For anyone who doesn't listen to the podcast, my favorite bit of trivia about this episode is that the production team had an actor dressed up like a genie who was going to come out when John rubbed his magic lamp and help him with the task, but then John just hucked the lamp over the caravan without ever rubbing it so none of that got to happen. To be fair, if you went in with the assumption that summoning a genie wasn't an option, then throwing the lamp was probably the best choice.
i would have definitely rubbed the lamp. especially when i said " magic lamp" and was in taskmaster. its definitely common sense to do that. i was disappointed when he threw that lamp without rubbing it even without knowing this trivia, but now it just hurts. But also i think even more highly and am impressed by the taskmaster team. That they really put in the effort to make this lamp "magical", just as john requested. Well done.
@@traxdagamer he might just be the most successful inept contestant; he and Fern are the second-highest scoring losers after Alice Levine and he had three episodes where he did very well; two he won and another where he blew his lead due to being the only one not to get 5 points in the live task
During the prize task when everyone was saying how their prize would be helpful and then John just says, "You haven't seen mine yet." was one the funniest things I've seen this week.
It was the tail end of a joke chain by all 5 incredible comedians. On the TM podcast, it was mentioned that for all 5 comedians to do that shows just how talented they are.
@@ShinyHubCaps I don't think most people get how subtle he's been in Every Prize Task. Everything has been designed to get you to think about something else, outside of the box, about distracting you from the tedium of daily life. As an aside, Munya's mask was drop dead gorgeous, no?
I like how Dara asked for a "nice man" and they just knew they needed to find someone Irish. Followed up by such an Irish interaction was one of my favourite moments.
@@kischtrine Probably just saw that book while thinking of things he might lack, thought about bringing that for the prize, and then thought it too funny to pass up
@@TheHarmacist001 of course maybe it was a bad delivered joke.. risking to not win the series. Most of the time there is a little bit truth in jokes. It could have been funny, but her presentation uncharacteristicly lame. It got funnier when Fern explained, that she wanted to bring the brown hair spray.
@@JustAFox2183 gotcha, gotcha, yeah, he walked into the season quite cocky and the show is kinda about seeing charismatic folks struggling, very much "straight man confidence" of him, but I do enjoy him all the same. His response to the buckaroo task really does it for me "I have three sensitivity levels!". But don't worry, I think we all have one contestant we don't like (Iain Sterling for me), thanks for venting!
36:45 Alex being so delighted at "the obvious thing to me was to let the bird fly" is a wonderful moment, it's almost like he felt like the task was being appreciated in a whole new way.
@@VampiresAreRealGuys It's more than anyone else got given Greg (rightfully) dissed three of the prizes right out the gate and then allowed Dara 2nd place
John’s performance on the show affected Sarah and Dara’s battle for first place a lot more than I thought it would. To the point where I was like “oh god if John throws another team task Dara is going to lose!” 😂
7:03 - Fun fact: after this episode, tons of these magnets were sold from a single seller on eBay, to the point where the seller actually messaged at least one of the purchasers, asking why they were suddenly selling so many of the magnets, just wanting to know "nothing untoward" was happening. John actually addressed this on his Twitter, December 2 (I don't think RUclips will allow me to directly link it here)
I imagine it is just the Horn Section band, obviously carrying their musical instruments with them the whole time. They pay the cashier with music at the end.
The best behind the scenes of shopping would be from the first few seasons when it was food. Alex and crew picking items like dog food, knowing Alex will be eating it later on 🤣.
"what color are your eyes, Dara?" "they're blue" "is that Sinatra blue?" "oh, shut up" i absolutely lost it here, having Dara and John on the same team was an incredible choice
what's even more hilarious to think about, at this point Dara still doesn't know John intentionally tried to sabotage the sand in shopping cart team task!
Look at Dara's little face, he looks so genuinely pleased to win. He's a big nerd so it's obvious that the more cerebral / strategic tasks suited him, but kudos to him he never shied away from the sillier ones and took them all on seriously. I think this series cast had a great balance on so many levels.
“Is that like a ladder to something?” floored me so badly the first time I heard it, that I genuinely had to pause the video so that I could reflect on all of _my_ life choices that had led up to that moment. So I can’t even imagine how John felt watching that back 😂.
On the podcast, he talked about how he was inspired by the Disney movie The Rescuers when he saw the aerial. I can only assume he thought maybe the crew was implying that the grape was somehow able to climb the "ladder" onto the roof of the caravan. Still mad, but there's at least some sort of semblance of logic there.
What a SERIES! What a lineup, too. Dara, the charming soft-spoken crafty dad Fern, the ultimate lovable weirdo wildcard John, (my personal favorite), the tragically hilarious everyman Munya, the charismatic larger than life go-getter Sarah, the sweet and positive, yet sometimes oh so *vicious*
35:31 Alex: " Any regrets about throwing the robin over the caravan?" Fern, indignantly: "No, what use would he have been?" I don't know why, but this line just set me off, I laughed harder at that than any other part of the video.
I think of "The obvious thing was to make the bird fly" at least once a week. There is something deep there...maybe...I am not quite sure. Damn funny though.
