[S38.E15: Survivor: Edge of Extinction Reunion]

When the final votes were being read there was like 10 people quietly applauding Gavin's name and 20 people quietly applauding Chis.  That sums up the season in a nutshell.

Meanwhile Rick gets a rousing standing O as the only entertaining person this season other than early David.  Good for Rick.  He deserved it.  Can't wait until he comes back to play again and maybe in a situation where he isn't always the target and on the bottom. Guy deserves it.

Of the final three the best player won and absolutely NO asterisk by his name.  He won fair and square just like TAR teams do that finish last in a non-elim leg.  But Rick deserved the win the most in my pov.

[Knightfall - General Discussion]

Well these last few episodes were pure crap.  And the ending was absurd.  Also they decided to kill off the only truly good man in the series other than the dude with the lightsaber in Loyal Wingman Templar.  And kill off his beloved Nun besides. And kill off the fairly decent wife of Louis.  Yep, the trifecta of good killed leaving only Luke Templewalker as the only character I'm remotely interested in.

And of course all action screeches to a halt so Good Templar Guy and Noble Nun can die in each others' arm.  At first I thought Templar guy might live but break into "A Little Fall of Rain" with his Eponine a la Les Mis but then no it was straight Romeo & Juliet Offed By Others.

I still have no idea who the shaveheads are.  Their hair should have grown out months back by the way. Plus why were they shaved at all?  Templar recruits didn't get haircuts to look like US Marine recruits and Paris wasn't Paris Island.  Geez.  (I take it one of the shavetails was the guy who broke under torture and was fed to the mod but he somehow survived the mash pit)?

Meanwhile we had:

Gwain:  You started it.

Landry:  But you were worse.

10 minutes later they are still having a hissy fit at each other ...

Gwain:  No, I wouldn't have done what I did it you didn't do what you did first.

Landy:  No, you bad.

Gwain:  No, you bad.

Landry:  Bad actor goes into mumble mode for some unintelligible stupid speech saying some sort of garbage to finally end 10 minutes of my wasted life that felt like an hours.

At the end I could not decided who I wanted to see win the dumb final sword fight which stupid Landry comes back for because ... why?

PS:  Landry, Gwain was right.  You are to blame for this whole big mess.  You threw the first stone betraying your old friend by screwing his wife.  Then you treated Gwain like crap sending him off down a dark path.  You and Philip deserve each together in the end.  You both stink.

[S38.E13: Idol or Bust]

On 5/11/2019 at 8:58 PM, violet and green said:

Unless Victoria was specifically singing all her interesting gameplay points, or doing her fascinating confessionals to the tune of showtunes, then it's not really a relevant factor.

Liked your whole post but now look what you have done to me:

Backstabbing partners

And blindsiding bitches

Making false idols

That fool without hitches 

Searching for real ones more precious than rings

These are a few of my favorites things.

[S38.E13: Idol or Bust]

8 hours ago, Figster said:

Is THAT how you think it works??? That Rick is just sooooo much more of a hard worker than everyone else?  OMG, how..... quaint LOL.  Hey I've got a great deal on some beachfront property in Kansas that you might be interested in; PM me for details 😉 

And I think people who believe all the Survivor conspiracy theories about endless producer interference for supposed "favorites" and giving away idols to same also have been sold a lot of swampland in Florida.

Can production slant things and try to apply some pressure on Survivor?  Sure.  But they don't go out and give away idols to their supposed "chosen ones" either.  The show isn't one endless conspiracy drama.

[S38.E13: Idol or Bust]

3 hours ago, SVNBob said:

Reportedly, there is a lot of footage of Victoria on the cutting room floor because she spent a lot of time singing.  For them to air that footage, CBS would have to pony up for the rights to the songs.  So it got cut as a money-saving measure.

This is the same thing that supposedly happened with Woo in Cagayan.

Then it is her fault since she should know better than singing anything other than old traditional folk songs that aren't copyrighted.

