Six-Legged Pentathlon rules and Gi-hun's team picks roles
The rules lay out five tied-leg mini-games; the team splits Ddakji, Gong-gi, Flying Stone, Jegi and Spinning Top.
Cho Hyun-ju
Every Squid Game moment featuring Cho Hyun-ju, in story order. Played by Park Sung-hoon.
20 moments · 34 min
Hyun-ju rallies her underdog team
Hyun-ju learns her teammates' names and builds them up; Geum-ja recalls surviving the Korean War and the shaman introduces herself.
Geum-ja's team cheers Yong-sik through the pentathlon with a grudge
Six legs tied together, the team coaches a nervous teammate, then Yong-sik is told to picture a conman's face and Geum-ja a mistress's hair.
Hyun-ju makes the whole team look away before her five jegi kicks
Hyun-ju asks everyone to turn around, kicks five with nobody watching, and the team clears the last station while Seon-nyeo thanks the gods.
Hyun-ju explains the ddakji flip and why nobody could watch her
Hyun-ju shares her childhood ddakji trick, then admits she still has surgeries to finish while Geum-ja asks questions her son wishes she wouldn't.
Geum-ja plans kimchi-jjigae and finds everyone lives nearby
Geum-ja invites the team to dinner at home, and one by one they discover they are practically neighbors; it must be fate.
Hyun-ju tells Geum-ja what coming out cost her and her Thailand dream
Asked why she voted to stay, Hyun-ju describes losing her family, her job as a soldier and her friends, and the new life she plans abroad.
Geum-ja shames a guard into opening the bathroom for Jun-hee
A masked guard refuses access until Geum-ja appeals to his mother, his sister and her own bladder; he relents and lets Hyun-ju come too.
Jun-hee's contractions start and Geum-ja holds her
Found doubled over in the bathroom, Jun-hee whispers that she is scared; Geum-ja and Hyun-ju tell her she and the baby will be fine.
A knight in shining armor, then Yong-sik's tearful apology
Geum-ja gushes over Player 246 for rescuing the women, then Yong-sik returns and breaks down for leaving his mother behind.
Round of six: Young-mi is left outside the door
Young-mi fails to make the room before the countdown ends; Yong-sik blames Gyeong-seok, who argues going back would have killed them all.
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.
Ammo runs dry and Dae-ho volunteers
Both rebel squads are nearly out of rounds; Dae-ho insists on fetching magazines from the quarters while Hyun-ju covers him.
Dae-ho goes silent on the radio
The rebels' calls for ammo go unanswered as Dae-ho fails to respond, and someone breaks cover to find out why.
Hyun-ju finds Dae-ho hiding
Searching the quarters, Hyun-ju finds Dae-ho cowering and repeating apologies instead of bringing the ammo.
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.
Three keys, three shapes: Hyun-ju's team cracks the doors
Hyun-ju works out that each door needs a circle, triangle or square key, and that the three women hold one of each.
Hyun-ju fights off a hunter coming for Jun-hee
A tagger demands Jun-hee or the old woman; Hyun-ju stands between them and takes him down, then the trio moves on to a triangle door.
Jun-hee's water breaks mid-game
With Jun-hee's ankle likely broken, Geum-ja insists on staying with her and tells Hyun-ju to go, then Jun-hee goes into labor.
A little princess is born in the maze
Geum-ja delivers Jun-hee's baby girl while Hyun-ju holds her; a moment of joy inside the hunt.