Based on two Bae Jin-soo webtoons, Money Game and Pie Game, The 8 Show throws eight desperate people into a strange apartment building, where they\u2019re forced to do whatever it takes to keep their secret audience entertained in a bid for some serious cash.<\/span><\/p>\n Inevitably, carnage ensues as the rules take each contestant to some extremely messed up places. <\/span>Big Brother<\/span><\/a>, this ain\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But how does the game end? And who actually wins?<\/span><\/p>\n Not the viewers, if some of the harsh reviews are anything to go by. But either way, <\/span>someone<\/span><\/i> has to win, right?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Contestants 1F, 2F, 3F, 4F, 5F and 7F (each named after their respective floor in the building) work together in the end to switch the rooms and take the eighth floor for themselves, thereby stopping 8F\u2019s reign of terror<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A golf club to her head helps, but then the group\u2019s plan to take her floor and all its contents (for the hefty price of 1 billion won) backfires when they discover 1F hasn\u2019t actually bought the floor at all. He\u2019s only purchased the instructions on how to switch rooms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So, that\u2019s 1 billion won just for an envelope. Not ideal, especially as the rooms themselves cost much, much more again. The first floor is priced at 10 billion, while the top one, floor eight, would cost 340 billion, which is far more than any of them have.<\/span><\/p>\n In case you\u2019re not familiar with South Korean currency, remember that Squid Game\u2019s grand prize was 45.6 billion won, for context.<\/span><\/p>\n With that, all hope is gone. 1F goes mad then, and holds the others at gunpoint, tying them up in a desperate attempt to keep the game going for longer and increase the overall prize money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The former circus clown performs tricks for everyone, but the last laugh\u2019s on him when his tightrope shenanigans accidentally bring an overhead projector crashing down. 1F falls right after, and is horribly burned by the fiery wreckage he falls into.<\/span><\/p>\n Desperate for a solution and a way out, 3F realises that the cameras are key to their escape. If the audience can\u2019t watch the show, then there\u2019s no more game. 8F wants to stay, which is all kinds of messed up, but the rest set out to destroy all the cameras, and it works. The doors open and everyone walks out free<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Well, everyone except 1F, who died from his injuries: \u201cI wanted to rise higher. I\u2019ve spent my whole life at the bottom. A nobody like me shouldn\u2019t have been greedy. I\u2019m so sorry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Luckily for the others, 1F died after the game had ended, which means that they\u2019ve all technically won. But have they really?<\/span><\/p>\n As 3F walks out of the courtyard, the first contestant to leave, speakers blast out fake applause, because it turns out there was no one in the audience<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n Instead, 3F just dinds an envelope with the following message written inside: <\/span>\u201cCongratulations. The prize money will be wired to your bank account.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The stage\u2019s red curtains pull back then to reveal the words \u201cThe End\u201d projected onto the screen.<\/span><\/p> Later, we discover that 3F was fined half of his winnings for destroying the cameras, but he doesn\u2019t care too much about that. He\u2019s still too traumatised from the two and half months he and the others lost to the game, even trying to die by suicide at one point.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With all that pain and no public audience to speak of, either, what was the point of it all? That\u2019s a question viewers might be asking themselves too, but we digress.<\/span><\/p>\n In the process of arranging a funeral for 1F, 3F seeks out his wife, only to discover that 7F lied about 1F\u2019s fate to her, claiming her husband is working abroad while giving her enough money to keep her going in his absence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 6F doesn\u2019t attend the funeral, but he does send a condolence wreath, which is something, we suppose.<\/span><\/p>\n We soon discover that 8F rightfully fares the worst out of everyone. In a bid to relaunch her career as a performance artist, she destroyed a public art gallery, so the police throw her in prison, which is exactly where she belongs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At the end, the four remaining contestants walk out of the funeral, presumably to never see each other again.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s an anticlimactic end to say the least \u2013 but wait, there\u2019s a post-credits scene.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s here that we catch up with 7F and learn that he was actually a failing screenwriter back before he joined the show. <\/span><\/p>\n In the aftermath of this horrendous ordeal, 7F has decided to write what he knows and pitch what happened to an entertainment executive. He loves it, obviously, and decides to give 7F the greenlight, suggesting it \u201ccould even lead to a sequel\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n Clearly, the team behind The 8 Show are hoping Netflix catch on and green-light a second season in real life.<\/span><\/p>\n But wait, there\u2019s even more going on here, because the exec seems to hint that he himself might have been a previous contestant in the game, too, asking, \u201cHow else do you think I have so much money?\u201d He brushes it off after as a joke, but the implication is that the game we\u2019ve watched wasn\u2019t the first one ever held.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Just like in Squid Game, it seems that these kind of games are a regular occurrence for the bored and wealthy. But unlike Squid Game, an actual second season seems unlikely, although Netflix has always been more concerned with viewing figures than reviews, so we wouldn\u2019t rule this out entirely.<\/span><\/p>\n The Samaritans are available 24\/7 if you need to talk. You can contact them for free by calling 116 123, email\u00a0jo@samaritans.org<\/a>\u00a0or head to the\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0to find your nearest branch.<\/em><\/p>\nThe 8 Show ending explained \u2014 How does the game end and who won?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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