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.
S1E6 · Gganbu
20 moments · 28 min of essential viewing in a 62-minute episode.
Moments, in order
Sang-woo picks Ali over Gi-hun; Gi-hun gives Il-nam his jacket
Sang-woo quietly chooses Ali as his partner, leaving Gi-hun to step aside and look after the old man instead.
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.
Il-nam teaches Gi-hun what gganbu means
Holding their bags of marbles, Il-nam explains that a gganbu is the friend you share everything with, and the two seal it with a handshake.
The rules land: take all ten marbles from your partner
The announcement reveals that partners must play each other for all ten marbles, and the pairs realise what winning means for the loser.
Ji-yeong proposes one all-or-nothing throw and a long talk first
Ji-yeong suggests settling it in a single bet at the end, and spending the time until then telling each other things they never told anyone.
Gi-hun tries to get Il-nam declared out, then begs him to play
Gi-hun tells a guard the old man has dementia, then explodes that they will both be killed, until Il-nam quietly agrees as long as he stops yelling.
Sae-byeok tells Ji-yeong what happened to her family
Asked why she came from the North, Sae-byeok says her father drowned at the border, her mother was sent back from China, and her brother is in a shelter.
Jeju Island, the Maldives and a mojito
Sae-byeok's dream is a house for her brother and a trip to Jeju; Ji-yeong tells her to dream bigger and mangles a famous movie line about mojitos.
Sang-woo begs Ali: I can't die this way
Down to his last marbles, Sang-woo pleads with Ali, reminding him of the bus fare and tug-of-war, and promises a way for both of them to live.
Ji-yeong's first body: her mother, then her father the pastor
After Sae-byeok recalls plague victims burned in her hometown, Ji-yeong reveals that her pastor father killed her mother and that she killed him.
Which one did you say? Gi-hun exploits Il-nam's memory
After a losing guess, Gi-hun asks the old man to repeat what he said, and Il-nam uncertainly concedes the round.
Sang-woo takes Ali's pouch for safekeeping
Sang-woo lays out a plan to scout the other teams and persuades Ali to hand over his marble pouch so it does not get stolen.
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.
Sang-woo hands in twenty marbles, no harm done
Sang-woo presents both sets of marbles to a guard and notes that the rules forbid violence, which he was careful to avoid.
Sae-byeok and Ji-yeong finally exchange names
Before the last throw, Sae-byeok says her name out loud; Ji-yeong gives hers and admits she has no family name to go with it.
Ji-yeong throws the game: you have a reason to get out, I don't
Ji-yeong deliberately wastes her throw, tells Sae-byeok she has nothing waiting outside, and sends her to find her mother, her brother and Jeju Island.
Ali searches for Sang-woo; Ji-yeong's last words to Sae-byeok
Ali runs through the alleys calling for Sang-woo as the eliminations are announced, and Ji-yeong tells Sae-byeok she is honored to have been her partner.
Il-nam finds his old house, then asks if tricking a friend makes sense
Il-nam wanders into memories of his wife and son, agrees to bet everything on one last round, and then quietly tells Gi-hun he knows what he has been doing.
Gganbu share everything: Il-nam gives Gi-hun his last marble
Il-nam hands over the marble, reminds Gi-hun of their gganbu promise, thanks him for a good game, and remembers his own name as the round ends.
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