This really was my favourite series. A phenomenal cast, topped with a brilliant winner. It's never gonna be the same to listen to future Taskmaster intros without hearing Fern's exasperated "WHAAAA?" at the start, and seeing Dara's mischievous smile as he rides the escalator down with a mallet (WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT TASK?!?!).
Laughed so hard at the opener cause I too have literally had “It’s me Fern Brady, me Fern Brady…” stuck in my head since watching that episode. This is one of, if not my #1, season so far. Great contestants and tasks!
The juxtaposition of Sarah being all happy and celebratory about a grape vs Fern just downing it and expectantly staring at Alex is amazing. I lost it when Fern said "thanks." She's so done.
Am I the only one that immediately thought Dara would dump the entire pint of cider over the Irish lad (covering one item completely in cider) and asking him to walk over to the barrel and sit for that final (not final) task?
29:21 "Did I ask for these potatoes? Did I ask for these pens??? Oh-oh, hello!" That little bit just made me laugh so hard. Fern was easily my favorite this series
I loved that line as well. While I had a different thought process than she did when she explained her way of thinking I immediately understood what she meant. It just makes sense.
Sarah's questioning of Dara's pint going over the caravan was very Rose Matafeo and Ed Gamble. When Greg said things tend to get this way at this point in the series I immediately thought of them.
@@thatoneguybrandon7 I stumbled at first, too, but I guess the resoning is this: Task 1 - throw one object over the caravan - done. Task 2 - fully cover one object with another object. Task 3 - get the covered object on the barrel without touching it with your hands. So until the object is fully covered, the "don't touch" does not apply (except for Fern all touched the objects to be covered before and while covering). And the beer isn't covered before Dara 2 hides it in his clothing - and only after that task 2 is completed and "don't touch" applies, which Dara didn't. Obviously it isn't helped by the fact that Dara apparently didn't understand the rules (he could have touched Dara 2 all he wanted but it was important to him that he never did), adding to the confusion. However, the easiest and safest way obviously would have been to just throw the beer over the caravan and then just let Dara 2 do all the stuff (pick up the beer, hide it on you, sit on barrel). This way getting two objects from the rusty barrels to the wooden barrel without touching either object, either barrel, or anything else to indirectly touch them.
Fern just has these adorable moments that made this series. Like when she asks if she's "met these potatoes before" before putting on a thinking face. Or when she apologises for hitting Greg with a balloon and looks for a moment like she really thought she did something bad
Really? No... someone must have at some point right? Al 'Moneybags' Murray must have tried to hire someone to do something, right? I would love someone to check and see
It was very good! But if his person was the object meant to cover the other object, then he shouldn't have touched that cider at all. He didn't follow the task!
Watching this series I felt that Dara was way more dominant than winners in other series, and it's supported by the numbers; not only the highest points total in Taskmaster history, but also the highest percentage of total points possible. Source: Taskmaster wiki.
there are so many Fern moments to appreciate this finale. from the 3rd tarot card, hitting bullseye without Zimbabwe darts, to do I know these potato and letting bird fly, I love her 'I'm so excited to be on TM, but tired myself night before" energy
Fern might have finished tied for last, but she was by far my favorite in this series. She was so lovable, adorable, creative, and at times so unhinged, that she was just so much fun to watch.
I love Fern so much - her tarot card bit at the beginning was awesome, and it completely went over Greg's head. Also, her "It just seemed obvious to me to let the bird fly" made me want to hug her for being such a sweet soul.
What was the part that went over his (and potentially my) head? Isn't it just five comedians battling it out with sticks, Greg the Devil sitting on his throne annd... well, I'm not entirely certain about the middle card, the naive interpretation of the show being just silly fun seems too obvious?
So this was the first task they ever received. John went to put his coat on the door hook but there wasn't one and it fell. That's why in every other task we see him just chuck his coat on the floor! It all makes sense now! 😂
Thank you, I've been looking for that comment. I didn't notice that he's throwing it on the floor until episode 7 or so... So I guess I have to re-watch 1-6? 😅
I’m always sad watching the last episode of a series, especially when they’re as good as this series. This one is in my top 5 favorite series for sure.
I'm gonna be honest, I really thought john had a secret task and was doing a long con on being last place of the series. its almost extraordinary how bad he did at every task lolol i love it
people keep saying he did horribly at every task but he won a lot of tasks. He tied with Fern, and was only 6 behind Munya. He performs terribly on SOME tasks and magnificently on others. It's just his mess-ups are more memorable than his victories.
He started off really rough, but I feel like they put tasks together for that narrative. Then he actually started crushing some tasks, and even won a few episodes. Nice little redemption arc, there. 👍🏻
Before looking, i thought that was when Fern said "can you get me a green felt tip pen? I cant they're COVERED in potatos" and was like yeah no thats tattoo inspo right there 🤣
This episode had the best banter during any Prize Task reveal imo (5:28) -- all 5 contestants took turns upselling their gifts with a witty bon mot. Def my favorite moment of the series.
Dara is the man, genuinely seemed to enjoy himself on Taskmaster. He actually looked emotional when he won. Makes it fun to watch. What an amazing cast this series. Love it!
He looked like an absolute genius compared to the other contestants. I don't doubt Sarah is intelligent, but her comedy style often revolves around apathy to life and she brought that to many of the tasks. The others? I kept wanting to be a school teacher for a moment and call their parents to see if everything was okay at home. What is wrong with them?
