Okay for anyone confused, Gi Hun’s purpose for joining the game wasn’t to play. It was to help his crew find the island using the tracker. However, the detective’s crew had a traitor. The “traitor” was hired by The Front Man 2 years ago when The Front Man shot his brother. He hired the “traitor” to save his brother and lure him away from the island for his own safety
So the front man does care about his brother enough to save his life after potentially being the one who ended it? Really hope we get to see this guys motivation and reasoning for all this madness
@@viniciusfialla6147pretty sure this isn't the case by the way he was freaking out at the sound of gunshots and covering his ears. verrry much a PTSD thing, i have a veteran father.
I got the impression that he was forced into the Marines because he keeps talking about how his family was with him so it makes me wonder if he comes from a military family and they pushed him into the military?
Voting is an illusion of choice. Casting a vote for the "lesser of 2 evils" is still choosing evil. The main character of this show understands this, but apparently you and Man of Recaps do not.
Not to mention there’s a theory going around about how Oh Ill-nam could have been In-ho’s father. The milk similarity comment of the two has been the only link to support this theory
My biggest problem with this season is that the 7 hour run time can be this well summarized in less than 10 min. I feel like there really was so little substance this season. Hopefully season 3 develops the characters more and ties everything together nicely.
Yeah it was a season with a lot of fluff and filler. So many drawn out and repetitive montages. I feel like the 7 episodes could have been nicely compressed into 3 or 4.
I disagree, I think they had good characters and were explored well. It was a human story instead of the “saw” type show from last season. And them showing us the mole from the start added another layer of complexity. What is he looking to achieve? He sounds like a previous winner of the games that sees value in it beyond entertainment, and is trying to sway our protagonist into seeing it as he does. Kinda like Palpatine to Anakin.
That's kinda where I was at. It looks like Netflix has spread it out to 2 7hr seasons instead of 1 10hr season because of how popular the first season was and how anticipated season 2 was. Although it's not like the season is totally lacking in content. It's just that these kinds of recaps are much more plot focused and the first 2 episodes are all about building the characters and motivations. Hence why "and they fund him on the subway slapping people" is an adequate plot summary despite compressing an hour of story into one sentence.
@@fernandomaluenda4226 I don’t think they were explored well tbh. Like we don’t even know how many of these characters got into debt in the first place and we spend so much time with characters that end up doing nothing this season. Like guard 011 and the team on the boat. I understand that this is setting up for the second part but it definitely does not do any favors for season 2. It just adds scenes that build up to nothing. And season 1 was way more focused on the characters than season 2. This is because season one had a smaller cast and so each character got to show their personalities, motives, and have development in the show. I feel like a lot of the characters just stay stagnant in season 2. Just my opinion though
Also was about to take a swig of my beverage just as you said "yes he's become batman". If I was a moment later with the drink I would have spat it out everywhere.
0:16 They were street gangsters and loan sharks, not investigators. That's why it was even more comedic when they sent photos of themselves giving a 👍at the subway stations.
Few corrections marine guy never saw a battle he was forced to enlist but its jorea meaning mandatory enlistment he was just in training camp and at most border watches or drills exercises Secondly the son DIDNT ABANDON the mother he was forced by the 2 guys he isnt a superman who can outpower those 2 he had no choice if anything mother let him go on purpsoe so he will 100% survive its kinda like she abandoned him nothing for him to feel bad about Also saddest and most disappointing death is when noona/punk girl gets murked she said yeah dude i trust u and he abandoned her again and again despite her giving him plenty of chances
I feel like that’s the case. The build up would have been wasted if he actually died. Only other alternative would be 246 is actually dead and this is the turning point for rabbit girl to betray the front man and her fellow soldiers.