I don't watch the live feeds of BB but I read comments by people who do and their bane is some idiot starting to sing some pop song and boom, cut away from the live feeds to something like a tank of fishes for minutes on end.   Sounds like Victoria would fit right in with the typical BB house guest in driving live feeders bananas.

[S31.E04: I Took Out a Polar Bear]

4 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

@green and @North of Eden  . . . the stuff about the making of TAR31 . . . is that online anywhere? Back then, I just cringed at the speculation. "Big Brother vs. Survivor" probably would have killed this series. I was thinking of writing about TAR on my blog during the "break," and I like being getting as much info as possible.

I think you need to ask Halting Hex here who just mentioned another team that got booted.  Honestly Mark & Elena would have been terrible casting as well.

24 minutes ago, Halting Hex said:

Hilarious that Paul/Josh not only took down themselves with their attempted cheating, but also their "friends", Mark and Elena.  I assume they figured they'd be natural allies as they'd been on the same Big Brother season…not so fast, apparently. 

My understanding is that the current three-show face-off was the initial plan, but Survivor wouldn't cooperate originally (thought they were too good for this?) and so it was going to be "TAR v. BB".  I guess now we know why TAR production went back to Survivor for one last appeal.  (Perhaps Survivor demanded a fee for the use of their name and TAR was originally unwilling to pay it, but coughed up the $$ when they needed last-minute teams?  Only speculating, though.)

[S31.E04: I Took Out a Polar Bear]

8 hours ago, seacliffsal said:

I still don't understand how they chose the Survivor teams..

This season was suppose to be TAR vs BB teams only.  Several BB teams got kicked out at the last minute and some former Survivors inserted within days of the start of the Race according to stuff on the internet.  The Survivor teams were not planned for nor recruited early on with the others.

According to another person on this forum the reason for the BB teams that got kicked off was because they found out (how I don't know) where the first destination was to be days before the Race began.  That amounted to cheating giving them a leg up on research etc pre-Race and both the first destination was changed at the last minute to Tokyo instead of the original destination of Papua/New Guinea -- according to that poster -- and those BB teams were dropped.

How they decided to switch to fill in with Survivors instead of more BB people to fill the gap I don't know.  I assume Rupert at least is on CBS' speed dial.  But I have to assume some other better known former Survivors couldn't get their affairs in order quick enough to take part on the Race or just plain refused because yeah the other two teams are basically no names for casual viewers and I have seen Survivor from the start and don't remember any of them.

Compare that to the TAR and BB Teams and except for the border patrol dudes these teams are pretty well known from their respected shows.  Not so the Survivors other than Rupert.

And all of the above is based on a post in one of the episode threads but I forget which one.  I'm taking the word of the poster because I'm kind of playing telephone game with this so anyone have more facts please correct me.

The part that Survivor teams were not part of the original cast and were added at the last minute is pretty much all over the internet.  The reason for replacing some of the BB teams I didn't hear until the poster here mentioned it centered around the Papua/New Guinea leak.

For whatever reason it is good that one of the BB teams was Paul & Josh that got kicked because Paul (a horrible bully type) makes the Survivor team that just got eliminated this leg look like two Mother Theresas in comparison.

It also may explain not only the weird Survivor casting choices but also the poorer showing by the Survivor teams in general as they had less prep time like watching old seasons of TAR etc.  Not that that would have helped Rupert much.  I like Rupert but TAR is not his cup of tea.

[S31.E04: I Took Out a Polar Bear]

7 hours ago, AlleC17 said:

Me too!  When he and Christie had a hard time getting a cab, I thought uh-oh watch out!  But aside from using the good old 'its an emergency' in getting a cab, they were fine.  Then the basket happened, but they handled that really well, and got first.  I am rooting for them, but I confess, I have been rooting for them ever since I knew they would be in this season.

Yeah I heard that and laughed like anything as Colin stole Charla & Mirna's trademark line.  I said right out loud.  "No Colin.  That would be an "emergencio."

