Squid Game Season 3

Not Every Game Needs a Loud Ending — And That’s Okay

Squid Game 3 might not hit with the same explosive impact as its first season, but it lands exactly where it needs to. While some viewers expected more twists or a grander finale, I personally found the ending just right — bittersweet, tragic, and reflective. It stays honest to the story’s core: a man who refused to lose himself in a system designed to break people.

The emotional weight might feel lighter this time around — maybe because by now we know the rules, or maybe the writing didn’t push quite as far — but the quiet symbolism stuck with me. Watching the main character stay true to his principles, even when he couldn't change the system, was deeply moving. It felt like the ultimate act of resistance. I couldn't help but see the game master as a mirror — someone who once stood for something, but let the system twist him into something else.

That said, I still feel Squid Game told its strongest story in Season 1. It had the rawness, the shock, and the emotional pull that didn’t need a follow-up. Seasons 2 and 3 had their moments, but nothing quite matched that original impact. Still, I respect how it closed—with conviction, not convenience.

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A masterpiece turned into a money minting machine

Season 3 of Squid Game, directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk and produced by Siren Pictures Inc. under Netflix, had all the elements to be a strong continuation. However, it felt more like a forced sequel aimed at cashing in on the global success of its predecessors. The season begins right where Season 2 ended, pulling viewers back into the chaos of a morally grey world. It poses a haunting question: Do you still have faith in people? Unfortunately, the story fails to answer this question coherently.

The season starts with promise, showcasing emotional depth and character-driven storytelling, but quickly loses its way. Dae-Ho’s character arc is inconsistent; his shift from an anxious participant to someone who mindlessly blames Gi Hun feels sudden and unearned. Gi Hun, too, becomes a contradiction. His refusal to kill seven contestants on moral grounds is puzzling, especially since he kills Dae-Ho without seeking closure, driven by bitterness from his past. The moral compass that once guided his character becomes erratic.

A major plot twist, introducing a baby as a player, initially sparks interest and suggests emotional and ethical depth. However, it falls flat when the baby is absurdly named the winner, stripping the story of logic and meaning. Gi Hun's death, while perhaps expected, lacks emotional impact. The ongoing roles of the Front Man and his brother add little value; in fact, the brother's storyline resembles that of a lost explorer, searching for an island he already knows, contributing only narrative clutter.

The Front Man could have shown emotional growth after witnessing Gi Hun’s sacrifices, but he remains a static figure, merely going through the motions of “the game.” His actions, like giving Gi Hun a chance to save himself or taking the baby with him, lack emotional clarity and feel more like rituals than meaningful gestures. Myung Gi’s transformation from a responsible man to a deranged psychopath willing to harm the very baby he once protected seems completely out of character and poorly written.

One of the most criticized aspects of Season 1, the exaggerated VIPs, unfortunately returns in Season 3. Their lifeless acting and monotonous delivery drain energy from the scenes. Their presence only brings annoyance, wasting screentime that could have better developed unresolved character arcs, particularly those of the Front Man and his brother.

In a move that signals Netflix’s profit motives, the season ends with a tease for an American spin-off via the dakjji game, a Korean element awkwardly inserted into a context unrelated to American culture. This reflects the network's tired strategy of simply repackaging a hit across cultures without sensitivity or depth.

The central themes of morality, desperation, and the fragility of human trust are overshadowed by rushed character deaths, most of which happen in the second and third episodes, leaving little room for emotional engagement or character development. While Season 1 explored how far people would go for survival, Season 3 assumes that betrayal, death, and shock value are sufficient to sustain the story, which they are not.

The human emotions that once gave Squid Game its soul appear intermittently but are buried beneath incoherent twists, plot holes, and an overwhelming sense that the director, perhaps under pressure, was pushed to extend the franchise regardless of creative rationale. Ultimately, Squid Game Season 3 feels less like a continuation and more like a corporate product: technically polished but emotionally empty. What could have been a poignant and thought-provoking season ends up as a disjointed collection of scenes that disappoint both the characters and the audience. A few moments shine, but they cannot redeem the season from its narrative chaos. It had potential and a voice, but it chose profit over purpose.

