SQUID GAME Breakdown: Every Easter Egg, Clue, Hidden Detail & Ending Explained | 오징어게임

SQUID GAME Breakdown: Every Easter Egg, Clue, Hidden Detail & Ending Explained. We give a full series breakdown of 오징어게임 pointing out all the things you missed in Episodes 1 - 9. This includes a recap of the series and the games that he played in such as Red Light, Green Light, Tug Of War, Glass Hop and The Marbles One. Full Spoilers ahead.
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0:00 Squid Game Full Series Breakdown Intro
0:31 Episode 1 Easter Eggs
3:26 Recruiter Hidden Details And The Shapes
5:18 The Recruiter Gong Yoo
5:32 Red Light, Green Light
6:09 Il-Nam Clues
6:45 Game Markings On The Walls
7:02 The Music
7:24 The Stairs
7:44 Il-Nam Clues In Red Light, Green Light And Father And Son Theory
9:47 Foreshadowing The Deaths
11:03 How The Games Could Have Ended Early
11:24 Episode 3 Things You Missed
12:33 Mirror Images
13:24 Il-Nam Hints And Foreshadowing With Tug Of War & Marbles
18:14 The Bridge Game
18:54 The Dinner
19:23 The Squid Game Easter Eggs
20:03 The Front Man Explained
21:02 Ending Explained
Ok so the opening of Squid Game may be confusing at first. We watch as the convoluted rules are explained and see kids play it, who are of course Gi Hun and Sang Woo. This flashback is key as it foreshadows how the game will end which was of course with a round of Squid Game.
We jump forward to an Gi Hun who is a lifelong gambler that keeps betting on the wrong horse. He keeps gambling to try and make his life better and he’s actually the perfect person to participate in the games.
I idea of him betting on horses of course foreshadows the future as it’s explained to him that Squid Game is very much the same thing just with people being the ones that are bet on
In a way he’s similar to the southern gentlemen VIP who keeps picking the wrong contestant. This would foreshadow Joon Ho’s death at the hands of the frontman as the VIP would say ‘I always pick losers’, he picked Jun-Ho to pleasure him only for character to turn around and attack him. Jun-Ho is then caught out in this quote unquote game of life and death and he’s apparently killed…
Though I am #JunHoIsStillAlive
Now Gi Hun uses lucky numbers of 6 and 8 to win, which they do. However these numbers would appear many times in the show. They always represent the middle of the herd in the race and the numbers are in the middle much like before the bridge challenge. One of the VIP explains why everyone went for the middle and that is to find safety when threatened. It’s better to stay amongst people instead of taking a risk on your own.
Six also appears again as there are 6 games that take place over 6 days and the religious player would later choose the number 6 as it represents the day god made humans in christianity. Funnily enough, Gi Hun won 4.56 million at the horse track, incredibly amazing attention to detail there from the writer.
Now Sae Byeok does end up helping Gi-Hun later on in the bridge game and this may be her paying him back after she pick pocketed him.
Gi Hun’s nice nature would be foreshadowed as even after being chased by violent loan sharks, he would help her when he thought she simply fell over.
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[@heavyspoilers]

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[@edithramirezgomez9713]

im 8 hi i love you

[@MrHeroicDemon]

Nice video, but you missed the fact that the brother (black masked leader) of the detective was concluded that he won 1-3 years ago and has been helping the squid game for a long time. The detective found his brother's name in the book records. Which also concludes why his brother hasn't been keeping up with his family, and why it was normal for him to not respond to the calls by the detective. Only because of the main character going to that police station leaving that card, that connected detective's brother's card.

[@jbb729]

I have a question about the development of the Pakistani character. This was very intentional and I think it’s a beautiful ode and compliment to Pakistani people. Is this a reflection of love that Koreans have for Pakistanis? He is portrayed as strong, loving, compassionate and innocent and physically strong. The compliments don’t get better than that! I think it’s beautiful and this is why I love Koreans so much!

[@jbb729]

@@MrHeroicDemon whoa thank you I didn’t put that together. Wow so he got contracted to work after he won? Why would someone wanna go back underground after getting rich? But maybe it’s so traumatizing that reentry into normal life isn’t possible after. I feel that the brother should be alive. I feel like he didn’t get fatally shot and only the fall could kill him unless he fell in deep water. I’m hoping he makes a comeback if the series continues. I also hope to see a new interesting ethnicity in the next season and age range. There are so many possible outcomes with squid game!

[@jbb729]

@@edithramirezgomez9713 you need to go to sleep it’s past your Bedtime

[@ChrisG_90]

The ending with the man dying on the street is not about how people will stop and help. It's all about making Gi-hun bet on his first human life, showing he is not better than any of them. Il nam won the game the moment Gi-hun took the bet.

[@wilgencorredor9997]

🤯

[@aishawaterman492]

Omg yes! Gi-hun could’ve left the room and helped the drunk man himself but he chose to stay and watch from above, just like the VIPs watched the game

[@woozbee]

yoooo you're right. now he really is just like everyone else, betting on human life

[@AubreyMarieB3]

Wowwwww. Never even thought of that. Genius catch.

[@MariaandMontessori]

It kept bothering me that he didn't just go to help!!! This makes so much sense 🤯

[@guido7227]

Another thing I noticed: When Gi-Hun and Sae-Byeok are tied up and thrown out into the street after the first game, Sae-Byeok goes to walk away after Gi-Hun unties her. He then swears on his mother that he won't ask her for his money if she unties him. As soon as she unties his hands, he lunges at her demanding his money and breaking his newly made promise. The next time he sees his mother is in the hospital, and the next time afterwards is when she is dead - encapsulating the broken promise.

[@Rockyx01]

Whoa. That's deep. :/

[@ranmindyt2902]

damn, I didn’t notice that. that’s cold.

[@pmullr1390]

I caught that last night . I’m rewatching it with my wife so I’m noticing a lot but having to keep it to myself so I don’t spoilt it for her

[@garypritchett5625]

Very nice!!!

[@chenkelelopes]

Well---damn

[@that.guy11]

At the end, when Il-Nam asked Gi-Hun to bet whether anyone would help the man in the snow, Gi-Hun unwittingly ended up doing exactly what Il-Nam and the VIPs did; betting on whether someone would live or die, instead of just going to help the man himself.

[@Chris-js6oz]

Nice.

[@Oliviux78]

I noticed the same thing

[@melanieflesch118]

Just like the games, there were many ways to play but only a few figured it out. In the end, they were more alike than expected. Both could change things for the better but chose to bet on the horses.

[@brente89]

This one gave me goosebumps, how did I not see it too?! What if you continue that line of thought to what it could be foreshadowing… gi-yun becoming il Nam after accepting that taking down the game is fruitless.

[@jaredwilson7460]

Whoooa!! 🤯

[@Nina-tt5fc]

i can’t stop reading all the comments with the theories, the amount of effort and detail put into this show is INSANE

[@thatoneguychad420]

Just a shout out to The Wire. Also amazing detail, absolutely incredible scripts.

[@noodlenado7827]

It DID take ten years to produce, so yeah, it’s hella impressive

[@milannesic5718]

People always fill the gaps. It is not always writers/directors original intention

[@1sweetmess]

Right?! Im catching little things I missed and having aha moments reading all the comments.

[@potionsexpert]

I have never been so concentrated while reading comments..This comment section is full of theories and I really appreciate the effort that was applied in this series.

[@KikiTay]

After the old man "dies" the frontman received a call and he said "Glad you enjoyed the game sir"..

[@meliycon-roma4112]

WAIT-

[@marszgee]

Awesome~

[@mimi11011]

Yup I remember that

[@dorianderaj7591]

explain pl,

[@KC_Smooth]

@@dorianderaj7591 Il nam was eliminated(safely) from the games. Since he’s the boss, the frontman basically told him “I’m glad you had fun”

[@ComicalRealm]

Props to all the actors for their top tier acting, especially that old man. He definitely played me ngl

[@maddieb6598]

yess, all fantastic (and great looking) actors they all did amazing

[@nderamaharie5360]

Except the VIPS ,😅

[@frozenfiredarknight3764]

especially everyone that died during the games

[@maddieb6598]

@@nderamaharie5360 yeah, not the vips

[@kake2978]

I thought he was the main character’s father

[@civroger]

Poor Ali being betrayed was the saddest moment for me.

[@jayden2148]

He was a real one too. He saved the main character when he didn’t have to.

[@zyfryth]

For me that was the second saddest. The first one was the girl that dropped the marble...

[@gqrle13]

I was legit heated when Ali died

[@twinhype237]

Facts!! In that moment I truly believe it's all about personal self preservation!!! No one truly has your back and it proved always protect yourself.... in life, career choices, social environment s, and in economics!!!! When he died, my rose colored glasses came of regarding choices and being smart!!!

[@Sebbir]

@@zyfryth that’s fair. And it was both in the same episode. It was a tough one to get through

[@Beanibirb]

One interesting thing is when Frontman found the dead body with Jun-Ho's wallet he instantly stopped actively looking for the intruder, because he knew it was his brother. He also shot Jun-Ho in the shoulder nowhere near his heart, when he normally shot people in the head, because he couldn't stand the sight of killing his own brother. Jun-Ho is not dead and I am certain he will return to the show.

