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Hindustan Times
43 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Squid Game season 3 full ending recap: Final deaths, surprising winner and shocking plot twist
Seong Gi-hun, who won the first Squid Game, joins the game again in Season 3. This time, he wants to shut it down for good. But things don't go as planned. Squid Game wraps up with a wild finale, surprise guest, and Seong Gi-hun facing his toughest challenge yet. Final season spoilers ahead!(File image) At the start, Gi-hun is brought back in a coffin. He's not dead, just broken after losing his close friend, Jung-bae. He stays quiet and sad, but the game goes on. Now there's a hide-and-seek game. Players are split into red and blue teams. The red team must kill a blue player using a knife. The blue team has a key to unlock a door to safety. They need three keys to leave the final room. Hyun-ju, Geum-ja, and Jun-hee team up. Jun-hee gives birth during the game. Later, Hyun-ju dies to save Jun-hee and Geum-ja. Then, Geum-ja kills her own son, Yong-sik, to save Jun-hee and the baby. She asks Gi-hun to take care of them. The devastated mother hangs herself that night. Also Read: Squid Game season 3 review: Darker and emotionally more impactful, Netflix show gets an imperfect but fitting finale Robots Young-hee and Cheol-su are back In the next game, the robots Young-hee and Cheol-su are back. The game is giant jump rope across a narrow track. Gi-hun puts the baby in a sling and jumps. He and Myung-gi both survive. Jun-hee dies in a bid to save her baby. The VIPs decide the baby will stay in the game and give her Jun-hee's number, 222. Later, Gi-hun meets the Front Man, In-ho, who was also a past winner of the game. In-ho tells Gi-hun how he won and offers him a chance to kill others to win. Gi-hun tries, but stops. In the last round, it's Gi-hun, Myung-gi, Min-su, and the baby. The game is called Sky Squid Game. To move forward, someone must die at each step. Who eventually wins ? In the end, it's Gi-hun, Myung-gi, and the baby left. Myung-gi tries to kill the baby for money. Gi-hun fights back and wins. But then he gives up his life for the baby. He tells the VIPs they treat people like animals, although he dies and the baby wins the 4.56 billion won prize. Also Read: Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk reveals details about Squid Game Season 3: 'It's not always a happy ending' What happens next? Jun-ho, the police officer from season 1 and In-ho's brother, returns to the island. He almost brings the coast guard to stop the game, but the Front Man blows up the island to hide everything. Still, a few people survive. No-eul, a Pink Guard from North Korea, saves Player 246. He escapes and returns to his daughter, who gets her cancer treatment. Cho Sang-woo's mom and Sae-byeok's younger brother are seen waiting at the airport. No-eul flies to China in search of her own daughter. The baby and prize money go to Jun-ho, who becomes her legal guardian. At the end, In-ho visits Gi-hun's daughter in Los Angeles. She's older now. He gives her Gi-hun's belongings and the gold card with the money. As In-ho leaves, he hears someone playing the ddakji game. The recruiter this time is actress Cate Blanchett. She and In-ho look at each other. That's the hint that the game isn't over.
Cosmopolitan
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Squid Game creator reveals he wants to create a spin off
The final season of Squid Game just dropped and we have mixed emotions. While we're buzzing to be reunited with Seong Gi-hun as he fights for survival in the ever-deadlier games, we're also gutted that this is going to be the last series. Or is it? This comes as the show's creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, reveals that he has an idea for a spin-off in mind. And, that he knows exactly what it's going to be about. Plus, with Squid Game being one of Netflix's most popular shows of all time, who's to say that his vision won't be turned into reality? In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the showrunner revealed that his "faint ideation" involved a spinoff "about the three-year gap between season 1 and season 2 when Gi-hun looks around for the recruiters." Dong-hyuk continued: "There is that three-year period, and maybe I could have a portrayal of what the recruiters or Captain Park [Oh Dal-su] or officers or masked men were doing in that period, not inside the gaming arena, but their life outside of that. So that is some vague ideation that I have that could possibly be developed in the future." While this all sounds amazing (petition for Netflix to pick this up immediately), the creator also confirmed in the same interview that season 3 of Squid Game really is going to be the end. He also said that it'll be obvious that the show has come to a close. ICYMI, the latest - and last - series sees Gi-hun on a mission to end the games completely. Dong-hyuk expands: "Season 3 is indeed a finale, and you'll be able to feel that once you watch." But the hope that we're clinging on to? "I'm not trying to say that I'm going to close the door to spinoffs or sequels altogether because they say never say never," he concludes. Squid Game season 3 is now streaming on Netflix.
