Squid Game Season 1 was full of twists. We were just as shocked as everyone else when players were fatally shot during Red Light Green Light, and with each following reveal, we found more ways to have the rug pulled out from under us. But one of the biggest twists was the reveal that one of those apparently deceased players actually survived. Oh Il-nam (O Yeong-su), the old man Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) condemned to his demise after a game of marbles, was actually the billionaire creator of the games who wanted to play them one last time before dying.
Il-nam was player 001, while G-hun was player 456: two different players on different ends of the roster and different ends of the moral spectrum. Now, in Season 2, the 2024 games are taking a similar tactic with Player 001, but with far greater implications.
