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Seong Gi-hun
The Season 1 winner, now determined to find the people running the games.
ClearStory COMPLETE SEASON GUIDE · SEASON 2 · EPISODE 1
SQUID GAME
Bread and Lottery
The setup
Gi-hun abandoned his flight to America after learning that the games continue. Two years later, he is using his winnings to hunt for the Recruiter while Detective Hwang Jun-ho continues searching the waters around the island.
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5 peopleThe only names you need
JH
Hwang Jun-ho
The detective who survived the island and still searches for its location.
R
The Recruiter
The smartly dressed man who finds desperate people through games of ddakji.
WS
Choi Woo-seok
One of the men employed to search Seoul for the Recruiter.
MK
Mr Kim
The loan shark who now leads Gi-hun’s search teams.
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Content note: This episode contains strong violence, blood, death, threats, gambling themes and sustained distress.
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