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Running Man: Episode 201

It’s another Idol Special on Running Man this week as the cast gets down and dirty to work the field and sometimes get too close for comfort with the farm animals. Given how much they spend their time in the muddy fields, you could almost could call it that instead. So will the cast give a helping hand or be too busy trying to knock their opponents down?

EPISODE 201. Broadcast on June 22, 2014.

On this sunny summer day, our fieldhands cast drives into the opening location at a snail’s pace. After taking a beat to tease one another on each other’s fashion choices (though, notably, everyone’s wearin’ a bit of denim today), they wonder about the idol tie-in to today’s theme.

I kinda love how they play along with Jo PD’s pitch that they are the top idols in on this farm and will compete against the city idols. Cue the barrage of today’s guests, introduced to the tune of Kim Gun-mo’s “Wrongful Encounter”: Minho (SHINee); Chansung (2PM); Kang Min-hyuk (CNBLUE); Sunggyu & Hoya (INFINITE); Jin-young (B1A4); and Bora (SISTAR). Phew, did I get everyone?

Oh how cute—the idols break into synchronized line dancing, but the cast can’t stand to see the young’uns ruin a pop classic and show off the actual choreography. LOL, way to date yourselves, you guys.

The cast doesn’t hesitate to tease some returning guests, like Minho’s fiery competitiveness (“He looks innocent at the opening, but he’s a force later!” “He cries when he loses!”) or the insistence that Chansung’s nose is even larger than Big Nose Hyung’s.

Then they note how Min-hyuk is comedienne Song Eun-yi’s favorite (both belong to FNC Entertainment; also, she and Jae-suk are longtime friends) as Jong-kook jokes, “She paid money to join that agency.” Min-hyuk: “How did you know that?”

Sunggyu is determined to impress today, much to the staff’s chucklings. B1A4’s Jin-young has starred in the movie Miss Granny and his bubblegum pink hair has the cast wonder what it’d be like if Gary’s hair was pink, too. As expected, Bora gets the warmest welcome as the only female guest today.

Our two “idol” teams settle for the names City Idols (Doshi Aheedol) vs. Rural Idols (Shigol Aheedol), and then Jae-suk names each cast member to each idol counterpart. Sunggyu gets offended at being the Haha of the group, to which Haha’s all, I’m gonna take care of you, so pipe down!

When Jong-kook interjects to say that comparing Hoya to himself will only upset Minho, Jae-suk returns, “Minho’s like me.” No one believes it. Hahaha. And then Jae-suk’s attempt to find a Kwang-soo counterpart ends with: “There isn’t anyone.” Aww.

Our two teams will face off in different farm games, where the winning team in each round will be given an advantage useful for their final mission. It sounds like today’s battle is a fight for pride, as the victors will be known as the nation’s idols.

Everyone is apprehensive when they arrive at the muddy field, though the RM cast is much more at home. Jae-suk: “We do this every year! Even a good kid like GD went through this!”

Thus the trash-talking begins, as Haha remarks that the muddied field newbies will be gargling muddy water today. Also, their prettified dyed hair will take a beating: “Remember how GD bleached his hair? This is how.”

Minho is the only rarin’ to go for this first game, and Sunggyu insists that he’s been exercising lately. How long? “Two… no, one month.”

Haha tries to salvage the moment by mentioning that Sunggyu’s known as a fair ping-pong player, only to be met with Sunggyu’s confused reaction. I’m confused, too—are you trying to set him up for a joke? Once Sunggyu realizes his variety hyung is trying to help him out, he quips, “You should have given me something good [to work with]!”

Back to our game: one player will hurdle over their teammates, grab the flag, and run back first to win it. Looks like long-legged Kwang-soo will go up against agile Minho, but I don’t get why swimming in the field will help our giraffe any.

As expected, Minho flies through the air at the start whereas Kwang-soo struggles over his teammates—at one point, he dives and lands headfirst into the water. Twice. Wait, thrice. Hilarious for us watching, disastrous for his team, screaming.

