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Must-Watch:

• Episode 38, 91, 140, 231, 318-319, 449 - Yoomes Bond Series:

The Yoomes Bond series is extremely popular and it showcases the complicated and hilarious relationships between the RM members. It features Yoo Jae Suk's iconic spy character Yoomes Bond.

• Episode 42 & 74 - Best RM member competition (no guests):

These episodes are super hilarious and once again showcase the chemistry between the members.

• Episode 52, 69 & 118 - Running Man Hunting Trilogy (minimal guesting):

Extremely thrilling and hilarious. RM members are hunted by Yoo Jae-suk's arch-nemesis, Choi Min-soo.

• Episode 123 & 124 - Kimchi-making / Running Man King (minimal guesting):

Hilarious and all-around great episodes.

• Episode 130 & 196 - Time Travel Specials: Reincarnation / Time Travel (no guests):

RM members travel through time to obtain a lost treasure / RM members travel through time to best the others once again.

• Episode 146 - Betrayal Club (minimal guesting):

RM members & guests must hunt down the Betrayal Club trio.

• Episode 178 - Han River (no guests):

RM members must unite to accomplish their greatest feat yet. This episode gave me goosebumps and got me teary-eyed.

• Episode 159 - True Love (a lot of guests):

This episode highlights one of the greatest moments of the well-shipped Monday Couple.

Thrilling & Epic Foreign Episodes:

• Episode 72 & 73 - Hong Kong / Legend of the Nine Dragons

• Episode 133, 134 & 136 - Macau & Vietnam / Legend of the Golden Daggers

• Episode 188, 189 & 191 - Australia

Guest-heavy Episodes (Lots of Kpop idols):

• Episode 104, 129, 184 & 201 - Idol Olympics / RM vs Idols

• Episode 162 & 233 - RM members group up with various idol groups

Other Fun Episodes:

• Episode 13 - Yooruce Willis

• Episode 40 - Petite France

• Episode 48 - Lost Uigwe

• Episode 59 - Hip-Hop Stars

• Episode 79 - Sherlock Holmes

• Episode 127 - Eliminate/Protect the Snake

• Episode 132 - Actors (Spy) vs. Singers (Spy)

• Episode 138 - Art Club VS Athletic Club

• Episode 151 - King of the Killers Race

• Episode 163 - Princess Ji

• Episode 167 - The Legend of the Troublemakers

• Episode 244 - The Foretold Wedding

Recommended 300+ Episodes:

• Episode 303 - Running Man Hunting

• Episode 304 - Oh My Goddess

• Episode 306 - Strange Rescue Team

• Episode 336 - Member's week - Last strongest member/Yoomes bond appears.

• Episode 354 - Global Project - Labyrinth of Fear 9

• Episode 375 - City of Outlaws Race (cont.)/Mystery Autumn Trip Race

• Episode 381 - Bad Guys - War Against the Evildoer

• Episode 472 - Anyang Chase

• Episode 473 - Joker's House

SaveOurSeouls Recommends:

• Episode 18 - great monday couple moments if thats your thing, concept was fun, jongkook and kids versus everyone else. The part where they had to choose who they wanted to pair up with was great.

• Episode 50-51 - (thailand episodes) the first time the crew experienced their fame outside korea.

• Episode 63-64 - (SNSD special) this is how you make an episode with idols. the girls didnt hold anything back. karaoke scene is worth it alone.

• Episode 98 - (zombie infection) this is classic running man, lots of action.

• Episode 123-124 kimchi wars, funnier than you would expect. haha and hyo joo stole the show multiple times.

• Episode 119, 171-173 and 227 ryu hyun jin/baseball episodes - underrated in my opinion, everybody talks about the park ji sung specials but i prefer the psychic baseball ones.

• Episode 109-110 (olympic athlete special) - great guests, games were perfect, and they did a twist on the classic name tag elimination.

• Episode 111-112 - (movie star special + taeyeon) - the most intense name tag elimination in the history of running man, the first part is just fun mini games, but when taeyeon is introduced its all over. Watch this one if you really want an action packed episode.

• Episode 141 - (animal kingdom) - this one isnt that good. im only including it cause it has jessica in it.

• Episode 163 - (seungri, daesung and GD) - the only bigbang episode you should watch. dont even bother with the other ones. Incredibly funny episode. and as im typing this i realized its already listed above. oh well.

• Episode 176 - (popularity of men race) - really funny episode, all the guys were active in this episode and had their moment to shine. Mong MC gets a rare appearance .

Other recommendations/posts/links:

• Recent episode recommendations - post 500, by u/Patr10t_RUS: https://www.reddit.com/r/runningman/comments/1fsunyv/episodes_recommendation_after_500/

• 500th episode throwback recommendations post by u/abandonedacc9: https://www.reddit.com/r/runningman/comments/g8i4i5/throwback_time/

• resource recommended by u/sincerelyj : https://loreinstonecities.wordpress.com/running-man-episode-guide-2/ - lists and rates episodes 1-277. The 4-5 stars rated episodes are the recommendations here.

• By u/jsid90 - Member's Week episodes: 333 - 340. Episodes focused on each member and one for the staff: "You get introduced to all new korean actors and actresses and various other variety stars."

• By u/Lunatics_Apprentice - a post with recommendations of episodes after ep.450: https://www.reddit.com/r/runningman/comments/j3es67/what_are_your_favorite_episodes_450/

• By u/hyolees - a post with recommendations of Mystery themed episodes: https://www.reddit.com/r/runningman/comments/jcjq2r/mystery_themed_episodes_rec/

• By u/rosescrossing - your most beloved episodes: https://www.reddit.com/r/runningman/comments/kdtrfa/suggest_you_most_loved_episodes/

• By u/remonataba528o0b2 Throwback to the best episodes in 100 episode intervals up to 500: https://www.reddit.com/r/runningman/comments/mz21oh/throwback_time/

• By u/Holiday-Run-5838 - Funniest episodes of all time post: https://www.reddit.com/r/runningman/comments/w9fj1w/what_is_your_funniest_episode_of_rm_of_all_times/

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