By now the characters carrying the show have been clearly marked and therefore it was pretty much predictable who'd survive and who wouldn't.
The biggest surprise of the episode was the twist itself that the pairs would fight each other instead of against others. I honestly think though that the annoying lady that didn't get a partner most likely is still alive because she probably was simply counted as the winner if we take the type of game into consideration that they played.
The only real emotional aspect was the old guy vs the main character. It was clear that the old guy would die and that he'd make sure that the mc would survive. The mc didn't get out of this story well though because I still don't like him. The way he believed that the old guy was senile and actually tried to take advantage of him made me hate him even more. If he would've had any decency in him he would've tried to play the game honestly and also lose like that. I'm sure the old guy would've still stopped the mc from dying. They could've gone for actual honest character interaction between the two, where they walk around and talk about the old man's family. But obviously it needs drama and therefore we can't have nice things.
Btw. I wanted to see if the theory of "both players will win if they still have marbles" was true because the rules of the game were seriously vague. It would've been such a great twist if one of the teams (I think there was still the couple) wouldn't have played it through and at the end they would've announced that they both will live. That could've been a shock moment for that other guy that fooled Ali which was the other character I felt bad for.
Anyway this episode had a lot of character interaction and drama. It's good in that department. Unfortunately the writing is lacking at places and the story has issues...
The biggest surprise of the episode was the twist itself that the pairs would fight each other instead of against others. I honestly think though that the annoying lady that didn't get a partner most likely is still alive because she probably was simply counted as the winner if we take the type of game into consideration that they played.
The only real emotional aspect was the old guy vs the main character. It was clear that the old guy would die and that he'd make sure that the mc would survive. The mc didn't get out of this story well though because I still don't like him. The way he believed that the old guy was senile and actually tried to take advantage of him made me hate him even more. If he would've had any decency in him he would've tried to play the game honestly and also lose like that. I'm sure the old guy would've still stopped the mc from dying. They could've gone for actual honest character interaction between the two, where they walk around and talk about the old man's family. But obviously it needs drama and therefore we can't have nice things.
Btw. I wanted to see if the theory of "both players will win if they still have marbles" was true because the rules of the game were seriously vague. It would've been such a great twist if one of the teams (I think there was still the couple) wouldn't have played it through and at the end they would've announced that they both will live. That could've been a shock moment for that other guy that fooled Ali which was the other character I felt bad for.
Anyway this episode had a lot of character interaction and drama. It's good in that department. Unfortunately the writing is lacking at places and the story has issues...