Fake religion.
A conman who loves money has picked out his new targets. And the targets are some stupid country bumpkins that you hope will burn in hell because they are so stupid and selfish. And they’re really old, so you hope they’ll burn in hell twice. Hey, not everyone likes old people. I can see straight through them—those selfish bastards! They will receive a large sum of money if they move out of their houses because the government is about to flood their land. But Satan himself is the only one who can stop him—if we are to believe the stupid country bumpkins—because Satan killed his father while trying to protect his family. Ever since then, he has always been an outsider. He senses that something is wrong with the new arrival, the conman. So will he convince the old farts that they are about to get conned?
Season two of Save Me 2 consists of 16 episodes. This is not a continuation of the first season. This season tells its own story about the conman and the reverend, who is also a stupid man with a dark past. The reverend seems like a good person, but like most reverends, he is a pervert. Most of them are, and they also want your money. But not this one. Still, he’s a perverted man who is small in size and a little cowardly. Will he man up and become the man he’s supposed to be in God’s eyes?
I loved the first season—until the last episode, which sucked. The ending was too weak and rushed. I can safely say that the ending in Save Me 2 is miles better. I found it satisfying, and I laughed my evil laughter because I don’t have any empathy when I’m dealing with stupid people—especially old farts who are selfish and easy to fool. So, the whole time, I was hoping the evil conman would ruin them and send them to hell where they belong since they are simpletons. They don’t deserve to breathe since they are so selfish, stupid, and evil. Why am I so mean, you ask? Well, you can go to hell first, which means following these old farts in Save Me 2. Then you will understand. They are evil and twisted, and these idiots find their fake religion since they don’t have anything else to do in this village except wait for death!
So, is this season better than the first? Yes, it is. But be prepared for a confusing first half of the season because there is a lot of humor here, which surprised me. At first, I couldn’t take the characters seriously because of how strange and stupid they were. But then, everything changes. It gets darker and darker, and toward the end, the atmosphere is pitch black. If you struggle with the humor and genre-mixing in the first half of the season, I urge you to hold on because it will get much better and more focused in the second half.
If you’re a psychopath like me, you will hate the old farts in Save Me 2. They smell, they are stupid, and they’re easy to fool since they don’t have any brains. Speaking of brains, the police chief—or whatever the hell you call him—is a man full of hate because he despises the protagonist, who beat up his father when they were younger. So, when the troublemaker is released from prison, the cop keeps following him, waiting for him to mess up so he can throw him back in jail. That anger will cost him valuable time because the troublemaker discovers that the conman is on a wanted poster—where he’s wearing a woman’s wig. You have to experience it yourself when he tries to convince the stupid villagers that they are dealing with a conman and that he’s sent by God to swindle them. The cop refuses even to look at the poster when he returns to work after a short stay at the hospital. And man, that photo of the conman is legendary. So, it’s understandable if you get confused by the series’ tone.
The acting is excellent—especially Uhm Tae-goo, Esom, Kim Young-min, and the underrated Jo Jae-yoon. You don’t often experience such great acting in the same series. You can feel the quality coming out of your TV screen.
One thing to be aware of is that the curly-haired bastard from the first season is back again. But this time, Jo Jae-yoon plays a cop in the second season. He’s a really solid actor, but it felt strange seeing him as a cop after what you saw and experienced with this actor in the first season. That said, I really loved his last scene in the final episode of season two. I didn’t expect that, and it was funny as hell. You’ll understand what I mean if you’ve watched the first season.
If you compare Save Me 2 to the first season, the second season has a much better script, where the characters are more fleshed out and the story is solid, building up the plot slowly and steadily. And then you realize just how well-written the script is. The first season was dark as hell, but compared to how the events unfold in the second season, it lacks the great storytelling and variation you get here. The second season’s script is much tighter, and the ending is also great—I wanted that ending because of the hatred I had toward certain characters. Because, you know, I’m a psychopath.