@@solarprogeny6736 that’s rude. You didn’t have to personally attack me for having an opinion and assume I’m unable to think critically. I said what upset me about the decision, not that I didn’t understand why they made it. I hope for the people around you that you don’t react to general statements with a negative attitude like that all the time... Greg could have at least made a joke about how screwed he got as a back handed apology, but poor joe got treated like an invisible middle child. 😔
@@doggfite Unfortunately, the task stated that any non green ball that touched the ground at any point would not count, so when the bucket broke they lost all those sweet sweet points. Of course it’s rather a moot point since Sian cheated them right out of any points at all.
So, so, so pleased for Paul this episode. Poor guy had to contend with a bad shoulder and possibly the early effects of his diagnosis on some of these tasks, which were rather taxing, and yet he never once complained.
Joe getting that damn beach ball through the finish line was such a rollercoaster. And by the end, they forgot to mention that he for some reason CONTINUED GOING THROUGH THE STARTING LINE EVERY SINGLE TIME
Not every time, I think after the obstacles, ie when he thought he was done, he stopped. I think it shows what an integral honest chap he is, as noted after him losing it with the rubber task, even though half the game is about finding odd/ingenious ways to complete an activity, he always goes by the book
That's the first time I ever thought of a solution before the contestants; as soon as I heard that the ball could only be touched by water, I immediately said "Ice!" Evidently, that means I'm most mentally attuned with Joe Thomas; I don't know if that's a positive or a negative...
@@rocktor1987 I do. And even as much as I dislike cheapening a victory, I don’t blame him. It was a class move that he needed to make to redeem himself 😂
Idk, I fell off of survivor around the Old vs Young season so I might be wrong but what was enjoyable about the series is that they took a wide arrange of all sorts of every day people and no matter how many seasons you pump out you will always have enough contestants. Not to mention Survivor is pretty good at weeding out the weak after a few challenges leaving the competent or more likable characters on longer. By comparison this show heavily relies on the comedic talent of the people on the show and with a much more niche group to take from as well as a smaller cast and it relying on celebrities it's a bit of a tougher situation. And we already know you can't just grab 5 random people, just look at the American version of task manager, that was just sad
This is one of my favorite closing moments of taskmaster ever. Paul hugs Sian twice (I mean who could resist that ball of adorable energy), he tosses 200 pounds into the crowd like a legend, and he hoists a trophy smaller than a paperback book as high as a 13 year old winning a chess tournament for the third year in a row.
It's weird to me, he stayed out as the guy you like the least, the villain almost, & Lou was my fav contestant of the season, now she's become the bad sport, complaining at everything she doesn't win for (after she had a few run of the greens herself), like writing the guys name in what's supposed to be an image, & gleaming at others misfortune & rubbing it in their face! So with Sian cheating now, okay shes still 2nd fav, & Paul only just taking some enthusiasm, he's middle of the group now, ie likeable, donating to charity, even if he amusedly b did make it look like a duck, he's always well intentioned
@@paulwalsh2344 The worst thought is that he saw how he behaved early in the series, and knows he doesn't want to be that person, but because it's all taped over previous months there's nothing he can do but watch it over and over. Even during the pretaped events he talks about how he can make donating to charity look dickish, must be torturous taping the live episodes
@@erinaa9486 If I had to guess, I'd wager it's that they are entertainers, first and foremost. The prizes don't matter as much as making a good show. (See also: throwing the cash to the crowd at the end)
I'm convinced that Joe Thomas has never once planned any of the things that happen to him. He just finds himself in a situation and goes "Ugh, fine. I guess we're doing this, then", and I can really relate to that. And what a fitting tribute by Lou to Phil & his legendary Wang. 😆
@@sfshinz I feel it shows his integrity, which he complained about in an episode or 2 brute, he's not a wily fox, but will go by the book on everything, even when the whole idea of the show is to think differently. & wait till you see ed gamble in a season or two at the end, he even exclaims: your in for a ducking treat (paraphrasing) after the first person is shown, it was heartbreakingly hilarious!
It’s the closest thing we get to character development on this show, unless we’re counting contestants falling further and further into madness as a development
@@ilikecrispybacon Honestly, watching yourself genuinely react to difficult things is very eye opening. I never realised how angry I would get at video games until my ex recorded me playing once, I was floored haha.
Alex has both the most humorous and the most frustrating job in the world. Shaking his head as he watches Joe splash a beach ball with buckets of water for 16 minutes.
It must take such self control to just let the contestants do things their own way, no matter how wrong or stupid it is. From watching Joe splash a ball with individual pots of water to watching Iain blatantly disqualify himself during the sand-bucket task
Well we now know that he's got Parkinson's, but I bet even without that he'd still be as apathetic, always has been, even n if it is half his "role" on the chase
Watching Iain choose to let Paul win the last task so he'd win the episode, because he doesn't like who he is when he's super competitive, is really this series' redemption arc!
@@ruqayyahqadri8180 we will never know the truth :) to me, during the last word he did seem like he was not gonna answer any way, even if he knew the answer
@@ruqayyahqadri8180His body language. You’d typically expected someone to be a bit upset that they didn’t know a simple word like “anticlimactic,” but no reaction from Iain, because he knew the word. He waited until Paul answered, did nothing but smiled when Paul got it right like he was proud of him, then celebrated his victory.
