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[@heavyspoilers]

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[@DinoGaming07177]

Ok

[@kimbapssslargestsuporter278]

the part that gave me chills afterwards was during the marble game when il-nam starts saying "this is my old house,, my kid and his friends would play games in here and i would stand in and watch but they didnt know i was here" but this is literally the entire show summed up, all of the players are kids playing games in il-nams house without knowing that hes behind it

[@n.a3642]

Yooo, Genius

[@theamazing9215]

Yo I never thought of that. Smart.

[@thinkmeme102]

Good theory but i Have a better one when il-nam Said saying this is my old house,,My kid and his friends would plays games Do u guys notice Gi-hun Almost have the same gate as ilnam old house And Gi-hun dont have a dad only an old mom And Gi-hun always play squidgame and the Last game was squidgame and il-nam was the host that created the games Then Do u guys think il-nam kid was Gi-hun?

[@guadalupemendez6232]

@@thinkmeme102 I just finished watching and I had this thought too! It’s possible

[@tavionpalmer6479]

@@guadalupemendez6232 il-nam did mention that gi-hun reminded him of his son

[@Alotofmangos]

Episode 6 was by far the most depressing one. The two girls, Ali, and Il nam were all scenes that made me tear up back to back to back

[@Miss_Yaya206]

Hell yea

[@dikithapa699]

Yeah exactly

[@MacarenaKramm]

The husband and the wife scene too

[@amr-yg1xl]

@@MacarenaKramm to be honest we didnt get to know them that well and it was a surprise that he managed to get through 4 games without dying having no personality

[@breslin254]

Rip Ali he ain’t deserve that

[@Lilymzki]

This is why when everybody was shocked at the killing on the first game.. grandpa just keep move forward with a smile.. he was thrilled

[@nealmiles9070]

I just thought that he was excited cause he’s got nothing to lose so I was like “okay werk grandpa”

[@thesupers1lly]

@@nealmiles9070 WERK IT 001!

[@JavierGomezX]

@@nealmiles9070 For real, old men can be scary. Have you heard about the story of Don Alejo Garza Tamez? The dude fought a squad of one of the most dangerous and powerful cartels in Mexico, by himself, and WON; to protect his property. He was already 73 years old, so he decided to go out with a bang. Fear that sort of man.

[@howdoyoubreathee3939]

@@JavierGomezX that's so amazing

[@user-oh1mk6qq8u]

@@nealmiles9070 Same here but also the fact that he has a brain tumor. I also thought it was because of that.

[@azed3277]

One of the most devastating things of this series was the transition of the protagonist. From being his goofy and cheerful self to becoming the broken man with an empty stare. That really broke my heart.

[@protectourfreedom8221]

That was brilliant. He literally transformed into 3 different characters during the series.

[@DJKWAH]

He lost more and more throughout the series. His money, his daughter, and those he considered his friends. Those experiences made him harder and more ruthless. Think of how life experiences can make a person go from good to bad. You could start out as a good kid but live in constant danger and loss of loved ones which could turn anyone into an animal.

[@laphonz]

Yep he went from reckless/goofy, to smart and mature, to broken and miserable

[@michaelnehring2277]

It’s symbolic that money can’t but hapiness

[@dyosj]

@@michaelnehring2277 small brain comment

[@terateak6903]

The first reason why I thought that the old man didn’t get scared and run away at the first game was because I thought he had nothing to lose, he’s just happy that his death would be by playing his childhood games.

[@mikeythestickman7829]

Damn ...

[@OfficialDugu]

same, he was like i dont give a fuck im having fun till the end

[@terateak6903]

@@OfficialDugu I originally thought that the children playing scene was the old man, but it was the mc’s.

[@ryhakasim]

My thoughts exactly.

[@ziolajune2190]

Same!! I felt so betrayed like the main character learning the truth about the old man xD

[@bartjames8986]

The saddest part is Sang woo betray Ali. Ali didnt deserved to die. He is the best character and too kind hearted. 'Betrayal' is not from enemy. Its the people you trust called 'friend' that also backstab you from the back.

[@8dvibes147]

this is so true take my like

[@ttran5083]

In my life, it’s usually your so called friend that back stabs you.

[@nipuniperera3102]

*stab you from the back* or *backstab you*

[@weataku]

Unpopular opinion but, sang-woo is actually just doing that to survive. Don’t get me wrong he did betray Ali, but without sang-woo a few of the main characters will die sooner.

[@rohitk9954]

Yes that scene hit me the most

[@SandyTheDesertFox]

I think another clue is the story he chose to tell Gi-hun about his old home: He used to watch his son and his friends play from a distance, and they wouldn't realise he was there

[@MzGeminiNightowl]

Ahhhhhhhh!!!!! Good catch.

[@trevor.o6047]

Woahhhhhh thats a good one 👌

[@shireen1377]

sheeeeeeeeeesh

[@antimatter4733]

Damn, I figured it out when we didn't see him get shot but I didn't even catch that one

[@atulgore190]

Where is his son?

[@oneiz7076]

The EPISODE 6 of 'Squid Game' is the most heartbreaking specially the part where jiyeong sacrificed her marble for saebyeok and even thanked her for playing or teaming up with her.

[@YoutubeYoutube-te2ny]

This show.... is amazing

[@addysonn6855]

i was so sad i wanted those two to win

[@nyetnyetsu]

That’s the only part I cries the most, it’s truly heartbreaking

[@oneiz7076]

@@nyetnyetsu same I also cried on that part 😭💦

[@artistchao3386]

Also the tug of war was so exciting

[@shubhamannamwar2857]

That exploding glass shit made no sense, man. Sae-byok got done dirty

[@boxxbros8440]

That was just entertainment for the VIPs. I loved that slow motion part.

[@Liz-oh5iy]

True

[@Fexovaa]

Yeah the exploding glass thing killing her was easily the worst part for me, it's just so out of nowhere and honestly just a lazy way to kill off one of the best characters.

[@theamateurconnoisseur]

I thought so too at first, then remembered it would have been preprogrammed to explode for all the remaining players who didn’t make it within the time limit.

[@Fexovaa]

@@theamateurconnoisseur I don't get how that makes it any better... The writers made it that way lol, they could have easily destroyed the rest of the glass without killing of a main character. I'm not arguing whether her death made sense, I'm saying the way they chose to kill her off was lame af.

[@Meijibby]

The most painful death here is ali like he literally got betrayed and how he called sangwoo hyung makes me even cry lol

[@faisal9277]

OK crybaby

[@nocueno]

@@faisal9277 😑

[@KalomikaArts]

Nah, the girl who sacrificed herself for the other girl. That hurt

[@aishwarya7668]

@@faisal9277 why do you hate him so much i see you reply to all comments related to ali???

[@caramel7797]

@@aishwarya7668 ikr

[@stepanermilov3210]

001 didn’t choose his shape for the second game. He took the only shape that was left from his “friends”

[@kelliebunney1285]

He had a chance to change to umbrella and said no I'm happy with star. He didn't take the hardest one ?? I loved the show and think there will be so many ah ha moments watching it a second time but I'm not sure I can get back through some of the moments that really upset me haha

[@sklee318]

Can we just have a moment of silence for my guy Ali... That was messed up.

[@cassandroroque5755]

he won fair and square, but someone had to take advantage of him.

[@woojincubs2058]

Pls- he and the pickpocket girl is the only character that played fair and square! I cried when he died

[@faisal9277]

He is so dumb easily fooled

[@realisthicc7102]

@@faisal9277 doesn't mean he deserved it

[@marvincalma5779]

@@faisal9277 agreed he's really dumb on that part, that was so obvious and risky but he still accepted the offer

[@Iusethis4comments]

I think Il-Nam’s final moments were very poetic. Since he’s still alive on his death bed, he’s technically still a player in the squid game, so he plays one more childhood game with the final contestant: a bet, which ties it all together with the idea of greed, gambling and fun. Nam loses the bet, dies, and is finally eliminated from the game

[@knurdyob]

did he really lose though? like another comment pointed out, he proved his point to gi-hun. gi-hun asked him why he did all that, and the old man told him "because it was fun". then at the end they made a bet involving someone else's life. and gi-hun didn't help the guy freezing in the cold, he stayed in that room and played along, he became just like il-nam, betting on a human life for the sake of a stupid game

[@Ihavehadmanynames7779]

Gi-hun might go jigsaw on us in season 2 he dyed his hair red which might not mean much or could it be subliminal? They already have all his files so He’s obviously not evading since he backed away from his flight. he has played villains before in other roles from what I’ve seen on him but Whatever happens i Gota find out what happens to front man and his brother. Backstory and everything.

[@azzydreamurr5677]

@@knurdyob you’re correct

[@Iusethis4comments]

@@knurdyob i don't think what you're saying is wrong, that's a good point. I was more focused on Il-Nam himself and how he's kind of eleminated from the game by physically dying. Nice analysis though

[@savioalmeida1103]

@Jay Bee I think there's a theory going around the red and blue paper things the guys introduced to him were choices for what kind of player to participate. Blue for participant and red for masked guard.

[@ohemmaAna]

The murder-suicide on the bridge made my jaw drop, I love that crazy woman

[@Adri4n0]

that crazy woman is an amazing actress. Slightly annoying though

[@angelvu]

@@Adri4n0 That means she played her character well lol

[@jakesimdumbdidumb3373]

@@angelvu yeah lol she was very good at acting like I felt like slapping her

[@kovacsbsoma9533]

@@Adri4n0 she is the squid game version of Arturo from money heist

[@GETURHANDSUP916]

@@Adri4n0 I watched it dubbed and thought she was annoying because of the voice.