Economic Times
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Economic Times
Is Squid Game USA Next? Here's what the season three finale's secret might mean for fans
Agencies Image via Epic Games. Netflix's Squid Game Season 3 landed this week, ending the saga of Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), Player 456, who first captured global attention in Season 1. Viewers watched Gi-hun enter the Games to clear debts but saw him become a rebel inside the blood-soaked time, the final episode sees Gi-hun trapped in a last stand. He faces Myung-gi (Yim Si-wan) and Jun-hee's newborn baby, now Player 222. Both men kill the other contestants too soon. The cruel twist? At least one must die each round. Myung-gi's desperation ends in a fall off the platform, leaving Gi-hun with a choice — kill the baby or face the guards' defies the Games' cruelty. He ends his own life instead, shouting he is 'not a horse to be bet on but a human with a life.' He spares the child but seals his own fate. Player 456 is the final round breaks down, Lee Byung-hun's Front Man — In-ho — blows up the Games' island. Hundreds of bodies remain inside the flaming arena. Yet In-ho takes the baby and the winnings — 45.6 billion won (roughly £26 million) — and disappears before the police South Korean arena is finished. But the system that fed it? That flame flickers still. While Gi-hun's life ends, other faces from the Squid Game Season 2 cast — Jun-ho (Wi Ha-jun) and No-eul (Park Gyu-young) — wrestle with their own escapes. Jun-ho, brother to the Front Man, reaches the island at the last moment. No-eul, torn by guilt over abandoning her own child in North Korea, helps another father flee and then tries to torch the Games' the chaos, the wealthy VIPs leave untouched. No punishment. No a year passes. Jun-ho's ally Mr Choi (Jeon Seok-ho) is out of prison. Jun-ho drops his fight. But the Front Man appears again — and hands him Jun-hee's baby and that mountain of won Gi-hun first won. The prize lives on. So does the question: at what cost?And just when the story appears shut — one silent scene swings the door wide open. In the final minutes, In-ho rides through downtown Los Angeles. He spots a figure in a suit. Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett. She's playing Ddakji with a homeless man, echoing Gong Yoo's 'Salesman' from Squid Game Season eyes lock. No words. Just a nod. The Front Man closes the window. The camera fades. Hwang Dong-hyuk, the series creator, told Netflix's Tudum: 'We thought having a woman as a recruiter would be more dramatic and intriguing. And as for why Cate Blanchett, she's just the best, with unmatched charisma. Who doesn't love her? So we were very happy to have her appear.' He added, 'If Gong Yoo is the Korean Recruiter, I thought she would be the perfect fit as the American Recruiter, bringing a short but gripping and impactful ending to the story.' Lee Byung-hun confirmed he never met Blanchett on set: 'We shot our parts separately with just a camera going back and forth.'Blanchett's cameo fuels old rumours. For years, whispers have said Netflix might back a Squid Game USA. Deadline reported David Fincher might develop it. Dennis Kelly, of Utopia, is linked as writer. Sources suggest 'Squid Game: America' could start production in Los Angeles in December 2025. Netflix? Quiet for Dong-hyuk told Entertainment Weekly: 'I'm not trying to say that I'm going to close the door to spinoffs or sequels altogether because they say never say never.'Until then, the Squid Game cast stands frozen between an ending and a question Netflix, Squid Game lives beyond Gi-hun's sacrifice. There's a mobile game. The reality spin-off Squid Game: The Challenge won a BAFTA. Philadelphia and Dallas will soon house permanent Squid Game the slap of Ddakji may ring next in American streets. Squid Game Season 1 shocked the world. Seasons 2 and 3 — messy as they were — kept the fight alive. If there's more, it begins with Blanchett's nod on that Los Angeles last question for fans: ready for the next slap?
