After what feels like a quiet, slightly lackluster year, GMMTV has suddenly dropped something that sparks — a series that, from its very first breath, feels fresh, fun, and fascinating!
Based on the Jittirain novel of the same name, BURNOUT Syndrome brings together two of the company’s most magnetic stars, Jumpol Adulkittiporn (Off) and Atthaphan Phunsawat (Gun), and introduces Jirawat Sutivanichsak (Dew) in his first BL role. It’s a constellation of talent, and in the first episode, every star burns bright.
Jira (Gun) is an artist adrift, down on his luck and aching for the creative spark that has been evading him for far too long. BURNOUT clings to him like a second skin. But at a friend’s urging, he wanders into a bar with a very particular clientele — those lost in the forest of forsaken talent. There, on his very first night, he slips into the orbit of the handsome Pheem (Dew), an IT guy whose quiet steadiness — laced with a surprising aggressive streak — feels like an unexpected match, the kind you don’t see coming until it’s already rewired something in you.
And then comes the twist of fate.
The same friend who steered him toward the Burnout Bar nudges him into another job — a dinner companion gig (read: escort) that propels him into the gaze of the enigmatic Ko (Off). Their first meeting delivers one of Gun’s funniest moments since ｢Theory of Love｣ (2019), but beneath the comedy lies something sharper: a shift, an ignition. After a brief, charged conversation, Jira is swept into a line of work he never anticipated… and somehow, impossibly, it’s exactly what rekindles his creative fire.
There’s an indie-production soul beating at the center of this series — in the best way. Yes, it’s polished in classic GMMTV fashion, but it carries a grit, a texture, a breath of something raw that OffGun fans have been waiting to see again since their groundbreaking social drama Not Me (2021).
In short: I loved it. The first episode is one of chaos, creativity, tenderness, and something thrillingly off-kilter. I’m excited to see where it goes, and even more excited to feel where it takes me.
There will be more BURNOUT Syndrome soon so…
Stay Tuned!
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