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The cheerleader episode is great.


The twins got to unleash their invective. The cheerleaders were by turns scared, brave, and playing along.

The Inferno format works well, and the same seven final games provides a little more context for the audience even as it causes chaos for the players. The fact that the cheerleaders ran the entire Inferno and escaped, only losing one previous challenge by a hair was pretty awesome. The story was great and worked well with the contestants, and the challenges were interesting.

I hope they continue to refine and put out a couple episodes from time to time!

Technically, I'm curious if the elevator actually moves? It's got lots of panels and special effects, so it seems like it can't be practical. It seems recently the first two challenges are on the same floor with the same hallway, which leads to different rooms directed by lights. I wonder if they actually keep them in there the whole time. There are stock shots of random elevators moving, but the contestants never seem to be weirded out by it moving.

Also it seems the Inferno set isn't at all connected to the game area, so the players seem to have to be hooded to reach it.

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I'm glad someone else loves this show as much as I do. The Soska Twins rule! Hell, I signed the petition to get them to be chosen to direct the Deadpool sequal.

A couple episodes?! I want a whole new season! They still make horror movies even if it's not October, ya know!

I want them to get rid of Scare Tactics. That's not even a game show, it shouldn't even be there.

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It feels so good to have found someone who enjoys this show as much as I do! This episode is definitely my favorite one from the season. Jen and Sylvia had some of their best lines and the cheerleaders slaughtered the Inferno Run! I do wish that there were more episodes, but I'm glad that the season ended on a positive note. I'm just glad that I found someone to talk to. I talk about it with my sister a lot and she likes it, but not as much as I do. It sometimes drives her nuts how much I talk about it. I like the show because it made me feel challenged without being challenged too much.

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I'd love a behind the scenes episode. I'm really curious how the actual elevator works. Do they actually stay in it the entire time? If it does actually move, it's got to be bigger than what is shown due to the secret escape panels and the drawer and the lighting rigs and other effects they've done. The door retracts into the floor, so it's got to be at least on a raised platform if they're wheeling it around. I know they never show any connection from the place where the players exit to the next hall, so I'm curious if the elevator that takes them to an actual floor is different from the one they film the rest of the scenes in.

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