Squid Game
Season 3 – Episode 5
Episode title: ○△□
Original release date: June 27, 2025
Plot: Gi-hun debates whether to accept In-ho’s offer to kill the remaining players, but ultimately refuses after the memory of Kang Sae-byeok tells him that he is a good person at heart. Simultaneously, In-ho recalls how he killed other players during the 2015 games under Oh Il-nam’s instruction. The next day, Gi-hun, Myung-gi, and the rest of the finalists – including the baby – advance to the final game. No-eul returns to the island, confronts the Officer at gunpoint, and forces him to erase all digital records of Gyeong-seok’s participation. A violent fight ensues, ending with No-eul killing the Officer and burning all remaining physical records of the players. The final game, “Sky Squid Game”, requires players to push at least three opponents off of three elevated platforms through three rounds. A hallucinating Min-su is pushed off in the first round; Myung-gi kills Player 336 in the second and reveals himself to be the baby’s biological father. Gi-hun kills Player 203 in self-defense, while Myung-gi pushes Player 353. Jeong-dae begs for mercy, but Myung-gi pushes him as well. Player 039 commits suicide by jumping. Off the island, Jun-ho successfully rescues Gyeong-seok and executes the guards sent to capture him.
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[dark music]
[straining]
[breathing heavily]
[players snoring]
[snoring]
[eerie music]
[music stops]
[chilling music]
[Il-nam] What’s holding you back?
Tomorrow they will come after you and kill you.
Kill the trash.
That is
the best choice you can make right now.
[breath trembling]
[Jeong-dae snoring]
[breathing shakily]
[music intensifies]
[In-ho breathing heavily]
[In-ho grunting]
[breathing heavily]
[music fades]
[Sae-byeok] Mister.
[breath trembles]
[somber music]
Don’t do it.
You… are not that kind of person.
[breath trembles]
[breath trembles]
[breath trembles]
SQUID GAME 3
[breathing heavily]
[breathing shakily]
[eerie music]
[Jun-ho] Do you see anything?
I can’t see a thing through this fog!
Check your two o’clock.
There should be some islands that way.
[radio beeps]
[Front Man] Detective Hwang Jun-ho.
Do you read me?
[radio beeps]
Yes.
[Front Man] You should give up now.
Why didn’t you just leave me to die back then?
If you dig any deeper into this game, you will die.
Then you’ll have to kill me.
[sighs]
[phone receiver clacks]
[alarm buzzing]
[classical music playing on speakers]
[baby crying]
[door closes]
[baby whimpering]
[woman on PA] Attention, please.
The final game will begin momentarily.
Please follow the instructions from our staff.
Let me repeat…
[water splashing]
[ominous music]
[water stops running]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[door closes]
[“The Blue Danube” playing on speakers]
[ominous music]
You came back alone?
I told you to bring him with you.
I apologize.
[scoffs]
I thought I knew you better than anyone.
If you did, you’d have known I wouldn’t follow that order.
[exhales]
What do you want?
[No-eul] I want every record of Player 246 deleted.
246 PARK GYEONG-SEOK
[keyboard clacks]
DO YOU WANT TO PERMANENTLY DELETE THIS FILE?
Was that everything?
Yes.
Including the records on the main server.
I’m afraid that…
I will have to delete the ones in your brain as well.
Ah.
There’s one more.
A hard copy.
You’ll have to destroy that too to completely erase Player 246.
Where is it?
In the captain’s archive on the top floor.
As you know, not everyone has access.
Apart from the captain, I’m the only one.
[alarm buzzing]
[ominous music]
[music intensifies]
[tense music]
[scanner trilling]
[automated voice] Identity confirmed.
Please select your floor.
[No-eul] Slowly.
[Masked Officer groans]
[No-eul groans]
[Masked Officer groans]
[woman on PA] All players,
[alarm buzzing]
please proceed to the elevator in front of you.
[ominous music]
[Player 039 gasps]
[elevator dings]
[intense music]
[No-eul groans]
[No-eul grunts]
[No-eul groans]
SAFETY FIRST
[woman on PA] A warm welcome to all of you for joining the final game. The final game is Sky Squid Game.