I adored this cast above all others. Dara was genius, his performance in John’s theatrical was worth the price of admission. Sarah was brilliant with buoyant positivity and shocking surprise. John’s hang-dog, ground-down, Everyman was touching and poignant. Munya’s immodest, irrepressible, self-confidence was inspiring. Fern the people’s champion should be cast as the next Doctor Who replacing Ncuti Gatwa in 2027 because she’s amazing and timeless. 14th Series was the greatest …. I’ll watch it again and again.
Fern asked for a "bag of potatoes" but received a pile. I feel like she was set up to fail this task. Spreading all the pens out and giving her SO many, when all she asked for was "pens". They could have left them in a pack. Pens in a pack could easily be thrown or covered by "bag of potatoes". They don't spread out all of Sarah's chocolate, they melt it together.
What John does with his coat by throwing it or hanging it up on thin air and it just fakls yo the floor every is so simple and stupid but straight up HILARIOUS 🤣🤣 i was in tears when he hung it on the back of the door and it just dropped and he walked away 😂 its brilliant
One of the things I like about this show is how lovely the comments section is here on RUclips. Like I kept getting annoyed by one of the contestants and I’d scroll down to comments. But everyone was being so lovely about them I was just like “yea yall are right. this is a ‘me’ problem”. ❤❤
All time panel this season, absolutely obsessed with fern, so charming and silly. Sarah is an absolute delight, John and munya’s chemistry is off the charts and Dara is just classic.
Confusing continuity error: Fern's nails keep changing during the part where they pick three things for the final task. At 9:19 they're painted black, then at 9:27 they're clean, then black again at 9:31. It's all ostensibly filmed in one moment, so that doesn't make any sense. The only explanation is that they filmed this sequence with her twice for some reason. Just something I noticed.
Strange indeed. Especially since the "clean nails" part was just "That ..." (referring to the taxidermy as it is told) - which isn't needed for the narrative at all. Also everything else is placed immaculately. My first idea would be a trick of the light, but it is too extreme to really be able to be that. Maybe she ordered one item that proved to be problematic for whatever reason, had to pick a different one (the pens - no way of knowing her nails there) and this "That ..." stayed in for some reason?
I love the payoff there is great--the entire season, John's been chucking his jacket on the ground. But you see that, actually in the very first task, the very first thing John does is try to hang up his jacket properly, but he fails at it. That single failure broke his will to care about the condition of his clothing, and really foreshadowed his hilarious and tragic season.
Every time a new series goes up, I want to look up each contestant on Wikipedia and learn more about them - but I always end up finding out who the winner was by accident and spoiling the end of the series. This was the first time I remembered not to make that mistake, and now I'm excited to look up everyone's other work. (I already knew about Mock the Week.)
Primetime in Germany! Just the right time to deliver this episode. Thank you so much! This will make my day 100 times better ❤ The cast is one of my favorite. I will miss them so much. Especially Fern.
Unendlichmal besser als jede Samstagabendunterhaltung, die unser Fernsehen zu bieten hat 😂 (Vielleicht mit Ausnahme von Das Duell um die Welt, das war auch jedes Mal spitze :D)
I think Fern did comply with the letter of the task: "cover" versus "conceal" Those pens were definitely covered with those potatoes. However, she did still take nearly twice as long as all the others combined 😂
I get why she didn't but I kinda wish she had outright said it. Would've been a cool moment to see my and so many others' disability explicitly discussed in a show like Taskmaster. But then I can't genuinely say I wouldn't have skirted around it the same way she did.
Series 11 to 14 has been the best 4 series run of Taskmaster, and 14 is one of the best series. The tasks, the contestants, and the location were amazing. I hope 15 gets uploaded sooner rather than later
Loved the cast this series - everyone was funny and fun to watch, and there was very little sniping between contestants. I was rooting for the ever-wonderful Sarah throughout, but I was still quite happy to see Dara take the win. It felt very earned.
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For anyone who doesn't listen to the podcast, my favorite bit of trivia about this episode is that the production team had an actor dressed up like a genie who was going to come out when John rubbed his magic lamp and help him with the task, but then John just hucked the lamp over the caravan without ever rubbing it so none of that got to happen. To be fair, if you went in with the assumption that summoning a genie wasn't an option, then throwing the lamp was probably the best choice.
Oh! That is beautiful! I wish he would have rubbed it!
This fact made my day
God it would’ve been so good if they just panned to show the genie immediately after he threw the lamp
i would have definitely rubbed the lamp. especially when i said " magic lamp" and was in taskmaster. its definitely common sense to do that. i was disappointed when he threw that lamp without rubbing it even without knowing this trivia, but now it just hurts.
But also i think even more highly and am impressed by the taskmaster team. That they really put in the effort to make this lamp "magical", just as john requested. Well done.
What’s the name of this podcast?
"Did I meet these potatoes before?" is definitely going in my top favourites taskmaster quotes ever
And then she followed it up with letting the bird fly
I want this quote on the front of a t-shirt with Dignity Intact! on the back.😅
“Did I meat these potatoes before?” Fern as a midwestern 50s homemaker
The amount of times John's brain would grind to a halt this season was hilarious. He just stops and stares, almost like he turned off
"I'm gonna put that in there"
"..."