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Heck I think there was a task where they had to make a recognizable celebrity, and Noel just went with himself and Greg recognized it immediately. You definitely have a point there!
The thing that impresses me the most about this series is how they compose each episode. I do genuinely believe that the taping is the first time Greg sees the Task footage, but Alex has a good enough read on him to know how he'll score each competitor. So knowing which Task to put in which episode to tell a compelling competition is great to see, especially with Paul looking like a hero in this one.
My favorite pattern is the tension when someone is singled out. You never know whether they did something absolutely amazing or entirely embarrassing and Greg's reaction (as well as the audience) is alwaus phenomenal
Which would be my suspicion that the show is cooked. Selectively picking tasks for an episode changes the outcome of that episode's scores. It wouldn't matter for the overall win, unless they cook that too, which they can do by picking which tasks to not include, and through tie-breakers, which only occur because they cooked the arrangement of tasks in an episode, and then choose which tie-breaker to choose from. So they can basically choose the winners of episodes and winners of the show through editing. Such practices are actually federally illegal in America thanks to some rigged game shows in the 1950s.
I was surprised that Greg *didn't* rip into his prize task entry. For me, it being on cassette & including the player made it amusing & pretty good, though.
At 21:00 I realized Joe is absolutely right. Taskmaster is basically Kafka. You have infinite options, they all suck, the task is pointless, and the scoring is arbitrary. It is perfect.
My top 5 Taskmaster moments, in no particular order: 1. Liza showing her love for The Taskmaster through Alex's bum 2. Rhod, Acaster and Wang building an extension 3. Joe Wilkinson's discovery of "Strength in Arches" 4. Paul Chowdhry's Snow Man Bear, innit 5. Joe Thomas trying to roll a beach ball
Okay but like there's just *so* much they didn't touch on on Joe's ball task. 1) Why did he think he had to duck under the start line? 2) Why did he abandon that notion, but only *after* doing it multiple times? C) Why think gently pouring from pot push ball up hill *after* having had at least a dozen trips with a planter to learn how ball work? 4) The ice thing was so great! If only he hadn't had 16 minutes to think of it, i'd be be so impressed! Such a good idea. But... y'know... monkeys on a typewriter, on a long enough timeline... 5) Why throw ice. WHY. WHY THROW ICE.sdnklfgag joe what are you doing to me joe JOE PLEASE JOE Oh Joe. Oh dear, dear Joe. Oh let me cradle you and keep you safe, precious Joe.
1. Might have been for comedic effect? 2. If my response to 1 is correct, then you can only repeat a joke so many times before it gets old. C. 3? 4. I'd argue that, since we have different words for ice and water, ice shouldn't qualify as water.
@@11rubina its definitely just a character because you can see him break character at certain points when he laughs and then immediately composes himself
As soon as I heard the rules, I wondered if the green balls would be the deciding factor, but I (and they) didn't know how many of each ball there would be, how they'd be launched, or where. It's easy to say in hindsight, but they had no way of knowing. Also hiding from the task would have been much less fun to watch. :)
@@janal6984 I get surprised by Joe’s age too lol. I personally blame all his time playing Simon on The Inbetweeners, because I keep thinking he’s still a teenager in that school (it also does not help that Greg was also on Inbetweeners, so I keep getting reminded by that as well)
@@janal6984 I think it's more than just his appearance. The way he talks, moves and even how he holds himself while standing still, it's all very reminiscent of a young adult growing into his own skin, so he does look and feel like an awkward college kid.
@curtis allen I think Alex noticed after a few tasks that Paul wasn't one for banter during the tasks, unlike others. So instead he took it to Paul's home turf of quizzing so that they'll have some kind of conversation footage during his tasks.
I love how much fun Iain had in that final task. He looks like he just found his new favorite game and he doesn't even mind that Paul caught up to him because it's making the game more interesting.
I feel like this show has broken Ian and is finally starting to turn him into a better person. Old Ian would've celebrated a task W, but there's only despair in this Ian's eyes.
i had wondered at first, but when greg says "cli" you can see his face scrunch up in what seems to be genuine thought/confusion, and Paul almost instantly honks after the next syllable. Still possible though.
This episode also aired around the time Paul announced his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (and I assume it was aired at the same time or soon after the studio recording), so it's certainly possible. That said, Iain could've also been worried about losing all his points by guessing incorrectly.
If that was his intention, he didn't do a great job lol. Not guessing on that last word was a winning play, as he was ahead in the episode by 1, and would have won the episode if the last task ended in a tie. Guessing could have secured him the win, but it also could have secured him the loss if he was wrong. By not guessing, he forced Paul to take that risk instead.
Watching Joe do the beach ball task through the finish line using water and then ice, I just couldn't help but love the guy giving how innocent and naive he seemed. So purely enjoyable.
I think he may have held back his competitiveness (partially because he seems to regret angry-shouty Iain. And also he looked genuinely pleased and maybe a little happy teary... or maybe his eyes are always that shiny and I need to get a grip because everyone being so happy for paul made ME happy for everyone!
Iain arguably held back a tiny bit towards the end to make sure it’s not impossible for anyone to catch him, but I think it’s also fair to say Paul caught up to Iain by his own merit. And i agree it’s very sporting of Iain, considering how competitive he was in earlier episodes
Add real captioning, PLEASE! The auto-generated ones are not good, & us folks with Auditory Processing Disorders &/or who are Hard of Hearing want to fully enjoy Taskmaster, too!
