Season 2 of Netlfix’s Squide Game will be marked by the presence of Gi-hun, the protagonist of Squid Game, but also by that of another character!
Player 456 is expected to cede the role of the show’s most important character to another, even if Lee Jung-jae’s Seong Gi-gun returns in Squid Game season 2. After breaking all sorts of records to become Netflix’s biggest series of all time, the Squid Game series has no choice but to plan a sequel. The second episode of Squid Game will air in 2024 as part of Netflix’s K-content schedule for that year, and while little has been revealed about the story, an official music video has been revealed.
New faces will appear in the cast of Squid Game season 2, which is not surprising given that the previous 455 players are all dead. It could be seen in the first clip that Gwi-nam was looking for the people behind the games, which he decided after seeing the seller recruiting another person to participate in a new edition of the competition deadly.Gi-hum thus finds himself facing the Front Man, who is undoubtedly the most dangerous character in the series since the death of Il-nam. As Front Man has been unmasked, at least in the eyes of viewers, Squid Game 2 may be partly told from his point of view.
In season 2 of Squid Game, not only will the role of Front Man be taken over by actor Lee Byung-hun but his importance will be even greater than that of Gi-hun if we refer to the end of the first season. Questions about Front Man outnumber those about Player 456, even though Gi-hun is the main character of Squid Game and will remain the focus of the series. Gi-hun’s objective being very clear, namely to stop the games and bring down those who are behind them, several secrets are still hidden behind the Front Man.
The death of most of the Squid Game characters at the end of the first season could cause Season 2 to focus on returning names like the Front Man and the Salesman (played by Gong Yoo). In Season 2 of Squid Game, we can imagine that the games themselves will take a back seat and we will be able to explore the operations behind these deadly challenges and how we can stop them, which will allow to learn more about Front Man’s past. Gi-hun’s mission to stop the games means that the Front Man is now his greatest enemy.
Il-num’s death in the last episode of Squid Game also suggests that all operations, or at least the Korean games, are now run by the Front Man. It’s unclear who will be in charge of the operation after “Player 001” dies, but it turns out it was the Front Man who called Gwi-num in episode 10 to tell Player 456 to don’t take it out on him. Since it is the Front Man who is in charge of the operation, his role in Squid Game2 would be even more important than the one he had in season 1
- Everything we know about the Front Man (The Masked Man) in Squid Game
- The Front Man’s real name is Hwang In-ho.
For most of the series, Squid Game detective Hwang Jun-ho tried to find out what happened to his brother before learning he was the Front Man, but before he was, he participated in the 28th Squid Game as player 132 in 2015. In-ho’s disappearance five years later without informing his family explains why his brother was looking for him. At some point between 2015 and 2020, In-ho went from being a former Squid Game winner to hosting the games to hosting the 33rd edition as Front Man.
Although In-ho donated a kidney to his brother to demonstrate that he once cared about his family, that didn’t stop Front Man from shooting his own brother after revealing himself to Jun-ho, without showing the slightest remorse. Despite Jun-ho’s survival, what happened between him and his brother towards the end of season 1 indicates that redemption for the Front Man may not be possible. The games are fair despite their cruelty, In-ho thinks, which makes the Front Man a fascinating villain whose horrible actions are, in his eyes, justifiable.
- How The Front Man & Gi-hun’s Stories Are Linked in Squid Game
- The Front Man and Gi-hun’s stories are similar
In Squid Game, Front Man will pose a threat to Gi-hun on several levels. The Front Man will firstly be the personification of everything Gi-hun is fighting against, as he is the one who is presumably running things and therefore he will have to stop the Front Man in order to end the games. In-ho’s beliefs also go against Gi-hun’s worldview, which became clear at the end of season 1. Unlike Gi-hun who didn’t even want to use his money to Because of all the cruelty he had witnessed, In-ho believes that games represent a fair solution to the injustice of life.
Above all, the Front Man evokes what Gi-hun could become. Let’s remember that Gi-hun preferred to live as a homeless person for a year, refusing to use his money. Since Jun-ho was unaware that his brother became a millionaire in 2015, it is likely that it was not easy for In-ho to return to the “real world” after winning the 2015 Squid Game .
- Could the new Front Man in season 2 of Squid Game be Gi-hun?
- Will Squid Game’s most popular hypothesis come true?
Among Squid Game’s most popular hypotheses is that Gi-hun will become the new Front Man at some point. In season 2, after Gi-hun realizes that his quest to destroy the games is futile, he may turn to the dark side. Considering the autonomy of the first season, Squid Game must reinvent itself and the best way to do it is to direct the character of Gi-hun in the most unexpected side. On one hand, making Gi-hun the new Front Man could work, but on the other it could also irreversibly ruin the main character of the series if things aren’t done right.
It’s difficult to predict what Squid Game season 2 will be about and how it will differ from the first season since not much has been released so far. The public’s attachment to Gi-hun nevertheless suggests that season 2 will be even more character-centered than season 1. In the event that Squid Game continues over several seasons, it could be that season 2 ends with a tragic twist where Gi-hun would become the new Front Man and if this does not happen, we can already establish with certainty a parallel between Gi-hun and the current Front Man.
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