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Dude, just take off the coat..

I thought she could bend light around herself and that is how she camouflages herself. Now suddenly she changes colour like a cameleon?! Could they maybe at least keep her way too many powers consistent?

300€ for a baggy of meth? wtf? Have these writers ever taken any drugs? I guess with weed being legal these young whipper snappers have lost all connections to organised crime. Maybe we should get back to how it was in the 80s, when writers rooms were entirely fueled by cocain. Also looked the drug dealer parked his bigass car in the middle of a street. Yeash that's not going to attract attention at all... And I'm sure it makes total sense when the guy holding the drugs is in the car with you, then briefly gets out to be signaled by the car lights, then immediatly gets back in again. Why did drug lord kill his nephew? Didn't quite get that.

Is it going to turn out that she is also her daughter's father? With him being away on business all the time and all I wouldn't put it past this show.

This seems like it was written 10 to 20 years ago, sat on a shelf somewhere and then was hastily rewritten to make it work in the current day. She is trying to "score" some Levi's in 1994? She got forgotten about "when Russia's economy collapsed"? There have been economic crises in russia, but overall their economy has always been terrible. Why would the FSB forget about her because of that? This all screams "her spy days were supposed to be set in the sovjet union but we couldn't make the timeline work". I guess the actress is playing a bit older? She was born in 1980, so in 1994 she would have been 14. But she is clearly at least 18 in those scenes. I didn't have a problem with the hacker seeing her and maybe her immediate surroundings. I can fanwank that the suit just has that many cool sensors. But people rooms away? Yeah no, bullshit. I think she used her super power to make her handshake firmer. Pretty stupid, if you ask me.

His saviour complex was a big problem. I loved my cats, but if the house was on fire, they better make it out of there on their own furry little legs. I'm not risking my life for them. That would go 10x if I had a family to support. Risking your life that way is damn selfish.

Also people playing videogames. In TV and movies you have people mashing buttons randomly, when in most games you hold buttons and very carefully time presses. Only thing worse is when they wiggle the stick back and fourth erratically. Only game I would give that a pass on is Mario Party.

Nah, BJ is just a very flamboyant straight man (and also kinda crazy). These people do exist and it's nice that they are getting some representation. Kelvin on the other hand, very much gay and I wish he'd finally get it on with his live-in-boyfriend. I'm slowly getting tired of that dance.

So does Junior know and that is why we got the machine guns on the bus last episode? It didn't seem like he did before... I was trying to figure out for the whole episode if it was just makeup or if they also used CGI. That has gotten crazy good and certainly within HBO-Budget. I can't tell.

Yeah, the flashback gimmick hasn't worked in a while. They probably should have stoped shortly after Jacks death was shown. But writers are often too afraid to change the status quo.

This was okay. For a murder mystery it didn't make enough sense and for a parody or satire it wasn't over the top enough. You don't have to go full "scary movie", but you have to go at least "don't look up". The last episode finally went to a level adjacent to what it should have been the whole time. Also it was a bit overlong. Probably would have been better as a movie. A lot of things were too on the nose. I get that the daughter being eaten by a cannibal is to parody the implausible tragedies that befall families in these movies, but that is just not far enough removed from the original to be funny. I could see that happening in a slightly different way, played totally straight. What would have been funny would have been if they subverted that expectation and the daughter would have died by slipping in the parkinglot on the way home or something. They already had a perfect setup with KB stoping the story midway through in the first episode. If they do a second season, I hope they steer way more into the absurde. I'm usually pretty good at seeing twists coming and knowing who the murderer is, but this one I actually didn't see. They just didn't go absurd enough until the last episode, that I would have considered a little girl killing people left and right and framing her neighbour for it. I can't help but compare this to The Afterparty. Also a murder mystery comedy. Certainly with different intentions and a different setup, but also soooooooo much better.

