Topic: TARCAN 9 Episode 1 LIVE SHOW UPDATES and DISCUSSION THREAD!

[Leafsfan.]

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING:

If you are unable to watch LIVE yourself, please be aware that this thread WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS, so proceed at your own risk.

This thread will contain OUTCOME Spoilers as seen on the SHOW.
 
Canadians, PLEASE help update as the show unfolds!

If you can help, then PLEASE DO!!!
Many of us will be counting on you until we can watch later. We hope everyone will join in the fun!!
 
Also,  if you are watching anything but the CTV feed, it is your responsibility to be sure you are not ahead of us if you want to post/update in this thread.  If you are in the easternmost Canadian provinces you could be ahead of us watching on EST.
 
SO PLEASE ** NO  OUTCOMES ** to be posted before the show is done airing East Coast time!  And NO FUTURE LEG SPOILERS either!
 
Otherwise, come watch with us for the best weekly viewing party in town!!
 
And you can entertain yourself with our spoiler threads as well while you wait!
 
Have FUN everyone and THANK YOU for joining us!!

NO POSTING BEFORE 8:40 P.M. Eastern, PLEASE!!!

LIVE Streams for members in the Usual Place (if there are any). If you are not a member please register and then ask me or any of the mods for help. Keep in mind it can take up to 12 hours to get registered.

[Leafsfan.]

52 mins till the premiere!

[Leafsfan.]

10 mins!

[Xoruz]

Celebrated with pancakes this morning. We've got the start of quite a lot of TAR over the next few months.

[Leafsfan.]

We start with some shots of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Jon introduces us from the roof of a building.

Forks Historical site is the start line location.

Now team intros. First Allie and Eddie, followed by the wrestlers, youtubers, Deven/Amanda, drag queens, ty kat. No other teams introduced.

Teams are making their way to the SL via trolley.

[Leafsfan.]

Jon welcomes teams to Winterpeg, Winnipeg.

He asks Tyler and Kathleen why they are racing, and they are now given their intro.

Next Joel/Shayla, then Ben/Anwar, they say if they find love they won't mind 

Gracie/Lily next

[Leafsfan.]

Jon introduces the new twist: Desjardins Assist, each team has a one time helping hand in a task. Clues are on the other side of the red river.

Jon mentions the prizes.

And we are off!

[Leafsfan.]

Clue: Make your way to the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Inuit gallery to be specific.

Teams are on foot making their way to the gallery, and then looking for taxis

Ty and Kat in first and already in  a cab

Jermaine: This race teaches you how out of shape you are. 

[Leafsfan.]

Qaumajuq Visible vault is the location.

Task: Choose a title of art and find the artwork among 5,000 pieces of art

Ty Kat are first. Siblings are second

Youtubers hope into a taxi.

Deven and Amanda are third to the museum

Ty and Kat get it correct and get their clue!

Clue: Fly to Calgary, Alberta, once there search outside the terminal for your next clue.

Teams have to go to the Fast Jet terminal and sign up for one of two flights, each with five teams, arriving 15 mins a part.

Siblings get their clue next.

[Leafsfan.]

Allie and Eddie third.

Drag queens  walked the entire way, Lilly/Gracie at the museum now.

Ty Kathleen get their clue fourth, followed by the wrestlers. Youtubers are sixth. Gracie Lille seventh.

Tyler and Kathleen are struggling to find a cab.

Flight 1: Ty/Kat, Siblings, Allie/Eddie, Wrestlers and one more
Flight 2: The rest.

Commercial.

[Leafsfan.]

We are back!

Youtubers are the fifth team on the first flight.

Looks like they used private Air Canada flights 

[Leafsfan.]

RB: Who has Book Smarts?

Rappel library, find three words on yellow flags, and relay message to "international woman of mystery"

Express Pass:Search section of library to find 3 express passes.

[Leafsfan.]

Youtubers, Ty Kat, and Siblings are looking for the express passes.

Gisele is the first to the RB

Ty and Kat get the express passes!

Omg! Gisele did not read the clue, she looked for words on the buildings surrounding the rappel, not the flags on the building she was going down.

Allie is second to try the RB

Commercial

[Leafsfan.]

We are back!

The other two teams are still searching for the express passes because they do not know Ty and Kat found them lol.

Allie finishes the rb and gets it correct! followed shortly by Kat

Clue: Make your way to the Devenish Building, say a code to access the Betty Louis Library (the code word from the RB), where they must use their Samsung phones to snap a picture of their clue using some feature.

[Leafsfan.]

