"Rooting Around in People’s Mouths Could Be Unpleasant"
Masters has gone Overtime which means TAR is probably delayed, set DVR’s accordingly, at least 30 minutes. Yikes it is getting dark in Augusta.
“Several racers find themselves shoeless and without passports after leaving their backpacks at a roadblock; teams compete in a karaoke-themed detour; one team is eliminated.”
Which TAR rule number is “Keep your passports with you at all times”?
Jeez
Looks like starting time will be around 7:35 - 7:40 CDT.
I’m already confused, but maybe I’m misremembering. I thought Mark & Michael came in first before the penalty. Then Victor & Tammy and the Reds came in with less than 10 minutes to go on their wait time. Well tonight it showed V&T leaving at 9:30 and The Reds and the M’s not leaving until 12:30-ish, with less than 10 minutes between them. Anyone know what is going on there?
The start were baffling, the mini-boys should be less than an hour behind. Unless there were other penalties that are applied to the beginning of next leg.
BTW…I can’t believe that I think it is 2007 (in the thread title). :smack:
This was kind of boring, actually, except for the passport drama. And as much as I hate to say it, because I think the boy’s absolutely adorable, Luke is kind of useless, isn’t he?
Oh, and Mark and Michael? Let me introduce you to the concept of Thai ladyboys…
Spoilered for West Coast folks.
Is the rule about not bartering personal belongings something new, or something that we as viewers should have already known about? I don’t remember this being forbidden before, and ISTR people doing it without penalty in previous seasons. So what’s the deal?
Frankly I can’t believe any racer would get on any form of transportation without taking all his/her belongings. Leaving your fanny pack with your passports behind is particularly dumb.
The stunt guys should have left their bags behind and gone for the pit stop. The brother who insisted he had to have his irreplaceable mementos was nuts. And he’s paid for it.
I’m not sure how I feel about this penalty. I’m assuming that they knew this could give them a penalty, because of the way Phil gave his “However”. But 2 hours each? I realize that with the girls getting there so quickly, any penalty would have killed them, but it’s just weird. 2 hours for trading personal goods, but 30 minutes for “hiding” equipment and 30 minutes for getting a taxi to lead you somewhere when the instructions say not. It just seems so arbitrary to me.
And I must say that I really hate Jaime and Cara now. Or at least one of them – the racist annoying one. I feel bad that I can’t tell some of these teams apart still!
The good teams make it look so easy that it’s almost hard to believe how much trouble some teams have. Taxi, airplane, taxi, boat, taxi, dentures, taxi, Pit Stop; what could possibly go wrong?
Or the other way around.
Harsh ending to the leg; more questions than answers, really. Mark & Michael got a penalty for trading stuff for their cab ride to the Pit Stop, but Kisha & Jen mooched the same ride for free and got no penalty. Seems like the moral of this story is “screw the taxi drivers”. How did K & J have enough money when their taxi waited even longer than M & M’s? The guys were short on cash in Russia, too; so what have they been spending it all on? Didn’t they try to give that driver their shoes? They should be glad he didn’t take them.
So many questions.
My guess is that this is spelled out quite clearly in the copious documents and rules given to teams before the race begins. When you think on it, it makes sense, a team could could load their bags up with small but nicely pricey items, like watches or small maglite-style flashlights or bits of jewelry, and use them with cab drivers and locals, to have an unfair advantage over other teams.
The brothers should’ve been out a couple of times before. Their continued existence in the game now has a deadline looming, for which I am glad.
Unbelievable :shakes head: How many breaks can one team get? I’d be more apt to let it slide if they were at least likable (think Dandrew from last season), but the more I watch them, the more trouble I have deciding who I dislike worse – the brothers or the bitchy Red (I still can’t tell the Reds apart, btw).
I thought the penalties were arbitrary too. Somewhere in the Amazing Rulebook there should be a section where you get X penalty for committing Y, no ifs, ands, or buts. Now that I think of it – was/were Dandrew penalized for trying to sell their sneakers to pay for a cab fare? I don’t remember.
But yeah, other than the leaving-bags-in-the-taxi drama, this was a rather ho-hum episode.
This is the least engaging season of the Race that I have ever watched—There is no team who I can really root for…
There are 3 teams who while I like one of the members, I cant stand the other one. (if anyone cares, I like Margie, but Luke grates on me; I like Tammy, but Victor seems like someone who I wouldnt want to be around, and I think Jamie seems alright, but I dont know how she stands her partner!!!
(I think its Jamie who is the normal one I might be confused on who is who)
Lies! hehheh.
I understand not wanting to divulge it’s a NEL in the preview, and I’m not mad at that or anything – it’s mostly just funny – but c’mon, previews are now flat-out lying? Or did you write that?
“Mai Tia Trannies”? Seriously?
More than that, remember that we’ve seen teams in the past exchange goods to resolve taxi bills. I’m wondering if this is a new rule since it’s just left me bewildered.
Oh and twelve seasons with no issues and then suddenly two seasons in a row with misplaced amazing fanny packs? That’s just strange.
How can so many taxi drivers be so damned pig-ignorant about their own city? Isn’t it an essential part of their job to know local geography inside and out?
I’ve noticed the official TAR rules are not available online anywhere. Maybe the reason Bruckheimer & Co. are keeping them such a big secret is that they’re changing them constantly at whim!
