As Jun-ho races to reach the island, tensions peak in the final round. The last players face an impossible situation in the closing minutes of the game.
No-eul tries to gain the upper hand in negotiations, but her plans backfire. Gi-hun faces a moral crossroads, testing his limits – how far will he go?
Even as Gi-hun supports Jun-hee amid rising tensions, she must make a pivotal decision. Before the final game, the Front Man gives Gi-hun an ultimatum.
Jun-ho’s team gets close to finding the island. Jang Geum-ja makes a desperate plea to Gi-hun to help Jun-hee. The VIPs discuss a cruel proposal.
The games resume, and Gi-hun fixates on confronting Kang Dae-ho. Meanwhile, Kim Jun-hee faces a sudden crisis that pushes her willpower to its limits.
No-eul infiltrates a dangerous operation with a risky plan. A new game is announced: hide-and-seek, where one group holds a key and the other a knife.
Squid Game 2, available on Netflix from December 26, seems to have turned anticipation into disappointment.
The remaining players strategize on how to survive the night. Gi-hun proposes a risky plan–but he will need trustworthy allies to carry it out.
Jun-ho and his team prepare to infiltrate a suspicious island. As monetary stakes and tensions rise, players split into two opposing factions.
Player 120’s team inspires others after their win; Gi-hun forms new alliances, No-eul faces threats, and the third game, “Mingles,” challenges players further.
The players prepare for the next game: a six-legged pentathlon, where each team member must clear a mini-game to survive — or face collective elimination.
Gi-hun joins 455 players in deadly games, warns others, and reveals his past survival. Despite chaos and a vote to stop, the Front Man ensures the games continue.
Gi-hun, Jun-ho, and Woo-seok unite to end the games, but betrayal, secrets, and a new player, Kang No-eul, complicate their plans as Gi-hun re-enters the deadly arena.
Seong Gi-hun tracks the game’s recruiter, leading to Russian roulette confrontations where Kim dies and Gi-hun kills the recruiter, obtaining a crucial card.
The final round presents another cruel test but this time, how it ends depends on just one player. The game’s creator steps out of the shadows.
Ahead of the last round, distrust and disgust run deep among the finalists. Jun-ho makes a getaway, determined to expose the game’s dirty secrets.
The Masked Leader welcomes VIP guests to the facility for a front-row viewing of the show. In the fifth game, some players crack under pressure.
Gi-hun and his team take turns keeping guard through the night. The masked men encounter trouble with their co-conspirators.
As alliances form among the players, no one is safe in the dorm after lights-out. The third game challenges Gi Hun’s team to think strategically.
A few players enter the next round – which promises equal doses of sweet and deadly – with hidden advantages. Meanwhile, Jun-ho sneaks his way inside.
Split on whether to continue or quit, the group holds a vote. But their realities in the outside world may prove to be just as unforgiving as the game.
Hoping to win easy money, a broke and desperate Gi-hun agrees to take part in an enigmatic game. Not long into the first round, unforeseen horrors unfold.
Players pair off for the fourth game. Gi-hun grapples with a moral dilemma, Sang-woo chooses self-preservation and Sae-byeok shares her untold story.
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