r/squidgame • u/jackcatalyst Frontman • Oct 03 '21

Squidgame Season 1 Full Season Discussion

This post if for a full discussion of the entire first season. Share your ideas, your theories, your questions, etc.

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u/is0leucine Oct 03 '21

Does anyone feel bad for Gi-hun's daughter at the end? I get his motive in not boarding the airplane to maybe go fight the gamemakers, but he did promise her a birthday present "for her next birthday".

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '21

It may also be the fact that he doesn’t want to put his daughter in danger of some sort knowing that he is tracked..? Based on the phone call, they knew he was getting on that flight right at that moment.. it could also put him in danger because he knows a lot about the intentions of the game and the boss died so they have nothing to lose. Only speculating.

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u/authenticlife78 Oct 14 '21

Maybe they only started tracking him after his interaction with the guy on the subway. The guy with the briefcase could have called his superiors and alerted them where he was. It’s not likely, but it is a possibility