Where On Earth?? (Where is That? / 거기가 어딘데)

(No one forces you to go to a desert.)

(But if you do end up there, you need to get out of there alive.)

(The first expedition: The Arabian Desert)

Hello. I see so many familiar faces.

Hello.

Hi.

Hello.

(Early April, 9 days before departure)

(Inauguration Ceremony of the First Group of Celebrity Explorers)

An expedition.

It's spring already.

Sae Ho.

- My gosh. - Gosh.

I could already recognize you from the back.

- Sae Ho. Nice to see you. - Hey.

My gosh.

- It's been so long. - It's so windy.

My goodness, hey.

(And here's a guy who knows the wilderness.)

- My gosh. - Hello.

- Hi, Tae Hyun. - Hi.

- Have you been well? - Yes.

How did you end up here when you're busy?

I don't know. I don't know how I ended up here.

That's just how things are.

Hey, Tae Hyun.

- Have you been well? - Yes.

- It's nice to meet you. - Hello.

- Nice to meet you. - Hi.

- We've met before. - Yes.

- In "Happy Together". - That's right.

- Nice to meet you. - What? Where did you guys meet?

- On a show called "Happy Together". - He came on the show once.

Nice to meet you.

- Did you go on the trip? - Yes, I did.

- To celebrate the end of the drama? - Yes, and I went on another trip.

- You went on another trip? - Yes.

- I came back two days ago. - I didn't know you went again.

But how did you end up...

- Me? - How did you end up here?

I kind of got sucked into this.

Right?

(He can't seem to absorb what's going on.)

I just ended up here.

I was really surprised when I heard that you'd be on the show.

I repeatedly asked again and again.

If this is...

(His explanation for becoming a regular member)

I just ended up getting involved.

It was really weird.

I'm not quite sure how I ended up here either.

- Really? - I was lured by the director.

- Right. - Normally,

directors try to convince you to appear on the show.

(But the director who went to cast him...)

But he didn't say anything to me.

It kind of seemed like...

he didn't care whether I took it or not.

That's what made me lean towards coming on the show.

- My gosh. - And now, I'm here.

That's a strange reason to get motivated.

I recently found out about the fact that...

(He joined the show because he's close with the director.)

we'll be going to a desert.

- I didn't know either. - When I heard that,

- I got so nervous. - Didn't you know either?

Well, I just heard rumors from people...

at the broadcasting station,

saying that the director...

- was spotted at an airport... - Really?

- Oh, my gosh. - in Oman.

And some people would tell me that he's in a desert.

So when I heard those rumors,

I never thought...

I heard rumors saying that the director collapsed.

- Really? - Yes.

I never heard of that. I only heard about the good stuff.

- No. - Come on.

That sounds a little made up.

No, I'm being serious.

- Really? - Yes, I heard that.

I heard three guys even got into accidents.

So when I heard that...

Excuse me, but if three guys got into an accident...

- I've heard of that rumor. - We have only four guys here.

So if three of us get into an accident,

- Exactly. - does one guy...

- have to save the three? - We never know.

It'll cause so much inconvenience if anyone collapses.

If anyone ends up fainting,

let's not get surprised.

If I ever faint, you can just leave me there.

I'll just take it in as reality.

- No. - I don't want to burden anyone.

If you faint, we'll...

- No. - We can't do that.

("You go the furthest when you don't know where you're heading.")

(Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer)

(He laughs at the brazenness of the staff.)

("You must encounter Mother Earth in order to understand...")

(He loves taking walks, so he agrees with the quote.)

("You wish to know how I climbed Mount Everest?")

(Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, a New Zealand mountaineer)

("I have nothing more to climb." Ko Sang Don, a Korean explorer)

(He's a legendary figure among Korean mountaineers.)

("I don't want someone who comes to walk a nice path.")

("I want someone who's even willing to walk an unpaved road.")

(David Livingstone, Scottish explorer)

("We do not need pathways to go where we need to go.")

(The staff are trying to teach them the purpose of this show.)

("How can I explore the unknown?" Cho Sae Ho, Comedian and explorer)

("You want me to sleep outside?" Cha Tae Hyun, Actor and explorer)

It says you're an actor and explorer.

(It's too late for him to get out of this.)

"Sure. Why not?"

("Sure. Why not?" Bae Jung Nam, Model and explorer)

I guess I'm already an explorer.

("The truth is something we must prove.")

My gosh.

(It was similar to how the military inputs information to soldiers.)

- That was nice. - Yes.

Did you see how we were all described as explorers?

- Yes. - We're all explorers.

I thought the staff might've accidentally...

wrote 2018 after my year of birth.

So I kept focusing on the screen.

But thankfully, it wasn't there.

We'll now be holding an inauguration ceremony...

to celebrate the first group of celebrity explorers.

Why are you doing this?

My gosh.

(Congratulations on joining the army.)

(This is a very rare sight to see these days.)

I can't believe this.

This first group of celebrity explorers...

was chosen very carefully among a group...

of 20,000 celebrities.

- Seriously? - It doesn't seem so.

- He's lying. - That's how...

we picked our explorers.

I'd like to thank the four volunteers for...

Who volunteered?

- Who volunteered? - Volunteer?

- Raise your hand. - Is that what you call this?

What's...

- Who would volunteer? - I volunteered.

My gosh.

I think you've always kind of wanted...

to do something like this, right?

Yes, I have.

I suddenly felt the urge to do something new...

as soon as I turned 40 years old.

This is actually something I've always dreamed of doing,

but it's not easy for anyone to actually go.

We've now become part of his dream.

We're now in his dream.

The word "Expedition" sounds really cool to me.

But I'm just doubtful of myself.

Exactly. It's like thinking, "Why me?"

(- What's wrong with your eye? - I'm suffering from a frostbite.)

Wouldn't it be similar to a trip?

- It's completely different. - Totally different.

You must overcome yourself.

Gosh, I don't have much experience in overcoming myself.

Which one do you think will be more satisfying?

Going up on a cable car or climbing the mountain yourself?

- The cable car. - Riding the cable car.

Like you said, if you climb the mountain...

I don't think anyone said they wanted to climb.

(It doesn't matter whether you like it or not.)

(We'll at least guarantee a few days of unforgettable memories.)

We need to go this way.

It's over there. We need to go that way.

I don't think anything will be there. We're in trouble.

I just heard that we're heading the wrong way.

(Pain that they've brought upon themselves)

- Gosh, how nice. - Look at him.

I can't do this.

Let's just consider this a pilot episode instead of taking it weekly.

I'm too exhausted to go find it, over.

What we saw is probably something we'll never get to see again.

Exactly.

(We invite you to a labyrinth of sand.)

As you can see, our first expedition...

will be going to a desert.

My gosh, there's nothing.

A desert is a place...