The inaugural Season of Squid Recreation got here out on Netflix on September 17, 2021, and has 9 episodes. It was an enormous hit on the time and have become a cultural phenomenon globally. The sequence returned with Season 2 on December 26, 2024, and it was equally profitable. Nevertheless, the sophomore season ended with episode 7 serving because the finale. In a brand new interview, sequence creator Hwang Dong-hyuk defined the explanations behind the lowered variety of episodes.
Hwang Dong-hyuk explains why Squid Recreation Season 2 Episode 7 was the finale
In a latest interview with Deadline, Hwang Dong-hyuk opened up about why Squid Recreation Season 2 concluded after Episode 7, not like 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 identical time, and we have been in manufacturing for each concurrently, and at present we’re within the post-production course of for Season 3,” Hwang stated.
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 sequence, however it progressively turned 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 effectively. 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 proper satisfactory second to relaxation and have it proceed on within the additional season as a result of after Gi-hun experiences that occasion, primarily based on the failure, in addition to that immense sense of guilt, you’re going to get one more character arc from Gi-hun.”
Squid Recreation Season 3 can debut someday in the summertime or fall of 2025 (through Selection).
