This article contains spoilers for The Squid Game Season 2

Season 2 of The Squid Game is being hailed by critics as being bigger and better from its predecessor, and some elements will surprise viewers. Episode 3 sees Seong Gi-hoon (Lee Jung-jae) reluctantly return to the deadly competition as a contestant, hoping to shut it down once and for all. It's going to be a tough task though, as Hwang In-ho aka Frontman (Lee Byung-hun), the guy who runs the whole operation, is also back disguised as a player, and that can't be good for anyone.

The Squid Game Season 2 Episode 3 reveals that the competition's founders have introduced a new rule. After each game, participants can vote to split the money and leave the game, or stay and play for a chance to win a bigger prize in the next round - which means risking their lives again. The first vote after the competition ends in a tie with one person left, contestant 001, who is revealed as The Man in Charge in the episode's big twist. Naturally, he votes for everyone to stay, essentially guaranteeing more deaths—and more money (yay!)—next round.

However, it could be worse, as the participants could be stuck The terrifying reality competition The Squid Game: The Challenge on Netflixstarring in a show that very few people want for an inferior prize. All kidding aside, the Front Man's involvement warrants some drama in The Squid Game Season 2, but why would he risk his own life doing these tasks when he has a cushy office job?

Before Front Man became the mysterious representative of the Squid Game, he was a debt contestant who won a contest. Why he chose to remain part of the family afterwards is a mystery, but the fact that he's playing again suggests he got a kick out of it.

What's more, Seong Gi-hoon is not familiar with the real identity of the front, so he has the illusion that 001 is just another participant. Of course, Front Man is very familiar with Gi-hoon and the threat he poses to the games' existence, so viewers can expect some lies and manipulation in the remaining episodes. Before agreeing to return to the games, Gi-hoon tells the frontman (who is speaking to him through a limo speaker) that he wants to shut down the games, to which the frontman replies that the people running the games are simply providing a service in which players choose to participate. Gi-hoon wants to prove Front Man's worldview wrong, but it probably won't be that easy - people in debt need money, and as the first season showed, many of them are willing to risk their lives for to win big.

The frontman's return in "Squid Game" season 2 was expected following the events of the previous season, but viewers probably didn't expect the villain to become a contestant again. He clearly has an ulterior motive, which becomes clear as season 2 progresses, but that doesn't stop him from remaining one of the show's most mysterious characters.

Season 2 of The Squid Game is now streaming on Netflix.