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Running Man: Episode 284

In this second installment of the annual Park Ji-sung special, our cast and guests are dropped into a period drama, working in secret in Shanghai for the independence movement. As they collect funds for the war effort, they’ll soon find out that not everyone can be trusted. So it’ll be up to them to protect one of their own and figure out who has betrayed them all.

EPISODE 284. Broadcast on January 31, 2016.

We’re transported to 1926 Shanghai, where a courier in the independence army faces treacherous obstacles transporting war funds. He fights off imperial officers at every turn and keeps running with the suitcase.

He reaches a dead end and soon finds himself surrounded. He’s outnumbered, and the officers beat him with their sticks. Hope looks bleak… and that’s when his comrades burst onto the scene. Ohhh yeahhh, blast that Gaksital theme song!

The group escapes into the street, but they’re surrounded by even more officers. Though they fight as they might, one by one they’re all arrested. We’re told that even if the imperial officers have seized this suitcase, there are still five more waiting to be found…

A few months later, we’re introduced to ten individuals, including three of our guests from last week: Jung Dae-sae, Ji So-yun, and Park Ji-sung. A secret message informs them that K has been apprehended—it is up to them to collect the other war funds and rescue J.

The crew gathers at the branch office, where Leader Go (aka lovable Maknae FD) breaks down their mission for them: Earn money by playing the games, then buy intel from informants wearing a red scarf, who will return their passphrase of “I love you” with a finger heart. Jae-suk: “But that’s my thing!”

Acquiring intel will cost them three won each, and a translation—given to them by those holding a red umbrella—will cost them one won each time. Jae-suk takes issue with spending money to find hidden funds.

Still, the objective is to rescue J and transport him (or her?) to their headquarters in Manchuria, no matter what. That has Jae-suk point out that someone might lose their life for the greater cause, which Jong-kook says that happens all the time with them anyway.

With that, the secret society squad heads out (to the tune of the Prince of Persia) and marvels at the sights and sounds of the crowded Nanjing Road. Jae-suk’s VJ Kwon-ryul cracks up when he likens himself to Ha Jung-woo’s oh-so-cool character in the movie Assassination.

Meanwhile, Jong-kook and Kwang-soo read a mission scroll with the instructions for Wasabi Dumpling Roulette: eating dumplings in earn, the one who gets the wasabi dumpling is the loser.

Kwang-soo goes first and he thinks he’s okay… until the pungent wasabi hits him soon afterwards. HA. And if you thought that there’s no way that could happen to him twice in a row—well, you’d be wrong, because it does. LOL, Kwang-soo.

Captain Park discovers another stall which houses another mission: throw a ball up into the air, spin three times, and catch it with the racquet. So Ji-sung throws, spins… and fails. On his second attempt, the ball falls way behind him, and in his dizzied state, he asks, “Where’d it go?!”

Elsewhere, Haha and Dae-sae are in the middle of a tug of war battle to see who can ring the bell on their side first. As expected, Dae-sae drags Haha towards him and waits a minute before ringing the bell.

Then it’s Jae-suk and Suk-jin’s turn, and the latter gets close until he’s dragged backwards. All of the winners pick up three won each, and Suk-jin accidentally helps Kwang-soo get the right answer at one of the stalls.

Jae-suk, Suk-jin, Haha, and Ji-sung become spectators to a mask-changing performer who changes masks, removes them, and seemingly puts one back on in a blink of an eye. Jae-suk isn’t too upset when he’s told he can’t participate for joining in mid-performance, calling himself the gangster with broad shoulders.

So the three are asked about when the mask with two halves appeared. Ji-sung and Haha both get it right—it turns out Ji-sung was using his noggin’ too, having paid attention to the performer’s hand gestures and counting the changes.

A little later, both Jong-kook and Ji-sung approach people with red scarves with the passphrase… and receive finger hearts. Both pay for the intel, written in Chinese characters. Ji-sung recognizes the characters “man” in his hint, and happens to run into Suk-jin paying off someone to translate his hint (“small eyes”).

Seeing Ji-sung gives Suk-jin pause, but we see that “a man with small eyes” could also apply to several people. Ji-hyo takes a cab around town and she invites Jae-suk to play a game with her.

She assures him that there will be no betrayal here since she’s in desperate need of money. They both chase the one date around the table with their extra-long chopsticks. Reminding her that he never promised to lose to her, Jae-suk grabs the date and eats it.