[intense music]
[No-eul groaning]
[Masked Officer grunts]
[No-eul groans]
[No-eul groaning]
[Masked Officer grunts]
[No-eul groans]
[Masked Officer] Why the hell are you doing this?
I saw the records.
You and Player 246 used to work at the same place.
-[dark music]
[No-eul breathing heavily]
Do you have feelings for him?
If Player 246 dies… the child dies too.
His daughter?
[scoffs]
So you’re doing all this to save someone else’s kid?
Does that make you feel less guilty about abandoning your own?
Please spare him and his daughter.
Okay.
I understand you to some extent.
But
you’ve crossed the line.
By a lot.
[tense music]
[No-eul grunts]
[Masked Officer straining]
[No-eul breathing heavily]
[No-eul grunts]
[Masked Officer grunts]
[No-eul groans]
-[dark music]
[No-eul breathing heavily]
The reason I thought you were special wasn’t just because you’re from the North as well.
[bottle thuds]
I thought you’d understand me better than anyone else here.
Just like you,
I lost the person who meant the most to me.
All because I couldn’t get a damn kidney.
[scoffs]
When they’re so readily available here.
[stabbing]
[groans]
[groaning in pain]
[radio beeps]
[masked manager] Officer, this is the control room.
[panting]
[masked manager] Officer, do you copy? This is the control room.
[knife thuds]
[breathing shakily]
[groans]
[radio beeps]
Go ahead.
[masked manager] We’re all set to start the game. Everyone is standing by.
Proceed.
I’ll be there shortly.
[radio beeps]
[sighs]
[remote beeps]
I was wrong about you.
I should’ve put you in the game. Like them.
I thought you were different since you left your child behind.
[ominous music]
[lighter clicks]
[lighter thuds]
Stop worrying about someone else’s kid and go be with your own in the sky.
I’ll give you a painless send-off.
[scoffs]
Running away again?
Where to?
You already know.
That elevator won’t get you anywhere.
Not without my mask.
[music intensifies]
[Masked Officer groans]
[panting]
[woman on PA] Here are the rules of the game.
Players will play on the square, triangle, and circle towers.
You will play a pushing game on these three pillars.
The first round will be played on the square tower you are currently on.
If you push one or more players off the tower while they are still alive, all remaining players will move on to the triangle tower for the next round.
Likewise, if you eliminate one or more players on the triangle tower in the second round, you will move on to the circle tower.
The same applies to the final round on the circle tower.
If you push one or more players off, [man groans] everyone remaining on the tower will be the final winners.
[chilling music]
[man breathing heavily]
Please keep in mind
[man straining]
That if you do not eliminate anyone within the time limit, everyone on the tower will be eliminated.
[Gi-hun breathing heavily]
[VIP 1 in English] Well, we know which three are going to get eliminated.
[VIP 2] Guess we’ll have to see in what order.
[baby whimpering]
[Thanos in Korean] Min-su.
[breath trembling]
Min-su.
Min-su.
Min-su.
[gasping]
[Thanos in English] My brother, I missed you.
[in Korean] Please help me. Min-su.
Do you need more pills?
I’ll give you some.
[in English] Please!
[Min-su straining]
[in Korean] I got you, you fucking loser.
Goddamn son of a bitch!
Hey, give me back my pills.
Give me back my fucking pills!
[Thanos in English] My boy, Min-su.
[in Korean] You won’t be able to handle it.
Give me back my pills, you motherfucker!
[in English] You’re a fucking coward, man!
[in Korean] My pills, fucking asshole!
[Min-su grunting]
[music intensifies]
[music fades]
[Jeong-dae] What the hell is wrong with him?
[Player 353] Rather than 456, we should consider…
[woman on PA] Please press the button on the ground to start the first round.
[panel slides open]
[beep] -The game has started.
You have 15 minutes.
[Jeong-dae] All right, listen.
Let’s all discuss this rationally.
If we start shoving each other around and things get messy, we might all end up dead. Agreed?
[both] Yes.
It’s an unfortunate situation, but taking out one person in each round seems like our best option for keeping losses to a minimum.
