I do admire Dan & Jordan's strategy when frustrated in finding the first clue box -- wait for the detectives to show up, find it together, then assume you'll break away from them at the Speed Bump. As Boston Rob correctly explained in a recent interview (audio), until the last leg this is a show about not-being-last, and sticking with the pack can make a lot more sense than being lost in a city the size of Shanghai. In this case, however ...
Sunday, May 2, 2010
SPEED BLIP: Not much to say about tonight's penultimate leg of the Amazing Mildly Amusing Race, staying in Shanghai to focus on patience, foreign city navigation and killer fatigue. And much like those traditional race elements, traditional race advantages weighed in heavily: find a local to guide you around, and when in doubt the hotels will have folks who can speak English.
I do admire Dan & Jordan's strategy when frustrated in finding the first clue box -- wait for the detectives to show up, find it together, then assume you'll break away from them at the Speed Bump. As Boston Rob correctly explained in a recent interview (audio), until the last leg this is a show about not-being-last, and sticking with the pack can make a lot more sense than being lost in a city the size of Shanghai. In this case, however ...
I do admire Dan & Jordan's strategy when frustrated in finding the first clue box -- wait for the detectives to show up, find it together, then assume you'll break away from them at the Speed Bump. As Boston Rob correctly explained in a recent interview (audio), until the last leg this is a show about not-being-last, and sticking with the pack can make a lot more sense than being lost in a city the size of Shanghai. In this case, however ...
Didn't team Detective have a clicker/counter with them for the earlier "count the links in the chain" task which enabled them to surge ahead there? Why didn't it make an appearance here? And why on earth did everyone choose the "needle in a haystack" detour choice rather than the other one?
ReplyDeleteThe detectives' problem wasn't miscounting, but that they only counted the Buddha statues, not the two other big statues.
ReplyDeleteWith all the trouble that teams had navigating, I'm not surprised they all chose the needle in the haystack detour in one easy to find place rather than the one that required running around the confusing and crowded market.
I sort of feel bad for Brent and Caite, if their strategy to show America how smart Caite is involves counting. I think using that as some sort of measure is actually sadder than not doing it well.
ReplyDeleteI just feel really bad for Caite. She's never living it down. Ever. And I thought that it would be pretty confusing to count the statues until everyone else had it right the first time (except for forgetting the big warrior statues).
ReplyDeleteI just want Jet and Cord to win.
i kept yelling that at the tv!! Especially because it was a find TWO needles in a haystack.
ReplyDeleteJudging by the laughter of the crowd at my house (future in-laws, fiancee, fiancee's best friend) I don't think that they are succeeding in proving to America that she is anything other than exactly what was thought when we all saw the you tube clip. In fact mostly they have succeeded in reminding America that she exists and that it was not quite so isolated an incident.
ReplyDeleteThe only way I can see Jet and Cord losing at this point is if they get stuck on the inevitable memory/"what you've done on the Race" task. (This is likely to also be a problem for Brent/Caite, based on what we've seen.) In contrast, what we've seen from the Brothers suggests to me that they're the kind of team that has kept a notebook during the Race with a deliberate eye to this task and might be able to breeze through it. Of course, for that to come into play, the Brothers have to be hoping for a pretty substantial airport bunch, since they were plainly a distant third.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure the clicker helps that much, given the visuals of counting rows of statutes. The errors are more likely to come from your eyeballs wandering back to the same statute. With the chain counting, you can move along with the count. Here, not so much.
ReplyDeleteIsn't there pretty much always (excepting the first final elimination-24-hours-later-on-a-mountain Race) an airport equalizer on the last leg?
ReplyDeleteGiven that they had notebooks, seems like it would be pretty easy to count rows, write the # down, then add up.
ReplyDeleteMissing this season: intense physical challenges. Not even the things that the woman with the one leg could do.
ReplyDeleteWe were noticing that on Survivor this year as well. WUWT? A CBS mandate, or coincidence?
ReplyDeleteI liked how Louie was using specifics -- facial features, expressions -- to remember where he'd stopped in a row.
ReplyDeleteDidn't the last race (Megan/Cheyne) skip the final memory task? I'm hoping here it'll knock Brent and Caite out, but wondering if they've cut it.
ReplyDeleteNo memory challenge, but the awesome poker chip challenge followed by "visit Wayne, find his house."
ReplyDeleteWell, from the preview on the finale, they have to hoist themselves up Coit Tower. Although I'm more curious about their visit to ILM.
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