For me it was more the inconsistent writing. One second he is a complete dumbass, the next he is quite smart, one second he wants to take over his uncles business and will pounce at any sign of weakness, the next he does whatever his uncle tells him to do, after his uncle told him that he sold out the business to the FBI. He changes completely depending on what the writers need him to be in that moment. The writing on this show used to be top notch, but the writers are really failing a lot on the home straight... The FBI doesn't want to destroy the cartel, they want to make money from seizures. Junior doesn't have the killer instinct, but Javi does and Darlene kept selling heroin when she was repeatedly told not to by the cartel. I mean if we are talking morals, there is a simple solution that would strip cartels of 95% of their power and influence and safe countless lifes in the process. But nobody is willing to make that move. 🤷‍♂️

Ah thx. I think I was paying more attention to the background at that point. Yeah I think that is a nod to Jester and Fjord. But I hope that if they ever do campaign 2, they change Jesters design up a bit. That haircut doesn't fit her at all. They might not want to introduce resurection into this show at all. That is part of D&D but it would probably lower the stakes for a show like this. That is until a resurection towards the end that isn't a true one and only temporary. The change I'm a bit sad about is that they totally omitted Tiberius Stormwind. I know there was some falling out with the player and maybe there were rights issues for using the character, but I think that would have been fun if he had been there for the first three episodes, then gone to get help from Draconia and them finding his body like they did in the campaign. Could have given a later arc a bit more of an emotional impact. Although they were pretty blasé when they found his body in the campaign, too. They really must have parted with that player on bad terms. I thought we'd get a bit more of the pre-story, too. A bit disappointed, that we don't. Feels a bit weird that bloody beginners fight against a dragon, get a keep and get named protectors of the realm right away. And then go up against the Briarwoods (which I won't spoil there whole deal here at the moment). Seems a bit rushed. I guess they really commited to get that whole story told in two seasons. I don't even really remember the part of Pike having problems with her faith, but I guess there was something... Whoever caught that has very good eyes: Agreed. I hope they don't skip the sun tree because they think it's too silly. That was some very needed light heartedness in an otherwise very dark arc. I also hope it's voiced by Matt. Was a bit taken aback when Gilmore wasn't.

Really good writing and of course voice work so far. You can see that this is the original critical role crew behind it and how much they love these characters and this story. Me personally, I actually like campaign 2 more, but that doesn't mean 1 wasn't also excellent. I like the animation style, except for the dragon. That one was really jank. I can see what they were going for but it really didn't work. I don't really like the opening credits. I know instrumental openings are all the rage these days but it doesn't fit the overall style of the show. It needs some good old-cartoon- or current-anime- style opening. Something banging, like the first attack on titan opnening (or most of the other attack on titan openings). And knowing the creators and their style, I get the sneaking suspicion that the opening we got was something amazon demanded. Because when they make openings on their own, they bang, hard! There was a lot of foreshadowing dropped especially in the first episode. David Tennant as Krieg was a nice surprise. A bit weird to see Kima here at the beginning, but I guess since they started straight into the Briarwood Arc in episode three they are skipping her introduction in the campaign. Probably a good choice. I'm sure a crawl through the underdark wouldn't have made for the most exciting television. Glad to see that Vox machina got to fight their worst enemy twice already in these three episodes. Doors *shakes fist* According to X-Ray Felicia Day was the guard captain who got her face electrified off. I listened to it multiple times and really couldn't recognise her. Had no idea that she can change her voice that much. On the other side of that coin, I think I caught all the Mathew Mercers in here, but it was a delight every time. Oh, I totally missed that. Can you remember where in which episode it was?

