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[Sin Vraal]

Re: Snow Route

[Sin Vraal]

as long as i'm talking to myself

[fellowtraveler]

The transcript for the fifth episode is now up here. It was a long one to write up, since like the third episode it was necessary to describe a lot of the visuals as well.

As usual I will post my analysis later tomorrow. For what it is worth, I think this video is giving us more subway directions and involves reaching the end of the line and heading back in the other direction - backtracking a bit.

[TemporaryPirate]

Mulligan decides to call...

[monkeypanky]

the stone in the table scene

[jrc]

Episode 4... or 5?

[jrc]

Anyone know how "all in" works?

[fellowtraveler]

Huh. I missed the percentages entirely when doing my transcript last night. While I think they are just humorous and not clues directly, I have edited the transcript to add them in.

[mlssry]

Has anyone been able to translate the japanese?

[mlssry]

Tom Jones- Delilah... sort of an odd song to mention ....isn't it about a guy who stabs and kills his girl after she cheats on him?

[Spoonsy]

I was confused after the Black Tom episode. While the most recent episode was very amusing to watch, I've no clue what it was supposed to tell us. Probably something about Queens.

[Spoonsy]

thought: there are nicknames for pretty much every hand in poker. could those be telling us something?

[fellowtraveler]

Below is my preliminary analysis of this week's episode. I haven't quite nailed everything down but these are my initial thoughts.

1. The Captain's side hand is J Q.

A reference to the J and Q trains. The only location where the J and Q trains connect is Canal Street in Manhattan.

2. Crothers' side hand is 5 6.

A reference to the 5 and 6 trains. They only run together in Manhattan.

3. The Captain wins.

Perhaps we start out at a station which has J, Q, 5, and 6 trains, but we take either the J or Q train. The problem is that the J, Q, 5, and 6 trains never meet. The closest you can get is Canal Street in Manhattan where the J, Q, 4, and 6 trains connect. I think by process of elimination we must be at Canal Street.

4. The Captain says that after he won the Bird he hit the end of line and Lady Luck went back in the other direction.

I think that this is a clue that comes into play later on in the episode when we see the Bird.

5. Black Tom's hand is J J.

No doubt this is a reference to the J train. Hence we take the J train from the Canal Street station.

6. Crothers' hand is K 8.

There are no K or 8 trains, so Crothers' hand is meaningless, except that the King might be a reference to Brooklyn. I guess we take the J train towards Brooklyn? Maybe we travel 8 stops?

7. Mulligan's hand is A H (Holy Mackerel).

A reference to the A and H trains, which are connected only at Broad Channel in Far Rockaway.

8. The Captain's hand is 3 4 5.

A station where 3, 4, and 5 trains are located. The only such stations are Fulton Street in Manhattan, and Borough Hall, Nevins Street, Atlantic Avenue, and Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn.

9. The flop is Q K 6.

Could refer to the Q train and the 6 train (with the K being meaningless), or Queens and Brooklyn where a 6 train unites them. There is no such location on the 6 line, since it only runs in Manhattan and the Bronx. The Q only connects with the 6 at Canal Street, 14th Street / Union Square, and 59th Street / Lexington Ave.

10. Black Tom changes his hand to Q Q.

A reference to either the Q train or Queens. I think it is telling us to take the Q train of the two possible trains revealed in the flop.

11. The turn card is H.

Another reference to the H train?

12. The Bird appears on the table.

Does this mean we have reached the end of the line and should turn around?

13. The river card is 8, which doesn't help anyone.

Similarly, the number 8 is no help to us because it cannot refer to a train. Perhaps it again refers to the number of stops to take? If you go to the end of the line on the H train and then count 8 stops heading back you end up at the Aqueduct Racetrack stop.

14. The stone disk is revealed and points to north-northwest.

North-northwest from where?

Due to the fact that there are some gaps between the clues if they are interpreted strictly in the order they are presented, I think that there is another order in which we are intended to interpret them.

Now consider the ranking that is shown near the beginning of the episode:

1. MULLIGAN $4810.00
2. TOM $1984.00
3. CAPTAIN $1869.00
4. CROTHERS $1337.00

Maybe this is a clue telling us the order to place the pirates' hands/clues in?

If so, then we start with Mulligan's hand which is A H. As noted above, the only station where an A and H train meet is Broad Channel in Far Rockaway.

We then connect with Black Tom's hand, which is J J. From Broad Channel you can take the A train to connect with the J train at Broadway Junction in Brooklyn.

The only station where a J train meets up with the Captain's hand (3, 4, and 5) is Fulton Street in Manhattan.

Finally Crothers' clue is K 8. A possible interpretation is that we are being told to head to Brooklyn and to ride for 8 stops, presumably staying on the J train.

The flop is Q K 6. As noted above, the Q only connects with the 6 at Canal Street, 14th Street / Union Square, and 59th Street / Lexington Ave. The J is also at Canal Street so I think the clue is telling us to head back to Manhattan to Canal Street.

Black Tom's hand then changes to Q Q, telling us to take the Q train or to head to Queens, or both. Only the J, Z, N, Q, and R trains head to Queens from Canal Street.

The turn card is H. I have no idea how to connect to the H train from Queens or the Q train (or indeed any of the trains one could take from Canal Street).

The next clue is the Bird appearing on the table, which as I said above, I believe is a clue that we should ride to the end of the line and then head backwards in the other direction.

The river card is 8, perhaps signifying 8 stops again?

Finally, the stone disk is revealed and points to north-northwest.

[mlssry]

[Spoonsy]