S1.E5

Pyeongdeung-han sesang

Episode aired Sep 17, 2021
TV-MA
51m

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Wi Ha-joon in Pyeongdeung-han sesang (2021)

Gi-hun and his team take turns keeping guard through the night. The masked men encounter trouble with their co-conspirators.Gi-hun and his team take turns keeping guard through the night. The masked men encounter trouble with their co-conspirators.Gi-hun and his team take turns keeping guard through the night. The masked men encounter trouble with their co-conspirators.

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7.6/10

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9and_mikkelsen

Tension and thrills!

Another solid episode that wraps up the cliffhanger of the previous episode and focuses on the side plot, which in turn gets very interesting and intense!

I think episodes like these are the strength of the series! Focusing on the human behind the conestants and the themes of society, rather than the games themselves!

The core theme of this episode is equality! How in society, nothing feels equal to them, but within the games, everything is equal! No one is treated diiferent, they all get the same options, and the same treatment!

The side plot gets a lot of attention, and I am glad, as it both offers some reveals while also adding more questions for future reveals!

7Edvis-1997

7

I would consider this episode as the weakest plot-wise.

9evansjoshyr

The most important thing: Equality

This episode might be labelled as slow or even boring just because it doesn't have a game, which understandably can't be done every episode.

But if you look past that, you will find an episode that is very far from slow or boring. The tension is felt perhaps more than ever. Because instead of the insane massacre we are used to, the stakes are far more personal and intimate. Every life is given more value because we have known the characters for a longer period of time.

Insane episode that keeps the things I love about the show.

8AvionPrince16

Tense, tense, tense moments

The show continue and we witnessed a lot of things : the winner of the game, the doctor who have some privilege moments, the detective who want to discover the truth about his brother, bad memories about the principal character, some friendship, love broken. And the patience to know what is the next game. The detective's investigations are very interesting to follow and we know more about his brother in this episode. I clearly enjoyed it.

8lareval

The second half of the series starts to set up future revelations

After a wild resolution from previous episode cliffhanger, the pacing slowes down to take a good look at the characters and their stories, as well the corrupted spirit of some of them involving activities kept in the dark to the masked man. Really good entry.

Trivia
In the conversation between Ali and Cho Sang-woo, after learning Ali's age, the latter tells him that he can address him by his first name (Sang-woo, since in Korea, the family name always comes first). This isn't merely a politeness issue; the full translation is that Sang-woo actually allows Ali to call him "hyung", meaning "older brother", which is used to address older men with whom the speaker has a special bond. Foreign immigrants like Ali are generally regarded as a lower class of citizens. Until that moment, Ali has been submissively bowing and addressing everyone as "sajangnim" (boss), so to his delight, this is the moment where he is finally considered an equal.

Goofs
When the team on the right lifts the coffin to the oven, it's obviously empty.

Quotes
Front man: Whether you sell the dead bodies' organs, or eat them, or whatever, I don't give a damn. However, you ruined the most important aspect of this place: Equality. Everyone is equal while they play this game. Here, every player gets to play a fair game under the same conditions. These people suffer from inequality and discrimination out in the world, and we're giving them one last chance to fight fair and win. But, you broke that principle.