Season 2 of The Real Reason Squid Game only has 7 episodes

The games are about to begin again! Hwang Dong-hyuk's “Squid Game,” the streaming TV phenomenon that captivated viewers around the world in 2021 (and spawned a terrible reality competition series called “Squid Game: The Challenge”), is set to unveil its second season on Boxing Day, with a third and final season on the way next year. The survival horror series about financially struggling people who play a series of children's games that, if lost, will result in their deaths, remains terrifyingly compelling for viewers who, given the state of the he global economy, are likely to face their own money problems.

As for whether the considerably violent and decidedly controversial series is thematically pointed, cruel for no reason, or simply good and fun, that's up to you to decide. What's not up for debate is that the first season ended with Netflix subscribers wanting more of the same, and we have a feeling they're going to get it with truly bloody interest.

As we wait for the Season 2 premiere of “Squid Game,” some viewers are wondering why this latest set of episodes is two short of the first season's nine. Are the episodes going to be longer, or does he just have a tighter story to tell this time around? Hwang has an answer to this question!

In an interview with DeadlineHwang revealed that the next two seasons stemmed from the same burst of inspiration. How did it work? By Hwang:

“I wrote seasons 2 and 3 at the same time, and we were in production on both simultaneously, and currently we are in post-production on season 3. When I was writing the script for both seasons, I had It felt like it was a big turning point or inflection point, and it was the end of episode 7, so I thought it would be fair to have a separate season after that, it's why did I have seven first episodes for the season 2, then the rest of season 3.

This whole interview is full of tantalizing little teases, many of which suggest that, shock of shocks, Season 2 of “Squid Game” will be very intense in order to deliver, at least on a visceral level, what fans of the series expect in terms of brutality. Whether or not this is a more explicit political direction is something we'll have to find out for ourselves in a few weeks, although I have no idea how anyone can make a show like this any time soon remarkably tense for the world. world (especially after the last presidential election in the United States) and not have a determined point of view.

Either way, if seven episodes seems too few, at least you know there will be more. 2025 is shaping up to be the year of the “Squid Game”. And if you need a reminder what happened in season 1 of “Squid Game”, /Movie has one for you!