Recap / Taskmaster: Minnesota

Cast

From Left to Right: Ben Lilja, Carter Greene, David Ha, Henry Spandel, Max Barber, Luke Peichel, Owen Gage and Parker Boisvert

• Taskmaster: Luke Peichel
• Taskmaster's Assistant: David Ha
• Contestants: Ben Lilja, Carter Greene, Henry Spandel, Max Barber, Owen Gage and Parker Boisvert
• Teams:
  • Ben Lilja and Owen Gage
  • Carter Greene and Parker Boisvert
  • Henry Spandel and Max Barber

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Episode 1 - "Surgery on a Grape"

• Prize Task: The Cheesiest Thing That Isn't Just Cheese^note Due to the contestants being college students, there's only one prize task this season. The prizes are to be won by the end of the show.
  • Winner: Carter - t-shirt with the red M&M as Darth Vader (6 points)
  • Owen - "slippery slope" created from breadsticks (5 points)
  • Ben - the first three Air Bud movies on VHS (4 points)
  • Parker - a bar of soap with the backstory of him eating it as a baby thinking it was cheese (3 points)
  • Max - double-cheese Cheez-It snack mix (2 points)
  • Henry - cheese-flavored Garrett popcorn (1 point)

• Task 1: Get A Grape Into Something Smaller Than This Room From The Furthest Distance. You May Only Launch A Grape By Spitting It, Headbutting It, Hitting It With Your Shoulder, Hitting It With Your Heel Or Hitting It With This Pool Noodle.
  • Winner: Owen - 0.65 miles (6 points)^note figured he can run from the Taskmaster Barn and back
  • Carter - 40 feet 11 inches (5 points)
  • Max - 17 feet 8 inches (4 points)
  • Henry - 17 feet 3 inches (3 points)
  • Ben - 17 feet (2 points)
  • Parker - 14 feet 2 inches (1 point)

• Task 2: Create The Best Fireworks Display Without Using Fireworks.
  • Winner: Parker - attached paper streamers to himself then ziplined, ran and danced while holding a torch (6 points)
  • Carter - set off three coke-and-mentos rockets (5 points)
  • Owen - campfire surrounded by pool noodles (4 points)
  • Max - smashed a watermelon onto a tablecloth then paint around it to look like fireworks (3 points)
  • Ben - unimpressive "fireworks" display from colored baking soda and vinegar in cups (2 points)
  • Henry - still photo of fireworks made from paper streamers (1 point)

• Task 3: Paint David On the Canvas Behind The Chair. You Must Remain In Eye Contact With David Throughout The Task. You May Not Move The Easel. You May Break Eye Contact Three Times For As Long As You Want But You Cannot Add Paint To The Canvas While Eye Contact Is Broken. Best Painting Of David Wins.
  • Winner: Max (6 points)
  • Carter (5 points)
  • Henry (4 points)
  • Ben (3 points)
  • Owen (2 points)
  • Parker (1 point)

• Task 4: Move As Many Poker Chips^note 191 in total Onto The Bar Counter As Possible. You May Only Use The Items On this Table. You Cannot Touch The Poker Chips With Anything Other Items On This Table. Most Poker Chips On The Bar Counter Wins.
  • Winner: Ben and Max - 191 poker chips (6 points)
  • Parker - 99 poker chips (4 points)
  • Carter, Henry and Owen (Disqualified)^note touched one or two poker chips despite moving all of them to the bar counter

• Tiebreaker: Balance The Biggest Thing On Your Head For Ten Seconds
  • Winner: Carter - a blanket (1 point)^note Tiebreakers are not technically worth points and so do not count towards the overall episode and season tally; it is included here simply for the purposes of clarifying the winner
  • Max - a book (0 points)

• Episode Ranking:
  • 1. Winner: Carter Greene (21 points + 1 tiebreaker)
  • 2. Max Barber (21 points)
  • 3. Ben Lilja and Owen Gage (17 points)
  • 4. Parker Boisvert (15 points)
  • 5. Henry Spandel (9 points)

• Episode's Prize: A pool noodle from Owen's "fireworks" display

Episode 2 - "Chunky Leg Synergy"

• Task 1: Physically Recreate The Lore Of A Board Game. Best Recreation Wins.
  • Winner: Carter, Max and Owen (6 points)
    • Carter - Monopoly portraying Mr. Monopoly as a communist during the Cold War that has nothing to do with the game.
    • Max - Wingspan where he collected chunky-legged birds and insulted the game.^note Specifically picks the game as it is one of the Taskmaster's favorite board games
    • Owen - Diplomacy during which his recreation gave off "anti-Italian vibes".
  • Ben and Parker (3 points)
    • Ben - Clue
    • Parker - Magic: The Gathering with him and David roleplaying as various characters in the game.
  • Henry - Explained the rules of Chicago Express. (1 point)

