The BEST episodes of Family Outing

#1 - Soyool Village, Yeosu, South Jeolla

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/16/2008

After dinner, the Family face off in one-on-one boasting battles, where preposterous exchanges take place between Rain and Chunhee, Jaesuk and Jongshin, Hyori and Yejin, Jongkook and Daesung, and Sooro and Chunhee, including ridiculously topics such as television-watching ability, fame resulting from associating with Kang Ho Dong, crying to songs when drunk, and frequent flyer miles. During sleep order rankings, the Family men dance while donning an Afro wig and gold chain and Yejin bribes her way to first place among the women with cookies. As the Family heads to bed, Jongkook departs to prepare for his comeback broadcast performance the following day. In the morning, the wake-up mission comprises a needle-threading task, finally resulting in Rain and Chunhee tasked with breakfast duty. Although only able to catch one fish, Rain and Chunhee prepare a tasty dumpling and fish soup with the broth Rain brought. Following breakfast, the Family head to the beach to play a game of queen dodgeball, where teams protect their respective queens of Hyori and Yejin, highlighted by Jaesuk's multiple body shots. After Hyori's team victory, the Family gather to clean the fishing nets before wiping down the house and welcoming the homeowners home.

#2 - Hoesang Village, Muan, Jeolla

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/5/2008

For this episode, the rankings involve everyone competing to act the most despicably, while yet exhibiting charisma. Highlights include Jongshin garnering repeated face splashings due to his unbecoming behavior and Hyesung attempting to woo both female Family members simultaneously. Ultimately, Jongshin and Hyori prevail for first place victories. At bedtime, Hyori delights the cameras with her flirtatious antics before the Family doze off. The wake-up mission involves each member catching a thrown pillow immediately following a somersault, eventually leaving Hyesung and Yejin with breakfast duty. The pairing proceed to peacefully cook kimbap and egg soup, only to have Hyori and Jaesuk nagging them throughout the process. After brunch, the Family head off to pick persimmons in the field, engaging in a verbal game of puns centered on the Korean word for persimmon, before forming teams to play a game of racing up a hill of hay. Highlights include inept physical performances from Jaesuk and Jongshin leading to their trademark sad accordion music. The episode ends with the homeowners being welcomed home.

#3 - Maamter Village, Gangwon

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/22/2008

The next morning, the wake-up mission involves a trivia game, ultimately with Daesung and Jaesuk being held responsible for breakfast duty. Here the concept of "Dumb and Dumber" is introduced as the pairing encounters difficulty determining the appropriate amount of water for cooking ramyun. After breakfast, the Family set out to feed the farm's piglets, with some escaping and chasing down of the "kids" to ensue. The Family then move on to the fields to organize stacks of hay, but not before distracting themselves with another race game. Highlights include Sooro the "Game Devil" carrying Hyori's team to victory, Jongshin's "old man" accordion music, and Yejin losing her sense of direction following the "elephant spin". Finally, the Family stack the hay, plant the seeds, clean up the house, and welcome back the homeowners.

#4 - Maamter Village, Gangwon

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/15/2008

The premiere episode of Family Outing begins with a "red carpet" event inside the SBS building; a night introducing the show and the Family members. The members interrogate each other with personal questions to allow the audience to familiarize itself with the Family. The day of formal filming follows with the Family gathering at a farm village, where everyone sets off for a local river to fish and play their first game. During the water-based running race, Hyori's team loses decisively to Yejin's, leading to the introduction of the "Hyori Effect". Returning home with their fish, Yejin reveals her "savage" fish preparation abilities while the other members look on with wonder. After dinner, the Family form a circle to play the "Saranghae (I Love You) Game" and end the evening with a ranking of Family members to determine the sleeping order. Highlights of the ranking include Yejin's annoyance at the men's slow voting leading to a reversal of results in Hyori's favor. As bedtime preparations continue, the faux "Big Bbeon" members Jongshin as "Kae Sung" and Jaesuk as "C-Dragon" are introduced.

