Guest ranster627 Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 The Amazing Race 8 This is your Show Thread for The Amazing Race 8 and this is how it works: We need people to cover the show so we can post a summary on our TAR Page. We need volunteers to commit to writing areas of the show and people who will post as they watch the show. Anyone doing screen caps can post them in this thread too. When you have written your segment, please post it here and it will get picked up and edited into our show summary. The show is nearly here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ranster627 Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 thanks Mo!!!!! you got it ... family name and placement orders at each step ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ranster627 Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Televised Show Coverage ... Remember, this is an instant post as I see it thing ... I strive for accuracy, but instant posting means there will be some mistakes, you can check the TAR Fan Page tomorrow for the real updates ... coverage begins in 15 minutes ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ranster627 Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 previously ... 10 families of 4 started with Gaghan's surging ahead and Paolo's getting lost in their own city Weaver's had a buggy accident the sisters finished first and the Black's were eliminated ... 9 families remain ... The Amazing Race: Family Edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ranster627 Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Lancaster Pennsylvannia ... Mennonite homestaead will the bickering of the Paolo's affect them 7:57 am 15 miles to York Pennsylvani to Shoe house road ... sisters first to depart 8:07 Gaghan's go ... 8"08 ... Weaver's depart ... talk about loss of family Rogers family led by father ... 8:18 Schroeders ... not as prepared as they thought sisters get gas weaver mother navigating schroeder dad finds shortcut Paolo mom frustrated because nobody listens to her ... son says his mather nags constantly 8:37 aiello's ... son-in-laws want to impress dad Linz's have time to make up Gaghan's dad gets clue drive 110 miles to Washington DC, find reflecting pool at Capitol Buildings shoe house looks like giant shoe with steps to get to top to get clue rogers dad navigates 30 east to 83 south everyone else going west aiello son-in-law lived 10 minutes from washington for 3 years he knows where everything is rogers heading wrong way .... dad says they are way off ... blames son, says he missed it then says they told driver directions, but they took their eyes off the ball ((Ed. Note: They went the wrong way and never came near the exit)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ranster627 Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 rogers realized dad gave wrong direction Washington ... find reflecting pool and search area for clue gaghans are there weavers find it search for limo and deliver it for next clue to tidal basin gaghan's and schroeders in wrong place schroeder dad doesn't help gaghan's gaghan's still searching in wrong place roadblock ... one person search area for spy with briefcase password "The Sky is blue" answer: The sea is green and trade for clue briefcase 50 people with cases but only 10 spies sharon gets clue drive 49 milees to Middleburg to get next clue (sister) sisters get lead DJ Paolo frustrated weaver daughter gets spy DJ finally gets clue dad schroeder does roadblock Mark: "her panties are too tight" when female isn't spy Wally branden not as fit as he thought doesn't want to disappoint daughters Mark schroeder gets his paolo's looking for gas station David aiello gets his clue rogers sent to pool at monument gaghan's searching son wants to ask dad says keep looking ((Ed. Note: they are at wrong location)) FYI: Roadblock definition: a task only one team member can perform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ranster627 Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 ((halfway through)) back to Gaghan's who meet rogers and they are both lost and head to right place "Capitol" gaghan's in 7th get clue to limo Rogers at limo last Paolo's finally find gas station ... bickering .... Nick Linz still hunting for spy Nick finally finds it ... gaghans found spy Bransens in 8 looking for spy (dad) paolo mom yelling because they never listen to her traffic jam ... Linz's decide on back roads ... bransens cut off Rogers in last place with spy all headed to Middleburg Welbourne Manor Detour military heat of the battle re-enactment transporting 5 soldiers on stretchers heat of the night fill 20 oil lamps, get flag and take it to regimental leader then go to pit stop sisters do battle weavers do lamps linz's third - do battle aiello battle schroeders oil bransens doing battle civil war re-enactment battle cool ... in full swing weavers in first place ... at mat ... won ... trip to Fairmont southampton resort Linz's in 2nd God's in 3rd (sisters) bransen dad exhausted ... can't help lift stretchers ... idea of the night detour is to fill and deliver and light 20 oil lamps recap: top 3 teams have checked in ... bransen father out of steam in battle challenge (too tired or out-of-shape) to lift 5 stretchers with wounded soldiers girls encourage dad gaghans decide on battlefield little girl from gaghan's having trouble with stretcher 4th schroeders after oil lamps tony aiello exhausted ... boys pick up slack ... aiello's 5th bransen's right behind in 6th gaghan's 7th paolo's battlefield mom exhausted rogers at battlefield too rogers switch to lamps rogers lights lamps paolo's deliver soldier Paolo's team # 8 so says mom's a fighter Rogers family you are the last team to arrive eliminated dad gave wrong directions ... took blame dad says he wants son to know you can't blame others mom is glue that will hold them together after race father and son embracing ... Contributors: Jem, Mo, ranster627 and smirnoff. A big Morty's Thanks! preview of next show Nasa ride ... (centrifuge) aiello's spin their wheel's stuck in the mud ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuskie Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Welcome to the second leg of The Amazing Race 8: Family Edition. The Teams ========= Gaghan Family - Marathoners Linz Family - Siblings Paulo Family - Yorkers Bransen Family - DLG Weaver Family - Holy Rollers Aiello Family - DSIL Schroeder Family - StepFam Godlewski Family - Blondes Rogers Family - Suthners From Lancaster, PA, The Blondes take off first looking for the Shoe House. Marathoners part 2nd at 8:07am. Holy Rollers depart 3rd. Mom calls for 100% from the kids. Rogers son thinks he knows what he is talking about, but Dad doesn’t listen. StepFam leaves 5th at 8:18am. Marathoners studied the map the night before. Dad calls for the kids to not be in stupid mode. Blondes fill up with $10g in gas. Suthners kid mouths off to Dad. Yorkers depart with Mom complaining how no one listens to her. Son says mom's nagging drives him nuts. DLG is pleased with his daughter's performance. They say their Dad is not optimistic enough. DSIL is described by the SILs as protective. Siblings hope to learn from their mistakes and make up time. Marathoners arrive at the shoe first, and daughter is not allowed to go get the clue with Dad. They have to find the reflecting pool in the Mall in front of the State Capital. StepFam arrives 2nd, followed by Blondes in 3rd. Holy Rollers arrive 4th, send the kid to get the clue. Suthners arrive 5th and send Buck to get the clue. They take 30 East, looking for 83 South. Yorkers arrive at the shoe and collect their clue. DLG arrives at the shoe in 7th place. DSIL arrives in 8th place. One of the SILs lived in DC for last 3 years. Siblings arrive last for their clue. Everyone has taken 30 West except Suthners. Dad tells son he is responsible for finding 83 South. When they realize there is a mistake, Dad takes over the wheel, infers son missed the exit. Daughter points out that 83 South is off 30 West, and Dad admits he was wrong. Mom says they should listen to son more. Dad says there is only so much one person can do. Brock rolls his eyes. Marathoners and Holy Rollers arrive at US Capitol, along with Blondes. Holy Rollers are in first place. Teams must find a limousine and take an unmarked briefcase, then find their next clue next to the Jefferson Memorial. Blondes are second to the clue. Marathoners and StepFam are looking for the clue at the wrong reflecting pool. Yorkers find the clue and the limo, as mom worries about gas. DSIL stops to look a map. Siblings spy the flag in the distance. StepFam gets their clue. Siblings are in 5th place. DSIL finds their clue. Blondes looking for the basin, and find it in 1st place. It’s a Road Block. One person has to find a spy carrying a briefcase identical to their own. Only 10 of 50 have the next clue. A code must be exchanged before they can exchange briefcases and get their next clue. Blondes are the first to leave the roadblock to Middleburg to find Welbourne Manner. Holy Rollers are the 3rd team at the roadblock. Holy Rollers complete the Road Block in 2nd place. Yorkers are in 3rd place. StepFam arrives at the Road Block. Yorkers pass the Pentagon. StepFam Dad says one of the non-spies has panties that are too tight. DLG Dad is slowing down the girls. Marathon mom stops to throw a penny in a pool. Siblings arrive at the roadblock along with DSIL. StepFam Dad calls a spy pops, but it is the right one. They are in 5th place. Yorkers are looking for a gas station. Mom says they should have stopped before they reached DC. DSIL gets their clue in 5th place. Suthners looking for the reflecting pool, ask for directions. Marathoners are still looking at wrong pool. Kid says they should ask but no one listens. They have been looking for 2 hours. DLG still can't find it. Marathoners meet up with Suthners, and they finally ask a park service ranger and realize they are in the wrong place. Marathoners