Posting the placeholder early since I’m working late today. Heck, I may not be able to watch the episode since I have to work early tomorrow!
King cobras. Most poisonous snake on the planet. The remaining racers have to eat one during a Roadblock. I think there’s also a memory/maze task, too, because the preview shows the Afghanimals running hither and tither through…I don’t know, tea fields? Or maybe not. Their frustration makes me snicker.
Is Samuel L Jackson going to make a cameo? 
Football here in the DC area, at least they’ve gotten somewhat smart and pushed back the start time til 8:30.
Starting at 8:50 in eastern time zone.
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I’ll wait for TAR to be able to see that
This is killing me.
It takes more than standing near some boiling water to hard-boil eggs, Marie..
Anxious to see how they turn out.
She was going for the elusive hard-STEAMED eggs, apparently.
That was one appalled Indonesian queen…
Marie actually ended up bugging me less tonight than in previous legs, although she sure is rude to the residents of their host countries.
Not surprised by that ending. Once they had the post-leg interview showing a bearded Afghanimal team I figured they switched back.
Godammit!! I thought I was finally going to be rid of the Garanimals. Then I realized we were still short one non-elimination leg, so this one had to be it.
This week I found myself liking Marie. Is something wrong with me?
Yeah, me too. I’m very disturbed by it.
LOL – looks like I didn’t miss much then 
Maybe it finally dawned on Marie that she’s acting like an ass and decided to keep her mouth shut for once?
Seriously, though, was that a labyrinth they showed on the preview or a maze or something like that?
I was hoping my husband wasn’t too engrossed into watching something else :shocked look: when I finally got home. But alas, he was 
I don;t like watching shows online, so I’m going to be living vicariously through everyone here
When Jason and Amy checked in at the mat, Phil didn’t do his usual “You are one of the final three” speech, so I figured it was a non-elim.
Taxi Assessment:
Stuck in the Desert and Officially Detained - or, Philiminated with extreme prejudice.
Hoskote & Naina and Rowan & Shane and Chester & Ephraim and Brandon & Adam and Tim & Danny and Nicky & Kim and Ally & Ashley - Already eliminated.
Flat Tire - or, not likely to get anywhere soon.
No one.
Stopping for Gas - or, not broken-down, exactly, but not a good sign.
Leo & Jamal (down from “Rapido!”) - So Leo & Jamal demonstrate once again why picking the needle-in-a-haystack Detour option is a bad idea. I suspect that they were banking on this being a non-elim episode, as indeed it was, but still: poor performance and a late starting time next week for this team. I’m temporarily demoting Leo & Jamal, now that they have to complete a Speed Bump some time on the next episode. Speed Bumps aren’t ususlly too onerous, but they are in a place where the time counts; i.e., after any episode bunching points. And, looking over previous seasons, there have been nine times in the past eleven seasons where the final speed bump has come with 4 or 5 teams remaining; the team performing the Speed Bump has been eliminated five of those nine times. Those aren’t terrible odds, but still Leo & Jamal are the least likely team to make the final three.
“Rapido! Por Favor?” - or, making meaningless ineffectual comments from the back seat, but in no immediate danger.
Tim & Marie (holding steady) - OK, part of me is thinking: a) in what way can “boil” possibly be interpreted as “suspend over the water and steam”? and b) Seriously, Marie? You’ve never actually boiled eggs, or been in a kitchen when boiling has occurred? Really? But the other part of me is thinking: If Marie doesn’t really know how to boil eggs (accounting for the remote possibility that Marie was fucking with the cameraman, which would be hilarious, if true), and really did have to logic through the procedure on the fly, she wound up doing a pretty credible job, particularly considering her usual move-before-think approach to problem solving. She even cooked them properly on the first go, unlike all the other teams, and made up a lot of the time they lost by (again) wandering around before figuring out where they were supposed to go. Combined with decent attention to detail at the Detour, this actually wound up to be a pretty good leg for Tim & Marie.
In the Passing Lane - or, ahead of the pack, but not quite comfortably.
Jason & Amy (holding steady) - This was an excellent leg for Jason & Amy, with the only snafu coming from Jason listening to Travis and pulling out underdone eggs. Even that wasn’t so bad, strategically, because staying with your competition is probably better than gambling on being ahead, but risking falling behind. Amy was obviously the best-suited person left for the makeup task, and must have been able to easily walk Jason through the process, so good job for this team.
Travis & Nicole (down from “Cruisin’”) - I’m downgrading Travis & Nicole because they just seem to be losing focus, Nicole in particular. Not noticing that she’s smearing black goober all over Travis’s face is just a terrible lack of attention to detail (and a major detail at that). Combined with her meltdown last week, it looks like Nicole is starting to crack. I’m a little surprised, in that I thought that one of this team’s strengths would be dealing with pressure and lack of sleep, and still being able to focu and make decisions.
Cruisin’ with Earl - or, drivin’ on the shoulder, takin’ shortcuts, and generally kickin’ butt.
No one.
Expanding on my comment above: I really liked the sequence with Marie logicking through the whole egg-boiling process, with her, “I feel like I should be doing this; I feel like I should be doing that” (with the extra bonus of Tim predicting what she’s doing, sight unseen). On the one hand, boiling eggs is so simple, it was kind of like logicking through alphabetizing (“I feel like D should come after C…”), which makes her inexperience kind of amusing and likeable. On the other hand, she actually did use logic, sitting down and thinking through the process, correcting her mistakes, and coming up with the right outcome. No anger or pouting or undue haste, just figuring something out on her own.
I wonder if Marie would be a different person if she were Racing with someone other than Tim - this was one of the few times she’s been out of earshot of him, and she seemed far more likeable.
As much as I dislike Tim and Marie, I have to admire their ability to get (seemingly) hopelessly lost and yet not only catch up with the other teams but pull off a second place finish. This was the second time in the last few weeks and I’m thinking there was an earlier leg where they did it too.
I was surprised the egg man gave her the clue after her first attempt. Some of her eggs looked at least as underdone as some of those from the other teams that had to go back.
kiz, it wasn’t a maze, it was a tea farm (or plantation?). Basically it was rows of tea plants arranged in terraces on a hillside. The task was to find a pair of shears hidden somewhere in the plants and return them for the clue.
I don’t think it was so much that she wasn’t with Tim as it was that she was ALONE. Actually, I was kind of surprised she wasn’t rude to the cameraman, given that she didn’t have anyone else to bitch at.
I like Tim. I don’t like Marie. I have to admit that she’s entertaining, though.
Which reminds me of Tim’s “I haven’t used a straight razor in xx years”…and you still haven’t! That was a safety razor, duh.
Although I have to admit that I didn’t see the reason for shaving. If the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence can get their makeup on with beard intact, so could the guys here.