Player EP 11 - Uncut

I remember watching this episode and was so frustrated because once again, the lack of communicating properly was coming into play in the first half of this episode. The acting from everyone in this episode was perfection from beginning to end though.

We start the episode with a quick repeat of the last scene from episode 10: with Ploy moonlighting as the guest chef at Pun a Phetai’s dinner at home. Pun immediately wants to leave again, but Phetai tells officially introduces Ploy as his sister, or sister-in-law, as (they still plan on getting a green card marriage). He then notices what he already knows: that they seem to know each other already, but Pun maintains that as relatives, they only met that day. He then excuses himself as he gets a phone call. Ploy gives Pun an orange juice, but Pun doesn’t touch it, as Ploy asks he whether she does not like OJ anymore, Pun states that she hasn’t had of in a while. Ploy then tries to apologize, but Pun tells her to just leave. And repeats is as Ploy tries to expand on that, claiming that she is done with this kind of hurt. After the credits, Phetai returns, and Pun gives him the OJ, getting Ploy upset the she gave away the OJ, but Put tells her to mind her manners, as they are to become in-laws soon. Ploy asks her if that’s what she really wants, to which Pun takes a moment then claims she’s not hungry and gets up to leave, but Ploy leaves herself instead, getting no response from Pun in the process. Later, Pun looks at the butterfly earrings Ploy gave her, and wonders what Ploy wants from her. The next day, Ploy stops pun on her way to work, asking her to walk with her. Pun doesn’t reply and Ploy just follows her. Back in Bangkok, Jay and Prang are trying on wedding dresses, telling each other that they are beautiful, then Jay thanks her for always being by her side, and they declare their love for each other and hug. At night, Pun returns to find Ploy again at the apartment with Phetai and dinner. Ploy give her an OJ again, but Pun tells Phetai that she won’t join him for dinner, not today, tomorrow or any other day, as she has to work late or go to a party. What about today, Ploy asks and Pun tells her she’s not hungry, just as her stomach betrays her with a loud growl. Pun thinks to herself that this is such a sitcom moment, but Ploy tells her to sit down, she will leave. Pun tells Phetai again that she is not hungry, and leaves with her stomach growling again, leaving Phetai alone with all the food to enjoy. In her room, Pun gets a call from her superior, asking her for her artwork description. She asks whether that’s for the university guidance on Thailand, and she confirms it, asking her to send it tonight for they are in a bit of hurry. She then asks her whether she’s sure she cannot go, and Pun requests more time to think about it. After work, Ploy waits for Pun, and her friends ask her to introduce her, but Pun claims that it doesn’t matter, they aren’t close or anything. She introduces herself then, but Pun just leaves her standing there claiming to have dinner plans, but Ploy doesn’t give up… … and waits for her again at work, bringing her a drink. Pun tells her that she has plans and not to follow her, but Ploy doesn’t mind and tells her to go ahead. But she follows her to the apartment. Pun tells her to stop bothering her, but Ploy ignores that and asks her whether see is seeing anyone or if she does have a chance. But what if she does, Pun asks, leading Ploy to reply she world have to check first, because if there’s just 1% of the feelings left she had for her, she wouldn’t let go. But Pun wants to know what this even is for, and asks her whether she had any idea what to took to get through everything, how hard she tried to forget what they had. She starts to cry and she claims it all been good recently, and asks her why she had to come back. As Ploy tries to apologize again, Pun asks her how many times she has to tell her that she is really scared and doesn’t want to get hurt anymore. Ploy wants to comfort her, but Pun claims they are even – Pun used her, and Ploy toyed with her feelings, that was all they had. What they had was never real from the start, as Ploy claimed herself. She asks her to go as Ploy is close to tears, then leaves as Ploy just stand there. Afterwards, they both start crying uncontrollably but separately; then, Pun makes a call to her boss, claiming she’s made up her mind. Then, some thugs return to the restaurant to look for Phetai, and he leaves. Ploy come to find Pun having left New York, but Phetai wants to take her there (and probably leave New York as well, as it’s safe for him anymore) but Ploy says she can go by herself, which leads Phetai to apologize for his part in Pun and Ploy’s relationship disaster. But Ploy finds his honesty a bit unsettling and leaves with Phetai following her as he wonders whether he has to flee again. Prang can’t stop