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TAR12 speculation on spoilers & teams etc ..
puddin:
That pretty much confirms no recrap episode peachs :yess:
georgiapeach:
I was thinking with the writers strike that they may try to stretch this out and would give us a recap during the holidays?
What am I missing--why would that mean they might not throw one at us? I never mind staying with the race but who knows what CBS wants to do?
And I am reading that closer--11 legs, 11 pitstops. Only 8 elims. So one is the finale, but what if those last 2 ARE NEL's? Doesn't this kind of contradict what BVM said about no NEL's? Because if we have a Pitstop at each leg, we really don't have a TBC do we? ???
puddin:
There isn't a real pitstop at the end of a superleg, wheres mswood :waves:?
or I'll just swipe from wiki~
'Superlegs'
Season 6 introduced the first double-length "superleg" shown over two episodes. The televised episode ended with a 'To Be Continued' message instead of a Pit Stop. The second half of the leg featured a second Detour and second Roadblock. Seasons 7, 8 and 9 each had a superleg with teams meeting Keoghan on the usual Pit Stop mat at the halfway point, only to have him hand them the next clue instead of checking them in. In Season 10, the superleg did not involve meeting Keoghan, but rather teams were informed to "KEEP RACING!!!" in their next route marker. In addition, the 2-hour finale of Season 8 took place over a superleg similar to Season 6's. Generally, the clues leading up to these longer legs are easy to identify because the teams will read a clue like "Go find Phil at the mat" instead of "Check into the next Pit Stop." While there was no set rest period between the two parts of these legs, there usually is some point for the teams to eat, rest and recover prior to the second set of tasks, either due to waiting for hours of operation with provided accommodations or a long train or plane ride.
"To Be Continued" legs appeared to be born out of sheer luck during Season 6. Leg 6 in Hungary was originally planned to be two legs, with a non-elimination point (with the stripping-of-all-cash rule in place) between the legs. However, the producers discovered during the race that begging is illegal in Hungary, which would have made it nearly impossible for the last place team to acquire the money needed for the upcoming leg, and quickly devised the extended leg to mimic the effects of a non-elimination leg (keeping the same number of teams in the race), and using a simple video message clue to provide teams the goal for the first task of the second half of the leg.
georgiapeach:
Hmmmm...so if there is a pitstop every time--then there can't be a TBC, right?
And if there aren't any TBC's, then we need at least 2 NEL's to make the numbers right. Even if BVM said no NEL's--it has to be one or the other.
puddin:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on November 27, 2007, 01:40:47 AM ---Hmmmm...so if there is a pitstop every time--then there can't be a TBC, right?
And if there aren't any TBC's, then we need at least 2 NEL's to make the numbers right. Even if BVM said no NEL's--it has to be one or the other.
--- End quote ---
OK I need someone to explain this to peach :cmas28, no Capricorns please!?
:lol3:
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