Yes! Also people who speak English only as a second/third/fourth language. Or people who are somewhere they can't watch with the volume on. Good captions have so many uses.
the fact that no one did Noel for the sand task is baffling to me, Lou even said it should be someone cartoonish like, you just do a hair shape and a chin and call it a day
Where is episode 9? You can't give us an episode a week and then make us wait 10 days for the next one! Taskmaster is the only thing getting us through the pandemic!
Happy to see Paul win an episode, he was such a good sport the entire time. Also thank you to the entire Taskmaster crew, having these episodes to look forward to each week has been one of the little bits of normalcy helping me, and I'm sure a great many others, through this pandemic
I, like most people, have been absolutely insanely attracted to Joe this entire season. However.. Iain during the studio task.. awakened something in me
Joe’s watermelon performance is a bizarre example of an attempt that is a 1 point sort of crappiness and then also a 5 point sort of brilliance. Love it. ❤️
I have saved that time stamp for months now, I want to see greg's face every single week again, he just freezes and keeps the same face after telling her she just wrote Phil... I love that moment with my whole heart. He can't even get mad at her for it hahahaha
@@noobgoestrapping5084 Can’t help but feel it’s genuine as well I didn’t get a sense that Iain was doing it because he felt like a bit of a prick watching himself back but genuinely wanted Paul to get a win Amazing stuff
How is it possible for EVERYONE to be amazing every season. The underdogs, the old folk, the wild cards, the clowns. Every single person on this show has made themselves loveable
@curtis allen They were asked to make a picture of the contestant, and nowhere in Lou's sand was there even an attempt to draw a person (unless that mass of blobs to the right is supposed to be Phil, in which case that's even worse). Writing someone's name, or drawing a picture of what their name sounds like is not drawing a picture of them. I think that attempt was barely worthy of one point, let alone two.
One of my favorite bits of every episode is watching for when that week's title is said during the show....this week did not disappoint. I did an actual spit take
Pauls reaction of "I got one!" when he finally caught a ball was heartwarming. Cherry ontop was him suddenly receiving two more through no fault of his own.
You'll never convince me that Iain didn't throw the live task to give Paul the episode win. He's gone through so much character development throughout the season; it's great to see...
Might I suggest the New Zealand version. There's one season so far and it turned out to be much better than I expected. Plus, the NZ taskmaster is a very handsome man who looks like Jon Hamm's older brother. 😁
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“Oh, I just dropped my hat…” -Sian Gibson, joining Tim Key and Noel Fielding in the Taskmaster Hall of Shame.
They need to show a compilation of the Hall of Shame
And Dave "he cheated AGAIN" Gorman
@@CaesarTjalbo "I can honestly say 'I didn't cheat again' because I didn't cheat the first time."
Great quote, very easy to use!
Did she not understand how cameras work?
Paul's prize task story was the most thrilling plot twist I've heard all year.
Same. I was shocked when I saw its actual size at the end of the show lmao
Between that and the ball task, this episode has been quite the revelation on contestant morality!
This was a perfect episode, every person was fantastic and funny, the final was amazing and yeah, plot twists!
Also, Lou is a gif generatrix: 31:06 and 41:55
@@lordbuddybear a what?
When joe had the ice I was so happy that he’d figured out a work around to push the ball with ice cubes and then he just... threw the ice...
Little Alex Horne's Little Alex Face while that was happening!
Alex's disappointed face as well lmao
33:06 that made laugh so hard
Joe was so understanding when he found out Sian had betrayed him. What a guy.
There's a rage brewing beneath the surface
I was so mad that she wasn’t the only one disqualified... he had no idea. He should have got 3 points by himself... 😡
@@smilesfordays it seems you don't have any concept of "team task"
@@solarprogeny6736 that’s rude. You didn’t have to personally attack me for having an opinion and assume I’m unable to think critically. I said what upset me about the decision, not that I didn’t understand why they made it. I hope for the people around you that you don’t react to general statements with a negative attitude like that all the time...
Greg could have at least made a joke about how screwed he got as a back handed apology, but poor joe got treated like an invisible middle child. 😔
I think that Joe is just incapable of emotion lol
The bottom of the bucket breaking and dropping all the balls was so heartbreaking
I wonder if they still got the points for that
Hilarious, I screamed with laughter.
@@zsuzsisz9263 I'm reasonably sure they did, they only had to catch the balls before they hit the grass, not catch and hold until the end of the task.
@@doggfite
Unfortunately, the task stated that any non green ball that touched the ground at any point would not count, so when the bucket broke they lost all those sweet sweet points. Of course it’s rather a moot point since Sian cheated them right out of any points at all.
@@penelopew77 fair enough, I missed that bit I guess
So, so, so pleased for Paul this episode. Poor guy had to contend with a bad shoulder and possibly the early effects of his diagnosis on some of these tasks, which were rather taxing, and yet he never once complained.
What diagnosis?
Parkinson's.
Genuienely true grace, what an excellent man
My goodness, how sad. I'm so pleased he really hit his stride with the last game.
I hope he got to hold a dolphin 💕
The ball group task would have been incredible in S7, with Rhod, James, and Phil trying to do it without killing each other.
Oh, that would have been fantastic!
Lol. My first thought was... don't catch any of them, lol. just go in the house.