Wait, when did “don’t use your stuff to settle a bill with the locals” become a rule? I swear I remember teams trading stuff to taxi drivers before. I guess such a rule prevents teams from going on the Race looking like Mr T with extra neckwear, but it seems pretty harsh to leave them with no recourse if they miscalculate their cash reserves. In any case, given that it’s a rule, I don’t doubt it was clearly explained to the teams this season, presumably in a class that Mark & Mike slept through.
Um, did I read it right that Tammy & Victor started the leg a full three hours before Cara & Jaime (9:27 v. 12:41)? How did that happen? Last episode, Mark & Mike arrived first and had a one-hour penalty, dropping them to third. How did the one-hour penalty turn into three hours? Extra time credits/penalties of some sort? (I see other people noticed that too; good, it’s not just me.)
Anyway, time for the…
Taxi Assessment
Stuck in the Desert and Officially Detained - or, Philiminated with extreme prejudice.
Jennifer and Preston - Working out their relationship in Sequesterville.
Linda and Steve - Probably secretly glad they’re not Racing any more.
Brad and Victoria - Taking the long way back home, with plenty of layovers.
Amanda and Kris - Probably washing more than their fair share of dishes in Sequesterville.
Christie and Jodi - Pointing out emergency exits in Sequesterville.
Mel and Mike - Gone, alas.
Flat Tire - or, not likely to get anywhere soon.
Mark and Michael (down from “Flat Tire”) - Yow; two major errors in one leg, but a reprieve at the end. Since the show’s been in Thailand tor two episodes now, it’s a good bet they fly to another country at the beginning of the next ep, which means Mark & Mike’s three hour lag will probably be wiped at the airport. If it’s not,and Mark & Mike get on a later plane, they’re well and truly screwed and the next episode gets kinda boring. If they do catch up, they’re still moderately screwed, as they have to do one more task than everyone else, which means they have one more set of instructions they can misread. Not looking good for the boys, I’m afraid.
Stopping for Gas - or, not broken-down, exactly, but not a good sign.
No one, really.
"Rapido! Por Favor?" - or, making meaningless ineffectual comments from the back seat, but in no immediate danger.
LaKisha and Jennifer (holding steady) - I think it was last week I said Cara & Jaime looked a little more likely to make the final three than LaKisha & Jennifer; events this episode are proving me correct. I suppose you could argue that LaKisha & Jennifer made just one mistake (leaving their stuff) this episode. (And it was a surprisingly popular mistake–LaKisha & Jennifer and Mark & Mike did leave their stuff, and Cara & Jaime and Tammy & Victor had to return to dock for theirs. That’s 4/5 teams.) But their mistake was compounded by leaving their passports and money, of all things. On the bright side, they’re not eliminated, and not even in last place, so their boondoggle probably only cost them some extra cash for taxis.
In the Passing Lane - or, ahead of the pack, but not quite comfortably.
Cara and Jaime (holding steady) - A solid leg and a second-place finish for the second time in a row makes this team look more like final-three material.
Cruisin’ with Earl - or, drivin’ on the shoulder, takin’ shortcuts, and generally kickin’ butt.
Margie and Luke (holding steady) - I suspect Margie & Luke made the “correct” Detour choice, as the oogy task is usually shorter than the non-oogy task. Since Margie & Luke were probably only a few minutes ahead of Cara & Jaime after the Roadblock, and Cara & Jaime never caught up, it looks like the teeth-task was shorter than the karaoke-task. It’ll be interesting to see start times next week. In any case, a flawless leg this week and a first-place finish.
Tammy and Victor (holding steady) - How hard is it to fasten on a propeller? It’s like three parts, and you turn the last one clockwise until it stops. Were Victor’s triceps just not up to the task? Sheesh. Still, good call on actually taking luggage with them–I would have thought this was a no-brainer, but apparently it’s not. And I’d like to point out that this team seems to be working well together, despite the stress of being in last place for a good chunk of the leg–that was the lingering question raised way back in episode three during Victor’s blowout. Gotta say this team’s a lock for final three, despite their less-than-perfect outing this week.
[sub]Props to Mullinator and his Raj Ratings.[/sub]
As I recall last season in Russia the Dandrew team tried to pay for their taxi with personal possessions, but the driver refused. I wonder if the rule grew directly out of that event. Maybe the producers were afraid that teams would pack their bags with goodies to be only used for emergency bartering situations like that, which would violate the spirit of “use only the money we give you at the start of a leg” rule.
No, I didn’t write it, i got it from another message board. The only reason why I started the thread was to warn everyone of the delays because the Masters went to Overtime.
I was wondering about this too. I don’t think K & J would get in trouble, since they were up front with the taxi, and said they didn’t have any money - but what if someone lied, and ditched their taxi without paying him? Would they get a 2 hour penalty for that? Because if they don’t, then it really does seem like TAR is encouraging racers to screw over the taxi drivers.
You HAVE to pay your driver if you haven’t managed to beg a free ride or negotiate the price down. You cannot be checked in until you do…this was a factor with Joyce and Uchenna (in their first season, I think). They were frantic to negotiate with the cab driver right outside the final Pit Stop, because they didn’t have enough and knew they couldn’t be checked in and thus win unless they took care of it. I was holding my breath the entire time.
It’s definitely a set-in-stone rule.