[@NastyAlbatross]

Same here. I hope Jun-Ho returns in season 2

[@ReyRouco]

He had to play like he didn’t knew his brother, because he was going to put himself at risk, that’s why he decided to shot him in the Shoulder, to make it look like he wanted to kill him, but he never did.

[@SpaceBound2TheMoon]

The old man faked having dementia and taking his time playing the marble game in order to be the last group of players alive, that way no other group can witness he wasn't shot and surviving, worked out perfectly because of course Gi-hun couldn't bear watching the old man getting shot after taking advantage of him by cheating.

[@nikkoraymundo9634]

He had actual dementia but he faked the dementia episode in the marble game.

[@Xero11111Joy]

@@nikkoraymundo9634 he had a tumor, not dementia. The dementia was all acting.

[@florentin4061]

But he was in tears when he wanted to survive, not like the dude who betrayed to Ali

[@sakatagintoki0000]

didn't notice that

[@Somebody9666]

@@florentin4061 sangwoo played it dirty! I first thought that his plan was to have them team up and play against two others making it so get got 20 marbles each. But i was wrong...

[@narendhiranp5069]

Gi-Hun's character arc was foreshadowed in the first recruitment game itself. once he was pushed to edge by being slapped repeatedly, he forgot about money and wanted revenge much like in the final game he forgot about money and wanted to kill Sang woo and chose offense.

[@melchizedekdacol7907]

I noticed that too, when he was playing with the recruiter he almost forgot the money and when he won he just want to slap the recruiter so bad. I guess Season 2 will take place of slapping that recruiter, that is the most win-win goal for me and ending that series would be so funny to see that.

[@DbOyxLAxStAtuzZ24]

Great observation! Just like in reality...when you do something for money and consistently lose, get abused, and played with. You’re going to want to become the one doing the slapping. (Escaping the matrix, reep benefits and turn them to rewards to earn freedom.

[@KosmicAura]

Nice connection. Totally missed this one

[@thog9501]

@@DbOyxLAxStAtuzZ24 I read a quote about why the american lower class refuses to ask for better work conditions and better pay. The reason is that with america's work culture, no one wants the country to be free of tyranny, they just want to become the tyrants.

[@bookuss7405]

True he about slapped him instead of taking the money.

[@FirstNameLastName-dw9pm]

If you look at who picked up each player when they decided to go back to the game, only il-nam doesn't have a red driver, but a black one, who is potentially the front man coming to pick him up personally.

[@petrkuklinek5222]

He is also the only one who isn't shown being put to sleep inside the van, we just see him get in.

[@MrOs-dn2tj]

Are you sure? I went and rewatched that scene after reading your comment and I think that hand on the steering wheel is in their standard red colour. But it's also pretty hard to tell because of the reflection of those hospital neon signs.

[@RebelSystemu]

​@@MrOs-dn2tj Yeah, he is bullshiting. Maybe he tought that just because we can't clearly see the driver, it must be the Front Man because of his black clothes, but if you stop and look at it, it's obvious that the driver is just leaning back and is covered by the doorframe. Also yeah, their signature red/pinkish colour is clearly visible (if you pause at the right moment) between the reflections of those hospital signs and it that previous shot where we see Il-Nam and the hospital from the front, there is nothing there that could have made that reflection, so it must be the drivers hand.

[@artuno1207]

I was wondering "why even pick him up if he potentially can already be at the games?" But it makes sense that with his brain tumor, he was literally already at the hospital for a routine check-up, so it just worked out in his favor to be picked up like the rest of them for plausible deniability.

[@fidelramirez5173]

bs

[@3minreview]

Did anyone mention that, in episode 9, the '7'th floor meant the seventh game (betting on the drunken man outside) between the old man and Gi-hun? The elevator had only '7' printed on the door.

[@eyescandeceive]

WOW! That's EXCELLENT

[@Chris-js6oz]

Nice!

[@Bob-jp3oe]

WOW and the outcome of that 7th game is the death of Ilnam OOF

[@jaredmsamuel]

@@Bob-jp3oe wow

[@karlbeck1894]

Episode 9 is not as expanded. i think there will be a season 2

[@TrolIingLikeABoss]

Ali was scammed and taken advantage of by his boss, saying "go ask the other guys if they got paid", later on sang woo uses that very same tactic to win in the marble game.

[@Kshipss]

He didn't learn sadly

[@xeraphyx7903]

Sang-Woo tried to commit suicide, died by killing himself. Sae-Byeok held a knife to someone's neck, died by getting her throat slit. Ali took his boss's money, died by getting his marbles stolen. Deok-Su jumped off a bridge to escape the gangsters, died by falling off a class bridge. --VLK (in another video)

[@jinnimoo]

@@xeraphyx7903 Before Saebyeok held the knife she also attacked the broker with a glass teapot, she was later injured by glass shards. Also Sangwoo was drenched and submerged in water during both instances.

[@fnafrules7848]

@@xeraphyx7903 and number 212 (I can’t remember how to spell her name, but she was the one who killed Deok-su) said she felt so powerful leaning back in tug of war and that’s how she basically died. (I watched this on a theory thing bye)

[@grayfox1298]

Sang Woo was a psychopath that manipulated Ali with reciprocity, telling him he wouldn’t ask Ali to pay him back (while never letting Ali pay him back to clear his debt and keeping him in a constant state of owing. When Ali tries to pay Sang Woo back, Sang Woo gives Ali half of the food, not fully accepting the favor) when he needs to he reminds Ali of the favors he did for Ali, invoking reciprocity, pressuring Ali to give him a chance.

[@mrtn10]

That clip of Gi Hun smiling for the picture never fails to make me smile as well

[@siddheshpatwardhan4920]

He's the only one who is smiling

[@SpeakRyanSpeak]

@@siddheshpatwardhan4920 no, if you go back and look, there’s others smiling. I thought the same thing too at first.

[@lth4133]

right??? his face lights up - its too cute

[@possums154]

Right? His smile is so precious

[@luishernandez8121]

@@siddheshpatwardhan4920 They were told to smile. Notice how Sang Woo doesn't smile at all. Also, the guy that showed his middle fingers to the camera, dies first.

[@oliverh8446]

I like how Oh Il-Nam pretends to 'lose his marbles' while literally losing his marbles. Not sure if this was deliberate as it might not be an expression in Korean, but I found it pretty fitting.

[@Chris-js6oz]

I like it. Makes sense to me. Everything has meaning in this show it seems.

[@jmcee6122]

I totally was thinking that.

[@monzersaid]

I doubt it is an expression over there but probably a cool coincidence, or as they say they are no coincidences

[@devanwoodruff7289]

I thought the exact same thing first time watching. It's brilliant whether on purpose or not 👏

[@moonie7155]

Yes!! I was thinking the same thing through that episode!!!

[@rlggaming5868]

The frontman tries to find the intruder hiding in his room, once the guards find the dead body that had been floating in the water with the detectives ID, he stops looking for him. He knew it was his brother from that point on and didn’t want to kill him.

[@fashionandtings6121]

Bingo

[@MethshockFilms]

Exactly. I had a feeling the frontman would buy that shit for real. This series has so many little details man, mind blowing.

[@fnafrules7848]

@F The News yeah, and front man almost always shoots in the head. He definitely didnt want to bring too much damage to his brother but I don’t think he wanted to look bad in front of the guards ig.

[@nehemiya558]

Exactly, even once the frontman reached the island that his brother escaped too, he told the soliders to "bring him alive". He clearly didn't want his brother to die.

[@skeyume]

Once he reached the island he fired at the oxygen tank, allerting his brother they had reached the island

[@isaiahthomas5885]

Some awesome foreshadowing: when the recruiter and Gi are playing the first game, Gi finally wins but forgets about the money and tries to hurt the person that’s been hurting him, shows how he will win the game and instead of enjoying the money he will seek to hurt the people in charge of the game for causing them all so much pain

[@olgazhdanova]

No no. This moment was for showing that he let the unknown man slap him infront of everybody for money and nothing more than this. This was brilliant scene. I love the actor.

[@youngreap1564]

It’s shows his character. He puts his money over character so much so that his only thought was “ maaaaan if I win ima slap the shit out of this guy” it’s not about money for him. And how people will be humiliated for money.

[@olgazhdanova]

@@youngreap1564 yes exactly. How people can be agree to be humiliated for money. Cz he choose it himself. And licking the honeycomb cookie is about how ppl licking dicks or whatever for money. The whole scene of it is disgusting with that camera angles.

[@isaiahthomas5885]

@@youngreap1564 yeah but it’s defnitly about money for him, from the beginning he wouldn’t have done any of this if there wasn’t money involved. I think it also shows human nature, he’s so comfortably in debt that he’d rather return the pain than get the money, short term satisfaction over long term

[@olgazhdanova]

@@MoonBeamLight i do.

[@Skyblue-qi3oo]

What's really heartbreaking is, earlier Sangwoo told Ali "Call me hyung(older brother) from now on". So Ali has been calling Sangwoo "hyung" instead of sir/boss, and even before he died Ali kept calling for "older brother" ..

[@brendansomerville2412]

oh my god, that just hit me so hard

[@ripoteartionist2035]

Ali's death was more disturbing that every single death in this series

[@scarmoh]

even in the most violent movies there is still a limit to the disturbance level delivered to the viewers, this scene exceeded the accepted limit

[@ellaw571]

WHAT...

