Most reality shows rely mostly on brains and brawn, not intellect. But not NBC’s summer adventure reality series, "Treasure Hunters." This one is just as much about solving puzzles as it is running, jumping, or swimming.
There were nine teams remaining on the show heading into last night’s episode. One team is made up of ex-CIA agents. Another is made up of Air Force graduates. Then there is the team known as the Wild Hanlons.
The team is made up of brothers Ben and Pat (sporting the greatest mullet EVER) and Pat’s son, Ben. The team barely survived the first episode; only because someone gave them the answer to the last puzzle. On last night’s episode, the Wild Hanlons somehow managed to escape elimination again.
Left with one final message to decode, the team could not come up with the final answer. So, in the middle of the challenge, with two other teams trailing them, the Hanlons decided to drive 40 miles — to Burger King. Apparently they thought the answer was in a Whopper.Well if it wasn’t the Whopper, it must have been the onion rings. When then Hanlons returned from their fast food jaunt, suddenly the problem became more manageable and the team was able to solve their puzzle and avoid elimination.
Earlier in the episode, the Wild Hanlons spent 11 hours in a mine trying to figure out one of the clues — and overslept for another part of the challenge.
It should be noted they only finished ahead of two teams; one team had a player fall to injury (they had to carry her) and the other had their canoe capsize earlier in the mission.
Good luck next week boys!
TMZ