"..."
"When?"
@@abj6920 was hilarious when he laughs and repeats it. Still stands for a bit after though😆
He definitely acts like he hasn't slept in weeks
@@traxdagamer he might just be the most successful inept contestant; he and Fern are the second-highest scoring losers after Alice Levine and he had three episodes where he did very well; two he won and another where he blew his lead due to being the only one not to get 5 points in the live task
That pause before he ate the cheeseburger was just mindboggling. Genuinely want to know what was going through his mind
The look Alex gives the camera after John uses the scissors anyway is genuinely one of the best moments in this series
You can even see how John almost put the scissors down until Alex teased him about it.
At 13:44 you can see Alex open his mouth in shock 😂😂😂
The look of fear in Alex’s eyes will be the greatest thing ever
John has shown some physical feats in this series, like when Manya jumped on him during a live task and he stood firm.
@@alexandergogolev702agreed! He just needs the right motivation
During the prize task when everyone was saying how their prize would be helpful and then John just says, "You haven't seen mine yet." was one the funniest things I've seen this week.
Until a minute later when he exclaimed "Oh!" like the keenest of fridge magnet salesmen.
It was the tail end of a joke chain by all 5 incredible comedians. On the TM podcast, it was mentioned that for all 5 comedians to do that shows just how talented they are.
So on brand for John too, being this kinda hapless down-on-his-luck teddy bear
@@ShinyHubCaps He just has no vim
@@ShinyHubCaps I don't think most people get how subtle he's been in Every Prize Task. Everything has been designed to get you to think about something else, outside of the box, about distracting you from the tedium of daily life.
As an aside, Munya's mask was drop dead gorgeous, no?
I like how Dara asked for a "nice man" and they just knew they needed to find someone Irish. Followed up by such an Irish interaction was one of my favourite moments.
I know! I love when production does little stuff like that
When Sarah opened with "what you lack is likeability" Dara must have breathed a sigh of relief.
That is a really tough dis! I am wondering what she knows about his personal life, that she thinks he lacks of likability… 😳😂
That was a savage shot right to the face, it was glorious.
@@kischtrine Probably just saw that book while thinking of things he might lack, thought about bringing that for the prize, and then thought it too funny to pass up
@@TheHarmacist001 of course maybe it was a bad delivered joke.. risking to not win the series. Most of the time there is a little bit truth in jokes.
It could have been funny, but her presentation uncharacteristicly lame. It got funnier when Fern explained, that she wanted to bring the brown hair spray.
@@kischtrine I thought she delivered it so perfectly. The way she said it in a matter of factly way, it was glorious.
"In the end, looking back, this is one of my favorite casts in the whole show"
- Me, about every cast
i need to vent this out to someone. i hated ed Campbell he just so try hard and just something about him just makes me not like him
@@JustAFox2183 Do you mean Ed Gamble or Sam Campbell? Also, neither of them are on this season haha
@@abj6920 I mean ed gamble i just needed to vent it out even if he wasn't in this season.
@@JustAFox2183 gotcha, gotcha, yeah, he walked into the season quite cocky and the show is kinda about seeing charismatic folks struggling, very much "straight man confidence" of him, but I do enjoy him all the same. His response to the buckaroo task really does it for me "I have three sensitivity levels!". But don't worry, I think we all have one contestant we don't like (Iain Sterling for me), thanks for venting!
36:45 Alex being so delighted at "the obvious thing to me was to let the bird fly" is a wonderful moment, it's almost like he felt like the task was being appreciated in a whole new way.
That little "Oh" from John after Greg said he has no magnets was just perfect. Had to pause to laugh it out :D
What a start to the episode :D
yes i laughed SO HARD
Between that and "You haven't seen mine yet" when everyone else was pitching how useful theirs would be had me crying
and the sadness on his face when he only gets 3 points
@@VampiresAreRealGuys It's more than anyone else got given Greg (rightfully) dissed three of the prizes right out the gate and then allowed Dara 2nd place
I feel like Dara winning is even more impressive when you realize that he was grouped with John for all the team tasks.
John’s performance on the show affected Sarah and Dara’s battle for first place a lot more than I thought it would. To the point where I was like “oh god if John throws another team task Dara is going to lose!” 😂
Spoilers dude! 😣😣
Why would you read the comments if you didn't watch the show?
@@FilbieTron Who reads the comments BEFORE they watch the video on a show like this?
Come on bruv.
@@MatthewUrso it’s literally the first comment on the whole thread. Very hard not to see it, especially if you flip your phone vertical. 😒
Fern might not have gotten a lot of points this season, but she was definitely a standout.
Especially her song
@@yuki97kiraME FERN BRADY!
"Oh no! OH NO! OH NOOOooooo!"
Gawd. I have such a huge crush on her.
Omg agree
Fern is such an incredible contestant/human. You never know what she's gonna say next, but it is always hilarious.
She was my favorouite in this series for sure. I loved every moment she was on screen
"Did I meet these potatoes before?" is the best episode title all season!
