I feel like these are coming at a really steady clip now. Surprise, surprise, another BL drama! This time though, I had the odd pleasure of watching A Boss and A Babe on Youtube! That’s evidently how some of these broadcast networks do it over there. I’m not mad about it.
This series came into my life because of another series from the same channel that is currently ongoing. One couple in it, played by two actors named Force and Book, respectively, just had insane chemistry. In my research of the current show, Only Friends (full review in a few weeks), I learned that these two actors have actually done a number of other shows together where they are also paired up! Yay for me! And they were completed series, too, so that just made me extra happy about it. I decided to watch the next most recent show the two have done together, thus the review for A Boss and A Babe.
In this show, Cher is an intern working at a video game development company who’s CEO, Gun, takes an immediate interest in Cher. Gun happens to be familiar with Cher’s ASMR channel, as he listens to it to help him sleep, but it’s clear that Cher has a positive effect on Gun’s life. He is usually a tight-laced and serious person, who can be a little bit of a hardass to his employees most of the time. Even from the start when he gets Gun’s coffee order wrong, it is clear that Cher is his weak spot, making him more flexible in many parts of his life.
It actually doesn’t take long for Gun to admit his feelings to Cher, and though you can certainly tell that Cher at least a little bit reciprocates those feelings, he still keeps Gun at arms’ length sometimes. I don’t know if Cher is just not used to having someone care about him as much as Gun obviously does or what. I suppose it doesn’t help that Cher’s best friend Jack tells him that a relationship between as boss and an intern isn’t quite right. Uh,…yeah. I know for sure that wouldn’t fly in the US, but I’m not sure how it works in Thailand. In any case, Gun doesn’t seem to care, though his mother sure has an opinion.
It wouldn’t be a drama series if there wasn’t at least a little bit of contention, so of course there is. Thankfully for viewers, it is really short-lived. That’s how I like it, with a happily ever after. And don’t get too nervous, as things stay just as lovingly in the two-part special that aired after the original run of the show. Actually, now that I think about it, this may have been the least dramatic BL drama I’ve seen so far, but I’m not complaining! I feel that some of the other shows’ drama makes it more unrealistic, so to not have that distract the main romance too much was a good move in my book.
I’ll certainly be checking out the other series Force and Book are a part of, as well as other series starring other Only Friends‘ cast mates. In my rabbit hole of research on all of these actors, I did learn that Force and Book have actually known each other since grade school and were thrilled when they got the chance to work together. They were even more pleased when that working relationship carried over into other projects. I sure hope there are many more!