Netflix had premiered Voice Season 2 which has a nearly, entirely new cast. The second season has Lee Ha Na resuming her role as the team leader Kang Kwon Joo. Season 1 ended with the self-righteous criminal's rather well-deserved brutal death. However, one of the characters Moo Jin Hyuk takes leave to take care of his ailing son. Just because the first mission is over doesn't mean the second one isn't. A new plot brews in after some time when a new criminal emerges with a couple of new cases. A former detective named Dong Kang Woo (who was possibly wrongly framed for murder) appears and challenges the team.
What scares me is that the new mystery villain has a fetish for cutting off human body parts. Fortunately, a lot of this cutting is done off-screen since I usually can't handle such scenes even when I'm seldom tempted to mutilate someone. This new villain seems to be an upgrade of the Darkman villain Durant (who ends up being more popular than Strack) in having a fetish for body parts. In Durant's case, it was the fingers of his victims. In the case of this new villain - he took different parts. I'm amazed at how sadistic this new, mysterious bad guy is really messing things up. As if the whole The Lies Within wasn't even enough of a sadism thriller when a kidnapped victim loses his eye, his hand, and his foot along the way. Can't the criminals get even worse? OCN does have that reputation if you ask me where they're good in scaring audiences. Fortunately, some censorships are done to minimize the impact of the blood but I admit, I can get scared to death unless it's the villain that's tortured.
Meanwhile, Strangers Season 2 just becomes a bore. Yup, I confess that as unattractive Shin Hye Sun is but her character Eun Soo was a good reason to stay behind for the first season. Sadly, Eun Soo's character died before the finale could be done. I always love Eun Soo's spunky, smart girl attitude and I tend to want a woman like her for a partner. However, Season 2 just feels so lifeless without her. Like Dream High 2 (which has an entirely different cast and story) - I feel Strangers Season 2 is another show that would be in the shadow of its first season. She's fallen but not forgotten. However, Strangers Season 2 just feels like it has no life without her IMHO.
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