get their clue, followed DLG and Suthners. Yorkers still can't find gas. Finally they find a station. Siblings are still looking for their spy. Marathoners hit the Road Block. Siblings make their exchange. Marathoners make their exchange, in 6th place, and use a map. DLG hits the Road Block. Holy Rollers are looking for the tidal basin. Yorkers misread the map again. DSIL hits a traffic jam, along with Siblings and Marathoners. Siblings use a map to hit the back roads. DLG gets their clue in 8th place. Suthners hit the Road Block in last place. ' Holy Rollers are first to arrive at Welbourne Manner and hit a Detour. In Heat of the Battle, teams must transport 5 wounded soldiers off a reenactment battlefield. In Heat of the Night, teams must take lamps to a quartermaster and then take a regimental flag to the pit stop. Holy Rollers pick Heat of the Battle. Blondes arrive and decide to do Heat of the Night, filling 20 lamps with oil. Siblings arrive 3rd and choose Heat of the Battle. Blondes bring the lamps and have to light them. StepFam arrives at the Detour followed by DLG. DSIL arrives. Siblings have 3 of 5 wounded. DLG become core men. DSIL thinks the reenactment is incredible. Blonds recover 4 of 5. Holy Rollers head to the Pit Stop. They are Team #1 and win a trip for 4 to the South Hampton. Siblings wait and arrive 2nd. Blondes arrive 3rd. DLG Dad is wearing out. DSIL Dad wants to slow down. DLG daughters push Dad along. Marathoners arrive at the Detour and the son says battlefield. Mom says to not worry about getting shot. StepFam is working on the lamps. Soldiers groan in misery as they are lifted on and off the stretcher. StepFam completes the lamps and arrives at the Pit Stop in 4th place. DSIL Dad basks in his pride for his SILs. DSIL and DLG race for the finish line, DSIL in 5th place and DLG in 6th place. Marathoners complete their task and are in 7th place. Yorkers arrive at the Detour in 8th place and choose Heat of the Battle. Suthners arrive at the Detour. Yorkers have 2 of their soldiers, but Mom complains she can’t do it. Suthners give up on the Heat of the Battle after saving one life, and head to the lamps. They have 10 lamps. Yorkers have 4 bodies. Suthners have 19 lamps. Yorkers retrieve their final soldier. Yorkers are the 8th team to the pit stop. The son says Mom complains but always comes through. The Rogers the last team to arrive and are eliminated. Dad takes responsibility for taking his family in the wrong direction. Brock complains no one listens to him. Mom says she will hold the family together. Fuskie Who notes Dad remains stubborn in being right, and Son remains stubborn in being misunderstood, but it is the adults who have made the mistakes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmazingNut Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Amazing Race: 10-4-05 Episode 2 Standard recap Intro Start: Lancaster, Pennsylvania After Mandatory rest period 7:57am Godlewski sister depart and the race begins again Linz family last to depart at 8:50ish? Stop 1: Travel to York Pennsylvania and search the shoehouse road for the clue Teams in order of arrival: Gaghan Schroeder Godlewski Weaver Rodgers Paolo Bransen Aiello Linz Stop 2: Drive to Washington DC and find reflective pool in front of capital building Teams in order of arrival: Weaver Godlewski Paolo Schroeder Aiello Lindz (may be above Aiello) Gaghan: At the wrong reflecting pool for one of the pit stops. Did not discover mistake until there was help from other teams. Bransen Rogers: Missed exit on the way to DC, father blamed son for the mishap. It later came out that the father was in fact wrong with the original directions. Stop 3: Find Limo then proceed to Tidal Basin by Jefferson Memorial Godlewski Paolo Weaver Schroeder Aiello Linz Gaghan Bransen Rogers Road Block One person. password find identical briefcase, Use password the sky is blue. Godlewski Weaver Paolo Schroeder Aiello Gaghan Linz Bransen Rogers Stop 4: Drive to Middleburg VA and find welbourne manor. Weaver Godlewski Linz Aiello Schroeder Brenson Gaghan Paolo: still bickering with the mother. Almost ran out of gas on way to VA Rogers ** note** the middle few are probably wrong Roadblock Heat of the Battle: Small scale reenactment using stretchers to carry wounded off? Godlewski Linz Aiello Bransen: Father had to get girls to slow down for him, he had trouble carrying the wounded solders in the roadblock. Paolo: Mother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ranster627 Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Previously on The Amazing Race, ten families of four set off from New York City in a race for 1 million dollars. The Gaghan family surged ahead while the Paolo family got lost in their own city. The Weaver family had a buggy accident in the detour. The Godlewski sisters finished first, and the Black family was eliminated. Nine families remain. Tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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