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EP3 Title : I'm in Russia Playing with the Dolls
puddin:
Boy that really would make for some exhausted teams Chateau , especially the ones running around half frozen. Think TAR5 South America to Russia ...........
puddin:
fwiw , my take is Tyler does the Pool/Clue in mere seconds
<< Wanda's timer says 28
Tylers goes from 03 to 04 as the onlookers cheer
never0102:
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on March 13, 2006, 02:00:35 PM ---Maybe the dolls task takes so freaking long that teams like Eric & Jeremy finally check in at 4:25 am.
Like haybales for everyone. (:;)
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I swear if another Lena/Kristy happens Amazing Race totally deserves to get cancelled next season.
never0102:
--- Quote from: banzai on March 13, 2006, 09:36:52 AM ---according to this article
http://mediafiends.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=6989
John said probably ?The Frosties?, they are 6-foot tall women. Scott liked ?The Pinks? [Danielle & Dani]. Scott said he also liked ?The Nerds? [couple Dave & Lori]. John said they were cute. Scott said he loved Ray & Yolanda.
so the Pinks are next to go.
She's not happy here either. They messed up somewhere.
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Oh i felt they were just talking about on the episode [but prolly not] becuase all those teams were pretty fun in the first eppy. If its true that means, DD, RY, DL all dont win, we already know LM dont win[via Portugal comment from Michelle's mom -- this also points to DD not winning] Thats BT, MJ, FB, EJ, WD are left. But there i feel is a pattern in winners and their first leg and its point to BT winning. It startred and is now repeating of 1 - 6 - 2 - 9 - 8 - 4 - 8 - 9 - [should be 2 now right]. It like a parabola with 4 as the bottom.
There myspace though just gives me a vibe they should do pretty good, why make a myspace about "team Pinkies if you get eliminated early [nevermind the next eppy after you made it] but who knows.
gingerman28:
Ready or not it is time for a summary of what we know and the more we do not know about TAR9 EP3:
First> It has been confirmed that Monica is saying in the van (on the way in from the airport??) "All I know is that the Russian people drink and smoke a whole lot." So they are in Moscow not elsewhere. Then we see Monica and Joseph running through a parking lot that seems to be next to the swimming venue. But first back to the beginning:
1. Teams start off at the Primavera da Serra coffee plantation. It looks like the first three teams: The Hippies, The Beach Boys, and MO/JO have arrived first in mid afternoon so they would be leaving before sunrise which is at 6:23AM and again I would guess that they have at least an hour lead on the fourth place team, The Nerds. We see them later in a VW (and this is a new shot since they are wearing new clothing but the VW has the same silhouette of a Kangeroo on the back window) and the scene from the car shows the sun just about at sunrise. We also know that the Old Folks at Home arrived much later when it was completely dark so that had to be after the sun set at 7:31PM.
2. I suspect that the teams had to proceed to the Alaya Adventure Park where we see them doing the zipline gig. Now this may be one part of a Detour and we have not been shown what it is, and we have not been shown all 9 teams doing the zipline, but at the start we have a nice shot of The Hippies, The Beachboys, and MO/JO all running together across a field without backpacks. So we can guess that the three teams arrived together at the Adventure Park but had to wait until it opened at daybreak - for sake of argument lets say 6:30AM.
3. Completing the task they are told to drive themselves back to the bus station in Brotas and find a bus back to Sao Paulo. Now it may be a regularly scheduled bus or one of two or three chartered buses. And we have our three lead teams waiting around in the sun at the bus station; so they must be waiting for a scheduled or charter bus. If the teams all don't bunch up here, they will at the Sao Paulo airport since it looks like the only really practical flight to Moscow leaves GRU at 3:30PM for Frankfurt then connects for a flight to Moscow (SVO) arriving at 12:00Noon the next day. I hope the teams can sleep on the plane because it is a 15 hour flight crossing seven time zones. Jet Lag here we come.
