Review of Episode 3

Alice in Borderland: Episode 3 (2022)
Season 2, Episode 3
9/10
Getting better (Ep 3&4)
30 December 2022
Warning: Spoilers
So this and the following episode (Ep#2.4) are the best so far. After watching the first two episodes of this season i was left disappointed and thought,oh yeah...this show has "jumped the shark!" The car scenes from Ep 1 was ok , but not nothing special. The dude with the semi automatic (or sub machine gun) was a little bit unbelievable as he appeared to be everywhere. Mostly i was getting frustrated and cringing at the really cheesy dialogue which continued (and got worse!) in episode 2. In addition the game at the container or dock yards was not that exciting and left me a little bored. I was thinking so, "maybe this was like this in the last session too?" Maybe I'm just being nostalgic? So i went back and watched one of my favourite episodes from season 1 (ep.2 ) were the game takes place at a huge residential apartment block. I really enjoyed this episode, the game was exciting and suspenseful and you feel the anxiety and claustrophobia of the contestants trying to escape two psychos "Taggers" with sub machine guns. And.....i was right the the dialogue was much less cheesy. Anyway what about the this episode you may be asking?? Well, firstly the game the Prison where they have to guess the suit (cards) on the collar around their neck or die, was very clever and had me engaged with the story and all the different characters involved. The explanation at the end how they "smoked out" the King of Jacks was a little confusing and i had to replay a few times to understand, but nonetheless the story and dialogue improved and the prison was a perfect place for the game just as the apartment block was in Ep1.2 Lets see where we go from here.
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