[hurried footsteps]
[man panting]
[keyboard clacking]
-[beeps]
-[zaps]
[classical music playing on speakers]
[Deok-su] Thank you.
-[Sang-woo] Gi-hun, wait.
-Huh?
Nothing.
You saved me.
[panting]
What?
[panting]
You're the reason
I got through this round.
[both chuckle]
-Sirs, you made it!
-Oh.
[breathing deeply]
[Ali sighs]
I'm glad you made it.
I was really worried.
It will take a whole lot more
k*lling Gi-hun. Hah!
I got Ssangmun-dong running
through this heart, huh?
[Player chuckles]
Are you holding up all right here, mister?
I'm okay. Yes.
All thanks to your sharp thinking.
-[Player and Gi-hun chuckle]
-[Sang-woo] I'm sorry.
I was wrong to suggest separating.
Ah, don't say that.
How could you know what it was?
Choosing the umbrella was my call.
-Don't worry, okay?
-Mm.
Yeah, the whole team made it.
[sighs]
[woman on PA] Attention, players.
I will now announce
the results of the second game.
[trilling]
Out of the players who participated,
players were eliminated.
[chiptune music playing]
[chiptune music continues]
The prize money accumulated this round
is . billion won.
The total prize money accumulated so far
is now . billion won.
[ominous music]
EPISODE
STICK TO THE TEAM
[woman on PA] Attention.
Your mealtime begins now.
All players, please form a line
in the center of the room.
[classical music playing on speakers]
[sighs]
This is all we get?
assh*le.
[sighs]
I came just close to dying.
And what do I get for all of that?
An egg for a meal.
[scoffs]
[not audible dialogue]
[Deok-su scoffs]
Are they kidding us with this sh*t?
Hey. Sorry, I'm coming through.
Coming through.
Excuse me. Thank you.
Excuse me.
Hey, miss, what are you doing, huh?
Shut your mouth and grab an egg.
[elevator bell dings]
[elevator door closes]
Uh, I didn't get anything.
Where's the rest?
Hey, we didn't get our meals either.
One, two, three, four, five.
Five meals are missing, sir.
[masked supervisor] We prepared food
for the exact number of players.
Then where is ours?
Please, sir, we need to eat!
[exclaims]
-It was prepared for the exact number.
-[woman] Excuse me.
It was them. They…
skip the line and got seconds. I saw it.
Hey, what's the matter, everybody? Jeez.
You never see a guy eat before,
is that it?
sh*t.
[Deok-su chuckles]
[panting]
[Player ] Who do you think you are?
That's my food you just ate.
Ah. So, uh, is this yours?
Is your name on it?
'Cause I sure don't see anything.
[all laugh]
I'm sorry.
[scoffs]
Give me that.
[Player grunting]
Give it back. It's mine.
Give it back to me!
-[Deok-su grunts]
-[bottle shatters]
You little sh*t, g*dd*mn it.
Why did you break it, you jerk?
How was this, huh?
-[Player grunts]
-[players exclaim]
How come a scrawny guy like you
is so greedy about food?
-You piece of sh*t!
-[grunting]
Hey, listen up. You should learn to share.
Is it too hard, you dumbass?
[Deok-su] You bastard!
What the hell? You shithead.
[Player groaning]
[Deok-su] sh*t.
[Player groaning]
[tense music]
[huffing]
[Sang-woo] Hey, you okay? Hey, wake up.
He's gone.
[players murmuring]
Uh, hello, guards.
Can someone do something?
[shaky breathing]
Hey, didn't you hear that?
A person d*ed.
That man there just d*ed.
Look, that man was k*lled.
That bastard…
That bastard just k*lled him.
[panting]
He just k*lled someone over there!
He just d*ed!
Can't you hear me, huh?
Help us now!
A man just d*ed!
[Gi-hun] We shouldn't be
k*lling each other like this!
[panting]
[woman on PA] Player , eliminated.
-[digital trilling]
-[beeping]
[chiptune music playing]
[trilling]
[breathing heavily]
-[light thud]
-[exhales]
[door beeps]
[footsteps approaching]
[ominous music]
[scoffs]
[mysterious music]
[masked man] You there.
