Great Escape Season 7 (2025)

I Need Therapy After Watching Peng & Zhe Yuan Scream Like Little Girls

I Need Therapy After Watching Peng Yu Chan & Cheng Zhe Yuan Scream Like Little Girls (And I Mean That as the Highest Compliment)

If you haven’t watched Great Escape Season 7, do you even know what true fear looks like? Because I just spent 13 episodes wheezing, crying, and choking on my own saliva—and 90% of that is thanks to the absolute comedic goldmine that is Peng Yu Chan, Cheng Zhe Yuan, and Xue Kai standing in a dark room together.

Let’s start with the holy trinity of terror. When Peng, Zheyuan, and Xue Kai are huddled together, it’s not a variety show—it’s a nature documentary about three meerkats who just spotted a hawk. Peng Yu Chan, who I now affectionately call "The Little Boy", looks like a middle schooler who got lost on a field trip. He puffs out his chest, yells "GET IN FORMATION!" like he’s about to lead troops into war, and then the moment a prop door creaks, he levitates two feet in the air. Sir, you played a fierce immortal in I Am Nobody! Where is that energy?? I want to rewatch that drama just to remind myself you’re capable of being cool, because right now I can’t unsee you clinging to Kai’s arm like a koala with abandonment issues.

Now can we talk about Cheng Zhe Yuan? Oh, my sweet, dramatic prince. I just finished three period dramas where this man stares down armies with a sword and a cold, deadly glare. He plays fierce generals! Assassins! Men who wouldn’t flinch if a volcano erupted! And yet, in real life, this grown man gets jump-scared by a fake spider on a string and screams at a pitch only dolphins can hear. The whiplash is insane. I can’t look at his stoic period drama face anymore without hearing his little shriek in my head. He’s a scared baby in a handsome man’s body, and honestly? That’s the content I live for. He gets scared at everything. A flickering light? Scream. A NPC breathing? Scream. His own shadow? Believe it or not, straight to scream.

And then there’s Kai, who has allegedly “gotten braver” this season. Lies. Sweet lies. The only thing that’s changed is that he now knows to yell for Bibi faster. "BIBI! BIBI! COME CLOSER!"—because apparently, if Bibi stands next to him, the ghosts will think twice? The funniest part? He plugs his ears like a toddler before entering a dark room. As if the monsters are scared off by his inability to hear them. Sir, that’s not how sound works! But it’s okay, because when he screams, we all laugh.

And through all this chaos, who holds the group together? Bibi, the undisputed QUEEN. She’s solving quadratic equations in the corner while the three boys are having a group hug over a mannequin. Without her, no puzzles would be solved, the boys would be crying in the fetal position, and the show would just be 90 minutes of grown men whimpering. She’s the rock. She’s the mom. She’s the only reason they escape.

Wowkie Zhang is the dad who pretends he’s not scared but you can see him sweating. He’s the "calm" one, but deep down? He’s mentally reciting his last will.

Final verdict: The puzzles? Brilliant. The sets? Cinematic. The editing? Give that editor a raise and a vacation, because the slow-motion replays of Peng jumping into Kai’s arms are pure ART.

I don’t know why I can’t stop laughing. I don’t know why Peng looks like a cute little boy. I don’t know why Zheyuan’s shrieks bring me so much joy. But I’m here for it.

Now excuse me, I’m off to watch Season 8. Pray for my abs—they hurt from laughing. And pray for Cheng Zhe Yuan’s vocal cords. He’ll need them.

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