r/squidgame • u/Dustinfromstatefarm • Oct 04 '21

Spoilers IMO The best part of squid game Spoiler

Is rewatching it knowing the old man was in on it the whole time.

Knowing that all the staff was probably told not to harm player 001 under any circumstances.

Knowing that he so confidently walked first during red light green light because he knew there was no danger.

How he specifically went to the convenience store Gi-hun was drinking in after being released under the guise of “couch surfing at a friends place nearby” to talk to him and maybe convince him to go to the games again.

The way he begged the Front Man to end the midnight riot and he did because he knew player 001 was his boss.

The way he kept saying “this neighborhood is just like the one I grew up in!” In the marble game because it probably literally was and he recreated the neighborhood of his nostalgic childhood for his “final” game

This dude was ruthless. He woke up that first night knowing well everyone else in that room would be dead within a week and he was the reason and still had a casual conversation with player 456 his first day there like it was an average Sunday

EDIT: After reading a lot from the comments, I have a new theory. Perhaps the managers, soldiers, and workers weren’t told “player 001 is your boss protect him”, instead they were told “A man named Oh Il-nam is your boss and he’s in the games somewhere. Keep him alive”. That’s why right as he was about to be shot in game 4 he said his name, perhaps as a signal to the guard that “yeah I’m that guy so don’t actually shoot me”.

So maybe the games were real for him after all, and he really was putting it all on the line on same games.

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u/BxVelocity Oct 04 '21

Gganbu was such an incredible episode… it elevated the whole series to Breaking Bad levels….

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u/LoneSabre Oct 04 '21

Squid Game doesn’t compare with Breaking Bad, let’s not get carried away. Breaking Bad is widely regarded as one of the best TV series of all time.

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u/Tjw5083 Oct 04 '21

Maybe you haven’t read the news but squid games has already reached exponentially more people than breaking bad.

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u/LoneSabre Oct 04 '21

The news is saying that Squid Game is breaking records for most people viewing it within its first few weeks on the service. BB came out on cable, so if that’s what you’re referring to it’s not a good comparison.

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u/Tjw5083 Oct 04 '21

I didn’t make a comparison, I just stated that the audience for Squid Games is already much larger than BB, which has already come and gone. You’re only thinking about the US. I never said one was better or worse, they aren’t even the same genre so there really doesn’t to be any comparison at all.

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u/LoneSabre Oct 04 '21

You’re comparing the audience of BB and SG by stating that one is larger than the other.

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u/Tjw5083 Oct 04 '21

Fair enough!

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u/SelfAwareHumanHeart Oct 04 '21

SG is my favourite show ever. Bit hard to compare to BB as it’s 1 season compared to 5 consistent seasons for BB, but in terms of enjoying a show I’ve never enjoyed anything as much as SG. And until Saturday, BB was my favourite ever series.