Wandee Goodday (2024)
cast: Inn Sarin, Great Sapol, Thor Thinnaphan, Fluke Nattanon, Pod Suphakorn, Ployphach Phatchatorn, AJ Chayapol, Emi Thasorn director: Golf Tanwarin adapted from the book: “Wandee Witthaya” by Nottakorn genre: sports (boxing), hospital 12 episodes of appr. 50 min.
Doctor Wandee (Inn) gets rejected by his crush and colleague Ter (Pod) during dinner and decides to live it up for the night. That results in him ending up on a sidewalk in front of a supermarket in the middle of the night, drunk and depressed. Boxer Yoryak (Great) finds him and takes care of him. Their meeting leads to a fantastic one-night stand. Wandee doesn't want to give up on this and so they become friends with benefits. Or more?
Let me put it this way: This one is not a must-see, it's a can-see. Still, I would like to highlight the positive aspects: Great and Inn's chemistry and love scenes are fantastic and Great really shines in his first main BL role. It's amusing to see Pod in a well, (kind of) jerk role. And yes, it gets very romantic. I personally found the whole boxing storyline boring, but I guess if you are interested in that sport, you might enjoy it (and well, it had a positive aspect: you see Great shirtless a lot). The beta couple (Yak's brother and his boyfriend) was kinda weird, I just cannot put my finger on why. Maybe because Fluke looks so much younger than his on-screen partner. In real life their age gap is merely three years.
One thing I personally disliked was: AJ in an ungrateful role. Yes, it was different for a change from the roles he usually portrays but the scene where everything turns into something bad was really hard and uncomfortable to watch.
I did enjoy Inn and Great together (especially their love scenes), but mostly fast-forwarded through the whole boxing plot. Depending on why you watch this series, you'll have your fun with it or be bored out of your mind. 3/5 stars from me.
trivia: - Great's first main BL role. If you want to watch a fantastic series with him, check out Manner of Death. - GreatInn become a BL couple, if for a short time only. After their second project together, "Memoir of Rati" (2025), they went separate ways. - Great sings the title song, Faen With Benefits.
