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Running Man: Episode 206

In this DIY Cooking Battle, there are a few key ingredients one needs to survive that aren’t edible: a sprinkle of wit, a dash of creativity, topped off with teamwork. Be prepared to watch our cast eat and eat and eat their way across town that will surely make you salivate even before they make it to the arena. Then it’s time to turn up the heat on this competition as our teams think of innovative ways to spice up some familiar foods into fun and unique concoctions.

EPISODE 206. Broadcast on July 27, 2014.

As dawn breaks, two men board a bus to meet our cast, who are currently busy with today’s opening. I love how Jong-kook’s early riser habits have turned into a running joke now, as the mat-hyungs say that his mother has to stay up all night in order to prepare breakfast for him at 3 AM.

Then it’s time to greet our guests: actor Joo-won and actor/restaurateur Hong Seok-chun. Today happens to be Joo-won’s first SBS appearance ever, in terms of dramas (see: KBS’s Good Doctor, Gaksital, Ojyakko Brothers, Baker King Kim Tak-gu, and MBC’s Level 7 Civil Servant) and variety (see: KBS’s 1N2D), and Joo-won admits that he’s never stepped inside the SBS building before.

Suk-jin can’t get over how small Joo-won’s face is (he’s referring to how Joo-won’s face compares to his overall body proportions—a 1:8 head to body ratio, aka the ideal or “golden ratio,” colloquially known as 8-head proportion or pal-deungshin in Korean) which Jae-suk takes as a literal joke to point out that Joo-won’s face isn’t physically that small.

After Seok-chun’s compliments on Kwang-soo’s acting in his latest film Good Friends, Jong-kook asks who caught his eye. Seok-chun playfully answers, “Jong-kook-ie.”

(Hong Seok-chun is one of the few openly gay entertainers in the industry, being the first celebrity to reveal his sexual orientation back in 2000. In brief, his coming out stirred considerable controversy, but the celebrity has slowly rebuilt his career since then, and mostly known as a rather successful restaurateur nowadays. Longtime RM fans may recognize his face from way back in Episode 44.)

So when Seok-chun is asked if men like Jong-kook is his type, he cheekily replies that Ji-hyo is the only one who isn’t his type. Heh. He even adds a little envious question: “What are you doing here?” Ji-hyo: “I’m a [cast] member.”

As for today’s teams: Blue (Jae-suk, Kwang-soo, & Joo-won); Orange (Monday Couple & Suk-jin); and Green (Jong-kook, Haha, & Seok-chun). It’s a food-tasting race for our teams where they’ll collect puzzle pieces at various restaurants that will later prove useful for their final mission: a cooking battle.

There’s a hilarious moment in the taxi when the driver recognizes Joo-won from Gaksital, but not Kwang-soo. He stumbles, “You’re that… what, where was it…” Aww.

It’s still early when they arrive at Samchungdong, as they walk through the relatively quiet streets. Kwang-soo is happy that there’s someone younger than him today for once (he’s an 85-er and Joo-won’s a 87-er), eager to shed the maknae status today. Joo-won’s prepared and raring to go, and when he and his team run into Seok-chun & Friends, they all head to the same destination.

Inside, both teams boast about their guests to one another, and when Jong-kook reddens at the mention of how Seok-chun’s going to give him a restaurant, he admits sheepishly that he doesn’t quite know how to respond. After noting that maknae Joo-won looks young for his age, Haha points out the wrinkles on Kwang-soo’s face.

They’re told to just dig in, a completely foreign concept to former 1N2D cast member Joo-won. ‘Cause while Running Man has made the cast generally work for their food, I’ve found that they still generally get to eat more frequently than 1N2D does.

Jae-suk unintentionally flusters when Seok-chun notes that he’s got sauce on his lips, and when Kwang-soo mentions how he goes to Suk-chan’s restaurant often, Seok-chun returns: “Don’t come anymore.” Ha, I love his sharp wit.

Meanwhile, the Monday Couple and third-wheel Suk-jin are excited to eat French cuisine at a traditional hanok. In his excitement, Gary blurts, “Whelk?” Ha.

