Variety Review: 2Days, 1Night, Season 4- Episode 150 pt 2- 152 Take One Away Super Luxury 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 is 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, a morning mission, and a getting off work 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, etc. Trips often cover several episodes.*
This Trip’s Theme: Take One Away Super Luxury trip
My Entertainment Score: overall 9 out 10 laughs
Episode 150 pt 2 was an 8 for me. The structure of the Take One Away trips is a little different, but I enjoy all the same. It’s particularly funny watching them be paranoid for no reason.
Episode 151 was a 10 for me. Some of the things that happened couldn’t have been scripted if they tried.
Episode 152 was a 9 for me. This was hilarious all around. I did feel slightly bad for Seyoon or it would have been a 10…I can’t explain why, but it involves kimchi.
What Happened:
Opening (47:25 of ep 150- 54:57)
The members gather in Heundae, Busan. Remember, 3 of them are in suits as a punishment from last week. Junghoon, Jongmin, and Dindin will have to wear those suits until sunset…and they gather at sunrise. Yikes! Luckily, the PD says that they will be embarking on a Super Luxury Tour for this trip.
Yacht Tour…Take One Away Agenda Revealed (54:57- 1:09:43)
The members board a private luxury yacht and begin eating a feast. They offer coffee to the 4 winners of the Omegitteok Game….but they fail to mention that the loser will get a special extra tour. Remember the Take One Away Trip of episodes 125-126. They’re at it again and the loser has to go all the way to Jeju Island to make the food, omegi tteok.
The members are provided with a schedule of the luxury tour at this point which includes when they will face ‘selective tours’...or the dreaded minus one moments. For some reason, they don’t quite understand throughout the day that they don’t have to be frightened at every moment, which I found hilarious.
***Note: I’ve decided for this episode not to keep track of the selective tours’ timestamps. I started and it was simply too messy. The member that went to make omegi tteok in particular had a bit of a wild ride.***
Ganwoljae (Korean Alps) Tour and Lunch (1:09:43 of ep. 150- 9:01 of ep. 151)
The members go for an actual sightseeing hike and have lunch.
**Note: Episode 151 begins with our omegi tteok member’s task.**
Luxury Hotel Tour (9:01 of ep 151- 43:02)
Over a VERY large dinner, the members are asked to come to a unanimous decision on various topics…until suddenly the whistle blows! One member has to go on a special tour. They have to go up a mountain to a special mountain to learn sunmudo, a traditional Korean martial art. Supposedly this is meant to help that member overcome their temper, but I think it mostly just wore him out. The views were gorgeous though! And the trainer had a wonderful sense of humor.
Space Walk Tour (43:02- 1:12:41 of ep. 151)
I WANT TO GO HERE SO BAD!!! It looks like a roller coaster, but it's a staircase that winds and twists around. It even has a loop! And it looks out over the sea!
The members on this tour have a mission to get a selfie with all the other members in it as well on different parts of the course. A success guarantees them a complete meal. Our sunmudo specialist is able to return in time for this meal…and another round of discussion topics! The whistle sounds again….who gets dragged away and why??? He ate the wrong thing and now he gets to go gather mudfish (the ingredient) in the morning…in Ulleung (a very southern island)!
Sleeping Game (1:12:14 of ep. 151- end of episode 152)
The members are told they can get a royal suite for their indoor option. Only one winner can get this. As you can imagine, the competition is fierce!
They play tug-of-water on water. Two inner tubes are tied together. The members must paddle to the side of the pool in 30 seconds. If neither reaches the wall, the member that moved farthest wins. Two teams of two face off and then the winners play against each other.
The “paddles” aren’t normal for this incredible fight either. They choose randomly from a selection of 6 terrible options: frying pans, a spoon, diving flippers, large ladles, and two others.
**There was a twist here that I will mention in the spoilers section.**
Sleeping - 30:23
Morning Missions - 47:32
One team had to watch the sunrise before they could head home, one team had a luxury photography sunrise session and breakfast, and a lonely member had to go fishing for mudfish and have breakfast before getting off work. Spoilers will make clear which team did which.
Preview (1:16:48): A new member! After Ravi’s departure to prepare for his mandatory military service(TT I miss Ravi!), we will be back up to 6 members again….Can’t wait to see how the young actor, Yoo Seonho does. (Inwoo’s debut cannot be rivaled, but I’m sure our new member will do his best.)
*****SPOILERS*****
Yacht Tour
Inwoo is sent away to make omegi tteok on Jeju Island.
Luxury Hotel Tour
Jongmin has to go lean sunmudo to release his anger.
Sky Walk Tour
Jongmin gets sent to the cruise liner to await his morning fishing trip. How does he have luck like this?
Sleeping Game
Junghoon v Dindin—-after much unsportsmanlike playing, Junghoon advances
Seyoon v Inwoo—-it was as if Inwoo was on a ride in an amusement park.
Final match: Junghoon v Seyoon—in spite of interference Seyoon takes the win.
Before he leaves for his suite experience, he is told to pick a member to accompany him. Poor Dindin is chosen to take the cruise liner with him to Ulleung overnight. There they will get a luxury photography session!
Junghoon and Inwoo sleep in a tent on the beach, watch the sunrise, and get to go home earlier than all the other members.