Time of India
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Is Squid Game USA Next? Here's what the season three finale's secret might mean for fans
Netflix 's Squid Game Season 3 landed this week, ending the saga of Seong Gi-hun ( Lee Jung-jae ), Player 456, who first captured global attention in Season 1. Viewers watched Gi-hun enter the Games to clear debts but saw him become a rebel inside the blood-soaked competition. This time, the final episode sees Gi-hun trapped in a last stand. He faces Myung-gi (Yim Si-wan) and Jun-hee's newborn baby, now Player 222. Both men kill the other contestants too soon. The cruel twist? At least one must die each round. Myung-gi's desperation ends in a fall off the platform, leaving Gi-hun with a choice — kill the baby or face the guards' guns. Gi-hun defies the Games' cruelty. He ends his own life instead, shouting he is 'not a horse to be bet on but a human with a life.' He spares the child but seals his own fate. Player 456 is gone. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Dukung Orang Terkasih Menghadapi Limfoma: Mulai Di Sini Limfoma Baca Undo The Island burns but the Front Man escapes As the final round breaks down, Lee Byung-hun's Front Man — In-ho — blows up the Games' island. Hundreds of bodies remain inside the flaming arena. Yet In-ho takes the baby and the winnings — 45.6 billion won (roughly £26 million) — and disappears before the police arrive. The South Korean arena is finished. But the system that fed it? That flame flickers still. Live Events Jun-ho and No-eul walk away or try to While Gi-hun's life ends, other faces from the Squid Game Season 2 cast — Jun-ho (Wi Ha-jun) and No-eul (Park Gyu-young) — wrestle with their own escapes. Jun-ho, brother to the Front Man, reaches the island at the last moment. No-eul, torn by guilt over abandoning her own child in North Korea, helps another father flee and then tries to torch the Games' secrets. In the chaos, the wealthy VIPs leave untouched. No punishment. No change. Six months later: Money moves on Half a year passes. Jun-ho's ally Mr Choi (Jeon Seok-ho) is out of prison. Jun-ho drops his fight. But the Front Man appears again — and hands him Jun-hee's baby and that mountain of won Gi-hun first won. The prize lives on. So does the question: at what cost? Cate Blanchett and 'Squid Game USA' And just when the story appears shut — one silent scene swings the door wide open. In the final minutes, In-ho rides through downtown Los Angeles. He spots a figure in a suit. Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett. She's playing Ddakji with a homeless man, echoing Gong Yoo's 'Salesman' from Squid Game Season 1. Their eyes lock. No words. Just a nod. The Front Man closes the window. The camera fades. Hwang Dong-hyuk , the series creator, told Netflix's Tudum: 'We thought having a woman as a recruiter would be more dramatic and intriguing. And as for why Cate Blanchett, she's just the best, with unmatched charisma. Who doesn't love her? So we were very happy to have her appear.' He added, 'If Gong Yoo is the Korean Recruiter, I thought she would be the perfect fit as the American Recruiter, bringing a short but gripping and impactful ending to the story.' Lee Byung-hun confirmed he never met Blanchett on set: 'We shot our parts separately with just a camera going back and forth.' Is the American Squid Game next? Blanchett's cameo fuels old rumours. For years, whispers have said Netflix might back a Squid Game USA. Deadline reported David Fincher might develop it. Dennis Kelly, of Utopia, is linked as writer. Sources suggest 'Squid Game: America' could start production in Los Angeles in December 2025. Netflix? Quiet for now. Hwang Dong-hyuk told Entertainment Weekly: 'I'm not trying to say that I'm going to close the door to spinoffs or sequels altogether because they say never say never.' Until then, the Squid Game cast stands frozen between an ending and a question mark. For Netflix, Squid Game lives beyond Gi-hun's sacrifice. There's a mobile game. The reality spin-off Squid Game: The Challenge won a BAFTA. Philadelphia and Dallas will soon house permanent Squid Game venues. So the slap of Ddakji may ring next in American streets. Squid Game Season 1 shocked the world. Seasons 2 and 3 — messy as they were — kept the fight alive. If there's more, it begins with Blanchett's nod on that Los Angeles pavement. One last question for fans: ready for the next slap?
