Summary of "Squid Game Season 3 Was Bad"

The video is a candid and humor-laced critique of Squid Game Season 3, expressing strong disappointment with the season’s storytelling and character arcs while acknowledging a few standout moments. The creator dives deep into the plot, spoilers ahead, and highlights how Season 3 fails to deliver meaningful answers or closure to mysteries teased in Season 2, especially focusing on the detective’s long, fruitless quest to find the Squid Game island and his brother, who turns out to be the puppet master. Despite two seasons of buildup, the detective’s arc ends abruptly and unsatisfyingly with no real payoff, symbolizing the season’s broader failure to capitalize on its narrative potential.

The reviewer praises the hide-and-seek tag game as the season’s high point—an intense, well-executed challenge with powerful emotional character moments, notably involving a mother-son dynamic that culminates in a tragic, poignant scene where the mother kills her son to protect a baby. Another emotional highlight is Hyonju’s death, which is both heartbreaking and narratively fitting, showing betrayal and sacrifice amidst the chaos.

However, many characters suffer from weak or pointless arcs. Dieho, once a tough marine, is reduced to a coward who freezes under pressure and is quickly killed off. Minsu’s character devolves into a drug-addicted mess with no meaningful resolution, wasting screen time and viewer investment. The VIPs, meant to be sinister elite spectators, come off as cartoonish and cringe-worthy, delivering awful dialogue and adding nothing substantial to the story. Their scenes are described as embarrassing and pointless, ending with them simply leaving without consequence.

The jump rope game, though conceptually interesting with its betrayal twist, suffers from the fact that by this point all beloved characters are dead, leaving only unfamiliar or unlikable players to compete, which drains tension and emotional investment. Mongji, initially a complex character, devolves into a one-dimensional psychopath by the finale, undermining earlier character development.

The climax, where Ji Hun confronts the game’s master (his presumed-dead friend Inho), is underwhelming. The backstory and confrontation are shallow and brief, lacking depth or impact. Ji Hun’s “defiance” is more about luck and passivity than a meaningful stand, which makes the final showdown feel anticlimactic. The season ends with Ji Hun sacrificing himself so the baby wins, symbolizing hope, but this victory feels unnecessary and poorly executed due to missed opportunities like simply starting the game properly earlier.

The video closes noting the teaser for the American Squid Game spin-off, with a mix of reluctant excitement and skepticism. Overall, the reviewer believes Season 3 doesn’t ruin the franchise but is a major letdown—filled with wasted potential, weak character arcs, cringe moments, and unsatisfying resolutions, balanced by a few genuinely strong scenes and emotional beats.