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Player 149 (장금자 – Jang Geum Ja)

어떻게 봐도 세상은 불공평해.
(No matter how you look at it, life is just unfair.)
나쁜 사람들은 나쁜 짓을 하고도 남 탓하며 마음 편히 사는데,
(Bad people do bad things, but they blame others and go on to live in peace)
착한 사람들은 작은 일에도 자신을 자책하잖아.
(Good people, on the other hand, beat themselves up about the smallest things.)

Season 3 dropped in Netflix on Friday, and by Saturday, I had already finished it. I binged the hell out of it. It literally consumed me.

Out of all the seasons, this one was easily the most psychologically disturbing. Everyone seemed to be teetering on the edge of a menty b. But that’s what made it so fascinating. It peeled back the layers of human nature in a way that felt almost too real. You see people making decisions based on survival, morality, desperation. Some genuinely care about others, risking themselves for the greater good. And then there are those with clear antisocial tendencies—people who would do anything to win. And when I say anything, I mean that in the darkest, cruelest, most unhinged way possible.

There are rumors floating around on social media that Netflix might pull it from their streaming platform. Apparently, it’s making people question their morality, sanity, and even their perception of death. I can kind of see why. The show doesn’t hold back—it confronts everything we try to compartmentalize. Life, death, power, guilt, and what it means to survive. It’s brutal and borderline nihilistic.

To me, it felt like a cerebral Korean twist on Game of Thrones—brilliant, layered, and emotionally destructive. Valar Morghulis. All men must die. And if you got attached to any single character, you were probably setting yourself up for heartbreak. Each episode delivered a new type of trauma, especially if you had even the slightest emotional investment in the actors. No one was safe. NGL, there were a few episodes that I was crashing out on.

Have you watched it? If so, lmk your thoughts on it.

P.S. Can we talk about the VIP actors for a second? Why were they so bad?  Who cast these people?? Periodt.