[@pootiemp]

That massive grin on the old man's face during red light/green light made a lot more sense at the end of the series. A ton of people just died in front of him and he was having a blast.

[@USERTM7]

This was my favorite scene I thought of throughout the entire series.

[@deeptiravi99]

Yes it felt like he had played it so many times in the same environment and he didn't look like he was new to that place

[@emilyg6767]

'having a blast' Pun intended???

[@conorwellman8592]

It does. The first time I saw it though I thought it was because of his mental decline due to the tumor but after the reveal it makes more sense.

[@cozyflurry]

Not so fun fact: In Korean culture, you must always hand a glass of water to adults with both hands as that is being respectful to them. But Gi-hun only used one hand, it just shows that he no longer respected or liked II-nam anymore after finding out that he was the one behind it all.

[@MrGayle_]

Also you look away when drinking and let the eldest in the group drink 1st. I visited S Korea, stayed in Seoul and Uiseong. But like you say those arw older traditions. Also I love Soju lol its so cheap over there

[@notbillcipher]

did he use two hands when he poured soju for him?

[@wlockuz4467]

These small details are what sets a good show apart from a bad show!

[@joesmolo4131]

Heavily opinionated; If it was American or European Cast it wouldn't have gotten half the success as it did.. The main casts' acting in Squid Game carried the series tbh.

[@joesmolo4131]

@Annabelle Norwood this show top tier acting and cast from the region; more than one hand could count ... My first comment was intended to compliment the cast, the acting and imagery carried this show tenfold but if this script was in Na or Eu it couldn't be reproduced bc the depth in casting wouldn't be realistic from "payroll budget" not from lack of talent.

[@overcomer5348]

Ali’s death was messed up, but mad respect Ji-yeong. Gave up her life for Sae-Byeok. Had me in tears! Also, check out the old mans chains at the end of tug of war. He’s the only one with no silver padlocks.

[@laragonzalezzz]

IKR this movie makes me feel miserable but im so invested

[@thidasgammanpila2914]

@mahlet it’s not true

[@Minavis_Penguin]

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[@Ajauniew]

@@Minavis_Penguin 3 year old phone, GTFO troll

[@june3149]

@@Minavis_Penguin a 3 year old phone isn't even that old lmfao.

[@RayMak]

001 had the most fun on every game

[@Neenawrrrrr]

Hi Ray

[@fairywww]

Hello, Ray. also yea agreed

[@amyusesyoutube]

yeahh he was smiling most of the time

[@Amharizz]

*Stop following me!*

[@Wayhoo]

Because he couldn't die 😐 His life wasn't at risk..

[@DasKranken]

After his true identity is revealed, I immediately thought of how excited he was during Red Light, Green Light

[@brittany7573]

Same

[@shahanaparveen3518]

No

[@alessiocaddeo201]

To be fair, when I first saw that I thought he was so excited because he didn't really know what was going on because of the brain tumor

[@Hara2.]

@@alessiocaddeo201 Exactly my thoughts

[@George30302]

I already knew from the begining that the old man was behind all this :(

[@LesterBrunt]

What I noticed is that Il nam was one of the only ones who was actually happy when he succeeded. Look at that big smile as he crosses the finish line in the first game. Or after the tug of war the winners are laying on the ground with torment on their faces while Il-Nam seems super content.

[@e-brosanimations231]

Also notice he had no locks on him anymore on the rope

[@masterjenkins632]

well of course because the show had implied the man had dementia so we naturally thought he was just off his rocker

[@rahilrameez8635]

The scene where all the people are killing each other and ill nam says he's scared , the front man immediately says stop the game . That definitely peaked my interest , lol.

[@FeyFishify]

i was scrolling so hard to find someone else who noticed it! Maybe i watch to many horror/crime movies but i was suspicious of him from the start. that night and then with his sudden dementia with the marbles game. I knew he was in on it and the ending was boring for me >,

[@Qx1miii]

I saw tiktok where 001 walks fast with smile in red and green. I immediately said that he is the creator of the game. Call me a Sherlock

[@luisbrzi4552]

I noticed that as well, but i thought that organisors planned ahead when to stop players from killing each other, so i thought it was just a coincidence that the fighting stopped at the same time as he screamed for help. Also, it was expected that he would be attacked sooner or later if the fight kept on going, and i thought that there was no way that the one of the main characters in the series would have such unmeaningless death, so to sum it up, i thought it was only plot armor, nothing else

[@winterxmm3881]

@@Qx1miii righttt like when I first saw him smiling i was like "WTF? Why he smiling while people are getting killed around him?"

[@hiratzu]

@@winterxmm3881 bc he had dementia thats why i didnt suspect...

[@mehtabullahanan8672]

Can we appreciate the acting skills of Young Soo (the old man) at such age? He's honestly my favorite character in the entire series despite him being the one behind the squid game. Edit: For everyone who is saying that "ll-nam is his name", Young soo is his actual name..I used his actual name here.

[@MissMeMsLee]

Il-nam was the old man's name

[@Sirkuru]

@cqvio doli yeah when o seen him smiling in red light I was like “ This mother fucker crazy “ then I was like “ Well he knows he’s gonna die so maybe he’s just having fun” lmaooooo

[@mehtabullahanan8672]

@@MissMeMsLee Young soo is his actual name

[@jamli7976]

He’s so good in acting

[@vincentnin1]

its CGI

[@thedoer]

The old man intentionally gave the main protagonist his last marble, as he said, the man gave him a lot of fun. He was doing it to repay him for indulging him, when no other player would.

[@Ratstalgic]

And the old man was one of the kindest characters in that series. He never was the one, who played for money, he played for *fun*

[@FongleDongle]

@@Ratstalgicoh no

[@Silentsssssss]

@@Ratstalgic no shit Sherlock

[@Omar-vt1gr]

The old man may seem innocent and kind to us. But when he is the host of the whole game. Then you cant deny that he is evil and a killer..

[@mattcarter420]

@@Omar-vt1gr what? When was the old man a host? He was a competitor along with everyone else

[@ssscsz]

The star is not at all easier than the triangle. The small edges make it easier to snap a point off of the star. The triangle really is the only shape that is actually easy.

[@antimatter4733]

Circle is pretty easy as well, you can just keep breaking off tiny pieces from the outside until you get to the circle. The triangle and circle are the only 2 that are possible to win without using any unusual strategy or cheating

[@XXLRebel]

Not to mention that a triangle is the strongest shape in nature by default😅

[@koo1770]

All his points were grasping, the video is dumb lol

[@achimfritz143]

@@adamj3977 And it was not the old man's strategy that they won with.

[@pcandela2]

@@XXLRebel I think you'll find it's a sphere or ovoid. Why do you think eggs are egg shaped?

[@prettyeyesclef5018]

When the old man “died” I cried man. Shit got to me real bad. I was like “I’ll nam, the best ganbu “ lol

[@tomohawkcloud]

That’s pretty cringe

[@queene315]

@@tomohawkcloud leave people alone

[@imavyy7971]

Exactly

[@ryy26love]

Same

[@BrunoHartmann-]

lmaoo true i was crying like shit when he died

[@marianaclubb5902]

And here I thought his “death” wasn’t shown because no one wanted to see an old man get shot point blank

[@khinyadanarshwesin]

That was me too LoL.

[@sonoftheway3528]

Well they also didn't show Ali getting shot so I thought it was more not wanting to show the main characters getting shot.

[@kararsubha5828]

@@sonoftheway3528 yes same I thought that too as well

[@scholageemusic9373]

I knew he was part of it once they didn't show and how he kept knowing where he used to play as a kid.

[@pkrames]

I saw the thumbnail for this video while I was still watching the show so as soon as his death wasn't shown I knew something was up with him. Spoiler videos are fine but don't put it in the thumbnail

[@-zzz7100]

Biggest plot twist in the series was when he dyed his hair red

[@sushie8523]

right 💀💀 i was like HUH

[@Marbeary]

Because that was the color of the suits in the game or all the blood that was spilled for Jihun's wealth

[@theresnoplatypuscontrollin6791]

I just saw this somewhere but someone said that maybe that's a foreshadowing for season 2. Gi hun will play again but as one of the staffs since they're wearing red

[@we-bu4zh]

the suits are more of a pink-ish colour

[@bonbon_1729]

@@we-bu4zh True! However when playing that game on the subway with a red and blue plate, it's theorized that the people who picked blue became players and the people who picked red became staff. We have yet to discover what's in it for the staff, and while the director said there might not be a S2, you can always speculate. 😳

[@StarlingASMR]

Who else cried like a little girl like I did, for the old man before finding out who he actually was? Lmaoo 😭😂

[@CT-nb5lm]

? I was more sad for the 1st Korean Girls sacrifice. The old man is a good actor.. i can honestly say That this whole year i am 100% into subtitles and English Dub is not happening again.

[@1rjona]

@@CT-nb5lm I think this show would sound bad with English dubbing

[@drstitchemup4646]

Sae byeok had me sad when she died

[@raz0rcarich99]

That was the saddest game of marbles I've ever experienced.

[@CloakRyzn]

Ali's death was the most brutal and unforgiving throughout that entire episode.