3 hours ago, eel21788 said:

However, three legs without leaving the same city? Have they made some severe budget cuts, so they don't have to buy plane tickets anymore? 

Only 2 legs in Vietnam.  Not three.  Two legs back they were in Laos.

But back in earlier seasons that second Vietnam leg WOULD have left the city for a rural area and not one only a couple of miles away either.  There would be trains or buses or even several hour long rides in a tuk-tuk at least.  But no more.  They don't travel too far from the arrival/departure airport any more and how sad that is.

[S38.E13: Idol or Bust]

2 hours ago, Jessa said:

I find it funny that this board is so anti-Devens here because another online group is all rooting for him.

I’m mostly rooting for him, but I don’t really care who wins. I haaaated the season with Ben, and hated that he won, but I get different vibes from a Devens. I don’t feel super cocky vibes from him. I just think he feels like since he already lost once, he’s got nothing to lose so he’s just having fun. Like he said, he’s playing with house money. The fact that he’s still in the game is impressive. The recent idols have obviously helped, but he’s also won immunities and I can’t believe that he survived the first couple votes after his return. I also love how he and David had a conscious uncoupling and then buddied up again. I have trouble accepting that this is the “oh yeah” kool aid guy from the first episode. I like to believe someone dared him to do that. 

This board is definitely NOT anti-Rick.  Look at the posts.  The lion's shares of thumbs up are in pro-Rick posts.  And I am a proud pro-Rick person as well.

[S31.E04: I Took Out a Polar Bear]

4 hours ago, Haleth said:

Anyone else having Flo flashbacks with the round basket boats?

That was my very first thought when I saw the teacup boats as they called them in Season 3.  The producers were doing a shout out to Flo.  Flo's inability to do anything but paddle on one side of the boat only leading to endless spinning circles that in turn leads to one of her worst of many meltdowns has been seared into my brain forever.  In contrast everyone in this episode knew how to row the boats the right way.

4 hours ago, truthaboutluv said:

 ... Like holy awkward exit. ...

That about sums it up, doesn't it.

3 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

Good tasks as well. "Irritation" boatmen were fun to watch. TAR5 Colin would have drowned at least one of them.

We'll have to wait two weeks for the next episode with the Survivor finale taking priority. I think the rest of the season will air before the next Big Brother, so TAR can take the spotlight.

I can actually see Intense Colin drowning one of them now that you mention it.  But Zen Colin didn't even seem to get upset when Christie told him they had to go back to get the basket.  And he was actually helping Victor & Nicole find the mat.  ("It's down by the river").  Not his fault they ran ahead in the wrong direction.  So glad to see C&C finally win a leg.

BTW, does anyone know if TAR remains at 9 pm in two weeks or will it be moved up to 8 pm to take over Survivor's old slot?

PS:  I hope Pablo the Cat got to see that cool cat walking the high electric wire tightrope.  Tip of the cap to the cameraman who caught that.

[S38.E13: Idol or Bust]

On 5/8/2019 at 9:00 PM, LadyChatts said:

So sorry Ricky boy, but you aren't original.

This is Season 38.  Nobody CAN be original any more.

On 5/8/2019 at 9:16 PM, dbell1 said:

That said, a bad season of Survivor is still better than a good season of any other reality show.

I'll take The Amazing Race most any time less the stupid blind date and internet celeb seasons.  And this season with Racers from all three of CBS's reality shows including Survivor has been great so far.

On 5/8/2019 at 9:27 PM, Marmiarmo said:

 I agree with you on enjoying the Devens show.  Unpopular opinion, but I wouldn’t mind him winning.

I don't think it is an unpopular opinion.  Everyone I know is rooting for him too.

On 5/8/2019 at 9:32 PM, mythoughtis said:

When was the last time the finale was 2 hours?  It’s been 2.3 for years now.  Then they add the preview for the next season. We barely see the cast at the reunion. 

