Squid Game Season 2 left viewers shocked as Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) made a daring return to the deadly games, risking it all to bring the dangerous contest to a close permanently. The popular Netflix series is now making its comeback with the third and concluding installment this week, giving fans the resolution they’ve been eagerly anticipating since the show first captivated audiences in 2021.

Squid Game Season 3 resumes after Gi-hun’s uprising against the masterminds of the competition. Accompanied by his closest friend Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan) and supported by several fellow participants who resisted the pink-suited guards, Gi-hun aimed to confront the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) and end the Squid Game. However, Gi-hun was unaware that the Front Man had already inserted himself into the games as Player 001, known as Young-il, gaining Gi-hun’s trust all along.

To deepen the betrayal, the Front Man took Jung-bae’s life in the Season 2 conclusion, shattering Gi-hun’s previously hopeful perspective. Does this also spell the end of Gi-hun’s mission to dismantle the Squid Game?

Jung-jae said he doesn’t believe Gi-hun is aware of Young-il’s secret identity just yet but will still be fundamentally changed by the loss in Season 3. “I don’t think he knows yet. I think he’s blaming himself for everything that happened,” he told Netflix’s Tudum. 

Director and writer Hwang Dong-hyuk also teased what fans should expect in the highly anticipated conclusion of Squid Game. Gi-hun will be pushed to new limits with everything he’s gone through because of the games. “Is he still going to believe that he will be able to persuade others and leave together or put an end to the game?” Hwang said, per Tudum. “Or will he give in and become a completely different person? Someone just like the Front Man, who thinks, ‘What can I change?’”

“Gi-hun is overwhelmed with a profound sense of defeat and remorse,” he said. “In Season 3, we’ll see how Gi-hun returns to the game arena and faces the challenges ahead.” 

How many episodes are in Squid Game Season 3?

Squid Game Season 3 will have six episodes, all of which will be available to stream on Netflix beginning Friday, June 27.

Squid Game Season 3 will mark the conclusion of the Korean series.

But the Squid Game franchise is expanding with an English-language spinoff series being developed by David Fincher, in addition to the reality series Squid Game: The Challenge.