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Running Man: Episode 267

This week’s episode will test teamwork, trust, and telepathy among our cast members as their busy lives are put on pause for the next 24 hours. Stuck together in a collective space, they’ll need to come up with ways to pass the time. For a group of people who are known to betray, suspect, and blame one another at every turn, they’ll be forced to put their differences aside and find a way to escape… together.

EPISODE 267. Broadcast on October 4, 2015.

We open at a studio in Paju, where our cast grumbles at being told to change into one of two colors which will determine their team breakdown. Ji-hyo is the odd one out, but then the PD tells them get changed again. Annoyed, Jong-kook says he isn’t.

This time, Jae-suk is among the ones to change colors claiming that he hates Jong-kook more than this other color. But no, they’re told to get changed again and Haha realizes that the staff wants them all to be dressed in the same color.

After bickering about being mismatched again, they decide to settle it through a game of rock, paper, scissors… but can’t even decide on who should represent each color. Beige wins out over the military green, and now they’re allowed to head on inside.

It’s 11:30 AM when they enter the space filled with toys and books and a hammock. Jong-kook says it’d be so nice to add a gym here. LOL. A siren sounds just then, alerting them to a screen informing them of the 24-Hour Unanimous Race. Only after they complete three missions together will they be allowed to leave. Haha: “How did you guys know that we don’t agree on stuff!”

The main problem is Jong-kook and Jae-suk who are notorious for their constant bickering, but either they’re going to have to put their differences aside or they’ll be stuck here for a full day.

They figure it can’t be that hard since they’ve been together for over a half-decade, but we’ve seen them betray and blame each other countless times over those years as well.

Their first mission is to all pick the same color (out of two) from a box, and will only have three shots at it. Haha asks what the staff will do on the off-chance the cast blow past all three missions and they don’t have enough footage to work with.

With over an hour left in this episode, I’m pretty sure it’s safe to say that the crew had no worries. Gary suggests that the production crew put on their own nametag rippin’ game with each other. Hehe.

They all pull out their first ball… and it’s all different colors. So much for getting it on their first try. Ever the cunning one, Haha tries mouthing a color without letting go of his own. And then the PD tells them to switch boxes.

Their second attempt is a dud too… and so is the third. And if you thought they wouldn’t be punished, then you thought wrong because a group of masked superheroes come rushing inside with water guns.

Gary is the only one still relatively dry at the end of it (because he hid behind the arcade machine), and now they’re all soaked. Their next mission won’t start for another hour, and Suk-jin advises Jong-kook to steal one of the water guns next time.

The best part is that the cast can recognize the water gun crew, and vow to get them back, especially the PD leading the pack. And aww, Gary helps dry Ji-hyo off with a towel.

Barely twenty minutes have passed since they’ve been trapped in here, so Ji-hyo decides to color. Gary snuggles up next to her before doing a puzzle. He gets upset when Jae-suk steps all over the pieces while playing badminton, then eventually it’s time for their next mission.

A kind of telepathy game, all seven of them must make the same gesture. Again they only have three chances. The PD calls out “hearts” and they all make a heart gesture over their heads—except Jae-suk, who uses his thumb and index finger. He genuinely looks shocked by his own reflex.

At the “selca” prompt, they all make similar gestures, but this time it’s Haha who uses his left hand. Jong-kook gets annoyed, but then Kwang-soo points to the silhouettes just outside the door, waiting for them to screw up.

Their final prompt is “Running Man” and all of them look like in mid-run but in opposite directions. Everyone runs towards the crew, and this time, the masked Incredibles come at them with toy hammers and get in one last hit against Suk-jin before running out again.

I love how Gary tried to protect his now ruined puzzle, and Jae-suk asks Jong-kook how a brawny guy like him try and hide in the corner. But Jong-kook takes more issue with his teensy two-fingered heart, so Jae-suk vows to send him a picture every morning of him doing just that.

That game took only ten minutes, so they have to wait until the next hour hits for their following game. While the Monday Couple turn back to the puzzle, the others set up their own badminton court.

With a punishment of forehead hitting on the line, the pairs play to be the first to get to fifteen points. We check in a little later when the score is 13:12 in favor of Jae-suk and Haha.

