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Everyone tries to rustle Russell, fill Phil, mark Mark, rob Rob, and pat Pat

This task is heavily edited, having reportedly taken over 20 minutes to play out in real time. It is therefore hard to document with any accuracy how long it took any of the contestants to start correctly guessing the names of the men, but it presumably took quite some time.

Andy is the first person to make a correct guess, by naming the man wearing the number 4 ‘Rob’. Jack then correctly names the man wearing the number 1 ‘Mark’, and Rosie correctly names the man wearing the number 2 ‘Pat’.

Following Rosie’s correct guess, Pat jumps the gun and stands up to move to the next contestant before being instructed to by Alex, causing Alex to shout at him. After sitting back down, Pat then hesitates to move when the round is actually over, causing Alex to shout at him again. This prompts Greg to observe that it’s pretty rare to see Alex genuinely annoyed.

Before the next round begins, Rosie asks for a reminder of what all of the men’s names are, leading Alex to suggest with some annoyance that it’s worth trying to remember them.

Rosie then correctly names the man wearing the number 5 as ‘Russell’, and Andy then correctly steals a pencil from Rob, earning his first sticker.

Jack then correctly marks Mark’s clipboard, earning his first sticker, and Rosie correctly pats Pat on the head, earning her first sticker.

Babatunde is the first to be disqualified, after incorrectly marking Rob’s clipboard.

As Mark sits down next to Rosie, she exclaims “Ohhh, shit!”, prompting Greg to state “That’s definitely not his name”. She then correctly marks Mark’s clipboard, and earns her second sticker.

Emma correctly fills Phil’s overalls with her stuffing, and earns her first sticker, and then Jack does the same, earning his second.

Jack is the next contestant to be disqualified, though, after incorrectly stealing a pencil from Pat.

Before the next round begins, Rosie again asks for a reminder of the men’s names. While Greg starts repeating the names for her, Emma crouches down and starts writing them all on the stage floor with her chalk, so that Rosie can see them.

Alex provides a recap of the current scores at this point, and Emma is surprised to discover that Rosie has more stickers than she does, prompting Alex to claim “She’s playing you, Emma. She knows exactly what she’s doing!”.

After the game restarts, Andy correctly pats Pat on the arm and earns his second sticker, and then correctly marks Mark’s clipboard, earning his third.

Rosie then correctly steals one of Rob’s pencils and earns her fourth sticker (we do not see her earning her third), while Andy correctly ‘rustles’ Russell (rubbing him on the arm), and so also earns his fourth.

Andy then wins the game by correctly filling Phil’s overalls with his stuffing, earning his fifth and final sticker.

(Written by Karl Craven and proofread by M3 / Andres Sanchez)

(Illustrations collected and adjusted by: David Fuller)