Squid Game (Season 3) | Lee Jung-jae | Lee Byung-hun | Wi Ha-joon | Im Si-wan | Kang Ha-neul| Park Gyu-young | Jo Yu-ri | Lee Jin-wook

After the unsuccessful rebellion,[a] Kang No-eul non-fatally shoots Player 246, Gyeong-seok, under the pretense of cooperating with the organ traffickers in exchange for access to their operating room. Seong Gi-hun is returned to the dormitory alive and later learns that all the other rebels, except for Cho Hyun-ju and Kang Dae-ho, have been executed. Another vote is held on whether to end the games; the result is to continue. Gi-hun, still in shock, blames Dae-ho for the rebellion's failure. After the players are led past the hanged rebels' bodies, they are assigned roles for a deadly version of hide-and-seek, in which armed taggers will hunt hiders attempting to find and unlock an exit with different types of keys. Before the game, Dae-ho confronts Gi-hun, blaming his plan for the rebels' deaths, and Yong-sik and Myung-gi switch roles with Geum-ja and Jun-hee to become taggers. Myung-gi teams up with Nam-gyu. In the operating room, No-eul kills the traffickers and forces the doctor to stabilize Gyeong-seok. Meanwhile, Hwang Jun-ho’s team resumes their search for the island with a new drone operator, while Woo-seok independently investigates Captain Park; the Front Man, Hwang In-ho, orders Park to eliminate them if necessary. No-eul kills the doctor after Gyeong-seok recovers. In the game's labyrinth, Hyun-ju, Geum-ja, and Jun-hee team up. Myung-gi reluctantly partners with Nam-gyu and helps kill several hiders, realizing that reducing targets for other taggers will also eliminate them, thus increasing the prize pool. Elsewhere, Seon-nyeo finds the exit, but is betrayed by Player 100, Jeong-dae, who locks her out of the exit. She is then killed by Min-su, who hallucinates Nam-gyu and Se-mi under the influence of Thanos' drugs dropped by Nam-gyu. Jun-hee injures her ankle while running and goes into labor while Hyun-ju kills several taggers who attack the group. With the help of Geum-ja, Jun-hee gives birth to a healthy baby girl, but Hyun-ju is killed by Myung-gi just after she discovers an exit; overcome with guilt upon seeing Jun-hee and the newborn, Myung-gi walks away. Meanwhile, a vengeful Gi-hun, assigned as a tagger, pursues Dae-ho, who confesses to lying about his military background and chickening out of the rebellion due to his fear. Dae-ho also attacks Gi-hun, blaming him for the failed rebellion. Enraged, Gi-hun strangles Dae-ho to death. Geum-ja, Jun-hee and the baby arrived at an exit, before they encounter Yong-sik. With the game nearly over, Yong-sik resorts to targeting Jun-hee after failing to eliminate any hiders, forcing Geum-ja to intervene and stab him, resulting in the guards killing him and devastating her. Gi-hun, turning the blame for the deaths caused by the rebellion on himself, attempts to commit suicide but is stopped by the guards. VIPs arrive and pose as soldiers to execute the eliminated players. In the vote, Geum-ja pleads with the "O" players to vote "X", but is ignored. She urges Gi-hun to protect Jun-hee and her newborn daughter, but after he initially refuses, she hangs herself out of guilt for killing her son. Meanwhile, Jun-ho finds the cliff where In-ho shot him and launches an intensive search of the island. At Park's house, Woo-seok finds a stash of money, a guard uniform, and a photo of Park with the Recruiter, and realizes that Park is involved in the games, but is arrested before he can leave. Moved by Geum-ja's death, Gi-hun agrees to help Jun-hee and her newborn daughter in the next game: jump rope, in which players must cross a bridge without being hit. At first, no one moves until Min-su throws Thanos's necklace, prompting a withdrawal-stricken Nam-gyu to jump to catch it, only to plummet to his death. The VIPs decide that Jun-hee's baby counts as a player; Gi-hun, vowing to return for Jun-hee, dives in with the baby in his arms and successfully crosses. Encouraged, Player 096 follows, but starts shoving other players once he crosses. Meanwhile, the Masked Officer, threatened by No-eul to help her escape, discovers Gyeong-seok posing as a soldier. During the game, Player 096 blocks the path, but Gi-hun pressures him to move, before he kills 096 in self-defense. Meanwhile, Myung-gi approaches Jun-hee, who rejects him for murdering Hyun-ju and reveals her foot injury. As time runs out, Jun-hee entrusts her baby in Gi-hun’s care and sacrifices herself, devastating both Gi-hun and Myung-gi. The VIPs vote to allow the baby to remain in the game as Player 222. Off the island, Gyeong-seok and No-eul manage to escape but are tracked by guards sent by the Masked Officer. In the dormitory, after it was announced that Jun-hee's baby will replace her mother as Player 222, some players, especially Jeong-dae’s group, angrily try to harm the child but are stopped by guards. Starting that time, the players are no longer allowed to assault nor kill any player. They plot to murder Gi-hun and the baby, with Myung-gi pretending to join them. Before the final round, Gi-hun is summoned by In-ho, who proposes a secret deal: remove the remaining players to ensure his and the baby’s survival. In-ho then reveals he is actually Oh Young-il, leaving Gi-hun shocked and enraged. Elsewhere, Woo-seok manages to inform Jun-ho that Captain Park was acting on In-ho’s orders. Mortally wounded during their confrontation, Park admits the truth in his last breath, strengthening Jun-ho’s resolve to uncover the truth and find his brother. Meanwhile, the Masked Officer pressures No-eul into returning to the island by threatening to go after Gyeong-seok and his daughter. She complies, ensuring his escape while returning herself.