Gi-hun finds Sang-woo among the players
Gi-hun spots his neighbourhood's SNU prodigy in a tracksuit and demands to know why the business trip abroad ended in a debt dossier.
Seong Gi-hun & Cho Sang-woo
Childhood friends from the same neighbourhood, and what the games make of them. 27 scenes together, in story order.
27 moments · 46 min · by Favseen
- 01
- 02
Sang-woo coaches Gi-hun: hide behind someone and keep moving
Frozen on the field, Gi-hun is told not to look back; the doll senses movement, so he must advance in another player's shadow.
- 03
Players beg to go home and Sang-woo cites consent form clause 3
Survivors plead to leave after the massacre; the masked host calls it a game, and one player finds the clause that forces a vote.
- 04
Sang-woo admits he lost six billion won
On the bridge, Gi-hun learns the SNU genius owes six billion, bet on futures, and put his mother's house and shop up as collateral.
- 05
Gi-hun's squad forms with army ranks
Sang-woo and Ali rejoin Gi-hun, Ali thanks him for the bus fare, and the group recruits Il-nam as the old major of their training-camp team.
- 06
Lunchbox memories and a list of childhood games
Over cold lunch boxes Gi-hun and Il-nam reminisce about briquette stoves, then rattle off every old kids' game Ali has never heard of.
- 07
Chocolate milk and Sang-woo's untouched breakfast
Il-nam asks for chocolate milk and guesses Gi-hun was spanked as a boy; across the table Sang-woo hands Ali his meal and Gi-hun follows suit.
- 08
Sang-woo's advice: don't keep your eggs in one basket
With no idea what the game is, Sang-woo argues the team should split across the shapes; Ali and Gi-hun vouch for the SNU prodigy.
- 09
Gi-hun chooses the umbrella
Ali takes the circle he calls Dayira, Gi-hun picks the umbrella for a childhood memory, and Sang-woo stops short of saying what he wanted to.
- 10
Sang-woo thanks Gi-hun as the team regroups after Dalgona
Sang-woo admits Gi-hun got him through the honeycomb round, Ali and Il-nam rejoin, and the announcer tallies 79 dead and a 34.8 billion won pot.
- 11
Lights-out countdown and the dormitory riot
The lights go out on a countdown and the dorm erupts in a brawl. Gi-hun and Sang-woo fight back to back, then realise Il-nam is missing.
- 12
The team trades names and Il-nam cannot remember his
Gi-hun, Ali, Sang-woo and Sae-byeok introduce themselves properly; when the old man is asked, he stalls and Gi-hun covers for him.
- 13
Teams of ten: Sang-woo guesses the game and argues for strong men
The third game is announced as a team game and Gi-hun's group debates which playground game it could be and who to recruit in ten minutes.
- 14
Ji-yeong joins Sae-byeok and Mi-nyeo barges onto the weak team
Sae-byeok brings a girl instead of a man, the count stops at nine, and the rejected Mi-nyeo invites herself in as the tenth with a boast.
- 15
Il-nam teaches the team how to win Tug-of-War
Facing an all-male team, the old man lays out his childhood method: a strong leader, alternating sides, rope under the armpits, lean back ten seconds.
- 16
Three steps forward: Sang-woo's gamble on the rope
The team holds for ten seconds, starts losing anyway, and Sang-woo orders everyone to step towards the edge on a count of three.
- 17
Planning the night: attack first or build a barricade
With lights-out coming, the pastor argues for striking a weak team first, Sae-byeok says she trusts no one, and the team settles on a barricade.
- 18
Sang-woo picks Ali over Gi-hun; Gi-hun gives Il-nam his jacket
Sang-woo quietly chooses Ali as his partner, leaving Gi-hun to step aside and look after the old man instead.
- 19
Gi-hun confronts Sang-woo over the push on the bridge
Back in the dorm, Gi-hun demands to know why Sang-woo shoved the glassmaker; Sang-woo says he will do whatever it takes to win.
- 20
Gi-hun offers Sae-byeok an alliance against Sang-woo
Knife in hand, Gi-hun wakes Sae-byeok to say he means no harm, notices she is hiding pain, and proposes they team up to beat Sang-woo.
- 21
Sae-byeok stops Gi-hun's knife, then he finds her wound
As Gi-hun stands over sleeping Sang-woo, Sae-byeok tells him that is not who he is; he returns to find her bleeding and asking to go home.
- 22
Gi-hun screams for a doctor as Sae-byeok dies
Gi-hun pounds on the doors begging the guards for help; when he turns back, Sae-byeok is gone.
- 23
The final game is Squid Game: coin flip and rules
Gi-hun and Sang-woo flip for offense and defense, then hear the rules of the last game, including what happens if a player cannot continue.
- 24
Sang-woo justifies killing Sae-byeok
Sang-woo claims he ended her suffering; Gi-hun sees through it and vows Sang-woo will not leave with the money.
- 25
Gi-hun and Sang-woo fight on the Red Light, Green Light field
A brutal, muddy brawl between two childhood friends on the ground where it all began, as Gi-hun realises who killed everyone.
- 26
Gi-hun gives up at the edge of victory
Standing over a beaten Sang-woo, Gi-hun refuses to finish him and invokes Clause Three to end the game, stunning the watchers.
- 27
Sang-woo's goodbye: let's go together
Gi-hun remembers their mothers calling them home for supper; Sang-woo apologises and asks him to look after his mother.