This article contains spoilers for The Squid Game Season 2.

A last-minute twist in "Squid Game" Season 2 may surprise some viewers, but there are some clues and hints to see it coming.

The titular "Squid Game" playground's deadly games are as surprising as they are dangerous, but arguably season 2's biggest murderous twist has nothing to do with Seong Gi-hoon (Lee Jung-jae) and the other players. In fact, it doesn't even take place in The most exciting match on TV at all, but during the show's naval B-plot.

The honor of the season's most surprising killer may very well go to Captain Park, the seemingly unassuming ship captain who supports Gi-hoon's associate return of the "Squid Game" character. Hwang Joon-ho (Wi Ha-joon) and his crew of Gi-hoon's hired henchmen as they try and fail to find the game organizers' island base. In "Squid Game" season 2 episode 7 titled "Friend or Foe", one of Gi-hoon's mercenaries sees Park tampering with their search drones and the captain reveals his true nature by stabbing of the hired gun. As it turns out, Park is a bad guy who seems to be working with the Squid Game people all the time.

However, only a particularly attentive viewer might have already noticed something strange about the captain at this point. When one of Gi-hoon's men meets the captain and discusses their mission with him, Park drops a big hint that he knows a lot more than he should. Heck, he actually seems to know Gi-hoon's name during the restaurant date—a sure sign that something's up, since Gi-hoon isn't a public person and tends to keep a low profile whenever he's not playing them the games. What's more, Park's behavior is noticeably shaded at certain moments during the sea mission before the mercenary blows the audience's cover - especially when the drones start to malfunction.

You'd expect a mercenary meeting Captain Park to wake up when the boy clearly recognizes his boss. However, Gi-hoon clearly hasn't recruited his mercenaries for their gray cells, and the nerd misses the suspicious subtext Park pulls into the conversation. As such, he's dismissed as a generic, shady boatman willing to do odd jobs for money, which is exactly what the team is looking for for the island search. This, in turn, allows him to manually sabotage Joon-ho and the mercenaries' mission from within.

In fact, Park may be considerably more dangerous than season 2 reveals. Not only is he skilled enough to easily sabotage drones during rough seas, he's also so ruthless that he can skillfully kill any mercenary who catches him on the deed in the season finale and throw the poor guy's body into the sea. That's black stuff, right there. What's more, there's no telling if he's working alone or if there are other Squid Game agents he keeps in touch with. Because of this, Jun-ho's crew could be in for a fight for their lives The Squid Game Season 2 ... assuming Park doesn't just pick them off one by one.

Much of Joon-ho's story in the second season of The Squid Game is separate from the main plot of the game. In the first season, he sneaks around the island James Bond-style and collects evidence of the evils that occur during the games. Season 2 takes it even further away from the meat and potatoes of the season, as its plot has zero antagonists to fight and no real connection to this year's game. In fact, his entire arc during season two sees him trying to find the more interesting events in the show — which unfortunately defaults to him being part of the less interesting events.

This is where Captain Park comes in. Although Joon-ho is still unaware of his true nature, the saboteur significantly raises the stakes of the island hopping mission and gives the cop a real antagonist to overcome. Yes, Season 3 will likely bring him face-to-face with his half-brother, the frontman (Lee Byung-hoon) — but honestly? The game's organizer is busy with a much more intriguing and immediate story with Gi-hoon, so Joon-ho's role in the proceedings may turn out to be a relatively short and overwhelming experience. As such, Park seems like a suitably dangerous opponent for Joon-ho to focus on even if the stepsisters' inevitable reunion goes awry.

Season 2 of The Squid Game is now available to stream on Netflix.