No!
A very strange pirate.
- Are you okay, Poul? - You're fired!
- Remember to follow your dreams. - Bye, 3C.
Stop!
What have I done?
Good evening. Welcome to Stormester.
And I am, of course, the Taskmaster. It's my distinct pleasure -
- to shut up, so we can greet the five.
You know our quintet as Ane Høgsberg.
David Minerba.
Lars Hjortshøj.
Mette Søndergaard.
And Mikkel Klint Thorius.
No, of course, a sextet.
Because here's also my skilled assistant, Mark le Fêvre.
Give it a rest. You'd think he was handing out points.
- Who brought a prize with them? - You did, David.
Yes, I brought a prize with me tonight.
I have a mother, like many others.
- Did you bring her with you? - No.
But I got an 18th birthday present from my mother. Some magazines from the '80s.
Ooh!
- Sounds like something filthy. - Back when you were in your prime.
They're comics. Slightly erotic comics.
They were used for jerking off in the '80s.
Young people are always on the internet, so it's good to go back to analogue.
David's mother is trying to get him to read a little more.
I also watch hardcore porn on the internet on the side.
- Thanks, David. - Whew.
Shall we look at getting started, Mark?
We'll start with some words, and a decidedly excellent task.
That was quite the entrance, eh?
A school-related one.
"Write an excellent word on the board."
- Well, there are quite a few words. - Pressure-treated.
- Plaice. - Aubergine.
- Chai latte. - Fir.
Then it's just a matter of choosing.
Perspective. It's my favourite word.
Excellent.
- John dear. - That's how I spell it.
Then there's something like...
- Fromage. - Citronfromage.
- That's a good word.
That's a good word.
Citronfromage. [Danish lemon mousse dessert]
Here you go.
"Call someone and get them to say your word the most times."
Fuck.
- Oh...! - "You must not say your word yourself."
Shit!
- "If the person you call..." - "...becomes suspicious..."
"...Mark will hang up."
"Your call must not last longer than five minutes."
"The contestant who gets their word said..."
"...the most times wins." Easy.
I'm Googling 'tractor salesman' now.
Who should I call?
I don't know why the others chose such strange words.
It's a good word from the '80s.
There's a magazine up there called "The Beginning of Citronfromage".
You have to get a person to say your word as many times as possible -
- without them realising there's something you want them to do.
- Who wants to try first? - We'll start over with Svetlans.
She has a wonderful and very natural conversation about John Deere.
- Hey, Svetlans. - Yeah, hey there.
- Tractor brands. - What are you saying?
I'm saying tractor brands.
You know...
What did you say, you naughty boy?
- John Deere? - What did you say?
John Deere?
Oh, come on.
John Deere.
If you say it one more time, it's probably the 20th time you've said it.
John Deere.
So? What's with the phone call?
Uh, I just felt like chatting a bit about the tractor, you know.
Are you on a TV show?
Something's fishy.
- He was sweet. - Wasn't he?
Do you have someone on speed dial you can have dirty tractor talk with?
Yes. Tractor pulling, amirite?
The question here is -
- how many times you can get your good friend to say 'John Deere'.
He suspects something, but that just means Mark ends the call,
and then we stop counting. How far did we count?
Five times. John Deere, a load of crap.
Which contestants should we see now?
The cream kings Mikkel and David, with citronfromage.
Now you're just asking for it.
Everyone's working now. Nah, I have comedian friends.
I have a smart friend, Hans, who's studying law. I'll just call Karl.
This guy has some cafés. He's into food.
Hey, Karl. You just have to help me with something.
Does one of your cafés serve a citrus dessert?
Can't you name a dessert that's a little sour?
I had a lemon tart at one point.
Shaken currants? [currants and sugar shaken together in a jar]
What is that? Shaken currants?
What the fuck is 'shaken currants'?
There's a base in it. Isn't there a dessert that's similar to that?
What do you need it for?
