The Most Popular Squid Game Theory Is All But Confirmed To Become True After Season 2’s Ending

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Squid Game season 2.

Squid Game season 2’s ending suggests that the show might actually be building up towards one of the most popular theories surrounding the main characters. Given how Squid Game season 2 is shattering many viewership records like its predecessor, it is not surprising that viewers are having endless discussions and deducing myriad theories about what will happen in the third and final installment. While some of these theories are a little too bizarre and may never happen in the series, others perfectly align with the show’s themes and story beats.

With only one more season to end the Netflix Korean series’ run, not all theories will eventually materialize, regardless of how plausible they may seem. However, the likelihood of one popular theory’s potential realization has significantly grown after Squid Game season 2’s grim ending. The theory has been floating around since season 1, and, after season 2’s story developments, it is hard not to believe that it will happen in season 2 in one way or the other.

Squid Game Might Actually Make Gi-hun The New Front Man In Season 3

Gi-hun Is Starting To Lose The Last Bits Of His Humanity

Since Squid Game season 1, many have theorized that Gi-hun’s narrative will end on a morally ambiguous note where he will eventually understand the reasoning behind the games and become the new Front Man. While this seemed like a distant possibility after season 1’s events, it has become increasingly plausible after season 2. In season 2’s opening episodes, Gi-hun was seemingly on the right path toward becoming a heroic figure who would end the games and save the contestants from their imminent doom.

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What Happened To Hwang In-ho In Squid Game & Why He Became The Front Man

​​​​​​​Hwang In-ho, better known as the Front Man, is one of the most crucial characters in both Squid Game season 1 and the newly released season 2.

Towards the second installment’s final arc, he even came up with an incredible plan to fight back against the games’ guards. However, his plan eventually fell flat after he failed to realize that Player 001 was the Front Man. Before season 2’s credits started rolling, Gi-hun even lost his friend, Jung-bae, which took away the last remaining bits of humanity left in him, potentially paving the way for him to become the next ruthless Front Man in Squid Game season 3.

Squid Game Season 2 Was All About The Front Man Proving His Point To Gi-hun

The Front Man Tries To Convince Gi-hun That The Games Are Not As Bad As He Thinks

After the Front Man joins the games as Player 001 in Squid Game season 2, he attempts to reason with Gi-hun and tries to convince him the games are not as bad as he thinks. Although some aspects of the Front Man’s backstory are still shrouded in mystery, the show has revealed that he, too, was once a player in the games. To convince Gi-hun that the games benefit the players, he even recalls how he decided to attend the games because his pregnant wife was dying of liver failure, and he only came there to win enough money to save her and his unborn child.

While Squid Game season 1 boasts a Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score of 95%, season 2 sits at 85%.

The show even reveals that his wife is dead, confirming that, despite winning the games, he was unable to save her. Even though he could not save her, he might have felt indebted to the games because, when no one else in the real world helped him, the games came to his rescue and gave him the opportunity to turn his life around. Even though the Front Man tries to convince Gi-hun that the games provide players a fair opportunity to win and change their lives, Gi-gun refuses to budge and does not back down from his plan of stopping the games for good.

Gi-hun Making Sacrifices In The Finale Means He Is Closer Than Ever To Becoming Like In-ho

He Devalues Many Human Lives In Season 2 To Achieve His Goals

An edited image of Gi-hun in front of the rest of the cast of Squid Game season 2.
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Gi-hun takes on the heroic task of stopping the games, but the moral contradictions in his actions suggest he is becoming more and more like the Front Man, In-ho. Towards the end of Squid Game season 2, the players get divided into two groups: the ones who wish to leave the game and the others who want to stay and win more money. When both teams end up casting an equal number of votes, Gi-hun realizes that the people belonging to the latter group will try to attack the ones who want to leave the games to be able to win the next round of voting.

Instead of putting up a fight and attempting to save the lives of many innocents who want to leave, Gi-hun asks the people of his team to hide under the beds. He asks them to wait for the guards to arrive and steal their guns to start a rebellion against the forces that run the games. Gi-hun’s plan initially works out well, but many people who just wanted to leave end up losing their lives. By the time the season ends, Gi-hun, too, loses his battle against the game’s organizers, and, because of him, many other players, including Jung-bae, also die.

Similar to In-ho, Gi-hun believes that the lives of a few humans can easily be disregarded to achieve a greater goal or to gain something personal.

The fact that Gi-hun does not think twice before making such a massive gamble in Squid Game season 2 suggests that he already has traces of moral grayness in him, like the Front Man. Similar to In-ho, Gi-hun believes that the lives of a few humans can easily be disregarded to achieve a greater goal or gain something personal. Even though he thinks he is fighting against the Front Man, he is a lot like him, which suggests that he might eventually start justifying the games like In-ho and become the next Front Man in Squid Game season 3.