Scenes from the Show

What Would You Do With The Money?

Sae-byeok and Gi-hun discuss what they would do if they won the jackpot. Winning that amount of money would be an example of a pure...

Good at Everything

Han Mi-nyeo is doing her best to win a spot on a tug-of-war team and tells everyone who will listen, "I'm good at everything except the...

Increasing Productivity in the Honeycomb Game

Each player receives a tin containing a long needle and a thin, round dalogna honeycomb imprinted with one of four shapes: a circle, a...

Slap in the Face

Gi-hun meets a mysterious recruiter offering cash to strangers who beat him in a round of ddakji. To win at ddakji, you have to flip your...

Incentives in Squid Game's "Ddakji"

At a subway station, a well-dressed man approaches Gi-hun and asks him to play a game of Ddakji. The game is won by flipping the other...

Tteokbokki for Dinner

Gi-hun is a divorced dad with a gambling problem and massive debts who lives with his mother. He has had a bad day: after stealing his...

Black Market Trade in Human Organs

Player #111, a doctor, agrees to remove transplant organs from deceased players so that staff members could sell them on the black...