The 8 Show Ending Explained: Netflix released an eight episodic Korean survival game thriller series “The 8 Show” based on Bae Jin Soo’s webtoons “Money Game” and “Pie Game”. 8 persons got an invitation when they had a hard time in their life to join a game. They were locked inside a building to play a game where there would be CCTV all over inside watching them, what they needed to do was spend their time there.
They earn money for the time they spend there. How these people live there while increasing the time there and what happens to the game is the plot of this drama.
Episode 8 started with a flashback of 1st floor guy. His kid was discharged from the hospital because they didn’t pay the bill. His daughter can’t walk and he took her into the circus car to get her home with his wife. He was unable to cross the roads properly because of his leg issue. His workmates consoled him for what happened to his daughter and him. When he was on the road crying, the same car which came in the first episode came to pick him up, also it showed him getting a message. After he entered the theatre he took 1st number and entered his room.
Cut to the current situation, 4th floor girl came to tell everyone about the changing of rooms. They planned to purchase other rooms as they preferred. The 3rd-floor guy asks 4th-floor girl why can’t they attack her and take control than do all this. He believes 8th-floor girl won’t shoot everyone just like that. But 4th floor girl tells him that 8th floor girl likes shooting people and things. She likes this kind of thing. 4th floor girl explained 3rd floor guy about the 8th floor girl’s daily doings which are doing golfing during the day and watching CCTV of others at night and getting enjoyment with it.
A 4th-floor girl approaches the 5th room lady and tells her about her plan to change rooms and takeover by releasing the other people. 5th room lady said okay to the plan on one condition which will be revealed later. They pick the time to release everyone, which is when 8th 8th-floor girl goes golfing with 4th 4th-floor girl. That day 8th floor girl refused to go to play golf, but 4th floor girl insisted she to go.
While 8th-floor girl playing golf and 4th 4th-floor girl helping her, 5th 5th-room lady went to other rooms and untied them thus untied each one. When they went to Upper to release another person the dog gave a sound and followed upper. 8th-floor girl followed the puppy and saw them untied helping others. The 8th-floor girl took her gun to shoot, and suddenly 4th floor girl came there and hit on 8th-floor girl’s head.
Now everyone got freed from all rooms. They went to change the room and bought it from room 1. But what he got was an envelope with the list of prices of each room. Each room had huge prices which they couldn’t handle. He only bought the price list with that 1 billion he had.
1st floor guy got very sad and desperate. But others decided to share an amount to him for his loss. But he told everyone to tie themselves by pointing gun at them. And he dressed and showed his circus skills. He went upper to show his talents but fell down with fire on him. He was partially burned and injured on the fall. 3rd floor guy somehow untied himself and others and tried to help the 1st floor guy but he was in serious condition.
The Ending
They asked for help looking at the cameras and they called the phone, but everything was useless. They didn’t respond. So 3rd floor guy took the gun and started shooting the CCTV cameras. They increased the time but the players are desperate to go outside. 3rd-floor guy and 2nd-floor girl destroyed all CCTV cameras.
In the end, the game came to an end and the door opened. But the 1st floor guy couldn’t make it, he apologized to everyone and told them about his daughter. The 3rd floor guy went out, and there were clapping sounds coming from speakers inside the theatre hall. There was an envelope, he took it. It said congratulations on his winning and said his money would be credited to his bank.
Days passed, he got bored of his life. He tried to suicide but nothing went well. He was having thoughts of the game and 1st floor guy. Finally, he set up a funeral for 1st-floor guy and advertised it all over Korea with the money he had. By seeing it other 3 members came to do their funeral respect. 5th room lady, 4th floor girl and 2nd floor girl. Also, they shared the info that 7th floor guy gave money to the 1st-floor guy’s wife for his kids surgery.The
8th-floor girl destroyed an art gallery which was in news and she paid it’s costs later. The 6th-floor guy sends flowers on the funeral. In the end they all separated to their own paths.
