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Squid Game Season 3's Ending Left Viewers Divided, But Its Netflix Replacement Can Avoid Its Biggest Mistakes
Warning! This article contains spoilers for Squid Game season 3.
Squid Game season 3’s ending failed to please all viewers, but the show’s returning Netflix replacement has the opportunity to learn from its mistakes and avoid receiving a similar divisive reception. Ever since Squid Game season 3 landed on Netflix, many viewers have expressed their disappointment with its ending.
While some have also praised it for its ability to maintain a sense of unpredictability up till its final moments, many have been questioning whether the show could have had a better conclusive arc. Regardless of what one thinks about Squid Game season 3‘s ending, its final arc does seem to have some issues.
It may be too late for Squid Game to rectify these problems since the show, for now, has ended for good. However, Squid Game‘s Netflix replacement, which is scheduled to return later this year, can avoid having the same narrative issues by learning from the Korean show’s ending mistakes.
Squid Game Season 3’s Ending Mistakes Can Be Lessons For Alice In Borderland’s Final Installment
Like Squid Game, Alice In Borderland Is Ending Its Run With Season 3
Even though Alice in Borderland season 2’s ending was fairly conclusive, Netflix surprisingly decided to continue the show’s run with another installment. Alice in Borderland premiered on Netflix in December 2020, almost nine months before Squid Game landed on the streamer and became a global hit.
Despite this, Alice in Borderland is ending after Squid Game, with its final installment scheduled to come out sometime in September 2025. By releasing after Squid Game season 3, Alice in Borderland‘s third installment has the perfect opportunity to learn from the Netflix Korean show‘s mistakes and avoid repeating the same.
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Why Alice In Borderland Season 3 Is Happening (Despite Season 2’s Ending)
Alice in Borderland season 3 is happening, which can be surprising given how season 2 ended and how there is no source material left to be covered.
Since many viewers were not happy with Gi-hun’s death in Squid Game, Alice in Borderland can avoid killing off Arisu in its final arc. Audiences have also complained about the abrupt and undeserving deaths of many other prominent characters, like Jun-hee and Hyun-ju, in Squid Game‘s final arc.
Alice in Borderland can ensure that if some of its beloved main characters die, they at least get honorable and emotionally resonant send-offs.
Given how both Squid Game and Alice in Borderland are known for taking a no-holds-barred approach towards character deaths, many main players from the Japanese manga adaptation will also likely die in the final season. However, Alice in Borderland can ensure that if some of its beloved main characters die, they at least get honorable and emotionally resonant send-offs.
Alice In Borderland Season 3 Is At An Even Greater Risk Of Dividing Audiences
It Is Extending Far Beyond Its Source Material
Like most manga adaptations, Alice in Borderland takes many creative liberties in seasons 1 and 2. At the same time, however, it still captures its source material’s essence by adopting its primary story elements and character beats. Owing to this, Alice in Borderland season 2’s ending roughly aligns with the final arc of Haro Aso’s original manga.
With season 3, Alice in Borderland is extending far beyond its source material and taking the massive risk of adopting original storylines in its final season. Considering how this makes the show’s final installment a lot more unpredictable, the Netflix series could benefit from this in more ways than one.
At the same time, though, if Alice in Borderland season 3 comes off as a forced, unnecessary extension of the original manga’s lore, many viewers would be furious about the show’s return. Hopefully, unlike Squid Game season 3, Alice in Borderland‘s upcoming season will be far less divisive and in tandem with its previous installments’ thematic and narrative core.
