Seasons & episodes
S1 · E550Sweet and Scary Way Home 2021-04-11 · 85 min
In this week’s episode, Cho Sae Ho and Cho A join in on The Sweet and Scary Way Home Race. They divide into two teams, Team Gangnam and Team Mapo. The teams compete to determine where they will shoot the ending scene. Which team will get to have an easy trip home after a long day of work? Stay tuned to find out!
S1 · E551I Want to Find the Partner Entertainer 2021-04-18 · 85 min
This week, the Running Man members and three beautiful actresses head to Variety Village. There, they have a race to find the perfect variety show partner. Each person must do well in the games and charm the contenders of the opposite sex to gain points. The person with the least number of points faces a very harsh penalty. Stay tuned to see who finds their perfect partner.
S1 · E552Students Who Entered University in 1991 Are Back! 2021-04-25 · 85 min
The Perfect Partner Signal, Variety Village Race continues and the 11 entertainers try to find their perfect variety show partner. As the people who are left without a partner face the penalty, everyone tries their best to find a match. Meanwhile, a new race begins with the theme of going back to 1991. Stay tuned and watch the Running Man members show off their retro vibes.
S1 · E553The Entering Class of 1991 Is Back! 2021-05-02 · 85 min
The Running Man members continue with the “Students Who Entered University in 1991 Are Back!” race this week. The members take a trip down memory lane and go back to enjoying the music, food, and games of the 1990s. They compete to win nostalgic items as presents to avoid the cringe-worthy penalty. Stay tuned to see who gets the penalty at the end!
S1 · E554Credit Card Payment Race, When You Go to the TV Station 2021-05-09 · 85 min
This week, the Running Man members go to the SBS building for the Credit Card Payment, When You Go to the TV Station Race. They compete in games that are in the theme of SBS variety shows. They try to win the right to decide whose credit card to use to pay for their activities. Stay tuned to see who gets the humiliating penalty at the end.
S1 · E555Smart Escape Race, Empty Head Land 2021-05-16 · 85 min
This week, the Running Man members head to Empty Head Land for the Smart Escape Race. They must solve quizzes and play games to find a way to escape from Empty Head Land. With many twists and turns, the race is more exciting than ever. Stay tuned to see who must carry out the penalty and be called dunce for good.
S1 · E556We Will Find Spring For You 2021-05-23 · 85 min
Sung Si Kyung and Lee Yong Jin join Running Man this week as the CEOs of two competing matchmaking companies. The male members join the two CEOs as their employees to search for their clients’ ideal types. So Min and Ji Hyo are the clients who get to decide which company did a better job at finding their ideal partners. Stay tuned to see which team wins!
S1 · E557Going Home Race, Read the Room 2021-05-30 · 85 min
In this week’s episode, the Running Man members compete against each other to see who can go home the fastest. However, the Read the Room Race isn’t as simple as it seems. With hidden missions that allow the members to earn R coins, they must figure out how they can win the most coins. Stay tuned to see the hidden secret behind this race!
S1 · E558Three Meals for Jae Suk 2021-06-06 · 85 min
This week’s episode is based on an idea that Jae Seok jokingly mentioned last week, where he dresses up as Lord Yu, the nobleman, and the others make him three meals for the day. They can earn or find coins to buy penalty sticks for other members, and they can even pay to have the lord replaced. Stay tuned to see who wins the prize and who gets the penalty!
S1 · E559Goodbye, Our Inseparable Brother 2021-06-13 · 85 min
This week is Kwang Soo’s last episode on Running Man. The members get together for a special send-off race, where they must help Kwang Soo work off his amazingly large prison sentence for all the mischief he caused over the past 11 years. Stay tuned to see the tearful goodbyes and what kind of secret missions the members carried out.
S1 · E560The 1st Game Lover Get-together 2021-06-20 · 85 min
The seven members of the famous Running Game Club have their first get-together. They compete in various games to win points in order to avoid the mystery penalty at the end. As the members try to outsmart and connive their ways to victory, some members seem to have better luck than others. Stay tuned to see which two members face off for the penalty!
S1 · E561Delightful Men & Women's Vacation Race 2021-06-27 · 85 min
Today, the team assembles to enjoy their summer vacation. As they all talk about each other’s new summer outfits, today’s guests appear and join them. To make the vacation more interesting, they get a chance to earn over a thousand dollars. Defeat others, complete missions, win votes, and trust no one. Stay tuned to find out the winner of the prize money!
S1 · E562Talk Nightmare, The Day of Chattering Race 2021-07-04 · 85 min
In Korea, chattering with your friends and families is often expressed with the word “dried pollack”. And for today’s mission, the members are to continue talking before the 10-second silence fills the air. Unless they successfully deduct the total count of dried pollacks, a selected few will inevitably have to go through one of many troublesome penalties. Whatever the case may be, Jae Seok who loves talking starts the nonstop conversation with the beloved members.