That's not important. Now you just have to say the word.
But it exists out there, right? What is it now?
A delicious...
- Citronfromage. - Yeah!
Isn't there a dessert that's similar to that?
No... No I don't know.
Won't you say the word 10 times to me?
Citronfromage. Citronfromage.
It's citrus-flavoured mush.
Citronfromage.
Is it lemon mousse?
- It's not that. - No.
Is it a sort of lemon meringue thing?
Citronfromage. Citronfromage. Citronfromage.
Yeah, it's called a uhm...
Citronfromage. Citronfromage.
Just keep going. You just have to...
Citronfromage. Citronfromage. Citronfromage.
Yes, for example! What was it you said?
Citronfromage.
I don't want to say it anymore.
Easy.
What will it take for you to say it a billion times?
You're not part of some undercover camera prank?
No, you're not. Wait!
Fuck!
He fucking works with food.
Lemon mousse! That's not even a thing.
The problem is he knows the names of many different dishes.
None of them are citronfromage.
How did you get your friend to say 'citronfromage' 20 times?
He was completely plastered, I think.
I say: "Fuck, all my friends are at work."
And you're just like: "Who should I call?"
Karl drives for Wolt. [food delivery company]
How many times did they get their friends to say 'citronfromage'?
They did very differently.
Mikkel, you get your otherwise food-savvy, maybe ex-friend...
Not very word-savvy friend.
God knows. He only managed to say 'citronfromage' twice.
How fucking useless.
You need to get a hold of Karl. He's a little more plastered,
and says it 34 times.
That's a real friend.
Yeah, that's a good friend.
It pays to have a plastered circle of friends.
- We're missing a few. - We're going to Ane and Lars.
We're going to see a couple of familiar faces.
Ane called former winner Carsten Eskelund. [season 8 winner]
Lars calls an even more handsome guy, perhaps.
A really good friend named Lasse.
I think I'll call an old friend.
I'm calling Carsten Eskelund.
- His name is Lasse. - Hi, Carsten.
Hi Lars, what can I do for you?
I need you for... You have to say a word many, many times.
- What are you doing? - I'm playing the piano.
Huh, what do you need that for?
A little pause... and we are back.
The word I need you to say is another word for...
I'm calling you about something work-related, because I'm jamming on show titles.
So I thought: You're so good with words, Carsten
I'm sitting here practicing the same song.
In English it would be called 'outstanding'.
Especially in the beginning, you could only limp along, but I had actually given
an idea that if you were to use it commercially, it would be to find...
Unique, outstanding, excellent...
That was... That was number two.
It was one of them.
And then you do 40 minutes where you build half the number up.
Unique, unique, unique.
No, no, no, no, no. Excellent, excellent.
But then next year you might know the whole melody.
And then four years after, maybe two melodies.
So it's simply just building up each year.
Outstanding, outstanding, outstanding, outstanding.
Carsten, I'm missing that one good word.
It's about looking out. Something with vision.
Can't you say it a few more times?
It would be outstanding, if I said it a few times.
Outstanding, outstanding. It's outstanding. It's outstanding, this question.
Outstanding, outstanding.
You have to put things a little in...
- Perspective? - Yes, for example.
Perspective. Perspective. Perspective.
That's an outstanding task.
That's outstanding daily.
- Can it be used? - It can be used so much, Carsten.
- Thank you very much. Bye, bye. - Thanks, Lasse.
I think Lasse did it outstandingly.
- Thanks for the chat, Lars. - Likewise. It was outstanding.
Before you start with all your: "You wrote the task yourself."
Didn't you smell something strange about this phone call?
I'm with you guys. You could have just called me. I would have liked to help.
Citronfromage, citronfromage, citronfromage.
- That was already one more. - Does that count?
No.
Ane, are you being too polite when you talk to colleagues?
Only now it dawns on me -
- that I could just have told Carsten to say it many times.
You're only challenged if your conversation partner says:
"Something's wrong here."