[@aquarium7044]

My theory: Cha sang woo (the smart guy), kang seo byeok (north korean girl), ali (the Pakistani) and Jang deok su (the tattoed dude) death were foreshadowed on episode 2. Cha sang woo was about to kill his self on the bath tub and in the game he also end up killing his self. Kang seo byeok have a scene where she was talking to a guy who scammed her (the fat guy that said that he will get seo byeok mother on China), and seo byeok almost cut the scammer's neck using a knife, in the game she was also killed because sang woo slit her neck. Ali died because sangwoo stole his marbles, in episode 2 he also stole his boss money. And jang deok su was chased by some armed men on episode 2 that's why he jumped in the bridge to save his self and in the game he also died because he fell at the glass bridge.

[@잇힝-j1e]

holy shit ur right

[@tsuyuasui7297]

Ali is a pakistani

[@aquarium7044]

@@tsuyuasui7297 my bad

[@afifmuhtadi1153]

Wow

[@mat12112]

bro at first I thought you were reaching but damn you might actually be onto something lol

[@bison31]

There’s a general rule for how this show is written. Unless you physically SEE their brains getting blown out or killed….. they’re still alive. Therefore, police officer survives the fall

[@RyoMassaki]

True, especially since the Baddie made a point of shooting him in the same spot he just got shot by him. He could have aimed for centre mass (heart) or a headshot effectively killing him immediately (which was easy at this distance), instead he gave back the same injury he received, leaving him a chance to survive.

[@gummy6725]

fr like with 212, we assumed she was dead but SIKEE

[@thetoyodacar2264]

@@gummy6725 I knew 100% she would not die there. It was just a feeling and seemed too easy

[@homies953]

I thought the same.. He was shot on the shoulder and the bottom of the cliff didn't look too rocky.

[@zarouliaall5390]

Exactly what I was thinking, he was shot in the shoulder and landed in the water so defffiinnitely alive

[@Tony_candler]

The title of the last episode is ‘One Lucky Day’. One Lucky Day is a famous short story in Korea (published by Hyun Jin-gun in 1924). The main character "Kim Cheomji" has a sick wife and lives a poor life by dragging a rickshaw. One day, when he made a lot of money and thought it was a lucky day... He bought precious food for his wife and went home excitedly. But his wife was dead. He thought it was a "lucky day," but it is an ironic story that actually did not. In episode 9, Ki-hoon made a lot of money and went home, but his mother was dead. That's why they wrote the title of the short story.

[@gotbigdreams.5257]

whats the title

[@cloudnine4204]

@@gotbigdreams.5257 they literally just said that the title is called “One Lucky Day” do you not know how to read?

[@gotbigdreams.5257]

@@cloudnine4204 i just search the same exact title, and didn't found anything related to this. do u got prolem or sum if ur not tryna help me out just go get tf off

[@allamandang7409]

@@gotbigdreams.5257 Try " A lucky day" by Hyun Jin-Geon! Different language, different grammars!

[@달시계]

@@cloudnine4204 because he is korean

[@MonkeStumps]

No one is talking about how Gi-hun swore on his mom's life he wouldn't hassle the girl for his money back, and then when he finally gets back home his mom is dead.

[@redim777]

Yeeeees.. But! He cared for her for the rest of the game and also got her brother out of the orphanage.

[@cynthiasmith2459]

Haha! Good catch!

[@BariNgozi]

Jeez

[@lolvks]

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 stole his boss's money, died by getting his marbles stolen. Deok-Su jumped off the bridge to escape the gangsters, died by falling off the glass bridge.

[@yon.10]

@@lolvks very interesting observation

[@chawanmushii]

I initially thought they didn’t show his death because the actor is too old and can’t do a fake fall because it’s too dangerous 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@studionova8038]

me too 😭

[@TheTard5]

SAME lmaooooo

[@MaRa-ob2ql]

lmaooo hahahaha

[@naaengmann2117]

me too XD

[@supragyarana_]

LMAOOOO

[@DaveysRoom]

One thing I've learned throughout the years is that if a characters death is implied and not seen then they're most likely still alive.

[@anitatthedisco]

Like the policeman 🤞🏻

[@TriniGamerGirl7]

@@anitatthedisco I hope he's okay too.

[@vishwasdeshmukh3999]

Jairaya 😭

[@sals4767]

@@anitatthedisco Something I also learned throughout the years, if a character is shot on the shoulder then the majority of the time they're alive.

[@noahross3642]

What about Ali?

[@imagi-nation8013]

I love how everyone was lowkey suspicious of him but we all just put it down to "oh he's old and has nothing to lose"

[@nailinthefashion]

literally like "oh he even has health problems yeah i'd have 'fun' too on my way out-- WAIT WHAT"

[@tyrawatson2139]

Yhhh basically loool

[@naylisyazwina6836]

@@nailinthefashion same though

[@Mcruzsol]

I never suspected him for a second tbh, just thought he was a cute old man with dementia.

[@Ty-vj4wg]

I knew it was him from the beginning. It was obvious. When he died, I was actually upset at first and was like “Oh, I guess I was wrong.” Then I see the host person with the gold mask had similar looking hands as him, I realized the host wasn’t seen before this point, and they wouldn’t show his face. That was enough to confirm my suspicions and I knew it was him up to the end.

[@JacobSnakeUp]

When Ill-Nam loses and the guard "shoots him" you don't hear his body drop. Another giveaway something was sketchy with him

[@thiccarmybomb2395]

When they didnt show him being shot, I really thought they did it out of respect for elderly people😭 since it would be too cruel I guees? But I was wrong🥲

[@danceyrselfkleen]

You can clearly hear the body drop, there was no point in writing what you wrote

[@pidgey3734]

same with ali but he died

[@Shejejjenwn_02]

But did I cry during that scene? FUCK YEA was it for nothing ? FUCK YEA

[@onza1317]

yes I even told that to my friends u here a splat death for everyone else but not him

[@mistaknista3933]

I just noticed something else: Il-Nam knew that he had to lose the game of marbles, whoever his opponent/partner might be, because the next game would be too dangerous for him. Gi-Hun became his partner by coincidence (and because Gi-Hun has a good heart). BUT there would have been a second possibility: Il-Nam is the one who does not get a partner (if the number of participants is odd). He probably expected in advance that he would be the one who doesn't get a partner in this scenario because he is so old. Then the whole game would have been normal and the participants would have been told that number 1 was eliminated. Instead, Mi-nyeo (the woman) did not get a partner, but she was left alive. Maybe because Il-Nam didn't want to punish someone for his/her weakness. Or simply because he did not want to give away his power to the group. Edit: But he was probably hoping that he could take part in the marble game after all. In this case he could have rewarded his weak/kind-hearted partner with a free pass plus he could play another game. So, in the end, Il-Nam caught the best case scenario and got exactly what he wanted.

[@leonpaelinck]

My theory is that he actually wanted to play along fairly but the Front Man made sure he wouldn't be eliminated

[@jaeyoon5898]

I’m 95% convinced the police officer didn’t actually die

[@Kharma_45]

Yes. And also they never reveal the connection he had with the Frontman

[@nicks8569]

@@Kharma_45 It's his brother. That's the connection lol

[@Kharma_45]

@@nicks8569 oh really when did they clarify that 😆 it was kind obvious it would turn out to be his brother but i still miss the exact moment it was told

[@lyssbigpp8668]

Oh yeah for sure

[@itami9516]

@@Kharma_45 his brothers name is hwang in ho and he was calling the front man in ho

[@deborahooi6856]

And to THINK I cried so hard at Il Nam's "death" at the marbles. I feel so betrayed.

[@angellxx6290]

IKR BRUH. But I was really happy when he was alive since he’s my favorite character

[@TriniGamerGirl7]

Same 😔

[@turkeyman9914]

@@angellxx6290 i still think he’s cute even after finding out he created the games, cause the people KNEW it was risky, and accepted it anyways, it was fair

[@tiffanysbag4277]

ME TOO OMG I EVEN LET MY EYELASH EXTENSION FALL DOWN

[@Aoxshsjjx]

i never felt anything when he died however i shed tear when the girl intentonially dropped her marble for the other girl to live. never expected that scene since i thought she was shady when i first seen her

[@chrisrelhard]

i honestly attributed most of Il-Nam's excitement and lack of fear up to just having nothing to lose. what finally made me suspicious of him was just how quickly he seemed to completely lose his mental capacity during marbels, only to wander into a closed-off area and be just out of sight when killed. and not showing his body afterwards really sealed it.

[@lucasmabrgaming4141]

yeah someone said there was no sound of his body dropping like there was for the others. it makes sense

[@b4Sed1593]

The bird’s eye camera angle after Old Man gets shot made me extremely suspicious. Immediately I looked in the bottom corner to see his bloodied body laying on the ground, but I didn’t see him nor the Soldier. I thought it was highly unlikely they could shoot and run off with his body that quickly if they actually “shot” him. Which would be even more suspicious since all dead players got placed in that box.

[@Pie_Otter]

The most suspicious thing to me was not seeing a body, that's about it tbh haha. I've learned from TOO many shows-- unless I see the body with the wound, as far as I know, they're alive. And even when I do see a body with a "wound"...Doesn't mean they're dead for sure :p

[@SugarPopoto]

You could say he "lost his marbles" during that game

[@pinkbrush670]

I assumed that the trauma and stress of being in a death game worsen/sped up his condition. And the fact that the playground reminded him of his old neighborhood just spent him over the edge.

[@jshannon2k8]

Another giveaway, and the one that finally made me realize the twist, is during marble scene. You hear everyone's body drop when they're shot, but when Il-Nam is shot off camera you don't hear a sound.