Why aren't you doing your job?
I'm sorry, sir.
How may I be of service?
[Jun-ho] Did you forget the rules?
You do not speak
unless your superior allows you to.
[objects squelching]
[chilling music]
[PA system chiming]
[woman on PA] Attention, staff.
-Lights-out in minutes.
-Hurry! It'll be bedtime soon.
Please return to the quarters now.
[ticking]
We can't fall asleep tonight, okay?
Who knows what someone else may try.
[Sang-woo] Look at them. It looks like
they're planning something.
If they try to att*ck someone,
let's group together and fight them.
Come to our side if anything goes wrong.
Okay, I will.
[indistinct chatter]
Sir, wake up.
[grumbling]
-Wake up, sir.
-[moans]
Sorry, but you really can't go to sleep
after lights-out, understand?
Why?
We gotta keep an eye out.
It will be dangerous.
And we'll come here if anything goes down.
Uh. Okay.
[background chatter]
[Gi-hun] Hey, pickpocket.
[sighs]
Are you okay?
It looked like you and that thug
really had it out for each other.
So what?
Tonight, if anything happens,
we'll all meet in my bed right there.
Are you in?
I don't trust people.
And that's twice as true for anyone
who'd end up in here. Got it?
You think that's how it works, huh?
Listen, you don't trust people here
because you can.
You do it because
you don't have anybody else.
[sighs]
[footsteps receding]
[masked man ] Where is the delivery team?
[banging on door]
[lock clanks]
[door creaks open]
[scanner beeps]
[scanner dings]
[masked man ] Number ,
why are you alone?
[Number ] Number didn't show up.
-[masked man ] Was there an accident?
-[Number ] I don't know.
[masked man ]
Then you'll need to deliver this alone.
[Number ] I can't go underwater
by myself. It's too dangerous.
Enough! Tell me now.
The next game, what is it?
[suspenseful music]
[exhales]
Are you sure?
If I get eliminated,
then I can't do all of this.
[masked man ] Worry about that
after you survive the night.
What's tonight?
[masked man ] Fighting will break out.
We gave you less food on purpose
to make you all fight each other.
Weeding out the weaklings
before the next game begins.
It's all part of the game.
[masked man ] You know we can't
protect you when you're in there.
Go back to the players
and find a way to live.
Way to live?
[masked man ] Stick with the strongest.
That's the only way you'll live.
[eggshell cracks]
[tense music]
-[all murmur]
-[ticking]
[indistinct chatter]
[Player ] You're a strong team.
Let me join.
-[Deok-su scoffs]
-Why should we?
Tell us, what are you good at?
I'm a doctor out there.
You might need me.
So?
You're gonna come give me a sh*t
if I get sick?
[all chuckling]
Go sit somewhere in the corner,
come lights-out.
Don't breathe or make a noise.
[sighs]
If I hear you breathe…
then I'll come for you.
[ominous music]
[softly]
I know what the next game is.
[woman on PA] Players,
lights-out in two minutes.
[quirky music]
Attention, staff.
The special game will begin momentarily.
Will all managers, soldiers and workers,
please make your way
to your designated locations.
Let me repeat the instruction.
Will all managers, soldiers and workers,
please make your way
to your designated locations.
[mysterious music]
Lights-out in seconds.
[mysterious music continues]
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,
five, four, three, two, one.
[beeps]
[rumbling]
[tense music]
[woman breathing heavily]
-[Deok-su] You saw us, huh?
-[woman gasps]
[woman shrieks]
-[Deok-su grunts]
-[gasps]
-[woman screaming]
-[Deok-su grunting]
[stabbing]
[players clamoring]
[tense music]
[Front Man] Do it.
[players screaming]
[loud crash]
[Gi-hun gasps, screams]
[Player panting]
-[both grunting]
-[Player choking]
-[both grunt]
-Ah!