Flight 2 teams arrived

Youtube, followed by Deven / Amanda finish the rb. Amanda did the rb.

Ben and Shyla now doin the Rb for their teams.

Shayla. and Ben easily get their clues.

[Leafsfan.]

Next Clue:

Detour: Batter or Beat

Batter: Take six orders of pancakes, cook and serve them with the correct toppings. Guests will be switching tables!
Beat: Learn drum routine and stay in sync with partner: Olympic Plaza is where this took place

[Leafsfan.]

Ty/Kat Allie and Eddie doing Batter, Siblings are doing Beat

Gisele messes up the RB again

Commercial

[Leafsfan.]

We are back and Gisele realizes what to look for after watching another team and calls herself an idiot

Gracie/Lilly finish in seventh at the RB

Tyler now doing the rb, and finishes in 8th

Justin: How many drag queens have done this? Jermaine: DO YOUR THING 

Gisele finishes finally and is in 9th

Drag queens in last. Jermaine; Race ain't over till the fat lady sings, and I ain't singing

[Leafsfan.]

Siblings first to the drum Detour. Followed by Ben/Anwar and Youtube

Of note: This is a limited station detour

Tyler Kathleen have arrived to the drum detour

Allie and Eddie get a check at the batter detour and are wrong.

Commercial.

This is quite a difficult detour (the batter). Allie/Eddie get a second check and are wrong.

[Leafsfan.]

Lillie/Gracie are now at the batter detour.

Ty and Kat get the batter detour in one shot!!

Clue: Make your way to the Pitstop, the Peace Bridge

[Leafsfan.]

Gracie and Lillie get their clue in one shot at batter!

Youtube on their fourth attempt (the first 3 weren't shown) at beat. And they get their clue! They are in third place overall

[Leafsfan.]

Ty and Kat check in first place!

They win a trip to Berlin Germany courtesy of Expedia. They do not mention the $5k prize from Samsung.

Gracie and Lillie are second at the PS

Tyler and Kathleen get the beat detour on their third attempt.

Siblings fail their third attempt. Some tension between them now

Ben and Anwar fail their fourth attempt.

Commercial.

[Leafsfan.]

We are back to Allie and Eddie at the batter detour

We are told Drag Queens, Wrestlers and Deven and Amanda are there now.

Allie and Eddie are wrong on their 7th attempt.

Drag queens get the detour on their 3rd attempt! And Deven and Amanda on their 2nd

[Leafsfan.]

Gisele is struggling with the memory part of the detour.

Siblings get the detour on their 6th attempt.

Ben and Anwar now on their 7th attempt and get it

Youtube check in third, followed right behid the Drag queens.

We cut too Tyler Kathleen in fifth and Deven and Amanda in sixth.

[Leafsfan.]

Allie and Eddie on their 12th attempt and are wrong

commercial.

Still going and we are past the hour point

Allie and Eddie finally get it! He screams "I hate pancakes" lol - title quote

[Leafsfan.]

Siblings check in 7th, Ben and Anwar check in 8th

Wrestlers get it on their 9th attempt.

Gisele and Eddie crying in the taxi on the way too the PS

Allie and Eddie check in 9th. Wrestlers are last and are eliminated from the race.

[Leafsfan.]

Next time:

Smithers. BC

Detour: Sausage vs Some sort of task in a horse cart

A RB leaves teams stalled, looks like a task with cars? Eddie: Why don't I just jump of a mountain lol

And that's it!

[Leafsfan.]

Leg 1:

1) Ty and Kat
2) Lily and Gracie
3) Derek and Jaspal
4) Justin and Jermaine
5) Tyler and Kayleen
6) Derek and Amanda
7) Joel and Shayla
8 ) Ben and Anwar
9) Allie and Eddie
10) Gisele and Gail - Eliminated

[Leafsfan.]

Pretty decent leg!

[stunami]

I tought this was a great leg!!
Love the task in Winnipeg, a mix of luck, strategy and observation!
I also liked the debate of going to the Express pass vs. the roadblock. I just wished that not all 3 express pass were in the same book, and that the location was a bit further, so the risk was bigger.
Poor Gisele being first at the roadblock and leaving in 9th, hard leg for her!

The detour was good, but I feel like pancake was easier, especially when you realize the people were moving, it seemed obvious you just had to remember the clothing of the person with the order.
I'm curious as to why Allie & Eddie and Gail&Gisele didn't switch person for taking the order, I wonder if it was forbidden.

