For anyone wondering about the bad smell in the lab: in a previous (individual) task, Sarah poured milk out on the floor, and they tried to clean it up, but missed a spot.
@@forallthestupidshit3550 she poured 2 large cartons of milk on the floor and the crew couldn't clean it up 100% because some of it seeped through the floor, so that'll be rotten milk 😂
@@FinBrennan ya, now that I think about it, it makes sense with those motions. Before connecting the two, I thought she was doing that Greek dancing thing with the out-stretched arms and didn't know what the task was. I'm pretty stupid, hahaha
Some devices have a lap function on the timer so you can save the previous times when restarting (i.e. the Apple Stopwatch), but yeah for sure timing must have been pretty stressful
@@iliketrains3495 Right but how do you go back to a previous lap? It's like one of those mental ability checks. Count this, then count this, then continue counting the first number, then count a third thing, then return to count #2
If you're wondering who's responsible for feathergate, Dara is the one who lets it fall to the ground on 2:53. He notices it, however, and silently points it out to John, who chooses that exact moment to briefly turn his back on Dara.
3:22 - this bit made me appreciate John Kearns more than any previous episodes. Coming through the curtain with that chicken fucking floored me the first time around. The look on his face is gold
@@yuki97kira "After the feather has left the cushion, it must not touch a single thing for more than 5 seconds in total" It's not worded the best, but this to me makes it seem like your plan wouldn't work, if you take the feather off the plate, then put it back on, the timer will still increase, it won't reset.
@@John-Smlth thats why the plate would be used to cup each other and i shake it..meaning it would touch each side of the plate less than 5 seconds each
@@yuki97kira If the feather touched the first plate for a second left the plate, moved to another, then touched it again, it would still have touched it for that second, so would only have 4 seconds left the second time it touches the plate. Unless you want the feather to be in the air for most of the time, and you're tossing it between plates, then you wouldn't have long at all to move the feather.
@@John-Smlth Yeah but two plates means 10 seconds, 5 each. How long does it take to run from the lab to the bath with the feather securely held between the plates? Surely less than 10 seconds.
@@Therealalbot I, for one, respect your effort. Having said that, I would call that too "fiddly". I just mean, if I were a competitor on the show, I would think of that as overly "cute". I wouldn't even try it. But if you did try it, you might get away with it. You never know. 🤷♂👍👍👍
@@Therealalbot ... Unless it was considered two single things. Each of them is a single thing. Having two of them doesn't stop them from each being one. For example, having 2 oranges doesn't stop you have having an orange. Maybe the words were chosen for that exact reason though, and Alex wanted to see if they could come up with that solution.
When I watch John, I can’t help but wonder if he is really trying to sabotage all of the team tasks, now. Seeing how he acted in this task wasn’t much different from the way he acted when he was told to sabotage the first one.
The international broadcast rights for "Scalpel Please:Move That Feather" should be preetttty lucrative: no need for dubbing over the actors' voices. 😎
BUT, hear me out. I think it was Dara who lost the feather. They had to start over because it had been touching the dust pan too long, and, after all, it is him who is holding the dust pan. He then hurries away, and I think the feather can be seen sliding off the dust bin and falling to the ground due to his rapid turning around at 2:53. Reduce the playback speed and you can see it falling down, its hard to spot against the light background but it is visible. Justice for Fern and John! Edit: At 3:28, he is also seen collecting the feather in the same spot. Case closed!
For some reason people are missing that Dara actually points at the feather on the floor to John, he is essentially telling John to pick it up. This is also why he knows where it is because that’s where he saw it fall.
@@AndyTaken oh great point i didnt notice that before. that completely makes sense with his pantomiming at the empty pillow and exasperation in the studio
@@matthewlloyd3654 he dropped it but you can see him looking at John and actually pointed at the feather on the floor as a way of saying to John to pick it up.
@@Deep_Dish Milk, which would have gone off at that point. I won't spoil it but look up 'Milk Task Really Tests Contestants' Strength' on YT. That will explain it all. 😁
I like how Fern takes credit for coming up with the system of endless plates, before Alex just says it isn't endless, while Dara just looks on in disbelief, lol.
I'm glad that they have Alex telling them when they have to start over. There was a task in Series 11 where the contestant was responsible for noticing if they made a mistake and starting over, and at least one got DQ'd for believing that they didn't make a mistake.
Mustn't touch a "single thing for more than five seconds in total". So if it touches A for three seconds, then B for three seconds and the back to A fir three seconds, then in total it has touched A for six = fail. That's one interpretation. Another would be that you could put the feather in a big jar, and walk along while shaking the jar enough to get the feather away from the sides every five seconds.