Thus Minho wins easily, and immediately the cast asks to change it up into a relay race instead. The staff sounds like they’re convinced, forcing Chansung to cry out: “But we WON!” Bora’s the one to voice her agreement, joking that the Rural Idols’ distressed state will give them an advantage.

So the teams line up again, and when Kwang-soo whips out his trademark vow to put his entire wealth on the line, Minho throws the words right back at him. Jae-suk: “Kwang-soo’s only got debt.” Kwang-soo: “Then I’ll give you all my debt!”

All eyes fall on Gary when Taek PD reminds them not to run without the baton, to which Gary cries, “I won’t! Am I that stupid?!”

Haha gets the lead at the start and Gary widens that gap while poor Jin-young falls and resorts to crawling behind. You’re going to have to sacrifice that hair sooner or later today! But Chansung turns the tables and Jae-suk falls several times trying to catch up.

Feeling confident, Hoya trudges down the field (to Chansung’s exasperation, ha) as Ji-hyo tries to close that gap. He finally picks up speed when Jong-kook comes marching, which means the last runners Minho and Kwang-soo run off simultaneously.

They both ’round the corner at about the same time and now it’s down to the final spurt. And by mere inches, Minho runs past the finish line. What a close race!

Remember that advantage mentioned earlier? It’s a biggie: deprive the opposing team of one member. We all know the idols are thinking of Jong-kook.

Jae-suk confronts the PDs about not informing everyone of that beforehand, but Taek PD stands firm, and so Jae-suk washes his face with muddied water in protest. Jong-kook gets dunked moments later.

At Jo PD’s suggestion to request the idols remove Ji-hyo from the roster, Jae-suk asks, “Could you take Suk-jin off instead?” Ha, since Ji-hyo’s a more formidable opponent. So true. Chansung’s getting all the one-liners today, including this retort: “Suk-jin’s our greatest fighting power.”

Willing to meet any request thrown at them, the RM cast even dunks Jong-kook into the water again on demand. So Ji-hyo is taken off the roster and Jong-kook vows that their opponents will regret making him angry.

Before their next game of last team standing on the platform, Jae-suk vows that they’ll get all the colored-hair idols into the water. For some reason, Sunggyu’s bent over playing with the water, so Chansung does the honors and pushes him in. Letting out an empty laugh, Sunggyu chirps, “If you weren’t my sunbae…” (They hug it out. Aw.)

Jin-young reluctantly accepts a 1:1 against Jong-kook, curious to see if the Tiger is truly strong in person. He slips before getting the chance to find out.

Suk-jin and Sunggyu show off their strengths before the mat-hyung makes the first move. Surprised, Sunggyu remarks, “You’re still quite vigorous!” A word choice you’d probably say to an old man.

But then Suk-jin shows just how much he’s still kickin’ it and pushes Sunggyu off the platform. There’s some more trash-talking between the teams, including the RM cast’s insistence that Kwang-soo shouldn’t be underestimated.

Our Kwang-soo may be strong, but he isn’t always the brightest—he eliminates himself by momentarily stepping off the platform. After that comes the real battle—it’s chaotic as both teams charge at one another, and Min-hyuk is the first casualty with Jin-young falling in after him.

Chansung is pinned to the platform, so when the other boys retreat, Bora’s the one to step forward and grabs Jong-kook’s hair. Owww.

Minho uses that distraction to his advantage to charge, only that results in two more eliminations. Only he and Bora are left to take on the five remaining RM cast members, and Bora latches onto Haha’s hair with her other hand. Double owwwww.

It isn’t long before she and Minho are both pushed out, however, and the Rural Idols win themselves a basket full of scrumptious goodies along with a chance coupon. Suk-jin is the only one unable to celebrate, since he’s fighting his own battle with opening a bottle.

Afterward, our happily dry City Idols are busy applying sunscreen. When Sunggyu asks Bora to put some on for him, Minho obliges his request. Ha. But then Bora offers to help anyway, and she betrays a mischievous smirk before slapping some onto his neck. Muhaha.

