Squid Game took the world by storm when it premiered on Netflix last year. The Korean dystopian drama became an instant hit, and went on to become the streaming service’s biggest series launch. It wasn’t surprising when creator Hwang Dong-Hyuk announced plans for a second season, and it seemed necessary to do so because Season 1 left many fan questions unanswered.
The extremely popular Netflix series narrates the story of 456 debt-ridden contestants who participate in multiple children’s games on a remote island. What they aren’t aware of, however, is that losing a game means being killed by one of the many Squid Game guards. While it seems like a straightforward concept, the first season of the series led fans to ponder over the origins of the protagonist, the true intentions of the Host, and the Front Man’s backstory, among many other points of interest.
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From viral memes to online fan theories, Squid Game became a household name. The protagonist Seong Gi-hun, portrayed wonderfully by the award-winning Lee Jung-jae, is the final contestant to join the games, but the fan-favorite from the get go. He develops an immediate liking towards contestant #001, Oh Yeong-su’s Oh Il-nam. Forming a team with Park Hae-soo’s Cho Sang-woo, Anupam Tripathi’s Ali Abdul, and Jung Ho-yeon’s Kang Sae-byeok, Gi-hun manages to survive not only the games, but the opponents, and the murderous fights that breakout over the course of the season. But, where does he go after winning the games? That’s just one of the questions that all Squid Game fans need an answer to, immediately. There are several more.
At the end of Season 1, fans see Gi-hun deciding to reutrn to the games.
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