SBS’s action-packed drama Taxi Driver closed out its third season with a finale that left people stunned. Kim Do-gi (Lee Je-hoon) seemed to drive right off a cliff during the big showdown, and fans couldn’t believe their eyes.Season 3 ran from November 21, 2025, to January 10, 2026, and kept following the Rainbow Taxi crew as they carried out their secret revenge-for-hire missions whenever the justice system let people down.Inspired by the webtoon The Deluxe Taxi (Red Cage), this series throws you into the world of Do-gi and the Rainbow crew. They don’t just go after bad guys. They take down abusers, scammers, and big-time predators with clever plans, disguises, and a whole lot of payback that feels more like justice than chaos.In season 3, things get personal. Do-gi finds himself dragged back into his old military life, and it’s not just about revenge anymore. There’s a suspicious death, whispers of a cover-up, and corruption that runs deeper than anyone thought.Did Kim Do-gi die after falling off the cliff in Taxi Driver Season 3?No, Kim Do-gi does not die in Taxi Driver Season 3. His downfall is briefly described as a potential sacrifice in the drama, but moments later, it is confirmed that he lives, appearing alive (bloody and battered) at Rainbow Taxi when the team is ready to take cases again. In various recap and coverage reports, the show does not keep the moment in suspense long: Do-gi is literally alive in the post-fall sequence, and the show proceeds with the teaser of the next mission instead of a funeral-themed farewell.So, what actually happens in the cliff scene? The climax of the finale is the result of an endgame battle tied to the core theme of Taxi Driver Season 3, one that compels Do-gi to quit functioning as a shadow and challenges the antagonist in a close-range battle.Throughout the last leg, Do-gi tries to solve a mysterious military-related murder that rattles him on a personal level, leading him to re-enter a military setting and unravel what seems like an elaborate cover-up. The preview coverage by SBS itself presents this arc as Do-gi returning to uniform and seeking truth within a system that was built to defend itself, making the danger around him increase as he seeks vengeance against those who committed the wrong.When the finale reaches its climax, Do-gi is no longer merely the driver on the sidelines who is going through with some plan. He is directly in a confrontation with the chief villain, and the battle becomes brutal, a sort of end-of-season violence, in which the viewer is led to believe that even the near-invincible Do-gi may have been pushed too far.The cliff fall is staged like a classic K-drama “is this the end?” beat for a reason:Taxi Driver Season 3 plays more into the aspect of Do-gi being a soldier and the notion that justice, particularly against institutional power, is not delivered in a clean manner. The fall is the visual climax of that theme: the hero does not walk away unscathed, even if victorious.Rainbow Taxi is built as a found family. When Do-gi disappears over the edge, it hits the crew like the floor dropping out, even if the audience suspects a twist. It compels the story to momentarily envision Rainbow without its driver.The performance flirts with death (Do-gi is gone; the fight is over at the cliff), only to swing to life (Do-gi lives; the pager rings; the work goes on). That is a very calculated season finale, but not a series finale rhythm with or without confirmation of Season 4.This is the most important point: Taxi Driver does not make the survival of Do-gi a puzzle that has to be solved by a series of episodes. Confirming him alive after the fall sequence, wounded and worn, the story provides a way of restoring the status quo: Rainbow Taxi is once more in formation and can respond to the next call.In other words, the show’s answer to “Did he die?” is essentially: you are supposed to be scared a bit, and then realize that he survived.Taxi Driver Season 3 (Image via Viki)Do-gi survival is not a convenient loophole. In the logic of Taxi Driver, it supports what the series has always peddled as its main point:The mission of Rainbow Taxi is not completed because one case is completed. Although the primary corruption story in Taxi Driver Season 3 comes to its end, the work of the team is perceived as continuing. That is why the climax drifts towards ordinary coming back: the basement, the old roles, the signal of a new work.Do-gi is placed in a resilient, yet not untouchable. Taxi Driver Season 3 repeatedly focuses on the fact that Do-gi was a trained operator, and the fact that SBS coverage highlights him reentering soldier mode during its final stretch. However, bruises and fatigue also appear in the end. The point is: he is not immortal, he simply does not want to stop.The ending is focused on closure + continuation, rather than shock-value ambiguity. Some dramas leave an actual question mark of alive or dead. Taxi Driver Season 3 doesn’t. It spikes the adrenaline using the cliff, and in a rush, brings the viewers back to the ground: Do-gi is alive, and the crew is still active.