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ButFloor Is Lavas ten episodes are also weirdly slapdash and underbaked.
But despite being in direct competition, the teams onFloor Is Lavanever acknowledge each other.
Its unclear if they even knowwho the other teamsare.
A timer occasionally pops up to remind the audience how much time has passed.
The problem is that the teams themselves dont actually seemawareof the timer.
Set a time limit for completing each course, and hang a big ol countdown clock above the exit.
Let him actually talk with some people next time (social-distancing guidelines permitting).
Players emerge into an open doorway, armed withsomeknowledge of how things are going to go.
But its never clear what exactly theyve been told.
And some teams seem to know puzzle solutions before theyve even taken their first jump.
This undercuts the drama inherent to any athletic competition and often makes for disorienting viewing.
He has no answer as to why theres a green space alien in the ancient sarcophagus, for example.
And he has to come up with something to say about it three different times.
More Lava
No, really.
Just add more of it.
Shots like this should happen every episode:
