456
Seong Gi-hun
Back as Player 456 and beginning to trust a small group.
ClearStory COMPLETE SEASON GUIDE · SEASON 1 · EPISODE 3
SQUID GAME
The Man with the Umbrella
The setup
The players have chosen to return. They now know the cost of failure, so alliances and information matter more than ever. Meanwhile, Detective Jun-ho follows the operation in search of his missing brother.
OPTIONAL REFERENCECharacters, places and useful termsContains story details. Open after watching.
QUICK REMINDER
7 peopleThe only names you need
218
Cho Sang-woo
Player 218. Observant and strategic, but not always open about what he suspects.
067
Kang Sae-byeok
Player 067. She takes a major risk to discover a clue about the next game.
199
Ali Abdul
Player 199. He joins Gi-hun and Sang-woo’s alliance.
101
Jang Deok-su
A violent gangster building his own group of players.
JH
Hwang Jun-ho
The detective who infiltrates the island disguised as a masked worker.
212
Han Mi-nyeo
A loud, unpredictable player who tries to make herself useful to Deok-su.
WHILE WATCHING
Recap as you go
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AFTER WATCHING
Key story points
Hidden because this section reveals what happens in Episode 3.
Content note: Episode 3 contains shootings, blood, suicide, threat with a firearm, drugging and sustained life-or-death tension.
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