The third and final season of Squid Game is a cynical look at humanity, with a surprisingly hopeful ending—here’s the season 3 finale, explained.

Spoiler warning: Before I continue, please know there are major story spoilers featured below for season 3 of Squid Game. If you're reading this and have yet to finish the episodes, turn back now. Or, you know, don't. It's your choice. You do you, boo.

One of the last women seen in “Squid Game” is an American recruiter played by Cate Blanchett, who grins at Front Man watching from his limo as she slaps some indebted fool. By then, we’ve mostly stopped thinking about that baby, which is just as well. She never really mattered in the first place.