The long awaited Squid game Season 2 landed on Netflix this week, leaving fans seething with disappointment. What was expected to be another exciting installment of the South Korean dystopian thriller instead sparked outrage, with many calling the season a colossal waste of time. Angry viewers flocked to social media and vented their frustration to X over what they said was a disappointing and upsetting finale.

One netizen wrote: “I can’t believe season 2 ended on a damn cliffhanger!!!!!! I binge-watched the entire season just so I had to wait for the next one…Should have just made this season a few episodes longer and ended the series.” Others echoed this sentiment, calling the second season as “half a season” and advised other fans to wait until the third season. “Just hold off until S3 comes out. I don’t really feel the excitement like I did in S1. The first two episodes are good, but I skipped a lot of scenes. “It feels like they dragged this season out unnecessarily,” one viewer wrote. Another quipped: “Don’t worry until season 3 comes out. Complete waste of time. The final episode does NOT feel like the finale of a whole season.”

Critics also pointed out pacing issues and complained about filler scenes and a lack of emotional grip that made the first season so compelling. “It feels like they want more games because of the popularity of these video game recreations. What you probably expected from S2 will actually be the last 30 minutes of the season,” noted another disappointed fan. “I feel like it’s just a teaser for season 3…until the final season is released, will be season 2 remains absolute rubbish,” was another opinion.

Season 2 summary

Squid game Season 2 follows Player 456, Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) and Detective Hwang Jun-ho (Wi Ha-jun), along with Lee Byung-hun, who reprises his role as the mysterious frontman and brings an unsettling intensity, which continues to be a hallmark of the series. Gong Yoo also makes a comeback as The Salesman along with some new faces including North Korean refugee No-eul (Park Gyu-young), henchmen Woo-seok and Mr. Kim (Jun Suk-ho and Oh Dal-su). former crypto influencer Player 333 – Myung-gi (Yim Si-wan). The season also aims to delve deeper into the frontman’s troubled past and his strained relationship with Jun-ho, but has fallen short in this regard, according to disappointed viewers.

Despite the backlash, the cliffhanger undeniably set the stage for a highly anticipated third installment. While Squid game It’s not uncommon for the audience to be left wanting more, but this time it was perhaps a little too much.