Topic: TAR 24 EP 4 "Smarter, Not Harder" Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[georgiapeach]

 Thanks Alenavada!
 

From TVGuide:

Title find thanks to colav10!!


Press:

ONE RACER SUFFERS A MELTDOWN DURING AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DETOUR, ON “THE AMAZING RACE,” SUNDAY, MARCH 16
             “Smarter, Not Harder” – One racer pours blood and tears into an exhausting Roadblock and another racer suffers a meltdown during an extremely difficult Detour, on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 16

[georgiapeach]

TV PREVIEW! Thanks to Alen!
 
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/NYORcNx00Kc" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/NYORcNx00Kc</a>

 
 
CBS PREVIEW!   Thanks to colav10 for the head's up and Alen for the caps!
 
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/TES7MaBGwQM" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/TES7MaBGwQM</a>

[georgiapeach]

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[georgiapeach]

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[ovalorange]

Leg 4: Sabah, Malaysia → Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

FILM DATES: November 22-23
AIR DATE: March 16


ROUTE INFO:   Murut Long House, Prince Philip Park
ROADBLOCK:   Jump and collect Sabah flag


ROUTE INFO:  Fly to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

FLIGHTS: Unknown

ROUTE INFO:   Petronas Towers


ROUTE INFO:   Sky Tower

DETOUR A:       Mix Master
 !  TASK:    Play the master track as club DJs

 

DETOUR B:       Master Mix
 !  TASK:    Make seven cocktails and pour them into pyramid of glasses


PITSTOP: Batu Caves


   SAFE:


?  AT RISK:          None

X  ELIMINATED:

[georgiapeach]

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[Alenaveda]

Preview!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/NYORcNx00Kc?hl=es_" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/NYORcNx00Kc?hl=es_</a>

[Alenaveda]

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[georgiapeach]

Feel free to post after Episode 3 airs!

[gamerfan09]

Jessica/John 

Luke giving TAR18/14 finale leg vibe again

[Alenaveda]

Preview and caps up!

[georgiapeach]

Thanks Alen!!

[Belle Book]

What happened to Jessica's foot?   

[kiki]

Could this be a double RB leg?
The jumping (still in Borneo, I think), is only done by one member (we've seen Jessica and Cord so far) and also the task in the bar in KL looks like a RB, we've seen so far Luke and Brendon doing it, without any direct help from Margie or Rachel.

[Jimmer]

To me, this is giving me a strong vibe similar to TAR19 Thailand 2, with a double Roadblock leg, mid-leg travel, a southeast Asian leg, both have 8 teams and happen early on in the season. Hopefully this leg is much better than the second Thailand leg.

[colav10]

CBS Press Release:

ONE RACER SUFFERS A MELTDOWN DURING AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DETOUR, ON “THE AMAZING RACE,” SUNDAY, MARCH 16
             “Smarter, Not Harder” – One racer pours blood and tears into an exhausting Roadblock and another racer suffers a meltdown during an extremely difficult Detour, on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Phil Keoghan (@philkeoghan) is the host.

[colav10]

Episode Title (From CBS):

[TARP_Lover]

CBS Press Release:

ONE RACER SUFFERS A MELTDOWN DURING AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DETOUR, ON “THE AMAZING RACE,” SUNDAY, MARCH 16
             “Smarter, Not Harder” – One racer pours blood and tears into an exhausting Roadblock and another racer suffers a meltdown during an extremely difficult Detour, on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Phil Keoghan (@philkeoghan) is the host.

And just like that, Double RB theory is gone. 

[Plaidmoon]

I'm glad to see we finally have an episode title for this leg. After checking daily for the last 10 days or so, I was seriously thinking the title really was "No Episode Title". 

[georgiapeach]

Thanks guys!

So, jumping =RB, Bartending=Detour... right?

