Number of players left in Squid Game after the fourth game?
The contest in Squid Game consists of six games, and initially there are 456 contestants.
- We know that, after the first two games and the nocturnal brawl, there are exactly 80 players remaining. They form eight teams of ten players each for the third game.
- The third game, by design, eliminates exactly half of the players. Again we see on the big display board that there are exactly 40 players remaining.
- After the third game, the doctor (player 111) gets killed. That should leave 39 players.
- The remaining players form pairs for the fourth game. The manipulative woman (player 212) correctly notes that there are an odd number of players remaining after the doctor was killed, and she ends up being the odd one out, unable to participate in the fourth game.
- Presumably, then, there are 19 pairs for the fourth game, which again is designed to eliminate exactly half of the players. Since player 212 survived by default, there should be 20 players left after the fourth game.
But when everyone comes back into the sleeping room at the start of episode 7, the big display board says there are 17 players remaining. (This is reduced to 16 before the fifth game by player 069 committing suicide.) What am I missing? Did some matches in the fourth game result in both players getting eliminated? Did someone else get killed that I've forgotten about?
Best Answer
I was surprised by the same point while watching, and I do not think that that discrepancy is explained or elaborated on. (In particular, there is no scene that takes place in the fourth game area between player 456 leaving the play area at the end of the timer at the end of episode 6, and the scene of the cleanup at the start of episode 7.)
Given the situation, I find it plausible (and guessable enough) that 3 pairs out of 19 did not complete in time, and that all participants in these duels were eliminated.
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The last bullet point is not necessarily correct. If there was no winner at the end of the marble game, both players could have been shot.
It is realistic for players, who probably somewhat like each other to pair up, and then also struggle with having someone win on time.
We just never really get an overview of all the pairs due to the walls and focus on specific characters.
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