Variety Review: Running Man Episode 622
Guests: Manny Pacquiao (Boxer)
My Entertainment Score: 8 out of 10 laughs
Pretty much everything about this was entertaining in some way. I have a feeling I’ll forget half of it though.
What Happened:
Theme: Show Me the Fight Money
Seed Money Mission (start of episode- 19:42)
The members start in separate places. They are told R money is going to be very important for this mission. They can earn money by choosing one of 3 spots. The members that gather at each spot will split the value of the spot. The spots are worth either $1,000, $700, or $500
Round 2 - 10:25. After the first division, they are told they can move and earn a second amount.
Race Explanation (19:42- 20:25)
For each round, the members will turn in an entry fee for the round. It can be any amount that they want (and have). If they win the round, they will double their entry fee. If they lose, they forfeit their entry fee.
At the end of the day, they can use their winnings to buy penalty exemption tickets or a prize.
First Mission: Lucky Bowling (20:25- 31:58)
The members will wear a sangmo (traditional korean hat) that has a random item on the end of the long string. They will spin it around and try to hit the (plastic) bowling pins with whatever item they get. The items are determined by choosing at random. They have 30 seconds to knock over as many pins as possible. The top 3 scorers double their bet.
Guest Introduction (31:58- 42:40)
Pacquiao makes an entrance in a big way! He starts tearing off name tags before anything is even said. The teams are set by his choices. Jaesuk, Sechan, and Somin are one team. Seokjin, Jongkook, Haha, and Jihyo are on the other team. Pacquiao will play in the games, but not on any one team.
**Note: the entry fee system is still in effect. However, it is a TEAM entry fee. Each member of the team will pay in what they want. No matter how much they pay, they will get double the team’s total (evenly divided) if the team wins.**
Second Mission: Relay Speed English Quiz (42:40- 1:03:45)
Pacquiao is the first player for each team. They do a relay, passing along clues from one to another until the last person who guesses the item. All the clues must be given entirely in English and with no hand gestures. A member of staff joins the 3 player team.
Third Mission: Boxing! (1:03:45- 1:21:05)
The members wear padding and then a t-shirt with circles. Each circle has a point value. Pacquiao also wears one. The gloves have paint on the ends. As they spar, if they are able to put color on the circles of Pacquiao's shirt, they earn points. If Pacquiao puts color on their shirts, it counts as negative points for them. The team with the most points wins.
Round 1: Somin and Sechan v Pacquiao
Round 2: Jihyo and Seokjin v Pacquiao
Round 3: Jaesuk v Pacquiao
Round 4: Haha and Jongkook v Pacquiao. To make this fair, they went in one at a time and had to tag out.
Final Results (1:21:05- end of episode)
Penalty exemption cards and prizes cost $600. The prize is a gourmet honey set. The penalty is to stay until they split a log (with an ax as if they were getting firewood).
Preview: Seokjin…of BTS is coming! It’s a war of the Seokjin’s with very different images.
!!!Spoilers!!!
Seed Money
Round 1:
$100 Spot- Seokjin, Jaesuk, Haha, Sechan each get $25
$70 Spot- Jongkook takes all the money
$50 Spot- Jihyo and Somin each get $25
Round 2:
***In this round, several members paid others to make them leave***
$100 Spot- Seokjin, Jaesuk, Haha, Sechan, and Somin each get $20
$70 Spot- Jongkook takes all the money
$50 Spot- Jihyo takes all the money.
Jongkook $140
Jihyo $75
Jaesuk $48
Sechan $46
Haha $45
Somin $45
Seokjin $41
Lucky Bowling
Jongkook- Bets $100.
Hits 9 pins with a fan. Loses!
Jihyo- Bets $100. Loses!
Hits 0 pins with an anchovy.
Haha- Bets $50.
Hits 20 pins with a sausage. -Gets $100
Sechan- Bets $100.
Hits 5 pins with a chocolate biscuit
Seokjin- Bets $200.
Hits 14 pins with seaweed - Gets $400
Somin- Bets $300. Loses!
Hits 12 pins with a rose
Jaesuk- Bets $100.
Hits 18 pins with dried pollack. - Gets $200
Relay Speed English Quiz
Seokjin, Jongkook, Haha, Jihyo- 0 answers - lose $110. - We don’t know how much each person loses.
Jaesuk, Sechan, Somin- 1 answers - win $140 each. ($210 was submitted, so $420 is split)
Boxing
Jaesuk, Sechan, Somin- (-105) points- lose $450.
Seokjin, Jongkook, Haha, Jihyo- (-78) points- win $15 each. ($30 was submitted, so $60 is split)
Final Results
Jongkook- $1,265 He buys a penalty exemption for himself and a prize for Pacquiao.
Jihyo- $615 She buys a penalty exemption for herself.
Seokjin- $585
Jaesuk- $520
Haha- $515
Sechan- $300
Somin- $30