All stupid people are funny
Fern could have my children 😍
I wish they would’ve shown where the other hidden grapes were
It was on that other social media site, whatsit called... oh yeah vine.
I'll see myself out 😂.
On the garage door, of course
I think they meant the eat one grape task that took place in the caravan@@zhuofanzhang9974
I think you can see one fall out of the swear jar.
Now they can re-use the spots though!
7:03 - Fun fact: after this episode, tons of these magnets were sold from a single seller on eBay, to the point where the seller actually messaged at least one of the purchasers, asking why they were suddenly selling so many of the magnets, just wanting to know "nothing untoward" was happening. John actually addressed this on his Twitter, December 2 (I don't think RUclips will allow me to directly link it here)
It feels so appropriate that they would ask if something 'untoward' was happening
I wish we could get a behind the scenes where we see Alex or the crew go shopping for the items
That would be so interesting!
I imagine it is just the Horn Section band, obviously carrying their musical instruments with them the whole time.
They pay the cashier with music at the end.
I'm just picturing Alex at the till in Asda with a Swiss Army knife, Moon shoes and a tub of Vaseline, stammering: "it's for.. a show.. "
The best behind the scenes of shopping would be from the first few seasons when it was food. Alex and crew picking items like dog food, knowing Alex will be eating it later on 🤣.
i think a behind the scenes of people cleaning after all that contestants messes would be pretty good too
Alex's nervous look to the camera after John beats the safety scissors is probably one of my highlights of this series.
"what color are your eyes, Dara?"
"they're blue"
"is that Sinatra blue?"
"oh, shut up"
i absolutely lost it here, having Dara and John on the same team was an incredible choice
Oh god I thought he said Sumatra blue that makes way more sense lol
@@Heartwing13 I donno why I read that as Satsuma blue and has been laughing at it for 10 minutes straight lol.
I’m amazed Dara didn’t throttle John during one the Team tasks
what's even more hilarious to think about, at this point Dara still doesn't know John intentionally tried to sabotage the sand in shopping cart team task!
Look at Dara's little face, he looks so genuinely pleased to win. He's a big nerd so it's obvious that the more cerebral / strategic tasks suited him, but kudos to him he never shied away from the sillier ones and took them all on seriously. I think this series cast had a great balance on so many levels.
“Is that like a ladder to something?” floored me so badly the first time I heard it, that I genuinely had to pause the video so that I could reflect on all of _my_ life choices that had led up to that moment. So I can’t even imagine how John felt watching that back 😂.
On the podcast, he talked about how he was inspired by the Disney movie The Rescuers when he saw the aerial. I can only assume he thought maybe the crew was implying that the grape was somehow able to climb the "ladder" onto the roof of the caravan. Still mad, but there's at least some sort of semblance of logic there.
What a SERIES! What a lineup, too.
Dara, the charming soft-spoken crafty dad
Fern, the ultimate lovable weirdo wildcard
John, (my personal favorite), the tragically hilarious everyman
Munya, the charismatic larger than life go-getter
Sarah, the sweet and positive, yet sometimes oh so *vicious*
35:31
Alex: " Any regrets about throwing the robin over the caravan?"
Fern, indignantly: "No, what use would he have been?"
I don't know why, but this line just set me off, I laughed harder at that than any other part of the video.
Fern's a mess in these tasks and I love her for it.
"to me the obvious thing was to let the bird to fly over the caravan." Like it makes sense, but is so left field logic.
Fern may not have won this series, but I think I speak for everyone here when I say that she won all of our hearts.
Aye. The mildly confused autistic Scotswoman was by far the funniest part of the series.
I think of "The obvious thing was to make the bird fly" at least once a week. There is something deep there...maybe...I am not quite sure. Damn funny though.
she wrote a book "Strong Female Character", which might interest you!
“Did I meet these potatoes before?” is one of the funniest lines ever uttered on the show.
I'm the 5th comment so I doubt it
This really was my favourite series. A phenomenal cast, topped with a brilliant winner. It's never gonna be the same to listen to future Taskmaster intros without hearing Fern's exasperated "WHAAAA?" at the start, and seeing Dara's mischievous smile as he rides the escalator down with a mallet (WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT TASK?!?!).
I know, right? I’ve been looking for that moment this whole time.
Two words: Brace, brace
@@MyNameIsNeutron Brace yourself for your NEXT favourite series!
The WHAAA lived rent free in my head up till the moment Jenny's "BRACE, BRACE"
I think I still prefer "No way!" but "Wha!?" is great too.
Alex was totally gentle parenting Fern with that ‘no, no’ when she tried to eat the fake grape
The look she gave him back was absolutely perfect pouty 4-year-old.
Laughed so hard at the opener cause I too have literally had “It’s me Fern Brady, me Fern Brady…” stuck in my head since watching that episode. This is one of, if not my #1, season so far. Great contestants and tasks!
Second only to the madness of season 7 for me
The juxtaposition of Sarah being all happy and celebratory about a grape vs Fern just downing it and expectantly staring at Alex is amazing. I lost it when Fern said "thanks." She's so done.
Am I the only one that immediately thought Dara would dump the entire pint of cider over the Irish lad (covering one item completely in cider) and asking him to walk over to the barrel and sit for that final (not final) task?
