The Official "Squid Game" Thread (Season 2 Out Now)

[Dontdoit3]

Eight individuals trapped in a mysterious 8-story building participate in a tempting but dangerous show where they earn money as time passes.

Finished watching this one twice. Loved it!

8th floor is so annoying

 

[King Static X]

Finished watching this one twice. Loved it!

8th floor is so annoying

I watched The 8 Show last week. I thought it was decent (but could've been better).

Anyway, yes, the woman on the 8th floor was annoying (and evil). She deserved a worse fate, in my opinion.

 

[MidniteJay]

7 episodes just not enough. Things didn't really start until episode 3. Kinda left me underwhelmed.

Spoiler: huh

I guess the Front Man kept Gi-Hun alive to psychologically torment him some more. I'm a little surprised the old man is the mole in Ha-Joon's group. I'm curious to see how he's connected to Ha-Joon's brother/Front Man.

That's exactly why the Front Man kept that dummy alive. He wanted to break him. Gi-hun is not afraid to die this time around so just killing him is too easy. The ethos of the Squid Game staff is that killing the players is just putting them out of their misery. No-eul says this when Officer tried to make her chill with the double taps.

As for the mole in Ha-joon's party. I thought it could have been one of the hired goons but it does make more sense that it's Captain Park. Since the Front Man didn't really want his brother dead he most likely got Park to pick Ha-joon up and keep tabs on him. Easy to write in that Park was probably one of the shapes or part of an off screen island surveillance team during season 1.

I think Ha-joon's group will finally find where the games take place when No-eul sneaks out Player 246. It seemed like 246 got clapped at the end of the failed coup but I'm pretty sure it's No-eul behind the gun.

 

[CROM]

I think there's some clues that he lacks masculinity. I am unsure if he's gay and probably isn't, but they had some clues like when they're playing that relay game he siad he played with his sisters often. Plus, he stated his dad sent him to the marines to toughen up. I assume he may have done that because his interests lacks masculinity. Also, could see him being a deserter or just a marine that had a desk job. I don't think he got shook due to ptsd because Korea is mandatory enlistment. He most likely isn't the type of soldier he pretended to be and is putting on a mask to hide his lack of masculinity. Lastly, the tattoo he got is probably to show his "masculinity"

I was thinking the something similar. I figured he’s gay and was probably kicked out of the marines because of it. It’s not PTSD…it’s flat out fear. The way he was firing that gun, I doubt he ever held one before. They’ll probably pair him with the tranny since they’re both still in the game.

I don’t get the criticisms I’m seeing in here. This was a very solid half-season. Yeah, the planned rebellion was a bit ridiculous, but I’m genuinely intrigued by where this goes next. There are A LOT of story arcs to resolve, and I’m not sure that another half season is enough to do it….but they definitely have me anticipating the final season.

 

[King Static X]

I was thinking the something similar. I figured he’s gay and was probably kicked out of the marines because of it. It’s not PTSD…it’s flat out fear. The way he was firing that gun, I doubt he ever held one before. They’ll probably pair him with the tranny since they’re both still in the game.

It's unlikely to be PTSD from the military. While military service is mandatory for all South Korean men (with a few exceptions), that time (which is usually 1.5–2 years) is spent in a bootcamp environment and then training. South Korea rarely sends out troops for deployment in warzones.

Dae-ho most likely has PTSD from being admonished/abused by his father. When Player 120 (Hyun-ju/trans woman) was going for the magazines, he braced himself and apologized because he thought he was going to get hit by 120. That likely stems from his father hitting him. His dad probably didn't think he was "manly enough" and wanted Dae-ho to join the military to "man up". Dae-ho likely didn't serve in the military; he's faking it.

 

[Erratic415]

I know some of yall are cinephiles and have seen a lot of foreign language shows and movies

But did yall watch this show with the English dubs or Korean with English subtitles?

For me it was the latter, I was able to get the emotion and context, plus the hilarity like Thanos interjecting English randomly into Korean sentences

I rewatched a few scenes with the English dubbed version and the voices were corny and some of the dialogue was different altogether

I always watch it with subtitles.

I don’t like watching dubbed stuff. The only stuff I watch with dubbing are old martial arts movies because I grew up on those. The subtitled versions of ‘Wheels on Meals” doesn’t have that cheesy music and ‘Return of the Dragon’ doesn’t have the guy actually saying ‘Chinese spare ribs’.

 

[FaTaL]

I know some of yall are cinephiles and have seen a lot of foreign language shows and movies

But did yall watch this show with the English dubs or Korean with English subtitles?

