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A disappointing last season that tarnishes the near perfect first season of a show
This season was disappointing and the ending was frustrating.
Now, I know many people will say that the ending has lots of meaning - Innocence winning, proving that everyone is greedy at the end, and that sometimes good can just never win against evil. My response to that is that all of this would have been entertaining if S2+S3 was a standalone story. Imagine a standalone story with no baggage with the baby winning the game. Epic.
Where things fall apart is that S3 was supposed to wrap up an already launched story. All of the commentary on society and shock value has already been covered in S1, so we were supposed to see the characters accomplishing what they set out to do.
Instead, everyone failed. We got a repeat of the same commentary about greed and selfishness through the characters actions. No one we rooted for survived, and a baby that came too late in the story won.
Even if one character had made a difference.. if Jun Ho had killed a few VIPs on his way out or if Gi Hun had managed to avenge and do something that would ensure the games don't happen again or if a character we rooted for since S2 had won, I think the ending would have been more satisfying.
Now, I know many people will say that the ending has lots of meaning - Innocence winning, proving that everyone is greedy at the end, and that sometimes good can just never win against evil. My response to that is that all of this would have been entertaining if S2+S3 was a standalone story. Imagine a standalone story with no baggage with the baby winning the game. Epic.
Where things fall apart is that S3 was supposed to wrap up an already launched story. All of the commentary on society and shock value has already been covered in S1, so we were supposed to see the characters accomplishing what they set out to do.
Instead, everyone failed. We got a repeat of the same commentary about greed and selfishness through the characters actions. No one we rooted for survived, and a baby that came too late in the story won.
Even if one character had made a difference.. if Jun Ho had killed a few VIPs on his way out or if Gi Hun had managed to avenge and do something that would ensure the games don't happen again or if a character we rooted for since S2 had won, I think the ending would have been more satisfying.
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