Jae-suk gets the last two points, and Suk-jin gets in position to receive his forehead slap. And when Jae-suk delivers it, the mat hyung falls backwards. Heh. Haha wets his hand before going in to slap Kwang-soo… and you can hear the audible slap.

Eager to get a little revenge, Suk-jin suggests that they see who can kick a hackysack the most. Neither Jae-suk nor Haha agree to do a rematch spurred by emotions, and would rather keep filming interesting with other games. Kwang-soo punches them on the side, swearing and yelling at his hyungs that it’ll be fun.

The cast sit down to eat after losing yet another game, and Jong-kook remarks that because none of them have their phones, they’re spending actual quality time together. Jae-suk says he’s terrible at sit-and-do nothing style of filming, and the others worry that they won’t be able to leave within the day.

They’re still hung up on the heart and selca gestures, and Suk-jin mutters that it’s all the Infinity Challenge guys’ fault. At least stopping to eat is effective in eating up some time before their next game.

The cast is presented a chance to shave an hour off of their entrapment: get through two full rounds of the Pop-Up Pirate game. Kwang-soo volunteers to go first… and then the pirate pops up into the air. HAHAHA.

Soon it’s time for their next game, where everyone will throw their bowling balls simultaneously and try to knock out all the pins. There’s a bowling alley already waiting for them outside, as well as the group of masked Incredibles.

All of them release their balls on cue… and they get the strike. Now that they’ve scooped up their first win, they’re feeling pretty good. Turns out they don’t have to wait long for their next game to start: drop a coin into a bowl in a water tank.

It’s a simple but difficult task, and trying to throw the coin into the water only causes it to change direction in the water. Ji-hyo wonders if it’s a matter of luck, so when she tries, her coin falls gracefully into the bowl.

Jae-suk figures out a method that produces a high probability of the coin falling in (by dropping it in near the edge of the tank). They all have five attempts each, and Kwang-soo’s request of whether they can drop five coins in simultaneously gets shut down.

When it’s time, Gary succeeds on his first try. Kwang-soo keeps getting close but after three failed attempts, he’d told to take a break. Jae-suk: “How about you take a break for two weeks?”

Jae-suk’s strategy works against him when it’s his turn, prompting Suk-jin to remark, “What good is practice if you can’t do it when it’s the real thing?” Third time’s the charm, though.

Hahaha, Suk-jin’s coin falls on top of the underwater camera. He gets ushered aside, and brought back in a few tense minutes later. This time he succeeds, leaving the burden on Kwang-soo and Ji-hyo’s shoulders.

Ji-hyo succeeds on her first try, and wow look at Kwang-soo’s face turn bright red with the unbelievable pressure he’s under now. Man I so want him to succeed on the first try… and he does. Aww, what a win for the usually perpetual bad luck charm.

With sixteen hours left on the clock, the cast construct a makeshift court so that they can play jokgu. The Easy Brothers are burning to exact a little revenge and the guys split off into teams of three (Jae-suk, Jong-kook, and Haha vs. the Easy Brothers and Gary).

After a practice round, the guys start and the first point goes to Big Nose Hyung’s team. On the next serve, Suk-jin calls out for the ball, only to kick it into the net. Just as Gary asks if Suk-jin is going to go for the entertainment angle with this game, Suk-jin kicks it…

… and it lands right on top of the puzzle. Oh no! Thanks to the fumbles from the Easy Brothers, they’re losing 5:1. After Kwang-soo and Gary slip and fall like bowling pins, it’s match point in favor of Jae-suk’s team.

Suk-jin receives the ball, which he accidentally kicks up to his own face. LOL, whoops. But since the judge (Ji-hyo) says nothing, they keep playing and Jae-suk’s team gets the point.

It’s time for some forehead slap punishment, and Jae-suk goes right in for Kwang-soo’s forehead. Gary tries to appeal to Haha, who responds with a loud slap. But we’re interested in the main event: Jong-kook vs. Suk-jin.

Before Jong-kook can slap him though, Suk-jin is saved by the buzzer alerting them of their next game. Or so he thinks because he gets sat down again. To everyone’s disappointment, Jong-kook doesn’t him him very hard, but Suk-jin says it still hurts.

