Liar Game

After Seunghyun tells the contestants that they have one hour to choose their answer to Dongho’s “I am the notorious Betrayer X” question, he leaves the broadcast to find Director Kim Seung-woo looking pretty darn pleased with himself.
Seung-hyun knows Betrayer X is Director Kim’s plant, and insinuates that Kim might’ve leaked the rules of the game to him beforehand. Of course Jang demurs, and Seunghyun does the same when he’s asked how those pictures of Betrayer X were leaked. Let the games begin.
PD Dasom wonders if Lee Joon will be able to tell which of the contestants is Betrayer X, and is surprised when Seunghyun replies that he’d be disappointed in Joon if he proves unable to handle this latest twist.
She’s confused that he’d take it so personally, considering that Sunhwa was the one who brought Joon into the game in the first place. There’s something strange about the way Seunghyun answers: “That may be so, but when Lee Joon joined the game, didn’t we all realize it? That he was born for this show.”
Joon takes Sunhwa aside, without the rest of the team, to explain what’s happening now that Betrayer X has thrown his hat into the ring. While they just created a team of eight, he’s figured out that X formed three teams of eight among the remaining contestants, with him as a member in each one.
Joon shows her how Betrayer X’s three-team formula is foolproof—no matter what, X will be the sole winner of all two billion won/two million dollars.
Sunhwa gets it without really getting it, since she doesn’t see how X would get out of splitting with the remaining twenty-one contestants if he signed contracts with each team. But Joon knows that if Betrayer X really did what he’s notorious for, then manipulating a contract would be child’s play to him.
But that still leaves one remaining question: If Betrayer X made himself a part of three teams, then that means he’d have to be in theirs. And since he’s survived to the next round, Betrayer X has to be one of their four remaining teammates. Eek.
Sunhwa would rather believe it isn’t true, since Joon can’t be absolutely certain the contestants have been split into three separate teams. It could just be one other team, right?
“I understand that you want to trust in people,” Joon tells her. “But in order to trust, you have to doubt first.”
So Joon devises a method to try and smoke Betrayer X out of their group by assigning the four teammates who didn’t advance to keep an eye on the four who did. He doesn’t allow Sunhwa to follow Miryo though, and instead assigns her to keep watch in the security room—since they can’t use their phones, whoever Betrayer X is will have to approach another teammate in person.
While they go after their targets, Joon plans to meet Dongho to decide for himself whether he’s Betrayer X or not. The meeting doesn’t go so well, considering that Dongho won’t remove his sunglasses on purpose—he knows Joon’s talent lies in his ability to read people’s eyes.
Even though Joon claims that he doesn’t think Dongho is X, Dongho neither confirms or denies it. “Think what you want,” Dongho says flippantly. “But remember, whatever you’re guessing isn’t everything.”
The spying teammates report nothing of note, and Sunhwa says the same about watching from the security room—no one acted suspiciously. When addressing all the teammates gathered, Joon tells them they can decide how they want to vote.
They bicker amongst themselves about which answer would be best, but when Joon says he’ll be voting “yes,” everyone starts to rethink their earlier decisions. They naturally assume Joon’s choice will be the best one.
Miryo is the most agreeable of the bunch, and says she’ll go along with whichever plan is best—so in the end, Joon and Miryo will be the ones to vote “yes,” which means the other two members will do the opposite.
Voting time. The remaining contestants cast their votes, and the tally reveals that both Joon and Miryo have passed. So has Dongho. Siwon is none too happy about the results, and punches Dongho after accusing him of being Betrayer X, knocking his sunglasses to the ground in the process.
Seunghyun administers a warning to Siwon for using violence, causing him to be forcefully removed. Dongho has to face all the other contestants without his glasses. Including Joon.
With only four contestants remaining in the game, Miryo is chosen as the next questioner. She nervously faces the other contestants as she asks, “I will be the last person standing.” Oohhh.
They’re given only thirty minutes to cast their vote this time, but Joon looks like he’s just figured something out. He keeps Miryo behind so they can decide which way they’ll vote now—and he says he’ll vote no. Waitaminute… does Joon think Miryo is Betrayer X?
Sunhwa thinks that they’ll be able to win no matter what Dongho does, but Joon thinks differently as he says that Dongho is still the one holding the key to victory.
While Seunghyun hitches a ride on a helicopter like the rockstar he is, the minutes tick down to voting time. Sunhwa finds Miryo hovering by the same coffee machine she’s been at before every tally count—but since she’s Sunhwa, she doesn’t think anything of it.
In a surprise move, Seunghyun appears in the courtroom in person (hence the helicopter) to oversee the third voting round.
Before Joon casts his vote, he briefly locks eyes with Seung-hyun as if to challenge him. Seung-hyun counts the votes himself, and the first is Joon’s. Since he voted no, if the three remaining votes are different, he’ll be the sole winner of two million dollars.

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