#jltg: 5

[get-deutsche-bahned]

With Season 13 complete now, here's the updated season length comparison!

Season 12 remains on top with a total runtime of 6h 31mins, with season 13 a close second (comparatively) at 6h 12min, though it has one episode fewer. It thus decisively beats the third place, which is season 5 at 4h 52min.

This time, I also plotted the runtimes per episode within each season: their average (shown as the blue line), as well as the longest (yellow) and shortest (red) episode.

The longest episode for most seasons was the finale (seasons 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13), with the runners-up the first episode (pilot and seasons 4 and 12), so, who's ready for season 13.5 to have two 1.5h-episodes? as well as the penultimate (seasons 1, 6, 9; though note that season 1 only had 3 episodes).

Initially, I expected the disparity between longest and shortest episode to be the largest for season 13 -- after all, the shortest episode had been 42 minutes, while the finale was almost twice as long at 1h 20min -- but the lead here is season 5 (Race to the End of the World; 23min/55min) followed by season 8 (Arctic Escape; 22min/58min). Both of those are very similar game formats. Season 1 only has four minutes of disparity between the minimum and maximum, or a maximum of 15% difference between episode runtimes, followed by season 4 with 9 minutes of difference, or 20%. Meanwhile, the maximum difference for seasons 5 and 8 were 57.7% and 56.2% respectively (i.e. the shortest episode was less than half as long as the longest, see above). Season 11, 12, and 13 all hover just below 50% difference (48.4%/59.5%/47.4%)

I found it very interesting to see episode length go down over the pre-channel opening seasons and then almost continually up from there-on; though, of course, the games have tended to get longer, too. Season 3, 7, 11 were the tag seasons, though even those have gotten longer as time progresses (for all that I believe each tag game is still only 3 filming days long).

I'm very excited to see where the journey will take them, stats-wise!

Cumulative Season runtime, ordered by length:

Season 12: 6:31:28 Season 13: 6:12:29 Season 5: 4:52:32 Season 6: 4:42:10 Season 10: 4:23:23 Season 11: 4:00:34 Season 8: 3:51:40 Season 9: 3:22:26 Season 4: 3:13:25 Season 3: 3:12:08 Season 7: 3:02:43 Pilot: 1:53:20 Season 2: 1:49:53 Season 1: 1:20:05

[belleandkurtbastian]

Kia ora. I’m Toby, running for top job. If I win that job, I’ll construct many good buildings that you’ll say ‘wow’ about.

I’ll look at our old stuff and put it on display for all to look at and think about.

I’ll build many amusing walks along our bay.

I’ll ban all Adams from Waitangi Park. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[speedyowl152]

Jet Lag the Game Spoilers ahead!

Me and my mum could write an essay on Sam's bad luck and this guy opens up with "the way to win this thing is high risk high reward". Noooooo Sam! You can't do high risk, you'll lose against all odds! This is how you wind up stranded in Singapore with no possible route out, I'm telling you.

That episode was heart wrenching, I'm such a team badam simpleton but then Sam gets himself into Situations like this and i just. This poor man, someone help him.

[howthejetslag]

sam denby, number one amtrak supporter

[floor-archivist]

5 + 18 for the jet lag asks!!

5. which location is your favorite that the laggers have traveled to?

Country-wise, always love seeing Japan. Personally think there should be more lighthouses overall, but I am biased.

18. what song do you most associate with jet lag?

I have a whole playlist with vaguely jltg vibe songs but my favorite right now is Henry Says by Bears in Trees

ask game!

[nauseakills]

ayyyyy!

putting mine under a cut bc i am 2 lazy to make my own post

last song: the way you make me shake - patent pending

Favorite color: hot pink or a particularly yellow lime green

Last book: breakfast of champions - kurt vonnegut (now re-reading slaughterhouse 5)

Last movie: technically the new wallace + gromit i think but the last one i watched willingly was the first hobbit movie on the train home before xmas

Last show: uhhhh jet lag the game! also friends who like jltg pls talk to me abt jltg

Sweet/spicy/savory: savoury but u have to break it up with some sweet sometimes. also im confused by the soncept of spice as an equal object to sweet and savoury. spicy is not a flavour what spices do u meaaaannnn

Last thing I searched: wong kar-wai

Current Obsession: hmmmm no Big obsessions atm but. i mean aforementioned jltg ig? also so close (2002) dir. corey yuen

Looking forward to: maybe taking a year out of full time education after i graduate this year. perhaps. also the evenings getting longer again now

tagging whoever wants to! bc once again im lazy

tag game!

(making my own post cause the og was getting long)

thanks @ph0to-of-a-gh0st !

Last song: Don’t Want It by Lil Nas X

Favorite color: not too long ago i would have said blue‚ but i’ve really been appreciating green lately. like a nice sage green

Last book: i’m gonna be honest here. i haven’t read for fun in a hot minute. Elsevier’s Veterinary Assisting Textbook.

Last movie: i think Klaus? funny as hell‚ great animation 10/10

Last show: Bob’s Burgers

Sweet/spicy/savory: sweet forever and ever

Last thing I searched: … “wizard cat meme”

Current Obsession: you know i’m on that once a year minecraft phase baby

Looking forward to: going home after work and getting the package i’ve been waiting for :) its a cool little shelf for my room

tagging (no pressure) @akwardunicorn17 @motherscarf @bluebayard @soofoo-s @wearesungreenmylove @holyheart @nauseakills @nausikaaa @istradion @timehangsbyathread

if anyone else wants to do it just pretend i tagged ya 🦝🦝🦝

[heyitswolfman]

Jet lag out of context:

“come here and let me feed you cream” - Adam Chase 2023

[get-deutsche-bahned]

Decided to plot the total run times of the seasons (as posted on Nebula, excluding Outtakes and the visual Layover episodes). Season 13 is (unsurprisingly) shaping up to be long -- it's already beat four other season (the Pilot and seasons 1, 2, and 7)

Totals (in h:mm:ss)

Season 12 6:31:28 Season 5 4:52:32 Season 6 4:42:10 Season 10 4:23:23 Season 11 4:00:34 Season 8 3:51:40 Season 9 3:22:26 Season 4 3:13:25 Season 3 3:12:08 Season 13 3:05:52 Season 7 3:02:43 Pilot 1:53:20 Season 2 1:49:53 Season 1 1:20:05

[jetlaggedjetslag]

JLTG episode 5 spoilers without context