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Netflix just dropped a Thai tv series called Love Like a Bike (I think; I am not familiar with an expression about life or love being like a bicycle). The blur promises "three siblings raised in different countries reunited," but the illustration shows six men , so doubtless at least one of them will be gay.
Scene 1: Pattaya, a resort town about two hours by car from Bangkok. A slightly cross-eyed young man named Sailom (Tanapol Jarujittranon) is walking on a path overlooking the shore, when a guy asks for directions and grabs his hand. He freaks out, screaming "Don't touch me!", and runs into the path of a bicyclist, who is thrown off. He falls to the ground, the bicyclist on top of him, mouth to mouth (I don't understand the trajectory -- did the bicyclist, going forward, somehow manage to fall backwards and spin around?). He yells "Don't touch me!" again and runs away. Dude must be on the autism spectrum. And he's obviously gay. That was fast.
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He runs into a cafe (English sign) and tells his brother and sister what happened. They must be the three siblings. Darn, he lost the necklace that his Mom gave him. They go back to the shore and look around, but can't find it.
The Brother, James, is played by MJ Teachin Paksa (left).
Scene 2: The bicyclist, Nubnueng (Masu Junyangdikul), ends up at a Mental Health Clinic (sign in English and Thai), where he works as a psychiatrist. He talks down an angry husband who claims that Nubnueng encouraged his wife to dump him. I'm going to start calling him the Doctor.
Left: A brief search suggests that this is Masu's cock.
Scene 3: Next stop: The Life is Like a Bike Coffee Shop, run by the Doctor's mother and baby sister. Uh-oh, in the accident, he lost the ring that he planned to use to propose to his girlfriend, but he found a necklace; he'll use that.
Cut to that night: the Doctor and his girlfriend are having dinner. They simultaneously tell each other, "I have something to say." He pulls out the necklace, but asks her to go first. Gulp...she's going to dump you, isn't she?
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"I didn't steal it, I found it -- here, I'll give it back." He presses it into Sailom's hand -- hey, no flinching.
The argument draws security guards, who start manhandling Sailom. He has a full panic attack, but the Doctor talks him down, and invites him to come to the mental health clinic whenever he needs to.
Later, Sailom takes a bath (some beefcake) and wonder why touching the Doctor was ok.
Scene 4: A bike shop. A customer is harassing the bike guy (Us Nititorn Akkarachotsopon), demanding that he work faster. He's interrupted by a news story on his phone: on this day last year, an airplane on a Bangkok-Chiang Mai flight crashed, killing a young girl. The bike shop guy was the Pilot!
Nititorn is gay in real life. Have we got three gay characters so far?
Scene 5: Dindin (Ta Nannakun Pakapatpornpob) is taking tickets for a boat tour, when two toughs, one named Aish, approach him. Their boss needs his money right away! Dindin ditches them and runs down the streets of Pattaya, while they discuss how much trouble they'll be in if they don't get that money to the boss. As he is running, he gets a phone call. So he stops to take it? They want him to sing at the bar tonight. He also sees a job ad for a baker at the Life Like a Bike Cafe. So, are you a singer or a baker? I think I'll call you the Baker.
More after the break
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