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EP11: "Good Doing Business with You."
michael:
I know what you are talking about, and I remember Charla is wearing the exact same shirt!
Oh, close, but I don't think it's a match...you can see the SA sceneary in the BG
http://www.gofish.com/player.gfp?gfid=30-1087773
gator27:
--- Quote from: Michael D on April 18, 2007, 04:05:08 PM ---I know what you are talking about, and I remember Charla is wearing the exact same shirt!
Oh, close, but I don't think it's a match...you can see the SA sceneary in the BG
http://www.gofish.com/player.gfp?gfid=30-1087773
--- End quote ---
I think that WAS the room. Thanks D.
georgiapeach:
We'll try this again...
This is my take on what we know/don't know so far about this week.
Frank speculation is in red. Blue is where I hope puddin will attach a pretty pic. :lol:
Preview 1 and 2 here .
The big debate seems to whether this is a TBC or a not TBC...
And I'm happy to report that we all seem in perfect agreement that it is either a TBC or....a NEL.....or an Elim....or a BVM surprise! :happy:
If the BQ confessional is from a future episode as seems likely, then that removes my only objection to this being a TBC.
And if the Cha's confessional is in Guam as seems likely, then there are no confessionals for this episode which makes a TBC even more possible.
Teams depart the Hong Kong Jockey Club on Dec 13th after a 12 hour pitstop, leaving possibly between about 3-7 AM?? (see mswood's Timeline here)
They are directed to go to Macau, a former Portuguese territory.
They go to the Hong-Kong to Macau TurboJet ferry terminal at Sheung wan. (Boingo's nice GE map here?)
Ferries depart at 0130, 0200, 0400, 0445, 0600, 0700, 0730, 0800 and then every 15 minutes until 1800, and take approximately 55 minutes. It costs HK$138 (=$17.68) after 0700 and HK$172 (=$22) before 0700 (Hmmm....maybe this is where O/D lose their lead?).
(We know what the two Detours and the Roadblock are, we know they rent a kiddie car, we know they go to Lou Lim Ieoc Gardens. We don't know which order things occur in for sure, and we don't know that the Garden is for sure the site of the Pitstop/TBC Mat stop--so take the rest with a little salt.)
The teams find their cluebox at the Ferry Terminal in Macau and choose between two Detours, each with their own pros and cons. (Don't you miss that?*sigh*)
At some point, teams collect their own kiddie bumper car and drive themselves to their tasks. I think that is now and may provide a little H of Op. Ch/M take the bumper car part a little too literally, which may explain how they fall behind.
Row it or Roll it? (titles mine)
O/D choose Row it and fetch and carry a ceremonial drum along the waterfront near Neobie's Macao-Taipei Bridge to a Macau Dragon Boat where they row to I don't know where.
This task in hindsight proves to lead to a costly time delay.
The other teams all choose Roll it and proceed to Hakushu8's bamboo pole Noodle workshop, where they roll out handmade noodles. And we won't even go there about riding that pole!
Timeshots during this task put Eric there about 5:30 and Ch/M there about 7:05 (AM presumed). (To be further determined)
Teams eventually drive themselves to the Roadblock, which occurs at Slowhatch's
Macau Tower .
(Order of arrival, conversations, deals etc. are educated speculation--you have been warned! :lol:)
The Roadblock, which one member of each team performs, is the Skywalk and the SkyJump and who knows maybe they throw in the Bungy and the Mast Climb too! (I'm so glad to finally see an AllStar worthy task that I would keep them up there all day!)
We see Charla performing this task for her team.
Now, it appears that E/D and the BQ's arrive at the tower (BQ's first?) close to each other, where they find a Yield. Since E/D need to arrive at the Mat first, I believe that the BQ's negotiate with E/D to NOT Yield them, but rather a team further behind (O/D) in exchange for allowing E/D to reach the mat in first place. Is this why we see Dustin praying? They would be relying on E/D's honor to not yield them after all.
(And while this may be a wise move by the BQ's at this moment, I think you can say that this moment is also where they lose the race to E/D. :o)
Now WHY O WHY do they choose O/D instead of Ch/M?? :'( You must decide....
Ch/M being a later arrival to the tower (too much time gambling in the Casinos :lol:), make a generous offer of some of their homemade noodles to O/D (really maybe $$)...
All teams then drive themselves in the bumper cars to schwartzmoor's Lou Lim Ieoc Garden where Dee takes a nosedive. This is the Pit-Matstop for the race.
Order of arrival:
E/D who escape the marked for elimination penalty.
BQ's second
Ch/M third
O/D sadly last and are either marked for elim, elim, or surprised by BVM depending on your POV.
All teams may be TBC'd and keep on racing to Guam.......or not?
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michael:
Peach - Awesome post. Thanks for summarizing things.
I still think the shot of the BQs is from the end of Macau...and I'm still not 100% about what the deal might be. Why would Eric accept that BQ deal, that would make them seem kind of pathetic, because they would be worried to losing to "two queens" who have to wait 30 minutes! It's all very strange.
georgiapeach:
Well--this is just a start--feel free to chime in as the week provides new info and either puddin or I can edit it....
mswood--HOW do you do this every week?? I'm in awe! I'm a wreck just doing the "what we know by Wednesday" stuff!
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