'Squid Game' Season 2 Ending: Why Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk Chose That Cliffhanger Moment

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Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk is speaking out about the ending of season two and why they decided to conclude the season at that point.

Spoilers ahead! The season ended with The Front Man (In-ho/Young-il) shooting and killing Jung-bae next to Gi-hun, who then breaks down at the sight of his friend’s death.

Gi-hun is not yet aware that The Front Man was player 001 the whole time. Keep reading to find out more… About ending the season on that cliffhanger, Hwang Dong-hyuk told Variety, “When I first wrote the story of Seasons 2 and 3 it was one long story arc.

And I was originally planning to write this story across a span of about eight to nine episodes, but once I finished the story, it came to over 10 episodes, which I thought was too long to contain in a single season.