Squid Game: Difference between revisions

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Season one ends this way. {{spoiler|Gi-hun wins the Squid Game by default when Sang-woo elects to kill himself rather than vote to go home alive and penniless with his childhood friend. His mother succumbed to her diabetes without the operation that she needed, meaning Gi-hun was too late by a few days. He spends the next year drinking and drifting, only using the money if anything to pay off his debts, and finds out that the old man Il-nam was the creator fo the games when the latter invites him to spend Christmas Eve in a penthouse. Their conversation and final game motivates Gi-hun to clean up his act, set up Sae-byeok's brother with Sang-woo's mother as well as the portions of the winnings that would have gone to his friends. It's implied he paid overdue child support so his ex consents to let Gi-hun visit Ga-yeong for her birthday. Before he gets on the plane to California, however, he sees the Salesman bitch-slap another potential player, and goes to try and stop him. All he does is confiscate the card, dial it, and promise that he's not forgiving them. The Front Man threatens him to get on the plane and see his daughter, making Gi-hun realize that his family is in danger unless he stops the Squid Game. So he turns around and gets off the plane, disappointing Ga-yeong again but determined to give her a better future}}.

*[[Drama Queen]]: Mi-nyeo makes her entrance by getting on her knees and begging the guards to let her go home after the Red Light Green Light game, claiming that she has a newborn that hasn't been named yet. Then she proceeds to vote for the games to continue. The old man notes she returned for round two, and wonders dryly if she named her nonexistent kid yet. Sae-byeok even notes that Mi-nyeo has been burning bridges because she can't pick a side, or know when to be serious.

** While fighting with his ex, who resents him for not being there through a difficult labor that nearly killed her in the hospital. Gi-hun points out that he was attending a strike to save his job and support her as well as Ga-yeong. His friend also died in front of him and there was no time to get him to a hospital. It was not an easy situation, but he had good intentions.

** Zigzagged, overlapping with [[Right for the Wrong Reasons]]. Gi-hun, while preparing for games two and three with Sang-woo and Ali, makes a legitimate point that if the games are supposed to be fair, a few ought to be girls' themed games like jumprope or jacks. He ends up proven wrong; much to contestants like Mi-nyeo's horror, all the games are clearly ones that boys played, some which favor strength and athleticism. {{spoiler|Turns out the games' claim of being fair are [[Blatant Lies]]; Il-nam admits that while everyone had a chance to compete and leave of their volition after the group vote, they were based on games of his childhood}}.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]:

** The Front Man is definitely a hypocrite and a remorseless killer who will gun down his own men for breaking the rules. He is, however, sincere that the players need a fair chance. That's why he gets mad when he busts the guards for {{spoiler|feeding the doctor knowledge about the games in exchange for his help with organ donations}}. Later, he refuses to let {{spoiler|Gi-hun register for the games again when Gi-hun announces his intentions to take them down, telling him he won and should go fly to America and be with his daughter}}.