Squid Game plot holes and loose ends that undermine the Netflix hit
- Seemingly set in present-day South Korea, Squid Game leaves a number of loose ends that are never satisfyingly resolved, leaving an aftertaste of disbelief
- From the actions of the games’ wealthy winner to just about everything involving the police, here are some of the more difficult-to-swallow examples
This article contains spoilers.
Squid Game is one of the most successful Korean drama series ever, with millions of people worldwide revelling in the explosive climaxes, the unflinchingly bloody sequences and the slow disintegration of some characters’ honour and morality.
Using children’s games in a deadly (and fatally greedy) competition for the big prize was an inspired choice. Yet the series, seemingly set in present-day South Korea, leaves more uptight viewers dismayed when loose ends are never satisfyingly resolved and instead leave a long-lasting aftertaste of disbelief.
Here are some of the more difficult-to-swallow examples.
1. Maybe it’s a ridiculously innocent question, but how would an evil genius recruit a number (it remains unclear exactly how many) of masked guards willing to mow down helpless and unarmed contestants with weapons that look like submachine guns? Are so many people really that evil?
2. Why were the police officer’s mobile phone messages to his superior officer left dangling? Was there a signal on the island, or not? And if there was, and the messages were sent, where was the police response?
