Variety Review: 2Days, 1Night, Season 4- Episode 121- 122 Wish Us Luck trip

*2 Days, 1 Night is a show where 6 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: Wish Us Luck trip

My Entertainment Score: overall 9 out of 10 laughs…no 0 out of 10 (cuz Ravi is leaving)...no…let’s be fair….9 out of 10

Episode 121 was an 8 for me. 

Episode 122 was a 10 for me. They gave me the silly games I love and then pulled my heartstrings. 

What Happened:

Opening (start of ep 121- 12:20)

Chain Letter-sleeping outdoors without a tent and no breakfast truck

Coffee Game (12:20- 36:50)

The staff hid folded papers around the area. Each had a (printed) clover in it. They needed to find 6 of those that held 4 leaf clovers in order to get coffee. 

26:00 - After the game, the members are allowed to enjoy the park freely.

Lunch Game (36:50- 1:13:16)

The members wore specially made flower headbands…with sponge petals. You see where this is going, right? They each had 5 chances to splash water in the face of another member. After wringing out the sponges into a container, they would gain servings each time they passed a premarked amount. Seyoon and Inwoo splashed each other. Jongmin and Dindin splashed each other. Ravi and Junghoon splashed each other. 

Lunch- 53:15. I watched this twice and my mouth watered both times. 

Travel- 1:02:21. They discuss who might be hiding or passing on the chain letter. 

Snacks- 1:06:20. They were given donuts for free because it’s Bang PD’s last trip with them. Several of them cried. They’re such a sweet group!! To add a taste of variety to the gift, one drink that was given to them was super salty. 

Dinner Game: Beat the Crew (1:13:16 of 121- 54:52)

**The game isn’t actually played until the start of episode 122!

Each game is worth two servings of ramyeon and pork belly meat. The members will play 3 games against crew members. They get to choose some and the crew chooses some members for the crew team. For each game, they are given a trait that’s needed to win and they have to choose the members that will compete before the game is explained. Round 1 is a good body or strength. Round 2 is a good memory. 

Round 1: Ddakji Flipping (8:40) Ravi, Inwoo, and Seyoon play against three staff. They make their own ddakji and play 1v1. Each time a player is out, another steps forward to take on the competitor that won until a whole team is out.

Round 2: Doom Chit Memory Game (24:20) This is a classic of the show. Each member takes a turn doing a dance step and the following person must perform every previous dance step in order before adding their own. It's the dance version of “In My Suitcase I Packed”. And this particular one had me crying, I laughed so hard.

Round 3: Seven-legged Obstacle Course (33:33) Exactly what it sounds like…the entire team is connected ankle-to-ankle-to-ankle and they run an obstacle course. The first thing they must do is a forward roll. The second obstacle is to find a candy in a tray of flour, using only their mouth. The third obstacle is a block maze…or garden?. They end up stepping over the blocks. And finally they must complete a group limbo. Both teams had at least one course that they made hilariously more difficult than necessary.

Dinner (44:58) Because there are only two servings to be shared among all six of them, they decide to play games which give the right to eat to only 4 members on each dish. They essentially draw straws. 

Chain Letter (Farewell Letter) Reveal (54:52- end of episode)

*Tears* We’ll miss you, Ravi! Be well.

Because it’s the last trip for Ravi, they are all allowed to sleep indoors and have breakfast together.

Morning (1:14:13) The members decided to go get team portraits made as a farewell gift to Ravi.

The episode ends with a song Ravi wrote for this departure called “Goodbye”. *More Tears*

Preview: Family Month Special Episode! Home visit to Inwoo…check! Welcome to the team a bit late. It’s a right of passage.

*****SPOILERS*****

Coffee Game

Jongmin- 2

Seyoon- 2

Ravi- 2

Junghoon- 0

Dindin- 0

Inwoo- 1 - They get coffee!

Lunch Game

They earned all 6 servings! Everyone eats!

Dinner Games

Ddakji- Members win! (2 servings)

Doomchit Dance- Crew wins.

Obstacle Race- Crew wins.

Ramyeon rights- Dindin and Jongmin get to eat the ramyeon

Pork Belly rights- short straws go to Junghoon and Jongmin. Everyone else gets a piece to eat.