Running about 40 minutes behind this week.

• RE: TAR 24 Half Stars - Episode 5 - East Coast Spoiler Thread,Estee, 08:10 PM, 03-23-14
• RE: TAR 24 Half Stars - Episode 5 - East Coast Spoiler Thread,Estee, 08:45 PM, 03-23-14
• RE: TAR 24 Half Stars - Episode 5 - East Coast Spoiler Thread,Estee, 08:56 PM, 03-23-14
• RE: TAR 24 Half Stars - Episode 5 - East Coast Spoiler Thread,dabo, 08:57 PM, 03-23-14
• RE: TAR 24 Half Stars - Episode 5 - East Coast Spoiler Thread,Estee, 09:11 PM, 03-23-14
  • RE: TAR 24 Half Stars - Episode 5 - East Coast Spoiler Thread,dabo, 09:14 PM, 03-23-14
    • RE: TAR 24 Half Stars - Episode 5 - East Coast Spoiler Thread,Estee, 09:30 PM, 03-23-14
      • RE: TAR 24 Half Stars - Episode 5 - East Coast Spoiler Thread,dabo, 09:32 PM, 03-23-14
• RE: TAR 24 Half Stars - Episode 5 - East Coast Spoiler Thread,dabo, 09:21 PM, 03-23-14
  • RE: TAR 24 Half Stars - Episode 5 - East Coast Spoiler Thread,dabo, 09:30 PM, 03-23-14
• RE: TAR 24 Half Stars - Episode 5 - East Coast Spoiler Thread,Estee, 09:28 PM, 03-23-14
• RE: TAR 24 Half Stars - Episode 5 - East Coast Spoiler Thread,Estee, 09:38 PM, 03-23-14
  • RE: TAR 24 Half Stars - Episode 5 - East Coast Spoiler Thread,dabo, 09:42 PM, 03-23-14
• Next week,Estee, 09:42 PM, 03-23-14
• RE: TAR 24 Half Stars - Episode 5 - East Coast Spoiler Thread,PepeLePew13, 11:29 PM, 03-23-14

Same: tourney delays are nationwide. And CBS scheduled a game with a 5:15 start time while claiming it would be off the air by seven. Because they could. And it can't.

Also, I've lost most of my seeds, so bonus points there.

Last week: Rachel turned human.

No word on duration.

LAST EDITED ON 03-23-14 AT 08:56 PM (EST)

Pay attention to the departure times.

Siri Lanka awaits. Also an airport bunch point.

Travel agency and cafe?

Two flights: one direct, one -- not.

The singer's promise to carry the spirit of the Twinkies to the homeland. So basically, prepare for screaming in vast quantities.

B&R over three hours behind. And by the time they reach the agency, the direct flight is closed. All that's left is a thirty minute connection in Singapore.

They're chancing it. L&M, facing the same problem, go standby.

All or nothing. Singapore flight leaves.

The pack is just now learning that the newlyweds are still in it due to NEL. Must have been a weird Pit Stop with no contact.

To Singapore. Racing through. Final call. Drop bag. Commercial.

Oh. The. Drama.

It's all airport so far. Six teams on direct flight to Colombo, Brendon & Rachel head to Singapore to try to make connecting flight, Margie & Luke hoping for stand-by on direct flight.

Will they make it? Do you care?

Connection -- is made.

L&M can't get on standby. They have to wait for morning. Brenchel first in. Four hour wait for temple to open. Everyone except L&M catch up.

5:45 a.m. temple opens. Receive blessing. Brandon advises practicing advice of temple by letting go. FOTF explodes. Train ride.

Singers superfans of cowboys. Don't know them very well, do they?

Galle. Putt-putts. Usual near-death experience.

Detour. Fish from stilts: one catch each. Or spin plates and dance.

Plate spinning is not on drink serving level. Yet.

D&C, J&J, cowboys fishing. All others at dance. Conner and Dave clear first. Head for factory.

Globetrotters clear. Loudly. Everyone else starts counting steps aloud. Afghanimals and cowboys clear, then singers. Brandon dropping plates a lot. Apologizing. Rachel calm. Scary calm. They clear.

J&J afraid to switch. Luke & Marge touch down.

Not much mystery in this leg.

Fishing. I mean, really, fishing.
Hard to believe so many chose spinning plates over fishing.

Fear of the luck factor, I think. You don't know if they're biting until you get there.

LAST EDITED ON 03-23-14 AT 09:32 PM (EST)

All in all, this just isn't a very good episode. Sri Lanka is pretty, though.

And now they're stuck at a sweat shop.
Sweating bullets.

Sewing is slow work, Margie & Luke may catch up.

Dave & Connor team #1, win $5000 each.
Caroline & Jennifer team #2.

LAST EDITED ON 03-23-14 AT 09:29 PM (EST)

Noah commercial. In a word, no.

So where's that Speed Bump? Does it matter any more?

Switch is made.

Marge just keeps swimming, swimming, swimming.

Roadblock. Stitch a shirt. Clue will be on decal transfer. Sewing machines being used. Connor freaking early. Nate not doing well. Much male panic, but women have no experience either.

So much ineptitude.

J&J clear.

Speed Bump. Print fifteen tee-shirts with the local flags. Rachel has silkscreen experience, but this is time consuming.

Singers team up with cowboys. Double ineptitude.

B&R clear. Brandon on Roadblock.

Afghanimals offer bribes. No takers.

Connor clears. Much jealousy. Pit Stop next: rowing club. 6Singers clear.

Still no bribe takers.

Brandon & Jessica team up. Cowboys clear.

D&C finish first. 5k each.

Leo clears, but lost time hamming it up. Rachel & Globetrotters getting worried about Marge arriving with mad sewing skills.

Commercials. Why not?

Herbert practices ball spinning. Nate feels better. Still can't sew.

Jessica out. Brandon, then Nate. Some switching in travel, but the point is moot. Luke & Marge last and out.

Shirts available from Martha Stewart for eight hundred dollars each.

LAST EDITED ON 03-23-14 AT 09:43 PM (EST)

At least they had plenty of time to get used to the idea, enjoy the scenery.

Next week someone almost collects the bounty for running over Rachel.

Putt-putt insanity!

Oh, and Rachel backslides. Due to putt-putts.

Thanks for picking up the slack, Estee... I was out in the big city taking care of stuff to be done for the week ahead.

Nice to see that Luke didn't go into meltdown mode and accepted his unlucky fate with the airplane gods, and showed good appreciation for the race and for what Margie has done for him.