What do you think?
Sounds good.
[Player 039] You’re right.
[Player 336] Now, how do we decide who that one person is going to be?
That’s the problem, isn’t it?
Let’s put it to a vote.
That’s how we’ve decided whether to keep the games going or not.
So let’s vote on who should be eliminated and keep it democratic.
All right, voting sounds good.
I’m on board.
Let’s keep it democratic.
[Player 353] Then let’s nominate the ones we think should be eliminated, discuss, and vote on it.
I believe that’s the most democratic way.
[Player 336] That makes sense.
He said he was a teacher on the outside.
He certainly sounds educated!
[all laughing]
All right.
Since we still have some time, let’s start by nominating the ones we think should be eliminated.
[baby whimpering]
[chilling music]
[Gi-hun breathing shakily]
I think the right choice would be to eliminate Player 222.
Would you care to tell us why?
Frankly, Player 222 was already eliminated once, but her kid took her place in the game.
That’s absurd.
I don’t think it’s fair.
I agree.
It was unfair that Player 222 was put back in the game in the first place.
And on top of that, the baby can’t play by itself or make decisions in voting.
I believe that by eliminating Player 222, the game and the voting process will be fairer for everyone.
[Player 203] I don’t know about that complicated shit.
But, let’s say that little lump makes it out of here alive.
What’s it gonna do after that?
The mother’s dead.
And it doesn’t look like there’s a father.
Who’s going to take care of that little baby?
Unfortunately, there’s no hope of making it.
Don’t you think?
[foreboding music]
All right.
If there are no objections, let’s go ahead and vote on Player 222’s elimination.
[Myung-gi] Hang on.
I have an objection.
What’s your problem?
This game is played in three rounds.
We need to bear that in mind and make levelheaded decisions.
What’s more levelheaded than this?
I’m guessing Player 456 will do whatever he can to protect the baby.
He might be doing that now, but if we all threaten to push him off, he’ll turn his back on the kid.
His life is at risk.
[Player 353] Come to think of it, this guy has a point.
You all saw it.
He carried the baby across the bridge during Jump Rope.
I don’t know why, but he won’t give the baby up easily.
[Jeong-dae sighs]
Could that nutjob be the kid’s father?
[Player 203] Fuck this.
Let’s just push them both off together.
[Player 353] We can’t do that.
It can’t be more than one person per round if we want all six of us to survive.
Don’t you get it?
[Jeong-dae] How are we going to separate those two?
We need to separate them if we want to push them off one by one.
[Myung-gi] We have to figure something out.
In this round, we can just pick the easier target.
[dark music]
[breath trembling]
[breathing heavily]
[Myung-gi] As you know, Player 125 is a drug addict.
It seems he’s going through withdrawal.
We don’t know what he might do.
I say we take Player 125 out first.
Then we find a way to separate Player 456 from the baby.
All right, we don’t have much time.
Let’s go ahead and vote.
Those in favor of eliminating Player 125, please raise your hand.
Six votes. Approved!
[Min-su sniffles]
[breath trembles]
[dark music]
[VIP 3 in English] Whoa, whoa, wait a second!
It looks like they’re switching up the order.
[Min-su in Korean] Wait. I’m sorry.
Wait, I… I’m sorry.
I’m sorry.
I hear you.
I know you’re sorry, so just let it all go and jump.
Please forgive me.
I was just scared.
I was just so scared that I might die.
I didn’t mean for it to happen.
Listen.
We’ve discussed this and made a democratic decision.
-[Min-su] Please forgive me this once.
I’m sorry.
But we’re going to need you to die.
[breathing shakily]
Fuck you!
[breathing raggedly]
What did I do to deserve this?
What the hell did I do?
I was just trying to do the best I could.
I didn’t know, okay?
I didn’t know things would turn out this way!
[Player 203] Damn it.
It’s pointless talking to him!
Just push him off!
[Min-su breathing shakily]
Who’s going to do it?
Push him off yourself.
Me?
[tense music]
Wait.
If I do, what if he grabs on to me?
You shitheads…
Well, then who’s going to push him?
