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Gganbu is a heartbreaking gut-punch of an episode.
When you know what the end has in store, the lead-up hurts just as much as the gunshot.
Not that theyre given enough time to process this information because its game time.
The instructions are to form teams of two in ten minutes.
Sang-woo quickly forms a team with Ali as the strongest and most intelligent players, respectively.
Sae-byeok and Ji-yeong pair together, mainly to avoid groveling to the older male players.
And even though another younger, stronger player woos him, Gi-hun sticks with the old man.
Interestingly, the marbles game is the most undefined round of the game thus far.
Sang-woo is calculated and wants to jump straight into the game.
The kindhearted Ali doesnt want to hurt hishyungand begs the guards to give him another player.
Meanwhile, Sae-byeok, who has been single-minded and strategic so far, ultimately slows down.
They accept their fate with quiet dignity rather than become the worst version of themselves.
Sae-byeok opens up about her fathers death and her mothers capture after their family fled North Korea.
Ji-yeongs backstory is one of the most efficient character-building reveals Ive ever seen.
But the game between Gi-hun and the old man is the most complicated.
Now, Gi-hun uses the mans declining mental health against him and feels guilty while doing it.
In the end, the old man gives hisgganbuhis last marble and his name: Oh Il-nam.
Previously, Detective Jun-ho found a list of years worth of game-winners one winner per year.
That reveal, along with the marble round, confirms there is no chance of sharing the pot.
In the most brutal round yet, everyone has come out scared, guilty, and alone.
From now on, its every player for themselves.
Its nice to see a bully get frustrated in the face of his own methods.
But we still need an antagonist, so Deok-su wins.
I never bothered to study, but Im unbelievably smart is the best descriptor for Mi-nyeo.
Annoying as hell, but great character.
Would you survive this game?No, Id be too busy crying.
