# Squid Game: Korean series on Netflix (Spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** netflix\ **Created:** [September 27, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443 "2021-09-27T13:44:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/121 "2021-11-09T20:47:14Z")
Season 2 confirmed: > **[Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk says a second season is on the way](https://www.avclub.com/squid-game-creator-hwang-dong-hyuk-says-a-second-season-1848025576)** > > The creator also says Lee Jung-Jae will return as the protagonist Seong Gi-Hun ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/122 "2021-11-09T20:54:54Z")
It seems like the games themselves as a narrative are played out. But there’s potential in exploring the organization that is running them. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/123 "2021-11-10T23:45:35Z")
I think so too. I think the winner will turn around and hunt down the organization. I also expect the police officer is alive and they’ll team up. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/124 "2021-11-18T06:28:13Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Any idea about a second season? Seems like the show would have to change completely in nature to accommodate Player 456 going back for another run at the money or trying to infiltrate the staff. Only thing I’d say was this was very much an ensemble piece with 7 or 8 main characters along with 456. Since all the other main characters have been killed off except 456 I’m not sure how they would continue to tell the story. Screen chemistry was vital for this series in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/125 "2021-11-18T14:59:17Z")
I figure there will be new contestants (since a year has passed), some of whom will be sympathetic, some of whom will be jerks, and maybe 456 will work with one of them. It would be funny if he runs across a new 456 (since every year they get more contestants). ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/126 "2021-11-19T03:44:46Z")
Surely he gets to keep his jersey number for the next season. /s ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/127 "2021-11-19T05:24:04Z")
Well, the old man 001 did. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/128 "2021-11-19T19:44:30Z")
I imagine it will be the same basic structure as the first season, but with 456 as the person attacking the organization from the outside instead of hapless police detective. We’ll meet a new slate of desperate people and end up rooting for them along with the rich assholes. If they do a Hunger Games style “456 goes back into the grinder” story I’ll be sorely disappointed. I’d rather see them explore the logistics of the outside world that lets the squid game organization keep getting away with this for decades. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@bmoak1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak1)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/129 "2021-11-21T02:12:36Z")
The Korean/English subtitled version clearly said that the contestant had to present 20 marbles (own plus opponent’s) to win. Switching wouldn’t have done anything. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/130 "2021-11-22T08:50:58Z")
My wife, who is South Korean, and I have been watching one episode a night. We’ve now seen through Episode 5 as of last night. We’re both enjoying the show. It’s pretty twisted, and we both are wondering, “What does the Front Man have on the staff that has them participating in all this murder?” Obviously, there’s no issue for my wife about bad subtitling, but for me, I have to ask her what something I heard in Korean really was. Fun fact: the wife’s brother is a homicide detective in Korea. Maybe that’s one of the reasons everyone in the family enjoys shows with detectives as main characters. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/131 "2021-11-22T08:54:45Z")
100,000 krw isn’t all that much money. As of today, that’s about US $84.21. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/132 "2021-11-22T09:00:28Z")
The Rose of Sharon is the national flower of South Korea, and the Korean name for it begins the refrain for South Korea’s national anthem. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/133 "2021-11-22T09:11:41Z")
Wow. This analysis looks line one for one of my favorite games, [So Long Sucker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Long_Sucker). Too bad that wasn’t in the series! First off, it’s not a children’s game, and it’s not Korean. Who knows, maybe the next season will up the ante, so to speak, and move away from children’s games. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/134 "2021-11-22T10:33:33Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I didn’t really like the bridge challenge as a “game,” since it was basically just pure luck if you went first. And then when one guy figured it out they changed it up so he couldn’t anymore. None of the games were “fair”, and all of them were needlessly cruel, because the cruelty was the whole point. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/135 "2021-11-22T13:23:45Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Fun fact: the wife’s brother is a homicide detective in Korea. Maybe that’s one of the reasons everyone in the family enjoys shows with detectives as main characters. …okay. I’ve got a GQ style question about K Dramas that only a Korean Homicide detective would be able to answer 😃 So if you wouldn’t mind putting this question to them please? (Feel free to ignore 😃 ) But its a common trope in a LOT of Korean dramas I watch where the first bullet in every police service weapon is a blank (to be fired as a warning). The first time I saw it I just rolled my eyes thinking they just made that up for the plot. But I’ve seen it used in about seven or eight dramas now? Googling various forums people claim that it’s true and they really do this: but nobody posts any sort of official cites. So does this really happen? Thanks in advance 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/136 "2021-11-22T15:41:36Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > None of the games were “fair”, and all of them were needlessly cruel, because the cruelty was the whole point. I won’t argue that they weren’t cruel, but the rest were pretty fair. Red Light was certainly fair. Tug-Of-War and Dalgona both had people win regardless of what they picked/what team they were on. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/137 "2021-11-22T15:48:28Z")
I don’t know if this has been mentioned here, but as someone that doesn’t watch SNL and just catches clips of it on youtube, I recently ran across this musical sketch that describes the show. IMO, it’s a good enough representation of the show that I tell people to watch it to get an idea of what it’s about. (If you’re still watching the show, this may contain spoilers) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWdHPMhy270) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/138 "2021-11-22T16:25:41Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I won’t argue that they weren’t cruel, but the rest were pretty fair. Red Light was certainly fair. Tug-Of-War and Dalgona both had people win regardless of what they picked/what team they were on. Red Light wasn’t fair because they didn’t know the stakes before they started - they had no way of knowing that they were going to be shot if they failed. Dalgona wasn’t fair because its difficulty was based on a choice (which shape) with no information provided in advance. There was no way to make an educated decision - i was basically a roll of the dice. Tug-O-War was the fairest game of all, but it still wasn’t fair because they didn’t know what they were choosing the teams for. In short, none of the games were fair. That’s because the games weren’t the point - the point was the psychological torture and anguish the “contestants” underwent. For the VIPs, it wasn’t about watching a game, it was about watching people suffer. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/139 "2021-11-22T16:41:54Z")
They also weren’t “fair” because Player 1 had advance knowledge of the games. They did make a big freaking deal about advance knowledge skewing the games. But even discounting that, they were only “fair” in the sense that Russian Roulette is “fair”. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443/140 "2021-11-22T16:44:34Z")
Also the doctor guy who was feeding the knowledge to he bad guy gang. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-korean-series-on-netflix-spoilers/951443.md?page=8)