catherine
Needed more
I thought this season would give us some answers and it would all culminate in an epic finale, but it looks like we need a season 3, since we're left with still, more questions.
Even though there are only 6 episodes and the world itself is quite chaotic, somehow the pacing felt really slow. The scenes of riots or religious rallies have escalated from season 1, but they're exactly as you'd expect and it all gets a little repetitive once you've seen one. The scenes of people talking or debating each other go on for longer than I think is necessary, especially once their stances are already clear. Other than that, though, I do like the plot developments we get to see. I wish we got more of them and that they were more cohesive, rather than scattered throughout the show.
In terms of characters, I feel like the only one that truly captured my attention was Jung Jin-Su. The re-casting, although it does take some getting used to, actually works well. Kim Sung-Cheol does a great job acting in both his manipulative cult leader scenes, and also in the more personal, emotional moments where the show explores the character's trauma.
The other characters are recognizable if they were already established in S1, but for me they now seem more like representations of different aspects of human nature, rather than individual characters with stories that I could emotionally understand. There was one character story that I really did enjoy (the husband whose wife got wrapped up in religious extremism) but the way it was confined to a single episode made it feel like it was in its own bubble.
Overall, I still think the premise is really interesting, but I really wanted a bigger focus on new world-building infrastructure, like the resistance movement or on the researchers trying to figure out the origins of the monsters, the decrees, and the resurrected. Especially with the latter, it feels like we got left with "we are observing them but haven't found out anything," which is a good place to start but not a great place to end after 6 episodes. Addressing the symptom (society's spiral) is a really important part of this story, but I just wanted to learn more about the initial problem too.
Even though there are only 6 episodes and the world itself is quite chaotic, somehow the pacing felt really slow. The scenes of riots or religious rallies have escalated from season 1, but they're exactly as you'd expect and it all gets a little repetitive once you've seen one. The scenes of people talking or debating each other go on for longer than I think is necessary, especially once their stances are already clear. Other than that, though, I do like the plot developments we get to see. I wish we got more of them and that they were more cohesive, rather than scattered throughout the show.
In terms of characters, I feel like the only one that truly captured my attention was Jung Jin-Su. The re-casting, although it does take some getting used to, actually works well. Kim Sung-Cheol does a great job acting in both his manipulative cult leader scenes, and also in the more personal, emotional moments where the show explores the character's trauma.
The other characters are recognizable if they were already established in S1, but for me they now seem more like representations of different aspects of human nature, rather than individual characters with stories that I could emotionally understand. There was one character story that I really did enjoy (the husband whose wife got wrapped up in religious extremism) but the way it was confined to a single episode made it feel like it was in its own bubble.
Overall, I still think the premise is really interesting, but I really wanted a bigger focus on new world-building infrastructure, like the resistance movement or on the researchers trying to figure out the origins of the monsters, the decrees, and the resurrected. Especially with the latter, it feels like we got left with "we are observing them but haven't found out anything," which is a good place to start but not a great place to end after 6 episodes. Addressing the symptom (society's spiral) is a really important part of this story, but I just wanted to learn more about the initial problem too.
Was this review helpful to you?
