We first meet No-eul in the second episode when a police officer finds her sleeping in her car. She’s a defected soldier from North Korea, who now works as a mascot at a local t

With 152.5 million total views, 'Squid Game' Season 2 trails behind only its own first season (265 million) and "Wednesday" (252 million).

This observation brought to you by musing on the streamer’s latest effort to hype up Squid Game 2, the second season of its South Korean murder game import, which Netflix would like you to know an unbelievable number of people have watched.

Squid Game Season 2 had some big shoes to fill when it arrived, given just how wildly successful the Emmy-winning first season was. And although the sophomore run on Netflix was a fun one, the format change was frustrating. Specifically, that it took us so long to get in the games, and how few games actually happened through the second season.

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

T he phenomenon of Squid Game continues to sweep across Netflix, establishing itself as one of the platform's most successful series. Following the release of its much-anticipated

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.