S1·E149 The Legendary Nine Tailed Fox

Episode recap

Running Man Season 1, Episode 149, titled “The Legendary Nine Tailed Fox,” brings a special guest lineup to the regular cast. In this installment, three guest participants—Kim Soo Mi, Kwon Rise, and Park So Hyun—join the long‑standing members of the show and assume the role of nine‑tailed foxes. The episode’s central conceit divides the participants into several teams, each composed of a pair of male members from the regular cast alongside the guest foxes. This team structure is explicitly described as “a couple of male members in each team,” indicating that the male regulars are paired with the fox characters for the competition.

The overarching objective for all teams is to collect a total of nine tails. According to the synopsis, the accumulation of these tails is linked to the symbolic goal of “ascending to paradise.” The episode frames the competition as a series of games, each designed to allow the teams to earn tails toward that total. While the specific nature of the individual games is not detailed in the provided material, the synopsis confirms that the participants must “win various games” in order to progress toward the nine‑tail goal.

Throughout the episode, the teams engage in the prescribed challenges, competing against one another to secure as many tails as possible. The competitive dynamic is driven by the shared aim of reaching the nine‑tail threshold, with each successful game contributing to a team’s cumulative count. The episode’s narrative arc follows this progression from the initial team formation, through the series of contests, and culminates in the determination of a final victor.

The synopsis concludes by inviting viewers to discover “which fox wins in the end,” indicating that the episode resolves with a single fox—one of the three guests—being declared the overall winner after the tail‑collecting competition concludes. No further specifics about the winning individual, the exact number of tails each team secured, or the particular games played are provided in the source material, and thus are omitted from this recap.