Checkered Shirt Season 2 (2025)

Finally, success.

Checkered Shirt succeeded better where most in this area faltered, they delivered believable performances. Building on the open ending from S1, Han Gyeol and Jeong U, after making plans, lost touch with each other and it took five years to reconnect. Dong Ho and Yu Bin are great together. Visually they compliment each other and felt natural in all stages of their relationship.

The script at times was a little repetitive. The scenery in accordance with the budget and I will add, it was a bonus to see them outside enclosed spaces. This added a bit of reality to it.

Yu Bin has been building a catalogue with his performances, the last two I'm not a fan but he did show variety. With this I will say, he's back on top as finally we saw the depth of raw emotion he can tap into. Great.

Dong Ho, having only seen him in Blossom Campus, upgraded. Throughout this series, I was very intrigued by his reserved performance. What hid behind those silent eyes? He did better here. Would love to see more of him.

Sukfilm has returned to what they previously did well and that is hiring the best actors, building on their rapport and sticking to a formula that works. The scripts still needs some work to get there without unnecessary clutter and repetitions. They did well with S1 and S2 with this one.

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First Impression: Checkered Shirt season 2

Overall: you don't need to watch season 1 in order to watch season 2 because I have no idea what even happened in season 1 and I'm understanding what's happening in season 2. That being said, I'm not a fan of what happened at the end of episode 2. 8 episodes about 8 minutes each. Aired on Sukfilm YouTube channel https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYfaogVGCvwR6JKy1hl4Jq93_HjCqSLgc&si=nTa0KMF7n5QERl3_

Content Warning: ex intimate partner abuse off screen

What I Liked
- visuals
- that a character hung up the phone

Room For Improvement
- ghosting

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