And what does the U-Turn entail? How is it different from a Yield?
The team that is U-Turned has to complete both Detour tasks. And they don't find out until they have completed one and gone to get the next clue.
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lisah - Dec 03, 2007 5:29:29 am PST #2759 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
lisah - Dec 03, 2007 5:30:12 am PST #2760 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
So it's actually much more interesting than the Yield where a team is just sitting around for half an hour.
SuziQ - Dec 03, 2007 5:30:49 am PST #2761 of 23273
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Perzactly. Though I don't recall them showing them actually DOING the second task - just turning around to go do it. But I could be misremembering.
lisah - Dec 03, 2007 5:31:50 am PST #2762 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
Though I don't recall them showing them actually DOING the second task - just turning around to go do it.
I think they were able to do it pretty fast (after the guy figured out that you have to stand in the water to get the gold effectively) and they were remarkably good natured about it.
brenda m - Dec 03, 2007 5:32:30 am PST #2763 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
That's about it. They thought the last place team was on their heels, so they did exactly the right thing and U-Turned them (made them do both detour tasks before they could go on).
(As it was, the actual last place team was far enough behind that they wouldn't have caught up anyway. Without realizing it, the blondes had caught up to and passed a different team, who were the people they saw coming up behind them.)
Cue the usual variety of reactions, which for the most part, @@. But whichever one of the blondes it is seems to have bought in to the whole "unfair! dirty play!" shit. Not sorry to see the last of their bickering and second-guessing.
askye - Dec 03, 2007 5:38:05 am PST #2764 of 23273
Thrive to spite them
One of the blondes wanted to do the U Turn and the other didn't think they needed it, but the blonde who wanted to do the U Turn just went ahead and did it.
There was some speculation on worldcrossing that they meant to U Turn the team that was right behind them (the couple that came in first this week -- the hippie couple) and mistakenly U Turned the last place team.
brenda m - Dec 03, 2007 5:55:24 am PST #2765 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
There was some speculation on worldcrossing that they meant to U Turn the team that was right behind them (the couple that came in first this week -- the hippie couple) and mistakenly U Turned the last place team.
Well, but they didn't know it was the hippie couple right behind them - they thought it was Jason and Lorena.
sumi - Dec 03, 2007 6:03:51 am PST #2766 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, they clearly thought that TK and Rachel were Jason and Lorena. I like the u-turn and given what they thought there circumstances were: the Blondes were totally right to use it. It's too bad that it turned out to be a moot point and that they couldn't deal with the aftermath.
Jessica - Dec 03, 2007 7:13:51 am PST #2767 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The team that is U-Turned has to complete both Detour tasks. And they don't find out until they have completed one and gone to get the next clue.
Ooh, I *love* that. So much better than the Yield!
Is TAR on iTunes? I'd really love to get a (legal) copy of that ep.
Theodosia - Dec 03, 2007 9:29:19 am PST #2768 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Heh. That's the same evil task mindset that put shakers filled with pepper in the salt piles, so that the contestants might very well get (genuinely) emotionally dramatic for the cameras.