XingBack

Aw yeah I watched it with mom thinking it might have bits of comedy while trying to survive together but after they kick the outsiders things get bleak real fast

It has that double edginess that one might think they’re being too grim it becomes eyeroll worthy or one can look at each act and understand the feelings behind them🥹
I hope you like it🤞🏻

Idk, I’ve read the theories about her killing them but it doesn’t click with me

Unless hyeeun is the murderer and thus the ahjussi covered for her

I mean rohee obv said those things knowing dr Mo was watching and dr Mo gave rohee the phone with the detective’s card
And rohee was the one calling the lawyer who was too obv looking at his watch and acting awkwardly when he showed the uncle the vid so it also made sense Jayden caught on

Tho idk hyeeun’s position, she obv wanted soft revenge and money but is it deeper? Same with the security guy, was the murder really that simple?
Especially if Dr Cha really killed his wife
Did she want to take rohee away so he killed her? And who paid for the surgery?

So ep7 got delayed a day, no wonder yesterday felt empty 🥹 but now we’re back to waiting 🥹

Tbh I’m not finding this unpredictable, it was kinda obv who was in whose side this ep but that doesn’t make me like this less especially with the cute teamwork of ahjussi and rohee🫶🏻

Nooo what do you mean 😢

She used yoo min(?) to play the Tetris like game even when she lost the focus for her own set, and she used seungkwan to tell her about the safe, she was upset yoomin didn’t tell her everything when she never shared her own findings and she kept going to seokjin cuz he had the most pieces
While soekjin was the one to eliminate yoomin for his own gain

Shiwon and seokjin were only upset over orbit cuz he eliminated their teammates 🤷🏻‍♀️
and orbit only protected the ones that went to him, in the animal ep, seungkwan was the one who didn’t tell him his set, and yet he wanted to be saved just like the rest while orbit barely had any points


If soekjin wanted to eliminate yoomin from the start, shiwon shouldn’t have used her for her own game and they should’ve gone “solo” like soekjin wanted

But the reason for that alliance was so orbit didn’t save her🤷🏻‍♀️
Also joonbin being upset about how there are so many members in the quarter final, if it was fair, he’d not have a chance either, he only stayed cuz he betrayed dongjae, even in the animal game he used the alliance to gain more points for himself while soekjin and shiwon were upset in that game cuz they couldn’t control the events

Ppl talking about orbit being controlling but so is shiwon (that’s her name here)
And soekjin also used ppl for his own benefit


and yes from the start orbit wanted to change the outcome but I enjoyed that more than the actual soekjin, shiwon, dongjae and guillaume team vs the rest

Yeah totally
Tho I think this is where this “adaptation”
lacked

Tho even in the genius, there were the clear smart vs underdogs, they were better at teaming while here the first four making their team made the rest panic

Tho ppl like hyesung(?) and joonbin should’ve outright admitted their desire to break alliances to eliminate people instead of pretending to be clueless

In the genius the twists of betrayal or an actual underdog manipulating their way to winning was the best part

This was rushed, no time to build characters or individuality, full of draggy fights, that yes it should’ve had more episodes but if it has another season that loses the purpose of “building up” the characters since a second season would just continue with that flappy base

what I loved, female centered plot, relaxing office setting, a non cheater husband and a small hints of romance for the other fl
what i didn't like, it lacked a bit more team building and friendship, and the mom/daughter relationship was a bit dry. it also maybe needed a bit more comedy like kknondae intern

Np🫶🏻 I am someone who doesn’t like spoilers but like logic exists 😝🫶🏻🤣

Honestly spoilers here are so long one can easily be careful and there’s no need for rudeness

It’s not like they said “jinho was eliminated”, short and point blank

The weakest links used him just like he used them, and yeah he wanted the “top4” that allied together to be weakened and he was right
Even with soekjin and shiwon’s “preaching” they’re still allies that used their smaller alliances for their own gain

Now the weak link wanna turn against orbit to secure their own place and he never pushed anyone out for his own gain he just helped the ones that asked him first, first

For some reason I’m back to rooting for orbit
Maybe he gives me first season jinho vibes, he’s in it for the game rather than personal gain

All fall under the same lvl of cunning, soekjin keeps talking about unfairness and shiwon talks about how orbit is “manipulating” the results and sacrificing others

If it was just about smarts it’d have been a quiz show
But soekjin and shiwon underestimated the fact that majority and group making is the point, they just care too much about their own win and that’s why no one wanted to be in their alliance, but they’d need to drive a wedge between the alliance and so they’ll become more cunning, or lose🤣

I don’t trust orbit one bit and joonbin(?) was obviously spreading rumors to break the “weakest” alliance

His logic of “I’m saving the weak” but told those girls he can’t share their numbers but they must give theirs?
Tbh those two were the weakest link

In game survival shows I feel like they’re always mixing between half good and half bad to keep the tension low until the final showdown
For once I wish for tension from the start
For me I’m most impressed with lawyer lady after that memory game
Soekjin and shiwon don’t like the alliance cuz they’re not in it, they were the first to make their four way smartest alliance, the rest had to survive too
By now I wouldn’t mind orbit becoming selfish and winning cuz even lawyer lady did
Soekjin and shiwon still have their alliance strong, their only option to to weaken the other group, but would that be the “fairness” they want? Only to benefit themselves

Tbh as I remember in the og, betrayals and knowing how to play the players was the point
Their twists and cliffhangers were off the chart, this one kinda feels bland

Tho people like jinho had that ideology of being the smartest while not using the others, I could be wrong it’s been 10years but him and dongmin were always my favorite cuz I felt like they were more out braining the game rather than using people

And tbh the PD loves a certain typecastness of people, at times I feel like I’m seeing the past cast reincarnated 🤣

if you like this sort of thing then yeah, it’s an office drama sismance and mistreatment of women in work positions
It had subtle comedy and great acting, I enjoyed it🤷🏻‍♀️

Devastating, cruel, heartaching, bleak like a domino effect of misfortune
Just like Saw and The Mist, everything would’ve been better if they worked together
But in this black cold interpretation, one bad choice, one act of unkindness, led to another bigger deeper hole

Yes I’m irrelevant to your comments exaggerating my original comment✌🏻