And this season that would be bad why?  😉

22 hours ago, llongori said:

[me: This comment was about Rick]  ... You may indeed be odd, but you're not alone.  Where everyone else is seeing arrogant and cocky, I'm seeing someone enjoying the crap out of his time on Survivor.  We haven't seen hours of him whining about being hungry or cold or sick or whatever.  He just seems to be having fun, something you can't say about many of the cast.

I agree.  I LOVED the wild idol chase.   Rick is having the fun time of his life and is ENJOYING playing the game despite having to fight for his Survivor life every tribal.   The confessionals are great too and done with a good sense of humor and tongue in cheek.  So refreshing compared to the other serious/sour puss types.

And he is playing the hell out of the game especially given that he was behind the eight ball from the beginning.  He has always had to play as the outsider everyone has in their sites to take down.  And yet he is still there ... and laughing at it as well.   He is like Bugs Bunny surviving a bunch of dummy Elmer Fudds.

22 hours ago, LanceM said:

They didn't fall for it. They were voting for Aurora the whole time that is why you didn't see any of them try to scramble when Rick threatened to give the idol to Julie. The only one who was duped was Aurora herself.

Unless you have hard evidence like interviews etc I am not buying it because I noticed there were a LOT of sideways glances going on with Gavin, Lauren and Victoria so yeah I think Rick pushed them over to their Plan B on the spot.

And if you are right then he still gets credit for working Julie to work Lauren to target Aurora instead.  So win-win for him either way.

[S31.E03: Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishy]

12 hours ago, theschnauzers said:

I’m still trying to figure out when during the leg Colin had his interaction with the 8 inch nail. The scab on his forehead near his scalp line is obvious during the roadblock task, which was at night as was the arrival in Ho Chi Minh City and the detour. It isn’t present when they started the leg in Laos in the daylight. A mystery.

They said in Vietnam.  To me it didn't look like a scab as in oldish.  It looked like a fresh wound that had just barely stopped bleeding.  Construction can go on 24/7 and usually does in large cities so a nail falling at night would be just as common as one falling in the day time.

[S31.E03: Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishy]

On 5/2/2019 at 1:49 PM, ImpinAintEasy said:

It’s Team Fun and The Afghanimals or bust for me. I love those two teams. I’m unapologetic in my love of Leo and Jamal. They’ve always been really good at this game and I would love to see them finally win. So they joke around and troll the other contestants? That’s one of the things I love about them. And it does sometimes work. 

I agree as I think the Afghanibles are just having fun.  I still want Colin & Christie to win on behalf of awesome Classic TAR but these two teams above I'd love to see come in right behind them.

On 5/2/2019 at 2:32 PM, iMonrey said:

Can you explain the difference between the way "Team Fun" is constantly "on" for the camera crew and doing "bits" like with their "fun meters" and the way Tyler just happens to giggle a lot and look at the camera? And why the latter is so offensive whereas the former is enjoyable?

My turn.  To me it is real joy vs artificial mugging.  Joy is something special and cannot be faked.

On 5/2/2019 at 8:15 PM, HeShallBMySquishy said:

So I'd never watched Colin and Christie during their initial run but, based on the clips I have watched on YouTube, it seems angry unhinged Colin is considered far more entertaining? Different strokes I know, I just find it oddly amusing that someone with (seemingly) so much rage is considered the "preferable" Colin.

Context is everything. 

Colin was unique as in he was in some ways TAR5's villain that some still rooted for because he was so damn good while many others rooted against but admitted he was TAR's best overall Racer to date. 

He self-declared himself the most INTENSE Racer ever at that time and he was not lying.  So being foiled through half the race by Charla & Mirna and then Yielded and later upset by highly likeable Chip -- as well as a broken ox -- was pure entertainment.

I like Zen Colin but zen isn't as entertaining as Intense Colin so far though I want this team representin' Classic TAR to win.   Though the emphasis on Colin's new zen seems to be a set-up in editing for the Intense Colin to reemerge at some point.

