Ah, our latest weekend installment has come to its conclusion, ending with eleven episodes. Which in and of itself is very short, considering the amount of time it took to film this funny gem. Remember how long we waited for its debut? I mean, this project has been determined since the inception. Is it me or has channel 3 lakorns seemingly gotten shorter and shorter? We are used to the norm of at least fifteen episodes, but after the Gentlemen Juthathep and 3 Musketeers Series, everything just seems to be unfortunately compressed. Which for many lakorns, it’s not an entirely bad thing, because we don’t want it to drag, but for some, we want it to go on and on.

Dao Reurng is a unique case all on its own, because it incorporated the funny, the silly, the ostensibly real time depiction of the lives of Don Pattana townspeople, headlining by their resident thug Dao Reurng who in actuality, is the glue that keeps the whole town together.  There are pleasantly surprising plot twists and character developments that allow for this lakorn, as a whole, to make its way to the hearts of Yaya’s fans, as well as any light hearted, comedy centric lakorn fans alike. It’s been an interesting ride for me, in some areas I am left to laugh at the surface level  of the lakorn- the slap stick funny scenes and jokes- and in other areas I am pulled into the characters and stories. It is the type of lakorn that tricks you into thinking that it’s only going to make you laugh- and it does that- but it also offers so much more. One only needs to look at the steady ratings and know that it has successfully hit its mark (the finale hit 16.1 in Bangkok.)