For their second game, our teams must complete at least three out of five mini-missions first to win. They’ll travel in groups of three and rou, and if one team succeeds at a particular station, the other must move on.

When asked how it felt to go up against Jong-kook, Jin-young answers that his informant claimed Spartakooks is much smaller in person. Kwang-soo: “That informant is definitely dead-meat if you let their name slip.” Jong-kook smiles, but he tosses back, “I’m actually quite slim!”

At one of the stations, our teams of three are tasked to decipher a word hidden in dirty pots and pans. Restricted to using traditional farming equipment to scoop water, Haha quickly discovers that more water ends up on him than the pan.

Sopping wet, Haha cries, “It hasn’t been that long since we were in the field! How many pairs of underwear did you want me to bring?!”

The City Idols are smarter about conserving water, and Haha is more spirited after finding the first couple of characters.

Meanwhile, the other City Idols foursome are tasked to name baby black goats and successfully hang nametags on them. Problem is, the goats are too shy and scamper off to hide.

Over at the field, the RM cast foursome are hard at work to collect 500g of ginseng. Jong-kook does a little math in his head, figuring that’s about two chicken breasts. Ha, he even seems happy that they’re all breaking a sweat right now.

Kwang-soo: “The world would be easier if there were servants like Jong-kook.” Ji-hyo uses her brains to put Jong-kook’s brawns to use, telling him to plow the field. Jong-kook: “Do you think of me as a cow?”

Back at the word-guessing station, the RM trio figure out their clue first (Kuala Lumpur), though Jin-young’s guess of “Hungary Buffet” made me giggle (theirs is also a capital—Budapest). With the RM trio’s success, the City Idols are forced to move on.

The City Idols foursome decide to move on as well, breathless from failing to catch up to any goats. They start digging in the ginseng field (seeing as they’re alone, I suppose this also means the RM foursome moved elsewhere, too), and it’s looking like just a grueling a task…

…until Sunggyu finds the first sprig. Oh yay! But it’s only 50g. Oh boo. Sunggyu: “We have to find ten of these!”

As for our RM trio, they let out a dejected sigh at seeing even more water. This time they must collect a kilogram of loaches. Haha says full of sarcasm: “Wow this REALLY looks like fun!” Jae-suk: “We’re the only ones here.”

Elsewhere, the City Idols trio is tasked to move seven adorable piggies to another enclosure. Chansung initially takes two, but hands one off to a frightened Jin-young, and the poor things (the pigs, not the idols) squeal for dear life.

It’s pretty hilarious how Hoya is more afraid of the piggies than they are of him. They’re adorable, just like you!

At the same time, Minho wonders if he should let his hoes direct him to find more ginseng. Ha, it actually works. While Minho discovers sprig after sprig, Min-hyuk sighs at all the potatoes he’s found. He’s like a potato fairy!

Slowly but surely, the four idols plow the field digging for ginseng… and then finally, Min-hyuk finds his first sprig. And that’s enough for them to get their first stamp.

So it turns out that the RM foursome are busy moving their own set of piggies, trying to beat the City Idols trio to the punch. Tied at five each, Chansung yells at the others to stop Kwang-soo while he tirelessly tries to scoop two more in his arms.

Unfortunately for the City Idols, however, the RM cast gets their second stamp. So the City Idols trio hurry over to the loach paddy, where Jae-suk teaches the city boys on how it’s done. Then Jin-young shamelessly takes his basket of loaches away. Hahahaha.

Even though Jae-suk brags about his loach-catching skills, he’s been at it for a while so he tells Haha to buy some fish at the local mart. Lol. And though the others come by to supposedly cheer them on, the Easy Brothers ends up nagging about their loach-catching methods instead.

Pretty soon, Jong-kook’s giving tips too, to Jae-suk’s annoyance. Jong-kook and the Easy Brothers let them carry on for a few more grueling minutes before telling them to stop… because they already completed three tasks.

