
Bad Buddy
Taste attributes: comedydramaromancetried & testedwholesomelightrealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers allunlikely connections
"Can this love bloom on the battlefield?"
Boxlist takeA moving comedy-drama series that is straightforward, grounded and light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
8.5 /10
TMDB · 30 votes
Where to watch
We don't know of anywhere to watch Bad Buddy in the US right now.
Season
Season 1
· 2021 · 12 episodesEver since they were young, Pran and Pat's families had a deep and raging rivalry, trying to one-up each other on everything. This also extended to their sons. Comparing their sons' achievements and merits,—whether it be academic or extracurricular—the two families leave no stone unturned to outshine and gloat in front of the other. The rivalry was passed down as a family heirloom and the two boys become rivals in turn. Until... they grow tired and become friends. Really good friends. However, because of their families' rivalry, their friendship has to be kept under wraps. And so began a…
Episodes (12)
1Episode 129 Oct 2021
After Pran's friend Wai picks a fight with Pat's group, there's a score to settle between Pat and Pran whose parents have been rivals since before they were born. However, Pat's promised his sister he won't hurt Pran. In the night, the two meet in secret to negotiate a truce.
2Episode 25 Nov 2021
When Pran learns he ate the salad his neighbour ordered after it was delivered to him by mistake, he leaves a gift of green tea and a kind apology note at his neighbour's door to assuage his guilt. Pat, the neighbour he's never met, takes it as flirtatious and begins leaving snacks and cute notes at Pran's door in…
3Episode 312 Nov 2021
Pran and Pat learn that after the Engineer gang posted a video of themselves harassing Wai at work, the Architecture gang fought them by the pavilion and it was destroyed. As the perceived instigators, the Architecture students are made to pay for its reconstruction.
4Episode 419 Nov 2021
Pran and Pat get the pavilion's construction underway by baiting their groups with competition and Ink—a classmate they knew in high school—shows up, sparking forgotten feelings in both Pran and Pat.
5Episode 526 Nov 2021
With the music contest forthcoming, Pat gets Pa's advice on pursuing Ink. Her words, however, give him some unexpected insight that has nothing to do with Ink.
6Episode 63 Dec 2021
Pran is avoiding Pat after going head-to-head on the rooftop and Pat follows him on the Architecture volunteer trip.
7Episode 710 Dec 2021
Pran and Pat's competition is in full swing and Pa moves in with Pat to start University.
8Episode 817 Dec 2021
Pat and Pran struggle to both enjoy their new relationship and keep it a secret.
9Episode 924 Dec 2021
Pran and Pat reckon with their respective friend groups after being outed by Wai.
10Episode 107 Jan 2022
Pran and Pat set out to learn the cause of the rift between their families. Pa tries to work out if Ink reciprocates her feelings.
11Episode 1114 Jan 2022
Following the confrontation between Dissaya and Ming, Pran and Pat run away to the eco-friendly village where Tong takes them in.
12Episode 1221 Jan 2022
Pran returns from Singapore to attend his high school reunion where Pat is also in attendance.
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What lines up
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
It follows the romantic enemies-turned-lovers story of neighbors Pat and Pran, who grow up hating each other as a result of their fathers' hostile rivalry in basically everything.
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Directed by
- Noppharnach Chaiwimol
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 2021
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Status
- Ended
- Studio
- GMMTV
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