4. Arriving in Moscow, I think that several teams get into several Airport Vans and proceed to the Novodevichiy Convent. There is a van service at Sheremetevo 2, similar to the Super Shuttle in the US. They seem to use minivans similar to the Chevy Suburban with three rows of seats behind the driver. We see a shot of the Double Dees taken from the driver's side of the car probably in the first row with the Double Dees in the Second Row and maybe the Beach boys behind them. In another similar van (Notice the handle above the door window is the same) with the camera next to Mo as Jo looks out the window with Loir behind them. Once here they must search the grounds to find the next clue box which may be located at the grave site of Peter the Great's half sister, Regent Sophia who was confined and died here. The cemetary also includes graves of many notable Russians including Anton Chekhov, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitriy Shostakovich, or Nikita Khrushchev. The Double Dees are in one van with someone behind them and they seem to be outside the city since you can see a corregated steel safety rail and trees through the window of the car. And someone is sitting behind them - the Beach boys making time?? Mo and Jo with perhaps David and Lori seem to be in another van.
5. The clue here directs the teams to find a cab (or van) and drive to the Chaika Sports Complex on Turchaninov Pereulok. We see Yolanda (already in her sexy tight purple shorts carrying a towel) and also a back pack running toward the diving area (probably after finding the clue) Also it looks like Mo and Jo are outside the facility running toward an entrance (David and Lori are behind them and later we do see David and Monica on the side of the pool watching someone else dive)
6. It is most likely that this is the dreaded ROADBLOCK since we only see one member of each team doing the dive (BJ routing on Tyler; Desidee routing for her mama) It looks like Wanda is jumping at 14.56 (2:56PM) which seems to ensure that this task comes first after the Convent since there would not be time to go to the convent and then the doll house and then here by 2:56PM. There is a timer on the stands which shows that Wanda is still in the water after 29 minutes (I wonder if there is a time limit and if they do not complete the task in say 30 minutes they have to get out of the pool to warm up??) Anyway, the Hippie half really does it in something like 3 or 4 minutes. So we have Yolanda, Wanda, Tyler, Eric?, Mo, Michelle, David, and perhaps Dani (although we do not see her dive, we have a shot of her outside with what appears like wet hair) diving. No hint of Barry or Fran. ( But they can't be far behind as later we have them together with the Hippies at the Doll House.)
7. Upon completion of the ROADBLOCK teams then must proceed either to the Old Merchants' Chambers (Staryy Gostinvyy Dvor) or to the concert hall annex of Russia House. Neither one is too far away and can be reached by a short cab ride along the Moscow River.It really doesn't matter which since both venues are practically across the street from eachother. Here ALL teams must look through thousands of nesting dolls (Matryoshka Dolls) for the next clue. I believe that this is a task that ALL teams have to do and is not a Detour. We have scenes of the Beach Boys behind Yolanda running through a colonnade which is part of either venue. We also seem to see the Beach Boys and Yolanda looking through the dolls at the same time. In another scene we have the Old Folk at Home and the Hippies (BJ is in the far background wearing the same blue shirt with vellow chevron that he had on at the beginning of the day in Brotas.So we must have had a real bunch up today (probably on the plane to Moscow) because the last place team which was at least three hours behind at the start is now equal with the first place team! Another shot is of Lake and Michelle. No scenes of the Nerds, the Double Dees, Mo/Jo nor Wanda/Desidee at the dolls.
8. The clue here tells them to proceed to the PIT STOP which is located in the Plaza or Square (Ploshchad) in front of St. Basil's Cathedral and Russia House (not the Red Square side of the Cathedral). Most likely it is after 4:30PM (sunset time) when the teams reach the pit stop mat. Someone suggested that the Beach Boys didn't complete the doll task and get to the pit stop until 4:30AM!!! Rather I think they got there around 4:30PM and the teams were given an unannounced 24 hour pit stop because they must be completely exhausted by now.
9. Who comes in first? My money is on Eric and Jeremy. Who comes in last? Sorry to say but I think it may be David and Lori. Alternate choice would be Lake and Michelle who are completely frustrated looking for the doll clue.
Updated and revised 3/14 at H-Hour Minus 11
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