Variety Review: Running Man Episode 598

May 25

May 25 Variety Review: Running Man Episode 598

Guests: None

My Entertainment Score: 8 out of 10 laughs

I was worried by the lack of games, but the members were in very high spirits and that meant enjoyable things happened. Dance party anyone?

What Happened:

Theme: Relaxing, Everyday Life of the Running Men Trip

Opening/Race Explanation (start of episode- 14:40)

Seokjin suggested an episode where the members are allowed to simply show themselves living…no games. The staff sets that up. They are given a location with plenty of things to do and told they must do enough to fill their timeslot, otherwise the staff will make them do additional footage around their schedules in the coming weeks.

Grocery Shopping/Travel (14:40- 25:53)

The members stop on the way to their location to get snacks and things to make lunch.

Lunch and Random Play (25:53- 52:15)

After making and eating lunch, the members have a random dance and karaoke time (They make their own club, basically).

Penalty Mission Begins (52:15- 1:20:35)

Jaesuk finds a key and unlocks a hidden box with a warning on it “Do Not Open”. Because of that, there is now a penalty at the end of the day. They must find ‘penalty balls’, write down the names of people they want to get the penalty and then place it in a box at the ending bell. Only he knows about this as they go on playing randomly…foot volleyball to start. The others one by one start finding keys too. If they also open boxes, the number of penalties given will increase. RACE START!

Final Results (1:20:35- end of episode)

The penalty is to do a dunk in a nearby river.

Preview: How Much Do You Want to Spend? Money makes the world go around, right? Stay tuned for a desperate…budgeting race…I think.

!!!Spoilers!!!

Jaesuk, Sechan, Jihyo, and Seokjin open the boxes, so 4 penalties need to be given.

The number of penalty balls each person has which could be drawn are:

Jongkook - 1

Jaesuk - 1

Haha - 1

Sechan - 3

Somin - 4

Seokjin - 5