This text accommodates spoilers for “Squid Recreation” season 2
Critics are hailing “Squid Recreation” season 2 for being greater and higher than its predecessor, and a few components will take viewers abruptly. Episode 3 sees Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) reluctantly return to the lethal competitors as a contestant, hoping to close it down as soon as and for all. That is going to be an arduous process, nevertheless, as Hwang In-ho, aka the Entrance Man (Lee Byung-hun), the man operating all the operation, has additionally returned disguised as a participant, and that may’t be good for anybody.
“Squid Recreation” season 2, episode 3, reveals that the competitors’s founders have launched a brand new rule. After every sport, individuals can vote to separate the cash and depart the sport, or keep and play for an opportunity to win an even bigger prize within the subsequent spherical — which suggests risking their lives once more. The primary post-game vote ends in a tie with one individual left, participant 001, who reveals himself because the Entrance Man within the episode’s massive twist. Naturally, he votes for everybody to remain, primarily guaranteeing extra deaths — and extra money (yay!) — within the subsequent spherical.
It may very well be worse, although, because the individuals may very well be caught in Netflix’s horrible “Squid Recreation: The Problem” actuality competitors, starring in a present that only a few individuals like for an inferior prize. All kidding apart, the Entrance Man’s involvement ensures some drama in “Squid Recreation” season 2, however why would he threat his personal life performing these duties when he has a cushty workplace job?
Entrance Man’s return spells bother for Gi-hun in Squid Recreation season 2
Earlier than the Entrance Man turned the Squid Recreation’s mysterious consultant, he was a debt-ridden participant who gained the competitors. Why he selected to stay a part of the household afterward is a thriller, however the reality he is enjoying once more means that he received a kick out of it.
What’s extra, Seong Gi-hun is not accustomed to the Entrance Man’s actual id, so he is below the phantasm that 001 is simply one other participant. After all, the Entrance Man could be very accustomed to Gi-hun and the risk he poses to the video games’ existence, so viewers can count on some lies and manipulation within the remaining episodes. Earlier than agreeing to return to the video games, Gi-hun tells the Entrance Man (who’s chatting with him through a speaker in a limousine) that he needs to close down the video games, whereas the Entrance Man replies that the individuals who run the video games are merely offering a service that gamers select to take part in. Gi-hun needs to show the Entrance Man’s worldview is incorrect, however that possible will not be really easy — individuals in debt want cash, and as season 1 proved, lots of them are keen to threat their lives to win massive.
The Entrance Man’s return in “Squid Recreation” season 2 was anticipated following the occasions of the earlier season, however viewers in all probability did not count on the villain to turn into a contestant once more. He clearly has an ulterior motive, which turns into clear as season 2 progresses, however that does not cease him from remaining one of many present’s most mysterious characters.
“Squid Recreation” season 2 is now streaming on Netflix.