[@cryptosurfer2369]

You didn’t though so stop lying You figured after the end not when it happened . I just assumed every character I didn’t see die might still be alive like all movies just not specifically each one

[@বদমাইশব্যাটা]

@@cryptosurfer2369 not everyone is below 75 iq

[@cryptosurfer2369]

@@বদমাইশব্যাটা well I thought he was still alive lol but then I heard the gunfire

[@craigtrish2011]

@@cryptosurfer2369 Stop assuming what people did and didn't guess just because you're too dense.

[@I.rod.2022]

I also think that it wasn’t a coincidence he found the protagonist outside the store. He was following him.

[@chacri08]

Exactly, it was intentional….I thought too that he was kind of luring him to go back to the game….

[@arianastone4895]

that too. Good analysis!

[@NyaChristopher]

I think that, just how the VIP’s were betting on players, he bet on 456 Gi-Hun which is why he stayed close to track his progress and maybe ensure he won

[@Ermac97]

@@NyaChristopher I like that, though wouldn’t it go against the whole notion of fair play for everyone?

[@RavenStillBeguiling]

When that happened, I told my boyfriend there's no way that's a coincidence and I didn't trust him. But then he seemed so innocent later on...I ignored my gut and fell for his bullshit lol

[@maxpirie9235]

In the Marble game when 001 gets shot you don't hear his body fall whereas you hear the other people

[@adaml317]

Never trust off-screen deaths

[@safty9820]

@@adaml317 that’s why I’m convinced the officer is still alive and there’ll be a sequel

[@5cupsofcoffee104]

@@safty9820 The masked host got shot in the same spot as the officer. My bet is player 456 and the officer team up and shut down squid game.

[@jamiehotchner9047]

@@safty9820 Actually the director said that the officer would be starred in the next season during the interview.

[@savagegeralt9830]

@@jamiehotchner9047 that’s not even a question

[@MatSallehTV]

Honestly I had no idea about his real role throughout the show. It was an interesting twist and another reason why this was such a great show.

[@sihasnesh2016]

During the fight the front man stop it as soon as il nam screams to stop the craziness. That was a pretty good clue

[@sundaydreamland]

I called it from episode one saying "a character with dementia is a perfect cover up for an inside man, no one would expect the old man with dementia."

[@nicholasdefranzo6962]

Honestly this makes me think you’re either really dull or you don’t pay attention to shit in shows. The fact he was smiling while everyone was freaking out in red light green light was a huge give away

[@jay_art3032]

@@nicholasdefranzo6962 him smiling in the first game could have also been due to his brain tumor. someone with a sickness like this might develop problems to process their surroundings. I agree, paying enough attention might give away the twist but his reaction to this was surely explainable otherwise.

[@missrenee2u]

Yeah me too. I had no idea. CRAZY ending

[@BekahMarie11]

I bawled so hard when they “killed” him. I was crying so hard. The friendships in my eyes were so real. And it broke me for the marble game 🥺

[@melarie205]

It’s crazy how they gave us so many clues that Il-Nam was behind this whole thing like When he screamed during the fight that he was scared, the guards instantly turned on the lights when they didn’t bother to interfere before and also in game 4 the house looked EXACTLY like his old house unless they’re psychics they can’t recreate a random player’s old house it had to be an order from the old man to pretend his dimentia is acting up. When you rewatch it from his perspective, everything starts to make more sense

[@jemi1109]

The thing is, we all were really clueless about this plot twist so we never really paid attention like that. Until now that we know, if we actually see it from that perspective, yep IT ALL MAKES SENSE. Its nicely planned and laid out but we were too clueless and missed all that details out in the first watch

[@Bergst3r]

My frickin husband called it when he didn’t get shot on camera. I was like yea I see where you’re comin from but naaaah 😂

[@judianngordon4021]

How did I not see that he didn't have padlocks in tug of war????!!!! 😲🥲 Waaaaaw

[@gemmakershaw3953]

@@Bergst3r Same lmao, I refused to believe it because he was so sweet and cute 😂😂

[@mrlynn713]

I knew as soon as I saw the fight scene!!! I was like that old man is the boss or something bc there's no way in hell they just felt bad for that old man 😂

[@socalfritos9452]

I really enjoyed the series, but made me so frustrated that Gi-Hun let his daughter down AGAIN at the closing scene.

[@kells9660]

maybe he bought her some stuff at least 🥺

[@dangershewrote9143]

only because he doesnt want anyone else to go through what they all had to go through. he doesnt take the flight so that he can put an end to all the games and the workers and all.

[@abigailwilliams8889]

@@dangershewrote9143 How is he gonna take down a whole operation that has been going on for years when literally NO ONE will believe him? What the hell is he gonna do? He knows they're watching his every move...he can't do anything.

[@socalfritos9452]

@@dangershewrote9143 I get why he wants to go back. It's just frustrating that he doesn't go visit his daughter and explain his situation to her..THEN go and plan to take care of the VIPs.

[@TheJoaopinto11]

@@abigailwilliams8889 He's not. He'll try like some of the previous winners and then...he'll join them. Frontman rotation.

[@pasteldemons9230]

This might be a reach but in the beginning of the show during the horse race, number 6 won and 8 got second place. In the game, Gi-Hun’s number ended in 6 and Sang-Woo’s number ended in 8. Also during the horse race after Gi-Hun won the bet, he got ₩456000.

[@sdfaegdagdaha]

Nope, thats def an on-purpose foreshadowing. Good catch!

[@sarahbee328]

Reeeeally good catch! That seems intentional for sure

[@davidyoung5640]

Totally plausible foreshadow

[@mattbarnes414]

Maybe you looking too hard into it

[@son_rico]

He uses 0608 at the atm on the first ep as well. I wonder if it means anything if the show gets a second season

[@lonalienavarro2703]

I literally burst into tears when Ali died because he was being betrayed.. still can't move on 😭

[@ethanquirk28]

Imo, Jiyeong deciding she was just going to die for Seabyeok because she thought she had far more to live for was even more heartbreaking

[@hyeilooza]

@@ethanquirk28 imo ali's is more heartbreaking he's just an innocent,sweet man who needs money for his family and the person he trusted the most in the game betrayed and fooled him he never expect sangwoo to do anything bad to him he trusted him but sangwoo just easily betrayed him and not even think about it

[@ethanquirk28]

@@hyeilooza I found Ali’s death to be more enraging than saddening. Jiyeong spent the entire game deciding she was all alone and she had nothing left worth living for so just wanted to make one final friend and talk about life before dying to make sure she got through the round. Girl just wanted a buddy to go on holiday with

[@melonoire]

Samee 😭😭😭

[@crisa716]

Same. His death hit me quite hard than the old man. The latter is sad but Ali's terrible. However, I don't feel any hate for the old man.

[@squidwardwithblondehair7219]

I grew so much love for Il-Nam because he’s a dying old man who just wants to have a fun time before his time is up, he’s so enthusiastic and supportive and very loyal, and most of all so mf sweet. Idk why but like after I found out he was the Host and behind everything, my heart felt broken and I felt betrayed and hurt for some reason. It might’ve been because I did cry when him, Ali and Ji Yeong all died and finding out he never died but they did, which in a way felt unfair. Idk it just had me feeling some type of way. I never thought I would feel betrayed by a fictional character💀

[@bnuuy2]

sameeeee ;-; THE BETRAYAL FELT SO REAL

[@squidwardwithblondehair7219]

@@bnuuy2 it did😭

[@glitch504sans9]

@@squidwardwithblondehair7219 My opinion didn't change for him even after the truth was revealed

[@alcolyke733]

Gi-hun's face is giving me a good guy vibe. He looks so kind, the type of people that I would trust even if he's a complete stranger. Best casting for the roles. I totally appreciate it 💗💗💗

[@uhWizey]

His facial expressions are so wholesome! When he smiles it gives a genuine feel of joy to it aswell, in my opinion.

[@alcolyke733]

@@uhWizey I agree. His smile is warm and cozy :))

[@insertacreativename674]

I agree, at first i hated him because he was a really bad person, but then through the game he became such a nice and innocent character

[@rowanelijah3601]

His smile in the photo for the game is what put him immediately in my heart. Theres almost no other way of saying it. Good guy vibes is perfect.

[@philippeb4126]

I don’t trust people at all

[@Fadzi2342]

Can't believe I missed the Old Man's missing profile in the game archives.

[@The-Showdown]

UR IQ IS 001

[@atkim122]

I missed it too. If there's a S2 I hope it goes down the rabbit hole of the organization rather than return to the island for a new set of games. I just think it would feel repetitive and lack tension that way (even if they use new games). Just hire better white actors and write better English dialogue, because anytime the VIPs spoke that was cringey af.

[@bangbroch]

@@atkim122 lol i agree when all the foreigner actors spoke, it was so cringe hahhaha

[@babyfood9537]

@@atkim122 facts man lol. Glad you said that I was thinking it too

[@babyfood9537]

@@atkim122 about the VIPs

[@thevcountdown9824]

Im amazed by the talent these actors have, omg. Every single one on the series is phenomenal, even the ones with a minor role. It's incredible.

[@NyxIsPOG]

Yea

[@henkkaa88]

Even the VIPs? :D

[@haoshan24]

@@henkkaa88for me the vip episode is very cringey tbh

[@marinievalina7507]

@@henkkaa88 except them, theyre so cringe 😭

[@TheMrpascale]

@@henkkaa88 lol cant stand them

[@Mishu777]

I had a weird guess that he was the reigning champion of the game for many years and that’s why he was very confident.

[@johncrook9824]

I don’t think he voted to halt the games because of his conscience. He had hosted so many before. I suspect his reason was akin to when a child plays games with his friends: when half the other kids don’t want to play anymore it’s no longer fun.

