Yes, obviously they didn’t have very good ears. Or at least they weren’t using their ears very well–which isn’t surprising, given their history. But as a person with decent ears (no perfect pitch, just some experience using my ears to hear harmony and sing and play instruments), it was painful listening to the piano tuning project.
Maybe I don’t have decent ears but most of the “tuned” pianos still sounded pretty out of tune to me.
Not impossible, not at all impossible. If they’d insisted that the tuning be perfect, Team Guido would still be in the race, because they immediately chose the other alternative. Of course, by the time the piano music is played, recorded, edited, and then broadcast, it may sound totally different than it would live, with other people “tuning” pianos in the background.
After Eric’s asshattery in the double episode, I’m going to partially disagree with zut’s opinion of Danielle. I think her worthlessness is largely due to Eric being a big jerk. (Admittedly, in TAR being a big jerk may give you an advantage over other teams at times. Assertiveness will do just as well, but it’s harder to learn.) I think Eric’s been increasingly running the team, despite what Danielle might want.
Of course, coming in 5th and 6th place for four legs in a row in the middle of the race has got to be taking its toll.
I’m feeling a great disturbance in the Force, I mean, in their relationship. Anybody want to bet on Danielle dumping Eric on the mat?
Many of them were still partially out of tune. IIRC, only the BQs and maybe Danny and Oswald tuned it close enough that I didn’t wince when the pianist gave them the clue.
That “Miss California” comment from Eric cracked me right the hell up. We had to pause the Tivo when Dustin (or Kandice–someday I’ll figure them out) just raised her hands and accepted the adulation. I have to admit, as much as I’m predisposed to dislike blonde beauty queens, those girls are pretty damn cool.
I think somebody in Zanzibar called Poland and said “Watch out for the crazy lady with the little person. Seriously.” My money’s on the travel agents.
I think they just wanted to get the crazy Americans away from the pianos before they hurt them more. There were a couple of pleading looks off screen by a few of the players.
I think one of the life lessons TAR teaches is that it’s teams that support each other and work well together that win. Meaning E&D aren’t going to make it. You’d think people would’ve figured that out, too, after this many seasons but the concept seems to have escaped Eric completely.
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I missed the very first episode of the season (damn DVR…), where they presumably caught us up on the lives of some of the players, so forgive me if this is old news or has been otherwise covered. But when Schmirna was x-raying the mannequin, one of them said to the other that they didn’t think she should be there, something about x-rays not being good for…garble garble garble… Did anyone else think “OMG!! Is Schmirna reproducing???”
You have decent ears.
It was surprising when a couple of teams of two tone deaf people decided “let’s tune a piano.” I have decent pitch (nowhere near perfect) and thought that would be way harder than taking some x-rays.
I’ve read elsewhere that Charla wants to go the Joyce route and use her winnings for in-vitro if she wins.
It’s also possible that Charla, being a dwarf, had a lifetime’s worth of exposure to x-rays as a child. I know that’s a common problem since x-raying is often the only way to verify the different bone growth problems associated with dwarfism. So even though I didn’t hear what Mirna said, either, I assumed it also could possibly be something to do with that.
I didn’t see that one. I only came in around TAR 4 or 5.
Then you missed the only contestant in the history of the race that I hate more than Mirna. (Well, there’s *athon, but he was really in a league of his own – not just annoying, but evil.)
Did anyone happen to catch who was on the t-shirt that Schmirna was wearing? Somebody’s face with the words “Miss You” on it. The problem being in order to get both those distasteful people in the same camera shot, we only got Schmirna from the shoulders up.
Who knew the “Miss You” would be descriptive of the picture… heh.
Just chiming in to add my vote for the “Miss California” line as the nigh-point of the whole double episode, outside of them showing a leg starting before a previous one had fully ended.
I think Danielle and Eric are demonstrating what can happen to a relationship built primarily on physical attraction and not much else.
The one team that has never, ever turned on each other is the Beauty Queens. That is why I am rooting for them to win.
I just saw interviews with all the contestants on what they would do with the money if they won, and Charla did indeed say that she would use the money on her IVF treatments.
Some of the others:
Dustin and Kandace - one said that she would use it for grad school, and the other said that she would help her parents with remodelling of their house with their five (!) boys. I’ll confess that Dustin and Kandace are growing on me, based on their continued competitiveness while being supportive of each other, and general lack of sniping about other teams.
Joyce and Uchenna - want to give money to an orphanage they support in Texas and also help out their family.
Eric and Danielle - Danielle wants to invest her money and Eric - I stopped listening to him after he was rolling his eyes when Danielle was talking (he is sooooo annoying)
and
Danny and Oswald - they only showed Oswald saying what he would do and it had to do with a friend who has a plane and they want to never have to carry luggage around again when they travel. I’m guessing it was hiring a valet-type guy. They were talking quite jokingly about it, so it’s hard to tell how serious they were. Danny was saying that Oswald spending his money on this would benefit him as well. I thought it was quite charming. Not that I’m biased.
Possibly her husband. I’ve noticed the shirt before, and lastnight I noticed she was wearing a wedding ring.
So, are dwarfs a sign of bad luck in Poland? The treatment that Charla and Mirna got from the locals, was beyond rude.