Player EP 3 - TIER MEMBER SPECIAL

I actually really like the side couple Jay and Prang, and the interactions between Pun and Ploy have gotten more fun the more I watch it. The first time I watched this series, Ploy was a big reason I continued watching when Pun’s antics got a little too forced or crazy. Pun is so obvious with her intentions that there’s no way Ploy doesn’t know.

We start the episode with a flashback to Pun’s childhood, claiming that every before she became a graphic designer, she always wanted the people she loved to feel special – but every time she tried that, she ended up being saved instead. This time was no different, she explains and we’re back at the parking lot where Golf tried to kidnap her until Ploy intervened. Golf wants to get Pun back into his car, but Ploy tries to threaten him, he isn’t convinced she for real as she is just an actress, as he points out, but she argues that assault and kidnapping are serious offences, and that Pun’s dad is the Commisioner General, and he wouldn’t just sit back where his daughter is being taken, and asks him if he wants to end up in jail. Golf then relents and walks back to his car frustrated while Pun goes to Ploy’s car. In her hallway, Pun thanks Ploy for stepping in, she says she was just passing by at the right time (which we know is a lie) and Pun calls in destiny, before inviting her to a meal as a “thank you”, but Ploy is busy all week, except for tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. when she is going to the temple to give merit, and she invites her to join as well. She balks at the early time, but agrees anyway and bids farewell by throwing a kiss in the air. She puts her under “Miss Sweetie” in her phone, but fails to set an alarm, consequently sleeping through the appointment, getting a message by Ploy back calling her sleepyhead. Jay is looking at rings on her phone as Prang enters; Jay want to go (ring) shopping, but Prang wants to go with her as she’s free now, so they’ll go to the mall – where Jay quickly feigns a stomachache and diverts “to the restroom”, asking Prang to go to the café without her. Meanwhile, Pun is shopping for some heels as Ploy likes them. But the ones she selects cost 40,000 Baht (more than 1,000 Euro), so she puts them back – only for Prang to buy them for her as a “welcome back” gift. She asks her whether she has found a job yet, and Pun lies that she is “still looking” – but she doesn’t want any help from her sister. Prang asks further whether she met their parents yet, and when she says she didn’t Prang points out that she should give them a call, as they’re probably worried. Pun promises to do so once she done with “a few things”. She leaves and runs immediately into Jay who thanks an unknown lady for taking care of something. She calls her “a friend” when asked by Pun and is evasive; she yells after her that she’s telling Prang if she finds out Jay is lying. She meets up with Prang at the café and continues to act shifty. They talk about Pun, and Prang is worried about her, but Jay thinks she is just stressed out to look for a job. Later at home, Pun misses Ploy and wonders whether she will like her new shoes. Prang arrives inviting her to make merit the next day, at 6 a.m. again; Pun is not really interested in getting up that early – until Prang tells her that Ploy invited them, then, she accepts, and this time, sets a whole bunch of alarms. Sha wakes up in time, but then falls asleep at the temple barely making to through the ceremony but joining Ploy whenever possible, earning raised eyebrows from Prang and Jay. Pun chats with Ploy after the ceremony; Ploy is not that religious, but see the merit-making as a mental exercise. Put asks her if she believes in past and future lives, and Ploy doesn’t know and would have to die first before she could tell her. Pun jokingly tells her to come back and tell her the lottery numbers, then; but Ploy mentions this are things in this life to enjoy as well – like sharing an umbrella with a sleepyhead that forgot to bring one, and shares her umbrella with Ploy. They continue to light incense together and at night, Pun remembers her line “We might keep running into each other.” folds another butterfly and pins it to a wall. Then, she tries to message Ploy, eventually calling on her friends to come up with clever lines to write. Best tells her to just go to her room, but Pun argues they aren’t that close yet. Chakrit tells her to make it happen and get close tonight. Jieab asks her why she needs help, and tells her to flirt with Ploy like she flirts with men, but she argues it’s not the same, because the guys usually come to her. She is then accused of having actually fallen for her, when she tries to get the conversation back to the point, she get contradictory recommendations, like go for the sweet and innocent look, but show off your best assets, like a little cleavage. After that bunch of messages, she tries it with “I had a great time making merit today. I really made me feel at peace.” to which Ploy responds with just “Okay” – and nothing more for a day. Pun is about to give up when Ploy adds “Want to Go again?” and after a little back-and-forth Pun invites her to a restaurant for tonight – which she hasn’t selected yet. But they meet up at a bar. Then she asks Ploy a bunch of questions leading to her brother who opened a restaurant in New York (which Pun already knows); she