Evidently, the RM foursome succeeded naming the baby goats (aw, one of them’s named “Mungji”). “It took us two minutes!” “Just use your brains.”

Having had enough of Suk-jin’s bragging, they ask how many goats the mat-hyung touched. “None.” HA.

Jin-young argues that the Running Man cast has the home advantage, which ruffles their feathers. Jae-suk: “We haven’t been here in years!” Jong-kook: “I live in an apartment!” Sure they were on Family Outing, but they live in the city too!

At Bora’s counterargument that something like dancing skills would give the idols an advantage, Jong-kook is all, I used to be a backup dancer! and even Gary shows off his moves.

The RM cast are feeling not-that-sorry about another win, to which Chansung says they can fork over their chance coupon, then. Jae-suk: “That’d be against the rules!” Min-hyuk offers to exchange it for all their potatoes, and he’s told to share them with Song Eun-yi.

I have to admit, the City Idols look pretty beat by the time they arrive at the schoolyard by sunset. Chansung swears that he’s totally alert, and Taek PD remarks how the results thus far are the worst in the show’s guest idol history.

Sunggyu says he believes that the process is more important than the results, and Jae-suk counters that neither of those aren’t that great. Here, it’s a Nametag Basketball game, where they must find basketball and make a basket in their opponent’s designated hoops in order to eliminate them. They’re also free to steal each other’s basketballs.

Both teams take on different strategies, and then they’re off! Jong-kook is busy guarding his own basketball hoop while the others struggle to find any balls. Both Chansung and Jin-young find some basketballs and zero in on Kwang-soo’s hoop.

They shoot it in anyway, resulting in Kwang-soo’s elimination. Needless to say, he ISN’T happy about it and sits alone in the elimination room, where he notes how the cameras aren’t even set up yet… and then screams where Jong-kook’s hoop is. Aww.

Chansung does a little dunk to eliminate Jae-suk. Meanwhile, Jin-young hides a basketball behind him and for a moment, it looks like Haha didn’t notice, but he does a double-take and tries to take off after him. Minho’s there to take it, however, and he runs to Jong-kook’s hoop… where Spartakooks is waiting.

And then he dunks it in. Guess Minho wasn’t kidding about being good at basketball. Soon enough, there’s four RM boys sitting in elimination and they all liken themselves to famous athletes sitting on the bench. Tall Kwang-soo gets compared to former basketball star Han Ki-bum (who stands at 205cm).

Whaddaya know—Gary discovers a basketball hidden in the sand. But Minho has spotted him from afar and calls for backup. Gary doesn’t stand a chance 3:1 and his basketball gets taken away.

Minho runs inside to eliminate Gary and Suk-jin isn’t far behind. As the only one left on her team, Ji-hyo finds the idols trying to make baskets at her hoop and makes it just in time to see herself eliminated.

Their final mission will be a relay race, but before they proceed, the teams must choose between options that could(?) be advantageous. And this relay race is no joke, given its large scale and none of these look like easy tasks, even with whatever advantages the teams chose.

For instance, the RM cast is stuck with filling a jar with a smaller hole (vs. a large one) with water while carrying the lighter rice sack. The City Idols’ choice turns out to be balancing a jar on top of a tray. Chansung’s astonished expression is priceless.

And after all these numerous tasks, including starting a fire, the final sprinter will dash to the finish line.

As everyone settles into their stations, tensions and nerves run high all-around. At the start, Suk-jin pulls ahead of Jin-young as they carry their water pails, careful not to spill too much.

Then Haha and Sunggyu hurry to fill their jars, though both have holes in them. After Haha wraps up first, Jong-kook takes off into the field and he actually struggles climbing over that massive mountain of bales.

He gets over eventually, and as Kwang-soo struggles with his rice sack, Minho goes up and over the bales in a flash. That gives Chansung a chance to catch up, but Kwang-soo succeeds and passes the baton to Ji-hyo.

