Thankfully, there was not nearly so long a wait for the third run, which has now arrived on Netflix just six months on from the previous season. The new batch of episodes has also been revealed to be the final stretch – with creator Hwang Dong-hyuk previously explaining that he couldn't decide if the "crazy" ending is good or not.
Given the general hype, it's no surprise that millions of fans worldwide have already binged through all six episodes, which are complete with several new games, a major A-list cameo, and of course the same bloody action, gripping drama and heartfelt storylines that captivated audiences in the first season.
So who wins the Squid Games? What happens to Gi-hun? Will there be another season of Squid Game? All of your questions will finally be answered as the final season of the global phenomenon premieres on Netflix – read on if you need a recap.
Who won the 34th Squid Game?
After giving birth and injuring her leg during hide-and-seek, Player 222 is left vulnerable for the ‘Jump Rope’ game, and she ultimately dies. Before she died, Gi-hun rescued her baby and vowed to protect them.
The soldiers tell the remaining nine contestants that in the upcoming game, they will have to choose three contestants to be eliminated and the rest can live and take their share of the money. Six group together - including Im Jeong-dae (Player 100) and Lee Myung-gi (333) and target Gi-hun, the baby and Min-su (125.)
The protagonist takes the knife and holds it up against the throat of a contestant while they are sleeping. However, he is unable to go through with it after he sees a vision of Sae-byeok (played by HoYeon) - who was murdered in a similar way in season 1 by Sang-woo. She tells him, "Don’t do it… You are not that kind of person."
After teaming up with Gi-hun on the second pillar, Myung-gi betrays him and wants to kill him before reaching the final game - which means he is willing to kill his own baby to walk out with the money alone. After a fight, Myung-gi is eliminated, which leaves Gi-Hun and Player 222 - however, one must die as the game has yet to begin.
However, in one last defiant act, Gi-hun maintains his humanity and sends one final message to The Front Man before sacrificing his own life, "We are not horses. We are human. Humans are…"
Player 222 is declared the winner and is taken away by The Front Man. The baby is delivered to Hwang In-ho’s house with a note that says ‘Player 222. Winner.’ Attached to the card is a golden credit card that contains the 45.6 billion won prize money for winning Squid Game.
What happens to No-eul?
After the failed coup at the end of season 2, No-eul and the rest of the pink soldiers are sent to eliminate the dissenting players - including Player 246, the father of Na-yeon, who No-eul meets at the theme park she worked at and discovers she was suffering from blood cancer.
However, she receives a call from the captain telling her to come back and threatens Na-yeon in the hospital. No-eul returns to the island alone and confronts the captain and takes him up to the control room by gunpoint to delete any record of Player 246.
After burning Player 246’s records, she finds her own papers and finds a photo of her husband and daughter, saying that her husband was executed and her daughter was dead. She sits on The Front Man’s seat and puts a gun to her own head.
No-eul receives a phone call from the broker that she hired to find her daughter, saying that they think they have found her daughter alive and well in China and she is last seen catching a flight to be reunited with her.
Why was Cate Blanchett in the Squid Game finale?
After leaving her house, The Front Man is being driven through LA. After stopping near an alleyway, he rolls his window down as he watches two people playing Ddjaki. One of the players was Cate Blanchett - playing the Gong Yoo role as the recruit for the Squid Game.
It is unknown whether Cate Blanchett will play a role in any potential spin-off series, as no concrete plans have been made just yet. However, we're sure that we're not the only ones who would love to see the Oscar-winning legend in the Squid Game universe!
Will there be another season?
Will there be another season of Squid Game? The Gi-Hun saga is officially over, and when asked if he’d "do it all again", writer-director Hwang Dong-Hyuk said, "I’m not sure I have the stamina." However, he didn’t rule out the possibility of future spin-offs.
As the season ended, it became clearer what a Front Man spin-off would look like. In-ho had a flashback and it was revealed that he was once a participant of the Squid Games as he sat with a masked Oh Il-nam - Player 001 and the founder of Squid Games.
A potential spin-off would likely show The Front Man overseeing more death and destruction in Los Angeles while we see flashbacks of how he became the masked villain after winning Squid Games.
Squid Game season 3 is coming to Netflix on Friday 27th June 2025. Sign up for Netflix from £5.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.
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