Gi-hun’s Final Choice in Squid Game Season 3 Explained

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Squid Game Season 3 Explained

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00:00They gave him one final choice, live and win everything, or die, and give it all up.

00:05Song Gi-hun, once a desperate gambler clinging to survival,

00:09made the most selfless decision in the most violent game on earth. But was it the right move?

00:15In this video, we're going deep into the heart of his final choice, breaking down everything it meant,

00:20everything it changed, and whether it truly mattered in the end.

00:24From the very beginning, Gi-hun was never the typical player.

00:28While others were fighting tooth and nail for money and survival,

00:31Gi-hun held onto something else, his humanity.

00:35He entered the original Squid Game as a man crushed by life, drowning in debt,

00:39estranged from his daughter, and emotionally exhausted.

00:43But beneath the broken surface, he had empathy.

00:46And that empathy followed him through every round of the first game.

00:50He didn't abandon the old man, Il-nam.

00:53He fed Ali, he protected Sae-byeok.

00:56And when it came down to the final round between him and Song Wu, he didn't want to win by killing.

01:02He wanted to escape the cycle of death with a friend, not walk over their corpse to victory.

01:08That's the kind of man Gi-hun was.

01:10And even after winning the first game, he didn't touch the prize money.

01:14Guilt consumed him.

01:15The blood on his hands haunted him.

01:17And when he found out the game still continued destroying more lives around the world, he couldn't ignore it.

01:23Season 3 brings him back into the arena, but this time, not as a participant looking to win.

01:29He comes back as someone with a mission.

01:31He wants to expose the system, burn it down, and end the games for good.

01:36But the deeper he goes, the more twisted the game becomes.

01:40And in the final episode of Season 3, Gi-hun is forced to make his last and most devastating choice.

01:47Let's talk about what happened.

01:49In the final round of Season 3, the game is no longer just about childhood nostalgia and deadly competition.

01:55It becomes symbolic.

01:56It's called Squid Game in the Sky, a horrifying three-platform death game with the remaining players

02:02standing on towers shaped like the game's triangle, circle, and square.

02:07The rules are brutal.

02:08At least one player must die on each platform for the game to continue.

02:13No button, no countdown.

02:15The choice is purely in the players' hands.

02:17By the end of the second-to-last round, three people remain.

02:21Gi-hun, a man named Myung-gi, and an infant, player 2-22.

02:25The baby had been born during the course of the game to Myung-gi and his partner, who tragically died in an earlier round.

02:32Myung-gi is now obsessed with securing his legacy by winning the game and giving the prize money to his child.

02:39But what begins as a father's desperation quickly devolves into something much darker.

02:44Myung-gi attempts to sacrifice his own child to win the final round, believing that a symbolic

02:48victory would honor both his partner and the child's future.

02:52Gi-hun is horrified.

02:53A physical fight breaks out.

02:55In the struggle, Myung-gi falls to his death.

02:58But there's a twist since no one officially pressed the game start button.

03:02Myung-gi's death does not count.

03:04Now it's just Gi-hun and the baby left.

03:07Two players.

03:08One platform.

03:09And one rule.

03:10Someone has to die for the game to end.

03:13Gi-hun can win everything if he lets the baby die.

03:16He can claim the prize, walk away, and maybe even use the money to destroy the game's system from

03:21the outside.

03:22But there's another choice.

03:23A final one.

03:24He looks at the crying baby, sets her down gently, and says,

03:28We are not horses.

03:30We are humans.

03:31It's the same phrase Il-nam once used the creator of the game, who treated people like

03:36racehorses.

03:37Gi-hun steps off the platform and falls to his death, sacrificing himself to save the child.

03:42The game ends, and the baby wins.

03:45But here's where the real questions begin.

03:47Did Gi-hun make the right choice?

03:49Let's break this down in layers.

03:51Emotionally, morally, tactically, and narratively.

03:55Emotionally, Gi-hun's choice feels like the only one he could make.

03:59Throughout all three seasons, he clung to the idea that life is sacred.