For me it was the latter, I was able to get the emotion and context, plus the hilarity like Thanos interjecting English randomly into Korean sentences

I rewatched a few scenes with the English dubbed version and the voices were corny and some of the dialogue was different altogether

Dub is always sh!tty, makes the movie seem artificial and way off

 

[FaTaL]

That's exactly why the Front Man kept that dummy alive. He wanted to break him. Gi-hun is not afraid to die this time around so just killing him is too easy. The ethos of the Squid Game staff is that killing the players is just putting them out of their misery. No-eul says this when Officer tried to make her chill with the double taps.

As for the mole in Ha-joon's party. I thought it could have been one of the hired goons but it does make more sense that it's Captain Park. Since the Front Man didn't really want his brother dead he most likely got Park to pick Ha-joon up and keep tabs on him. Easy to write in that Park was probably one of the shapes or part of an off screen island surveillance team during season 1.

I think Ha-joon's group will finally find where the games take place when No-eul sneaks out Player 246. It seemed like 246 got clapped at the end of the failed coup but I'm pretty sure it's No-eul behind the gun.

It’s going to be a battle of will’s, gihun will win and the frontman will kill the vips but to gihuns surprise the games will continue

 

[Primetime]

I was skeptical, didn’t think this needed a second season, and figured it was clearly a cash grab…


… but cotdamn, this was surprisingly good. I might even like it better than season 1

Some endearing and hilarious characters. Pill poppin “Thanos” was goated

 

[Canada Goose]

I finally finished watching Season 2 so I can now come in this thread

Spoiler

I honestly thought this season was gonna be complete but it was actually dope



How did 456 never raise suspicion on 001 in S2 when 001 was running the games in S1!



Reddit called the boat captain being shady episodes before boat captain showed his true intention One theory is captain is misleading frontman brother on purpose.


Am I the only who hated the fact that they did the voting scene MULTIPLE times this season, they dragged on long AF too



Crazy that frontman killed some of his own goons just to keep the cover when they first tried to fight back against the guards. IDK why anyone would want to be goon for frontman, dude will kill his own soldiers just to not blow his cover with 456



I REALLY hope that we don't have to wait a long ass time for S3. I'm really curious as how this ends and what's the fate for goon #11.

 

[King Static X]

I finally finished watching Season 2 so I can now come in this thread

Spoiler

I honestly thought this season was gonna be complete but it was actually dope



How did 456 never raise suspicion on 001 in S2 when 001 was running the games in S1!



Reddit called the boat captain being shady episodes before boat captain showed his true intention One theory is captain is misleading frontman brother on purpose.


Am I the only who hated the fact that they did the voting scene MULTIPLE times this season, they dragged on long AF too



Crazy that frontman killed some of his own goons just to keep the cover when they first tried to fight back against the guards. IDK why anyone would want to be goon for frontman, dude will kill his own soldiers just to not blow his cover with 456



I REALLY hope that we don't have to wait a long ass time for S3. I'm really curious as how this ends and what's the fate for goon #11.

They changed the rules this season, so after every game they could vote. That's why there was more voting this season. Opinion on it is divided among the viewerbase.

Season 3 is coming out later this year. They filmed seasons 2 & 3 back-to-back. There was a leak from the Netflix Korea YouTube channel saying that season 3 would be coming out at the end of June. However, it was quickly deleted. So we'll see if the leak was true in 5 months.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

I know some of yall are cinephiles and have seen a lot of foreign language shows and movies

But did yall watch this show with the English dubs or Korean with English subtitles?

For me it was the latter, I was able to get the emotion and context, plus the hilarity like Thanos interjecting English randomly into Korean sentences

I rewatched a few scenes with the English dubbed version and the voices were corny and some of the dialogue was different altogether

Dubbed shows

 

[Blackfyre]

'Squid Game 2' Becomes Netflix's Third Most-Watched Season Ever, After 'Squid Game 1' and 'Wednesday'



variety.com
‘Squid Game 2’ Becomes Netflix’s Third Most-Watched Season Ever, After ‘Squid Game 1’ and ‘Wednes...
With 152.5 million total views, 'Squid Game' Season 2 trails behind only its own first season (265 million) and "Wednesday" (252 million).
3:04 PM · Jan 14, 2025

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

 

[hitmonlee]

This started out slow, got good in the middle, but fell apart in the end. That ending was just an incredibly stupid idea. The main character is an idiot though, that was clear in the first season, he's just more serious this time around, still dumb.

Of course they had to have tranny stuff in it and a lecture of tranny stuff in the movie.

Ive watched the first two episodes I think im going to bail