Detective Jun-ho, still undercover as a guard, manages to infiltrate the Front Man’s office:

He finds massive binders detailing every game since 1999.

The games are not truly fair; they favor the young, strong, and male, mirroring the systemic cruelty the players fled from.

In Season 1, Episode 5 of Squid Game , titled the tension shifts from the spectacle of the games to the rot beneath the system. The episode deals with the psychological aftermath of the Tug of War and the high-stakes investigation of Detective Hwang Jun-ho. 1. The Survival of Team 4

Under extreme stress and starvation, the doctor snaps, killing one of the guards and fleeing before being caught and executed by the Front Man for "cheating" and tainting the "fairness" of the games. 3. Jun-ho’s Discovery