I don’t think he is going to continue the games, I feel he may be forced to watch the games instead, I feel the front man, could be related to the old man from the first season, and maybe the front man wants him to see the games from afar so he could convince him to join.
oh yeah, front man is the step-brother of the police guy so could be. but hope they don't go that route cause it's too much of a stretch. would make more sense for them to stick with the season 1 (that he won the games, made the money but his wife died so he reasoned with himself to stay with stupid logic from the old man or something). yeah, i can see him making Gi watch the rest of the games with him trying to make him come to the dark side. but i swear if Gi somehow kills him during that or his cop brother shows up and kills him somehow i'll be pissed cause it's too predicable and it all could've been wrapped up in 2,3 remaining episodes they've cut out in the 2nd season
@@KristinaBlabla I'd rather have a predictable "cliche" ending that the fans enjoy than some of the absolute sh*t endings we've seen other popular shows have. Game of Thrones wanted to go with a "Oh my god I never expected that!" ending and it fell incredibly flat. Fans would've much rather had the predictable straightforward ending they can be happy about once they've invested years in to enjoying a show. Movies are different, fans don't mind surprise twists at the end because they didn't invest more than a couple hours and if it fell flat it is what it is. Shows that stretch years (Some upwards of a decade) fans just want the normal cliche ending that gives the characters meaningful closure.
I'm seeing a lot of people of people ask if they should watch S2. My answer has been it's was okay but leaves way too many answers. The problem was at the end of a series normally you get *some* threads resolved if leaving on a cliffhanger. It's something the MCU did very well. Squid Game S2 resolved very, very little of its many plot points - even forgetting it had other subplots in the finale. My answer to those people is just leave a S2 watching it until S3 is out and do them back to back because you will need it fresh in your mind. A man of recap analysis has never been more appropriate.
I didn't realise people were looking for more resolutions, they already stated before the release that it's intended as 2 parts with season 3 closing everything out
@horsepuncher95 don't think s3 has been highly publicised even though its happening. In any case, it defo feels like a 2 part series and I wouldn't really recommend anyone rushing to bing s2. It will work against Netflix and won't/hasn't caught fire the same way the first series did as a result.
Thanks for the recap! I hope you provide one for the third/final season as well so I don’t have to waste any more time watching it just to find out how it ends.
great recap. i loved your Baldurs Gate one. Idk if you were still looking into doing video game recaps but i think there’s a big world to explore with Cyberpunk 2077. Either way happy new years!
This season was damn good. It easily could’ve been a shoe in because of the success of the first season but it was genuinely good. It developed the characters in an amazing way and made everybody more complicated. Can’t wait for season 3
I read this season like a book i felt like i could see the ending of it on ep1 lmao i called every thing and it turned out to be exactly what happened and my theory about the boat captain who seemed to be on their side at first but turned out to be a really sketchy is that he's the one that takes care of the organs delivery (btw i haven't watched the video yet so if this is mentioned im gonna make sure to edit my comment) and also happy new year in advance to anyone that sees this 🫶🏻
@ yeah but s1 came out like 3 years ago. 3 years for an "incomplete" season they should have just take 4 years and made season 2 but with 12 episodes or 2 parts or any other solution other than releasing only 7 episodes of season 2 which weren't as good as season 1. Just a bit disappointed but man of recaps made it sound cool and suspenseful
"Terrible guy, hilarious character" is the PERFECT way to describe Thanos. Love the recap.
Okay for anyone confused, Gi Hun’s purpose for joining the game wasn’t to play. It was to help his crew find the island using the tracker. However, the detective’s crew had a traitor. The “traitor” was hired by The Front Man 2 years ago when The Front Man shot his brother. He hired the “traitor” to save his brother and lure him away from the island for his own safety
So the front man does care about his brother enough to save his life after potentially being the one who ended it? Really hope we get to see this guys motivation and reasoning for all this madness
He also is the courier they use to transport the organs off the island!
oh so the frontman knows his brother is alive?
@@rolinn777100% has something to do with his wife and the organ donors especially when Thanos says he should take care of his kid
@@JJdrahosmart
Ngl excited for s3 cuz there are so many questions yet to be answered
“Undo his dumb red haircut”
The moment everyone cheered😂
I don't think the guy who got scared during the firefight lied about his valor. I think he was having PTSD.
Or he only enlisted and never saw a battle before
@@viniciusfialla6147 It was said that his father forced him to enlist bcs he wanted him to get toughened up, so it was never really his choice
@@viniciusfialla6147pretty sure this isn't the case by the way he was freaking out at the sound of gunshots and covering his ears. verrry much a PTSD thing, i have a veteran father.
@user-ed7fk3sg3l But was completely inept at handling the gun. I don't PTSD magically erases all of your combat training
PTSD from what? He’s too young to have fought in the Korean War, he’s a wimp unless those drills were the trenches.