[@itshazell]

How dare you hurt me this way!! My heart is broken. Ali's death was too much man :(

[@brikus9876]

The red and blue cards from the start may be a reference to the matrix's red pill and blue pill. The blue pill being ignorance and the red pill meaning learning the truth. It could also be why 456 had his hair died red as he knew the truth of the games.

[@jeeneeuz]

Nice catch, Ali and the woman also mention the matrix after the tug of war game so I think ur right

[@skreemingmantiz1659]

Yeah i saw another video that was explaining this. Its gotta ge the right theory.. the whole "gaurd or player" theory is just dumb for many different reasons.

[@moonie7155]

I thought this too. The hair thing is interesting too, it is quite a bright red just like the jumpsuits

[@sarahgreen3663]

Makes sense..

[@nayemrahman8656]

Wow ...

[@Igstreem]

Fun fact: the episode called "Hell" already foreshadowed their deaths. 1. Gi-hun swore in his mother's life. His mother died 2. Sang-woo tried to kill himself in his house bathtub. He killed himself in the last episode. 3. Sae-byeok threatened a person with a knife on a neck, She died when someone stabbed her on the neck. 4. Ali took money from his boss. He died when someone took the marbles from him. 5. Deok-su jumped off a bridge to escape from thugs He fell from the glass bridge... This movie is filled with uncountable number of easter eggs LOL

[@beckels89]

he literally brought all of these up in the video though…?

[@Igstreem]

@@beckels89 nope LOL

[@margauxmadman]

@@Igstreem he did tho

[@margauxmadman]

he literally talked about it on an earlier video posted on September lmfao dude

[@zenkiethan]

@@Igstreem yes he did LOL

[@barida1712]

Honestly, the amounts of details and easter eggs they’ve put in the series is the best thing about it.

[@kinyacat5919]

Very very true

[@uno9915]

I dont think half the 'easter eggs' in this video are exactly what they are. some of these theories are just reaching.

[@TPXdude]

Foreshadowing***

[@lethal_beats]

I think this movie had started being planned from 2009

[@lethal_beats]

I think this movie had started being planned from 2009

[@sonuvabitch]

I started the show at 10pm. That was a stupid idea. Binged it all in one go. Had to be up for work 15 mins after I finished it. Not a good day.

[@sadariajacobs1344]

Saaaaaaaame omg!!💙💚💜😩

[@TVwriter23]

Don't do this with Kingdom. Just a warning. LOL or Inspector Koo

[@rimini201]

Watched 7 in one go as my boyfriend really got into it. Totally worth doing

[@dominiquedavis5152]

My husband and I finished the last episode at 3am in the morning. Roughly 8 hours went by, oblivious to when we started and how long the episodes were. Smh talk about exhausted

[@dukeryan6614]

This is a stretch and a theory, but the VIPs are architects of the squid game in their own country. If you noticed, most of them had different accents and when they first entered, they said “South Korea has the best games” maybe implying that South Koreans games doesn’t compare to their or the other VIPs games. Idk tho

[@zacharybryant3865]

Yeah that could also just mean they tire of traditional sports or gambling games of other places (which to them is very low-risk because they are so wealthy). Whereas the squid game is high risk due to lives being on the line. Just to give a counter argument to your theory.

[@jenny-tk4xi]

wow that's so interesting, it sounds really plausible

[@Ralaacj]

Taught this myself

[@AR-mi9cv]

The theory is sound

[@Disglusting]

@Good Apple But he's saying that they may all be architects of games in their respective countries, like Il-Nam. Don't mock others' comprehension when yours is lacking.

[@auds9738]

Long comment incoming! 11:53 i disagree with the use of the phrase "sang woo's moral breakdown". I believe that sang woo actually had the same morality throughout the entire show. He is a utilitarian. The way he decides what is right and wrong is simple: he tries to be kind to others, and he will absolutely do it if it doesnt come at a large cost to himself. However, he will always put himself first if he has to make a choice between living or dying for someone else (unless that someone else is his mother, perhaps). He will do anything to survive. At the start, sang woo lent ali his phone and gave ali money because those things would not cost him anything (what difference is 10000 won when you are billions in debt?) In a totally neutral no-stakes situation, he chooses to be good. This proves he is not evil. He is not the type to kill for sport, and perhaps we can even say he is good at heart. During the early and middle squid games, he is a benevolent leader towards his team, and he tries to be kind to others. However, his motivation for doing this is at least partly for his own survival. He knows that having a team he can trust will help him win the games. He also tries to exclude women from their group for the tug-of-war game, which shows that winning is his top priority. Now, lets discuss why sang-woo decided to let gi-hun take the dalgona candy with the umbrella on it. It could have been because sang woo was not sure about the game, but i think this is not true: sangwoo chose the triangle for himself, and the flashbacks showed that he recalled the dalgona candy from his childhood and made the connection. More likely it was because he knew gi-hun would be a threat in the future. Sang-woo is intelligent, he knows the truth that in the end only one person can survive and win the game. Gi-hun was not a threat yet at that point, but he would inevitably become one. And furthermore, sang-woo was probably thinking that if gi-hun was killed in the candy game, it would spare him the trouble and heartache of killing gi-hun on his own later on. It was ultimately a decision that sangwoo made for his survival. We can see that sang-woo did hesitate in his decision to let gi-hun take the umbrella. Sang-woo did feel a brotherly bond with gi-hun, as they were childhood friends. But despite that, sang-woo chose survival, because he knew only one person could win. It like everyone was already dead from the start, except the one winner. Wouldn't you do the same? I dont think that makes him evil. It just makes him pragmatic. Towards the end, we see sang-woo committing murder on the glass bridge and also killing sae-byeok. I dont think that those events were proof that he is evil. He only wanted to survive, and he acted the way he did because of the situation. He had no other options. When he murdered the glassmaker on the glass bridge, it was because there was no time left, and the glassmaker's indecision was a threat to his life and those behind him. When he murdered sae-byeok, it was because he knew that gi-hun and sae-byeok would have the majority vote to end the game. Not getting the prize money was equivalent to dying, because he was in so much debt and used his mother's house and shop as collateral as well. He could not bear the thought of his mother losing everything because of his reckless trading. Furthermore, at this point, so many people had already been killed. He even had to kill Ali, who was his friend. Sang-woo was probably thinking that he could not have come all this way for nothing. At the very end, when sang-woo decided to kill himself to let gi-hun win, i believe sang-woo did that because he knew that he was already on the edge of death from getting beaten by gi-hun. He also knew that gi-hun would try to end the game, because gi-hun isnt able to kill a friend, but that would only result in both of them returning to their normal lives, except with more injuries, shame and regret (and sang-woo would probably not survive his injuries). Sang-woo thus decided to kill himself, because he knew he would not be able to survive long anyway, and at least gi-hun could win the money and take care of his mom. This is totally in line with sang-woo's morality from the start. The way he decides what is right and wrong has always stayed the same. Sang-woo was never evil. He was only always pragmatic, he had clear goals in his mind and he would do whatever was needed to achieve them. He never deluded himself into thinking that he could survive without the death of others, because he knew only one person could win the game.

[@j.w.2865]

Wow some amazing insight here!

[@adamtorres5010]

TL;BSTR Too long, but still totally read

[@Alexander-qd7nj]

We also see foreshadowing of sang woos morality in the first scene on episode 1. Were he tricks gi hun to look the other way so he can advance in the squid game

[@priyankasweetiepie3405]

Really nice analysis!

[@juicyjny]

I love this analysis

[@menyakz]

I think the gift of gihun for her daughter that is a Gun-spitting fire is foreshadowing that most players will die to gun shots and then burned. And yes, the gift box is the same as where they put the dead bodies. PS. this is the most likes I have in my yt comment. I just want to add. Squids are known for releasing black ink to their predators/prey to temporarily blind them just like how Gi-hun threw a sand to sangwoo's face to blind him temporarily as well.

[@sacredcow61]

YES

[@JennWithMoreThanOneN]

Holy shit you’re spot on.

[@sukai121]

Holy shit you’re right

[@JyotroopSingh]

Damn this is not just a series, it's a poem

[@rubythalia8498]

Wow i agree with that 100%

[@user-yw4us1cc4r]

There's a foreshadowing of the winner in the racecourse scene of episode 1. The 6th and 8th horses were on the same level in horse racing, but the 6th horse reversed and won (Sangwoo: 21"8" main character: 45"6"). In this race, the 3rd place is horse no.7 (saebok: no.6”7”)

[@yinguan69]

Nice!!!

[@misterpitters]

1 is the last horse and all of the corrupt characters’ numbers end in 1. Il-nam was number 001 Deok-su was number 101 Doctor was number 111

[@BOFRDASLEEPER]

@@misterpitters dang squid game is awesome

[@lightbringer7834]

O.O mind blown

[@MariaandMontessori]

This is the best one I've read so far 😳

[@thecinnamoncurls]

The first scene of the kids playing foreshadows the cop. The ‘secret inspector’ who moves freely through the game.

[@vijay_9792]

🤯 good one

[@szalary]

Since Inspector Royal is a title you win by playing, it could also refer to Gi-hun. After he wins he seems pretty set on taking them down, and is now the best equipped to do it. He becomes Inspector Royal.

