Jeong Jong-yeon
Director
The Genius (2013)
Grand Final
A reality series pitting people identified with "genius traits" against one another in social games of strategy, logic, and negotiation skills. Each episode consists of a main match and a death match. The main match decides the winner and elimination candidate for the day. The winner receives a token of life, which grants immunity from the death match, and potentially garnets, a game currency worth ₩1,000,000 each. Garnets can be used to improve a player's chances of winning a game, as well as be traded with other players to gain favor. The elimination candidate chooses a player without a token of life to take part in a 1v1 game called the death match. The player who loses the death match is eliminated, and the winner of the death match gains their garnets. The last remaining player is the champion, and the total garnets held by the champion will be the final prize.
Released April 26, 2013
Episode 80 min
None+
Keywords: imdb.non-fiction, imdb.game, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.casino, tmdb.intelligence, tmdb.game-show, tmdb.prize-money + 2 more, tmdb.betray, tmdb.ally
Production Companies: CJ ENM
Network: tvN
Country: South Korea
Languages:
Korean
8.5
S4E1 - ID Exchange
Players trade ID cards to gain points while avoiding being left with an undesirable card.
June 27, 2015, midnight
8.0
S4E2 - Horror Race
Players support characters to win a race to obtain garnets.
July 4, 2015, midnight
7.0
S4E3 - Today's Menu
Players guess how many other contestants have placed the same menu order by putting their card box on the appropriate section of the game table.
July 11, 2015, midnight
8.5
S4E4 - Fish Shop
Fish Shop is a 'price war' that consists of four rounds of players selling the same fish, and whoever earns the most will win.
July 18, 2015, midnight
7.0
S4E5 - Loyalists and Rebels
Players are randomly divided into secret teams with opposing goals to either prevent or promote achieving the number 1,000.
July 25, 2015, midnight
7.0
S4E6 - Garnet Thief
Players choose between four characters attempting to win a limited number of garnets each round based on which characters were chosen.
Aug. 1, 2015, midnight
6.0
S4E7 - Seed Poker
Players strategically receive hole cards or add to the table's seed cards. The seed card will be given to the player with the lowest numbered hole card, with players attempting to achieve the highest score from their combined cards.
Aug. 8, 2015, midnight
7.0
S4E8 - Minus Auction II
An iteration on the game from Season 2 but with new mechanics to alter player strategies for acquiring cubes to achieve the lowest negative total.
Aug. 15, 2015, midnight
7.0
S4E9 - Horror Race II
An iteration on the same game from earlier this season, this version includes two new rules that will alter player strategies.
Aug. 22, 2015, midnight
S4E10 - Cooperative Hold'em
Aug. 29, 2015, midnight
S4E11 - How Much
Players must deduce the price that guests offered for a product by questioning, and the player who guessed the highest price without going over will score points.
Sept. 5, 2015, midnight
S4E12 - Final Match
Whichever contestant is the first to win 2 of 3 games will be the winner of The Genius Season 4.
Sept. 12, 2015, midnight
Network: tvN
Episode Runtime: 80 min.
Season Runtime: 3840 min.
Released: April 26, 2013
Last Air Date: Sept. 12, 2015, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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