On 5/3/2019 at 6:43 AM, theschnauzers said:

Colin was struck by an 8 inch nail from roofing or construction work on the roof of five story building on the other side of the street.

I clearly saw the gash on his forehead so thanks for explaining same.  That could have been far worse as in only inches from his eye.

[S31.E02: Knock the Newbie Out of Us]

On 4/30/2019 at 3:10 PM, Jobiska said:

I don't take the Afghanimals' "snaky snakes" comments that seriously.  I think they're being silly.  So it's not as disturbing as if they really were spitting venom.  I felt Rachel and Elissa were far more judgmental assuming that when Becca and Floyd ran off because they saw the ticket agent while R & E were on-the-fly interviewing that B & F were truly ditching them.  I mean, they saw where they went, and got there right after.  And yet apparently B & F were awful for doing that.

I agree that the Afghanimals are just having some wild and woolly fun and doing these crazy things/comments with tongue in cheek and having a blast.  It is great to see a team both full into the racing and embracing the fun of it at the same time.

And Team Fun didn't mess with whatever team got upset with them.  They just seem to scout in different locations and when they found the ticket place they were probably going to get theirs and then go tell Team Unfun where to go for them.

[Knightfall - General Discussion]

Yeah either the Portugal via Spain survival route or, more likely, the one to Scotland is more the endgame.  I say more likely since they could have brushes with the English king along the way since Philip's daughter is a major player in the series and she ends up in England with their king. 

And since we are in the midst of not only a pro-Templars pop culture revival but also a Templars came to America to bury all their relics craze these days maybe Landry ends up burying the Arc of the Covenant on Oak Island then dropping his Templar's metal cross there for the metal detector guy to find centuries later, heh. 

(Well that actually could happen if The Curse of Oak Island was on the History Channel instead of the Discovery Channel instead because cross-overs are big on networks, haha).

[S38.E11: Fasten Your Seatbelts]

On 4/26/2019 at 9:06 AM, Bryce Lynch said:

But, if you know you are not getting back in the game, why stick it out at EOE for 28 days and counting? 

The person alluded to above is Reem.  The answers are easy.

1. She doesn't want to be seen as a quitter.  That is important to a lot of people thankfully and I admire her for it.

2. She is a self-declared super fan who wanted on the show for years and years so why would she ever dream of voluntarily leaving?

3. She remains on the TV screen and gets her 15 minutes of fame extended.

4. She gets more money for staying and being on the jury.

On 4/26/2019 at 10:55 AM, nutty1 said:

Don't throw rotten tomatoes at me....I think I am rooting for Devens to win. He has played hard. No one else deserves it, unless David gets back in the game, IMO.

Why would anyone throw anything at you?  Barring David's return I want Rick to win too. 

He was handicapped from the beginning at the merge  and despite all odds he is like a cockroach "Kama Strong" hasn't been able to kill.  They thought they did then he came back.  They plotted to "kill" him this last time and he survived.  He gives the most funny and witty confessionals outside of maybe David this season.  And he ignited the massive kaboom that ended up seeing Julia packing.

I don't see how he can survive in the next episode but I am rooting for him to do just that. 

[S38.E11: Fasten Your Seatbelts]

6 hours ago, violet and green said:

The edit sure is funny this season. I am certain, only because every human is interesting in their own right, that these remaining Kama people must be interesting - but I find them so deeply uninteresting, and just.. flavorless.

So, boy, was I rooting hard for Devens to win that second immunity! Then he seemed he was going not to, and then he did! Then he shouted that absurd "La Cheeserie!" and everyone else looked sulky. I loved it!

Also loving Reem. But then I've been loving Reem since ep one - and it is great she is starting to grow on people now, but it really hurts my heart reading words like 'hag' and 'crone' and so forth, over and over. I guess your perspective comes from where you're at in life, but she is a woman in her mid-forties, for God's sake, who has not had the (mis)fortune of leading a pampered life.

