Pluto - EP 2

I wrote the following after first watch of episode 2 (so no spoilers): ___ The episode begins with a flashback revealing the Ob-oom was often sick as a child, and the reason for their parents not being around anymore was due to them having a fatal car accident while taking their daughter to the hospital. Ai-oon and Ob-oom were really close back then. Then, the phone call between Jan and Ai-oon continues about an apparent enemy of Paul and Ob-oom, but the conversation ends as May is getting curious. Jan sends her a passive-aggressive text message requesting her to meet at the police station. Then Ai-oon and May talk about secrets, but May claims she is unable to keep any secrets from her. They both don’t inquire any further. Jan meets up with the assistant investigator, Phimphakorn, but is unable to get any relevant information as the is not family. Just in time Ai-oon shows up and she gets the unknown phone number that called Paul and Ob-oom. But Phim’s boss say the car crash was an accident, and shuts down further questioning. Outside Ai-oon and Jan try to call the unknow number, but no one picks up. Jan still suspect May, but Ai-oon is not convinced and tries to find out more by returning to May. There, she encounters May’s Cousin Ton, whom she doesn’t know. But May claims they’ve never met, because Ton would have told May’s father about her girlfriend. Convenient… He would like to May to return to the family mansion, as it is too dangerous for her to be blind alone. May says her father just want to hide her disabled – and gay – daughter from the world as he’s embarassed about her. Ai-oon and May leave Ton alone; May ask if she is useless because she’s blind. Ai-oon denies that notion saying that she is rich and has many possibilities, as opposed to her poor self. Should she consider herself disabled, then? May reveals that she want to improve the situation for disabled persons on Thailand and has joined a group the that effect, the International Lawyers Association. Ai-oon finds this cool and asks her if there is anything she should know about May. May confesses like she likes to leave the house – but only with her by her side. Ai-oon texts Jan about her encounter with Ton and her almost slipping up, and I am more and more convinced that May at least knows that she is not dealing at Ob-oom, if not more. Then May comes in apparently oblivious to Ai-oon also being there and starts putting some moisturizer onto her legs. Then Ai-oon asks about May’s father, she says only what we already know, that she doesn’t like she’s gay, and therefore hasn’t told her about his girlfriend. Also, her relationship with Ob-oom apparently hasn’t been great as of late, but she forgave her because she’s in love. Then we switch to Pangram’s Garden, where Ai-oon and Pang are potting plants. Pang continues to be skeptical of May, but Ai-oon is sure that she loves Ob-oom. We see a flashback of Ai-oon helping May with a zipper, and asking whether May forgave her (that is, Ob-oom) immediately when they reconnected. She says she did, ‘you had me at hello’. Then Ai-oon applies some makeup for her, and the commentary in her head makes it clear she is falling hard for the girl. May and Ai-oon sneak past Ton, then May wants to take one of the cars, but Ai-oon has other ideas. It is revealed to us that Pangram’s Garden is actually Pang’s shop, Ai-oon is on her way there. The next is read by Pang’s girlfriend, Phim, whom she tells her suspicions about May – that she is not really blind and behind whatever happened to Ob-oom and Paul. To Phim, this sounds like fantasy, but Pang has a plan; she’s rather absent-minded to her girlfriend. May and Ai-oon board a bus, and May curiously does not have the disabled ID card with her which means she must pay the full bus fare of 40 bahts . Later they’re strolling down a road while May retells her encounters with Thailand not being built with blind people in mind. Meanwhile Pang whisks her away. Pang wants to prove that May is not blind and let’s her fend for herself, preventing Ai-oon from intervening, as eventually as motorbike appears of the footpath. But May gets in panic when Ai-oon doesn’t answer and eventually falls down to the pavement. Ai-oon rushes to her, feeling guilty as hell, even tough it was Pang’s doing. Phim talks to her superiors again and pleads with them to investigate the car crash further, but get shut down again. Jan overhears this, then want to investigate on her own, but gets caught by Phim, who tells her that she has read the report by her superiors. Then we’re back with Ai-oon and May, who are in the hospital where May’s wounds get treated. Pang texts her that she’s sorry, Ai-oon apologizes again for leaving May alone (to rescue a cat, she says – poor excuse), May says to make it up to her, then. They drive to the Bangkok Planetarium which May often visited before she became blind. Ai-oon feels Ob-oom never visited the Place with May, and she is correct. Jan calls and reveals she has found out why the investigation was closed so quickly – it was Paul’s parents who didn’t want the public to know that their son was in fact drunk when he drove the car. They were ready to take the responsibility and deal with the victims – namely Ob-oom – quietly. They have apparently already talked to their grandmother. Now, Ai-oon is convinced that May is innocent – and Jan says she should tell her, then, about Ob-oom. In her mind, Ai-oon scolds herself for believing that all the feelings caused by May weren’t actually for Ob-Oom; then, they proceed inside the planetarium. May wants to see Pluto, because that dwarf planet can’t be seen with the naked eye, so she isn’t at an advantage. May thanks her for a fun day when she experienced joy, sadness, fear and love – which apparently isn’t a bad thing as long as she’s with her. This leads to an extended inner monologue of Ai-oon where she is essentially jealous of Ob-oom who got this girl, then tossed her aside, when she is such a shining light – tha still burns for Ob-oom. And continuing the charade isn’t any better. They arrive at May’s home, and this time she won’t stay over – she even declines to hug her for fear that she won’t be able to leave then. She drives off. Then, May gives her housekeepers a few days off and tells Ton to leave as well. Ai-oon is back at home, she writes into her diary that she thinks May’s better off without both herself and Ob-oom. But then, she’s gets a phone call from an agitated May, requesting her help. But it’s just a cockroach in her room that needs to be dealt with. Too bad that Ai-oon, unlike, her sister, has also an irrational fear of cockroaches. This leads to a silly bit with Ai-oon both trying to avoid and catch the cockroach, in the end she decides the pest has gone and let’s May into the room again. That is of course exactly when the roach reappears. 🤦 They both fall onto the bed with their faces really close to each other … ___ And that’s where the episode ends, that made me believe the following things: 1. May is really blind. 2. May must at least have some inkling that she is not talking to Ob-oom. 3. Ai-oon is head over heels in love with May. 4. The car crash was probably not an accident, though I don’t think May had anything to do with that. It was a fun episode even though it wasn’t such an onslaught of information as last week. But that wasn’t sustainable for 12 episodes, anyway. We got to know May a little better this week, while there remain enough question marks for the following episodes. All in all a solid, entertaining hour of television. Let’s see how long Ai-oon can cope with her guilt. 😊

The speech about Pluto was really beautiful....!!!

This series is definitely in my top 8