Topic: TAR 33 LIVE STREAMS AND COMMENTARY HERE! EP 5 1/26/2022 9-10 PM EST

[RachelLeVega]

Raquel & Cayla have ground to make, but Ryan & Dusty think life is good with a decent sense of direction to the clue box.

Kim & Penn use Google Maps from a Swiss local to find their way to the Piazza.

Arun & Natalia reach the dam and Natalia takes the plunge!

[NumfarPTB]

We come back to Sheri still in shell-shock! She breathes in and out, then has a Fran moment! She takes the plunge! Akbar can't believe she actually bungee jumped. "She did that like a straight G!" - Akbar. They leave the dam in 4th.

Raquel & Cayla finally reach Valle Verzasca and hit a rude awakening at the number pull board. They now know there is a scenic route and a fast route. Arun & Natalia are still nowhere close.

Cayla takes the plunge!

Is it just me, or I kind hoped Akbar was somewhat more supportive of Sheri. The edit makes him a bit dismissive... 

[RachelLeVega]

Ryan & Dusty reach Lugano and get the Detour clue!

DETOUR: Bartender Race or Sausage In Case!
In Bartender Race, teams must gather 12 bottles of wine and 12 bags of chestnut, with the gnome, and race to the top to find a cocktail server to get their next clue. In Sausage In Case, teams must squeeze 9 ft. of sausage and divide into 4 coils to receive their next clue.

[RachelLeVega]

Ryan & Dusty do the bartender choice and reaches the farmers' market stand to gather their supplies. They instantly regret it when they see the stairs. "Dude, this is going to be savage."

Lulu & Lala move up to 2nd as they pick the sausage Detour. They want to come back to Switzerland to go luxury store shopping. I agree!

Arun & Natalia find a Lugano sign, but are going the wrong way again. Luck is not on their side.

Ryan & Dusty continue to endless Jacob's Ladder while Kim & Penn reach the Detour clue in 3rd.

Lala is mesmerized by the sausage suppliers' eyes.

[RachelLeVega]

Lulu & Lala study the demonstration with a little bit of hope that their grandma radiates some of her skill onto them. They have bee drama.

Kim & Penn reach the bartender task while Ryan & Dusty finally reach the top. They take a stretch break before heading back down.

Akbar is proud of Sheri for conquering a dare-defying task, meanwhile Arun & Natalia are an hour out of their way from Lugano.

Commercials.

[elthemagnifico]

Ryan & Dusty reach Lugano and get the Detour clue!

DETOUR: Bartender Race or Sausage In Case!
In Bartender Race, teams must gather 12 bottles of wine and 12 bags of chestnut, with the gnome, and race to the top to find a cocktail server to get their next clue. In Sausage In Case, teams must squeeze 9 ft. of sausage and divide into 4 coils to receive their next clue.

I'd have definitely chosen sausage. Impossible to do the rally on 400 stairs in one running so yeah that'd have been lethal to me 

[Plaidmoon]

Sausage making looks easier, if not much faster than the stairs. Those doing the stairs may be worn out by the time they are done.

[Maanca]

I like the way she said, there's a bum-ble-bee!

[RachelLeVega]

We come back to Arun & Natalia facing their music. "So we basically go all the way back to where we came from, then go 30 km." "How I wish we had a shuttle or taxi right now."

Raquel & Cayla joke about their navigation skills again.

Ryan & Dusty go for round two on the stairs. They are visibly exhausted. Kim & Penn can't find the Marroni Castagne stand while the best friends make up some ground, wheezing, and cramping. They finish the chestnut delivery and must now do the wine.

Lulu & Lala explain the science of making sausage links. And this is Good Eats!

[RachelLeVega]

Ryan & Dusty commit to four bottles each while Kim & Penn are sitting on a bench getting directions.

Akbar & Sheri reach the clue box in 4th not before they think a fire hydrant is a clue box.

Kim & Penn finally reach the chestnut stand.

Ryan & Dusty reach the top with half of their wine delivery completed.

Lulu & Lala make more to mitigate their chances of redoing the task. They see errors.

[RachelLeVega]

Kim & Penn have trained carrying weighted dumbbells and immediately finish the chestnuts portion of the task. Akbar & Sheri do the stairs and think they are overestimating their abilities. Clown music is starting to play between the best friends and Akbar & Sheri. They want to put some back because it's too much to handle. Akbar & Sheri start bickering again. They meet up with Kim & Penn again.

Ryan & Dusty finish the Detour with their last delivery!