[@littlegahyeongaming]

Yeah based on the history of the game and he being the host. I think he knows that majority of ppl would return regardless. Its why they had the percentage of ppl returning next ep

[@gen169]

yeah I mean they ignored so many suspicious signs when they first entered and they even agreed to the contract without knowing the consequences I think he knew they would return eventually

[@vietinamese]

I think you're thinking too much into it.

[@gen169]

@@vietinamese I mean this is a Easter eggs for squid game video. So everyone's thinking about it too much

[@TimothyGod]

I think it was to let them see that they needed this. Let them go back to their lives to realize it's waaaaay worse, and they gotta come back

[@gamersvr6379]

Il-Nam still could've died during Tug-of-War even though he had a pretty good strategy, they started losing again, Sang-Woo was the one who came up with the amazing idea of taking 3 steps forward and winning the game, if it wasn't for Sang-Woo Il-Nam would have died.

[@BaldZippy]

I don’t think he was attached to the ropes, he had handcuffs on but I don’t think they were connected

[@cescob7979]

I agree. That's why I felt a bit disappointed in the end. The whole story of Il-Nam organising the game seemed too inconsistent to me.

[@thejanglezclan]

The whole thing about Old Man not being shackled to the ropes is pretty damn risky if you think about it. If his team loses and everybody falls to their death except for him, what are the other players going to have to say about that?

[@ovol1ty]

it felt like the show hinted pretty strongly that the VIP's are meant to be mirroring us, the viewers of this amazing series. the cringy acting, the questions they ask trying to figure out the games, the way they show the faces of the masked men in sequence as the game is progressing etc. i mean we all watched in horror as the characters are going through this hell but at the same time lets be honest, we all enjoyed it as well as the VIPs

[@ft.shraddha2154]

Yeah, It actually reminded me of this movie "Funny games"

[@heavyspoilers]

Absolutely love this interpretation

[@MilieNopeNotHere]

Knowing Korean (and east Asian in general) depictions of Americans, i don't necessarily think it was meant to sound strange and cringy. Korea is good at many things, but i very rarely find the English acting in Korean shows and movies very natural. Maybe it was intentional but it definitely wasn't my first thought 🤔😅

[@TokyoMystify]

I don't know about that. I didn't enjoy the death games as they did lol I enjoyed it because the characters were really well written. I hate battle royale type games, and some parts fell into the same boring tropes. But overall I had a great time with the character development.

[@m4rrvz]

YEAH, especially for the fact that theyvare all MASKED, it generalizes us viewers in an entity adapted to the series

[@jessicajiao5097]

I noticed, in the first game, Ilnam was clearly still moving a bit when the robot girl turned to face him, but he was ignored. I was weirded out by that but I brushed it off.

[@sydneyhazel277]

RIGHT ME TOO

[@kermittheslob8530]

SAMEEEE!! he moved his arms slightly but if that was anyone else they would’ve been out of there lol 😭

[@thepoiuyt98]

SAME. Something similar happened to me with the second season of Slasher. No more brushing things off 😅

[@makstherandomuploader658]

Plot armor

[@eliavii2393]

I watch tons of horror and suspense stuff. So I was pretty much clear that this man is not someone he is trying to show. But him being the mastermind behind it was something I actually didn't expect. I thought he was a player or winner from previous games.

[@50updumpling]

Bro, I fucking SOBBED when Il Nam “died”. I was honestly so invested in this old man cause I thought he was so kind and sweet and I felt so bad that everyone was leaving him out

[@masochistic_art]

Me too, when he was crying on top of the bunk beds saying he was scared and didnt understand why everyone was killing each other, it broke my heart 😭 and it was all bullshit

[@TheJaffaCake09]

SAME AND FOR WHAT?! FOR WHAT THO😭

[@50updumpling]

@@masochistic_art don’t even talk to me, I was heart broken! Every time he was on screen my heart would hurt, especially with the bed scene!

[@catcatgoesflying4949]

tbh i never liked him lmao idk why

[@alexandrialewis8496]

Nah, from episode 1 I knew he was evil

[@oliviajoy4276]

When no one picked the crazy lady for a marbles partner she was taken away and left to live, if he had been the last one left he would have been taken out then and the players would have assumed he died, and he'd be there to greet the VIPs.

[@NASSAfellow]

good catch; hence the 'personal matters'

[@FezCaliph]

🤯

[@beltawn7548]

i am still heartbroken that the crazy lady was not killed when she could not form a team

[@danielm2018]

It still doesn't add up. He still "died" during the marbles game. He was fully available to meet the vips during the bridge game, he simply didn't show up because the writers said so lol, if he did he would have been discovered by the audience of the show. So yea, because "reasons". Edit: on a second thought, I guess "plan A" was to be excluded from the marbles game like you said, which makes sense, and he had to improvise a "plan B" in order to die during the game, but still... He was fully available to meet the vips, that was just because the writers didn't come up with another excuse.

[@mangomaniac5518]

Bruh did you guys not watch the show? It clearly shows in the final episode flashback scene that he was there when the VIPs arrived and the frontman approached him regarding the VIPs arrival, but then he says that watching the games just won't feel the same as actually having played in them and then he just leaves. Also, I don't think the initial "plan" was for him to discreetly leave before the marble game by being the odd man out. The only reason there was an odd number of players was because the doctor got caught doing the organ harvesting thing right before the marble game and got killed, otherwise there would have been an even number of players. I highly doubt they planned to catch him right in time to kill him and make it an odd number of players before the marble game. I believe the plan was always to fake kill him during the marble game, he faked his dementia so that he could go into the closed off space where he said his "house" was so that no one would see him get "killed".

[@UCFKNIGHT65]

My idea is he didn't believe he would've been picked for the marble game. Remember, he was sitting down, by himself in between two of the pillars. If he wasn't picked as a partner and hauled off by the guards, nobody would have assumed anything other than he had been killed, but when Gi-hun selected him, he had to find another way. If you remember at the end of the marble game, he fully admits he was lucid the whole time when he calls out Gi-hun for attempting to cheat him out of his marbles by using what he believed to be his declining mental state to change his answers, and when he comes back one year later, he talks about the darkness of humanity and people only care about themselves and would walk right over someone on the street instead of help. Up until that game, Gi-hun had done everything in his power to help him whenever he could, until it was his own life on the line, and he decided to deceive just like everyone else.

[@thedudebneasy4928]

agree, good assessment

[@CyanSaber]

I agree the marbles would have been his last game, but there was no way for him to know how many people would make it to that round, especially when the Dr got hung just before that game, which would have guaranteed him a partner? But still, completely agree with the idea the marbles would be his last game as the glass hopscotch would have posed far too much of a risk 👍

[@gg2438]

I also think he was very happy he got to play marbles, it’s something he genuinely wanted to play and was happy he got the opportunity to because otherwise, if he didn’t get chosen, he wouldn’t have been able to play. He just obviously had to let his partner win

[@ppmpp]

While I agree he may see it that way, I disagree that they are equal. If he was so demented he could barely keep it together, Gi-hun had every reason to try to keep going. However, I think it was fucked that Gi-hun wouldnt at least keep playing with him when he asked. The two girls ran out the clock.

[@LuisPerez-wr5lv]

My man, could not have said it better myself.

[@samanthav2016]

I didn’t suspect any of the characters to be the creator of the game, simply because I just assumed the creator of the game would be a random sick freak, especially after we saw the back of the front man, and it didn’t look like anyone we’d seen prior. I really expected a totally new character, I guess I didn’t have high hopes for such a twist but never will I ever underestimate Korean Netflix again.

[@Marcellus-ro4ko]

It was a genius twist because of how illnam was portrayed as a sick old man to gain sympathy from the audience watching to where we never suspected that he would’ve been the one behind it!

[@TheRedAzuki]

A very common trope of these "Escape room" movies, is that the creator of the game is a part of the game. So for me, it was very much telegraphed, but that's simply because I know of the tropes, so I knew how to find all the hints for it. Easiest one to notice. He basically knew/understood all the games and were very gleeful every single time. He's the only character we knew that wasn't an extra, that we never got to see the corpse of. So obvious hint that he wasn't dead.

[@electro1463]

First time I see the old man I know there was something strange, I was comforted in the idea when he was apart on top back during the killing night

[@farhatk6054]

The series almost got the same plot of EXAM movie .

[@Mike__B]

@@TheRedAzuki He stood out to me because literally everyone else was there because of financial troubles, everyone got slapped in the face to try and win some money from the guy, there would literally be no draw for the old man to play.

[@ethyr]

I think he was genuinely participating in the death games, and could have died for real in any of the games. The reason for him dropping out alive at the marble game was he didn't actually lose, he let Gifun win with cheating, and thus it was unfair. That's why he has a rematch with him later. Also, it would be unfair for him to participate in the glass bridge game, because he knew the order you go in is important, and might have even known which ones were real or fake. There was a very heavy emphasis on the theme of being fair, and any of the other games reflected that. The only game that could have been unfair was the honeycomb one, but he didn't choose the shape, he let the group he was in choose it for him.

[@xxnoranxx184]

And he probably let 456 win because the VIPS were coming ro watch the games next episode,,, and he was the host… so it would be weird if he was playing the games while the VIPS are watching , actually he didn’t want to play the marble games , because he clearly isolated himself before the game

[@soakedbearrd]

Yeah I agree, I think aside from some immunity for the most part if he failed he would die.

