Squid Game Season 3 Episode 2 Ending Explained: Who Did Player 456 Kill? Did Geum-ja Kill Her Son?

Squid Game Season 3 Episode 2 Ending: Every contestant is doing all they could in order to survive the game. Squid Game Season 3 had an unexpected ending. And, everyone was left shocked by the kind of storyline the final season brought. But episode 2 of Squid Game Season 3 was something that left everyone in tears and shivers. Episode 2 is called to be the "best episode in history". Let us take a look at what happened in the end of Squid Game Season 3 Episode 2:

Squid Game Season 3 Episode 2 Ending Explained

Squid Game Season 3 Episode 2 ending had two unexpected deaths. Player No. 456 was seen fighting for his survival with Player 388. 388 was about to run for his life, but then 456 came running with a knife in his hand. However, he was attacked by 388, causing him to drop the knife. But 456 managed to overpower 388 and killed him by grabbing his neck.

On the other hand, there was an emotional mother and son moment. Geum-ja urged her son Yong-sik, not to kill Jun-hee as she has a kid with her. However, Yong-sik had no option. His mother asked him to kill her, but Yong-sik couldn't do so. As he went ahead to kill Jun-hee, Geum-ja killed him. Seeing the mother who loved her son unconditionally kill him in the end left everyone emotional.

Fans Dub Squid Game Season 3 Episode 2 'Best Episode'

After watching Squid Game Season 3 Episode 2, a user took to a Reddit thread with the title "episode 2 might be the greatest episode of anything in history ever" to discuss how the episode was. In this thread, one commented, "I don't think ANYBODY predicted the way that Yong-Sik dies. Nobody thought that it was Gyuem-Ja that would basically kill her (yes I know the guards shot him but also he was clearly on the verge of death)" Another called the episode to be "Exactly the best episode so far with so many tense."