S02.E03: 001

[AnimeMania]

New players gather for a chance to win 45.6 billion won. After an intense first round, the survivors' fates hang in the balance — down to one final vote.

Premiere Date: December 26, 2024      Netflix 

[Hanahope]

Well tracker question answered.  Mole or super good guess? Or did they find the dentist?

and #1 is a plant again.

Will Jun-ho ever find the island?

 

[Helena Dax]

7 hours ago, Hanahope said:

Well tracker question answered.  Mole or super good guess? Or did they find the dentist?

and #1 is a plant again.

Will Jun-ho ever ind the island?

 

I think they were watching him all the time and they knew he was planning to do something anyway, I mean, I'm not surprised they checked for trackers.

I literally gasped when I saw player 001's face, nice surprise! Also, it seems clear that the lady who worked in the amusement park knew exactly where she was going and it wasn't her first time in the games, 

The player with purple hair is worse than I thought when we first met him. And I'm surprised the workers let him keep his cross. 

 

[Kanner]

Loving it so far. I don’t trust the boat captain. Not sure how but I would not be surprised if he found Jun Ho on the Front Man’s command. There is no way he his not keeping track of his brother. 

[Scout Finch]

Damn, I was wondering how they could pull off a second season but so far I'm finding it more intense now that the game has begun! Already, Gi-hun's anguish is heart-breaking and I could hardly breath during 'Green Light Red Light" as he made every panicked effort to minimize the number of those killed. I'm wondering what the plot contrivance is that kept him from being killed for trying to interfere in it although he was warned at gunpoint not to try to influence the voting. From the episode descriptions it appears that the rest of the games will be different though I doubt the game has been reconfigured just to thwart his efforts. 

Although it's after midnight and I have to work tomorrow, I can't not watch the rest of the episodes all at once! 

Edited December 27, 2024 by Scout Finch
ETA: Rap dude can go ANY time. The sooner the better!

[Hanahope]

12 hours ago, Helena Dax said:

The player with purple hair is worse than I thought when we first met him. And I'm surprised the workers let him keep his cross

Considering how much they search the players I’m sure they know about it and just figured it would add more randomness and chaos to the games.  They don’t really care who or how someone wins and very likely the player on drugs won’t win in the end anyway 

[Mindthinkr]

When they opened the sun roof to play the Red Light Green Light game it seemed like good weather and it was sunny in the playing field. Meanwhile out on the ship it was cloudy and looked as though rain was headed their way. That makes me suspicious that they are hunting for #456 in a vastly different area than where he is playing the game. The tracker was probably taken out and sent far away to keep prying eyes and people away from its site. 
 

Has anyone figured out who the leader in the black mask is? 

[kittykat]

Damn.  Crazy how they can repeat the same game and have the viewing experience be completely different.  Totally called the amusement park artist being among the players so we'll see if No-Eul has a crisis of conscience.  She seems pretty ruthless so far.

Well played In-Ho. So is 001 always a ringer?  Also goes to show his whole rhetoric last season about the games being fair and balanced is bullshit. 044 is intriguing as well seems to be playing the nihilist card to Gi-Hun wanting to save everyone. And poor Gi-Hun has the heart but still lacks the foresight to predict human nature.  Thanos has locked in his villain status but it's coming off a little clownish to me.

Too many beds for now to see the walls but it looks like the games to come are painted up there again.

Jun-Ho and co are definitely in the wrong spot no surprise.  Something also tells me Captain Park might be the mole.  I was a little suspicious after episode one when he told Jun-Ho that he found him yet couldn't refind the island. So far: Advantage Front Man.

I'm not ready for some of these players to die.  It's about to get rough but I'll continue tomorrow.

[iMonrey]

I think it's a bit of a stretch that half the players left voted to keep playing the game when just moments before they were all on their hands and knees begging to be let go. I could see a handful voting to keep playing after eyeballing the money in the piggy bank, but half of them? No. And when one of them posited that Gi-hun could help them he should have immediately told them that most of the games were designed to eliminate 50% of them until there was only one person left. It was very frustrating he didn't immediately spit that out. 

[Meedis]

I'm trying to figure out whether Gi-hun is truly not on to Player 001 being on the inside track given the previous Player 001.   I'm also suspicious of the Captain as well.

On 12/28/2024 at 1:08 AM, kittykat said:

Well played In-Ho. So is 001 always a ringer?  Also goes to show his whole rhetoric last season about the games being fair and balanced is bullshit.

Jun-Ho and co are definitely in the wrong spot no surprise.  Something also tells me Captain Park might be the mole.  I was a little suspicious after episode one when he told Jun-Ho that he found him yet couldn't refind the island. So far: Advantage Front Man.