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Episode 5: East Coast live show updates and commentary
patlini:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on March 15, 2009, 09:24:54 PM ---Hiya patlini!! Good to see you! :waves:
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and you too :kuss:
puddin:
--- Quote from: patlini on March 15, 2009, 10:21:28 PM ---
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on March 15, 2009, 09:24:54 PM ---Hiya patlini!! Good to see you! :waves:
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and you too :kuss:
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:waves: pat! welcome back! :jumpy:
Ashe:
Another exciting episode! I loved it! Just like I thought, with Amanda & Kris gone and only interesting teams left, this is a great race we have going for us! So tense and action-packed!
Margie & Luke: A well-earned first-place finish! I'm glad they rallied from getting ditched by their erstwhile allies, and I'm glad they did well at the Detour! Luke really cleaned up at the Roadblock, and I'm happy they notched their second win! It seems all they've done is finish first or fourth so far.
Tammy & Victor: Ladies and gentlemen, we have our villain (or villain team). I understand their need to race on their own, and it's a good strategy, for the most part, to use others as long as you need them before then tossing them aside, but there was something about the way they went about ditching Margie & Luke and Jaime & Cara that sort of rubbed me the wrong way. I don't know why, but it did. That said, good job on both of their parts at the Detour and nice running from Tammy at the Roadblock (though that was more due to Cara walking rather than running).
Jaime & Cara: Highest finish ever, ladies! Congratulations! Jaime's panic over non-English-speaking snowplow guys made me cringe a bit, but she got it together and did well enough at the Detour with Cara. I think they could've nailed second place had either Jaime done the Roadblock, or had Cara at least grasped the concept of RUNNING! Especially in the cold! Still, third place is not too shabby, so great job, girls! (But I hope the preview of that cab driving away with whatever bag you're talking isn't a harbinger of doom for you.)
Mel & Mike: Not much of you guys this week, but you seemed to do a solid enough job with the Russian Bride Detour. They did seem to get lost a lot, though.
Mark & Michael: Been awhile since they ran a good leg. Good work on the Detour and nice job on Mark's part with the Roadblock. But not much of them this week.
Kisha & Jen: If you come on TAR, ladies, always be prepared in case you have to drive stick at one point. Looking at YOU, Jen! That alone dropped them so far back (though getting lost a lot didn't help matters, nor did Kisha leading them away from where everyone else was getting cabs), they almost got last! They'd better be thankful for Christie & Jodi's unreliable local guide.
Christie & Jodi: Certainly a tough week for you, girls. You got lost quite a bit, found a local to help you with the Russian Bride Detour, had said local prove how unreliable he was by leading you to the wrong church entirely, and basically landed in last place because of it. Because I blame that local more than I blame you two, I'm glad you got a reprieve. But since you're going to India next week, I really hope you can overcome that Speed Bump.
The tasks were good, and I did love that the teams had to rely on their own wits in self-navigation. That seemed to determine the placings on this leg. Oh, and for the Detour, I'd have done Russian Snowplow. As we saw with Russian Bride, that was definitely the harder one, due to the extra bit of self-navigation.
Great episode! Can't wait for next week!
LOVE: Margie/Luke, Tammy/Victor, Jaime/Cara, Mel/Mike, Mark/Michael, Kisha/Jen, Christie/Jodi
LIKE: No one
NEUTRAL: No one
DISLIKE: No one
HATE: No one
Still only loves left! Excellent season, excellent casting!
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--- Quote from: georgiapeach on March 15, 2009, 07:08:50 PM ---WHAT??!! No times?? (:;)
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I don't like the precedent either, but consider that team were all going to bunch minutes after pit stop release at the trian station. If you want to be mad about something, then why did AR14 producers make them wait nearly 10 hours for a train to Novosibirsk when there were about 6 trains in that time period? I think this is worth getting upset about.
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--- Quote from: mswood on March 15, 2009, 07:15:41 PM ---Boarding the train, Racers complain about "Siberian Hell."
Of course it's dark and snowy.
Sleeper cars!
Luke: I've never had an experience like this, having a bed on a train!
Kisha/Jen are tall so their feet hang off.
DAWN.
They cross a river, possibly the Volga?
Possibly the Irkutsk or Yakutsk? I'm guessing T O T A L L Y!
Gaydad/kid discover that Margie/Luke knocked off Amanda/Kris.
Luke motions "big strong guy" (i.e., Kris)
Tammy/Vic kinda surprised that Margie/Luke laid it down.
Beautiful art deco in the middle of Siberia.
NOVOSIBIRSK.
Teams run from the train in the snowy slush.
Across the town square.
Looking for Taxis.
Jamie/Cara take the early lead.
They ask Margie to follow their cab.
Jamie conf: We were drawn to them right from the start. We've worked together very well.
Vic thanks his driver: Spasyibo!
Stuntmen almost get run over crossing a street and giggle that it's like a stunt.
Kisha/Jen get a big confessional. Early. With odd music. Rarely a good sign.
Jamie/Cara get one too, but with funsy music instead.
Lots of cabss pass Gaydad/Gaykid's cab. They find it "annoying."
CLUE, Jamie/Cara: DETOUR.
Phil: Between two unavoidable aspects of Siberian life.
Russian Bride: Choose a car with a 4 speed manual transmission, a Lara, search for a waiting bride. Drive her acrosss town to the church where the groom is waiting. Wedding pic for the next clue.
Russian Snowplow: Get selves to this stadium, drive snowplow through a training course for the next clue.
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I cannot pass up the opportunity for a Siberian rivers geography lesson. The two major rivers are the Yenisei and the Ob. The Yenisei is at Krasnojarsk and the Ob is at Novosibirsk. The Yenisei at 3445 miles is the 5th longest river in the world. The Ob is "only" 2100 miles. I will hazard a guess that those rivers are responsible for those cities to be where they are and population over 1 million each. There aer a few other minor rivers crossed in route, but they are not worth talking about.
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