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Is production still discouraging teams to mingle during pit stops? If think around season 14 or so, there began regulations separating teams at the pit stops. Of course, they couldn't prevent teams from interacting during long flight, bus, or train rides.
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8 hours ago, Bluesky said:
I thought they did that to show the ridiculous chaos of the teams sharing info and running in all directions as if they were one big team.
I hate the alliances. How stupid will the one with Masters Degree in Poetry feel when the team she helped at every leg of the race wins the million dollars.
That was my reaction.....the market place editing was deliberately chaotic to demonstrate how counter-productive the sharing was in most cases.
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16 minutes ago, Browncoat said:
Read the clue. Read. the. clue. READ. THE. CLUE. You'd think they all would have learned from last week's episode to read the damn clue, but nope. Were Will and James the only ones to figure it out?
I am over Michelle and Victoria. They can go any time. But really, Frank and Jerry deserved to be eliminated for following them in the first place, though I am sorry to see them go.
I am loving the tour of South America!
Will and James did not actually read the clue properly....I think that honor belongs to the Volleyball Bros.
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I really don't care if there is a season two. Not really interested in the kids' lives -- nor how Mark and Viv's relationship turns out. The acting was fine, the scenery amazing....the writing was poor. Creating four episodes just to provide cliffhangers -- and hope for another season -- is shoddy writing.
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10 hours ago, blackwing said:
The brothers were the first ones to turn in the gold thing, so I believe they were the only ones who we saw being told it was fake. I don’t think any other of his exchanges were aired. I also was looking for someone to be told the emerald was fake but don’t think we saw it.
i was wondering how the teams knew that group of guys were the emerald buyers. They didn’t have anything overt on them except for a piece of paper with thin red and yellow stripes on it. Was there another more obvious clue I missed?
I think just the fact that several men in suits were clustered together, looking at papers and other items, was the clue. No one else was dressed similarly in the plaza area, IIRC.
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I just wanted to add that my dislike of Michelle didn't come from the joke. I got her joke and I did not find it offensive especially when it was confirmed that he did indeed play the piano. I just found her over all attitude to be sort of crappy. But as you said, we will see. I might end up loving her. I was just going off first impressions.
Agree....it wasn't the "joke" it was her general attitude that I found disagreeable. Again, it was the first episode...so she could turn out to be fine.
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I don't think they wanted the teams driving to LAX at night...so taxis made sense. As some already posted, glad they didn't waste time on airport drama
I think the one sister's name is Michelle...and, man, let's hope that attitude disappears asap. She's the only one I actively disliked.
Rooting for the former Olympians, the ex football players, and the pro beach volleyball guys. Actually, pretty much OK wilth all the teams except the sisters.
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I, too, would assume the car is insured (whether leased, bought outright, whatever)...so he would be reimbursed for the vehicle. So the only real issue is that he probably will not be able to buy a similar car quickly.
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They do refer to Fran as Jimmy's late wife, not late partner...so I think the show has made them a married couple. It makes the disparity between Duncan and Jimmy that much greater, IMO.
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I watched seasons 1-4 via YouTube and/or Daily Motion. Free....but Daily Motion does have some annoying commercials.
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I don't think the moderately valued insurance policies were the only scam Ludo and Violetta were running. There may have been far more remunerative cons, as I mentioned upthread, that were handled with much more subtlety so that the reporter never caught them in her searches.
As to Ludo laying most of the blame for the actual contrived accidents on Violetta....he was trying to destroy Morse's view of Violetta as a woman forced into the criminal activities, a relative innocent. I think Ludo did far more of the "work" creating the accidents than Violetta.
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Someone pointed out earlier (sorry for not remembering your name) that Violetta was obviously dressed and placed at the opera to capture someone's eye. Since she mentioned going each year on New Year's Eve, it could be she and Ludo staged this each year assuming most attendees would be people of wealth or at least some importance. That the"captured" Morse was an Oxford policeman was truly a bonus for Ludo. I hardly think her going to bed with her target was the first time....so Ludo was not upset by that fact. And carrying on the affair in Oxford worked to their benefit....kept Morse distracted and gave them an insight into to whether the insurance scam victims were being investigated at all.
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41 minutes ago, freddi said:
Except, that "memory" probably was not true, as Ludo (or whatever his name was) said he found her on the back streets of Naples at age fifteen. Does not sound like an opera-attending upbringing. But maybe she adopted this as her backstory. If she really loved Morse, you'd think she went to the opera on December 31, 1970 (the second time he saw her) in the hope he would find her.
I am still completely baffled at the reason Ludo thought that Morse would be his "creature" -- what on earth good would that have done? Generally, scam artists tend to stay away from the authorities. And I have to say that earning a "fortune" 7000 pounds at a time (after the payoff to the insurance holder) is hardly a way to create a lavish lifestyle. And every 7000 pounds would be another murder, so very labour-intensive.