[@AmbivalentMind]

The foreshadowing, the symbolism, the fashion, color and design choices are amazing! Korean media is amazing. Great actors.

[@turnleft8645]

The part after the steak dinner when they packed up everything except the knives...that was one of the darkest scenes I've ever seen in a series, especially since they were all friends trying o survive together

[@jafar5112]

I actually thought the meat was human meat and that the winners would end up being guards all of them. And all guards where previous winners

[@brandonc422]

How? Sang-Woo knew they were playing the Honeycomb game yet allowed Gi-Hun to pick the Umbrella, basically knowing that it's almost a guaranteed death sentence.

[@kennedy3788]

@@jafar5112 metoo

[@soraya131]

yeah that scene had me the most shook, esp since it lightly indicated that one of them would have to kill each other for the final game (which is easier to play with two positions). so yeah that scene was the most gruesome because it literally encouraged murder to a higher steak (hahah). it promoted killing one another even more than ep4 where the night fight broke out, because it was somehow possible to stay safe that night. but that final 3 dinner was a set up and i think it was set up for saebyeok to loose because sangwoo probably thinks saebyeok is a bigger threat to beat than gi-hun

[@prajaktaayare2637]

@@soraya131 😂the pun

[@Ravcar96]

Nothing CRAZY, but I thought it was pretty funny that when Gi-hun was first approached about the game with slapping consequences he immediately tells the guy “I don’t wanna hear your religious crap” (something like that). And the way the game was ended for him was him being thrown out to the street and a Religious Preacher was the one who found him off the ground and then offered the word of the lord 😂😂. Overall great writing and great details. Love the show.

[@JadeCGaba]

Whoa! That was great observation!

[@isabelmartin8427]

There were a LOT of religious references within! The "pastor" who keeps praying to a Christian god and holding up the game. The girl in the marbles game who confessed that her pastor father used to beat up her mother and molest her. The fact that Gi-hun says that he comes from a long line of Buddhists. Etc.

[@sorenkair]

To put it more elegantly, he turned away from who he thought was a missionary and ended up being helped by one.

[@paradise_valley]

he called him a "missionary" or a "salesman for new pyramid schemes" and he comes from a long line of Buddhists so he wasn't interested in speaking with him

[@dylankim9588]

You’d be surprised how fanatic Korean Christians can be lol I grew up there for 17 years and seen so many crazy shit done by those who “speak for the lord”

[@suki1279]

The more relevant forshadowing for Ali's death is that he had believed his bosses lies that he would be paid eventually for a really long time, despite evidence to the contrary - the same way he believed Sang-woo when he said he had a plan.

[@lucydosty1387]

What I find interesting is that GI-Hun is introduced to us as a gambler and throughout the game he gambles with his life (like everyone else...not that important) like when he chooses to play with Oh Il-nam (marbles). That could of course be taken as an act of kindness/pity which it probably was (I'm reading too much into it). But at the end he could go and help the drunk person but instead he decided to bet on his life. It looks like Gi-Hun had a character development but at the same time...it honestly ended as it started. He started with not helping his mother, gambling, disappointing his daughter and wanting revenge instead of money in the game of ddjakji. At the end of the season he couldn't help his mother, gambled with the life of another human, disappointed his daughter and went to seek out revenge.

[@TVwriter23]

The beginning kind of foreshadowed this. Look at his encounter with the recruiter. He won the money, but wasn't interested. By then he just wanted to beat the hell out of the recruiter for hitting him.

[@mingxuanfan]

Also the very last game they played, the old man lost on the bet and was “eliminated” like the rules he made the players to follow, once you lose, you die. The entire series emphasize on Karma, every single one who’d died, died the same way they killed somebody, 456 won cuz he didn’t intend to kill anybody so he lived. 218 stabbed himself in the neck the same place he stabbed 67. 67 always carried a knife picking pockets and she was hit by the glass where she used to pick people’s pockets. The lady who commit fraud 5 times lies all the time and was betrayed by 101.

[@saminakhatun5994]

Great observation

[@christianrasmussen1]

Holy damn

[@lovelyvettee2644]

girl… my mind is BLOWN!

[@Rockhound6165]

But Gi-Hun DID kill someone(or meant to) when he cheated during the marble game.

[@MistLordRx]

🩸💯

[@MetalizedButt]

Frontman didn’t disappear in 2015. He won the 2015 game and went back to his ordinary life, but had been behaving weirdly, going missing every once in awhile and avoiding calls from his cop bro and mom(probably only during the span of the games every year). That’s why the cop bro literally calls his mom talking about his bro’s recent repeated disappearance, and searches for him just before finding the invitation card and infiltrating the game. And his apartment was still there with all his belongings intact, if he disappeared in 2015 his apartment would not be rented out by him anymore. The landlady even mentions that he is late for his recent rent. And before you say it was a flashback, nope it wasn’t, feel free to go back and watch it again.

[@carolgardens7294]

I am glad you reminded us of this detail.

[@naseanamoodie384]

Thank you for explaining this detail. I was very confuse with episode 5 and I didn’t understand the disappearance of the policeman missing brother. Since you have explained this I see the connection between the two episodes. I definitely have to rewatch the whole show.

[@naseanamoodie384]

Is there a video explaining this?

[@sukai121]

Thanks for explaining! I was confused as to why he was only missing rent for a short amount of time. I just assumed he lived on the island 24/7

[@MetalizedButt]

@@naseanamoodie384 Nah couldn’t find one, most of them make the mistake of thinking he disappeared in 2015 which is wrong.

[@juligentry7263]

in the marble game the rules only said u must take ten marbles from your partner in order to win not that u had to end up with twenty which makes me wonder what could've happened if two people just switched their marbles then possibly both of them could have survived?

[@roseliketheflower13]

Thank you! That's what I was thinking the whole time!

[@rukiichi85]

had same question but people at that point didnt even think about each others's life like in beg they were for saving their ass then for money then they started to treat each others as toys that they saw blood as if nothing, they started to want to kill each others even when they killed each others in the room if u see how they kill they dont hit 1 slash they hit multi hits with the knife as if they dont give a shit i broke my heart that ep

[@jborrego2406]

@@rukiichi85 it like saw movie where it was obvious u work together lol

[@rukiichi85]

@@jborrego2406 the differance in saw is that in saw they got 1 main point which is survive they kill each others with tears with a turama they killed someone but in squid game they dont give a shit they killed with cold blood even tho first ep they were crazy about each others's blood u know they changed by time which is insane

[@moonie7155]

Yes I literally thought the same thing. First thing when I heard the rules, I was like oh so just switch with your partner??? Thought that’s what business guy and Ali were going to do 🥺

[@bottenbotten91]

The thing I was annoyed about was that they were promoting fairness in the games but then on the glass bridge they injured Sae Byeok after she passed the game and didn't even help her, so that was not fair at all.

[@chadkreutzer1552]

We don't know though that they wouldn't have helped her since Sang Woo killed her. Although my personal theory is that they gave them the knives just so that one of them would be eliminated leaving just two for the final game. Her being injured was just an unfortunate coincidence.

[@sly9889]

It was a planned part of chaos that had an opportunity to injury anyone. Sae was just unlucky. So by the games principals it's fair and equal

[@zachwillson7645]

I totally agree. they should have shot anyone who didn't cross after the time, not do a dramatic explosion. I thought they were using the glass shard as a setup, so she would have a weapon to use against Sang Woo. But then they gave everyone knives and I was annoyed with that.

[@BuddyismyBaby]

I think that's one of the best parts of the show though. The frontman attempts to soothe his guilt by claiming he's giving everyone one last fair chance (just like when he played, another way to make himself feel better for surviving while the others didn't) but just from the mere fact that Oh Il-Nam was a player makes the game unfair. Everyone was not given a fair chance, they all had to play a game of life and death while the wealthiest man there got to simply play to have fun without worrying about debt or death. The riot was even stopped abruptly when Il-Nam said he was scared. Something that was not done for any other player. He knew what the games would be since he chose them, and he was never in a ny real danger. It's another beautiful metaphor for capitalism, while everyone is playing for life and death at the hands of the world's wealthiest people, those same elits make the rules that they are then not held privy to. A detail that I think is far too overlooked is the prize money itself. If we take the net worth of bezos or musk it is well above 200 billion. Then cut it in half just for fun. 100 billion usd. The money offered is about 0.04% of that 100 billion (and thats rounding up). The average net worth in america is about 408 thousand (skewed high due to the top 0.1%) and in South Korea it's about 286 thousand USD. 0.04% of 408 thousand is barely more than $150usd. For 286 thousand it's closer to $115 usd. These numbers have all generously been rounded up. They are fighting for their lives for something that costs the VIPS the equivalent of a concert ticket. or a night at a hotel. This game was never fair from the start, and the people like the frontman who are enforcing the stipulations made from the elite have to lie to themselves in order to live with themselves. So this is all to say I'm not at all surprised that they shot her with a shard of glass and then waited for her to die, waited for her murder, before coming in to simply clean up.

[@zachwillson7645]

@@BuddyismyBaby damn, good comment. I never thought of Il Nam's participation as another symbol of capitalism.

