Squid Game – Ep08 – Front Man
As finalists, Gi-hun, Sang-woo, and Sae-byeok are given formal outfits and are treated to a candlelit dinner provided by the guards. Sae-byeok hides a severe stab wound from the glass bridge explosion. Having witnessed the lengths Sang-woo will go to win, Gi-hun suggests an alliance with Sae-byeok to oppose him. Sae-byeok, however, instead begs Gi-hun to promise that the winner will look after the other’s loved ones. Gi-hun goes to kill Sang-woo while he sleeps, but Sae-byeok stops him, telling him he is not a murderer. Sae-byeok’s injury worsens, prompting Gi-hun to call for help, but while he is away, Sang-woo stabs Sae-byeok with his leftover steak knife from the dinner, and the guards arrive only to collect her body. Furious and heartbroken, Gi-hun tries to attack Sang-woo but is stopped by the guards. Meanwhile, Jun-ho reaches another island but is quickly tracked by the Front Man, who reveals himself to be Jun-ho’s brother, In-ho, and attempts to recruit him. When Jun-ho refuses, In-ho shoots him in the shoulder, causing him to fall over a cliff into the sea.