How do you have friends you can call up and say strange words to?
Well, I also have friends who don't do anything.
- There are two words left. - We can start with Ane and Carsten.
It became quite a few times, compared to Mikkel.
You actually got Carsten to say it four times.
But that's nothing compared to when you get started.
- 14 times. - That's pretty impressive.
We should go from a task where participants can get help from outside -
- to something where they wish they'd gotten help.
Something that puts their self-control to the test.
At the risk of triggering a trauma, we're going to do something with these.
Hi, Mark.
So, there are some switches from the last century lined up here.
Should I read the task first?
When there's a button, you get completely...
Do whatever you want.
- I'm not touching this one. - Why do you say that?
It's something about the red circle-stop sign thing.
I only want to touch that one.
No, no.
- Oh, wow. - What's this now?
Some small notes. For example, it says 'Danger'.
- 'Vibration'. - 'Air', 'Light', 'Bubbles', and 'Smoke'.
Sounds like a Johnson [rapper] song.
"Do what you want with these switches for the next five minutes."
"You will then complete a task in the laboratory."
"The circumstances will change..."
"...depending on the positions of the switches."
"Your time starts when you've understood the task."
In a couple of months.
- Oh, Mark. - There are five minutes to just...
Awful. We didn't know...
You have five minutes to... What's with the switches?
You can choose to press them or not.
Neither of us are forcing you to press anything at all.
Just the voices in your head.
Mikkel, you're already at it, before the time even starts.
There's something in me.
When there are buttons, you gotta push it. You just can't help it.
It's a damn good thing you don't have a real job.
- Where do we start? - We can see all five.
Let's see how well they handle the pressure.
I can sense where Mikkel's heading.
I'll flip this one, and then something changes.
I'll flip it back, then it changes back.
I don't dare touch anything.
- You want to, right? - Are you crazy?!
There are different strategies. You could just go randomly.
You could also just say they're all the same.
I hope this means there will be light.
Have you seen the back of this? It's a board. Can you see that?
I'm turning this one green. Yellow is up.
Let's turn on the light. Is 'up' on?
I think it's pretty good, actually.
But, well...
You did it!
I don't regret for one second that I did it.
You have to take some chances in this life.
I'm never getting in an elevator with you.
Why not? The ride takes a little longer, but it's much more fun.
Lars, you're the only one...
- I'm not touching anything. - You're very reserved.
A man who's having his 'MeToo' scandal. "I haven't touched anything."
- I'm not touching anything. - That's the standard answer.
How's it going with keeping your mitts off the buttons -
- or maybe not being able to?
There's a very big difference.
David, you only pressed four switches.
Mikkel...
104.
Which is the equivalent to you pressing a switch every 3 seconds.
I really went to town on it.
Mark, will you reveal what task the switches affect?
Naturally. Coming here.
- Hi. - Mojn, Ane. ['Mojn' means 'hi']
We're doing this whole task in the South Jutland dialect.
Holy crap, a lot's happening!
- Is that a weight? - Oh no!
I think I've messed up.
"Balance the most blocks on the shelf." That's the shelf, those are blocks.
"You must remain standing on the platform throughout the entire task."
"You have five minutes."
"Most blocks on the shelf, when the time is up, wins."
"Your time starts when you have understood the task."
Have you understood the task?
I need to get as many blocks as possible on the shelf.
Thank you, yes. Time is running.
They can stand there just fine.
- Did you press any of the switches? - No!
Get away!
High risk, high reward. At least high risk.
Who's up first, when people have to try to balance blocks -
- while they themselves have chosen how much they should be distracted?
We're starting with Ane, David, Mette, and Lars.
A little clip I've called: "Do you remember those switches?"
Okay. Good.
- Well, that didn't go so well. - It's going pretty well.
Do you remember those switches?
Okay.
Mark, it's gotten completely dark now.
Oh no!
That's not an optimal setting, Mark.
