Seasons & episodes
S1 · E526Robber versus Robber: Faceless King of Tomb Robbery 2020-10-25 · 85 min
Lee Je Hoon and Im Won Hee join the show as special guests in a race of betrayal between cops and robbers. All of them have gathered to rob a tomb organized by the chairperson of the Tomb Robbery Association. Among them, two police officers secretly investigate to reveal the chairperson's identity. However, the robbers and officers can betray one another, making the task difficult.
S1 · E527Jeju Island Special Part 1: Wind, Women, Rocks, and Bomb 2020-11-01 · 85 min
This week, Running Man visits Jeju Island in a very long time and gets the cast pumped up. Guests Han Ji Eun, Choi Yeo Jin, So E Hyun, and Lee Ju Bin join them as team leaders for the race. The wind, women, and rocks will represent Jeju Island as each team tries to collect one of each card through a series of missions and games. However, there is a bomb card capable of dropping them out of the race. Like always, the losing team faces a penalty, and the winning team wins a prize.
S1 · E528Jeju Island Special Part 2: Loser-Pays-All Group Tour 2020-11-08 · 85 min
This week, Running Man finishes up the two-part special on Jeju Island. This time, they partner up with a member and arrive on the scene as different people who are about to take a packaged tour of the island. However, each course they take will cost money, and only five members will get to go on each packaged trip. The members left behind play games where the loser pays for the five out having a blast.
S1 · E529Journal of Old Restaurant 2020-11-15 · 85 min
This week, Hoshi and Mingyu of SEVENTEEN, Nam Joo and Bo Mi of Apink, and two comedians, Kim Soo Yong and Nam Chang Hee, join the members to participate in Old Restaurant Race. They need to find old restaurants around Seoul and deduct as many years as possible from the sum of their age in order to win. Stay tuned to find out which team wins!
S1 · E530Penthouse Special Part 1: Top Club vs Bottom Club 2020-11-22 · 85 min
This week, Running Man continues with the Old Restaurant Race. The years have added up, but ironically, the oldest team member gets an unexpected gift from a rival sympathetic member turning the race into their favor. Next, Running Man welcomes guests Kim So Yeon, Lee Ji Ah, Eugene, and Ha Do Kwon from the show The Penthouse, while Kwang Soo and Ji Hyo serve out their penalty from the Jeju Island Special. They fight once again to gain their way into the penthouse.
S1 · E531Penthouse Special Part 2: Tenant War 2020-11-29 · 85 min
This week, the race from last week continues. The guests and members are divided into top class and bottom class where they receive money according to their mission results. Although they’re divided into two classes, it’s an individual race, so they keep an eye on each other to avoid getting betrayed. Who will make it to the penthouse? Stay tuned to find out!
S1 · E532The Best Friends Friendship Race, The 1st Friendship Awards 2020-12-06 · 81 min
This week, Running Man gets ready for the year-end awards ceremony and kick-off today with their Friendship Award race. Each member gets assigned a best friend, and their chemistry will determine who goes home with a prize and who faces the penalty. Guests Cha Tae Hyun, Lee Mi Joo, Yang Dong Geun, Jang Dong Min, Huening Kai, and Choi Yeon Jun join the show as best friends.
S1 · E533Sweet Home 5pm, Saturday night 2020-12-13 · 82 min
This week, Lee Si Young, Lee Do Hyun, Song Kang, and Lee Jin Wook, the four leads of the drama “Sweet Home,” join the members for a race called ‘The Apartment You Live In.’ In the race, they have to find a monster hidden among the residents of the Running Apartment in order to avoid getting the penalty. Will they be able to find the monster?
S1 · E534Fiery Stove League 2020-12-20 · 85 min
This week, the Major League Baseball players Ryu Hyun Jin and Kim Kwang Hyun join 2021 Running League Rookie Draft where team owners Yu Jae Seok and Yang Se Chan pick rookie players for their teams. In order to win the race, they need to win each mission and earn as much money as possible. The player and team owner with the least amount of money gets a penalty.
S1 · E535New Year's Eve Race 2020-12-27 · 85 min
This week, the members are joined by the four leads of the upcoming movie, “New Year Blues,” Yoo Yeon Seok, Lee Yeon Hee, Choi Soo Young, and Yoo Teo. Since it’s the last episode of 2020, the guests and the members participate in missions where they send off the old year and welcome the upcoming year. Which team will win and which team will get the penalty?
S1 · E5362021 Hoodwinker Association New Year's Party 2021-01-03 · 85 min
This week, the Card Shark Association is back to kick off the new year with a party. The fierce competition over caramels gets heated as the association’s chairperson position hangs in the balance. Will Jae Seok keep his seat as the chairman and serve two consecutive terms? Or will the association bring in the new year with a new chairperson? Stay tuned to find out.