…Only that baton falls back into the water when Bora tries to hold her back. What luck—momentum is in Chansung’s favor as his heavy sack rolls off and over on the first try. Bora has barely taken a step whereas Ji-hyo has reached her destination.

But Bora arrives while Jae-suk is still trying to create sparks. Both he and Min-hyuk try to get their fire going… and it’s Min-hyuk’s fire that alights first with the other not far behind. But the flames have to reach the rope above, and using some kindling, the RM cast gets there first (safely, as the captions remind us).

With that, Gary takes off and it looks like he has the clear advantage… and one of his shoes fall off. Hoya darts down as fast as he can to catch up while Gary takes off again… and then stops mere feet from the finish line to taunt Hoya, who asks that they start again together.

“Why should I?” Gary asks, as he glides past the finish line, giving the RM cast the win.

Everyone gathers together for the closing, where the victors take issue with the inference about how the young’uns don’t know how to use a flint stone: “We didn’t live in the primeval age either!”

At least the cast can boast about their prizes: gold rings and the title of National Idols.

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This batch of idols was mediocre. I bet MinHo was fuming inside. I want to see a rematch of the soccer idols from Park Ji Sung's episode in a non-soccer episode. Those idols were athletic and had solid teamwork. Plus Lee MinHyuk is very good-looking. As is Kang MinHyuk. I had hearts in my eyes the entire episode. (Actually, all MinHyuk's are, including Lee B-Bomb MinHyuk.) His frustration at finding nothing but potatoes was adorable. I knew from the beginning that fire would be the decisive round. Like how in The Amazing Race, you can lose your lead waiting for your flight to depart.

I can't believe the idols lost the piglet mission. If they had carried two pigs each, then ChanSung would have only needed to transfer one more. The Running Men made the herding sheep mission look so easy. When JinYoung targeted Kwang Soo's basketball hoop right next to ChanSung's, I said out loud, "If you accidentally shoot it in ChanSung's hoop, I'm going to have an aneurysm." Gary cracked me up with his "I got ousted by the ball I found."

I really enjoy these final missions that test their luck -- even though Running Man Team chose the big water jug, they lucked out because Idol Team chose the ball. It was like the Angel Eyes episode, but that was less fun because Running Man Team was so far ahead that Angel Eyes Team could never catch up. This time, the fire starting competition made the teams more evenly matched. I aww'ed at Jae Suk frantically screaming at his teammates to be careful around the fire.

Thanks for the recap, gummimochi!

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I agree with that this time the idols were less athletic and competitive. IMO only Minho & Chansung were giving them all. They also had to do the hardest task. Like Chansung carrying a 20kg rice bag and Minho doing most of the running.

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lol, to of them (Sunggyu and Jinyoung) is known for their nickname, Halbae.

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I feel like it's been a while since Big-Nose Hyung got a decent amount of love on Running Man! Yay for more screen time to our favorite Impala!

As always, thanks for the recap. I agreed with the Running Man team when they commented this idol batch was the most 'timid' they'd encountered in a while.

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I liked the interaction between the idols and the cast more than the actual games themselves. Running man is kind of becoming stale in that a lot of the relays and games are either repetitive or aren't compelling. The cast is what keeps me watching.

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very disappointing episode.
mediocre....no excitement.
the selection of games was poor
A complete waste of having IDOLS on the show

Poor Minho....
He should go back on Dream Team!!

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The Last Pic Is Epic, I Love All The Faces

Running Man Wins Always With People Much More Younger Than Them.

Kwang Soo Official Facebook, (finally kwang soo on Facebook)

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialLeeKwangsoo

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I think its time to change the members or end the show, the ratings drop every week, and Rommate does not help

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it's time for new ideas & new PD's, Running Man it's saved by Jae Suk & Kwang Soo right now, but they bring a really boring episodes recently, always the same games, i want the old format from episodes 50 to 130.

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Are you asking to get beaten up by the runners?? Lol. Just kidding..

I still enjoy RM though.

