Squid Game Season 1
Overview
Squid Game Season 1 is the first season of the South Korean survival drama that became a global phenomenon. The series follows Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), a divorced, indebted gambler who lives with his elderly mother and struggles to provide for his young daughter. He is desperate and hopeless. One day, he is approached by a mysterious man on a subway platform who offers him a chance to win a large sum of money by playing a children's game. Gi-hun accepts and is taken to a secret location with 455 other desperate people, all deeply in debt. They are told that they will play six children's games over six days. The games are simple: Red Light, Green Light; Dalgona (honeycomb candy); Tug of War; Marbles; Glass Stepping Stones; and Squid Game, a brutal playground fighting game. However, the stakes are deadly: players who lose are executed on the spot. The prize is 45.6 billion won (about $38 million USD). The first season follows Gi-hun as he plays the games, makes friends, and loses them. The twist ending reveals that the old man, Oh Il-nam (Oh Yeong-su), was the creator of the games. The first season ends with Gi-hun deciding to confront the game makers.