After chomping down on what looks like filet mignon, Suk-jin offers his thoughts: “French cuisine is like ‘Neener neener’! It’s so teasing!” Gary offers his insight too, which sounds like an indiscernible French(?) phrase.

Back at the burger restaurant, Joo-won admits that he’s more of a bread and noodles guy, and Kwang-soo gets immediately called out for chiming in his agreement. Our resident giraffe’s just having a tough time getting away with any sentiments today, his words met with classic reactions in a morning drama: Jae-suk’s jaw drops, juice and all, at Kwang-soo’s second attempt and slaps him for the third.

For their first game, at least one person from each team must catch the flying toast with their mouth in order to win. How simple yet difficult, and sure to be entertaining. Joo-won remarks that 1N2D should take a cue from this show. Ha.

And it’s hilarious indeed, as each toast unexpectedly hits the Blue Team in the face. Hard.

Joo-won catches his toast on his cheek on their next attempt and uses his shoulder to bite into it. I love how Seok-chun cries from the sidelines that he’s got an actor’s image to uphold, and Joo-won asks in this cutesy voice if it doesn’t count.

At the same time, Gary struggles at picking up beans with his boxing glove covered hands whereas Ji-hyo speedily transfers them from one dish to the other. So Gary folds the paper airplane, adding that the edges have to be neat, and completes it just in time. Very, very nice.

Even though Joo-won gets praised for his novel idea for tilting his head to catch the toast backwards, only to be criticized for instinctively closing his eyes. (Joo-won: “I was scared.”) No matter what position the Blue Team is in, though (including looking like girl group SES), they fail to catch any.

Kwang-soo immediately calls Seok-chun out on using his shoulder to bite into his toast: “You might as well have caught it with your hand!” Jae-suk practically chokes on his water by that remark, adding that it’s the first time he’s genuinely laughed at Kwang-soo’s jokes in this show.

It’s pretty funny watching the cast members try using their tongues to inch the bread towards their mouths, but then Jong-kook snaps one up with his teeth. What a beast. And so, the Blue Team decides to forfeit this mission for somewhere else.

Suk-jin’s the third wheel again when the Orange Team passes by a jewelry shop; Ji-hyo asks when Gary’s going to buy her that diamond he promised. Gary: “You have to promise me something for me to buy it for you.” Ji-hyo: “You have to give me a diamond in order for me to make that promise!”

They take a picture together too, which just makes Suk-jin look more like the lone third wheel he is. Hahaha, well that explains Suk-jin’s Weibo update. The Monday Couple even replicates a painting by the road.

Suk-jin shares his third-wheel woes with the Green Team at their next stop, to which Seok-chun immediately directs at Haha: “It’s driving me nuts that you keep butting in!” Hahaha, between you and Jong-kook? Seok-chun really is bringing on all the big laughs today, with yet another passive remark towards Ji-hyo: “I usually don’t like kids who look like her.”

At this restaurant, it’s the return of the Heart Rate Mission where the goal is for one person’s heartbeat to rise above 160 within 3 minutes by any means necessary. Seok-chun: “Is kissing allowed?” PD: “Whatever you like.” Oooh, this’ll be interesting.

Once the Orange Team is hooked up, the Monday Couple, who have the lowest resting heart rate, hold hands to check their fluctuating heartbeats. Gary’s increases, whereas Ji-hyo’s drops. HA.

So the Monday Couple play the Truth Game and jump right into it. Gary: “Was there ever a day that you had feelings for me?” Ji-hyo: “I did think you looked cool once.”

Then it’s time for Ji-hyo to ask, “Have you ever thought of me as a woman?” As Gary’s heart rate rises, Suk-jin butts in: “I have.” What’s funnier is how Big Nose Hyung‘s heart rate climbs faster than either Ji-hyo or Gary in this conversation.