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hahah kwang soo in the last pic, its a mix between lee dong wook and lee min ho xddddd

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This was one of the worst idol episodes. In Korea Bora and Minho are receiving a lot of critiscm for going below the belt even in variety. Chansung was really funny but netizens are frowning at the way Bora yanked Jong Gook's hair (because he's her dae sunbae) and how Minho hit Jong Gook's eye but didnt apologize

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exactly! talk about how bora pulled kim jong kook's hairs... bloody annoying..

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Bora is soooo hot, but a bit annoying

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That's silly though. Idols can't go on a show and not be allowed to do anything because the other cast members are their sunbaes. It wouldn't make for a very interesting show if they just spent the time bowing and apologising.

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i don't think so. they're allowed to do stuff as long as it's not disrespectful.

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Those netizens must be idiots.
The hair pull was funny and it's all done as a joke. Why aren't the same netizens getting angry at jongkook for causin serious pain to Chansung with bending him that much, while he's screaming that he's not agile enough to be bent like that?

Also, im fairly certain that minho didn't realize that he had hit KJK based on both their reactions

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Thanks for the recap! :)

I actually think the games in this episode were a lot of fun. The RM crew came up with some new material, and I thought a lot of it was very interesting. I think the basketball nametag game, for example, could've been very good, although in this case the RM members were either very very unlucky or threw in the towel for that game to give the idol team a fighting chance.

I think it was just the guests that were a little disappointing this time around. Although some of the trash-talking was entertaining, they definitely didn't seem to be as competitive nor as athletic as past groups of idols and so the lack of real tension in this episode really showed. :/

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agree! useless bunch of idols.. arghhh.. was so annoyed watching the episode!

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I was thinking a similar thing too: how the idols were finding ALL the basketballs.
Either the RM were "overlooking" the balls, or PDs hid the balls as the idols were getting nearer... >(

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i read that Running Man members receive between 10.000 & 20.000 dollars per episode, too much money

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Do you mean $10? or $10,000? There's a period in the dollars amount. $10 per episode is very underpaid. $10,000 per episode isn't alot of money. Bae Yong Joon was rumored to have been paid $100,000 for his role in "The Legend". Jung Eun Ji gets paid $10,000 USD per episode for "Trot Lovers". And she isn't as popular as Song Hye Gyo, Gong Hyo Jin, etc. Imagine what those ladies get paid for their dramas. So, these RM members aren't getting "too much money" in comparison to these actresses. They're getting paid in the same amount as Eun Ji. The positive side is that RM doesn't have a set episodes whereas dramas have a limit of 16+ episodes.

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Forgot to add that it was $100,000 per episode. "The Legend" has 24 episodes = $2.4Millions!!!

And the sad part, S. Korea pay less to their actors/actresses than Mainland China. Which is why some S. Korea actors/actresses participate in Mainland China's dramas/movies. They get paid more and have better services (they get their own personal makeup artist, car, and better hotel all provided to them by the drama's company). No wonder, Chae Rim is in China. She's making more big bucks and she has found love as well.

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Running Man = 50 episodes Year x 10,000 = $500,000 year.

Trot Lovers "Eunji" = 16 episodes x 10,000 = $160,000

It's not the same a drama than variety, but it's more relaxed make a variety show and more funny, and maybe running man members get paid more than that.

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Hi there, gummimochi.

Just a quick one, the national capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur, not Lampur. ^_^

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I wonder why they didn't do the name tag ripping game. This was a young, fit group and should/could have been fairly competitive. Someone suggested they should bring the cast of Roommate to compete as a team against the RM members. Perhaps Ga Yeon could give Kookie a run for his money :)

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If they really do the name tag ripping game, the Idols Team would be crushed almost immedietly. Running Man Team’s weakest link is stronger than almost all Idols Team member, with the exception of Min Ho and Chan Sung. Ji Suk Jin beat Sung Gyu in a contest of skill and strength, and Jin Young in a contest of speed and strength.

