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NBC News
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
How a baby became the most pivotal character in 'Squid Game' season 3
Warning: This article contains some spoilers from season three of Netflix's "Squid Game.' The final episodes of Netflix's 'Squid Game' Season 3 push the dystopian series into darker moral territory, with one of its most emotional arcs centered on Player 222, a pregnant woman forced to fight for her life and that of her unborn child. Player 222, Kim Jun-hee (played by Jo Yu-ri), is introduced as a quiet but resilient contestant. Viewers soon learn she was lured into the game after being conned by her ex-boyfriend, Player 333, Lee Myung-gi (Im Si-wan), who tricked her into investing in a cryptocurrency scam that leaves her in debt. Here's what to know about her fate, and her child's. What happens to Player 222 in the games? In a pivotal hide-and-seek challenge, Jun-hee breaks her ankle and goes into labor. With help from Player 149, Jang Geum-ja (Kang Ae-shim), a former nurse, and Player 120, Cho Hyun-ju (Park Sung-hoon), the show's first transgender character, she gives birth while hiding from guards and other competitors. Injured and exhausted, Jun-hee fights to continue but ultimately realizes she cannot survive the next round. In a heartbreaking moment, she says goodbye to her friend Seong Gi-hun (Player 456, played by Lee Jung-jae) and willingly falls to her death, entrusting her newborn to him. In a grim twist, the game's creators assign the baby her mother's number, officially making the infant the new Player 222. What happens to Player 222, the baby? By the final game, only three players remain: Gi-hun, Myung-gi and the baby, who is Myung-gi's child. During the 'Sky Squid' challenge, Myung-gi attempts to take the child, but falls to his death after Gi-hun's coat tears under his weight. But there's a catch: Myung-gi's death occurred before the round officially began. The game cannot end until one more player dies. Gi-hun faces an impossible choice — kill himself, or kill the baby. Honoring his promise to Jun-hee, Gi-hun chooses to leap to his death, saving the child. Hwang In-ho (Lee Byung-hun), better known as Front Man, takes the baby. Where does the baby end up? The show picks up six months later. Detective Hwang Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon) receives a package: the infant, along with a debit card and a note that reads, 'The winner.' The final image shows the newborn cradled in Jun-ho's arms. 'Squid Game' creator Hwang Dong-hyuk told Netflix's press site Tudum, 'Ultimately, the baby represents the future generation.' 'I believe we also have the responsibility and duty to try everything that we can in our power to leave a better world for the future generation.' he continued. 'The baby coming out the winner was in line with the meaning of 'Squid Game'.' So, is the baby real or CGI? Lee Jung-Jae clarified to Variety that a robotic doll was used. 'The robot had actual facial expressions. It would wiggle like a newborn baby, and the weight was quite realistic. So that helped me a lot with my performance,' Lee said.
Pink Villa
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Lee Jung Jae's Squid Game 3: Yeon Joo to Jun Hee, full list of gut-wrenching deaths in Lee Byung Hun starrer season finale
Squid Game reached its finale, packed with intense games, brutal bloodshed, ruthless betrayals, and profound sacrifices. The setting of the games provided a microcosm of the outside world, where the harsh realities faced by the underprivileged remained eerily similar. The show laid bare everything, ranging from a mother's tragic final moments to a fellow competitor's selfless act of sacrifice. List of deaths in Squid Game Season 3 In episodes 1 and 2, the constants played Hide and Seek game with knives and keys. Blue team (hiders) had to use keys to exit the game room. Red team (seekers) had to kill the blue team members to escape. Park Sung Hoon's characters Yeon Joo protected fellow blue team's Jun Hee (Jo Yuri) and old woman Kang Ae Sim (Geum Ja) with his all. However, as she found the exit, she was stabbed to death by Myeong Gi (Im Si Wan). Dae Ho (Kang Ha Neul) was killed by Song Gi Hun (Lee Jung Jae) in the same challenge. The shaman also met her end in the hands of the timid Min Su (David Lee), who was under the influence of Thanos' (T.O.P) dr*gs during then. Adding to the list of poignant deaths, was Kang Ae Sim's son. He could not kill anyone due to his soft nature, and thus ended up targeting Jun Hee (Jo Yuri). To save her, his own mother stabbed him with her hairpin. As the game end buzzer went off, pink guards came and shot him to death. Following the game, Geum Ja entrusted the responsibility of Jun Hee's baby's safety to Gi Hun and hanged herself to death. In a tragic turn of fate, the one she sacrificed her son for, Jun Hee, also took her own life, as she was unable to participate in the Jumping Rope game due to her broken ankle. Nam Gyu (Noh Jae Won) also died during the same game. In the final Sky Squid game, Myung Gi and Gi Hun were the last players standing, along with Jun Hee's baby, who was now the new player 222. Myung Gi gets killed by Gi Hun, who jumps to his death, making the baby the show's winner. Kang No Eul (Park Gyu Young) saved Park Gyeong Seok (Lee Jin Wook) and they returned to their normal life. The Front Man (Lee Byung Hun) also made it out alive from the island.
