Squid Game is about to reveal its endgame, with the third and final season of Netflix’s global smash arriving June 27. But before we see who ends up living, dying, walking away with the 45.6 billion won, or any of the other prospective fates we can imagine, it’s time to take a quick peek back at season two. Here’s the refresher you need before the new episodes arrive.
The Fight Became a Rebellion…
Season two’s final episode, “Friend or Foe,” saw a massive fight that sparked in the men’s bathroom between player factions—the “X” voters, who wanted the game to end, versus the “O” voters, who wanted to keep playing—turn into a vicious after-hours brawl. The “O” voters, driven more by greed than the desire to survive, realized that if they killed off other players, the prize money would still increase; that element of the Squid Game wasn’t limited to who died during the actual competitions.
Amid the chaos, Gi-hun—Player 456, who returned after his victory in Squid Game season one aiming to dismantle the games forever—and his allies decided to hide under the bunks and avoid the player-on-player violence. They knew the pink-clad, gun-toting guards would eventually come in to break up the battle—and they seized the chaotic moment to overpower several of them and take their weapons.
…But the Rebellion Failed
The audience, of course, knew another season of Squid Game was coming, so the rebellion failing wasn’t a total surprise for viewers. For Gi-hun and his crew, however, it was devastating. Almost all of the “O” voters who helped Gi-hun escape the player area and attempt to break into the control room paid with their lives.
Gi-hun—still not aware that his new pal, Player 001, is actually the Front Man masquerading not just as a player, but as a loyal friend—thinks he overhears the man draw his last breath over a deceptive a walkie-talkie transmission. And Gi-hun has no idea that the extra ammo he gave 001 when they parted ways mid-battle is what the Front Man, back under his mask, uses to kill Gi-hun’s best friend, Player 390.
Who’s Still Alive in the Game?
Other than Gi-hun and the Front Man, aka Player 001, here are the key players who are still standing as part of a very diminished group:
Player 333, the failed crypto schemer. He killed Thanos, which we both love and hate him for.
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