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This article contains spoilers for "Squid Game" season 3. 

"Squid Game" is Netflix's most popular show of all time and a huge pop culture phenomenon. A lot of it has to do with a deceptively simple premise: Bring together a group of colorful contestants with tragic enough backstories to warrant participating in a game that will kill almost all of them. Allow the audience time to get to know a core group of players from all walks of life. Then, kill them off via a series of visually arresting scaled-up playground games. 

As eye-popping as the show's aesthetics might be, and as fiendishly clever the games are, none of this would work if the players themselves were dull and faceless. Fortunately, the show has routinely gone all-in with fleshing out its poor lost souls, and the best characters on "Squid Game" are so deeply likeable or loathsome that viewers are...

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When Squid Game first made its way to Netflix in 2021, it became an instant fan favorite show. It featured a total of 456 players who found themselves in a 6-game survival competition, where they could win a massive splash of cash that would change their lives. The catch? Only one of them gets to have the secret organization that has a strict tradition of minimal survivors.

Despite the show revolving around several players, at its heart, it centered around the life of Seong Gi-hun, who also happens to win the game in its premiere season. Thus, making the audience feel that he was the protagonist, but he turns out not to be, and it took 3 seasons of the show to realize this!

Squid Game Hid Its Protagonist in the Limelight of Player 456

For many fans, Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), or Player 456, was the protagonist in the Squid Game...

Warning: This article contains minor spoilers for Squid Game season 3.Following the release of the third and final season of Squid Game, the show's creator revealed that he almost involved the most prominent villain in a bit more of the action. The biggest twist of Squid Game season 2 was seeing the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) go undercover as another player in the games in order to see Gi-hun's (Lee Jung-jae) attempts to end the games up close and manipulate the outcome. In-ho fakes his death during Gi-hun's failed revolt after the third game — but by Squid Game season 3's ending, he has revealed the truth to Gi-hun.

In Squid Game in Conversation, a BTS feature also now available on Netflix, Squid Game showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk reveals that he considered having the Front Man exit the games a bit later, so he would have been a participant in the Hide-and-Seek sequence seen in season 3. However,...

This article contains spoilers for "Squid Game" season 3, episode 5, "Circle Triangle Square."

Throughout Netflix's "Squid Game," the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) has been a looming, unbeatable figure. If he gives a command, it is obeyed. If he fires a gun at his brother, Hwang Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon), the bullet hits in the exact spot that allows the target to survive the wound (and the ensuing fall off a cliff) but still neutralizes him as a threat. When the big "Squid Game" season 2 Front Man twist revealed he's posing as a player, he turned out to be a social and likable guy who quickly built rapport with Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) despite donning the historically suspicious player number "001" and initially voting against leaving. He's the winner of the 2015 Squid Game, and the chosen prodigy who inherited the operation after game creator Oh Il-Nam (O Yeong-su) died. 

Assuming the story he...

Spoiler Alert !!!The following article contains spoilers from Squid Game Season 3!

After months of keeping fans on their toes, Season 3 of Squid Game wrapped up the thriller story that had kept fans on the edge and come up with ideas of their own. The final season picked right up from where it ended in Season 2, amping up the stakes and closely following their tradition of minimal survivors.

However, amidst the chaos of surviving the 6 brutal childhood games and winning 45.6 billion won, lie some hints and clever foreshadowing that unpack some hidden messages or clues concealed in plain sight.

Just like Season 2, the final season also features 6 quiet details that would have escaped even the most eagle-eyed fans of the show.

6) Cryptic Warning Before Game 6 Player 456 | Credit: Netflix

It comes as no surprise that Squid Game loves to keep open secrets from its contestants, which includes telling them the 6 games they...

The article contains major spoilers for the Squid Game season 3 ending.

Squid Game star and creator explain why Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) made that major decision in season 3's final round. The Netflix hit series finally returned with its final set of episodes, revealing the fates of several major characters, including the main protagonist Gi-hun.

With the former winner once again making it to the final round, he also held the responsibility of taking care of Jun-hee's (Jo Yu-ri) newborn child, who, in a major twist, replaced her as Player 222. At the end of Squid Game season 3, Gi-hun ultimately decides to sacrifice his life so that the child becomes the game winner.

While speaking with Netflix Tudum, Lee and show creator Hwang Dong-hyuk broke down Gi-hun's reason for the sacrifice. The star felt that the sacrifice made sense, addressing how his character's final moments were almost like seeing his own daughter.

The last time Squid Gamefans saw Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), he was at his lowest — physically and emotionally. The Korean drama’s protagonist ends the Season 2 finale lying on the ground, grieving the sudden death of his closest friend, Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan), and the failure of his attempted rebellion. Now it’s time for Gi-hun to stand up again. Squid Game Season 3 is here, revealing the final chapters of Player 456’s story.

