PLAYou - Season 1

First aired: 3/15/2022 12 episodes

It's like a game where Korean favorite TV host Yoo Jae-suk's situation is broadcasted live! Players need to save Yoo Jae-suk from danger with the 'power of collective intelligence'! PLAYou, play Yoo Jae-suk!

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Episodes

1. log-in

Aired: 3/15/2022

[Mission] Find your cell phone and log in within 100 minutes of the time limit. Jae-suk ends up in a strange place, and he’s got a mission to escape! Those who watch the show can play and control him through the live chat and help him get out of the place. Check out if Jae-suk manages to escape the place within the time limit!

2. bug

Aired: 3/22/2022

[Mission] Get off work in your car within 100 minutes. This week on “PLAYou,” Jae-suk goes to a parking lot with errors. His mission is to debug the faulty vehicles and get his van that’s in the back out of the cluster. One car doesn’t have keys in it, another car is missing a wheel, and there’s one more that’s out of fuel. Watch this week’s episode and see if Jae-suk succeeds.

3. Carry

Aired: 3/29/2022

[Mission] Escape from the enemy within the time limit with your associate. This week on “PLAYou,” Jae-suk is stranded on a deserted island. His mission is to save his friends and escape from the island while fighting off the enemies. As he tries to find his friends, a man in a ghillie suit keeps approaching to hinder his mission. Check out this week’s episode to see if Jae-suk successfully escapes.

4. Dungeon

Aired: 4/5/2022

[Mission] Acquire treasure in the cockpit at the end of the train. This week on “PLAYou,” Jae-suk is at a trail depot. He boards a retired train for this week’s mission, which is to get to the end of the train and acquire the treasure. He runs into all kinds of hardships and monsters along the way, and he’s horrified. He needs six keys to open the door to the last car, so find out if he succeeds.

5. Steal

Aired: 4/12/2022

[Mission] Find the 📂game over file in 100 minutes and steal it with USB. This week on “PLAYou,” Jae-suk respawns in a bunk bed as he failed the previous week. Now, he has 100 minutes to locate the Game Over File, retrieve it, and transfer it to a flash drive. He goes through all the meeting and editing rooms to find the file and runs into various producers. Check out if he succeeds!

6. Farming

Aired: 4/19/2022

[Mission] Get the 3 kinds of resources and succeed in trade with 3 countries. 🇮🇳🇧🇷🇵🇱 This week on “PLAYou,” Jae-suk respawns one more time due to his failure in the previous week. He wakes up in a container and has to find a way out to begin the mission. He must pick up some things to earn trade goods. He drives a truck to the final location and needs to guess which items the merchants want.

7. Party

Aired: 4/26/2022

[Mission] Share food with your friends and get a name tag. This week on “PLAYou,” the game starts at the dormitory. Jae-suk has to achieve what his friends ask him to do in order to get their name tags. The students ask him to eat a variety of snacks, but they are not allowed to bring food from outside. Will Jae-suk be able to grant everyone’s request while the inspector is on watch?

8. Impostor

Aired: 5/3/2022

[Mission] Find and rescue the missing person at the ghost station! This week on “PLAYou,” Jae-suk enters a haunted station to play the mission “Impostor.” His job is to detect a living human among the ghosts and bring the human to the exit. There are numerous characters in the underground station, and he needs to find who the real human is from the clues. See if he succeeds!

9. Tycoon

Aired: 5/10/2022

[Mission] Appreciate the goods, buy them at the right price, and succeed in management. Jae-suk participates in a game called "Tycoon" and runs a store. He has to negotiate with his clients to buy items for reasonable prices. However, the customers drive a hard bargain, making it difficult for Jae-suk to make a profit. They try to sell Jae-suk various items, from gold jewelry to a jacket and a musical instrument, demanding to get paid a lot. And Jae-suk has to try not to be swayed and buy items for low prices.

10. Duo

Aired: 5/17/2022

[Mission] Find the Lucky Tree with Your Companion🌳 This week on “PLAYou,” Jae-suk is spawned on a mountain for the mission “Duo.” His mission is to pair up with a companion on the way to the Tree of Fortune and make a wish. He can only have one companion at a time, and he runs into a dozen of them along the way. Find out if he completes his mission or not.

11. Level Up

Aired: 5/24/2022

[Mission] Raise your level to get SS class artifacts. This week on “PLAYou,” Jae-suk now has an opportunity to discover artifacts and raise his level with the ticket he earned the last week. But in order to acquire an artifact, he must pass a test. Jae-suk has to answer complex questions and even dance! Will he be able to get all the artifacts and level up?

12. Log-out

Aired: 5/31/2022

[Special mission by Boss] Delete all game master! [ProducerGM🎬 AudioGM🎧 CameraGM📹 Light GM☀️ WritersGM🗒 PropsGM🐠 TechnologyGM👨‍💻 AdvertisingGM🍹] This week, Jae-suk is given a special mission from the boss, which is to get rid of all the game managers. The production staff members all become game managers, and whenever Jae-suk clears the mission, the game managers get an angel ring.