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What was the point?

I'll make this short and show what I liked and what I didn't, starting with the good things:

The show did a great job keeping me stressed out. I found myself on the edge of my seat a lot. One detail I particularly liked was when the music would suddenly stop, and the silence added to the tension. Props to the camera and sound directors, they had my emotions on a roller coaster.

The cast did a phenomenal work. They kinda carried the show tbh. You'd think you'd get used to people dying left and right, but because every single person performed their best, it kept me immersed. There were many times they had me speechless. I can't stress enough how crucial their acting was to the show.

Personally, I also enjoyed Kang No Eul's side story. I just liked her character because she was moving fast, and got the job done. It was satisfying to me amidst the frustration.

Finally, I like the depictions of how humans are capable of the most vile things as long as they're thinking to themselves they're "doing the right thing". Never gets old, because really, that's just how people are. And the irony of how some of the characters met their end was a nice touch.

What I disliked:

Gi-Hun. He's too one-dimensional. Man is always making the wrong choices for the wrong reasons. While I do like a flawed character, I couldn't find it in me to root for this guy. He doesn't look at the bigger picture, and casually views people as good or evil according to his own experiences. A lot of the times the show puts him on a moral high ground by making everyone around him obnoxiously terrible.

The detective and the whole boat looking for the island side plot. Sure, it did have its use in some details later, but in the grand scheme of things, I didn't see the point.

This might just be me, but it was predictable. You can see so many plot twists coming because the characters were behaving in a certain way. A lot of the things that occured would never have happened. The actors did their best with what they had, but it was bad writing. It felt inconsistent.

The VIPs. Need I say more?

Bottomline is,

If you're looking for a thrilling experience and want to enjoy the games as they are, I'd recommend this. But if you're looking for a senseful plot and a rewarding ending, you'll be disappointed.

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It isn't the best but it is also not as bad as others are making it out to be!!

The drama is being hated on for no reason, it wasn't the best or perfect in anyway but it was also not as bad as it is being rated.

We already knew that none of our faves were going to survive, the whole plot of the show is how greedy people are and how good people get fk*d over because of the bad ones.

Player 333 was an @ss through and through, from the beginning its shown how selfish he was and he played the games as such. Though every game its shown how it played in his favor, he never learnt his lesson and continued to be greedy and selfish. Shows how some people never change. Even after the hide and seek game, when he already saw Jun-hee had given birth, he never approached her to apologize or hold the baby even once, so what he did at the final game did not come as a surprise. Good for Jun-hee for not trusting that B!t*h with the baby.

Player 456, though he has been shown kind to an extreme level, he's only human. Him k!ll!ng Dae-ho was kinda sad but I could understand why, he felt betrayed and his mind was fk*d up. The end scene where he says 'We are not horses, we are humans. Humans have -" gave me goosebumps and it was a heartwrenching scene. The only thing I didn't like was how he played in the final game. He could've survived but the writers didn't want him to so well. Nonetheless I felt the ending was realistic given 456's character.

Jun-ho's character played no role in the story what so ever, even if he didn't search for his brother or the island, I feel like the story would've played the same for him. Alot of wasted potential for being one of the main roles, he seemed more like a side character.

Was happy they showed Sae-byeok's family reunion, player 246 and his daughter and No-eul potentially finding her daughter. In the end player 456 did make a difference and helped them.

Didn't like how they are thinking to expand the franchise to America, i's unnecessary and they should just stop here.

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« We are not horses. We are humans. Humans are... »

His sentence is left unfinished on purpose. After everything we’ve seen, how do you define humans? The games showed us the worst. Betrayal. Cruelty. Cowardice. But they also showed us sacrifice, love, and resistance. The word humanity sort of starts to lose meaning when you realize the same species capable of kindness is also capable of cruelty.

