The Chase

sligojoek wrote: »

He was terrible. That's happened to him a few times. I he misses 2 or 3 in a row near the start his brain goes to Mush

He's a real momentum player

I think the Sinnerman probably has the vastest general knowledge but he's more methodical, Shaun is a machine when he's on form

Just saw an episode on tv3 (no idea how recent it was originally aired) with a very average team leaving a target of 17 (all 3 that got through got through in dubious enough fashion - with the Beast missing a few strange ones)

Anyway Beast gets to 16 correct answers with a bit to spare, answers a question requiring a 'colour' with 'snow' instead of 'white', then gets pushed back; pauses for an age and finally answers correctly to get to 16 again, once again gets the next one wrong and rinse and repeat once again, until the team ultimately hold out to sneak it.

Some very long pauses and dubious answers given by him it must be said

Granted - I'm sure they do have to throw a certain amount of games to keep it interesting but it definitely takes from the show for me. Thankfully it's rare (outside the celeb version)

Yep, to be fair on the 'civilian' editions I don't notice it too often, but there are definitely dubious looking episodes. Quite noticeably, the sum is relatively small in each instance too

I can't find this particular episode on YouTube but it was definitely fishy to me

Generally the Beast will pass straight away when he doesn't know an answer but with 8 seconds on the clock he paused for about 5 seconds before saying he didn't know. On his first attempt to catch 17 (he actually got the ultimate question to catch them wrong 4 times including a wild stab with one second remaining) he gave the answer "snow" when Bradley asked for a colour. Naturally this pretty much handed the answer to the team also, ensuring a push back - "white"

Ok fair enough the producers probably have to ensure there's a healthy balance between the Team and Chaser winning, to hold on to viewers, but this one was particularly blatant for me

It didn't help the team were annoying so-and-so's either!

In fact I generally find myself cheering on the Chaser (except the Vixen, who I've never warmed to)

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