“We’ll see how Gi-hun returns to the game arena and faces the challenges and games ahead,” creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk tells Tudum. “The story focuses on Seong Gi-hun’s transformation and how he overcomes what comes his way.”

The newly released images below hint at what’s in store for Gi-hun, his enigmatic antagonist the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun), and more characters caught in the terrifying competition. In one of the photos, you see a devastated Gi-hun...

This post contains spoilers for "Squid Game."

"Squid Game" season 2 ends on an egregious cliffhanger. Just when we think Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) will succeed in overthrowing the game makers, we're hit with a string of deaths that are bound to haunt him forever. Among them is his dear friend and former gambling buddy, Jung-bae/Player 390 (Lee Seo-hwan), but we also see the guards gun down several players who backed up Gi-hun's decision to revolt. Gyeong-seok/Player 246 (Lee Jin-uk) is also shot by an unseen guard, even though he pleads for his sick daughter back home and begs to be spared. While this death seems definitive at face value, budding theories about the final season suggested that Player 246 is alive, as his body is not seen at any point by the end of the second season. Well, these theories are correct.

Given how "Squid Game" unabashedly lingers on violent deaths to...

This post contains spoilers for Netflix's "Squid Game."

Sometime last year, season 2 of "Squid Game" ended on a baffling cliffhanger, adding fuel to the anticipation surrounding its third and final season. This anxious curiosity mostly revolved around Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), who led a failed rebellion against the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) and his recruits — an act that inadvertently led to several deaths, including that of his friend, Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan). Season 3 picks things up right where they left off, mapping the aftermath of a botched rebellion that further exposes the cruelty of the game organizers. While a severely traumatized Gi-hun simmers in guilt, his dwindling allies struggle to hold on to their will to persist, as they're surrounded by callous players driven solely by greed and bloodlust. As expected, no amount of bloodshed is severe enough for these players to vote against the deathmatch, and they do so without remorse.

After taking the world by storm in 2021, the curtain is about to close on Hwang Dong-hyuk’s “Squid Game.”

Where Season 2 premiered over three years after its predecessor, “Squid Game 3” hits Netflix barely six months on the heels of that. Season 2’s characters, stakes, and cliffhanger might be fresh in the minds of many, but it’s worth revisiting details all of “Squid Game” ahead of its final hurrah.

In case you haven’t made the time to re-binge all of Season 1 and 2 (or even if you have!), here’s a refresher on what happened in “Squid Game” and what might be critical to Season 3. While most of the characters from Season 1 are dead, Season 2’s key players are still at large — but in terrible danger unless Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) succeeds in his master plan.

The New Gi-hun

In Season 1, our protagonist was a little selfish, a bit bumbling, but...

Netflix is making sure that people know the final season of Squid Game is imminent.

Two weeks after releasing a trailer for the coming season at its Tudum fan event, the streamer followed up Friday with a second trailer. The third and final season of the Korean hit — Netflix’s most watched series to date, regardless of language — is due to premiere June 27.

The new trailer takes a somewhat more somber tone than the previous one, with quieter music and a voiceover from Jang Geum-ja/Player 149 (portrayed by Kang Ae-shim), who’s speaking to series protagonist Seong Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-jae): “Are you blaming yourself for everything that happened? No matter how you look at it, life is just unfair. Bad people do bad things, but they blame others and go on to live in peace. Good people, on the other hand, beat themselves up about the smallest things.

“I...

The final trailer for Squid Game season 3 has been released, teasing the VIPs' arrivals and confirming the return of a devastating original game. Squid Game season 3 follows the events of Gi-hun's (Lee Jung-jae) attempted coup against the Front Man, ending in the death of his best friend, Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan). With the games halfway over, it's unclear how the future will shape up, and if Gi-hun continues to revolt against the game-makers. Meanwhile, Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon) and his team are still looking for the island, unaware that Captain Park (Lee Jin-wook) is a traitor and spy.

Now, Netflix has released the final trailer for Squid Game season 3, which offers flashbacks to all the games in season 1 and 2 so far. There's a voiceover from Geum-ja (Kang Ae-shim) as she speaks to Gi-hun, saying he can't help the bad things that happen in the games, and she still believes he's there to save them.

After enduring two sets of games, a new Squid Game season 3 clip sees Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) begging the guards to shoot him. Squid Game's season 2 ending saw Gi-hun leading one final rebellion against the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun), but he was quickly betrayed and forced to watch the death of his closest friend (Lee Seo-hwan) just before being thrown back into the games. Season 3 is set to continue the story of Gi-hun's second chance for a win and will serve as the show's final season, and it is poised to premiere on June 27 on Netflix.