asks her whether she’s close with her brother, put she replies that she’s close with everyone that is cute, taking the flirting route instead. She asks for advice on opening a restaurant and wonders whether her brother would ever come back to Thailand, and she confirms her just did – but when Pun wants to ask further question, Ploy rather wants to ask her a question for once: does Pun like women? That depends on who’s asking, Pun evades an answer, but only for a moment because Ploy then posits: what if she was asking? Pun claims she sees her only as a kid, and Ploy remarks that technically she is older. She stalls a little more until Ploy repeats the question, but Pun prefers to answer with actions and says they should see each other more often if she wants to know. At the end of the meeting, Pun’s battery is dead so she cannot pay; Ploy steps in to pay with her credit card. Pun is angry at herself; she wanted to treat her, but Ploy proposes she sends her a bunch of groceries to buy, so they can cook at her place next week. Pun is happy with that. Sometime before that dinner date, Prang teaches Pun how to slice tomatoes and cucumbers; jay suspects that she wants to cook for someone, but Pun argues that she saving that way. But her slicing is awful Jay argues; no two slices are actually the same size. They put the plate back and forth, until all the slices land in Prang’s face. Pun come to Ploy to prepare that actual dinner, and Ploy wants to invite Prang and Jay as well; Pun reacts jealous and tells her if she’d rather have company then she should go ahead, but she then ditches that idea, claiming that having two sisters cook together would give her a headache, and they proceed to slice the food together, and share very cute moment together. Later, they talk, and Pun invites her to watch a new horror films at the cinema; after a bit of deliberation, Ploy agrees to visit the movie at 9 p.m. While she preparing serenading Ploy (badly) her dad calls her and want her to come home, but she gives him the same answer as Prang – she has to finish something, then she will come home. Prang and Jay are rehearsing a script, it goes well, but Prang wants to do it one more time. Jay thinks she will be fine, at the real shoot and reminds her of the last time they acted together when they went off-script and it blew up, because they were really feeling it, Prang adds, because someone was pissing her off, and Jay doesn’t want to get dragged into the again. But now she’s adorable, Prang remarks, and they start kissing. At the movies, Pun has brought the tickets while Ploy is handling drinks and popcorn. They tease each other a bit about being the older/younger one, then Ploy get noticed and Pun wonders whether she ever feels uncomfortable with people staring, but Ploy says that, as an actress, she’d be more stressed if no one recognized her. During the film, Put tries to grab Ploys hand several times, but Ploy always just puts her hand away. Then, Ploy mentions she’s scared of ghosts, and this time she grabs her hand fine, remarking that it took 30 minutes for her to get scared. Ploy asks her if she is not scared, and Pun answers she was scared 10 minutes into the film. They still hold hand afterwards, and Pun compliments Ploy on her choice of sneakers for that date, Ploy says it’s because this way, they’re the same height (not quite…) Ploy mentions that if Pun keeps staring at her like that, she’ll be getting nervous, and Pun asks Ploy where she was really scared or just looking for an excuse to hold her hand. Like haw Pun pretended to have lost an earring at her place, Ploy questions, and remarks that her little tricks need some work – but she argues it’s fine, kind of cute. Put says she has something for her … … and gives her the shoes she got from Prang – but they are the wrong size. Yet Ploy keeps them anyway, then Ploy detects a folded butterfly on the package and wants to try them as well. We close on some off-screen comment by Pun: “I always believed good design is about creating lasting impressions. Even before I became a graphic designer, my life has always revolved around making the people I love feel special. I’ve worked so hard, pouring everything I have into it, just to impress someone. But somewhere along the way, I forgot something important; clients, the people I actually wanted to impress. I should have tried to understand them deeply, to understand deeper feelings and values within. What kind of value really moves them? What kind of meaning brings out that kind of smile? I want to understand it better, I want to see that smile again.” While this narration in playing we see some more scenes from her childhood, of Pun and Ploy flirting over butterflies, and of Jay getting a big-ass ring for proposing to Prang. In a quick post-credits scene, we see Pun observing as Ploy talks to someone who looks like Phetai. ___ Wow, that was an hour of mostly solid flirting by Pun with an occasional misstep here and there. But I wonder what Pun is really doing, and if she knows it herself – is she just trying to get information about Phetai (which honestly happened _once_ this episode) – or is has she fallen for Ploy and is trying to get her for herself? I don’t know, and I doubt that she knows, either. It was really entertaining to see her trying and fail all the time, and more so even getting onto Ploy’s radar, not that she had to try very hard for that. 😊