It's a tracking tool so blocking them immediately removes one of their main resources.
The cynicism here is similar to what we had in the first couple of UK series but once you get past that and accept like in every other reality show the "reality" is within the confines of making a TV show for viewers to enjoy then it really stands out amongst other shows in the genre.
As for the last couple of nights. A bus is somewhat riskier than a train with only one exit point, and staying on it was just giving the hunters time. As for Staffi and Matt - if you're a drag queen arranging a meet knowing the call has probably been intercepted you don't go in full drag.
Still intrigued to see how the prize is split if one pair and one individual makes it but I imagine at least one will get caught. Wouldn't be surprised if the copper wins to see him hired as a Hunter next time around.
They are tracked every time the card is accessed anyway, so I think it might be an odd choice to give them a debit card and then restrict the use of it. Future teams will remember this event and might either;
1. Withdraw all the $$ at the first atm they come across after the game begins (removing future tracking ability for the Hunters {providing they can withdraw all the $$ at once - we are not told the rules so we don't know if this withdrawing everything at once is allowed or not}).
2. Teams will not use it at all thinking it is possibly blocked (removing the tracking tool from Hunters altogether)
3. Just give it to someone else and say it probably wont work anyway but try it in 4 or 5 days when we are over the other side of the state & put a ski mask on or some disguise so they cant see your face. (throwing Hunters way off & rendering a good tracking tool useless)
I find myself oddly conflicted at how annoyed I am at the presence of a camera guy or crew & possibly a producer floating nearby vs say Survivor where the exact same is happening, yet you never seem to bother about them in that show. I think it is because they are so well concealed from the edit, whereas in Hunted you see the camera guy either in the car with them or closely following them in the street sometimes. I guess to enjoy it - you just have to get over it...
Which brings me to Matt's capture - he was hiding behind a tree up the street but where was his camera guy? Was it him standing out of the footpath filming him that the Hunters saw to alert them ??? I suppose if you are a fugitive in this show, then its incumbent upon you to realise that if you go into a high risk zone - your camera guy has to be considered as a risk of your position being noticed.
I have noticed on nearly all vehicle transports where a friend, Airbnb host, member of the public etc drives them somewhere - there is a big perspex divider between the front seat and the back seat. So I am guessing this is some sort of covid precaution that the production team had to implement, as not many people have these in their cars as a standard thing. So I guess there is some 'set up' requirements they have to go through when fugitives accept lifts from people in their cars. I noted that if the fugitives were driving themselves somewhere they didn't have one.
It would be interesting to see how they split the $$ up. Is it a 3 way split or 2 ways?? I'm thinking each person that finishes gets a split.
I would like to see the policeman win, but I am wondering if the edit is showing him getting caught or in a sprint for the finish line? You see someone scale a high fence and I think out of who is left that only the policeman guy has the physical ability to do that at that speed. I wonder if he is scaling the fence to evade a hunter behind him or if time is running out and its the shortest route to the extraction point???
I must admit, last nights episode was a good one, I did feel more engaged with the show.. I am sure the finale will be a close one...