[VIP 4 in English] It won’t be easy to eliminate Player 125
if he keeps resisting.
[laughs] It’s like Belling the Cat.
[in Korean] We’re running out of time.
If we don’t push him off in time, we’re all going to die!
[Player 203] Damn it.
[Gi-hun breathing shakily]
[dark music]
Move.
[Min-su breathing shakily]
[Min-su] What did I do to deserve this?
What did I do that was so wrong?
Why is it always me? What did I do?
I’m sorry.
I didn’t want to do this.
[gasps]
[Se-mi] Min-su.
[gasping]
Se-mi.
I’m sorry.
I’m sorry, Se-mi.
Come with me.
[music intensifies]
[woman on PA] Player 125, eliminated.
[Player 203 exclaims in awe]
So that’s what that pole was for. [laughs]
The young lad has a good head on his shoulders.
[Jeong-dae laughs]
[timer beeps]
[woman on PA] The first round has ended.
[intense music]
[masked manager] Steer two o’clock.
[groans]
[chilling music]
[eerie music]
[gunshot]
[ominous music]
[woman on PA] All players, please proceed to the next round.
[in English] Now, ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for 222 and 456
to be eliminated.
They’ll have to separate the two of them first.
[VIP 4] Well, that won’t be easy, since 456 is a total loony.
[Gi-hun breathing heavily]
[bridge clunks]
[woman on PA in Korean] Please press the button to start the second round.
[panel slides open]
[dark music]
[device whirring]
[exhales]
[Myung-gi] Wait.
We can press it after we separate him from the baby.
[Jeong-dae] All right then.
Let’s nominate the ones we think should be eliminated
and vote on it right away.
I nominate Player 222.
-Any objections?
No objections.
No objections.
[Player 203] It’s settled. Player 222 will be eliminated.
I agree.
Since 6 out of 8 have voted in favor of Player 222’s elimination,
Player 222’s elimination has been decided by democratic vote.
I understand how you feel.
I know you don’t want to do that to the baby.
I have two kids at home.
That’s right.
We’re humans too. It’s not like we want to do this.
The baby has lost its mother.
Ending its life here without any suffering
might actually be better.
Don’t you think?
[Player 353] We won’t ask you to kill it, sir.
Just hang the baby on the pole, please.
We’ll send it to a better place.
You can just look the other way.
If you don’t hand over the baby, I might just push both of you off.
[chilling music]
If you kill us both, then what?
Who are you going to kill in the next round?
What are you going to do, draw lots?
Or…
will you pick the easiest target?
-[beep]
[woman on PA] The game has started.
You have 15 minutes.
[Player 353] What did you do? We were still talking to him!
[Player 203] I don’t give a fuck anymore.
If he doesn’t give up the kid, just push them both off.
[breath trembling]
Do it if you can.
But remember,
it could be your turn next.
It looks like they’re scheming behind your back as we speak.
[Player 039] So? What should we do?
-[chilling music]
[players whispering]
What are you waiting for? Just push them off!
[breath trembling]
[pole clanks]
What are you doing?
Let’s think this over.
Think what over?
[sighs]
Give me that. I’ll do it if you can’t.
How many times do I have to tell you?
If we take them both out,
it’s going to be one of us in the next round.
Stop acting like an idiot and think about it!
Did you just call me an idiot? You son of a bitch, I’ll kill you first.
-[tense music]
Knock it off!
We shouldn’t be fighting each other!
Calm down, okay?
We promised we’d stick together as a team until the end.
[Player 336] Yeah. There’s still time, so let’s talk about it.
Enough with the talking!
That bastard is bluffing.
If we actually try to push him off,
he’s bound to give up the kid!
How can you be so sure?
[Myung-gi] I have an idea.
[breathing heavily]
[dark music]
LIST OF PLAYERS, 2024
PARK GYEONG-SEOK
LEE EUN-SEONG, WIFE PARK NA-YEON, DAUGHTER
AFTER WIFE’S DEATH, RAISED DAUGHTER ALONE
DAUGHTER TREATED FOR BLOOD CANCER AT SEOHYEON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
[intense music]
[gunshot]
[gunshot]
[masked manager] Shoot the engine!
