I was glad to see that neither option on the Detour involved pure luck. It becomes more of a straight race that way.
It’s interesting that 6 of the 7 teams chose to lug the big fish.
I’m a bit sad to see Team Nerd get eliminated. Now I have to root for Team Gonad, because I dislike Team Hippie.
I suspect that none of the other teams wandered through the crowd shouting “Jango? Jango? Are you Jango?”
I thought Fran was really pretty nasty with her comment about Barry during the kayak polo thing - something about how awful he was. As if she’s some champ at those sorts of things.
Lake is a dick, plain and simple. Nuff said.
I was also very sad to see the Nerds go. However, they really did just lack something during this leg. And if Lori had been able to think a little bit more flexibly at the statue building, they might have had a shot at avoiding last place this time around.
I love the Hippies. I love how nothing phases them, how they are pleasant with everyone and are able to speak at least something in most every language. I love how their pleasant disposition pissed off the Frat Boys.
Finally, I was a holdout on the Frat Boys latency thing, but the taller blond one - yikes, bro. Come on out, I need room to hang up my coat.
Upon review of the tape, I did not see anything in Lake’s pants which resembled a microphone pack. Perhaps they weren’t directly miked at that point.
Disagree. He has issues but there’s more to him than “dick.”
There wasn’t any way for anyone to move up in any significant way in the leg. Three of the teams finished in exactly the same position as the previous leg, and of the other four they swapped places in pairs. It was gonna take everyone about the same amount of time to count fence heads, it was gonna take roughly the same amount of time to lug fish, it was gonna take about the same amount of time to score a goal (what with the other players pretty much feeding the racers the ball). It pretty much came down to parking. They might as well have had the teams draw straws to see who got eliminated. This really should have been a NEL.
Ugh. I respect their ability as racers but every aspect of their personalities that they’ve shown thus far has been like fingernails on a chalk board. Their jokes aren’t funny, they try too hard, they’re always ON.
Give it time. The original Flo didn’t become Queen Of Pestilence Raging Flo until the 8th or 9th leg. Joseph doesn’t have the zen-like detachment of Zach; unfortunately, her crying jags seem to spur him into incredible feats of human strength (like carrying a 200-lb. bell on his shoulder!!) so I fear we won’t see the end of this team for a long while. :eek:
What’s with all the Hippie Hate? HIPPIES RULE!!!
The editors really threw me a curve ball this week – when Ray & Yolanda started with the “relationship talk”, I thought for sure they were done for. Instead, it was the Nerds. Didn’t realize how much I liked 'em until they got booted. 
Did Lake seem unusually calm this episode or what? It’s like his nicotine patch finally kicked in, or he got replaced by his non-evil twin. I mean…he actually READ A CLUE!!! Will the real Lake please stand up?
And somebody, somewhere…PLEASE make an animated pic of Dancing Phil. I so totally want one for my desktop.
Not only that, it seemed like it stretched the teams further apart. Teams Hippy and Horndog started early enough to make it easily to the ruins (though they did have to wait for them to open) and the trailing teams looked like they got stuck it pretty bad traffic.
When Ray and Yolanda abandoned their car, I wondered if they’d be able to find it again. They didn’t know they’d need it to drive to the next stop.
And if you get the number heads wrong, exactly how much time do you lose?
“Forty.”
“No.”
“Forty-one.”
“Here’s your clue.”
Well, I’m sure that there’s more to all of the people than we get to see, but he’s said enough in the past (e.g. “Michelle is the one who’s wrong most of the time,” “That’s partially my fault” “She’s a doctor’s wife, she shouldn’t be talking [to me] like that!”) to see that he is highly defensive and unable to reflect on his own limitations and failings, exceeding my own personal criterion level of “dick.” Yours differs, and that’s cool.
IIRC she rebuilt the statue several times. I’m not sure if figuring out that there were two extra pieces as fast as everyone else appeared to would have brought them in in front of anyone else, but they would certainly have been leaving a lot closer to other teams - and there was plenty of time to make up ground (or lose it). For example, The Hippies left the place with the heads on the fence right after the Frat Boys, but didn’t arrive at Siragusa until after the Frat Boys had completed the task.
Michelle: Just turn right, get on 114 (whatever the number was), and we’re good.
Lake: I’m gonna stop and ask someone.
Michelle: I know where we’re going, we don’t need to stop.
Lake: I’m stopping and asking.
Michelle: Look! There’s a sign right there, Siracusa thataway.
Lake: Man, did we get lucky there.
Michelle: No, I’m just smart.
(paraphrased from memory)
Lake may more than just an ass, but an ass he certainly is. He shows no respect for Michelle at all. He doesn’t trust her to do anything at all, gives her no credit whatsoever when she contributes, and blames her for his mistakes when he screws up.
I think too much was made of Monica’s mini-breakdown with the swordfish*. Fucker’s heavy, and they were on what, their fifth incorrect vendor? She recovered pretty quickly, and moved on, whereas Joseph seemed to be the one who was really freaking out. I think our top three are decided: Hippy, Gonad, and Mojo.
I mean look at the competition: I love Ray and Yolanda, but they’re going to have pull a serious surprise out of their ass to be considered contenders at this point. Lake and Michelle are all talk, no game, and Frankenbarry (other than props to them for noticing a clue box the FIRST time)? Please.
Is this season really as boring as it seems? Or are we just back to normal after the disasters of Colon, *athon, and the Weavers? Lake doesn’t strike me as being a whole lot worse than Wil from Season 2 (still pretty bad mind you, but not cataclysmic like we’ve seen since).
YAWN
I don’t find this season boring at all. It’s kind of predictable, because there are three good teams and a bunch of barely adequate ones and that’s showing in the rankings on each leg. But it’s not boring, as such.
You want boring in reality shows? Catch the current Survivor season…
Sounds like a law firm.
I did, until about 4 weeks ago. Not missing it at all.
I think we may not have a strong like/dislike for anyone this year, that’s why it may seem to be a bit under. Weavers, Carissa, Jonathan, Romber…teams like that you felt something for. These I could care less about. Doesn’t mean the season sucks. I think it’s as good as past years–granted it has it’s up and downs during the episodes.