Blkittykat

The announcement of a third season itself felt like a capitalisation effort if I'm being honest - on the back of it's own popularity because the finale of season 2 of Alice in Borderland, except for a tiny bit, didn't really leave much to interpretation. I liked that about it. I was confused sure, had a ton of questions but I was satisfied with the ending. So when it was announced that it's coming back for another season, I thought 'yeah.. alright.. maybe we get some answers'
But now I'm just disappointed that I didn't anticipate my disappointment.

Firstly, and again, it's not like there was room for much interpretation except for that very last scene in the previous season finale. But I do appreciate a show that can end satisfactorily and still leave a bit to the imagination. Revisiting that plot over and over again kind of takes away the shock factor because you know what's coming.

I was going to watch it anyway though, and surprisingly, it held up so well! The story picked up perfectly from where it left off, the premise was quite exciting because all the characters, old and new, were now back in Borderland playing against the Joker, in a seemingly no structure, no rules situation - which I loved. It is the perfect embodiment of the joker card condensed into a plot.

The new characters were surprisingly very immediately likeable (which I've found is quite rare in sequels), the games once again had me on the edge of my seat, sometimes even made me cry (because we all know what goes down in them) and just watching Arisu on screen again was nice because I love Alice in Borderland. With each episode, the story just kept clicking into place and I was so happy. Finally! A sequel that felt fresh and innovative.

That thought lasted four episodes. Longer than I thought it would but not long enough. Because with every other scene, this season was starting to look more and more like another show I know. One that Netflix released just a while ago, one that I would rather not talk about. Not a huge deal in the massive scheme of things, but unfortunately, this is also where I started losing interest. They did manage to reel me back in with the final game, but wow. That finale..

I did not like that finale. Because I did not sit through five good episodes to end it with a debate on the crisis of existence. It left me with so many questions, and not any that I could answer myself. By the time it was over, I repeatedly asked myself 'that's it?'
Because all that happened, felt like it needn't have happened. The way they concluded it just felt so unsatisfactory and that's when I realized that right from the beginning, all the returning characters were behaving very uncharacteristically and at the end, I had recieved no answers to my questions from season 2.

This finale was not it, but even worse was the very last scene. For the love of all things good, let's not make this a habit. I'll once again mention the show I will not mention because they pulled the same thing months ago. LET'S STOP MILKING THE COW.
We do not need a remake. We do not need another sequel. Let's just not. This season itself felt like an afterthought, we do not need more.

This was a strange experience - I enjoyed it, but I'm still not satisfied. I loved seeing more, but I don't think the story needs to be developed any more! While it was nice to see all the characters from the first couple of seasons again, I hope they don't revamp this plot.

For six episodes, this was mostly enjoyable. If you enjoyed the prequels, chances are you will enjoy this season as well. You might also be just that bit disappointed, but it's fair.