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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- The popular Netflix K-drama Squid Game returns for a second season!
In Squid Game Season 2, Seong Gi-hun returns to the deadly competition, determined to dismantle the organization from within. Teaming up with former detective Hwang Jun-ho, who survived his previous encounter with the games, Gi-hun navigates new alliances and treacherous challenges.
Squid Game Season 2 features a compelling ensemble cast, blending returning characters with new faces. Lee Jung-jae (Deliver Us from Evil, Along with the Gods, The Housemaid) reprises his role as Seong Gi-hun, the determined protagonist seeking to dismantle the deadly games. Lee Byung-hun (I Saw the Devil, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) returns as Hwang In-ho, also known as the enigmatic Front Man overseeing the competition. Wi Ha-joon (Midnight, 18 Again, Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum) continues his portrayal of Hwang Jun-ho, the persistent detective investigating the sinister organization. New additions include Yim Si-wan (The Attorney, Strangers from Hell, Run On) as Lee Myeong-gi, a cryptocurrency influencer entangled in the lethal contest, and Kang Ha-neul (Midnight Runners, When the Camellia Blooms, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo) as Dae-ho, a complex participant with a mysterious background. The season also introduces Park Sung-hoon (Psychopath Diary, Into the Ring, My Only One) as Hyun-ju, a character whose casting has sparked discussions, and Jo Yu-ri (Produce 48, IZONE*, Glassy) as Kim Jun-hui, adding depth to the narrative with their performances.
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The recruiter’s acting is just on a different level. What an episode.
Yes Gong yoo's acting is just top tier!
Gong Yoo is incredible, watch Trían to Busan
you should watch him in guardian. the lonely and great God.
That’s Gong Yoo ! Incredible actor
He is him fr. One of the best actors in Korea for nearly 2 decades. Dude was a prince!
he was never going to recruit homeless people, remember, by the time the recruiter finds them and makes them play, he already knows every detail of their lives, these were just homeless people he was testing in order to make sure to himself that he is right in what he does, that people choose to be this way.
Either that or this is just how he enjoys spending his personal time lol
Yea that’s how he enjoys his free time testing his theory of “trash”
Welp, he is just a Marvel/DC level of villain crazy. Thats just a personal hobby prob
Hé has to believe in the system because if hé doesent hé has to come to terms with the fact that hé helped kill thousands of people including his own father
He also clearly gets a kick out of “the game” no matter what it is. Whether it’s the lottery or Russian roulette
The mob boss didn't forget the rules. He sacrificed himself and let the other guy live.
Which was super interesting because so his friend did the same for him by closing his eyes
@@JadaSnacks and also remember the boss said so your married now
@@JadaSnacks he probably thought about the fact that he has a family and daughter, in comparison to himself probably has nothing. kind of similar to that girl who played with sae byeok in the first season.
yeah i don't know why they dont get catch it..gigachad boss he's a trash in s1 but they show the man had word of honor
Maybe only people who truly value honor can see honorable actions
28:36 he didn't get scared. He knew the rules. He did that on purpose and forfeited the game. The guy who got unalived is the one who officiated his friends wedding.💔
Yess i was crying a lil bit🥲
The whole time they were chasing the recruiter, he kept reminding the other guy that he had a new wife, so they were setting it up for him to let the other guy live.
37:53 Gong Yoo! Yes he is very famous in Korea. And has a large following outside Korea. It’s too bad we only got one episode with him, but his episode was stellar. The Front Man was very unhinged, sadistic and brain wash enough to love the games.
The gangster boss sacrifices himself, not forget the rules. You can see his eyes.
It’s kinda crazy how many people don’t realize that the “boss” is the same guy who Gi hun owed money to in season 1. The same guy who punched Gi hun in the nose and made him use the blood as a signature
YES! i thought i was the only person that noticed that😭
Tbf it’s been three years and he was only ever in one episode. That and it’s only ever brought up in this episode once, so it’s a blink and you’ll miss it or the scene is edited over by reactors to avoid copyright
@@getaloadofthisguy2927 I suppose, but I recognized him immediately! I only saw season one as a whole once but at least to me, the “boss” had a memorable scene (making him use his own blood to sign was crazy). Me and some family members all thought that if we saw him again in season 2, he would be a player in the games after losing money somehow haha. Crazy to see him becoming a friend of sorts to Gi Hun!
