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TV Talk Discussion Group
Brandy, this is exactly what you signed up to do, whiner. She really needs to shut up or go home. It's one thing to have never watched the show before, quite another to think that The Amazing Race means driving from galleria to galleria in Bentley's drinking bon-bons while shopping for cashmere sweaters.
I actually didn't like Joe and Heidi much at all, but was really rooting for them to beat Jeff/Jordan, especially since tonight they added 'rude, irritating obnoxiousness' to their usual repertoire of 'gross incompetence' and 'profound stupidity.' Gotta love Jeff's assessment that they're "the best team there"...and this was following their LAST place finish the prior leg.
During one of the past couple of episodes, at a pit stop, Joe made an offensive comment to the gay brother. CBS never said what the comment was, but it was assumed to be a gay slur. In secret scenes and clips, the brothers and the lesbian couple vowed to U-turn them as soon as possible. Previous to this, J & H were in an alliance with C & B, but that ended with the comment. (Whatever it was...)
I loved that deer in the headlights look from Caite when she found out she had to go back. Hysterical! And Brent's "Look there are flying things" at the airplanes. They make so many mistakes.
When Dan and Jordan started bickering, I thought, "Oh no, not this again!" But one brother just laughed and was so funny! He called his brother a tool-ha! It's hard to bicker with someone who's just enjoying himself. It's the way they bicker. It's more playful and not as serious. They also seem to quickly get over their differences and don't let bad feelings interfere with the race.
Jet and Cord are still my favorites, followed by Steve/Allie and Dan/ Jordan.
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I pretty much agree with you right down the line.
I actually told Jeff last night "You knew she was a moron before you took up with her!". Seriously, Jeff knew what he was getting. The two actually told the cameras they wanted to run AR when they were on BB. Oddly, Entertainment Weekly actually printed that the magazine thought everyone was wanting Jeff and Jordan to win. Clearly they don't know their audience.
Funniest thing of the week, both thanks to Brent: When Brent said "those flying things", and when he said something like "do they want us to go South, or in the direction South?"
I didn't particularly like Joe and Heidi, and not sad to see them go. It was funny the cops overheard what they were saying, which is something like "even with my hurting knee, we're racing better than the other teams", and decided to "fix" them. Gotta watch what you say, people. Didn't Joe and Heidi say something about getting back at the cops? Maybe they can shortsheet their beds at the pitstop. Sounds like they had a target on their back if they were spouting gay slurs, but, had the cops not done it, neither of the gay member teams would have made it ahead of them. I sort of expected Heidi to say the cops must not have come from "good families".
All that said, that morse code challenge would have been awful to do. I'm not sure how well you could hear the code with those noisy "flying things" buzzing by. It would seem this week would have been a better non-elim than last week's easier tasks would have.
Not a whole lot about the cowboys this week...just showed them running their race, and running it well. Good for them.
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Louie and Michael have really surprised me. From the way they competed early in the game, I thought they'd be gone by now. And look at them! In first place, twice in a row. Good for them.
Steve and Allie seem nice, but very under the radar.
Jeff practically willed Jordan to win BB, and now he's dragging her through the Race. With a better partner, he could kick ass.
Even before the race began, I think Jet and Cord had to be the favorites. I mean, come on, a young, fit male/male team? They're the type that tend to win! I like them okay, just am not wild about them.
Dan/Jordan could have been super annoying in this episode, but they weren't. I'm grateful for that.
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Actually Jordan only won 500,000 - so she oughta be trying a little harder, lol. I like them but Jeff can't do it alone, she seems to want to be elminated. Anyway, was glad Joe and Heidi left, I mean I always feel bad for whoever goes but they annoyed me. They didn't annoy me as much as Carol and Brandy do though - omg, someone put Brandy out of her misery, she is so obnoxious, she thinks she is entitled or something, then why in the world is she there? Anyway, Jet and Cord remain my favorites, hope they take it all. I do like Dan and Jordan, they can be a real kick.
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Great review Mimi.
I have to confess I watch Big Brother and I think it would have been a much better coupling if they had Jeff and Michele who had a huge crush on Jeff and was athletic AND smart, although done in by her crush on him. BUT, Jeff and Jordan were THE couple of last summer, so it was inevitable. Plus, Jeff didn't like Michele all that much. Jordan is lazy. They make an adorable couple in real life, but she already won her million so she isn't pushing herself. She looked disappointed at the end when they were not out. That annoyed me. For the first time in weeks I was cheering for them to go.
Not unhappy to see Joe go, he annoyed me, but what a hard task that Morse code task was! Also, I really appreciated that they had a historical task in France. But woe to the idiots who thought World War I involved Nazis. And did they notice the biplanes? I guess this is considered ancient history now. sigh.
Not feeling any of the teams this year much, but I have grown to love the cowboys. Daughter and father would be my next two favorites.
I missed the roadblock this time around. And how convenient to have the U-Turn coupled with what looked to be a very hard task - that was what gave Jeff and Jordan a chance to crawl into last place.
At this point, I hope the cowboys, Jet and Cord, win. Because honestly, I never thought they would last this long or were so smart. My bad! Stereotyping is never a good thing.
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