Episode three of Squid Game is “The Man with the Umbrella”. Join Player 456’s hosts Jack and Colin as they deep dive into the third episode of Netflix’s most popular show of all time. They offer their insight, thoughts and appreciation, and also cover your questions, queries and theories. This episode is the shortest of the series and our episodes mirror this this week...

The Man with the Umbrella picks up with the players returning to the game as the camera scrolls over a cavalcade of Hyundai people carriers. Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon) finds his way onto a people carrier. Jack and Colin discuss this unique story-telling method as a way of seeing behind the scenes of the Squid Game.

Kang Sae-byeok (Jung Ho-yeon) has managed to get a knife into the game (she is a proper Squid Game player). The Player 456 guys look at some more numerology and the idea of having nothing left to lose.

An original production from Glasgower

Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMilan

Twitter: @player456pod

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Jack and Colin also host Wrong Term Memory - a weekly podcast with episodes out every Monday.

Episode two of Squid Game is “Hell”. Join Player 456’s hosts Jack and Colin as they deep dive into the second episode of Netflix’s most popular show of all time. They offer their insight, thoughts and appreciation, and also cover your questions, queries and theories.

As fate has it, Gi-hun runs into Player 101 (Il-Nam) and Jack and Colin discuss his role here - as a method of vocalising and reiterating the themes of the show so far. Further backstories are revealed and Jang Deok-su’s (101) gangster life-style leads to the most graphic scene in Squid Game so far (even after the death of 255 people).

Letting the players leave the game and experience their real lives is a fantastic way to show more character growth — and shows that Squid Game is a proper drama with an amazing narrative arc.

Gi-hun’s further character growth is also discussed by the guys as he hits new lows after the news of his mother’s ill health. As the episode wraps, there are few of the characters that appear to be thinking ahead more than others.

An original production from Glasgower

Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMilan

Twitter: @player456pod

Email: [email protected]

Jack and Colin also host Wrong Term Memory - a weekly podcast with episodes out every Monday.

Episode two of Squid Game is “Hell”. Join Player 456’s hosts Jack and Colin as they deep dive into the second episode of Netflix’s most popular show of all time. They offer their insight, thoughts and appreciation, and also cover your questions, queries and theories.

All the players have been deposited back to their normal lives, with some dropped off in pairs (coincidence - we think not). Jack and Colin, again, look at some of the clearest foreshadowing so far from Hwang Dong-hyuk and discuss the theme of “Hell” in more detail.

Compared to English, the Korean language has a different and quite complex system to refer to one another and this is clear with Sang-woo and Ali’s interactions in this episode.

We are briefly introduced to Hwang Jun-ho, who has his own, personal reasons for wanting to ‘enter’ the Squid Game world while further themes such as desperation and suicide are discussed, and the social commentary about capitalism is again clear to see.

An original production from Glasgower

Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMilan

Twitter: @player456pod

Email: [email protected]

Jack and Colin also host Wrong Term Memory - a weekly podcast with episodes out every Monday.

Episode two of Squid Game is “Hell”. Join Player 456’s hosts Jack and Colin as they deep dive into the second episode of Netflix’s most popular show of all time. They offer their insight, thoughts and appreciation, and also cover your questions, queries and theories.

The episode opens directly after the events of “Red Light, Green Light” with Jack and Colin offering their insight into Korean funeral coffin rights, with a nod to the Korean girl band: BLACKPINK. Clause three of the Squid Game contract is indicted by Sang-Woo and a democratic vote is held - with some surprising outcomes.

Squid Game lends itself pretty handily as a metaphor for capitalism and the inequalities and dangers of the model, as well as for class struggles.

We also meet some new characters, including Han Mi-nyeo (212) and the guys discuss further fantastic direction from Hwang Dong-hyuk, the morality of the players and how much their situations impact on their ethical choices when making the decision to play or go home.

An original production from Glasgower

Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMilan

Twitter: @player456pod

Email: [email protected]

Jack and Colin also host Wrong Term Memory - a weekly podcast with episodes out every Monday.

Episode one of Squid Game is “Red Light, Green Light”. Join Player 456’s hosts Jack and Colin as they deep dive into the first episode of Netflix’s most popular show of all time. They offer their insight, thoughts and appreciation, and also cover your questions, queries and theories.

The game eventually gets underway under the careful watch of a giant robotic doll. If players are caught moving, they are “eliminated”. Jack and Colin chat about the use of the ticking clock as a character, how Hwang Dong-hyuk manages to use this common TV trope without it being clichéd, and the clever use of numerology as a script writing aid.

We meet more of Squid Game’s participants: Cho Sang-woo (218), Kang Sae-byeok (067), Jang Deok-su (101) and Abdul Ali (199). The guys offer their favourite character choices, their take on why this is not just another “lethal game show competition” and also discuss the theory that the show may be the best example of Game Theory’s “zero-sum game”.

An original production from Glasgower

Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMilan

Twitter: @player456pod

Email: [email protected]

Jack and Colin also host Wrong Term Memory - a weekly podcast with episodes out every Monday.

Episode one of Squid Game is “Red Light, Green Light”. Join Player 456’s hosts Jack and Colin as they deep dive into the first episode of Netflix’s most popular show of all time. They offer their insight, thoughts and appreciation, and also cover your questions, queries and theories.

There is a massive turning point for Seong Gi-hun and the themes of love and desperation are again hit home in the first 20 minutes of this episode. Jack and Colin discuss the soundtrack, especially the use of classical music, to create and highlight another key concept in the show: duality. They also consider Hwang Dong-hyuk’s use of synchronisation, the issue of non-rational thinking and give the rundown on the squares, triangles and circles.

We are also introduced to some of the other characters that are going to be key during Squid Game, including The Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) and Player 001 (O Yeong-su). There are also nods to Star Wars, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and M. C. Escher’s Relativity.

An original production from Glasgower

Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMilan

Twitter: @player456pod

Email: [email protected]

Jack and Colin also host Wrong Term Memory - a weekly podcast with episodes out every Monday.

Episode one of Squid Game is “Red Light, Green Light”. Join Player 456’s hosts Jack and Colin as they deep dive into the first episode of Netflix’s most popular show of all time. They offer their insight, thoughts and appreciation, and also cover your questions, queries and theories.

Watchers are introduced to Seong Gi-hun (played by Lee Jung-jae) - a down on his luck, degenerate gambler but all round decent guy. Jack and Colin discuss the brilliant character building techniques used to quickly get the audience on side with the main protagonist. They also speak about the foreshadowing that is so well used, but can go unnoticed, alongside some of the fantastic direction from Hwang Dong-hyuk.

The themes of love, luck and desperation are key in Red Light, Green Light and the guys try and think about what life might have looked like for Gi-hun prior to entering the Squid Game.

An original production from Glasgower

Produced by Jack Shaw and Colin McMilan

Twitter: @player456pod

Email: [email protected]

Jack and Colin also host Wrong Term Memory - a weekly podcast with episodes out every Monday.