Since its premiere on December 26, 2024, over 150 million people have watched the long-awaited series Squid Game season 2, making it Netflix’s biggest TV debut ever. However, not all viewers have probably caught on to the myriad of details its director Hwang Dong-hyuk has hidden and scattered throughout the episodes.

Squid Game' is Netflix's most watched show ever, but reviews for its second season have been sharply divided. Here's what this proves about the survival thriller.

Squid Game season 2, though, is already one of Netflix's most popular shows ever, rocketing up to the second spot in the Non-English language all-time chart. It's behind Squid Game season 1 – but that might change over the next 80 days.

This article contains spoilers for season 2 of Squid Game and its ending.

Streaming services rarely take the sensible step of quitting whilst they are ahead. When they find a successful show or film it usually spawns sequel after sequel. Not Netflix.

"Squid Game" Season 2 just had its biggest week-to-week viewership decline in its brief history. Hard to make history that way.

Squid Game season 3 is expected to premiere on Netflix in 2025, and when fans tune into the series finale, they want to see these storylines.