But anywhoos, Gary admits that there was a time. Ji-hyo: “If I confessed my feelings to you then, would you have accepted them?” Gary: “I think we would’ve met like the wind.” I feel like Haha and Jong-kook in this entire exchange, as they try to suppress their own squeals, and I love how we can see Gary’s heart rate steadily rising.

Ack, I love Ji-hyo for asking about that surprise kiss when BIGBANG came to visit: “Were you really planning to do that?” Gary: “I wanted to since that morning that day. It was my heart that did it, not me.”

Then they draw their faces towards each other, and Gary keeps leaning in. So they decide to touch noses, and then Gary tilts his face ever so slightly. HEE. Even when their turn is over, Gary asks to confirm if what she said was genuine. He smiles when she says of course.

We skip ahead to when the Orange Team decides to use exercise (on Suk-jin, at that) to raise that heart rate. It works, to their delight. Gary: “If [exercise] was going to work, then why’d we talk about our love story.” Because some of us need some closure, okay?

The Green Team uses the exercise approach too, with Coach Kookie at the helm. It’s adorable how Seok-chun kicks up his legs every time, but all that hard training pays off at the end.

When Ji-hyo mentions that she’d like to be on a date, Gary chirps in: “You’re on one right now.” As they hold hands, Gary says they’ve confirmed that they have no romantic feelings for each other today. Ji-hyo admits that she finds Gary most impressive when he’s performing on stage, and he returns that she’s always pretty. Aw, they’re just sweet together.

Third Wheel Suk-jin asks if they’re finally confessing their feelings to each other after four years now, but they both dismiss the idea.

The Orange and Blue Teams bicker as soon as they run into each other again at the next restaurant. Is… the food always going to look this delicious for the rest of the episode? I can hear my stomach growling.

After they eat, the Blue Team is told about their mission: shoot down the attached noodles on someone’s face with the water gun. Immediately, Jae-suk starts sticking on noodles to Kwang-soo’s face. Ha.

Both teams agree to make it interesting and turn it into a competition with the puzzle piece on the line. After the teams place noodles on the opposing team member’s faces, the teams start firing. All the noodles appear to just slide off of Seok-chun’s face, giving his team the win.

Feeling generous, the Green Team agrees to let them try again anyway, for which the Blue Team (except Jae-suk) deeply bows in gratitude. Kwang-soo has to punch Jae-suk in the gut to get him to double over. And just to rub it in, Haha hands Kwang-soo the Green Team’s briefcase and tells him to bring it over at their next stop.

After the Orange Team completes the toaster mission, everyone receives a message about the chance to win a golden puzzle piece. The Green Team happens to be nearby with the Blue Team trailing in after them. And given how the show points out Kwang-soo’s expression, are we to assume that he swiped a puzzle piece from the Green Team’s briefcase?

So it’s only when the Blue Team claims to have three puzzle pieces (and shows off their board to prove it) does the Green Team realize that something’s amiss. Sure enough, a flashback shows that the Blue Team did steal a piece for their own.

And even though Kwang-soo sticks to his lie, Haha knows Kwang-soo’s tell: “Your mouth’s open, which means you’re lying.” All three of the Blue Team just ignore him and keep on eating. They aren’t too worried that the staff won’t step in, ether: “Jong-kook will take care of it.”

It turns out the two golden puzzle pieces are actually made of real gold, and having one will prove extremely important today. The first two teams who collectively jump rope 20 times wearing scuba fins on will win those pieces.

Jong-kook isn’t too worried about that missing puzzle piece once they’re outside, assuring his teammates that the Blue Team will find themselves piled elsewhere in the blink of an eye. Joo-won starts off well for his team, but then Kwang-soo trips up upon entrance.

While Jae-suk is busy criticizing Kwang-soo, Haha breaks into the Blue Team’s briefcase. He makes a point of returning it to them, which prompts the Blue Team to check… and find all of their puzzle pieces gone. As an extra precaution, Jong-kook carries his team’s briefcase with him, only to trip and fall upon entry.

