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Time of India
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Squid Game Season 3 Ending: Who is Front Man and who wins the game? Here's new twist in last episode
Netflix released all six episodes of Squid Game Season 3. The season follows Gi-hun as he returns to the deadly game. The finale features sacrifices, shifting alliances, and the game's expansion beyond Korea. A surprise ending hints at future global versions, including a US spinoff. New Twist in Last Episode The last episode introduces a new twist. Cate Blanchett appears in Los Angeles. Her character recruits players for a similar death game in the US. This short scene suggests Netflix may launch an American version of Squid Game. Alliances and Betrayals Players are split into two groups: Knives and Keys. Knives must kill to survive. Keys must avoid death. Jun-hee, Hyun-ju, and Geum-ja team up. Jun-hee gives birth during the game. Hyun-ju protects the group but is killed by Myung-gi. Geum-ja later kills her own son to save Jun-hee and the baby. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Play War Thunder now for free War Thunder Play Now Undo Also Read: Attention all green card holders! US can revoke citizenship, residency rights or visas if… All details here Gi-hun's Transformation and Revenge Gi-hun becomes violent after losing close allies. He blames Dae-ho for the rebellion's failure and kills him. He also sees others die, including Seon-nyeo, who is betrayed by Player 100. Min-su kills her under hallucination. Geum-ja later takes her own life in the dormitory, asking Gi-hun to protect the baby. Live Events Newborn Continues in Game In the jump rope round, Jun-hee's injury slows her. Gi-hun carries the baby across. Jun-hee sacrifices herself. The newborn replaces her as Player 222. Gi-hun now has a deeper reason to stay alive and win. Agencies Squid Game season 3 Who is Front Man? In-ho, also known as the Front Man, finally reveals himself to Gi-hun. He gives Gi-hun a knife and suggests he kill others while they sleep. Gi-hun refuses. Flashbacks show In-ho won the game by using the same tactic. Gi-hun's rejection shows he will not repeat In-ho's path. The Final Game The remaining game takes place on towers. To move forward, a player must die. Gi-hun, Myung-gi, and the baby survive until the last stage. Myung-gi dies but not by the rules. Gi-hun then faces a choice: kill the baby or sacrifice himself. He chooses death. Before jumping, he calls the players 'humans,' not 'horses.' Also Read: NYC Mayor Race: Will US deport Zohran Mamdani? See who wants to revoke his US citizenship and does law permit it Who Wins the Game? The baby wins the game. Coast Guard forces arrive, led by Jun-ho. In-ho evacuates the island and destroys evidence. Jun-ho finds the baby and the prize money at his home months later. In-ho leaves them for him, suggesting he wants a better life for both. Agencies Squid Game season 3 is available on Netflix. No-eul's Journey Brings Hope No-eul, a former soldier in disguise, helps Player 246 escape. She destroys evidence and survives. She later finds hope that her daughter may still be alive in China. She travels to find her. Her actions helped the outside world locate the game's location. What Happens in Last Scene? The last scene shows Blanchett's recruiter playing ddakji in the US. This points to the game expanding. Gi-hun's final words, 'We are not horses. We are humans,' serve as the series' closing message. The ending mixes despair with hope and hints at more stories ahead. FAQs Who wins Squid Game Season 3? The baby of Jun-hee becomes the winner. She is entered into the game as Player 222 after her mother's death and survives all final rounds with Gi-hun's help. Is there a US version of Squid Game? The ending shows Cate Blanchett recruiting players in Los Angeles. This suggests Netflix may plan an American version as the next chapter of the franchise.
