I find that rule a tad questionable - they can only hide the briefcase in a public space? Seems to me any private-property locations, be they residences or comercial spaces, break the rule.
Of course, first thing I’d do is drive to a briefcase store and buy six or seven identical versions to be scattered at random, then play What’s Up, Doc? with the “cops”.
I was thinking a common area but gross place, like an urban area with underground parking or other nasty area. Stash the briefcase in a cranny somewhere and run like hell, doing your best to avoid being noticed by the resident homeless. The general grosssness of the place would discourage a casual search. You’d have to be pretty certain to do a thorough search in an area like like that.
Same general plan. Change delivery service to courier service. Send package to one of my friends with note to hold for me. Make sure he lives close enough for courier to get there within the hour.
Ok ,so you have to answer the questions. I’d answer them thusly:
Aramadillos are the only animals besides humans to get Leprosy
Ankylosaurus was an armored dinosaur
The Fibonacci sequence starts with 1,1,2,3,5,8…
Once, in 1960, for 20 minutes
etc
Brian
Doubt it. It’s the same production company as Amazing Race, and in that show, the two teammates must stay within 20ft of each other (partially because the cameraman needs to be able to follow both of them).
Would it be against the rules if, during one of the interrogations, I give a note to the person grilling me that reads, “Botch this investigation, and I will guarantee you $25,000”?
We had similar reactions watching this episode - confusion about the rules, and annoyance that Paul broke so easily. At least his brother wasn’t a dick about it.
We also tried thinking upr strategies. I was in favor of (depending on the vehicle) replacing the spare tire with the briefcase…odds are very high they wouldn’t look in the wheel well/under the car.
Also at a traffic stop one player jumping out of the car and doing the hiding, and then coming back and getting picked up at a different stop.
It’s also hard not to be suspicious of the camera crew and producers being around for the hiding…
“Hey, did you happen to notice a couple of guys with a suitcase?” isn’t going to get you much in the city…but “Did you happen to notice a film crew?” will yield much better results.
How about this?
You call everybody you possibly can and tell them to get their asses to the vehicle pronto. As they arrive, you tell them to go immediately home and dig a hole in their backyard, then fill it back up. Take one friend aside, give him/her the briefcase and give instructions to bury it at an agreed upon location in a nearby park, then go home do the same as the others.
I caught the repeat on Sunday… I agree with the comments about the bearded brother simply giving it up being jaw-dropping. “I wanna go home”??? It hasn’t even been two days! And, otoh, you know one of the days has gone by. You can’t suckit up for another day to get $50 thou?? What a wimp.
The other thing that amazed me was the ‘interrogations’ by the detectives. They seemed to simply take as true whatever the ‘suspects’ told them. "Oh, they had the case when you saw them at 10:20? Okay, that means we can ignore any place they went before that. "
and
“Oh, you say you didn’t see them? Okay, we can eliminate him.”
Eh??? Is there some rule that ‘suspects’ aren’t allowed to lie?
And, okay, a third thing: Do GPS tracks show only location, or location and time? Because if so, based on what we saw, there were only two times when the brothers stopped their car for even a couple of minutes: at the restaurant and LaFayette Park. They, both the detectives and the interrogators should have homed in on those two locations right away.
Okay, I’m probably the last person in America watching this, but…
Are the players REALLY typical of American people?
We’ve seen five episodes.
In one the hiders won.
In one the hiders lost, basically because they were too lazy to take more than a single step off the road. C’mon! It’s a HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS! Wouldn’t that inspire you enough to take at least ten steps or so, at least far enough you couldn’t actually SEE the metal case while standing on the roadside.
In two of them people just basically cracked under the horrible stress of around 24 hours locked in a cell. Really?? Okay, they fed you franks and beans for every meal, but still? Really? Hell, eat all the beans and fart at your interrogators. 
And in the last of the five, the guy just gave it up in less than six hours because he couldn’t keep his fat mouth shut.
Interrogator: What did you do with the case?
Idiot: I gave it to Eddie.
Interrogator: Eddie who?
Idiot: Eddie Johnson. (Actually wasn’t Johnson, but he gave the full surname immediately.
Interrogator: Oh. What does Eddie Johnson do?
Idiot: He’s in Real Estate.
And that was it. They looked up the name, found an Eddie Johnson real estate office, and the case was sitting in his storage room.
Okay, it’s a bad show. But I’m more interested in whether people are really that lame in general? Or did they cast from some group of, er, ‘special’ people?
If I were on the show I might lose, but it wouldn’t be by breaking down and crying to be let out of the cell OR by simply telling the interrogator everything because I want him/her to be my new best friend.
His daughter was pissed at him.
I agree, these people can’t separate reality from a fiction. I could 48 hours locked up blowing smoke up their asses standing on my head.
But given the melodrama breakdowns you see on other reality contest shows (specifically Survivor) where the contestants forget they’re on a game show, and actually believe they are in an alternate universe where their emotions are the prime motivator for behavior, I tend to believe that alot of people in general are like that. They have a hard time seeing the broader picture and get sucked into the “reality” that they are in at the moment.
Something one of the interrogators said last night kind of struck me - they get to choose what the ‘inmates’ eat, and they opt for beans and weenies for every meal so the contestants don’t know which is breakfast/lunch/dinner. Who knows when they are receiving said meals - dinner could be at 10pm, breakfast at 4am, lunch at 7am. All cells are windowless. That’s a way to screw with time perception, which would be my biggest problem.
I agree last nights episode was weak. I’ve taken to looking at the time (heh) - if there’s 25 minutes left of the show and they’re less than 24 hours into the investigation, it’s a given the cops will win.
Last night’s ep was the first I’d wached. it was pathetic. I had high hopes from “the Creators of The Amazing Race!!!”. I couldn’t believe the dad gave up the info because he was trying to flirt with the interviewer. At the end tof the interview/interrogation; “You have nice eyes”. Barf! He didn’t even try to divert her or lie, he just gave up the info.
What exactly are the rules? To the hiders have to stay within a certain number of feet from each other or the car? Do they have to be able to retreive the case at the end of the 48 hours? What if they drove around, dropped the case off with UPS with a 2-day priority to their home?
StG
Rules:
http://blog.jbfilms.com/?p=795
More info:
http://abc.go.com/shows/take-the-money-and-run/faq/
There was an episode where the hiders won? Guess I missed it.
Brian
Not exactly clear…but upthread…
One of the detectives has a blog (http://www.bishsbeat.blogspot.com/)
Having access 24 hours is actually a big help - if they knock on the door (for example of a friend’s house) and no one is home - they can eliminate that house.
Brian
Here’s a link that may provide a little more insight. http://abc.go.com/shows/take-the-money-and-run/faq Apparently, starts and stops are not given to the detectives, just a straight line map of where the car went. Given this information, my plan is as follows:
Pick a partner not likely to cave to the “horror” of beanie weenies and questioning for 48 hours.
Take a dirt road through a heavily wooded area-hide the case in the woods at some point.
Fade the heat for 48 hours. When asked where I hid the case, simply reply, “I don’t remember!”
Profit!
Any reasons ya’ll can think of that this wouldn’t work?