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Who tf remembers that
who knew the recruiter was just as crazy
At first I thought he was going to work with the main character but he was just crazy lmaoo
That's Gong Yoo (Train to Busan)
@ i know !!!
What did you expect from the recruiter of a shady organization? Of course, he's crazy af and Gong Yoo is killing the role. 👏
The recruiter played by Gong Yoo is a product of the game. He was the one who killed his own father. He also mentioned in the story that he prefers what he’s doing because it allows him to discover more about himself. He doesn’t care if people die because, for him, they are trash and losers.
"He's sick. I think he wants to die." See, that's why I loved Gong Yoo's acting here even though I'm not a fan of him. His character was prepared to kill and die at any moment, he's a psycho who'd pull the trigger on his head without hesitation, yet when he realized the last bullet was for him, the look on his face was priceless. He wasn't expecting that yet you knew he was still gonna pull the trigger on himself (and not be stopped by a 3rd party or plot armor whatsoever). I was sure of that in just 1 episode because that's what his acting told me
He was smiling because Gi-Hun proved him wrong, he didn't break the rules like common trash
I love how the first time we met the recruiter in Season1, Gi hun aimed a gun at his head, which was really a lighter and it ends with Gi hun handing him a real gun to kill himself for removing his mask. That arc came full story and the foreshadowing was crazy!
In the rock paper scissors scene I took that as the boss sacrificing himself by purposely not following the rules. Anybody else think that or am I misreading it? He clearly new the rules as he was playing perfectly leading up to that moment
thats what i thought
I thought that too
Oh wow you used your brain😂
That was my assumption
I didn't actually think that there was any other interpretation of that moment.
His dad story is, in my opinion, not a coincidence about how he loved the russian roulette. Remember if he did not shot his father HE will be shot for not respecting the rules. So in a sense, he blinded himself and blamed his father and labeled him like trash. Each time he attempted the shot, even in the end, he did not begged to not be himself a trash. He loved the power of the gun like he said because he could feel his position. Great character and a great episode
Gi hoon hired gangsters for the search, theyre just doing it in their usual gangster way. It's supposed to be funny, and it was 😂
they were just pure gangster.
Haha agree
Stomping on the bread is him trying to rationalize him killing his dad.. That they all had choice but didn't choose the bread so his father deserved to die.. To him they all 'had to be trash' then his actions are justified. When Ki-Hun refused to admit it, he lost the game and killed himself.
I really liked when the guy couldn't retract hand with scissor,, a lot must have gone through his head but in the end he couldn't let his friend die
@@regandamien wow that makes so much sense
I think it's the same with the frontman, like he's a monster who thinks he can rationalize himself by thinking everyone is trash.
I think he thought his friend did it on purpose when he showed him his fists and fists. It was a mistake to die for him, but I think he misunderstood.@@princess4joonnjk
@@Lucy-x5v The Front Man is different
he doesn't like the game, but he's lost so much hope in the world that he thinks the games are a necessary evil unless the world can change
he views it as a chance for the players
Your analogy is perfect❤
28:32 He didn't do it because he got scared, he protected the other guy. :(
39:15 The way I see the bread and lottery scene is that he's been away from "the game" for so long, recruiting players outside, that he misses being directly involved. He thrives on seeing people he views as "trash" suffer, so by giving them these "choices," he sets them up to feel even more miserable. It's all about watching their faces fill with despair, which gives him a twisted sense of satisfaction. Psychopath alert!! lol
I think he wants to see if people have changed and if not then he's satisfied in thinking people are still trash.
@@M4dH4tt3rsMus3 All of the above, lol. He cray cray
I think he actually wants them to pick bread, it's not that he cares at all because everyone is trash to him but there's something in there that wants to see someone not acting out of "greed" because they had a real choice and only one person goes for bread, he's on that same trip the old man was on betting on if the guy froze to death or gets help before midnight.
Nah he's doing that for himself becuz all this time he is womdering if he is really doing the right thing, its not his job thats just what he do on his free time
I think he is already gone past wanting them to choose bread. He dehumanized the dead bodies he burned and was given a gun after a few years of work. To him, this represents his elevation to a higher status, higher than the trash. He said it was as if his existence was acknowledged for the first time. "Trash" was a projection of how he feels about himself through the projection of what he hates and now he can treat them inhumanly and enjoy it.