ROUTE INFO: Teams must grab a picture from the satchel on their gnome and travel to what's in their picture, Parco Ciani. Last team to check in MAY be eliminated.

[RachelLeVega]

Lulu & Lala get emotional making sausage because it's a therapeutic experience for them to remember cooking with their abuela. They get their first check and are approved by the judge. "Will I be making sausages again? Maybe for Thanksgiving."- Lulu

Arun & Natalia are still lost.

Kim & Penn travel with the wine up the stairs while Raquel & Cayla reach the Detour clue in 6th.

Ryan & Dusty don't know where they are going.

Kim & Penn are pushing while Akbar & Sheri are struggling.

[RachelLeVega]

Kim & Penn give Sheri some motivation while Akbar & Sheri continue their tiff. Sheri drops a bottle and it cuts to red wine flowing down the stairs.

Commercials.

[RachelLeVega]

We return to Akbar & Sheri's hike up the staircase of hell. "Keep walking Ak, I'm gonna go the pace I wanna go." They re-strategize their plan on deliveries.

Meanwhile, Dusty cramps up REALLY bad. Charlie horse. Lulu & Lala almost get run over by a bus. Kim & Penn finish their whole delivery.

And... RYAN & DUSTY are TEAM NUMBER ONE! They win a trip for two to Dominica by Travelocity.

[ghmorello]

PUG PIT STOP GREETER

[Plaidmoon]

I’ve always been surprised that we haven’t seen more racers cramping up in the past.

[RachelLeVega]

Dusty says two 1st places mean nothing and says anything can happen. Meanwhile, he is honored to be Switzerland. Lulu & Lala are TEAM NUMBER TWO and are in the first group to depart next leg.

Kim & Penn follow behind and are TEAM NUMBER 3!

Raquel & Cayla get to the sausage Detour. "I hate sausage, I'm a bacon girl." Cayla says the casing feels like alien brains.

Arun & Natalia finally reach Lugano.

Akbar & Sheri are still pushing, flustered, and Sheri thinks Akbar has a habit of placing blame on her for their slowdowns.

Raquel & Cayla finish the 4th sausage coil, already?

[Maanca]

Another week of Akbar belittling his wife for falling behind. It's exactly the scene I imagined soon as I saw the massive stairs in the preview

You're a warrior for those back-to-back heights challenges, Sheri.

[RachelLeVega]

Raquel & Cayla's sausages are rejected by the judge. Sheri is exhausted and finish the order with the judge mistakenly thinking they were short an order. They get the clue in 4th. Raquel & Cayla immediately fix their mistake and complete the sausages in 5th.

It's a foot race!!!

[RachelLeVega]

Akbar & Sheri take the Anita & Arthur route, while Raquel & Cayla pass them on the way to the mat. The flight attendants are 4TH and Akbar & Sheri are 5TH! Phil addresses the bickering situationship.

Arun & Natalia finally get to the Detour and do the sausages. A montage of them starts. They get their clue in last and are last to arrive on the mat. Unfortunately.... they will have to continue racing because this is a NON-ELIMINATION LEG!

Arun & Natalia feel good they are still in the race, but imagine they could do better.

End credits.

STAY TUNED FOR SCENES FROM OUR NEXT EPISODE!

[redskevin88]

Speed Bump?

[RachelLeVega]

Next week on TAR!

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Ryan & Dusty find themselves in unfamiliar territory. And scramble to catch up!

[Bookworm]

While the staggered departure times may have advantaged teams in the back this leg, it'll be better on legs where teams fly to a new country, as teams are usually bunched anyway. Seeing as this season is going to have a lot of double legs, I'd say it evens out. Hopefully teams aren't always working together like Kim & Penn and Ryan & Dusty did this leg.

[elthemagnifico]

Pretty good leg. The detour is pretty good btw and it feels back to the classic TAR vibe when they have to do physical task vs technical task. Stairway to heaven definitely a better task since i like how they still have to navigate to find wine + nuts and then the setting is not done in one attempt. The leg made it short but we got a slightly even editing to all of the teams so it's fine

[NumfarPTB]

While the staggered departure times may have advantaged teams in the back this leg, it'll be better on legs where teams fly to a new country, as teams are usually bunched anyway. Seeing as this season is going to have a lot of double legs, I'd say it evens out. Hopefully teams aren't always working together like Kim & Penn and Ryan & Dusty did this leg.

At least we have yet to hear the "A"-word to be uttered between teams this season.