@@Firsona Given both teams had negative points in the end, that's a perfectly reasonable strategy
Or they would get so busy arguing that they'd completely miss all the balls and thereby win the task.
while* trying to kill each other.
Joe getting that damn beach ball through the finish line was such a rollercoaster. And by the end, they forgot to mention that he for some reason CONTINUED GOING THROUGH THE STARTING LINE EVERY SINGLE TIME
Can't quite figure out WHY HE DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE FINISHING LINE, though.
Sometimes the man comes through incredibly bright and other times LOL
Not every time, I think after the obstacles, ie when he thought he was done, he stopped. I think it shows what an integral honest chap he is, as noted after him losing it with the rubber task, even though half the game is about finding odd/ingenious ways to complete an activity, he always goes by the book
That's the first time I ever thought of a solution before the contestants; as soon as I heard that the ball could only be touched by water, I immediately said "Ice!" Evidently, that means I'm most mentally attuned with Joe Thomas; I don't know if that's a positive or a negative...
I’ve never rooted for someone to win a last task as much as I had for Paul today
Hugh Dennis too
Anyone else feels like Iain let him win?
Same here!! Haha I cheered out loud 😂
@@rocktor1987 I do think Iain could have been quicker on the last word. Honestly I’d’ve done the same in his place though. Paul deserved it ❤
@@rocktor1987 I do. And even as much as I dislike cheapening a victory, I don’t blame him. It was a class move that he needed to make to redeem himself 😂
I love how you can absolutely watch Paul's trophy U-turn from last place into first with "it's stolen."
I hope this show gets to be like survivor where they just continue to make seasons. It’s so entertaining and I think it could go on forever.
I wouldn't watch it if Alex and Greg weren't the hosts
@@rewrose2838 just like no one would watch survivor without Jeff Probst 🤣
And with all stars and returnee seasons ahaha
Idk, I fell off of survivor around the Old vs Young season so I might be wrong but what was enjoyable about the series is that they took a wide arrange of all sorts of every day people and no matter how many seasons you pump out you will always have enough contestants. Not to mention Survivor is pretty good at weeding out the weak after a few challenges leaving the competent or more likable characters on longer.
By comparison this show heavily relies on the comedic talent of the people on the show and with a much more niche group to take from as well as a smaller cast and it relying on celebrities it's a bit of a tougher situation.
And we already know you can't just grab 5 random people, just look at the American version of task manager, that was just sad
Maybe it will last longer if they quit running all those ads every 5 minutes. No viewer likes that (luckily you can skip them on RUclips)
This is one of my favorite closing moments of taskmaster ever. Paul hugs Sian twice (I mean who could resist that ball of adorable energy), he tosses 200 pounds into the crowd like a legend, and he hoists a trophy smaller than a paperback book as high as a 13 year old winning a chess tournament for the third year in a row.
his face on the second hug made me 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Iain smiling for Paul's success hits different knowing how much character development he's gone through
also I wouldn't doubt that Iain waited for Paul to answer instead of trying to win
It's weird to me, he stayed out as the guy you like the least, the villain almost, & Lou was my fav contestant of the season, now she's become the bad sport, complaining at everything she doesn't win for (after she had a few run of the greens herself), like writing the guys name in what's supposed to be an image, & gleaming at others misfortune & rubbing it in their face! So with Sian cheating now, okay shes still 2nd fav, & Paul only just taking some enthusiasm, he's middle of the group now, ie likeable, donating to charity, even if he amusedly b did make it look like a duck, he's always well intentioned
@@johanvajse8410 It definitely looked like that!
@@johanvajse8410 Yeah I think he's trying to be repentant for being mister bossy pants in all the team episodes.
@@paulwalsh2344 The worst thought is that he saw how he behaved early in the series, and knows he doesn't want to be that person, but because it's all taped over previous months there's nothing he can do but watch it over and over. Even during the pretaped events he talks about how he can make donating to charity look dickish, must be torturous taping the live episodes
I didn't expect Sian Gibson to be a cheater. I'm dying lmaooooooo
I gasped loudly.
I don't get why ppl cheat on tasks when they know they are being filmed???
@@erinaa9486 spur of the moment and guilt of failing the team compels you to do crazy things
She cheated on the other one where they had to throw the ball in different countries as well 😂
@@erinaa9486 If I had to guess, I'd wager it's that they are entertainers, first and foremost. The prizes don't matter as much as making a good show. (See also: throwing the cash to the crowd at the end)
Joe's face after it was revealed Sian cheated was fantastic. I love that he still defended her after, too
I'm convinced that Joe Thomas has never once planned any of the things that happen to him. He just finds himself in a situation and goes "Ugh, fine. I guess we're doing this, then", and I can really relate to that.
And what a fitting tribute by Lou to Phil & his legendary Wang. 😆
This is EXACTLY right hahaha
Phil Wang's wang returns
He’s like a Douglas Adams character.
I think Joe and the beachball might have been the single funniest task since Rhod, Phil, and Acaster building an extension.
@@sfshinz I feel it shows his integrity, which he complained about in an episode or 2 brute, he's not a wily fox, but will go by the book on everything, even when the whole idea of the show is to think differently. & wait till you see ed gamble in a season or two at the end, he even exclaims: your in for a ducking treat (paraphrasing) after the first person is shown, it was heartbreakingly hilarious!
It is great to see how Iain has really mellowed out throughout the series
he really did get humbled watching himself do tasks lmao
I think the show was actually good for him, he got shocked and went from an argumentative twat to actually being a funny guy.
