The new Thai BL series We Are premiered with episode 1 on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, on channel GMM 25. It follows eight university friends’ lives and their love stories. From academics to friendship, their journey comes packed with the chaos of life and love. The four couples are – Phum (Pond Naravit Lertratkosum) and Peem (Phuwin Tangsakyuen), Q (Winny Thanawin Pholcharoenrat) and Toey (Satang Kittiphop Sereevichayasawat), Tan (Aou Thanaboon Kiatniran) and Khaofang (Boom Tharatorn Jantharaworakarn), and Shane (Marc Natarit Worakornlertsith) and Pun (Poon Mitpakdee).
Episode 1 begins with Peem painting the ocean. When he returns to the university, the second-year Fine Arts student comes across Phum, who messes up Peem’s painting by kicking a football at it. The latter demands the former to apologize, but he refuses. Peem then kicks Phum in his private part.
Viewers are then taken a day prior. Peem, along with his classmates, attempts to draw an apple during their class. The maestro of the class, Q, had already finished up while the others continued to draw. Q then heads out to help his junior, Toey, with his assignment. Later, Q goes to Peem to help their seniors with gallery work. Afterward, Tan invites the two to a bar in the evening.
At the bar, Peem is joined by Tan, Chain, Pun, and Q, who also sing at the bar. After getting drunk, their journey back home becomes chaotic as Peem throws up, and Pun sways and sings. Meanwhile, Tan records his friends. When they get to Peem’s place, the bunch is spooked after Aunt Pui shows up in a face mask in the dark. The group of friends’ chaotic night comes to an end as they sleep on one bed.
Thai BL series We Are episode 1 recap: Phum asks Peem to compensate
The next day at the university, Tan asks his engineering faculty friend, Phum, and his mates to play football in the evening. Tan then asks Phum about his brother, Fang. The latter tells the former that Fang is busy with his studies.
Later, Toey visits Q at the gallery, where the latter submits his work. When Toey asks to see Q’s painting, he refuses and calls him nosy. However, Q ends up showing it to him after Toey starts sulking. The latter then calls Q his idol.
The episode takes viewers back to where Peem finishes his painting and heads to the gallery to submit it. However, his work is spoiled when Phum’s football hits it. When he asks for the ball back, Peem throws his sandal at him instead. The two then get into an altercation, while their mutual friend, Tan, spots them fighting. Tan tries to stop them, but it backfires when Peem and Phum ask him to take sides. Moreover, when Phum refuses to say sorry, Peem throws a kick at him.
The next day, Phum asks Tan to take him to Peem. Tan makes him promise that he will not hurt his friend. Meanwhile, Peem is worried about Phum retaliating. Moreover, Q and Chain tell him he picked the wrong fight as Phum is a “top brat.” Tan then gets there and brings Phum with him.
Phum takes Peem to a quiet place as the latter apologizes to the former. However, when he doesn’t listen, Peem pulls Phum’s hair. The two bicker and fight again. Phum then asks Peem to compensate for his medical bills. But he says he doesn’t have the money to do so. The episode ends with Phum telling Peem to compensate with “something else.”
