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Hormones: The Series

2013-15 Thai television series

Hormones: The Series

Official symbol of season 3

Also known asHormones: The Series
GenreTeen drama
Directed by
StarringSee below
Country of originThailand
Original languageThai
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes39 + 6 specials
Production companies
Network
Release18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) –
26 December 2015 (2015-12-26)

Hormones (Full title: Hormones: Wai Wawun, "Hormones: วัยว้าวุ่น"), promoted as Hormones: The Series, is a Asian teen drama television series get about by GTH and first televise in 2013. The show displaces the lives and relationships stop a group of secondary academy students as they go achieve your goal school and home life splendid face various issues. Breaking illustriousness mould of Thai television, which typically features Thai soap operas and sitcoms, Hormones was planned with a style more generally found in the U.S. perch production values more usually allied with filmmaking. It also celebrated itself by featuring controversial issues such as teenage sex alight pregnancy, homosexuality and school violence.[1]

The series' first season was doomed by Songyos Sugmakanan, and was broadcast on satellite channel GMM One and online from Might to August 2013. The furniture was positively received and, hatred not being shown on free-to-air terrestrial television and being criticized for its content, proved exceedingly popular, prompting the creation grapple a second season. Directed lump Kriangkrai Vachiratamporn, the second bout began broadcasting in July 2014. In September 2015, Hormones 3: The Final Season began propagation. The episodes of the in response season were also released bind the GTH's official channel upset official English subtitles.

Production

Hormones enquiry produced by Thai film business GMM Tai Hub (GTH) nearby its subsidiary production and irregularity company Nadao Bangkok. According feign director Songyos Sugmakanan, Hormones was conceived partly as a hard for GTH to create exact opportunities for its teenage choose and partly as an check out in creating a drama programme that was non-typical for Siamese television (which usually features Tai soap operas and sitcoms). Run into a concept partly based ferment Songyos's 2008 film of blue blood the gentry same name and inspired lump the British series Skins, Hormones seeks to explore and render various aspects and issues avail yourself of adolescent life. These include topics normally considered taboo for rip open discussion in Thai society, much as teenage sex and primary violence.[2][3]

In creating the script, Songyos and the writing team conducted online research on contemporary stripling issues, but also learned unearth the experiences of the green cast members. He aimed emphasize show the issues from exceptional teenager's point of view ahead actively avoided any preaching, exhausting instead to have consequences atlas actions implied through the characters' experiences.[3][4] Songyos opted to dominated the filmmaking techniques that dirt was familiar with in loftiness creation of Hormones, adjusting them to suit a television production.[2] Filming of the first ready took place from December 2012 to April 2013.[5]

Although originally formed for only one season, Stop announced towards the end counterfeit the first season that blood would be producing a in the second place one, responding to the show's popularity. Songyos switched roles fully become producer for the without fear or favour season, with Kriangkrai Vachiratamporn, who had co-written the series, demonstrative director. GTH also launched organized casting programme with an consequent reality series titled Hormones: Honourableness Next Gen, in order sort out select additional actors to addendum the original main cast use up the first season.[6] Twelve shipwreck throw off were selected as The Closest Gen with five of them got supporting roles in depiction second season.

In 2015, Terminate announced the third season stand for Hormones entitled Hormones 3: Excellence Final Season, which referred leadership season as the show's parting season. With five The Go along with Gen actors, who were glory supporting actors in the rapidly season, were promoted to amend the main casts of that season, along with other cardinal from the original The Get the gist Gen final 12, Sky Wongravee who was originally not tidy part of The Next Gen final 12 but was select as one of the prime cast, and Fon Sananthachat, Handsomeness Kemisara, and Ton Tonhon brand the remaining First Gen oust who still had a characterless role in the show's ordinal season.

Storyline, cast and characters

Hormones features an ensemble cast, obey nine main characters in rendering first season. The story largely takes place at the unreal Nadao Bangkok College, where nobleness characters attend upper-secondary school. Communal the main characters are followed throughout the season, with wad episode focused on one above a few of the signs and the issues they experience.[2]

The main cast for the pass with flying colours and second seasons, in coach of first-season billing, are:[2]

  • Pachara Chirathivat (Peach) as Win, the almost popular boy at school who is used to getting what he wants
  • Ungsumalynn Sirapatsakmetha (Pattie) makeover Kongkwan, a role-model student anomalous by her classmates as "the perfect girl"
  • Sutatta Udomsilp (Punpun) importance Toei, a friendly girl who gets along better with manly friends than with other girls
  • Chutavuth Pattarakampol (March) as Phu, elegant bisexual saxophonist in the college concert band and Toei's ex-boyfriend
  • Sirachuch Chienthaworn (Michael) as Mhog, modification artsy and reclusive boy possessed with film photography
  • Gunn Junhavat introduction Tar, an ambitious boy clank a passion for the bass and an attraction to Toei
  • Sananthachat Thanapatpisal (Fon) as Dao, exclude innocent dreamy girl with deflate overprotective mother
  • Thanapob Leeratanakajorn (Tor) in that Phai, a hot-headed boy who often gets in trouble champion violence
  • Supassara Thanachat (Kao) as Faery, a free-spirited, sexually liberated girl

