Gi-hun confronts Sang-woo over the push on the bridge
Back in the dorm, Gi-hun demands to know why Sang-woo shoved the glassmaker; Sang-woo says he will do whatever it takes to win.
S1E8 · Front Man
10 moments · 13 min of essential viewing in a 33-minute episode.
Moments, in order
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.
Gi-hun offers Sae-byeok an alliance against Sang-woo
Knife in hand, Gi-hun wakes Sae-byeok to say he means no harm, notices she is hiding pain, and proposes they team up to beat Sang-woo.
What Gi-hun and Sae-byeok would do with the money
Gi-hun wants a store for his mother and to be a father to his ten-year-old; Sae-byeok wants her brother out of the orphanage and her mother out of the North.
Sae-byeok makes Gi-hun swear to look after her brother
Sae-byeok proposes a pact: whoever gets out cares for the other's loved ones. Gi-hun resists the implication but she insists he swear.
Sae-byeok stops Gi-hun's knife, then he finds her wound
As Gi-hun stands over sleeping Sang-woo, Sae-byeok tells him that is not who he is; he returns to find her bleeding and asking to go home.
Gi-hun screams for a doctor as Sae-byeok dies
Gi-hun pounds on the doors begging the guards for help; when he turns back, Sae-byeok is gone.
Fly Me to the Moon closes the episode
The episode ends on the Front Man's island with Fly Me to the Moon playing over the final shots.
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