While viewers heavily anticipate the ending of Netflix's most-viewed non-English-language show, Gi-hun is simply looking to escape. In a season 3 clip via IGN, Gi-hun begs the guards to kill him, only to be dragged away without explanation. The clip sees Gi-hun confronting the guards and even taking one of the guns in his own hands.

The bloody competition of Squid Game has taken just about everything from its protagonist, Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) — other than his life. During his first foray into the competition, his mother (Kim Young-ok) died. In order for Gi-hun to win the game in Season 1, his friend Cho Sang-woo (Park Hae-soo) had to die. Yet it isn’t until the final scene of Squid Game Season 2 that we see Gi-hun at his absolute lowest. He closes out Episode 7 wailing on the ground, looking into the lifeless eyes of his best friend, Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan), who’s just been murdered by Front Man (Lee Byung-hun). To make matters even worse, Gi-hun has no idea that Front Man is actually Young-il, the player who Gi-hun thought was one of his closest allies in the new game.

“The end of Season 2 is going to make people more curious about how Gi-hun will...

The Squid Games are just getting started.

In the full trailer for the third and final season of Netflix’s hit series, protagonist Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) is back in the games after the failed rebellion that ended season two. This time, the stakes are raised and the competition in the very deadly games is even more deadly.

The season three trailer, released Saturday at Netflix’s Tudum fan event, shows Gi-hun questioning the game’s powers: “Why didn’t you kill me? Why did you keep me alive? Why did you let me live?” he screams. It also shows players making their way through a disorienting maze and playing a deadly game of jump rope before Gi-hun comes face to face with the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun). Watch it below.

Squid Game season three marks the final season of Netflix’s global sensation created by Hwang Dong-hyuk. Viewers go back into the games with Gi-hun,...

Netflix has released a trailer for the third and final season of “Squid Game.”

Season 3 will see Gi-hun aka Player 456 (Lee Jung-jae) continue fighting to end the game after the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) killed his best friend, Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan), at the end of Season 2.

In the trailer, Gi-hun is seen finally learning the devastating truth behind the Front Man’s identity, which the audience already knows: It’s In-ho, who pretended to be a Squid Game competitor and Gi-hun’s friend in Season 2. Gi-hun begins the trailer frantically demanding a group of guards, “Why didn’t you kill me? Why did you keep me alive? Why did you let me live?” The guards wrestle him to the ground and In-ho watches.

“Squid Game” debuted on Netflix in September 2021 and quickly became a smash hit. Season 1 is currently the streamer’s No. 1 most-watched TV season of all time,...

The game is on.

Squid Game, Netflix's South Korean survival thriller that's the streamer's most-watched series in any language, returns for its third and final season on June 27. In preparation, Netflix released the first trailer for Season 3 as part of its Tudum 2025 live event. The trailer finds Seong Gi-hun, aka Player 456 (Lee Jung-jae), returning to the game after his rebellion has been snuffed out and he was captured by the Front Man. The two-minute clip (below) shows 456 discovering that the Front Man's identity and teases the next rounds of deadly contests as the players and their captors hurtle towards a tragic endgame.

Speaking to Gold Derby ahead of the trailer launch, Emmy-winning creator Hwang Dong-hyuk told us what was in store for Season 3. "It's going to be a mixture of everything. You can imagine that it's going to be more brutal, more violent. It's going to be darker, even funnier.

Netflix's enormously popular Korean survival drama Squid Game wraps up on June 27 with one final round of games. The epic conclusion will no doubt see the people behind the brutal games get their comeuppance.

Season 2 ended on a grim note, with our main character Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) launching a failed rebellion against the sadistic people running the games. As punishment for his attempted coup, the Frontman returned to his position at the helm, but not before executing Gi-Hun's long-time friend Jung-bae, aka Player 390 (Lee Seo-hwan). But as dark as things got, it's all prelude to what we'll see in season 3. Check out the trailer below:

The final season will of course feature a few new games, all of them designed to encourage each player to stoop as low as possible. "In the case of season 3, I wanted to introduce games that could really show the lowest bottom of human beings,...

Squid Game fast turned into a global phenomenon when it dropped on Netflix in 2021. It told a story of desperation and capitalism - it was making a point about modern Korean society as well as being wildly entertaining. And now it's gearing up for its third and final season.

Show creator Hwang Dong-hyuk knows that one of the things audiences look most forward to is the games. They're all traditional Korean children's games with deadly twists. He's determined that the next season's batch won't disappoint. "In the case of Season 3, I wanted to introduce games that could really show the lowest bottom of human beings, because the series itself is reaching its climax," he told Entertainment Weekly in a new interview. "I wanted very intense games to bring out the bottom parts of human nature."

