Warning: Spoilers ahead for Squid Game season 2!With Squid Game season 3 confirmed to be on the way in 2025, the Netflix show's final season is shaping up to be very different due to the twist involving Lee Byung-hun's Front Man. Masquerading as a regular competitor, the Front Man thrust himself into the games among the other Squid Game season 2 players under the moniker of Player 001. Although the audience is aware of the deception throughout, Lee Jung-jae's Seong Gi-hun is still unaware of the truth by the end of Squid Game season 2. So, Gi-hun's revelation will deeply impact Squid Game season 3's story.
Although the show's latest season continued to revolve around the deadly games, there were still plenty of twists in Squid Game season 2 to keep viewers on their toes. Some of the unexpected plot developments were entirely original to the show's second season, but others had been repurposed for the story's continuation and were already pretty familiar. In the case of the Player 001 twist, the latter is true. Therefore, Squid Game season 3 risks becoming predictable if it's not careful.
Squid Game Season 3 Can't Repeat The First Two Seasons' Plant Player Twist
Il-nam & the Front Man have now both inserted themselves into the games as Player 001
Although it unfolded the twist in clear view of the audience this time around, planting the Front Man as an undercover player in Squid Game season 2 is the same twist as Player 001's true identity in Squid Game season 1. In the show's inaugural season, Oh Il-nam (O Yeung-su) turned out to be the tournament's founder, who was seeking excitement one last time as he succumbed to a terminal illness, and he was Player 001 that year.
Throwing another disguised player into the mix for Squid Game season 3 would feel predictable and repetitive.
Three years later, when Gi-hun returned to the island to try and take down the Front Man and end the games, Lee Byung-hun's character filled a very similar role to Il-nam. Just as Il-nam was, the Front Man is a senior figure in the criminal organization. Although there is the major difference of the Front Man taking a specific interest in Gi-hun and actively trying to deceive him and break his spirit, throwing another disguised player into the mix for Squid Game season 3 would feel predictable and repetitive.
Will The Front Man Reveal Himself As "Young-il" To Gi-hun In Season 3?
The Front Man hasn't yet removed his mask around Gi-hun
The Front Man falsely introduces himself as "Oh Young-il" in Squid Game season 2. So, there is no reasonable way for Gi-hun to make the connection between his impostor of an ally and the villain Lee Jung-jae's character is seeking out. The Squid Game season 2 finale ends with Gi-hun coming "face-to-face" with his nemesis once more, but this time the man calling himself Oh Young-il is back in his mysterious black mask. It remains to be seen if the Front Man will share the extent of his deception, and whether he'll let Gi-hun know that he's been deceived.
The Front Man's real name is Hwang In-ho.
The Front Man removing his mask in front of Gi-hun would hugely impact another possible storyline for Squid Game season 3. If Gi-hun were to be returned to the games and forced to finish the tournament, the Front Man revealing his true identity would make it pretty much impossible for Lee Byung-hun to continue to compete and psychologically manipulate Gi-hun. So, what is perhaps more likely is that the Front Man delays removing his mask in front of Gi-hun. This way, he can maintain his cover and return both himself and Gi-hun to the dormitories ready for the next game.
Squid Game Season 3 Will Be Unlike Anything We've Seen From The Show So Far
There is still half a tournament to go when the Netflix show returns
Squid Game season 1 was essentially a self-contained narrative. It had to introduce several concepts for the story to be easily followed, but it did so efficiently and allowed the events to breathe. Squid Game season 2 began very differently, and Gi-hun's motivations for competing in the games were drastically different this time around, but the tournament itself and the recruitment process remained largely the same. There were also shades of the same blueprint from the show's inaugural run. Ahead of Squid Game season 3, audiences should expect a very different experience.
A bunch of the new characters for Squid Game season 2 have their own unique behaviors, but a specific quirk is lost if the Korean audio isn't chosen.
Squid Game season 3 is essentially just the second half of season 2's story. So, events will presumably pick up where they left off. When the show returns in 2025, the tournament will still be active, and there are three games left to be played before a winner can be decided. Additionally, the victor of the games will have a huge impact on the tournament's future. If Gi-hun succeeds in winning and also taking down the Front Man, it would be difficult to imagine the contest continuing beyond the events of Squid Game's final season.
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In Squid Game, a mysterious invitation to join a competition is sent to people at risk who are in dire need of money. Four hundred fifty-six participants from all walks of life are locked into a secret location where they play games to win 45.6 billion won. Games are selected from traditional Korean children's games, such as Red Light and Green Light, but the consequence of losing is death. To survive, competitors must choose their alliances carefully - but the further they go in the competition, the more likely betrayal will rear its ugly head.
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