The gang votes: stay with the Professor or leave with the loot
The TV goes dark after news from Toledo. Tokyo calls a vote on the Chernobyl plan; Helsinki, Rio, Moscow and Denver split it and Nairobi breaks the tie.
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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.
Just as bad out there: players brawl over leaving
A woman argues the outside world is no better than the games, a fight breaks out, and the host demands respect for the democratic process.
Player 1's last vote ends the game
The vote comes down to the old man, who speaks of his brain tumor and presses X; the host says goodbye for now and leaves the door open.
Gi-hun stops the vote to beg the hall to leave alive
Gi-hun breaks in mid-vote: they watched people die and still want more. A player counts the tripling prize; a tearful young woman just wants to go home.
Jung-bae owns his vote and Gi-hun asks what if they must kill each other
Dragged back to the table, Jung-bae admits he voted to stay for his ex-wife and kid; Dae-ho says he gets it, and Gi-hun cuts the optimism short.
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.
The vote roll call: O gang celebrates, X side counts down
Players vote from highest number down; the O side cheers each win, Geum-ja warns Yong-sik not to repeat his stunt, and Min-su is pressured.
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.
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.
Thanos corners Min-su in the bathroom and Myung-gi steps in
Thanos tells Min-su about the Han River Bridge and his business card, demanding an O vote; Myung-gi interrupts and calls it cheating.
Gi-hun on blood money and the last 'O' vote
A player asks why a winner came back; Gi-hun calls his prize blood money, and the man defends being the last to vote to stay.
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.
The X's count heads and celebrate a one-vote lead
After the count, the leaving side realises it now holds a single-vote majority and believes tomorrow's vote will free them.
Geum-ja begs everyone to vote to stop for the baby
On her turn to vote, Geum-ja pleads with the room, offering her whole share so Jun-hee and her newborn can go home.
The banquet vote: the baby abstains and O wins
The baby is ruled unable to vote, the others rush the count between bites of food, and a 5-of-9 majority sends them to the final game.