Squid Game – S2 – O X
During “Mingle,” players struggle to fit their alliances into rooms, leading to tension, betrayal, and ally deaths. Many players are killed, including Gyeong-su and Young-mi. In the final round, Jung-bae witnesses In-ho kill another player in cold blood to secure a room for themselves. After the game, Gi-hun and In-ho argue over whether to persuade other players to vote to end the games, ultimately deciding against it to avoid a physical fight. During the voting, several players, including Min-su, who has been subservient to Thanos and Nam-gyu, change their votes to “X.” The deciding vote falls back to In-ho, resulting in a tie; the players have one day before voting again. In the restroom, Thanos and Nam-gyu pressure Min-su, to change his vote to “O,” but Myung-gi and other players who voted “X” step in to defend him. A fight ensues, with Thanos strangling Myung-gi, who fatally stabs him with a fork. Meanwhile, Jun-ho’s team locates a possible entrance to an island, only to discover it is a decoy rigged with explosives, killing one of the mercenaries.