What do we think, guys? Gettysburg tonight? It’s pretty close to Lancaster County, so that could be cool. Or maybe they’re going to a Civil War battlefield in Virginia? And is there any hope that the Paolo Family – all of 'em – might get shot? Just a wee little bit? Please?
OK … maybe just their tires?
I see the google ads picked up the Civil War words.
As for TAR, that would be nice.
And a question…where do you get the episode titles? Is there a site that lists them all in advance?
I got it from the Yahoo! TV listings and TiVo.com. This is also what appears on my Info screen on my TiVo.
Wow, they’ve been to three states and the District of Columbia! I don’t know if I can stand the excitement. Nothing from the opening credit snippets looks very exotic. There’s a monkey, but hell, we got monkeys here in Madison, in the zoo.
Let’s see what’s to be gleaned from the scenes…
::: watches scenes :::
NASA and a muddy road. Somebody pinch me.
A Civil War re-enactment seems plenty exotic to me. But then again, I’m not from the US.
After watching this episode, we got the feeling that they’re going to stay within either the US or North America.
Pretty good episode. People really need to READ THE CLUES CAREFULLY!
Can’t wait for the Paolo family to sleep with the fishes.
Actually, I kind of like the “stay-in-the-US” theme for at least one season. There are a LOT of places in this country that have really interesting customs, foods or places that most Americans never see because they skip the backroads and byways. I don’t need exotic. I just need entertaining and novel.
Also, I’m more than happy that Big Daddy Rogers is gone this time. That slightly-creepy man-is-the-boss premonition went full-blown tonight. He TOLD the kid to take 30 East, which brings you back to Lancaster. You can’t get on 83 by heading back to Lancaster. There really WAS no exit for 83 the way they were going. So the whole thing was Dad’s fault, and all the ragging on the son all through the episode made me see-red angry.
Really agree with you about the reading part.
And why do you hate fishes that much ?
I noticed Phil said “this is the first pit stop in the Amazing Race” at the beginning. Usually he says, IIRC, “this is the first pit stop in a race around the world.” Seems to suggest there’s not going to be much world traveling this time.
[Spoilers Follow - Be Ye Warned!]
Heh. Wee Carissa Gaghan coming through with this week’s episode title – and wasn’t it her brother who came up with last week’s? I think I like that family a really lot, except …
They broke one of the two major Race Commandments tonight, the buggers, to wit: Always. Read. The. Clue! They were not the only ones, of course (ahem, Mr. Aiello-Son-in-Law-who-lived-in-Virginia-for-the-last-three-years), but after maybe 25 minutes of wandering around and finding nothing – including other teams (!!) – I would have gone back and double-checked the clue. They were wandering around in the wrong place for more than 2 hours, they said! Sillyheads.
And the other major Race Commandment? Double. Check. The. Map. The Rogerses are like so many other teams who have gone before, with so much potential and so much suck in the map-reading department. Wonder how far they went on Rt. 30 in the wrong direction before they figured out what went wrong? I wasn’t crazy about Dad, but Brock was kind of a cutie, in a Harry Potter (read: probably illegal, for me) sort of way.
Glad the Bransens were able to hold it together. It seems like the youngest daughter – Lindsey, maybe? – is trying very hard to keep her perspective, which is refreshing. Nice job by the Godlewskis, in spite of picking what turned out to be the wrong Detour this time. I still don’t much care for the Weavers, and I wish the Paolos would go away forever and please stop screaming. My family is a Jerry Springer show waiting to happen and we aren’t that horrible to each other.
The Aiellos and the Gaghans are still my favorites, which means we should see a spectacular meltdown soon. I’m so excited! I really like this season a whole lot more than people on a certain other board had me convinced that I would. Loved this episode, too – we like to visit D.C. because so much is free there, and now I have some new sights to add to the seeing.
He did own up to its being all his fault at least once. He was heard (IIRC off-camera) to say something to the effect of “you all paid for my mistakes.”
Oh, he admitted it was his fault. But did he apologize to Brock for the way he spoke to him? Yeah, right, sure.
I just love the Aiellos. The way the SILs are taking care of Daddy-in-law? When he was “wicked tired” and couldn’t carry the stretcher and the one said, “Just walk alongside and put your hand on it”? Aww!
It really was win/win, considering that the Paolo and Rogers families were battling it out for elimination. I would have preferred to see the Paolos run out of gas and then lose, but you can’t have everything. It’s only a matter of time in their case, anyway. At least now I know why the Paolo boys are so totally obnoxious. The apple sure didn’t fall far from that tree, did it?
:: yawn ::
I am so bored so far. I watch in the hopes that it’ll get…well…less terrible. I’ve given up all hope that it’ll be good.
The roadblock was an exercise in tedium. The best they could do was “Wander around and look for a briefcase”? Shit. Off the top of my head, I’d have at least tried to abscam them: Spy “Well, you could take the briefcase, but if you don’t, I’ll give you a better clue. You accept? You’ve broken the rules. Busted. One hour penalty.”
The roadblock was marginally better but still.
