Squid Game Season 3 Recap: Knife, Guilt & A Game That Breaks Everyone(Photo Credit –Facebook)

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Squid Game concluded its strong third season, finishing up on a narrative that was never intended to be longer than one season. Writer Hwang Dong-hyuk originally conceived it as a film, but its massive popularity of more than 600 million viewers made it a global hit. Season 3 begins immediately after Season 2, with Gi-hun returning to the Game in an attempt to complete it after losing a rebellion against the system.

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Brutal Rounds and Painful Choices

This time, the remaining players, including Jun-hee, Myung-gi, Geum-ja, Yong-sik, Hyun-ju, Min-su, Nam-gyu, Seon-nyeo, Seong Gi-hun, and Dae-ho, face even crueler rounds. In one challenge, they are divided into Knives and Keys, where Knives must kill a Key to survive. Jun-hee goes into labor in the middle of this chaos, helped by Geum-ja and Hyun-ju. But things turn tragic when Myung-gi murders Hyun-ju and escapes, leaving the group devastated.

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Gi-hun, filled with anger over the failure of the rebellion, blames Dae-ho for giving up and kills him in rage. Geum-ja is forced to kill her own son to save Jun-hee and cannot handle the guilt, ending her own life. In the next game on a narrow bridge, Jun-hee sacrifices herself so Gi-hun can carry her baby forward, making sure her child stays alive.