10/26 - TAR 34 Show Discussion

Will and Abby the childhood sweethearts are eliminated because they tested positive for covid. There will be no elimination at the end of the leg as this will be the elimination for the episode but placement will be useful for how the next leg starts.

That really surprised me, when they told us that! Very interesting.

That alphabet seems difficult to learn, but then again, so does the dance.

Glenda and Lum are having a tough time dancing. You know I thought that dance would be the easier challenge, than learning the alphabet, but, I’m realizing that is not necessarily true.

The army guys said that when they first read the clue they also thought they had to do it together, but then realized they could split it since one of them had problems with pronouncing one of the letters

I just booked a trip to Egypt and was debating about adding on a side trip to Jordan at the end. Watching this now, I wish I had.

Wow, Luis and Michelle win back-to-back legs. They get to leave in the first group.

Military guys falling behind in this one, even though they got there ahead of most teams! Emily and Molly didn't do so well this time either.

Derek and Claire (<-who shouldn't have had to do this challenge, IMO) come in 4th.

I’m sorry that Glenda and Lum arrived last, but I am hoping they do well on the next leg!

I honestly like all these teams. They don't seem to whine like a couple of previous teams, now gone.
I love the married couple.
Claire gets the 'put this together' challenges, she does more than Derek.

I like all the teams left. Interesting that they let them all start the same time this week, even with the elimination they took away the advantage for those that finished in the top places last time. I liked Abby & Will so sad to see them eliminated for that reason.

Are Derek and Claire just picking road blocks based on whose turn it is? While ideally you want to have them even so one person isn't stuck at the end, you still should try to figure out who would be better suited for the challenge. I did love how happy the other teams were that Emily wasn't doing that challenge!

It was cute when Molly said she would save all her building projects for when Emily visited and Emily said she would love that. (I think I have the names correct.)

Good for the brothers to reread the clue and figure out they didn't both need to say the alphabet. Derek and Claire could have finished sooner if they had done the same.

I don't think they read the clue carefully enough. 

I liked that both the Military Guys and Twins kept their heads and kept cool and just did the job. It was remarkable that they basically stayed to together through this episode. 

The biggest problem is dealing with a city that is 9,000 years old and I am sure the streets make no sense and meander all over the place and the other big issue is that the street signs are in a totally different alphabet and no one knows how to read them.