They're both on the Crazy Train, but they each have their talents. HTsul does something amazingly clever in most episodes. When we meet HTsul we see that he's pretty cool, too. He trained her in all kinds of combat as hunting for scarce food & water is very dangerous in the anarchy of the future. From age 7 she rode out the apocalypse with her policeman father. When we meet Seo-hae & follow her trail, we see that she's a cool customer. The beginning is entirely different in the second go-round. I first saw Sisyphus before I was doing reviews, so I decided to watch it again before writing about it. Watching HTsul save a plane that's going down is the biggest reward for watching Ep1. Many Korean shows begin that way setting the dials & levers that will operate the rest of the show. Everyone in Sigma's circle is controlled by a desire to protect loved ones, or a desire for power and selfish gain.
All of this was crafted by the mysterious Sigma, traveler & villain #1, who is rumored to be the person that starts the war.
CB officers have very few restrictions & are allowed to kill on sight. The CB is an immigration enforcement agency that prevents others from the future from gaining the advantages they themselves enjoy. Next, they take over all the power positions in the country & set up the Control Bureau. Volunteering to be the first group that travels to the past, they accumulate massive wealth due to their knowledge of lottery & sports outcomes & also stocks. They survived the nuclear war because they were in prison when it broke out. By the time Seo-hae travels back to present day Korea, the country has been taken over by thieves from the future. The world needs saving because the time machine will usher in the complete destruction of the Korean Peninsula via nuclear war. The main protagonists are the time machine inventing genius, Han Tae-sul, & Gang Seo-hae, who travels back in time to save HTsul & thus, the world. "You know you can't change anything, right? You can try all you want, but nothing will change." And yet, Sigma & his minions all make references to alternate timelines, hinting at the many times the end-of-the-world drama plays out. Park, from Asia Mart, says: "Do you believe you can change things?" He laughs. Through the classical influence on modern culture, tasks that are both laborious and futile are therefore described as Sisyphean." The question of whether the future is static is brought up quite a bit. Per Wikipedia: he "was punished for cheating death twice by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down every time it neared the top, repeating this action for eternity. The title is based on the Greek God Sisyphus.
Sisyphus also examines the False Dilemma argument: Just because someone (especially a bad guy) says you have two choices, doesn't mean it's true. Hatred against immigrants & xenophobia is depicted. Kindness to those less fortunate is critical, or we will create the monsters that rip into us. Messianic imagery is a major player, as are regrets - they follow selfishness. Also featured are corruption, hate, revenge, & pride, which are all forms of selfishness. Themes explored are selfishness (if we only care about ourselves & what we want, it's radiation poisoning that will destroy society).
Though not issue free, Sisyphus is an insightful commentary on humanity: We make the wrong choices & then we live with regret the rest of our lives once we are finally honest with ourselves. It explores the claim: "Just because you could do something doesn't mean you should." It's got action, fantastic romance, time travel, & a brainiac that can Macgyver anything. Sisyphus is the show that escorted me through the looking glass into the wonderland of Korean programming.
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