[@tiaravalentinodoll]

Another Hint you missed, Mi Yeo mentioned that she felt powerful when she leaned back after tug of war. She died by leaning back on the glass bridge killing Deok Su with her. She was in power when she locked him with her arms and she was in power when she LEANED back falling down from the glass bridge

[@phillipdunn4060]

That’s a good one

[@elliotoliver8679]

Nice pickup, the show made me cry, the young girl chose suicide to save the older girl. I thhink there was a hint of sexual attraction there as well

[@jasonkesser]

That’s a good one right there, damn

[@nstalkerzs7185]

@@elliotoliver8679 no there is nothing like that-you see the part where that young girl with a nose piercing said that she will make sure that sae-byeok would win no matter what- that's why she sacrificed her life for her and she didn't have anyone in her life too-

[@itsmainelyyou5541]

@@elliotoliver8679 No, that was a severely sexually abused girl who was forced into murdering her father-with nothing to live for after the murder of her mother, making sure that another girl gets a chance to have the family she will not.

[@tropicaltracerbirdie2241]

JunHo is still alive. It's a horror movie setting and he fell off the cliff into water and nobody checked for the body. That's top tier teasing for 'YEAH, I'M STILL ALIVE! WAIT FOR SEASON 2!" vibes right there.

[@CaffeineAndMylanta]

Agreed. In most movies if you don’t see someone’s death, they’re not dead

[@origin8132]

Also - JunHo shoots The Frontman (his brother InHo) in the shoulder - which was not fatal. InHo then shoots JunHo in the shoulder - this should also not be fatal... JunHo is a police officer and would be expert in shooting so could easily have killed InHo... why didn't he? Is it because its his brother? Likewise InHo could have killed JunHo with a shot to the head or chest... but also chose the shoulder... InHo had also told his soldiers he wanted JunHo alive...

[@Josh-mm4iw]

we don't know they didn't check for his body. they could've easily picked him up off screen too

[@bingbong2257]

anytime anyone is injured in a movie and falls into water from a tall place, their survival rate is 100%. This is the biggest cliche in existence

[@KevAng039]

@@Josh-mm4iw in tv shows or movies, no body, no confirmed death. That reason is why when they shot the old man but didn’t show his body, I knew he was involved to some degree.

[@roberthopper9277]

Is it me, or was the winner given to us in the first episode, in the order of the horse race that Gi-Hun won? Horse 6 finished first followed by 8 and 7. Gi-Hun…456. Sang Woo…218. Sae-byeok…67.

[@abbyr.630]

woah…

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

9:00 wrong, Il Nam won. The REAL bet was to see if Gi-Hun would run out and help the drunk man...but he didn't, just like the VIPs he just looked at him and wavered a persons life in a silly bet

[@blackfiresprout]

The bet was to see if humanity really had any good. if Gi-hun himself went out to help that would have defeated the whole purpose. What good is it to prove just 1 person in society is good at heart?

[@eastasiansarewhitesbutduet9825]

@@blackfiresprout Both of you have good points. It could also be that il nam was so cunning like an owl (his mask) that either way he would always win. Similar to how he never loses any prior game.

[@DanielKRui]

@@eastasiansarewhitesbutduet9825 I really like this interpretation!

[@Tommykey07]

@@blackfiresprout I agree with your interpretation.

[@klaudinegarcia8932]

Interesting username you've made lol

[@AkKikMauMau]

I feel like no matter who became il-nams marble partner, he would have let them win. Il-nam knew that he had special protection in the other games, but if someone were to push him off the glass bridge he'd be screwed. So he tapped out early

[@InfuZedShaDoWz]

But if he knew then he would have grabbed the number 17 vest so he was last up

[@patrickknutsson3596]

Yeah, I think Shadz is right. I think he also explained that the reason he let him win was because he liked him. If it was any other player I don't think he would have cared tbh

[@JohnnyRoseofVersailles]

@@InfuZedShaDoWz But even if you are last up you can lose because those before you can pause and not move, so you'd be killed when the time was finished.

[@brookgun]

@@InfuZedShaDoWz picking last # wouldn't guarantee you the win. First of all he is old, and that is a lot of jumps for an old man to make, second of all you can always get sabotaged, so it was way too risky for him to participate in that game.

[@blackmii]

I think he wanted to get out of the game before the VIPs would start to watch, so I'm with you on that thought

[@shawnkim3554]

Another easter egg I found is that at the end where gi-hun meets the old man, he meets him on the 7th floor. The final game he plays with the old man is the 7th game he plays in the squid games

[@stemina32]

ah shiiet good one

[@Vanessa-es2ss]

Are there not just 6 games in total? And the marble game being number 4?

[@stemina32]

@@Vanessa-es2ss 6 + 1 last final game btw prota and mastermind

[@shawnkim3554]

Yeah there was 6 games total plus the last the one he played with the old man (whether people would help the homeless person)

[@4knewt505]

Interesting

[@nafishasnat5100]

I may just be speculating but I don't think the triangles, squares and circles were supposed to be from a PlayStation controller. I think they just made it because these are the exact shapes needed to draw a squid game court.

[@55Tonythetigar]

Xbox fanboy 🙄🙄🙄 jk 😂

[@Dogpawsandravenclaws]

I figured the big reveal after the frontman got the call and said “I’m glad you enjoyed the game” I realized the whole time il nam seemed to enjoy himself the entire time and that we didn’t see him die

[@moonie7155]

I thought it was sooo weird how he seemed THRILLED playing red light green light and everyone was terrified

[@alexandra9944]

@@moonie7155 IKR i just thought he was a demented old man who had nothing to lose lol

[@TVwriter23]

Especially Red Ligh Green Light. I was like folks just got shot dead and this old man looks too damn happy

[@aeonbear3307]

I thought the same thing. The one thing about this that doesn’t quite fit in was that the next thing the Frontman said was: “The Host is currently waiting for the VIPS to arrive.” This kind of confuses me as the end points towards Il-nam being the Host. But the call suggests that the person the Frontman was talking to was another person entirely, and couldn’t be the Host or the VIPS. I would love to know what your thoughts are on this or if I’ve missed something!

[@LiefsPerla]

I didn’t see the twist ending coming and since I hadn’t encountered any spoilers, I’m very glad I was able to enjoy this intriguing series to the fullest! Now, during the aftermath, I’m enjoying on point breakdowns like this and thus expanding the great experience of Squid Game even further.

[@jadedplacebo24]

Agreed. I watched the whole series in one night and looked up breakdown/easter egg vids later and I love seeing all the things I missed. Or seeing the things I noticed were noticed by others!

[@Nikki-1234]

Same I avoided anything squid game related until I finished it was only 2 days but still thankful I couldn't predict anything

[@doggothinks2764]

Exactly What the main characters did after leaving and before reentering the game is foreshadowing their deaths. 1.) Jang Deok-Su/ Gangster - killed others and jumped off a bridge -> was killed by jumping off a bridge 2.) Kang Sae-byeok/ Love of my life - wounded someone and threatened to stab their throat with a knife -> got wounded and stabbed in the throat with a knife 3.) Abdul Ali - took something valuable from someone and ran -> got taken something valuable from and dude who did it ran 4.) Cho Sang-Woo/ evil best friend - tried to unalive himself in a suit, drenched -> unalived himself in a suit, drenched These are too many coincidences

[@jadedplacebo24]

@@doggothinks2764 I truly missed all of this while watching the series. This was so well done the way everything was cyclical

[@doggothinks2764]

@@jadedplacebo24 I know really! Man I gotta say this is my first Korean show as I'm not a big fan of korean dramas But damn ! The story and the delivery is well done , everything in the movie have a purpose, every little scene and dialog leads to end. The acting of all the actors except the VIPS Is just amazing and I think the VIPs were meant to act bad just like thier character

[@thefiercefrog4844]

The front man, everytime he’s shot anyone it was a shot directly to the head except Jun-Ho who he shot in his shoulder

[@JennWithMoreThanOneN]

EXCELLENT OBSERVATION.

[@sukai121]

Damn!!

[@-love-life3267]

On other videos I’ve been saying that he isn’t dead, but most people keep saying he got shot in the chest. Blind mice. They both shot each other in the shoulder. Two brothers not wanting to kill the other, just a “stop it”shot.

[@witchywandaweasley6428]

why do you think Cop Brother said “You know why…” to Frontman Brother?

[@debtu7197]

Yesssss

[@FastFoodVicar]

I dont think people picked up on at the end when they are playing the game with the homeless mans life, he is saying how wrong it is to gamble on lives, and then literally does so. He could have ran to help but didn't just to prove his point and risk someones life. I thought it was a clever little detail so wether il nam knew he won or not doesnt matter, just playing the game made his point correct

[@rukiichi85]

i was like why are you not helping him i was confused

[@whatajutsu]

The final table seen has all three shapes. Triangle as the table, square is the pattern of the floor and circle is the platform everything sits on.

[@jenstrudenau9134]

My bathroom has squares circles and triangles too. Much Easter egg, wow

[@SheKnives]

Owls can also symbolize death, which seems fitting for the man behind it all.

[@Ukal1228]

Hello

[@rotoinanimation]

Second

[@ultratwin]

100%, and its exactly what the video has easily missed. In traditional Korean culture, a hooting owl was believed to be a forbearer of famine, disease, war/strife, or widespread death throughout a household or village. It admittedly would be a very Western thing to project on Il-Nam the idea of him being all-wise...but to the (superstitious) Korean viewer it conveys that he's something far more sinister.

