This text incorporates main spoilers for “Squid Sport” season 2.
The primary season of Hwang Dong-hyuk’s smash hit collection “Squid Sport” ended with a winner. Participant 456, Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), was the final man standing, profitable 45.6 billion gained and altering his life completely. On the finish of “Squid Sport” season 2, not solely was Gi-hun again within the video games, but after seven episodes, the games were still ongoing. Gamers break up themselves into two factions — those that wish to hold taking part in, and people who wish to go house whereas they nonetheless can — with Gi-hun main a riot towards the guards that sadly failed nearly as shortly because it started. This surprising cliffhanger will definitely hold audiences hooked till season 3 arrives someday in the summertime of 2025, however for many who have been sensible sufficient to remain round after the credit rolled, there’s a good larger thriller hanging over the video games.
In a post-credits scene that lasted just a few seconds, a handful of gamers (096, 100, and 353) timidly strategy Young-hee, the unsettling giant robot girl who controls the Purple Gentle, Inexperienced Gentle sport, however she’s standing in entrance of a brand new sport map — a sundown. For as candy and harmless as she could seem, those that have watched “Squid Sport” know that she’s an omen of obliteration — an angel of loss of life. May this be one other department of the video games in one other land, like the upcoming spin-off series Netflix is producing from David Fincher? Nonetheless, the gamers and Younger-hee aren’t alone. On this clip, there may be one other big robotic doll, however this one resembles a younger boy sporting a striped polo and a small hat. He’s positioned throughout from Younger-hee, and a stoplight flashes from purple to inexperienced earlier than the footage cuts to black.
Luckily, Hwang Dong-hyuk has defined what is going on on with this mysterious new doll, and what followers can anticipate in season 3.
The brand new Squid Sport doll is called Cheol-su
Each dolls seem to have sensors of their eyes, and we at /Film have already theorized that this can be to fight gamers hiding their motion behind the gamers in entrance of them out of Younger-hee’s view, or that it’s maybe a have a look at an earlier iteration of the sport from years prior. Nonetheless, in talking with Entertainment Weekly, Hwang Dong-hyuk defined that the doll is called Cheol-su, and that the post-credits scene is a teaser for not solely season 3, however for a model new sport. As he defined:
“That is truly a [sneak peek] of Cheol-su, who, like Younger-hee, is a brand new big doll that we’ll be showcasing in season 3 and that is additionally a touch on the most enjoyable sport in season 3 as nicely. So, whereas it hasn’t been shared but, I hope everybody might be excited to fulfill Cheol-su and the brand new sport.”
The addition of Cheol-su, the brand new sport map, and the visible of a blinking purple gentle and inexperienced prepare gentle versus Younger-hee saying the change and turning her head implies that both it is a very distinct model of the sport from what audiences are used to seeing, or it is a completely different sport completely. One of many prevailing theories is that Younger-hee and Cheol-su collectively point out taking part in “The Jack and Jill Sport,” noting that Cheolsoo and Younghee are additionally the names of two youngsters featured within the illustrations of school books in Korea, with the Western counterparts being “Jack and Jill.”
To play the Jack and Jill sport, gamers begin on the backside of a hill and roll coloured cube to climb to the highest, primarily based on the colour of the cube. With each roll, gamers additionally spin a wheel. If it factors to a nicely, they keep on their spot. If it factors to a bucket, the participant returns to the hill’s backside. The primary particular person to achieve the highest and spin a wheel that factors to a nicely, wins.
To seek out out whether or not the present’s gamers might be tackling Jack & Jill or one thing else completely, we’ll have to attend till “Squid Sport” season 3 arrives someday this summer season.