I think Jaby was right on the money with his interpretation of the scene wirh the recruiter. Don‘t forget: the recruiter had just kindnapped two men who were clearly sent by someone to spy on him. Even if he knew for sure that Gihun sent them there was no way for the recruiter to know who else knows his face now. Therefore his position is compromised and - like the masked guards in season 1 - that was a death sentence in any case. I think that this scene is him going out with a bang (literally).
🎉🎉🎉 💯💯💯💯 THIS RIGHT HERE, FOLKS!!! PLUS IT MAKES SENSE FOR HIS CHARACTER! That if his position was compromised he would want to have control over his own image/demeanor...etc ..
The last scene of his face.. WOW the acting is acting !
the recruiter is SOOOOO CUTEEEE AND CRAZY AT THE SAME TIMEE
you will not survive in horror movies 💯%
“I can fix him”
Gongyoo the Ddakji man is a GOAT. I need to see more stuff with him, both in Kdramas and hollywood. Both roulette scenes were GODLIKE. This season did not disappoint. I don't know what the fuss is about.
i love it how she calls Gong Yoo/Salesman/Recruiter "The Handsome Man"..bcoz thats how I called him too hahahahaha while my husband called him 'Busan' lol
The recruiter is amazing🔥🔥 I would watch a whole show with just his character. He fascinates me so much.
Watch train to busan or goblin
Watxh his other performances (his movies) ypu will be even more fascinated. He's an awesome action hero too. Gi hoon too for that matter. Awesome actors.
Gong Yoo as the recruiter is a great actor. Train to Busan are also his good works.
41:38 I have a different view on this, I think he does this job, kinda subconsciously hating himself, he goes to that park once in a while, to find a reason to see why people are trash, and when they do the same thing every damn time and give up the bread, he is satisfied with the answer that all people are trash. But he is also angry at people for not choosing the bread, because somewhere deep inside he hopes that majority chooses the bread. Kinda like his dad who would, never choose the bread.
Also, somebody else explained that the bread or lottery symbolizes the voting process between the games where you press x or o.
1)The ones who chose the lottery or the ones who would press O to continue to the next game gambling their own and everyone else's life for greed
2) Those who chose the bread are the kinds of people who would press X because they prioritize their own survival and survival for everyone else over greed
I think the recruiter was both deeper and not as deep as people give him credit for. He was playing the same game as Gi-Hun (metaphorically in life and literally) but from a side of privilege. He started on the side of the Squid Game that encourages people to buy in to the violence they’re inflicting on others with less power than them.
The workers have a choice to follow the rules or be killed, just like the players, which isn’t an actual choice, it’s a threat, but the workers get to look at the players and say, “At least I’m not them, so I have control,” and rationalize and justify it to themselves and others to distance themselves from what they’re doing AND the fear that’s the core of it all, which is that they are no different from the players in terms of their lack of control or power within the system.
The recruiter shot his dad to save himself. He taunts homeless people with bread and lottery tickets to reassure himself of the correctness of the worldview he has committed himself to.
He shot himself because Gi-Hun made him come face to face with that truth about himself, that he still had no power or value except what people more powerful than him (who also view him as disposable) gave him. He’s been running from that fact his whole life. The only escape from that prison (as far as he could see) was to die.
he doesn't get joy from the suffering but from being better, when they choose the scratcher they prove themselves "worthless trash" and he feels like he's superior to them. You'll see more of this philosophy as the season goes on
The fact that those two schlubs didn't take a picture of the recruiter drove me insane
Gong Yoo killed it. Then again, he knocks every single role he takes on out of the water. It makes me happy that more people are loving his work.
Wi Ha-Joon [the cop] is one of my favorite Korean actors. He is... phenomenal. I could recommend his films and shows for days.
Park Sung-hoon [trans character] another favorite of mine... I have no words for his ability to make you love or hate his characters. He is brilliant and I can't wait for more from him.
Last, but the best, Lee Jung-jae and Lee Byung-hun, top tier. I have only watched 4 episodes, but I am loving this season beyond words. And enjoying y'alls reactions. Keep them up. 😊😊
Jaby is so informed. Thank goodness he points out scenes for exposition to catch us up, for a minute I couldn’t figure out that every show ever has to do this. Jaby knows how things are done in film and tv in case you didn’t know.