S1 · E563The Strange Family Photo Race 2021-07-11 · 85 min
It’s been 11 years since the first episode of Running Man, and the penalty continues to threaten the members. In today’s episode, the members are divided into three groups and will compete for one of the seven roles in a family photo. Knowing that some roles might be tedious and humiliating, members do not hesitate to deceive one another. Even Ji Hyo, who’s been honest and straightforward, decides to act for her own good this time. Stay tuned!
S1 · E564Make Your Wish Come True & Pay The Price Later Race 2021-07-18 · 85 min
The actors and actresses from “The Witch’s Diner” team participate in today’s race, and the winners will have their wishes granted. Among them is Ha Do Kwon who can’t seem to accept the consecutive defeats against Jong Kook. Ji Hyo, one of the original members of Running Man, also joins as a guest, but the other members find it hard to treat her like one. With Nam Ji Hyun’s disarming smile getting her team the upper hand, the race tightens.
S1 · E565Theft of Comedian Association Membership Fee 2021-08-08 · 85 min
The fees collected for the Comedian Association have been stolen by the prime suspect, a person whom members are very close to. And now it’s the responsibility of the remaining members to make up for the missing amount. The members are divided into groups according to their seniority as Lee Yong Jin, today’s special guest and Se Chan’s colleague, joins the race. To avoid the penalty and make up for the missing amount, the members must clear the missions.
S1 · E566Make Your Own Fate, Protect Money For Your Parents 2021-08-15 · 85 min
The staff decides to give the members a chance to earn cash according to their own choices so that they can spend time with their parents. However, the cash prizes also come at the risk of losing cash. The members can either choose the safe option to earn a moderate amount, or they can choose a riskier option for higher compensation that also has a chance of losing cash. As the race progresses, more complicated options are revealed to the members.
S1 · E567Team Selection Race, Young Ji versus Young Ji 2021-08-22 · 85 min
In today’s episode, rapper Lee Young Ji and Hur Young Ji of KARA join other members in a race to lead their team to victory. With each Young Ji being the team leader, two teams make their utmost efforts to win each mission. However, the points are given to the team leaders first before they are distributed to the members, and this is where the members start to bear a grudge against their team leaders. Stay tuned!
S1 · E568Find the most expensive doll, Scary Doll Detective 2021-08-29 · 85 min
In today’s episode, each member gets to choose one of Artist Kim So Hee’s handmade dolls at her Doll Exhibition. Suddenly, Ms. Kim collapses and dies mysteriously after looking at one of the dolls they’re holding. Who will find the most expensive doll to inherit her prized dolls and assets? Stay tuned to find out!
S1 · E569Couple Race, You Raise a Man Up 2021-09-05 · 85 min
In today’s episode, Yoon Si Yoon, Park Ki Woong, and Ahn Hee Yeon join the show to compete in the You Raise a Man Up Race. With Jong Kook’s being the strongest of them all, the members and even the guests try to put a stop to his winning streak. Just when everyone thought it would be impossible to tame Jong Kook and his wildness, one of the guests manages to drag him down.
S1 · E570Catch the Mafia, Running Man in Chaos 2021-09-12 · 85 min
It’s been years since the members raced alongside each other, but some still don’t have enough trust in others when it comes to Mafia Game. This time, the members not only have to stay incognito but also have to complete the given mission. As the race starts, everyone avoids Jong Kook’s keen eyes in order to hide their true identity. However, some start to suspect Jong Kook of being the Mafia.
S1 · E571Gym Revival Project, Trainer Jong Kook and National Team 2021-09-19 · 85 min
Trainer Kook, one of the celebrities who enjoy working out, finds his gym on the verge of going bankrupt. In order to recover from the difficult situation, he invites other members to join him at the gym. As expected, none of the members are serious about the gym or the workout, and even Jong Kook finds it difficult to keep them under control.
S1 · E572Female Volleyball Team, Fierce Transfer Contract 2021-09-26 · 85 min
The members of the women’s national volleyball team join the show to compete against the Running Man members at the 2022 Running Man League Draft. Especially, there is someone on the national team who looks and behaves exactly like Kwang Soo. Meanwhile, Jong Kook doesn’t seem as bossy as before now that he’s with the players of the national volleyball team.
S1 · E573Fierce Transfer Race 2: Negotiation of Long Legs 2021-10-03 · 85 min
The members of the women’s national volleyball team continue to demand more salary and welfare packages from their trainers even though they’ve failed to perform well in the foot volleyball games. Meanwhile, whenever the members look at or listen to Yeon Koung, they cannot shake off the feeling that their old friend is back.