It wasn't short, it was perfect. This episode was perfect. It showed us everything that we needed to know but at the same time it was done in a way that doesn't make you feel sorry for Lhong because whatever happened in his life doesn't justify what he did. They wanted us to understand Lhong's personality better from how alone he was since he was a kid to finally find someone who's the light in his dark and lonely world, Tharn.
He’s completely alone. No one’s there for him, no one cares. No one cared about him even when he was just a child. He lived his life completely alone.
Then Tharn shows up, tells him that he’s not alone anymore and that he’ll always be there for him. This is the turning point in his life, he found someone that made the promise of never leaving him.
The episode is also full of flashbacks of Lhong’s happy memories:
memories that show us an happy person, but it’s just toxic happiness. It’s not the happiness that you feel because you’re good with yourself, it’s the happiness that it’s given to you by someone else. So, if this someone leaves you, everything in your world crumbles.
Lhong’s obsession can be explained in just one sentence: fear of being left alone. This fear is going to make him do anything he can, even the worst things, just to be sure that no one can steal the only person he’s ever had.
This episode explained his behaviour really well, now we can understand him but we can’t forgive him and this exactly what the director wanted. Also, a big round of applause to Kaownah’s acting skills ‘cause he nailed it. Everything was on point and portrayed perfectly. Never disappoints.