Oh my gosh,
Yeah,
Last round,
It's crazy, man,
Wow,
Player 451 is my best friend left in the game,
But player 287,,,
Player 287,,,
I just don't know what,,,
what to expect from her,
and not knowing what to expect from her has me uneasy,
We gotta be the final two,
That's true,
Crazy, man,
Like, did you ever think?
I never d,,, let,,, let myself think that, no,
'Cause I felt like it was getting too focused on things that were,,,
I mean, I know a lot of people use mot,,, like, that stuff as motivation,
- But,,, - Mm-hmm,
,,,mine was survival day by day,
Yeah,
I'm just out there, vulnerable right now,
451 and 016 are friends,
451, Phill, he,,,
he has a good heart,
But maybe he's, you know, pulling a cover over my eyes
and trying to, you know, fool me,
As far as 016,
uh, I don't feel that I can trust him,
You know, I just have to be on guard
because it's like,,,
it's a pack of wolves now trying to get a piece of meat,
Players 016, 287, and 451,,,
,,,you are the finalists,
♪ Green light, red light ♪
I'm going to not reveal all of my strengths,
When you do that, you put a target on your back,
Player 016, pass,
Yes!
- You're the winner, man, Damn, - I'm sorry, buddy,
I never thought I'd make it this far,
It brings out the worst in people,
But I didn't wanna have to do it by putting other people under me,
It's really hard to form these bonds with these people,
and then just watch them disappear right in front of you,
But this is the chance of a lifetime,
The next player to be eliminated is player 051,
And I'm absolutely gonna make the most of it,
I'm Mai, but my granddaughter call me "Meimei,"
- Everybody here is a threat, - Everybody's a threat,
I love you, TJ,
I'm not gonna nominate myself,
Damn you, Chad,
No!
She felt like she needed to play her game for herself,
- And we cannot fault her for that, - Yeah,
I have to be strong for myself because it's gonna be me against them,
Did you put the box on Roland's desk?
I put it on Amanda,
It's not about solidarity,
It's about desire to be in this game and to win,
The prize fund now stands at,,,
$4,530,000,
- Oh schnazzy, - I hate that,
It's our outfits, it's our outfits,
Players, congratulations on making it through the game,
We have prepared a special dinner for you,
Oh my gosh, my heart is beating,,,
- I know, - ,,,so fast right now,
- Thank you, - Thank you,
Before you sit down for dinner, please change into these outfits,
Unfortunately, I,,, I mean, I am in,,, in a bit of a,,, a precarious situation
because I've bounced around a lot of jobs,
and,,, and they've been rewarding in ways of, like, helping me grow,
um, helping me understand what I want to do, what I want to be,
But at the same time, they've all been very low-paying jobs,
Um, and I've been living paycheck-to-paycheck my entire adult life,
If I suddenly become a millionaire, I wouldn't keep most of the money,
Um, I feel like I've personally been helped a lot
throughout my entire life, you know, by family and friends,
and,,, and I've never really been able to reciprocate,
You know, I mostly just,,, I wanna have a nice, comfortable life,
and I want those around me to have nice, comfortable lives,
and that's,,, that's pretty much it,
- Oh my God, - Oh my gosh!
This is beautiful!
- Oh my goodness, - Oh my God,
I'm so proud of myself right now,
It's an incredible feeling to be
in the final of something so huge,
Tonight is a shared experience of camaraderie,
but in my mind, I've come to grips
with, "I'm gonna have to see my friends go
in order to win the game,"
Oh no,
Attention, players, We have prepared this feast
as a token of gratitude
for the sacrifice and effort that you have made,
Thank you,
Please enjoy your feast,
Psych! You gotta stab each other for it,
I mean, okay,
No, not okay!
We agreed, no stabbing,
I didn't agree to anything,
Zero-one-six,
There is a coldness to him,
and just putting on the facade, you know,
of having to, you know, make it a friendly conversation,
I,,, I don't feel it's genuine,
My father died when I was 17,
which actually, um,,,
It was hard, and it's,,, it's still hard,
but the silver lining to it was that it made it easier for me to,,,
to escape the toxic situation that I was in
and move forward with a life
that,,, would eventually be much better,
Um, but when I did come out,
my mom wrote me several very hateful, nasty emails,
and then when I blocked her emails so I would stop getting them,
she wrote several
more hateful and nasty handwritten letters,
So,,,
I have,,, I have not spoken to her in a while,
Um, I have tried to,,, allow her back into my life,
and it, every time, results in my disappointment
with how she has continued,,,
,,,with her narrow view of the world,
Oh!
That's a big steak!
This is the fattest piece of steak I've ever seen in my life,
When it comes down to it,
I know that, ultimately,
all of us will choose to protect ourselves to win,
Mmm!
Wow, This is really well cooked,
I'm gonna eat these scallops 'cause that sauce looks incredible,
Mmm,
Phill, where you from?
I'm from Brazil,
Um, I was born in São Paulo, and I grew up there until I was eight,
and then my family and I moved to New Jersey,
where I spent most of my life,
Um, I studied psychology and education,
and I knew I wanted to be somewhere warm, and so I just sort of picked Hawaii,
and was like, "Hey, you know, seems like a solid spot,"
And so I went there, and I basically bounced around a bunch of jobs,
um, until eventually I landed on scuba diving,
And now I've been teaching there for about a year,
- What about you, Sam? - Sam?
- Oh, man, - What's your story?
I was born in Idaho,
I grew up to a super religious family,
and, um,
it took me a while to realize that I was gay,
And when I did, I knew that,,,
I was no longer welcome,
So I moved to Texas
and met my now husband, Doug,
It's so incredible to finally feel happy
for the first time in my life
when I always thought I was happy, but I was just fine,
How about you, Mai? What's your story?
I grew up in Vietnam,
I came over to United States in a refugee camp when I was eight,
I'm married with two daughters, and a granddaughter,
- And two beautiful dogs, - Aw,
- That's very cute,
My life in a nutshell,
Right on,
I finished high school at 18 years of age,
and, you know, I lived in a very sheltered life
and very strict,
and s-so I,,, I wanted to break out of that shelter,
and so I joined the navy,
I wanted to be an individual,
but, you know, being naive, going to the navy,
it's like, you know, going to a pack of wolves
where, you know, I,,,
you know, I was bullied,
And I got pregnant at 19
'cause I,,, I was a virgin up until I joined the navy,
and I didn't know anything, so,,,
And, you know, uh, to get pregnant at 19 was, um,,,
was very hard because when I,,,
I have a,,, You know, I had to, uh, tell my family
that I got pregnant,
and, um,,,
And then my family just, uh,,,
,,,cut me off,
And I had no one when I was pregnant,
It was very hard,
I,,, I didn't know anything about motherhood,
I didn't have anyone,
Thank you,
Man, we really did make it, huh? This is crazy,
My partner is gonna expect me to come back a millionaire now,
so it's gonna be really embarrassing if I don't,
You mean when you don't?
No,,, Well, hang on!
We don't know,
I love everything about this,
It's a giant ball of stress,
but it's the experience,
Yeah,
Attention, players,
We hope you're enjoying your feast,
but only two of you will proceed to the final game,
Now, one of you must be eliminated,
Never a treat without a trick,
In front of you are three buttons,
When pushed, one will turn green,
which means the player who pushes it
goes into the final and chooses a player to join them,
One button will turn gray,
This has no consequence for the player who pushes it,
The third button will turn red,,,
which means the player who pushes it,,,
is eliminated,
You must decide together who will push a button first,
This sucks!
So one-in-three chance of a guaranteed moving to the final round,
There's a one-in-three chance of getting eliminated,
I'm happy to avoid all three buttons,
In this moment, I'm honestly scared,
I don't wanna press the button first,
I don't really wanna press the button at all,
I personally want something that I have a little more control of,
something that's not just chance,
I have no doubt that if Phill or Sam pick the green button
and get a choice to pick a player to go into the next game,
they would support each other,
I know that for a fact,
I want desperately to go through to the final,
It's a big choice to make,
There's a lot in just that little press of a button,
Does anyone want to press it first?
I will,
- Are you sure? - Mm-hmm,
This is a big decision, Mai,
I know,
At this point,
I'm so happy sitting with, you know, strongest player
that made it through out of the 456 players,
So,,, I am very happy to go first,
I respect the hell out of you, Mai,
I respect you too,
I want to be first,
It's a risk, but I want to be in control
of my destiny,
Player 287, your button is gray,
This has zero consequence,
Please return to your seat,
The remaining players must now decide
who will push a button next,
I hate situations like this, I hate these little tests,
And I don't wanna be a part of it,
but I know that if I want to continue, I have to be,
You wanna go, or do you want me to go?
Do you wanna go?
Not particularly, but,,,
I don't think you really wanna go either,
I don't, like, super wanna go,
Yeah,
It's a little,,, a li-little scary, I'm not gonna lie,
It's terrifying, Um,,,
Do you wanna take that 50-50 chance,
or,,, should I?
My strategy has been, up until this point,
to stay middle of the pack,
You know, you cross the finish line, you win the game,
You don't have to be in the front, you just have to finish,
I'm gonna keep my eyes on the prize,
Now is my time to move forward and act,
I'll go,
Are you sure?
No, I'm not sure,
If he is to pick the green button, then I'm,,, I'm screwed,
Good luck, Sam,
Player 016, eliminated,
Sam?
Sam, I'm sorry,
Sorry, Sam,
To have everything that I've worked for
just ripped away by,,,
by,,, by chance is just,,,
more than I can take,
In this moment, I kinda feel like a coward,
I feel sad,,,
but it's, you know, it ended up to be, uh,,,
um,,,
,,,a good night,
Because I want Phill and I
to be the opponents in the final game,
- It's almost over, - It's almost over, okay?