Three supporting actors from the twig season also receive main request in the second:

  • Sedthawut Anusit (Tou) as Thee, a educational institution band flutist and Phu's ex-boyfriend
  • Napat Chokejindachai (Top) as Pop, rendering de facto school reporter who knows about all the happenings in the school
  • Kemisara Paladesh (Belle) as Koi, Dao's best magazine columnist and girlfriend

New characters in Term 2 include:

  • Thiti Mahayotaruk (Bank) as Non, a cheerful illustrious friendly boy with a illumination personality, who becomes Thee's in mint condition best friend. Thee falls essential love with him, but good taste only sees Thee as trig "brother."
  • Nichaphat Chatchaipholrat as Kanom-Pang, Tar's girlfriend and Pop's younger sister
  • Narikun Ketprapakorn (Frung) as Oil, organized girl who is very swathe and reserved. She is Kanom-Pang's best friend, runs a contrived Facebook account in Sprite's name.
  • Teeradon Supapunpinyo (James) as Sun, out new vocalist of Tar's fillet, See Scape. He is Kanom-Pang's classmate, and he is copperplate funny and innocent boy pick a unique voice.
  • Kanyawee Songmuang translation Jane, a drug-addicted girl. She is Win's new friend getaway New York.

New characters in Term 3 include:

  • Sarit Trilertvichien (Pea) as Boss, a smart contemporary serious boy that wants clutch make a differences in prestige school. However, he is bawl well liked by others.
  • Nutchapan Paramacharenroj (Pepo) as First, a mirthful and fun-loving kid who then hang out with Non delighted Pala.
  • Wongravee Nateetorn (Sky) as Pala, a quiet, earnest, simple immaturity. He lives with his grannie, who appear to be strict.
  • Narupornkamol Chaisang (Praew) as Zomzom, cool tough girl who often resort with her three friends. Yield parents are divorced, but she maintains a good relationship seam both her parents, and give someone the cold shoulder father's friend, John.
  • Atitaya Craig (Claudine) as Mali, the daughter work John. She moved with affiliate father from America to Siam, and has limited understanding exercise Thai language. She became ZomZom's sister and has a agreeable relationship with her. Mali has a huge crush on Sun.
  • Jirayus Khaobaimai (Rolex) as Robot, straighten up close friend and a alter ego of Phao. They came let alone the same elementary school.

Pachara, Ungsumalin, Sutatta and Sirachuch had even now played major roles in Make up your mind feature films prior to Hormones, while most of the balance had experience in supporting roles in films or mini-series. Sedthawut and Kemisara made their interim debut in Hormones.[2] Five additional actors from the Hormones: Probity Next Gen programme also bound their acting debut as conduct characters in the second season.[6]

In Hormones, the main characters (with the exception of Dao direct Koi, who are a epoch younger) are matthayom 5 students (equivalent to grade 11) in the cheeriness season, which is set over the 2012 academic year. Leadership second season takes place uncomplicated year after the first. Bearing characters include teachers, family human resources, classmates and various others.[2][7]

Episodes

Each term of Hormones consists of xiii episodes, with one special scope at the beginning and representation end. The episodes are by the same token follows.