#5 - Chudong Village, Muju, North Jeolla

Season 1 - Episode 58 - Aired 8/2/2009

Song Ji-hyo The Family Outing Summer Horror special: The voices in the abandoned factory! The night games took place inside an abandoned textile factory. The easily scared Family is tasked to finish the course in pairs to figure out the mystery behind the place, not knowing the horror hidden within the factory. The team who finished with the longest amount of time has to do the nighttime chores. In this episode a special appearance of "Boys Over Flowers" was also seen, in the form of Kang "Jun-pyo" and Song "Jan-di".

#6 - Samsaeng Village, Hongcheon, Gangwon

Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 6/21/2009

#7 - Unho Village, Jeolla

Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 3/22/2009

#8 - Unho Village, Jeolla

Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 3/29/2009

#9 - Chudong Village, Muju, North Jeolla

Season 1 - Episode 59 - Aired 8/9/2009

Song Ji-hyo The Family Outing Summer Horror special: The voices in the abandoned factory! The night games took place inside an abandoned textile factory. The easily scared Family is tasked to finish the course in pairs to figure out the mystery behind the place, not knowing the horror hidden within the factory. The team who finished with the longest amount of time has to do the nighttime chores. In this episode a special appearance of "Boys Over Flowers" was also seen, in the form of Kang "Jun-pyo" and Song "Jan-di".

#10 - Soyool Village, Yeosu, South Jeolla

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/9/2008

The Family welcome Rain, who along with Jongkook and Daesung, form the three "slanty-eyed" brothers. At the homeowners' house, the Family send off the omonis (mothers) before setting off in boats to harvest octopus. Afterwards, the Family play an obstacle race game on the beach, highlighted by 1) the members becoming conscious of their image upon realizing Rain will be attracting a large viewing audience, 2) Jongkook's frustration upon slipping and losing to Rain, 3) Yejin being dropped three times by Daesung and Jaesuk, and 4) the sabotaging efforts of Yejin and Hyori as they impede the opposing team with hair-pulling, kicking, and sprawling. During dinner preparation, Rain overcomes his averseness to handling octopus with Yejin's help, Dumb and Dumber can do nothing right as they endure combination scoldings from Yejin and Hyori, and Jongshin furtively prepares seasoning from store-bought marinade and ramyun powder. As Chunhee gathers and washes the vegetables, he sustains the oppression of two Stepmother Kims, in Sooro and Jongkook.

#11 - Goseong, South Gyeongsang

Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 4/26/2009

#12 - Goseong, South Gyeongsang

Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 4/19/2009

#13 - Heoumri Village, Chungcheong

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/2/2008

Following dinner, the Family visit a local music hall to practice for a village performance. The members reveal impressive talent with their singing and playing of instruments, although Jaesuk and Sooro garner criticism for their overwhelming backing vocals. Returning home, sleep order rankings allow the Family men to show off their boxing skills, with entertaining performances from water-spitting Jaesuk, buttocks-punching Jongshin, and easily-toppled Chunhee. Bedtime features the last placed Jaesuk relegated to sleeping in the bedroom corner along the hallway to the bathroom. In the morning, the wake-up mission requires the Family to guess words written on a rapidly rotating propeller, concluding with Sooro and Chunhee tasked with breakfast duty. Highlights include 1) Chunhee washing radishes with a bar of soap, 2) Chunhee and Sooro shaving the radish with their teeth and 3) Sooro frying eggs with vinegar rather than oil. At the same time, the other Family members milk cows in the barn before returning home as Hyori and Daesung help to finish breakfast preparations, making some ice cream along the way. After breakfast, the Family feed the cows and head to an outdoor stage to perform for the village. A mini concert ensues, featuring a group cover of "Kite" by Linus and solo performances from Daesung, Jongkook, Hyori, and Jongshin.