Both Kwang-soo and Jae-suk approach an informant at the same time. Jae-suk is a hair ahead of him, and he too learns of the “small eyes” hint. He needs more clues, which is a perfect segue to Dae-sae, who is apparently working his butt of getting coins and gaining more hints.

Cut to: Gary, who can’t get a single thing right. He calls out to So-yun to play the Wasabi Dumpling Roulette with him, and Imma be honest—if he gets that wasabi dumpling, I’m going to laugh.

They both successfully eat two each, and now it’s a 50:50 chance. So-yun gets the wasabi one and Gary picks up his first set of coins. The other members quickly try to rack up those coins to get even more intel, and soon they’re called in for an emergency meeting.

Just then, imperial officers appear and they all try to act natural. It’s a public announcement: Shanghai citizens must report if they see any independence army members. Anyone who does not have proper identification will be assumed to be a rebel and arrested.

Leader Go explains that the enemy must’ve caught on to their activities and will perform random inspections. Thankfully, there’s a place where the secret squad members can get forged identification documents. Jae-suk: “You’re making us spend money again!”

Doing so will cost them a hefty five won, and if that weren’t bad enough, there’s a moving jail roaming the streets. Haha and Dae-sae abandon their plan to act natural when a group of officers approach, and So-hyun plays that tug of war game against Ji-sung.

To think, two professional-level soccer players on all fours to try and ring a bell on opposite sides. Ji-sung acknowledges that So-yun is surprisingly strong, so it’s a tough win for him. He gives her a won for her efforts.

So-yun adorably tries her hand at pickpocketing, attempting to swipe Jae-suk’s money when he tries to steal Ji-hyo’s. “I learned it from you,” she says.

Gary runs inside the office to buy his identification, and so does Jong-kook. Jae-suk makes fun of his name (Jin Zhong Guo), though: “Why is it jjin (steamed) Jong Kook? Sahl-meun (boiled) is so much better!” Jong-kook gets some petty revenge a few seconds later with Jae-suk’s name (Liu Zai Xi): “Yoo Ja-shik (child)?”

Jae-suk can barely put up with Jong-kook today either—as soon as Jong-kook says he doesn’t know what to do now, Jae-suk is all, “Just play along! Run around! What is this show all about?!”

Still, Jong-kook can’t shake off the feeling that something is off. Once he finds out that Kwang-soo doesn’t have any identification on him, he deliberately tries to grab the officers’ attention. When Jong-kook won’t quiet down, Kwang-soo swoops in as if to cover Jong-kook’s mouth with his.

It’s a close call for Ji-hyo, who thankfully has identification to show an imperial officer. She also adds that she’s seeing someone on Mondays. Monday Couple ftw!

Meanwhile at the branch office, Leader Go receives a message that there is a spy among the ten secret society members. That spy’s name contains “J” and “S”, which could be one of at least five possibilities. Leader Go crumples up the note in anger.

Leader Go pulls Jae-suk and Suk-jin aside to inform them about the spy, and the latter immediately confronts Ji-sung about it. All those with “J” and “S” in their names stake their innocence, but what’s definite is that neither Gary nor Haha is a spy.

Neither are Jong-kook and Kwang-soo by that count, and when Suk-jin suspects Dae-sae, Jong-kook sets him straight: Dae-sae is likely to be the J they need to save whereas Ji-sung is probably the spy.

While that’s going on, Jae-suk receives a valuable hint: a map. He has another clue as well, and he uses it to track down where the suitcase is hidden. Indeed, that’s where the case is located and it’s full of coins.

Ji-sung finds one with the help of a map too, but what he doesn’t understand is why the spy hasn’t done anything to intervene yet. Whoever it is, they should’ve eliminated someone by now. Caption: Could it be that they are waiting until all five suitcases are found?

Haha pulls Kwang-soo aside to point out that the definite Not Js and Not Spies need to stick together. The message Gary has found reads that they must collect all the money and meet at the bridge to cross over to Manchuria at the appointed time.

When Haha, Kwang-soo, Gary, and Jong-kook try to cross over a bridge at the edge of town, they’re immediately turned away. Deciding that they need more intel, they squeeze every last coin from So-yun’s pocket to buy more intel—if she isn’t a spy, she’ll help them out.