The Review Geek
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Squid Game – K-drama Season 3 Episode 3 Recap & Review
Episode 3 Episode 3 of Squid Game Season 3 begins with the guards killing the failed Red Team players. To make up for the guards killed during the failed rebellion, we see that the new staff are foreigners. They seem extremely eager to kill the failed players. It is later revealed that they are the VIPs. Nam-gyu is frustrated that he lost Thanos' pill box and almost gets killed while trying to search for it. Myung-gi is relieved as Geum-ja and Jun-hee bring the crying baby in but Jun-hee avoids him. No-eul disguises Player 246 as the doctor, Staff #16 and they sneak out. He wonders why No-eul is helping him but she doesn't say. He hides in #16's room while she works on an exit plan. The game results are revealed. 25 players remain and each player gets 1.7 billion won. Meanwhile, Woo-seok asks around Captain Park's 'hometown' but no one knows of him. He decides to dig deeper, and warns Jun-ho to keep an eye on Park. The voting begins and the VIPs find it more exciting than the actual games. They discuss how greedy the players are and to what extent they will go to keep playing. In a turn of events, Nam-gyu votes no. Seeing that he is going through withdrawal and wanting to make him suffer, Min-su votes yes. Geum-ja begs the players to stop the game for the child's sake but no one listens. The Red Team wins by a landslide. The VIPs mock Geum-ja's speech and her decision to kill her own son for a stranger. The trafficking team finally checks the workroom and finds the dead guards. They scan everyone except the doctor, who has been disfigured and dressed in 246's clothes. They believe #16 has betrayed them. The Officer goes through the CCTV and finds a disguised 246 in #16's room and #11 (No-eul) missing. She sneaks up on the Officer and threatens him to help her and #16 escape. He doesn't understand why she is helping the doctor if she is against organ trafficking. On the boat, Captain Park is about to turn in for the night when Jun-ho recognises an island's shore. Park tries to deter him but Jun-ho orders him to get closer to the island. He remembers the cliff and declares that it is the island much to Captain Park's chagrin. Back in the bunker, Jun-hee feels guilty for Yong-sik and Hyun-ju's deaths. Geum-ja assures her that it is not her fault and that she should focus on her child. Geum-ja then begs Gi-hun to help Jun-hee and her kid survive. She comforts him as he continues to blame himself. She failed her son but they need to help Jun-hee's kid. That night, Woo-seok breaks into Captain Park's home while his friend stands guard. He finally finds a photo of Woo-seok with the Salesman. But Captain Park's dog attacks and Woo-seok is mauled before he shoots. He is leaving when he finds money and a Squid Game guard uniform. Unfortunately, the cops arrive. The next morning, the Officer gives No-eul a boat key. But he feels like something is off and tells a guard to check the workroom again. Unfortunately, they realise that the doctor is dead and Player 246 is pretending to be him. A coffin is brought to the bunker and everyone is in shock as they realise Geum-ja has hanged herself in the night. Jun-hee cries while Gi-hun tears up. The prep for the next game begins. Gi-hun holds the kid as Jun-hee's fractured ankle has gotten worse. Myung-gi watches them from afar. The VIPs believe Jun-hee is a lost cause while VIP 3 reveals he accidentally bet on her. But he still thinks that as a mother, she has supernatural strength to pull through. Unfortunately, the next game is jump rope. Another VIP claims the kid should join the game, harping on VIP 3's motherly instinct to protect the child and win. All the VIPs convince VIP 3 as he claims he will sacrifice his child for their entertainment. Once again, Jun-hee blames herself for Geum-ja's death but Gi-hun assures her that it is not her fault. The 5th game is finally introduced. The players need to cross a broken bridge in 20 minutes while playing jump rope. Whoever fails to cross in time will be killed. Gi-hun tries to strategise that they can leave the kid behind and he can carry Jun-hee across. However, the guards declare that the kid is also a player and has to play. As the players bicker over who should go first, Min-su tests Nam-gyu but he is still rude to him. Upset, Min-su throws Thanos' pill box on the bridge and this pushes Nam-gyu to start playing. He successfully reaches the box but sees that it is