Fans welcomed Lee Jung-jae’s return as Player 456, and critics praised his performance as viewership numbers solidified Dong-hyuk’s massively popular Korean drama as the world’s biggest TV show. Squid Game is credited with catapulting Korean content into the mainstream.

The third and final season of South Korean smash hit Squid Game topped Netflix's global charts and broke streaming records, the platform said on Wednesday.

The creator of Netflix's Squid Game said he considered a different ending—one that can be considered a happy one—for its third and final season. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Hwang Dong-hyuk said that while he was writing the first draft of seasons two and three,