No.Episode titleMain character(s) have a high opinion of episodeOriginal broadcast date
Season 1
0Special: character introduction[2]-18 May well 2013
1"Testosterone"[8]Win25 May 2013
2"Dopamine"[9]Tar1 June 2013
3"Endorphin"[10]Sprite8 June 2013
4"Serotonin"[11]Mhog15 June 2013
5"Estrogen"[12]Toei22 June 2013
6"Dopamine"[13]Phu29 June 2013
7"Adrenaline"[14]Phai6 July 2013
8"Progesterone"[15]Dao13 July 2013
9"Cortisol"[16]Kwan20 July 2013
10"Testosterone vs. Estrogen"[17]Win & Kwan27 July 2013
11"Oxytocin"[18]All Characters3 August 2013
12"Growth Hormone"[19]All Characters10 August 2013
13"Raging Hormones" (Hormone phung phlak phlak)[20]All Characters17 August 2013
14Special: position making of[5]-24 August 2013
Season 2
0Special : Behind Illustriousness Scene[7]-12 July 2014
1"Ruk Krum Krim"[21]All Characters19 July 2014
2"Thee"[22]Thee26 July 2014
3"Toei"[23]Toei2 August 2014
4"Dao+Koi"[24]Dao & Koi9 August 2014
5"Phu"[25]Phu16 August 2014
6"Win"[26]Win23 Revered 2014
7"Kwan"[27]Kwan30 August 2014
8"Mhog"[27]Mhog6 September 2014
9"Sprite"[27]Sprite13 September 2014
10"Oil"[27]Oil20 September 2014
11"Tar"[27]Tar27 Sept 2014
12"Phai"[27]Phai4 October 2014
13Finale [27]All Characters11 October 2014
14Special [27]-18 October 2014
Season 3
0Special-19 September 2015
1"Growth Hormone"All Characters26 September 2015
2"Estrogen"Dao & Koi3 October 2015
3"Adrenaline"Zomzom & Mali10 October 2015
4"Serotonin"Phao17 October 2015
5"Dopamine"Jane24 October 2015
6"Cortisol"Boss31 October 2015
7"Androgen"Non7 Nov 2015
8"Endorphin"First14 November 2015
9"Testosterone"Sun21 November 2015
10"Growth Hormone II"Pala28 November 2015
11"Oxytocin"Oil5 December 2015
12"Oxytocin II"Kanompang12 December 2015
13"Hormones"All Characters19 December 2015
14Special Edible Finale - "Unseen Hormones"-26 Dec 2015

Broadcast and reception

The chief season of Hormones was announce from May to August 2013 on GMM One, a moon channel owned by GMM Grammy, GTH's parent company. It full the 22:00 slot on Weekday nights, and was also place to view online through GMM One's website, and for consequent episodes, YouTube live streaming. One-time episodes were also made at one's disposal for free viewing on YouTube.[3]

Although the series began with selected uncertainty regarding its profitability, surge quickly proved extremely popular, insult not being broadcast on free-to-airterrestrial television. Each episode had reposition a million viewers, and from end to end of the eighth episode, the channel's viewership ratings had risen cheat twentieth to third for rank 22:00 Saturday time slot, shadowing only terrestrial channels 3 reprove 7. While teenagers make balloon most of the show's viewership, it has also received control from their parents.[4][28] And tho' the show started with solitary one major sponsor, it confidential at least ten competing advertisers by the end of loftiness season. The success prompted goodness production of a second stretch, which was announced shortly in advance the end of the control. The show also developed followings in Vietnam, Indonesia and distinction Philippines.[29] A DVD box inception was released in October 2013.

Reception to the series was mostly positive. Hormones was outside mentioned by the press, who attributed its success to fraudulence production quality and its sacrifice of new content lacking take from usual television programming.[28] However, market also received negative criticism, fantastically from conservative voices, for spoil inclusion of inappropriate behaviour. Questionable scenes included students attempting nod have sex in a vestibule, a female student visit insinuation illegal abortion clinic after forfeiture her virginity and female caste fighting in a school toilet.[30][31] Some members of the Local Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) have suggested that the unveil featured indecent thoughts and carbons copy and, by undermining public morals, might be in violation appeal to the Public Broadcasting Act.[32] Undiluted summons by the NBTC financial assistance the producers to discuss nobleness show's content sparked further wrangle about media censorship, while notorious pointed out that some favourite soap operas seen by insert audiences featured far worse behaviour.[32] Director Songyos Sugmakanan commented delay the series played an consummate part in Thailand's culture being the issues this series touches upon like teenage sex, dope usage and other adolescent burden faced by the Thai's youth were not usually discussed diminution Thai society. For him, balking such subjects basically was program example of "adults closing their eyes" to reality especially put up the high abortion rate be grateful for Thailand. Ungsumalynn Sirapatsakmetha, who plays Khwan in the series, insisted that the series' aim was to provoke the audience stand firm think and censorship was above all to protect those who can't think for themselves.[31] Ultimately, decency broadcast of the first edible was completely uncensored but discover pixelization of some objects come into view cigarette and alcohol containers.

Broadcasting of the show's second period began in July 2014. Regardless, it was switched to other GMM Grammy-owned channel, GTH Style Air, which is available exclusive through Grammy's own GMM Mouth-watering set-top box.[6] Although YouTube preserve streaming was still offered, authority season's past episodes were at the present time only available through the 1 AIS Movie Store mobile use. Responding to viewer's complaints, Safety later offered a simulcast disagreement GMM Channel, a digital unidentified channel.[33]

Due to the internet status the new media, Hormones further received tremendous response from audiences outside Thailand like Vietnam, ethics Philippines, Indonesia and China. Lineage China, Hormones has a giant base of fans that keep an eye on the fan-sub version of that series in various video soaking sites.

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