Variety Review: 2Days, 1Night, Season 4- Episode 127- 129 Month on Jeju in a Day 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: Month on Jeju in a Day trip
My Entertainment Score: overall 8 out 10 laughs
Episode 127 was an 8 for me. The members all split up and needed to complete separate missions in order to even get to the opening and learn about the trip. That alone was a fun concept.
Episode 128 was a 7 for me. I enjoyed all the things they did and I learned a lot about Jeju, which is the whole point of the show, but somehow the episode fell a little flat for me.
Episode 129 was an 8 for me. Loved the games overall, but watching it back, I realized even after 2 days, several of them had utterly left my memory, so I think it probably isn’t going to stick with me.
What Happened:
Opening (start of ep 127- 6:37)
The members arrive one by one to an airport, dressed in their best airport fashion.
Go To Jeju Airport Saga Explanation (6:37- 11:3)
The members are given airline tickets for their trip to Jeju Island. SHOCK! The tickets are all different. They have both different departure places and arrival places! The show is introducing some of the country’s less known airports this trip. To determine who got which ticket, the cameramen assigned to each member played the random ladder game before the members arrived.
They need to gather at the opening segment location in Jeju by 1:30 to get a reward. If they fail to arrive on time, they will get a penalty. Each member needs to complete a mission at their respective airports in order to get a clue about the opening location and to get things that will be useful/necessary for their trip.
Airport Missions (11:30- 1:16:24 of episode 127)
**This time, again, the timestamps are a little hard to work out because all the members split up and gather at different intervals and their journeys are followed concurrently, but I’ll do my best to keep it accurate.**
**As the members gather back up at the end of episode 127, they try to work out the clues they have gathered.**
Inwoo (13:20- 15:28), (29:49- 37:33), (45:28- 49:12), (1:02:50- 1:07:13)
He does an airport treasure hunt of sorts once he arrives in Jeju…to include finding several cars in the parking lot by their license plate numbers.
Dindin (15:28- 19:47), (37:33- 49:12), (1:02:50- 1:07:13)
Dindin had to do a bit of a treasure hunt as well. He got a locked box and had to follow mission instructions to get the code.
**Dindin and Jongmin traveled together for a time. They also started a game to earn coffee using the reactions/participation of the people in the airport, which all the members played at some point.**
Jongmin (15:28- 19:47), (37:33- 39:42), (56:15- 1:01:49)
Jongmin has to find and beat at ddakji someone dressed up like GongYoo in the drama “Squid Games”.
Junghoon (19:47- 21:43), (49:12- 56:15), (1:02:50- 1:07:13)
He has to find a piano and discover the title of the music sheet left there.
Seyoon (21:43- 29:49), (1:01:49- 1:02:50)
He has to find 5 customers and shine their shoes after finding the shoe shine shop and giving a spy-like code to the owner.
ALL GATHER!!! (1:07:13- 1:16:24) The members gather and race to the opening location, where they get their reward or punishment.
Opening (1:16:24- end of episode 127)
That’s right….it took a whole episode for the trip’s opening and theme to get revealed. Talk about convention breaking. haha.
The goal of the trip is to live like you are in Jeju for a month, but to do it in a day. For their dinner mission, they have to complete the top 10 things done by people who take a month-long vacation to Jeju. These are the goals:
Drink 5 different types of drinks at a cafe with an ocean view.
Take a picture with all the member’s heads stacked like a tower.
Eat freshly caught murex from a female diver.
Take photos along the way of driving: Dolharbang statues, rape blossoms, and a wedding party.
Make a lifelong friend in Jeju and go into the ocean together.
Buy 10 yellow items at the Jeju Market
Take a 10 minute nap on the beach.
Beach Yoga (only available between 2 and 5 pm)
Eat 3 different local dishes and introduce them to the viewers entirely in English for 3 minutes.
Watch the sunset (at a specified place)
**Most of the list items came with a specific address where they should do the activities.**
Dinner Game: Jeju Month-Long Tour (start of episode 128- 16:55 of episode 129)
The entirety of episode 128 is them carrying out these tasks. The start of the next episode is a rest time for the guys before dinner.
Dinner (2:47 of episode 129)
This got so competitive.
Sleeping Game Trio (16:55 of episode 129- 42:59)
The two winners over three skill games (this is a pun…each one in Korean ends with Jeju) will get to sleep indoors. The winners of each round get points and those with the highest scores at the end win.
Game 1: Eloquence (17:47) - Some elder local ladies come in. They describe words in dialect and members have to guess the word correctly. The member with the most correct guesses gets 100 points.
Game 2: Footwork (29:31) - Members each wore one sock. They had to sit, holding their legs beneath their knees. The goal was to scoot around and knock each other over in order to remove the sock. Last socked member got 200 points.
Game 3: Dexterity (33:14) - Each member gets 5 egg whites. There is no time limit. They must whip the eggs into a meringue that does not drip for 5 seconds when held upside over the head. The winner gets points.
Sleeping (39:44) The staff tells the members that in the morning, they will have a mission filled with adventure and wonder. All they have to do is load up in the car and follow the GPS…
Morning Mission/Final Tour (42:59- end of episode 129)
They go to a fair ground and receive their super special mission….to meditate while riding the Viking ride! If none of them scream, they will get a huge Jeju Island breakfast.
Dessert Mission (53:28)
This was played individually. One member would sit in the lotus pose on a trampoline. Two other members would jump around. If they withstood it longest, without losing the position (they can fall, just not uncross their legs), they would get dessert.
Breakfast/Dessert (1:00:00)
Final Tour (1:06:06)
They go on one last tour. They are again told to follow the GPS and their panic as they go was hilarious.
They arrive at Mount Songak. They have to hike 2.7km to a scenic tourist spot. They are allowed to turn back and head home if they meet someone along the way with the same first name as them. Dindin is allowed to use his real name “Cheol” and Inwoo is allowed to use his real name “Jongchan” since their stage names have a very low chance of matching anyone.
Preview: Loyalty Game Race! Everything for the trip will be done in an order set before they knew what they had to do. It’s a first come, first served trip to test the bonds of friendship.
*****SPOILERS*****
Airport Games
Dindin gets $150 allowance for the trip. He convinces Inwoo to spend $20 of it on food before the others arrive in Jeju.
Inwoo finds the car.
Junghoon gets a clue for the destination.
Jongmin gets a picture of a white horse (clue for the destination).
Seyoon gets a hint and the car key.
They arrive on time!! They get to roll a die to multiply their allowance by 1, 2, or 3. They double the $130 still left after Dindin and Inwoo’s spending.
Dinner Games
Of the 10 missions, they complete 8 missions. (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are complete). They fail to get a full dinner. Instead they get a one-bite-each dinner. They play all kinds of games to split their teeny meal.
Sleeping Game
Eloquence Game:
Junghoon, Dindin, and Inwoo tied with 3 correct answers. They did a tie breaker round. Junghoon won it and got 100 points.
Footwork Game:
Junghoon and Inwoo each get 100 points. They called a draw because it got so violent. haha.
Dexterity Game:
Dindin wins and gets 300 points.
Dindin (300) and Junghoon (200) get to sleep inside.
Morning Mission
They fail the first mission, mostly due to Jongmin.
They ask for a second chance because they had such a meager dinner the night before. The staff agrees to let them try again without Jongmin on the condition that they not even groan.
They succeed!
Dessert Mission:
Jongmin- 59 seconds
Seyoon- 33 seconds
Junghoon- 22 seconds
Inwoo- 16 seconds
Dindin- 4 seconds
