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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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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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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

The boat subplot aside, S02 is nearly as good as the first. Gi-hun's morals slipping under In-ho's influence is compelling and the new games, particularly the Pentathlon, are incredibly exciting. Bonus points for Gong Yoo's villainous turn

Jan 31, 2025

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Robert W. Butler

Butler's Cinema Scene

This time around, though, something’s off. The characters are painfully one-dimensional, less real people than symbols.

Jan 26, 2025

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Christian Gallichio

The Playlist

“Squid Game” has gone the way of the Hollywood blockbuster. A little louder, a little less interesting, but also fundamentally entertaining, even if it sometimes feels like leftovers.

Rated: B

Jan 24, 2025

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Ewan L

A premise that may be better as a one and done. A severe lack of time spent in the actual games is also disappointing.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/08/25

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Lj S

Still good, with lots of suspense and very memorable characters, but every episode was the same and felt like work to get through. Disappointing after how exciting the first season was

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/07/25

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Marsh X

Definitely not as good as the first season but I still remember this being very enjoyable to watch, it's been a long time since I've seen the first and second season, but all I know is that were great and that's like saying 1+1=2. Hyped for the third season which will probably have a more in depth review. 9/10

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/02/25

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Sinead K

Doing a rewatch and it does improve on a second viewing. Still it doesn't match the first and that's probably in part to it truly being the first half of a second series, rather than one in itself, and therefore the story is incomplete. That's capitalism for you (the irony is truly astounding)! The series can't manage all of the characters it brings in and probably could have done with disgarding a few. The characters, also, do not match the first and are lacking depth. Maybe that's something they'll expand on next season but some are embrassing caracitures. It feels like it's up to Lee Jung-jae's and Lee Byung-hun's characters to carry this season. And while there was always a bit of suspension of belief in this show, I think people would be a bit more shaken than portrayed here (spoiler). Would you really be smiling and cracking jokes during mingle, when people are dying around you and your life is at risk? Still there's a decent enough show here but not a masterpiece like the first. Season 3 must do better.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/01/25

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Lincoln D

This show is a legend.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/30/25

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JAROD C

This season had so much potential but they just seemed to cram too much in at one time and most of this doesn’t make a lot of sense but some of the newer characters were great

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/23/25

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Lee Jung-jae

Seong Gi-hun

Wi Ha-joon

Hwang Joon-ho

Lee Byung-hun

Front Man

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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