Their hint reveals that J’s wife has worked at a broadcasting station before, which dwindles the possibility down to either Ji-sung or Jae-suk. Suk-jin’s wife was once a coordi as well, Haha adds.

Elsewhere, Ji-sung is still trying to figure out who the spy is and what the objective might be: Could the spy be after J? Suk-jin gets suspicious when he sees Jae-suk with a suitcase in hand. Suk-jin believes that Ji-sung and Dae-sae are either the spy or J, and is it just me or is Jae-suk looking a little too agreeable?

Suk-jin says they should just get rid of Jong-kook, a task which Jae-suk points out, would only invite suspicion towards them. Suk-jin says they can just act like spies, and Jae-suk is totally onboard with the idea.

Their first objective will be to target the definite Not Spies, and when they approach Jong-kook, the latter greets Jae-suk as J. Jae-suk gets offended and afraid when Jong-kook stands beside him to compare how small each other’s eyes are, and he’s flabbergasted when everyone believes him to be J.

When Dae-sae joins them, Jong-kook doesn’t consider him a spy because he’s so open about his clues. The next clue states that J is proficient running on grass. That makes them think it might be a professional soccer player. Ji-sung?

But then there’s Grasshopper aka Jae-suk and the Impala (Suk-jin) can also run on grass. Jae-suk and Suk-jin slip away, having decided that they must protect themselves. Anything that he does rouses suspicion with Jong-kook, so it’s always a lose-lose situation with that guy.

The mat hyungs decide to start the hunt, starting with the Giraffe, Kwang-soo. It’s a pretty easy kill, and Kwang-soo puts up a fight once he hears that neither hyung were spies. The hyungs move on to Dae-sae and try to talk him up to find an opportune moment.

Suk-jin just goes for it, and he and Jae-suk immediately flee the scene. We see that Jong-kook and So-yun have found the last two suitcases, and Ji-sung insists that he’s not a spy.

His proclamation does little to put everyone else’s minds at ease, and then Haha calls a time-out. He has a proposition: he and Gary will care for the five suitcases since neither of them are J or the spy.

When Jae-suk tells them to later inform them which car that money will be in, Ji-sung immediately gets suspicious. “Why would you ask that?”

As Jong-kook and his boys walk away with the suitcases, they’re still wary about Ji-sung. Speaking of whom, Ji-sung doesn’t get why people are suspecting him, telling Ji-hyo that he hasn’t even seen Dae-sae or Kwang-soo all day.

Now that he’s alone, Jae-suk says that he must finish them all. Hmm.

A little later, Suk-jin whispers that he believes Jae-suk to be J. When Ji-sung approaches Jong-kook, he’s told about the theory that he’s either J or the spy. No one knows who J is and they’re all out of clues now, so when Jae-suk joins the party, Jong-kook suggests that they put an end to this: if the spy eliminates J, that’s the end of the game anyway.

And then right on cue, Suk-jin appears out of seemingly nowhere. But as soon as suspicion falls on him, Suk-jin makes a run for it. As So-yun runs after him, Ji-sung remarks that he feels bad for Suk-jin.

Jong-kook prattles on about why he doesn’t suspect Jae-suk… but that’s when Jae-suk pounces on him. In the end, Jong-kook is eliminated, because Jae-suk was the spy all along.

He narrates that a spy must always make sure that he is seen—that way no one will suspect him. His plan was to eliminate all the Not Spies, and then pretended that Suk-jin was a genius when he came up with the same suggestion.

So that’s how Jae-suk got a free accomplice, and now it’s just a matter of figuring out who J is. Is it Ji-sung or Suk-jin? Suk-jin had been operating under the belief that he’d been helping J, and now he’s under fire for possibly being the spy.

So-yun is convinced that Suk-jin is the spy since he tries to rip off her nametag. Caption: I may not be a spy, but I do enjoy the nametag hunt. When Jae-suk and Ji-sung join them, they all acknowledge that any one of them could be the spy.

Jae-suk suggests that they all go their separate ways and figures he can’t eliminate Suk-jin lest people suspect him. He does run into Ji-hyo, who asks if he’s here to rip off her nametag. Did he eliminate Kwang-soo and the other too?

He doesn’t deny it, and that’s when Suk-jin appears to help tear off Ji-hyo’s nametag. Jae-suk moves on to So-yun and readily admits to being a spy, much to her surprise. He dares her to try and rip off his nametag then—she’ll just have to take responsibility if he turns out to be J.

