Variety Review: Running Man Episode 609

Guests: None

My Entertainment Score: 9 out of 10 laughs

This episode was a mess. It’s clear that these members need games to keep them occupied…and those games need rules that make sense. Luckily, they’re really amusing to watch when they’re a mess.

What Happened: 

Theme: Running Man Vacation Service

Opening/Race Explanation (start of episode- 7:45)

The staff is hosting a Running Man Vacation Service for the fans. Fans sent in suggestions or wishes that they had for the summer. The staff picked 8 and put them on a roulette. There is a food roulette prepared as well for lunch. Before each activity, they play a game to earn the chance to replace fan suggested activities with activities that they themselves want to do that day. There is also a roulette for a penalty at the end of the day. They will put the names of four members on that roulette as the day progresses.

First Mission: Chain Pictionary (7:45- 29:05)

10 questions are prepared for this game that they have been loving for the last few episodes (each draws for 3 seconds and the last has to guess the phrase). For each question they get correct, they can change one thing on the roulette, up to 5 changes.

For the record, the staff has said this will be the last time they play this game because the members cheat so bad. 

First Activity: Yu Jaesuk Show (29:05- 56:39)

Jaesuk hosts a ‘talk show’ as he’s wanted to do for years. This was one of the fan suggested activities.

This was a hilarious mess with so much less talking than any other talk show I’ve ever seen.

Lunch Mission: Read My Eyes Chain Game (56:39- 1:07:50)

The members play another chain game in order to replace some of the fan suggested food options. Again, there are 10 possible questions and they can change up to 5 slots, one for each correct answer. The first member will see the answer. They will have to pass the answer on to the next member using only their facial expressions. 

Lunch (1:07:50- 1:22:17)

This quickly…and I mean REALLY quickly, devolved into bickering, negotiations, and nonsense. 

Second Mission: Rediscover Youth (1:22:17- 1:25:55)

The members go to a water park and they are all “8 years old” friends. They have no goals except to have fun. 

**Note: the full version of their water park visit is on the Running Man Youtube channel.**

Final Results (1:25:55- end of episode)

A roulette determines a member for punishment. The punishment is to wear a Hawaiian shirt and hand out 50 fans to random citizens.

Preview: Jongkook’s House of Pain. The members head to to Jongkook’s House to do who knows what, but probably exercise. 

!!!Spoilers!!!

Chain Pictionary

They exchange 4 fan suggestion spots for their preferences.

Read My Eyes Chain Game

They exchange only 1 fan suggestion spot. They spin ramen on the roulette and then end up with like five things through…asking for them? What a generous PD.

Final Results

They spun the “no penalty” space and were allowed to go home freely.