empty. While he is distracted, the rope hits him and he falls and dies. Gi-hun decides to cross with the kid first and go back for Jun-hee. This seems to upset Myung-gi. It is almost touch and go but Gi-hun makes it across with the kid. Emboldened, the rest follow and Gi-hun realises he cannot go back for Jun-hee til the rest finish crossing. Jun-hee panics as only 12 minutes are left. However, Player 96 finishes second and starts killing off the players who almost reach the finish line. The Episode Review Not to get our hopes up but it seems that so far, Squid Game is back on track with Season 3 with the little moments between the different characters, the outside world investigation into the game and the actual game. Siwan does a brilliant job as Myung-gi, despite playing a silent role in this chapter. His frustration is palpable as Jun-hee avoids him for killing Hyun-ju. But will he go as far as to let Gi-hun save Jun-hee all alone, or will he finally help the woman he claims to love? Showing more of the VIPs and their twisted mindset while betting on the players was a nice touch as well. It also falls exactly in line with the Old Man's saviour complex, with the way they think they are doing a favour to Jun-hee by letting her kid join the games. The final plot twist with Player 96 also reminds us of the Season 1 hopscotch game, where the players started sabotaging each other. These constant callbacks to Season 1 bring back the nostalgia that was missing in the previous season. Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
The Review Geek
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Squid Game – K-drama Season 3 Episode 2 Recap & Review
Episode 2 Episode 2 of Squid Game Season 3 begins with Player 246 waking up. No-eul kills the doctor and decides to disguise 246 as a guard. Back to the game, the Red Team enters the arena. Each member has 30 minutes to kill at least one Blue Team member. Gi-hun goes after Dae-ho who narrowly avoids him every time. The Shaman and her followers go the way the 'ghosts' tell her. However, we see that she just avoids the noisy paths. Player 100 realises his key doesn't fit all the doors. He teams up with a Blue Team member who has a different key. Hyun-ju deduces the same, that there are 3 locks with 3 keys. Fortunately, the women have one of each key. Geum-ja and Jun-hee even give their key to Hyun-ju to save time. Myung-gi and Nam-gyu aka Player 124 kill two players at the same time, so they cannot betray each other. However, Nam-gyu drops Thanos' pill box and Min-su grabs one. He keeps hearing how he is a coward and he takes a pill. 226 runs into the three women and tries to negotiate with Hyun-ju to let him kill Jun-hee or Geum-ja. It seems that Hyun-ju may give in but she ends up killing him. Player 100 betrays his ally to escape a Red Team member and then later steals his key. Once it is announced that Myung-gi has passed, Jun-hee is hopeful that he will come to protect her and the women. However, Nam-gyu convinces Myung-gi to kill all the Blue Team members. That way, the Red Team members who fail to reach the quota will also be killed. And the prize money will increase for them and Jun-hee. Gi-hun ignores every Blue Team member who is not Dae-ho. Coincidentally, a Red Team member attacks Dae-ho but is accidentally killed. Dae-ho takes his knife and hides. Meanwhile, the women hide in a room as Jun-hee fractures her ankle. To make matters worse, she goes into labour. Yong-sik corners an injured Blue Team player. He is the one who dragged Yong-sik away from his mother during the Mingle game. The Blue Team player attacks but another Red Team player kills him while Yong-sik looks in shock. The Shaman accidentally leads her followers into an ambush set by Myung-gi and Nam-gyu. As she escapes, she runs into Gi-hun. Turns out, she is on his hit list as well. To save herself, she tells him about an injured Dae-ho leaving a trail of blood. Gi-hun leaves her and starts following the blood. She finally finds the exit but it needs all 3 keys to unlock it. Yong-sik comes across an injured Blue Team player but is unable to kill her. Player 100 plays dead and is almost killed by Nam-gyu, who is called away by Myung-gi. The Shaman finds 100 and since he has the remaining keys, she takes him to the exit. Geum-ja and Hyun-ju help Jun-hee give birth to her child. A Red Team member attacks and Hyun-ju fights back. They tussle but she kills him. She finally notices her surroundings and sees that she is at the exit. She unlocks the door as