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The Squid Game season 3 trailer has arrived, and fans are already scared to tune into the final season after it teased a brutal faceoff between the Front Man and Gi Hun. Still haunted by the death of his friend Jung Bae, who died in season 2, Player 456 keeps asking, “Why did you let me live?” only to be met with an even more irritating, sly smile. Now, the survivors from season 2 face deadlier new games—Netflix even confirms the return of the fear of heights, a thrill missing last season. Im Si Wan’s role will likely steal the most screen time, with his unborn baby set to be the game changer. Characters who didn’t get much screen time before, like Seon Nyeo, will have bigger roles, while favourites like Hyun Ju and Jang Geum Ja are coming back with more depth.
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The first scene in the trailer shows a new take on the famous game Red Light, Green Light. Next, we see the main character, Gi Hun, confronting the guards, demanding to know why they kept him alive. He repeats, “Why didn’t you kill me? Why did you keep me alive?” before coming face to face with the Front Man (Lee Byung Hun). “Player 456, do you still have faith in people?” Lee asks. One detail that stands out is the giant creepy doll from the first two seasons, Young Hee, who’s still around but seems to play a different role this time. The trailer also hints at the return of the old Tug of War game from season 1, though the rules look a bit twisted this time. A brutal showdown takes place in the same children’s room as teased in the posters, its walls marked by paintings that look like they were drawn by a kid, hinting that the baby born in hell has finally arrived to test how low humanity can sink. One of the biggest moments teased: Gi Hun sitting down for a talk with the Front Man.
Season 2 ended on a cliffhanger where Gi-hun led a group of players against the Front Man but failed miserably as his best friend was killed right before his eyes by the supervising Front Man. What Gi-hun doesn’t know is that the Front Man is actually In Ho, a previous winner of the Squid Game who now works as the head guard, posing as Player 001 under the name Young Il. Even though season 2 introduced many new characters, some of them didn’t get enough screen time or development. Season 3 looks like it will fix that.
“I thought that that was an adequate moment to put a stop and give [Gi-hun] a little bit of closure along [his] long story arc,” Director Hwang Dong Hyuk told Variety earlier, suggesting that season 2’s ending was meant to give some closure to Gi-hun’s long journey, but also left him feeling a huge weight of guilt and failure. “In the third season, having that sense of huge guilt and sense of failure weighing heavily on him, how is Gi-hun going to carry on his mission? That’s the story that’ll further unfold.”
While season 2 was a bit of a letdown for Squid Game fans, not quite hitting the high bar set by season 1, expectations for season 3 are sky-high. After the trailer dropped, fans are convinced the show will once more ride the Hallyu wave. “I AM NOT WATCHING THE SQUID GAME 3 TRAILER, I’M TOO SCARED,” one fan commented. “I can only imagine the betrayal, bitterness, and hatred Gi-hun will feel when Hwang In-ho reveals himself,” said another. “My mental health is not ready to take all this, sorry, I can’t,” a third added. “Bro, 456 has so much on his plate — he wants to die but can’t. WHEN GIHUN AND INHO FINALLY MET, OMG MY HEART DROPPED. INHO SAID ‘Do you still have faith in humanity?’ OH MY GOD, I CAN’T WAIT FOR GIHUN’S CRASHOUT. I’M HERE FOR ANYTHING HE DOES THIS LAST SEASON.”
Squid Game season 3 will be released on Netflix on June 27, 2025.
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