The Player (Thai TV series)

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The Player
Official poster of the series
Thaiรัก เป็น เล่น ตาย
Genre
Directed byTichakorn Phukhaotong
Starring
  • Way-ar Sangngern
  • Ramida Jiranorraphat
  • Tipnaree Weerawatnodom
Country of originThailand
Original languageThai
No. of seasons1
Production
Production company
Original release
Network
Release20 December 2021 (2021-12-20) –
8 February 2022 (2022-02-08)

The Player (Thai: รัก เป็น เล่น ตาย;) is a Thai action suspense drama television series, starring Way-ar Sangngern (Joss), Ramida Jiranorraphat (Jane) and Tipnaree Weerawatnodom (Namtan). The show follows a group of high-society people who engage in a devious game in order to bet for their popularity, fortune, and love, which ends to a suspected murder. The rich's life is not quite as idyllic as it appears. In such a short period, it might turn quite dark. What happens when one of them begins a game of life that escalates to a murder and discloses those dark secrets?

Directed by Tichakorn Phukhaotong (Jojo) and it was one of the sixteen television series produced by the GMMTV under "GMMTV 2021: The New Decade Begins" event on 3 December 2020, it is distributed by streaming app Viu, it started to air on 20 December 2021 and continues every Monday and Tuesdays at 20:30 (8:30 pm) on GMM25, replacing Irresistable on its timeslot, and on the above-mentioned international streaming platform at 22:30 (10:30 pm). The official trailer was released by the GMMTV on 7 December 2021, with the official characters and casts also being revealed.[1][2][3][4]

Plot[edit]

The Player starts off with the climax of Miriam having an altercation with multiple members of a high society group at a party - namely Matt, Pitch, Giwi, Eve and Tim. Following Miriam's disappearance after the party, inspector Tin investigates the different high society members and uncovers not just their dark secrets, but also the truth behind a seemingly unrelated murder case.[5]

Casts and characters[edit]

Main[edit]

Supporting[edit]

  • Nawat Phumphotingam (White)
  • Patharawarin Timkul (May)
  • Sattabut Laedeke (Drake)
  • Sueangsuda Lawanprasert (Namfon)
  • Supoj Janjareonborn (Lift)
  • Naphon Phromsuwan
  • Pattamawan Kaomulkadee (Yui)

Reception[edit]

Thailand television ratings[edit]

  • In the table below, the blue number represents the lowest ratings and the red number represents the highest ratings.
Episode
No. 		Timeslot
(UTC+07:00) 		Air date Average
audience share 		Ref.
1 Monday and Tuesdays, 8:30 pm 20 December 2021 0.097% [6]
2 21 December 2021 0.093% [7]
3 27 December 2021 0.111% [8]
4 28 December 2021 0.1% [9]
5 3 January 2022 0.2% [10]
6 4 January 2022 0.1% [11]
7 10 January 2022 0.2% [12]
8 11 January 2022 0.2% [13]
9 17 January 2022 0.2% [14]
10 18 January 2022 0.2% [15]
11 24 January 2022 0.139% [16]
12 25 January 2022 0.079% [17]
13 31 January 2022 [to be determined]
14 1 February 2022 [to be determined]
15 7 January 2022 [to be determined]
16 8 February 2022 [to be determined]
Average — 1
^1 Based on the average audience share per episode.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "[LIVE] งานแถลงข่าว #GMMTV2021 : The New Decade Begins". youtube.com. GMMTV. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. ^ "[Official Trailer] THE PLAYER รัก เป็น เล่น ตาย". youtube.com. GMMTV. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ ""The Player รัก เป็น เล่น ตาย" เกมความโลภที่เล่นกันถึงตาย". Sanook. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ "อีพีแรกก็สนุก! "จอส-น้ำตาล" นำทีมฟาดฝีมือไม่ยั้ง! ในซีรีส์สุดเข้มข้น "The Player รัก เป็น เล่น ตาย"". Daradaily. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  5. ^ Learn Thai in Singapore, Joanne Tan (24 January 2023). "The Player Thai Drama Review".
  6. ^ "เรตติ้งวันจันทร์ 20 ธันวาคม 2564" [Rating for Monday, December 20, 2021]. facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.[self-published]
  7. ^ "เรตติ้งวันอังคารที่ 21 ธันวาคม 2564" [Rating for Tuesday, December 21, 2021]. facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.[self-published]
  8. ^ "เรตติ้งวันจันทร์ 27 ธันวาคม 2564" [Rating for Monday, 27 December 2021]. facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.[self-published]
  9. ^ หนูมายาดราม่า [@noomayadrama] (29 December 2021). "28.12.64" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ หนูมายาดราม่า [@noomayadrama] (4 January 2022). "'31.12.64-3.1.65'" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ หนูมายาดราม่า [@noomayadrama] (5 January 2022). "4.1.65" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ หนูมายาดราม่า [@noomayadrama] (11 January 2022). "10.1.65" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ หนูมายาดราม่า [@noomayadrama] (12 January 2022). "11.1.65" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ หนูมายาดราม่า [@noomayadrama] (18 January 2022). "17.1.65" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ หนูมายาดราม่า [@noomayadrama] (19 January 2022). "18.1.65" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "เรตติ้งวันจันทร์ 24 มกราคม 2565" [Rating for Monday, 24 January 2022]. facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.[self-published]
  17. ^ "เรตติ้งวันอังคารที่ 25 มกราคม 2565" [Rating for Tuesday, 25 January 2022]. facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.[self-published]

External links[edit]

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