Guests: Mijoo (idol of Lovelyz), Lee Youngji (singer/rapper), Lee Sangjun (comedian)
My Entertainment Score: 6 out of 10 laughs
Mijoo was wonderful (as always), but none of the games were incredible.
What Happened:
Theme: Running Man Gym
Opening/ Guest Introductions (start of episode- 15:22)
They set up the theme and are joined by the guests. Jongkook has them doing squats for being uppity.
Race Explanation (15:22- 16:50)
The nine members (including Jongkook) will play in competitions for prize money. Jongkook cannot earn any prize money from the competitions. He can only get money from the members as a ‘membership fee’ to the gym and that has to be volunteered. The member with the most prize money at the end of the day will get a prize and Jongkook can also earn a prize if he accumulates enough money.
In the show, you learn this as it comes up after the first game. After the prize money membership donation, the PD tells Jongkook the amounts that his teammates gave. Jongkook can then ask for the amount from one specific person.
As a special rule, Jongkook can, at any time, stop the members and make them train. He will be allowed to elect a captain who can help him and who will be exempt from the random training.
Captain Election (16:50- 39:37)
Each member creates an election speech. Each member gets one vote and Jongkook gets five. The elected member will get $100 as a congratulations gift.
I didn’t find this particularly funny, but I almost never do enjoy this particular humor in Running Man.
First Competition: Guess Your Ranking (39:37- 55:57)
After splitting into teams, they have to guess their own ranking in various surveys that had been conducted about them. The team with the most correct guesses wins.
Lunch (55:57- 1:00:53)
Jongkook has to give out the lunch according to his personal preference.
The captain was changed to Jaesuk.
Second Competition: Big Table Tennis (1:00:53- 1:11:38)
They start with some membership fee drama as instigated by Jaesuk as usual.
The court for the competition looks like a tennis table, but it's big enough for them all to stand on and is on the ground. They play with paddles, but a larger ball. First to seven points wins a round and there are 3 rounds. For each of the 3 rounds, the staff will draw a random rule that must be followed, such as speaking in casual language only.
Mijoo and Youngji were able to pick their teams. Youngji took Jongkook, Seokjin, Sangjun, and Somin. Mijoo took Jaesuk, Haha, Sechan, and Jihyo.
The first round was played with 2 men and 1 female on the court. The special rule was speaking in only casual language.
The second round was played with one man and 1 woman on the court. The special rule was to speak with a smile; no getting angry.
Invitation/Preview (1:25:00- end of episode)
Next week on Running Man, the National Volleyball (female) team is the guest for the show. The money from this week...I think...carries over to next week. The next two episodes both feature the team and are the same ‘race’, so I will combine them into one article.
!!!Spoilers!!!
Captain Election
Sechan is captain- $100
Guess Your Ranking
Team Green (Jongkook, Sechan, Somin, Jihyo, Youngji) win! Each member (except Jongkook) gets $200 minus whatever they choose to donate to Jongkook.
Jongkook gets $10, $10, $10, and $30 in donations. He asks about Jihyo. She gave $30.
Team Orange (Jaesuk, Haha, Seokjin, Mijoo, Sangjun) lose. Each member gets $10 minus whatever they choose to give to Jongkook.
Big Table Tennis
Round 1: Team Mijoo won.
Round 2: Team Mijoo won, which gave them best 2 out of 3 and the third round was unnecessary.
Team Youngji each got $10.
Team Mijoo each got $200 minus whatever they choose to donate to Jongkook.
Jongkook gets $10, $20, $20, $30, $30. He asks about Sechan. Sechan gave $10.