They walk towards a stall together, and when So-yun points out that he gave the informant too much, Jae-suk reaches for her nametag and eliminates her.

Meanwhile, Gary and Ji-sung try to suss out this J and spy business. Gary doesn’t know what to think, especially when everyone is insisting that they’re innocent. All of a sudden, Suk-jin charges at him to eliminate Gary, later explaining that he thought he might be in danger.

Haha comes running at that moment, having seen everything. Neither Haha nor Gary believe that Suk-jin would do such a thing if he were truly innocent, and that’s how Suk-jin becomes their next target. But then off comes Haha’s nametag and Suk-jin swears he isn’t the spy.

Over in jail, the eliminated agree that Jae-suk’s definitely the spy, but none of them can understand why Suk-jin is helping him. They hope that Suk-jin really is a spy because he’d only end up looking foolish if he weren’t.

Ji-sung backs away when he realizes that Jae-suk and Suk-jin have an alliance. He asks why Suk-jin eliminated three people, to which Suk-jin replies that he felt like he was being targeted. Ji-sung makes it clear that he didn’t tear off any nametags, but he did see Suk-jin target a few people.

Jae-suk gets on that train, citing that he saw Suk-jin eliminate Dae-sae. Feeling betrayed, Suk-jin asks, “Are you really going to be like this?” And when Suk-jin returns the favor in kind by saying that Jae-suk attacked Kwang-soo, Ji-sung looks absolutely stunned.

Ji-sung doesn’t buy the “I was simply trying to protect myself” excuse, noting that J has no reason to tear off any nametags. Jae-suk says that helping out a spy is far better than sitting in jail doing nothing all day, but he quickly recovers from that slip of the tongue by pointing the finger at Ji-sung.

Suk-jin honestly says he wants to rip off Ji-sung’s nametag and run across the bridge with Jae-suk, whom he thinks is J. But as soon as Jae-suk asks if they should eliminate Suk-jin, the latter immediately moseys over to Ji-sung.

Suk-jin states that Ji-sung can’t act, but Jae-suk’s a natural. So when Suk-jin asks him directly whether he eliminated his fellow squad members, Jae-suk owns up to it. That’s enough for Suk-jin and Ji-sung to attack him… and find out that he’s the spy.

Jae-suk imparts some final words that he hopes the secret society squad will be successful in achieving Korea’s independence. Now we learn who J is: it’s none other than Ji-sung. Suk-jin apologizes for the prolonged suspicion, then he and Ji-sung climb into a car with the war funds.

Everyone gathers together again for the closing and agree that they’ll always start with eliminating Suk-jin, the Race Starter, in the future. I think it’s safe to say that we can all hope that Captain Park will come back soon—there will always be a spot here waiting for you.

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Prettyyyy boring. The only time I found it fun, was literally the last two minutes of the show. It was the only time I laughed.

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i felt jae suk could have won the game but he sorta gave in for the sake of "korea independence". he totally could have gone after ji sung w suk jin.

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Gary And Ji Hyo are a shame seriously, they need to kick them out and put two people who really working hard in the show, they're totally unmotivated.
Then some people want more screentime for her, if the editors cut Ji Hyo is because she does nothing if the others don't talk to her first.
Gary had potential, but he's so lazy to work hard and he's so apatethic, he's always so sleepy.

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Thank you for pointing this out. Gary seems to be the most apathetic character on any variety show. He only reacts to things, and most times its the other members that prop him up, praising him to the skies for some mindless thing he does. The same goes for Jihyo. I feel they are only kept on for that scripted MC shit, which is so fake yet fans lap it up mindlessly - like the reviewers here, always make a big deal out of even a line about MC - WTF! Kick those 2 out, which won't happen I think Gary is favoured by the PDs and the editing team. Just observe how many screen shots we have of his face when he doesn't even do anything and his songs are used all the time. Honestly, RM is super boring these days.

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Im with you,too. now Mc is just a burden to Rm.it's just too ridiculous that they promote Mc in fan meeting while in show they're like invisible (individually and as couple) some say if rm change members they will lose their popularity but they're losing with them,too. pd should add a new member temporary and if he was accepted by viewer kick both of them out.

