There are cliffhangers, and then there’s “Squid Game” Season 2, which left viewers in the middle of the games, in the middle of a rebellion, and the middle of Gi-hun’s (Lee Jung-jae) fresh agony after watching a friend die in front of him.

But we will not have to wait another three years for season 3, thankfully, as both Netflix and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk have ensured that won’t happen by having no production breaks between seasons. The result is a season 3 of Squid Game that is much, much closer than we think.