In Screen Gab No. 165, we explain why 'Squid Game' Season 2 deserved a better shake, pay tribute to David Lynch's 'Twin Peaks' and more.

"Squid Game" Season 2 just had its biggest week-to-week viewership decline in its brief history. Hard to make history that way.

Squid Game Season 2 is on track to shatter Netflix’s viewership records, continuing its global dominance with unmatched anticipation and excitement.

Squid Game Season 2 had some big shoes to fill when it arrived, given just how wildly successful the Emmy-winning first season was. And although the sophomore run on Netflix was a fun one, the format change was frustrating. Specifically, that it took us so long to get in the games, and how few games actually happened through the second season.

Squid Game Season 2 has been taking over Netflix ever since it launched last December, and now the season has officially become one of the most watched seasons on Netflix ever. Squid Game was one of the biggest successes for Netflix in the 2020s as the Korean drama really took the world by storm.

In December 2024, the highly anticipated second season of Netflix's worldwide phenomenon, "Squid Game," was released. This South Korean thriller centers around hundreds of impoverished people competing to win in children's games to earn life-changing sums of money.