S1 · E537Production Objective Race: Running Man Rewritten, Part 1 2021-01-10 · 85 min
The Card Shark Association New Year's Party comes to an end. The last mission is a cutthroat game that will determine who gets to go home first. Meanwhile, the members regroup after a week. A new race to decide whose idea will be used to update the outdated Running Man website begins. Stay tuned to see who has the catchiest and funniest ideas for the website.
S1 · E538Production Objective Race: Running Man Rewritten, Part 2 2021-01-17 · 85 min
The new race leading up to the long-awaited update of the Running Man website is now in full swing. The members present each of their ideas for the production objective and member introductions. After that, they must play games to add their names to the roulette which will decide the final winner. Stay tuned to see whose idea made it onto the website after all.
S1 · E539Race for the Club Activity Fund: The Burning 18 Again 2021-01-24 · 85 min
In this week’s episode, the Running Man members are joined by two guests, Kim Bo Sung and Defconn. They go back to high school where they are divided into three clubs. The band club, dance club, and student guidance club must compete against one another in various classes to win the scholarship. Stay tuned to see who wins!
S1 · E540The Charismatic Sisters, The Ugly Siblings 2021-01-31 · 85 min
This week, three charismatic actresses join the Running Man members to divide into three groups of siblings. Each family must compete for an allowance which the big sister distributes to the younger siblings. However, the final penalty is decided by how much money each individual has, leading to a game of wits even within the family. Stay tuned to see who must carry out the penalty.
S1 · E5412021 New Year Driving Out Bad Luck Race: Take My Bad Luck Away 2021-02-07 · 85 min
This week, three young actors visit Running Man for a race to drive out bad luck in the new year. The Running Man members and their guests divide into three teams and play a series of games to see which team ends up with the least number of Penalty Men. The final penalty is a giant water bomb that will surely wash away all of their bad luck. Stay tuned to see who gets soaked!
S1 · E5422021 Running Man Neighborhood Athletic Meet with The Penthouse 2021-02-14 · 85 min
For the last day of the Lunar New Year holidays, the three actors of The Penthouse, Park Eun Seok, Yoon Jong Hun, and Ha Do Kwon, visit Running Man. They join the show for 2021 Running Man Neighborhood Athletic Meet where they compete to gather more trophy stamps in their stamp books. Stay tuned to see what kind of funny penalty the staff has come up with!
S1 · E543Running Man Investment Contest: Genius Investors 2021-02-21 · 85 min
The Running Man members enter into an investment contest. They begin with 500 dollars of R money each and enter the stock market of 2011. As they progress toward the year 2020, which is the year that the contest will end, the members with varying degrees of experience in stocks are tempted by all kinds of information. Stay tuned to find out who ends up earning the most R money.
S1 · E544Suk Jin's Day, It's Time to Find the Gold 2021-02-28 · 85 min
The Running Man Investment Contest goes on with Se Chan in the lead. As the members make their investments based on the information they gather and their instincts, it becomes a matter of who will be in last place. After the Investment Contest, the Running Man members get together to celebrate Seok Jin’s birthday and begin a new race.
S1 · E545On the Way to Find Gold 2021-03-07 · 85 min
Continuing from last week’s episode, everyone gathers to celebrate Seok Jin’s birthday. They get a letter saying that there is gold hidden somewhere in Running Village. Seok Jin gets to choose two members to join his team and the others compete as individual players. The winners get to choose two people who will get the penalty. Stay tuned to see who they are!
S1 · E546Records of the Running Dynasty: Appearance of the Evil Spirits 2021-03-14 · 85 min
In this week’s episode, the four actors of the new drama “Joseon Exorcist” join the Running Man members for the Running Dynasty Records Race. There are two evil spirits who hide among the humans. They are divided into one king and three teams of nobles, eunuchs, and slaves. They must find who the evil spirits are in order to defeat them. Stay tuned to see if they succeed!
S1 · E547Dignity of Grand Award 2021-03-21 · 85 min
Two of the Running Man members, Jae Seok and Jong Kook, are Grand Award winners in the end-of-year entertainment awards. The members divide into Team Yu Grand Award and Team Kim Grand Award and compete for points. Only the winner gets to be exempt from the penalty. Who will be the three unlucky members to get the penalty?
S1 · E548Catch the Stars Among Free Agents: Stars' Contract War 2021-03-28 · 85 min
This week, four of the Running Man members become CEOs of new entertainment agencies. First, they must sign contracts with the artists they want to work with. With Jessi and Jang Woo Young joining the contract war, things get quite competitive. This time, two CEOs and two artists will get the penalty. Stay tuned to find out who they are.
S1 · E549Idol Star Project: Brave Idol's Day 2021-04-04 · 85 min
In this week’s episode, the girl group that is taking music charts by storm, Brave Girls joins Running Man for A Day of Brave Idol Stars Race. They divide into three teams and compete to see who can be the best idol star. With various crew members joining in as judges for the missions, the results are as unpredictable as ever. Stay tuned to find out who gets the penalty!