This article contains major spoilers for Squid Game season 2.Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk explains why season 2’s most divisive character died so early in the season. With its second installment, the characters in Squid Game expanded to include a mother and son duo, a marine, and a YouTuber who lost his money in a scam, among several others. But the breakout is arguably Choi Seung-hyun, also well known as T.O.P, who played Thanos. The purple-haired antagonist is stabbed and bleeds out in a surprisingly quick scene, given his centrality in many of season 2’s episodes.

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