It’s the closest thing we get to character development on this show, unless we’re counting contestants falling further and further into madness as a development
@@ilikecrispybacon Honestly, watching yourself genuinely react to difficult things is very eye opening. I never realised how angry I would get at video games until my ex recorded me playing once, I was floored haha.
I couldn't stand him during the earlier episodes but I do like him now.
Alex has both the most humorous and the most frustrating job in the world. Shaking his head as he watches Joe splash a beach ball with buckets of water for 16 minutes.
It must take such self control to just let the contestants do things their own way, no matter how wrong or stupid it is. From watching Joe splash a ball with individual pots of water to watching Iain blatantly disqualify himself during the sand-bucket task
Paul getting back his own trophy is the most heartwarming casualty ever
Paul during the ball task is literally adorable dad energy at its best
Paul is my absolute favourite of these series. great dad material
Well we now know that he's got Parkinson's, but I bet even without that he'd still be as apathetic, always has been, even n if it is half his "role" on the chase
His excitement and shouting "I got one!" Literally made my heart smile
Watching Iain choose to let Paul win the last task so he'd win the episode, because he doesn't like who he is when he's super competitive, is really this series' redemption arc!
How did he choose to let him win?
@@ruqayyahqadri8180 well, not guessing the final word?
@@trueab1 hard to guess if you don't know it though
@@ruqayyahqadri8180 we will never know the truth :) to me, during the last word he did seem like he was not gonna answer any way, even if he knew the answer
@@ruqayyahqadri8180His body language. You’d typically expected someone to be a bit upset that they didn’t know a simple word like “anticlimactic,” but no reaction from Iain, because he knew the word. He waited until Paul answered, did nothing but smiled when Paul got it right like he was proud of him, then celebrated his victory.
After learning of Paul's diagnosis, i am rooting for him every episode and i am so overjoyed when he has a successful moment!
What’s his diagnosis?
@@cadeshaw2650 parkinson's. It was announced right after this aired.
Not my fav, but you can't not like the guy, but I still believe he's have been just as apathetic if he was his normal health
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@@emmakai2243 But what a joy to not have to jump through those hoops!
@@Lady_Sanctuary True, YoutTube posts are a bonus for convenience. (though the hoops takes about as long as setting up a new cable box) ;)
Literally the high point of my week.
I'm from germany and just got introduced to taskmaster through the RUclipsalgorithm while in quarantine. It at least helped to keep me sane!
41:04 alex’s excitement when paul is catching up is amazing
''He's done it!'' so cute hahahaha, so proud
😍
Oh that was precious I wanna cry
yeah I aboslutly loved how he was so happy for paul he completly broke character.
Some even think Iain let him win when it got that late. After everything he's gone through with bad shoulder & Parkinson's, no surprise
I was surprised no one tried to draw Noel, he seems the most easily “caricature-able” to me. Like most unique/easily recognizable in a simple drawing
I immediately thought the same thing!!!!
Heck I think there was a task where they had to make a recognizable celebrity, and Noel just went with himself and Greg recognized it immediately. You definitely have a point there!
They could also have drawn a skeleton. Or maybe a banana.
I was disappointed nobody drew a heron and called it Mark Watson.
Tim Vine would have been a good choice because of the unique looking safari outfit.
The thing that impresses me the most about this series is how they compose each episode. I do genuinely believe that the taping is the first time Greg sees the Task footage, but Alex has a good enough read on him to know how he'll score each competitor. So knowing which Task to put in which episode to tell a compelling competition is great to see, especially with Paul looking like a hero in this one.
My favorite pattern is the tension when someone is singled out. You never know whether they did something absolutely amazing or entirely embarrassing and Greg's reaction (as well as the audience) is alwaus phenomenal
This comment is so calculated.
I agree with you
There show is totally unscripted apart from a couple of the little bits they do like when Greg threw the glass of water in Alex's face.
Sometimes it seems like Greg is genuinely surprised and then other times he'll say things like "no, we talked about it and agreed it was okay."
Which would be my suspicion that the show is cooked. Selectively picking tasks for an episode changes the outcome of that episode's scores. It wouldn't matter for the overall win, unless they cook that too, which they can do by picking which tasks to not include, and through tie-breakers, which only occur because they cooked the arrangement of tasks in an episode, and then choose which tie-breaker to choose from. So they can basically choose the winners of episodes and winners of the show through editing. Such practices are actually federally illegal in America thanks to some rigged game shows in the 1950s.
Greg: Hopefully someone's gonna dissapoint us soon. Joe?
Joe: *does the guilty Jim face at the camera *
I'm pretty sure Joe owns full rights to that look at this point.
@@DrewDawkins I love how he just stares down the camera right into my soul.
I was surprised that Greg *didn't* rip into his prize task entry. For me, it being on cassette & including the player made it amusing & pretty good, though.
[Spoilers] I gotta say... Paul is an absolute legend for throwing that 200 pounds up to the crowd!!! What a sweet guy. He deserved this one
Whoa, I didn't notice that at all!
I saw him throw it but didn't know what it was
At 21:00 I realized Joe is absolutely right. Taskmaster is basically Kafka. You have infinite options, they all suck, the task is pointless, and the scoring is arbitrary. It is perfect.