Honestly, they didn't even need to give John that earlier sabotage task in the series, with the sand, him just being on the team is a sabotage lol. However they're one of the most entertaining teams in TM history.
I can't help but think that there is a bath hidden behind the red curtain seen at 2:44. I was waiting for 1 of them to pull back the curtain or for Alex to revel it on video in the studio.
I don’t know about anyone else but I thought this was one of the funniest episodes in ages. I was absolutely dying of laughter on multiple occasions. Don’t get me wrong, the episodes are good, but this one felt like a step above the rest.
I must admit the pipes way is more cleaver than it first sound to me. with the leaf-blower, I would have go with some sort of vase to keep it to go away while keep blowing in to make it so it fly in the vase but don't touch it too much... maybe it's harder than I think, but I would have try
At first I thought "This doesn't seem all that difficult" and then I read the crazy percentage of comments from people who didn't listen to all the instructions, and I see why it would take 24 minutes as a team.
If they were ever going to do a biopic of Joseph Grimaldi, John would be perfect for the role. I don't think there's a single person on the planet with more tragic clown energy than him.
My first thought was to run and get a bunch of coins and paperclips, wrap it up, and then transport it. It wouldn't be touching a single thing, it would be touching multiple things
For me it was the first time dara went to leave the room and the other two just stood there so they ended up going further into the room instead of out
But the timer wouldn't reset when going back and forth. It would still continue unless the feather landed on a completely new object, as demonstrated with the dustpan fail with the team of three.
Wouldn't it be possible to bring the bathtub in the lab and then just quickly put the feather in with anything in under 5 seconds? I'm also thinking about not touching a single thing: could it not just touch two things (between two dishes for example)?
Filling a container with water and having the feather float on the surface should not count as touching a "thing" as long as it does not touch the container itself.
My own attempt....would probably be to get to the door, then sprint as fast as I could with the feather in a piece of tupperware, and then (maybe) halfway to the tub try to transfer it to a different container. Honestly, I'd probably flub up the transfer, and knock myself out on a doorknob, or something.
I would have put a trail of platters and similar things on the ground, then just transfer it from one plate to another, that way there would always be a platter ready within a couple of seconds
Please Mr Taskmaster, don't edit out the judgement. It's such an important part of the tasks and the viewing experience.
That's why they don't show you that part so there's still a reason to go and watch the show
@@alexwatson9595 I live in the US... I can’t watch the episodes anywhere but here
Yessss this :(
@@2blkSSs for free, I might add. You don't even have to register when you use the app, you can skip registration.
@@H0n3yMonstah where?
John looking for the nod of approval when he brings out the chicken is great
Him carrying in that chicken. I burst out laughing. 😀
7:42 when they think they’re on the same page but Sarah enters with plates and Munya has a bunch of pipes 😂
For anyone wondering about the bad smell in the lab: in a previous (individual) task, Sarah poured milk out on the floor, and they tried to clean it up, but missed a spot.
Bless you for this
I think some of the milk went under the floorboard.
I honestly thought someone 💩 themselves.
The bit with Sarah at the beginning realizing that she's to blame for the smell but can't say anything is just adorable.
What happened? Was it from a previous task, or just lunch?
@@forallthestupidshit3550 Previous task is all I'll say ;)
@@forallthestupidshit3550 she poured 2 large cartons of milk on the floor and the crew couldn't clean it up 100% because some of it seeped through the floor, so that'll be rotten milk 😂
@@lowhp_comic AMAZING!!! I can't wait to see that. Thanks so much : )
@@FinBrennan ya, now that I think about it, it makes sense with those motions. Before connecting the two, I thought she was doing that Greek dancing thing with the out-stretched arms and didn't know what the task was. I'm pretty stupid, hahaha
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how hard it must have been to be in charge of timing this task?
Some devices have a lap function on the timer so you can save the previous times when restarting (i.e. the Apple Stopwatch), but yeah for sure timing must have been pretty stressful
Well, they can just rewatch the recordings to check, which is way easier than pressing a button on the spot multiple times
@@lylasense9205 You can only use that to disqualify them, though, not to let them know they have to restart there and then.
@@lylasense9205 Are you OK?
@@iliketrains3495 Right but how do you go back to a previous lap? It's like one of those mental ability checks. Count this, then count this, then continue counting the first number, then count a third thing, then return to count #2
Dara's clap of excitement followed by the realization that the feather is missing is amazing, and it somehow devolves into more madness.
The system of endless plates is one of my new favorite taskmaster quotes
I love Fern so much
If you're wondering who's responsible for feathergate, Dara is the one who lets it fall to the ground on 2:53.
