But, then again, being stuck in a life-size pinball machine is perfectly in step with “Squid Game,” Netflix’s South Korean survival drama where unwitting contestants find themselves playing augmented, lethal versions of their favorite childhood ...

Dae-ho is still alive while Jung-bae died in the Squid Game season two finale. Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan): Gi-hun's childhood friend with a military background and kind disposition. He initially voted to stay in the games after red-light-green-light, but later chose to leave the games.