Alex’s genuine joy when Paul won the final task was just wholesome
My top 5 Taskmaster moments, in no particular order:
1. Liza showing her love for The Taskmaster through Alex's bum
2. Rhod, Acaster and Wang building an extension
3. Joe Wilkinson's discovery of "Strength in Arches"
4. Paul Chowdhry's Snow Man Bear, innit
5. Joe Thomas trying to roll a beach ball
Revised list:
6. Morgana Robinson hitting “the little fucker” Alex Horne with a ball
7. Every second Mike Wozniak was on camera
I would add Rosalind is a nightmare
“Is that the finishing line?” I started crying from how hard I was laughing.
I nearly wet myself.
I've watched this episode half a dozen times, but I still haven't seen Joe's effort, because I've been laughing so hard my eyes have been tearing up.
Am I the finishing line?..
@@neithere No, you're the spider...
I got scared for Lou after that "fuck off." I thought Greg was going to take her to the side like James and Mawaan.
Dont forget nish!
@@Orangecatinahoodie Oh poor, poor Nish. If he weren't always so confident, this cruel world would have ground him down.
I really do think he cut Lou way too much slack on this season.
Honestly, his response to her was absolutely perfect though. "You've written Phil!"
@@reino4309 And the face she made as a result too. 😂
The fact that Iain tried to draw Nish Kumar and ended up with Sally Phillips is bewildering 😂
You try creating someone’s portrait in sand with a fireplace bellows
the worst part is i think i see where he was coming from
They are basically the same person after all.
Spiritually at least
More bewildering is that his attempt was one of the best!
I think it was the hair
10:00 I'm impressed with Paul's knowledge of the US state capitals with seemingly no effort.
Paul has spent years memorizing this stuff. I'm sure if you tried, you could too - Paul just loves doing it so it's probably easier for him.
Joe is spacing throughout the whole episode and is so relatable while doing it. truly a great guy
Okay but like there's just *so* much they didn't touch on on Joe's ball task.
1) Why did he think he had to duck under the start line?
2) Why did he abandon that notion, but only *after* doing it multiple times?
C) Why think gently pouring from pot push ball up hill *after* having had at least a dozen trips with a planter to learn how ball work?
4) The ice thing was so great! If only he hadn't had 16 minutes to think of it, i'd be be so impressed! Such a good idea. But... y'know... monkeys on a typewriter, on a long enough timeline...
5) Why throw ice. WHY. WHY THROW ICE.sdnklfgag joe what are you doing to me joe JOE PLEASE JOE
Oh Joe. Oh dear, dear Joe. Oh let me cradle you and keep you safe, precious Joe.
"A'right?"
"Pardon?"
"Aw right?...All right?"
1. Might have been for comedic effect?
2. If my response to 1 is correct, then you can only repeat a joke so many times before it gets old.
C. 3?
4. I'd argue that, since we have different words for ice and water, ice shouldn't qualify as water.
Lou and Joe having a competition for who has the least control of their face
Joe's really seems to have a mind of its own.
"aquatic sewing machine". Fair enough.
Somebody hug Joe and tell him it's alright, I live too far away.
I've seen him in interviews and he's nothing like this. What happened to him!?
@@11rubina its definitely just a character because you can see him break character at certain points when he laughs and then immediately composes himself
@@dana.j5185 He's a person, not a character.
@@shikarifox4337 He still has a comedy persona he portrays on shows like this, it was that persona that got him the part of Simon in The Inbetweeners.
I would love to hug Joe!
Sian: "I can't give someone me to take home"
Phil Wang: "...amateurs"
I am falling in love with Paul more and more each episode. He was so happy and proud that he had caught those 3 red balls!
I'm so happy, that Paul have won at least one episode!
How sweet is Paul? Throwing the money immediately into the audience and returning to the Sian-Hugging-Cushions
Paul: I had no idea until taskmaster that I was thick as pig shit.
Why is that so weirdly relatable?
Everyone is getting fat in lockdown :/
@@IgiWhiteman It means stupid, not fat, haha.
@@IgiWhiteman Jsi Čech?
@@johndelilo6038 To si piš :D
@@VanillaLibrarian lmao, then I guess.....I'm thick as a pig shit, haha.
Thanks for teaching me a new a phrase.
Joe: I am very concerned about things.
Paul: I am very baffled by things.
Lou: MOMMY! :D
If a team had successfully ran away and hid from the team ball task entirely they would have won.
I was just thinking that!
As soon as I heard the rules, I wondered if the green balls would be the deciding factor, but I (and they) didn't know how many of each ball there would be, how they'd be launched, or where. It's easy to say in hindsight, but they had no way of knowing. Also hiding from the task would have been much less fun to watch. :)
I thought of it as well. In fact I also thought that Paul would come up with that as he did come with such an idea during live task in hoola-hoops
@@abhijeetraut6427 Well, since all the other tasks were recorded much earlier, maybe he learned his lesson from the team task and applied it live. :)
Or, just cover the entire bit of grass. Once the balls stop, just sort it out later and green don't touch grass either
Sian and Joe are such a lovely mother and son team.
He's only 7 years younger. 😆She's 44 and he 37. Was shocked when I learnt that in the comments of last week's episode. He looks much younger.
@@janal6984 Holy crap, he actually is 37. How's that even possible?
@@janal6984 He's got the looks of a college boy just graduating and being all like "well, now what.".