Viewers of Squid Game are certainly familiar with the bottom parts of human nature. In the Season 2 finale,...

Netflix has released the first full teaser trailer for the third and final season (seasons 2 and 3 were filmed back-to-back) of mega-popular Korean dystopian survival thriller, Squid Game.

The season 2 finale concluded on a devastating cliffhanger, with Seong Gi-hun, aka Player 456’s (Lee Jung-jae), failed rebellion leading to the death of his best friend, Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan), at the hands of The Front Man (Lee Byung-hun), who had been posing as a player in the game to earn Gi-hun's trust.

In this new trailer, we see Gi-hun being returned to his fellow contestants in a coffin, alive but no-doubt broken after his ordeal.

Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk hinted at Gi-hun's mental state heading into season 3 during an interview with Variety.

"Gi-hun having lost everything, including his best friend, and all of his attempts going to failure, it’s now, what is he going to be like? What state is Gi-hun going to be in?...

Netflix has released the first official teaser for the third and final season of Squid Game, confirming the series’ return on June 27. All episodes will debut simultaneously, concluding the global hit created by Hwang Dong-hyuk.

The footage opens with protagonist Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) being placed back inside the players’ barracks in a Squid Game coffin, a continuation of the failed revolt that closed out Season 2. Though alive, Gi-hun reenters the competition under harsher conditions as the final phase begins. Scenes from the teaser show the players facing a new set of challenges, including a giant gumball machine that appears to determine their next test.

Netflix describes the upcoming season as a return to the center of the deadly competition, with Gi-hun now driven by a singular goal: to dismantle the games. Still affected by the execution of Park Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan) at the hands of the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun...

Squid Game is back online.

Following the devastating events of season two, the third and final season of Netflix’s global sensation created by Hwang Dong-hyuk returns viewers to the games on June 27, dropping all episodes on Netflix. An episode count has not yet been announced, though six has been reported.

The final season teaser trailer (below) for the Korean drama shows protagonist Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), aka Player 456, being returned to the players’ quarters in the recognizable Squid Game coffin. Fortunately, he’s alive when his friends open the coffin. Unfortunately, their rebellion has failed and the games are back on for the final episodes of the series.

Season two ended on the major cliffhanger of the games being incomplete after a failed rebellion and Gi-hun and his subordinates once again being held captive to the rules of the game. The new footage, however, shows that the outside mission to infiltrate the headquarters continues.

The first teaser for the final season of “Squid Game” shows the games – and the series – coming to their end.

The trailer shows Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) being delivered back to the sleeping barracks in a coffin – but alive – after a failed revolt at the end of Season 2. A fast cut of clips shows an ominous gumball machine that looks to further divide the remaining players without their input, a stressful “dinner” and new arrivals to the island all while the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) watches.

“It’s time to play one last time” flashes across the screen throughout the trailer.

The second season ended with the players voting to continue the game and those voting to end it fighting each other in the bathroom. The ensuing chaos led to Gi-hun, Park Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan) and others getting into a shootout with the guards. The final moments of the episode...

It’s time for one last game. Ahead of the third and final season of “Squid Game,” Netflix has released a teaser with little revealed, but much to discuss.

“Squid Game 2” premiered in December, closing out Netflix’s 2024 and holiday programming with a bang. The highly-anticipated seven episodes debuted to 68 million views in their first week, ending with a mighty cliffhanger that makes Season 3 feel more like Season 2, Part 2.

Three years after the events of “Squid Game” Season 1, Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) is hell-bent on finding the island and dismantling the games, using his prize money only in service of this quest. When members of his search team found the elusive Recruiter (Gong Yoo), Gi-hun ended up face-to-disembodied-voice with the Front Man and demands to go back into the game.

By Season 2, Episode 3, he was back in his signature green-and-white tracksuit with the number 456 emblazoned across the chest — and 455 brand-new players...

Squid Game Season 2 actor Park Gyu-young has shared her reaction to a popular fan theory, which involves her character’s potential connection to Season 1's Kang Sae-byeok. Prior to joining the hit global series, Park previously starred in two seasons of Netflix's apocalyptic horror Sweet Home, and the thriller drama Celebrity.

During a recent interview with Forbes, Park addressed the fan theory about her character, Kang No-eul, a North Korean defector who was introduced as one of the guards in Squid Game Season 2. Some fans believe that No-eul might be related to Sae-byeok, due to their shared nationality and last name. Without confirming or denying the theory, Park said fans should just focus on the meaning behind their names, instead of their possible relationship.

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Squid Game Season 2 introduced even more unforgettable characters, from players to villains, but some stand out more than others.