- What's happening? - It's a smoke machine.
No! Hello!
It's a bit like being in a nightmare.
It's going really well. I don't have any system for the colours.
♪ Now it's shaking me! ♪
You have an astonishingly steady hand.
Oh no, Mark!
- Stop! - Oi-oi-oi.
- You have two minutes left. - Stop! I'm not doing anything!
It's going bloody well.
Come on, Mette Søndergaard. Damn!
Mark!
- Did you turn on all the switches? - If I did?
Oh!
- It's really annoying. - 20 seconds.
And time's up.
And time. And time.
And time's up. Very impressive.
How do you think it went?
I have to tell you something, David Minerba.
I know I've done my job well as the Taskmaster -
- when just one contestant says: "It's like being in a nightmare."
- Yeah, it's pretty much the same. - It didn't look that way for Lars.
- I thought it was a dream. - How did the rest of you feel?
You become very aware of your loose skin...
...when it shakes like that.
We thought Lars had kept his mitts off the switches.
- Apparently not. I was tempted. - It was a different time.
All the switches were set so that everything was off except the light.
If you'd kept your mitts to yourselves, it would have been really easy.
Were any distractions particularly annoying? The vibrating platform?
The board was pretty cool, because I've danced a lot of Riverdance.
I'm used to being rigid from the stomach up.
- I want to see that. - We all want to.
Mette! Mette! Mette!
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Shh!
- Very beautiful. Thank you, Mette. - You're welcome.
That was an upper body in total stillness. Not a muscle moved.
You've been practicing a lot.
Do you have results for our four participants?
Lars, you managed to get 42 pieces on the shelf.
- Ane, you end up with 28. - 28? Great.
Mette, you managed to place 14 pieces. And then there's...
...vibrating David:
four pieces.
We're missing Mikkel, who has choreographed -
- a show that appeals to all the senses for five minutes.
- Shall we see how it goes? - Many of us would like that.
From here, we'd like to wish you a huge amount of good luck.
I have a feeling there's more to it than that.
- Do you remember what you pressed? - No!
Get away! Look at that.
It's going great. What the hell are you talking about?
Look here.
There isn't a big pay-off coming -
- where a big ball comes down from the ceiling and smashes everything?
No, not that kind of pay-off.
Easy, easy, easy. Easy! Easy!
- And time's up. Are you happy? - Yes.
What do you think that final switch did?
- Nothing. - Okay.
[10 MINUTES EARLIER]
You did it!
[Disqualified]
- Why did you do that? - I don't know. What happens now?
Don't do that to me!
It was supposed to be my big moment.
They were all there. I would have won.
If you hadn't pressed that switch, you would 100% have won.
No, no!
Disqualified. How are the points distributed?
Points. We can do that.
We could also...
...see if others couldn't keep their mitts to themselves.
Aha!
- You almost have to do it. - You decide.
- I'll start by doing this. - I'm turning it on.
I'm doing it.
You certainly did that.
I forgot. Did you? You win some, you lose some.
That 'win some' part, I'm looking in the middle of the field. Hey, Lars.
If there's anything, it's proof -
- that men over 50 have learned to keep their hands to themselves.
Then it's easy to distribute the points, Mark.
Zero, zero, zero, zero. And Lars, 5 points.
Onwards to the next task.
This task takes the premise of the whole show, and boils it down into one minute.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
What do you say to this entrance?
- It's just me. - That's good, Lars.
- Hi, Mark. - Hi, David.
I could have looked like that.
Hourglass figure.
Something to do with time.
Now I'm more of a cylinder.
- "Impress the Taskmaster..." - "...in one minute."
- "You have until the studio recordings..." - "...to prepare your minute."
"So, your time doesn't start now."
Cool. That's nice.
- Can you do something he can't? - I certainly can.
For example, I could shut up for almost 60 seconds.
I can do this for a whole minute.
I could also say the sentence: 'I don't know anything about that.'
You clearly have the physique for it.