@@janal6984 I get surprised by Joe’s age too lol. I personally blame all his time playing Simon on The Inbetweeners, because I keep thinking he’s still a teenager in that school (it also does not help that Greg was also on Inbetweeners, so I keep getting reminded by that as well)
@@janal6984 I think it's more than just his appearance. The way he talks, moves and even how he holds himself while standing still, it's all very reminiscent of a young adult growing into his own skin, so he does look and feel like an awkward college kid.
Paul named more American states’ capitols then I, an American, could name.
@deadbadugly LOL apply cold water to burn
Three?
Well, he's a competitive quizzer.
Really? We had to memorize them in school.
It's alright, that's what the internet is for. Fill your head with things that matter.
Sian saying "I'm just gonna stand here and hope" is such a mood.
*gasps all around
“In TaskMaster history...”
“W-was it cheating?”
*synchronized head bobbing
Timestamp?
Paul was impressive with the state capitals.
@curtis allen I think Alex noticed after a few tasks that Paul wasn't one for banter during the tasks, unlike others. So instead he took it to Paul's home turf of quizzing so that they'll have some kind of conversation footage during his tasks.
@@SundaraRamanR My guess is that it's like the fish pun task.
Should give him a bonus point for that
Winner chucking the 200 pounds to the audience. Nice move.
In the united states that is called crowd surfing
RUclips commenter not spoiling the winner of the episode. Nice move.
Do my eyes deceive me? A deliberately spoiler-free RUclips comment?!
@@casualpotato44 Why are you looking at the comments before watching the video anyway? Should we not be able to discuss such matters?
@@nethranaveen792 Agreed!...impressive
I love how much fun Iain had in that final task. He looks like he just found his new favorite game and he doesn't even mind that Paul caught up to him because it's making the game more interesting.
Watching Iain during that final word, I think he let Paul win. Which is nice as fuck
1:20 every time Alex does his awkward little smile my day gets a bit better
I just want to put Sian in my pocket to carry around with me in case I need a chuckle or a hug. She just seems so delightful.
That's slightly creepy, lol! Made me chuckle though. She does seem very sweet!
Yasss! She’s the cutest
Me too! We could start a business!
Lol but she’s a cheater tho!
The reaction of everybody about Sian cheating in the balltask just was so priceless.
I absolutely love it
that was the most exciting I think a final task has ever been! and Paul throwing the cash up to someone in the audience? amazing.
I feel like this show has broken Ian and is finally starting to turn him into a better person. Old Ian would've celebrated a task W, but there's only despair in this Ian's eyes.
Iain seemed to be the only one who had ever used a hose attachment before 😂
And I foolish thought the English loved gardening!
Anyone else think Iain lost on purpose at the end so Paul could win an episode?
I think it's definitely possible. He didn't seem that upset to lose.
He seems like a good enough bloke to do that, I hope you're right cuz Paul deserved a win
i had wondered at first, but when greg says "cli" you can see his face scrunch up in what seems to be genuine thought/confusion, and Paul almost instantly honks after the next syllable. Still possible though.
This episode also aired around the time Paul announced his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (and I assume it was aired at the same time or soon after the studio recording), so it's certainly possible.
That said, Iain could've also been worried about losing all his points by guessing incorrectly.
If that was his intention, he didn't do a great job lol. Not guessing on that last word was a winning play, as he was ahead in the episode by 1, and would have won the episode if the last task ended in a tie. Guessing could have secured him the win, but it also could have secured him the loss if he was wrong. By not guessing, he forced Paul to take that risk instead.
Iain showed a lot of growth and humility letting Paul have that last word. Very cool of him.
It's hard to say whether he "let" him have it or not. Maybe he genuinely couldn't think of a word.
“Hammering away like an aquatic sewing machine” is MY favorite quote of this season…
Watching Joe do the beach ball task through the finish line using water and then ice, I just couldn't help but love the guy giving how innocent and naive he seemed. So purely enjoyable.
People say Iain is too competitive but look at Lou at 40:07. There are other such instances too
Serotonin is stored in the Taskmaster theme tune
I can't help by think Iain let him have it, his competitiveness notwithstanding.
I think he may have held back his competitiveness (partially because he seems to regret angry-shouty Iain. And also he looked genuinely pleased and maybe a little happy teary... or maybe his eyes are always that shiny and I need to get a grip because everyone being so happy for paul made ME happy for everyone!
I got a similar impression - Iain just seemed to be holding back the entire second half of that task, and looked genuinely happy that Paul won.
I think maybe he hoped Paul would be wrong and losing all his points by answering first
You can also turn around to seemingly talk to Paul as they left the stage
Iain arguably held back a tiny bit towards the end to make sure it’s not impossible for anyone to catch him, but I think it’s also fair to say Paul caught up to Iain by his own merit. And i agree it’s very sporting of Iain, considering how competitive he was in earlier episodes
Add real captioning, PLEASE! The auto-generated ones are not good, & us folks with Auditory Processing Disorders &/or who are Hard of Hearing want to fully enjoy Taskmaster, too!
Yes! Also people who speak English only as a second/third/fourth language. Or people who are somewhere they can't watch with the volume on. Good captions have so many uses.
Not hard of hearing, but just replying so this comment goes farther up and they see it
@@silhouettesix2378 Haha that was 60% of the reason I commented too
Yes get real captions!
@@OntarioTrafficMan Thank you! And excellent additional reasons for proper closed captioning!
