Variety Review: Running Man Episode 614- 615 pt. 1

Aug 22

Aug 22 Variety Review: Running Man Episode 614- 615 pt. 1

Chelsea

Variety, Review

Guests: None

My Entertainment Score: 8 out of 10 laughs

Episode 614 was an 8 for me. I loved the idea for this race. I wish the hint games had been a little bit…more.

Episode 615 pt. 1 was an 8 for me. I really enjoyed all the games on this part. All around the episode race was good.

What Happened:

Theme: Running Tag of Tails

Opening (start of episode- 5:15)

Race Explanation (5:15- 7:50)

The members are given oversized name tags and 30 minutes to hide them ANYWHERE in Sangam-dong, a neighborhood in the Mapo District. The only rules are that it has to be in an accessible place…not behind locks, etc. As soon as they finish hiding their name tags, they can start hunting for the others’ name tags. When a nametag is found, that person becomes a ‘tail’ for the finder…so if Jihyo found Somin’s name tag, Somin is out and becomes a helper that follows Jihyo around. They continue the game until one person has all the others as tails.

There are 4 different hint game locations where the members can obtain a photo or an address hint about a chosen member’s hiding place. When a hint is obtained, the person whose name tag is at risk will be warned and they can move their name tag. They have 3 minutes from the time they grab their name tag to find a new hiding spot and they are only allowed to walk/run to a new location in that 3 minutes.

Name Tag Hunt (10:55- end of episode 614)

Explanation of the Rest of the Game (start of episode 615- 3:09)

The winner of the Tag of Tails gets an advantage for the rest of the missions.

Don’t Match the Members Mission (3:09- 16:28)

Sechan got to choose the ‘rank’ of the members. After each question, he was allowed to swap two members. The order determined how many balls they had for the chance of getting points if they got a question correct. Rank 1 would have 7 balls, rank 2 would have 6 balls and so on. When they succeed in a mission, three balls will be randomly chosen and 30 points will be given to the members whose names are chosen (60 if their name is chosen twice, 90 if they are chosen thrice). To succeed in a mission, they are given a keyword (such as capital cities). Each member writes an answer. At least 5 members must give CORRECT but DIFFERENT answers. When they fail a mission, the person in rank 1 automatically loses 50 points.

Dangerous Outlets Mission **My Name, Not Theirs** (16:28- 26:43)

Going in the order Sechan chose, each member will come and wear a low-frequency therapy cuff (electric shock). They then choose an outlet to plug it into. There are 30 outlets and 6 of them are live. If a live outlet is chosen, the member will get a shock and be out.

Marathon Quiz (26:43- 38:32)

The members split into two teams (Seokjin, Jongkook and Haha vs Jaesuk, Jihyo, Sechan, and Somin).

This is a super variation on charades. Each team will play 2 rounds (4 total). In each round, one member of the team is chosen randomly to do the marathon. For 6 minutes, the marathoner will run on a conveyor belt. Each minute, the speed increases. If the runner isn’t fast enough, they’ll fall off the back of the track into a soft foam pit, which obviously ends the round. The people giving the clues are behind the runner, so they have to look over their shoulders to see the hints. Each correctly guessed proverb is worth one point. The team with the most combined points wins.

Final Results (38:32 - 42:00 of episode 615)

The winners got a beef set or watermelons prize. The bottom two members had to find random people to do a conga line with them. They needed to form a chain of at least 7 people in order to succeed. I found this hilarious.

Preview: Guests Ha Dokwon (actor), Joo Woojae (model), Lee Yikyung (actor) join the running man cast for a Race of Groups. There will be group missions, team missions, individual missions…and above all the $ will rule. The need to have the most at the end of the day. Who will prevail?

!!!Spoilers!!!

Name Tag Hunt

**I’m going to list the order that people were captured.**

Jaesuk catches Somin.
Haha catches Jongkook.
Jaesuk catches Seokjin.
Jaesuk catches Haha…and therefore Jongkook.
Jaesuk catches Jihyo. (For the record, that means it's down to Jaesuk with everyone else and Sechan by himself.)
Sechan finds Jaesuk’s name tag!! Sechan wins!!

Points Earned in Tag Hunt

Sechan - 650 (600 for coming in 1st, 50 for getting a hint)

Jaesuk - 450 (500-100 for ranking, 50 for getting a hint)

Haha & Jihyo - 0 points

Seokjin - -20 points (-100 for ranking, 50 and 30 for getting hints)

Somin - -60 points (-100 for ranking, 40 for getting hints)

Jongkook - -100 (-100 for ranking, 0 for getting hints)

***It was -100 automatically when the name tag was found***

Don’t Match the Members Mission

Round 1- Success (Jongkook, Jihyo, Somin get 30 points each)

Round 2- Failure (Sechan loses 50 points)

Round 3- Failure (Sechan loses 50 points)