The Chase USA (ABC): James's Clean Sweep

This is the only clean sweep in the ABC version so far!
Season 1 Episode 2

[@maximusw01]

James may be the most ruthless chaser I’ve seen on the American version. You know what they say, the student has become the master

[@anniegao9105]

What a perfect round for James! No misses!

[@Frankie-O]

👌

[@elizabethmcmeniman559]

I was watching that when I was 14 years

[@T6448_P2]

That’s the thing about setting a fairly low target - you give the chasers time to think so that they don’t have to rush into every answer and can achieve a clean sweep like that with relative ease. James only clocked in at *11.39 q/min* this final. Once you start hitting 20+ (or 25+ on the Israeli version), that’s when the chasers start to trip over themselves and it becomes easier to get into a wrong-answer spiral by rushing into answers.

[@ninjapirate123]

Thinking won't work if the chaser doesn't know the correct answer

[@eliasshakkour2904]

They don't "set a target"; they answer questions and try to get as many as possible.

[@T6448_P2]

@@eliasshakkour2904 Which in turn sets the “target”, or score, that the chaser has to match. It’s common final chase terminology. In any case, it’s the exact same principle - if you don’t answer enough questions correctly on your side, then the chaser doesn’t need much to match it, so they can take their time and not rush into answers.

[@eliasshakkour2904]

@@T6448_P2 Yes, I knew what you meant, but “setting a target” doesn’t sound right in this context. It sounds like they’re intentionally choosing a number of questions for the chaser to answer correctly. I’ve watched many final chases and I’ve never heard anyone speak of the contestants “setting a target.”

[@T6448_P2]

@@eliasshakkour2904 Bradley’s line before every modern final chase on the UK version is “Let’s _set a target_ he/she cannot catch”. Looking at it again, I also see where you’re coming from; I’ve just been using terminology that I’ve seen many people adopt-viewers, contestants, and personnel alike.

[@aidanconroy2819]

I would like to see the full episode of this

[@marymiller6305]

2:28 What?

[@freshprince374]

Wow!

[@Frankie-O]

😯

[@elizabethmcmeniman559]

But now I am 16

[@Frankie-O]

Super Sweet 16

[@misstee101]

0:52

[@charlierosewell9986]

wrong he had a clean sweep in season 3 episode 20 ( the one last week ) It was also a lazarus final

[@GameShowsGS]

No, he answered 1 question wrong. But, yeah it was a Lazarus final.

[@freshprince374]

@@GameShowsGSThat’s right.

[@eliasshakkour2904]

What is a Lazarus final?

[@freshprince374]

@@eliasshakkour2904 If the chaser catches all of the players before banking the money, they bring back one player to challenge to play against the chaser in the final chase for $60,000, if they win, they split it 3 ways winning $20,000 each. If the chaser catches them in the final chase, they leave with nothing.

[@freshprince374]

@@eliasshakkour2904 If the contestants get caught by the chaser or fail to bank the money before the final chase, then it’s over, then they pick one person to play in the Final Chase to play for $60,000, if the chaser can’t catch the team, then they split the $60,000, 3 ways receiving $20,000 each.