His deadbeat dad got shot by a jilted husband—now he's falling for a married woman with a gay husband in America. Thai drama doesn't do subtle.
Season 1 • Episode 13
LatestPawan or Pe was the only son of a real estate businessman. After his mother died, his father fell in love and had an affair with a married woman. Later, his father was shot by his lover's husband. So, Pawan had prejudice against married woman. However, he had a crush on Thuma or Bo, an interior designer in his company. When he knew that she was a married woman, he tried to stay away from her, but he couldn't resist her charming nature. Thuma got married with Tao, her brother's friend because her family had some financial problem and Tao volunteered to help her. But after she moved to America with him, she realized that Tao was gay and she had to live in the same house with her husband and his boyfriend. Later, she couldn't bear that situation anymore, so she came back to Thailand and got a job in Pawan's company.
Acting
Athichart Chumnanon's suppressed rage melting into helpless longing.
Writing
Ridiculous premise that somehow lands genuine emotional devastation.
Production
Classic lakorn maximalism—no feeling too big, no stare too long.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Epi Klangborihan's novel 'Burning Sugar'—the title refers to love that caramelizes into something bitter and stuck.
This 2009 lakorn captures a transitional moment in Thai TV: traditional arranged marriage plots colliding with emerging LGBTQ representation, however clumsily.
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