The group is led outside for their next mission where they must all choose the same wig. Even though they’ve agreed to go with the shortest and funniest looking one, there are still five to choose from. And all but Suk-jin and Ji-hyo choose the same one.

The masked Incredibles appear chanting that one of them step up, and that one is Suk-jin. A sports medicine physician comes to “treat” Suk-jin through acupressure, but the latter can only yelp in pain and pushes him off.

Kwang-soo switches places with Suk-jin… and then our giraffe starts writhing in pain. Jae-suk does too, and when Jong-kook gets on the ground, the others hold him down.

Back inside, Haha offers to bet to add an hour for some refreshments. Told that they can just go out and buy some later, Jae-suk reminds him of the slipup, only to be reminded of his own.

Everyone would just like to go home, and when the buzzer sounds again, they’re given the green light to go out for an hour with their phones. Which is when Haha gets scolded for trying to strike a deal with the staff in the first place.

Everyone is wary about being sent outside and with their phones, at that. They can’t shake off the feeling that something is off, and Haha thinks that if they figure it out and succeed, they might be able to go home.

Once they sit down, Kwang-soo wonders if he should buy some food at a convenience store. That kind of talk only arouses suspicion, and Kwang-soo deflects by pointing the arrow at Jae-suk. He says he feels uncomfortable, and when Jae-suk tells the other two to go elsewhere, Jong-kook asks if they’re going to have a secret meeting or something.

Once they’re back in the car, Jae-suk stops the car at a sudden realization: if they’re following this unanimous theme, they’d win by unanimously agreeing to either all separate or stay together.

At that time, the Monday Couple and Haha get back to the studio. Haha asks for some chocolate, and when the PD offers to trade for an hour, he jokingly whispers, “Sure.” When Kwang-soo calls, Haha tells him to hurry back.

Jae-suk tries yelling that they don’t have to get back, but Haha argues that the entire crew is waiting. They go ’round and ’round the same argument until they hang up on the other group, who has less than two minutes left.

In the end, they’re all gathered inside three minutes past the deadline. Cue the masked Incredibles who tie up their hairs. It turns out Jae-suk’s deduction was correct, and then he gets blamed for taking the wheel at such a crucial moment and taking the wrong turn.

It makes Haha think that Jae-suk might’ve done that on purpose, so when the next mission arrives a minute later, Jae-suk is nominated as their representative. He wears headphones while the others decide on how many jumps Jae-suk can do.

Since Jae-suk is usually quick on the uptake if he’s given a number, but if he doesn’t catch on (or pretends not to), that’ll give them more reason to suspect him. They ultimately decide on seven jumps.

Reminded that they can all go home if Jae-suk completes this mission, they toss out some hints. Unfortunately for them, the more they say, the more confusing it gets: “We’re a family!” “We’re all for one!” “We’ve been together for five years!”

Determined to clear his name, Jae-suk starts jumping. One, two, three, four, five… six, seven… and he stops. Yay!

The others let out joyful screams and rush at Jae-suk to hug him. Moved, Gary says ending the episode like this is far better than just having left earlier. They all send Jae-suk mini heart hand gestures and prod Jong-kook to do the same.

The clock stops with 13 hours and 43 minutes left, having completed today’s games even before the halfway mark. Despite all their bickering from week to week, there’s no doubt that when push comes to shove, these guys love one another… and we love them.

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I really enjoyed this episode! It's really awesome when they can put aside their paranoia (especially since they'd just suspected spies!) and still manage to be one family.

And the finger-heart, lol!

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This episode was fantastic, and the ending was surprisingly touching and got me right in the heart. It helped remind me why I keep watching this show - the wonderful cast.

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Great episode! Now I really want to see the members take on an actual escape room challenge!

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Thanks for the recaps. If it wasn't for Dramabeans, I'd have never found RM and that would have been truly tragic.

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you should watch Family Outing too then! It is the predecessor of RM and was extremely funny, had a superb cast as well and some of the cast on RM were part of the cast for FO too!
Also had the same PD and stuff.

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yes! we love you.. running man.. ^^

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I really really like this episode, thanks for the recap Gummi!

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This episode was soooo cute. One of my favorites in the 200's.

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Its been a long while since I've genuinely enjoyed a running episode, but this weeks episode was fantastic. Who wouldve thought that them being stuck in one room would make for such a good episode. Through all their bickering, you can see that they've really grown closer.