He notices it, however, and silently points it out to John, who chooses that exact moment to briefly turn his back on Dara.
The other 2 just assumed that it was them and not him.
3:22 - this bit made me appreciate John Kearns more than any previous episodes. Coming through the curtain with that chicken fucking floored me the first time around. The look on his face is gold
Reminded me of ardal
I can't help but feeling that moving the bath to the lab would've made all their lives a lot easier
Tbh i would have cupped 2 plates together and just shake it while walking
@@yuki97kira "After the feather has left the cushion, it must not touch a single thing for more than 5 seconds in total"
It's not worded the best, but this to me makes it seem like your plan wouldn't work, if you take the feather off the plate, then put it back on, the timer will still increase, it won't reset.
@@John-Smlth thats why the plate would be used to cup each other and i shake it..meaning it would touch each side of the plate less than 5 seconds each
@@yuki97kira If the feather touched the first plate for a second left the plate, moved to another, then touched it again, it would still have touched it for that second, so would only have 4 seconds left the second time it touches the plate.
Unless you want the feather to be in the air for most of the time, and you're tossing it between plates, then you wouldn't have long at all to move the feather.
@@John-Smlth Yeah but two plates means 10 seconds, 5 each. How long does it take to run from the lab to the bath with the feather securely held between the plates? Surely less than 10 seconds.
I like that the bath is close enough they probably could have grabbed two napkins and just sprinted + switched napkins once.
Or just move the bath closer...
Couldn't one just place the feather so it touches 2 things and carry it out?
Two things isn't "a single thing"
@@Therealalbot I, for one, respect your effort. Having said that, I would call that too "fiddly". I just mean, if I were a competitor on the show, I would think of that as overly "cute". I wouldn't even try it. But if you did try it, you might get away with it. You never know. 🤷♂👍👍👍
@@TroubleToby3040 yeah it wouldnt be the first time a challenge was won on semantics. Maybr email Suzie again? Lol
@@Therealalbot ... Unless it was considered two single things. Each of them is a single thing. Having two of them doesn't stop them from each being one. For example, having 2 oranges doesn't stop you have having an orange. Maybe the words were chosen for that exact reason though, and Alex wanted to see if they could come up with that solution.
Sarah was just adorable in this task, from silently apologising about the milk to her expression of pure delight when she found the leaf blower!
When I watch John, I can’t help but wonder if he is really trying to sabotage all of the team tasks, now. Seeing how he acted in this task wasn’t much different from the way he acted when he was told to sabotage the first one.
That's the true tragedy of John .... Kearns, forever cursed to sabotage his team due to his completely absurd methods
@@Dan_G.R.S. so true, so hilariously true.
You now understand why he was chosen as the saboteur.
He's going to live with that stain for the rest of his life.
That was my thought as well
Two seasons in a row, we've had things line up perfectly so that someone would walk into the lab, befuddled, clutching a chicken
the team of three’s attempt seems like it’s just an episode of their new sitcom ‘Scalpal Please!’
A dramatic rehashing of 'Scissors please'
The international broadcast rights for "Scalpel Please:Move That Feather" should be preetttty lucrative:
no need for dubbing over the actors' voices.
😎
BUT, hear me out. I think it was Dara who lost the feather. They had to start over because it had been touching the dust pan too long, and, after all, it is him who is holding the dust pan. He then hurries away, and I think the feather can be seen sliding off the dust bin and falling to the ground due to his rapid turning around at 2:53. Reduce the playback speed and you can see it falling down, its hard to spot against the light background but it is visible. Justice for Fern and John!
Edit: At 3:28, he is also seen collecting the feather in the same spot. Case closed!
Yeah, I thought it was him too.
For some reason people are missing that Dara actually points at the feather on the floor to John, he is essentially telling John to pick it up. This is also why he knows where it is because that’s where he saw it fall.
@@AndyTaken oh great point i didnt notice that before. that completely makes sense with his pantomiming at the empty pillow and exasperation in the studio
If you look at the bottom left of the hallway at 2:54, you can actually see the feather slowly fall to the ground, unnoticed by everyone.
Given that it was on the dustpan right before, does this in fact mean that Dara DID lose it?!
Thank you!!! I had a feeling it had been Dara who'd lost it, but hadn't caught the moment it fell!
@@matthewlloyd3654 he dropped it but you can see him looking at John and actually pointed at the feather on the floor as a way of saying to John to pick it up.
Sarah mouthing 'Sorry' was adorable.
I dnt get what was the smell b4 anyone came in there?
