A wildly popular show like Netflix’s Squid Game is bound to have different theories about its storyline and characters.

Lee Byung-hun plays Player 001 aka The Front Man in Squid Game season 2, reprising his role from a guest appearance in the previous run.

Squid Game season 3 doesn't have an official release date but Netflix has confirmed it will be out in 2025. Filming has already finished on the third season and show creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has confirmed in late 2024 they were working on post-production. This means we might be waiting a while into 2025 before new episodes are released.

In season two, however, Jun-ho is seen to be alive and well, working as a traffic officer – having quit his job as a detective. We learn that in the years since he was shot, Jun-ho has been trying to find the island where the games take place.

Here's your guide to the twists surrounding Player 001 in Squid Game Season 2, a role played by Lee Byung-hun.

Season 2 of “Squid Game” is racking up views at a record pace. After topping Netflix’s charts last week with 68 million views in four days - Netflix’s biggest TV debut ever - the season picked up another 58.

Squid Game season 2 broke Wednesday's Netflix record – and now it's smashed another milestone. According to Variety, the new season raced to 126.2 million views in 11 days, which is a figure higher than any other Netflix show has reached in the same amount of time.

"Squid Game" Season 2 has become the No. 2 most popular non-English series in Netflix history. The second installment of the Lee Jung-jae-led series brought in 126.2 million views in just 11 days on Netflix,

Add that to the 68M views it tallied in its first three days and Season 2 is now sitting at 126.2M views in 11 days. That makes it the fourth most-streamed series on the streamer,

Squid Games season two spent less than two weeks at number one on Netflix, despite hopes that it would dominate for much longer