This article contains spoilers forSquid Gameseason 2.
Theres a fascinating meta-narrative threaded throughout the second season of Netflixs megahitSquid Game.
Its about how little creator Hwang Dong-hyuk actually wants to make a second season of Netflixs megahitSquid Game.
Its preposterous, dumb, and lazy.
Its also the best part of the season.
In fact,Hwang Dong-hyuk told Netflixthat it was the most important part of the season.
Making Player 001 an insider again works on multiple levels inSquid Gameseason 2.
The most obvious way is in establishing a level of thematic and narrative resonance with the shows first season.
Repetition tends to get a bad rap as its one of the easiest rhetorical devices in a writers toolkit.
It would have been far less satisfying if Player 001 were merely some nobody.
The Front Man entering the games also reveals something crucial about our hero Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae).
Hes kind of an idiot!
Lee understands that he is not playing one role but several.
Its like Oh Young-il is of the games themselves and maybe thats because he is.
I hope you noticed that Oh Young-il has the same family name as former Player 001 Oh Il-nam.
Because Seong Gi-hun certainly didnt (Again: hes kind of dumb)!
Gi-hun even may be related to them as well as he too cannot drink milk.
If this all sounds a little Skywalker-y, thats by design.
That its middle chapter concludes on a downer cliffhanger involving a black-masked villain only adds to that sensation.
All seven episodes of Squid Game season 2 are available to stream on Netflix now.