None of the teams succeed on their first try, and now it’s back to the Blue Team. Both Joo-won and Jae-suk enter safely, so it’s up to Kwang-soo for a clear entrance. He finds his in, and the trio all jump together to be the first ones to win a golden puzzle piece. We learn that the Green Team grabs the second piece, and then it’s off to their final mission location.

Our cast will participate in a DIY fusion cuisine cooking battle today, where their ingredients will consist of instant or frozen foods. Haha: “I’m an expert at that!” The team may use one puzzle piece to exchange one item within the same box, and the two teams who won a golden piece may add one more item from any box to their list.

The five available boxes are stuffed with some random items, including ice cream and popcorn, which makes them harder to choose from. Ji-hyo complains when the other two guys on her team argue for using ice cream and chocolate (“They want to cook the ice cream!”).

Seok-chun encourages the idea: “You could boil the ice cream and make it into a soup!” Haha jokes: “Don’t tell them that!” In the end, the chocolate gets thrown into the mix.

Haha shows the most promise, seeing as we’ve seen him cook several times on this show already. With their (somewhat) random ingredients, all the teams head inside. All the teams have thirty minutes to whip up their dishes… and go!

The Orange Team chooses a fusion kebab approach with tonkatsu, shrimp, and spaghetti, slightly dipped in chocolate. It sounds okay in theory, but will the execution meet their expectations? None of them have melted chocolate before, and watching Gary dump the pieces in makes me nervous—ack, use a double boiling method!

Thank goodness Seok-chun mentions it, but Gary doesn’t know what he means: “Is that medium heat?” Maybe we should let you continue to cook your ramen with cold water, good sir.

The Green Team decides on dumplings, and with Haha’s cooking skills and Seok-chun’s restaurant experience, these two make a pretty good team. In fact, there isn’t much for Jong-kook to do but watch and do what he’s told.

While Joo-won is busy cooking dumplings, Jae-suk and Kwang-soo get the sauce going. Or more like Jae-suk concocts a sauce and only lets Kwang-soo taste it afterwards. Judging from their expressions, it must be okay.

As the Orange Team’s spaghetti kebabs start to come together, Gary wonders if they should add some rice onto it. Hahaha.

Over at the Green Team’s station, the trio is busy making meatballs wrapped in spaghetti for their fusion dumplings. Whoa, Haha grates bread through a sifter to make flaky bread crumbs. I’m so doing that. Jong-kook breaks into one of Turbo’s songs “White Love,” and Jae-suk quips, “Why didn’t you sing on X-Man when you were told to?”

Joo-won looks pensive as he contemplates what to do with the frozen chicken. When Kwang-soo asks how to cook it thoroughly, Joo-won informs him that it’s already fully-cooked. Kwang-soo: “Really? I just ate it without knowing that for thirty years.”

At the same time, the Green Team hurries to deep-fry their dumplings; problem is, they keep bursting. Uh oh.

With fifteen minutes left on the clock, the Orange Team taste-tests their chocolate- dipped kebabs. The taste? Gary: “Sweet.”

So then they decide to mix the tomato sauce with the chocolate, surprised when it gives off a whole new taste: something like-but-not-necessarily curry. Even Ji-hyo is surprised.

There’s less than five minutes left when Jae-suk pours his sauce over the cooked chicken. It rather seems like all the Blue Team has done is cook their ingredients separately, and with time winding down quickly, Jae-suk just throws everything together. And then he adds water into the mix.

Needless to say, things spiraled downward real quick at the Blue Team’s station, but… maybe it still tastes okay? Kwang-soo: “Too salty.” Never mind. And with the staff yelling at them to hurry up, they toss in a kick of sweet, because what have they got to lose now?

Then it’s time to meet our judges for this competition, who all seem to have some internet fame related to food. And then there’s Myuk PD!! We missed you! The scores will be out of five stars, and the team that gets the highest score wins.

The Orange Team presents their pork-shrimp-spaghetti kebabs with chocolate-tomato sauce first. None of the judges look particularly excited to taste this dish, but the Orange Team continues to emphasize their surprise sauce.

