Squid Game: Season 2

"Season 2 is nowhere near as shocking as the first – but isn’t that the point?"

"Bloodier, more expansive and utterly engaging."

"More layered, more nuanced and more complex than the original series."

"Spends far too many episodes dragging its heels."

"Brace for less impact."

"Smart, provocative and twisted."

"Some of it echoes last season... but when it’s good, which is often, it’s very good."

"It’s clear that the Squid Game-industrial complex has undermined Squid Game the work of political art."

"The people are frequently crueler, injecting what could have been a familiar retread with a greater punch."

"Season 2 may not be as innovative as Season 1, but it’s still fantastic TV."

"If the series is just a vehicle for more of the same high-design carnage, are we, collectively, just a bargain-basement version of the V.I.P.s?"

"Season Two doesn’t share the relentless quality of the first."

"Returns with little interest in surpassing, much less subverting, its predecessor."

"More disappointing than shocking."