Have I already watched the entire season? Yes
Did I still click on this video the second I saw the notification? Yes
Saves me rewatching S2 when S3 comes out. Manofrecaps is about to be enlisted by Netflix into the next round of squid game.
I think it’s probably that the Young Marine Guy has PTSD or never saw actual combat rather than him possibly lying about being a marine.
Has to be ptsd, he was jumping and shaking when he kept hearing bullets coming his way
My thoughts exactly
@@user-ed7fk3sg3l But was completely inept at handling the gun. I don't PTSD magically erases all of your combat training
I got the impression that he was forced into the Marines because he keeps talking about how his family was with him so it makes me wonder if he comes from a military family and they pushed him into the military?
@@user-ed7fk3sg3l Nah the Korean military hasnt seen combat since the 50s. I mean it might be ptsd but it certainly isn't from war.
"People are bad at voting" - that was sweet dig.
i mean here they have a choice at least
I was fine with my vote.
Yes my man coming in the clutch with the recap, hope your Christmas was great and all the best for the new year
The GOAT of recaps 🐐
I JUST FINISHED IT BUT THE RECAP REALLY HELPED ME. THANK YOU MAN OF RECAP AND KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DOING!
5:45 The pink guard raising his hands is just too funny 😂 😂😂
People are bad at voting was too perfect 🤣
Voting is an illusion of choice. Casting a vote for the "lesser of 2 evils" is still choosing evil.
The main character of this show understands this, but apparently you and Man of Recaps do not.
People will vote for Lucifer against Satan because Lucifer at least pretends to be the good guy.
Bro I love your channel and seeing this recap drop literally like a couple days after the show dropped I love this bro this is awesome
Funny how the front man and the old man had the same number
This really should've clued Gi Hun in.
Not to mention there’s a theory going around about how Oh Ill-nam could have been In-ho’s father. The milk similarity comment of the two has been the only link to support this theory
Not to mention both there names are in reference to the number one in Korean
Yeah cos that was totally coincidental...
My biggest problem with this season is that the 7 hour run time can be this well summarized in less than 10 min. I feel like there really was so little substance this season. Hopefully season 3 develops the characters more and ties everything together nicely.
Yeah it was a season with a lot of fluff and filler. So many drawn out and repetitive montages. I feel like the 7 episodes could have been nicely compressed into 3 or 4.
I disagree, I think they had good characters and were explored well. It was a human story instead of the “saw” type show from last season. And them showing us the mole from the start added another layer of complexity. What is he looking to achieve? He sounds like a previous winner of the games that sees value in it beyond entertainment, and is trying to sway our protagonist into seeing it as he does. Kinda like Palpatine to Anakin.
That's kinda where I was at. It looks like Netflix has spread it out to 2 7hr seasons instead of 1 10hr season because of how popular the first season was and how anticipated season 2 was. Although it's not like the season is totally lacking in content. It's just that these kinds of recaps are much more plot focused and the first 2 episodes are all about building the characters and motivations. Hence why "and they fund him on the subway slapping people" is an adequate plot summary despite compressing an hour of story into one sentence.
@@fernandomaluenda4226 I don’t think they were explored well tbh. Like we don’t even know how many of these characters got into debt in the first place and we spend so much time with characters that end up doing nothing this season. Like guard 011 and the team on the boat. I understand that this is setting up for the second part but it definitely does not do any favors for season 2. It just adds scenes that build up to nothing. And season 1 was way more focused on the characters than season 2. This is because season one had a smaller cast and so each character got to show their personalities, motives, and have development in the show. I feel like a lot of the characters just stay stagnant in season 2. Just my opinion though
memento mori
I had chills when that one guy took too long in the stone throwing game and pissed himself while his whole team cries
MAN OF RECAPS I LOVE YOU
Also was about to take a swig of my beverage just as you said "yes he's become batman". If I was a moment later with the drink I would have spat it out everywhere.
0:16 They were street gangsters and loan sharks, not investigators. That's why it was even more comedic when they sent photos of themselves giving a 👍at the subway stations.
MAN OF RECAPS BACK AT IT AGAIN!
9:09 im almost positive this guy survives by the way the guard lowers the gun. if jun-ho survived im pretty sure this guy wasn't killed off.
