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4Minutes (สี่นาที)

4Minutes (สี่นาที) is a 2024 Thai supernatural boys' love (BL) thriller series in which Great, a university student and heir to a wealthy business family, gains the uncontrolled ability to see four minutes into the future, and meets the surgical resident Tyme, who becomes both his romantic interest and a trigger for his power.¹ It was produced by Be On Cloud, the studio behind KinnPorsche The Series, aired on the One31 channel, and streamed internationally in a more explicit "Sultrier Version" on Viu.²^•³

Key fact	Detail
Original title	สี่นาที (also romanized Si Nathi)²
Run	8 episodes, July 26 to September 13, 2024, Fridays at 11:15 pm on One31⁴
Production	Be On Cloud; directed by Bhanbhassa Dhubthien; written by Sammon (Isaree Siriwankulthon) and Parida Manomaiphibul⁵
Leads	Bible Wichapas Sumettikul as Great; Jes Jespipat Tilapornputt as Tyme⁴
Two cuts	One31 aired the broadcast cut; Viu released the more explicit Sultrier Version, both of 8 episodes²
Ratings	IMDb 7.6/10 (about 1.3K votes); Rakuten Viki 8.7/10 (7,205 users)⁶^•⁷
Award	Breakthrough Cast of the Year at the Mint Awards 2024³

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Premise

Great (Bible Wichapas Sumettikul) is a Business Administration student and the son of a wealthy business owner. Without warning he begins to perceive events four minutes before they happen, a power he cannot control and whose origin he does not know. The ability lets him alter the outcomes of events, giving him chances to remake choices he would otherwise have made badly.¹^•⁸

After he is injured helping a friend who was assaulted, he meets Tyme (Jes Jespipat Tilapornputt), a resident doctor in a surgery department. Tyme's presence repeatedly activates Great's power, and the two grow closer as they try to understand each other and the ability itself.⁸ As the series progresses, the four-minute window becomes more complicated than a simple glimpse of the future, and violence involving people in Great's wider circle brings Inspector Win into the story.²

A parallel plot follows Great's older half-brother Korn (Bas Asavapatr Ponpiboon), whom their father selects to take over a secretive "Investment" division of the family business, and Korn's relationship with Tonkla (Thanawat Shinawatra).⁹ The supporting cast also includes Nantanat Thakadkul as Fahsai, Jetsadakorn Bundit as Title, Yosatorn Konglikit as Dr. Den, Patiphan Fueangfunuwat as Win, and Athens Werapatanakul as Dome.⁴

Production and broadcast

The series was created and written by Sammon, the screenwriter behind Manner of Death and Triage, with Parida Manomaiphibul as co-screenwriter, and directed by Bhanbhassa Dhubthien (Ning).⁵^•¹⁰ Be On Cloud produced it as a co-production with One31, and the streaming platform Viu carried it as one of its July 2024 originals.¹¹

Two versions. One31 broadcast the standard cut each Friday at 11:15 pm, while Viu released the Sultrier Version, a more explicit cut, simultaneously; both versions contain 8 episodes.²^•¹² Episode runtimes differ between cuts: the TV version of episode 1 runs 44 minutes 32 seconds against 57 minutes 50 seconds for the uncut version.¹³ Across the season, listed runtimes on the broadcast cut range from 47 to 58 minutes.¹⁴

International streaming. The Sultrier cut later became available on several international platforms, including GagaOOLala, iQIYI, and Rakuten Viki, with availability varying by territory.²^•¹⁵ In the United States the series streams on Rakuten Viki with a subscription, and it is not currently available on Netflix.¹⁶

Reception

Audience scores differ by platform: IMDb users gave the series 7.6/10 from about 1,300 votes, with per-episode scores falling from 7.4 for the premiere to between 5.9 and 7.0 for later episodes, while Rakuten Viki users rated it 8.7/10 from 7,205 ratings.⁶^•⁷

The production was recognized with the Breakthrough Cast of the Year award at the Mint Awards 2024.³ Thai PBS's industry analysis listed 4MINUTES among the hottest Thai BL series of 2024, in a year when Thai BL and GL series were described as a growth engine for the country's creative industry.¹⁷

Place in Thai BL

4Minutes belongs to the wave of Thai BL series that turned the genre into a global export: the first Thai BL dramas appeared in 2014, and the genre expanded sharply after the COVID-19 pandemic, with Thailand's investment promotion agency helping secure 360 million baht (about $10.7 million) in foreign investment for Thai BL in 2021.¹⁸ Within that market, Be On Cloud positioned the series as a high-production, mature-rated entry combining romance, science fiction, crime, and medical drama rather than a campus romance.²^•¹⁰ The casting of Jes, a Thai primetime drama actor, in a BL role was noted as part of a broader trend of established primetime actors taking BL parts.¹⁷

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › Turkish, Middle Eastern, and African serials › Thai serial dramas (lakorn) › Premiered 2008 to 2024

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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