Properly, it is over…or is it? That is the query I even have after ending the “final” episode of Squid Recreation.
Regardless that we have been informed that that is the ultimate season, I’ve my doubts…and even some worries for the franchise. Like most individuals, I liked the Emmy award-winning first season of Squid Recreation. Whereas Seasons 2 and three did not come wherever close to matching the storytelling of that first season, I am nonetheless glad that we received them.
As an illustration, I like that we received some new characters. A lot in order that I, like many others, was upset by a number of of their deaths. I additionally favored many of the new video games that we received to see (although I am not totally certain that Seasons 2 and three needed to be cut up up into halves). Even so, now that it is supposedly over, I nonetheless have some considerations. Care to hear?
Oh, and MASSIVE spoilers up forward.
The Present May Not Have The Greatest Ending, However There’s A Definitive One, And I Need It To Finish Right here
Squid Recreation, Seasons 2 and three, have been in the end a redemption arc for Seong Gi-hun, a.okay.a. Participant 456, performed by Lee Jung-jae.
Participant 456, wracked with survivor’s guilt after the occasions from the primary season, spent most of his money and time on getting again into Squid Recreation with a view to take them down from the within. Most of Season 2, which I principally favored, headed on this course. Participant 456 tried and failed spectacularly as he and some others tried to take down the heads of the sport with pressure. He in the end ended up shedding, principally since The Entrance Man, performed by Lee Byung-hun, infiltrated their group and threw a monkey wrench into their plans.
So, Season 3 begins with a defeated Seong Gi-hun, who spends many of the season in an nearly catatonic state, as he is just about given up all hope. That’s, till Participant 222 has a child lady, and he feels a brand new accountability to guard her as soon as the mom dies. He even sacrifices himself within the final episode in order that she will be able to dwell.
This is an ending. I imply, it is not the greatest ending, but it surely’s a definitive one. I truthfully did not assume Squid Recreation wanted two extra seasons, but when we have been going to comply with 456 to the bitter finish, then at the very least we received a conclusion to his story.
However that’s simply it. Regardless that his story is unquestionably over, a number of the free ends are nonetheless not tied up. Which leads me to one in all my largest considerations for the franchise.
Seasons 2 And three Of Squid Recreation Have been Good, However I Do not Need There To Probably Be A Season 4
Like I mentioned, I do know we’ve been informed that the sequence is over, however I truthfully don’t consider that for a second.
On the finish of Season 1, Seong Gi-hun is about to get on a airplane, however then decides in opposition to it, just for The Entrance Man to order him to board the flight…which Seong Gi-hun refuses. Actually, I don’t know why I believed that the sequence was over on the time when it clearly wasn’t (I imply, have been they actually simply going to depart it with Participant 456 not boarding the flight?). Nonetheless, I believed that the primary season was so good, they actually didn’t must go any additional.
Now, now we have The Entrance Man on the finish of Season 3 (The “final” season), and he’s nonetheless alive and delivering Seong Gi-hun’s garments to his daughter. After he does so, he sees that the ddakji recreation is being performed by none aside from…Cate Blanchett! (I do know she’s enjoying an undisclosed character, however I imagined The Entrance Man considering, Wow! It’s Academy Award-winning actress and star of Tar, Cate Blanchett, proper exterior my window!)
Anyway, The Entrance Man nonetheless being alive – in addition to quite a few different characters – nonetheless leads me to consider that there’s room for extra story, and probably a Season 4, and I don’t like that concept.
I solely consider this as a result of Season 3’s ending feels as inconclusive because the ending to Season 1, however Seong Gi-hun’s story is over, and we actually don’t must see the Entrance Man’s story. Oh, and you understand what I additionally don’t need?
Squid Recreation Has All the time Labored As A Korean Present, And I Suppose It Ought to Stay That Approach
I legitimately are not looking for an American model of Squid Recreation. Squid Recreation is a Korean present, and I feel it ought to stay that manner. I don’t need this to be like Battle Membership (Regardless that I love Battle Membership!) the place the phrase has unfold and now it’s gotten uncontrolled, with different folks catching wind and creating their very own model of it (For instance, I don’t want any, “His title was Seong Gi-hun,” chants in an American model).
Squid Recreation was distinctive as a result of it was Korean. If it had been American, I’m certain it might have gotten viewers, however I don’t assume it might have been the cultural phenomenon that it was in America. Seeing all of those distinctive (some acquainted, some very unfamiliar) video games performed by Korean folks simply hit otherwise, and it felt each common and but distinctly one thing else totally.
Plus, you had the narrative of North and South Korea baked into the sequence with fan-favorite character, Kang Sae-byeok (performed by Jung Ho-yeon) within the first season, and Kang No-eul (performed by Park Gyu-young) in Seasons 2 and three.
These North Korean defectors provide a kind of commentary on the frayed relationship between North and South Korea. If there have been an American Squid Recreation, I really feel it might be a Crimson State/Blue State form of factor, and can we actually need that? I imply, you may, however I positively don’t, which brings me to my final level.
In The Finish, Squid Recreation As A Idea Has Form Of Run Its Course, And l’d Reasonably Not See The Franchise Broaden Extra Than It Already Has
Can I be trustworthy with you? I’m form of carried out with Squid Recreation.
When the creator says that he has an concept for a spin-off present, I’m similar to, please no. That’s not as a result of I don’t like Squid Recreation. It’s usually because I LOVE Squid Recreation. Or, at the very least, I liked it. Haven’t we had sufficient by now? We already received the fact present, Squid Recreation: The Problem, and that entire Mr. Beast Squid Recreation in Actual Life video. What else can we probably want?
I really feel just like the present has been barely tarnished a bit by the growth of the story. Squid Recreation was like this good one-season factor, and it was among the best exhibits on Netflix (Hell, it outright made historical past at one level with how many individuals watched it). Season 2, which once more, I favored, form of sullied the present’s popularity, and now that it’s over, I really feel prefer it ought to stay over if it desires to keep up any of the goodwill that it as soon as had.
Consider it just like the Rocky sequence. The primary film was so beloved that it really gained Greatest Image. Nonetheless, with subsequent movies, it form of grew to become a shadow of its former self. I imply, I love Rocky IV, however does it have the identical respect as the primary film? Completely not. It’s tacky as all hell, and I find it irresistible for being tacky, however on no account would it not have ever been thought-about a frontrunner for Greatest Image.
I really feel the identical manner about Squid Recreation. Seasons 2 and three have been attention-grabbing, however I don’t need to see any extra of this world. I’m frightened about Season 3’s ending, that extra may finally come in a roundabout way or one other.
So, what do you assume? Would you want extra Squid Recreation? I’d love to listen to your ideas.