Go around to the side of the boat.
[groans]
[gunshot]
[gunshot]
[breathing shakily]
[all] Rock, paper, scissors.
[eerie music]
Rock, paper, scissors.
Rock, paper, scissors.
Rock, paper, scissors.
[players exclaim]
[Player 203] Yes!
[tense music]
Rock, paper, scissors.
[laughing]
[Jeong-dae laughing triumphantly]
[Jeong-dae] All right, jackets off.
[Player 203] Here, put them all together.
[ominous music]
[masked manager] Player 246,
eliminated.
[groans]
[intense music]
-[dark music]
[Player 336] Listen, all of you.
You’d better not let go.
Do you hear me?
Don’t worry.
Just do your part.
If you can’t get the baby off him, pull them both back.
It’s safer to get the baby off him here in the center.
Once we separate them, I’ll push 456 off right away.
I love this plan.
The young lad really does have a good head.
Nobody mess this up.
Let’s do this. Go, team.
[grunting]
[tense music]
Oh, this?
Don’t misunderstand.
It’s just a safety measure, nothing else.
We’ve been talking, and we’ve come up with a plan.
I think you’ll like it too.
What’s the plan?
We’ve decided to draw lots.
All eight of us will draw lots
to decide who gets eliminated in this round and the next.
[Jeong-dae] Here, we’ve got the lots ready.
The one who draws the shortest strip will be eliminated.
Yeah.
If you’re suspicious, you can decide the drawing order.
Yes, you can.
I’m okay with that.
Hear that?
What do you say?
What about the baby?
[Player 336] You can draw one for the baby.
Then there’s no problem.
[eerie music]
All right, good.
Then please come this way so we can draw lots.
No.
Bring them to me.
[Jeong-dae] Why? Don’t you trust us?
[Gi-hun] No, I don’t.
Bring the lots. I’ll do it here.
Give me the lots, please.
Yeah, okay.
Hang on. Let me just count them one more time.
[intense music]
[players grunting and groaning]
[gasping]
-[baby crying]
[chilling music]
[gasps]
[gasping]
[Player 336] Please don’t kill me.
They made me do it.
They threatened to kill me if I said no.
Please don’t kill me.
I have a wife and kid on the outside.
I just wanted to survive somehow.
I’m sorry.
I beg you. Please spare me.
-Push him!
Do it!
Move!
[Player 336 screaming]
[body thuds]
[woman on PA] Player 336, eliminated.
I’m on your side.
[Player 203 exclaims angrily]
[VIP 1 in English] Whoa, their pact did not last long.
[VIP 2] Promises and pacts never do.
[Jeong-dae in Korean] All right! Everyone, calm down now.
One person has been eliminated, so we can all move on.
There’s no need to fight each other.
Now we can decide during the next round.
There’s just one round left.
[tense music]
Don’t be an idiot, waving that knife around.
Let’s think about it, okay?
[Player 353] It will be the final round,
so I think we really should draw lots this time.
What do you guys think?
I… I agree.
Look, we’ve got the lots ready.
[Player 353] Those in favor of drawing lots,
raise your hand.
[Jeong-dae] Okay, 4 out of 7 are in favor.
Based on the majority vote, we will be drawing lots.
Fair and square.
Isn’t this what we wanted?
No.
There are four of them and two of us.
They might betray us at any moment.
Betray you?
You’re one to talk.
You’re the one who betrayed us!
You suggested tying us together and taking the baby!
All of this was his idea.
You should never trust money-crazed kids these days!
I was trying to save the baby.
The baby…
It’s mine.
[VIP 3 in English] Wow!
-I mean, who saw that coming?
[intriguing music]
333 is the baby’s father?
That means you have the father, the mother,
and the baby all in the same game.
-I mean… [puffs out air]
[VIP 5 laughs]
And we also had the granny and her son from the last round.
[VIP 1] It’s like we’re watching one of those family reality shows.
[VIP 2 laughs] Yeah, I must say,
I’m quite impressed with the player pool this time.
