police arrived. But she can’t go back home as she’s injured – her parents would freak out. Her parents, meanwhile, wonder what up with Pun, as they haven’t heard from her in a while. And Prang, her sister hasn’t spoken with her since she graduated (masters). She assumes she’s busy looking for a job (which was what Put did at the beginning of the episode. Her (girl?)friend Jay comes in to take her out, while going to the car, they are talking about Ploy who is not invited this time. Prang asks Jay whether she’s jealous, she denies, but Prang doesn’t believe her. But she claims she precious to her, no way could she have eyes for another. Meanwhile , Pun’s gang is looking up a bar that has connections to Phetai, and is run by his friend Nop. Pun wants to check out the bar. So, they go there, but can’t find any trace of Phetai. Pun goes to the bathroom first, trying to cover up the bruises she got from the New York gangsters. Exiting the bathroom, she encounters someone who looks like Phetai, and runs into a “good-smelling” (her thoughts, not mine) that looks like Ploy. Back at her table her friends (called Krit and Best) went to get drinks. They’re tying to find out Nop’s address later, Jieab says, they won’t find Phetai that night, anyway. Apparently, Put has quit drinking, but her friends urge her to “keep the nun inside and let the little demon out” Eventually, the friends talk her into drinking and partying wildly … … which is what leads to the opening scene. Ploy states that she was very drunk, so she took her home and washed her clothes. But her outfit is not appropriate for daytime travel. She gives her replacement clothes and point her to the bathroom mentioning she might trip wearing the blanket (as she did before). She knocks over a box one the way, containing bondage gear, but Ploy excuses this by saying she didn’t tidy up because she wasn’t expecting guests. But she claims she isn’t responsible for the marks on Pun’s body (which she already knows). After getting out of the bathroom, Ploy has placed something for her hangover on the table. She sees a photo with Ploy and Prang, and remember her – she is an actress famous for the line “Flirt with my Charles again, and I’ll slap you with my Dior.” She leaves Ploy’s apartment, but leaves a note to contact her, to give back the replacement clothes. The, she calls Jieab, who is glad to hear from her, because she and her friends spent all night looking for her. She says she’s at Prang’s condo (actually she’s just in the same building and wants Jieab to pick her up. She requests she also bring some food, because she’s hungry, and she hangs up before her friend can argue with her. Then she gives back the phone she borrowed from a random person. After Jieab came and brought her some food she wants to know what happened last night as she got drunk. She parted, they got in a fight with some random guys, and vomited outside the bar. Then, Jieab got called back inside to help her other friends Krit and Best. And when she returned to Pun, she was gone. Jieab wants to know what happened thereafter, and Pun mentions Ploy, the beautiful and well-smelling actress who brought her to this building. Did she do anything to her, Jieab is worried because there are rumors of Ploy secretly dating girls. Well, she helped her, says Pun, but she doesn’t remember whether they hooked up or not – she was too drunk. But she found a picture of Phetsai’s mom in her room. So, she will investigate her because Ploy might lead her to Phetai. Jieab reluctantly agrees to help her, but she isn’t really convinced that Pun’s instinct we lead them anywhere useful – more often than not, it just got her into trouble. She’s about to knock on the door to Prang’s apartment, when she comes out herself and hugs her gently. Jay is also present. Pun apologizes for their rift that caused her to leave for New York two years ago, but Prang says it wasn’t her fault, she is glad that Pun’s finally back. Then, the doorbell rings – and it’s Ploy apparently visiting Jay and Prang – and surprise to see Pun there. That’s as good a point as any other to end the episode. ___ Okay, this was an info dump not helped by the fact that the episode several time used flashbacks and flashforwards, but I think I got the gist. Pun is desperately seeking Phetai who swindled her out of a million Baht, and apparently the way is to get close to Ploy. If that’s not bound to backfire, I don’t know what will. The show tells everything very broadly and borderline sarcastic, what the real tone of the show will be, I can’t yet tell. After all, too many thing are still hidden – not just Phetai and 1,000,000 THB, but also what caused the rift between Prang and Pun, and what if anything Ploy, had to do with it. I found this opening chapter to be fairly convoluted, but am willing to give it another shot next week.

I remember I was confused during the first ep too lol. Pun somehow thinks Ploy must either have her money since she’s Phetai’s sister or knows where it is (idk why she thinks that but there you have it 🤭). I never finished the series so I don’t know if Pun and Prang’s issue was addressed at a later time. I’m sure someone else knows though! Also, make sure to watch past the first end credit in each ep; it always shows more. You’ll be able to stop it before the previews 😊 btw, I love those kisses with almonds too! 😋

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