Variety Review: Running Man Episode 569

Guests: Hani (idol of EXID), Yoon Siyoon (actor), Park Kiwoong (actor)


My Entertainment Score: 8 out of 10 laughs


I particularly enjoyed the first and last games, but the other two were also good. This episode is good.


What Happened


Theme: You Raise a Man Up


Opening/ Guest Introductions (start of episode- 7:32)

They start in a wedding hall and go over some recent news about members. The guests arrive and they chat with them as well.


Race Explanation (7:32- 11:28)

The 3 ladies are the captains of a team each. For each round, they will pick a male member to team up with and everyone else will be on Jaesuk’s team. For each game, 1st place will get 40 points, 2nd place will get 30 points, 3rd place will get 20 points and last place will get 10 points. The captains of the teams can distribute the points as they see fit. At the end of the day, three people will get a penalty-the two people with the lowest point total and one person that they pick.


First Teams: Hani and Siyoon, Somin and Kiwoong, Jihyo and Jongkook, Jaesuk, Haha, Seokjin, and Sechan.


First Game: Cry In Zombies (11:28- 26:19)

I loved this game. It was easily my favorite part of this episode.


The game was played in a boxing ring. One team will play scream in the silence (yelling out a description of a word or phrase to a person wearing headphones). The screaming member stayed outside the ring. 2 members of all the other teams wear eye masks and enter the ring one team at a time. Their job is to end the round by catching and forcing surrender from the member that is trying to give answers for scream in the silence. The maximum time limit for each round is 5 minutes.


24:01 First Partner Change. Jihyo keeps Jongkook. Somin trades to Siyoon. Hani accepts Kiwoong. Jaesuk trades Seokjin with Siyoon. So the teams for the second game are Jihyo and Jongkook, Somin and Seokjin, Hani and Kiwoong, Jaesuk, Siyoon, Haha, and Sechan.


Second Game:As Long As It's Not My Partner  (26:19- 43:02)

They play the Mafia game. They draw for their roles and there are only 2 mafia. After 3 rounds, if both mafia are caught, the citizens win.


Points are given individually for the game as follows:

If the mafia wins: mafia members each get 50 points and the citizens each lose 10 points unless their teammate was a mafia, in which case, they lose 30 points. For the purposes of the game, Jaesuk’s team is split into two Siyoon with Haha and Jaesuk with Sechan.


If the citizens win, the citizens get 10 points each while the mafia loses 30 points each.


In actuality, according to the rankings that the show gave, I’m not sure how these points were actually given out. The negative points made sense, but I was a little confused on the positives. Sorry, guys. I’ll leave the points in the spoilers.


Lunch (43:02- 45:41)

Lunch was given according to their current rankings, so some of them had much better meals. They were also put into 3 rooms, so they were all afforded an opportunity to strategize.


Third Game: Joint Responsibility Quiz  (45:41- 1:08:43)

They began with the team rearrangements. Jihyo takes Siyoon. Somin takes Jongkook. Hani takes Seokjin. Jaesuk trades Sechan for Jongkook. So the third game’s teams are Jihyo and Siyoon, Somin and Sechan, Hani and Seokjin, and Jaesuk, Haha, Jongkook, and Jiwoong.


Teammates will have to answer one syllable at a time. Each completed correct answer earns 10 points. Between questions, balloons get thrown in. Inside the balloons are swords for the pop-up pirate game. The team that pops the pirate gets 30 points each time. The captains are allowed to distribute all the points earned as they wish.


1:07:42- Last team change. Hani picks Jongkook. Somin picks Siyoon. Jihyo takes Sechan. Jaesuk has Haha, Kiwoong, and Seokjin.


Fourth Game: Hand Fencing on the Log (1:08:43- 1:22:16)

Members face off one on one on a padded ‘log’. With paint on their hands, they attempt to touch their opponent’s face. For each touch, they get a point. If they make the other member fall off, they get 20 points. The four man team goes against all 3 other teams. 


Final Results (1:22:16- end of show)

The penalty was to do 100 squats. 



Preview:  A whole episode based on the mafia game!? How will they pull that off?

























!!!Spoilers!!!


**I’ll put the points as they’re given in parentheses.**


Cry In Zombie

1st Place (40)- Jihyo (20) and Jongkook (20)

2nd Place (30)- Jaesuk (10) with Seokjin (4), Haha (8), and Sechan (8)

3rd Place (20)- Somin (15) and Kiwoong (5)

4th Place (10)- Hani (3) and Siyoon (7)


As Long As It’s Not My Partner

Mafia: Siyoon and Sechan are caught.


The point totals are now:

Jongkook: 80

Jihyo: 80

Somin: 15

Jaesuk:10

Haha: 8

Kiwoong: 5

Seokjin: 4

Hani: 3

Sechan: -32

Siyoon: -33


Joint Responsibility Quiz

1st Place (220)- Jaesuk (190), Kiwoong (10), Jongkook (10), Haha (10)

2nd Place (110)- Hani (90), Seokjin (20)

3rd Place (90)- Somin (58), Sechan (32)

4th Place (80)- Jihyo (40), Siyoon (40)


Hand Fencing on the Log

Jaesuk’s team gets 120 points to distribute: He gave 30 points to each person.

30 points each goes to the other 3 teams to distribute.


Somin (5), Seyoon (25)

Jihyo (0), Sechan (30) —-she was such a good partner all day!!!

Hani (15), Jongkook (15)


Final Results

  1. Jaesuk-230 (safe from penalty)

  2. Jihyo-120 (safe from penalty)

  3. Hani

  4. Jongkook 

  5. Somin

  6. Seokjin

  7. Haha

  8. Kiwoong 

  9. Seyoon-32 (penalty)

  10. Sechan-30 (penalty)


Seyoon and Sechan choose Jongkook to take the penalty with them before they learn that the penalty is squats. Hehehe.

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