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TARA 4 EP 6 Episode and Show Discussion (New Zealand) **SPOILERS**

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georgiapeach:
I haven't seen it yet.... :(

Jobby:
Personally, this is by far the best TARA 4 episode up till now. That was really a good Detour there, and this is what i call a really good placement of a U-TURN. The U-TURN team doesn't have to waste even more time travelling to another location and thus sealing their fate as they wasted more time. Self-driving always rock, as this is an element of the race where if you go 20 minutes in the wrong direction, you spend another 20 minutes returning to where you came from, and then starting from then again. As seen from this episode, we all saw how teams positions changed drastically thanks to self-driving. Personally, i would have chosen to do SWING. Looks so much more fun.

I disagree that the U-TURN was a bad move. Claire and Michelle didn't know that the Indian girls are just behind them doing the other Detour. The Indian girls could have been eliminated this leg if they didn't actually drive well (Ivan and Hilda). Should the Indian girls be lost while driving, they could have spent and wasted another 20 minutes doing the other Detour.. and as what we've seen, the girls lost about 1/2 positions while doing the other one, which affected their morale and they ended the leg in 6th place. And the Indian girls won a leg before so they can be seen as a threat. There's no point U-TURNing the Malaysian boys as they're friends and as the Indian girls did them the favour by Yielding them first, they had every right for a payback time. But i get what you all mean, it did little damage to the Indian girls.. but it did set them back behind by a little.. to tell the truth.

And the Roadblock was actually a good one, it's something that is at least note "LAME".. although it could be improved.. for example, each team will get a set of device that will only react to for example, 5 items that they must find buried in the sand that are exclusively theirs. This could have made it so much more fun because they need to find more items as well as they could have been digging for what belonged to other devices.

And from land.. to snow. Awesome much!

The Richards finishing in first? Yawns. That was such a physically leg and if they didn't finish first, they need to be shot. Love it that 3 all-female teams are still in the final 6 and the father and daughter are still doing so well despite their bad start on this race for the first few legs.

I hope this season just gets better! Of course, this must have been their most expensive leg yet. :lol:

Jobby:
Not to mention, Michelle and Claire and Ethan and Khairie stopping in their tracks, to think.. and then just approaching the service counter for flights. That was truly the best move of the episode. True that bunching kills the lead that they could have on the other teams.. but this just shows that the race is not just about racing and not slowing down to think when needed. :tup:

apskip:
It is interesting to see how what prior Amazing Races and Amazing Race Asias have done on bungee jumps and wings in the Queenstown area. I found by research that AR2 ep. 9 used the same Nevis bungee and so did ARA1, ep. 6. The only swing used was in ARA1, ep. 6 in a DETOUR with the other option (a relay race) being much slower. So, the use of the Nevis bungee was merely because it has shown AR and ARA audiences that it is the most scary and fascinating bungee. The Nevis Arc Swing used in this episode was a first-time use. The Ledge Bungee Swing nearby above Queenstown was also a first-time use.

thespicdatum:

--- Quote from: calv_10 on October 28, 2010, 11:28:38 PM ---mind posting a recap on the first part how they were able to board the flight out of Philippines? :) would appreciate it. thanks!

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They took a plane from Legazpi, Albay airport to Christchurch, New Zealand...

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