Squid Game—the new K-drama series on Netflix that'due south taken the earth by storm, ranking no. i among top television shows on Netflix in 83 countries, including the U.S.—has seen fans crying out for a second season.

Its gripping final episode ended with a night twist that'southward left viewers with more called-for questions to be answered.

The mystery thriller sees 456 greenbacks-strapped people each be handed a business card inviting them to compete in vi fatal survival games on a remote island for the chance to win 45.6 billion Korean won (around $39 1000000), with the losers of each game existence met by their deaths.

Several bloodbaths, betrayals and 455 deadly eliminations afterward, one remaining contestant—Gi-hun (played by Korean thespian Lee Jung-jae), player no. 456 who was the last person to be recruited—was declared the winner subsequently the final circular of the Squid Game (a real-life children's street game that was played by many Koreans in their childhood).

A still from "Squid Game" on Netflix.
A still from "Squid Game" on Netflix. Netflix

The Truth Behind the Survival Games

Traumatized by the deaths (including that of his childhood friend Sang-woo, player no. 218) that led to his victory, Gi-hun doesn't touch on his prize coin. He returns to his destitute life and becomes a disheveled recluse after finding his mother dead at habitation.

One snowy evening, Gi-hun receives a concern card from the survival competition with a mysterious bulletin noting a time and place at a building location. When Gi-hun goes to the location, he sees Il-nam—player no. 001, an one-time man with a brain tumor who was believed to have died after existence eliminated from the game—bedridden in the corner of an empty office.

Facing a drinking glass wall overlooking a homeless man passed out on the street below, Il-nam reveals the shocking truth that he orchestrated the mortiferous survival competition that killed hundreds.

A still from "Squid Game" on Netflix.
A still from "Squid Game" on Netflix. Netflix

An enraged Gi-hun demands answers as to who Il-nam is and why he did this, to which the dying old man said: "I make money by lending it out."

The wealthy erstwhile man arranged this survival game for himself and other rich VIP guest spectators to watch contestants compete to their deaths because the i thing the rich and poor have in common is that "everything gets boring in the stop," regardless of how much coin yous do or don't accept. He wanted to relive the feeling of innocent fun he enjoyed as a child before he dies and participated in the game for that reason.

Believing the survival games had demonstrated the truthful heart of humanity—one of greed and selfishness, with a total lack of care for others—the sometime man asks Gi-hun to play 1 concluding game. He says if a passerby helps the unconscious homeless human being on the street beneath before the clock strikes midnight, Gi-hun wins the game.

As a stranger does indeed arrive at the scene with police to aid the homeless man, the old man takes his final breath and dies while Gi-hun is even so in the room.

What'due south Happened to Player No. 456?

Fast-forward to a year later, Gi-hun is clean-shaven, with his hair trimmed and dyed in an arresting, claret scarlet hue.

Later, while en road to board a aeroplane to visit his daughter in the U.S., he spots a haunting familiar face on a train platform—the salesman (played by Gong Yoo, from Train to Busan and several other Korean films and dramas) who first recruited him to the survival game.

Seeing the salesman recruiting another homo, Gi-hun rushes over to the other side and snatches the business card out of the man's paw, warning him not to participate in the game.

"Squid Game" on Netflix.
The business concern card handed to potential new recruits in "Squid Game" on Netflix. Netflix

After, while walking along the jetway bridge to lath the plane, Gi-hun dials the number on the concern card and says: "I tin't forgive you...for everything y'all're doing."

The voice at the other end tells Gi-hun: "No. 456, don't go whatsoever absurd ideas. Just get on the plane, it's for your own good."

Upon hanging up the telephone, Gi-hun does an firsthand changeabout, walking out of the jetway bridge and abroad from the plane.

The open-concluded last scene heavily points toward a 2d season, which could run into Gi-hun attempt to put an end to the deadly game once and for all.

Other Mysteries Remain

Gi-hun may also unravel other mysteries in a potential forthcoming flavour, such as the unknown backstory of the "Front Man" (whose name is In-ho, played by Korean thespian Lee Byung-hun), who's been managing the game on behalf of the old man. Why did he stay on the island subsequently winning the game years ago? And what does he ultimately want?

The Front Homo likewise appears briefly in the room but after the former man (player no. 001) dies. Is he responsible in some style for Il-nam's death? And is he now the superlative domestic dog of the survival game or is in that location someone else in a higher place him?

A still from "The Squid Game"
A still from the new Netflix 1000-drama series "The Squid Game." Netflix

There'due south also the question of the Front end Man'due south brother, police officer Jun-ho, who infiltrated the game facility bearded as a staffer and his cover was eventually diddled. The Front Human later shoots Jun-ho almost the officer's shoulder at a cliff's edge, which throws him into the body of water below. Simply could Jun-ho all the same be alive?

Before Jun-ho was shot, battling a weak signal, he called his superior for backup police to runway him and attempted to ship images and videos of the game facility via his phone. But it'due south unclear whether the files went through.

These are just some of the many questions begging for answers in a sequel. But is a 2nd season in the cards?

In an sectional interview with Variety, published on September 24, Squid Game managing director Hwang Dong-hyuk said: "I don't take well developed plans for 'Squid Game ii.'

"It is quite tiring merely thinking well-nigh information technology. But if I were to do information technology, I would certainly not exercise information technology lonely. I'd consider using a writers' room and would want multiple experienced directors," Hwang explained.

A still from "Squid Game" on Netflix.
A still from "Squid Game" on Netflix. Netflix