And if you’re gonna do a “Amazing Race, USA”, there’s more to the USA than 4(?) East Coast states (and one district). We are now (including what we’ve seen in the preview) 1/3d of the way through this exercise in tedium…how 'bout some variety?
To the kid in the loser team: if you said what I think you said, congrats. Not only are you a loser, you’re a loser who’s acted like a whiney bitch on national TV.
Fenris
One of the families I was rooting against was sent home. Yeyeeas!
I’m enjoying it. I like the lack of airports so far.
I’m a bit disappointed that it doesn’t seem like they will be doing much international travel, but I will be VERY disappointed if they spend much more time in the Eastern US.
I also noticed that Phil didn’t say what time the Godlewskis arrived, just that they were leaving at whatever time (shortly before 8:00 am, right?). IIRC, in normal Amazing Races, doesn’t he say, “[Team], having arrived at the pit stop at 3:42 pm (or whatever), will be leaving at 3:42 am.” That implies that the pit stops are longer than 12 hours, to me at least.
I was conflicted as to who I wanted to see eliminated tonight, but I find the Paolos more painful than the Rogers family, so I guess I’m disappointed that the Paolos will be hanging in there for at least one more week.
And hey, if they just stick to eastern North America, maybe they’ll decide to do something really exotic and send them up to Canada, say in rural Quebec where they’ll hit some uniligual francophones. That could provide some entertainment, though I’m not sure Quebec deserves that.
They always do this kind of roadblock. It’s never that interesting for the viewer.
Tonight’s Alternate Title: “I think her panties are too tight.”
Ok, pit stops are no longer 12 hours (I miss the dead-of-night departures), the Roadblock limit is gone, and the Amazing Yellow Line has been replaced by the Amazing Road Atlas…however did you notice there were NO BUNCHING POINTS this episode?!? That’s gotta count for something!
They’re going to NASA next week, so it’s gonna be someplace in the South…maybe they’ll catch a puddle-jumper from Florida to the Caribbean, but I doubt it. I think they’ll leave the U.S. at some point, but Production wants to whittle it down to 4 or 5 teams before they start the airport-hopping.
Ok, now the leaderboard:
- Weavers: Wow! Hate to say it but I’m starting to pull for this team. I know the show’s just setting me up for a heartbreaking elimination in the next few weeks, but I can’t help it. They just kick ass all over the place. (Oh, and Rolly? Can I take your Bermuda ticket? I wouldn’t mind spending some time on the beach with Rachel & Rebecca…trust me, Bermuda’s boring with your sisters. ;))
- Linzes: From 9th to 2nd, no surprise here. Yawn. Maybe they’ll accidentally put diesel in their SUV at some point.
- Godlewskis: Not a bad showing this leg. But right now their only advantage is they’re not as old as the trailing teams. Once they’re gone…
- Schroeders: Solid leg, not much screen time. They seem to get along with each other okay, which could make or break 'em.
- Aiellos: Old fart dad will be their undoing. Once the Paolos are gone, it’ll be a tossup between whether Papa Aiello or Papa Bransen has a heart attack first. And whichever son-in-law directed them to the wrong Reflecting Pool broke one of the oldest TAR Rules: when you go to a city, never say you live there, or used to live there. It will bite you in the ass. (At least it wasn’t Paris!)
- Bransen: I sooo wanted to see both teams by the mat, each waiting for their panting, sweating patriarch as they staggered down the trail.
Like the Aiellos, the old fart’s gonna drag this team under. Especially if he keeps insisting on doing all the physical tasks! - Gaghans: BIG screwup this leg, but they recovered nicely. They spent 2 hours running in circles around D.C., did the physical, non-kid-friendly Detour and never even broke a sweat! I’m sure Carissa will throw a tantrum at some point and cause them to miss a flight…if they ever go to an airport…(grrr.)
- Paolos: I’m glad they made it, but only because…
- Rogers: Good Fucking Riddance. Mr. Rogers, your son hates you now and you totally deserve it. You blame him for YOUR mistake, and don’t even bother to apologize? So much for your I’m-The-Boss-Because-God-Tells-Me-So attitude. Never have I hated a TAR contestant this much, and that includes Jonathan AND Flo! Oh, and by the way? There IS a God. That’s why He keeps sending giant hurricanes to Louisiana, to try and get rid of YOU.
I miss the Blacks… 
RUMOUR WARNING! My Google Alerts sent me an article that had potential spoilers in it which look like they might have something to do with next week’s episode. I will box the info, just in case:
The teams are going to a NASA site in Huntsville, Alabama, and after that there is something going on at the racetrack at Talladega. No word on what goes on at Talladega, but I fear that there might be an ugly scene involving the Weaver family (due to their Unfortunate Past). Could be some extreme uncomfortableness.
So … now that someone has mentioned it, I wonder about the length of the Pit Stops this time too. From what I understand, they filmed this season in July, so the Lancaster Pit Stop could have been 12 hours. The long summer days make it hard to tell what time it really is and how long tasks are really taking. And there had to be considerable production issues with that many darn people involved. Did we see any ESM (eat-sleep-mingle) footage at the beginning of this episode? I don’t remember. Are they keeping all the teenagers separated overnight so there is no … untowardness?