she has all 3 keys. She suddenly remembers Jun-hee and Geum-ja. She goes back to them but Myung-gi kills her. He finally notices Jun-hee and their child. He covers for them and leads Nam-gyu away. Player 100 betrays the Shaman and locks her out once he exits. She is cornered by a stoned Min-su looking for Se-mi. She tries to use her shamanic act to put him down, but it just reminds him of Nam-gyu. He kills her and then panics when he hallucinates killing Se-mi. Gi-hun finally finds Dae-ho who starts apologising and rambling. He never served in the army and lied so he could team up with him and Jung-bae. He also wanted to help bring the magazines but got scared during the rebellion. He begs for his life but then grabs his knife and attacks Gi-hun. He goes as far as to claim Gi-hun tricked them so he could get everyone killed and take all the prize money. Having had enough, Gi-hun chokes Dae-ho till he dies. Jun-hee and Geum-ja finally reach the exit, but while unlocking the door, Yong-sik finds them. With only a minute left on the clock, he needs to kill someone or he will be killed. He decides to kill Jun-hee and Geum-ja begs him to kill her instead. He refuses, going after Jun-hee and a desperate Geum-ja stops him by stabbing him with her hairpin blade. He apologises before the guards kill him for failing. At the end of Squid Game Season 3 Episode 2, Gi-hun convinces himself that it is his fault. Before he can kill himself, the guards stop him. The Episode Review Seems like the original Squid Game charm is indeed back. This game goes as far as to remind us of the marble game in Season 1, where fan-favourites were betrayed and/or killed off in bulk. It is completely action-packed and gory as even the Blue Team members fight back. The Old Man's motto of man being inherently selfish is seen in this game with players betraying even their allies. Maybe Hyun-ju should have been selfish; at least she wouldn't have been stabbed in the back, literally. The emotional quotient is even higher than the marble game, given that the characters had a whole season to be fleshed out and relatable. We already knew it was a bad move for Geum-ja and Jun-hee to switch with Yong-sik and Myung-gi, respectively. But we do wish Dae-ho could have been redeemed, as that would have made his death even more impactful. Instead, he does a complete 180 turn from his Season 2 personality, making him cruel without any set-up except for the previous episode's outburst. Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
Time Magazine
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time Magazine
Breaking Down the Ending of Squid Game
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Squid Game Season 3 Squid Game was never supposed to have a second season, let alone a third one. It wasn't even supposed to be a show—Hwang Dong-hyuk, the writer-director behind the global phenomenon, originally imagined the story as a film. However, the massive success of the series—Squid Game had been viewed nearly 600 million times prior to the release of the final season—led to more seasons. On Friday, the final six episodes of the series will premiere, closing out the devastating dystopian drama. Season 3 picks up right where the second season ended, following Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) as he heads back into the Game for a second time with the intention of ending it. At the end of Season 2, Gi-hun led a failed rebellion against the workers, soldiers, and managers who run the Game under the Front Man's (Lee Byung-hun) orders and on behalf of the VIPs. With their hope dashed, Gi-hun and his surviving allies head back into the Game. Who lives, who dies, and how does Hwang wrap the Korean-language drama up? Let's break down the brutal but hopeful ending of Squid Game. Who dies in Squid Game Season 3? Per tradition, most of the characters in Squid Game do not make it out of the season alive. Heading into Season 3, surviving Players include: trans woman Hyun-ju (Park Sung-hoon), mother-son duo Geum-ja (Kang Ae-sim) and Yong-sik (Yang Dong-geun), pregnant contestant Jun-hee (Jo Yu-ri) and her crypto YouTuber ex Myung-gi (Yim Si-wan), timid Min-su (Lee David), Thanos' right-hand man Nam-gyu (Roh Jae-won), shaman Seon-nyeo (Chae Kuk-hee), and former marine Dae-ho (Kang Ha-neul). Round 4 is a bloodbath, as the Players are randomly divided evenly into 'Knives' and 'Keys' categories. The Knives must kill a Key to stay alive, and the Keys must stay alive to, well, stay alive. Nam-gyu convinces fellow