I was hoping for this 😂
I was hoping he’d throw the man over…
I thought he'd make him drink it.
I thought the same thing. The idea of hiding the cider never crossed my mind.
@@xthebumpxi thought he’d make him drink it too lol
29:21 "Did I ask for these potatoes? Did I ask for these pens??? Oh-oh, hello!" That little bit just made me laugh so hard. Fern was easily my favorite this series
Fern saying "the most obvious thing to me was letting the bird fly" was like a warm hug to my neurodivergent brain 😅👌🏼
I loved that line as well. While I had a different thought process than she did when she explained her way of thinking I immediately understood what she meant. It just makes sense.
Sarah's questioning of Dara's pint going over the caravan was very Rose Matafeo and Ed Gamble. When Greg said things tend to get this way at this point in the series I immediately thought of them.
And I'm surprised she then didn't bring up the object being concelaed, did make it over to the barrel using his hands, the other pint
@@thatoneguybrandon7 Yes! Dara carried it over to the barrel.
@@thatoneguybrandon7 I stumbled at first, too, but I guess the resoning is this: Task 1 - throw one object over the caravan - done. Task 2 - fully cover one object with another object. Task 3 - get the covered object on the barrel without touching it with your hands. So until the object is fully covered, the "don't touch" does not apply (except for Fern all touched the objects to be covered before and while covering). And the beer isn't covered before Dara 2 hides it in his clothing - and only after that task 2 is completed and "don't touch" applies, which Dara didn't.
Obviously it isn't helped by the fact that Dara apparently didn't understand the rules (he could have touched Dara 2 all he wanted but it was important to him that he never did), adding to the confusion.
However, the easiest and safest way obviously would have been to just throw the beer over the caravan and then just let Dara 2 do all the stuff (pick up the beer, hide it on you, sit on barrel). This way getting two objects from the rusty barrels to the wooden barrel without touching either object, either barrel, or anything else to indirectly touch them.
Rose was so shit
Arguably, his object was the beer itself, not the glass, so he never did touch the beer.
Fern just has these adorable moments that made this series. Like when she asks if she's "met these potatoes before" before putting on a thinking face.
Or when she apologises for hitting Greg with a balloon and looks for a moment like she really thought she did something bad
Nobody in the Taskmaster history ever ordered a person 😂😂😂 I love Dara❤️
Dara is like Rhod's inventiveness combined with Kerry Godliman's drive for ruthless efficiency.
@@xenikos99 Dara is a gamer. (Without the baggage of a capital-G Gamer, I think?) Probably watches ESAMarathon twice a year.
Really? No... someone must have at some point right? Al 'Moneybags' Murray must have tried to hire someone to do something, right? I would love someone to check and see
didn't chris order a baby online last season
It was very good! But if his person was the object meant to cover the other object, then he shouldn't have touched that cider at all. He didn't follow the task!
Watching this series I felt that Dara was way more dominant than winners in other series, and it's supported by the numbers; not only the highest points total in Taskmaster history, but also the highest percentage of total points possible. Source: Taskmaster wiki.
Impressive, yet he was less fun to me than John and Fern by far 😂
Also the highest average score, although to be fair the last few series have had much higher scores on average
He has the perfect mix of intelligence and creativity to do well in most tasks, really impressive!
@@yellow6409 dont forget the right mix of exasperation to make his team of 3 hilarious
Also, there are more tasks than in early seasons
there are so many Fern moments to appreciate this finale. from the 3rd tarot card, hitting bullseye without Zimbabwe darts, to do I know these potato and letting bird fly, I love her 'I'm so excited to be on TM, but tired myself night before" energy
Fern might have finished tied for last, but she was by far my favorite in this series. She was so lovable, adorable, creative, and at times so unhinged, that she was just so much fun to watch.
Shout out to whichever member of the TM prop team constructed the A4 sized chocolate. Something tells me it was within a mm or two of exact size.
I love Fern so much - her tarot card bit at the beginning was awesome, and it completely went over Greg's head. Also, her "It just seemed obvious to me to let the bird fly" made me want to hug her for being such a sweet soul.
What was the part that went over his (and potentially my) head? Isn't it just five comedians battling it out with sticks, Greg the Devil sitting on his throne annd... well, I'm not entirely certain about the middle card, the naive interpretation of the show being just silly fun seems too obvious?
how did it go over his head when he imitated the pose in the devil card? LOL
It didnt go over his head lmao
So this was the first task they ever received. John went to put his coat on the door hook but there wasn't one and it fell. That's why in every other task we see him just chuck his coat on the floor! It all makes sense now! 😂
I loved that bit
Thank you, I've been looking for that comment. I didn't notice that he's throwing it on the floor until episode 7 or so... So I guess I have to re-watch 1-6? 😅
I’m always sad watching the last episode of a series, especially when they’re as good as this series. This one is in my top 5 favorite series for sure.
The last episode somehow always comes too fast...
Munya just gets so excited during the puzzle tasks. He has so much fun, he completely loses track of time 😅
Were those grape scissors the very ones that Frank Skinner offered in a series one prize task?...and, thanks Fern for thinking to set the bird free!
I was looking for this comment!
