Squid Game Season 1
Overview
Squid Game is a 2021 South Korean survival drama television series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix. The first season became a global phenomenon, becoming the most-watched series on Netflix at its release. The series follows Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), a divorced, indebted gambler who lives with his elderly mother and struggles to provide for his young daughter. He is desperate and hopeless. One day, he is approached by a mysterious man on a subway platform who offers him a chance to win a large sum of money by playing a children's game. Gi-hun accepts and is taken to a secret location with 455 other desperate people, all deeply in debt. They are told that they will play six children's games over six days. The games are simple, but the stakes are deadly: players who lose are executed on the spot. The prize is 45.6 billion won (about $38 million USD). The first season follows Gi-hun as he plays the games, makes friends, and loses them. The twist ending reveals that the old man, Oh Il-nam (Oh Yeong-su), was the creator of the games. The first season ends with Gi-hun deciding to confront the game makers. Squid Game won six Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lead Actor for Lee Jung-jae. A second season has been released, and a third and final season is in production.
