Geum-ja sees through Jun-hee's hidden pregnancy
A former midwife feeds Jun-hee eggs and gently tells her she knows she is pregnant and due soon, until her son drags her away.
Jang Geum-ja
Every Squid Game moment featuring Jang Geum-ja, in story order. Played by Kang Ae-sim.
32 moments · 49 min
Geum-ja refuses to let Yong-sik ditch her
A team will take Yong-sik if he drops his elderly mother; she provokes him into yelling until his fire comes back.
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.
Yong-sik confesses a 100 million casino debt to his mother
Yong-sik tells Geum-ja the loan sharks want his organs; she asks what a fresh start means if one of them dies tomorrow.
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.
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.
Round of three: rock-paper-scissors decides who stays
Thanos's crew plays rock-paper-scissors to drop a member, Min-su wins with scissors, and Geum-ja is dragged away from Yong-sik in the rush.
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.
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.
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.
Mother and son fight over who takes the knife
Geum-ja and Yong-sik argue about which of them could ever kill anyone, until Yong-sik agrees to try.
Geum-ja reassures her son before the game
Yong-sik promises to find his mother; she reminds him who outlived his father and tells him to focus on surviving.
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.
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.
Yong-sik couldn't kill anyone, so Geum-ja offers herself
Yong-sik tells his mother he is going to die because he could not kill; Geum-ja says she has lived long enough and tells him to use the knife on her.
One minute left: Geum-ja's choice over her son
As the clock runs out, Geum-ja begs Yong-sik to let Jun-hee through and end it on her; when he cannot, she makes the choice herself.
The game ends and Geum-ja pleads for her son
After the final buzzer, Geum-ja holds Yong-sik, takes the blame and begs the guards to spare him as Player 007 is eliminated.
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.
Geum-ja tells Jun-hee the baby is all that matters
Geum-ja coaxes Jun-hee to eat and shuts down her guilt, telling her to think only of herself and her child.
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.
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.