Check Out (2022)

i have no idea why i did this to myself

Pure torture. Episode 0 was very promising and the potential for the follow up series WAS THERE. However, the series did not start on a good note and it was progressively getting worse. The characters had no debt and even though they were flawed (which could have been a good plot point) they had no intention to change which led to zero character development. Especially after episode 5 (i think) it got insufferably boring. From some point onwards i watched out of pure curiosity (on x2 speed too bcs the episodes were unreasonably lengthy too and they could also get very repetitive at times) just to see how much worse this could get. All in all, a waste of my time.

P.S. i think the actors did as much as they could with what they were given and i do have to acknowledge that there was progress to their acting since skinship (which i watched the first episode of and it was enough for a lifetime).

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THIS IS A CRAZY STORY, THE MAIN COUPLE IS CRAZY

it's really unfortunate that the actors who have acted very well but were destroyed by a very shitty storyline!!!

IT IS REALLY WEIRD AND VERY CRUEL, THE PROCESS OF FORMING THE MAIN COUPLE IS VERY BAD!!

DAONEUA'S CHARACTERR IS VERY VERY BAD AND CRUEL, TOO NAIVE AND VERY STUPID!!

Episode 0 gave us the hope of a good story and romance, but after spending time watching episodes 1-9 we were totally annoyed, resentful and fed up with the main couple. Instantly I really hate Daoneua.

in episode 10 i was really only interested in the second couple story which is tee and Ice, PLEASE GIVE THEM A SERIES FOR DEBUT!!!!

GODDAMN I REALLY HATE THE MAIN COUPLE IN THIS SERIES!! STRONGLY NOT RECOMMENDED FOR YOU TO WATCH OR REWATCH!

another message, THE CANDY AND THE BOAT COUPLE ARE VERY NOT IMPORTANT AND VERY WASTE OF TIME!!

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it should have begun and ended with episode zero

20-30 mins per episode is more than enough for this series... but a whole 1 hr plus with so much mundane scenes? and 13 episodes.. for what please? my goodness.. lots of fast forwards and skipping while watching 'cause i just wanted to finish it... the script could have been so much better.. good visuals and thats about it, it gave nothing else... it was so suffocating but i had already started watching with high hopes and it got crushed bad...

it really should have not gone more that the teaser episode 0 - maybe just 1 more episode after zero... like a sequel to zero and wrap up everything !! the teaser episode was what made most of us anticipate this series then after a long time waiting, they crushed our expectations below zero.. lmaooo

the script was just terrible.. better luck next time to this production house, if theres a next time...

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Confusing, Nonsensical, and Laughable

The two main leads are cute/hot, but that's not enough to carry the ridiculous plot that went on for much too long. Half of the episodes could have been cut out. Certain scenes were hysterically funny due to how ridiculous they were, such as so much emphasis put on a brief, forgettable incident that had happened years earlier. (Daonuea literally almost fell and dropped his glasses. They didn't even break.) And the "sexy" Heimlich maneuver in the restaurant. And ALL the sex scenes. Other scenes were so dull, I wanted to play them at high speed to get through them. (Some viewers commenting actually did that.)
I got the definite feeling the director didn't review any of the scenes after they were filmed. I've seen soap operas that were way better acted and put together and much more believable.
I wanted to like this show, but I just couldn't. It had it's moments, but they were sadly few and far between. They couldn't even get a good fake baby bump for the pregnant lady, and there was a flashback scene that hinted at child harm that was never explained. (Sure, Daonuea's mother left him in a park and he was raised by an aunt. But what about the creepy man who came up to him on the swings?) Things were repeated, left out, brushed under the rug. There were TONS of product placement. Even the outside view of the building where they work didn't match the inside. I'm pretty you'll regret watching it as soon as you hit episode two, but if you're really bored, give it a try. Nine is definitely some eye candy when he takes his shirt off.

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It's so bad...

Hands down the worst plot of any piece of media I have ever consumed.

The resort setting is beautiful, the soundtrack was good, the main 2 actors were super hot, so it takes a special kind of bad to mess all that up so hard. But it is a special kind of bad.

Episode 0 is pretty good. It's not amazing unless you're comparing it to the rest of the series. I suggest watching episode 0, then episode 12 but STOP at the "two years later" transition (that scene was just cringe, not cute).

Here's another example of how bad it was: I suffered through episode 11 and totally intended to watch episode 12, but life got a little busy for a couple days, and then LITERALLY a month later I remembered I never finished this drama. How do you forget to watch the finale? When it's as exciting as watching paint dry, I guess.

I would be totally willing to watch another series with the two main actors. The jury is still out on whether or not they can truly act, but they are cute and had good chemistry once in a while.

I don’t even know where to begin. The constant "LodeStar Productions" transition. The severely unnecessary and triggering behavior of Nine's girlfriend. The way everyone had bouts of going monotone and stone faced. How everyone at the office would just stare into space and stir coffee all day long. The completely bizarre backstory about the theme park.

