Variety Review: 2Days, 1Night, Season 4- Episode 125-126 Take One Away trip

*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: Take One Away trip

My Entertainment Score: overall 9 out 10 laughs

Episode 125 was a 9 for me. The men in black were a hilarious addition to this episode. The format of this episode was a bit different than usual, but it worked so well.

Episode 126 was an 8 for me. There were several twists and the games were simple but funny to watch.

What Happened:

Opening (start of ep 125- 8:41)

The members are told they will tour the east coast in a package tour. At each destination spot, 1 member will be chosen to go do a special tour course (no one wants these tours). They all have to complete their courses and arrive at the base camp by 6pm. Right from the start, one member is chosen to go on a 3 hour boat ride in order to pick 1 kg of wild ramp (a vegetable). They play rock-paper-scissors minus one (a variation on the classic game) to determine who must take the tour. 

*** For the sake of article readability, I will list the timestamps according to the regular tour group as they move from place to place. The members who go on the special tours have scenes scattered throughout the episode. If those scenes are particularly long, I will make a note for you.***

Course 2: Mureung Byeolyucheonji/Special Farm Course (8:41- 35:59)

The members enjoy wandering around this tourist attraction which used to be the largest quarry in the country. They get to do a ride called Sky Glider. It’s a bit like a laying down zipline. 

They go to a traditional house on a tour before stopping off at a cafe for refreshments. At the cafe, one member is dragged away without any of them knowing why. Turns out being the first to taste the ice cream was a dangerous thing to do. He has to go on a farm tour so that he can appreciate the milk he was consuming. 

*11:50-14:05, 29:20-35:59 cut to the wild ramp tour. For those that don’t know, ramp is a leafy vegetable that tastes like garlic.*

Lunch/Unshakable Course (35:59- 1:01:51)

The members have a lunch where they are fraught with suspicion about what may or may not make them get dragged away to one of the dreaded special tours. Hilariously, they’re told repeatedly that they are free to eat without worry. 

The weather prevents them from going on a ferris wheel as planned. Instead, they use a photobooth to take some commemorative photos of the day. Suddenly, one of them is dragged away again! The blurriest member goes on a special course to learn stillness by visiting Heundeulbawi on Mount Seorak. Heundeulbawi is a rock famous for balancing and being unshakable. 

*43:38-51:14 cut to farm tour. This member has to herd sheep as well as a number of other farm chores.*

Gyeongpo Beach/English Course (start of episode 76- end of episode 125)

The remaining two members head to the beach for some relaxation. They quickly discover that each time they say an foreign word (usually English), they are dragged away and thrown into the sea. There is also a rule that they cannot stay silent for more than a couple minutes or they will both end up in the water. At the end of that…relaxing…time, the member that entered the water the most was dragged away, leaving only one to head straight to the base camp. The member dragged away is given a $10 bank card and essentially told ‘good luck on making it to base camp on time’. 

*1:09:30-1:16:00 cut to the unshakable tour.*

Base Camp Arrival Dinner Race/Sunrise Tour (start of episode 126- 22:59)

We discover if the members are all able to make it back to base camp by 6pm in order to get a feast for dinner. Win or lose, there was a plan for dinner.

Dinner (14:43- 22:59)

Sunrise Tour Selection (22:59- 26:21) The member that stood the fastest after dinner was selected to do a sunrise tour. It’s really the most unfortunate tour because it’s hours away, so he won’t be able to get hardly any sleep—In fact, he heads out, dramatically, immediately after the end of the sleeping game.

Sleeping Mission: Room Escape (26:21- 54:25)

5 rooms with 5 missions are prepared. The members choose rooms without knowing what is inside. They are given 3 chances to change rooms. The first three members to call for a room change can trade with any other member, again, without knowing what mission they are heading to. The first 2 to finish their task will sleep indoors. The rest will sleep outdoors without a tent.

Room 1: sorting 200 pairs of socks

Room 2: Set up 200 dominos 

Room 3: Make a 6 tiered drawer **the member that got this task somehow managed to do it without the screws. What?**

Room 4: Bounce a ping pong ball into the hole of a roll of toilet paper from behind a line

Room 5: A bone alignment massage

Sleeping (49:42- 54:25)

They are told that their morning mission is to have a little dog (mascot of the area) come sit on their lap for seconds. The first 2 members will get breakfast.

Morning Mission (54:25- end of episode 126)

This segment begins with our sunrise friend’s arrival and hike up to the destination. 

Dog Affection Mission -58:57

Breakfast -1:03:58

Special Morning Tour - 1:08: 30

The remaining 4 members head to the beach for drinks and some relaxation time. 

Preview: Jeju Island Trip…where half the battle is getting there. They have different plane tickets, from different airports…and sometimes boat trips. Let’s hope they all get to enjoy this island vacation.

*****SPOILERS*****

Boat/Wild Ramp Tour

Jongmin takes the tour.

Cafe/Farm Tour

Junghoon takes the tour.

Unshakable Tour

Seyoon takes the tour.

Base Camp Self Arrival Tour

Dindin has $10 and 40 minutes to arrive. He went into the water 7 times while Inwoo only got thrown in 5 times. 

Dinner Game-Base Camp Arrival Race

4 out of the 5 members arrive on time. Dindin arrives 24 minutes late, so instead of getting a fully prepared feast, the members are given a live giant octopus to cook. 

Sunrise Tour

Dindin is taking the tour.

Sleeping Indoors/Outdoors

Junghoon finishes first and sleeps inside. His task….ping pong ball in the toilet paper.

Seyoon finishes second and sleeps inside. He stole the dominos task.

Inwoo was working on the socks the whole time.

Dindin got the massage. He switched out and was switched back into that task.

Jongmin ended up with the drawers after starting at the dominos, going to the massage, and landing on the drawers.

Indoors: Junghoon and Seyoon

Outdoors: Jongmin, Dindin, and Inwoo

Morning Mission

Seyoon and Junghoon get breakfast. Inwoo and Jongmin get the leftover octopus from the night before.