Lover, Not Brother

Few short dramas commit to the drama quite like this one does. On the surface this is a Romance / Forbidden Love serial, but underneath it is a story about payback served cold — and "Lover, Not Brother" plays both layers for all they are worth.

Wrestling star Kai Cross gets everything he wants except his coach and stepbrother Damon, who rebuffs him to protect Kai's career — eight years older and desperately fighting his own side of it. The show is unusually frank about wanting and restraint, and the night the iron facade cracks it does not look back. Faith-versus-feeling stepbrother romance with real heat and an athlete's discipline for framing.

Tropes on the menu: step-siblings, revenge. Watch it in one sitting or savor it nightly; either way, the hooks do their job.