[groaning]
-[moaning]
-[Deok-su grunting]
[stabbing]
[both grunting]
-[grunting]
-[moaning]
[grunting]
[Deok-su grunting in anger]
[both grunt]
[players clamoring]
[Player panting]
[Deok-su slams, grunts]
-[stabbing]
-[blood splattering]
[Deok-su] You assh*le!
[breathes heavily]
[Gi-hun breathing heavily]
-[Gi-hun gasps]
-[player yells]
-[player shouts]
-[Gi-hun exclaims]
[fighting grunts]
[metal clanks]
-[thwacking]
-[Gi-hun groaning]
[player shouts]
-[thwacking]
-[grunting]
-[Sang-woo] Gi-hun, are you okay?
-Yeah. Thanks, Sang-woo.
[Gi-hun] Where's the old man?
-[Ali] I'm not sure.
-[Sang-woo] Gi-hun.
-[all grunting]
-[clanking]
-[Sang-woo] He's not here.
-[Gi-hun] Oh, no.
Hey, old man! Are you there?
Old man!
-[players shouting]
-[loud crash]
[players clamoring]
[panicked shouting]
[bones cracking]
[tense music]
[player] Let me out!
-[thwacks]
-[grunts]
[thwacking continues]
[breathing shakily]
[players clamoring]
[breathing heavily]
You're here.
Like you said.
[panting]
[Gi-hun grunts]
[both men grunting]
-[glass shatters]
-[player groaning]
[fighting grunts]
Hey, Ssangmun-dong, what are you doing?
We're just helping cull the herd.
[laughs]
She's our teammate, you got that?
Teammate?
[Player ] All of you, stop this.
I'm… I… I'm scared.
We are all gonna die in here!
Everyone, every single one of us
is going to die!
Please. I'm so scared.
Stop this madness!
-[Front Man] End it.
-[Player ] If you keep this going,
then we're all going to die in here!
[door alarm blares]
[g*nf*re]
[metal clanks]
[masked man ] Drop your w*apon.
-[metal clanks]
-[masked man ] Turn around.
[sighs]
[clicks]
[breathing heavily]
[scanner beeps]
[woman on PA] Player , eliminated.
Player , eliminated.
-Player , eliminated.
-[scanners beeping]
Player , eliminated.
-[Jun-ho] Player .
-[woman on PA] Player , eliminated.
-Is there a man named Hwang In-ho here?
-Player , eliminated.
-Player , eliminated.
-We don't use our names in this place.
-Player , eliminated.
-[scanners beeping]
Player , eliminated.
Player , eliminated.
Player , eliminated.
Player , eliminated.
Player , eliminated.
Player , eliminated.
Player , eliminated.
[cart alarm beeping]
[suspenseful music]
[fire blazing]
[floor beeping]
[sighs]
[Gi-hun] Are you all right?
Huh?
All of the… That was dangerous.
When did you get up there?
We were worried about you, sir,
when you disappeared.
Nobody here got hurt so that's good.
[Player exhales]
Uh, well, at this point,
we should know what to call each other.
Why don't we go around
and tell each other our names now.
I know your name already, though.
Ssangmun-dong.
[chuckles]
Ssangmun-dong is just my hometown.
The name is Seong Gi-hun.
Seong Gi-hun of Ssangmun-dong.
So then, what about your name?
Ali.
Ali Abdul.
And where are you from?
Pakistan.
Pakistan?
Where is that?
North of India.
[Ali] He's right.
Of course, he is.
This man here went to SNU--
Cho Sang-woo.
[Gi-hun chuckles]
Come on, really?
[clicks tongue]
We're all teammates here now.
We should really know about each other,
build up a little trust, okay?
Kang Sae-byeok.
Sae-byeok?
That's a pretty name.
Though I'm not sure how well it fits.
And what is your name, sir?
If you don't mind.
What?
My name?
Oh.
[Player ] It…
[Player grunts]
Uh…
Let me think.
[grunts]
Hold on, it…
So…
It…
They call me…
[clears throat, chuckles]
It's okay.
Hey, old man, you must be
really shook up today.
You know when I'm stressed,
my home address
slips right out of my head.
Along with my social security.
[chuckles]
[Gi-hun] It'll be okay
once you get some rest.