• Task 2: Without Leaving This Rug, Get A Grape Into As Many Cups As Possible. If The Grape Touches A Cup, The Deck Or The Ground, It Cannot Be Used Again.
  • Winner: Owen - 59 cups (6 points)^note Used the leftover grapes and cups inside the house to increase his chances of winning
  • Ben - 13 cups (5 points)^note Went inside the house to fetch more cups for his remaining grapes
  • Henry, Max and Parker - 10 cups (4 points)
  • Carter - 2 cups (1 point)

• Task 3: Team Task - Compose And Perform the Best Original Birthday Song.
  • Winner: Carter and Parker - A Birthday Cheer for All to Hear, a bizarre mixture of boy's choir and profanity-fueled rapping (5 points)
  • Henry and Max - Birth Day, a nihilistic take on the song which ended with the line "When did it all go wrong?" (3 points)
  • Ben and Owen - July 8th, was so embarrassing and awful that Owen walked out of the room before the VT could be played ala Jon Richardson. (1 point)

• Tiebreaker: Say An Eleven-Letter Word. Fastest Wins.
  • Winner: Max - 7 seconds (1 point)^note Tiebreakers are not technically worth points and so do not count towards the overall episode and season tally; it is included here simply for the purposes of clarifying the winner
  • Parker - 4 min 52 seconds (0 points)

• Episode Ranking:
  • 1. Winner: Max Barber (22 points + 1 tiebreaker)
  • 2. Parker Boisvert (22 points)
  • 3. Carter Greene and Henry Spandel (19 points)
  • 4. Owen Gage (17 points)
  • 5. Ben Lilja (13 points)

• Episode's Prize: The box of microwavable mini muffins Ben gagged on

Episode 3 - "Bereft of Drip"

• Task 1: The Next Time You Hear This Siren, Perform The Best Martial Arts Demonstration. You Must Perform The Martial Arts Demonstration In The Spot Where You Hear The Siren. If You Move Away From The Spot Where You Hear The Siren, You Will Be Disqualified.^note The siren went off during the "Make The Best Fort" task while the contestants were inside their forts
  • Winner: Parker - had insane choreography/moves mixed in with the Macarena and pretend firebending (6 points)
  • Henry - a series of kicks and punches which only former was visible since half his body was underneath a tarp (5 points)
  • Carter - demonstrated boxing moves but just punches as his movement was limited by the fort (4 points)
  • Ben, Max and Owen (Disqualified)^note stepped outside their fort and therefore move away from their spot when performing the martial arts demonstration
    • Ben - badly did "roundhouse kicks" and hurt himself against the barn's structure
    • Max - perform the same kick repeatedly while insisting he didn't move from "the martial arts realm"
    • Owen - tied a tablecloth as a headband and reenacted moves from The Karate Kid

• Task 2: Team Task - Trade Shoes With Your Teammate. None Of Your Team's Shoes May Touch the Ground Outside Of the Circles. None Of Your Team's Socks or Feet May Touch The Ground At All. You May Not Move The Circles. The Task Is Complete When Each Teammate Is Wearing Both The Other Teammate's Shoes And Standing In Their Original Circles. Fastest Wins.
  • Winner: N/A
  • Everyone (Disqualified)^note As soon as the task started, Owen and Parker immediately step out of their circles while Henry let his socks touch the ground. Additionally, when they decided to continue anyway, Max and Henry threw their shoes but landed outside the circles and Carter and Parker's shoes and socks touched the ground multiple times
    • Ben and Parker (+ 1 bonus point)^note Ben was the only one to not break any rules and Parker put the most (if not any) effort into the task despite disqualification

• Task 3: Find The Cup That Has A Blue Magnet Under It.^note There were three black magnets in addition to the You May Only Move Two Cups. Fastest Wins.^note Two cups were labeled "Magnet" and "Not A Magnet" in which the former had one of the black magnets and the latter had a clue leading to a note on a Labrador Crossing sign ("The blue magnet is under one of the four center cups.")
  • Winner: Parker - 1 min 44 seconds (6 points)
  • Ben - 2 mins 52 seconds (5 points)
  • Everyone Else (Disqualified)^note Carter, Henry and Max moved more than 2 cups while Owen had a different approach by stabbing all the cups open with scissors and found the wrong magnet in spite of it

• Task 4: Get All The Way Around The House. Each Time You Pass A Corner, You Must Change Your Method Of Movement. Your Method Of Movement Can Never Be Running Or Walking. Fastest Wins.
  • Winner: Carter - 33 seconds (6 points)
  • Parker - 52 seconds (5 points)
  • Henry - 1 min 6 seconds (4 points)
  • Max - 1 min 10 seconds (3 points)
  • Owen - 1 min 12 seconds (2 points)
  • Ben - 1 min 58 seconds (1 point)

• Trick Task: Make The least Drip^note Definition: Urban slang for fashionable Outfit...Then Wear This Outfit In The Most Embarrassing Context And Sent A Photo To David.
  • Victim: Parker - wore a trashbag suit and cardboard box shoes to the Minnesota Pride festival (1 point)

• Task 5: Make The Best Fort.
  • Winner: Henry (6 points)
  • Owen (5 points)
  • Carter and Parker (4 points)
  • Max (2 points)
  • Ben (1 point)