I think she's great, and it's clear the editors think she's a godsend in this season of milky dullards. All these people who have barely formed personas on the screen - and here's this voice we'd know anywhere, shrieking something so individual to her it's almost a catchcry. It brightens up every episode for me.

She's also got a really warm heart - again that was obvious from ep 1 - and seen in the way she looked out for Kelley in the sun this ep. The whole reason she was targeted was because she was looking out for the 'outcasts' in the tribe, and looking out for the comfort of her tribemates by attending to their laundry - which whiny babies like Warthog couldn't manage to say was unnecessary and annoying. 

She was there on EoE, alone for days, and stuck it out. She's been there longer than any of these mournful stare out to sea and shed a lone tear newbies, and that takes guts and grit when you are so freaking old you are a hag/crone! So, yeah, I like her, and I hope she gets a good result out of this Survivor experience, one way or another. 

I am just hoping against hope someone likable comes back from EoE - and hoping I never have to pause and type that acronym again in any other season - and that someone other than these miscellaneous people left over can pull this around and win: Devens, David, Aubry at a pinch, and Reem! 

I agree 100% with everything you just said so much I could have given you a dozen thumbs up.  And I hate when "older" women get called all sorts of names and people think it is okay to do that in society.

59 minutes ago, Nashville said:

Wendy and Keith left the game, but not the control of TPTB; at this point in the game chronology, they are most likely either getting an escorted (and secure) tour of various SE Asia locales, or cooling their heels at Ponderosa.  

Under normal circumstances the pre-Jury boots would have already been pulled out of Ponderosa and doing their tour, but this season isn’t normal - and since the Jury apparently isn’t going anywhere near Ponderosa any time soon, Production may have seen no need to evac them from the premises.

Someone here a few episodes back said Keith posted or tweeted that he and Wendy got to go to Australia and they had a blast.  I'm glad someone enjoyed this season.

This is the worst.  You don't meet Kama save Joe and Aubrey to like half way through.  It's like opening a book at the middle and starting to read it not having formed any attachment to any of the characters.

And what you can see when we finally meet (gag me) "Kama Strong" is that they are big fat nothings. 

Aurora has the outcast label but it is the label that makes her of any interest as in the underdog.  Her personality doesn't grab you.  Red hair looked like she was suppose to be a strategy type early on but she is just a follower who can't even get into the main herd at this point to follow anyone.  Ron is an asshole and Gavin is his little yappy, whiny asshole caddy/squire.  Julie is a mess.  The non-Joe physical guy didn't register at all.

And of course EoE makes everything a theatre of the absurd since no one is technically gone from the game or getting back into same except the happy two-some that vacationed in Australia.  Probably clips of their vaca there on Survivor's dime would be far more interesting than this season.

I really like David and Aubrey is okay but man they got cursed returning to what is shaping into the worst season ever.

And the fact that Probst has to go out doing the PR and lying through his teeth saying people love this season just makes the fans more angry.

Thank God TAR is back and off to a good, entertaining start.  I'll take those two catty/smug Survivor women team on it to 90% of this cast any day and I'm rooting for them to go out next.  But at least they have entertaining personalities.

[S38.E11: Fasten Your Seatbelts]

On 4/24/2019 at 9:01 PM, mojoween said:

Never in my life have I wanted anything more than for Rick to win immunity.

Me too.  He is the last likeable person left.  Well except for David and maybe Aubrey if one of them comes back.

On 4/24/2019 at 11:36 PM, North of Eden said:

Lauren not searching for an idol she should be confident has been replanted did not impress.

I don't think there is any more "replacing" of idols.  Maybe if Lauren played hers and there was then none left but I don't think even then.

I thought I wanted Ron out the most but now I want Gavin out.  He is like one of those annoying small dogs that run around all the time yapping and barking and driving you crazy seeking attention with his always wanting to be Master of the Universe but no one can be bothered to listen to him and why don't they and he is really the king but no one knows it and it is so unfair blah blah blah.  WarDog may be gone but we are now stuck with WhineDog.