[Deok-su grunting]
[shaky breathing]
[groans]
Damn it.
That hurts. Doctor, my ass.
I'm almost done here.
Thankfully, it didn't go in too far.
You'll be fine.
Outside, I'll be able to treat it
at the hospital, okay?
[Player ] Pretentious dickhead.
You must have lost your practice
to be in this place.
I will get out of here.
With that money.
[scoffs]
[man] Those bastards.
Why they make it so we could k*ll
other players and then end it like this?
Games will be over.
We could've ended this whole thing
right there and then.
If we k*ll everyone else,
what happens to us?
And won't we get to…
take all that money?
We'll be able to try and k*ll them again
as long as we don't die.
Right, Doc? In the next game.
[Deok-su chuckles]
[doctor] All done.
I guess this is why everyone says
you really should have a doctor
in your family.
[Deok-su laughs]
[Player ] We got rid of quite a few.
Players down from to ,
that means we k*lled ?
Right, old man?
"Old man"?
[chuckles]
You're gonna call me that?
[scoffs]
[Deok-su] You seem way older than me.
Oh, yeah?
Tell me how old do I look?
Forty-nine.
Oh, please. I guess I shouldn't have
lent you that lighter then, huh?
Thirty-nine?
Old man, one more chance.
Uh…
Nineteen?
Bingo.
You're a quick learner.
But what's my…
reward for guessing?
I'll go think about it
in the restroom, okay?
[breathing heavily]
I'm going to the bathroom too.
[Deok-su grunts]
[Deok-su and Player moaning]
[moaning continues]
[both breathing heavily]
[both panting]
Old man.
You and that doctor are hiding something.
There's nothing to hide.
[sighs]
[puffs]
Old man.
Do you…
swear to stick together right to the end?
-Just tell me that you will.
-[Deok-su chuckles]
Okay. I promise you.
Together, you and I will get out of here.
What's your name, old man?
Why?
I just wanna know it.
[sighs]
Deok-su.
Jang Deok-su.
[huffs]
Deok-su.
You betray me…
I'll k*ll you, okay?
You're the reason that I think…
I might die tonight.
[both moaning]
[PA system chiming]
[woman on PA] Attention, staff,
it's now time for you to go to sleep.
Congratulations on a good day's work.
[bedsheet rustling]
[keypad clacking]
SHAPES, RANK, MASKED LEADER,
g*n m*ssacre,
RIOT, ABETTING m*rder, MY BROTHER
[Jun-ho exhales]
[man coughing in the distance]
[tense music]
[coughing continues]
[Jun-ho] Morse code?
[coughing continues]
[Jun-ho] Number .
[classical music playing on speakers]
[Gi-hun exhales]
Hey, old man.
Huh?
-Did you stay up all night?
-[Player chuckles]
I thought they would att*ck again
or something.
Old man, but you must be
so exhausted already.
[sighs]
It's all right.
You don't really need that much sleep
when you're old.
And I didn't help
when they went after everyone
but keeping night watch,
well, I can do that.
-[sighs]
-["The Blue Danube" plays on speakers]
[woman on PA] Attention, players.
The third game will begin momentarily.
Please follow the staff's instructions
and swiftly make your way
towards the game hall.
Let me repeat the instructions.
The third game will begin momentarily.
[mysterious music]
[woman on PA] Beginning head count now.
Please wait in front of your door.
[masked man coughs]
Head count complete.
[mysterious music continues]
[breathing heavily]
[woman on PA] Players,
welcome to the third game.
For this game, you will play in teams.
All players, please divide yourselves
into teams of ten people.
Your time limit will be ten minutes.
Ten minutes.
Let me repeat the instructions.
For this game, you will play in teams.
All players, please divide yourselves
into teams of ten people.
Your time limit will be ten minutes.
Ten minutes.
We need to get a bunch of men
who are well built.
Oh, okay.
What about the girl?
[clock ticking]
Something that has teams of ten players.
So maybe it's Tail Tag
or Why Did You Come to My House?
[sighs]
Tail Tag means running is involved.