Mmm. I still think bringing 456 back to join the game is the best idea of all.
[scoffs]
[in Korean] You’re the father to that baby?
No… No way.
But you’re the one who wanted to kill the baby first.
Sir. You don’t actually believe him, do you?
Why do you think I pushed the other guy off instead of you?
Why are you doing this now?
I wanted to get out of here with Jun-hee.
But she didn’t trust me.
[dark music]
[players grunting]
[Myung-gi] We have weapons.
If we team up now, they won’t be able to mess with us.
In fact, we’ll be able to choose who to eliminate.
[breathing heavily]
Please believe me.
I really want to protect the baby.
[baby crying]
[Player 203] Yeah, it’s okay. Come over here.
[Player 039] What? What is it?
[Player 203] Keep him still.
Hold him tight.
[Player 039] What are you doing?
[Player 203 grunts]
[Player 039 groans]
[Jeong-dae exclaims]
[Player 039 groaning weakly]
[yelps]
[Jeong-dae] All right, look!
I’ve found the solution to this game.
We’ll pack a lunch box!
[tense music]
We will beat this guy to a pulp, drag him over to the circle tower, hit the start button and throw him off.
Then it will be game over!
The five of us… I mean, six, including the baby.
The six of us will divide up the prize money and get out of here.
It’s 7.6 billion each!
How does that sound?
How’s that for a solution?
[Jeong-dae grunts]
[VIP 3 in English] Lunch box?
What a genius idea!
[groaning]
[in Korean] Please…
Please… Please help me.
[dark music]
[yelps]
[Player 203] Man, he’s persistent.
Grab one of his legs.
All right, good. Hold on real tight!
[screaming]
[Player 203 exclaims]
There.
The lunch box!
All prepped and ready.
All we need to do now is carry it over there.
Back off.
[tense music]
Is there a problem, sir?
[breathing heavily]
This isn’t the solution.
What the hell do you want to do then?
We’ll draw lots.
Fair and square.
We’ll leave the baby out of it.
For fuck’s sake.
You can’t be serious.
We could just end the game this way.
Why are you doing this?
Player 333!
Do you agree with this nutcase?
Does this make any sense at all?
[Player 203 grunts]
[intense music]
[Gi-hun groans]
[both straining]
-[Player 203 grunts]
[baby crying]
[Myung-gi groans]
[both straining]
[Player 203] You! Die!
[both straining]
[Player 203 yells]
[Player 353] Let go, you bastard!
[Myung-gi groans]
[both straining]
[Player 353 gasping]
[Player 353] Wait!
Please spare me!
[Player 353 screaming]
[body thuds]
[sinister music]
[Player 203 straining]
[baby crying]
[Gi-hun breathing heavily]
[breath trembling]
[baby crying]
[eerie music]
[Myung-gi panting]
[Jeong-dae gasping nervously]
[Player 039 groaning]
Well done, guys!
You did the right thing!
That trash should have died a long time ago!
All right. There are only five of us left now.
So, let’s see.
Yes, the lunch box!
If we drag him over there and throw him off in the next round, the three of us…
I mean, the four of us, including the baby.
Let’s see.
We get…
11.4 billion each!
[tense music]
With that kind of money, it’s a happy ending for everyone, right?
Is 11.4 billion not enough for you?
I only need ten billion, so what the hell!
I’ll give you guys 1.4 billion!
You can all share… share it.
You can share it. You can…
[chilling music]
We’ll get 15.2 billion each.
With you gone.
[groans]
[Jeong-dae screaming]
[body thuds]
[woman on PA] Player 100, eliminated.
[Myung-gi breathing heavily]
The second round has ended.
[timer beeps]
[Player 039 groaning weakly]
[intense music]
I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be your lunch box.
[breath trembling]
Wait! Calm down.
That’s not what we’re thinking. Right?
So just stay where you are.
Let’s talk.
[sobbing] You can talk to each other.
I’m out.
No!
[yells]
[body thuds]
[gasps]
[woman on PA] Player 039, eliminated.
[breathing heavily]
[dark music]
[baby crying]
[ominous music]
[eerie music]