I like Jaby but this is really simple basic knowledge of film and writing
It took 3years to come back but you have to understand that the creator/writer/director for the entire season 1&2 is single person who has a lot to do with that much pressure on his shoulders this time as this became the NO.1 show when season 1 came out😍🔥🫶🏻🙌🏻
He did an excellent job with this season. I hope he can keep up the momentum!!!
Also have to think that it took 12 years for the first season to even be made and the creator now has the freedom to improve on any ideas he has had over the years
This director chose both money and fame and not letting anything go wrong. His sequels must meet expectations. And he delivers. 3 years is not long to wait. At first I thought I may have to wait for 6-7 years. It turns out he has more stuffs in his head during these 12 years.
@@foreveryoung9561 I think if you watch his other works (like the film Silenced), you'll realize these stuffs have been in his head constantly for years :) and with how disgustingly little netflix gave him for s1, I honestly don't blame him for making s2 to compensate for the effort he and his crews put into the show. the fact that s2 is (dare I say) better than s1 is just a testament to his talent.
The boss didn’t forget the rules. If you missed it earlier his partner just got married so the boss decided to let him die so he could be with his wife.
that sacrifice got me.. Total Boss!
@ I missed it on my first watch and realized on the second one, his death had much more impact after that revelation.
some believe his mission was to give Gihun the key, the invitation so once he started his own game the intention was to die. Of course maybe he was willing to play, if Gihun died he merely reports this fact back to the front man. Maybe the scene is a setup designed to show how much Gihun has changed, he will find the front man at any cost, no one is to be spared if can end the game.
Who would have thought that the recruiter will be actually insane.
The bread is a symbolic representation of humanity and lottery ticket is greed. He's basically doing a mini squid games for his own amusement. He looks at these people like they're trash who brought this upon themselves, and their decision to continue to pick to unwise and self-destructive options in life just reinforces his belief.
28:46 He sacrificed himself save him...
The recruiter was traumatized for killing his father. And that guilt was released when he found someone who he can release that secret and he didn't mind ending it all afterward.
I think he just killed so many people. And it made him death is nothing. also life is nothing. whatever.
If he didn’t kill himself, it means he killed his dad and not the game
@@CodyCha He was a former member of a pink soldiers, he killed a lot of people like it’s nothing for him.
he called gihun is special, he looks at gihun as a saint gonna free him, i guess he knew his time is up, and its time to stop this madness of his life
The recruiter adopted a view of the world that sees the participants as trash to mantain himself sane, but all those beliefs crumbed down when he saw the man that he admired and loved all his life, his father, being there with the trash meaning that in his view, his father who he loved was trash.
And that point his whole view and beliefs were turned into pieces, so he had no problem in giving up his own life in the roulette.
The bread and lottery symbol represents the idea that people will often choose risk over a guaranteed lesser value, even when they are desperate.
I think they did not understand who he was. Before he became the recruiter, he was one of the pink goon guys that shoots the players that loses in the game. Then one day he found his father as one of the players he had to shoot.
lel how did they miss that , they literally said it in the movie no?
We got it
no he is start at circle mask, the one who in charge of hard labor, like dispose and burning the player, after few years, he got promoted to triangle mask who role is shot death player
they didn't understand half the episode
lol they 100% got that...
“There’s no too far when trying to get out of a ticket”
Jabby what’s the furthest you’ve gone to get out of a ticket? 😂
something about "There’s no too far" makes me think at some point there was an abandoned cop car found on the side of some highway
For me bread or lottery scene showing the danger of false hope and the sadistic nature of the recruiter to see the regret and frustration of those "trash". It might also some kind of "reality check" for him to convinced himself that he is still dumping those "trash" rather than good people.
The finger hearts came way before BTS just fyi, but yes, it was made popular or mainstream by Koreans.
This episode was an excellent start and welcome back to the new season. The acting between the two at the end was elite. Trying my hardest not to binge all 7 episodes in one sitting. My wife takes too long and we've only watched the first one so far and hence I can watch the youtube reactions for it finally.
I wish Netflix will make a show about the past life of the recruiter (Gong Yoo). (Netflix has the money to pay). He's very interesting.
First, he said he forced himself to believe the participants were trash to do his job. It means he was not a monster before.
Second, his dad was a participant. He must have had an awful childhood and become completely crazy after killing him.
Third, I think the organizers are testing or betting on the workers too. It can't be pure luck that he had to kill his dad and got a promotion after.
