Variety Review: Running Man Episode 613

Aug 15

Aug 15 Variety Review: Running Man Episode 613

Guests: None

My Entertainment Score: 9 out of 10 laughs

I enjoyed the concept of this episode enormously. It was simple but entertaining. My only complaint is that the fairy tales weren’t covered, so I had to go on a researching detour when I got curious. I understand there are time constraints…I do, but I still wanted it.

What Happened:

Theme: Korean Fairy Tale with Corruption

Opening (start of episode- 2:10)

Race Explanation (2:10- 4:52)

The members will be different characters from traditional Korean fairy tales, with the exception of one spy. The spy must remain hidden as long as possible. They earn $10 (real cash) for every 5 minutes that they are the spy. In the meantime, the other members accrue 1 penalty ball every 30 minutes. They are offered games for hints in each fairy tale. When they feel they know who the spy is, they can ‘arrest’ them. If the spy is correctly guessed,the spy will get none of the money they earned and will have 20 penalty balls. However, if the wrong person is ‘arrested’, the spy is handed their earned cash, and the others get 3 additional penalty balls. A punishment is carried out immediately and the next fairy tale begins. This continued on until 4pm.

**Note: There isn’t much for me to write in each section for this episode. It was hilarious because of the irrational suspicion all around. They even ignored the option of a hint game more than once.**

***Note 2: The fairy tales themselves weren’t actually told or acted out in any detail, so I’m leaving it to you to seek out any that interest you.***

First Fairy Tale: Heungboojeon (4:52- 24:34)

Hint Game (14:25) One member had to guess a proverb based on a picture taken of the other 6 members 20 seconds from the time they got the clue. One correct guess earns them a hint. They have 3 tries.

Second Fairy Tale: The Sun and the Moon (24:34- 36:47)

Hint Game (26:40) This looked SOOOO hard to me. The members sat down in a row. They were given a letter. They each had to write a word that began with that letter, but each word in order had to be a smaller thing than the one before it.

Third Fairy Tale: Chunhyangjeon (36:47- 46:15)

No hint game for this one.

Lunch: PPL (46:15- 49:15)

Jongkook and Haha have competing advertising deals so they are “arrested” and taken to another room for a different lunch.

Fourth Fairy Tale: Story of the Terrapin (49:15- 1:09:00)

**The tortoise and the hare in English**

Hint Game #1 (51:00) At first they believed they needed to get a certain combined distance from the house they were in, but a twist had them blindfolded and trying to find each other (hold hands) within 2 minutes.

Hint Game #2 (1:01:10) The members are given a member’s name and an object. They have to write down what the two have in common. If 3 member’s answers match, they get the hint.

Fifth Fairy Tale: Altair and Vega (1:09:00- end of episode)

Hint Game (1:10:30) I’m going to call this one Hot Potato Charades. One member acts out a phrase for two of the other members. After the correct answer is given, the actor becomes a guesser and one of the guessers gets in line to be an actor. In other words, if they stood in a circle, the 3 closest to the camera would play the game and the circle would turn one place each time they got an answer right.

Preview: Name Tag Hide and Seek. The members have a whole neighborhood to play in. Which of them will be the cleverest?

!!!Spoilers!!!

First Fairy Tale

Hint Game: failed

Spy: Jaesuk

Arrested: Haha - Jaesuk earns $60. The members each have 3 penalty balls.

Punished: Sechan - Rice Scoop Slap (scene from the fairy tale)

Second Fairy Tale

Hint Game: failed

Spy: Seokjin

Arrested: Seokjin - no money and 20 punishment balls for him. (27 minutes, so the others have 0 penalty balls)

Punished: Seokjin - flogging, 2 strikes