Squid Game Season 2 shocked fans as Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) returned to the deadly games to put a stop to the competition once and for all. Now, the popular Netflix series is back for its third and final season, giving viewers the closure they’ve been eagerly awaiting since its debut in 2021.
The upcoming Squid Game Season 3 will continue from Gi-hun’s rebellion against the game organizers. Alongside his best friend Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan) and other players who resisted the guards, Gi-hun fought to reach the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) in a bid to end the brutal game. However, Gi-hun was unaware that the Front Man was secretly part of the games as Player 001, earning his trust all along.
The betrayal deepened as the Front Man killed Jung-bae in the Season 2 finale, shattering Gi-hun’s hope to end the Squid Game. Will this also mark the end of Gi-hun’s plan to dismantle the deadly competition?
Jung-jae said he doesn’t believe Gi-hun is aware of Young-il’s secret identity just yet but will still be fundamentally changed by the loss in Season 3. “I don’t think he knows yet. I think he’s blaming himself for everything that happened,” he told Netflix’s Tudum.
Director and writer Hwang Dong-hyuk also teased what fans should expect in the highly anticipated conclusion of Squid Game. Gi-hun will be pushed to new limits with everything he’s gone through because of the games. “Is he still going to believe that he will be able to persuade others and leave together or put an end to the game?” Hwang said, per Tudum. “Or will he give in and become a completely different person? Someone just like the Front Man, who thinks, ‘What can I change?’”
“Gi-hun is overwhelmed with a profound sense of defeat and remorse,” he said. “In Season 3, we’ll see how Gi-hun returns to the game arena and faces the challenges ahead.”
Squid Game Season 3 will have six episodes, all of which will be available to stream on Netflix beginning Friday, June 27.
Squid Game Season 3 will mark the conclusion of the Korean series.
But the Squid Game franchise is expanding with an English-language spinoff series being developed by David Fincher, in addition to the reality series Squid Game: The Challenge.
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