Variety Review: Running Man Episode 623 - 624 pt. 1

Oct 26

Oct 26 Variety Review: Running Man Episode 623 - 624 pt. 1

Guests: None

My Entertainment Score: 9 out of 10 laughs

I really enjoyed this one. I liked the simplicity of the games and I enjoyed both the easy and difficult tour courses in each location.

What Happened:

Theme: Stop-Go Race

Race Explanation- Breakfast Game (start of episode 123- 13:40)

The members arrive and are told to choose either “Go” or “Stop” without knowing why. Those that choose “Go” must go straight to the opening location with only a gimbap for breakfast. Those who choose “Stop'' get to stop at a restaurant for a sit-down breakfast. After they eat, they gather and explain the race.

The entire race will be run in this way. The members will either choose ‘go’ or ‘stop’ for each tour course. One option will be the pleasant, easy course and one will be the difficult course. In order to make the choice less luck based, they will play a simple game before each choice. The top two members in the game will get an audio hint about the next course BUT they can only choose a hint for one choice. (In other words, they can only listen to the hint for ‘go’ if they choose the ‘go’ hint. They cannot hear both options to figure out which is the best choice.)

First Tour Course: Mountain Top Sightseeing (13:40- 19:50)

Egg Smash Game (13:40- 20:45) The members will stand in a circle around a tray of eggs. One member will spin a bottle to decide who throws eggs. When the bottle stops, the person chosen will need to throw eggs at the other members who run away (in a specific direction). If the thrower doesn’t hit anyone, they are out or anyone that gets hit is out.

This was a bit of a mess. Half the members didn’t understand the rules, which was pretty funny.

Hints, Choices, First Tour Course (20:45- 42:38)

Those who choose Go will go up the mountain themselves…hiking. Those who chose Stop will ride a monorail up the mountain.

Second Course: River Tour (42:38- 1:15:40)

Card Draw Game (42:38- ) The members each draw 2 cards. The three members with the highest total sum will get a hint.

Hints, Choices, Location Change (45:53- 56:45) The members that choose Go, they will go white water rafting! Those who choose Stop get to take a motorized boat tour.

Tour Courses (56:45- 1:15:40) This was easily my favorite part of the trip.

Third Course: Lunch (1:15:40 of episode 623- 5:38 of episode 624)

The members that got the hint were determined by putting a photo from one of the first two courses into a program that determines the ‘happiness’ of the person. They are ranked by % happiness. The two happiest members get a hint.

Lunch (start of episode 624- 5:38) The “Stop” members get a full lunch with grilled meat. The “Go” members go on a temporary diet. Their meal is rice, laver and sauce.

Final Course: Flower Farm Tour (5:38 of episode 624- 14:30)

No hints are given for this one. They must intuitively choose between Go and Stop. I’ll put the ‘correct’ answer in the spoilers section…

Flower Farm (11:38- 14:30)

Preview: How’s the Food Out There? The members are going to have to ALL answer quiz questions correctly in order to get the delicious foods they can smell being prepared outside their doors. …And it looks like they might starve a bit. Empty-heads UNITE!

!!!Spoilers!!!

Breakfast Game

**Go is the preferred choice**

Sechan- Go

Somin- Stop

Jaesuk- Go

Haha- Go

Jongkook- Stop

Seokjin- Go

Jihyo- Stop

First Course

Egg Smash Winners: Haha and Sechan.

**At this point, the winners of every game decide to each choose different listening options and share what they hear for a better chance of getting the nice experience.**

Seokjin- Go

Jaesuk- Go

Jongkook- Stop

Haha- Stop

Jihyo- Stop

Sechan- Stop

Somin- Stop

Second Course

Card Sum Winners: Seokjin, Jongkook, and Somin get to listen to hints.

Seokjin- Go

Jaesuk- Go

Jongkook- Stop