[@HaseoIX]

Fun Fact: Owls are really dumb they just look wise.

[@younggodicarus]

@@HaseoIX if only they were

[@mingxuanfan]

The police man also fell into the ocean just like when he killed the first guard and dumped him into the ocean

[@lisanneke001]

ohh, interesting observation! Ive seen no one picking up on this

[@l.c.7955]

@@lisanneke001 because its stupid, they are on an island we're else would he get rid of the body so it can't be found immediately

[@TheAvatar.]

This show has many Karma parallels 1) Gi Hun feeling poor and intimidated when his daughter said she ate steak, he got to eat steak as a victor in the game. 2) Ali getting his boss's fingers crushed, when his own two fingers were missing from a workplace accident. His death was a similar parallel too. 3) Jun-Ho not fatally wounding Frontman even when he didn't know who he was. Justa shot to the shoulder. His brother kinda sparing him by only shooting him in the shoulder, when otherwise he always shoots to the head.

[@Xander756]

Just a small comment, you don't have to assume that In-ho won when he was a contestant. His name is literally on the "list of past winners" that Jun-ho finds. That's how he finds In-ho's file because he cross-references the year from being the past winner to the year of the Squid Archives. No assumption necessary. We know he won.

[@eyescandeceive]

wait--that happened AFTER he tells us his name? I need to watch that again!

[@TVwriter23]

I wonder if past winners end up being front men or VIPs. Gi-hun is now considered a VIP at the bank

[@johnjesseanolivares2260]

Before Sang Woo was about to end his life, he calls his mom. While talking, his mom was interrupted by a customer asking for "Three squids" foreshadowing the three finalists Sang woo, Gihun, & Sae byeok.

[@sleepyjester]

OHH COOL

[@SuperiorChaosIsChaotic]

Lol yeah, it foreshadows that they'd be playing the Squid Game, but Sang-woo killed Sae-Byeaok

[@MistLordRx]

Damnnnn

[@MimiYuYu]

😱😱😱

[@trushankkamble2781]

Does it makes any sense?

[@tomral7294]

The fourth episode called "Stick to the team" where everyones just kills eachother in flashing lights was one of the most disturbing shit I have seen.

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah so brutal

[@carlamcvittie9128]

Could barely watch it. Turned away from the screen for most of it. Truly encapsulates the desperation the games were designed to bring out.

[@tomral7294]

@@carlamcvittie9128 totally!

[@hannahkayla7039]

@@carlamcvittie9128 same here, I had to skip it

[@Prawnsacrifice]

Dam I mean it's a savage scene but honestly there is so much worse in movies tbh

[@navarrov]

I'm not sure if number 01 died to be honest he could just be playing another trick. If you look at the EKG or whatever health monitors after he flatlines it can clearly be read in text that the 'lead off', and 'sensor off' which to me could also mean he simply removed the health monitors on his body to make the machine appear as though the patient flatlined. What are your thoughts on this?

[@robinr3666]

Good spot. The monitor was a BeneView T8 and the error warning was "SpO2 Sensor Off" which per the manual means "The SpO2 sensor has become detached from the patient or the module, or there is a fault with the SpO2 sensor, or an unspecified SpO2 sensor has been used." As it was working previously, it implies tampering. If the issue was simply he died, the manual says the warning should be "SpO2 No Pulse"

[@Kshipss]

Season 2 is coming 4 sure

[@kyril98741]

The front man close the old man lids to show that he died.

[@Bozza36]

@@robinr3666 Nice theory, but I feel like it could also be that they had no other way to get a flatline from a living actor, unless they disconnected it. It just wouldn't make sense that the front man closed his eye lids and he were still alive.

[@emilycampbell5798]

I was thinking this too! Wouldn't be the first time and maybe this is a link into his second game

[@TexasToni11]

This show was so well done and written and acted. A masterpiece of horror.

[@howhighareyou6052]

moral of the story: be nice to the old guy and secure that bag.

[@beulahlioncruz]

Fr

[@pheckeht]

Something that bugged me is that a bag of rocks sounds nothing like a bag of marbles when you move it with your fingers or as ot jiggles around your neck. But I would suppose with your life on the line and heads getting popped all around you might not notice. I feel like I would have tho.

[@juanitadelacruz4984]

😁

[@ajclaret1534]

@@pheckeht That's a good point. With all the noise and everything that was going on around him, Ali might not have noticed that the contents of the pouch sounded different. Maybe that was the last thing he thought of paying attention to, given that he was in such a high-stress situation. Another possibility is that, in the show, Ali mentioned that he had never played the game before (implying that he's never had glass marbles as a child). This could be another reason why he probably wouldn't be very familiar with the sound marbles make when in contact with each other, being carried around. That's just my opinion. I never thought much about that detail until you brought it up :)

[@pheckeht]

@@ajclaret1534 That is also a good point you made I didn't think about, he never had marbles and wasn't used to the sound. :)

[@marmag4976]

Little detail I found: in the first scene of the show, the black and white flashback with the kids playing the squid game, young gi-hun distracts young sang-woo by saying his mom is behind him, and thanks to that wins the game. I think this mirrors the last game, in which sang-woo repeatedly mentions his mother ("When we were kids and played games our mothers would call us for dinner, but now nobody calls us." and what he says as he dies) and loses the game because of his mother.

[@BarelyNoticeable]

This is an underrated detail

[@shamrithponlingam1656]

I understand what you are trying to convey, first he distracts him by mentioning his mother, at last he throws sand at sang-woo to distract him. Your idea goes well with foreshadowing, but it feels like the writer intends to mean that he distracts him to win. (you can see that he distracts sang-woo in the same place of the squid game court, both at the start and at the end)

[@marmag4976]

@@shamrithponlingam1656 yeah, i didn't mean that mentioning his mother is what he does both times to distract him, what i think is foreshadowing is that in both games he loses because of his mother, one way or another.

[@shamrithponlingam1656]

@@marmag4976 I agree

[@yingmustang67]

You're forgetting something: Why he is very miserable for a year, because his mother had past away when he was earning his money. He couldn't save his mother, because in the first place of the money they didn't have and now he's filthy rich he's to late! It's like a final knife stab to his heart....

[@TVwriter23]

Because a hell of a lot of people had to die for him to get that money. He killed someone a childhood friend in order to live. At that point I don't think he even cared about the money. He was about revenge and survival at this point. He was pissed about what happened to the girl. Then he gets out to discover is mom is dead and people will kill each other for fleeting things. On top of that the games are still going.

[@Southguy_]

personally, and I don't think I've seen this said by anyone else, I think part of the reason Il-nam posed as sick was so he wouldn't be picked for marbles, but I also think it gives him the out to fake his death. He could have been "carried out by casket" as the others arrive or just had "player 001 eliminated" said during the marbles game due to his age/sickness. I think it was a two fold stunt

[@uditisinha305]

My observation: The night in which all players were killing each other, the old man was on top of the bunker beds. When Gi-hun asks him how he reached there he doesn't answer him. He was probably helped to get there to protect him. Also, when the old man says stop, the boss takes the decision to end it

[@l.c.7955]

Exactly, and if people didn't notice that then no wonder they were fooled by the old man

[@sly9889]

In the moment, I thought it was a hint of empathy showing through for the front man. But makes sense once you know the end

[@andrejbogdanov2816]

While wathcingz I thought the front man ended the game, because they had arrived at 80 - the number they needed for the next game.

[@jborrego2406]

@@l.c.7955 it was obvious he was in on it from start but trying to find it how he doesn’t die in the game lol

[@alexandra9944]

@@sly9889 Same

[@aknight7252]

Tell me you're obsessed without telling me you're obsessed

[@nyoreikomoni]

😂

[@heavyspoilers]

Haha this is one of the last ones I promise

[@akshatsharma9740]

@@heavyspoilers if this isn't you will see a shadow in front of you when you upload another.... i know your address

[@gylesdoolan1116]

Yes...

[@prim4752]

@@heavyspoilers One of????

[@thursdaygoirl]

I think what really struck me was the idea that the games were supposed to be completely equal but Il-han being in them the doctor getting special treatment totally negated that. Goes to show you what the elite think is “fair”. It’s only fair because they don’t even have to play the game.

[@moonie7155]

None of it was fair, they let the fight break out and actually encouraged it with the lights flickering, they didn’t give those 5 players food, they let the end players keep the knives to promote them to fight. It’s all just a metaphor for how elitism and power is “fair” but promotes injustice and violence among the less fortunate

[@jimmyjones8170]

I'm surprised nobody's made the connection between the gift that the guy gave his daughter which was a lighter in the shape of a gun which if most people pay attention almost not all but almost all players were killed through gunshots and then had their bodies incinerated

[@christopherwilliams6902]

He pick triangle in the coin toss. To let his friend know he realize he tried to screw him in the 2nd game.

[@__pixeldust]

ohhhh

[@meapsie6685]

What coin toss?

[@birdseeds9329]

@@meapsie6685 before they entered the room to do the squid game. Who was on offense and who was on defense.