Either that or the pink bunny girl will adopt his sick daughter to make sure she beats the cancer
Few corrections marine guy never saw a battle he was forced to enlist but its jorea meaning mandatory enlistment he was just in training camp and at most border watches or drills exercises
Secondly the son DIDNT ABANDON the mother he was forced by the 2 guys he isnt a superman who can outpower those 2 he had no choice if anything mother let him go on purpsoe so he will 100% survive its kinda like she abandoned him nothing for him to feel bad about
Also saddest and most disappointing death is when noona/punk girl gets murked she said yeah dude i trust u and he abandoned her again and again despite her giving him plenty of chances
Actually🤓, some people say that the pink rabbit girl shot 246 in the leg so that she can save him.
I feel like that’s the case. The build up would have been wasted if he actually died. Only other alternative would be 246 is actually dead and this is the turning point for rabbit girl to betray the front man and her fellow soldiers.
@@User-so9qdlike ur thinking
"As we learned, people are bad at voting..." Bro, too soon 😭
Great recap! I was looking forward to this one
Now this is the recap I've been waiting for, the best recap channel ive found
Happy holidays ! Thanks for the recap, great as usual !
Happy new year and always great seeing ya dude! :D Great video!
I don’t think he is going to continue the games, I feel he may be forced to watch the games instead, I feel the front man, could be related to the old man from the first season, and maybe the front man wants him to see the games from afar so he could convince him to join.
oh yeah, front man is the step-brother of the police guy so could be. but hope they don't go that route cause it's too much of a stretch. would make more sense for them to stick with the season 1 (that he won the games, made the money but his wife died so he reasoned with himself to stay with stupid logic from the old man or something). yeah, i can see him making Gi watch the rest of the games with him trying to make him come to the dark side. but i swear if Gi somehow kills him during that or his cop brother shows up and kills him somehow i'll be pissed cause it's too predicable and it all could've been wrapped up in 2,3 remaining episodes they've cut out in the 2nd season
@@KristinaBlabla I'd rather have a predictable "cliche" ending that the fans enjoy than some of the absolute sh*t endings we've seen other popular shows have. Game of Thrones wanted to go with a "Oh my god I never expected that!" ending and it fell incredibly flat. Fans would've much rather had the predictable straightforward ending they can be happy about once they've invested years in to enjoying a show. Movies are different, fans don't mind surprise twists at the end because they didn't invest more than a couple hours and if it fell flat it is what it is. Shows that stretch years (Some upwards of a decade) fans just want the normal cliche ending that gives the characters meaningful closure.
@@Cardb33 Well said my dude
Man Of Recaps!!!!!! Ty!
Your channel is amazing!
I binge watched the season in 2 days and been waiting patiently for this recap, keep up the great work, i’m a huge fan
Im early but I can't wait for the season 3 who's with me 🙌🏾
thanks for doing a recap of something i would never watch, but i can now, cheers!
Like 30 mins ago I specifically checked this channel seeing if this was up, it wasnt, but now it is, yay!
I wonder why gi hun didn’t learn his lesson from last season where his best friend was the creator of the squid games itself
The creator of the game and player 001. It was so blatantly obvious to everyone except the character who literally lived through it
@@DAonYTand that both had the word 1 in their name (i think ill means one)
I'm seeing a lot of people of people ask if they should watch S2. My answer has been it's was okay but leaves way too many answers. The problem was at the end of a series normally you get *some* threads resolved if leaving on a cliffhanger. It's something the MCU did very well. Squid Game S2 resolved very, very little of its many plot points - even forgetting it had other subplots in the finale. My answer to those people is just leave a S2 watching it until S3 is out and do them back to back because you will need it fresh in your mind. A man of recap analysis has never been more appropriate.
Great points, fully agree!
I didn't realise people were looking for more resolutions, they already stated before the release that it's intended as 2 parts with season 3 closing everything out
@horsepuncher95 don't think s3 has been highly publicised even though its happening. In any case, it defo feels like a 2 part series and I wouldn't really recommend anyone rushing to bing s2. It will work against Netflix and won't/hasn't caught fire the same way the first series did as a result.
Amazing recap! Thank you!
I'm so happy this show came back can't wait for season 3
Finished the season last night. And here is the recap. Perfect timing.
Long time no see
the GOAT, was clear concise and quick
“People are bad at voting”, yeah that’s true
nice another video really well done!
