The Second Wall - Squid Game Season 2, Ep 1-2 "All of you participated by choice"

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Join us as we discuss topics such as:
- Why a season 2?
- Drew is cautiously optimistic
- Devon (is a hater) identifies structural issues with the season
-- Well placed flash-forwards or flashbacks may have strengthened the structure
- Characters in season 1 had more clear motivations
- Comparing Squid Game against (the far superior) Liar's Game and Battle Royale
- Were the first two episodes just trying to fix holes in season 1?
- Is season 2 about meta affect of the game on people?
- Devon was not being dismissive, just had a very different perspective
- Season 1 being a ship in bottle was its strength and made for a contained story, where season 2 is not so contained (and possibly strong)
- Drew prefers psychological horror opposed to gore
- Drew really dislikes the movie The Host
- The game's parent organization's moves don't make sense
-- There was no reason to care about the organization's motivations in season 1
- Episode 1 and 2's quality will be known based on the following episodes
- Felt like an American view of a Japanese thriller, opposed to a Korean view of a standard Asian story trope
- More interested in what they will try to do with the series rather than what will happen

456:
- Obsessed with stopping the game, no matter what
- No longer a goofy bad-dad
- Used the pink hair to fit into the crowd by standing out
- Was likely never not being tracked by the game's parent organization
- Did 456 win freedom along-side the money?
- Should not have been a primary character in season 2
- Butt shot!

Handsome Cop:
- Intentionally demotes himself to somewhere where evidence stands
- Character does not draw investment from the audience
- Little was accomplished for deeper characterization for all the screen time
- Handsome cop is handsome
- A good candidate for primary protagonist

011:
- Audience point of view into the Squid Game hosts
- Cleary cares about people/children but can kill without hesitation
- The triple layered deceit leading the audience into believing she would be a contestant
-- The situation was not similar to what occurred in season 1
- May explore what she is capable of through anonymity of the game and mask

Recruiter:
- Kept mistakenly being referred to as The Front Man
- Were Bread and Lotto and Russian Roulette games a way to characterize

Predictions:
- Devon will be very sad about this season
- Will not be about the individual games, will not be a primary plot driver
- Second in command/number 2 henchman was flipped by the recruiter
- 456 will either become the Black Mask/Front Man or Die
- This is just the Korean sect of the games, there will be an American one or African one

Hopes:
- Structural re-alignment
- Character focus shift away from 456 and onto 011
- The paramilitary force is removed or are plants
- At least one participant is sympathetic

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RIP Isha