All of the judges seem to have trouble biting into the fried kebab, but they receive some general compliments on the sauce and dish. Then there’s Myuk PD, who gets the sauce all over him, and says, “The dish itself seems to be made for those you have a grudge against…” HA.

The Green Team is up next, and while their presentation and idea get praised, some of the judges critique the taste. Whenever a critique is made, the other two teams chime behind them all, I totally knew that! and That’s what I’m saying!

Lastly, Blue Team presents their “Instant Chicken Dumplings Fried Noodle” dish, and they play up the potentially salty taste to their advantage. And then Kwang-soo gives his New Year greetings over half a year too late.

All of the judges silently reach for their water glasses, and then one judge asks if the team made all of these ingredients separately. Why yes, they did. Kwang-soo argues that their combined dish speaks of their team unity. Ha, nice save.

Myuk PD issues the critique that their dish was the only one that tastes like instant food, which the Blue Team considers as praise: “That’s the idea of our dish!”

Jae-suk: “Instant food that masks that taste is a lie!” And even after his turn is done, Myuk PD adds, “Trying to take instant food and mask it as a real dish…” He gets his plate taken away.

Adding to the critique, another judge notes how ruining such a special ingredient like chicken wing is an insult to the chickens themselves. And another: “The best part of this judging process… was when I drank some water.”

He goes on to say that Jae-suk claimed that instant food should taste like what it is, “But I think you misunderstood.” The female judge claims that she didn’t even eat before this competition, and now she’s full from water.

She even adds that she personally likes chicken and that “chicken is good no matter what you do with it.” She needn’t say any more for us to realize that this dish is a disaster. Kwang-soo: “Why does chicken always need to taste good?” Jae-suk: “The chicken has to put in work, too!”

Despite the criticism, the Blue Team sticks with the silver lining—why, four of the judges of the same opinion right now, and that’s their doing.

How adorable—the judges will be giving their scores via star helmets that light up. The Blue Team receives two out of five stars.

The Green Team receives 4.5 out of five stars, which means the Orange Team must receive a perfect score to win. The energy rises as each star lights up above each judges’ heads: one, two, three, four stars now….

But the last star doesn’t light up, giving them four stars in total. It cracks me up how both Suk-jin and Gary keep counting out, but the score remains unchanged. Which means the Green Team wins today’s DIY battle and receive gold stars for their efforts. Now that’s a shiny win.

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Good episode

Jae Suk & Kwang Soo are made for each other, they are great together, it's pure comedy and great chemistry.

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I agree, when the two of them are together, you can be sure you are going to die of laughing :)

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I really loved the episode ;)

I have been waiting for HSC for so long to guest on the show. I was so disappointed when he was just for a few minutes in episode 44 and so, I was really satisfied. The guy is hilarious :D And he seems to be pretty close with the members which is always awesome to me.

I loved Joo Won too but is it me or he was a little bit awkward toward the end ? KS and KS talked a lot and he was a little bit in the background. I felt bad for him though. He tried his hardest in the cooking and at the end, it got wasted because of the salty taste and water LOL.

I watched the videos of the orange juice dropping and the kimchi slap but I didn't know it became that famous in Korea lol. It's seriously hilarious though.

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When Jaesuk & Kwang Soo get together in the same team, it's so hard for the third member to talk, because JS & KS are pure comedy, and Joo Won it's so timid.

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i remember episode 147 with Kim Soo Hyun with Kwang Soo And Jaesuk was great too, kwang soo wants to be close to Soo Hyun but Jaesuk was against that. really funny

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In 2D1N Joo Won is in the background almost all the time too. He doesn't have much variety skills, he's just a nice guy and that's it. So I didn't expect much from his appearance. Maybe he's very conscious of being the maknae whom should be seen and not heard.

