The one hundred and eighty-ninth TV show: #763 Two Days and One Night
Although a preview of Two Days and One Night originally triggered our interest in Korean variety, we ended up watching Infinite Challenge first. We fell in love with it, watch a lot, but took a break to move on to other shows. We missed it, though, so it felt like time to bring Two Days and One Night in.
We weren't sure - it'd be different, so would we like that - but the show quickly won us over. We started from about a year into the first season and it feels like the chemistry is different from the start. The show is looser and Kang Ho-Dong as MC makes for a less constrained feel compared to Jae-Suk's following of roles. Even the interaction with the crew, which feels more (friendly) antagonistic from both sides, works better, especially as it feels like the cast has bonded more over it. There are a lot of fun, unforced moments and having ended on two trips in a row where they clearly changed their plans partway through, it feels more genuine even if a bunch of it is still tightly plotted.
We don't really get the equivalent shows here, but these variety shows really fill a niche that makes it fun viewing, both in its variety and its comfort as you get to know the cast and it did become one of those shows we look forward to watching every week.