The inaugural Season of Squid Sport got here out on Netflix on September 17, 2021, and has 9 episodes. It was a large hit on the time and have become a cultural phenomenon globally. The collection returned with Season 2 on December 26, 2024, and it was equally profitable. Nonetheless, the sophomore season ended with episode 7 serving because the finale. In a brand new interview, collection creator Hwang Dong-hyuk defined the explanations behind the decreased variety of episodes.
Hwang Dong-hyuk explains why Squid Sport Season 2 Episode 7 was the finale
In a current interview with Deadline, Hwang Dong-hyuk opened up about why Squid Game Season 2 concluded after Episode 7, in contrast to the primary season, which had 9 episodes. He additionally gave an necessary replace concerning the third season.
“I wrote seasons two and three on the similar time, and we have been in manufacturing for each concurrently, and at the moment we’re within the post-production course of for Season 3,” Hwang mentioned.
The screenwriter defined that he felt the story had arrived at “an inflection level” after the tip of the seventh episode and determined that it was the best place for a break. “That’s why I had first seven episodes as Season 2 after which the remainder of Season 3,” he added.
Hwang additionally instructed CinemaBlend that his unique plan was to wrap the storyline Seasons 2 and three in a single collection, nevertheless it regularly grew to become infeasible as a result of particulars of Seong Gi-hun’s (Lee Jung-jae) journey after he returned to the sport.
He commented on his causes for stopping after Episode 7 throughout that interview as properly. Notably, the second season ends with the catastrophic failure of the gamers’ revolt that Gi-hun led. Hwang famous that stopping after Episode 7 “would simply be the best ample second to relaxation and have it proceed on within the additional season as a result of after Gi-hun experiences that occasion, based mostly on the failure, in addition to that immense sense of guilt, you’re going to get yet one more character arc from Gi-hun.”
Squid Sport Season 3 can debut someday in the summertime or fall of 2025 (through Variety).
