10 Things to Remember Before Squid Game Season 3

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Ready for the next deadly game? Before diving into Season 3, refresh your memory on crucial plot points from the Squid Game universe! Join us as we count down essential details you might have forgotten, from the VIPs' return to secret weapons that could change everything in the upcoming season.

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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're reminding you of 10 important plot points that will be

00:10relevant throughout the third season of Squid Game.

00:20The VIPs

00:21I just have to say that I'm a difficult man to please.

00:25I hope you won't disappoint me.

00:27You might not remember the VIPs, as it's been a good couple of years since we've last seen them.

00:32They appeared at the end of season one, depicted as anonymous elites who watch and bet on the games

00:37for their own entertainment.

00:50It's important to remember that the VIPs only showed up for the last two games,

00:54and that seems to be the case here as well.

00:56It's been confirmed that the VIPs are returning for season three,

01:00and there are some brief shots from the season three trailers showing the VIPs sitting around a table

01:05and enjoying some food and drink.

01:07Hopefully, the acting is a bit better this time around.

01:10Oh, how much did you bet?

01:12A million bucks!

01:14What convinced you to bet so much on number 69?

01:18Oh, it's such a beautiful number! 69!

01:23Oh, you dirty dog!

01:26The post-credits scene

01:27Season two left us with a tantalizing post-credits scene,

01:38which has drawn significant debate since its release in December.

01:41It shows Young-hee, the famous doll from Red Light Green Light,

01:45standing opposite a new boy doll.

01:47This newcomer is Cheol-soo,

01:48and like Young-hee, he is named after the famous South Korean school book character.

01:52According to the trailers,

01:54it looks like the dolls will be involved in some type of jump rope game,

01:58failure at which will send players flying and falling to their deaths.

02:02The red and green lights seen in the post-credits scene

02:04also indicate some type of starting and stopping element,

02:07but how that comes into play remains to be seen.

02:10X's and O's

02:18It's hard to forget the violent rebellion that ends season two,

02:33with Gi-hun instigating a failed uprising against the guards,

02:36and on a grander scale, the squid game at large.

02:38However, this plot point has overshadowed the simmering tensions

02:42between the X's and O's.

02:56Last we saw them, the O's were attacking the X's in the dead of night,

03:01hoping to murder the players who wish to leave

03:03and dwindle the numbers even further.

03:05It'll be interesting to see how,

03:07or even if, these tensions will carry over into season three.

03:10How will the O's react to the failed uprising?

03:13How will the X's react to the midnight massacre?

03:16Will they learn to work together,

03:18or is the divide too great to mend?

03:20It looks like one of the most important characters going forward will be Kim Joon-hee.

03:48And for those who don't remember, Joon-hee is pregnant.

03:52She and Myung-hee were in a relationship before she broke up with him following a failed investment,

03:56or should we say getting scammed.

03:58However, the breakup came after she became pregnant,

04:01and both she and Myung-hee are now in the games together.

04:04Let's just say, it seems unlikely that both parents will be around for this child.

04:20Showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk has claimed that Joon-hee's child will play a very important role in season three,

04:26so it looks like that little guy is coming out one way or another.

04:29Noël is sabotaging the organ ring.

04:46One of the most unique aspects of season two was the subplot around Noël,

04:55who is serving as one of the guards.

04:57Not only does it humanize the faceless enforcers to some degree,

05:00but it also gives us a better perspective into their daily lives and operations.

05:04But what's most important to remember is that Noël is actively sabotaging

05:08the underground organ harvesting ring.

05:10The plan is to shoot players in a non-fatal manner

05:26and then take them underground to steal their fresh and healthy organs.

05:30But Noël is ruining this plan by shooting and killing the marked players,

05:34ensuring that their organs are no good.

05:36Unsurprisingly, this has made her not so popular with her co-workers.

05:40You know the golden rule of TV.

06:07If we don't see a body, they aren't really dead.