Heavy spoilers ahead for "Squid Game" Season 2.

"Squid Game" Season 2 was a bold direction for the Netflix phenomenon. The season addresses head-on that the show's audience is now familiar with its concept. So, rather than trying to shock viewers with new surprises or reveals, it leans into repetitiveness, replicating the same twists as the first season and even repeating one of the games.

And yet, it works because Season 2 is all about the feeling of inevitability within the framework with the show. Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk weaponizes the fact that audiences craved more "Squid Game" and makes them regret it, delivering a much crueler and bloodier season. It starts with the new change to the games' format. You see, in Season 2, the 456 players participating in a series of deadly schoolyard childhood games for a chance at winning ₩45.6 billion have a way out. After each round, the participants are given the chance...

Spoiler Warning: This article contains spoilers for Squid Game Season 2.

Just four years after debuting on Netflix and taking the world by storm, it's almost Game over for Hwang Dong-hyuk's unmissable play-or-die K-drama already. But before we bid farewell to the South Korean creator's absurd world of pink guards, puppet masters, tracksuited players, robot dolls, and deadly twists on playground favourites, our main man Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) still has an uprising to marshal — and a final boss battle with Lee Byung-hun's Front Man to face. And ahead of the final season's newly confirmed 27 June release date, Netflix has dropped a set of tantalising first-look images from Gi-hun's last stand. Check them out below;

A bloodstained Gi-hun in cuffs. Guard No-eul (Park Gyu-young) going mask off. The Front Man having a Yorick moment with his own mask. Park Sung-hoon's trans fan favourite Hyun-ju heading up a cluster of...

Squid Game has proven to be a true phenomenon on Netflix, and the streamer doesn't want to lose the momentum. Following the success of the highly anticipated Season 2, Netflix has officially confirmed the release of the new season.

Although Squid Game was originally created as a one-season show, its worldwide popularity led to a follow-up. When creator Hwang Dong-hyuk got to work on Season 2, he realized he had too much footage for the second installment, and decided to split it into two. Luckily, after a long wait in between the first two seasons, this won't be the case for Squid Game Season 3, as it will hit Netflix on June 27.

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The actor's accidental slip might have leaked her character's elimination in Squid Game Season 3.

If the date sounds familiar to you,...

In the season 2 finale of Squid Game, Player 456, Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-jae), launches his long-planned rebellion against the perpetrators of the sadistic Squid Games. However, his revolt is ultimately in vain, and in the final moments, the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) returns to his place at the head of the snake, killing Gi-Hun's close friend Park Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan) as punishment for the failed rebellion.

This cliffhanger takes us right into season 3, which airs later this year. With the Front Man no longer acting undercover as a contestant and instead donning his black mask and overseeing everything, the games will continue. There are still three games left to play in the tournament, and just a shrinking pool of remaining contestants. One of them is Player 222, Jun-hee, who is heavily pregnant.

Speaking to Cinema Today, actress Jo Yu-ri teased the brutal story to come in season 3. In true Squid Game fashion, it's going to be a wild,...

Lee Seo-hwan, the actor who chillingly portrayed the ill-fated Park Jung-bae in Netflix’s “Squid Game,” has offered a chilling glimpse into the potential darkness that may consume Gi-hun in the upcoming third season.

In a recent interview with Radio Times, Seo-hwan, who himself met a grisly end in the brutal games, shared his own unsettling predictions for Gi-hun’s future. “I know nothing about Season 3, but as a viewer and a fan myself, I think there could be three possibilities,” Seo-hwan mused, a hint of a chilling smile playing on his lips. “One would be Gi-hun losing all hope, and the second, him becoming even more vengeful. But the third possibility…” He paused, letting the ominous silence hang in the air, “…would be him becoming vengeful towards the players, not the people behind the game. If I were Jung-bae, I think it would be most heartbreaking to see Gi-hun...

Squid Game star Jo Yu-ri shared her reaction to fan theories about the highly-anticipated third and final season of the hit Netflix series. Jo was first introduced in Season 2 as Kim Jun-hee/Player 222, a young pregnant woman who joins the survival competition in hopes of winning the money to start a new life with her baby.

During a recent interview with Cinema Today, Jo revealed that most of the circulating fan theories about Squid Game Season 3 haven’t gotten close to what they really have in store for viewers. She teased fans to expect a much more "brutal and cruel" storyline for the remaining characters of the show. "It seems like a lot of people have been predicting the contents of Season 3, but it seems like not many of them have gotten it right as I thought," Jo said. "A truly unimaginably brutal and cruel story awaits, so please look forward to it.

Gi-hun's attempt to overturn Squid Game was foiled in the Season 2 finale. Actor Lee Seo-hwan said Gi-hun might resort to unspeakable acts now that he's more desperate than ever.

