How does ‘Squid Sport’ finish? Who wins the ultimate sport, Participant 456’s destiny and extra, defined

After three seasons, a whole bunch of deaths, billions of Korean received handed out, and a seemingly infinite rollercoaster of twists and turns, “Squid Sport” has now dropped its ultimate episodes on Netflix.

A collection that wasn’t initially designed for a second season, “Squid Sport” grew to become a phenomenon with a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of views all over the world.

Season 1 launched audiences to the Korean collection during which a secret sport present was performed on a distant island for the advantage of a number of, rich, masked, VIPs, with just one winner allowed to take residence the prize.

Seasons 2 and three returned that winner (Lee Jung-jae, who performed Seong Gi-hun, aka Participant 456) to the sector, but additionally delved into the lives of the armed, pink-suited guards and a bulldog detective decided to close the entire system down.

Now that the ultimate sport (or so we predict) has been performed, who had been the winners? Who had been the losers? Let’s dig into what we all know. However beware — issues get darkish on this “Sport.”

Warning: Spoilers for all of “Squid Sport” forward.

Does Participant 456 die in ‘Squid Sport’? Seong Gi-hun’s destiny, defined

Gi-hun went by means of the wringer in Seasons 2 and three. He introduced himself again into the sport to be able to subvert it, believing that his expertise might foment a insurrection among the many gamers. It turned out within the sport — as usually in actual life — gamers most popular to vote for their very own private pursuits, reasonably than what was finest for the collective, a brutal metaphor.

Disillusioned by humanity after a number of of the video games, Gi-hun checked out of lively participation as a lot as he might — till circumstances introduced him a child to guard throughout the sport. The infant was given its late mom’s (Jo Yuri, enjoying Kim Jun-hee, aka Participant 222) quantity, and permitted to “take part” in her stead.

Within the ultimate spherical of the Sport, Gi-hun and the child made it to the final stage. They’d needed to face off quite a few ultimate gamers within the final check, which concerned pushing gamers from the highest of a number of tall towers. However on the ultimate tower, Gi-hun, the child, and Participant 333 (Yim Si-wan, enjoying Lee Myung-gi, the child’s father) had been the one ones left standing. The principles dictated that one individual on the tower should die for the sport to finish, however that individual needed to die after a button on the tower is pressed. Gi-hun and Myung-gi combat — and Myung-gi fell from the tower.

Sadly, the button wasn’t pushed earlier than he fell, so time had not began and the demise didn’t depend. A demise was nonetheless required to finish the sport. The VIPs of their protected sales space anticipated Gi-hun to sacrifice the child — however they clearly didn’t know him nicely. There’s no actual successful at Squid Sport, the present gave the impression to be saying — all that cash didn’t make Gi-hun’s life a complete lot higher. So Gi-hun kissed the child, put her on the bottom and switch to the digital camera to say, “We’re not horses. We’re people.” Then he fell from the tower and died.

It’s a bittersweet ending, however a profound one — and answered the query Entrance Man requested Gi-hun in Season 3: “Do you continue to place confidence in individuals?”

By not sacrificing an harmless child, we bought Gi-hun’s ultimate reply.

So, who wins ‘Squid Sport’ in Season 3?

Participant 222, the toddler.

What concerning the detective, Jun-ho, who’s been investigating the Squid Sport?

Hwang Jun-ho (performed by Wi Ha-joon) was too late to save lots of Gi-hun, however he was capable of ship the Korean Coast Guard to the island.

Jun-ho did rescue the escaped Participant 246 (Park Gyeong-seok, performed by Lee Jin-wook), whose daughter was hospitalized with leukemia.

Jun-ho arrived on the island, in search of his brother (In-ho, aka Entrance Man, performed by Lee Byung-hun), making it to the VIP chamber — simply as In-ho retrieved Participant 222/the child from the highest of the ultimate tower.

Jun-ho thought of taking pictures his brother, however couldn’t, afraid of harming the child. Six months after the sport ended, Jun-ho discovered the child and the sport’s prize cash left for him (most likely by In-ho).

Does the pink-suited guard No-eul survive?

Kang No-eul (aka Guard 011, performed by Park Gyuyoung), had misplaced her daughter and bonded with Participant 246’s little one earlier than coming to the island as a guard.

However when she found the organ harvesting operation happening between the guards and the useless gamers, she stepped up her efforts to assist Participant 246 escape.

She destroyed all proof he had been on the island, and was ready to die within the Entrance Man’s workplace when she noticed Gi-hun’s sacrifice. Listening to the child, she determined to not kill herself.

Six months later, she confirmed up visiting Participant 246 within the amusement park the place he nonetheless works, and the place she used to work in a fancy dress. He remained unaware that she was the one who saved his life, since she had her pink swimsuit and masks on the entire time. She reunited with Participant 246’s daughter, now wholesome.

However there’s a twist: No-eul is a North Korean defector who was separated from her daughter. She will get information the kid is perhaps alive in China. We final see No-eul on the airport, able to get on a airplane to presumably go to her daughter.

If that sounds acquainted, it’s much like the best way Season 1 ended, with Gi-hun about to go see his personal daughter in Los Angeles.

Does Gi-hun reside on?

Form of. Once we first met Gi-hun in Season 1, one cause he bought into the Sport within the first place was so he might help his daughter. However after he received, he grew to become obsessive about ending the sport.

With Gi-hun useless, In-ho (Entrance Man) made the journey Gi-hun didn’t: He went to the U.S. to see the late participant’s daughter. He handed over a field of Gi-hun’s belongings to his daughter — a bloody uniform and a debit card, which most likely had the rest of Gi-hun’s winnings on it. Did In-ho change his personal opinion about humanity’s value? It appeared he was making ready to take action.

Will there be extra ‘Squid Sport’?

Primarily based on the ultimate scenes, we suspect sure.

Within the final scene, after In-ho completed dropping off the winnings to Gi-hun’s daughter, he noticed a lady enjoying the introductory card-slap sport with somebody in an alley. And never simply anyone — he noticed a Recruiter, performed by Cate Blanchett! They didn’t converse to one another, although she nodded with recognition at him and he moved on.

Season 1 knowledgeable us that Squid Video games are performed all over the world, and final October Deadline wrote that an English-language model of the collection was being developed with director David Fincher. Perhaps we’ve simply seen the primary scene in “Squid Sport: USA”?