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TAR 18: Ep 2 "I Never Looked So Foolish in My Whole Entire Life" (Outback)
coolio:
So, it was two legs, with no rest period inbetween? Then why no penalty for Jet & Cord??
DrRox:
It really reminded me of several seasons past.......TAR6, TAR11, TAR14......go to some place.....do several route info clues.....take a number for release time the next day.......
The main difference was the faux Pit Stop.....it was just there to give out the Express pass........Doing it that way would give the Automatic U Turn team the possibility of getting the Express Pass.
georgiapeach:
--- Quote from: Coolio! on February 27, 2011, 09:21:20 PM ---So, it was two legs, with no rest period inbetween? Then why no penalty for Jet & Cord??
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Because it was a TBC, not a NEL with a speedbump.
"keep on racing" does not come with a speedbump.
BUT these "new" kind of TBC's with a greeter will count in the schedule as two legs.
We may need some new race terminology here...who wants to make a catchy title for these?? KOR?? :lol:
MamaT:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on February 27, 2011, 09:05:11 PM ---
This is a double leg. For lack of a better term it could be called a TBC, version 2.
I don't know how to say it any better....
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Hee, sorry Peach. Either I'm confused by what you're saying, or I disagree with you....
We just watched the end of Leg 2, right? Leg 1 ended on Shelley Beach...right?
At the starting line, Phil said, "The first team to check into the Pit Stop at the end of this first leg of the race will win the Express Pass". The clue given the teams after the sailing task said "Make your way to the Pit Stop" and " the last team to check in may be eliminated". Phil introduced Shelley Beach on camera as the Pit Stop. The chyron said "Pit Stop". Gary & Mallory arrived first and received the Express Pass. How could that not be the Pit Stop and therefore the end of the leg??
As I saw it, the episode was "To be Continued" not the leg. The leg ended on Shelley Beach when teams checked in. There was just no "Mandatory Rest Period", the second leg began immediately.
If that's the case, I don't understand why the last team to check in didn't receive a penalty, regardless of who that team is. No, I dont believe TPTB changed things to save the Cowboys. I just think it was bad planning and a missed opportunity.
They knew that there would be a team facing the Automatic U-turn in this leg. Giving a (deserved) Speed Bump to the last team to check in on Leg 1 would have at least given more of a chance for the U-Turn team to survive and would have added another element of suspense. Or, at the very least, I would have expected them to include a regular U-Turn so that there was the possibility of 2 teams facing it. 2 teams dealing with penalties adds much more drama, and since a penalty was in order, I dont understand why it was done the way it was.
georgiapeach:
I think we are saying the same thing with different words.
Yes. 2 episodes. But this was a double leg...what used to be called a TBC, 2 back to back legs... So no nice stop in between. No SpeedBump, no penalty for being last because this is a continuation.
Maybe the problem is our use of the words " legs" and "episodes" interchangeably?
In any case, all semantics. :lol: We need a new title for these!! :jam:
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