456
Seong Gi-hun
Player 456. He wants the contest stopped and tries to make the police believe what happened.
ClearStory COMPLETE SEASON GUIDE · SEASON 1 · EPISODE 2
SQUID GAME
Hell
The setup
The survivors now understand the deadly meaning of elimination. Shaken and angry, they look for a way to use the competition’s own rules—and must decide whether the danger inside is worse than the lives waiting outside.
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QUICK REMINDER
6 peopleThe only names you need
218
Cho Sang-woo
Player 218. Gi-hun’s childhood friend, whose successful image hides a serious crisis.
067
Kang Sae-byeok
Player 067. She needs money to reunite her family.
199
Ali Abdul
Player 199. A migrant worker whose employer has withheld his wages.
001
Oh Il-nam
Player 001. The elderly man who cast the final vote.
JH
Hwang Jun-ho
A police detective whose missing brother received a card like Gi-hun’s.
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Content note: Episode 2 contains discussion of mass death and suicide, physical assault, blood, gambling, debt, illness, theft and family distress.
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