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Runningman saranghae. The casts are the reason that keep me on board for past 5 years.

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Oooh I loved this episode so so much! It seems RM is getting its groove back! :P Hope they keep coming up with awesome episodes :)

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they just had that awful Gary hidden camera last week though haha :)

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love this episode. and the monday couple moments. aawww~

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Love all the cast !! This episode made me teary.. RM saranghae =33

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I laughed so hard watching this. I wish Running Man staff team would come up with ideas like this for their hundredth episode or anniversary. Themes like this fits.

*Finger-hearts*

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It was a sweet episode. I recently gave the Pop Up Pirate game as part of a pirate themed gift; it was a big hit.

I watched the episode with the 3 actresses from "Venus Talk" where the casts fortunes were given and they had to match the best pairs. I love episodes like these.

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A fitting ending mission for RM.... Just like what gary said, it was a more meaningful closing mission than the other mission of unanimously not going back or going back by 8pm.

This just shows how close RM members are.

No guest episodes are always great!!!!

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Totally loved this epi! Didnt watch the last 2 or 3 episodes just bec hahaha will get back to it if I have the time.

This just goes to show that no guest is love hahaha

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I literally laughed with tears when Kwang Soo pop the pirate at his first try. The look on his face was genuine.

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Awww this episode *finger hearts*

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This is a fun episode. Gary is soooooo cute focusing on his puzzle.

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another fun episode

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IM CRYING WHILE WATCHING THE LAST PART....
I REALLY REALLY LOVE RUNNING MAN. IM REALLY THANKFUL TO THEM CUZ THEY GAVE ME A HAPPINESS IN MY LONELY LIFE. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS, I WILL SUPPORT AND LOVING THEM EVERYDAY EVEN I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT FOREVER .. IM THINK.. IM GONNA CRY AND CRY AND CRY... IF RM WILL GONNA END.. THEY ARE MY FAMILY NOW.. IM A RUNNER, THE ONE OF THEIR FAMILY.WE REALLY REALLY LOVE YOU RUNNING MAN FAMILY!! MORE YEARS TO COME!!

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THIS is why i haven't been able to stop watching runningman~^^ real treat coz the last few were quite disappointing. My inner runningman fan is coming back after being asleep for quite a few weeks.. LOL.

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they made YJS couple too powerful. Why? Because they could use their power as many times as they wanted to.
The others could use their power only a few times (one team could use theirs just once).

Otherwise, a very good episode and a lot like the good old episodes where teams went to do missions in different places and then got together for a nametag ripping contest!

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Also, thumbs up to Kwangsoo's hero. That guy was very good at variety!

While the other heroes seemed really uncomfortable doing silly things, kwangsoo's hero did it all and even acted things out with LKS to make it funny for the viewer.

Good job!

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I truly love episodes when it's just them.

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1) fun and funny episode, but it lacked a bit of suspense (the two together is what usually makes RM superb). But i still liked the episode!

It had great banter between them and they did their best to keep us entertained by playing many games and doing punishments between them.

2) But i did feel bad for them for the first half coz they could've stuck there for so long

3) did gary/jihyo finish their puzzle??

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That ending though! WOW! First they had that great montage of them being together for all these years, and they put on that awesome Moby song in the background. Gave me goosebumps I think.

And then when Jaesuk finishes it at seven jumps and they all scream out, stand up, celebrate and run to him to celebrate together.... WOW! The feel!

I had a big, happy smile on me when they all screamed and ran over. I rewatched the scene a few times and every time i would start smiling again. After watching this show for a few years, having seen all the episodes, they kinda feel like MY family too haha. So i was overjoyed for them and I got why they got so emotional.

This has to be one of my favorite all-time Running Man moments I think!!

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love this episode.. ;) touched to see the ending.

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its amazing how JiHyo picked the number 7...

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I thought this episode was even better than the previous one. Did Ji Hyo just sit on Kwang Soo in the hammock? Aww they are so cute.

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This has gotta be one of my favorite episodes. I can watch these guys just interact with each other all day. Love the family they have built together. That ending was so touching it made me teary eyed. So sweet! RM fighting! *finger hearts*

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