- Is there anything you can't do? - Many things.
I can't do that many push-ups.
I also could also breastfeed a baby.
I'm just going to say something, and you'll cut it out.
I could euthanise 10 kittens incredibly quickly.
I could walk on hot coals.
I'll think about it.
That could kill two birds with one stone, because I promise -
- that if you breastfeed a baby for 60 seconds, Lars -
- then I'll shut up in the meantime.
Mark, would you like to introduce the first contestant?
First to impress is you, Mikkel Klint Thorius.
Yeah. It hasn't started yet, because it wasn't very impressive.
If you want to impress someone, it's important to do something -
- that the person you want to impress can't figure out themselves.
So I will now demonstrate how to set aside for taxes.
[in 2024, it was revealed that Lasse owed DKK4.1m / £469k in taxes]
If we can get Borger.skat.dk up here... [Danish tax authority website]
We can't. We'll do something else.
I'd actually like to impress you. I'm going to do a magic trick for you.
I actually liked the first idea better.
Let's see if we can combine them.
I've been practicing, I swear. I'll run my finger over it.
- You say stop. - Stop.
Is this your card? Take it. Look at it.
Put it back in the deck somewhere I can't see.
- Shuffle the deck. - I'm on it.
Yeah, thanks. Give it to me.
Now we have to find your card again.
Let's say this is your income.
- Oh, we're back to that. - Yeah, it's a bit much.
It comes into your account. Then you say "Now I'm setting aside."
- Try saying it. - I'm setting aside.
More than once. You don't usually set aside that much in general.
Right now you've set aside one tax card over there.
- Because you're not setting aside more. - I'm setting aside more. More!
- You're not setting aside more than that. - That's two cards.
- Is it one of these? - Yes.
- I'll choose that one. - Then we'll take this one away.
- What was your card? - Four of diamonds.
- That's damn impressive. - That's impressive.
And you also learned to set aside not-very-much for taxes.
- Who's next? - It's you, David.
I've made a song and learned to play the ukulele.
That's cool. You never know when inspiration will strike you.
This one hit me on the toilet.
♪ I'm just sitting here, shitting all alone. ♪
♪ I'm just sitting here squeezing, and cannot feel my legs. ♪
♪ My boss calls me and says: "It's a bit of a problem." ♪
♪ I'm just sitting here... ♪
♪ I'm just sitting here, shitting all alone. ♪
♪ I'm just sitting here squeezing, and cannot feel my legs. ♪
♪ My boss calls me and says: "It's a bit of a problem." ♪
♪ I'm just sitting here... ♪
I'm impressed with how you set the scene so skilfully.
And you're thinking: I need to clarify if there's anyone else here.
No, he's all alone. And that's good to know.
My girlfriend sometimes comes with me.
Then I'm surprised you didn't yell, "I'm done!"
I wasn't allowed to by the editors.
Thank you, David Minerba. We still need three impressive contestants.
The bar has been set... somewhere. And now we're coming to you, Ane.
I've gone a bit Mikkel-esque.
I thought: What could impress you, Lasse, is something you can't do.
Because, god knows, there's not much you can't do.
And, god knows, there's not much you can't do that I happen to...
I can't do much that you can't also do.
We're very similar, after all.
We talk a lot. We both date a bit beneath us. [presumably age-wise, given Lasse's reputation]
But there is one thing, I can do that you can't.
Here it comes.
No...!
Yes.
- There's a little baby. - No!
And it didn't take more than a minute to make.
- Congratulations. - Thanks. And to you too.
That's three good slices of being impressed that we've shaved off here.
Let's take another slice. Lars.
It requires you to come up with something quite special.
I'll start by going barefoot.
- Because... - No, no, no!
Out at the house, I mentioned very briefly that I could walk on coals.
Is there...? No, no, no!
It requires a good portion of rough skin on the toes.
Damn.
And then Riverdance!
God damn!
