Before diving back into the dystopian thriller, here’s everything to know about the ending of Squid Game season 1. In the final game of season 1, childhood friends Gi-hun and Sang-woo face off in the titular Squid Game — their once-close bond shattered by the brutality of the competition.

When Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae, The Acolyte) returns to the games in Season 2, he experiences the post-Red Light, Green Light vote again. Only this time, things are different. Now, players get the choice to end the games between every challenge. If they do choose to leave, they get to split the current prize pot, which goes up with every death.

"Some may even curse that it's ending on such a cliffhanger," Lee Jung-jae says. Warning: This article contains spoilers about the Squid Game season 2 finale. It wouldn't be a season of Squid Game without Player 001 secretly being a rich VIP who enters the game in disguise.