If Roommates casts do challenged the Running Men to physical games, except for very obvious scripting and the Running Men just playing around, they didn’t have any chance to win at all. The Running Men are physically fitter and after 4 years working together, they’d bound to have a better teamwork than Roommates casts.

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I'm so glad that RM team didn't go easy on these idols. I know that the idols were joking around, but I also think that someone of them weren't taking RM team seriously. Which I think made RM step it up and showed them exactly what they had in them.

Jin Young talked a big game wanting to go up against Jong Kook, but in the end he didn't really do anything at all. Hoya when he walked through the mud relay, I just thought that was a bit cocky for a newbie on RM. Min Ho and Bora they didn't bother me too much, they were trying but some of their words were a bit much.

I appreciated the fact that Chan Sung knew exactly what they were up against and he was freaking out and doing everything he could to try to win and give his team an advantage. Min Hyuk and Sunggyu at least tried and were good natured about their inability to succeed at pretty much anything.

Suk Jin has been on such a roll lately in these last few episodes. I really like how the rest of RM team backed him after Sunggyu made a comment about him still being vigorous. And Kwang Soo during the mud relay against Min Ho at the end, I mean how often do we really see Kwang Soo that dead serious in a competition? It was just really satisfying when Gary stopped just before the finished line and danced his way to the other side.

Honestly, I didn't think any of the comments or actions of the idols were too harsh and I wouldn't mind seeing some of them on again. But it's like if your going to talk a big game at least bring something to the table, instead they just lit a fire in the RM team.

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I never did like Idols as guests. This episode was boring and I really skipped through alot of the missions. I hope the next episode will make up for this one.

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They're seriously need new ideas. They were stuck in the same concept for ages. I just realize yesterday that for a half year, they're using idols as guests (we can say that park ji-sung's is the only non-idols-episode). Since Myuk PD left this show, I felt that I missed him so much, no one will grabbed his collar anymore. I found it amazing, how's the members and the stuffs were one. Jae-suk said (in the 1st year of RM) that, " it doesn't matter about the ratings, at least we can make people laugh out loud". I found it true, once, then not anymore. The problem is their fun things comes together with their ratings, and they're pretty much suffering with low ratings, and its always decreasing every week. Please don't cast any idols anymore, more actors or gagmen please..... And they should stop roommate, what a terrible variety show, only if you still say it "variety"

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I give Chan sung credit for doing the heavy lifting for his team. i think the RM goes a little rough on him because they know he's pretty capable himself. you can also sense Minho's frustration because it's so obvious he wants to be serious about these games but somehow usually gets the short end of the stick. Bora's getting a lot of flak for her hair-pulling antic (which I think went a little too far). there is usually a very thin line between what's acceptable and what's not -- esp. if you're an idol and you're on a popular TV show; she was literally skating on thin ice there.

overall, the games could have been better. hopefully the next episodes will do something about this. i'm finding it a bit of a challenge to finish an RM episode these days.

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Actually the idols didn't choose to balance a jar on their tray, it was a ball.

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I disagree with some of the comments here (I guess that this is a case of "agree to disagree"), I did find this episode quite funny and interesting.

Since the grab-by-the-collar PD is gone and a new one has enrolled, I have found subtile changes in the format of Running Man, and IMO, for the better.
-Many viewers has many times complained that the distribution of screen-time has been uneven between the cast-members and the guest (mostly that the guest gets to have tons of screen-time, while members like Jin Suk Jin gets very few minutes on screen). These last few episode I have noticed that it has evened out quite significantly (Haha and Suk Jin have more screen-time), thus giving of a sense of balance in the show (how many times have you not wondered "wait... what is Haha doing while Ji Hyo "outs" Suk Jin"?. And I appreciate it alot, since I want every Running Man member to have a chance to shine in the show.

This episode might not have been my favorite but I still enjoyed watching it.

I think the reason why many people disliked this episode is because the past episodes with Park Ji Sung was so fun that compared to this episode it was "okay-ish". But as a whole (without stereotyping idol episode as boring (though there is some thruth to it sometimes) or comparing it to another episode) this had high points (Gwang Soo outsted way to quickly during the basketball game) and was also unpredictable (roasting chicken with fire) , which created suspense.