Knife Myung-gi to temporarily team. Myung-gi has promised Jun-hee, a Key, that he will find and protect her. Meanwhile, Jun-hee is with fellow Keys Geum-ja and Hyun-ju. They make a good team—when Jun-hee goes into labor, Geum-ja delivers the baby, while Hyun-ju protects them and finds a safe exit. The baby is born, but before they can escape the game, Hyun-ju is killed by Myung-gi. He runs off to keep Nam-gyu from going after Jun-hee, leaving Jun-hee and Geum-ja devastated by Hyun-ju's death. Gi-hun, who has been sorted onto the Knife team, has temporarily gone insane with vengeance. Devastated by the death of Jung-bae and the other people he led into the rebellion, he places all of the blame on Dae-ho. Dae-ho, who talked a big game about being a former marine, failed to bring back much-needed weapons to the rebellion because he was too scared to return to the fight. Gi-hun spends the round stalking Dae-ho and eventually kills him. 'It's your fault,' he tells Dae-ho, as he chokes the life from him. Shaman Seon-nyeo also dies in this round, killed by Min-su after she is betrayed by Player 100, aka Im Jeong-dae (Song Young-chang). Min-su, who has taken one of Thanos' pills, hallucinates Seon-nyeo as Nam-gyu, who has been torturing Min-su the whole game. Geum-ja and Jun-hee make their way toward the exit as the clock ticks down. They are found by Yong-sik, a Knife who has yet to kill anyone. Geum-ja tries to convince her son to kill her, but he turns his gaze towards Jun-hee instead. To protect Jun-hee, Geum-ja uses her hair piece to stab her own son. After the surviving Players are back in the dorm, Geum-ja tells Gi-hun he must do everything he can to protect Jun-hee and her baby. That night, Geum-ja hangs herself, unable to live with the knowledge that she killed her son. Round 5 is a deadly game of Jump Rope in which Players must make it across a narrow walkway without falling hundreds of feet below. Gi-hun has committed himself to protecting Jun-hee and the baby. He brings the baby across first but when he prepares to go back for Jun-hee, she chooses to step over the edge to her death. She knows that, with her swollen ankle and the limited time left, it will be almost impossible for Gi-hun to help her without losing his life too. Following Jun-hee's death, the baby assumes her role as Player 222. Does the Front Man reveal his identity to Gi-hun? One of the major questions heading into Season 3 was: will Hwang In-ho ever reveal his true identity to Gi-hun? In Season 2, In-ho went into the Game as Player 001, as a way to control the events and, let's be honest, torture Gi-hun a little bit. During Gi-hun's failed rebellion, In-ho switches back into Front Man mode. He pretends Player 001 is dead, and kills Gi-hun's friend, Jung-bae. As the Front Man, he taunts Gi-hun for his belief that he could end the Game. In Season 3, In-ho finally reveals himself to Gi-hun as the Front Man. At the end of Episode 4, '222,' the Front Man has his soldiers bring Gi-hun to his office ahead of the final round. In-ho gives Gi-hun a knife, and tells him that he should murder the other contestants in their sleep. If he does, Gi-hun and the baby can 'vote' to end the game and split the money between themselves. When Gi-hun asks the Front Man, 'Why are you suggesting this?,' In-ho removes his mask, revealing his identity as Player 001 to Gi-hun. Gi-hun is furious and considers killing In-ho with the knife. In-ho tells him it won't change anything: someone else will just take his place. In-ho claims that he is trying to help Gi-hun and the baby, but Gi-hun sees through him. He only wants more bloodshed. He wants to bring Gi-hun down to his level because, otherwise, In-ho has to question everything he has become. As is revealed in flashback, In-ho won his version of the Game by doing exactly what he suggests Gi-hun does: kill the remaining contestants in their sleep. In In-ho's mind, it was the choice anyone would make. But Gi-hun's refusal to take the same path proves In-ho could have made a different choice—he still could. The final round: game of towers The final round in Squid Game Season 3 is brutally simple. The remaining Players must navigate across three massive, tall stone towers. In order to progress to the next tower, they must kill one of the remaining players. At the end, any surviving players will split the money evenly. Heading into the round, Gi-hun and the baby are at a disadvantage. The remaining Players, including Player 100 and Myung-gi, are mostly thugs who care about making