Just when things get REALLY good, Squid Game 2 ends on a cliffhanger, leaving it feeling like a (very) incomplete season. It’s good, but not great.
Season 2 of Squid Game takes us back to the deadly games, but with a twist. This time, we know what’s going on, and so does Gi-hun, but is this a good thing or a bad thing? It ceratinly changes the dynamic of the show, that’s for sure.
The biggest issue is that just when things get really good, it ends on a massive cliffhanger. This is extremely frustrating and had me even wondering if perhaps Netflix held back the final episode of season 2 to keep spoilers from getting out. Nope.
Squid Game 2 had the nearly impossible task of living up to what is basically a perfect first season. It was filled with twists and turns and we, as an audience, had very little insight into what was going on.
Now that we know, the series needed to find new ways to surprise us. Of course, there is yet another plant in the game. He also dons number 001, and if I was Gi-hun, I would have been suspicious of him from the start.
There are also a number (no pun intended) of other interesting characters that join in the games. Ones you cannot help but root for and others you will instantly hate. It doesn’t take long before Gi-hun confesses he has played the games before, and tries to help out the other players.
It is not apparent whether the actual games being played are switched up to keep him on his toes, or simply because they always change them around when a new group of people are brought in. The iconic Red Light, Green Light game, however, is still the first one to be played.
There is a lot happening in the”real world” outside of the games this time around as well. This story mainly focuses around Jun-ho, who is searching for the island where the games take place so that he can put a stop to them once and for all.
There are a few surprises that surround his journey, which is interesting, however I found myself forgetting about it whenever we were in the games. So it is intriguing, but apparently not intriguing enough to hold my attention.
Squid Game season 2 was never going to be as good as season 1. It has impossibly big shoes to fill. But it definitely could be better than it is. Should be, even. There are great elements here, and it is not all bad. The first episode catches viewers up on what has been going on the last three years, while driving the story forward.
We are introduced to one of the guards outside of the game, learning about her motives behind doing the horrific things she has done. This is likely done so that we feel for her, at least a little bit, however she did not give off any remorse to me, and because of that, I found myself quickly not rooting for her at all.
Thankfully the games are switched up this time around. This keeps things interesting and will keep viewers on their toes because we know what to expect, but we don’t know everything. There are enough twists and turns here to keep surprising us, however, nothing is as shocking as what we learned in season 1.
By the time the episodes truly pick up and things get really good, episode 7 ends and we are left with a massive cliffhanger. It is hard to truly review this season because it feels so incomplete. It abruptly stops, and we are left waiting for Squid Game Season 3.
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About Squid Game Season 2
Three years after winning Squid Game, Player 456 gave up going to the states and comes back with a new resolution in his mind. Gi-hun once again dives into the mysterious survival game, starting another life-or-death game with new participants gathered to win the prize of 456 billion won.
All 7 episodes of Squid Game 2 are streaming now on Netflix.
