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first of all I have to say I think we are really and truly past the point where I thought this series was on the weaker side. top tier episode this week! great tasks! everyone was really funny! one of my favorite episodes of all time! yahoo!

spoilers below the cut


prize task: the thing most likely to make you groan. as ever, I think greg is incredibly generous to sue's prize task submissions. was the brian blessed recording amazing? obviously. was there any chance of me groaning while listening to it? fuck no. I was way too delighted by it. really backfired imo but I gave it an extra point because I did love it. susan's collection of her own failed prize tasks was great but I put it behind julian's horrible head because victoria coren mitchell already did that in series 12

switches task: DQ switch aside, it felt so obvious to me that the switches were only ever going to make the task harder for yourself. I like to think I wouldn't have touched any of them, but I imagine the pressure of sitting there for five minutes doing nothing was probably pretty unpleasant for the five professional entertainers lmao. susan's face when the platform was vibrating was priceless, I love how much fun she's having at all times (see also: the next task). it was also really funny cutting back to them flicking the switches like "oh let's go... leaves" right before dumping a pile of leaves on themselves

pie in the face task: instant classic. I was screaming at the TV when susan kept trying to just throw the pie but she fucking DID IT IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES??? incredible. the dancing, sam's bow when he hit wayne "big time", lucy's legit rage at getting disqualified for blatantly breaking the rules in multiple ways, julian's shock at accidentally tearing the thing out of the base, sue's insistence on calling it the "naughty flamingo"... absolute gold left and right. thank you taskmaster

cardboard cutout task: I always enjoy the weird mental tasks where they have to try to predict what the others will do, and the added instruction to act "really weirdly" made this one even better. lucy could have just acted like herself but of course she was going to crab walk and yodel. of course. I loved the edit where she crab walks out from behind sue's cutout. julian's alex impression was also hilarious but I really loved susan's interpretation where she was just... manic and off-putting. great susan episode this week tbh

studio task: put three balls in your hat. not much of a highlight here but I did love that sam and lucy helped each other and then he pointedly stopped helping once she was about to win (and meanwhile lucy did no such thing and gave julian the win). flashbacks to some infuriating games of cosmic encounter there lmao

scores

julian: 15 (+2)
lucy: 14
sam: 15 (+1)
sue: 3 (-3)
susan: 12

devastating episode for sue. with my harsher scoring of her prize task, I've got her tied for worst episode of all time with mel giedroyc. ZERO points in the prerecorded tasks. you hate to see it

series scores so far

julian: 109 (+1)
lucy: 96 (-3)
sam: 123 (+3)
sue: 72 (-23)
susan: 90 (-2)

I cannot reiterate enough that I really like sue as a contestant LMAO I just think her prize tasks are so so bad


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