We critique the vips for their actions, yet we're also watching humans kill each other for our own entertainment. We’ve been waiting for season 3, trying to guess who would die, just like the vips do. This is probably the reason why Gihun looks at us when he says this. Maybe we should think about why we enjoyed watching this.

Squid game also showed that in such a deeply corrupted and capitalist world, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you just can’t change things. The good guys don’t always win. Gihun spent all this time trying to warn people, trying to end those games and save everyone. But in the end, nothing changed. The games have existed before him and will continue to exist after him, because the system is bigger than us. As the front man said, even in death, someone else would simply take his place as the game’s overseer.

It reflects the harsh reality of corruption and the exploitation of people. This concept isn’t meant to have a clear resolution, seeking closure misses the very message of the show.

But Gihun did what he believed was right. The front man thinks every human is selfish, driven by survival and greed, no better than horses forced to run for other’s amusement. Gihun proved him wrong by refusing to play and sacrificing himself.

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What the fuck went on that writing room

They spent a whole entire season making us love the new characters, learn things about them, connect with them... to have them all killed in the first 3 episodes and leave us watching a final game full of random people?

Hide and seek was by far the best game in this season, we had the characters we liked and cared about, the set was absolutely stunning, editing was amazing and the music, sound effects, ambient... it all played its role perfectly. The story worked, we got to see an aliance of Geumja, Junhee and Hyunju that was beautiful, the birth scene was extremely unrealistic, but it worked, having Hyunju be there in such a sacred, protected space for women was beautiful for her character, she got to experience acceptance in womanhood before dying. Gihun and Daeho's part was just character assasination for Daeho, his character did a whole 360º in an episode and it made no sense at all, most of the characters forgot about him too like, does nobody care that he died? He was part of like the main group but they didn't gaf when he died? It was weird. Geumja having to kill her own son was a good plot, she saved him of the guilt he was going to live with for killing a mother and potentially her baby. I also like the narrative of her stopping her son of becoming his father, overall, kind of unrealistic but heartbreaking. Hyunju's death was absolutely devastating, she could've abandoned Geumja and Junhee multiple times, she had all the keys, but she decided to stay, and because of her good heart, she went back to get them and died protecting them. I feel like her character wasn't done justice with her death, she was the strongest character, an amazing fighter and she went down with a stab on the back by the baby daddy of the girl she has been protecting the whole game. Her final scene with Geumja caressing her face and showing her earings, giving her a mothers love that we know she didn't get, heartbreaking. Player 100 and the shaman were funny, played well in this game. Minsu's arc was fine, it was interesting but at the same time kind of random. Overall, heartbreaking game, they took out Hyunju because they know she would win.

Jump rope could've been fun, but it wasn't, when the random guy 1 started pushing random people off we were suposed to feel the tension, get nervous, but the effect was fully lost because we didn't know the people playing, we didn't care about more than a half of the characters playing, Gihun passed with the baby, Junhee was waiting, Namgyu had already died, tbh I didn't care about Minsu and we all hated Myunggi, so who am I supposed to be nervous and anxious about? Geumja was out before getting to this game and the lack of women was loud. If they kept Geumja, Hyunju or Daeho for this game and they were jumping as the guy was pushing people we would have gotten anxious and nervous but because we didn't care about the players it was kind of whatever. The baby passing this game is so unrealistic, you can't shake a newborn baby because they don't have a hard skull, she would be gone at the first jump and Junhee killing herself is also giving the baby away to death. How the hell did player 100 pass? That's someones grandpa, I know his knees aren't that strong. But well, game ends and we're officially out of women (but the baby). The set is still amazing, the color of the scenes was beautiful, Junhee's death had beautiful colors and again the music, sound effects and ambient were on point, editting was still great. Main problem with this one is the lack of characters we care about

