*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: Pit-a-pat, Spring Is Here, Cont.
My Entertainment Score: 9 out 10 laughs
The game where these sweet men had to respond to dating situations in a way that made a woman’s heart flutter by itself gave this episode 8 stars for me. It may not hit every quite that way, so I’ll give it a general public 7 out 10 score. Their 3rd heart fluttering experience was less laughs and more oooohhh, aaaahhhh even from the audience perspective.
What Happened:
Third Heart Fluttering Experience (opening- 20:30)
Traveling to Destination (opening- 1:30)
A little chatting to get us in the mood.
Explanation (1:30- 4:04)
Mujinjeong is a destination that preserves the feeling of a Joseon era pond. In the spring, they do an event that is the Joseon Era’s version of fireworks, called nakhwa nori.Instead of shooting the fireworks into the sky, they made sticks with charcoal powder which they would hang over the pond. After dark, they would go around, lighting all the sticks, which gave the effect of falling flower petals in the night.
The members were invited to watch this event in person, while it has been mostly moved online. They will go into a training center and learn how to make the traditional fireworks and then attend the event.
Making Traditional Fireworks (4:04- 11:49)
The members worked hard. They were able to write down wishes to go with the nakhwa nori, as is traditional.
Watching the Nakhwa Nori (11:49- 20:30)
During the lighting process, the members talked about the wishes they had written down. Then they chatted as they watched. They are so funny.
This looked absolutely beautiful! I would adore seeing this in person. The members teared up watching and were reluctant to leave. This is on my bucket list now.
Fourth Heart Fluttering Experience:Dinner Game (20:30- 52:23)
Traveling to Basecamp (20:30- 22:16)
Even driving away, the members were bursting with affection for the nakhwa nori.
Game Explanation (22:16- 26:11)
Mountain grilled duck is on the line for dinner. In order to eat the fare, they will have to prove that they can make a woman’s heart flutter.
The members are going to get scenarios. They have to act out their response to it. 5 female staff members are watching in a tent nearby. If the member succeeds in making the women’s heart flutter, they will give him a heart...in this case, they will make a heart light turn on. The first 3 members to get all 5 lights (to give a 5 star response), will get the grilled duck.
Dinner Game (26:11- 39:33)
I was in stitches...all three times that I watched this. They were so incredibly bad at this. And then one passes and you can actually hear the women screaming from the tent nearby at the heart-fluttering answer. Get ready to cringe, folks…
Eventually, the crew had to give up on getting all 5 hearts. Each member left had to challenge the same scenario and whomever scored the most hearts would get dinner. I just...haha...is it really that hard?
Dinner (39:33- 52:23)
There were so many ingredients I didn’t recognize here. I want to try...everything. Mouth-watering segment. Don’t watch it while you’re hungry. Even the sounds of the eating made me hungry. Evil show. Grrr. haha.
The losing 3 members were given rice with lotus root. Lotus root is a local ingredient where they are.
Seyoon reweighed himself in this segment. I’ll leave the results in the spoilers section.
Fifth Heart Fluttering Experience: Indoor/Outdoor Sleeping Game (52:23- 1:07:51)
Explanation (52:23- 55:05)
The members each will choose a scratch off lottery tickets. There will be three pictures. They will sleep indoors if they find 3 houses. If even one picture is a tent, they will be sleeping outdoors.
Game (55:05- 1:05:06)
The tension was hilarious.
Nighttime (1:05:06- 1:07:51)
The members settle in and chat about the heart-fluttering day they have had.
Morning Mission (1:07:51- end of episode)
Preparations (1:07:51- 1:11:42)
The members are told the night before that they have to get themselves ready by 8am in order to meet someone special. There was a slight wardrobe issue as two of the members wore almost the exact same outfit. Care to guess who it was? The members are all ready on time and take a bus to meet the special person.
Unicorn (1:11:42- 1:15:08)
The members are taken to meet the owner of a flower farm where they are asked to promote the flowers. Because of the Covid restrictions in the company, all events had been cancelled where flowers would normally be taken/gifted or used (Eg. graduations). The owner is hoping the members can encourage people to buy some domestically grown flowers.
Promotion Planning and Filming (1:15:08- end of episode)
Preview- Wild Ginseng Expedition. I have no idea what they’re doing but they were in some kind of special outfit with headbands. I’m in.
!!!Spoilers!!!
Dinner Game
Ravi wins first.
Seonho wins second.
Jongmin barely beats out the others with 4 hearts at the end.
Seyoon weighs in at dinner and meets his goal. He only owes 3 dives now.
Sleeping Indoor/Outdoors Lottery
Ravi lost with 3 tents---Sleeping outdoors.
Seonho wins with 3 houses--Sleeping indoors.
Jongmin wins with 3 houses--Sleeping indoors.
Seyoon lost after finding 1 house--Sleeping outdoors.
Dindin lost without finding a house--Sleeping outdoors.
Junghoon won with 3 houses--Sleeping indoors.
**It was Junghoon and Seyoon that matched clothes...Married men fashion for the win!**