[@monhi64]

I don’t think he literally could’ve done the bridge one. He doesn’t have the stamina, or jump length etc. Probably why he forced himself out at the marble game

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

True, i honestly doubt he wouldnt have known all the correct tiles to step on, but still it was a risk, given whatever position he was put in, he might not have made it out alive, or the others wouldve known he was the mastermind behind the games

[@awetistic5295]

@@monhi64 That was my immediate thought, even if he knew the correct order, he might not even have made the jumps.

[@BN_Nano]

Why didn't you mention that his dementia during the marbles game was an act. He calls out Gi Hun for fooling "his friend" than gives him the last marble

[@VlogGrrr]

EXACTLY my thought! And I knew it was an act all along (not that old man was in on the games but the dementia during the marble game). I never understood why the old man was there since he was already dying and didn't need the money but I thought he was testing the main character there during the marble game, since he had such a good heart throughout the games, it was almost to make sure that if he won the money, to keep him grounded in his values and not let the violence or greed of the games change his good heart.

[@RandomUserX99]

@@VlogGrrr there's also theory that Gi-Hun is the old man's son, maybe illegitimate, and designed the game so that his own lost son would win his own fortune before his death. This would be a way to leave his money to a son he never officially claimed.

[@BN_Nano]

@@RandomUserX99 i dont believe so, bc the main character ends up going back into the game to put a stop to the game. i think the money comes from all the rich people who put money into the game.

[@LettuceLand]

Cause that was obvious

[@CollinsHD]

it’s literally not hidden though that’s the whole point

[@soaring8467]

What’s psychological disturbing was all the players chose to return even after knowing the risk. And on the marble game, it’s intriguing to see how each team decide to spend their last moments before selecting the winner. Even in the face of death, some chose to die with honor (sae byok partner).

[@aninfinitelyvixxedvip6]

@Be Intentional Yes I was thinking that. This game showed human nature, while some started becoming savages and cruel and murderers, others kept their humanity by even being able to give up life for someone they just meant.

[@soaring8467]

@@aninfinitelyvixxedvip6 yes exactly! It’s highlighting people true colors probably the best part about this sick game. I wonder what my friends and families would do to me if we’re in it together?! 😅🤔 This series surprisingly has such a deep message. Got to watch it again.

[@emersonroberson3181]

not all of them returned to the game if i remember correctly it was only 93% of them.

[@soaring8467]

@@emersonroberson3181 I think you maybe right. I don’t remember the details got to rewatch it. It’ll be interesting to know the reason for the ones who decide not to return too or maybe they’ll be in season 2 🤔?!

[@caitb233]

that’s why I don’t have sympathy for the players who died (except the ones like sae byeok and the emo girl who mostly had nothing else/their lives were nothing without the money)

[@RobertoBlake]

Actually I did end up catching it up early on and said to myself “I bet he’s jigsaw…” the tumor thing was too on the nose as the same plot as Saw..:

[@heavyspoilers]

Ey thank you for checking out the video, love your channel

[@RobertoBlake]

@@heavyspoilers thanks, you did a great job!

[@mikealaniz7236]

Right? People are like “I was suspicious when they didn’t show him die” but I knew from the word tumor 😂

[@sauravghosh166]

John Kramer is still playing games. ❤️

[@alfie5145]

If they don’t die on camera they are definitely alive just watch any TV show, the cop is 100% alive

[@wart8738]

i really want to think that but i dont think would he survive with an open bullet wound in the water

[@alfie5145]

@@wart8738 if they don’t die on camera they’re alive plus it was a shoulder shot, he’s alive 100%

[@za.io_]

@@alfie5145 didn't they later show a scene in which he asks his brother aka the front man: "hyung why?". I thought that he was rescued.

[@hshshdjususue4713]

@@za.io_ no that was a flashback type thing his brother was imagining him as himself and asked him that. If that's makes sense.

[@merijnbron4892]

@@za.io_ the frontman had a 'flashback/hallucination' that wasn't real

[@justolive845]

I remember when it was his “death scene” during the 4th game, I was crying so hard because I was rooting for him from the beginning. The ending though made me so angry because I genuinely thought it was some wholesome old man, I had anxiety through every game when he was playing because I just didn’t want him to die. Man did the end really mess me up lol.

[@jessicas4530]

SAMEE

[@melarie205]

Literally same😭

[@michellemareebhalla5936]

I felt the same, and cried my eyes out. Everytime he'd forget what he was doing with the marbles game...I was devastated that he was being taken advantage of. What a waste of all those tears.

[@marco7838]

I still don’t get why the old man Il Nam actually created that crazy squid game. All for just fun and we didn’t get to see whether or not the front man’s brother survived. The police man investigating

[@marco7838]

@Danica Isabelle Yh exactly I’m pretty sure he’s still alive but I read somewhere that the old man is actually the father of the winner of the games. They actually have a lot in common also

[@username8771]

This series was literally the absolute best thing I’ve ever watched in my whole life…

[@MohammadMujahidMuqtar]

And what is your age?

[@valdranne]

Ever seen Darling in the Franxx?

[@zaakirmiraj8876]

@@valdranne is it that good? I am looking something to watch

[@BaldZippy]

@@MohammadMujahidMuqtar creepy

[@RobinTenTwo]

@@valdranne bruh that show's shit

[@nicoleer8511]

I don’t believe that Sang Woo killed himself only because he wanted Gi Hyun to have the money. Knowing how Squid Game was written to show humanity in an uncomfortable and painful way, I don’t think this ‘happily ever after’ ending makes sense. Instead, I think Sang Woo’s death reveals something more than self-sacrifice. When Gi Hyun asked him to walk away from the game together, Sangwoo knew he had 3 options. Option 1: Kill Gi Hyun and win. This was obviously not possible due to the state of his condition. Option 2: Walk away from the game along with Gi Hyun. This would mean that the money would have gone to the deceased’s families (this was mentioned earlier in the series) and the two would get nothing. They would have returned to their lives with $0 in their pockets, still facing the same looming debt. Sang Woo would have never chosen this because, as we all know, he was desperate and at his wit’s end. He had already almost committed suicide before. Option 3: If Sangwoo couldn’t overpower Gi Hyun and win, and if he didn’t want to walk away with nothing, he had to make Gi Hyun win somehow. And so, he did. With his final words, we realise why Sang Woo is desperate to die. He wants Gi Hyun to use the money to take care of his mother. He cannot walk away, because doing so would mean he and his mother would get nothing. By dying, at least his mother would be cared for. Sang Woo’s life and death illustrates the human condition and the lengths one would go to when they are desperate. His cruel acts throughout the series almost begin to seem not-so-cruel anymore. This is because, from his final words, the audience is reminded that he, like everyone else in the game, just desperately wanted to provide for himself and for his loved ones. Edited (since some people aren’t getting the gist of what I’m trying to say 🥲): The point of my comment was to delve deeper into Sang Woo as a character. I’m trying to highlight that though he may be seen as a barbaric, manipulative man, his last words (that may be overlooked as something that was said in passing) reveals who he truly is and makes his transgressions seem almost forgivable. I’m positing that Sang Woo illustrates that people who do evil things are not as cruel as they seem. Some are forced into it. Some deserve sympathy. Some even deserve compassion.

[@moderatecanuck]

Well said

[@sebastian3004]

I don't think non-Koreans will never understand Korean culture. We can die for a family member for money (well being) but we can also die Together because of money. (family committing suicide happens here and there)

[@aikonoklas]

true dat. i myself nvr felt bad for sangwoo throughout the series. he did what he had to do. all things considered, they were all doomed whether in that place or outside. death was the only way out for most of them anyways. gi-hun knew this too but was not ready to let his compassion, his last piece of humanity go. good for him

[@dihanislam4380]

Sang Woo best character in this show, atleast in my opinion

[@fabrzy3784]

Why a page of writing for something implied in the show when Sangs trying to utter my mom as his final words

[@svb6594]

I was kind of relieved when they didn’t show Il-Nam get shot when he lost the marble game. Until at the end of the show and I had my “wait a damn minute” moment!! Damn you Il-Nam, I shed tears for you!

[@NightMare-pw3fu]

Hahahahahaha same

[@dreeii8034]

Il-Nam cannot fake a fall if he got shot on cam that would literally kill him in real life..

[@ZelenskyPlane]

@@dreeii8034 I also thought that lmao

[@RassionellMaddman]

To me the female pair was the one I shed tears for.

[@jadebrown6917]

Omg same! I cried like a baby when he "died"

[@thedancingmuffin]

I also think that Il-Nam planned to leave the game when he did bc the VIPs were scheduled to arrive for the glass bridge game and Il-Nam was meant to greet them at that point. We see later in the last episode that he was ready to do so, but then decided not to bc he said that after playing the game he no longer could get the same level of enjoyment from watching it.

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah that makes a lot of sense

[@cynthia5021]

very true!! I forgot that the main host had not shown up to greet the VIPs. it was him

[@dougtube9870]

Plus he probably was physically spent. He had just done the tug of war and was involuntarily pissing his pants. Watching those scenes back it’s kind of amazing because one of the squares sees on the monitor that he pissed himself and asks the front man “What do we do?” “Continue the game” is the response. On first view you think it’s because of the intruder, but with the knowledge of who 001 is it could also be that they’re concerned about his well being.

[@Warayable]

he was rigging the game from that point onwards

[@tsuyuasui7297]

@@dougtube9870 what episode was thay

[@familledelisle2086]

When he enters his "house" during the marbles game, there is a triangle/square/circle panel hanging outside the door (around 52 minutes in ep6). But I knew right away when they showed that in the records the "number 1" file was missing; from there I enjoyed every bit of the character knowing he was the man behind all this. The transition from "dementia" to sharp mind, visible throughout the marble game, is just brilliant.