I think taskmaster might be the best show to ever be made!!!!
And wilty 💚
@@DidntDonuffin-n2h lol, I was about to say wilty too!!!
Definitely the best gameshow
Absolutely true.
the fact that no one did Noel for the sand task is baffling to me, Lou even said it should be someone cartoonish like, you just do a hair shape and a chin and call it a day
It's even easier than that. Draw a banana with a face, and you're there.
Where is episode 9? You can't give us an episode a week and then make us wait 10 days for the next one! Taskmaster is the only thing getting us through the pandemic!
I know these are old episodes but it posted every week surely makes it feel new
43:38 OMG. That was legendary. I'm so happy that Paul won, especially throwing 200 pounds into the audience.
I love how excited alex gets when the live tasks are competitive
Happy to see Paul win an episode, he was such a good sport the entire time. Also thank you to the entire Taskmaster crew, having these episodes to look forward to each week has been one of the little bits of normalcy helping me, and I'm sure a great many others, through this pandemic
33:08 alex's is look of disappointment when joe starts to roll the beach ball with ice is so great
Holy shit you're right, I didn't catch that :D
I, like most people, have been absolutely insanely attracted to Joe this entire season. However.. Iain during the studio task.. awakened something in me
Finally someone else appreciating iain!!
In today's episode: comedians dont know how to use hoses
Seriously! 🤦🏻♂️🙄 How do some people even get themselves dressed in the morning? 🤦🏻♂️
Joe’s watermelon performance is a bizarre example of an attempt that is a 1 point sort of crappiness and then also a 5 point sort of brilliance. Love it. ❤️
The way Paul gave the 200$ to someone in the audience without thinking twice. Huge respect
I'm so glad Paul won! He seems like such a good guy, especially when he chucked that money at the audience. Bless!
Paul gave even the money to the audience at the end. Such an amazing episode and amazing that he won this one! Great guy
“The relentless penis of a male dolphin”
Never in the history of the King’s English have those words been spoken in such order.
Oh you'd be surprised
David Attenborough probably said it at some point
@@DroCaMk3 David Attenborough suggested the addition of "relentless"
"I'm just not sure it quite gets the point across without it"
“Aquatic sewing machine”
What about Regency animal erotica?
If you ever say Lou wasn't a bad sport - 15:18
Greg looked so bewildered by that outburst
I have saved that time stamp for months now, I want to see greg's face every single week again, he just freezes and keeps the same face after telling her she just wrote Phil... I love that moment with my whole heart. He can't even get mad at her for it hahahaha
Paul having good things happen to him really gave me joy, he keeps getting pummeled
Iain gave that final win to Paul and I'm really proud of him for it 😭😭 I love this cast so much, every one of them!
I think Iain’s sportsmanship played a hand at the very last second there
I definitely think he let Paul win that one
I agree, bless his kind heart.
I didn’t catch that on my first watch, but I 1000% agree he gave him the win. So cool to see.
@@noobgoestrapping5084
Can’t help but feel it’s genuine as well
I didn’t get a sense that Iain was doing it because he felt like a bit of a prick watching himself back but genuinely wanted Paul to get a win
Amazing stuff
and even better he was playing to win until Paul tied it up, and decided to let it go. Big heart
How is it possible for EVERYONE to be amazing every season. The underdogs, the old folk, the wild cards, the clowns. Every single person on this show has made themselves loveable
One of the best final tasks so far. Also, I was so shocked and disappointed in a good way by Sian...
Paul throwing Iains cash into the stands was great!
Petition to bring Joe Thomas back for another season.
Line of the episode: "... You've written PHIL!"
@curtis allen They were asked to make a picture of the contestant, and nowhere in Lou's sand was there even an attempt to draw a person (unless that mass of blobs to the right is supposed to be Phil, in which case that's even worse). Writing someone's name, or drawing a picture of what their name sounds like is not drawing a picture of them. I think that attempt was barely worthy of one point, let alone two.
@@15schaa She draw a very noticable thing of Wang.
One of my favorite bits of every episode is watching for when that week's title is said during the show....this week did not disappoint. I did an actual spit take
Pauls reaction of "I got one!" when he finally caught a ball was heartwarming. Cherry ontop was him suddenly receiving two more through no fault of his own.
You'll never convince me that Iain didn't throw the live task to give Paul the episode win.
He's gone through so much character development throughout the season; it's great to see...
Joe throwing ice at the ball 😂
Little Alex Horn's face during Joe's entire beachball task.
You could tell Alex was hopeful for a moment--and then lost all faith in humanity
What am I gonna do when they run out of full episodes?!
Rewatch them all that’s what
Also, you should watch "would I lie to you" super great aswell, with some of the same comedians.
You can watch these episodes a lot of times they never got old
Learn Swedish, Finnish, and Danish so you can enjoy the international editions.
Rewatch them in order along with the Taskmaster podcast.
Might I suggest the New Zealand version. There's one season so far and it turned out to be much better than I expected. Plus, the NZ taskmaster is a very handsome man who looks like Jon Hamm's older brother. 😁
Well, there is definitely gonna be Greg/dolphin Fanart on reddit.
@curtis allen To swim alongside this great man who cuts through the water like an orca!
41:00, I love how excited Alex gets over Paul doing well
I like that they were all given 35 contestants to pick from and two of them picked people from the previous season and two people picked Romesh.