Post by antistatic on Dec 24, 2023 17:55:04 GMT -5
Back in November I mentioned this show over in the Hub. It's not a BL series, but does have a burgeoning (but quite troubled) BL couple as part of its ensemble cast. Visually it is presented in the style of a telenovela; full of pronounced editing tricks, histrionic music cues and a plethora of melodramatic cliff-hangers; all rounded off with elements from 'Elite', 'Manner of Death' and 'Eyewitness' thrown in for good measure. It's currently about to reach the climax of its second season, which has continued the story where the first series left off.
Elijah Canlas ('Gameboys') is one of the main stars of the show and features quite prominently as (arrogant, well-off, straight boy) Archie, however it is Miggy Jimenez ('Gameboys') as Archie's less confident but full of bravado friend Poch who forms the main interest from a BL point of view. In the original run he mainly played a hanger-on in Archie's gang who had his own problems due to his family's money troubles; and also found himself getting involved in a low-key rivalry with classmate Tim, played by Zaijian Jaranilla. In the second series he ends up becoming much more embroiled with Tim, who usually tries to steer clear of Archie's crowd and spends most of his time with his long time friend turned girlfriend Roxy; but he and Poch have unavoidable contact since they are both on the school basketball team and inexorably find their interest in each other shifting from that of being frenemies to developing a potent relationship that ultimately ends up playing a pivotal part in helping to solve the story's suicide mystery.
▪ Miggy Jimenez - Poch ▪ Zaijian Jaranilla - Tim ▪ Andrea Brillantes - Sky ▪ Xyriel Manabat - Roxy ▪ Kyle Echarri - Obet ▪ Juan Karlos - Gino ▪ Elijah Canlas - Archie ▪ Mon Confiado - William Acosta
Synopsis: "Northford High, a prestigious and successful high school governed by the influential William Acosta is rocked when one of its students, Luna, dies after apparently committing suicide. The case is quickly closed but the victim's twin sister Sky isn't convinced by the verdict and begins to search for the truth, unravelling dark secrets about certain members of the faculty and her fellow students."
Here's the MyDramaList pages
Series 1.
Series 2.
There are 55 episodes in the second season. Unfortunately there isn't an official BL cut of Tim and Poch's story but there are a lot of videos available on YouTube with English subs. The ABS-CBN Entertainment Channel has a general playlist of highlights that currently contains over 700+ clips. They're not always in order, some don't have subs and other clips seem to duplicate the same scenes over, but I've whittled it down to around 50 highlight scenes that I think are relevant to Tim and Poch and 6 full (22 min) episodes where most of the scenes are about them and probably provide better context remaining intact.
So, if you want to jump in, here's my BL cut of Tim and Poch's story:
