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Season 2 – Squid Game

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2024

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Hundreds of cash-strapped contestants accept an invitation to compete in children's games for a tempting prize, but the stakes are deadly.

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Critics Consensus

While Squid Game's return can't help but lose the element of surprise, some absolutely diabolical challenges and a knotty moral outlook keep this sophomore season thrilling.

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Clarisse Loughrey

Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)

If everyone insists on going Squid Game crazy while blatantly ignoring its central critique, then Squid Game season two will be about how delusional people really can be while the truth firmly and repeatedly slaps them in the face.

Apr 3, 2025

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Dan Einav

Financial Times

Hwang keeps these disparate moods finely balanced throughout, knowing when to revel in lurid thrills and when to reveal more of the ideas underpinning it all.

Jan 16, 2025

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Lili Loofbourow

Washington Post

Instead of building, Jun-ho’s plot languishes. Gi-hun’s arc gets blurry. Worst of all, the antagonist remains a cipher.

Jan 9, 2025

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Samantha Schuster

Cinéfilo Serial

It shows us that there's still a story to tell beyond exploiting the series' initial success. It continues with the same formula but offers something different to impact the viewer with betrayals, ambitions, and moral debates. [Full Review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 17, 2025

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Alise Chaffins

MacGuffin or Meaning (Substack)

It hammers home that the lives of the poor are of little individual value to the powers that be. For all of the horror of being shot while playing a children’s game, the real horror is that surviving doesn’t give you any value.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 16, 2025

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William Schwartz

HanCinema

I should note that "rehash" is not a word I use necessarily pejoratively. Every character except Gi-hun has no idea how the game works, so redoing the Young-hee gauntlet allows the second season of Squid Game to explore the idea from a new hypothetical.

Jun 18, 2025

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BlueTop World b

The most meme season

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/18/25

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JAYDEN c

This season was absolutely amazing

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/17/25

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Shep P

Season 2 was a bit disappointing unfortunately but season 3 makes up for it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/17/25

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Richard P

I was hooked and wanted to know how it will end up in the next series. Worth a watch but tempo was little bit slow

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/16/25

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Jose E.

I think they did a pretty good job for this seassson

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/15/25

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Vasqu3z V

Perfect Representation of People's Greed. Writing is great wouldn't have thought that. Acting is incredibly good.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/13/25

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Lee Jung-jae

Seong Gi-hun

Wi Ha-joon

Hwang Joon-ho

Lee Byung-hun

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Im Si-wan

Lee Myeong-gi

Kang Ha-neul

Kang Dae-ho

Park Gyu-young

Kang No-eul

Episode 1

Aired Dec 26, 2024

Bread and Lottery

A vengeful Gi-hun makes a U-turn at the airport; later, in his hideout, he intensifies his search for the elusive recruiter who is seeking new players.

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Episode 2

Aired Dec 26, 2024

Halloween Party

Gi-hun finally gets hold of an invitation, marked for Halloween day; in a tense moment facing Jun-ho, they reveal their truths to each other.

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Episode 3

Aired Dec 26, 2024

001

New players gather for a chance to win 45.6 billion won; after an intense first round, the survivors' fates hang in the balance - down to one final vote.

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Episode 4

Aired Dec 26, 2024

Six Legs

The players prepare for the next game: a six-legged pentathlon, where each team member must clear a mini-game to survive - or face collective elimination.

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Episode 5

Aired Dec 26, 2024

One More Game

Kang No-eul earns enemies for her unruly actions; nerves fray to the breaking point as the remaining players vote on whether to move to the next round.

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Episode 6

Aired Dec 26, 2024

O X

Jun-ho and his team prepare to infiltrate a suspicious island; as monetary stakes and tensions rise, players split into two opposing factions.

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Episode 7

Aired Dec 26, 2024

Friend or Foe

The remaining players strategize on how to survive the night; Gi-hun proposes a risky plan; he will need trustworthy allies to carry it out.

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