06:09Gyeongsak works at the amusement park with Noël,

06:12and he has a sick daughter who is dying of cancer.

06:15So he enters the game, hoping to get some money for her treatment.

06:24He ultimately takes part in the rebellion and is shot by a guard,

06:28who is presumed to be Noël.

06:29The fate of Gyeongsak will be one of the biggest questions going into season 3,

06:45but many fans theorize that he is alive,

06:48with Noël shooting him in a non-fatal manner.

06:50It'll be interesting to see how his subplot intertwines with Noël's,

06:54and even if he doesn't make it,

06:56we certainly hope his little girl does.

06:57Te-ho's combat stress reaction.

07:10Te-ho had an important job to uphold,

07:24but unfortunately,

07:26a reaction beyond his control got in the way.

07:28Te-ho takes part in the uprising,

07:30and it seems like he will be a valuable member of the team

07:33given his experience in the Marines.

07:35Te-ho-

07:45Te-ho-

07:47However, he quickly folds to the pressure and does poorly in combat.

07:54He later volunteers to get more ammo from the dormitory,

07:57but he suffers a combat stress reaction and fails to return,

08:01resulting in the failure of the uprising.

08:03No doubt this will play a role in Season 3.

08:06Will the players be sympathetic to Dae-oh,

08:08or will they blame him and see him as cowardly?

08:11Will he enjoy a heroic redemption of some kind?

08:13We can't wait to see.

08:25Goong-ja has a hidden knife.

08:26Chekhov's gun states that if something is introduced in a story,

08:35that something must be valuable and eventually come into play.

08:39While Squid Game doesn't have a Chekhov's gun, but a Chekhov's knife.

08:43During a late night talk with her son,

08:45Goong-ja reveals that she has a small knife hidden inside her hairpin.

08:49It's unclear if the guards missed that,

09:05or if they simply allowed her to have it,

09:07but that's not the point.

09:08The point is that this knife was never seen again in Season 2,

09:12so it is virtually guaranteed that it will play a role in Season 3,

09:15and probably an important one.

09:17That knife is definitely going inside a body.

09:20We just don't know whose or why.

09:34In-Haul won the game.

09:36What some people might not remember as it goes back to Season 1

09:49is that In-Haul is not just the frontman.

09:51He's also a past winner of the games.

09:54In-Haul shares his backstory with Gi-hun,

09:56and we have no reason to disbelieve it.

09:58Basically, his pregnant wife had liver disease

10:01and needed a transplant so she and the baby could live.

10:03In-Haul entered and eventually won the 28th iteration of the Squid Game,

10:20but his wife died before he could use the money to pay for an operation.

10:24However, we still don't know why In-Haul returned to the Squid Game

10:27and became the frontman,

10:28but showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk has promised that the answer is coming in Season 3.

10:32So, stay tuned.

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10:55The boat captain is a traitor.

10:57Jun-Ho spent Season 2 on a boat looking for Squid Game Island,

11:10to no success.

11:11However, that's not his fault.

11:13If you'll remember,

11:14Captain Pak is a traitor

11:15and has been sabotaging the operation the entire time.

11:19It's likely that Pak was hired by In-Haul to find Jun-Ho

11:21after he shot him off the cliff,

11:23and the two are now working in tandem to keep the island a secret.

11:26Pak's duplicity is finally revealed in the finale,

11:29when he's found tampering with a mercenary's drone.

11:42Knowing that the game is up,

11:44Pak kills the man and throws him overboard.

11:46We have no doubt that Jun-Ho will eventually find the island.

11:50We just can't wait to see how he gets the upper hand on Pak.

11:56So I looked at him and looked at him,

11:57but I thought this ship was going to hit the top of the cliff.

12:03Look, it's crazy.

12:05Is there anything else we should know about?

12:07Let us know in the comments below.

12:09I am dying to know what this next game is.

12:11Give us a hint, will you?

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