What’s Squid Game Season 3 about?
Things were already pretty bad, but there’s no doubt that they could get even worse after the failed rebellion—particularly for Gi-hun. That is unless Jun-ho and his crew actually locate the island where the games are being held. For now, let’s expect a battle between Seong Gi-hun and the people in charge, starting with the Front Man.
Showrunner Hwang told Digital Spy: “If you look at seasons two and three from a larger perspective, it is a single story, but in the midst of it, there is this inflection point that sort of catapults the story into a different direction, which is going to be the ending of season two.” He confirmed to EW that it was originally one story. “I originally envisioned seasons 2 and 3 as a single story,” he said. “That’s how I wrote it. But in the process, it came out to be too many episodes. So I thought it’d be better to divide it into two.”
As we’ve already seen Season 2 ends with a big betrayal in the midst of an armed rebellion between Gi-hun and his allies and the people running Squid Game. Gi-hun’s best friend, Jung-bae, among others, ends up as collateral damage because Gi-hun doesn’t know that Young-il is actually Front Man. And, there’s a new, terrifying game awaiting the players, one that looks very much like Red Light, Green Light. Except it seems like there’s another doll awaiting them. “That’s actually a [sneak peek] of Cheol-su, who, like Young-hee, is a new giant doll that we’re going to be showcasing in season 3,” the creator/writer/director told Entertainment Weekly. “And that’s also a hint at the most exciting game in season 3 as well. So, while it hasn’t been shared yet, I hope everyone will be excited to meet Cheol-su and the new game.”
Hwang calls what’s next the “second chapter of Gi-hun and Front Man’s showdown.” And, the final one.
