S1·E131 The Bounty Hunters

Episode recap

The episode, titled “The Bounty Hunters,” is set at the Yongyu Train Depot in Incheon. Guest participants Lee Si Young and Choo Sung Hoon join the regular cast for the day’s challenges. The episode opens in the pre‑dawn hours, with the cast and guests gathering at four in the morning to begin a name‑tag race. The early‑morning setting creates a tense atmosphere, and the synopsis notes that all of the members feel terrified as they pursue one another in order to claim the bounty attached to each name tag.

Following the initial chase, the competition shifts to a series of team‑based games. In these games, the participants work in groups to accumulate money. The money earned is not an end in itself; it functions as a resource that can be exchanged for paper disks. The quality of the paper disks varies, and the better disks are purchased with the money earned in the earlier team games.

The episode culminates in a final contest that uses the paper disks. This concluding competition is identified as “ttakjichigi,” a game in which the participants’ earlier strategic choices—particularly the selection of higher‑quality disks—play a decisive role. The synopsis frames the final segment as a contest to determine “the king of ttakjichigi,” implying that the winner of this last game will be recognized as the episode’s champion.

Throughout the episode, the structure moves from the early‑morning name‑tag bounty chase, through the money‑earning team challenges, to the strategic purchase of paper disks, and finally to the decisive ttakjichigi showdown. The presence of Lee Si Young and Choo Sung Hoon as guests adds an additional dynamic to the competition, as they participate alongside the regular cast in each of the described phases. The episode’s narrative arc therefore centers on the progression from fear‑filled pursuit to collaborative earning, strategic resource management, and ultimately a decisive contest for the title of king of ttakjichigi.