@@Deep_Dish Milk, which would have gone off at that point. I won't spoil it but look up 'Milk Task Really Tests Contestants' Strength' on YT. That will explain it all. 😁
sarah miming the milk spilling was the most adorable thing
I like how Fern takes credit for coming up with the system of endless plates, before Alex just says it isn't endless, while Dara just looks on in disbelief, lol.
Was waiting for the part where they revealed that it took them almost an hour 😆
I haven't laughed this hard at team tasks since series 4. Just perfect chemistry all around!
I'm glad that they have Alex telling them when they have to start over. There was a task in Series 11 where the contestant was responsible for noticing if they made a mistake and starting over, and at least one got DQ'd for believing that they didn't make a mistake.
I loved the bit where the group of three worked to get the feather outside, only to realize Alex had had the bathtub moved.
Mustn't touch a "single thing for more than five seconds in total". So if it touches A for three seconds, then B for three seconds and the back to A fir three seconds, then in total it has touched A for six = fail. That's one interpretation. Another would be that you could put the feather in a big jar, and walk along while shaking the jar enough to get the feather away from the sides every five seconds.
We can see at roughly 2:50 that it goes back to the dustpan and the timer starts at one second. It's cumulative time for each object.
My loophole brain immediately thought "but maybe it can touch multiple things indefinitely." Would have tried it anyhow!
I thought it meant it has to not come into contact with anything for the immediate 5 seconds after leaving the pillow
@@gaeltacht exactly. I’d take off my shoes and have the feather smacked in between them. It’s not touching a single thing, but a pair.
Good video, but it really isn't complete without the revelation that Munya and Sarah took 24 minutes.
Really? :o I only saw this and for sure thought they won... Team 1 being 3 people and not even considering where the bath was :D
Could try taking the bath to the feather/lab. Physically easier with the team of three but it would require good communication.
Honestly, they didn't even need to give John that earlier sabotage task in the series, with the sand, him just being on the team is a sabotage lol. However they're one of the most entertaining teams in TM history.
He really is this series’ David Badiel lol😂
@@dennisvansant1279 I mean you'd think that, but somehow he's in third place. lol
To me the music is really elevating the tasks this season. Love it!
Being able to clearly hear individual audience members chuckling and emoting over near-silent comedy made this feel like a mr bean sketch
The spilt milk saga is deserving of a spin off
I really REALLY hope this episode was named "The system of endless plates"
It was named that, yes.
I can't help but think that there is a bath hidden behind the red curtain seen at 2:44. I was waiting for 1 of them to pull back the curtain or for Alex to revel it on video in the studio.
I don’t know about anyone else but I thought this was one of the funniest episodes in ages. I was absolutely dying of laughter on multiple occasions. Don’t get me wrong, the episodes are good, but this one felt like a step above the rest.
Totally agree!!
I agree! Incredibly funny, I laughed so much it hurt.
Yes! Laugh, snough (snort / cough), cry, miss because of tears, go back, repeat laugh, snough, cry. Repeat.
Dara in group tasks reminds me of a father trying to teach his weird kids a sport
Dara's excited caveman grunting at 4:30 is excellent lol
Wasn't it Dara that came up with The System Of Endless Plates? Lol that's just breezed over
Whoever edited out the judging should be denied lunch break tomorrow.
sarah wafting a feather with a guitar is literally the funniest thing i've ever seen her do. ever.
I must admit the pipes way is more cleaver than it first sound to me.
with the leaf-blower, I would have go with some sort of vase to keep it to go away while keep blowing in to make it so it fly in the vase but don't touch it too much... maybe it's harder than I think, but I would have try
I love this series so much I haven’t laughed this hard since the wow monster 😭🤣
Cool solution would've been to get the bathtub into the lab
Didnt Dara come up with the system of endless plates 🤔
Yes, he did. That's why he looked rather incredulous when Fern claimed it as her plan! 🤣🤣
The second team was pure glory
You can grab the feather with a pair of tongs and run from the lab to the bath in under 5 seconds.
For what it's worth, Fern's team won
Oh this was one of my favourite hilarious tasks! I'd not seen it before, bloody brilliant 🤣🤣🤣
I have no idea how Alex has made it through this show without being beaten within an inch of his life.
I’m loving this season. A lot a lot.
I love Alex’s commentary, it sounds like a 50’s “How To” instructional video😂
At first I thought "This doesn't seem all that difficult" and then I read the crazy percentage of comments from people who didn't listen to all the instructions, and I see why it would take 24 minutes as a team.
Indeed. From what I can hear the best solution is to pin the feather to thebpillow and run to the bath.
Heck. Empty the pillow and bend it onto itself. Feather touches only the pillow and it won't fly off
@@redholm 0:53
@@redholm Are you being sarcastic, or would this take you over 20 minutes as well?
