Variety Review: Running Man Episode 632 pt. 2- 633
Guests: BE’O (singer), Jukjae (singer)
My Entertainment Score: 8 out of 10 laughs
BE’O is a natural for this show…much in the same way Kwangsoo was a natural for it. I hope he comes back again. This lost points only because a large amount of time was spent on one of those “discuss and vote_ type games and those don’t work for me. It’s sad, because this had some comedy gold moments in it.
What Happened:
Theme: End of Year Party with Stars
Opening/Guest Introductions (1:16:16 of episode 632 - 5:10 of episode 633)
All the members gather, decked out in their fancy end of year party clothes. BE’O and Jukjae are introduced.
Race Explanation/Team Formation (5:10 of episode 633- 13:10)
Team Captains were predetermined as the two guests and Haha. The captains played rock, paper, scissors to decide who would choose their teammates first. Normally, I would skip over this almost completely, but this was a particularly unexpected round of choices and it made me laugh.
BE’O: Jaesuk, Jihyo
Jukjae: Jongkook, Seokjin
Haha: Somin, Sechan
For this race, each person will a get a card, but the team’s cards as a group will determine both the winners and the number of people that will get a penalty at the end of the day. There are only two possible cards: a star card and a poop card. The team with 2 star cards and 1 poop card will win. The other teams will get the number of penalties matching the number of poop cards they have. So, 3 star cards would mean no penalties while 3 poop cards would mean 3 penalties.
There are 3 missions over the course of the day. After each mission, the winning team can exchange 2 cards with other players. Additionally, the teams will get amenities according to the number of star cards that they hold between the missions. The team with the most star cards will have a snack bar and couch inside for their waiting room. The losing team will be camping outside (remember, it’s winter…). The second place gets to be inside but without the food or couch.
Teams can win star coins in each round of each game. Those can be exchanged to check the card of a specific player before any exchange is made.
First Mission: Squats Connect 6 (my name, not theirs) (13:10- 49:00)
10 squats in 20 seconds - place 2 piece for connect 6 on go board - return in time. If not, other team can remove a piece. Substitutions allowed.
Round 1: Haha v Jukjae v BE’O (Seokjin subs in for Jukjae)
Round 2: Somin v Seokjin v Jihyo (BE’O subs in for Jihyo)
Waiting Time (32:43) This was a little like watching a sit-com.
Second Mission: All Kinds of Songs (49:00- 1:27:35)
The members listen to two songs, then they are given a question to discuss. The questions are things like “Which of these songs is the worst man to date?” or “Which song is more romantic?” The members vote after the discussion and then the staff vote. The members who match the majority of the staff’s votes get a point for their team.
This was an interesting twist on the discuss and vote game that they’ve done several times before, but I REALLY wish they’d stop doing this game. It doesn’t work for me…at all.
Waiting Time (1:23:44)
Writing Wishes (1:26:34) The members write their wishes. This is the prize for the day for the winning team.
Third Mission: Dice Throw (1:27:35- 1:34:20)
Two people from each team will get one dice throw. The team with the highest combined score wins. Easy peasy.
Final Results (1:34:20- end of episode)
Preview: JaeSanta and the 6 Rudolphs- Next week the members will have a race to buy and deliver presents to the citizens. Citizens will even get to join in on some games. Looks like fun!
!!!Spoilers!!!
**Note: The cards that the members held at the start are mostly unknown, so the exchanges are also unknown to us. Therefore, I’m not going to track the switches specifically.**
Squats Connect 6
BE’O Team: Exchanges 2 cards (if they want), 5 star coins gained.
First place for star cards and gets the best waiting room.
Haha Team: Exchanges 1 card, 3 star coins gained.
Last place for star cards and gets the camping experience.
Jukjae Team: Exchanges 1 card, 7 star coins gained.
All Kinds of Songs
Jukjae Team: Exchanges 2 cards.
Haha Team: Exchanges 1 card.
First place for star cards and gets the best waiting room.
BE’O Team: Exchanges 1 card.
Last place for star cards and gets the camping experience.
Everyone gets 5 star coins.
Dice Throw
Jukjae Team- 6 (Jukjae 1, Jongkook 5 )...Exchanges 2 cards
**Teams 2 and 3 Tied with 5 and threw once more to break the tie. They each exchange 1 card.**
Haha Team- 11 (Haha 1, Sechan 4, Somin 6)
BE’O Team- 7 (BE’O 3, Jihyo 2, Jaesuk 2)
Final Results
Haha Team: 1 star card, 2 poop cards - Must write New Year’s Cards to all the members.
BE’O Team: 3 poop cards - They get water slaps as the worst penalty possible.
Jukjae Team: 2 star cards, 1 poop card. Note: This is a winning hand, as you may recall. Weird, but winning. Their wishes will be granted.
Jukjae- For one episode, only his songs will be played…Next episode is a ballad special! Teehee.
Seokjin- MSG Wannabe to come on the show with a new song…not sure how they’ll make that happen…
Jongkook- Penalty Transfer (I assume that means he can give his penalty to another member at some point in the future.
