This article contains major spoilers from "Squid Game" Season 2 finale, now streaming on Netflix. Game over — for now. “Squid Game” Season 2 concluded its seventh and final episode with the brutal murder of Gi-hun’s (Lee Jung-jae) best friend Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan) right before his eyes.

This story will violently spoil season two of Squid Game so only read if you have finished all seven episodes or want to know how it ends. The second season finale of Squid Game is likely to infuriate some viewers with a classic TV trope: the cliffhanger.

In the three years since Squid Game became Netflix’s biggest property, it’s been easy to forget just why it was so popular to begin with. The unflinching story of class conflict that combined iconic visuals,