04:03Even when everyone else was reduced to killers, betrayers, and survivors, he stood for something

04:09higher.

04:10Killing a newborn who didn't choose to be there would have destroyed everything he stood for.

04:15It would have been the ultimate betrayal of his identity.

04:18Choosing to die, to protect innocents at the cost of everything, brought his arc full circle.

04:24He began as a desperate man who couldn't even care for his own child.

04:27He ended by saving someone else's morally.

04:30His decision is almost impossible to argue with.

04:33The baby was innocent, helpless.

04:35She had no concept of the game, no understanding of stakes or strategy.

04:39Letting her die would have been inhuman.

04:41And Gi-hun's line,

04:43We are not horses, wasn't just poetic.

04:46It was a direct rejection of everything the game stood for.

04:50The system saw people as entertainment, as resources, as pawns.

04:56Gi-hun chose to defy that by making a sacrifice that no one else had the courage to make.

05:01Now let's talk strategy.

05:03This is where the debate gets complicated.

05:05Gi-hun entered the game to destroy it.

05:08His goal wasn't just to survive it, was to expose the frontman, uncover the identities of the VIPs,

05:14and bring the whole operation down.

05:16By choosing death, Gi-hun may have saved one child, but he gave up the fight to end the games entirely.

05:23The system wasn't destroyed.

05:25The frontman lived.

05:26The game continued.

05:27In fact, in the final scene of Season 3, we see recruiting begin again.

05:32This time in Los Angeles, hinting at the rise of an American version of Squid Game.

05:37Cate Blanchett's cameo as a new recruiter sends a chilling message.

05:41The game isn't over.

05:42It's just evolving.

05:44So tactically, Gi-hun's decision could be seen as a failure.

05:48He gave up his only chance to fight from within.

05:50He didn't destroy the files, he didn't capture the frontman, and he left no testimony behind.

05:56And though Jun-ho now has the child and some information,

06:00it's unclear whether it will be enough to take down the global network behind the game.

06:05Narratively, Gi-hun's sacrifice completes a character arc that began all the way in Season 1.

06:11He started as someone who barely valued his own life.

06:14He ended as someone who gave it up for a stranger.

06:17It's powerful, it's tragic, and it's unforgettable.

06:21But that's also what makes it controversial.

06:24Some fans argue that Gi-hun's death robbed the story of its revolutionary ending.

06:29Instead of leading a rebellion or exposing the game publicly, he died quietly on a rooftop platform.

06:35It was poetic, but was it enough?

06:38Others believe it was exactly the ending he needed.

06:41By dying, he showed the frontman that even in the darkest place, goodness could still win.

06:47Maybe Gi-hun didn't end the system, but he planted a seed.

06:50A single, powerful seed.

06:53That's the paradox of Gi-hun's final choice.

06:56He saved one life, and possibly inspired change in others.

07:00But he didn't destroy the machine.

07:01He didn't bring justice to the dead.

07:03And he didn't live to see whether his sacrifice made any real difference.

07:08So was it worth it? Only time will tell.

07:11There's one more layer we need to consider.

07:13The audience.

07:14Squid Game has never been just a story about games.

07:17It's about capitalism, survival, humanity, and power.

07:21Gi-hun's final act asks us, the viewers, a brutal question.

07:26If you were in his shoes, would you have done the same?

07:29Would you risk everything for someone else's child?

07:32Would you choose death to preserve your soul?

07:35Or would you take the win, the money, and the chance to fight another day?

07:39There is no easy answer.

07:41But that's exactly why Gi-hun's story matters.

07:44It wasn't about beating the system.

07:46It was about staying human inside it.

07:48And in a world built on greed, blood, and manipulation.

07:53So here's the final question for you.

07:55Did Gi-hun win by dying, or did he lose everything for nothing?

07:59Let me know what you think in the comments.

08:01And if you want to deep dive into that final cameo, the meaning of the American Squid Game,

08:06and what we can expect from Season 4, make sure to hit like and subscribe.

08:11The next round is coming, and it's going to be global.

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