Second seasons are hard. Great TV shows establish familiar rhythms and ensemble chemistry in their initial runs that then gets uprooted and can take time to reestablish. At least with Squid Game, the Netflix hit has the luxury of returning to a sadistic premise that structured its first batch of episodes.

Netflix released the first official trailer for Squid Game season 2 and things are going to get darker and more dangerous for everyone.

Squid Game has teased the terrifying new challenges to come in the latest season 2 trailer. The next chapter in the hit Netflix series is due to finally debut next month, and will see Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) return to the deadly games.

Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Netflix is gearing up for the release of Squid Game Season 2. The streaming service shared a trailer for the season Tuesday featuring Lee Jung-jae. Squid Game is a South Korean survival thriller about a deadly game where players risk their lives for the chance to win millions.

Netflix has offered up another look at the upcoming second season of Squid Game, and while some things look familiar, plenty of it looks different too.

"Player 456, welcome back to the game," the mysterious, masked Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) announces in the brand-new trailer for "Squid Game" season 2 — the award-winning and record-breaking Netflix drama will return to the streamer on Thursday, Dec. 26 with seven fresh episodes of bloody-good action, tempting cash prizes and deadly high stakes.

Netflix prepares to launch Season 2 of global hit "Squid Game" Dec. 26, following its record-breaking debut season.

Season 2' trailer teases sadistic challenges, fresh faces, and Lee Jung-jae's Player 456 fighting the game from the inside out.

Squid Game, Netflix ’s breakout Korean drama series, has got another trailer. The series, which returns for its second season on December 26, has dropped what Netflix is calling its “main” trailer, highlighting a slew of new challenges that the participants in the dystopian parlor game will take on.