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‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Ending Explained: What the Finale Means
ScreenCrushStory by ScreenCrush Staff
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Seong Gi-hun's shocking awakening as he uncovers the dark underbelly of Squid Game's elite controllers and their disturbing reality TV experiment
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- The finale reveals the Front Man's true identity as the brother of 2015 Squid Game winner, exposing a web of family betrayal and the generational trauma of the games
- Squid Game's games are a brutal metaphor for the cruel divide between the haves and the have-nots in modern society, with the show offering a scathing commentary on the exploitative nature of reality television
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Seong Gi-hun, Netflix, Squid Game