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Tom Hanks fuels “A Beautiful Day” as Mister Rogers

Christmas on cable: ‘Elf,’ ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Wonderful Life’ make TV’s Nice List

Grammy’s greatest: Revisit Grammy history during a starstudded special event

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December 21 – December 27, 2024

Back in the game: A returning player tries to bring down the ‘Squid Game’ BY DANA SIMPSON Times are tough. A deadly game with a life-changing purse

In a trailer for the upcoming season, last season’s winner,

awaiting the winner entices people surviving on the edge to

Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae, “The Acolyte”), requests to return

risk it all for a chance at prosperity. The Emmy-winning global

to the island for entry into another round of killer schoolyard

sensation “Squid Game” returns Thursday, Dec. 26, for a sec-

games. This time, however, he intends to put an end to the

ond season on Netflix. If you’re ready to hang on to the edge

exploitative games forever. A nearly impossible task on its own,

of your seat during the intense, emotional action after the holi-

Gi-hun’s quest is made even more difficult as he tries to con-

day cheer, then get settled in for a binge.

vince a new batch of desperate players to fight back when the

The first season of “Squid Game” depicted the 33rd annual

glowing, golden piggy bank hangs over their bunks.

of being abducted to the games in the first season, it was Junho who set off to investigate. He sneaked onto the island and found that his long-lost brother, In-ho, was not in fact missing all of these years but had become the Front Man. The two faced off and Jun-ho was shot in a literal cliffhanger but managed to mysteriously survive. Also returning is Gong Yoo (“Train to Busan,” 2016) as the Salesman. New cast additions this season include Yim Si-wan

secretive event in which 456 carefully chosen players, secluded

Returning alongside Lee Jung-jae is Lee Byung-hun (“The

(“Road to Boston”), Kang Ha-neul (“Insider”), Park Gyu-young

on a private island estate, competed in a series of children’s

Magnificent Seven,” 2016) as the Front Man, the director of

(“A Good Day to Be a Dog”), Lee Jin-wook (“Sweet Home”),

games — with lethal consequences for failure. The last player

the games. Gi-hun and police officer Hwang Jun-ho (Wi Ha-

Park Sung-hoon (“Queen of Tears”), Yang Dong-geun (“Mov-

standing collected a grand prize of 45.6 billion South Korean

joon, “Little Women”), another returning character from the first

ing”), Kang Ae-shim (“A Virtuous Business”), Lee David (“The

won — 100 million won for each player who died in the game

season, have the Front Man in an uncomfortable position with

Fortress,” 2017), Choi Seung-hyun (“Secret Message”), Roh

— more than enough to start over with if they can get over the

their knowledge of the games and desire to destroy them.

Jae-won (“Daily Dose of Sunshine”), Jo Yu-ri (“Mimicus”) and

brutality of the games.

While other officers initially brushed off Gi-hun’s wild tale

Won Ji-an (“Heartbeat”).

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