Lee Seo-hwan's dark theory for Squid Game Season 3 includes Gi-hun's villain arc. Speaking to Radio Times, Lee said his character Jung-bae's death might have pushed Gi-hun over the edge. "I know nothing about Season 3, but as a viewer and a fan myself, I think there could be three possibilities," he mused. "One would be Gi-hun losing all hope, and the second, him becoming even more vengeful. But the third possibility would be him becoming vengeful towards the players, not the people behind the game." That last possibility just stoked one fan theory that Gi-hun would become the next Front Man.

Related Squid Game Star Accidentally Spoils Season 3 With Potentially Huge Plot Leak

One of Squid Game Season 3's biggest plot twists...

After an amazing second season, Netflix's hit survival thriller series will be back with its third and final installment this year. That’s right, Squid Game will return, and fans can expect even more intense challenges, shocking twists, and edge-of-your-seat drama as the story reaches its gripping conclusion.

Squid Game season 2 ended on a shocking cliffhanger that left viewers eagerly speculating about what’s next for the remaining characters. Like the first season, there were many character deaths. While some were heartbreaking, others felt inevitable. However, there were three that stood out the most to us. With these characters truly gone and no chance of their return, it's clear we won't be seeing them in Squid Game season 3. Find out who they are below!

Spoilers from Squid Game season 2 ahead!

Lee Seo-hwan as Jung-bae in Squid Game season 2 | No Ju-han/Netflix Jung-bae

Jung-bae's death had to be one of...

Squid Game Season 2 has come and gone faster than you could play a game of ddakji, and although the show certainly has the prowess to dominate the conversation for the better part of two months, Netflix's binge model saw to it that most people watched Season 2 in its entirety within the first few days of it dropping. Everyone is already waiting on pins and needles to see how Hwang Dong-hyuk and his crew follow up Season 2, and one of the stars who met an unfortunate fate in the Season 2 finale has weighed in on where he thinks the story is going. During a recent interview with Radio Times, Lee Seo-hwan, who plays Park Jung-bae in the show, says he has a theory for where Season 3 could be heading for Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), and it's dark:...

This article contains spoilers for Squid Game Season 2.

Park plays Kang No-eul, a North Korean defector who is desperately trying to find out more information about her young daughter left behind in the North. No-eul ends up entering the games — not as a participant, but as a masked soldier, cladded in a bright pink uniform and given the license to kill participants who fail each round of the winner-takes-all games.

This twist in her identity was not something that Park was aware of during the two rounds of auditions she went through for the second season of the trailblazing show.

“I went through two rounds of auditions, not knowing what role I would be playing,” Park tells Deadline. “I was just given a lot of lines to read. The first audition round, I sent in an audition tape. The second round was in person with the director and the creator.

It is needless to say that Netflix knows how to captivate viewers. Bring in all-consuming greed, heartbreaking drama, and completely twisted minds, and you have fans hanging onto some of the most successful Netflix series ever. Hwang Dong-hyuk’s Korean dystopian series, Squid Game, is not just a display of gory games and shocking deaths, but it also shows the daunting sides of humanity and the lack thereof. The idea of democracy is turned upside down and deeply entangled with mind-boggling capitalism. While Lee Jung-jae’s Gi-hun doesn’t care about money and is solely dedicated to ending the games, there is a dark theory surrounding the fate of Player 456.

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This article contains Major Spoilers for Squid Game Season 2.

Seong Gi-hun failed to overturn Squid Game in Season 2. Actor Lee Byung-hun teased all is not lost, however.

Squid Game Season 2 ended with a shocking upset. Audiences feared Seong Gi-hun's revolt would ultimately fail with Hwang In-ho / the Front Man secretly among them. Gi-hun learned a hard lesson in the Episode 7 cliffhanger, when the Front Man emerges to execute Jung-bae. The season featured multiple villains including the Recruiter, Im Jeong-dae, and Choi Su-bong ("Thanos); the Front Man is by far the most insidious, inserting himself into the games and Gi-hun's group. Actor Lee Byung-hun told Tudum this had an unexpected impact on Hwang In-ho; Lee teased Gi-hun might win In-ho over before the series finale.

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Squid Game's Front Man star Lee Byung-hun elaborates on his character's internal struggle until the final moments of season 2. The series has continued its exploration of power and human nature through its survival games, which specifically target people in financial need. As one of the most crucial figures in the series, the Front Man (Lee) has been a symbol of both fear and authority, driving the deadly game behind the scenes. The big twist was that the Front Man joined the game disguised as Player 001 but eventually returned to his persona in the Squid Game season 2 ending and, not long after, killed Gi-hun's best friend, Jung-bae.

