"Running Man Avengers" Episode Analysis
“Running Man Avengers”… I think this episode was cool.
I watched this episode for the 2nd time today, because at first.. I’m somehow disappointed on what happened, thinking of the possibility that this episode was entirely scripted. But as a fan, I wanted to analyze and see what’s possibly the reason why did everyone acted that way. I would still stick to the fact that RM isn’t scripted, but would believe that there are definitely manipulations from the PDs. (without the members knowing)
As I go back to the first part of the episode, of course, there we have Dong Fury who gave them their training to become superheroes. And when the RM Avengers were called one by one to give them their powers, the given mission caught my attention..which is:
When they received their powers before they enter the venue, the RM Avengers were NOT actually informed that they should work as a team or should form an alliance because there will be villains that will come. They were just instructed to remove each other’s name tags. So obviously, they will think of everyone as an enemy together with the guests, and that they will use their powers to eliminate the others.
Like the thing about Jae Suk, they never mentioned that he should act as the leader and lead the RM Avengers to fight against the villains, so there is really no way for him to do a job that wasn’t instructed to him, but to just stick to their goal: “Eliminate the others and be the last remaining Superhero”
Again, in the view of the RM members and guests, I think it’s not scripted… but it’s manipulated.
There’s a question: So why didn’t they just ripped each other’s name tag if the case is to just eliminate everyone?
Simple Reason. Because they are curious about each other’s powers. They don’t know what will happen to them and what’s the effect if they just attacked a fellow hero, so they have to observe.
In the case of Ji Hyo, where Jong Kook discovered the mark on Gary’s neck, I thought of the idea that she should’ve just told them about her powers, but lately, I understand why she didn’t do that.
Ji Hyo’s power is to steal a hero’s power and use it once they were eliminated. In this case, Ji Hyo doesn’t actually have any power at that moment because no one’s been out yet. So if she will tell about her power, she will appear to be defenseless and anyone might just rip her name tag right away. But without her saying anything, everyone got scared to move closer to her anymore.
This is what I love about them having powers during a “name tag-ripping” mission. They are all afraid to just go over someone and bravely rip their name tag, because knowing RM for years, they know that there are a lot of unexpected things that might happen to them.
As for Jong Kook, I was really disappointed that he really got out so easily. And the thing about him not getting away from his “Thunder/Thor Area” somehow annoyed me, but it lately made sense… why? of course, that’s the only area where he can use his power, so why will he go away from there? I bet he just decided to stay there and wait for someone to pass by, especially that his name tag was enlarged because of Jae Suk’s power.
If I were Jong Kook, I would definitely do the same. Because it’s the safest place for me to stay. And I will use that place to scare the others that once I’m within that area, I have ultimate power. (Though honestly, it’s not really that much. Lol)
And so the ripping of the others’ nametags and using of powers continues…still, without them knowing about the “Team Running Man Avengers vs. Team Villains”
Until Ji Hyo became the last surviving Running Man Avenger.
I love how Ji Hyo never gave up and still dared to have a 1 vs. 1 with Sung Hoon. If you think that her bravery is scripted here, I don’t think so.. because we all know Ji Hyo, she’s a woman who’s willing to fight till the end. That’s why she’s the “Ace”!
And as expected, SungHoon will be the final winner.
Now… here’s the exciting part. The “Days Later…”
I somehow thought that the RM editors where already working on the editing as they realized that they can give a sequel to this. This is what I believe is happening within the days of editing an episode, they are having sudden burst of thoughts on what is better to happen, based on what happened in their filming… that’s why they suddenly called an RM Avenger who’s available that day, which happened to be Kwang Soo.
In here, we see that Dong Fury called them as TEAM Running Man Avengers for the first time.
Maybe from here, they just came up with the idea of the “Team Running Man” that’s why they never mentioned about them being a “team” earlier to appear that it’s only Ji Hyo who really used her skill excellently, and had the idea that this could be a great episode that will grant Ji Hyo’s prize in Episode 146 (**Let's see if this will really be that episode. For now, it's just a possibility**), since she showed an impressive fight with SungHoon here, or maybe to give them another chance as Running Man Avengers since they failed to win in this episode.
If this is really the case, then I’m accepting what happened in this episode and will think that this ep turned out to be a great one. Let’s just see how they will do the next one. Perhaps it will help us understand the reason of them coming up with another episode.
After all, I should say that RM might be scripted, but the members will never be informed about that “script” until they finished filming. Some of them might know it because of some personal missions, but again, I guarantee that not everyone is informed. If there will be someone who knows everything, it will be the PDs… but not our Running Men.
In conclusion, it’s still an awesome show. Running Man, Fighting! :)
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