His desperation is peaked by a mysterious man in a subway station who offers him 100,000 won—if he’s willing to get slapped across the face repeatedly in a game of
The episode opens on Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), a chauffeur with a severe gambling addiction. We see him at a horse racing track, betting his last winnings and losing. He is broke, in debt to loan sharks who threaten to take his kidney and eye, and he struggles to maintain a relationship with his young daughter, who is moving to the United States with his ex-wife and her stepfather. Desperate for money to buy a birthday gift and a horse for his daughter, he takes a cash advance from a usurious lender. Episode 1 Squid Game
The first episode of Squid Game (Season 1), titled "Red Light, Green Light," His desperation is peaked by a mysterious man
Why would a rational adult follow a stranger to a secret location? brilliantly answers this by showcasing the depth of Gi-hun’s hopelessness. After being diagnosed with a potential brain tumor (revealed through medical documents he hides from his mother), Gi-hun has nothing left to lose. Desperate for money to buy a birthday gift
But he is human .