[@nersein2870]

That scene where they were all tryna kill each other at bedtime and the old-man was yelling “stop im scared.” The frontman stopped it and did what he asked.

[@helloitsme7058]

was he scared or just like “no if everyone dies there’ll be no one left to play my sick game”? it’s pretty clear since he created the game that he has no sympathy for people dying

[@VegaSlides]

@@helloitsme7058 Most likely he was acting so that there would be enough people left to keep things interesting.

[@taeseungsreptile7115]

Also he might have thought that he can possibly get killed by those thugs so he wanted to stop everything right there to save himself.

[@TheElementalSage]

If they somehow bring Sae-byok back with the power of friendship I would totally be okay with that.

[@flaminiarufo3602]

Underrated comment

[@auerlina]

And Ali

[@soggybread1569]

@@auerlina his partner did him dirty 😭😢

[@moneer7139]

@@soggybread1569 yea that was pretty fucked but imagine if Ali had to play squid game tho, he might win with brute strength but mc knows the game more so idk

[@taliawantsanap1460]

they better

[@chernille4916]

I think the night before and morning of the day of choosing a partner for the marbles, Il-nam put the sick act (fever, inability to control his -bowels- bladder) so no one would choose him as a partner for that game and he would be escorted out as dead as that’s where he was to reach. The empty bottle beside him might have been what made his pants wet cause he simply did not pee himself. Gi hun still chose him after all that.

[@gowthamkrishna1568]

Ah smart! Not to be that guy but I think you mean bladder, not bowels. That's to do with poop.

[@o_o9220]

But sadly gi-hun still get angry at him in the end😢😭

[@ST-zi2sn]

Good point. Didn't consider that. He thought an old man was surely a guaranteed outcast in society. He didn't expect that a woman with no loyalty would be further down than him on the social ladder.

[@terencetan5773]

Doesnt matter if the old man have a partner or not, he will not die in the marble game. It was originally intended to be an even pair have the doctor not died.

[@ed98027]

Cool theory but I don't think so because there's no way for him to know the doctor would be killed that night leaving them in odd number.

[@danicatempleton6745]

The biggest standout to me was the off-screen death. I remember thinking it was so odd when I watched it, given how graphicly all the other deaths were shown

[@lauras3612]

The cleverest clue was when there was no file for 001 in the books. I missed that. The main clue I caught was during red light/green light when he was looking like he was enjoying playing the game despite people being shot constantly.

[@keayannadavis9836]

and the fact that he was the first contestant but the last one to vote whether or not they continue the game.

[@Diinzie]

There's also a point during the Fly Me to the Moon montage where the person near him gets shot whilst he clearly should have been as well from his moving around; big hint in retrospect that he was being protected

[@kellychua84]

I think the main clue for me was when the fight at night broke out and the moment he asked them to stop the front man commanded them to. Also having watched a lot of these “game of death” tropes, half the time theres always a “mole” of some sort and the character is either a child, a woman or an elderly person and they all have some sort of terminal illness

[@tara2718]

@Vic's Medventure same

[@bughead9481]

I just thought he’s too old to care for his survival so he was just enjoying the thrill

[@tina4961]

Il-Nam's name itself is also a clue, he's literally "1-Man"

[@H5136p]

한국의미로 일남은 첫번째 남자라는 이름입니다

[@박준영-z8m]

Oil-man

[@rovinvenes4073]

I was about to comment this one. Haha.

[@gyupuppy7697]

oh my god.. ur truee

[@temybeautiful1142]

🤯

[@rubymars5493]

The scene where they had the violent night, when the old man said: please stop it I’m so scared and the front man immediately stopped the violent night. That’s when I started to think the old man might be the boss.

[@khibaybeh93]

It need to stop at some point whether he asked them or not. Because the next games need a specific number of players. If they killed too many that night, the rest of the games wont have enough player and the VIPs wont enjoy them.

[@elcie04]

Personally, it make me think he wasn't the boss. There's another drama I watched that had a very similar plot twist (sweet innocent older man turns out to be not so sweet and innocent and is actually the mastermind of the whole thing. Naturally I was a little suspicious of him) so when he begged them to stop saying he was scared I softened. I didn't even think about the fact they listened to him until after the fact. Even when they didn't show him being shot. At first I was like "come on too obvious he's the mastermind" but since I liked his character I was like "well, maybe the actor was just too old to fake the fall"

[@majesticallylashelle5323]

I too thought this. I thought it was kinda wierd especially how they didn’t come for Sae Byeok when she was dying no matter how hard he knocked

[@maggs_loves]

That's what I also thought. And how did he get to that high point in the dark and in the middle of all that violence. I was so supscious of him from that night.

[@shimadamada7758]

I honestly thought that the old man was the front man's father or relative or something. Although that probably isn't the case, the scene of him closing the old man's eyes at the end of the show kind of reveals how he did care about the old man in some way.

[@johnsonken96]

This series did an amazing job at making me suspicious of the old man. First, he’s way to happy to be there. In Red Light Green Light, he seemed too happy to be playing the game. We are lead to believe that he is delusional in his old state, but most of his screen time is used showing how sharp he can be. It did throw me when he got sick, and when he wet the bed, and of course “dying”. But that was a great twist.

[@nytobake3543]

I thought he was just a sick and old dying man who had nothing to lose. I did think it was a bit strange when he yelled out he was so scared and everyone is going to die, all of sudden, the lights were turned on and guards rolled in. But didn’t think much of it. Watching it again after knowing the end, gives it an interesting view from the old man’s perspective - how the old man was reacting to everything that unfolded. Good screenwriting and Superb acting by all the actors. Really enjoyed it.

[@LovintheMakeup43]

I was thinking of rewatching it too knowing who the old man really is!

[@aceloco817]

@R a n d o m he been the host for decades, i think. Old man, knowing he gonna die, is finally participating. While also knowing how to win every game. Cuz these are all ol school games, from his generation. Nobody competing was close to his age even.

[@MadumMacObegba]

The moment the lights came up after the old man cried i new he was the host

[@Kaynewast]

and the fact that the front man cuts the fight as soon as the old man acted up made it seemed like "holy shit the boss really want this to stop huh"

[@mattcorsillo458]

The thing that made me certain he had a secret was in the second episode, when they showed everyone living their lives outside the game. They showed pretty much every major character’s personal life and how they were convinced to return to the game except for his and then he ended up being the one to convince Gi-Hun to come back as well. That just felt very intentional from a creative standpoint.

[@zaheera111]

Ooh I didn’t think about that!

[@sarah81894]

Good point!

[@TheMewtata]

They specifically don’t show Han Mi-nyeo either, but yeah showing his personal life woulda been hard without spoiling everything.

[@kajalrai1756]

Kiski baat kar rhe ho yahan? Kiski personal life nhi dikhayi

[@andreatreas]

You're right. I missed that!

[@imperialsoldier4367]

I've cried for that old man. How dare he betrayed me, how dare he betrayed us all... 😭😭

[@lemonadestuff45]

It was for fun but still I don't get it why would he do that?

[@HELLO-wi9hd]

I think he did it to find his brother idk

[@e_cl06]

Gramps is the best mastermind he is my favourite character.

[@wipcreme]

Same I wasted my tears for him HAHAHAHAHA but it's still kinda worth it at the end tho. I'd just consider it as tears of happiness HAHHHAHAHHA

[@Kairi14-j3r]

He did it because he don't know how to spend his money anymore 🤣

[@martimbarroso8471]

During the scene were Il-Nam seemingly peed himself in the bed, there is an empty bottle next to his head.

[@kakuzu1762]

The girl lent it to 456 to put some on the old man's forehead because he felt ill

[@XXLRebel]

What would be a motive to look like you peed your pants🤣 Jesus, people try to find stuff in everything to sound smart...

[@veshialles]

See, I honestly didn't think anything of Il-Nam's "weird" behaviours at all, such as gleefully joining the Red Light Green Light game, or shouting and begging for the fighting to stop, or "believing" that he was in his old childhood neighbourhood. I recently lived through watching my dad slowly die of a brain tumour, he passed on almost 2 years ago now, and it was very common for him to have "inappropriate" responses to things, having extremely intense mood swings (going from extreme anger or happiness to extreme depression/despair), and it didn't happen often but he did sometimes get stuck in memories or get stuck in a conversational loop of some kind. Both the character and the actor sold it very well, and I was totally fooled right until the end.

[@sebique114]

I didn’t think anything of this too. I’ve worked with many people with dementia and there were many similarities.. also I’ve read a bit about how people behave with a brain tumor and even though in the marble game the change seemed very quick, I just figured he was ill before and that made the change so abrupt.

[@ammie886]

Condolences. That must have been an incredibly tough time.

[@daisymuradyan]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I wish you the best

[@LoveValentineXO]

Same. My dad had alzheimers. He's in hospice now, and it was really hard for me to watch the old man when he was having his "old man" moments. I could always explain away his behavior because it makes sense when you've lived with someone like that.

[@LoveValentineXO]

@@nickimillennium while I thought it was weird, I explained it away in my head that they were waiting for the right moment to break up the riot, and after the imploring of an old man, the contestants probably wouldn't want to fight like before anyways, so might as well end it there.