And do we have to a see crappy close-ups of Kelley's tear magnified a hundred times?  And like others have said above, no Kelley, they were not taking personal revenge on your behalf.  Get over yourself.

I was pro-David so anti-Wardog but not on a personal level. He was one of the few kind of entertaining newbies and he played a good game until he started over-playing of late.  And it was a joy to watch how inept he was at every single challenge.

I love Reem reaming all these people on EoE every week.  It's about the only thing I can look forward to on this horrible season.  If either David (if he can come back) or Rick can't win then I want Reem to win and ream the audience live on Finale Night.

[S31.E02: Knock the Newbie Out of Us]

1 minute ago, Waldo13 said:

I believe the last elephant detour was in Thailand where they had measure the elephant to come up with height and weight. Both Thailand and Laos love their elephants.  

Elephants on TAR never gets old.  They rode them in TAR1, washed them in TAR2 and pushed wooden ones through the streets in TAR7.  I still remember Gretchen misreading the clue and instead of helping to push she rode on top of her giant wooden elephant as her husband almost had a heart attack pushing them both.

[S31.E02: Knock the Newbie Out of Us]

2 hours ago, burntheflaws said:

It seems like a lot of people here hate Rupert and Laura. I know nothing about them (I've watched maybe one season of Survivor, where Yul the puppet master won), but honestly, they seem like a really nice, supportive couple. Even when they were behind they never got frustrated at each other, they didn't say anything ignorant about the locals (Pet Peeve #1; low bar, but it's one of my biggest pet peeves because racers do it all the freakin' time), and they just genuinely seemed really sweet together.

I totally agree.  I have never ever gotten the Rupert hate and never will.  He just isn't built to race around the world on TAR.  Way too intense of an undertaking.  But I'm glad he got to ride an elephant before his elimination.

So many Colin clips I still want to see.  Remember the time they had to find Rembrandt's painting of "The Prodigal Son" and Colin mixed up said character with the parable teller of same and ran around The Hermitage like a madman pointing at every single painting of Jesus he could find.

And yeah like the person above, I'd love to see Mirna calling him a disgusting criminal again.  In fact a whole montage of Colin vs Mirna clips need to be shown.

Also Colin Stares Death Rays At The Hour Glass after Chip yielded him.

[S31.E01: You're In Our Race Now]

20 hours ago, Ottis said:

Sorry, just catching up. This may be the least appealing group of teams in the history of this show. 

At least it will make it easy to choose who to root for. 

Really?  You preferred Blind Date Race and Internet Whores Race casts to this cast?  Granted one of the Internet Whores teams is on this race and I want them out. 

But they will have to wait their turn after at least one of the Survivor Smug Women team and the two BB Women teams because I cannot tell the three women teams apart.  That herd needs to be culled some first.

At least one of the two all male teams I couldn't tell apart went out first and since I disliked the border patrol team that was a blessing.

Speaking of the three women's teams I can't tell apart.  I do know they are kind of TAR color coded.  Can someone tell me which colors go with which female teams before tonight's show so I follow along tonight.

[Knightfall - General Discussion]

Episode 3.  Or is it four?  I have no idea at this point.

Now we have the inept and so-called "hero" Landry not being able to put away the princeling he has wounded badly?  First he can't be bothered to walk over several yards to eliminate the threat to the kid and two women and obviously the whole convent but has to ride off to find the former?  And those women would be safe if he just eliminated the threat and finished the job too.

Then the second time he turns around in maybe real slo-mo and finds Louis mysteriously gone because by the time he would turn around if in real time Louis wouldn't be able to turn around himself let alone start running.

But no, Louis had managed to clear the place entirely in said split second and disappear, still wounded.  Meanwhile Landry can't be bothered to run after him a few yards or even track the blood trail and Finish. The. Job.

In other news it has been confirmed today that the real name of The Flash is Prince Louis.

[S31.E01: You're In Our Race Now]

4 hours ago, chitowngirl said:

I think the scaling back is simply the fact that it’s a different world than the early seasons of TAR.

