Squid Game
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All of the artifice drops in theSquid Gamefinale.
Theres no preamble to the final round, no stair room, no The Blue Danube.
All the better to use Gi-huns pure rage going into the final round.
Even the VIPs skybox is plain, all the tacky decorations gone.
Even they understand the gravity of the final deathmatch.
Of course, should either of them die, the winner would be the last man standing.
Gi-hun and Sang-woo begin to argue as the rain starts pouring.
Sang-woo admits he killed Sae-byeok to avoid her and Gi-hun teaming up against him.
Gi-hun tells Sang-woo that he wont let him leave with the money.
Gi-huns rage and determination keep fighting through a stab to the thigh and the hand.
Gi-hun eventually pins Sang-woo down and holds the knife to his old friends face.
But when it comes to killing Sang-woo, GI-hun cant do it.
Gi-hun always had a line he refused to cross, even for 45.6 billion won.
He refuses to take a life.
But now theres nothing to go home to anymore.
The money was his last chance to salvage that.
He says that he didnt expect Gi-hun to run this far.
(That the PIN is his number is its own kind of lasting horror.)
She also asks after Sang-woo, a quick stab to Gi-huns tender heart.
With his mom dead, and his daughter on her way to Los Angeles, his family is gone.
With the guilt of 456 peoples death hanging over him, Gi-hun emotionally shuts down.
In a classic K-drama flash-forward, we see Gi-hun with a depression beard one year later.
There Gi-hun finds Il-nam, the old man (001), his game companion.
Turns out he didnt die in themarbles roundand is the creator of the game.
The two men make one last wager.
Il-nam says no one will, asking Gi-hun over and over, Do you still have trust in people?
Gi-hun bets anything he has that someone will save the man.
After witnessing some humanity and the creators death, Gi-hun restarts his life (with a blinding haircut).
Then, he spots the recruiter playing ddakji with a new player on the way to visit his daughter.
He calls the Front Man on the tarmac and demands that they end the game.
Throughout the first season, we only got glimpses of the game master and ex-cop.
The end scene ofSquid Gameis weird and disappointing because weve already seen Gi-huns story.
Season one brought all of the players stories to a satisfying end.
Its strong enough that Hwang could bring in all new players, and we would still be hooked.
Deok-su jumped off a bridge; he fell to his death.
Ali got his wages stolen by his boss; he got his marbles stolen by Sang-woo.
Sang-woo tried to kill himself; he ended up killing himself.
Even Jun-ho and Mi-nyeo got foreshadowing moments.
Jun-ho pushed the body off the boat inepisode three, then he fell into the water after being shot.
Squid Gamerules: No body, not dead.
Also, I wouldve been dead four times over by then.
Youve made it throughSquid Game!
Go outside, touch some grass.
Or stay in and check out some other Netflix dramas.
Either way, thanks for reading!