I'm gonna be honest, I really thought john had a secret task and was doing a long con on being last place of the series. its almost extraordinary how bad he did at every task lolol i love it
If they really did that and revealed a hefty bonus of points enough to put him in first place, I would lose my mind
The new Nish
people keep saying he did horribly at every task but he won a lot of tasks. He tied with Fern, and was only 6 behind Munya.
He performs terribly on SOME tasks and magnificently on others. It's just his mess-ups are more memorable than his victories.
I wondered if his sabotage task was supposed to happen on every team task. 😂
He started off really rough, but I feel like they put tasks together for that narrative. Then he actually started crushing some tasks, and even won a few episodes. Nice little redemption arc, there. 👍🏻
36:42 genuinely one of my favourite lines in the whole show. that's tattoo levels of poetic quotes
Before looking, i thought that was when Fern said "can you get me a green felt tip pen? I cant they're COVERED in potatos" and was like yeah no thats tattoo inspo right there 🤣
This episode had the best banter during any Prize Task reveal imo (5:28) -- all 5 contestants took turns upselling their gifts with a witty bon mot. Def my favorite moment of the series.
Dara is the man, genuinely seemed to enjoy himself on Taskmaster. He actually looked emotional when he won. Makes it fun to watch. What an amazing cast this series. Love it!
He looked like an absolute genius compared to the other contestants.
I don't doubt Sarah is intelligent, but her comedy style often revolves around apathy to life and she brought that to many of the tasks. The others? I kept wanting to be a school teacher for a moment and call their parents to see if everything was okay at home. What is wrong with them?
i think i speak for all of us when i say that it doesn’t matter what place she got in the end, fern brady is still the rightful queen!
@@GarrettPDGA or maybe i just don’t care about capitalizing letters😌
no
@@Bougieee cool!👍
*taskmistress
I just loved Fern this series. She seems so kind hearted but SO hilarious as well. I may have a new favourite contestant ;)
It's unbeliavable how well Dara's idea to order a guy and 2 pints worked. Amazing.
I adored this cast above all others. Dara was genius, his performance in John’s theatrical was worth the price of admission. Sarah was brilliant with buoyant positivity and shocking surprise. John’s hang-dog, ground-down, Everyman was touching and poignant. Munya’s immodest, irrepressible, self-confidence was inspiring. Fern the people’s champion should be cast as the next Doctor Who replacing Ncuti Gatwa in 2027 because she’s amazing and timeless. 14th Series was the greatest …. I’ll watch it again and again.
watching this again after the podcast breaks my heart knowing there's a genie in the caravan waiting for john to rub the lamp
12:50
You know, there’s nothing in the task saying they can’t reach through the window and open the caravan door from the outside
There's also no reason they can't ask Alex to bring them the bowl. He might not do it, but it wouldn't hurt to try.
Fern asked for a "bag of potatoes" but received a pile. I feel like she was set up to fail this task. Spreading all the pens out and giving her SO many, when all she asked for was "pens". They could have left them in a pack. Pens in a pack could easily be thrown or covered by "bag of potatoes". They don't spread out all of Sarah's chocolate, they melt it together.
well, sarah said A4 size chocolate so it was made into that
What John does with his coat by throwing it or hanging it up on thin air and it just fakls yo the floor every is so simple and stupid but straight up HILARIOUS 🤣🤣 i was in tears when he hung it on the back of the door and it just dropped and he walked away 😂 its brilliant
Yeah, I thought as that was [supposedly] the first task, maybe he genuinely tried to hang it and it fell, and that inspired him to keep it going? 🤷♀😂
This was such a brilliant series. One of the best ensembles they've ever put together. I would happily watch another ten episodes with these guys,
I’m sad that Alex didn’t do a montage of where all the other grapes were hidden.
I never thought there would be a more tragic contestant than Johnny Vegas, but here we are with John Kearns
One of the things I like about this show is how lovely the comments section is here on RUclips. Like I kept getting annoyed by one of the contestants and I’d scroll down to comments. But everyone was being so lovely about them I was just like “yea yall are right. this is a ‘me’ problem”. ❤❤
All time panel this season, absolutely obsessed with fern, so charming and silly. Sarah is an absolute delight, John and munya’s chemistry is off the charts and Dara is just classic.
37:18 absolute favorite line of the episode and maybe the series, I was crying
Confusing continuity error: Fern's nails keep changing during the part where they pick three things for the final task. At 9:19 they're painted black, then at 9:27 they're clean, then black again at 9:31. It's all ostensibly filmed in one moment, so that doesn't make any sense. The only explanation is that they filmed this sequence with her twice for some reason. Just something I noticed.
Strange indeed. Especially since the "clean nails" part was just "That ..." (referring to the taxidermy as it is told) - which isn't needed for the narrative at all. Also everything else is placed immaculately. My first idea would be a trick of the light, but it is too extreme to really be able to be that.
Maybe she ordered one item that proved to be problematic for whatever reason, had to pick a different one (the pens - no way of knowing her nails there) and this "That ..." stayed in for some reason?
The many ways John has discarded his jacket this season 😅 has been one of my favorite Easter eggs to spot in the season
I love the payoff there is great--the entire season, John's been chucking his jacket on the ground. But you see that, actually in the very first task, the very first thing John does is try to hang up his jacket properly, but he fails at it. That single failure broke his will to care about the condition of his clothing, and really foreshadowed his hilarious and tragic season.
