Squid Game: The Challenge, for essentially the most half, appears to keep away from deciding on particular person gamers as “characters.” Seriously, it’s enjoyable to return and rewatch the “Red Light, Green Light” problem in hindsight and see all the highlighted interviewees get summarily gunned down within the first spherical. Still, by the point the center of the season rolls round and the participant depend has fallen beneath 100, some contestants ultimately start to face out. And a type of contestants appears to have rather a lot in frequent with Squid Game‘s 001.
We’re referring to Player 232 a.okay.a. doctor Rick Mercurio. Here’s what he seems like:
We’re not saying that Netflix has for certain put in an Oh Il-nam-style mole inside Squid Game: The Challenge (and it’s price declaring that I personally haven’t watched any pre-release screeners for the sequence past episode 5). But if Netflix has planted a mole inside The Challenge, it could undoubtedly be Rick. Here are some explanation why.
232 Is Old
Both 001 and 232 are outdated males. Your honor, we relaxation our case. Take ’em away, boys! OK in order that’s a fairly superficial motive to suspect 232 is an 001-style mole inside Squid Game: The Challenge. But superficiality form of issues right here. Without a minimum of some bodily similarities, this case isn’t as sturdy. It a minimum of lends extra credence for the arguments to come back. 232 even addresses his age in his first interview, saying “I’m gonna use my age as an asset. No one thinks I’m a menace. I’m probably not frail. And my thoughts is sharp. That will help my possibilities an ideal deal.”
232 Is Very Conspicuous
Speaking of interviews, The Challenge chooses to spotlight a dozen or so gamers through interviews all through the video games. 232/Rick just isn’t solely a type of gamers however it looks as if he will get an outsized quantity of consideration. The present permits him to delve deep into his backstory. Rick explains all the things about himself from the truth that he doesn’t take into account himself a frontrunner to his ardour for beekeeping and the orchids he likes to develop to symbolize his many grandchildren.
Within the video games themselves, individuals appear unusually drawn to Rick. He finally ends up being the emotional lynchpin of the so-called “Gganbu Gang” and everybody enjoys his presence. He’s extraordinarily charismatic, nearly like he’s … an actor.
