Why is there no Squid Game Season 2 Episode 8? Details explored 

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Squid Game Season 2 (Image via Netflix)
Squid Game Season 2 (Image via Netflix)

Squid Game Season 2 saw a reduction in episode numbers from Season 1, and fans wondered why there were just seven episodes in the latest season while the debut season had nine.

Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has confirmed that Season 3 is already in post-production, and fans will see the arc being concluded.

After entering the games once again as Player 456, Squid Game Season 2 followed Gi-hun as he tried to unmask the Front Man and stop the bloodshed by putting an end to these games.

According to Dong-Hyuk, he envisioned the story to be continued in one single season, but as he got to the writing part, he felt that Gi-hun's actions needed to be spread across a third season.

Gi-hun suffered a personal loss and failed in his mission, which was the perfect moment to end Season 2.

More on Squid Game Season 2 in our story.


Squid Game Season 2 ending set up a new character arc for Gi-hun for Season 3

Gi-Hun was a largely unaware character when we met him in Squid Game Season 1, and was shown as desperate to win the cash prize, oblivious about the consequences of the game. However, at the end of Season 1, he is a changed individual, driven by the motivation to find the Front Man and change the course of the game, which set Season 2.

In Squid Game Season 2, he spent most of the time warning the players about the consequences of the game to save their lives and uncover the secrets about The Front Man to end the games.

While his plan was faulty from the start because Captain Park and The Front Man disguised themselves as his allies, there is a shift around the end of Episode 7, where The Front Man kills his friend Jong-bae. Gi-hun is bound to be filled with guilt after this event, which felt like a new arc for a new season, according to Dong-Hyuk:

"And to put a stop there, I thought that would just be the right adequate moment to rest and have it continue on in the further season because after Gi-hun experiences that event, based on the failure, as well as that immense sense of guilt, you're going to get yet another character arc from Gi-hun. So I thought it would be better to divide that for another season."

Squid Game Season 2 Episode 7 was a 'turning point' for Gi-Hun's character

Unlike Squid Game Season 1, Season 2 was different in structure, where Gi-Hun spent Episodes 1 and 2 chasing the recruiter and the salesman before he finally entered the games as Player 456. While Season 1 directly plunged into the games, it is not until Episode 3 that we see the games in Season 2.

Gi-Hun constantly struggled to reach The Front Man and end these games throughout Season 2, unaware that he was disguised as Player 001 by his side.

According to an interview with Deadline, Dong-Hyuk elaborated:

''... there was a big turning point or an inflection point, and that was the end of episode seven, so I thought that it would do it justice to have a separate season after that. That’s why I had first seven episodes as Season 2 and then the rest of Season 3."

Fans are already waiting for Season 3 as they cannot wait to find out if Gi-Hun will be able to put an end to the games.

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Edited by Yesha Srivastava