Oh, one of the best (worst): Nine and Danouea, after their one night stand, get back into relationships with the people they had broken up with prior to the one night stand. They then sleep with each other again, thus both are clearly cheating on their significant others. Meanwhile, Nine constantly admits he has a girlfriend. Everyone including Danouea knows Nine has a girlfriend. But when it's in the news that Nine's girlfriend is famous, Danouea is mortally offended, absolutely beside himself in shock and betrayal that... Nine has a girlfriend. Did I mention Danouea had even MET Nine's girlfriend (although it was Candy pretending to be his girlfriend but that doesn't really matter), she had been introduced to him as Nine's girlfriend, and still... it's a huge (time wasting) plot point that Danouea is heartbroken to find out Nine has a girlfriend (but he knew that the whole time).

And so on with the cheating. All they do is cheat on other people with each other, then Danouea has an entire breakdown twice over Nine cheating on him once they get together. Honey, why are you surprised?

Candy was the only redeeming part of this series. That's all I have to say.

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I’ve seen worse but the bar is soo low

Okay so this was pretty bad and I only made it through the whole thing because I already invested too much time on it and I had the 2x speed button. Episode 0 was promising and it went downhill from there. I disliked this to the point where I was trying to find something to like and the thing I liked wasn’t even part of the story. I liked how they filmed and edited the opening credits. It was cool. Wow to think I fixate on that above all else like the actual drama itself. What is very sad to me is that I think Chahub is promising and I want to see him get another chance at a lead role with a decent plot. Checkout is just very very boring and annoying. The conflicts in this annoyed me so much that I audibly groaned everytime. Both leads (Nine and Daonuea) are in relationships that they don’t want to stay in and they don’t love their partners anymore. Yet they think about each other and the steamy night they shared when they were on vacation and when they were both temporarily broken up with. But for some reason they felt they needed to stay in those relationships. They continually flirt and tease each other. They both end up cheating on their partners. Any conflict that happens ends up with Daonuea crying and jumping to conclusions. It always have to do with lack of trust and communication. There are so many unnecessary arguments that frustrates me. Candy is the best thing the show has going for it. I could care less for the intimate scenes cause I didn’t care for these characters. It isn’t the worst drama I’ve ever seen because I’ve seen some pretty bad ones but it’s not good either. I would go back in time to tell my past self not to watch this. Oh! Did I mention the soundtrack sucks? Yeah it’s not worth your time.

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Kind of reminds me of stale bread tbh

I don't think this is the worst drama I've ever seen nor do I think it's the cast's fault that it was as bad as it was. Everything is just dry and bland. It had potential... until it didn't. It was boring, the characters all sucked (I'm not saying that the characters need to all be good people, but at least give the character's enough depth to bring out SOME emotion). The actors did what they could with what they were given but it was just poorly written and dry. The only upside to the uncut version is the spicier scenes... but they weren't all that exciting either (the actors, once again, were fine but the writing was so lazy there was literally no possible way to fake chemistry). If you're on the lookout to pass the time and you're so bored you'd either be watching this or chewing your arm off... then this is for you but if you're looking for a good plot with good characters this isn't it.

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The storyline is so boring! Hoping for more but it's a letdown.

Like everyone I was hyped up when I saw the teaser trailer and thought "Oh! This drama looks fun" and the excitement build up when they released the special episode and I started to look forward to the series. BUT it was the total opposite of what happened in the series, I can't believe that I had to used the skip button from the 1st episode until to the recent one. Believe it or not I've been skipping all the scenes while I watch because of the boring daily office life of the characters, the actors are doing a good job bringing life to the characters but I just can't relate or feel anything while watching it. Most of the episodes are all set in the office, and it's so repetitive in each episodes. The growth and development of each characters' relationships are so slow that eventually it turns out to be nonsense and hard to understand. Last 4 episodes left but I felt like the story is still at it's 1st episode, no climax, no nothing. This is such a waste of time. Hayyys.

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I Watched This So You Don’t Have To

I went into this drama with very low expectations based on the rating and the comments I had seen. I really didn't think it was all that bad until about episode 7 when an already messy story took things a step further.

