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TAR 24 East Coast EP 8 SHOW updates and commentary **Please read the rules**
DrRox:
--- Quote from: gator27 on April 21, 2014, 11:29:11 AM ---In retrospect, The Cowboys misplayed their Express Pass in this episode. The should have seen how quickly they could have done a Detour before handing over the Express Pass. I would have liked to see them ride the donkeys (and they could have easily done the build a donkey task). The Roadblock seemed like it took longer.
What I found even more interesting, is that neither one of the Cowboys second guessed the timing of their Express Pass use.
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I had the same thought. I think the Cowboys could do both sides of the detour before Rachel did the RB. Then they would have had a win for the episode. If they did one of the detours and didn't get U-turned.......then they would have won easy. They just pre-determined their strategy before seeing the latest data.
Jimmer:
This is an easy thing to say retrospectively because we know how difficult each Detour and Roadblock is. If I were the Cowboys, I would have played it the same way because I wanted to avoid being U-Turned and having to waste time doing 2 tasks in the leg rather than just doing 1.
Alenaveda:
--- Quote from: TheWorldIsWaiting24 on April 20, 2014, 08:18:20 PM ---Just a separate question, I'm a little confused: Didn't Jet and Cord step on the u-turn mat before Dave and Connor? I'm thinking back to TAR18 when Kent and Vyxsin u-turned Jaime and Cara. So since they stepped on first, shouldn't they have had first pick and not have to worry about being u-turned? ???
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Connor is the first to reach the board.
theschnauzers:
--- Quote from: gator27 on April 21, 2014, 11:29:11 AM ---In retrospect, The Cowboys misplayed their Express Pass in this episode. The should have seen how quickly they could have done a Detour before handing over the Express Pass. I would have liked to see them ride the donkeys (and they could have easily done the build a donkey task). The Roadblock seemed like it took longer.
What I found even more interesting, is that neither one of the Cowboys second guessed the timing of their Express Pass use.
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The Cowboys had to use the Express Pass on this leg, and they had already decided to use it to pass by the Detour. It would not have made sense for Dave-Connor to U-Turn the Cowboys at that point, and since the Cowboys had not chosen an Detour choice, how would anyone have known what the "other task" would have been. It also seems to me that Dave-Connor and Jet-Cord essentially reached the U-Turn board as a group, and since Dave-Connor had already been U-Turned by Brendon-Rachel, Dave-Connor wouldn't had gained any time over the Cowboys by U-Turning them; they could gain time by U-Turning Leo-Jamal heading to the roadblock.
I am impressed that some of the team members got the roadblock task done on the first try by taking their time, and Rachel who supposedly had some skill that helped with the task, had to do it a second time. We don't know about the Globetrotters by IIRC, the other teams seem to have completed the Roadblock by the second attempt.
albiegato:
This episode was great, friendships were tested, bonds were formed, and enemy lines were drawn.
The Double U-Turn: Brendon & Rachel did have a broken logic as they discussed about targeting Dave & Connor or Jet & Cord. However, they made the bold choice of U-Turning the father & son just to get first place. It shows that they are playing to get firsts on every leg, and not just to survive. It's good that the competitiveness shift started, but you never want to be the first team to shift in a season were teams are friendly to each other.
Dave & Connor arrived at the board and U-Turned Leo & Jamal, which is a great move so they could gain time on a team far behind them, which they thought too. But upon seeing the Afghanimals, they immediately what? Felt guilty? Be friends or be cutthroat, but you can't be both at the same time! Good thing, that things turned out fine since the Globetrotters were far behind.
Speaking of the Afghanimals, they do seem to have a death touch on teams they help. Natalie & Nadiya and Mark & Mallory on the first two legs, then John & Jessica and Flight Time & Big Easy on the latest two legs. :funny:
As for Dave & Connor, they have a right to be frustrated and angry at being U-Turned, but Dave could hold a grudge like nobody's business. :res: I guess they expected to be U-turned if one comes up, but not in the context and situation that happened last leg. And now, with Caroline & Jennifer being close friends of them and the Afghanimals as new friends, they're making this silly alliance that would only doom the three of them. They're trying to make Brendon & Rachel the villain out of all of this, but they're only making themselves look the fools, which is sad because I liked Dave & Connor for the Final 3 (even as the winners), but now... :( We'll just see how this unfolds the next episode.
On other notes, I'm glad that Flight Time & Big Easy were finally eliminated. They got one last hurrah at information leeching at the Spanish Steps (which eliminated the far more likeable Jessica & John :torche ), but after getting lost so much, they didn't catch up with teams that could or would help (or cheat off of) them and got stuck at another puzzle. :funny:
Honestly, after recently rewatching the original All Stars (the TRUE All Stars season), I prefer the behavior of the teams in S11 than today. I don't know if it's the HD or music or what, but something (something BIG) is just off. :res:
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