Bed Friend Episode 4 Reaction

I saw that too. I just hope the pacing matches a 10 ep show and it not drag for the last two eps.

HeyMe R

I think I saw a tweet that said the series is 10 eps not 8, but I can't find it now. I'm not sure about this show at all. I am not easily triggered, but I do see how the show can be triggering for others. Still, I agree with Jherico...how much more trauma are they going to heap on this man with no hint of therapy or even like Kent said consequencs and resolutions for the "uncle" and the bish of a mom...I think this will have to be a show I was as a part of reaction and not on it's on. Otherwise, yeah, chemistry or not, I'd probably drop the show otherwise

nellybell47

I think I saw an update on twitter that said the show was actually 10 episodes?

nellybell47

Thank you for reacting. I recently binged all your reactions to Bed Friend. I kept avoiding it because of all the mixed reactions I've been seeing online. I had already gone trough soo much emotions with Moonlight Chicken I wasn't ready to start another angsty show but I was so intrigued to see for myself what was all the commotion about lol & now I lowkey regret it. I watched the first episode on my own but then decided to watch the rest with yall because i could see where it was going & watching with Nolan makes me feel a bit better. I don't even know how to feel yes the chemistry & Net James are good but other then that I'm just like what did I just watch. It might be one of those many series I never finsih but ugh why does it have to be connected to Middleman. I had to tear the bandage off sooner or later since I want to watch Middleman. Now I don't know if that series will be any better but I might still watch because I love TutorYim soo much & I've been dying for a full length series of their own.

Ana Aguilera

B/c Jericho asked: So in the novel Uea and king have been FWB for months and months,and Uea’s bday & the company outing are months apart. Given how they have made many changes to the timeline in the series I do wish the series showed how time is moving better. A viewer can guesstimate that it’s been 2 months total or so; while in the book the outing happens at around 6 months of FWB. And again since they made changes to the timeline from the book I also have no idea how long it’s been. I know one way shows do that visually without just writing it on screen is by showing the seasons changing, now I know that’s hard with Thailand; Moonlight Chicken was clever by using the holidays as a passage of time. But I’d even accept the one week later, one month later on the screen. There’s so much to be left desired with this show, I want to love it so much but every week it’s a whirlwind of emotions both with the story and the storytelling. Given that it’s only 8 episodes, they could’ve made each ep longer with more filler to show the passage of time, building of connection with the characters and adding more context. Now I know that they likely had to switch up filming from middleman’s love which was supposed to come out first to bed friend and prob had to make many changes both to the script and the filming. But most of my issues are with timing, pacing and editing which have nothing to do with the actual scenes filmed. And my biggest gripe is the SA & trauma scenes. I am not saying there shouldn’t be any b/c that’s part of the story and it explains Uea’s character but they are too long, they are triggering and over emphasized (imo). I agree unless we get a super satisfied ending/ resolution/ consequence for the step father I’m going to be super upset. I am crossing my fingers that DMD/Mandee do right for this series. Sorry don’t mean to write an essay each week.

HeyMe R

I can totally see it

Nolan-ThickeMix-Grant

The scene where they were talking at the pool looked like it was an Netflix reality dating show like Singles inferno, Love island or smthn like that. The music and also how they panned out the camera when the scene ended😂😂😂

Magical Creature

The series definitely needs more than 8 eps. There are too many problems and traumas that need to resolve. One good news is that the production team has just decided to increase the series to 10 eps now. Hopefully, they do justice to it since NJ has so much potential and deserves much more.

Guys about the outing king mentioned it in the couch scene after speaking about his mom and he said it was tomorrow which is why it makes sense that the next scene is the outing.

Nemo

My take in this production is that they r trying to fit every plot and twists in just 8 episodes. The series is too short to fit and give justice to solve each issue in Ueas life. And base on the preview for ep 5 more conflicts to come, with Kings mom pressuring him to date and the new officemate obsessing over Uea.

YGQtyline

Uea needs therapy.....At the core, I do like the series and what they're trying to portray. I love that they are shining on these different topics (STD testing, SA) and I love Net and James' chemistry. However, like Kent said, I feel that we won't get to see Uncle Soon get punished for what he's done or see Pock get punished either (that punch from King was not enough and Pock seemed to threaten to be back before he ran off....so have we seen the last of him?). The run time is too short for them to adequately depict any kind of healing........besides the "love" of a good man......Add to the fact that they're about to add this other man who is obviously going to attempt to assault Uea. Idk how in 4 episodes they plan to wrap this up besides the typical BL way unfortunately. This definitely needed to be 12 episodes for better pacing and better understanding of how they're relationship has developed cus I have no idea how much time has passed since they became fwb. I do hope that they're not using all of Uea's trauma as a plot devise to further the relationship. King can obviously tell something is up with Uea, but no conversations have been had so it's hard to tell at this point.

Yan_a_La

I totally get what you are saying. I am trying to focus on Uea, he has a range of emotions, he uses his sexual power with King "he owns King" but he is sexually vulnerable with everyone else, he's powerless. the mom is a beast, the uncle is a sex offender, the boyfriend probably mentally and physically abusive as well, everyone in his life with the exception of Jade has hurt him, and you can see that he is expecting King to do the same at some point. he has accepted that his life is shitty. I am hoping the the writer resolve some of these issue for Uea and not leave them dangling, Don't make Ues fall in love without dealing with this stuff.

Lollypop

He actually said he's not going home that he'd go to uea's room instead and that was the company outing were net asked before if he could sleep with uea at the ,company outing where he tricked jade to get what he wanted.*Nolan ur right he never asked uea to come to his home

noe gnobo

Idk its probably just me but this series is a mess for me I'm liking it one minute but not the next, to me it feels very tonally inconsistent as well as its timeline just being strange. I appreciate how they are tackling the darker subject matter but I just feel one moment they are trying to be sexy, and comedic then another moment it's VERY dark and rather than that feeling natural it feels like a punch in the face. Idk trying to articulate my feelings on this is hard for me for some reason lol

Megan Linart