The ones the reporter found were all in about the same range when it came to insurance value. However, I suspect there were bigger payoffs that were more cleverly disguised that the reporter never uncovered.
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6 minutes ago, sugarbaker design said:
He did have an airtight alibi, he was in police custody. Unfortunately for Oxford, but fortunately for Sturgess, that was when the copycat killer struck, effectively exonerating Sturgess.
All in all, a weak season. In the last episode, there wasn't one killer victimizing people on the basis of insurance claims, but two? Isn't that a tad coincidental?
I think the original poster meant an airtight alibi for the killing of the barmaid, his exgirlfriend, the first murder we saw on the towpath...not the one in episode 3.
Also, it was two people working the scam...as a team...Ludo and Violetta.
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27 minutes ago, HelenBaby said:
What I’m not quite understanding is why did Ludo & Violetta pick Morse to toy with? Did they know who he was in the beginning when Vi picked him up at the opera? Did they start the insurance scam before meeting him or after? Did they kill the tv chef in the Raja episode? Sorry, I do understand the basic crimes and how they were solved but I missed some details apparently.
They did not kill the tv chef....that was the chef at the Jolly Rajah restaurant.
I believe they started the scam before they met Morse...they had worked in a total of 4 cities.
Ludo said that they wanted Endeavor as their pet policeman....but I am not sure when or how he was chosen to be seduced by Violetta.
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I know I will have to watch it again....but in the meantime:
Which women were killed by Sturgis, and which by the man hit by the car?
I could accept going to the cemetery because of the map left behind by Morse...but how did he get into Morse's room. (Small point, but annoying.)
Who killed the flasher?
Otherwise, I was so caught up on the episode, that I just accepted a lot of "convenient" details.
I think the photo was left in the flat by Violetta because she did feel some remorse.
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I can't believe Thursday just dismissed the fact that so many men had died in questionable circumstances as unimportant. I know he's been obsessed by the towpath murder....but he's a seasoned cop who should be digging into those disappearances, too.
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Of course, it didn't help that they were photographing the murder near bridges and walkways in a foggy sort of night...just like the scenes after the opera in Venice.
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30 minutes ago, Driad said:
Who was she, then? I was confused by all the (to me) similar looking women.
At the beginning, there were two women who were featured....the girl serving the chips (who kept acting sort of faint), and a woman behind the bar serving drinks, etc. She was a blond with an off-the-shoulder blouse. A brief fight broke out with her ex-boyfriend involved. It was the latter woman who was murdered.
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28 minutes ago, Alistaire said:
I was certain he'd turn out to be gay. I was glad the first episode didn't come loaded too many contemporary social issues.
I had the same reaction....that he was gay (in spite of the remark about beautiful women).
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I was confused a bit...but only as to who the first victim was. i jumped to the conclusion that it was the dark-haired girl serving the chips. It took me about 20 minutes to realize who was the actual victim.
I was very suspicious of Ludo from the start. Endeavor may be our beloved detective....but it seemed very strange that this wealthy, sophisticated man would pick Endeavor out of the crowd to befriend.
Of course, the chef was set up as a suspect in the murder(s)...but he was merely a faux jogger who liked to flash women.
Very good episode. Wonderful to have the whole gang back.
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Overall, I was happy with this season. The issues presented (homosexuality, pedophelia, bipolar disease, gang rape, women dominated in their marriages, etc. ) were done well...as were the reactions by the people involved. Their behavior suited the times...perhaps not what we would have preferred in today's view, but right for the period. None of the topics were likely to be discussed openly in the 50s....so the characters were often being confronted for the first time with issues hidden for generations.
I like Will....he is learning from his mistakes...which is something Sidney never seemed to do. I worry about Leonard....the people in his immediate circle are not being judgmental....so far.
Glad there is to be another season.
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1 hour ago, zoey1996 said:
Did you mean Matt’s mother?
Celibacy was still required for unmarried priests/clergy. In the Anglican Church, a married person can become a priest or marry after becoming a priest. That has evolved over time, and with the ordination of women, some married priests serve in the same church.
So both Leonard and Will are expected to remain celibate at the time.
Oops...sorry, yes I meant Matt's mother.
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Just started watching season 3....I like Frankie's blonde hair. However, in the scenes where they used a stunt double, that platinum wig is just awful. And Mary is really gaining some self-confidence. Enjoy the season so far.
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Rewatched season 5 recently...and one thing struck me. Usually there is talk that the yield Chip/Kim used on Colin/Christie totally knocked them off their game. Not sure about Christie....but Colin certainly recovered quickly. I had forgotten him basically pulling Christie (using his ski poles) up the mountain to the top of the Continental Divide, then doing black flips (in full ski gear) down the mountain after getting their clue. Granted I was happy Chip and Kim won at the time....but Colin (and Christie) were one tough, super competitive couple.