[@shiba_inu_mom]

I thought about that too. But I also thought, it would perfectly represent the status of them both. Gi-Hun choosing triangle (soldier) would automatically leave square (management) for Sang-woo (who actually was a manager). It could also forshadow, what Gi-Hun would do in the end, to also choose not to join the "upper class" (management & money) by using the money he was given but to be a fighter (against the management behind the game).

[@land_and_air1250]

@@shiba_inu_mom very good insights.

[@turtlebirdrox]

I didn't guess the old man, because I was so fixated on the frontman being the brother. I guessed that one fairly early on, so the old man was a shock to me. I thought his attitude (about being happy playing etc) was due to his tumour (if he is going out anyway due to his illnesses than he might as well not worry about the games doing it type attitude).

[@Nic-co6ot]

Same bro, amazing how they were able to divert our attention through that trope to reveal another twist

[@kylieshortreed8857]

Lol! That's awesome! Mine was the opposite case. I called the old man from the beginning! It was only up until the episode before I guessed that the frontman was the detective's brother.

[@hg13589]

Yeah same i def thought the frontman was the brother but also i think everyone thought he was the head guy of it all no one saw the twist of it being the old man

[@LAbeauty316]

@@hg13589 at first i thought the inho was the head guy but then there was a scene where he answers the phone and talks about the host to someone and i realized he wasn't. still never guessed it was ilnam though🤡

[@geoffbowman]

Yeah I for sure thought he was just an old man with a tumor cause the only time you really see him experience negative emotions at all is when the riot is happening and he's just scared and wants everyone to get along. I thought "oh he's just been terrified the whole time underneath but he's staying upbeat and pleasant to get through it." Nope... didn't see it coming at all...

[@fuckERLa]

A tiny detail I noticed rewatching the show was that when they were returning to the game after voting to get out of it, it showed a few of the “main” members getting into the van, including il-nam himself. But when they let out the gas, it showed everyone being put to sleep except for il-nam

[@31webseries]

This is why I love this channel. Even if you got the big two story twists early, you guys catch all the teeny details and metaphors outside of that like the two girls talking about going to an island together and I was so emotionally involved in the scene I forgot they were on an island together and wow, that's just great writing.

[@Anna-po1sb]

Ultimate theory: the director of this movie had a nasty classroom rivalry with the man whose number he used on the squid game business card

[@meliycon-roma4112]

LMAO

[@thgritic102]

I would lose it 🤣🤣

[@iammissiemarie4302]

Lmfao ...diabolical

[@sxvxrxlx1864]

the number they used belonged to the person who beat them in squid game (the original game) when they were kids

[@Anna-po1sb]

@@purplekush079 i binged it in one go so it felt like a very long movie

[@emanuelmandujano7682]

One cool thing that just came to me, which I do not think has been covered in any video, is that Sae Byeok is accused of being a spy from the north. For the second game she actually goes on a spy mission to see what is going on in the building.

[@heavyspoilers]

Ah nice

[@frarfarf]

Ooooh

[@l.c.7955]

And what does this add to the story?

[@emilycampbell5798]

Ooh this one's new

[@noodlenado7827]

Can we also just appreciate the CINEMATOGRAPHY of this show👏👏 If you don’t believe me, scene with the last marble entering the hole is proof enough

[@alannacarlson6715]

It bothered the shit out of me that at the end, Gi-hun didn't choose to be the person who helped the man on the street. The rules of the game were that *someone* had to help him. Il-nam didn't say it couldn't be him. I think that definitely shows that Gi-hun's character arc is just beginning and there is a lot of development yet to be had.

[@henrykramer365]

Yeah, this actually terrified me and made me think his arc might not end up being a positive one.

[@KC_Smooth]

Jun Ho is definitely still alive. Anyone shot in the shoulder makes a full recovery as per movie/television law. No matter if they fall off a cliff or fall into lava afterwards. 😂😂😂

[@SarahLibogomalove]

lol.....the movie universe indeed!

[@cringyhuman3210]

Yeah it’s basically a law for movies lol like how Kylo ren survived lava

[@cardfreak0560]

I dunno I think the show made a pretty good example of how all flesh is just as soft

[@KamarMorris]

Except apparently Tony Stark in What If. 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Assassino275]

The difference is he was shot in the left shoulder very close to his heart, as opposed to his brother who was shot in the right

[@ImKindu]

Also with the old man wearing the owl mask in the one part he talked about how old people don’t need much sleep which owls stay up all night all the time

[@witchywandaweasley6428]

Very true! Old Homie even “clocked out” at midnight which is very late for any elderly person

[@katerinagaliulina1575]

Omg he actually did say at some point how old people don’t need much sleep

[@samzod8828]

@@witchywandaweasley6428 he….he died?

[@witchywandaweasley6428]

@@samzod8828 yes, in the last episode

[@Geeir-ho]

@@samzod8828 bro your watching a channel called heavy spoilers what’d you expect

[@eaglpaul1]

If no one had chosen Il-nam for the marble game I think he would have been “eliminated” instead of being taken back to his bunk. He would have been the odd man out and by him not being chosen all the other players would have believed him dead, protecting him from potential elimination on the glass bridge. I believe that’s why he faked being sick, so he wouldn’t be chosen as a partner and could then return to his host duties. When Jun-ho is looking through the archives he finds a black box with a pink ribbon that contains the names of all the previous winners. In-ho is one of the winners, that’s how Jun-ho knows to look him up in the 2015 book. I’m looking forward to learning more about these two characters in future seasons. Side note, writing the names of characters is so frustrating when you keep getting “auto corrected”

[@joshpan854]

I was so sus of the old man at the start for some reason. He just seemed so out of place with the majority of ppl they chose for the games being within a 20-40ish age range. And with these types of shows it’s usually the ppl u least suspect to be the one behind it all so I’m happy I was on the right track LOL

[@sleepyheartss]

I suspected him the minute he got up on the beds and asked them to stop and the Front Man did. I was like nah. Sus

[@bettywith2girls]

I guess I didn't suspect him because he had a supposedly legit reason for being there. He was an old man with a brain tumor who wanted to do one last thing to help his family . So supposedly he was going to die anyway, why not help his family out? Anyway, just fell for it hook, line and sinker, I guess.

[@clentbaker8466]

I thought he was in on it from the jump because he was player one and way to happy playing red light green light while people were dying all around

[@Aforg209]

Nothing more annoying than when people use the word "sus".... congrats!

[@moonie7155]

@@clentbaker8466 he was GRINNING THROUGH IT made me so uncomfortable

[@whitneyv.6386]

The rules for the playground game version of the squid game mirror the plot of the TV show: the ‘secret inspector’ (Jun Ho aka the cop) infiltrates the squid (Squid Game island), then attacks it from the inside out (forces the VIP to confess on video), before getting pushed out of bounds (off a cliff).

[@emilycampbell5798]

Omg this is gold! I'm surprised noone has commented on this

[@lunatico5318]

That's a very impressive emphasis on the text !

[@dtheengineer2746]

"Inspector Royal"

[@juicyjny]

WOAHHH

[@danjones9007]

He wasn’t pushed. He was shot and fell.

[@mojibien7570]

My marble game theory: I think they were counting on the old man not getting picked and so he would get “escorted” out of the games to avoid the danger of the next. When he did get picked, they realized they didn’t want to kill a “real” player, and so they let the girl live and move onto the next round. Remember the rules; if someone doesn’t play the game they get killed - so why would they have spared her life otherwise? Edit: I want to thank you for a nice discussion, but please, if you disagree with my theory - no need to get nasty! Lets keep this an open space :)

[@BWillTheAddict]

It wasn’t by her own choice that she couldn’t play. She wanted to play

[@chiva9969]

@@BWillTheAddict but what the first comment means is that they were expecting the old man to not get picked so that way they could take him out of the game but Gi-hun ended up picking him so they kinda had to go along with it by not killing the girl.

[@SuperiorChaosIsChaotic]

it would've been unfair for her

[@brookgun]

@@SuperiorChaosIsChaotic but they don't care, there r rules, and they had to follow them. It's y they wanted old man to not get picked, to "kill" him and let him watch the ending of the game, but him getting picked screwed up the game so they let her live

[@KevAng039]

@@brookgun exactly.

[@jamesfranklin8541]

Sang Woo possibly picked Ali for the Marble game knowing Ali had strength, but was naive and lacked knowledge of any games. Thus Ali could be manipulated if the 2 man team was actually a Vs concept as it turned out to be.

[@Light-oz5pv]

It’s actually amazing how the show is loved by a lot of people, even if a lot of people missed these details. It is an amazingly well done movie.

[@SuperTweezy5]

It's actually not amazing. Perhaps some people just like to watch and enjoy without analyzing what they're watching while they're watching, but just relaxing and enjoying the show.

[@ahamartist9492]

The girl who was left behind by everyone wasn't killed because the old man know the pain of not included in games as he would watch others from a distance when he was young.

[@lisanneke001]

also, the guards say that the games are based on fairness and equality for all, and it wouldnt be fair to kill her without playing a game. Killing outside of the games was done only by the players, if i remember correctly

[@SuperiorChaosIsChaotic]

she didn't even cheat, so why kill her.

[@SuperiorChaosIsChaotic]

and yes she did cheat in Dalgona, but hey, she got away with it and no one knew about it, so let's remove that out of the equation...