People being on multiple flights sadly hasn't been a thing for a number of seasons now. Tickets were prebooked for the teams. So the charter plane doesn't actually change that much. I think it's more of a problem with public places like museums not being open and them not being able to take public transport. With HoO and train departure times, they could always build in natural bunches. That's out the window now, so they have to make it more obvious. I too am sad that TAR is now more a gameshow set in multiple countries than a race around the world, but what are you going to do? So 115kg. Yeah, I would be over that, too and I don't think I look much heavier than Akbar. At 6'8 100kg would still be a good normal weight for you, so 15kg more isn't that much. Yeah, those mountains are tall, but not everything is super high. It's mountains, not a plateau. I don't live in switzerland, but germany's Mittelgebirge. My town is at 222m (728 feet) above sea level, but drive less than 20km (12 miles) and you are at 634m (2080 feet) above sea level. Seems like the alley even got the name from the funicular, "Funicolare Angioli Lugano" (funicular of angels). It got the name from a church that is next to the bottom station. It was mainly there to bring guests to a hotel that closed in 1981 and the funicular got closed down consequently in 1986. Infos in german and some photos: https://www.standseilbahnen.ch/lugano-angioli.html They haven't booked their own flights in quite a few seasons. If it's a roadblock it's fine, imo. Only one person can do that one anyway. So they do not have a choice who does it. Big whoop. They have to split roadblocks between them anyway. I get the feeling that was their usual selves. When we last saw them one of them had just gotten dumped and the other just couldn't stand her whining about it anymore. I'm 99% even you with your bad charlie horses would prefer those to the heat strokes and exhaustion to the point of fainting, previous racers have had. I was comparing a thigh cramp to these prior problems racers had and in that comparison cramps aren't all that bad. Also you might want to take magnesium daily, if you get cramps that bad. It wasn't quite clear, when they adressed it. From my understanding it was more a "when they are gone, they are gone" and nobody will watch them. Still very unlikely that they would be stolen, but I do get the anxiety when you could be without a change of clothes for the rest of the race.

That really wasn't any kind of clue. Phil only comes out when you are hours and hours behind. Here, it was late, but the sun was still up. That is still well in schlepp-yourself-to-the-mat-territory. Is that the "good old days" we are wishing back for now? Yikes. I certainly wouldn't want to live in that time or have a man, like the men you wish for, in my life. I for one appreciated Penn getting emotional here. I doubt that's the problem. All your wieght is attached to your ankles. The harness is jsut for additional safety. So your ankles and your legs are the weak point and if there is too much weight pulling on them, that could lead to serious injury. I was asking myself the same, the whole time. Unless there is now a general rule which states you can't leave your backpack, that didn't use to exist, I don't get it. There was probably not a rule special for this task and it's a tourist town in switzerland, not some bad neighbourhood in india. They could have totally dropped their bags close to the chestnut stand and nobody would have taken them. He wasn't too heavy for the roadblock last episode. That was just them being dumb. Oh we have seen teams suffer cramps and much worse in previous races. A cramp really isn't too bad. They are young men with big muscles. They will sweat a lot and their muscles use a lot of minerals. For the next legs they should stock up on sports drinks and they'll be fine. They specifically said it was his weight. Penn didn't do it because they made a pact to always switch, before the race, as to not hit the limit and he did the last roadblock. Plus they thought it was dancing. Since the clue only said "Who wants to get down?". Production cleverly gave that clue far away from the jump-spot. Usually it's right there and it's obvious. I appreciate them mixing it up

Yes, sadly not in good quality. The one @akg linked has lsight audio desync. this one is fine but the overall picture quality is horrible.

I mean, half an hour cardio a day does wonders. You don't need 12 hours and bench 1000kg to be good on the race. That being said, I know how hard it is to keep the siciplin to actually stick to it, especially during these unsteady times. So no shade from me. It is a stretch because production would have said so. The only worry about Akbar's size came from Sheri. Also Penn did it and he is about as tall as Akbar. They are in a race! It's right in the title of the show. I doubt he is an unsave driver. You certainly can't get that from how he runs a foot-race. If he was a shitty driver, they probably would have shown it this and last episode, as he was the one driving. Phil isn't present enough. He's only really there at the pit stops. Yes he explains the tasks, but there is no interaction. One season they tried to have him there when racers started the tasks, but it didn't add much and was probably a production nightmare. Sucks, since I think what he does he does really well, much better than Probst, but it's probably not enough