While speaking with Netflix's Tudum, Lee elaborated that the Front Man’s emotional turmoil is most evident in his decision to kill Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan). The Player 001 star believed that the antagonist may have felt "mixed emotions." However, he noted that despite their camaraderie,...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Squid Game season 2.

Squid Game season 2 star Lee Jung-jae explains Gi-hun's justification for sacrificing other players as the season progresses. Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk, the Netflix thriller show became a sensation in 2021, chronicling Gi-hun's journey through a series of deadly games to win a massive sum of prize money. Squid Game season 2 brought the show back in December with Gi-hun now working to take down the games, and the finale sees a number of his fellow players get gunned down as they make a violent push toward the control room.

During a recent Squid Game season 2 featurette shared by Netflix K-Content, Lee breaks down Gi-hun's state of mind heading into the games and how things shift over time. According to the star, the lack of progress the character is making in terms of saving lives and stopping the games leads to him becoming more ruthless and...

All episodes of Squid Game Season 2 are streaming on Netflix, and the wait is now on for the third and final season. Fans can take solace in knowing that Season 3 won’t take over three years to arrive as Season 2 did — a recent leak revealed that the next season is coming this summer — but everyone is still anxious to see how the Emmy Award-winning series ties everything up in what is confirmed to be its final season. The second season of Squid Game ends on a cliffhanger with Lee Jung-jae’s Seong Gi-hun failing to put a stop to the games and watching his friend Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan) die. During a recent behind-the-scenes interview with Netflix, Seo-hawn shared some intriguing insight into his character’s demise that gives the scene a different perspective:...

A cameraman has been spotted in Squid Game season 2 by eagle-eyed audience members in a filming blunder for the Korean Netflix original series. Season 2 focuses on Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) going back into the mysterious game, hoping to face down the Front Man and end the killing of participants once and for all. This includes a new cast of participants, alongside returnees like Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon) and Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan). The ending of Squid Game season 2 received some mixed reviews from audiences, who enjoyed the show but felt the final episode wasn't a proper season finale.

Now, Slice_Remote on r/SquidGame has pointed out a camera man in one shot of Squid Game season 2, episode 7, "Friend or Foe." During an action sequence when Gi-hun leads contestants in fighting against the game's soldiers, the user noticed a cameraman in the upper right corner of one of the shots. Check out the...

Squid Game star Lee Seo-hwan, who plays Jung-bae, talked about the tragic death at the end of season 2. The hit Netflix show's sophomore return follows Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), who has been obsessed with ending the games since the season 1 finale. Seo-hwan was among the Squid Game season 2 cast who returned, alongside Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, and Wi Ha-joon. While Seo-hwan had a minor role in the freshman season, he is one of the main characters in season 2. Unfortunately, Jung-bae is killed by The Front Man (Byung-hun) at the end of Squid Game season 2.

In a behind-the-scenes interview for Netflix, Seo-hawn discussed his tragic death scene, specifically focusing on his final moments with Gi-hun, who led the rebellion at the end of season 2. The Jung-bae actor revealed that his character didn't blame Gi-hun for his death and actually wanted to apologize to him for not finishing his role in the rebellion. Read...

Squid Game stars revealed that one actor couldn't actually complete one of the games featured in season 2, even though the character they were playing won the game. Squid Game season 2's cast includes Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, and Wi Ha-joon, who all reprise their roles from season 1. However, Squid Game season 2 also features a plethora of new characters, including Jun-hee, who is portrayed by Jo Yu-ri. In season 2, Jun-hee joins the games despite being pregnant, which complicates the story of the season.

In an interview with Netflix, Squid Game stars Lee Jung-jae, Lee Seo-Hwan, Kang Ha-neul, and Jo Yu-ri discuss filming the Six-Legged Pentathlon, which is one of the games featured in season 2. The Six-Legged Pentathlon is split into five mini-games, one of these games being Ddakji. In the interview, Yu-ri and the other stars recall how much trouble she had flipping the envelope in Ddakji. Yu-ri explains that she...

Warning: There are spoilers ahead for Squid Game season 2.

One of the main questions heading into Squid Game season 3 is what the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) will now do to Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae). The Front Man participates in the games as Player 001 and goes by the fake name of Oh Young-il in season 2. He seemingly forms a connection with Gi-hun and several other Squid Game players and works closely with them. The Front Man even joins Gi-hun's rebellion against the guards and the games.

