Squid Game 3 wish list: 5 things we don’t want to see—skip the pointless subplots and family reveals please

Squid Game 3 is on the horizon, following what was, forgive the bluntness, a frustrating Season 2. The second installment, which came on the heels of the global phenomenon, tracked a grim Gi-hun as he attempted to dismantle the slaughterhouse on an island where people, on the brink of desperation, played children’s games for cash.

While the view that Squid Game should have ended with one season is subjective, Season 2 seemed to sprawl in all directions and didn’t quite seem to have a plan, like their protagonist. Gi-hun’s first attempt to make a change is to yell at everyone before Red Light, Green Light, that they will all be murdered. And then concoct the most ill-planned strategy of shooting down the masked murderers in the slaughter mansion, while the Front Man, who is the mastermind behind the entire idea, has the upper hand again.

So, with Season 3 likely being Gi-hun’s final act, here are five things fans really don’t want to see in the last chapter.

No. Not happening again. No.

Season 2 was especially frustrating because it ended on what felt like a mid-season cliffhanger, Gi-hun watching a close friend die, while the rest of the players waited anxiously in the dormitory. This time, let’s wrap it up for real. Whether it ends with everyone dead or with a sliver of hope, just end it. No more leaving fans with even more questions than answers.

 Groan. Those plot twists have served well in the past and are now stale. We don’t want to see Il-nam’s children, uncles or a cat that he once adopted roaming around in the mysterious island.

In Season 2, the Front Man infiltrated the players’ group and somehow became best friends with Gi-hun—who, let’s be honest, hasn’t learned a thing about trusting people. Naturally, the Front Man betrayed the ragtag team in the end. Now, some fans are speculating that Gi-hun might take up the mantle and become the new Front Man in the final season.

To that, most fans just sigh: Please, no. It would be the most predictable ending—second only to Gi-hun dying while nobly sacrificing everyone. Making him the Front Man would just butcher the story. Let’s not go there.

Wi Ha-joon’s Jun Ho spent all of Season 2 teaming up with Gi-hun and aimlessly sailing around, never even finding the island. To make matters worse, his trusted skipper turned out to be a traitor who straight-up murdered his friend by tossing him into the sea. (What will it take for people to check who they trust in this show?)

 Jun Ho deserves better. Give him a strong, meaningful role in the final season, he's earned it.

Fans fear this more than anything. Let’s not have the Front Man suddenly grow a conscience—especially because of a pregnant Jun Hee, which is one of the more popular fan theories right now. That kind of redemption arc would just cheapen the entire story. Let villains stay villains.

Squid Game 3 will release on Netflix, on June 27.