Let me list the issues:
1. The acting isn’t great, not terrible but def not great by any means. We all know with a good enough plot and production a little bad acting can be overlooked but this drama is lacking in both of those elements. The emotions here felt fake and unbelievable. Candy, Ice, and Boat were probably the most believable in their characters.
2. The plot isn’t actually all the bad when you know the entirety of what happened but the way it’s delivered is haphazardly done. It jumps around from key events and different timelines. You get used to it after a while but it made for some frustrating viewing. The biggest problem is that the story has a lot of potential but the execution is poor. Something I found irritating is the underutilization of the Tee/Nine/Dao university buddy part of the story. This is part of the story that had big potential to impact the relationship between the leads in a truly meaningful way but they barely scratched the surface of what could have been a beautiful little element to the main's relationship. Instead, all that potential was wasted.
3. The leads aren’t very likable. Nine is overly aggressive with Dao and although Nine's girlfriend is problematic, he does very little to actually try to end things with her despite knowing he doesn’t love her anymore. Yes, this is because he thinks she’s suicidal (which we find out a little too late) but rather than explaining the situation he hurts his girlfriend and Dao by not being transparent with either of them. Also, we know he had a FWB but did Nine have a habit of sleeping with his FWB's friends? That part was so weird and no real explanation was given.
4. Continuing from point #3, Dao isn’t likable either. While Tee is certainly far from perfect, Dao completely uses Tee to get back at Nine for hurting him. Dao is never really back with Tee officially but instead leads him on to believe that they might get back together. Then once Dao and Nine get together he doesn’t even try to hide that he’s all happy in love with Nine. TBH Dao is quite childish and whiny.
4. Nine’s ex/girlfriend is the most inconsistent of the characters. While we can blame her career for her wanting to spend time with Nine but not being able to, there is no explanation for her complete turn around from her crazy outbursts (literally threw herself in front of Candy’s car) to letting go of Nine kind of easily and then encourages him to follow his heart. Literally, she strips naked crying to Nine in a last-ditch effort for him to be with her but then minutes later encourages him to follow his heart and be with Dao. She just lets him go? After all that?? That easy?
5. While Tee’s character seems fine when you take a deeper look at his actions you realize he’s not all that great. First, we know that he was talking to someone else while Dao and he were first starting to date which is why Dao leaves and goes on his mini vaca where he meets Nine. However, later it appears like Tee is being very sweet and kind to Dao while trying to get him back but we find out that Tee has been monitoring Dao via Boat. He had Boat look into who Dao was with at the resort, and also had Boat report to him about Dao in the office. Furthermore, he kept pressuring Dao to be with him even when Dao clearly wasn’t enthusiastic about being with him. Even when Dao finally ended things with Tee, Tee forced a kiss on Dao that was incredibly awkward and gross. (I still don’t know why they slept in the same bed after that).
6. Even after the MC is together and "happy" it feels like there is zero trust there. We know that they are doing well because of the time jump ahead but I can't see Dao ever truly trusting Nine.

What’s good about the drama:
1. Nine’s abs
2. Candy
3. The OST

Would Not Recommend
Would Not Re-watch

If you’re looking for an infidelity-themed drama with real tension, I recommend Before We Get Married. It’s not a BL but it’s what I think this drama tried to pull off but failed at.

Afterthought: What was Nine doing at the zoo dressed in all black like that? They never explained that. It was so shady.

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So Disappointing

I just finished Ep 10 and thought, "Well, that was the most 'meh' finale I've ever watched." And then found out there are 2 more episodes?! How?! Where is there left for this disaster of a plot to possibly GO? It's sheer curiosity that's keeping me going watching this series, but I don't watch every episode the day it comes out. I get to it when I get to it. I often skip a week and watch 2 episodes at once, because nothing about this series inspires me to want to watch it ASAP.

I loved Ep 0, but the rest of the series has been so disappointing. Chahub and Best's acting is good, and I like their chemistry, although if I never have to hear Best whine "P'Tee" again, it will be too soon.

Even if you added some substance and closed up the plotholes, I feel like this whole series could have wrapped up in 6 episodes, max. I was surprised when Ep 8 wasn't the end and now I'm SHOCKED that Ep 10 isn't the end. WTF.

Disappointing drivel that's likely to haunt these actors forever.

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WHAT A LOT OF BULLSHIT

Easiest drama to watch: just press the skip button and you are good. Who wrote this must've been high or something because this shit is hilarious, and no, I did not mean that in a good way. The story is one if not the worst in the BL world and it's so boring oh my god. I was rolling all over the floor, I was chasing flies and mosquitos and whatnot... Like I said, If you want to watch this just use that skip button, it will end your pain much quicker. The character are pathetically written and are so annoying. Development? No honey, you are looking for development in the wrong series. 7 episodes in and feels like we haven't even started yet. Bullshit to the max. The music is disappointing. Side characters are boring. Well, only one character is alright and that's miss Candy. Toxic ex, toxic relationships... just pure disaster of a show.
Everything is done in 3 locations and it really sucks.
I expected more, this show is really an embarrassment. Just skip this for your own well-being. Its -1000/10

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Absolutely not what I had expected

Holy smoke its finally over!!!!

This drama was a real hot mess, in the terms that it was one of those drama whereby you literally watched but cringed every time you watched it.

It had a good start and Nine was extremely hot in this series, but what earth happened after that OMG!! for me the major let down of this whole was Daonuea gosh he was really annoying and way to childish for me. he throws a fit over nothing. I would love to see him get help for his acting and learning on how to communicate and understand before we just assume and cry like a baby, also Tee was a let down, I took him for a bit of a more mature guy but the lies and deception just kept piling up with all of them, the only saving grace in this drama was Boat & Candy they had such a sweet love and were more level headed the rest of the crew!!

This series had so much potential and yet the entire thing was ruined. everything about this drama was just a mess, and I am left wondering why I started this and carried on watching this till the very end.

Overall: WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!

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