Out of all the curveballs Squid Game keeps throwing at its players, it's hard to imagine a crueler game than the one highlighted in season 3, episode 5.

The third and final season of the industry-defining Squid Game confidently delivers each new round of the deathly games with spectacularly brutal aplomb — but its attempts at worldbuilding are disappointingly tired and uneven.

Squid Game season 3 episode 4, titled 222, brings two more notable deaths of major characters, although several more unnamed players are also eliminated as the jump rope game continues. Another notable death takes place outside of the Squid Game compound.