Squid Game season 3 brought the game to an end for the final time, but it couldn’t go out without a major twist or two. And the biggest one involved one of the players: 222. Just when you though the Front Man and his VIPs couldn’t get any more twisted, they made a major switch to the games that definitely will change your PoV of this whole game.
Here’s everything you need to know about Player 222 from Squid Game season 3.
Who is Player 222 in Squid Game season 3?
We first meet Player 222 in season 2 where we also discover that her name is Kim Jun-hee. She originally dated Player 333, Lee Myung-gi, who convinced her to buy a cryptocurrency called Dalmation that ended up being a scam and led to their break up. It is later revealed that she is pregnant with their child and she discovered this before the games, but she had decided to keep the baby and decides to join the games to try to better their lives.
In season 3, Jun-hee has survived multiple games and is slotted into the red team for Hide and Seek. She ends up switching teams with Myung-gi who says that he plans to come and protect her after he kills another player to keep himself alive. In the chaos of the game, Jun-hee’s water breaks and she ends breaking her foot while going up some stairs. After finding a room to hide in, she gives birth to a baby girl with the help of Cho Hyun-ju (Player 120) and Jang Geum-ja (Player 149).
Player 202 enters the room where she’s given birth, but Hyun-ju ends up killing them before any of them are attacked. Hyun-ju ends up finding the exit and returns to tell them the good news, but is killed by Myung-gi in the process. Trying to protect them from Nam-gyu (Player 124), he quickly turns away and closes the door. Geum-ja and Jun-hee flee to find the exit and are soon are face-to-face with Geum-ja’s son, Park Yong-sik (Player 007). Unable to kill anyone else, he tries to kill Jun-hee so he and his mother can continue on, but Geum-ja stabs him instead, killing him and allowing her, Jun-hee, and the baby to continue on.
In episode 3, it is revealed that the game is Jump Rope. Unable to jump due to her broken foot, Seong Gi-hun (Player 456) tells her to stay behind and that he would come get her to help her get across. The Pink Guards also reveal that the baby is now an official player of the game and must also get across safely or die based off of the rules of the game. Gi-hun crosses with the baby first and is successful, but is later blocked by the other players who are trying to complete the task. With time running out and her unable to cross on her own, Jun-hee accepts her fate and decides to jump off from the ledge as time runs out.
After the skipping rope game, a new twist is revealed. Jun-hee’s baby is now Player 222. Furious, the other players try to kill her, but the Pink Guards reveal that players are no longer able to attack each other outside the games. Soon the final game is revealed: Sky Squid Game. Still furious with her joining the game, the other players try to kill her first. However, Gi-hun proceeds to protect her at every turn. Eventually, Myung-gi also joins Gi-hun, but they are soon the only three left. Myung-gi attempts to sacrifice the baby so that he can win the game. Gi-hun attacks him and Myung-gi eventually falls to his death.
Unfortunately for Gi-hun, the button for the final round was not pressed before Myung-gi dies, so his death does not count. Gi-hun, in keeping his promise to Jun-hee, presses the button to start the new round and sacrifices himself so the baby, the new Player 222, is the official winner of the games. Hwang In-ho, AKA the Front Man, takes the baby after the end of the game and mysteriously disappears afterwards.
Six months pass and Hwang Jun-ho returns one home one day to find the baby in his flat with a credit card including all the money from the games.
Who plays Player 222 in Squid Game season 3?
South Korean singer and actress Jo Yu-ri plays Jun-hee in Squid Game season 2 and 3. She is formerly a member of the girl group Iz*One and is also a solo artist.
Unlike in other productions, the baby is fully CGI so we don’t have credits for that one. But, you know, at least it survived the games.
Squid Game is available to stream on Netflix.
