Squid Game
admonition ! This article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Squid Game season 2 .
Since all player , except Gi - hun , fromSquid Gameseason 1 ’s central game die , the show ’s season 2 sport a whole new set of challenging players . Like time of year 1,Squid Gameseason 2 primarily dissever its players into two category : rootable and antagonistic . While almost allplayers in the twoSquid Gameseasonsseem virtuously ambiguous , some manage to hold back their sense of humanity even when the games push them beyond their breaking item and pressure them to play selfishly .
Meanwhile , there are several others who try their estimable to take advantage of the game ' setting to project their spoilt inclination . Instead of finding a way to leave the games to see no innocent lives are lost , theSquid Gamevillainsstick around to realize more . This division between the comparatively righteous players and the selfish ones becomes one of the primary conflicts in the series . While the overarching villains are the mysterious VIPs who be given and watch the games from behind the shot , theplayers inSquid Game ’s two seasonsare responsible for for driving the central moral struggle .
18Player 456 (Seong Gi-hun)
Lee Jung-jae
Lee Jung - jae plays themain character , Gi - hun , inSquid Gameseasons 1 and 2 . While his circumstances lead him to the games in season 1 , he intentionally arrives at the games ' locale in time of year 2 to stop them . Even though he puddle viands before the games to ensure he and his squad overpower the force move the games and even plants a tracker in one of his tooth to help oneself his team find him , the game ’s personal digital assistant manage to stay put a whole tone ahead of him .
Unlike season 1 , which has a nine - episode runtime , Squid Gameseason 2 is relatively shorterwith only seven episode .
They off the tracker in his tooth before taking him to the plot ’s venue , leaving him to his own devices again . Gi - hun still try his best to practice his experience to assist other player at the games , but his good intentions backfire when many grow wary about his motives . Gi - hun still does not give up and formulates a plan to overpower the guards and wage war against the authorities running the games inSquid Gameseason 2 .
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17Player 390 (Jung-bae)
Lee Seo-hwan
When Gi - hun makes his manner to the locale of the first " Red Light , Green Light " game inSquid Gameseason 2 ’s chess opening electric arc , someone call out his name . Moments by and by , Lee Seo Hwan ’s Jung - bae emerges from the crew , which storm Gi - hun because he and Jung - bae have a foresightful history . The Lee Seo Hwan grapheme first appeared inSquid Gameseason 1 as Gi - hun ’s close friend .
Squid Game Key Facts Breakdown
Written & Directed By
Hwang Dong - hyuk
No . Of Episodes
16
No . Of Seasons
2
Budget
US $ 21.4 million in season 1 and ₩ 100 billion in time of year 2
Streaming On
Netflix
Season 2 establishes that , like Gi - hun , Jung - bae , too , gambled his fortune away . Without truly sympathize how the game work , he , too , arrives to trifle them , hoping to win some money to pay off his debt . Fortunately , for him , Gi - hun ensures his safety by guiding him through the first secret plan . AlthoughJung - bae takes metre to agnise the games are not worth the risk of his life , he finally becomes Gi - hun ’s biggest confederate as he and the other heroes set out to punish the game ’s organizers .
16Player 388 (Dae-ho)
Kang Ha-neul
Jung - bae and Dae - ho find common ground inSquid Gameseason 2 ’s early moment when they hear they both serve in the Marine Corps . Dae - ho also refers to Jung - bae as his senior and plays a crucial function in helping the independent zep win many games . However , Dae - ho ’s fib takes a black turn towards the end of the season when he struggles to use a throttle against the guards . His inability to operate a weapon suggestshe might have lie down about his military background .
Many players like Kyung - seok also lose their living because Dae - ho fails to lend them the ammunition to fight back .
Dae - ho also takes the province of garner loaded magazine from the numb guards and bringing them back to his fellow players in the show ’s conclusion . However , his fear have the best of him , and he never decease back to crusade the guards . Due to his inability to follow through with his commitments , Gi - hun and the squad lose their struggle against the sentry duty . Many players like Kyung - seok also lose their lifetime because Dae - ho go wrong to bring them the ammo to defend back .
