Ok so did you know that the players in Squid Game could've actually seen what games they'd
be playing before they even played them.
Between the matches the characters are all placed into a room filled with bunk beds and
though this just seems like a rest area, if you look at the walls they're actually filled
with significant markings.
As the beds get slowly stripped away it's revealed that these paintings on the wall
are actually all of the games that the players would be playing throughout the tournament.
First is red light, green light, there's also the honey comb game, tug of war, the glass
hopping one, the three at the table and lastly the titular Squid Game.
The series itself is filled with clues to the eventual reveals and this is also the
case with the player who is behind the entire thing.
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Ok so at the end of Squid Game we learn that it was Il-Nam all along.
The final episode reveals that he invented the games as a form of entertainment for him
and his rich buddies who had become bored with life. We learn that he had actually got
involved in the one that we see in the show because he was dying and wanted a final bit
of fun in his life before it was too late.
The ending was absolutely incredible and the scene had Gi-Hun saying goodbye to the character
as he lay on his death bed. This last meeting actually reflected their first one in which
he too encountered the character as he sat in a bed.
It was a pretty big twist that really pulled the rug out from under your feet but eagle
eyed viewers might have spotted early on that there were several clues pointing towards
his true identity.
Now the first one is that he is Number 1, the very first player. If we look at the subtext
of the series, Gi-Hun is the final number and throughout we watch as he very much works
his way to first place, aka Il-Nam.
In the final episode he is left as number one, he inherits a large portion of the character's
fortune and comes face to face with him in one of the final scenes. 1 is symbolic on
a number of levels and because it's the first place, it also hints to us that Il-Nam is
number one and the one that's controlling everything.
In episode 5 Hwang Jun-Ho sneaks through the compound and he eventually finds a storage
room with files on all of the games that have happened over the decades. Upon opening up
the 2020 one the first player there is actually number 2 and Il-Nam's profile is completely
missing.
There is no file for Number 1 because he doesn't need or want a record kept for himself.
The other players in the game also hint towards us that something is off with Il-Nam and though
it's not too obvious, when you really think about it, he wouldn't be someone that would
be selected for the process.
Everyone else in the Squid Game is roughly the same age whereas he is extremly elderly.
He's also dying of a brain tumour and thus even if he did win the life changing money
wouldn't last that long. Though he gives his reasons as to why he wants it, from what we
know about the games and the players that have been selected in the past, they're all
roughly between 20 and 40 and he's a complete outlier in all of this.
Now the games themselves are also major giveaways too. Throughout the series we watch as he
talks about how they'd all be things that he played as a child and in retrospect it
becomes blatantly obvious that he selected them himself because they're what he knows.
On repeat viewings it's clear that each of them are something that he not only played
as a kid but they're also things that he's very very good at.
Now the first thing they play is red light, green light. Whilst the other players are
absolutely terrified for their lives, he gleefully struts about whilst the Terminator's back
is turned and even stops before it looks back to face the crowd. He knows all of the lyrics
to the song that the machine sings and therefore knows to stop in advance before it ends and
turns back around.
If we look at the clip of the targeted players you might also notice something different
about him.
The one directly to his left and all the other ones to the side have a slight green overlay
that appears over the top of them.
If we look at the players to his right, outside of the girl crouching down beside him this
is also the case too.
Everyone other than him and this girl's tracksuit appears slightly green and I believe that
this machine sees him without that glow because it's been programmed not to shoot him. If
this theory is right then he also has a protective ring around him that stops the machine from
firing at all incase a bullet misses and that's why the girl to his right is safe too.
Immediately after this game the players decide to cast a vote on whether they should end
the tournament or not. He is the one who makes the choice in the end and casts the deciding
vote to end the game. This subtly shows his power over the entire thing and I actually
think that he carried this out for a specific reason. He wanted to give the players a chance
to walk away from it all knowing the stakes and if they came back then that would ease
his conscience slightly as the choice was now completely theirs.
Cut to the honeycomb game and Il-Nam ends up choosing the star. Though this seems like
a very complex shape, there's not actually any bends in it like the circles or umbrellas.
Though you might think it's easier to have the triangle, the triangle's lines are longer
whereas the stars are shorter so there's less to cut through before you hit an edge. Being
completely honest though the triangle is a pretty easy shape too but Il-Nam didn't exactly
have one of the difficult ones.
Next we jump to episode 4 in which a fight breaks out during the night. Throughout Il-Nam
hides away from the carnage up on one of the bleachers and he ends up begging for the fighting
to stop. Even though up until this point it seemed like the Front Man was completely in
control, he immediately sends the guards in all because Il-Nam requested it.
Another clue is that his bed is the only one that isn't flipped and this is because the
guards know who he really is.
Next they play a game of tug of war and because of their players it seems like Il-Nam's team
are about to be sent to their deaths.
However he is the one who tells them how to win and because of his guidance they easily
best the much stronger team. Il-Nam clearly had played the game hundreds of times before
and knew the best strategy to take. Any team with him in it was destined to win and the
fact his strategy works proves this.
The final game in which he takes part in is the marbles one.
Throughout it it seems like the character is struck by dementia and he constantly walks
around looking for his house. This game not only pulls from his childhood but the area
does too and unless the Squid Game organisers were psychic then they'd have no way of knowing
what his home looked like.
Throughout the episode everything he says is brushed away as just the ramblings of someone
with the disease but knowing what we know it becomes all the more obvious that he's
in control.
In the end he seems to find his home and personally I believe that this is a perfect recreation
of it. He's giving the game away because he's letting us know throughout the entire season
the both the challenges and environments are based on things from his life.
He lets Gi-Hun win and the character is then seemingly killed off camera. However if we
look at the gate that Gi-Hun has just walked out of we can see that he's no longer there
and though the rest of the court is filled with bodies his is missing.
Now knowing what we know, a question you may have is why did Il-Nam end up leaving the
game at this point when he was very invested in playing.
Well the next game is the deadly hopscotch one and this is by far the most unpredictable
of the lot. If he didn't end up getting put in last place then there would be a danger
that the person behind him could push him to his death like what we see in the episode.
There's also the possibility that due to his brain tumour that he may have forgotten along
the way which one was which and he simply couldn't risk it.
Overall going back and knowing what we know I actually think that the series becomes better
and these clues are laced throughout as some of the big giveaways.
I'd love to hear if you spotted any other ones below and if this is your first time
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