This Friday, the third season of Squid Game finally premieres, the most successful Netflix series worldwide. Much has been speculated about what will happen in the final batch of episodes: Will the mystery behind the games be revealed? Will Gi-hun be able to end them? What will happen with The Front Man? Here’s everything we know about how the ending of Squid Game 3 will unfold.
What time does Squid Game Season 3 premiere?
According to Netflix, the final season of the series will premiere at 3 a.m.
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How does Squid Game 3 end?
The third season of Squid Game has not yet been released, so its official ending remains unknown; however, the series creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, has revealed some clues about how he plans to conclude the story.
According to him, the ending will be a mix of contrasting emotions: “half sad, half happy.” This suggests that while there may be some sense of victory or resolution, moments of pain and loss will also be present. For Hwang, this season will mark the definitive end of Gi-hun‘s journey.
How many episodes will Squid Game Season 3 have?
The exact number of episodes for the third season of the series has not been confirmed; however, Netflix plans to release between 12 and 13 episodes combining seasons two and three. Since the second season already included seven episodes, this would indicate that the final installment could consist of 5 or 6 episodes.
How long will the Squid Game 3 episodes be?
So far, the exact duration of the episodes of Squid Game 3 has not been officially confirmed. However, the second season featured episodes ranging from 51 minutes to 1 hour and 16 minutes, so the new episodes are expected to have a similar runtime.
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What will Squid Game Season 3 be about?
The final season picks up Gi-hun’s journey, marked by the loss of his best friend and the betrayal of the mysterious leader, who had been manipulating everything from the shadows under a false identity. Determined to end the game once and for all, Gi-hun faces an even more dangerous fight, as his enemy seems to have every move planned out. With each trial, the stakes grow higher.
This season will also introduce new and more twisted games, while the birth of Kim Jun-hee’s child, player 222, occurs during the ongoing competition. The sinister VIPs also return — the wealthy elites who watch the spectacle behind gold animal-shaped masks.
To complicate things further, Detective Hwang Jun-ho, the Front Man’s brother, finally infiltrates the island where the bloody challenges take place. Could he be the one to end it all?
Squid Game 3: Cast
The main characters, such as Lee Jung-jae and Song Young-chan, will continue in the series; however, others like Gong Yoo, Choi Seung-hyun, and Lee Seo-hwan said goodbye to the production in the second season due to their characters’ deaths.
Here’s a list of the characters who are still alive and will return in the third and final season of the Korean series:
- Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun
- Wi Ha-joon as Hwang Jun-ho
- Lee Byung-hun as Hwang In-ho, the game’s Front Man
- Park Sung-hoon as Cho Hyun-ju
- Yang Dong-geun as Park Yong-sik
- Kang Ae-shim as Jang Geum-ja
- Oh Dal-su as Captain Park
- Jo Yu-ri as Kim Jun-hee
- Im Si-wan as Lee Myung-gi
- Kang Ha-neul as Kang Dae-ho
