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Squid Game season two hit Netflix on December 26th, and with the third and final season arriving later this year, it’s no shocker that it’s coming to an abrupt end. agonizing abyss. As fans wait to see what’s next for Seong Gi-hun-aka Player 456 played by Lee Jung-jae and other survivors, Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk offers some carefully chosen words that will probably be the only clues we can bite on until more episodes come.
talking to The Hollywood ReporterHwang allowed it Squid Game‘s final third will focus on the two characters you’ve been waiting for the most: Gi-hun, of course, as well Lee Byung-hun’s Front Man. The latter entered the game as Player 001 and occasionally almost He sympathized with Gi-hoon’s desire to destroy the competition once and for all. However, as the season two finale made clear, he’s not secretly a good guy. He’s still a cold-blooded killer and still sticks to his evil priorities.
Or he? When asked if there was hope for Front Man, Hwang only said, “You can see it in season three. There is an answer to this question.”
Ending the second season in such a dark place—Gi-ho’s player rebellion has been removed and he still doesn’t know Front Man has been playing with him all along—was a deliberate choice to set up the third season. Gi-ho’s mishaps along the way lead to a devastating loss his best friend, Player 390. “I wanted to end the second season at that point, and then start the next season where it’s full of great guilt and defeat,” Hwang said. “I wanted to see where this would take Gi-hoo.”
He continued. “Season three will really explore the sense of loss and failure, the guilt that weighs heavily on Gi-hun. How will all of this weigh on him and move the story forward? Personally, I see the third season as the finale of this story. This is because I believe I have completed the story I want to tell about society through the character of Seong Gi-hun. If I ever want to return to his world Squid Gameit will be about different characters with different story arc. Some kind of spinoff, maybe.”
One character we won’t be seeing again (unless there’s some kind of prequel situation) is wild fan favorite Thanos, played by former K-pop star Choi Seung-hyun aka TOP Hwang, feels your pain, but he assured THR. Thanos will not be easily forgotten. “He’s one of my favorite characters too! I think it was the right time to let him go… it was intense, it was the right way at the right time for him to go. In terms of the way he left the story, how it affected the plot if you followed it up to the third season, he’s almost still there.”
Squid Game seasons one and two now on Netflix; the third season will be released in 2025.
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