Topic: TAN 2 Ongoing LIVE DISCUSSIONS of the SHOWS! Weekly WED 8PM EST

[georgiapeach]

Have FUN and ENJOY a LIVE and Later Discussions of the SHOWS.


Premiere is tonight!


If anyone can do updates that would be AMAZING!


If not, feel free to add comments whenever.


Just be KIND!    And have FUN!

[georgiapeach]

Another awesome CAST! These people have heart.

[Xoruz]

Nice start to the season.

Got to give it up to them for building a garage frame in 3 hours.

[BourkieBoy]

Episode One Thoughts

Just finishing watching the episode! It was certainly an interesting start! I enjoyed watching the concrete Individual Challenge, but I'm a little disappointed we have the same team names as last season? I thought they could maybe rename Dirty Hands & Savage Crew different names for each season? Anyway, I also enjoyed the Team Challenge, wherein teams had to put up their frame! Hopefully they don't have construction challenges the whole season and do something a little different?

A good start to the season and bring on the remaining nine weeks! 

[RachelLeVega]

I finished watching the second season's premiere and I have to say the chemistry of this cast is stellar from the get-go, even before the assembly of the teams. Personally, I love Iraida, 'Brows, Celi, Swifty, and Scott for their energy and some of their juxtapositions to what they usually do on a daily basis. I think Merryl is our first honorary notable contestant we've had so a giant salute to her.

The individual roles they take on during the garage frame challenge hit home for me since I used to work in a residential construction office as a data clerk in the 2000's, pre-smartphone revolution, where they had these giant rolls of architectural details for new suburban homes and renovations, and I would oversee and document strictly the progress made by the on-site construction manager and tradesmen each day. I was watching the second challenge and was surprised at how fast they put together the structure (2-1/2 hours with 6 people, wow). Frankly, it's not adhered to the ground so that's one thing and I saw a lot of things OSHA would have a field day over.

Same thoughts regarding the team names with Bourkie: I am confused why Phil insisted on keeping the Savage Crew + Dirty Hands pairing. I don't find the titles very remarkable unless there is going to be a wall of fame with all the contestants. As for the punchcards that are probably going to appear on the next episode, I honestly would love to never see the punchcards again as I still think the whole time clock setup is tacky compared to the atmosphere for the rest of the show. Hope they prove me wrong (or right) tomorrow night.

I'm glad for this show specifically that there isn't an elimination in the first episode. I feel like we barely got to know a lot from these teams besides Angel, Eyebrows, Swifty, and Tara. Speaking of introductions, WAY better this season than last time. Short intros, grand intro gems are sporadic. No compact collection of grand intros in the beginning only to bring others up during the start of elimination.... .... and better use of fillers and scenes this time.

I actually would love to see some TAR sleuths locate the places visited in this series within L.A. County.

[georgiapeach]

EPISODE 2 TONIGHT 8PM EST!

If you are live watching feel free to comment or update!

[RachelLeVega]

I liked the challenges for the maritime episode. The crab pot and hagfish tasks were crazy fun, with a few thrills and chills, and I wish they had incorporated something similar to this on an episode of TAR where teams visit South Korea or Japan. I can imagine teams collectively screaming in fear. The rope unkink task was where the meat of the episode, one of the most dramatic I've seen so far with Swifty's cramp and Tara's thumb injury. Tara's loss reminded me of how Young lost last season. Goes to show that these challenges are not meant to exactly reflect the daily operations and protocol of someone in a similar role, but a more Highland Games-based setup for it.

Near the end of the overtime challenge when Swifty finished, you could see the actual dock crew or local audience standing on something that looks like a pier with the giant camera crane gyrating so I thought that was a nice unintentional behind-the-scenes moment.

[BourkieBoy]

Episode Two Thoughts

I just got around to watching the episode! I really enjoyed the lobster team challenge and congratulations to Dirty Hands for winning! The Individual Challenge with slime eels was a little boring in my opinion, but still an interesting task! Finally, the Overtime Challenge was extremely complicated for Tara & Swifty, but it made for great viewing and I was kept on the edge of my seat during the whole challenge!

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Bad luck to Tara for losing, but I love how she'll stick around to help in the Team Challenges!

 

Bring on next week!

[Cyzoran]

Does anyone know why Mikey left?? It was very strange how they barely talked about it at all.

[BourkieBoy]

Episode Three Thoughts

First off, let me just say I was extremely confused about the reason Michael was withdrawn? It was extremely unspecified... anyway, I really enjoyed watching the Team Challenge, I love see people lay the foundations for a road, but this challenge was extremely challenging and difficult and required exact measures! Congrats to Savage Crew for winning! The Individual Challenge was also great to watch, I loved the slalom course contestants needed to drive their bulldozer through and I also glad there was no Overtime challenge, due to Michael's departure.

Overall, this episode was pretty solid and bring on next week!