# Treasure Hunters 8/7 (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779 "2006-08-07T23:25:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/21 "2006-08-08T12:59:03Z")
[QUOTE=amarinth] I was also hoping for a freak summer rain - some mud … are they all firefighters? or just the two giving direction on the ground? [/QUOTE] The hot twins are firefighters and the hot friend John is a mortgage broker. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/22 "2006-08-08T13:28:15Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] Anybody notice that there was no footage of the Southies passing Yankee Stadium? Probably too much bleeping needed, so it got left out. [/QUOTE] When the Southies finally decided to abandon the fight and go into Girard, they showed the Genworth Blimp over the college. I thought it would have been really funny if the crawl on the blimp read, “Bleep! Bleep! SHUT UP!!” [QUOTE=Robot Arm] I must be getting cynical in my old age, but I find it hard to believe that it was as close as it appeared in the editing. [/QUOTE] You’re likely right about that. In my defense, I was extremely tired last night, and my critical thinking skills were not at their sharpest. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/23 "2006-08-08T13:56:24Z")
So has anyone else been playing the online challenge? I’ve gotten the final phrase: Where is the early symbol laid out for reef" but I have no clue what it’s referring to. I checked the message boards on NBC, but those people…let’s just say I’m spoiled by the level of intelligence on the Dope. Anyone else care to exchange ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/24 "2006-08-08T14:20:06Z")
[QUOTE=lorene] When the Southies finally decided to abandon the fight and go into Girard, they showed the Genworth Blimp over the college. [/QUOTE] That’s not the Genworth blimp. Genworth doesn’t even have a blimp. I’m pretty sure it was a special effect. Which seems quite lacking in integrity for something which claims to be a reality show. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/25 "2006-08-08T14:42:33Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] That’s not the Genworth blimp. Genworth doesn’t even have a blimp. I’m pretty sure it was a special effect. Which seems quite lacking in integrity for something which claims to be a reality show. [/QUOTE] All of the Genworth Financial signs are added post-production. They’re clues for the online game. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/26 "2006-08-08T14:57:32Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] That’s not the Genworth blimp. Genworth doesn’t even have a blimp. [/QUOTE] Which is for the best, because if they _did_, and it were _really_ flying over a building in Philadelphia … we Eagles fans would have probably thrown batteries at it. Or snowballs, depending on the weather, and whether it was wearing a Santa hat or not. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/27 "2006-08-08T15:17:15Z")
There’s a Hood blimp that’s a pretty common sight over Boston when the Red Sox are playing. Met Life has (or had) one. Blimps aren’t quite as rare as they once were. Genworth Financial could have a blimp, but I don’t think they do. I just couldn’t resist the Goodrich reference, which nobody got anyway. (And I could have gone more obscure if I’d wanted.) ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/28 "2006-08-08T16:55:56Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] That’s not the Genworth blimp. Genworth doesn’t even have a blimp. I’m pretty sure it was a special effect. Which seems quite lacking in integrity for something which claims to be a reality show. [/QUOTE] Well, yes, I do know that the Genworth stuff is all post-production, yadda yadda. I just meant the Faux Blimp-like Object. My point was simply that it would have been funny if the crawl was quoting the Southies and the hundred "Shut Up"s. Never mind. I feel so misunderstood…\ ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/29 "2006-08-08T17:25:53Z")
[QUOTE=lorene] Never mind. I feel so misunderstood…\ [/QUOTE] It’s okay, honey. _I_ thought it was funny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/30 "2006-08-08T18:10:44Z")
[QUOTE=Max Carnage] So has anyone else been playing the online challenge? I’ve gotten the final phrase: Where is the early symbol laid out for reef" but I have no clue what it’s referring to. I checked the message boards on NBC, but those people…let’s just say I’m spoiled by the level of intelligence on the Dope. Anyone else care to exchange ideas? [/QUOTE] Really? No one? No one is trying to win the $100,000 online? Or you just wanna keep it to yourself? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/31 "2006-08-08T18:55:13Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] They’d _never_ get cast on TAR. They’re too functional and _boring_. [/quote] Yeah, but Matt R has such nice legs, and he wears those cute shorts. ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/32 "2006-08-08T19:21:00Z")