[gamerfan09]

CBS Press Release:

ONE RACER SUFFERS A MELTDOWN DURING AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DETOUR, ON “THE AMAZING RACE,” SUNDAY, MARCH 16
             “Smarter, Not Harder” – One racer pours blood and tears into an exhausting Roadblock and another racer suffers a meltdown during an extremely difficult Detour, on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Phil Keoghan (@philkeoghan) is the host.

The preview just gave who these two are! 

[gator27]

Will Big Easy be excluded from the Roadblock because he is too tall?

[colav10]

Promo:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/TES7MaBGwQM?version=3&amp;amp;hl=es_" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/TES7MaBGwQM?version=3&amp;amp;hl=es_</a>

[paradoxinee]

Promo:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/TES7MaBGwQM" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/TES7MaBGwQM</a>

So the Detour is Bartender or DJ?
Bartender: Dave and Connor, Brenchel, Maggie & Luke, Afghanimals, Cowboy
DJ: Globetrotters, Country Girls and maybe JJ

[nosyrabbit]

Next episode seems great tbh <3

[Alenaveda]

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[Ikurriña]

You can see Jessica & John on cap 35

[David]

Maybe the DJ thing is one team at a time? Jessica and John seem to be waiting? IDK.

But the atmosphere in there is like quite different as of what we've seen of Luke, isn't it?

[Bookworm]

The Detour seems to be Bartending vs. DJing, which makes sense that Margie and Luke have to the Bartending option.
The RB is jumping to get the Sabah flag. Although, because Tanjung Aru is close to KK, I don't know where the Murut Longhouse could be. It doesn't make much sense to go close to KK, then go back to the jungle, then back to KK to fly.

Is there any possibility of a route info task in Tanjung Aru (ie: search the village for someone/something, similar to the looking for the eggplants in TAR21 Leg 5) Because Globes and Country Singers are smiling with the kids. Of course, it could just be the Pit Start.

I think that the Cowboys win the Leg because of Cord's joke. It was a good joke, too.

This Leg looks GREAT!!!!! Night Leg!!!!

[Kelsey_x]

Is this the bartending task that we had video of brenchel performing ?

[gator27]

Is this the bartending task that we had video of brenchel performing ?

Yes, they are doing the bar tending Detour. You can see part of Brenchel in vidcaps 30 & 31 upstream. 

[RachelLeVega]

Will Big Easy be excluded from the Roadblock because he is too tall?

No, it will just be easier for him to grab the flag. Them being excluded from a Roadblock will appear more rigged.

[georgiapeach]

Usually a team member is only excluded due to height/weight limits from things like bungy, paragliding, parachuting etc. Big Easy was excluded from the high wire task already...

[georgiapeach]

What I wonder is...since we know Brenchel stuck out the Bartending Task...why in the world didn't they switch Detours?

[RachelLeVega]

What I wonder is...since we know Brenchel stuck out the Bartending Task...why in the world didn't they switch Detours?

From what I remember back to BB12, Rachel R. worked as a Las Vegas cocktail waitress before her CBS days. She probably thinks her skills in serving drinks could come in handy during the bartending task.

[Alenaveda]

CBS PRESS PICTURES!

"Smarter, Not Harder" Season 24 Episode 4
In Detour B, Mother/son team Margie (left) and Luke (right) must mix seven cocktails and pour them simultaneously into a pyramid of glasses. Once the drinks are properly made, they then must deliever them across a pool in order to receive the next clue on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.




Brendon and Rachel in Season 24 Episode 4
At the Detour Decision Point, Rachel (left) and Brendon (right) must choose between "Mix Master" and "Master Mix" both of which take place at the SkyBar on the top of the Traders Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network




Jennifer and Caroline in Season 24 Episode 4
Country singers Jennifer (left) and Caroline (right) make their way from the Pit Start to Prince Philip Park where they must search for the Murut Long House in order to receive the next clue on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.




On the way to the Pit Stop in Season 24 Episode 4
Country singers Jennifer (left) and Caroline (right) make their way from the Pit Start to Prince Philip Park where they must search for the Murut Long House in order to receive the next clue on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.




