Topic: TAR 37 LIVE STREAMS AND COMMENTARY HERE! EP 6 4/9/2025 8:30-10PM CENTRAL TIME

[ghmorello]

I need Brett and Mark to apologize for not knowing the Burj Khalifa.

[Maanca]

I need Brett and Mark to apologize for not knowing the Burj Khalifa.

Yeah, but I know a certain fan on this forum who is gonna love that reference. Lives in Dubai and a Wiz Khalifa fan 

[ghmorello]

I need Brett and Mark to apologize for not knowing the Burj Khalifa.

Yeah, but I know a certain fan on this forum who is gonna love that reference. Lives in Dubai and a Wiz Khalifa fan 

Also, am I the only one who thinks it's a bit racist for an Asian like Han to not consider the Middle East Asia?  My mom told me that there are some Asians who don't consider Arabs to be of their same race or geography. 

[Pi]

I wonder how often Dubai gets visited for its activities and locations versus being one of the best connection points for air travel between Europe, Africa, and Asia. I suppose it's a little of A and a little of B.

Understand why it is only one spot, but kinda wished that competing for the opportunity for the FF was a bit more fairer.

I agree. I'm not going to complain about seeing the Fast Forward again after a long absence, but I wish it could be used better as a Race device. The last few times we've seen it it's been "hey, there's a really cool adventure task in this location that we're visiting, but it would be too impractical (or too expensive?) for all teams to do it, so let's put in a Fast Forward so that just one team can do it." Makes for good TV to see the activity incorporated, but it would be better to see some strategy and competition involved, ideally.

Carson & Jack were destined to win the Fast Forward, given the color of their team's shirts.

The description of the culinary ARI sounded much more like an advertisement than task descriptions usually do. Did anyone else get that vibe?

[nrh2110]

Pops and Jeff 

Sad to see my two favorite teams go out two weeks in a row, especially the way they did. If only Jeff didn't pull his arm out of the door!

This was better for Dubai legs I guess but I just wish they'd stop visiting Dubai. Feel like there's so many better places to visit in the Middle East or places that work well as connectors. If they were going for the Middle East, a visit back to Oman would have so much more culture (and I've been yearning for that sand oven task from TAR 9 as a Switchback). Or a much awaited return to Egypt. If they were going for a connector (like Pi suggested), Turkey is really good for that. I'm personally just tired of constant visits to Dubai and the tasks are basically "look at these things you can do in a rich person's playground" because I feel one of the best things this show does is expose people to other cultures.

I also agree with Pi about the FF. It was cool to watch but not much difficulty or extreme such as eating a bowl of bugs or forcing teams to shave their heads (not asking for that one though because that is overdone).

What I do appreciate is that leg structure, which is something that this season and TAR 35 have seemed to improved on compared to the 5-10 seasons before it.

Onto next week!