However, by the end of Squid Game season 2, the Front Man brings a swift end to Gi-hun's failed rebellion. After making Gi-hun believe that Player 001/Young-il is dead, the Front Man puts the mask back on and proceeds to kill Gi-hun's friend, Park Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan) in front of him. Through this major Squid Game season 2 death, the Front Man has succeeded in bringing Gi-hun to his lowest point yet,...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Squid Game season 2.Squid Game season 2 ends with a heartbreaking twist involving Front Man/Hwang In-ho, but for those who want a better ending, Lee Byung-hun's 15-year-old K-drama, Iris, is a good follow-up watch. After an extended hiatus, Netflix's groundbreaking Korean show returns for its much-anticipated sophomore year. The latest ensemble is largely composed of new faces, primarily because most of the players from its debut year ended up dying during the competition, Squid Game season 2 features some familiar faces. Aside from Lee Jung-jae's Seong Gi-hun, who re-enters the underground game, it also sees Lee reprise his role as Front Man.

Front Man's role in Squid Game season 1 was minor. He was mostly behind his mask, commanding the guards who facilitated the deadly competition. It wasn't until later in the run that he was unmasked, as he came face-to-face with his police officer brother,...

Warning: There are spoilers ahead for Squid Game season 2.

Squid Game's Front Man actor, Lee Byung-hun, confirms an important detail during the six-legged race. The new game in Squid Game season 2 requires teams of five to have their legs tied together while each individual has to complete a mini-competition. Each team only has five minutes to complete the entire challenge, with the losing team being gunned down by the guards. Under the guise of Player 001, the Front Man is on the same team as Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) and is responsible for the spinning top portion of the race.

In a Netflix behind-the-scenes video of Squid Game season 2, Lee confirms that the Front Man is left-handed, but uses his right hand during the competition. Lee was concerned about making this look convincing since he is right-handed, and the switch-up is meant to make it more challenging for the Front...

[This story contains major spoilers from the Squid Game season two finale.]

Hwang Dong-hyuk has crafted Squid Game as a three-season story. But the creator of Netflix’s global smash-hit series has ideas to continue on by turning it into a franchise.

“When we were doing season one, I was saying there was never going to be another season,” Hwang told The Hollywood Reporter when launching season two. “And so if the time comes, and it just so happens that I’m able to come up with a character or a different story, then maybe there might be a comeback. But I’m thinking more along the lines of a spinoff.”

Among the multiple ideas he shared for a spinoff series emerges a theme: filling in the gaps. Hwang suggests telling the backstories of other characters, or even exploring the lost time between seasons one and two for returning characters Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) and/or Recruiter...

Warning: The following article contains Spoilers for Squid Game season 2.Squid Game actors Lee Jung-jae and Lee Seo-hwan reveal which season 2 games were hardest to film. Taking place three years after Seong Gi-jun (Jung-jae) became the sole survivor of the deadly competition, he returns to the island in season 2 in an attempt to stop the system from taking more lives. While there, Gi-jun finds himself reunited with his best friend, Park Jung-bae, in the game.

In an interview with Et, the actors behind Gi-jun and Jung-bae talk about the most difficult games to film for season 2. Seo-hwan reveals that Round and Round, where players stand on a spinning wheel and have to form a group of certain numbers at each stop, was the most difficult for him because of the flashing lights and speed. Jung-jae shares that Red Light, Green Light was the most physically demanding due to Gi-jun's mentality...

In Squid Game: The Challenge, as 456 hopeful contestants zipped themselves into those green tracksuits made famous by the South Korean drama series Squid Game and competed for an incredible cash prize, the reality show took great pleasure in emphasizing just how debt-ridden and desperate most of the competitors were. It was all utterly tasteless, flying directly in the face of Squid Game’s message about the dehumanizing effects of modern capitalism. But The Challenge did come up with a clever trick that Squid Game 2 similarly employs to great effect: using the audience’s familiarity with the games against them.

The second season of Hwang Dong-hyuk’s series begins three years after Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) emerged from the Squid Game with ₩45.6 billion in prize money and a burning desire for revenge. He’s spent that time and much of that fortune amassing weapons and a small army of followers, all...

Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk teased what fans can expect from Gi-hun’s storyline in the highly-anticipated third and final installment of the hit Netflix thriller. This comes after over a week since the show’s Season 2 debut, which had already broken viewership records for the streamer. It became the first Netflix show to garner 68 million views in its premiere week, beating Wednesday Season 1’s previous record of 50.1 million views.

Hwang opened up about Gi-hun’s Season 3 storyline, following the shocking Squid Game Season 2 finale that left Gi-hun in a state of shock and heartbreak. Speaking with Variety, the Emmy-winning creator confirmed that the final installment will introduce another side of Gi-hun, as he finds himself in a more difficult and seemingly hopeless situation. "For the storyline of the third season, Gi-hun having lost everything, including his best friend, and all of his attempts going to failure, it’s now,...