@@jamesvigg2680 I'm just a little retarded alright?
Looks like it just might have been Dara who lost the feather
He dropped it but pointed it out to John to pick up and John walked away from it
This is diabolical, I love it. 😂
Why is the end cut off?
This show gives me life😂
The first team played it "PLAN AHEA" by finding out where to go with the feather on the fly :))
This is easily one of my favourite tasks in the show's history. And one of my favourite episodes.
7:14 you’re welcome :)
I was so happy to see Taskmaster on Netflix.... to then realise they have the same 6 seasons that where on UA-cam FOR FREE for years! WTH Netflix?!
Will this be the whole series. Contestants commenting on why it is smelly in the lab? You could say that could be a running gag(get it?)
I wonder if they can even get rid of the smell without tearing out the floor of the lab? That milk must have got everywhere.
@@mrquirky3626 I believe it was mentioned in the episode of the original task. That they had to tear the floor out. and found a puddle of rotten milk.
@@TheSegert Alex said there was a puddle of milk trapped under the floor but he didn't mention on the show how they got to it.
the comedic timing of 3:20 is incredible
Please can we get the full episodes on UA-cam
I love this series!
Get something that will grip the feather firmly, like a glove... and RUN.
my first thought: bring the bath to the lab
Too much, I would have DQed my entire team.
Move the bathtub. Get a stack of papers and switch them every move.
a row of plates along the way could allow the feather to be dumped from one to the next
8:00 That's so cool!!
Very surprised no-one even tried to co-ordinate moving the bath.
I know I wouldn't have thought of it in time, but in grind sight, I would've brought the bath to the feather.
If they were ever going to do a biopic of Joseph Grimaldi, John would be perfect for the role. I don't think there's a single person on the planet with more tragic clown energy than him.
The pipes move was genius!!! 😮
they should've brought the bath to the feather
4:57 What's up with the color bleeding around the blue plates?
It's reflecting off of Fern's mirrored outfit
wouldnt have been faster to just pick it up with tweezers and run as fast as you can to the bath
This is like watching an old silent movie.
As a safa, i can say we also say pump (but in a local language, pomp), means shag, but nothing to do with smell
This is such a great task idea
I wonder if the cushion was soft enough to fold two corners up and pinch the feather just a bit. Then just walk it wherever.
My first thought was to run and get a bunch of coins and paperclips, wrap it up, and then transport it. It wouldn't be touching a single thing, it would be touching multiple things
For me it was the first time dara went to leave the room and the other two just stood there so they ended up going further into the room instead of out
Disappointed that nobody carried the bath into the lab.
John did great this episode
I'm genuinely surprised Munya has taken John's place as the series loser
@@iliketrains3495 he’s been smashing it 🤷♂️
This is a party game if I ever saw one.
Sarah is actually so adorable 🥰
1:33 The way she says shagging is amazing
1:49 Even then! WE STILL WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!
Why were they constantly swapping plates? It didn’t say the feather had to touch new objects, could’ve gone back and forth between the same plates.
But the timer wouldn't reset when going back and forth. It would still continue unless the feather landed on a completely new object, as demonstrated with the dustpan fail with the team of three.
imagine picking up the bath tub and moving it
Wouldn't it be possible to bring the bathtub in the lab and then just quickly put the feather in with anything in under 5 seconds? I'm also thinking about not touching a single thing: could it not just touch two things (between two dishes for example)?
It would have been much quicker to just pick the feather up with tongs and run to the bath, it was straight across the hall in the living room.
Filling a container with water and having the feather float on the surface should not count as touching a "thing" as long as it does not touch the container itself.
That ended abruptly.
My response was: find the bath, drag it over to the lab and just dump in the feather from the cusheon.
My own attempt....would probably be to get to the door, then sprint as fast as I could with the feather in a piece of tupperware, and then (maybe) halfway to the tub try to transfer it to a different container. Honestly, I'd probably flub up the transfer, and knock myself out on a doorknob, or something.
I would have put a trail of platters and similar things on the ground, then just transfer it from one plate to another, that way there would always be a platter ready within a couple of seconds
After the feather leaves cushion is can’t touch a single thing for more than 5 seconds... so then... have it touch multiple things constantly 😂
It didn't finish. Who won? What were the times, etc?
I love the show and as an American UA-cam had been awesome for watching these. Who won though?
The last three episodes haven't aired yet
Do you mean the task, or the entire series? I believe the team of three won this task.
@@monkeydude9192 I think he meant the task.
@@pencilled_robin yeah the task
@@jovo8977 Yep, Dara, Fern, and John won the task.