thinking about Pun and keeps awake at night, then Jay proposes to visit her in New York, allowing Prang to make up with her. Prang thanks her for that, and they tease each other a little. Pun is back in Bangkok and checks into a hotel room for the week… … just as Prang and Jay are leaving for New York. They run into Ploy at the lifts and learn that Pun has returned to Thailand, to help her boss with the guidance at an art gallery. Ploy is on her way there, and arrives to see much of the opening credits exhibited at the gallery. As Pun arrives surprised to find her there, she asks her how far she intends to follow her, but Ploy ignores that question and asks her whether the butterfly made of other butterflies we saw in the opening titles is on of her New York pieces, but Pun lies it hasn’t got anything to do with her. But Ploy likes it, anyway and compares it to a flower missing a butterfly, which leads Pun to beg her to let go, and asks her whether she knows what Pun had to go though to get to this place, how broken she was. Everything was going well, and then she had to come back, Pun complains and asks what about her feelings? If she’s playing with them, then she wants her to stop, she doesn’t want to be confused anymore. But Ploy just hugs her wordlessly, then claims to think about her every day. Pun gets herself free from the hug, then repeats her request to stop, but Ploy claims she couldn’t heal herself like she did, and she wants to meet her at this place in one week, if she feels anything for her. She’ll be right there waiting for her. One week later. Pun is leading a group of students through the art gallery but gets flustered when a student asks her what inspired her to do the main piece. At night, she is alone in her room restlessly, when someone knocks at her door. It’s Phetai, who claims to just want to say hi and praises the work she exhibited. Pun thinks he’s there because of Ploy, he claims he came on his own, but wants the two of them to talk. He knows that they were supposed to meet that day, but Pun doesn’t want to get hurt anymore. He then tells her that it was Ploy who provided him with the money to pay her back, which leads Pun to surmise that they were just lying to each other. But Phetai want Pun to think about why Ploy did what she did, because Pun knows her like no one else does. He claims as his older brother that Ploy has been through many hardships, and most of the time, he couldn’t save her – but after Pun came into her life, she changed. Phetai claims Ploy has never done anything like this before. Then, the doorbell rings again, and it’s Prang and Jay. Prang says she’s sorry that she never knew what Pun was going through, and Pun states they she didn’t tell because she didn’t want to disappoint anyone – but Prang claims that both her and her parents never expected anything from her, which leads Pun to question why it is that no one ever expects anything from her. She recollects the first time she was watching her on TV with her parents, they were so proud of her – she wished they could be proud like that of her even once. But she never witnessed that, and hates that she feels so unimportant, so worthless. But Prang claims she’s always been proud of her, and Jay joins in as her sister-in-law. Pun asks Phetai if there’s anything he hasn’t told her yet, and Phetai tells her she also paid for the repairs to their New York apartment, and told her to drive her to and from work every day, claiming she feared that her life was still in danger, and she took care of Pun’s rent, too. Pun just leaves to run to the art gallery. The gallery is empty at first – but then, Ploy tells her the exhibition is closed. They fall into each other arms, then Pun asks why she is still there, and Ploy just was hoping in case someone came late. She asks her if she is testing her again, but Ploy says she’s sorry. Pun then claims she know she was wrong, but why didn’t Ploy talk to her when she knew she was lying, and claims that it hurt when Ploy lied to her, that she was scared to lose her if Ploy ever found out the truth. They tell each other they are sorry, and Pun tells her she can trust her, which she claims she does, and Pun claims to trust her as well, and they hug each other tightly again as the episode ends – almost, because the bad guys followed them to Bangkok and start to shoot at them. ___ So, we are getting into the final episode with fears that Ploy will die in it. I’m convinced that that “friend” Jay talks about seeing dying is really Phetai, but we’ll see next week. First of all, this ended both Ploy and Pun’s redemption arcs, and provided that Ploy doesn’t die next week, everything is set for a happy ever after. Pun needed to find out that Ploy really cared about her as Ploy did last week, so the episode consisted mainly of a hurt Pun tying to shield herself of from her lost love, but it was entertaining. See you for the big shootout next week!