Variety Review: Running Man Episode 620

Sep 30

Sep 30 Variety Review: Running Man Episode 620

Guests: Choi Yeojin (actress), Ok Jaeyeon (actress), Jin Seoyeon (actress)

My Entertainment Score: 5 out of 10 laughs

This episode was VERY hit and miss for me. What I loved, I loved. What I didn’t love, I really didn’t care for. Add in my actual displeasure at the sticker results and this didn’t end up being super enjoyable for me except for the Act in the Silence game.

What Happened:

Theme: Boys vs Girls Penalty Coin Race

First Mission: Spend Wisely (start of episode 120- 17:43)

This episode did things a little differently by opening with the first mission, which was done as a sort of skit. The men were split up into two “stores” where Jihyo and Somin came in and spent extravagantly. After “returning home” their guest sisters decide to help them return some of the items. The amount of money that the men are able to keep is their allowance and the amount the ladies get back is theirs. Obviously, more is better.

Race Explanation (17:43- 19:37)

The boys are battling the girls this week. They can earn ‘penalty coins’ in each mission. The winning team can exchange the penalty coins at the end of the day for penalty stickers in the worst penalty race and give those stickers to whomever they want.

The results of the first mission are also given in this segment.

Second Mission: Game of Wits on the Bus (19:37- 29:58)

After getting a keyword, the members have to give an appropriate answer to the prompt. They can answer as soon as they have a correct response that doesn’t repeat. If two people speak at once, that’s considered a failure and loses a point. The last person also fails and loses a point for their team. As a twist, they must answer with a different number of syllables than the person before them…specifically, they must answer with one more or less syllable in this order: 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1. The team with the most points at the end wins.

Coin Division Explanation and First Round (29:58- 40:47)

After each game, both teams are given 10 coins. Each member has a ‘coin book’ where they can put the coins. They can split up the coins in any way they want. The winning team will get a chance to interrogate a couple members of the other team to figure out who the coins are hidden with. Then they can call out 2 members and steal the coins from those books. The losing team does not get to interrogate and can only choose one member to steal from.

Third Mission: Act in Silence (40:47- 1:09:12)

You guys all know Shout in Silence, right? Each person says the keyword to the next person in line until the final person guesses. This is a twist on that game. Each person in the row has a different thing they have to do. One has to say the viral line from a movie or drama. One has to act out the title. One has to act out a famous scene. One simply says the title…if they can figure it out that far down the line. I enjoyed this twist on the game a lot.

1:01:36- PPL Lunch Break before coin searches.

Final Mission: Going the Distance for the Answer (1:09:12- 1:22:22)

I’m going to think of this one as the “Soapy Mountain Quiz”. Multiple choice questions were given. Members had to go up a soapy slope to reach a platform where they could sit in the spot that was labeled with the answer they wanted to choose.

1:18:40- Coin searches

Final Results (1:22:22- end of episode)

The winning team gets the penalty stickers and distributes them….and not in a way I appreciated.

Preview: My Heart in Gangwon Race. The final chance for the members to get penalty stickers in the worst penalty race is next week. I’m sure it’s going to be a desperate battle.

!!!Spoilers!!!

Shopping Results

Girls’ Team- $358

Boys’ Team- $212

Each penalty coin is $50, so the Boys’ Team gets 4 coins and the Girls’ Team gets 7 to start.

Game of Wits

Boy Team Wins and gets 2 steal chances.