Spoilers for all of Squid Game season 2 ahead. No, your TV isn't broken. Your Netflix account didn't skip an episode. Squid Game season 2 really does end with that abrupt, devastating, infuriating cliffhanger, a moment where all hope seems truly lost. In a way, isn't it fitting? The notoriously bleak Netflix K-drama finally returned at a notoriously bleak time to kick us as we're down, and featured scenes of people voting against their self-interest over and over.
But let's rewind: Squid Game season 2 finally hit Netflix on December 26, 2024, over three years after the first installment became a surprise hit K-drama turned cultural phenomenon turned one of Netflix's most-watched shows ever. Though news of the renewal initially prompted criticism as seeming unnecessary, creator Hwang Dong-hyuk's second season is just as expertly written, thrilling, and timely as the first, as the dystopian death game turns into a pressing commentary on greed and sectarianism taken to their harshest conclusions.
