The Front Man starts the game: Red Light, Green Light
A giant doll looms over the field as the rules of a playground game are announced; Gi-hun laughs it off and bets a million won on the outcome.
Front Man
Every Squid Game moment featuring Front Man, in story order. Played by Lee Byung-hun.
34 moments · 56 min
Front Man counts the returns: 187 of 201
In the control room the masked boss notes a 93 percent re-entrance rate and orders a watch kept on the players who stayed away.
Front Man's speech: equality is the one rule
The Front Man tells the organ ring he does not care what they do with bodies, but they broke the game's principle of a fair contest.
Jun-ho phones his chief for backup from the island
On the run with the Front Man's order to take him alive, Jun-ho gets a broken signal to his chief and begs for police and coast guard.
Cliff standoff: the Front Man counts Jun-ho's bullets
Jun-ho draws his gun on the Front Man, who calmly reasons through police regulations to conclude there is exactly one round left.
The Front Man unmasks: Jun-ho's brother In-ho
Cornered on the cliff, Jun-ho orders the Front Man to surrender; the mask comes off and he is shot by his own brother.
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.
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.
Front Man to the winner: you were our horses
The Front Man congratulates Gi-hun, compares the players to racehorses the rich bet on, and tells him to think of it as a dream.
I'm not a horse, I'm a person
Gi-hun calls the number, gives his name and birth date, and tells the voice on the line he cannot forgive what they do.
In the limo, Gi-hun demands an end to the game
Back in the familiar limo, Gi-hun tells his masked host to stop the game; he is told players choose freely and the world makes the game.
Racehorse speech while Jun-ho's team is ambushed
Gi-hun compares the players to racehorses as the tailing cars lose a tire and are pinned down by a sniper.
Red pill: Gi-hun asks to be sent back into the game
Gi-hun dares his captor to return him to the games; after a Matrix jab about heroes, he is welcomed back as Player 456.
Gi-hun talks a frozen teammate through the top, then lands the jegi
A teammate loses his nerve with the top in hand; Gi-hun steadies him with deep breaths before kicking five himself as the time runs down.
Gi-hun's team trades real names: huge tiger, twice righteous, zero one
After praising each other's game, Dae-ho suggests sharing real names; Young-il laughs that his name is his number and Gi-hun gets a pun.
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.
Mingle is announced and the platform starts to spin
The third game is revealed; Gi-hun's team sets a plan for groups of four, two or more, swears to stay calm, and the carousel song begins.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Front Man hands Gi-hun a knife and a proposition
Summoned alone, Gi-hun accuses Front Man of wanting to watch the baby die; Front Man offers a knife to kill the sleeping players first.
Front Man apologizes for Jung-bae and asks Gi-hun about his faith in people
Front Man dares Gi-hun to kill him, lays out how killing the others ends the game, and closes with the question that haunts the series.
Jun-ho cries out to In-ho as the island counts down
Jun-ho finally faces his brother and demands to know why, before a countdown runs out over the island.
A stranger brings Gi-hun's belongings to Ga-yeong in Los Angeles
Gi-hun's daughter turns away what she thinks is another message from her dad, then learns why a stranger has come to her door.