Every time a new series goes up, I want to look up each contestant on Wikipedia and learn more about them - but I always end up finding out who the winner was by accident and spoiling the end of the series. This was the first time I remembered not to make that mistake, and now I'm excited to look up everyone's other work. (I already knew about Mock the Week.)
Ferns face when Alex tries to tell her not to eat the fake grape lol!!
Love this show so much. Last weeks raspberry, snort, whistle competition made me laugh all week.
I could hardly get through that because THEY could hardly get through it. I laughed until I cried!
John Kearns little whisper of "fuck it" absolutely sending me
Sarah's roast of the Taskmaster with her prize for the task is absolutely hilarious. Never have I ever seen a contestant roast Greg Davies like that.
What prize task? I thought it was the Channel 4 Comedy Roast of Greg Davies.
This was such a wonderful cast and a fantastic series, overall. I had a lot of fun, but man, John and Fern were truly delightful.
43:43 Alex's little face when Greg says "little Alex Horne" in Dracula voice =D
Alex 35:50 was so concerned when Fern bit into the potatoes it's hilarious
28:29
Alex: "Hello Fern."
Fern: "Hiya."
Alex: "Do you remember these?" Re: potatoes
Fern: "Wait. Did I meet these potatoes before?"
Best series in a while. 5/5 for competitors. Fern’s stock is about to skyrocket. Hope she makes it onto one of the Big Fat Quiz panels.
This cast is actually one of my favourite... all very likeable.
which something greg isn't as per sarah
Primetime in Germany! Just the right time to deliver this episode.
Thank you so much! This will make my day 100 times better ❤
The cast is one of my favorite. I will miss them so much. Especially Fern.
Unendlichmal besser als jede Samstagabendunterhaltung, die unser Fernsehen zu bieten hat 😂 (Vielleicht mit Ausnahme von Das Duell um die Welt, das war auch jedes Mal spitze :D)
@@yack916ja. Es ist großartig jedes Mal… hoffentlich gibt es bald die 15 Staffel 😊
Und ja, wir haben da wenig Konkurrenz
Fern Brady, tragische Figur als contestant, aber genial in ihrer comedic delivery.
Fern is the real winner. What a gem of a human being
Her Fern Brady Her Fern Brady, she's the rightful Queen!!!
The genuine reactions from Alex and John when Greg announces he's awarding only three points to John for the fridge magnet is pure gold.
I think Fern did comply with the letter of the task: "cover" versus "conceal"
Those pens were definitely covered with those potatoes. However, she did still take nearly twice as long as all the others combined 😂
it said "completely cover" which is a big difference
They werent completely covered
"Did I Meet These Potatoes Before?" needs to be a t-shirt
@26:16 I've made several comments throughout the series but Ferns laugh is so adorable and contagious.
I love the eat the grape task! It was so nice to see something from taskmaster new zealand carry over!
Same! I love Taskmaster NZ and this is one of my favourite tasks from them. I can´t wait for the new season to start in three days :D
What a great cast this season, loved all of them equally!
Fern all but said "yeah I have autism so I interpret the tasks differently than y'all" and i love her for it
I get why she didn't but I kinda wish she had outright said it. Would've been a cool moment to see my and so many others' disability explicitly discussed in a show like Taskmaster. But then I can't genuinely say I wouldn't have skirted around it the same way she did.
What's John's reason
@@EvieCorwellshe talked about it explicitly on her Instagram :)
@@johncurtin1082Life.
@@johncurtin1082 regrets, on the top shelf
I love how John would either knock it out of the park or just fail miserable on the prize tasks. Love the magnet for sure.
I think this was genuinely the most enjoyable cast of contestants thus far.
John's subtle sense of humor has definitely grown on me over the season
0:01 im gonna miss that opening wuugh!!
🤌
Only Taskmaster can make me fall in total love with complete strangers.
One of the best casts of the whole show. Hilarious season! Can’t wait for the next and to catch up on others ive missed.
Of all the seasons, this cast is by far my absolute favorite.
That smile from fern at 40:23 is the cutest thing ever
Series 11 to 14 has been the best 4 series run of Taskmaster, and 14 is one of the best series. The tasks, the contestants, and the location were amazing.
I hope 15 gets uploaded sooner rather than later
Dara is a real escape room speedrunner with tons of timeskips
The Prize Task has to be one of the best ever. Couldn't stop laughing.
one of the funniest prize tasks of the entire show i think!
As a Zimbabwean, we do make things up as we go.
Fern made a decent argument for the potatoes being covered. I'm on her side, even if it didn't make a difference in scoring.
Loved the cast this series - everyone was funny and fun to watch, and there was very little sniping between contestants. I was rooting for the ever-wonderful Sarah throughout, but I was still quite happy to see Dara take the win. It felt very earned.
Munya, Sarah, and Dara were my favorites this series.
They were the smarter and more competitive ones.
Whenever I feel down or sad I go to Series 14 because Fern Brady's laugh brings me joy
08:10 - is that why John just tosses his jacket wherever at the beginning of each task?
One of the absolute best series in this show! Fern was an absolute delight!