as much money as possible more than they do about their fellow contestants' lives. A high Min-su is an easy first target. They make a show of having a 'fair' vote for Min-su's elimination, and Myung-gi does the dirty work of pushing him over the edge to his death. In the next round, Gi-hun puts up much more of a fight. He has the baby to protect, and he has the knife given to him by In-ho. Without Gi-hun as an easy target, the thugs all turn on one another, with Myung-gi particularly brutal and effective. With only four players left—Myung-gi, Gi-hun, the baby, Player 100, and a beaten down Player 039—Myung-gi chooses to push Player 100 over the edge so he can ensure more money for himself. Player 039 chooses to roll over the edge himself, tired of playing the Game. Does Gi-hun die in Squid Game Season 3? Gi-hun dies in the final round of the Game. He makes it to the final tower with the baby and Myung-gi. Myung-gi tries to convince Gi-hun to hand over the baby, but Gi-hun refuses, believing Myung-gi plans on sacrificing his own child. They fight, and Myung-gi falls to his death. Unfortunately, neither men pushed the button signifying the start of the round, so Myung-gi's death does not count as this tower's sacrifice. Gi-hun is left with a terrible choice: kill the baby and survive, or sacrifice himself so that the baby can live. Much to the VIPs' astonishment, he chooses the latter. As they wait for him to kill a newborn, he instead stares them down with the baby in his arms. He cannot see them through their viewing room, but he knows they're there, watching with mild interest. Then, he turns away from them. What he says next isn't for them, it's for us. He kisses the baby and places her on the ground before looking into the camera: 'We are not horses. We are humans.' Then, Player 456, our audience surrogate in this deadly game, falls to his death. In sacrificing his life for the baby, Gi-hun is choosing humanity. He believes even the most vulnerable of humans has inherent worth, and should be protected. He refuses to play by the VIPs' rules, even when it means his own death. Gi-hun's decision shakes the Front Man, who has spent Seasons 2 and 3 trying to convince Gi-hun that humanity isn't worth trying to save. When he reveals his identity to Gi-hun in Episode 4, he asks him: 'Player 456, do you still have faith in people?' With Gi-hun's final choice, In-ho gets his answer. Who wins Squid Game in Season 3? Player 222, a newborn baby, wins the Game. Does Jun-ho see his brother again? Those hoping for a big reunion between Jun-ho (Wi Ha-jun) and his brother, In-ho, might be disappointed by the Squid Game ending. Soon after Gi-hun sacrifices himself, the Korean Coast Guard arrives on the island. They have been sent by Jun-ho, who learned the location of the island after rescuing an escaped Player 246 from the pink soldiers in pursuit. Knowing that the Coast Guard has arrived, In-ho orders the evacuation of the island, and initiates a 30-minute countdown for the facility's destruction. He has to destroy the evidence. The VIPs, of course, escape. Meanwhile, Jun-ho is searching the facility for his brother. He heads into the VIP watchroom just as In-ho makes it to the top of one of the Round 6's towers to retrieve the baby, aka Player 222, aka the winner of the Game. Jun-ho shoots the glass separating the VIPs' watch tower from the game arena, getting In-ho's attention. Jun-ho aims the gun at his brother, but cannot shoot him. In-ho is holding a baby. And, unlike In-ho, Jun-ho probably does not actually want to shoot his brother. Instead, he yells: 'Why? Why did you do it?' In-ho doesn't answer, turning his back and walking away. Six months later, Jun-ho arrives home to find Jun-hee's baby and the Game's winnings delivered to him, presumably left by In-ho. While In-ho may not want to talk to his brother, he seemingly wants him to have a good life. By giving the baby to Jun-ho, he seemingly wants the baby to have a good life, too. Does No-eul survive Squid Game? No-eul not only survives Squid Game, she plays a major role in the Game's downfall. By saving Player 246 so that he can return to his sick daughter, Na-yeon, No-eul sets the events in motion that allow Jun-ho and the Coast Guard to find the island. After helping Player 456 escape, No-eul destroys the evidence that he was ever there. She is sitting in the Front Man's office, prepared to kill herself, when she witnesses Gi-hun's sacrifice. She hears the baby cry, and she decides to live. Six months later, we see No-eul