Was Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2 finale scripted? Game twist sparks theory

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The season finale of Squid Game: The Challenge was packed with drama – a heartbreaking sacrifice, a huge final competition, and a surprising turn of events. However, some people watching believe the ending felt a bit too neat and tidy, leading to questions about whether it was planned all along.

Squid Game’s huge popularity stemmed from its straightforward idea: people facing life-or-death consequences while playing familiar childhood games.

Predicting what will happen in reality is often difficult, as shown by the show Squid Game: The Challenge. With so many contestants—456, in fact—it can be hard to pick a favorite, but a clear picture usually emerges as the competition progresses.

Some viewers are wondering if the big, dramatic moments in the Season 2 finale felt natural, or if they were intentionally created for effect. Be warned: spoilers follow!

Was Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2 finale scripted? 

Unlike some reality shows, there’s no evidence the Season 2 finale was faked. The cast and contestants have consistently stated that everything was genuine and not planned beforehand.

During the early stages of Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2, Mingle’s emotional distress led the players to rebel and boycott the final round.

They ended up teaming up by chance, and the show’s producers gave each of them a bag of marbles to prepare for the upcoming challenge.

Following claims that the protest wasn’t genuine, executive producer Tim Harcourt explained to Entertainment Weekly that people likely overestimated how much the plans had changed.

The plan all along for the final round was to have an equal number of pairs so everyone could go to a room without anyone being left out. Then, the guards were supposed to pass a box of marbles through the window of each room’s door.

We didn’t change our plan, but the reaction was fascinating. Once the final number was announced and people found their matches – which was the goal all along – they surprisingly resisted and instead chose to hold hands with their partners.

We realized pretty quickly we could still pull off our plan, we just couldn’t get inside the players’ rooms. So, we changed gears and decided to have the Front Man lead the guards onto the stage to distribute the marbles instead – that’s how we made it work!

This was reinforced by the five finalists in a conversation with Who Let Us Out. Player 72, Perla, said, “ I want people to know that us holding hands is not scripted… We were always supposed to play Marbles out there.”

The only thing that we don’t see is how long everything took. In a separate interview with Screen Rant, Perla highlighted the first Season 2 game – The Count – as an example. 

She explained that while ‘The Count’ officially timed at around thirteen minutes from start to button press, the entire process actually took about eight hours.

The final scene is similar – Player 398, also known as Trinity, makes the ultimate sacrifice during the last challenge.

This means Dajah (Player 302), Steven (Player 183), Agnes (Player 17), and Perla (Player 72) will compete in the final round, which is Red Light, Green Light.

Agnes and Steven were the first two contestants eliminated, leaving Perla and Dajah as the final two. The competition was very close, but a surprising turn of events occurred when Dajah injured her ankle and had to stop, making Perla the winner of Season 2.

Finale twist leads to new theory

I’ve been watching this show, and even though it’s supposed to be totally real and unscripted, a lot of us fans are starting to wonder if things are being staged. Some people think the way everything unfolded was just too perfect, and one fan even came up with a pretty detailed theory about what really went down in the final rounds!

Someone on X (formerly Twitter) speculated that the Season 2 finale of Squid Game: The Challenge might have been staged. They suggested that the show filmed a final game, found the result wasn’t exciting enough, and then re-shot it with the same winner, adding in more dramatic moments to make it more compelling.

Some viewers think Trinity intentionally lost the final challenge because it was planned beforehand. One person commented, “It felt like the producers had already decided he would do that. It just doesn’t make sense any other way.”

Someone else pointed out that Steven actually said, “You’re going to remove yourself and then tell everyone, aren’t you?” They believe this was planned out beforehand and not a spontaneous comment.

Someone else agreed, writing, “It absolutely was.” They pointed out that there was already proof the show’s producers were interfering, and this situation was no different. They referenced a previous incident where a contestant seemed to get injured right at the finish line, suggesting that wasn’t a coincidence either.

A viewer pointed out a potential problem with the Red Light, Green Light game: what if the final two players were caught moving simultaneously? They wondered if this would mean no one would win the prize money.

Someone else chimed in and made a really good point – they probably explained everything behind the scenes and just didn’t want to spend valuable airtime on it. Honestly, my guess is they’d rather just redo it if they could.

Many viewers didn’t believe the finale was genuine. One person called it “one of the most scripted finales in reality TV history,” while another, despite liking the winner, felt the entire finale was overly planned and needed to be discussed.

The season finale might seem unbelievably intense, but there’s no evidence anyone behind the scenes manipulated what happened. When a huge prize – in this case, $4.56 million – is on the line, people often surprise you with their actions.

Want to learn more about the winner of Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2? We’ve also ranked all the challenges from the show by how hard they were, and have a list of other new shows coming to Netflix this month.

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2025-11-19 10:20