The Herald Scotland
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
'Squid Game' ends with a whimper, but a big cameo
That's the haunting message we're left with in the final moments of Netflix's juggernaut South Korean horror drama, which wrapped up its third and last season with six episodes released June 27. Like the first two seasons, the episodes were unrelentingly bloody and bleak. And they wrapped up with an ending that might be a new beginning. Season 3 of the Netflix's most-watched show of all time was a macabre and depressing affair, a sort of half-story that seemed to indicate Seasons 2 and 3 were really just one story arbitrarily cut in half. The new episodes have all the flaws of the misguided Season 2, including that the show's core anticapitalist message has been swept aside in favor of more action set pieces and ceaseless barbarity. Any overarching point the series has been trying to make is lost in the chaos of men fighting with knives and threatening to kill a newborn baby to save their own skin. Even the quiet, eyebrow-raising final moments, which suggest that the struggle for economic justice and equality might be utterly pointless, feel less like a philosophy and more like a real-life capitalist desire for more, more, more. Season 1 of "Squid Game" remains one of the most arresting, shocking and thought-provoking TV shows ever made, so much that it became a surprise worldwide hit on the strength of word-of-mouth alone. Seasons 2 and 3 are hollow echoes of that achievement. They don't negate what that first season did, but merely dampen its effect. It's hard to remain awed when you've had two seasons worth of just, "ah." Does Gi-hun survive the final game? When the finale episode begins, our hero Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) is stuck in the last game with the late Jun-hee's newborn baby, who has become Player 222, and the baby's somewhat-of-a-dirtbag father Myung-gi (Yim Si-wan). The two men have seriously erred by killing all the other contestants before the final round of the game, because each round requires at least one person to die. In a brutal fight in which Myung-gi more than once endangers his newborn daughter (sometimes on purpose), Myung-gi ends up falling off the tall platform before the final round officially begins, meaning now either Gi-hun or the baby has to die or they will both be shot by the game workers. The wealthy VIPs watching with their gilded opera glasses are waiting for Gi-hun to kill the baby, and Gi-hun's mortal enemy the Front Man/In-ho (Lee Byung-hun) expects him to do the same. But in one final act of rebellion against the games, Gi-hun kills himself to save the child, declaring he is not a horse to be bet on but a human with a life. Player 456 is eliminated. What happens with Jun-ho and No-eul as the final game ends? Gi-hun's struggle was not the only one as the final game played out. In-ho's brother Jun-ho (Wi Ha-jun) finally makes it to the island he's been searching for these last two seasons. He arrives in time to see his brother take away the baby and set a self-destruct timer on the island. No-eul (Park Gyu-young), the games worker who has been trying to save a man with a sick daughter out of guilt for leaving her own daughter behind in North Korea, helps him escape from the island, and stays behind to burn records and feel sorry for herself. After witnessing Gi-hun's sacrifice, however, she decides not to let herself die, and evacuates the island with the rest of the workers. The VIPs make it out unscathed too, of course. They will never suffer any kind of consequence for their inhumanity. 'Squid Game': Where are they now Six months pass after the explosive end to Gi-hun's final games, and our remaining (living) characters have all moved on with their lives, or so they think. Jun-ho's loan-shark ally Mr. Choi (Jeon Seok-ho), is released from prison. Jun-ho has given up his quest and his career, but don't worry, his brother delivers him Jun-hee's baby and her 45.6 billion-won prize. One can only wonder with horror who has been taking care of that baby for her first half year. No-eul checks to make sure the father she rescued from the Games is still alive and thriving with his daughter. And she even gets good news of her own: The broker who helped her escape from North Korea has a lead on her own daughter's whereabouts. That same broker also brings us a blast from Season 1 past, reuniting the younger brother of Sae-byeok (the North Korean escapee who competed in the Season 1 games and finished third) with his mother. The Front Man remembers another family member who needs to be taken care of: Gi-hun's daughter Ga-yeong (Jo Ah-in), now living with her mother and stepfather in Los Angeles. In-ho shows up at her door with a box containing the personal effects of her father, and tells her he's dead. Inside is Gi-hun's blood-stained track suit and the debit card to his account, which In-ho has seemingly restocked with the billions of won that disappeared from Gi-hun's hotel headquarters. It's the same kind of quiet, unsatisfactory ending we saw in Season 1. That is, until the last few moments. Is 'Squid Game' getting an American spinoff? As In-ho drives away from Ga-yeong's house, his SUV stops at a traffic light across from a dirty L.A. alley, where he hears a loud slapping noise. Could it be? Yes, it is: A suited games recruiter and an American man are playing ddakji. And that recruiter isn't just anyone, it's freaking Cate Blanchett, who gives In-ho a knowing look before she goes back to slapping her prey. Then the credits roll. This A-lister cameo and revelation of an American version of the games can be interpreted in a few ways: Maybe it's just a coda that points out the true pointlessness and hopelessness of Gi-hun's rebellion. The games - and therefore wealth inequality, injustice and deep human cruelty - persist everywhere. One island off the coast of South Korea may have blown up, but no one will stop the wealthy from oppressing and crushing the poor. Or, if you are thinking about real-life capitalism, this may be a way for Netflix to introduce a U.S. spinoff. Whether that's a good idea, storytelling-wise, doesn't really matter in the great content machine that is Netflix (and, to be fair, all the other streamers, too). We'll just have to wait and see if a new show with a bloody version of Red Rover eventually hits our Netflix queues. Netflix has announced no plans for a spinoff; USA TODAY has reached out for further comment.