[NumfarPTB]

I tought this was a great leg!!
Love the task in Winnipeg, a mix of luck, strategy and observation!
I also liked the debate of going to the Express pass vs. the roadblock. I just wished that not all 3 express pass were in the same book, and that the location was a bit further, so the risk was bigger.
Poor Gisele being first at the roadblock and leaving in 9th, hard leg for her!

The detour was good, but I feel like pancake was easier, especially when you realize the people were moving, it seemed obvious you just had to remember the clothing of the person with the order.
I'm curious as to why Allie & Eddie and Gail&Gisele didn't switch person for taking the order, I wonder if it was forbidden.

Agreed a very solid first leg, a good split of tasks.
Loved the Opening sequence, would love if the US version would go back to this version, showing racers in their enviroment, rather than the version we've got lately.
Having both flights being only 15 minutes apart, it was enough time for flight 2 to catch-up with flight 1 at RB, while some of flight 1 teams could choose to look for EPs. Glad that it wasn't a solo search, and there were multiple teams that tried to look for them.
Interesting that this was filmed in April and it was still cold enough to be a bit snowy in Winnipeg.
Loved by the time teams reached Detour, it basically became a night leg. Those are fun.

I expect we'll see more Samsung tech integration through the season, considering they're the cash prize sponsor, and curious to see expedia being a sponsor for both TAR CAN and the mothership.

[Xoruz]

Fun start with several people swearing off pancakes by the end of it.

Personality wise Allie & Eddie and Shayla & Joel stuck out to me. Liked that we had a rare wintery leg in April. Nice that the flights weren't the sole determining factor of placement. The Express Pass task was reminiscent of what they did in 5, but it helped that it wasn't in the same location. They finally got to do the Oktoberfest task that no one chose in 7 with the pancakes. How many pancakes were made that day? We had ranges of 5 to 15 attempts. It's sad that overthinking killed one team at the Roadblock, and it led to a domino effect at the Detour.

[LandonM170]

Just got my hands on the episode this afternoon, and I enjoyed it! Very likable cast, and the leg was good with 5 tasks (including Express Passes).

Sad that one of the two FF teams is already out, especially with Gisele being trans. I'm glad that Jermaine & Justin were able to make a great comeback from 10th to 4th, and I'm happy Allie & Eddie surviving, as I think they will be good TV! My least favorite is probably Ben & Anwar, but maybe this episode didn't really show much of their personality during the leg, so I'm hoping we get to see more of them come through.

[BourkieBoy]

Finally found some time to watch the episode today! I enjoyed the art gallery task in Winnipeg and learning some more about Indigenous Candian culture - what TAR really should be all about! Really enjoyed the Express Pass task at the Roadblock, it was good to see teams weighing up the advantages of searching for Express Passes rather than completing the Roadblock (and vice versa). It would have been better to only allow one Express Pass per team, so that three teams could have successfully completed the task (this would have required three different books as well). The abseiling task was pretty cool as well, with the codeword from the Roadblock needing to be used to actually enter the next location (but the product placement task was pretty lame, not gunna lie). The Detour was probably my favorite task of the leg, I would have personally chosen the Batter task as I have a great memory and terrible music skills! The Pit Stop was also in a pretty cool location!

Agree with some other posters thoughts about having a snowy task in Winnipeg and finishing our leg at night.

I quite enjoyed all of the teams in this leg, but I hope a few of the teams come out of their shells in the coming legs and show us more of their personalities!

Overall, a pretty awesome first leg and I have a hopeful feeling towards the rest of the season at this stage!

[JegoKelvin]

Watched the episode today. I enjoyed this 1st Leg.

Loved the opening task, agree with Bourkie, it's like an educational segment showcasing indigenous Canadian culture.

Flights were not a factor on the placements.

The Express Pass Grab adds an element or "Risk" A needle in the haystack type search, Are you willing to risk the time and position on the Race for an advantage?

Roadblock, of course, the inaugural leg needs to have an extreme task. Here it is. It's similar to the US S.32 task of rappelling down a building and search for words.
There was no answer sharing here. None of that Mine-Five crap. Everyone did it, no help needed.

Both Detours were amazing. The Drum set, I for one would struggle at a dance or music task. The Pancakes, attention to detail is key and you really need to have control of your orders.

The following stood out to me: Shayla & Joel, Allie & Eddie, Gracie & Lilly
Like: Ben & Anwar, Ty & Kat, Gail & Gisele (sad for the latter)

I dislike Derek & Jaspal. Truly over the top extra and very noisy. Can't stand them.

[Bookworm]

Idk if anyone mentioned it yet, but Ryan from BBCAN6 was one of the patrons at the Pancakes Detour!