The recruiter did the bread thing for fun. That's just the type of guy he is. It was character exposition.
Holy you guys binged the entire show and put the reactions up! i binged it too now i gotta binge your reactions 🤣
The whole thing with the bread thing is he thinks all of those people are trash, and he wants to torment them. I’ve seen people like this. They’re really out there.
Gong Yoo is too expensive to appear in more than one episode that’s why he only lasted until this episode. That’s my theory. 😂
It think you guys reading too much on the bread scene. Did you not see how happy he was when he's stomping those bread? this is his favorite pass time. To me, him killing his dad and thinking "I'm good at this" just means he just a psycho.
This was a really good start for Season 2.
It gives you info on what's going on with the main characters that survived the last season and introduces a few new ones.
The boat guy, debt collector boss and guy that is the right hand man of the boss are likeable characters.
That slap guy had a pretty twisted personality and shows just because someone is good looking doesn't mean they're a good person.
I don't know why those two didn't just wait until Gi-hun got there and just continued to follow the slap guy.
The Boss guy didn't seem scared to pull one hand back I think he did it on purpose because he was the one that officiated his marriage.
Boss guy proved how much he cared about the right hand man that works for him with the decision he made, most likely because the other guy was just married and the Boss was probably single.
I can't believe the slap guy did that at the end, but he must have had a messed up life while working for the game people and it warped his mind.
Personally I think the slap guy just got mentally twist working for the game that he needed to reaffirm what he thought about people who make the wrong choice in life.
Recruiter is excellent Lawful Evil.
He's a Devil, unabashedly evil but there are rules
Edit: see Johnny v. Devil ; i.e.Fiddle Contest
The best episode and acting of season 2. Gong-yu (name of the actor who played the recruiter), kudos 👏
Such a wonderful acting of a psycho
I was so terrified of him in this episode. Please bring back my Coffee Prince Gong Yoo 😭
the mob boss sacrificed his life because he thought of that guy as like his little brother.
The creator had said he tried to get the show green lit for years in his country but Executives kept shutting him down saying no one would watch this. Netflix got lucky and bought the project and the creator admitted he didn’t have a second season written after season 1.
The director of Squid Game knew he wanted the actors for The Recruiter and The Front Man for the series as he had worked with them before on other shows.
Gong Yoo (the Recruiter) is very popular worldwide for his roles.. Even Lisa from Blackpink said he is her ideal man.
Byung-hun (the Front Man) has acted in several American movies like G.I. Joe and Terminator.
The Magnificent seven too
The callous idk if I spelled that wrong but the callous is from him slapping people for so long
This was a very strong first episode for Season 2.
In my opinion, the thing with the bread and the lottery tickets was that character’s way to prove to himself that it wasn’t his fault those people were signing up to go to the games, it was their choice. Always their choice. And it was the writer’s way to lay the groundwork so his decision to kill himself in the end would make complete sense. That scene showed that he did feel a certain amount of guilt, which is why he did the whole thing with the bread and the tickets a hundred times over. Because, think about it, who was that for? It was for himself! He needed to rationalize his actions so he felt less guilt. It also showed how unbalanced he was, which you could see by the way he stomped on the bread like a mad man.
Some might think he simply killed himself in the end because he respected the rules of the game, but I disagree. Even if that’s true, it’s only a small part of the reason in my opinion. If it was just about the game he wouldn’t have used the gun on himself once in front of those two gangster guys. He didn’t turn the gun on himself and pull the trigger in the end just to respect the game, no way. I truly think he was losing it, meaning losing his mind, and it was because of his guilt. I mean, why did he even tell the story about killing his dad? Who needed to know? No one! But he needed to let it out!
So the bread and lottery thing was the characters attempt to rationalize his actions so he could ward off responsibility and the writers way to set the scene for his decision to pull the trigger on himself at the end.
I think with the recruiter, I believe his family was in debt but his dad would rather gamble in life rather than taking care of the family. The father would not be in the games unless he was in serious debt. It sounds really personal when the recruiter told the homeless that this was your fault for not choosing the bread. So the recruiter is taking out his rage or getting off from messing with the homeless, wishing what he could of done with his own father.
The weird thing about this episode is that I almost never saw traffic enforcement actions when I lived in South Korea for almost 4 years. It seemed to be handled most with cameras. Speed cameras, stop light cameras, etc. The most I ever saw was the occasional DUI checkpoints that they would do.
