My question:
What if Travis & Nicole won the Double Express Pass in TAR 23? Who would they have given it too? If not Tim & Marie would it have affected the race?
Leg 1: Nicole & Travis don't get penalized, win Double Express Passes, give 2nd Express Pass to Nicky & Kim. Hoskote & Naina eliminated
My question also concerns TAR 23:
If Chester & Ephraim made their connection in Leg 3, how far would they have gone?
First though, why do you think Nicole & Travis would give the EP to Nicky & Kim? They weren't on the same bus going to Santiago, and the ER Doctors already had rapport going on with Jason & Amy by Leg 2, and were allied by Leg 3.
But for Chester & Ephraim:
Leg 1 & 2: Hokoste & Naina and Rowan & Shane are eliminated. Tim & Marie won the 2 EPs.
Leg 3: If Chester & Ephraim made their flight that got in at the same time as the first 3 teams, Tim & Marie would be heading into Portugal last. None of the teams knew how badly Chester & Ephraim's day went, so in probability, Tim & Marie would also not use their EP. However, the number of clues inside the clue boxes might clue them in. Assuming Tim & Marie used the EP at the Detour, Ally & Ashley would be eliminated, with Tim & Marie in 7th and Leo & Jamal in 8th.
Leg 4: Chester & Ephraim are big strong guys that could power through either Detour choices, and the RB was easy & linear. Nicky & Kim would be last and non-eliminated. Tim & Marie and Nicole & Travis would have the same exchange for the EP.
Leg 5: Tim & Marie arrived at the Neptune Detour w/o an EP and had to perform it for the clue. The U-Turn would turn out the same as all of those involved finished the Polka side of the Detour. Tim & Marie wouldn't win the leg, but Brandon & Adam would get eliminated.
Leg 6: How good are Chester & Ephraim at singing? If they are, Tim & Danny would be eliminated.
Leg 7: Depends on which yacht Chester & Ephraim get on, and if they struggle at the Roadblock. Non-elimination either way.
Leg 8: I assume Chester & Ephraim won't get U-Turned since they don't seem like the type of guys to make confrontations a la FT & BE. Nicole & Travis would use the EP and U-Turn Leo & Jamal, while Tim & Marie would U-Turn Nicky & Kim. With the Bunnies bogged down at the sand dunes, they would probably get eliminated, fighting against Leo & Jamal if the girls didn't have the Speed Bumb.
Leg 9: How great are they at mental/musical tasks? Assuming they didn't botched the Detour, they would surely get ahead of Nicole & Travis. Jason & Amy wouldn't have a buffer, and therefore won't have a reason to help a struggling Nicole. Nicole & Travis would be eliminated.
Leg 10: The final four (Tim & Marie, Jason & Amy, Leo & Jamal, and Chester & Ephraim). Non-elimination, and I predict Leo & Jamal still gets the Speed Bumb as they botched the Tea leaves Detour, plus wasting time running back and forth between Detours.
Leg 11: One of the teams (not Leo & Jamal as they were last the previous leg) would risk the earlier flight and get there 20~ minutes before the other teams. My question here is would Amy speed up or slow down without Nicole? Tim & Marie would win the leg, while any of the other three teams could get eliminated.