Thanks for the spoiler warning. I'll come back in 2 years when I finally get around to finishing The Shield.

It's an easy decision for me. I can't watch any AMC show live as the commercial breaks drive me crazy (plus we don't have AMC in HD on rogers up here in Canada). Thank God for fast forward friendly OnDemand!

Good week for the zone! Two of my favorite episodes back to back!

Yeah, I'm thinking its probably a TV problem as well. I have never had an issue with the volume of the music when it comes to the clarity of the dialog.

I guess your right, there's nothing the producers could really do in this situation. It still bothers me, though, that the finals will consist of 2 teams that really didn't deserve to make it there as they made the exact same mistake that caused the snowboarders' elimination.

But I think @avclub-f08b7ac8aa30a2a9ab34394e200e1a71:disqus  has a good point here. The racers didn't know the answer, they were never even told the answer. Using your analogy, it would be as if you guessed all wrong on the test and the teacher marked them correct anyways.

For a show that is notoriously penalty happy if you do not do everything exactly as they say, i'm surprised that 'not solving the riddle and letting your taxi driver just take you to the place anyways' is apparently well within race rules.