Celebrating in Season 24 Episode 4
In Detour A, Country singers Jennifer (left) and Caroline (right) must learn how to DJ then play the master track for the dancing crowd at the SkyBar in the Traders Hotel on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.




Dave and Connor in Season 24 Episode 4
In Detour B, Father/son team David (left) and Connor (right) must mix seven cocktails and pour them simultaneously into a pyramid of glasses. Once the drinks are properly made, they then must deliever them across a pool in order to receive the next clue on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.




Choosing their route in Season 24 Episode 4
At the Detour Decision Point, Father/son team David (left) and Connor (right) must choose between "Mix Master" and "Master Mix" both of which take place at the SkyBar on the top of the Traders Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.




Globetrotters in Season 24 Episode 4
In Detour A, Harlem Globetrotters Nate (left) and Herb (right) must learn how to DJ then play the master track for the dancing crowd at the SkyBar in the Traders Hotel on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.




Margie and Luke in Season 24 Episode 4
In Detour B, Mother/son team Margie (left) and Luke (right) must mix seven cocktails and pour them simultaneously into a pyramid of glasses. Once the drinks are properly made, they then must deliever them across a pool in order to receive the next clue on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

[gamerfan09]

That must be some leg if everyone did the RB at Day and then ended up at the Detour at night :O

[SamualDude]

That must be some leg if everyone did the RB at Day and then ended up at the Detour at night :O

Have we had a leg like that before? It'll be a good leg I reckon!

[gamerfan09]

That must be some leg if everyone did the RB at Day and then ended up at the Detour at night :O

Have we had a leg like that before? It'll be a good leg I reckon!

From Sucks, apparently everyone took ages at the Detour, everyone struggled for a long time, and people were switching. This is why I'm excited for next week. 

The drama should be GOLD.

[SamualDude]

That must be some leg if everyone did the RB at Day and then ended up at the Detour at night :O

Have we had a leg like that before? It'll be a good leg I reckon!

From Sucks, apparently everyone took ages at the Detour, everyone struggled for a long time, and people were switching. This is why I'm excited for next week. 

The drama should be GOLD.

Imagine if there is a Double U-Turn 

[gamerfan09]

That must be some leg if everyone did the RB at Day and then ended up at the Detour at night :O

Have we had a leg like that before? It'll be a good leg I reckon!

From Sucks, apparently everyone took ages at the Detour, everyone struggled for a long time, and people were switching. This is why I'm excited for next week. 

The drama should be GOLD.

Imagine if there is a Double U-Turn 

Doubt it. This is an NEL.

[georgiapeach]

new Preview peek...Afghanimals switch detours! 
 
 
http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/video?watch=2suk7xfe2g#ooid=kxNjY2bDqeli0QzwRbAxNxc41xpYJiZ-

[paradoxinee]

new Preview peek...Afghanimals switch detours! 
 
 
http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/video?watch=2suk7xfe2g#ooid=kxNjY2bDqeli0QzwRbAxNxc41xpYJiZ-

I though about that when we see Afghanimals did the Bartender and in the confessions, they reenacted DJ thing.

[Belle Book]

I think I would have gone for the D.J. detour right off the bat.  I don't think I have the balance necessary for being a bartender.

[Bookworm]

Both of these Detours seem EXTREMELY hard, it's no wonder everyone is struggling.

[RachelLeVega]

So from what I viewed from all three previews, the Detour is:
("Master Mix" or "Mix Master")
In Master Mix, teams have to exactly copy 3+ scratch tracks on a spintable to receive their next clue.
In Mix Master, teams have to shake and pour race-colored cocktails into seven glass cups. Then, teams must stack the cups on top of each other and pour them simultaneously into a coup pyramid without letting any colors drip into different coups. If teams can perform this bartenders' trick and deliver all seven coups across a pool successfully, they will receive their next clue.

I just wonder why route creators chose to set this Detour in Malaysia. Malaysian nightlife really isn't that significant. This Detour in Mid-European countries (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Prague, Czech Republic; Munich, Germany) would have easily been more suitable.

