10 Most Shocking Moments In Squid Game

Sae-Byeok seems to be the hands-down choice for best girl in Squid Game. Her stoic and cool demeanour was gripping, giving you the sense that she could handle herself. However, as discussed in the last entry, you learned more about her and began to chisel away at that tough exterior as the games went on.

Then, because fans can't have nice things, she ended up dying in a completely shocking turn of events that made the games seem all the more unfair and solidified Sang-Woo even further as the show's hidden villain.

After taking a shard of glass to her stomach during the fifth game, Sae-Byeok was clearly worse for wear, and teetered on the edge of bleeding out. Gi-Hun promised that she would survive, and while he went to seek medical help for her, he was greeted with a coffin. He then turned to see that Sang-Woo had slit the throat of Squid Game's resident North Korean defector.

It's mostly shocking as you'd have expected Sae-Byeok to get eliminated in a game, but watching as she's killed before getting a chance to fight back just goes to show how cruel and unapologetic the whole thing is.