'1 Night 2 Days' succeeded in settling hardships in its final 2025 episode.
On the 28th broadcast of KBS2 '1 Night 2 Days season 4', the story of the members' "year-end hardship settlement Race" unfolded as they traveled to Sacheon, Goseong and Namhae in South Gyeongsang Province.
While Moon Seyoon and Yoo Seon-ho were assigned to oyster digging labor, the refund amounts between the Godin Gamrae team (Moon Seyoon, Cho Sae-ho, DinDin) and the Kim Jongmin team (Kim Jongmin, Lee Jun, DinDin) were swapped. Although the Kim Jongmin team won, they were tricked into swapping the refunds, and the midterm refund tally showed the Godin Gamrae team had 57,000 won and the Kim Jongmin team had 20,750 won. Yoo Seon-ho scolded Kim Jongmin and Lee Jun, but Kim Jongmin instead said, "I was too curious so I changed it," drawing laughs.
Wearing items such as stockings, flippers and prism glasses, the final mission involved carrying sandbags (5kg) and tires (10kg). At first it seemed the Godin Gamrae team was ahead, but the Kim Jongmin team widened the gap by putting forward the "physical ace" Lee Jun. With one minute remaining, the prepared sandbags and tires ran out, so they began stealing each other's, and after a fierce contest the Kim Jongmin team achieved a miraculous comeback by loading more sandbags.
With the refunds converted into raffle balls, entry was decided by pure luck. The Godin Gamrae team put in 21 balls and the Kim Jongmin team put in 22, and as a result of the draw the Kim Jongmin team was exempted from entering the water. The Kim Jongmin team, who had fallen into despair after swapping the refunds, celebrated an unbelievable outcome by winning the game and also being exempted from entering the water, while the Godin Gamrae team was stunned.
A Jimmy rig camera weighing about 300kg was moved for the water-entry shoot. The Kim Jongmin team, exempted from entering the water, joyfully led and helped the staff and checked the sea temperature, savoring their victory. Ahead of entering the water, Cho Sae-ho was full of worry and anxious, and DinDin, saying "I was with James Cameron three days ago," glared at the main PD as if he could not believe the water entry. The three held hands and entered the winter sea, delivering both emotion and laughter.
Reading letters received from viewers, the members, softened by emotion, faced reality again. The dinner gamble proceeded in a format called "level up together," where they earn dinner menus through various games. After securing kimchi thanks to Moon Seyoon's efforts, in the game where they increase the number of syllables when speaking, Cho Sae-ho failed while expressing his grievance. Cho Sae-ho had revealed Yoo Seon-ho's answer but failed to get his own, and, saying "for heaven's sake," could not continue, drawing laughs. Given another chance, the members succeeded in the final mission with Lee Jun's contribution and filled their bellies with a hearty dinner spread.
The sleeping-place gamble proceeded in a manner similar to the escape-room "The Great Escape." In the sleeping-place gamble, which determined everyone sleeping indoors, the members were in crisis when the trusted Lee Jun and Moon Seyoon were caught, but they pooled their strength and, thanks to Cho Sae-ho's hard carry, escaped the room within the 15-minute limit. The members all managed to sleep indoors for the first time in a while and enjoyed a warm night.
On the day of departure, the members watched the sunrise at Boriam, saw off 2025 and wished for a hopeful start to 2026. Eldest brother Kim Jongmin said, "I want us now to forget all the things of the past. Forget all the bad memories and may only good things fill 2026, we wish that for you." In a trailer released afterward, scenes showed the members filming as a five-member unit without Cho Sae-ho, who has suspended broadcast activities.
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