Or it might just end up
being simply based on luck.
What do you think?
[deep inhale]
Our team already has a girl
and an older guy.
I'm thinking we better get more men first.
What if they make us play Gonggi
or Elastics? Then, what do we do?
Girls are usually the good ones at that--
That's true, but when it really comes
down to it, usually men are better.
It's our lives we're betting on right now.
And we gotta win.
[inhales]
[exhales]
Five more people are needed.
I see that we each
bring one guy to join us.
[Sang-woo] Okay?
[Player grunting]
Don't let them see.
You'll seem weaker.
[players chattering]
[man ] Boss, excuse me.
Look, this guy wants to join us.
Hey, go find more guys.
[Gi-hun sighs]
[indistinct chatter]
[sighs]
Sir?
Got a team yet? Are you taken?
Huh? Uh, no.
Come join ours then, sir. We have a team.
Well, the thing is, though,
so I can't join unless she does, too.
[nervous chuckle]
Would you let her?
Oh, I'm sorry.
Our team already has too many girls.
Excuse me. Still picking who to join in?
You should come with us.
Excuse me, sir.
If you're not on a team yet,
perhaps you would like to join ours?
[Deok-su] Let's team up next time.
[Player ] Babe, wait!
I don't get it.
Come on, you're just joking.
My team is full. I'm sorry.
We've got ten already.
[chuckles]
Old man. No, please, you can't do this.
[sobs]
I'm sorry.
I'll do anything.
Babe, I swear I'll do better.
Uh, I'm good at everything.
You know that's true.
Just listen, okay?
Let's split up just for this game,
all right?
Then meet up with the next one, huh?
[sobs]
But…
do we really need to, though?
You said we'd do this together.
Babe.
Can you really do this alone?
I need you, old man. Can't you see that?
-Get off!
-[whimpers]
God, this bitch is so pathetic.
Get your hands off me.
And stop calling me "babe"
and "old man," huh!
Call me that one more f*cking time,
and I'll cut your g*dd*mn throat out!
[shaky breathing]
You assh*le.
Just stop it. You were using me.
Jang Deok-su.
g*dd*mn you, scumbag.
[scoffs]
You betrayed me,
you're dead now. Got that?
Oh, I'm so scared…
Ms. Han Mi-nyeo.
Well then, best of luck to you, huh?
-[men laugh]
-[man] She's not worth it anyways.
What do you want?
Play with us.
[indistinct chatter]
[Gi-hun] One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Eight.
Nine? Um…
-Wait, did someone not bring anyone?
-[sighs deeply]
It was me. I didn't.
What about you? Who brought you here?
Her.
I said to bring only men back here,
didn't I?
This doesn't sound good.
You want me to go?
I'll go now.
No, wait. Hold on.
It's okay. Stay where you are.
We don't even know what we're doing yet.
And the time's almost over.
At this point, let's just find
one more team and be done.
We put together a weak team,
who would want to join it?
That means that once the timer's done,
we'll end up with anyone
that got kicked out.
Well, nobody kicked me out, huh!
I'll play with you
as a special deal here, okay?
Man, you guys lucked out today. Yikes!
I'll be way more help
than either of these wimpy little girls.
Plus, I'm good at everything
except the things that I can't do.
-[Mi-nyeo laughs]
-[sighs]
[clock beeps]
[woman on PA]
The time for forming your teams is over.
All players, please line up
with your teammates
-at the entrance to the game hall.
-Hold on.
We're not gonna stay in here, though?
[inhales, exhales]
[suspenseful music]
[quirky music]
[quirky music continues]
[masked manager] I would now like
to welcome you all to the third game.
Today's game is Tug-of-w*r.
In order to win, you must pull the rope
towards your platform
in an attempt to
drop your opponents down below.
[sighs]
Now, I will draw numbers to decide
which two teams will play first.
Everyone, please sit down.
[players murmuring]
[masked manager] First, the team
that will play on the left tower.
Team One. Team One, please stand up.
And now, the team that will play
on the right tower.
Team Seven.
Team Seven, please stand up.