visit Player 246 at the amusement park where he still works as a caricature artist and where she used to work as a costumed performer. He doesn't recognize her as the pink suit soldier who saved his life because she never took her mask off. When Na-yeon arrives, she is happy and healthy. No-eul gifts her a lollipop and tells her not to get sick again. When No-eul is leaving, the refugee broker who helps North Korean defectors try to get their family members out calls No-eul: her daughter might be alive, and in China. Later, No-eul is at the airport, getting ready to board a plane to hopefully see her daughter. It's an echo of the Season 1 ending that saw Gi-hun getting ready to board a plane to see his daughter in Los Angeles. This time, however, the parent will get on the plane. Sae-byeok's brother, Cheol, is reunited with their mother Sae-byeok (Jung Ho-yeon) was one of the most important characters in Squid Game Season 1, and we see her briefly in a cameo. When Gi-hun is at his lowest in Season 3, and is considering slitting his fellow contestants' throats in their sleep, he remembers what Sae-byeok said to him: 'You're not a killer.' Later, we see Sae-byeok's brother, Cheol, at the airport with Sang-woo's mother, who has been taking care of him, and the refugee broker. Sae-byeok went into the Game to get the money to get her parents out of North Korea. Now, her mother is in South Korea, and has been reunited with her brother. The two embrace. They might not have the other members of their family, but they finally have one another. Part of Sae-byeok's wish has come true. The Front Man goes to LA to see Gi-hun's daughter In Season 1, Gi-hun is a deadbeat dad. It's one of the major reasons he goes into the Game in the first place. After winning, Gi-hun plans to go see his daughter, Ga-yeong, but chooses to try to end the Game instead. Following Gi-hun's death, In-ho travels to Los Angeles to see Gi-hun's daughter. When he knocks on the door of the house she lives in with her mom and stepdad, Ga-yeong is angry. She doesn't want to hear about her dad, who she understandably feels abandoned by. When In-ho tells her that her father is dead, she accepts the box of his belongings. Inside, is Gi-hun's bloody Player 456 uniform and a debit card with what is presumably his millions of dollars of winnings. Gi-hun has given his daughter the resourced future he always wanted to, but he isn't there to see it. In-ho didn't have to tell Ga-yeong about her father's death, or give her the money. He also didn't need to deliver it in person. The decision implies he might have been changed by Gi-hun's choice to hold onto his humanity. Could In-ho be poised to choose something different in the future? Cate Blanchett and the Squid Game: America Spin-off In the final scene of the episode, the Front Man is in a car after having dropped off Gi-hun's winnings to his daughter. He happens to hear the sounds of slapping and ddakji coming from a nearby alley, and rolls his window down to investigate. It is a Recruiter, played by Cate Blanchett. She catches the Front Man's eye and acknowledges him before returning to her work. While nothing has been confirmed at the time of this writing, the scene implies that we will see a version of the Game played in America. As we know from Season 1, the Game is played all over the world. In October 2024, sources told Deadline that an English-language Squid Game series was in the works with director David Fincher coming on to develop it. The final scene of Squid Game Season 3 could be the first scene of Squid Game: America. Does Squid Game have a happy ending? Squid Game doesn't have a happy ending because, as it exists now, capitalism doesn't have a happy ending. Still, Hwang leaves us with hope. The final episode of Squid Game is titled 'Humans are…' They are Gi-hun's final words. With them, Hwang is both leaving the statement open-ended for viewers to answer for themselves, as well as giving his own answer with Squid Game itself: Humans are susceptible to corruption, to greed, to vengeance. But we are prone towards caring for one another too, to making sacrifices to protect others, to hoping for something better. Gi-hun doesn't always make the moral choice—we see him murder Player 388 (Kang Ha-neul) out of shame and vengeance in Episode 2, 'Starry Night'—but he tries to be better, even after he has taken a human life. In a system designed to pit him against others, Gi-hun ultimately sides with humanity. It might not be a happy ending, but it's a hopeful one.
