[Warning: The following post contains spoilers for Squid Game Season 2.]
Not solely has Seong Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-jae) did not cease the video games from persevering with, however it appears like issues would possibly simply worsen for everybody concerned, if the Squid Sport Season 2 post-credits scene is any indication.
After the very bloody occasions of the finale, “Good friend or Foe,” noticed Gi-Hun falling sufferer to one more gamesmaker in disguise as 001 — this time, Hwang In-ho a.ok.a. the Entrance Man (Lee Byung-hun) — and dropping most of his allies in a failed armed mutiny, it’s unclear what his destiny could also be. However this few-second sneak peek on the ultimate chapter within the saga is likely to be a clue.
What occurs within the post-credits scene?
Within the very transient post-credits sequence, we see three gamers — numbers 096, 100, and 353 — approaching the again of Younger-hee, the robotic doll featured within the “Purple Mild, Inexperienced Mild” sport whose eyes sense motion from the gamers and instruct the snipers who to execute. This isn’t the one doll on show this time, although. There’s additionally a second doll standing throughout from it, which has the looks of a boy. Then, a road mild switches from crimson to inexperienced.
What does the post-credits scene point out?
The obvious reply is that the video games are persevering with with a twist — as a substitute of only one motion-sensing doll, there are actually two. The truth that numbers 096 and 100 are among the many few gamers proven signifies that these could be the survivors of Season 2 (they had been two of the extra seen “O” voters and didn’t take part in Gi-Hun’s rebel). So this might simply be the following part within the already-underway video games.
What else might the scene imply?
Past the apparent, there’s additionally the chance that the brand new doll being introduced may very well be a touch at what’s forward within the ultimate stretch of the celebrated collection. At this level within the sport, Gi-Hun has did not win via both affect (making an attempt to win over “X” votes) or drive (elevating a military and taking on arms in opposition to the guards). He has additionally misplaced the ethical excessive floor, as he was prepared to face by and see many lives misplaced within the melee in an effort to make his transfer.
All through your entire season, Entrance Man has been at Gi-Hun’s aspect encouraging him to make all the selections. Entrance Man himself was as soon as a participant in these video games earlier than being recruited to grow to be the right-hand man of Oh Il-Nam (Oh Yeong-su), so maybe he’s profitable in recruiting Gi-Hun to his aspect? The truth that nearly all the remaining survivors are both “O” voters or those that refused to face with him and his pals might imply he’s prepared for revenge, with this new doll because the image of the brand new period of Squid Sport.
We’ll have to attend and discover out when Squid Sport returns for Season 3.
Squid Sport, Season 2, Streaming Now, Netflix