[shaky breath]
[masked manager] Teams One and Seven
will be the first teams to play.
Will both teams please go to your towers.
[foreboding music]
[rope rustling]
[breathing heavily]
[tense music]
[flag flaps]
[g*n cocks]
[suspenseful music]
[players grunting]
Get them!
[grunting continues]
Oh! Oh, sh*t!
[players screaming]
[player] sh*t!
[screaming, grunting]
Get them!
[players screaming]
[women shrieking]
-[all exclaim]
-[gasps]
[blade screeching]
[all scream]
[panting, laughing]
[Deok-su laughs]
[players panting]
[ominous music]
[woman on PA]
The following players, Player ,
Player , Player , Player ,
Player , Player , Player ,
Player , Player ,
and Player are eliminated.
[man grunting]
[moaning]
[player groaning]
[eerie music]
[masked manager] I will now draw
the teams for the next round.
Team Four.
Team Five.
[whispers]
Damn it.
All men.
Team Four and Team Five,
please go to your towers.
[Sang-woo breathing heavily]
[Deok-su chuckles]
Oh, man. I was looking forward
to k*lling you guys.
[tense music]
[beeping]
[tense music continues]
[rumbles]
[Player grunts]
Come on. Don't lose your spirit.
Tug-of-w*r needs more
than just raw strength.
Well then, what it's about, huh?
We just go out and speak to them?
All you need is a good strategy
in Tug-of-w*r
and combined with good teamwork,
you'll be able to win
when you are against stronger teams.
Only one thing can help us now.
-It's the Lord himself, I know it.
-[scoffs]
You can barely stay standing, old man.
So shut up and keep
all your strength, okay?
[clears throat]
Wait a minute,
let's hear what the old man says.
[panting]
Okay, when I was young,
we always like Tug-of-w*r.
It's a game I know well.
And back then, I would always win,
even if there was a wrestler
on the other team,
and it seemed the odds
were stuck against us.
[Player ] Listen closely,
and I'll tell you how my team and I
were able to win
even when it seemed impossible.
First off, having a good leader
is very important.
The person is at the front
and keeps an eye on
how the other team is performing.
And the rest of the team focuses
on the back of their leader's head
and follows their lead.
If the leader seems weak or looks like
their spirit is beginning to falter,
then the game is already over.
And then at the end of the rope,
you'll need to have someone strong
and dependable
like the anchor of a ship.
After that, it's all about
how you arrange the rest of your team.
If one player is
on the right side of the rope,
then the next one should be on the left,
all the way down the rope.
Both of your feet
should be facing straight forward,
and then, hold the rope in your armpits.
That way, everyone can put in
all of their strength.
Finally, and this is absolutely
the most important thing.
Once the game begins,
for the first ten seconds…
-[all scream]
-…you have to hold your ground.
You should lean back,
practically lie down.
Push your lower abdomen up to the sky,
as hard as you can.
And throw your head back to the point
where you can almost see the groin
of the person behind you.
If you do that, the other team
won't be able to pull us to their side.
Just hold like this for ten seconds.
Then the opposing team
will start to get frustrated
because they are thinking,
"Why won't they budge?"
Because they believed
that they were much stronger.
If you can hold out for that long,
you will be able to catch a moment
in your opponents' hold,
and their rhythm breaks.
Now's our chance!
[Team Four rhythmic shouting]
[all grunting, shouting]
[rhythmic shouting continues]
[Team Five grunting]
Pull it together!
[all grunting]
[rhythmic shouting]
[rhythmic shouting continues]
[Mi-nyeo exclaims]
[Team Four grunting]
[Mi-nyeo yells]
We're losing! g*dd*mn it! Do something!
[Team Four grunting]
Get yourselves together and listen!
Let's try something.
Take three steps up when I signal.
Up? What now? But that's the edge!
Look, just trust me and they'll fall!
There's no way I'll do that!
We might as well try!
[Mi-nyeo] No way! I can't do it!
Move up or you'll die!
On count of three!
-One! Two!
-[gasps]
-Three!
-[screams]
[closing theme music]
01x04 - Stick to the Team
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