Count me in with the group who hated the HIMYM finale and since then can't rewatch any episodes. The alternate ending lessens the wound a bit, but not enough. This was fine so far. Not nearly on the level as HIMYM was in its first season though. I'm not sure if I'll be back for a second season, but I think I'll stick it out through this one. I mean, they easily could have changed that finale if they had wanted to. Just show the kids from behind when they are talking, have a few old reaction shots, when Ted is talking. It would have been a little clunky, but loads better than the finale we got. Or they could have done what they did with the alternate ending and not shown the kids at all. Anything would have been better than the actual finale. Who had episode 3 on their betting card, for when they wheel out a new man she met that night? Not me. I thought that would be a move for season 2 at the earliest.

My main point was that Zach certainly wasn't "nagging and raging", like @meatball77 said. Travel management was a part of the race, I wouldn't say big, it seldom made a big difference, so if that was Flo's only contribution it was really minor. But I have to say it was always exciting when it did make a difference and I'm sad that the Amazing Race really isn't about racing around the world anymore, but just a gameshow set in multiple countries. You still see spectacular vistas, but the sense that these teams are traveling around the world is gone. That is true. I saw interviews of her where she fully admitted it. I still wanted to strangle her by the end of the season and it really wasn't fun to watch. That's one of the seasons I caught up on with a binge though. Maybe she wasn't quite as bad spaced out over 13 weeks. Zach is 6 months younger than her, so not possible. He also wasn't a crying self-absorbed mess because of his age, so there goes that excuse. I also was younger than Flo when I watched that season and I still could never fathom acting like that.

It's been a while but that's not how I remember Zach and Flo at all. I remember Zach, while being understandably frustrated, having the patient of a saint and sometimes literally carrying Flo to the finish line. Good thing we have the split roadblock rule now (because of them). With that they would have been out after a few legs and we wouldn't have had to suffer through that.

Suuuure. Wolfs not being afraid of fire is totally something that happens in the real world. For all the rest I guess we have to agree to disagree.

And? An explosion like we saw on screen is still not realistic.

Maybe a wizard did it? I seriously don't know. That might be a possibility. Lottie probably wandered into the woods shortly before they got rescued and was presumed dead, but survived with forest magic or something. I'm 99% sure you can't sleep through freezing to death. It hurts, a lot. Long before you get to the comfy numb stage. You only get there if you absolutely can't find shelter. But they usually don't let themselves get killed with a knife.

Showing us that ritualistic killing in episode one and then not getting to it this season is just bad form. Not even How to get away with murder did that. Killing a bear with a knife, I call bullshit on that. I don't care how sick it was. If it can still walk, it can still maul you. I guess Lottie got herself a cult, even after they got back from the wilderness. But how would she just be able to empty Travis' bank account? And the cops didn't think that was suspicious? Very far fetched. I'm not quite clear in how far the magic is supposed to be real and I don't like it. I think the rules of a world should be firmly established by the end of a first season at the latest. Is Jackie causing Tai's sleepwalking with that little Voodoo altar in the basement? The first time it happened it was caused by the little bone-idol Jackie had given Tai... Jackie should really learn to play along when a dangerous cult is forming around her in the wilderness. Of course it's stupid, but you gotta survive girl. If she hadn't frozen to death, she would have been sacrificed eventually. Related: How did she freeze to death? Of course when you go into extreme hypothermia you feel warm and just go to sleep, but it should become unbearable long before that. Are we really supposed to believe that she was too pridefull to go back inside when her whole body was hurting from the cold? So they hadn't seen Javi the whole day after the bad mushroom trip and nobody was concerned but his brother? Way to drop the ball there, coach... I still don't buy that there is no path to that multi story cabin. How was it built? Did dead guy fly in a crane with his mini cesna? Also still peeved, that nobody there just followed a stream to civilisation, while it was still summer, instead of "heading south". On a related note wolves attacking humans with fire is bullshit. Or is that supposed to be part of the magic?