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Yup, not changing anything is not doing the show anything. The only thing changing is its more scripted. Name tag ripping and even teams are scripted. Coincidence much that MC ends up in a team almost all the time? I wonder if their audience now are only teenagers who would be gullible to swallow such a fake couple. In the FMs focus is always on MC, I wonder why? The rest are so successful, compared to these 2 who need the MC to succeed outside the show. Its always the rest pushing Gary onto Jh, then Gary forces himself literally on Jh, and she responds with a sour face. Hahaha, what a couple. The only thing this couple is creating is a group of international delusional fans, who border on treating Jihyo as belonging only to Kang Gary. Oh dear, what a messed up show. Give me back the beauty of the first 100 episodes. This is is a shadow of what it used to be. These days Let's Go Dream Team has higher ratings, and they don't have a couple!

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I agree this episode was not so good, but I still enjoy those retro clothes, old cars and the overall feel of the series.

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I still like this episode, or this kind of episode, rather than they just doing 3-or-so mission. As guest, Ji Sung and other two are still entertaining. It feels like a special episode wherever he came. Disappointment for Mongji for she has less screen time and she looks not interested or maybe, tired? while Suk Jin surprisingly taking the highlight. On positive ways, boring or not, RM slowly bring back their root again.

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I really liked this episode. Running Man has a lot of critics but I really enjoy watching this show each week. I noticed that I enjoy the show more if I read comments after instead of before. From the (translated) comments I've seen they should try putting Running Man back into its old spot. People keep saying they would watch if it was at a later time.

Some of my favorite moments were Ji Hyo and Jae Suk's game with the chopsticks, Gary and So Yun's game with the wasabi, Kwang Soo being infuriated with Suk Jin/ Jae Suk, and Jae Suk, Ji Suk, and Ji Sung trying to outwit each other. I really hope they invite these guests again.

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I'm so frustated watching Sukjin in this episode.
The member is right, he look really stupid like that.

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It is stupid of him if Jae Sok won but by allying himself with Ji Sung at the last minute and win he can be considered smart. All the others have been eliminated beside the Spy and J and in the end its only him and Ji Sung. If there was a prize it'll be divided between him and Ji Sung. Can this be considered his first win of the year ?
If the Crew put the possibility that they can run away with the money without J thus betraying the resistances I'll bet there will be more double crossings and more motivations from the casts.

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I found this episode entertaining. I admit it felt a bit like Jae-suk threw the game at the last minute, but let's be fair: we all have our biases, and quite frankly, there's no way of knowing if he could've won against Suk-jin this time.

Suk-jin was def. on fire this episode, I'd say!

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Agree that the "slip" from YJS wasn't accidental (prior to that, his plan was working brilliantly).

While the concept was interesting, the execution quite wasn't there, but there were a few good laughs; also nice to see the Maknae FD after a long absence (probably no longer the maknae).

Park Ji-sung didn't have his usual spark/witty quips in the prior ep like for previous eps, but he seemed tired and worried about being away from his baby.

That was a nicely placed header from Suk-jin but pretty much any good goalie would be able to block it.

Wouldn't mind seeing Jung Dae-sae more often as a guest (and not just for the annual soccer game w/ PJS) - as he has a pretty fun personality and is competitive.

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My favorite part was when they were ragging each other about their Chinese names. And I liked that Jung Dae-sae asked to be invited again--I bet it really bugged him to be eliminated so soon. Running Man regulars learn pretty quickly not to trust anyone, and to be suspicious of everything.

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Omo! When the Gaksitaaaaal theme song came on, I got teary eyed. Gosh, I miss that show.

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i guess the rating is pretty bad nowadays... just how long they will keep the show if this continue....

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This had the longest, most drawn out, boring intro ever. After that though, the episode was pretty interesting... it was fun trying to figure out who the spy/good guy was. Though like others have pointed out, it's pretty obvious Jae Suk threw the game at the last second. It was pretty funny seeing Suk-jin totally working for the spy and eliminating all his allies though. I would call him an idiot, but he won, so his crazy strategy actually worked out in the end, lol.

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Dafuq was sukjin doing all game? He's just like, "
Fuck it, I'm gonna troll."

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People who complain about Gary not working hard needs to chill. Not everyone has to take the spotlight all the time. Without background characters and side characters,there is nobody to give the spotlight to main characters. Recent episodes show Gary being pushed to the side in favor for the others majority of the time. I don't blame him for not working until he collapses if all he's gonna do is get side-lined. We've seen Gary working his hardest in the island episode only to be made a fool off. What does that do to someome's morale, really?
Plus, the recent episodes haven't been very strenous because Gary has back injuries.
People need to stop being such as shoes and treat the members like real humans for once. They aren't perfect. They are real people.