The final game, was boring as hell, I know the baby is not gonna die, I know Gihun is gonna survive at least till the final tower so this whole 15 minutes of random characters that popped out of nowhere talking was just boring as hell, I couldn't even bring myself to care it just felt like it was wasting my time. Minsu's hallucinations were fun i guess, but he went out in like 3 minutes so the rest of the game was just player 100 talking about democracy, Myunggi trying to be Sangwoo and throwing people with a stick and the rest of the guys just complaining. They kill everyone in tower 2, I didn't care, we move to tower 3. Myunggi was SO annoying throughout this season but damn, he was annoying in the end, idc if he wasn't gonna thow his child out, he threatened to and literally put his daughter at risk by holding her in the edge, Gihun had already said he would jump so he could win with the baby just take the deal and accept it, live with your daughter, but no, he had to spend the whole last scene of this game being stupid, insinuating Gihun cared for Junhee because they had an affair? Threatening to throw his baby off a tower? And in the end when he was gonna fall, he put sad eyes like noo i dont want to die, girl i dont care, his character was all over the place, one moment he cared about Junhee and her baby and was willing to die for them, next scene he's going on a killing spree reducing the blue people the reds could kill and making it more likely for her to be attacked, then he joins the useless uncle squad and acts to protect the baby, then he wants to throw out the baby? He makes no sense. When Gihun realized the button hadn't been pressed, plot armor to kill him cause he could've just called a vote and leave with the baby (I found funny how he cared for every girl like they were his daughters, like anyone but HIS real daughter) because leaving the baby to the people who organized the games where people die every two seconds is obviously extremely smart. We're not horses period, final game was boring as hell but at least he ate that final line.

Now that we have covered the games lets see the side plots;

Noeul saving this random man who did nothing in the show but show us that he had a daughter that was sick was entretaining only because of Noeul, Gyeongseok was so boring, when they parted ways so he could like escape on the boat his scenes where so boring. Noeul carried this season tho, she was determined, amazing, we felt bad for her and we wanted her to win and to survive when she fought with the square soldier. Solid plot, loved her ending too.

Junho was just doing nothing the whole entire season, wasted character, he got into the games in season 1 and you're telling me he couldn't do it in seasons 2 AND 3? Like yes the man who saved him was thowing him off and everything but in season 1 he got in under one of the cars, why couldn't he do it again? The reunion with his brother was one of the things I was most excited about in this season and we just got HYUUUUNG WAEEEE? WAEKURESOOO? and Inho not gaf and leaving the scene with a baby who later apeared on his dinner table like, hi junho you're my papa. Okay. Wasted potential everywhere, he was one of the best in season 1, they should've used his character better.

The so promoted, very exciting confrontation between Inho and Gihun was so dissapointing I could just laugh, "OH MY GOD YOU'RE YOUNGIL?" "yes, sorry about jungbae. You know? I've been thinking, what if you kill everyone and I let you leave with the baby?" and Gihun leaves in silence that's literally the scene. I liked how they match cut the present Gihun with past Inho, great editting and part overall, we should've seen more of that. Overall dissapointing, Gihun didn't even find out his real name, or that he was Junho's brother.

Inho's character was abandoned, he made no sense, he had a whole scene traumatized because he shot his brother, feeling guilty and giving room for learning about his love and care for Junho and we start the season by having him being like, omg girl yes kill my brother if you need to, that makes no sense, his confrontation with Gihun was so souless, he deserved better writting.

The whole going to the US to give Gihun's daughter a BLOODY jacket of the games that ruined her father's life, like okay interesting choice I guess, and then just finding Cate Blanchett playing DDAKJI in the US was ridiculous.