It's funny how Jaby and Achara try rationalizing The Recruiter's psychotic actions.
Seeing the recruiter makes me want to watch the Goblin, everytime.
Man they totally did not understand character motivations in this episode lol
I wasn't excited for this because I thought the first season couldn't be equaled.
2/3 of the way through this I still wasn't sold but than the Russian Roulette started and they finally got my attention.
Damn that was intense.
the gun roulette game shows us that the two does not have the mental health to make a normal logical decision anymore. the things happening inside their head are more important to them than staying alive. the recruiter of course are clearly insane with the bread scene but gi hoon himself, though still morally conscious, also does not have a sane mind anymore.
THE CASTING 😭😭😭😭😭 I'm so happy seeing a lot of my favorite actors together on this season!!! Every episode i found out one more of them, and my happynes just got bigger and bigger ❤️
Every episode i'm coming back to list them, cause they deserve to be recognized for other roles in other series.
1- the silly guy who was playing rock paper and seasors with the boss, also played a role in "Love next door" he is so funny, and aways have characters who are married 😅
2- (the train casting guy) Father from train to busan, also, Goblin... In this season homie just got me in ACTUAL FEAR with his acting.... Can someone bring back the cutie zombie dad????? 🥲
3- 16:23 this guy.... A brilliant actor, i watched a movie (it was something like "unlocked") and he played as a psycho, and bro is just SO GOOD!!!
Always enjoy this show
Love to hear the insights of both. Big thanks
I watched you guys for s1 back in 2021!! I watched you react & the whole discussion. You guys are what got me into reactions!! I have stayed since! I love you guys so much. Enjoy!! 🥰🥰🔥🔥🔥💖✨
The point of the recruiter doing the bread thing is not that he is recruiting people for the squid game, that's a whole different process altogether. He does this for fun. He gets off on it. They're showing the kind of person he is.
And the callouses on his hands are probably from slapping so many people in ddak ji game he plays to recruit them.
No on both counts. He wasn’t getting off of on the bread and tickets scene and you don’t get callus from slapping faces.
And the plural is calluses.
I just realized that I am still stuck to Goblin. ❤❤❤❤❤
17:49 “here have a bun and a scratcher” LOL if only she knew that he’s not nice at all 😭
I really enjoyed your analyses as always.. you're fun to watch
she did not just say that these are the "type of people who end up here"
homelessness can happen to literally anyone
yes, just with anything in life, there are always exceptions. however, you have to agree that there are certain patterns or ways things play out according to statistics. that's why profiling is a legitimate thing and it does work more than half the time.
yeah, generalizing is never good but there is indeed some truth to it. tis why some stereotypes although insulting are unfortunately somewhat true, to the point people just accept them.
with homelessness, it can in fact happen to anyone BUT if you drill down, many people (just barely over 50/50) who end up there unfortunately do share certain behaviors, mindsets, or character attributes in common that would lead them there. just certain people have certain tendencies that would cause them to make certain life decisions that would be seen by the majority as poor decisions and end up in unfortunate situations. that's just how things are and human nature
To answer the finger heart thing it was first popularized by an actress named Kim Hye-soo she is often credited for making it famous.
I've seen EVERYTHING! It's good! That's all I'll say. BUT I really HATE the cliffhanger!
Lol
I did a double take when I saw the final episode. I was shocked that it ended like that! Season 2 really did make things fresh again. I didn’t know how they were going to pull it off but the trailer calmed my worries. They delivered!
Your discussion about Goon Yoo's character as the recruiter is very interesting. This is my take: The bread vs. lottery game is more about affirmation of his personal value system. He's been conditioned over the years literally as the garbage collector of human trash. His little gambit in the park is a way to re-affirm his doctrine that human nature is trash when given free will, in form of a game in his case. The tenet of the game rules has become the measure for living. You live based on your choice and its consequences. Because the premises of this belief system is so extreme, he goes back to the park with the bread and lottery tickets to repeatedly prop up this absurd ideology. This also contributes to his eventual decision to take his own life when losing in the Russian Roulette game at the end of the episode.
That alleyway was all about ADT product placement 😂
Just finished season 2 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
we waited years just to binge😂😭
weekly release would of fed everyone 10 weeks
너무 재밌었어 . 기대안했는데 생각보다 좋았다 😊
If Gong Yoo as an actor in Korea is already expensive to keep in the show what about front man? If you do not know him he is in GI Joe and magnificent 7...
