Squid Game Season 3 Best Moments: It’s official: Squid Game has finally come to an end. With thrill, despair and a whole lot of heartbreak, we are left feeling emotional for Gi-hun’s desperate attempt to stop something that almost killed him and took the lives of those whom he had grown closer to. However, the rich and powerful always get to have their last say. It’s a hopeless moment that leaves us feeling many different emotions.
This season, Gi-hun is forced to play the game again after his and his fellow players’ valiant attempt to throw a mutiny. Heartbroken, he gets revenge against Kang Dae-ho and makes a desperate attempt to save Jun-hee and her child from harm’s way, all the while trying to stay alive. Outside, Jun-ho is close to the island as ever but must, at first, keep the enemies at bay. Lastly, No-eun tries to save Gyeong-seok at whatever cost.
Squid Game Season 3 Best Moments
Gi‑hun’s Return to the Games
Seong Gi-hun being forced to partake in the games instead of being shot dead was the most iconic yet horrifying start to season 3. He is, however, seen some horrors and is scared to take the step forward and go through with the idea that he had initially started the process off with. He’s a battle-scarred vigilante whose transport back to the bunks symbolises resignation and defiance. Everyone is shocked to see him return when so many others were simply shot, and he has the scars, both mental and physical, to prove the battle that he has fought to keep everyone safe.
Hide-and-Seek Maze (“The Starry Night”)
There are several new games in season 3, but the hide-and-seek game is probably the most traumatising because several things happen at the same time. Underneath the child-like dreamscape, we see people murdering each other in an animalistic need to stay alive. Our primary characters, including Jun-hee, Geum-ja, Yong-sik and Hyun-ju, are desperate to stay alive but too afraid to kill someone. They have to hide, but it’s clear that they were doomed from the beginning.
Thus, when they are so close to freedom, they find themselves making an impossible choice when Yong-sik, having failed to kill anyone, is desperate to murder Jun-hee, who has just given birth. Geum-ja kills her own son to save the new mother, and Hyun-ju is killed by Myung-gi in a shocking turn of events. It’s harrowing, it comes out of the blue, and the senseless killing, happening only because some rich folks wanted some perverse entertainment, is difficult to look away from. Plus, the set design just makes things even more ominous.
Jun‑hee’s Childbirth
I think we can all agree that a heavily pregnant woman playing a death game is, by definition, a bad idea. However, during the hide-and-seek game, Jun-hee, going through a traumatic set of events, goes into labour – a moral dilemma that none of us, including Jun-hee, were ready for. It introduces another layer of fear and desperation, as now not only does she have to give birth without medical care, but she has to do it quietly.
The others around her, Geum-ja and Hyun-ju, have the added responsibility of saving the mother and child during a vulnerable moment while trying not to die themselves. It’s a race against time and a maddening watch that will leave viewers on edge. However, it also offers a moment of humanity despite the violence and bloodshed around them.
Gi‑hun’s Final Sacrifice
In the last episode of Squid Game Season 3, a harrowing choice is put in front of Gi-hun – Jun-hee’s child will stay alive if both Gi-hun and Myung-gi sacrifice themselves. After a desperate fight with Myung-gi, Gi-hun is left with the baby and with the choice – either die or kill the infant.
However, the choice is obvious for him, and after declaring that all the players who have participated are human beings, not horses, he jumps off and kills himself, leaving the baby to be the winner. It’s a powerful and heartbreaking moment for viewers that will leave a lasting impact. It’s one of the most memorable moments of the season for various reasons and will make you gasp out loud.
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Viewers Realise that the Squid Games Won’t Stop
In the ending few minutes of the series, In-ho, after delivering Gi-hun’s things to his daughter in the US, finds himself face to face with a woman playing ddakji on the street with a man. It’s a shocking twist that will leave viewers’ mouths agape as they realise that it’s not just a Korea-specific thing. The games might be going on worldwide and will not stop with only In-ho quitting. There will always be someone in power ready to take advantage of another person, and as long as humanity exists, this cycle will continue to exist as well.
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