Gi-hun's three-steps trick wins the tug of war
Cold open: losing badly, Gi-hun orders the team to step forward on his signal, the rope goes slack and the other side topples.
S1E5 · A Fair World
17 moments · 25 min of essential viewing in a 52-minute episode.
Moments, in order
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.
The team relives the win: Matrix moves and who said no
Giddy survivors replay the lean-back and the three-steps call, compare it to a bullet-dodging movie, and tease the one who cried about the edge.
Han Mi-nyeo joins the team and tries to run it
Mi-nyeo suggests ditching the foreigner, asks who the captain is, explodes at being called grandma, and insists she left Deok-su's gang by choice.
Planning the night: attack first or build a barricade
With lights-out coming, the pastor argues for striking a weak team first, Sae-byeok says she trusts no one, and the team settles on a barricade.
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.
Ali and Sang-woo share a drink and their reasons
Ali offers the milk he saved from supper, Sang-woo tells him to drop the 'mister', and Ali talks about his wife, baby and family back in Pakistan.
The organ-harvesting ring puts Number 29 on notice
Masked workers scold 29 for missing a delivery, push the sleep-deprived doctor to work faster, and reveal why some players get game tips and extra food.
Gi-hun tells Il-nam about the car-factory strike
Behind the barricade Gi-hun remembers being fired after a decade at the plant, the strike, keeping watch in pairs, and the man who died.
The zombie story: 29 slips up in the operating room
The masked crew recall the one-kidney 'zombie' they beat to death; 29 asks what happened and is reminded he disposed of the body himself.
Sae-byeok: it wasn't for free, pay me back tomorrow
Gi-hun settles the feverish Il-nam, then thanks Sae-byeok for helping; she refuses to make it a gift.
The doctor takes a hostage to learn the next game
Told the next game is unknown, the doctor snaps, holds a masked worker at knifepoint and forces 29 to go upstairs with the control-room key.
The VIP escape bomb and 'let me see your face'
The worker explains the VIPs' rigged escape passage, then notices 29's voice has changed and demands he remove his mask.
Jun-ho's reveal: the 'zombie' was his brother
Holding the worker at gunpoint, Jun-ho says the one-kidney man they killed gave him that kidney, and the worker insists the player was a girl.
The doctor bargains with the player list
To prove the victim was a girl, the doctor points Jun-ho to a full list of players with medical records in the room of the masked leader.
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 finds Hwang In-ho on the 2015 winners list
Hiding in the archive, Jun-ho finds the list of winners and sees his brother's name as player 132 of the 2015 game.
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