[paradoxinee]

Maybe they want to show 2 sides of Malaysia: Traditional and Modern

[purefluff]

According to one racer, it's the longest leg of the race, ever.

http://instagram.com/p/liE4Z4icgR/#

[Bookworm]

So from what I viewed from all three previews, the Detour is:
("Master Mix" or "Mix Master")
In Master Mix, teams have to exactly copy 3+ scratch tracks on a spintable to receive their next clue.
In Mix Master, teams have to shake and pour race-colored cocktails into seven glass cups. Then, teams must stack the cups on top of each other and pour them simultaneously into a coup pyramid without letting any colors drip into different coups. If teams can perform this bartenders' trick and deliver all seven coups across a pool successfully, they will receive their next clue.

I just wonder why route creators chose to set this Detour in Malaysia. Malaysian nightlife really isn't that significant. This Detour in Mid-European countries (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Prague, Czech Republic; Munich, Germany) would have easily been more suitable.

replacement legs are usually random like this

[RachelLeVega]

Maybe they want to show 2 sides of Malaysia: Traditional and Modern

DJing and Cocktail Mixing both seem modern to me...

[theschnauzers]

I wonder how they mean that statement. It would have to beat a couple of legs that went for three days or so (such as TAR 9's epic Argentina to Russia to Germany leg) and I don't see anything about this leg that points to a time frame of that proportion.

[Jimmer]

Maybe they want to show 2 sides of Malaysia: Traditional and Modern

DJing and Cocktail Mixing both seem modern to me...

Flag grabbing is traditional

[Jimmer]

I wonder how they mean that statement. It would have to beat a couple of legs that went for three days or so (such as TAR 9's epic Argentina to Russia to Germany leg) and I don't see anything about this leg that points to a time frame of that proportion.

Maybe they mean this season?

[DrRox]

I wonder how they mean that statement. It would have to beat a couple of legs that went for three days or so (such as TAR 9's epic Argentina to Russia to Germany leg) and I don't see anything about this leg that points to a time frame of that proportion.

Just a small correction. TAR 9 never went to Argentina........but they did go to Brasil.

[redskevin88]

According to one racer, it's the longest leg of the race, ever.

http://instagram.com/p/liE4Z4icgR/#

I wouldn't trust their opinion especially what they said about Leg 2's roadblock

[georgiapeach]

I just wonder why route creators chose to set this Detour in Malaysia.

Malaysia (both legs) may have been apparently a last minute sub for an aborted Philippines visit (typhoon). TPTB prob did what they could on short notice.

[paradoxinee]

Maybe they want to show 2 sides of Malaysia: Traditional and Modern

DJing and Cocktail Mixing both seem modern to me...

I meant that first Malaysian leg (last week) is traditional and second Malaysian leg is modern.

[Marionete]

Actually it might seem like a trainwreck leg, but on other terms it's really great as a substitute leg!! I mean, there sure looks to be lots of drama during the detour (and they look like hard tasks, which I LOVE), so I think it will be really interesting! Totally looking forward

[colav10]

Episode Pics:

http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/photos/1001273/season-24-episode-4/50111/

[Jobby]

Just realized that Luke's completely disadvantaged in Mix Master.

[Bookworm]

Just realized that Luke's completely disadvantaged in Mix Master.

Yeah, that's why they had to do Master Mix.....
I don't want to say it's unfair, as it is a Detour, but it left Margie & Luke with one option while the other teams had two options and could switch if they found one task too difficult.

[Marionete]

Just realized that Luke's completely disadvantaged in Mix Master.

OMG I hadn't realized that, too
It's such a shame, I really hope this is a NEL now, though I always want hard & frustrating legs to be ELIMs.

[georgiapeach]

We KNOW it is a NEL....

[Marionete]

We KNOW it is a NEL....

Yeah, I just meant that this seems (and now that I watched the episode - it was) a hard leg and I want hard legs to eliminate teams, but this time I felt different due to the disadvantage on Luke's part.