- Are you okay? - Are you crazy, man?!
It smells a bit burnt over here.
Many will be thinking: "It's just at room temperature."
But inside this room, with so many people...
There are lights.
We're up to at least 24-25 degrees.
That was quite a hike.
Lars was the penultimate one, and we need to do it one more time...
What I have chosen to impress you with is -
- that I will beat the current record -
- for holding the longest note.
And ladies and gentlemen, this is the current champion -
- the person who holds the record in Denmark -
- for holding the longest note -
- whom I've gotten to compete with me.
Ladies and gentlemen... Mr. Stig Rossen! [Danish musical actor]
♪ When I look back, ♪
♪ I will always recall, ♪
♪ moment for moment, ♪
♪ this was the moment. ♪
♪ The greatest moment ♪
♪ of them ♪
♪ allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll... ♪
Stig Rossen!
Mr. Stig Rossen!
- Whew! - Can I just mention here...
...I can walk on Stig Rossen.
- We both have the same moment now. - It's Stig Rossen!
- No way, that's insane. - I wanted to be impressed.
And I have been impressed five times, to varying degrees.
And when we talk about taking something from one end...
David, thanks, but it felt like you were thinking:
"He'll be impressed that I go to the toilet alone."
- You should be able to, David. - You're too old for that now.
- I'll take it, Lasse. - There was the one with room temperature.
I loved the whole show. Lars, you get 2 points.
That's how it is.
I love the miracle of life, Ane -
- but it's not the first time you've created a whole new human being.
It's also damn impressive that someone wants to do it twice.
So we end up deciding between 4 and 5 points.
There's magic, and there's financial advice.
Did your tax debt disappear? I don't think so.
But it's a drawback -
- that you should have been there with the advice 10 years ago.
4 points to Mikkel, and 5 points to Mette.
Yes!
Mark, I'm going to ask for the next task.
Mark? I'm going to...
That was the door, not a fart.
What kind of shoddy task is this?
- Something has changed. - Did you make it?
It's usually a very fine seal.
That's modelling clay. And that's printer paper.
This isn't the quality we usually work with at all.
You probably don't need to do that.
Ugh, damn it.
"Fake something." Okay.
- "Best deception wins." - "You have 20 minutes."
"Ready, set, go."
"Ready, set, go!"
So, like a...? Damn it.
I have to fake something.
- What's a con? - You know those flea markets?
Up the sleeve.
Then I've stolen your belt with my foot.
You have to go out and cheat and deceive.
Everything you're normally not allowed to do. Now we are.
You are allowed to with this task. Who should we see first?
Let's start with... What did you call it, David?
What? What?
Do you want to play? I'll show you some tricks.
Pick a card.
Is this your card, Mark?
No.
- Is this your card? - Nope.
- Is this your card? - No.
Next trick...
...is the real trick.
- I've already faked a trick. - Wow.
- Where is it? - There.
God, you're so stupid. That was right. Let's try again.
- What are you looking for? - Shut up.
I think the lime is here.
There's no lime. You've been scammed!
More. We agreed on more, guys.
I don't know if I've been scammed. I'm very confused.
- That was pretty sick, right? - What were you doing?
I faked that I was wearing glasses.
After this first fine piece of deception -
- who's going out to scam now?
We've been bombarded by our legal department -
- because we're going to see Ane impersonate Hans Henningsen from YouSee. [Denmark's biggest telecoms company]
It's important to emphasise that Ane is not Hans Henningsen from YouSee.
You could easily think that, when you see this clip.
If I call my mum now and pretend I'm from YouSee -
- and that she has to pay a big bill on a gyrocard.
Hello? Hello!
YouSee. Large TV package.
- Eline? - Hi, this is Hans Henningsen from YouSee.
Yes, hello.
TV 2 Fri is being removed from the TV package you currently have. [leisure and outdoor TV channel]
Well, I think I pay so much for that TV package there.
If you give me your social security number, I'll give you a better offer.
