Last words are hard. Ending a monster hit TV show satisfyingly is probably even harder. That's what makes "Humans are…," the final words of Lee Jung-jae's Seong Gi-hun, AKA Player 456, so particularly striking. Not only do those two words bring this iconic character's journey to an end, but they also perfectly – and poignantly – encapsulate the entire Netflix series.
In the final episode of Squid Game season 3, Gi-hun is put in an impossible position when the last game comes down to him, player Myung-gi, and Baby 222. For anyone to survive this final round, one of them must die. It's made even harder by Myung-gi, the baby's father, immediately going on the offensive. A fight ensues, and in the chaos, Myung-gi is killed – but in a breathtakingly brutal twist, nobody ever pressed the button to start the round, meaning his death was entirely in vain. That leaves Gi-hun with yet another unthinkable choice: sacrifice himself, or the newborn baby.
