“Round 6 ” is finally back with new episodes. This Thursday (25), the Netflix The second season of the series premieres, three years after the release of the first season.
Since then, production became a global phenomenon on the platform made history at the Emmys, generated derivatives and conquered the world with its deadly games. See 5 things you need to know before season 2 premieres.
However, due to the long wait, you might not remember all the important details from the first season. With that in mind, the CNN compiled what you need to review before you start watching the second season of the Netflix series .
Attention: the publication contains spoilers for the first season of “Round 6”!
What is Round 6?
THE Round 6 is a competition that brings together hundreds of participants, including Seong Gi-hun (played by Lee Jung-jae) to play a series of simple games, typical of childhood, with the chance to win a prize of 45.6 billion won (approximately R$ 206.1 million at the current price).
The most drastic aspect of the competition is that players who win advance to the next stage, while those who lose are killed . It is worth remembering that all participants were recruited.
The Round 6 games take place in a kind of complex located on a desert island, where there is an operation that involves workers and the participants themselves. The main difference between them is that workers use pink jumpsuits and masks that hide their identity.
Who is the protagonist of Round 6?
The story of Round 6 mainly revolves around Seong Gi-hun, also known as Player 456 . In the first season, Gi-hun is introduced as a kind but neglectful father who is forced to borrow money from his elderly mother to celebrate his daughter’s birthday.
Gi-hun, despite his gambling addiction and debts, tries to take care of his mother, daughter and friends, but often fails. But when the Recruiter invites him to a game with a billion won prize, He sees this as an opportunity to start his life over .
Who runs the Round 6 games?
The “reality show” was created by a group of extremely powerful and bored friends, including Oh Il-nam (played by Oh Yeong-su), the participant 001 an elderly man who poses as one of the contestants alongside Gi-hun and the others in the first season.
Gi-hun befriends Il-nam and is sad when he is eliminated. Later, he discovers that Il-nam didn’t die in the game, as he is the one who controls everything. However, Il-nam dies at the end of the season due to a brain tumor .
How does the first season of Round 6 end?
After winning Round 6, Gi-hun returns home to find his mother dead. A year later, he meets with Il-nam, who is on the verge of death and reveals himself to be the one responsible for controlling the game.
Motivated by the experience, Gi-hun fulfills the promises he made to two of his game companions: he takes Sae-byeok’s brother (Jung Ho-yeon ) to Sang-woo’s mother’s house (Park Hae-soo ) and leaves half of his prize to both of them. He then plans to visit his daughter in Los Angeles, but upon seeing the Recruiter at a subway station manages to get his recruitment card.
At the airport, Gi-hun changes his mind, returns to Seoul and makes a call to the number on the card, defying those responsible for the game. This moment ends the episode of the series, leaving a cliffhanger for the new season.
Watch the trailer for the second season of Round 6
This content was originally published in “Round 6”: what do you need to remember from season 1 of the Netflix series? on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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