Well, can I be sure that you are from YouTube?
I'm from YouSee. Yes, of course.
Yes, but it's because you're calling from a private number.
Aren't you a little proud of my mum? Wasn't she good?
Phew. Mum really had her heart in her throat there.
I'm worried about your mum.
A mild sore throat, and she couldn't recognise her own daughter's voice.
Firstly, I am the woman of a thousand voices.
But regardless of how it goes, I'm just so mega happy,
because I've trained my mum -
- that she shouldn't give out her information.
She's accidentally given... Oh dear.
She ended up clicking something on Facebook -
- and now there are some 'beautiful ladies in my area', and all sorts of things.
The internet is so difficult for her.
So I'm so glad she didn't give it away.
It works. She's almost impossible to get a date with.
- Who should we see now? - We're getting to you, Mikkel.
Now, we need to answer the question:
What's most important? 5 points, or your relationship?
Often you fake that you're looking forward to something.
Next weekend with the in-laws. Shut up, it'll be great!
My relationship can't handle that.
5 points... Relationship. 5 points... Relationship.
When are we going to your parents' place in Laurbjerg?
A short week, the 16th.
I just want to say: I'm looking forward to it. Wow!
It's the whole weekend, right? In Laurbjerg. It'll be lovely.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.
The whole week in Jutland?
How come you're just suddenly saying that?
I don't know. But that was just that.
- Well, okay. See you later. - Yes, see you.
She'll get so mad when I say it was fake. She'll kill me.
That's the worst thing I've done!
She discovered a new side of you, and appreciated it.
- She was so happy. - Yes, she actually was.
That was the worst thing that could've happened!
She just texted me.
She wrote: "I love you, honey."
Do your in-laws watch Stormester?
I'm considering whether I could get Ane to call them and...
Say it's been removed from the TV package.
It's just that we invited them.
If you just...
If you look down at the 14th row... They're not here. They didn't want to come.
- We asked them, and they didn't want to. - Bloody lucky. No.
I think they said they were really looking forward to it.
They're so sweet.
They couldn't see the fun in it. But I hope they can.
Everything is very up in the air at the moment.
- What a deception. Do we have more? - Yes, we certainly do.
Unfortunately, there are shady characters who just want to watch the world burn.
Luckily, we have a silent guardian among us.
A watchful protector. A dark knight.
Wow! What a trailer. I'd love to see that movie.
I just watched all the Batman movies.
I myself have been deceived recently.
I get a message from PostNord: "You have something in customs." [Nordic postal services provider]
It looked exactly like PostNord. Yes, it did!
Then the bank calls. "We're blocking your card. Someone in Amager is using it."
The optimal thing would be to screw them back.
Yes. There we have the culprit.
- What did you write? - Listen to this.
"Dear PostCrap. I have tried to deliver a package to you -"
"- but unfortunately, you were not at the address."
"Sincerely, Mette Søndergaard Nielsen."
What do you say to that? Wasn't that the sharpest thing you've seen from me?
- That'll teach them. - I'm spellbound.
When someone pretends to be PostNord, it's not PostNord...
We can't know that for sure.
Someone from PostNord might pretend to be someone else in their free time.
That's right. Lars Hjortshøj can be hired as a Lars Hjortshøj impersonator.
- And he's one of the best. Top five. - I can do many voices too.
That's four of them done. Who are we missing?
We're missing Lars. And we're going on a quick trip to ancient Egypt.
Or as Lars calls it: Egypt.
I don't know how much you know about Egypt.
Pyramids. Hieroglyphs.
Hi, mummy. Or Lars.
Don't you think people can see that it's you, Lars?
You're not a real mummy. It's fake!
It's Mark.
That's great.
I was completely surprised. I have to admit.
I was deceived. But I'm ready to hand out points.
We're seeing some pretty weak deceptions -
- when I look at you two, David and Mette.
Seriously? That completely surprises me.
