The Player (Thai TV series)

The Player (Thai: รัก เป็น เล่น ตาย) is a Thai action suspense drama television series, starring Way-ar Sangngern (Joss), Methika Jiranorraphat (Jane), Tipnaree Weerawatnodom (Namtan), Patara Eksangkul (Foei), Jirakit Thawornwong (Mek), Phatchara Tubthong (Kapook), Wachirawit Ruangwiwat (Chimon) and Tawan Vihokratana (Tay). 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?

The Player
Official series poster
Thai	รัก เป็น เล่น ตาย
Genre	Action Suspense
Directed by	Tichakorn Phukhaotong
Starring	Way-ar Sangngern Methika Jiranorraphat Tipnaree Weerawatnodom Patara Eksangkul Jirakit Thawornwong Phatchara Tubthong Wachirawit Ruangwiwat Tawan Vihokratana
Country of origin	Thailand
Original language	Thai
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Production company	GMMTV
Original release
Network	GMM 25
Release	20 December 2021 (2021-12-20) – 8 February 2022 (2022-02-08)

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

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

Main

• Way-ar Sangngern (Joss) as Tim
• Methika Jiranorraphat (Jane) as Eve
• Tipnaree Weerawatnodom (Namtan) as Giwi
• Patara Eksangkul (Foei) as Pitch
• Jirakit Thawornwong (Mek) as Matt
• Phatchara Tubthong (Kapook) as Miriam
• Wachirawit Ruangwiwat (Chimon) as Dan
• Tawan Vihokratana (Tay) as Tin

Supporting

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

Reception

Thailand television ratings

• 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.