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2 days ago
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Squid Game season 3 shatters records and takes the crown as Netflix's biggest hit yet!
Turns out, lightning can strike three times…. Just when you thought the craze might finally simmer down, Squid Game Season 3 has landed like a thunderclap, smashing records and sending the internet into full-blown obsession mode. The South Korean thriller is without a doubt Netflix's biggest show, with season one securing 265,2m views after its release in 2021. Jo Yu-ri as Jun-hee in Squid Game. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix Season two, which came out at the end of last year, landed with a whopping 192.6m views, a staggering achievement for a follow up season. Now, season three has garnered its own milestone as the biggest TV launch for Netflix ever, accumulating 60.1 million views (368.4m hours) in just three days. Mere days after its release, it has been revealed that it has already become the ninth biggest non-English language show. Just when you thought the craze might finally simmer down, Squid Game Season 3 has landed like a thunderclap, smashing records and sending the internet into full-blown obsession mode. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix From jaw-dropping twists to even more twisted games, the new season has catapulted fans straight back into the neon-drenched nightmare they can't seem to get enough of. Squid Game is a South Korean survival drama series that pits desperate contestants against each other in a deadly competition for a life-changing cash prize. Hundreds of players, each deeply in debt, are lured into a mysterious game where they must compete in a series of traditional Korean children's games. The catch? Losing means death. Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix At the center of the story is Seong Gi-hun, a down-on-his-luck man who joins the games hoping to turn his life around. As the games grow increasingly brutal, alliances form, betrayals unfold, and the true cost of survival becomes terrifyingly clear. After winning in the first season, Gi-hun re-enters the game in season two with the sole purpose of enacting revenge. In the final season we see Gi-hun go face-to-face with the overseer, the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun). Check out Extra's spoiler filled review of season three (at your own peril) here.
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3 days ago
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Squid Game series 3 leaves fans devastated
The South-Korean hit drama Squid Game returned for its third and final season on Friday (June 27th) and it does'nt disappoint, however you may find yourself peeking at the tv from behind your hands at times. If you haven't yet seen Series 3 yet, 'SPOILER ALERT! The macabre survival drama stunned viewers when it first appeared on Netflix three years ago, and was an unexpected cultural phenomenon, drawing millions of viewers into its tale of deadly competition. Its a lengthy drama full of psychological intrigue and melodramatic twists and turns that will mess with your mind and your soul. The human psyche has never been tested so much, by such a simple concept. The South-Korean language drama Squid Game returned for its third and final season on Friday. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix The whole premise of Squid Game is a group of ordinary people, from all walks of life, but with one thing in common, they are down on their luck, in debt, or just dirt poor, and they are offered a chance to take part in a series of games with the chance to win billions (of won). They are recruited from the subway stations of Seoul by the promise of easy money, however, nothing is as it seems. Taken to an island and given green tracksuits numbered from player 001 to the final participant, number 456, they enter the candy coloured arena full of wonder and excitement. However, after the first game, they realise they have entered a type of hellish reality where they will have to outwit each other, by playing simple childrens games like 'Red Light-Green Light' or 'Marbles', but with deadly consequences for the losers. So you get the idea. Its a tough watch at times, not just literally bloody, and downright terrifying, but utterly devastating when you realise you are so invested in the back stories of the leading characters, especially the leading man, Korean superstar Lee Jung-jae, aka player 456 – Gi Hun. The macabre survival drama stunned viewers when it first appeared on Netflix three years ago, and was an unexpected cultural phenomenon, drawing millions of viewers into its tale of deadly competition. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix When we meet Gi-hun in Season 1, he is not immediately likeable, as he is a bit of a deadbeat dad to his eight year old daughter, borrowing money from his own elderly mother, to take his little girl out for fried chicken for her birthday. He struggles with a gambling addiction and has accumulated quite a debt, but basically he is a good guy who tries his best for his mom, and his daughter. When Gi-hun is approached by 'The Recruiter' to take part in a game with the chance to win billions of won, he sees it as an opportunity to finally get his life back on track. Now, jumping to Season 3, which I binge watched last Friday and Saturday, it's difficult to know how to describe it, but I would say, gripping, mind boggling, intense and ultimately heartbreaking. The writer and producers have been slated and critisised for the ending of the Final Series, which sees much loved characters killed off and in some of the worst ways possible, but it's the psychological trauma when teammates have to choose who will die, and who will be spared, that really leaves a scar. Now, jumping to Season 3, which I binge watched last Friday and Saturday, it's difficult to know how to describe it, but I would say, gripping, mind boggling, intense and ultimately heartbreaking. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix This was especially traumatic when the dwindling numbers of players were, of course, the best and some of the worst characters, and it made for compulsive viewing. Even after the horrors they endured, seeing teammates killed off one by one, or sometimes dozens at a time, and despite being given the chance after every game, to quit and escape with their lives, they vote to keep going. And it's not that they were lulled into some false sense of security or thinking that the game is in any way fair, they were so driven by the desire for the money, and delusional enough to think they could outwit the bosses and survive, they voted to stay. Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix Series 3 does not do anything vastly different from Series 1 and 2, but why change a winning formula? However, we do see ALL of the leading characters lose their lives, with a surprising twist in the form of a newborn baby who is included, with her young mother, in the games. The Emmy award-winning series has been at the top of the Netflix charts for the past three years and has catapulted some of South Koreas finest talent to Hollywood superstardom in a short space of time. With its pastel coloured sets, a host of very different characters from every walk of life, and very bleak messages about the state of humanity, it makes for compulsive viewing. Series 3 does not do anything vastly different from Series 1 and 2. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix Some South Koreans have been commenting on the series on social media and reflecting on the society that inspired the programme, with some people commenting that the show 'actually showed the true feelings and raw inner thoughts of Korean people'. Another social media post said 'It reflected reality so well, like how in real life, at work, its just full of ruthless people ready to crush you. This show nailed it.' SQUID GAME – SERIES 1, 2 and 3 Now showing on Netflix
Extra.ie
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Final Squid Games trailer drops ahead of epic last season
Squid Game fans, brace yourselves, the time has come to bid farewell to Netflix's most popular show. The third and final season of Squid Game is fast approaching, with the newly released teaser trailer offering fans a first glimpse at the impending drama. Squid Game remains the streaming giant's most popular show to date, captivating audiences worldwide and smashing multiple records with its Season 2 return in December 2024. Jo Yu-ri as Jun-hee, Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun, Park Sung-hoon as Hyun-ju in Squid Game. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix Now, it seems we could welcome Season 3 sooner than expected, with the series having been filmed back-to-back with the show's most recent run. The first look trailer leads off from Season 2's captivating cliffhanger and thrusts Gi-hun (Player 456) back into the brutal heart of the games. The newly unveiled teaser also gives fans a sense of some of the games we can expect to see this season, as well as the tension that builds in the final episodes. Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix The official synopsis for season 3 says: 'A failed rebellion, the death of a friend, and a secret betrayal. Picking up in the aftermath of Season 2's bloody cliffhanger, the third and final season of Netflix's most popular series finds Gi-hun, AKA Player 456, at his lowest point yet. 'But the Squid Game stops for no one, so Gi-hun will be forced to make some important choices in the face of overwhelming despair as he and the surviving players are thrust into deadlier games that test everyone's resolve. With each round, their choices lead to increasingly grave consequences. 'Meanwhile, In-ho resumes his role as Front Man to welcome the mysterious VIPs, and his brother Jun-ho continues his search for the elusive island, unaware there's a traitor in their midst. Jo Yu-ri as Jun-hee in Squid Game. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix 'Will Gi-hun make the right decisions, or will Front Man finally break his spirit?' Squid Game Season 3 will drop on June 27, exclusively on Netflix. Check out the full trailer below:
