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Up until now, winning a game didnt need to come at anyone elses expense.
But Mingle forces players to shut the doors behind them, leaving other people outside to die.
This is myGganbuof the season, the return to form Ive been waiting for.
The groups-of-ten round introduces us to the rules.
(Without No-euls interference, the soldiers organ-harvesting business is booming.)
The room requirements strain alliances.
But Min-su plays scissors and leaves her to fend for herself.
She thought they had an honest connection.
Min-su is relieved to see that Se-mi survives, but she avoids his relieved gaze.
During that same round, two players grab Yong-sik and separate him from Geum-ja.
Luckily, Gi-hun and In-ho scoop her up.
She doesnt want anyone to think that Yong-sik is a bad person … and that includes Yong-sik himself.
By the groups-of-six round, it feels even more likely that stragglers will die.
Players are struggling to find empty rooms.
Hyun-ju claims one for Young-mi, Jun-hee, Geum-ja, Yong-sik, and Dae-ho.
Young-mi makes it to the locked room, staring through the slit with tears in her eyes.
Id argue that this is our first major death.
I actually dont think Young-mi was super fleshed out as a character.
What are her defining traits beyond being soft-spoken and liking Hyun-ju?
Hyun-ju grabs Myung-gi and screams that its his fault.
I saved your lives!
Myung-gi yells, looking around defensively.
After he demands that someone say something, Jun-hee says hes right, and Hyun-jus face crumples.
The final round splits players into pairs, as In-ho correctly predicts.
Since there are 50 rooms and 126 people left, that guarantees at least 26 deaths.
In-ho pushes someone away from the door when he and Jung-bae find a room.
But theres already a player inside who refuses to get out.
With time running out, In-ho puts him in a chokehold andbreaks his neck with his bare hands.
Captain Park suggests that they call it a day, but everyones extra motivated to find the culprits now.
After Woo-seok points out that theyre likely being watched, Jun-ho decides to make the mission more covert.
He tasks Captain Park with delivering new instructions about radio and phone usage to the second team.
Hmm … thats putting a lot of faith in a guy who keeps pronouncing drone incorrectly, but okay.
Back in the sleeping area, were checking in on our player relationships.
Min-sus betrayal of Se-mi has impressed Nam-gyu and Thanos.
And after pairing up with him in the final round, Jun-hee isnt as prickly with Myung-gi as before.
But once he starts outlining investment plans, shes out.
One of Seon-nyeos followers switches from X to O, looking reverentially up at the shaman.
The best the Xs can do now is tie, with In-ho casting the deciding vote.
Jung-bae has started to tell Gi-hun and Dae-ho that hes a little scared of In-ho.
But when he picks X, Jung-bae decides to keep what happened in the room to himself.
A tie means that the players will vote again tomorrow.
He knows from personal experience that silverware can be an effective weapon.
It wont be long before we get proof that thats still true.
Thanos and Nam-gyu trap Min-su in a bathroom stall, pressuring him to change his vote.
Myung-gi accuses Thanos of interfering with the vote.
Nam-gyu and Thanos provoke Myung-gi by bringing up Jun-hee, and Myung-gi swings at Thanos.
He misses, but its enough to make Thanos …snap(lol).
Your money, your girl, your life, theyre all mine, Thanos snarls in between punches.
Hes cursing in a mix of Korean and English (You fucking … son of assibal…biiiittch).
Given his namesake, his face appropriately turns slightly purple with anger as he strangles Myung-gi.
And thats all were getting before the finale!
I hope his daughter is doing okay.
It would be sad if she woke up in the hospital wondering where her dad is.
Just because his mom loves him so unconditionally.
I think I cried more than him when they reunited.
Loser of the episode: Min-su.
Violence clearly freaks this guy out, and he inadvertently becomes the catalyst for a bloody brawl.
Did he even get a chance to pee?
