The new season of ‘Squid Game’ undermines the triumphs of the first (original) (raw)

This article includes spoilers for Season 1 of “Squid Game” and some mild spoilers for Season 2.

Dystopian satires are tough to sustain, especially when they’re powered by twists. That might explain “Squid Game’s” peculiar sophomore season, which dropped today and ends so abruptly I initially assumed Netflix had simply withheld the finale from critics. It hadn’t; I’d received all seven episodes.