The Catch challenge on Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 delivered one of the most emotional moments of the season so far — and the two players at the center of it are now sharing their sides of the story.
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'Squid Game: The Challenge' season 2 Mark & Viper interview (5:35)
“Well, I really, really am a big fan of the scripted TV show,” he said. “I think the show is amazing. And I loved watching the first season of the show, of Squid Game: The Challenge. One of my friends, Dash Katz, was in the first season, so it was really easy to cheer for him. And I really, really loved watching it. I love immersive stuff. I really love immersive stuff.”
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Facing the Pressure — and the Past
“It was really, really hard,” Mark recalled. “I mean, I went through a lot of therapy as a kid to become the adult we see here today because I was bullied a lot in elementary and middle school. And that room looked so much like the gym from my elementary school that I was like really, truly honored that [my team] brought me back in [after] what Ryan said.”
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When the moment turned, though, something powerful happened. “I can't explain how insane it was,” Mark continued. “Someone being like, 'Hey, you look weak.' And then everyone would be like, 'No, you're a bad person' [to Ryan]. That was really intense to watch the whole line come to my side while I'm spiraling in a way I never thought I would spiral.”
When Parade suggested we thought for sure he'd want to be at the front of the line, Viper laughed and said, "Yeah, that sounds like a good idea, right?”
Once the early rounds went differently than expected, he realized the danger of his position. “I instantly started to feel that sort of insecurity in my game plan,” he said. “But, you know, I was still confident in my abilities because I grew up an athlete. I know how to catch. I know how to throw.”
He also pointed out that Catch required something that strategy alone couldn’t guarantee: trust. “You know, there's a second element — you have to put your trust in somebody else,” Viper said. “So that sort of made me a little nervous, a little apprehensive, because I was also scanning everyone who was towards the end of the line. And I could see that my sort of approach to the game in terms of positioning myself towards the end for safety, a lot of people had done the same thing too.”
On the Final Miss and What It Meant
Viper’s game ended when his throw to Dalton (player 390) fell short — but he said there was more to that moment than the edit suggested.
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Still, he said, there was no malice. “I don't know if he did that on purpose. Also, my focus wasn't on that in the moment. I was just like lending all of my energy and focus to just like sending him my powers to like catch the ball, catch the ball, catch the ball. But I don't know. Shout out to him.”
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