The Gifted: Graduation | |
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Created by | GMMTV |
Based on | The Gifted (ภารกิจลับ นักเรียนพลังกิฟต์) by Dhammarong Sermrittirong |
Directed by | Waasuthep Ketpetch |
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Country of origin | Thailand |
Original language | Thai |
No. of episodes | 13 |
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Network | GMM 25 |
Release | 6 September – 29 November 2020 |
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The Gifted |
The Gifted: Graduation is a 2020 Thai television series which serves as a sequel to The Gifted (2018). The series stars an ensemble cast featuring Korapat Kirdpan (Nanon), Wachirawit Ruangwiwat (Chimon), Harit Cheewagaroon (Sing), Ramida Jiranorraphat (Jane), Atthaphan Phunsawat (Gun), Pattadon Janngeon (Fiat), and Napasorn Weerayuttvilai (Puimek) reprising their roles, joined by Nattawat Finkler (Patrick), Chanikarn Tangkabodee (Prim), and Phuwin Tangsakyuen (Phuwin). It chronicles the events two years after The Gifted, wherein the Gifted Class, students with superpowers, join hands in bringing down the powerful school director and his oppressive system. [1] [2]
Directed by The Gifted co-director Waasuthep Ketpetch and collaboratively produced by GMMTV and Parbdee Taweesuk, The Gifted: Graduation was one of the twelve television series for 2020 showcased by GMMTV during their "New & Next" event on 15 October 2019. [3] [4] It premiered on GMM 25 and LINE TV on 6 September 2020, airing on Sundays at 20:30 ICT and 22:30 ICT, respectively. [1] [5] The series concluded on 29 November 2020.
Set two years after the events of The Gifted (2018), The Gifted: Graduation chronicles the struggles of Ritdha High School's Gifted Class, students with superpowers, as they join hands in bringing down the powerful school director (Wanchana Sawasdee) and his oppressive system, a mission started by the class' leading students—the mind-controller Pang (Korapat Kirdpan) and technopath Wave (Wachirawit Ruangwiwat). [1] [2] This sequel also showed how the fight is beyond what happens in Ritdha High School, expanding into a full blown power struggle between Director Supot and the Ministry of Education. [6]
No. | Title | Original release date | |
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1 | "Episode 1" [f] [g] | 6 September 2020 | |
A 10th grade student from Class I named Time aspires to become a Gifted student, only to learn from his senior Third that the Minister of Education has ordered the termination of the Gifted Program due to last year's chaos in school believed to be instigated by the Gifted Batch 15. [a] Indignant, Time gathers support from his schoolmates to demand the reinstatement of the Program. | |||
2 | "Episode 2" [h] | 13 September 2020 | |
When Time accidentally discovers that he is Gifted, the Gifted Class 15, headed by Pang, volunteers to help him unlock his potential. Time learns from Third about the drastic incident which forced the Ministry to cancel the Gifted Program. As Time doubts the legitimacy of Class 15's anti-Gifted movement, his potential activates and he rushes to stop what he thinks to be Class 15's dangerous plot. | |||
3 | "Episode 3" [i] | 20 September 2020 | |
With the help of the Gifted Class 15, Time recognizes and develops his potential of locality tracking. On the day of the Placement Exam, the Director contrives a way to stop the Gifted Class 15 from sabotaging the exam. When Class 15's plan of action seem to come to a standstill, Pang knew that the answer lies with Time. | |||
4 | "Episode 4" [j] | 27 September 2020 | |
Ms. Darin employs Third's mind reading potential to search for her secret vial which was stolen by an Anti-Gifted. After discovering that someone from the Gifted Class 15 could be behind the theft, Third forces an unknowing Time to tell the truth and apparently overuses his power over Time, who suddenly suffers an unbearable headache. But the Director orders a medical check-up not only for Time but for all Gifted students. Soon after learning about the accusation, the Gifted Class 15 uncovers the horrible truth about Ms. Darin's lost vial. | |||
5 | "Episode 5" [k] | 4 October 2020 | |
The Gifted Class 16 fall ill due to the Nyx-88 virus which is genetically modified to affect only Gifted students. Only one of them, Grace, is luckily uninfected. As the Director, Mr. Pom and Ms. Darin work together to stop the disease, the Gifted Class 15 are in a rush to find out who among them is the traitor who unleashed the potentially fatal bioweapon. | |||
6 | "Episode 6" [l] | 11 October 2020 | |
As the renegade Korn flees the school, the Gifted Class 15 find themselves divided on the dilemma of his betrayal. Pang is convinced by Claire and Mon to search for Korn and try to understand and reason with him before Punn, Wave, and the authorities could intervene. Time risks his failing health in using his potential to help Pang locate Korn. In the search for his classmate-turned-traitor, Pang runs into a man he thought had died. | |||
7 | "Episode 7" [m] | 18 October 2020 | |
After Time's death and Korn's suicide attempt, the bond among the Gifted Class 15 continues to deteriorate. The Education Ministry turns against the Director and Mr. Pom who both go quickly into hiding. Pang discovers the worsening situation among the bedridden Gifted Class 16, but Class 15 is already too divided to fight against the Ministry's inaction. When all hope seems lost, a revelation awaits Pang in an abandoned steel mill. | |||
8 | "Episode 8" [n] | 25 October 2020 | |
Pang discovers that Time is still alive and is virtually restored to health. The Director and Mr. Pom had smuggled Time out of the school and secretly treated him for the Nyx-88 infection. In the steel mill, the Director recounts to Pang the harsh beginnings of the Gifted Program — a story involving his fellow researcher, his girlfriend and Mr. Pichet. | |||
9 | "Episode 9" [o] | 1 November 2020 | |
The secrets of the Gifted Program has been leaked into the Internet, but the Ministry suspiciously intends to hold a press con to publicize the Program's existence. Pang, Wave and their juniors Time, Grace and Third join hands to stop the Ministry, but their efforts lead to something else. | |||
10 | "Episode 10" [p] | 8 November 2020 | |
Despite the effort of Pang and his allies, the press con continues but, instead of the Ministry, the Director is the one addressing the audience, publicizing the Gifted Program and declaring its nationwide expansion. As he turns against the horrified Pang, the Director reveals to him his true agenda and recounts the other side of the story of his past. | |||
11 | "Episode 11" [q] | 15 November 2020 | |
A mysterious woman appears to Grace in a vision and compels her to enlist Time and Third in the search for the person who might hold the only key in stopping the Nyx-88 infection. Third suspects Grace's potential has awoken when, in her normal state, she insists she has no recollection of her commissioning the task to the boys. Meanwhile, the Gifted Class 15 risk getting the virus if they do not reveal Pang's whereabouts to the Director. | |||
12 | "Episode 12" [r] | 22 November 2020 | |
With the blueprint of the antiviral radiation machine now in the hands of the Gifted, the Director perceives Grace as a threat to his plans. He hastens the full activation of Grace's potential and consequently he uncovers a potential so exceptional it could even be superior to his own. As Korn volunteers to be the first to be treated of Nyx-88 using the machine, Ohm, Wave, Mr. Pom and Chanon work together to stop the Director's corrupt plans. | |||
13 | "Episode 13" [s] | 29 November 2020 | |
The truth of the Gifted Program has been exposed and the consequent public sentiment has started to put the Director in an unfavorable position. As the Director refuses to concede, the Gifted Class 15, Grace, Mr. Pom and Chanon make their final offensive. Soon, they have to decide on how to properly end the fight they have started two years ago. |
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