But to a degree I have to agree to those who said that this episode was mediocre, though there is alot of positive stuff to say about episode 201, it was not THAT unbelievable shockingly extraordinary, like the Superpower episode or the Sherlock Holms detective episode, but it was definitely not bad.

All in all, I would give this episode 7-7,5/10.

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Although these bunch of a Idols aren't competitive enough for the cast, I'm glad that they won in the basketball round.
Blank Ji hyo is sooo cute when she saw her basketball ring being played on by Hoya and Bora, then dramatically said: "You cruel ones!" HAHAHAHAHA

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Unlike some comments here I kinda enjoy this episode even tho it's not my favorite. It's quite entertaining with the witty comments. For the idols like Minho and Chansung they have been on RM several times so I guess they already knew how to deal with RM cast and the games. Hoya and Bora are quite speedy as I recall from some athletic championships. I was rooting for Rural Idol team anyway I hope they'd become much more entertaining for more episodes to come. Thx for the recap btw :)

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Bora is probably the most athletic female idol, but the games really didn't take advantage of that - which was kinda a mix of what one would see on FO or IY.

Usually, I really enjoy the eps situated in the countryside, but this ep didn't have enough humor/banter for me (needed to get a few guests with strong personas).

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I guess you haven't seen Minzy then. She's much more competitive and I much rather watch Minzy in RM.

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No, I've seen Minzy - and while Minzy is probably pretty athletic based on her dancing ability, Bora is regarded (at least for now) for being the best female idol athlete.

Tho strongest (ssireum) is probably Suzy (now that YEH's wrestling days are past her).

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well, personally, i thought this was a pretty interesting episode.
it was nice seeing Kwang Soo being serious / trying hard to win a game,

and there were other funny moments too, overall i thought it was entertaining.

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Where is jihyo???

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Whatever Happens, RM may get hurt because of the determination of other opponents, whether they lose. still they show good sportsmanship and respect others even their opponents are younger among them.
Running man still the best!
Daebakk! you're truly the "National IDOL" i agree with this!
thanks for the recap!
^_^

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oh please please please... don't ever invite BORA and Minho again, i hate Them,Bora is not competitive! she's arrogant. :(
its to good HAHA don't care about her, He just push her away after pulling His hair and Jongkook. BORA is annoying and MINHO as well. they're not good in playing variety. I thought they we're professionals but i guess they're Arrogant . Sorry to all the funs of minho and Bora , but i'm a fan of RUNNING MAN too..So you can't blame me!

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for goodness sake, it's just a show. so now you hate them? and I didn't see Minho do anything wrong -_-

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I think some people are being way too hard on the idols. I get it that sometimes they got too cocky and weren't too competitive but they weren't horrible.
Minho- he was competitive and he didn't really do anything wrong. He tried his best and didn't give up or act too cocky. He didn't underestimate RM either.
Chansung- he knew what he was up against and he knew not to underestimate running man. He took them seriously and played really well. He tried to make his team do better.
Minhyuk- he tried his best but things just didn't go his way. And it must have been a little awkward for him being around so many idol that do the same thing, sing and dance. He's a drummer, he's different, I assume that's why he didn't interact with them a lot.
Bora- she did her best to defend Chansung when RM had his in that position. He said it hurt and they didn't let him go, so of course shed try to help him. I agree she should have let go once Chansung escaped. She might have gotten very cocky but she tried and played really well. She didn't just stand there idle.
Sunggyu and Hoya- they might have been a little "useless" as some would say but I think their only fault was underestimating RM. Hoya might have taunted RM in the first game but RM did the same later on as well so it cancels out.
None of the idols were rude. I'm inlg a fan of Minho, Chansung, and Minhyuk so maybe it's because I'm a little biased, but I'm pretty sure none of the idols did anything bad other than be cocky at times.

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