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Well, the question is why is Gary being pushed aside? This is variety, you need to work at it. If after 5 years, he has low morale because of being made a fool, well guess his time is up. Look at Kwang Soo and Suk Jin - they work hard and are made fools of most of time - but do they have low morale. Kim Jong Kook has injuries, in fact he was injured the day before this episode was aired - does he take a rest and appear uninterested (which Gary does most of the time and IF Gary is that injured its time for him to stop all those breakdancing, which he hasn't - so I guess that back injury is no issue here, right?). Time for a shake up in RM - its going south and members either need to buck up or be replaced. That island episode was purely made for promoting Gary's album, so I guess its okay he worked hard. Even if you are Gary's fan, be objective and view all the members and their contribution relatively.

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Do u mean aired or filmed?? I believed that this ep was flimed on 10 or 11 Jan when they went for asian dream cup ep (which is aired wk bef this ep).

In my opinion, I wont feel like bashing any of the members cause its more towards how the eps are done. Usually members only episode are better episodes cause I can see more of members interaction with one anothet and the feel between members are like family kind of relationship.. Some guest eps I really seriously dont like because its either done so badly tat make me feel like its scriped 100% or focusing the guest too much especially eps with many female guest tat some members are not given the chance to shine well like sukjin, kwangsoo.

But this ep tho is a guest ep, but its one of the gd guest eps cause it has lots of twist n suspense.. u cant imagine tat sukjin had actually believed jaesuk for J than jisung (which even proved his no quick responses to situation ard in Recent IC EP: Ugly friends special season 2; and recent rm ep) and the guest who were top sports star are actually immersed into the filming at they didnt bother cared abt their "faces" (and I do reali want jung da sae to come back RM given tat he is kinda of strong and works hard but got elimated kinda of too early by sukjin in some sort of "betrayel" which was a real pity)..

ep 232 is also a gd guest episode in my opinion as the interactions btw guest n their paired members were shinning reali well. And the games were like making us seen the side of RM members with their friends.

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I enjoyed this episode, it was fun and interesting. I think Suk-jin accidentally working for the spy was the funniest part, it was pretty obvious Park Jisung was the spy so his part was boring. Honestly most guest are not good enough at acting to be spies.

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But... it wasn't Park Ji Sung.... and it was obvious to me that it was Yoo Jae Suk haha

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Yeah this episode started off with such promise then quickly got boring. It was obvious to me from the start that Yoo Jae Suk was the spy because he was acting very flustered, talking a lot, and went along with Ji Suk Jin's completely nonsensical plan to just eliminate people for the sake of it, so his eagerness to comply showed that he wanted Ji Suk Jin's help. Ji Suk Jin was just doing whatever the heck. It honestly seemed like the two of them were tired of the scenario and wanted to just make things crazy and fun because it was tedious and nothing was happening and made no sense, sort of like an exasperated, "Well production crew, you're not doing your job so we will..." because they were being completely illogical. And Song Ji Hyo and Gary were indeed very quiet and absent most of the time...but it could be because they felt unmotivated by the game and story that the production crew made. I eventually gave up on the episode. I feel like even the guests were not very motivated, but Ji So Yun was so cute and funny haha, getting conned and all that! It started off promising but really fell apart... There wasn't much else going on, so I think it was really the fault of the production crew. YJS and JSK tried their best to keep things active and fun while the others tried their best to make sense of the story and the other others just seemed bored, haha.

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It was completely obvious YJS was the spy because all of them were supposed to be working towards the same goal. Once the hint about the spy having the initials J and S came out, there is absolutely no reason for non-spies to want to eliminate people whose names didn't have those initials. The *only* person who should want to eliminate them is the spy. And that's exactly what YJS did. JSJ is usually pretty smart about these things, but this was a major logical reasoning failure on his part. (It was also a flaw in the game design by the PDs - forcing the spy to do something which makes it obvious to others that he's the spy, and not just someone trying to find the spy.)

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I only like the wasabi vs Kwang Soo, Jongkook trying to get officers to check LKS ID and Ji Hyo vs Jaesuk chopstick match part. Everything else was pretty meh.

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