Squid Game Season 3

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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Keep Hollywood out of Korea

I have a feeling this was created to cater to both Netflix and an American audience the reason kdramas are so good is, because they lean into family and friendship no matter how bad things get. Korean drama characters also fight and never give up. Spoiler part=This seemed to go off the rails as a father was willing to kill his son,all the MC just give up and just accept their fates. I would have been fine with a sad ending but no ending(us spinoff) and gold cards? seriously? Give me a break...the fact the main antagonist just walks away and the brother stops his search..what??

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whats with the ending?

i started to get so pissed off by gihoon because he was being kinda like a jerk, not wanting to push that guy at the bridge, or trying to kill daeho even tho /it was/ kinda his fault the fact that they caught them while trying to escape and that they killed his friend.

also, i didnt want gihoon to survive/win again because itd be so boring (thank god he died but were they hinting he was still alive? ugh) but the baby winning? i dislike babies, and in shows/movies like this they pissed me off even more (i obv didnt want them to die dont get me wrong) but also maybe myeonggi couldve survived if they had pressed that mf button to start the round.

the first season of squid game was clearly the best one. and idk, if ive said this before, but i wasnt supposed to watch the 2nd season lmao because i hate when something gets popular, and i started to dislike it BUT i couldnt help myself when haneul and siwan got announced for the 2nd season😓 i just love them, theyre such a great actors and this show wasnt the exception

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why...just why... 0 added value

3 seasons later i dont even have any feels for the characters anymore. Most of them free loaders and just weird greedy people. The excitement from s1 games is totally gone by now. Honestly they should have revealed how this organisation fully began instead of adding more games in...the 10s of flashback we got about 001 was the most exciting part in the series cause we finally got some idea about how he became the boss.

the detective....im sorry really for 2 seasons all he did was go from island to island like thats all...no progress at all...

overall since s2 i was quite disappointed so i didnt have much expectations but this was more boring...

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A truly under appreciated piece of media

Despite the popular consensus, I think it was quite enjoyable, it’s been a while since I watched something this engaging.

Where to start with this one honestly. I feel like season 2 and season 3 are an unappreciated piece of media, and are miles better than season 1. To get to that conclusion we have to delve into what the show really represents, and what it’s really about. If I want to put it simply, squid game was always about men vs capitalism, and how it corners people and can change people, sometimes even make monsters out of them. Squid game season 2 and 3 does an amazing job at pushing the boundaries of how far can humanity’s greed can develop. Now that we’ve established this, let’s talk about a few points that I want to address.

Story: I have thoroughly enjoyed the story. The pacing felt a little bit mixed in my opinion, at first I loved it, since there was a bigger gap between the character’s deaths, so it gave us more time to get to know them, to make us attached, and actually care about those characters, which I thought was severely lacking from season 1. But towards the third season, I thought that the pacing became too fast for my liking and I didn’t necessarily agree with that choice. Besides the pacing the only gripes I have with the show are the detective’s storyline and soldier 11’s. They felt like they took up way too much time, and barely progressed anywhere, so they felt empty to say the least.

Characters: I have really enjoyed the characters this time around. We had a cast of colourful characters, with varying personalities, with their own internal strives and personalities. They felt engaging, interesting, and most importantly, alive. I also love the decision to make a few of the characters have some sort of relations with each other, it made some of the ethical dilemmas even better.

Ending: This is where I may lose some people, but I enjoyed the ending. I think it was a fitting last chapter for Gi Hun’s character. With his final act, he defied not only the games, but the ideologies/philosophical views of the ones who created the game. He proved that Humans are not playthings, nor racing horses. Humans are… kind, compassionate, selfish, selfless, cold, brave, greedy, two faced, hypocritical, guilty, innocent and so on… Humans are anything they choose to be, they are diverse, and they are living beings, not playthings. There are several complaints about the endings, mainly the fact that we did not learn anything new about the games, which I don’t mind all that much honestly. This trilogy was always the story of Gi Hun, not the games. It was a story of opposing philosophical/moral views. In the end, no matter how hard we try, the system in which we all are under will always win, because it’s designed that way. Unless the system itself doesn’t change, we can’t win.

On paper, I can understand how people can find the last 2 seasons underwhelming. But I also do believe that, they don’t see the bigger picture. As much as I don’t like to throw this around this, but the backlash that this show is getting is just more proof that media literacy is severely lacking. If you look at the show for what it really is, I think you’ll enjoy yourself, especially if you like to question morals sometimes. I gave it a 8 out of 10, and I’m excited for the next thing in the squid game universe, the potentials are endless, and I can’t wait to see more.

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A disappointing last season that tarnishes the near perfect first season of a show

This season was disappointing and the ending was frustrating.

Now, I know many people will say that the ending has lots of meaning - Innocence winning, proving that everyone is greedy at the end, and that sometimes good can just never win against evil. My response to that is that all of this would have been entertaining if S2+S3 was a standalone story. Imagine a standalone story with no baggage with the baby winning the game. Epic.

Where things fall apart is that S3 was supposed to wrap up an already launched story. All of the commentary on society and shock value has already been covered in S1, so we were supposed to see the characters accomplishing what they set out to do.

