After three gripping seasons, Squid Game came to an end this weekend, as Seong Gi-hun faced off with Hwang In-ho (also known as the Front Man) one last time.
New games were played in the form of Hide-and-Seek, and a super intense version of Jump Rope, which saw 222's newborn child taking on her number.
While I was at the edge of my seat during all the gruesome challenges, eagle-eyed fans have pointed out some discrepancies from the third and final installment.
From 222's baby, to the numbers of surviving players each round, here's all the Squid Game season three plot holes you might have missed...
The Baby
When it comes to Player 222's (Kim Jun-hee) newborn baby, we have so many questions. First of all, Player 222 gave birth in the middle of the Hide-and-Seek game when she was hiding from the blue team. How no one found her in the room as she was screaming from the labour pains and no one heard the baby crying is besides me.
Then there's the issue of the baby's feeding and nappy changes. We saw the baby being fed twice on-screen—first by her mother and then again by a guard during the final feast, but never again. The baby was also being wrapped in player 456's uniform throughout most of the game, which is pretty unrealistic.
"Did they give the baby diapers in Squid Game or did it just s*** and poop all over itself for the whole time," one viewer asked on X (formerly Twitter).
I know this is Squid Game and the players do remain in their uniforms even after almost being beaten to death in games and are fed morsels of food, but these are adults as opposed to a newborn baby...
The Math Isn't Mathing
During the game of Hide-and-Seek, the players with a blue bib had to each kill one player with a red bib in order to progress to the next round. They could also kill more players if they chose to.
At the end it was revealed that 35 out of 60 players had lost the game, which one viewer said "doesn't check out".
As we saw in the game, blue players had to successfully kill a red player in order to be successful. If they failed to do this in time, they would be eliminated. Blue players only needed to kill one player each, but they could kill more, which Player 333 (Myung-gi) and Player 124 (Nyam-gyu) did, automatically eliminating other red players who would then couldn't be found by an eligible blue player. This could have explained the number, although the math is a little dodgy.
The Island Distance
In the final episodes, Player 246 speeds away on a boat as he tries to get away from the island where the games take place. Judging by the speed and intensity at which he moved, one Reddit user pointed out that he would have been much further from the island. However, when the detective arrives and 246 points out where it is, it's so close.
"Player 246 speeds away on a boat like he’s sailing to freedom," the viewer wrote. "By the intensity and speed, I thought he had gotten FAR from the island... In the heavy mist, the island is right there when 246 points it [out]. And the marine takes so long to find the island. [This] makes no sense."
Where's the Coast Guard?
There was no mention or sight of a coast guard during season 3, despite a massive ship setting sail. It's very unlikely such a big ship wouldn't have been noticed, yet the detective was out in the middle of the sea and was never interrupted...
The Voting System
One viewer had a big question around the final game, which saw Gi-hun sacrifice his own life so that Player 222's baby could live and win the game. However, one viewer had an issue with this, asking on Reddit: "There's a rule in the games if you can quit at any time and you need a majority to quit so why didn't Seong Gi-hun just end the game? The baby would have abstained. And they both would have lived????"
However, this isn't necessarily a plot hole but rather a change that was made in season 2. At one point, players were allowed to vote to end the game whenever they wanted and whatever the majority agreed would be the outcome. This was changed after season 2, so voting could only take place at a certain time and not once a game had started, which is very convenient considering the ending...