15Player 380 (Se-mi)
Won Ji-an
Player 380 , Se - mi , intentionally join Thanos ' team because she conceive play the game with less well-informed team member would ameliorate her odds of survival . She think she would be capable to outsmart all her team members by manipulating them when necessary . However , to her dismay , nothing goes as planned and the musician , Min - su , whom she trusts the most , ends up betraying her .
14Player 333 (Lee Myeong-gi)
Yim Si-wan
As theSquid Gameseason progresses , it is also revealed Lee Myeong - gi ’s former lover , Kim Jun - hui ( Player 222 ) , is also at the games . After pick up that Jun - hui is meaning , Myeong - gi endeavor to convince her to quit the games and start a novel liveliness with him . However , after recalling how he abandon her , Jun - hui struggles to trust him .
13Player 246 (Kyung-seok)
Lee Jin-wook
Park Gyu - young ’s No - Eul is portrayed as one of the guard in the fundamental biz , who , before taking up the job , crosses path with a kid combat cancer . When she arrives at the plot to live up to her role as a guard , she tell apart the child ’s father , Kyung - seok , during the first " Red Light , Green Light " game . This revelation confirms thatPlayer 246 , Kyung - seok , only show up to vie because he care to win enough money to be able to fund his girl ’s treatment . Like the other epic characters , he avoids repair to virtuously confutative methods to outlive the secret plan .
12Player 230 (Thanos)
T.O.P
Real - living knocker and singer , T.O.P , plays the use of a far-famed retired artist , dub Thanos , inSquid Gameseason 2 . Like most other characters , Thanos ab initio does not take the games too seriously . However , when he lastly read the soberness of the game and the stakes involved , he take psychedelic drug to take the edge off and keep himself serene and collected . Although his glide slope hold him a little too detached from realism , it works wonders as it allows him to play the biz with a relaxed and infantile sense of wonder .
T.O.P ’s substantial name is Choi Seung Hyun , and he is best known for being a member of the Korean boy band Big Bang .
Thanos keeps blame Yim Si Wan ( Player 333 ) for his fiscal fall , claiming that he put all his money in a coin he suggested on his YouTube channel . He also keeps picking on him throughout the game and jeopardise him to rejoin his money once they are extraneous . This conflict eventually escalates into chaos as brutal forcible confrontation breaks on the loose between the ace who vote in favor of the game ' good continuation and the ones who vote to stop them in the 2nd rung of ballot .
11Player 222 (Kim Jun-hui)
Jo Yu-ri
Player 222 , Kim Jun - hui , is introduced as a young pregnant charwoman who ends up becoming a part of the game after her former spouse , Lee Myeong - gi , abandons her . Jun - hui is perceive as a weak protester by many because of her term , but the independent heroes take her on board . Later in the serial , Lee Myeong - gi also tries to get back with her , claiming they should compound their salary from the game and create a good spirit for their child . However , Jun - hui refuses to share her winnings with her ex because she does not trust him anymore .
10Player 196
Song Ji-woo
Thanos is smitten with Player 196 inSquid Gameseason 2 ’s early moment and tags along with her during the " Red Light , Green Light " game . The two even joke about Gi - hun ’s behavior and call him a disillusioned old man . Owing to this , when a bee lands on Player 196 ’s neck , and Thanos tells her about it , she forgets about the plot and moves . Although she still refuses to take the game severely , the doll detects her apparent movement , and a sniper dash her dead . With this , Player 196 becomes the first player to break inSquid Gameseason 2 .
9Player 149 (Jang Geum-ja)
Kang Ae-shim
Unlike other players at the games , Kang Ae - shim ’s Jang Geum - ja is not driven by a desire to increase her bank balance . She only arrives at the games ' to ensure her son ’s well - being . Jang Geum - ja is such a selfless mother that she even encourages her son , Park Yong - sik , to leave , assure him that she will play the game and win him the money . As the show progresses , she becomes a motherly figure for many other characters , like Kim Jun - hui and Hyun - ju , as she guides them through dire situations .
