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TAR 24 East Coast EP 3 SHOW updates and commentary **please read the rules**
Plaidmoon:
I was disappointed in the 3 hour time difference between flights as well. It made it nearly impossible for one of the teams on the earlier flight to be eliminated. If it is true, as we have speculated a while back, that this was a hastily arranged pair of legs to replace ones in the Philippines, then it may be that these flights were the best they could arrange on short notice. The fact that they provided flights rather than let teams find them on their own may point to it being a change in plans.
I wonder if the teams got any coaching before they did the rafting or if they had people stationed along the rapids to rescue people if they got into trouble. Those didn't seem like serious rapids, but the teams didn't seem like they knew what they were doing. Even a fairly gentle set of rapids can cause serious trouble in the right situation. I nearly drowned in a canoeing accident many years back on a normally very gentle river. Nobody warned us that the river would be running high and fast in early April and that there might be downed trees just below the surface of the river, LOL. The scenes from the rafting gave me a touch of the willies, even though I knew nothing bad had happened (or it would have made news). I may be overly sensitive about this subject though.
theschnauzers:
There are a couple of other things that point to "replacement legs," such as the time of departure from the pit stop was a rare nighttime departure which has been uncommon since TAR moved to filming in HD. Then in TAR 4, the legs were sufficiently planned to allow teams to self drive rather than use taxis during the leg. (Production would have had to arrange for Fords to be available for driving, since Ford is now a sponsor and we know that navigation is always a way to spread teams out.)
The detour task was fine for the location and the fact that it called for teams to use skills they might not have had. Some teams simply assembled their rafts poorly, or didn't properly move the raft in the water (which meant a lack of experience.) I can't recall any physical task where the Cowboys aren't fast. We've known this since their original season, and they're very consistent about this.
The roadblock was a psych out of the teams since they might not realize what the roadblock actually was, so while it might have been only a part of the waterfall to reach the clue, you still needed to get to the clues to grab one.
It's clear there was some order shuffling in the taxis both to the airport after leaving the pitstop, and during the leg. Joey and Meghan's downfall was releasing the taxi when they reached the roadblock location; I think they would have survived but for that mistake.
paradoxinee:
--- Quote from: Hysha on March 10, 2014, 09:46:04 AM ---Second: I don't know if I'm mistaking, but the clue not says that when they finished the detour they have to go river down to give the clue? Dave & Connor go running instead by the raft. I don't know, maybe i'm mistaking, but if i'm not... they had to have a penalty, I think. :/
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They went down to the clue giver first and brought the supply back to the chef, then run back again so they did not need to raft again after delivery.
Reilly Queens:
This leg minus the flights was pretty good. Best episode of the season for me
TARP_Lover:
--- Quote from: Kandace on March 10, 2014, 04:32:13 PM ---This leg minus the flights was pretty good. Best episode of the season for me
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