Your Al Pacino/Sylvio’s Al Pacino impression brought a huge smile to my face.
Dude the salesman is crazy! Who knows?! 😮
37:54
"At least he gave him a lot in this episode and he *killed* it."
*Pun drums play.*
8:06 lol no BTS didn't make it up, it was used in kpop before BTS. But they did help make it more popular outside of Korea along with other groups like EXO, bigbang, IU, stray kids, girls generation etc.
Apparently kim hye-soo originated it. And nam woohyun made it popular in kpop
19:43 no he’s literally just a psychopath that enjoys these kinds of sick games
It's really fascinating to see different people have different interpretations of the same scenes, so here's my two cents. I interpreted the end of the rock paper scissors scene as the boss being unable to choose. When you're forced to choose between saving yourself or the guy who's like a little brother to you, it's nearly impossible to choose in the heat of the moment, so he just took too long and lost by default. If he had confidently chosen to save the other guy, he would've just left his paper hand out and withdrawn the scissors. The fact that he didn't move meant that he hesitated.
As for the recruiter, I don't think he was mad at the world or at his father. That's a bit too forgiving of an excuse and paints him as an unfortunate victim. As he said, he got used to burning bodies and got through it by telling himself that they were trash. When you tell yourself that over and over for years, you start to really believe it, so naturally he completely lost his sense of empathy (if he had that much to begin with). He just stopped seeing them as human beings, so he wouldn't feel any guilt. And when one of those pieces of trash just so happened to be his father, he'd stopped caring at that point. He wouldn't see his father as a human being whom he once loved but as a piece of trash to be disposed of.
I binged whole series yesterday while wearing my pink suit.... cool experience you are for a lot here in this season...
They give the story that we are looking for, and he nailed it nothing beats goblin to portray the role😂😂😂😂
Jabe said "aint 💩 free" when bro handed over the coin 😂😂😂😂😂
I would live to see your reaction to princess man
Didn't know you grew up in Thailand! That comment about the ticket was so accurate I almost spat my drink ahahaha
I was starting to like those thug guys. Damn, why did they have to make them wholesome?
Now thats how you play Rock Paper Scissors 😂
I really liked the Loan Shark Boss from season 1.
Dude kinda reeked of a guy who would take advantage of Gi Hun and not Being willling to split the money with his men and in the end he sacrificed his life for his right hand man.
What a sacrifice
Season 2 of Squid Game is finally here let’s go
28:13 속도가 너무 빨라지면 나도 모르게 둘다 같은 것을 낼때가 있습니다. 이것은 오히려 현실적인 경우에요 😂
나도 그 생각했음 ㅎ
Lol look at these two dressed like my parents 😂
From what i recall, i dont think the creator had an idea for the 2nd season at the time which is why it took a while. He didnt want to rush a 2nd season. Most k dramas end with one season and thats pretty much it. Its only been recently that kdramas have gotten more than one season and that seems to be more of a western tv show model. Because even the k dramas that i know of that are exclusive to korean networks like KBS, MBC JTBC, and SBS don't have multiple seasons. Its only the netflix, hulu, disney+ ones that encourage multiple seasons.
The only k drama that has multiple seasons (and other people can comment about other ones they know) is Dr. Romantic which currently has 3 seasons but they are more like spin-off seasons due to the changing of the casts aside from the main main doctor character
The gang boss sacrificed himself since he didnt want his friend to get shot and leave behind his wife and daughter. He even officiated their wedding.
Just watched the episode and bro was insane lol. I’m ready for this ride ❤❤
Anyone else think the best way to find them was to scope out the Ports in the area rather than the trains? a bunch of Vans rolling up to a dock seems real easy to spot.
Idk if someone remembers but the gang that is helping Gihun, is the same one which was after him in season 1. When gihun was gambling with horse race on ep1, the same gang boss hit him in face
I think another comment mentioned it but im pretty sure the boss guy broke the rules on purpose to save his subordinate because it was going to be a lose lose situation since one of them would die anyway. So the boss chose himself and sacrificed himself
For that guy in black, it’s the matter of being someone and not being trash. For some ppl it’s all that matters.
That’s why he killed himself instead of admitting that he is trash