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Thanks for the recap. :)

This episode made me so happy!! I’m really glad to see that after a few shaky episodes, RM is once again on a upwards trend. I really enjoyed this episode— once again, the guests were wonderful and had great chemistry with the cast, Hong Seok-cheon especially. Even though the premise originally seemed boring, the interactions were classic and the games were hilarious. The final game was surprisingly fun this time— SO MUCH YES from me for bringing back Myuk PD, and it was hilarious to see the entertainers attempting to cook. I so did not expect the Sukjin/Jihyo/Gary team to actually make their… chocolate meat shrimp tomato sauce kabob to work. 8’D

Running Man also gets MAJOR KUDOS from me for not shying away from the issue of Hong Seok-cheon’s sexuality. (For those of you who didn’t know, he is one of the few openly gay celebrities in Korea.) I loved that he was able to be casual and joke about it and that the producers didn’t edit it out, especially with the running joke of how “out of everyone here, Ji-hyo’s the only one who’s not my type”. I also loved that the cast automatically accepted him, and that the guys didn’t show implicit sexual orientation prejudices, as they didn’t shy away from physical interactions and joking flirting with Seok-cheon at all!

Finally, Monday Couple shippers might not be as pleased as I was, but I loved, loved, loved that the show finally acknowledged onscreen, during the heart rate game, that the Monday Couple has zero romance going on, and is simply the product of four years of friendship and camaraderie. Gary’s admission that “… our relationship would’ve ended pretty quickly, don’t you think?” was hilarious, and so was the boys being all like “dude, we know the truth, so you better tell it [about whether or not he was ever interested in Ji-hyo] or we’ll reveal everything you said”. (I mean, what do the bros do, talk about Ji-hyo in the boys club all the time? :P) I was pretty much rolling on the floor laughing watching Haha and Jong-kook get even more excited and squealy than the actual couple, and then watching them switch to forcing the oldest hyungs to work out instead (my favourite line: “why did we bother with all that mushy romance stuff when we could’ve just gone this basic way instead?!” as sukjin is flailing about doing mad pushups), to the point where producers had to stop Hong Seok-cheon early because his heart rate had reached “dangerous levels”.

SO EXCITED for next week’s episode!! Loved the trailer, and I’m super excited to have a Suk-jin themed episode again.

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I agree! Seok Chun was hilarious and Running Man deserves major props for having him on the show twice already considering how conservative Korea is. I loved the chemistry between the cast it was really nice. Also, Monday Couple acknowledging their feelings was great as well. Although I seem to have missed the part where they joke about how their relationship would have ended quickly, it was nice that they confirmed their feelings for each other. They truly care for each other and it's nice to see that they still hold feelings for each other. I was a little disappointed their heartrates didn't increase over 160 but then again trying to get it to that high without moving is pretty insane so I'm satisfied with the 120-130 :) All in all, this was a great episode that really capitalized on relationships and it was refreshing to see the show tackle this subject in stride. Monday Couple will forever be the Monday Couple. Whether romantic or not, they will always have each other to count on as well as the support of the entire cast. I look forward to seeing Seok Chun again in the future and thanks for the recap!!!

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Joo Won ♡♡

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Hong Seok Chun it's right, Kwang Soo It's a great actor, and i think this year he wins many awards, for his movie "Good Friends" and for his drama "It's Okay, That's Love".

Fighting Kwang Soo

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I truthly find this episode so hilarious n funny... I just don't get why the rating of runningman keep dropping...

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because a show named ROOMMATE its dropping the show

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nah, don't be spiteful

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Hooray for progressive attitudes from SBS recently with this episode of Running Man (with an openly-gay actor/comedian) and That's Okay, It's Love with their frank discussions of sexuality and mental illness - really impressed by them and Kwang Soo who gets to be a part of both shows!

I must say that Jong Kook's confusion about how he should react was so hilarious - I think he was blushing like when the cute female idols are on the show too!

Totally thought Jae Suk was a good cook from all his variety years, but this episode changed my opinion. His comments to the judges were so great!

It did seem like after 4 years, Monday Couple were finally confessing to each other! closure is a good thing :)

I was bummed we didn't get to see some of the footage that they showed in the previews last week - the singing game, where Joo Won and blue team get hit with frying pans on the head, etc. Sometimes the editing on this show is so frustrating - but I can imagine whittling down 12 hrs. of film (from each of the 7 members and various guests) into a 90 min. show would be very challenging.