WOW!!! This season sick!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
Ah, i love being able to understand pop culture references without spending hours watchiny tv. Thanks man of recaps.
I loved the beginning of this season 😊
Thanks for the recap! I hope you provide one for the third/final season as well so I don’t have to waste any more time watching it just to find out how it ends.
Miss you man, glad you are back. its been a while. We missed you :D you lost alot of weight, i hope you are well and healthy
I stayed up till 4 am watching the whole thing it was worth it
Recapped season 1 on here b4 watching season 2. Just recapped it because why not? Btw I love this channel
i love your recaps also thankful they don’t GET IT OONNN in this season 😂
Thank you for your commitment to your shirts. You wore the same one in the last Squid Game recap. Thank you for another one.
great recap. i loved your Baldurs Gate one. Idk if you were still looking into doing video game recaps but i think there’s a big world to explore with Cyberpunk 2077. Either way happy new years!
"OH SHORT GIRL DIES she was so nice and kind" got me dying
Bro this season was cooking 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Gi Huns team in the 2nd game was great and In Ho throwing away the rock 😂😂
Thank you for saving 7 hours of my life.
I immediately forgot everyone’s names and do not understand anything that happened
But still a great video because it comes from the goat of recaps 👍
I really liked this season, I can’t wait to see what happens in season 3
Give this man a award for outstanding narrator for 2024🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
Ah, Thanos. My favourite. Horrible guy but still hilarious
This season was damn good. It easily could’ve been a shoe in because of the success of the first season but it was genuinely good. It developed the characters in an amazing way and made everybody more complicated. Can’t wait for season 3
Already seen it but will i watch this video still? Of course
Mingle looked fun minus the murder😂
He’s back!!
honestly much better than it had any right to be
Please recap Smallville.
You are going an amazing job by the way 👏 🙌
Wow you are fast 🎉
I read this season like a book i felt like i could see the ending of it on ep1 lmao i called every thing and it turned out to be exactly what happened and my theory about the boat captain who seemed to be on their side at first but turned out to be a really sketchy is that he's the one that takes care of the organs delivery (btw i haven't watched the video yet so if this is mentioned im gonna make sure to edit my comment) and also happy new year in advance to anyone that sees this 🫶🏻
Thanks for saving my ass from exams now I can concentrate on them 😂
i was surprised how good this 2nd season was. I thought it would just be a cash grab but it ended up being pretty entertaining
Let’s go you do squid game 2
Thank you!
7 hours turned into less than 10 minutes is crazy
The song are 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
Man of Recaps
1:19 This reminds me so much of the Russian Roulette scene from Killer7. The hero is much more stoic than the psycho who initiated the game.
I might actually have to watch this show.
As usual, amazing recap.
One small note, I don’t think that strawberry hat girl’s father was shot fatally and he will another part in the next season.
Thanks!! I didn't wanna watch it cuz there was too much blood for me
His red haircut was 🔥 ngl
Happy new year
thank you
"As we've learned people are bad at voting" XD
I only watched this bcuz im broke and cannot afford netflix 🙏🙏💀💀
8:53 it doesn't seem like he lied about being in the marines, it is more like he has PTSD from some fight he has been in and it scarred him mentally
crypto guy went for the head🤣
tysm i guess i have to watch this
Bro rlly wants that crown win victory royal
9:19 You are my special 🗣️🔈🔥🔥🔥
Season two was crazy
I wish it was 9 episodes like last season kinda felt like a 2 parter
I was a bit disappointed it didn't have a proper ending but your recap made me feel like it did have a good ending somehow 🤯 how do you do it???
There is going to be a S3
@ yeah but s1 came out like 3 years ago. 3 years for an "incomplete" season they should have just take 4 years and made season 2 but with 12 episodes or 2 parts or any other solution other than releasing only 7 episodes of season 2 which weren't as good as season 1. Just a bit disappointed but man of recaps made it sound cool and suspenseful
bruh i loved thanos im kinda sad he died😭😭😭
thank for saving my time...
the plot twist was crazy
This second season is buns. W MORECAP
He wasn't lying about being in the marines, he just had PTSD and couldn't handle it.
PTSD from what? South Korea hasn’t been in a war since the 1950z
smokin on kang no eul soon, pending pack 😮💨
Damnnn