The BEST episodes of Running Man season 2021
Every episode of Running Man season 2021, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Running Man season 2021!
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#1 - Uneasy Sisters: My Little Old Brother
Season 2021 - Episode 540 - Aired 1/31/2021
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.
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#2 - 2021 Running Man Neighborhood Athletic Meet with "The Penthouse"
Season 2021 - Episode 542 - Aired 2/14/2021
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!
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#3 - It's Time to Find the Gold Race
Season 2021 - Episode 545 - Aired 3/7/2021
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!
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#4 - Running Dynasty Records: The Appearance of The Evil Spirit
Season 2021 - Episode 546 - Aired 3/14/2021
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!
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#5 - The Dignity of the Grand Award Race
Season 2021 - Episode 547 - Aired 3/21/2021
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?
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#6 - Theft of Comedians Guild Fees
Season 2021 - Episode 565 - Aired 8/8/2021
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.
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#7 - Catch the Stars Among Free Agents, Stars' Contract War Race
Season 2021 - Episode 548 - Aired 3/28/2021
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.
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#8 - Going Home Race, Read the Room
Season 2021 - Episode 557 - Aired 5/30/2021
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!
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#9 - Goodbye, Our Inseparable Brother
Season 2021 - Episode 559 - Aired 6/13/2021
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.
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#10 - We Will Find Spring
Season 2021 - Episode 556 - Aired 5/23/2021
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!
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#11 - Running Man Investment Contest: Genius Investors Race/Suk-jin's Day: Cash to See You
Season 2021 - Episode 544 - Aired 2/28/2021
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.
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#12 - Race for the Club Activity Money, The Burning 18 Again
Season 2021 - Episode 539 - Aired 1/24/2021
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!
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#13 - Make Your Wish Come True & Pay The Price Later Race
Season 2021 - Episode 564 - Aired 7/18/2021
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.
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#14 - Find The Best Price Doll: Strict Doll Appraiser
Season 2021 - Episode 568 - Aired 8/29/2021
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!
#15 - 2022 New Year's Fortune Loan
Season 2021 - Episode 585 - Aired 12/26/2021
Team Jong Kook and Team Jae Seok have to cook three dishes with the eggs they have stolen from each other. They have to finish the cooking mission no matter what to win the race. Meanwhile, we have the behind-the-scenes of the members at the Entertainment Awards, and to celebrate the year 2022, they have their fortune read as well.
#16 - Couple Race, You Raise a Man Up
Season 2021 - Episode 569 - Aired 9/5/2021
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.
#17 - Catch the Mafia, Running Man in Chaos
Season 2021 - Episode 570 - Aired 9/12/2021
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.
#18 - Gym Revival Project, Trainer Jong Kook and National Team
Season 2021 - Episode 571 - Aired 9/19/2021
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.
#19 - Female Volleyball Team, Fierce Transfer Contract
Season 2021 - Episode 572 - Aired 9/26/2021
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.
#20 - Fierce Transfer Race 2: Negotiation of Long Legs
Season 2021 - Episode 573 - Aired 10/3/2021
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.
#21 - To Become Italian Gentlemen, Elegant Road of Western Dishes
Season 2021 - Episode 574 - Aired 10/10/2021
It’s finally the last round of the Fierce Transfer Race. This time, the players are given a huge volleyball to compete against the opponent team on a court prepared in a swimming pool. Meanwhile, the Running Man members hold a special event to test each other’s guts whether they can admit to something they would want to hide for the rest of their lives.
#22 - Squid Game
Season 2021 - Episode 575 - Aired 10/17/2021
The members are invited to play in the Webfoot Octopus Game, and they must decide whether they will participate in this high-stake game with 3,000 dollars of prize money. While some struggle to survive on their own, others work in groups to eliminate others. Who’s going to be the final survivor? Stay tuned to find out.
#23 - Golden Ratio
Season 2021 - Episode 576 - Aired 10/24/2021
The members welcome Yeji, Luda, BIBI, and MC Minzy to the show, and they prepare to compete in the Golden Ratio Race. The race will consist of many games, and the last one seems a bit tricky. As seen in “Squid Game”, two teams must walk across a bridge of either wooden floors or Styrofoam floors. However, Ji Hyo seems to be pretty good at the game and surprises others. Stay tuned!
#24 - Bad Luck Mansion
Season 2021 - Episode 577 - Aired 10/31/2021
Joon Ho invites the members to his huge mansion to have the Mansion of Misfortune Race and gain good energy from Running Man team. They start the race with a bag of chocolates, and the winner will be decided by the number of chocolates they gain from each race. Will he be able to win the race and become the icon of promise? Stay tuned to find out!
#25 - My Money Naesan Running Mountaineering Association
Season 2021 - Episode 578 - Aired 11/7/2021
Jang Hyuk, today’s special guest, joins the members for My Alpine Club Race. They are informed that they will be going on hiking, and as expected, Seok Jin doesn’t fail to disappoint the crew with his weird fashion. Meanwhile, the members are told that they will have to pay for their own expenses except for the chosen few. The struggle to become the minority begins.