Felipe

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.