Deok-su corners the pickpocket and Gi-hun wants his money back
A gangster recognises a runaway from his crew, a North Korean girl with a scarred neck; Gi-hun recognises the thief who emptied his pocket.
Jang Deok-su
Every Squid Game moment featuring Jang Deok-su, in story order. Played by Heo Sung-tae.
19 moments · 31 min
Deok-su grabs the pickpocket as Gi-hun slips and is caught
A grudge resurfaces mid-game, a trembling player is told he will die if caught, and Gi-hun pleads for help as someone holds him up.
The piggy bank: 45.6 billion won is revealed
The prize money drops from the ceiling as the host explains the stakes: 100 million won per dead player, 45.6 billion if all six games are won.
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.
Deok-su's heist plan ends with a leap off the bridge
Deok-su wants guns and his crew to rob the games; his underling reveals the casino debt and sells him out, and Deok-su jumps.
Sae-byeok refuses Deok-su's offer and names his crime
Deok-su tries to pull the pickpocket back onto his crew; she exposes how he robbed his own boss and he explodes at her.
Han Mi-nyeo pitches herself to Deok-su
A stranger interrupts the fight to flatter Deok-su and offer herself as a teammate, claiming she is good at everything except what she cannot do.
The giant playground and four shapes on the wall
Players enter an oversized playground and are told to pick circle, triangle, star or umbrella; Sae-byeok tells Deok-su the workers were heating sugar.
Deok-su steals a meal and beats Player 271 to death
Rations are a single egg; five meals go missing, Deok-su mocks the man whose food he ate, and the dorm's first killing happens over dinner.
The doctor buys his way into Deok-su's gang
Deok-su laughs off a doctor asking to join his crew, until the man says he knows what the next game is.
Gi-hun defends Sae-byeok and Il-nam's cry stops the riot
Gi-hun faces down Deok-su to protect his teammate, then Il-nam climbs up and screams that everyone will die, and the masked soldiers finally intervene.
Deok-su's gang counts the dead and Mi-nyeo guesses his age
The doctor stitches Deok-su while the gang tallies 27 kills, then Mi-nyeo flirts her way through a guessing game that ends on nineteen.
Mi-nyeo and Deok-su swear to stick together in the bathroom
Mi-nyeo corners Deok-su, makes him promise they will leave together, learns his name, and warns what happens if he betrays her.
Deok-su throws Mi-nyeo off his team
With his ten already picked, Deok-su shoves Mi-nyeo away and tells her to stop calling him babe; she swears on his name that he is a dead man.
Deok-su and Ji-yeong mock the praying pastor
Deok-su tells the pastor to thank the old man, not God; Ji-yeong offers a sarcastic prayer of her own; Sae-byeok tells everyone to shut up.
Gi-hun tells Deok-su he would come for him first
Deok-su sneers at the barricade; Gi-hun calmly says the strongest man is the first target, and a rattled Deok-su calls off the night's attack.
Han Mi-nyeo's sales pitch and the men who refuse to pair with women
Mi-nyeo sells herself as a con artist and dream girl while the men argue that teaming with a woman or an old man could get them killed.
The odd one out: Gi-hun takes Il-nam, Mi-nyeo is left alone
With an uneven number of players, Gi-hun pairs with the old man; Mi-nyeo screams her credentials, exposes Deok-su's doctor deal, and is dragged off partnerless.
Deok-su wins the hole game with one marble to spare
Deok-su's partner thinks he has won until a last marble appears; Deok-su sneers goodbye as the loser is taken away.