Contains massive spoilers for Season 2 of “Squid Game,” including the ending.

It is an understatement to call Netflix’s “Squid Game” a smash hit. The show became a global phenomenon, helping gear anticipation for a follow-up season promising to continue a tale of intrigue and pathos. The first season ended with Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) vowing to dismantle the titular games at the cost of personal happiness, and Season 2 picks up two years later, with him expending every effort to corner the ddakji salesman (Gong Yoo) who started it all. On the other end, Detective Hwang Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon) is now a traffic officer, having been saved after being shot and falling into the water. Gi-hun and Jun-ho leave no stone unturned to search for clues that might get them closer to the ones organizing the games, but things seem bleak in a world where evil masquerades as a part of nature.