No it is just TAR showing it's age.  It is like a paint by numbers show now.  How can it not be after all those endless years?  The main difference is the increase in airfares but now they aren't allowed to do multiple bookings and spoon feed so much of the flights (how I miss BIG time the airport scenes) so they save money that way.

If you mean the world is less safe now I disagree totally with that.

TAR2 started off less than 4 months after 9/11 when the world was far more dangerous and many Americans were in a state of paranoia about all things foreign.  It almost caused the cancellation of this show that embraced the world.   TAR2 had to switch out it's original first destination as well.  They were scheduled to go to Buenos Aries but because of a synagogue bombing in BA they switched to Rio instead.  BA would have to wait until TAR5.

Colin & Christie's TAR5 got diverted to a back-up (Dubai) leg when the original Istanbul leg was pulled within a day or two of them going there because of a major terrorist bombing in Istanbul and curfews throughout the city.  Istanbul would have to wait until TAR7. 

In TAR3 in Morocco Team FireCop got taken by a shady cabbie to a far off the grid area and TAR's private British security team had to be brought in quickly to back up the Racers who refused to hand over their passports to a rather sketchy looking so-called "official."

And with no GPS and such TAR1's team of Paul & Aimee were lost in the Sahara Desert for hours with their camera crew's emergency cell phone out of battery power.  Search teams went out looking for them.  Hours and hours passed but they finally saw a line of trees and drove to it and accidentally stumbled on the oasis pit stop much to the relief of everyone. 

That was a close call.  Followed by an emergency weather alert that a major sandstorm was coming and everyone fled the oasis to the nearest town some hours away to avoid another disaster.  Also they had to wait in India 2 or 3 days because they were having last minute visa problems about getting into China after it had been set up months before.

These days it is a piece of cake by comparison.

3 hours ago, North of Eden said:

Even Colin and Christie (One memorable quote doesn't ear a ticket back).

Are you kidding?  Colin is one of the most iconic Racers of all time.  Their team held the record for many seasons of winning the most legs in a Race because they were damn good and usually way ahead of everyone else.  That's what Colin's ox being broken contrasted so wonderfully with.  He had been the undisputed king of the race up until then.

And Charla & Mirna were great at working the airports but Colin pulled off connecting flights from Russia to Egypt that got them there over a half day ahead of everyone else.  Half a freaking day.  The guy was both intense and a early mastermind of the race.

Then Colin vs Mirna was one of the biggest TAR match-ups ever.

C&C were an automatic invite to All Stars (TAR11) and only didn't appear there because Christie was pregnant at the time.  That team is one of the top TAR Hall of Fame teams as one of the very best race teams of all time and one of the most famous ever as well.  Well, Colin is.  Christie was just along for the ride.  But since we had already survived Flo she didn't seem too bad by comparison I guess.

[S38.E10: Blood of a Blindside]

11 hours ago, Wandering Snark said:

I think you don't often get gifted 'currency' in the game; and when you do you want to exchange your possible results. Change in that baby to get the highest potential amount. Potentially helping out the one person that has your back in the game already is getting a low return for your own personal gain. Sure he helped Devins' game quite a bit but what did that give to David in terms of his game? He was already working with him!

I agree with some of the posters right above me.  David's best move was the one he made.  Trying to keep Rick safe since Rick is now a major target to be voted out as well. 

Also it was a stand up thing to do after Rick allowed David to play their joint immunity idol earlier which looks good on the resume under "loyalty" if David could make it back in.

[S38.E10: Blood of a Blindside]

23 minutes ago, Quilty said:

Why do these people wear ties and vests and jackets. The know what they're getting into. Stop wearing costumes. It's tuned into a bunch of thirsty blabber mouths. 

Well we almost made it through this year without the clothing question coming up. 

Reason:  Because they have NO choice on what clothing they take on Survivor.  It is dictated by production who wants to set up certain players with certain "looks."