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TAR 37 LIVE STREAMS AND COMMENTARY HERE! EP 1 3/5/2025 8:30-10PM CENTRAL TIME

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Xoruz:
Even without the excitement of TAR returning after a year, this was a good premiere. They really threw teams into the deep end with dealing with language barriers, public transportation, and (though not planned) the rain. I get the criticism that the Fork became a retooled Detour, but my main fear going into this episode was that the twist was too difficult to follow along. If the Fork does come back, I could see them upping the tasks to two now that fans have some idea about it. Also loved how strict both judges were. Jackye & Lauren never seemed long for TAR, but it was sad to see Mark & Larry lose a foot race that close.

Pi:
As always, it's great to see TAR back on our screens for another season.

The Detour demonstrated that it's beneficial to have performing arts experience prior to coming on the Race. Even if the task is not the art you specialize in, having performed in front of an audience or judges before can be a big help.

I wonder if the lion dancing was originally supposed to be outside, but was moved inside due to the rain.

Have there been two mats traveling along the Race routes this whole time? :P

Kinda weird to see one team eliminated and then have 6 other teams check in, but that's the nature of the Fork in the Road twist.

Thank you for the updates, Rachel!

nrh2110:
What I will start off by saying is that I do really feel TAR is having a "renaissance". The casting is very good with much more diverse teams instead of a bunch of a young teams, just like it used to be. I love that we're back to having multiple flights, and if it's anything like TAR 35, hopefully teams booking their own. I also like that there's space/ARIs between the detour/roadblocks again, which the newer seasons have lacked. I hope this season lives up to TAR 35 in the new standard it has created because I see signs that it will.

That being said, however, my thought is that this premiere was a bit lackluster. I think it had great potential but didn't live up to it.

Think the start could've used a good starting line task.

The roadblock I think was kind of boring. I think they should've incorporated more of the cultural relevance of the buns into it instead of them just climbing a structure for a clue. Maybe something like they must climb and pick buns until they find one with a clue inside? Idk, but it seems like wasted potential for a cool task.

Hated the ferries just nullifying everything before it. So stupid.

The tasks in the Fork were OK. The singing one seemed difficult and a good task. The dance one seemed way easier, but I don't know if this was intentional for the Fork. I think I would've like to see at least one more task in each of the Fork in the Roads instead of it basically just being a lopsided detour that split the cast into two for the pit stop. I believe adding a unique ARI on each of the forks would've actually made it a really cool new concept for TAR. It'll be interesting though to see how they stagger starts - will it be in order they came in, or in placement order? I guess we'll see next week.

Final thought (more of a P.S.): I'm still waiting for a Switchback of the TAR 17 Hong Kong task where they had to eat food until they found the fake one. I do hope we see it back one day.

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