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Oh right - I forgot about last week's previews. If you are going to show clips, have them in the actual show!!
I totally agree about their editing. Like last week they only showed about 15 seconds of the high heal race and only a few contestants.
Make it into 2 shows if it doesn't fit. Or upload the edited scenes on the web for fans to watch.

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So true! Totally forgot about the preview from last week until you brought it up; the singing game looked like a lot of fun! But yeah with a whole day's worth of footage, I'm impressed the producers can manage to condense it into 90 minute episodes at all. :P

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YJS is good at mixing up a sauce to flavor say, a stew (something he picked up from his FO days) - but he is otherwise pretty inept in the kitchen (the times when he and Daesung would end up cooking on FO was simply hilarity).

Here, YJS made the mistake of adding too much of the sauce w/o diluting it (hence, too salty) and then compounded it by adding more of it (actually, all of it).

Evidently, Kwang-soo belongs in the category of bachelors who are totally lost in the kitchen (along w/ Gary and maybe KJK - who seems to only know how to grill skinless chicken breasts).

Joo-Won seems to have some skills and Haha we know had some cooking skills before he got married.

Again, really have to wonder about Kwang-soo's common sense when he adds water at the last second to the dish; almost as bad as Chunderella washing the produce on FO w/ soap and water.

KJK - again relegated to fetchboy status in the kitchen (having been at Hyori's beck and call in FO).

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When Jae-suk was switching the puzzle pieces, his hat reads, "DO THE RIGHT THING." HA. Oh, the irony.

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Jae-suk: "We'll add this to the dish. And I guess we'll add that too. And that. Oh, who cares??"

*tosses everything in the dish*

Jae-suk: "WE ARE ONE."

I couldn't stop laughing.

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This was a great episode!:

Jae-suk was on top of his game here. Everything thing he said made me laugh. Then add Kwang-soo into the mix and it's a great variety show.

I like how they overtly welcomed Seok-chun into their TV family. They almost "over" welcomed him - but that's ok considering what he went through...

LOVED the flippers and the jump rope! Flippers always make me laugh. They should do a whole show with the flips on!

Our Joo-wonnie was as expected, polite and quiet. Does it look like his face has really filled out since his 2D1N days?

Seok-chun did a great job. He is a natural with this team, funny and good come backs. "Ji-hyo why are you here?" haha

Good job Running Men!

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I love Kwang Soo & Jae Suk together and monday couple and the hyung and his dongsaeng. but why not a bit changes in the teams.

Why not Kwang Soo & Ji Hyo
Why Not Kim Jong Kook & Jae Suk
Why Not Haha & Suk Jin Or Gary

something new

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They've done the Jae Suk Jong Kook pairing before. They paired up for the Thailand special, the ghost special with Suzy, and were paired together with Ryu Hyung Jin. Honestly, I don't really like them paired because they tend to bicker with Jong Kook assuming his "coach" personality and Jae Suk being a brat when he screws up. Haha and Sukjin frequently get paired up with Gwang Soo as part of the betrayal trio.

Honestly, I think a big part of the pairings is the need to get screen time. Jae Suk is obviously the most polished MC and pairing him with a guest is almost a given. Jong Kook also MCs a show--Real Escape or something like that--and also tends to get a lot of screen time. That's probably why they tend to get paired with the guests. Interestingly, Suk Jin doesn't pair much with the guests, despite his background as an MC. Ji Hyo and Gary both seem to be a little too passive/introverted to work well with guests--sometimes they work great and other times they kind of just don't seem to be doing anything, though maybe it's all edited out.

Before he got married, Haha frequently paired with female guests. It was part of his "player" persona. Since he got married, he has pretty much abandoned that character.

