Mingle round of ten: Gi-hun's group scrambles for room 44
The round of ten opens the episode as groups merge on the run; the stragglers beg for their lives and Seon-nyeo claims everyone owes her.
Seong Gi-hun's Best Moments
Every Squid Game moment featuring Seong Gi-hun, in story order. Played by Lee Jung-jae.
162 moments · 4h 48m · by Favseen
Moments 121–150 of 162
- 121
- 122
Reunion after the round: does the baby count as a player?
Young-il turns up alive, Dae-ho brags about being friendly, and the group realises Jun-hee's pregnancy changes the group maths, twins included.
- 123
Geum-ja defends her son to the men who saved her
Asked why Yong-sik never came back for her, Geum-ja insists he is a good person who never hurt anyone, and the questioner apologises.
- 124
Final round of two: 126 players, only 50 rooms
The last Mingle number is predicted from the room count, then players fight over doors as the countdown runs out.
- 125
Counting the O's: Gi-hun wants to force the vote
The X side tallies 56 O's and argues tactics: Gi-hun wants to drag them over, Young-il urges calm, Dae-ho admits he is too scared to go on.
- 126
Yong-sik changes his vote and Geum-ja cheers her son
Player 015 switches to tie it up, then Yong-sik presses X just as his mother promised he would, putting the X side one ahead.
- 127
Player 001 casts the last vote and the result is a tie
Jung-bae keeps trying to tell Gi-hun what he saw Young-il do in their room, and Young-il's final ballot leaves the vote split 50/50.
- 128
Gimbap dinner: Young-il says he only saved his own skin
Gi-hun thanks Young-il for the second chance; Young-il shrugs it off and predicts hunger will make everyone homesick by morning.
- 129
Hanwoo beef offer turns into a Marine versus Special Forces brawl
An X player offers to buy everyone beef if one O switches; the O side mocks them and a shouting match over military service ends in a scuffle.
- 130
O's and X's trade blame for the bathroom killings
Each camp accuses the other of starting the bloodshed to swing the vote, until someone calls for a full headcount.
- 131
Gi-hun redirects the X's toward the man in the black mask
As his side plans a pre-emptive strike, Gi-hun argues the real enemy runs the games from the control room above.
- 132
Plan to steal the guards' guns
Gi-hun proposes seizing guns from the guards; Young-il questions the odds before Gi-hun lays out the ambush.
- 133
Gi-hun chooses to sacrifice a few for the plan
Hiding under the beds, Gi-hun tells his group to stay out of the fight even if fellow X's die, and Young-il agrees to follow.
- 134
The ambush: rebels seize the guards' rifles
When guards storm in to stop the fight, the rebels strike, take their guns, and Gi-hun stops an enraged player from executing the O's.
- 135
Gi-hun's call to arms
Gi-hun admits he is scared too, but asks anyone who can shoot to march up the stairs and fight their way out together.
- 136
Young-il's MP5 lesson and an unmasked guard
Young-il teaches the rebels to load and fire, claiming Special Forces training, and an unmasked young guard is forced to lead the way.
- 137
Gi-hun and Jung-bae head for the control room
Gi-hun leaves Young-il to hold the line and takes his best friend into the management area, trading banter under fire.
- 138
Gi-hun scavenges magazines and hands Young-il a gun
Gi-hun dashes into fire for ammo, Jung-bae takes a graze, and Gi-hun trusts Young-il with a weapon to flank the guards.
- 139
Young-il's last radio call: 'They got us'
Gi-hun waits for the flanking attack, but Young-il apologises over the radio, says it is over, and goes silent.
- 140
Front Man punishes Gi-hun by executing his best friend
The Front Man mocks Gi-hun for playing the hero, then shoots Jung-bae in front of him to close the season.
- 141
Gi-hun wakes to the cost of his rebellion
Haunted by the failed uprising, Gi-hun asks after his friends and is shown exactly what his hero game cost.
- 142
Gi-hun screams at the guards to kill him
As the surviving players learn the new prize total, a broken Gi-hun begs the masked guards to shoot him.
- 143
Players jeer Gi-hun and the shaman curses him
The winners mock Gi-hun with applause for raising the pot, then the shaman taunts him about the screams of his dead friends.
- 144
Hyun-ju apologizes as Yong-sik blames Dae-ho
Jun-hee and Hyun-ju try to get Gi-hun to eat; Hyun-ju says sorry, and Yong-sik pins the failed magazine run on Dae-ho.
- 145
Dae-ho snaps and blames Gi-hun for the dead
Unable to bear Gi-hun's stare, Dae-ho explodes, insisting the rebellion was doomed and that Gi-hun killed their friends.
- 146
The hide-and-seek song plays as the hunt begins
The blue team scatters in the arena to a creepy children's chant while the red team pairs up before entering.
- 147
Dae-ho confesses he was never a Marine
A wounded Dae-ho admits the Marines, the service and even the tattoo were lies, and that fear stopped him bringing the magazines; Gi-hun turns on him.
- 148
Geum-ja confesses the story of her son to Gi-hun
Geum-ja tells Gi-hun about her gentle son's lifelong self-blame, the night she cursed him, and the guilt she now carries.
- 149
Geum-ja pleads with Gi-hun to save Jun-hee and the baby
Gi-hun insists he is no savior, but Geum-ja begs him to make sure the innocent newborn and her mother survive.
- 150
Gi-hun tells Jun-hee it is not her fault
Jun-hee blames herself for the people lost protecting her; Gi-hun speaks of his own daughter and vows to help her.