Instead, everyone failed. We got a repeat of the same commentary about greed and selfishness through the characters actions. No one we rooted for survived, and a baby that came too late in the story won.

Even if one character had made a difference.. if Jun Ho had killed a few VIPs on his way out or if Gi Hun had managed to avenge and do something that would ensure the games don't happen again or if a character we rooted for since S2 had won, I think the ending would have been more satisfying.

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Speechless. In a bad way

I have legit nothing to say.

So much frustration, so many years pent up thinking it’ll be a solid ending. I guess i’m dissatisfied because it’s not a satisfying revenge ending, but this whole thing honestly felt like a ddakji slap in the face. It made us all watch this with hopeful optimism for a good ending, only for it end like that. And to think that nobody paid for their sins…I guess it’s the cruel truth of the reality. But even if it is reality, I’m not obligated to like it. I wish it had a satisfying ending.

Cate Blanchett was a cool little cameo though.

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running man did it better

I’m severely disappointed, I won’t just say I can write it better, though I can and yes my work won't be polished so I'll just write my criticism

we knew people are gonna die, even the "good" people we were rooting for, it's not going to be squid games if everyone survives, but sweet home did it better in the sense of who dies when, also, running man easily did the children’s game being “murderous” tho it was not real murder but the thrill of any tag ripping game and the other games where always so much better
and alice in boredeland did the game of "tag" more thrilling too, the twist and the angst was so deep

And the twists in RM? Pure gold
like the last game, RM did a game similar to it, in the pool where people "drawn", and in those games, the weak would sacrifice themselves to take down jongkook, the strongest
or someone would slip and then still hold on to drag someone with them, super dramatic


here, anyone of the "good guys" would've sacrificed themselves for the baby, but they were taken out just so 456 gets the "privilege"
333 going from helping them, to throwing 100 out without a thought, to the "sacrifice" hurt guy killing himself so one less person survives
and then 333 wouldn't let 456 on so he'd be alone with the baby, and would he have killed the baby? when he had 456 to kill, or would he have sacrificed himself for his baby but he wasn't main enough to do that

333 going on a killing spree making him too guilty to survive but too greedy to sacrifice himself for his child, and taking 120 out, and she didn't even look back when she returned to an old lady and the woman who just gave birth?
149 giving up her killer role to her son who she knew wouldn't be able to kill anyone? just for her to stop him from killing the only person he found? 222 was hurt already close to death anyways
if 149 stayed as the hunter, her son would've sacrificed himself if she wasn't able to get a hold of anyone to kill

The cgi baby was sooo weird, Renesme Korean vr xD

residents playbook “delivered” so many babies and they were all real, also 90% of the babiy’s face scenes were not when she was in danger, and they just carried a pillow for the other 10% xD also the “dangerous” scenes weren’t real either xD

Another thing that annoyed me was the how on every death

222 and the 149 shouldn’t have changed from haunter, atleast they should’ve given it to 120
120 did not suddenly lose sight of how they were prey

333 could’ve carried the baby while 456 carried 222

333 did not need to kill 100 and leave no “sacrifice” beside his own baby xD
And honestly he’d have been the one sacrificing himself for the baby but the writer didn’t want anyone to have that “privilege”

so many things were cheeped out, and that's when you feel it, this plot was a one season thought that got starched tooo thinly it was left falling apart



What would’ve happened if 456 decided he’d “kill himself and the baby” so the vips didn't have a winner?
Would they stop and announce double winners like the hunger games?

Honestly tho speaking of the hunger games, ml had more than enough funds to make a huge rebellion and army to attack the game and the vips so the rest would always fear him and so the games would’ve stopped 🤣

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S1 had a better ending than this.....

When Netflix announced they'd be making s2 and 3 of squid game, I wasn't thrilled. I personally liked the open ending of s1, and wasn't sure how they could come to an ending that felt satisfying. And honestly, it seems like they couldn't.

Season 3 picks up right where s2 left off, after Gihun's failed attempt to raid the control room. Then, we're put right back into the games. Compared to s2, I did feel like the games in this season were a bit more high stakes and I was more invested in some of the characters at this point. Plus, the story with the detective really picked up in a fun way. But still, this season didn't wow me.

*Spoilers for the ending start here*

I understand the whole point of the baby being born into the games, but it felt like such a predictable way for things to go. You already hate the kid's father, so that part didn't even feel emotional. I thought it was so obvious what was going to happen at the end of the last game, and I was exactly right. It felt like such a stupid move too - Gihun's entire goal is to fight back against the system, try and destroy the games from the inside, etc. and NONE OF THAT HAPPENS! Instead he sacrifices himself for the baby which, again, I understand why he would make that choice, but the entire setup of this last game just felt so odd to me. To totally ruin the main character's initial goal by forcing him to sacrifice himself, leading to the games continuing on just not in Korea? I did enjoy Inho's moment of returning Gihun's items to his daughter, but it still just felt like such a waste of an ending. I really wish I just watched s1 and ended it there. And I definitely won't be watching any spin offs if they decide to continue making them....

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