But I do agree with your suggestion to try different pairings. I for one miss the Suk Jin Jae Suk combination where Suk Jin was Jae Suk's sunflower--always looking at him. haha

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at first, i thought this was going to be one of those ho-hum episodes... but eventually i began to enjoy it. there were many funny moments and i liked the locations they used. at times, LKS almost almost seemed to function as YJS's whipping boy, if not for the fact that YJS also had his own share of misfortunes.

the cooking event cracked me up, esp. the way YJS and LKS tried to brazen out the disastrous outcome of their concoction -- i was giggling nonstop at their outrageous comments as the judges struggled to eat their food. poor Joo-won -- he could only look on helplessly as YJS and LKS made a royal mess of their dish. LOL!

re KJK's team -- it took me some time to realize that Seok-chun was gay. things only clicked into place when i noticed KJK's reaction (in fact, he wasn't really sure how to react).

as for the Monday couple (Gary)... i wish-- oh well, let's hope things will work out well for them in the end. Suk-jin's insistence for chocolate was kind of weird and funny.

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Very fun episode, though I wish the last game would have been a race rather than a cooking challenge - not only because it's been forever since we've had one - but because when one of the guests owns a restaurant, and is a chef, the winner is pretty much pre-determined from the start. Even if Jae-suk and Kwang-soo were hilarious during their chicken-defense, lol.

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LOL kang gary was saying "haute couture"

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Another fun ep - really depends on the guests and the games (helps if the games allows for ridiculousness, but more so if the games allow for banter).

Seems to me that when the RM cast make numerous remarks about a guest being so good-looking, it's never the really good-looking guests (more so for the male guests).

This ep made me recall that I 1st saw Hong Seok-chun in a MV/commercial w/ Kim Tae-hee and he really was a lot of fun (esp. his zingers at Ms. Mong - she's so easy to make fun of, like when her fellow cast members totally flustered her when Gong Hyo-jin was the guest); hope he becomes a regular guest like Ryu Seung-soo has become.

KJK really did seem like a tiger the way his jaws clamped down on the piece of toast (and Gary was more like a dog snatching the toast).

It was nice to see the Heart Rate Mission back and Ji-hyo always seems to be at the center of it.

Think that Gary has real feeling for Ji-hyo - tho not totally in the romantic way. Regardless, he's too much of a player.

In the water gun/noodle on face game - Seok-chun was smart in tilting his head downward so that the noodles would slide off his face w/ the help of gravity (something that Kwang-soo didn't pick up on).

Kwang-soo and YJS were on their game (aside from actually playing the games/competitions well) - the part when Kwang-soo punched YJS in the stomach so that he would bow deeper was the highlight for me.

Another epic moment w/ KJK and the jump rope.

The judges were pretty entertaining themselves, including Myuk PD.

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I laughed but I was hoping of more exciting episode for Joo-won especially that this is his first SBS & RM.

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Best episode I've seen in a while! that Monday couple moment was too real! I was wondering when i was going to see some monday couple love...I totally think Gary had/has genuine feeling for Ji Hyo but he thinks she's too good for him or that he's too much of a (for lack of a better term) "bad boy" for her...sighhhhh It's just the romantic in me speculating, but I think they would be great together! haha

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Quite an enjoyable episode! I really loved when the members were walking around and seemingly really enjoying each others company, it made me happy by just looking at them. I just thought the games were a bit dull but it was cancelled out by a lot of funny banters. Hopefully the next episode will be as interesting as it's preview!

Oh yeah cant Running Man please get Myuk PD back? His collar grabbing inducing comments are just hilarious!

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I guess that what Gary wanted to say when he was describing the French food was : "Haute Couture".
His way of saying it is funny and cute!

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I do hope KJK will win after this. I don't even remember when was his last solo win. It is ironic to see a him lost opportunities to win since he is the commander. I hope to can focus more to haha and jongkook bcos i think they really lack of sreentime. There are to many Monday Couple scenes, and day to day it is getting boring to see them.

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For me, the funniest parts were those parts where the Blue Team keeps crossing paths with the Green Team. Like everytime the Blue team enters, both teams will sigh and say "Ugh, it's you again."

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I died with the judging portion of the food! Blue team had all the excuses and to think that they don't even know how they made their recipe was hysterical! This was a fun one!

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