List of Squid Game episodes
Squid Game (Korean: 오징어 게임) is a South Korean dystopian survival thriller television series created, written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk. The series follows Seong Gi-hun, a gambling addict with little financial wellbeing, who competes in a secret contest where 456 players, all of which are in financial hardship, risk their lives in a series of deadly children's games for the chance to win a ₩45.6 billion prize.
As of September 17, 2021,[update] nine episodes of Squid Game have aired, concluding the first season.
Series overview
[edit]Episodes
[edit]Season 1 (2021)
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Red Light, Green Light" Transliteration: "Mugunghwa Kkoch-i Pideon Nal" (Korean: 무궁화 꽃이 피던 날)[a] | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 |
| 2 | "Hell" Transliteration: "Jiok" (Korean: 지옥) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 |
| 3 | "The Man with the Umbrella" Transliteration: "Usan-eul Sseun Namja" (Korean: 우산을 쓴 남자) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 |
| 4 | "Stick to the Team" Transliteration: "Jjollyeodo Pyeonmeokgi" (Korean: 쫄려도 편먹기) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 |
| 5 | "A Fair World" Transliteration: "Pyeongdeung-han Sesang" (Korean: 평등한 세상) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 |
| 6 | "Gganbu" Transliteration: "Kkanbu" (Korean: 깐부) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 |
| 7 | "V.I.P.S" | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 |
| 8 | "Front Man" Transliteration: "Peuronteumaen" (Korean: 프론트맨) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 |
| 9 | "One Lucky Day" Transliteration: "Unsu Joeun Nal" (Korean: 운수 좋은 날)[b] | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 |
Season 2 (2024)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | "Bread and Lottery" Transliteration: "Ppang-gwa Boggwon" (Korean: 빵과 복권) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | December 26, 2024[1] |
Other media
[edit]Reality competition TV series
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ lit. The day hibiscus bloomed. The English title references the game Red Light, Green Light. The Korean title references the Korean version of the game.
- ^ The title is a reference to the 1924 Korean novel with the same name that tells the story of a rickshaw man initially being happy earning a lot of money from having a lot of customers on a rainy day, and thrilled to buy his wife some soup, only to find his wife dead in her house.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Porter, Rick (July 31, 2024). "'Squid Game' to End With Season 3, Post-Christmas Return Set at Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- ^ Kim Ji-won (August 11, 2021). "전여빈 나나 류경수 '글리치' 촬영 중단 "보조출연자 코로나 확진"[공식]" [[Official] Lee Jung-jae X Park Hae-soo's 'Squid Game' to be released on Netflix on September 17]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ Legaspi, Althea (October 28, 2021). "Here's What You Missed From 'Squid Game's English Subtitles". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.