[@lisanneke001]

@@SuperiorChaosIsChaotic exactly, that’s a different thing than not being chosen for the marbles game

[@TVwriter23]

He watched his son playing games longing for the days when he used to play the same things without a care in the world. Or at least the adult world.

[@Mukichi]

The fact that this is 67’s first show shows that she has a lot of potential.

[@guadobobey5785]

true, she was a legit good actor (unlike the rich white guys)

[@alexfoxleigh9443]

@@guadobobey5785 Ugh, the guys who played the VIP's were the worst part of that show for me, their acting and dialogue was just cringe-inducing.

[@ariawhyte9205]

@@alexfoxleigh9443 haha. That was the point

[@pb1634]

@@alexfoxleigh9443 My guess is that they are Westerners living in Korea and only casted because they are white and not based on acting skills. I was an extra for commercials when I studied in Taiwan and crew would address me on the street to ask if I wanted to be in a commercial.

[@deepfriedewok]

@@guadobobey5785 i think the rich white guys were bad actors because foreign actors are treated way worse than korean actors in korea. Amongst other things, they're given their screenplays only on the day of the shoot without any time to absorb or remember their lines. Sometimes they don't even know what the show/movie is about until they come on set.

[@fireflyexposed]

South Korea - the owl symbolism - An owl outside your house is a symbol of death. But, also, it's a symbol of change. You may be in a period of transition. If you have a huge, life-changing decision to make, an owl is there to show you the way.

[@sdheartbreak1981]

One thing I've always been confused about is that I thought they positioned the games as if multiple players could win, but with each game, you realize that the number of people who could win gets smaller and smaller.

[@urmasterjohn]

I think the glass bridge, tug of war and final squid game are the only games where some contestants must die. In all other cases it is within their own power to survive.

[@SallyKamille]

@@urmasterjohn it's only the two first games where there is a theoretical chance for everyone to win (green light, red light and honeycomb). From then on half the contestants will be eliminated in each game: all the ones you mentioned, plus the marbles. Which I think would have been nice for the contestants to know before joining again...

[@urmasterjohn]

@@SallyKamille The marble game rules seemed to be open ended enough that the players could essentially collude. I feel like Il-Nam was also hinting at it when he talked about best friends sharing everything no matter what. Then again some other unwritten rules play out in that scene, such as losing all your marbles results in death.

[@dantelundell9386]

Ali lost his fingers at his workplace and then ruined his boss' hand.

[@CharmingDandy]

nice catch

[@jdot634]

Another small detail that I’ve not seen posted anywhere online: In episode 2 when Jun-Ho enters In-Ho’s abandoned apartment, we can see the apartment is small and modeled exactly like the rooms the masked workers sleep in on the island - from desk location, to the bed. This shows that In-Ho more than likely became a worker after winning the games in 2015 and wanted to stay in an apartment modeled after their rooms on the island. He probably then worked his way up to become the Front Man. I also believe he is the first and only Front Man.

[@Aldragon]

How do you win the games as a worker though?

[@yaiscontent]

@@Aldragon picking the red paper when playing that guy at the subway

[@Aldragon]

@@yaiscontent that’s not winning the game though…

[@yaiscontent]

@@Aldragon maybe he did both, won a game and then getting in as a worker

[@Aldragon]

@@yaiscontent if he won, he wouldn’t be in debt to be visited by the suitcase man

[@bandgeekonflute]

I had a feeling something was up during the marble game with player 1. A part of me thought it was just his dementia/brain tumor kicking in but there was something about how the guards weren't pushing them to play the game faster.

[@alexandra9944]

Yeah. I found it quite obvious that he was pretending, but I couldn't understand why

[@TVwriter23]

That and his house coincidentally just happened to look like his old house.

[@michaelday6987]

I am pretty sure that the guards are chosen in a different way from the players, since they clearly have been doing their jobs over several games. The guards have a complex side hustle, which would have required contact with the outside world and time to set up. You don't just come up with that in one game. The guards do not die at the level of the players, so playing the red vs blue flip game would not work for selecting players vs guards.

[@Mark-xs4gi]

Might have been mentioned already but when Gi-Hun and Sang-Woo have to pick a shape to play the finale, Gi-Hun immediately says 'triangle'. Sang-Woo picked the triangle in the Honeycomb game as he knew he would have an advantage then, so Gi-Hun's choice suggests that he realises now how long Sang-Woo had been deceiving them.

[@alixnight5318]

He knew after the second game, he just dismissed it because he assumes the best of people. But after the bridge game, it’s obvious the friend has been cutthroat the entire time

[@DJmurderbazz]

Gi-Hun swears on his mother that he will forget the money Sae stole when she frees him. He breaks this oath directly. When you swear on someone, you mean "on his life". Afterwards he learns that his mother is terminally ill. He find his dead mother after he wins the games. (Woo's mother says how long she hasn't seen her, I think it was 2 days).

[@TheJohnnyWonderful]

This comment just fucked me up.... I never caught that!

[@sussyeel]

omg true

[@ArgelLuiz]

She died when he got the “money” in which he swore his mothers life he would forget about.

[@CyberMew]

Yes, this is a great foreshadowing

[@olgazhdanova]

This whole movie is about learning. Starting from the very first scene with the slapping man. Every slap is a learning the person should understand, that it's not everything about money, that you do something wrong in your life and with your life, etc etc

[@imnotzullux8215]

In the marbles game Il Nam also says that his son's birthday is soon, and Gi Hun's birthday is soon too. Yet another connection to the father-son theory.

[@ariannashea6285]

i finished the show last night & have been binge-watching these kinds of videos because I was beyond confused. it's just AMAZING to me how oblivious i was, missing all of the clues. the only thing I was right about was the brother... this is definitely a show you have to watch more than once!

[@ngojems]

The Detective is still alive because his masked brother usually shoots people in the head he wants dead.

[@xiingli]

He wasn’t bored with his newfound wealth, he felt guilty about it and refused to use it.

[@msjkramey]

Exactly. They kept bringing up 10,000 won. He kept giving it away and begging for it in the beginning. When he won, that's the amount he withdrew. And that's the amount he asked to borror from the bank manager who implied that he was squandering his wealth. It felt like he was going to deposit it back into the account so his hands were clean of that blood money until a "desperate woman" (a plant, probably) begged him to buy flowers. He was willing to give up all the money at the end to walk out with his old friend despite it all but was robbed of that choice. This whole show is about how money can rob us of choice, dignity, and rights, yet someone make others think that they're entitles to people's bodies like chattle whether through demanding sex or organs or labor

[@yourlocalopp_]

Personally, I think him not spending the money is due to that each person that enters the game is essentially money. That money wasn’t prize money, rather the money that each person was worth when they entered the game, and he knew that spending it was rather spending the life’s of the people that sacrificed themselves inside of the game.

[@niquesovish]

@@yourlocalopp_ aka blood money

[@blackfiresprout]

i think more he just didn't have any reason to use it. He had no life desires after that, simply he just wanted to end the squid game as part of his survivor's guilt.

[@winston8703]

I thought he owe a lot money as we saw in episode 1 no? When he returned after winning the game, it became bad debt?

[@uni1mta852]

Lee Jung-jae, the main character of the drama, said in an interview. "The theme of this drama is not a fighting capitalist battle royale. The more fundamental theme is to emphasize the altruistic aspect that everyone has and should have in the end."

[@creepykretins6794]

You REALLY think Jeff bezos isn’t doing some underground tekeshi’s castle type stuff!? 😂

[@CuzLion]

XD IMAGINE

[@emilycampbell5798]

Haha.. it's probably a true story. 😂😂😂

[@Ryan1993uk]

love how he won 4.56m in racing and his number was also 456

[@help7406]

big sus

[@kriemie1273]

Because every participant is 10 milion won🤦‍♀️ and he won 4,56 bilion not milion

[@samfraser8192]

@@kriemie1273 have u seen the show? Or watched this video properly? Cos they literally talk abt the horse racing

[@frosty8017]

@@samfraser8192 tfym horse racing lmao

[@frosty8017]

@@samfraser8192 oh nvm

[@123videos456]

One thing i feel foreshadowed Gi-hun winning was his number “456”. When we were kids we played a game called Cee-lo and despite any variation of the game, one constant is always that rolling a 4-5-6 is an automatic win. Gi-hun a.k.a. 456 won every game.

[@carolgardens7294]

Ahhhh...thanks for sharing this !

[@meliycon-roma4112]

omg

[@Gavanaaa]

oh wow

[@mindhood]

I believe this person because they have “456” in their username

[@Smiles112]

Nice lying it's 3 6s and 3 0 is a lose

[@shubhamroy9240]

It looks like even the old man didnt had any clue about the games It was the frontman Believe it in a another way.. In a corporate world A boss needs to be impressed by its employee The frontman showed his sincerity about his boss(old man) by making all possible arrangements where his (boss) oldman could relate his childhood.. You can even seem him explaining Everything with excitement Like the food for which he commented ( its just like how his wife used to cook for him) In the marble game( he was having memories with the house he lived ) as all arranged by frontman with all sort of knowledge he had about his boss to impress him.. That false execution of oldman After which we have this landline scene In which you hear the frontman asking (i hope you enjoyed the game sir)