[QUOTE=zut] Something I noticed last week that I’ve been mulling over: Last episode, the teams had to use **water** to uncover instructions. The week before, they had to use **fire** (candles) to uncover instructions. The week before that, they had to use **air** (breath on a mirror) to uncover instructions. So will they use earth this week? Some kind of end game meta-puzzle? Or is this just a coincidence? [/QUOTE] Maybe it is a meta-puzzle, but if so, the quad is complete. IIRC, the week before was when the masks were buries way deep in the **earth**. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/33 "2006-08-08T19:30:04Z")
[QUOTE=Reloy3] Maybe it is a meta-puzzle, but if so, the quad is complete. IIRC, the week before was when the masks were buries way deep in the **earth**. [/QUOTE] I thought about that as well. It doesn’t _quite_ fit because the dirt itself wasn’t used to solve the puzzle but it’s interesting if intentional. Will the final solution have something to do with aether/quintessence? ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/34 "2006-08-08T21:07:29Z")
Why couldn’t the CIA dude on the 22nd floor have called his team on the ground for the VISA number? He called them up just after being let in the door by the other team. My guess is they were told they weren’t allowed to call before getting the door open on their own. But if that was it, why didn’t the show let the viewers know? It’s another example of how the editing screws up this show. By not telling us he was constrained by rules, we’re left to assume he was just too stupid to use his phone. The editing also kept us from knowing how many seconds CIA lost by. And, unless I missed something, kept us from having any idea what the Southies were so upset with each other about that they thought it was worth lollygagging about the grounds for a while before proceeding with the hunt. I couldn’t even tell which two were mad and which one was trying to get them to shut it. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/35 "2006-08-08T23:22:56Z")
[QUOTE=Saltire] And, unless I missed something, [editing] kept us from having any idea what the Southies were so upset with each other about that they thought it was worth lollygagging about the grounds for a while before proceeding with the hunt. I couldn’t even tell which two were mad and which one was trying to get them to shut it. [/QUOTE] The [_hott_] Brothers [Not Mc]Mullen – Martin and Matthew – were fighting, and their [_hott_] friend John was playing referee. And as someone who has high-strung and opinionated sisters, as well as 30+ first cousins on one side of the family alone, _all of whom_ I’ve gotten into fistfights with at one time or another … does there really _need_ to be a reason? ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/36 "2006-08-09T00:16:09Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] I think it _might_ (Team “Total Strangers” should clean up, casting-wise, plus we’ll have matching T-shirts.) [/QUOTE] Well I dunno about the significance of the matching t-shirts. After all the Southies last night were pretty much all matching in black shirts and jeans. More so than I’d expect with any random group of guys let alone guys who are much “guys” as they are. ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/37 "2006-08-09T00:18:27Z")
[QUOTE=Reloy3] Maybe it is a meta-puzzle, but if so, the quad is complete. IIRC, the week before was when the masks were buries way deep in the **earth**. [/QUOTE] I thought about that, too, but I remember that as the same ep where they had to breathe on the mirrors. I guess I’m sort of leaning toward co-incidence rather than meta-puzzle, but the three in a row sure is interesting. (although, now that I think about it…a sailing ship is driven by the air in the water. The third ep featured a lighthouse: fire in the air. The second ep treasure was hidden under a black, glassy rock: fire in the earth. Ah, I’m probably overthinking it.) > [@Saltire](#): > > Why couldn’t the CIA dude on the 22nd floor have called his team on the ground for the VISA number? He called them up just after being let in the door by the other team. I’ve never seen those little earbud phones before, so I concluded the teams were given one only _after_ they got through the door. Your editing comment stands, though. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/38 "2006-08-09T12:36:45Z")
[QUOTE=PastAllReason] Well I dunno about the significance of the matching t-shirts. After all the Southies last night were pretty much all matching in black shirts and jeans. More so than I’d expect with any random group of guys let alone guys who are much “guys” as they are. [/QUOTE] I have a thing about matching, as I mentioned in some other [threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=382071&highlight=treasure+hunters). (There is also another thread somewhere about the biggest embarrassment of my life [it involves non-matched unmentionables] but when I try to search my browser craps out, so perhaps someone else can provide that particular cite.) Plus, I always wanted to be part of a team that had matching T-shirts. It seems so _fawncy_ to me. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779/39 "2006-08-09T18:08:46Z")
Has there been any news about this getting picked up for a second season? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunters-8-7-spoilers/367779.md?page=1)