#14 - Heoumri Village, Chungcheong

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/26/2008

The episode opens with the Family enthusiastically welcoming Jongkook as a new member, focusing on Hyori's bashfulness as the "One Man" arrives to pair up with Daesung to form the "small-eyed brothers". Arriving at the village, the Family head to the wheat fields to harvest first by hand, then with a combine operated by Sooro. Highlights include 1) Hyori acting demure in front of Jongkook and 2) Jongkook reluctantly waving to the Family women before sheepishly helping them descend from the combine. The Family then play a game competing to build the larger hay stack, followed by a game of dressing up one member as the funniest looking scarecrow. With the production crew acting as judge, Chunhee bests Jongkook, with both donning lipstick, false lashes, and blush, causing the losing Jongkook to feign frustration as he runs into a patch of mud with his new sneakers. Returning to the house, the Family catch a duck for dinner and split into teams for dinner preparation. Hyori and Chunhee take turns climbing on each other's backs while gathering chestnuts, with Chunhee painfully stepping barefoot on a thorny chestnut burr. Jongkook joins the "Dumb and Dumber" tandem to dig for ginseng, while Sooro and Jongshin lounge about the house, directing Yejin in fire starting. As the Family re-gather, Chunhee attempts to delay Jongkook's return home to allow Hyori time to wash Jongkook's muddied sneakers.

#15 - Bolitgogae Village

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/17/2008

The Family welcomes Junjin, celebrating Hyori's new single U-Go-Girl as they meet. After finding the homeowners' house, they go fishing at the river for their first assigned task, taking some time to play in the water. Junjin and Sooro are the aces during this race through water game, with teammates acting as obstacles for the opposing competitor, leading to much foul play from moving-road-block Yejin and upright-wall Sooro. After the game, the Family find nary a fish despite their bean paste and rice bait trap. Returning home for dinner preparation, Hyori attempts to fry a loaf of bread, and with Chunhee away briefly for a hospital visit, Jaesuk endures Stepmother Kim's oppression as he gathers corn, Bruce Lee-style. Meanwhile, Junjin and Yejin pick vegetables in the field, pledging each other votes during sleep order rankings. During soup preparation, forbidden from using ramyun seasoning, the Family men flavor the stew with canned fish and meat, collude carefully to avoid detection from Hyori. After dinner, with Chunhee returning, the Family play the "Truth" game, guessing each other's good and bad points as decided by the other members. During the sleep order rankings, the Family role play to compete to be the most pitiful. Highlights include Jongshin invoking his newborn son, Chunhee bribing with aloe leaves, and Yejin falling to the ground in tears.

#16 - Samsaeng Village, Hongcheon, Gangwon

Season 1 - Episode 53 - Aired 6/28/2009

#17 - Pocheon, Gyeonggi

Season 1 - Episode 82 - Aired 1/24/2010

These episodes also feature guest appearances by SNSD: Yoona, Kara: Jiyoung, Seungyeon, B.E.G: Jea, Miryo, Ga-in, and T-ara: Eunjung, Jiyeon. Nicole (Kara), Tiffany (Girls' Generation)

#18 - SBS Mokdong Broadcasting Center, Yangcheon, Seoul

Season 1 - Episode 85 - Aired 2/14/2010

The last episode of Season 1, all members of Season 1 returned for the Family Awards, an awards ceremony where members of the Family receive awards for their achievements in the program.

#19 - Kanggol Village, Chun La Nam Island, Gyeonggi

Season 1 - Episode 84 - Aired 2/7/2010

For the last episodes of Season 1, previous members Lee Chun-hee and Park Ye-jin along with Park Si-yeon, who has been absent due to a back injury, return for a reunion. Lee Chun-hee, Park Ye-jin, Park Si-yeon

#20 - Kanggol Village, Chun La Nam Island, Gyeonggi

Season 1 - Episode 83 - Aired 1/31/2010

For the last episodes of Season 1, previous members Lee Chun-hee and Park Ye-jin along with Park Si-yeon, who has been absent due to a back injury, return for a reunion. Lee Chun-hee, Park Ye-jin, Park Si-yeon

#21 - Pocheon, Gyeonggi

Season 1 - Episode 81 - Aired 1/17/2010

These episodes also feature guest appearances by SNSD: Yoona, Kara: Jiyoung, Seungyeon, B.E.G: Jea, Miryo, Ga-in, and T-ara: Eunjung, Jiyeon. Nicole (Kara), Tiffany (Girls' Generation)

#22 - Bangchon Village, South Jeolla

Season 1 - Episode 76 - Aired 12/13/2009

#23 - Ongjeong Village, Gangwon

Season 1 - Episode 74 - Aired 11/29/2009

#24 - Bibongneh Village, Sacheon, South Gyeongsang

Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 5/31/2009

#25 - Sambae Village, Gangwon

Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 3/15/2009