Overview

• The third and final season of Squid Game premiered on Netflix on June 27, comprising six episodes that bring Seong Gi-hun’s journey to its conclusion.
• Showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk originally planned a standalone season but expanded the story into three instalments after the global success of the series and remains open to future spin-offs.
• Critics praise the final season for amplifying the show’s brutal survival scenarios and its sharp satire of economic inequality under the gaze of super-rich patrons.
• Lead actor Lee Jung-jae reprises his role as Seong Gi-hun alongside returning and new cast members, including Lee Byung-hun, Park Sung-hoon and Jo Yu-ri.
• The finale features a surprise cameo by Cate Blanchett as a recruiter in Los Angeles, hinting at a potential American adaptation of the deadly games.