If you didn’t catch “Squid Game” Season 1, then well—congratulations to you, for being among the very few who didn’t binge-watch probably the most predictable plot twist in battle royale history. For the uninitiated, or willfully uninterested, “Squid Game” is that K-drama where desperate people compete in deadly versions of children’s games to win an absurdly huge cash prize. Think “Battle Royale” meets “The Hunger Games,” but with fewer surprises if you’ve seen either of those. But hey, it’s not every day you see people fighting to the death over a piggy bank, right?
It seems like, following Netflix’s successful ride with this so-called “masterpiece” for those who somehow managed to completely miss the entire survival genre, they now proudly announce that Season 2 will drop by the end of 2024. A brand new batch of players about to risk it all for the cash in this latest teaser is served to the iconic “Pink Soldiers” track. Of course, the faces of these newbies are obscured, but those shiny new player numbers are right out in the open—just in case you want to start predicting who’ll be the first to be iced.
It ends with something a bit familiar: Seong Gi-hun, or Player 456, clutching his old number. Yep, our hero is back for another round because who wouldn’t want to jump right back into those heartwarming, life-threatening games?
Along with Lee’s return, you can expect Lee Byung-hun to reprise his role as the sinister Front Man and Wi Ha-Joon as the detective who really had way too much faith in his police training. New faces like Yim Si-Wan, Kang Ha-Neul, Park Sung-hoon, and Yang Dong-geun are also slated to join the fray, probably just to serve as fodder for the bloodbath.
If you are wondering what Season 2 is about, well, don’t—broke people, deadly games, moral dilemmas served straight up on a plate, with existential dread on the side. That is, it seems, Netflix’s recipe for something you’ll eat up, no matter if you realize you tasted that before.
Mark your calendars for December 26, 2024, as “Squid Game” Season 2 is going to drop on Netflix. Until then, all of Season 1 awaits at your viewing disposal—just in case you need to catch up on what the hype is all about, or if you just want to see what all the fuss was for yourself.
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