Season 2 of Squid Game mirrors the real-life Netflix series with the mother-son duo

Note: There are no spoilers for “Squid Game” Season 2 in this post, just information that Netflix has already posted before the premiere. However, if you managed to avoid all that and want to watch the new season completely fresh, maybe come back now!

Netflix’s hit South Korean series “Squid Game” is back for its second season, and fans should expect a lot of new faces. only Four characters from the first season He’ll appear again in the second, meaning there’ll be a whole new mess of players to get to know, love, and mourn over the course of this season’s matches. Among them are mother and son, Young-sik (Yang Dong-geun) and Geum-ja (Kang Ae-sim), who end up playing games together by chance after both characters sign up independently in order to pay off Young-sik’s large gambling debts.

By including the mother-son duo in “Squid Game,” the series (perhaps coincidentally) mirrors its events. The Ultimate Deaf Game Show is an episodic reality series“Squid Game: Challenge.” In that series, eliminated players were simply sent home rather than executed, making the competition less dangerous but also significantly less ethical, and mother and son duo, Leanne Wilcox-Plotnicki and Trey Plotnicki, both did well, and they pulled it off. . Past the midpoint. Leann was unfortunately eliminated in episode six during “Marbles”, while Trey was eliminated during episode seven “Glass Bridge,” but they seemed to have a good time overall. Somehow, I have a feeling that this won’t be the case for the fictional mother-son duo, Young Sik and Geum Ja having a very bad time.

In the reality series, LeAnn ended up with her son Trey in a game of marbles, just as Oh Il-nam (Oh Yeong-su) and Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) ended up together in the first season of the series. The fictional series that led to Oh Il Nam’s apparent death. (Don’t quite remember Everything from season 1? Don’t worry, we got you.) Fortunately for everyone, LeAnn was not ultimately executed, but was just returned to New Jersey. In an interview with todayTrey revealed that he actually had the opportunity to choose someone to star in the Netflix series, and he ended up choosing his mother after she asked to join, saying: “I’m retired. I’ve got nothing better to do.” “.

LeAnn and Trey ended up discovering the marbles in the bottom of their picnic basket in Episode 6, and were sentenced to play against each other. Trey ended up taking out his mother, only to be eliminated in the next episode. Fortunately, it gave them a chance to say a proper goodbye, as Lynn told People that while she was waiting at the hotel to go home, she received a knock on the door from her newly estranged son, who was happy to see her. Before returning to his home in Chicago, instead of being upset about being eliminated and losing Potential jackpot of $4.5 million. This is a great ending for the real-life mother and son team, but the circumstances behind the duo in the soap opera mean things will be even more tragic.

On Netflix Promotional video When introducing some of the new players in “Squid Game” Season 2, Yang Dong Geun and Kang Ae Sim, who play the mother-son duo of Young Sik and Geum Ja, explained their characters a little. Yang shared that the son, Young-sik, is an “immature and shameless gambler buried in debt” and never planned on seeing his mother at the games (unlike Trey) but entered them himself in an attempt to pay off his debts. However, once they get there, he realizes that “Geum-ja’s mere presence was a safety net, a godsend.” He went into more detail, saying:

“The idea of ​​mother and son entering the game together is a wonderful idea. Somehow, having Geum-ja and Young-sik as an on-screen duo gives me a sense of comfort. Amidst all the horror, his mother is his anchor. She is his mother, his rock.”

This is kind of cute in a depressing way when you remember that one or both of them will likely die before the end of the season. It’s even more tragic because Geum-ja also didn’t know her son was recording when she joined the game in hopes of paying off his debts. Kang described her as a “resilient mother with a deep commitment to providing for her family.” Even though Yong-sik faces “a lot of problems,” it’s still clear that he’s the center of Geum-ja’s world if she’s willing to put her life on the line to pay off his debts. In the end, Kang says, “In the face of life and death, she continues the game, always putting him before herself.” It’s a beautiful kind of selflessness out of love for one’s child, but Geum-ja and Young-sik should never have had to play with their lives in the first place.

Squid Game Season 2 airs on Netflix on December 26, 2024, while “Squid Game: The Challenge” season 2 is somehow on the way On the streamer sometime soon.