Squid Game fans have unveiled the Front Man's 'true intentions' with easily missed clue

Squid Game (Season 2): Official trailer

The second season of Netflix's hit South Korean drama, Squid Game, could be viewed in a whole new light if you overlooked a subtle detail during your initial watch.

The much-anticipated series returned on Boxing Day after a torturous three-year hiatus, with protagonist Seong Gi-hun (played by Lee Jung-jae) attempting to infiltrate the brutal competition.

However, his plan appears to have backfired spectacularly, leaving Gi-hun and several other rebels in a dire situation at the conclusion of the suspense-filled season finale.

Viewers soon discovered that the scheme was doomed from the start, as Hwang In-ho (Lee Byung-hun), the Front Man from the previous games, was secretly participating.

Despite his convincing narrative and seemingly genuine reactions to passing the trials, a key detail reveals his intention to sabotage Gi-hun's game from the outset.

Squid Game fans unveil the Front Man's 'true intentions' with easily missed clue (Image: NETFLIX)

His most blatant interference occurred during the six-legged pentathlon, where In-ho (under the alias Oh Young-il) repeatedly fails to spin a top, leaving the group mere seconds to reach the finish line.

This hint was picked up by a TikTok user who noticed that the Front Man was consistently left-handed in the first season, even when shooting his police officer brother Hwang Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon) in the finale. However, during the pentathlon, In-ho inexplicably uses his right hand to throw the spinner, resulting in failure.

In a surprising twist, it was revealed that only when he switched to his left hand did he manage to execute a flawless spin, much to the amusement of social media users. The TikTok video was humorously captioned: "Bro thought we wouldn't notice,", reports the Mirror.

The incident wasn't the first time this season that the enigmatic figures running the games resorted to sly tactics to skew the odds in their favour.

Earlier on, Gi-hun and his crew of loan sharks were hot on the heels of the salesman (Goo Young) who lured him into the deadly game with a round of ddakji at the beginning of the first season.

The Front Man disguises himself as a player in the second season (Image: NETFLIX)

The situation escalates when Gi-hun's comrades are captured by the salesman, who then coerces them into a lethal combination of Rock, Paper, Scissors and Russian roulette, increasing the stakes to five bullets out of sheer boredom.

Yet, an observant fan noticed something unusual about the bullets during the Russian roulette scenes, which could drastically alter our understanding of the salesman's motives.

On Reddit, they pointed out: "In the recruiter's first Russian roulette game between the loan sharks, if you look closely you can see that the recruiter actually loaded a dummy bullet (you can tell by the 'hole', it's caused by the primer already being hit by the firing pin)," adding, "So there was actually a 0% chance of the gun firing at first.

"Then in the second game when they play with 5 bullets, the recruiter adds 3 more dummies and 1 real bullet (you can tell as it's flat, so the primer hasn't already been hit). So there was actually only a 1/6 chance of dying."

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Was the Front Man deliberately sabotaging the race? (Image: NETFLIX)

They finally speculated: "Maybe he just enjoyed their suffering and wanted to make them panic even more by adding more bullets, making them think death was pretty much imminent, even if it was only 1/6."

The question buzzes in the air as fans eagerly await the arrival of season three, reportedly set for release in June.

With months still on the clock, armchair detectives have a golden opportunity to comb through the existing chapters of season two, scouting for hidden gems and clues that might have slipped under the radar.

Squid Game is available to stream on Netflix.

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Squid Game fans have unveiled the Front Man's 'true intentions' with easily missed clue

Squid Game fans have unveiled the Front Man's 'true intentions' with easily missed clue

Squid Game fans have unveiled the Front Man's 'true intentions' with easily missed clue

Squid Game fans have unveiled the Front Man's 'true intentions' with easily missed clue

Squid Game fans have unveiled the Front Man's 'true intentions' with easily missed clue