The big clue that almost everyone missed in Squid Season 2

This article contains spoilers for Season 2 of “Squid Game.”

A last-minute twist in “Squid Game” Season 2 may surprise some viewers, but there are some clues and hints that it could happen.

The deadly playground games in “Squid Game” are as surprising as they are dangerous, but arguably the biggest killer twist in Season 2 has nothing to do with Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) and the other players. In fact, this is not even done The most exciting competition on television Not at all, but during the plot of Marine Show B.

The honor of most surprising kill of the season may go to Captain Park, the humble boat captain who supports Ji-hoon’s colleague Returns the “Squid Game” character. Hwang Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon) and his crew are Gi-hun’s hired henchmen as they attempt to find the game organizers’ island base and fail. In “Squid Game” Season 2 Episode 7, titled “Friend Or Foe,” one of Gi-hun’s mercenaries sees Park manipulating the search drones, and the captain reveals his true nature by stabbing the hired gun. As it turns out, Park is a bad guy who seems to have been working with the Squid Game people the whole time.

However, it may be a particularly observant viewer who has already noticed something strange about the captain at this point. When one of Ji-hoon’s men meets the captain and discusses their mission with him, Park drops a big hint that he knows a lot more than he should. Surprisingly, he actually seems to know Ji Hoon’s name during the restaurant meeting — a sure sign that something is wrong, since Ji Hoon is not a public figure and tends to keep a low profile when he’s not playing games. Furthermore, Park’s behavior is noticeably suspicious at certain points during the sea mission before the mercenary blows his cover to viewers – especially when the drones start malfunctioning.

You’d expect the mercenary who meets Captain Park to perk up when the man clearly recognizes his boss. However, Ji Hoon clearly did not recruit his mercenaries in their gray cells, and the criminal misses the suspicious subtext that Park slips into the conversation. As such, he is presented as a general and shady navigator willing to perform strange tasks for money, which is exactly what the team is looking for in their mission to find the island. This in turn enables him to easily sabotage Joon Ho and the mercenaries’ mission from within.

In fact, Park could be more dangerous than Season 2 reveals. Not only is he skilled enough to easily sabotage drones during rough seas, but he’s also so ruthless that he can kill the mercenary he caught red-handed in the season finale and throw the poor guy’s body overboard. That’s black ops stuff, right there. What’s more, there’s no telling if he’s working alone or if there are other Squid Game clients he’s in contact with. Because of this, Joon Ho’s crew could be in for the fight of their lives “Squid Game” Season 2 …Assuming Park doesn’t pick them one by one.

Much of Jun-ho’s story in Season 2 of “Squid Game” is separated from the main plot within the game. In the first season, he sneaks around the island James Bond style and collects evidence of the evils occurring during the games. Season 2 takes it away from the meat and potatoes of the season, as its plot doesn’t have any enemies to fight and there’s no real connection to this year’s game. In fact, his entire storyline during the sophomore season has him trying to find the most interesting events in the show – which, unfortunately, makes him part of the least interesting events by default.

This is where Captain Park comes into play. Although Jun-ho doesn’t fully realize his true nature yet, the saboteur raises the stakes of the island-hopping mission dramatically, giving the cop a real opponent to take on. Yes, season 3 will likely put him face to face with his half-brother, front man (Lee Byung-hun) – but honestly? The game organizer is busy with a more interesting and immediate story with Gi-hun, so Jun-ho’s role in the proceedings may turn out to be a relatively brief and disappointing experience. As such, Park seems a suitably dangerous opponent for Joon-ho to focus on even if things go well.

Season 2 of “Squid Game” is now available to stream on Netflix.