Episode 1 Squid Game Jun 2026

Gi-hun joins 455 other participants, all of whom are revealed to be in dire financial straits. They are drugged and transported to a secret island, where they wake up in a massive dormitory wearing numbered green tracksuits. The atmosphere is eerie and clinical, overseen by masked guards in pink jumpsuits and a mysterious Front Man. Key Characters Introduced The relatable, flawed protagonist.

Seong Gi-hun is a middle-aged man living in Seoul, drowning in gambling debt and failing as a father. After a desperate day of losing money and fleeing loan sharks, he meets a mysterious Salesman in a subway station. The man offers him a game of Ddakji; for every round Gi-hun wins, he gets 100,000 won, but every time he loses, he gets slapped. After dozens of slaps and a pocketful of cash, the Salesman hands him a business card with a circle, triangle, and square, inviting him to a game with much higher stakes. Episode 1 Squid Game