• Episode Ranking:
  • 1. Winner: Parker Boisvert (23 points)
  • 2. Henry Spandel (15 points)
  • 3. Carter Greene (14 points)
  • 4. Ben Lilja (8 points)
  • 5. Owen Gage (7 points)
  • 6. Max Barber (5 points)

• Episode's Prize: Henry's "Ban Idiots, Not Guns" baseball cap

Episode 4 - "A Beautiful Last Day"

• Task 3: Team Task - Choose One Team Member To Put On This Blindfold Right Now Then Continue Reading The Task...Place And Find This Pool Noodle Across The Greatest Distance. The Non-Blindfolded Team Member Has 5 Minutes To Place The Pool Noodle During Which The Blindfolded Team Member Must Remain In This Chair. Afterward, The Non-Blindfolded Team Member Must Return And Remain Seated In This Chair While The Blindfolded Team Member Has Five Minutes to Find The Pool Noodle. You May Not Move The Chair At Any Point During The Task And The Blindfold Must Be Worn Correctly.
  • Winner: Carter and Parker (5 points)
  • Henry and Max (3 points)
  • Ben and Owen (Disqualified)^note failed to retrieve the pool noodle in time despite being so close twice

• Task 4: Light A Match. You May Not Leave This Room. Fastest Wins^note The contestants were given a single match which can be struck against a matchbox to light it. However, the matchbox (and several spare matchsticks) were locked inside a wooden rolodex box which would require two magnets to open the locking mechanism. ...
  • Winner: Owen - 30 seconds (6 points)^note 
  • Ben - 1 min 9 seconds (5 points)^note found a lighter hidden in the firewood box and used it to light his match
  • Henry - 9 mins 51 seconds (4 points)
  • Carter - 16 mins 52 seconds (3 points)
  • Max - 20 mins 28 seconds (2 points)
  • Parker (Disqualified)^note left the room three separate times but would have come last anyway since he was the slowest at 21 mins 38 seconds

• Episode Ranking:
  • 1. Winner: Carter Greene (20 points)
  • 2. Owen Gage (14 points)
  • 3. Ben Lilja, Henry Spandel and Max Barber (12 points)
  • 4. Parker Boisvert (9 points)

• Episode's Prize: The rolodex box used in the "Light a Match" task

Episode 5 - "I've Wanted That My Entire Life"

• Task 1: Make And Eat A Parfait While Wearing These Oven Mitts. The Parfait Must Reach The Margin Line On The Cup. You Must Use At Least Three Ingredients In Your Parfait. Also, You Must Speak Like A Caveman Throughout The Task.
  • Winner: Owen - 2 mins 43 seconds (6 points)
  • Max - 3 mins 1 second (5 points)
  • Carter - 3 mins 32 seconds(4 points)
  • Parker - 4 mins 42 seconds (3 points)
  • Ben - 2 mins 21 seconds (2 points)^note didn't completely eat the parfait as he spat out almost all the milk
  • Henry (Disqualified)^note made the parfait but neglected to eat it

• Tiebreaker: Get An Oreo From Your Forehead Into Your Mouth Without Using Your Hands.
  • Winner: Parker (1 point)^note Tiebreakers are not technically worth points and so do not count towards the overall episode and season tally; it is included here simply for the purposes of clarifying the winner
  • Owen (0 points)

• Episode Ranking:
  • 1. Winner: Parker Boisvert (23 points + 1 tiebreaker)
  • 2. Owen Gage (23 points)
  • 3. Ben Lilja (22 points)
  • 4. Max Barber (19 points)
  • 5. Carter Greene and Henry Spandel (18 points)

• Episode's Prize: the football used for the "Excessive Touchdown" task

Episode Titles

Each episode is a Title Drop made by either a participant in the show, the Taskmaster, or the Taskmaster's Assistant. In this series, the titles were provided by:

• Episode 1 - Henry Spandel (When Henry accidentally split his grape and had to tape it together, he uses the phrase to describe what he's doing.)

Episode Tally

• Carter Greene and Parker Boisvert = 2 episodes
  • Carter Greene (Episode 1 and 4)
  • Parker Boisvert (Episode 3 and 5)
• Max Barber = 1 episode (Episode 2)
• Ben Lilja, Henry Spandel and Owen Gage = 0 episodes

Series Ranking

1. Winner: Parker Boisvert (92 points + 1 tiebreaker)
2. Carter Greene (92 points)
3. Max Barber (79 points)
4. Owen Gage (78 points)
5. Henry Spandel (73 points)
6. Ben Lilja (72 points)

Series Tiebreaker

• Tiebreaker: Find The Banana (Ace of Spades) In A Game Of Win, Lose, Banana.^note How to play: The non-tiebreaker contestants (Ben, Henry, Max and Owen) were given a card, one which is the Banana (Ace of Spades), and claim they have the Banana. The tiebreaker contestants then have to choose which of them has the Banana in order to win.
  • Winner: Parker (1 point)^note Tiebreakers are not technically worth points and so do not count towards the overall episode and season tally; it is included here simply for the purposes of clarifying the winner
  • Carter (0 points)