WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for Squid Game Season 2, Episode 1.

Squid game Season 2, Episode 1 reveals the salesman’s backstory and offers many insights into Gong Yoo’s character. Gong Yoo stole the show Squid game Season 1, although there are only a few scenes. A man in a suit carrying a briefcase and challenging people to play ddakji for money, The “salesman” was the first hint of how scary the Squid Games were going to be. Squid gameIn the first season, there was no context to the traveling salesman as Gong Yoo’s character didn’t even have a name.

Casting Gong Yoo, one of the most successful Korean actors of his generation, in a small role in Squid game showed how much faith Netflix had in the project from the start. However, once Squid game was renewed for season two, it seemed logical that the show would now focus on some of its big stars who didn’t get much to do in the first season. This also included Gong Yoo’s character, who although he was killed off at the end of Squid game In the first episode of the second season, his backstory was revealed and he was the focus throughout the episode.

The salesman started out as a low-level masked security guard

Gong Yoo’s character rose in the rankings and became a recruiter

Gi-hun had spent the last two years searching for the seller on every train and subway station with the help of Shark Loan Mr. Kim and his men. While Mr. Kim and Woo-seok eventually find the seller, they are easily defeated by Gong Yoo’s character and forced to play a twisted version of Jokenpo combined with Russian Roulette. Later in the episode, The salesman goes to Gi-hun’s office and confronts him. The Squid Games recruiter wanted to know what Gi-hun’s goal was, while Gi-hun wanted the salesman to take him to their leader.

Considering how committed Gong Yoo’s character was to the entire operation, it’s easy to understand why they continued to promote him.

From Gi-hun’s perspective, the seller was nothing more than a dog who did whatever his owners wanted him to do. Offended by Gi-hun’s words, the salesman began to explain why and what he does and how he became one of the most important members of the operation. Gong Yoo’s character revealed that he was part of the games from the beginning “a child”, and that he spent years “burning bodies.” That just confirmed it all The salesman started out as a low-ranking masked security guard responsible for burning bodies during games.

The salesman began working as a recruiter for the games in 2020, a year before Gi-hun entered the competition.

After a while, Gong Yoo’s character was given a gun. He described it as “Finally seen” suggesting that by this point his entire existence was already dedicated to games. He continued to rise through the organization’s ranks until they named him a recruiter – someone who would look for desperate people and invite them to the games. Although Squid game Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk had previously spoken about the salesman’s backstory about someone who started out as a low-level masked man. However, this has yet to be shown or mentioned on screen.

The salesman had to shoot his father during one of the games

The future salesman did not hesitate to shoot his father

One of the scariest aspects of the Traveling Salesman’s backstory Squid game is that he had to kill his father during one of the games. At some point, after getting a gun – meaning he was now responsible for killing players who lost a game – Gong Yoo’s character realized that one of the players he should get rid of was his father. It’s unclear what happened between the seller and his family, but it’s believed he hasn’t seen his father in years.

The man Gong Yoo’s character was supposed to kill “seemed familiar” and after a while he realized it was his father. Nevertheless, the future salesman did not hesitate to kill his father. After shooting his father in the head and feeling no remorse for it, The salesman realized he was cut out for this job. From then on, there was nothing he wouldn’t do for the games. Considering how committed Gong Yoo’s character was to the entire operation, it’s easy to understand why they promoted him to the point where he became the recruiter.

The salesman hates miserable people and sees them as trash

The recruiter doesn’t feel guilty about gambling with other people’s lives

While the salesman’s backstory explains how he went from a masked man to a recruiter, it may still sound strange why anyone would be willing to take part in such a terrible thing. Squid game Season 2’s Guard 011 storyline suggested that many Guards are simply there because they’re desperate for money, meaning they’re not that different from the players. However, Gong Yoo’s monologue in Squid game Season 2, Episode 1 made it clear that he never did it for the money. Instead, the traveling salesman believed that miserable people needed to be wiped out.

The Squid Games recruiter viewed miserable, desperate people as trash that needed to be cleaned up and didn’t deserve a life. To prove his twisted, evil view of humanity, For example, the seller offered homeless people the choice between bread or a lottery ticket. For this reason Squid game The first episode of the second season is called “Bread Or Lottery”. From the seller’s perspective, the fact that most homeless people chose the lottery ticket only confirmed that they would rather leave their beliefs to chance, thereby justifying the games’ premise.

The seller devoted most of his life to the squid game

Gong Yoo’s character was willing to die for her

Although We don’t get any flashbacks to the seller’s past, Squid game The first episode of season two does a great job of explaining why he does what he does and why he believes in the importance of the games. Gong Yoo’s character dedicated most of his life to the Squid Games, and we can assume that he became one of the masked vigilantes at a young age. Given that he “grew up” within the games and found the validation he was looking for in this twisted operation, it makes sense why the salesman was willing to die for them.

Squid game never reveals the name of Gong Yoo’s character.

For this reason, the recruiter did not hesitate to play a game of Russian roulette where the odds were not reset. The salesman’s twisted attitude toward fate and the value of life made him the perfect man for the job – someone who would be willing to play deadly games to prove his point. He even had the chance to shoot Gi-hun and end it all, but he continued playing the game until the final round. Between Gong Yoo’s performance and his backstory, the salesman was the highlight Squid game Season 2, Episode 1.