My Magic Prophecy 1×02 Review: “The Judgement”

While In recovers in the hospital, Thap’s friends and family learn about his near miss and start to seriously worry about his safety.

In basically spends this entire episode in the hospital. His injuries honestly don’t seem to be that severe, but Thap does say that given his propensity for fainting, it’s more precautionary than anything. Dao arrives in a panic and reveals to Thap that In is alone and doesn’t have anyone to take care of him once he’s released. This may also play into why they keep him for so long for what looks to be nothing more serious than a sprained wrist. But Thap seems like too much of a professional to behave like that.

Thap seems pretty gone on In already. The way he watches him, the way he looks after him. Just like last week’s episode, there are a ton of little moments that show what a caretaker he is. When In has a restless sleep, Thap holds his hand. He buys food for In when he takes him home – and his look of judgment when he saw the empty fridge was beautiful. I swear Jimmy’s face card never declines; no one does condescension like he does.

Likewise, I think In cares a lot for Thap as well. He doesn’t express it in the little ways that Thap does, though. He does things like try to keep Thap from dying. He has another dream – this time, Thap is stabbed in the elevator – and rushes to intervene. But as in last week’s episode, interfering puts Thap’s fate onto his.

The argument that the two of them have after the almost stabbing is fantastic. Jimmy and Sea really nailed this scene. You could almost feel the desperation. I wasn’t expecting this level of emotion between them this early in the series. In was totally right; Thap is being selfish. It’s easy for Thap to say that In should just let him die – the dead have it easy. It’s the living, those who have to go on, who would have to deal with the consequences. Not to mention what it would do to In to know what’s going to happen but be unable to stop it. Again.

This scene also makes me really curious about what happened to In’s parents. I mean, we can obviously see that they were killed in a car accident. We also know that In tried to warn them, which makes me wonder about last week when he talked about not being “allowed” to interfere. Did something prevent his parents from getting the message?

Thap also asks an interesting question; he asks In why he appeared in his dream. I would also very much like to know this. In didn’t even know Thap when he first had the dream. I mentioned last week that it seems like these dreams aren’t common for In, even though it looks like he had a dream about his parents. This is a show about Fate, so I’m wondering if the dream was so that In would intervene and they could meet.

One thing I thought was interesting is that Ton believed In about his vision (probably because it came true) and considered it a serious part of the investigation. I don’t know if this is a facet of Thai culture, or if it’s just because it’s a television show. If this were set in America, no one would believe a person who claimed that they saw something in a dream.

We’re meant to believe that Kasidis is behind all of these attempts on Thap’s life, but “The Judgement” makes Karn look very suspicious. Karn is very insistent that Thap stay at his place, for starters. It wouldn’t have been public knowledge, and the fake security guard would have had to get into the building somehow. He knows where Thap parks his car, and that he usually parks farther away to prevent damage. He would have also known that Thap would be driving his car when the truck hit. Plus, the music turned sinister when Karn asked if Thap was sure Kasidis was responsible.

But then, Karn could be a red herring. If Kasidis is too obvious a culprit, then all these little things in this episode make it too obvious that it’s Karn. It could be either of them, or it could be someone we haven’t met yet.

I had a weird thought that maybe Thap’s father has something to do with it. He doesn’t seem very concerned that someone is trying to kill his son. He would have also known that Thap was staying at Karn’s condo. And I would love to know what caused their estrangement, which only recently ended.

OK, when I first watched this episode, I didn’t think much of Dao and Thap’s brother, Thiu (Nut Thanat). I saw someone joke on Tumblr that Thiu didn’t say anything because too many people complained about Jun (Nut’s character in Thame Po) talking too much. However, this one Reddit user had an interesting theory about Thiu actually being a ghost. I’m not sure how much stock I put in that, but they make some good points.

Last week, Pong and Ton had a moment. I thought it was the typical “love at first sight” moment, but in this week’s episode, we find out that they know each other. And honestly, at first, I thought they might have had a one-night stand. They were both talking about not being sure if the other recognized him, and I immediately thought something happened. But it’s just that they were friends when they were kids, which I should have expected, but is kind of boring.

The humor continues in this week’s episode. I loved Thap’s friends all roasting him because he’s so particular about his car, and then In being like, “Yeah, OK, can you do that outside? I’m trying to sleep.” Thap once again gave In grief about his Tarot reading. And In and Thap being 100% done with each other yet still obviously caring about the other is such a great dynamic.

Next week Thap and In head up to Mae Hong Son and the forced cohabitation begins! I am very much looking forward to this bit, even if there is clearly more than one bed.

Author: Jamie Sugah

Jamie has a BA in English with a focus in creative writing from The Ohio State University. She self-published her first novel, The Perils of Long Hair on a Windy Day, which is available through Amazon. She is currently an archivist and lives in New York City with her demon ninja vampire cat. She covers television, books, movies, anime, and conventions in the NYC area.

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