"We are not horses. We are humans. Humans are...," marked the mysterious final words of player No. 456 in the captivating third season of "Squid Game."

From his radical weight loss to intense emotional turmoil, Lee Jung-jae reflects on the costs — and meaning — of closing out 'Squid Game.'

Squid Game Season 3 stops time with a scene that will leave you feeling chills when Player 456, the face of the series, lets himself fall to his death.

In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hwang said he originally wrote an ending where Player 456, Seong Gi-hun, leaves the deadly games behind for good. That's a sharp contrast to the version that made it to screen, where Gi-hun sacrifices his life in the end for the new Player 222.

"If Season 1 was about the story of Gi-hun [Lee], or player no. 456, entering Squid Game for the first time and about how he survives and leaves the game as a winner, Season 2 is going to be about ...

Squid Game Season 3 premiered on Netflix on June 27, and it has been a whirlwind of emotions for the viewers who are being introduced to the ending of a show that they've followed for so long and had

“Squid Game” returns for a second season and so does Seong Gi-hun, a.k.a. Player 456 (Lee Jung-jae), who is on a mission to end the game. (No Ju-han / Netflix) By Robert Lloyd