Squid Game fans have unveiled an intriguing detail that will completely change how you view the tension-filled Russian roulette scenes in the first episode of season two.
Three years after Seong Gi-hun (played by Lee Jung-jae) won the games, heâs determined to track down the enigmatic salesman (Gong Yoo) who first invited him to compete.
With the help of his former loan shark Kim Dae-pyo (Kim Pub-lae), Gi-hun uses his vast winnings to employ a team to track down the recruiter, hoping to infiltrate the games and confront the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun).
Kim and his associate Choi Woo-seok (Jeon Seok-ho) eventually spy the recruiter playing a game of Ddakji at a subway station and follow him, only for them to get spotted and forced to participate in another deadly game.
The salesman challenges them to Rock, Paper, Scissors, though with the additional twist of Russian roulette, initially giving them a one in six chance to survive if they lose a round.
He then seemingly raises the chance of death by adding in more bullets and spinning the barrel before each round, eventually leading to Kimâs demise after he loses on purpose and has to shoot himself.
However, one eagle-eyed fan recently spotted something which apparently proves the game wasnât quite as high-stakes as it appeared.
âWhyâd the recruiter use dummy bullets in the Russian roulette scene?â they asked in a recent Reddit post.
âIn the recruiterâs first Russian roulette game between the loan sharks, if you look closely you can see that the recruiter actually loaded a dummy bullet (you can tell by the âholeâ, itâs caused by the primer already being hit by the firing pin).
âSo there was actually a 0% chance of the gun firing at first.â
A still from the show proves the fanâs hypothesis, revealing that the majority of the bullets used had a hole in the back which would prevent them from firing.
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âThen in the second game when they play with 5 bullets, the recruiter adds 3 more dummies and 1 real bullet (you can tell as itâs flat, so the primer hasnât already been hit). So there was actually only a 1/6 chance of dying,â the post continued.
Speculating why the recruiter did this, the viewer went on: âMaybe he just enjoyed their suffering and wanted to make them panic even more by adding more bullets, making them think death was pretty much imminent, even if it was only 1/6.
âIt would have probably been a bit awkward if even after they were told they had a 5/6 chance of dying both players were still alive after 4 or 5 shots.â
Fellow viewers were blown away by this discovery, with one reply reading: âThat’s absolutely fascinating. I would not have known that without your observation, I learned something new.â
And someone else said: âYou probably have it spot on. The recruiter wanted to watch them suffer, he didnât want for the game to end in 1 or 2 rounds.â
Ultimately, though, the recruiterâs story comes to an end once he confronts Gi-hun, who comes out triumphant.
Thankfully, the recruiter is a stickler for the rules and does indeed shoot himself, letting Gi-hun live to infiltrate the island where the games truly begin.
Squid Game season 2 is available to stream on Netflix. Season 3 is coming in 2025.
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