Yet despite Netflix’s apparent tendency to mess up the pacing of their second seasons, once Seong Gi-hun bears the deadly 456 number on a familiar green uniform, we are reintroduced to the brilliance of this show.
One of my most anticipated of the festival did not disappoint - a thoroughly satisfying, moving exploration of how hidden joy can be as corrosive as hidden pain.
Perhaps my biggest concern with sci-fi as a genre is the accidental tendency to focus so much on a concept that the characters’ personality gets lost in the process... However, the entire cast – including major and minor characters – shine brightly.
A lot of people are citing the return to recession pop as the scary factor, but I say, dear reader, that the return to slightly off-key synths and cassette sounds should be far scarier.
Yet despite Netflix’s apparent tendency to mess up the pacing of their second seasons, once Seong Gi-hun bears the deadly 456 number on a familiar green uniform, we are reintroduced to the brilliance of this show.