Season 2 will be "even more thrilling and captivating than the first."
'The Victims Game’ is a Taiwanese Netflix Original series that is highly commended for its well-executed plot and keen attention to forensic details.
The mystery thriller follows a detective with Asperger's syndrome, who tries to solve the mystery behind a series of deaths where the victims' bodies are burned or melted beyond recognition.
Believing his daughter is involved in the cases in some way, he tries his best to piece out clues and analyze all the evidence on hand.
Taiwanese series don't often get season 2 renewals from Netflix. But 'The Victims Game’ has proven its worth with numerous accolades on its belt. Will ‘The Victims Game’ break the curse
Here's what we know.
Netflix renewal status as of this writing: Renewed
The Taiwanese Netflix Original series is officially coming back for season 2, Netflix media center confirmed in September 2020.
‘The Victims Game' arrived on Netflix on April 30th, 2020.
The series is not the first Taiwanese original to come to the platform. However, it's the only one so far that managed to go beyond the first season. The series received praises both from the audience and critics alike. Decider described ‘The Victims Game' as a well-done police thriller, giving it a "Stream It" rating.
Other Taiwanese titles available on Netflix are: 'Nowhere Man' released on Netflix in October 2019, 'Triad Princess' in December 2019, and 'The Ghost Bride' in January 2020.
Warning: Season 1 spoilers ahead.
'The Victims Game' follows Fang Yi-Jen, a forensic detective suffering from Asperger’s syndrome. He is working for the police on a case that involves his estranged daughter, Hsiao-Meng.
An investigative journalist named Hsu Hai-Yin covered the case and became passionate about helping Fang Yi-Jen solve the mystery.
What started as a discovery of a melted, dead body in a bathtub filled with some sort of acid solution turned out to be a part of an orchestrated “suicide chain” organized by a woman named Li Ya-Chun.
Hsiao-Meng was caught up in the middle of the tragic deaths and attempted to commit suicide too. Fortunately, she gets saved and reunited with her father Fang Yi-Jen.
Season 1 had a well-rounded ending, which took place two years after the "suicide chain". Fang Yi-Jen stepped down from his forensic scientist role to become a professor, while his daughter Hsiao-Meng got out of juvenile prison.
Reporter Hsu Hai-Yin gives Fang Yi-Jen a ride to prison, to fetch his daughter. He steps out of the car, not minding the rain while his daughter, Hsiao-Meng, gets out of the prison with an umbrella on hand. She extends the umbrella to her father and the series ended with the flashback frame of Yi-Jen, his wife, and a baby Hsiao-Meng near the cliff.
Not much is known about season 2's plot yet, but it looks like the three will be caught in some form of danger again. However, this time, Fang Yi-Jen has already reconnected with his daughter, which could significantly impact how they will handle future predicaments. Yi-Jen might have more time to spend with his daughter now that he's stepped out from his exhaustive role as a detective.
It's also possible for the former forensic expert to reunite with Hsu Hai-Yin in future cases.
Award-winning producers Hank Tseng and Phil Tang of Greener Grass Production promised that season 2 will be "even more thrilling and captivating than the first.”
“From script to screen we are proud to have created The Victims’ Game as an entirely original IP from Taiwan,” said Tseng and Tang in a statement following the renewal. “This renewal with Netflix is a milestone for the local entertainment industry to set foot on the global stage. It is time to unleash the limitless potential of original stories from Taiwan. We are excited to confirm that directors David Chuang and Allen Chen, as well as the production team will reunite on set. We are incredibly excited to bring Season 2 to viewers around the world, which will be even more thrilling and captivating than the first.”
We do not have an exact date yet, but we can expect the show sometime in 2024. The show's landing page on Netflix had mentioned that the second season was coming in 2022, but we are now in 2024 with no premiere.
A Wikipedia page for the show now states that the second season will premiere on April 25th, 2024. However, the source website which Wikipedia links to is an unreliable one. So the release date of April 25th, 2024 is not official. We'll keep you posted when we get a confirmed release date.
We do not have the official casting details yet, but we are looking at the possible return of the three main cast members.
They are Joseph Chang as Fang Yi-Jen, the former forensic scientist with Asperger’s syndrome, Ann Hsu as Hsu Hai-Yin, the investigative reporter who worked with Yi-Jen in solving the cases, and Moon Lee as Chiang Hsiao-Meng, Fang Yi-Jen's daughter.
This article was reviewed and is up to date as of July 27th, 2023.
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