Guests: None
My Entertainment Score: 8 out of 10 laughs
This episode was way funnier than I expected based on last week’s preview. That said, if you’re running short on time, you can get the most giggles out of the lunch game.
What Happened:
Theme: Prisoner’s Dilemma Race
Opening (start of episode- 6:27)
The members all get a phone (newest model) and a chat room is opened for their drive to the location. After some time, the PD in the chatroom announces that the opening talk is over and that two of the members are acting as mafia in the chatroom. Furthermore, they completed a mission during the chat. Suspicion immediately abounded.
Race Explanation (6:27- 9:38) and (17:17- 17:55)
We see the first explanation as it's given to one of the mafia before the start of the chat and the second when the PD explains the race to the whole group after the first interrogation.
Two mafia are chosen and they have to complete a mission within the chat (or game or lunch...whatever is happening at the time). When they do, they earn $300. The members vote on who they believe the mafia are. The two people chosen as mafia do not know who ELSE has been chosen as a suspect. The two suspects go into an interrogation room by themselves. The remaining members split up, choosing a suspect to interrogate.
During the interrogation, the suspect has two options: silence or confession. If both suspects are mafia and remain silent, they continue to be mafia for the next round. If only one suspect confesses, that member will get the money from that round and the suspect that remained silent will lose $1000. Additionally, new mafia will be chosen for the next round. If both suspects confess, they will both lose $500 and new mafia will be chosen for the next round.
If both suspects aren’t actually mafia, the one who isn’t obviously cannot confess, so there is no risk for the one who is mafia, but they can make the other mafia suffer a huge loss if they chose to do so.
The non-mafia members earn money in each round according to their ranking on the game. They had no chance to earn money in the first round: the chat room.
The final top 2 get a prize and the final bottom 2 get a penalty.
First Interrogation (9:38- 17:17)
The suspects: Jaesuk and Sechan.
Suspicion Discussion and Chat Room Mission Reveal (17:55- 21:31)
This is the first time they are gathered together as a whole, so they quickly begin pointing fingers and figuring out who the mafia are.
First Game: Keyword Adventurer (21:31- 39:40)
The mafia’s hidden mission is to sing or melodically speak at least 5 sentences during the course of the game.
The game itself is called Keyword Adventurer. The staff will give them two keywords and they have to choose which one they think has been searched more. Using a website, they can determine which is searched more and break it down by region in Korea. They get a point for each correct guess.
At the end of the game, the person with the most points gets $500. 2nd gets $400. 3rd gets $300. 4th gets $200. 5th gets $100. And the two with the lowest scores get nothing.
This got pretty funny as the members asked for specific keywords to vote on: such as Seokjin vs. water bottle.
Second Interrogation (39:40- 47:26)
The suspects: Jaesuk and Somin.
Lunch (47:26- 59:54)
The mafia’s ‘hidden’ mission is that one of them must be standing while the other is sitting at all times. They can switch as often as they want, but one must always be standing. They get caught sooooooooooooo hard. hahahahaha.
Third Interrogation (59:54- 1:11:38)
The suspects: Seokjin and Haha
Last Game: High Jump with Fosbury Flop (1:11:38- 1:22:11)
Starting with a very low bar, the Running Men all attempt to high jump. Highest jump wins.
They don’t tell you the mafia or the hidden mission before showing the game.
Final Interrogation (1:22:11- 1:24:23)
The suspects: Jongkook and Sechan.
Final Results (1:24:23- end of show)
Preview: Running Man gym is in a financial crisis. Coach Jongkook tries to turn it all around with the members joined by guests Mijoo (idol of Lovelyz), Lee Youngji (singer/rapper) and Lee Sangjun (comedian)?
!!!Spoilers!!!
**This would be hard to do in perfect order, so I’ll be arranging it by the mafia members and then putting the game results in their own sections, but noting where the game is played.
First 2 Mafia
Jaesuk and Somin--complete 2 hidden missions (chat room and keyword adventurer)
*1st Investigation*
Jaesuk is a suspect and remains silent.
Somin is not a suspect.
Both mafia keep their earnings and remain mafia.
$300 from singing mission in Keyword Adventurer game.
*2nd Investigation*
Jaesuk is a suspect and confesses.
Somin is a suspect and confesses.
Both mafia lose $500 and the citizens all get $200 for arresting the mafia.
New mafia are randomly chosen.
Keyword Adventurer
1st Place- Haha and Somin tie and each get $500
2nd Place- (skipped due to 1st place tie)
3rd Place- Jihyo $300
4th Place- Jongkook $200
5th Place- Sechan and Seokjin tie and each get $100
6th Place- (skipped due to 5th place tie)
7th Place- Seokjin $0
Second 2 Mafia
Seokjin and Haha--complete 1 hidden missions (lunch)
*1st Interrogation*
Seokjin is a suspect and confessed.
Haha is a suspect and remains silent.
Haha loses $1000 and Seokjin keeps his money.
New mafia are chosen randomly.
Third 2 Mafia
Jongkook and Somin--failed 1 hidden mission (high jump)
**1st (only) Interrogation**
Jongkook is a suspect and remains silent.
Somin is not a suspect.
High Jump
Jongkook and Sechan each earn $1,000 for a tied highest jump.
Final Results
1st Place- Jongkook $1600-Gets a chocolate prize.
2nd Place- Sechan $1450-Gets a chocolate prize.
5th Place- Jaesuk--Barely safe from penalty.
6th Place- Haha--Gets penalty of paying for chocolate prize
7th Place- Seokjin--Gets penalty of paying for chocolate prize.
