Who wins the games in Squid Game Season 2?

This post contains major Spoilers For the second season of “Squid Game”.

The first season of “Squid Game” ends on a somewhat definitive note. Ji-hoon (Lee Jung-jae), who won the titular game with a pyrrhic victory, chooses to stay behind and challenge the barbaric idea of ​​pitting struggling, desperate people against each other. The death of his friends weighs heavily on Ji Hoon, paving the way for his return as a contestant in the second season of “Squid Game,” where he is ready to go through hell. once again Just to eliminate this evil cycle. The cheerful naivete that Ji-hoon displayed in Season 1 is gone: now, jaded but determined, he takes a more alert and realistic approach to games. However, is this enough for him? To win matches for the second time? Or will another player emerge victorious, as Ji Hoon’s arc comes to a tragic end?

To answer this question quickly: no one Squid Games wins this time around, as Episode 7 – the final entry in the show’s second season – ends on a massive cliffhanger. The catalyst that drives events towards this conclusion is the vote that decides whether players can leave and divide the prize money accumulated up to each game round, provided that X/LEAVE players win by majority. These votes are a new addition to the games, and we see contestants vote after each match ends, but in Episode 7, a bathroom brawl that results in casualties dwindles the number of players on both sides. Since the O/STAY and However, all hell breaks loose the night before the vote takes place.

Gi-hun warns his allies that O/STAY players will try to attack and kill the X/LEAVE group after turning off the lights in order to survive and continue playing games. He’s right, as the guards are quietly ordered to prepare for the “special game” that is about to unfold later in the night. Player 001, who was revealed to be none other than the front man (Lee Byung-hun) in Episode 3, also anticipates the move and works alongside Gi-hun to lead the rebellion. How does this change the intended outcome of the games?

Not all contestants join Ji Hoon’s revolution, but those who participate – e.g Jung Bae/Player 390 (Lee Seo Hwan) and Gyeong-seok/Player 246 (Lee Jin-uk) – end up paying a heavy price. After overpowering some guards and grabbing their weapons, Ji Hoon and his team move to the mysterious complex where the games are being held. In the end, Ji Hoon and Jung Bae are tied up shooting in the hallway.

The revolution ended in disastrous failure, with the front man now back in his usual black mask and uniform, with more guards with him. After killing Jung-bae/Player 390, The Front Man arrests Gi-hun for his attempts to disrupt the games. The screen fades to black, and we’re treated to a quick, very vague post-credits scene that might hint at the existence of an entirely new game.

Players played only three games before the Revolution – Red Light, Green Light, Six-Legged Pentacle, and Mixed. There were of course more games to play, but the rebellion started before we got to them. Which means that at the moment no one has won the matches. But there is He could Be the winner of Season 3 of “Squid Game”. Series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk wrote the second season together as one continuous story. This could also explain why this season only had seven episodes and ended with a large number of unresolved questions/arcs, allowing the upcoming final season to dive straight into the immediate aftermath. It is very likely that the surviving players will continue to play the rest of the matches in Season 3.

Returning to the surviving players, it is important to note that Player 120 (Park Sung Hoon) was last seen hiding in the crowd, armed with a loaded weapon, as more guards arrived to quell the rebellion. Although Geum-ja/Player 149 (Kang Ae-shim) prevents her from making a rash move against the guards, she may end up hiding the weapon or handing it over, depending on what happens.

Furthermore, will the rest of the players, with the exception of Ji Hoon, be allowed to vote the next day as originally scheduled, with the greatly diminished O/STAY and X/LEAVE players battling it out for the win? Will Ji Hoon continue his quest to stop the Games, now that he’s done so? An angry man has more reasons to take revenge? Regardless of whether he wins the game in Season 3, his will to crush such a harmful cycle of corruption and injustice must prevail. Until then, we’ll just have to play a tense waiting game.

Season 2 of “Squid Game” is now streaming on Netflix. Season 3 is scheduled to premiere sometime in 2025.