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Squid Game 1x09 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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2022-04-28 12:45:01
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Ryan

The show has been picked up for another season (really a no-brainer given how quickly it climbed into Netflix's most successful show EVER) but I truly have a hard time thinking of how you follow this up. A huge part of this season's appeal was that Gi-Hun is this completely normal, kind of pathetic guy stumbling through everything, so how do you make a whole season of him being this badass taking the system down, and where would he even start anyway? It feels much more fitting to end on the feeling we have here, with assurance that he'll do it somehow but the details are left to our imagination.

Jenny Chalek

Yeah, the whole thing about that "everyone came here voluntarily" is, you can't genuinely consent if you're under duress. These people had nothing else to try for, they felt they had no choice. Also, season 2 is supposed to give us more of the Front Man's story.

Jenny Chalek

And yes, a rewatch after you know the twists is fun because you see all the clues they put in.

Thomas Corp

I’m in agreement with you in that when I watched the finale, I too thought that either Gi-hun or Sang-woo could be the victor of the games. It all depended on the direction the show took. The fight between the two was impressive. I found it great how Gi-hun still tries to stop the games and how in the end, Sang-woo has the moment of clarity and in a way makes peace with Gi-hun. I love how the bulk of the episode primarily focused on the trauma that one would have after going through the ordeal of those games. Heartbreaking about Gi-hun's mom. When I first saw the episode, the second Sang-woo's mom mentioned that Gi-hun's mom hadn’t been into work, nor had she answered the phone for a few days, I instantly knew what had happened and started to cry. And like how you said, helping his mom was something that kept Gi-hun going, and then for him to come home to discover that it was all for naught, it’s devastating. Concerning the big surprise twist, I am so glad that you didn’t get spoiled. Your reaction to it was great. Me, I wasn’t spoiled per se, but I predicted it some. One, I was a bit suspicious because I did remember at work especially people who had seen the show talked about Il-nam and that they liked his character a fair amount, and around when I got to the third episode, it occurred to me that everyone was mum on exactly why he was well liked, which insinuated that there was perhaps more to him than met the eye. Second, as I mentioned a few weeks ago, there was something that struck me as being very odd in the marble episode. Said oddity was that we never actually saw Il-nam die, and that his “death” was conspicuously moved to behind a wall. It raised alarm bells because one, a show this grim and this unafraid to show death and violence, to suddenly shy away from that was perplexing. And two, when his “death” wasn’t shown on-screen, I heard in my head, clear as a bell, my dad saying, “We didn’t see it happen.” My dad was always quite astute about that whenever a show or film does something like that and would say things of that nature whenever it happened. So, when Gi-hun gets the card and we see what is said on the card, I yelled, “God DAMN it! I HATE it when I’m right about these kinds of things!” The scene with Gi-hun and Il-nam was a standout for the series. I also believe that Il-nam is genuine in what he was saying. All throughout the scene I had stuck in my head one of my favorite lines from my favorite character from the tv series Fargo, which was, “The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because otherwise, who would care?” I almost wish that this wasn’t getting a second season because I loved the ending where the Businessman makes a return appearance and gets in his little The French Connection moment, and that last shot of Gi-hun and the uncertainty of what will happen next is just a great ending. That being said, I do look forward to a second season, because I did enjoy this show, and I very much enjoyed your reactions and insights into it. I would therefore love to see it return and I would love to continue sharing this show with you. I have no real predictions myself, but if as you noted Gi-hun's hair remains the bright red, I am very much looking forward to you calling bullshit on that. Thanks for your reactions to season one of Squid Game, Jess.