This is the best BL of 2020. With its final episode, Like in the Movies has delivered a wonderfully nuanced, intelligence and emotionally powerful show about seizing control of your own life and having the bravery to manifest yourself in the world.

For the second time this year, the Phillipines has decided to show the world how BL should be done.

Like in the Movies is a beautiful, intelligent, layered discussion of coming out and having the courage to seize control of your life.

Like Gameboys before it, it has the perfect mix of brains and heart.

A sparse production with few characters and even fewer sets, Like in the Movies is obviously another victim of filming restrictions due to Covid19. And yet the show’s filming limitations don’t detract from it. Nothing feels missing.

There’s a lot to like about Like in the Movies right from the first scene, especially around its gleeful embrace of romcom tropes such as fake relationship, forced cohabitation and Odd Couple conflict. But underneath the surface, the show is finely tuned and intricately written but has enough kilig to satisfy the most shallow romcom fan.

If the Phillipines keeps producing BL like this i may not watch Thai BL ever again.