Otherwise, you can fight for my cause. I also think I deserve more.
You deserve twice as many points. You get two, Mette gets one.
You've taught your South Jutland mother to be a little too suspicious.
You get 3 points, Ane. Now we're at the top with Mikkel and Lars.
You went all out, Mikkel. You put something on the line.
There's still something at stake. Where are you going to sleep tonight?
What do we de with the apartment?
Then it would be a shame if you were beaten at the last minute -
- by a man wrapped in toilet paper.
That would be a shame.
But you will...
...not. Gotcha!
That's deception. What the heck?
Nothing is decided before the final task, which is unfolding on stage right now.
For the final task, we have divided the participants into two teams.
Lars and Ane, you are one team. Let's call you Team 1.
Over there sits the other team, David, Mikkel, and Mette.
Why do I have to stand on this spot?
We just need to have the final task read aloud. Who's going to do it?
David gets to do it.
Just spell your way through it. You just clap if that's the case.
Reading task.
Shut your mouth.
Good!
Okay. "Say the same word as your team-mate, at the same time."
We got this.
"Each round, the Taskmaster will give you one category."
"Each team must say a word within the category, at the same time."
"If both team-mates say the same word, the team gets 1 point."
"No word may be repeated more than once. The most synchronous team wins."
Yes, it works like this: the Taskmaster says a category.
Then you must say one word, in sync, within that category.
We take turns until one of the teams says the same word in sync.
The team with three participants, you'll rotate after each category,
so you're not standing there forever. We'll play five rounds.
The points you scrape together now will be added to your current score.
There's one more thing. For each category, each team gets -
- five chances to say the same word in sync.
- Are you tuned in to me? - Completely.
Lars and Ane, the first category is 'fruit'.
Three, two, one.
- David and Mikkel, same category. - Three, two, one.
Shit!
- Unfortunately. - Why the fuck didn't you say 'lemon'?
Citronfromage!
Why isn't there a team where both participants say 'lemon'?
- Now it's your turn, Lars and Ane. - Three, two, one.
- Oh, you're awake. - He's gone into himself.
Has that word been said by the other team?
To that I can say: You repeated it.
That means you didn't succeed in saying the same word.
Three, two, one.
- He said 'pear'! - Three, two, one.
- 'Coconut'? - I couldn't think of anything.
Your culinary skills are not...
If there was a category of 'frozen pizza', then fucking...
- Ane and Lars, the category is 'fruit'. - Three, two, one.
Three, two, one.
I don't know. It all happened so fast, all of a sudden.
- Is everything going fast? - Yes.
Thank you for all the fruits that got mentioned.
No teams said two words simultaneously, so we move on to the next category.
The category is... 'tools'.
- David and Mette. - Three, two, one.
- Hammer. - Hammer.
How great!
Lars and Ane get the first chance. And the category is 'farm animals'.
Three, two, one.
- Cow. - Cow.
Oh my god!
- Bravo. - Fruits was hard.
Next category, Mikkel and Mette. The category is 'European countries'.
Oh, it's so easy.
Three, two, one.
I can't get it out.
She's having trouble with countries. You could just name the one we're in.
Lars and Ane, the category is 'European countries'.
Three, two, one.
- Germany. - Germany.
Last category: 'Boring Danish boys' names'.
Three, two, one.
So close.
Last attempt from Lars and Ane.
Three, two, one.
- Tim? - No, Kim.
I should've said 'Kristian'.
1 point to the three-person team. You scraped together 2 points over here.
Mark, who wins the erotic comics tonight?
Lars Hjortshøj!
There haven't been any naughtier illustrations on the balcony -
- since Tobias Rahim participated. [he brought in a naked poster of himself during season 5]
If you just turned on your TV, you've missed everything.
Thank you for tonight.
Original Danish subtitles: Karl Wagner (Dansk Video Tekst)
Additional transcription, proofreading and adjustments: Chaya Friis and u/Taskmastermaster