Anyway, such a dissapointing season, characters killed off early, character assasination every 2 minutes and the VIP's had way too much screentime for how annoying they are, please make them shut up god. The cast did an amazing job, all of them have outstanding preformances this season. Very sad that it ended this dissapointingly

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I actually like how this ended

I don’t understand the hate Squid Game Season 3 has been getting . And I say that as someone who’s been invested in this series from day one. From the very first episode of Season 1, the show never promised comfort. It promised rawness, reflection, and a disturbing mirror held up to society. Season 3 delivered exactly that with its most brutal and philosophically profound arc yet.Yes, the ending was shocking and ehhh. A baby winning the games? Gi-hun dying after everything he went through? I get it, it's jarring. But isn't that exactly the point? Squid Game has always been about subverting expectations, exposing the ugliest parts of human nature, and forcing us to sit in discomfort. If this ending made you mad, maybe it’s because it hit too close to home. The outrage seems centered around the absurdity of a baby "winning" but I think that’s symbolic genius. A child, INNOCENT and UNTAINTED by the grotesque logic of the game, surviving when the rest tear each other apart. It's the ultimate commentary on innocence being the only thing that doesn’t voluntarily dive into the madness. Everyone else, including our beloved Gi-hun, made choices. Strategic, desperate, moral or immoral. The baby didn’t. And that’s exactly why it deserved to "win."

Gi-hun’s death was tragic, but also narratively fitting. His arc was never about triumph. It was about transformation, resistance, and, ultimately, sacrifice. He died trying to dismantle the system from within and in doing so, he reminded us that even within a hellish game designed to strip people of their humanity, there are still those who will fight for what’s right, even if it costs everything.Yes, I did wish that Gi-hun had survived. Along with some of my favorite characters: Player 120 , Player 222 , and player 149. Watching them die one by one was devastating. I bawled my eyes out beginning with episode 2 and it did not stop. I held out hope that at least one of them would walk away. But Squid Game doesn’t trade in hope, it trades in harsh truths. And the harshest one of all is that sometimes, no matter how much heart, courage, or wit a person has it is never enough.

And then there's Jun-ho. My god! this season, absolutely useless. The most useless he’s ever been, honestly. I get the frustration; we were all expecting to him catch on earlier that the captain Park isn't to betrusted and that he and his team would make it to the island and take everyone out . But instead, he was clueless, never suspect it and it led to the death of his team. And as frustrating as that was to watch... I still think that worked. Because his arc, or lack thereof, speaks to something uncomfortable, that not everyone gets to be the hero. Sometimes, the villains win. Sometimes, even good people don’t make a difference. Sometimes, the fight doesn’t end in victory but just in exhaustion. It’s maddening, yes. But again brutally honest.

What I loved most about this season was how it circled back to the original philosophical heart of Squid Game: that humans, like horses, are driven, broken, trained. That the elites, those with grotesque wealth and power will watch, bet, and cheer as we destroy one another for survival. The show never glamorized violence. It exposed it, contextualized it, made us question why we accept it.Season 3 was brutal, sure. But it was also bold, introspective, and incredibly human. It didn’t pander to fan expectations. it dared to say something. And in the era of safe storytelling, that deserves praise, not hate. So no, I don’t agree with the backlash. I thoroughly enjoyed this season. It made me think, made me uncomfortable, and made me grieve. That’s Squid Game at its finest.

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What a good way to ruin a completely fine story.

If you haven't watched Squid Game, then I'd recommend watching only the first season. Don't bother to watch the whole series; don't even think about it.

This season comes off as a disappointment because many would agree that Squid Game S1 itself was such a good story and didn't need a continuation if they were going to do it like this. While I was grateful for the 2nd season announcement and seeing the list of actors and actresses, now it's all just become a big why, because most of them didn't even make an impact to the story.

The writing is very meh. While the 2nd season actually made a nice hook, the 3rd season feels like an abandoned draft that you come back to just for the sake of giving an ending. What's worse is that this whole season seems like only an introduction to the US spin-off. Which is another why.

I really don't understand why Gihun would be so eagerly hunting Daeho and blaming him for what happened, show no remorse after killing him, but then feel bad about killing other players that are actually worse than Daeho. God forbid a guy having a fear of being killed in an obvious situation that they'll lose. Even after this unnecessary witch hunting, I thought that he'd talk about Youngil or Jungbae more, as their impact throughout his journey was undeniable, but no, he just doesn't talk at all.

