This text comprises main spoilers for “Squid Recreation” season 2.
The primary season of Hwang Dong-hyuk’s smash hit sequence “Squid Recreation” ended with a winner. Participant 456, Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), was the final man standing, successful 45.6 billion received and altering his life completely. On the finish of “Squid Recreation” season 2, not solely was Gi-hun again within the video games, however after seven episodes, the video games had been nonetheless ongoing. Gamers cut up themselves into two factions — those that wish to preserve enjoying, and people who wish to go house whereas they nonetheless can — with Gi-hun main a riot in opposition to the guards that sadly failed virtually as shortly because it started. This stunning cliffhanger will definitely preserve audiences hooked till season 3 arrives someday in the summertime of 2025, however for many who had been sensible sufficient to remain round after the credit rolled, there’s an excellent greater thriller hanging over the video games.
In a post-credits scene that lasted only some seconds, a handful of gamers (096, 100, and 353) timidly method Younger-hee, the unsettling big robotic lady who controls the Pink Gentle, Inexperienced Gentle sport, however she’s standing in entrance of a brand new sport map — a sundown. For as candy and harmless as she could seem, those that have watched “Squid Recreation” know that she’s an omen of obliteration — an angel of dying. Might this be one other department of the video games in one other land, like the upcoming spin-off sequence Netflix is producing from David Fincher? Nevertheless, the gamers and Younger-hee aren’t alone. On this clip, there may be one other big robotic doll, however this one resembles a younger boy carrying a striped polo and a small hat. He’s positioned throughout from Younger-hee, and a stoplight flashes from crimson to inexperienced earlier than the footage cuts to black.
Thankfully, Hwang Dong-hyuk has defined what is going on on with this mysterious new doll, and what followers can count on in season 3.
The brand new Squid Recreation doll is known as Cheol-su
Each dolls seem to have sensors of their eyes, and we at /Movie have already theorized that this can be to fight gamers hiding their motion behind the gamers in entrance of them out of Younger-hee’s view, or that it’s maybe a have a look at an earlier iteration of the sport from years prior. Nevertheless, in talking with Leisure Weekly, Hwang Dong-hyuk defined that the doll is known as Cheol-su, and that the post-credits scene is a teaser for not solely season 3, however for a model new sport. As he defined:
“That is truly a [sneak peek] of Cheol-su, who, like Younger-hee, is a brand new big doll that we will be showcasing in season 3 and that is additionally a touch on the most enjoyable sport in season 3 as properly. So, whereas it hasn’t been shared but, I hope everybody can be excited to fulfill Cheol-su and the brand new sport.”
The addition of Cheol-su, the brand new sport map, and the visible of a blinking crimson gentle and inexperienced prepare gentle versus Younger-hee asserting the change and turning her head implies that both it is a very distinct model of the sport from what audiences are used to seeing, or it is a completely different sport completely. One of many prevailing theories is that Younger-hee and Cheol-su collectively point out enjoying “The Jack and Jill Recreation,” noting that Cheolsoo and Younghee are additionally the names of two youngsters featured within the illustrations of faculty books in Korea, with the Western counterparts being “Jack and Jill.”
To play the Jack and Jill sport, gamers begin on the backside of a hill and roll coloured cube to climb to the highest, based mostly on the colour of the cube. With each roll, gamers additionally spin a wheel. If it factors to a properly, they keep on their spot. If it factors to a bucket, the participant returns to the hill’s backside. The primary particular person to achieve the highest and spin a wheel that factors to a properly, wins.
To search out out whether or not the present’s gamers can be tackling Jack & Jill or one thing else completely, we’ll have to attend till “Squid Recreation” season 3 arrives someday this summer season.