Why Squid Game Season 2 Might Not Pay Off Its Biggest Gi-Hun Tease
The biggest tease regarding Seong Gi-hun may not have any payoff in Squid Game season 2. Netflix found its enormous hit show via the South Korean TV genre. Inspired by the East Asian country's love of game shows, the series centers on a group of people joining a survival competition with a large cash prize but also deadly consequences. Squid Game season 2 has officially been greenlit, but it may not address season 1's cliffhanger ending.
Squid Game starts with 456 people vying to win the titular competition. But, while the show focuses on several players, its true lead is arguably Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), a divorced chauffeur with a gambling problem, who joined after being recruited by the Salesman (Gong Yoo). Desperate for money, he tries his hand at the underground game. In the end, and after suffering the pain of seeing all of his friends die, he won the prize money. But instead of enjoying his earnings, Squid Game season 1 ended with a tease of him motivated more than ever to come after the people who are running Squid Game.
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The cliffhanger obviously sets up a future storyline for Gi-hun, but that may not pan out in Squid Game season 2. According to writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk, he's coming up with more games for Squid Game season 2's story, and while that's exciting, it could mean that the focus on the upcoming year won't be on Gi-hun's revenge arc. Since he won the last round, he can’t just join the next one in an effort to take down the whole operation. Those who are running it will definitely have knowledge of him, and chances are that he won't even be invited to participate. However, if Squid Game season 2 will introduce fresh
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