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"This is basically done so they can reduce the cost they pay them since they'll get little to no screen time despite their active participation."
This statement isn't remotely true because guests and regular members are paid per episode (+reruns) not per minute of screen time. The appearance fees are decided before the episode and the amount depends on whether you were invited or just dropped by while they were filming (in which case you might get a small amount as a token of gratitude) and your popularity status which is usually negotiated before the episode, along with the theme of the episode in case it doesn't suit them (so they were told that they would be masked) and who the other guests are (in case someone isn't on good terms with the other). Imagine working a whole day not knowing if you would get $10 or $100! Would someone actually do that? King of Masked Singer, one of the most beloved TV shows in Korea, uses the same technique, except that the better you do on King of The Mask Singer the longer you keep your mask on which would be "crueler" if your statement was true, since the winner isn't "getting more screen time therefore more work with no extra money" despite doing so well. Guests aren't paid per screen time, if that was the case, no one would ever guest on Running Man, because they would be working harder than any other show but they would be getting a lot less screen time per episode since the Running Man members are far more experienced than them in hogging screen time, and even if they were paid per minute, participating with or without a mask on will get them the same amount of money, since their minutes with mask on would be counted as well. In this particular episode, the idols had more screen time than the regular members, they only showed the regular members alone when they were receiving the mission, and when they were briefly talking to each other, the rest of the footage is of them following an idol or talking to them. And believe it or no, paying idols of rising groups who aren't well established will not break their budget. The cost of having Running Man members or 2D1N members in the future episodes is a lot more than that, if "the cost of having guests without masks on" was an issue, they would've saved more money covering the faces of the 2D1N members.

and he thought she was insane because she was talking to herself when he is the one sleeping with a statue.

I love how the rest of Running Man members are casually "guesting" on the show without introduction or explanation. It's just like whoever has time can play.

I think the 4th and 5th episodes are Running Man vs 2D1N. At least according to Namu Wiki.

There were funny interactions but I felt like the puzzles were too easy and the ending looked kind of staged. The members figured out what Jihyo was up to early on and I think that the production team told them that if they won they wouldn't know what to do to wrap the story so the members just gave up on solving the super easy mission. For me, episode 3 had better interactions but episode 2 had better mission.

It's better than I expected. The female lead is a good actress, and has a very charming face. The guys are creepy though.

It's weird that they are releasing it in only specific countries when they own the show. My guess is that they are planning to sell it to other websites since they think it won't do well on disney+ in western countries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LSsSU__Tsc
It's out now. The guests are idols, and there's a spy mission.

I was especially appalled by the plastic surgery part. I went on to unrecommend it to my sister so that she doesn't watch it and blame me for this silliness.

I think the only one doing a makjang drama is Jin Seo Yun. It seemed like she was doing a totally different genre than the others which was quite confusing. I liked the first half of this drama, the second half was embarrassing to watch.

As long as you do no harm, it shouldn't matter what your motivation is, whether it's prize or punishment, one could argue that there is no such thing as pure goodwill, people do good deeds to make themselves feel better after all. Humans are selfish even when they are being "selfless".

Is it out on Disney+ in the US?

The new Running Man spin-off Outrun By Running Man is produced by the original PD Im Hyung Taek, so I presume it will be as close as it gets to the old Running Man. The second episode is a nametag ripping race.

I don't think they are that popular in Korea, are they?

They held up pretty well but broke up because of the most trivial things at the end, they could've been a great couple but they really needed to communicate their thoughts with each other. They were being really childish. I liked the drama overall, it was very relatable and mature until the last few episodes where they turned into a bunch of children.

But he got embarrassed about his failure at his job and his lack of money at the end. People shouldn't be prosecuted over their lack of confidence in my opinion since it comes and goes, no one is confident all the time.

After watching the second episode, I think that the Korean viewers were overreacting with the whole mask controversy, the idols managed to promote their group despite not revealing their faces, I personally wasn't more impressed by the winners when they revealed their faces since they already showed us everything, and their faces didn't add to their value since idols are usually good looking so it's just assumed, and if someone liked a group just because there was a handsome person in it, they wouldn't really be a real fan of the group. Their faces shouldn't matter when they already told the viewers in which group they were and showed them their personality. I actually remember everyone now by their group name so the masks were helping the group as a whole rather than promoting the idol individually, and I think with masks on they were able to be themselves and try harder to be funny and interesting in order to stand out. Idols usually restrain themselves when people can see their faces. I would like to see the idol from Golden Child again. Everyone will probably find out who they were soon, and their fans already know them.

I meant they didn't fight as roommates, not lovers, they've got to work a bit more on their relationship but they are pretty much compatible, at least as roommates, and this is really hard to find. I don't think they should break up, it would be an overreaction to small differences in my opinion, I think they should communicate more to understand each other instead.

She said that she took his passport because she needed time to run away. He could always contact his country's embassy to go back to Korea, but she needed to waste some of his time doing so, so she can go back to her husband peacefully (without him snatching the baby from her). That's what I understood, I don't know if that was the case though.

But should she stay with him even if she doesn't want to just because he wants to keep his son? A baby that age needs their mother a lot more than their father, and I don't think he has a right to the baby in any court of law since they weren't married. I think he knew what he walked into when he had an affair with a married woman, he should bear the consequences.