[@legofan4409]

The fact that he explains that he has a terminal disease at the start makes it so easy to brush off how he smiles during the games, because as a viewer you think "he will die soon no matter what he does, so it makes sense that he is enjoying himself" - very clever and also at the end it is still the truth. Still feels like he took a gamble on the tug of war game, while he was guiding his team he could have potentially lost and fallen down since he was chained to the rope

[@g23g]

@@tylervalentinemusic I just saw again and he is chained

[@netoisthebest]

Tug of war was for sure the biggest gamble. A lot of people think that he wasn't chained or actually locked but even if he wasn't and didn't fall with his team, then the other team definitely would have noticed

[@kgpgotenks]

@@netoisthebest The part about him having brain tumor was true so I won't be surprised if he was prepared to die in the process as long as he gets the thrill of the games.

[@FlappyCat-ef6oq]

they could've had people catch him as he was falling

[@ChristyPlayz]

he actualyl doesnt have locks on his hand if you look carefully their fake

[@tomorrowisyesterday3215]

Ali was mvp. He cut the shape without knowing how to do it correctly.

[@ochellcain7990]

I was so mad at the guy who tricked him

[@tomorrowisyesterday3215]

@@ochellcain7990 yeah me to, i hope Ali family was safe

[@XRaptureXx]

Il-Nam meeting Seong at the convenience store is a big one. With him even commenting "what are the odds of us meeting here?" Hinting that he knows more than he let's on.

[@Benmeglei1]

Good point!!!!!

[@JB-sv5pr]

@@Benmeglei1 true

[@michaelcjenkins]

It's his father...

[@Tralby19]

@@michaelcjenkins what

[@myoniepayton3929]

@@michaelcjenkins I was wondering if there was a blood connection

[@veiniisand]

just finished the show, and noticed a REALLY cool detail. The numbers of the final 2 players are 456 and 218 Horse racing is used as a metaphor in the last episode If you go back to the first one, the horses that the main character bet on and won first and second were number *6* and *8* Edit: third place was 7, which corresponds to 067. The 8 horse was also ahead but ultimately lost to 6.

[@Dark-ls6ge]

woah

[@mochalatte8362]

:O smart

[@biddi7972]

ayyo i think thats straight up coincidence

[@rindagnir1470]

What's cool about 456 and 218

[@spaghettibolognese5838]

@@rindagnir1470 it's the last two players numbers and the girls number was 067

[@yasinbasl5837]

When Il-Nam got shot we don't hear his body falling to the ground. The series is consistent with its sound effects since when every time someone got shot there is always the sound of the body falling but not in this case since Il-Nam is not killed.

[@strtupj882]

I can say that in hindsight but I think in the moment a lot of us were just thinking that scene was hard hitting enough even without the brutal murder.

[@ishan_kumar]

That fucker was faking the whole game, he can't fake a false failing. What are you talking ?

[@aft5264]

We never saw Ali die either. I think they did that to throw us off a little bit

[@easeisease]

@@aft5264 there was a scene with his corpse btw

[@duke9849]

I would just say the simple fact that they show everybody’s death except his.

[@deis.w]

When 456 picked 001 as his partner, I believe 001 was actually surprised and extremely moved that anyone would choose him to play an unknown game where having a weak partner could potentially get you killed. Based on the fact that he doesn't have any family or friends on his deathbed, it's possible his own family and children are eagerly waiting for him to die ASAP so they can inherit his fortune (or he might not have any family). He didn't want to kill the only person who's shown him true and pure compassion for a very long time so let 456 win the marble game.

[@suzieq5174]

He mentions his grandchildren

[@matthewl1158]

I think he actually took that opportunity to break 456 down and feel justified in everything. He seemed somewhat happy when he mentioned being “tricked” by his friend. Seeing how he made the bet about the person on the street at the end, I could see how 001 wanted 456 to come back to the game and find a way to break 456. Proving to himself that people are inherently bad. Just my take from it.

[@andrewmarty8293]

One theory is that 456 was his son

[@anukankshaxx9462]

OMG

[@SomeGuy1117]

I doubt it. Sure, its a risk for a physical game but he also proved himself strategic enough to make up for that in the tug of war. In every previous game he came out one of the front runners. Perhaps he wouldn't be the first person I pick but he'd definitely be up there in the top 2 or 3.

[@ashwinipurohit6078]

Good observation! I started suspecting him in the bunker fight scene when he ended up in a high spot whereas others were at ground level, fighting. Also the fact that guards were sent in as soon as he requested the fight to stop.

[@stundown]

Good one.

[@eileenwisco]

Some of the things I noted was that everyone participating in the games was in major debt. Oh Il-nam’s reason for being there was different from the rest and also peculiar… Also everyone had encountered someone on the streets and played a game of ddakji. If I saw an old man getting slapped I would immediately intervene. On another note, the beginning part where Gi-hun gets a present for his daughter is also symbolic. The box resembles the caskets they use, the gun being what kills most of them, and the lighter being the fire that incinerates their caskets.

[@cmfypillow]

shit, you right

[@Julio-vl7ws]

@@cmfypillow I may be wrong but I strongly believe that the old man is the father of gi hun because he kept giving hits thats he knew gi hun as a kid but overall just a theory.

[@Ebbz2997]

@@Julio-vl7ws I believe the same it was so many signs cause his father wasn’t involved it was just him & his mother at one point and idk if you notice when they gave rations for breakfast and gi hun said he could not digest the milk he said “you must have got a lot of spankings as a child” idk why but I feel the exact same way

[@Julio-vl7ws]

@@Ebbz2997 yessss exactly and he also said they pretty much lived in the same neighborhood, it's honestly so crazy because it makes too much sense

[@parkminrin9014]

And Gi-Hun got the present via playing the game of crane machine, with the help of a little boy. So the box/present he got from the game was foreshadowing...

[@NXMfilms]

Did anyone notice that at the beginning when he signs away his physical rights, they say if he doesn’t pay that he will lose a kidney and an eye. Later in the show when it shows the redcoats harvesting organs of some of the players, they specifically are taking one kidney and one eye out of each person.

[@o0jazzyfizzle0o]

Holy shit yeahhhhh!!!! And also in the beginning where the main dude is in the subway and the guy in the suit says “you can pay with ur body” is basically hinting that he’s risking his life during these games…

[@saigajv]

The ones taking the kidney and eye were doing it secretly from the company though. Thats why they got killed by frontman. Remember?

[@halieygibbs7663]

@@saigajv nah the guard got killed because he shows his face and the doctor that got killed was bevy he played unfairly

[@xxwucina1]

@@saigajv the frontman said that he doesn¨t care about their side jobs.

[@saigajv]

@@xxwucina1 Yea I know. My point is it wasnt the company’s business to do that. The kidney/eye selling were not within the company’s business.

[@Ana-bi4eg]

Another clue I found was they didn't show his casket, whilst they did with the other main players.

[@coinraker6497]

They didn't "easily" win the tug of war. They barely won and it was the other guy's idea to take three steps forward. Old man dodged a bullet there. Anyways, loved this series!

[@Seifen_Geige]

He wasn't locked on the rope. Even if they losed, he would have survived.

[@subhadipbhowmick8138]

Yes that's my point... And yes he definitely locked up with the rope..

[@audreyguo13]

yeah i agree, thus my question is what if he didn't plan the thing out well enough, and they fell? would the organizers have cut the rope as well or would they reveal the truth?

[@hanafromspace]

If you look at everyone on his team cuffs, as it pans down after they win, you'll notice that all the players have locks on them except for il nam. He could slip free if needed.

[@yummmypho4049]

@@hanafromspace I think that might've just been the angle at which it was filmed- if you watch the shot right before it where he falls, you can clearly see the locks on his handcuffs- and also the beginning shots of them pulling the rope show that he has locks on his cuffs as well

[@giladzxc17]

The best theory i have heard about the show is that at the beggining, the train guy gives you the choice between blue and red. If you choose blue- youll become a player. If you choose red- youll be recruited as a soldier. Really makes you think which fate is worse.

[@SithLord2066]

Very few guard/worker were killed. 455 players were killed out of 456. So yeah, being a guard is better. But of course the guards don't get a chance to become super rich, they just a regular paycheck.

[@gamerknown]

@@SithLord2066 One of the unmasked guards was super-young, it'd be strange for them to accumulate a lot of debt at that age. Think it's more likely to be discarded people.

[@Sam-bd7gp]

I’ve heard that theory and it’s fun but I don’t think it makes sense - the guards all seem like highly regimented soldier-type recruits from the start. They don’t seem like the desperate rag tag bunch that make up the contestants. Also there don’t appear to be any female guards or old guards - all seem like young athletic men.

[@vivianasings7029]

@SerKikoSmore i've definitely been thinking of the human trafficking parallel to this show, that's a strong point

[@sandevastated1]

@@Sam-bd7gp their were a few female guards, you could see outlines of their breasts and larger thighs I’m pretty sure. The explanation for some of the guards is that most of them were groomed as the guard that was unmasked was young and had ‘fish eyes’ like what he was doing wasn’t fucked up. So similar to what the other guy said, probably slaves, child soldiers and or groomed individuals. You can also see that anyone was a victim to the vips if they were nearby including one of the waiters.

[@meeramalhotra33]

Personally I feel like Il Nam was still putting his life at risk - especially since he was to die soon. Even with all the protection and gimmicks which give him a slight advantage, there was no guarantee that he wouldn't die by accident or be sabotaged by the other players. We see this a lot in media and perhaps sometimes in real life too- people who have cancer or some disease which reduces their estimated lifespan always want to go out with a bang without lying down and taking it. Considering Il Nam's personality, I would say this element of risk and thrill was what made him want to participate. He had been watching the games his whole life and for one last time, wanted to know how it felt to be on the other side of the screen, being chased by death.