One of the other things that should not have happened is Junhee's giving birth in the middle of the game. It's just a weird approach. At one point when Junhee's water broke, I did predict that the baby was going to survive because some stories like to push the "parents will do anything to save their baby" narrative. Like, I don't have a problem until it's going worse with Hyunju's death, and the next game is a jump rope. Hyunju's death feels like a bigger throw-off even, because she has been a great addition, and it doesn't make sense that she died that way because she has served in the military and has a very good survival instinct in the 2nd season, and they just slide it off.

Don't even get me started with Myunggi. They wanted to make a second Sangwoo so bad, and I'm glad it failed. Was he really supposed to be the villain all this time? He literally shows a few times of going back and forth, not sure about what to do next, easily swayed. He has no resolve, just a no-brainer, a disgusting character.

I know they want to show that there's still humanity left in that place after what they're going through, but leaving a baby alone in that place was a mistake, a selfish choice, because under whose care would that baby even grow up if not with the people who know her background there? I kind of hope that at least Junhee, Hyunju, or Gihun will win and raise the baby, but then they killed everyone and forced Junho into parenthood, omfg. This guy has failed in what he was supposed to do the entire series, mind you.

While the game's whole plot is beyond help, kudos for the soldier sub-plot, though. Noeul did what she had to. She was one of a few great characters in the series. Also, shout out to Geumja and Yongsik too; their story was actually great and heart-wrenching that they had to end that way.

Anyway, I still think that there are a lot of better options for the story. I don't know why the hell they decided to go with this half-ass writing, God bless.

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Its worth it!!

I see a lot of people upset with the endings and deaths in this season , but if we are all watching the same show , they were always going to die everyone of them and somebody would has won , the show is to give a inside view of what greed does to humans , that no amount of money will ever be enough to satisfy them , no matter how much body’s they hold above their head because of that money , because the money is blood money. Gihun killing himself in the last game was to prove a point that there is still people out there who has their morals , because he was given an option but still choose to be fair , he had all the opportunities to win but he still play fair , he made a promise and he made sure it happened even if he wasn’t the one doing it. The reason i would watch it again is for my emotional distress that i do nit want to put myself through again . And the quote before Gihun died says a lot “we’re not horses, we’re humans” the vips treated them as a game as bets as objects as horses during horse racing so that quote spoke lengths me. So cinematic ,give it a try or don't its up to you

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Very disappointing

Netflix’s worst decision was splitting what should've been the second season of Squid Game into two shorter ones. What could’ve been a tense and compelling final season ended up feeling flat and uneventful. Nothing interesting really happens. We spent far too much time following the boat group, which ultimately leads nowhere.

Jun Ho isn’t a terrible character, but his arc adds little to the story. Especially in Season 3, he's not portrayed as a particularly competent detective. His most impressive feat is somehow sneaking onto the island, navigating a maze of corridors, confronting his brother from a distance, escaping, and swimming to safety—all in under 30 minutes. All that while knowing there’s a bomb.

I don’t even mind that Gi-hun dies in the end, especially since the game just ends and nothing actually changes, but what bothers me is how irrelevant soldier 11 turns out to be. Her entire quest amounts is just to save 246, and that’s it. Meanwhile, the character who gets the harshest punishment is the guy who broke into the Captain’s house and ends up in jail, which is laughable.

P.S. Couldn’t Netflix get better actors for the VIPs? They managed to get Cate Blanchett for a cameo, after all.

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It didn't disappoint

It was a biittersweet season finale. New games, aand plot twists. I wasnt disappointed with the ending at all. In fact, if it turned out differently, I would have felt cheated. It was realistic with the issues and sacrifices. as well as regrets and fight for survival.

Many would have seen the frontman as te next villian. However, as an ex-player and a previous winner he lost his humanity. The sacrifices made by the unselfish chracters restored it and probably made him a more humane man. The concept was a great one. The baby so innocent and pure, a true representation of sinless unlike the other players was the ultimate winner. Kudos to the directors, producers ,the actors and all of those people who made the show.

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