But the hit Korean-language Netflix series is already facing criticism for failing to live up to the promise of its powerful original run. Media experts say it shouldn’t come as any surprise: Call it the curse of round two.

The following contains spoilers from all seven episodes of Squid Game Season 2, now streaming on Netflix. Player 456 — and all of Squid Game Season 2, for that matter — went out guns a-blazing, in a white-knuckle finale that had you on the edge of your seat,

The finale climax also required a lot of time and effort. Building the set of various bright staircases “took roughly six months,” per The Wrap. The actual action required seven days of training from the stunt coordination team. And filming itself “took between seven and 10 days.”