Oh my gosh,
Players 287 and 451,,,
congratulations,
You have reached the final game,
- Yes! Yes, be happy, - We did it,
- We did it, We did it! Okay, - We did it,
The current prize fund now stands at $4,540,000,
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven,
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, Amen,
And whatever happens tomorrow, may the best man win,
Absolutely,
- I want you to give your full 100%, okay? - Okay,
- Promise? - I'll pinky promise,
- Pinky promise, - Okay, pinky promise,
I'm so close, I,,, I have to give it my all at this point,
or else I'm gonna regret it for the rest of my life,
- Mai? - Yes?
My fly was down the entire night,
- Oh my God, - Oh no!
Are y'all kidding me with this?
- Oh my gosh, - Jeez,
Really? Just gonna have us sleep in here with that, huh?
Oh my goodness,
Wow,
You gonna go see it?
I do kinda wanna go see it,
Let's go see it,
Wow,
It's so cute,
- Wow, - This is unbelievably,,,
It's a lot of money, Mai,
It's a lot of money,
Looking at it now, it definitely hits different,
- I'm not gonna lie, - I know, right?
That's it, Mai,
It's gonna be one of us tomorrow,
You ready to become a millionaire?
Good morning, Mai,
Good morning, Phill,
We've come so far to get to this point, and now this is it,
And then there's two,
Yep,
We don't know what the last game is gonna be, I,,, I'm assuming
it's gonna be some version of Squid Game, but this might be something different,
Nervous at all, Mai?
A little bit, starting,
Me too,
Players 287
and 451,
the final game will begin momentarily,
Are you ready?
Please follow the staff and proceed to the game hall,
Wow,
Oh my gosh,
- That is so,,, - That's pretty cool,
That is so cool,
Attention, players 287 and 451,
Welcome to the final game,
You have both defeated 454 players,
One of you will win $4,56 million,
The game that will decide that is,,,
Rock, Paper, Scissors,
You're joking,
I am so happy because this is my childhood game,
Please stand in the two small circles in front of you,
facing each other,
You will now play Rock, Paper, Scissors,
Here are the rules,
Rock beats scissors,
Scissors beats paper,
Paper beats rock,
The winner of each round
will select one key and attempt to open the safe,
If the key does not open the safe, you will play again,
If the key opens the safe,,,
you win Squid Game,
There's no way to plan for this, and it truly is a game of chance,
So I,,, I know as long as I can maintain a level head
and just remember to breathe,
it's gonna be okay,
Good luck, Mai,
- Thank you, - We got this,
And with that, let the game begin,
Place your hand behind your back,
Playing with an adult male,
they tend to draw towards rock and scissors
because it symbolizes to them the power within them,
Rock, it's solid, and it's strong,
And scissors have the power to cut, and it's also strong,
Your shapes are now locked in,
Reveal,
Player 287, you win the round,
Please now select a key,
Good job,
Mai is full of fire,
She's fierce, she's competent, she's strong, she's smart,
She's easy to underestimate,
But I feel lucky,
I feel like, "Okay, you know, this is my chance,"
Good luck, Phill,
Damn,
Nice,
I'm kind of just throwing it at random,
I mean, I'm looking at what Mai's throwing
and I guess slightly adapting to that,
but for the most part, I'm just hoping for the best,
I'm keeping track of his signs
and trying to think what would be his next strategy,
The losses compound over time,
You're killing me, Mai,
With every one, it,,, it gets a little bit more anxious,
Nice,
Just amazed that I keep beating him,
and he's just probably wondering what is my trick,
How do I do that?
It's all about strategizing, right? I think I,,, I'm gonna win,
Good job,
Seeing less and less keys in that box,
I know that there's a greater and greater chance
that the next person that grabs one is gonna be able to open the safe,
This could be the biggest moment of my life,
This could change everything,
I'm thinking of all of my friends, all those sacrifices they made,
I'm thinking of people back home and how badly I want to help them,
I'm thinking of all the people that I've ever wanted to help in my life,
Player 287,,,
,,,you have won $4,56 million,
Congratulations, Mai,
You did it,
Congratulations,
You earned this, Mai,
Today just validate that
anything is possible,
Even when you feel down and,,, and afraid,
you have to pick yourself up,
be a strong person, and focus,
I don't know whether to cry or to cheer, I don't know what to do,
Whatever your fear is, fight it with everything that you've got,
and you can accomplish anything,
And it's proven tonight,
I am the winner,
Whoo!
♪ Let there be you ♪
♪ Let there be me ♪
♪ Let there be oysters,,, ♪
Get out of my way,
Don't talk trash to me, I'm on your team,
♪,,,be wind ♪
♪ An occasional rain,,, ♪
Let's go! Oh, you think you good?
♪ Chili con carne ♪
♪ Sparkling champagne,,, ♪
- I love you, - I love you too,
♪ A lark and a dove ♪
Come on, come here,
♪ But first of all, please,,, ♪
Good morning, Good morning, my baby,
Yeah, I like that!
♪ Let there be cuckoos ♪
♪ A lark and a dove ♪
♪ But first of all, please ♪
♪ Let there be love ♪
♪ Mmm, love,,, ♪
Are you ready to play Squid Game?