Variety Review: 2Days, 1Night, Season 4- Episode 108 pt 2- 110 Winter Olympics Special

Apr 22

Apr 22 Variety Review: 2Days, 1Night, Season 4- Episode 108 pt 2- 110 Winter Olympics Special

*2 Days, 1 Night is a show where 5 regular cast members take themed trips around Korea to show off its charms. Each trip has a theme designed to highlight an area or else to create cohesion for the games they play. The general formula for a trip is a lunch game, a dinner game, and a sleeping inside or outside game. Half of the members (in teams or as individuals) will win lunch. The same will be true of dinner and the right to sleep inside instead of in a tent. Trips often cover several episodes.*

This Trip’s Theme: Winter Olympics Special

My Entertainment Score: overall 9 out 10 laughs

Episode 108 pt. 2 was an 8 for me. This was mostly an opening and it still managed to be funny.

Episode 109 was a 9 for me. I enjoyed the games and the downtime. The end of the episode had my son asking “Why is this hard for them?” and that’s always a good sign, don’t you think?

Episode 110 was a 9 for me. As expected, sports themes and 2 Days, 1 Night work well for me.

What Happened:

Haircut Promise Fulfillment!! (46:49 of ep 108- 59:22)

Seyoon promised to get a famous haircut of a former 2 Days 1 Night member, Hodong, if he won the Grand Prize at the end of year awards. At the start of this trip, the whole crew heads over to a barber shop to witness the fulfillment of that promise.

The members travel together to the opening and talk about the Grand Prize win as well as some other things.

Opening (59:22- end of ep 108)

The opening is held on an iced over pond. The theme is introduced and a special ‘opening ceremony’ is conducted. The ‘flame’ is lit, the mascots come, and a special performance is shown by guest Solar of Mamamoo.

**At the very very beginning of the next episode, they reveal that the winner at the end of all the sporting events will get a gold medal with some real gold on it.**

Lunch Games: Ice Rink Trio (start of ep 109- 1:03:48)

The members will earn 3, 2 or 1 points for coming in first, second, or third in each event. At the end of three events, the three members with the most points will get a big lunch.

First Event: Skeleton (3:34- 13:01)

Each member will take a turn running, then sliding from a starting line as far as they can. Their sled is a large red rubber wash basin, which seems super uncomfortable.

Second Event: Figure Skating (13:01- 33:07)

Each member will take a turn putting on skates and performing for 30 seconds. When they strike their ending pose, a whistle will be blown. This is the start of their event. The other 4 members will throw 2 stuffed animals each onto the ice in appreciation of the performance and the performer must collect all 8 and make it to a podium as fast as possible. The time from the whistle to the podium will determine their rank.

Third Event: Speed Skating-Team Pursuit (33:07- 45:42)

Starting at equidistant points around a circle of cones, the members will each have a balloon attached to their back. They will all start at the same time and moving in the same direction, they will try to chase down and pop the balloon of the person in front of them. They start fresh each time that a person is caught. I adored this game.

Lunch (45:42- 1:03:48)

The losers learn during the meal that they can eat if they are able to catch a fish doing ice fishing. The winning members join them after eating, just for fun. They went in for a rest at 1:02:33 and the staff felt so bad about the hard work the members had put in without a meal, so they gave the two losing members a small meal.

Dinner Game: Sled Quiz (1:03:48 of ep 109- 21:52 of episode 110)

The members must trek up the hill for every question, which makes this quiz less desirable the longer it goes on. They will sit on their sack at the top of the hill and listen to a question. Then, several answers will be revealed on flags at the bottom of the hill. The members sled down and try to grab a flag with a correct (or the correct) answer before another member. They’ll be ranked based on the number of questions they get correct.

Dinner (11:27 of ep 110- 21:52)

Sleeping Game (21:52- 45:12)

The members are sent to a room to relax and told only that they should “catch the signs” in order to sleep inside. At random intervals untied balloons are released into the room. Each has writing on it. Three of them are marked as sleeping indoors. Whomever catches those balloons gets to sleep indoors. The outdoor team’s tent is set up on the frozen pond where they played the trio of games earlier! I cannot imagine how cold that would be!

Sleeping- 41:09

Morning Mission: Ice Sled (45:12- end of episode)

Using the bracket method, the members will compete in ice sled races. For those that haven’t seen this before, in this case, they sit cross legged on a small sled and use hand picks to propel themselves forward. The first brackets are Junghoon vs Dindin and the other 3 in the second bracket. They hold a redemption round with the three kicked out in the first bracket and then have a final 3 race.

The winners get more points for their overall ranking and the bottom two after the races get a penalty. I’ll leave the penalty in the spoilers because it made me laugh when it was revealed, so I want to give you the chance to see it.

1:03:35- Medal ceremony

1:10:40- Penalty!

Preview: A new member?? Who could it be?? I’m so excited!!

*****SPOILERS*****

Lunch Games: Ice Trio

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