Gregg was the Fear Factor freak out? Wow. I remember that from a Vh1 special on reality tv. He was scary!
Geez, I dunno. The previews showed Joyce & Uchenna being all emotional at an orphanage full of black children. . . and that truck crash looked like it was happening in some sort of non-London place. Maybe there is a stop-off in London with a dash to Africa. After all, we’ve got two hours. Plenty of time for three continents!
(And I’m putting money on Uchenna and Joyce adopting one of the orphanage kids!)
Oh my God, no you don’t. Patrick’s pathetic passive-aggressive attitude towards his mother is nothing to emulate. Remember last week when he was eating? “If you don’t stop talking to me, I’m just going to quit to spite you.” He tries to place the blame and responsibility for his shortcomings on some arbitrary action made by others around him.
I was in Paris last week and therefore missed that. You’re right though, I was tired last night and for some reason heard his comment differently than everyone else. I read it as “just be quiet while I finish this task please, so that we can get on with the race” which is probably not at all how he meant it. And I couldn’t even say that much to my mother without her spazzing on me.
I don’t really know which is Gregg and which is Brian, but I thought it was Brian. My little boy is quite obsessive over Fear Factor, and not home on Monday nights, so I tape it and then we watch it over and over for the next week. And over. We both swear it’s him.
Patrick sure is petulant, isn’t he? Realism does not equal pouting, young man. I certainly won’t miss them, and I hope the casting folks have found less annoying mother-son dynamics for the next season.
I decided last night that I’m going to do my best to enjoy the race as it happens, and try not to focus on how much I dislike Rob and Amber. Because then, I become like Lynn and Alex, and no one wants that. Uchenna and Joyce seriously need to start learning how to read maps and navigating; I don’t know if I can keep up the ass-clenching every time they veer off course.
Ray is a total jackass. Deana’s not much better; she seems to be someone who’ll fall apart like Hayden did towards the end of their run last season, based on emotional and physical fatigue.
So glad to see Patrick gone. In virtually every closing comment from the Philiminated, we get a variation on “I’ve learned so much from my partner…(sniff)…”. Nah. Not Patrick. “My mother’s relentless optimism is really annoying.” What a self-absorbed little twit.
I think Ray may be worse than * in a way. Jonathan directed all his venom at Victimia; Ray holds everyone behind him in utter contempt. “People over 50 don’t deserve to be in this race” (paraphrasing) Jeez…the TAR Gestapo has arrived.
I actually feel a little sorry for Ray. He seems to be one of those guys that are just plain screw-ups, and no matter how hard they try, they always will be.
I didn’t like Rob and Amber during survivor, but I’m rooting for them now.
I am going to defend Ray in the Roadblock. He was trying to get her to concentrate and do the task. I am just not one who believes every circumstance requires soothing and comforting words. he never said to her anything like “You’re worthless”, he was basically telling her to stop yelling at hima nd start yelling at the horse (I don’t knwo how effetive that would be, but te point was she needed to do the task or they were eliminated. ANd you cannot compare them to Joyce and Uchena, because tJ&U had the luxury of knowing that no matter if it took them an hour or two to do it they were still several hours ahead of the last teams. Ray and Deanna were racing to stave off elimination. I simply do not by that in this competition/race/game that you can’t yell at your teammates. When I play basketball teammates are constantly yelling at each other.
Susan and Patrick won the award for worst exit interview ever. “Patrick, why do you think your mom is crying?” “I dunno, ask her.”
I realized that I don’t hate Rob and Amber but I do hate the Rob and Amber obsession with the Unambigously Gay Duo seem to have.
I could’ve lived with missing that episode, the whole thing was fairly boring, and there didn’t seem to be much challenge in the roadblock or detour. I still like most of the racers though, as the annoying one’s are being quickly picked off.
The gay couple just kill me with their Jack from Will and Grace over the top gay routine, makes me and the wife laugh. It’s good to see racers actually having fun and enjoying the race for the most part while maintaining their sense of competitiveness.
Lastly, was it just me, or did Deana say her horse was broken?
I didn’t actually hear her say that, but I did hear Ray tell her, “No, your horse isn’t broken. You need to direct it.” Which makes me think she said something to that effect immediately prior. I know I had a “COLIN!” moment…
I think he said “I dunno, Mom why are you crying?” But still, it was cold and insensitive.
Which was more stupid?
Uchena & Joyce, trying to use the Island map to find the shipwreck? Or
Merideth & Gretchen trying to find “Star Island”, which they thought would have a big star on it?
Looks like they flipped it. Maybe they hit a really bad rut, or partially went off the side of the road. I wonder who was laying on the ground though, the cameraman? The boys looked like they were upright.
Gretchen probably looks worse than she was, but I hope she wasn’t hurt too badly.
SO glad that Patrick and Mom are gone. Patrick is a huge whiner. HELLO! It’s not over till Phil says it’s over! Unless he’s standing before saying you’ve been eliminated there is still a chance because you don’t know. Maybe someone took a wrong turn, maybe someone’s car got a flat, maybe they keeled over from a heart attack! It’s still a possibility until Phil says it’s not, that’s not misplaced optimism, that’s fact.
Yay for two hours next week!
No, he said, “your horse isn’t broken, it doesn’t need batteries, it doesn’t need to be fixed. It needs you to…” something something. He was telling her that the horse wasn’t moving because of her, not because of something inherently wrong with the horse.
The horse part just pissed me off. I bet dollars to doughnuts that they got the kindest, gentlest, most tractable horses, with tons of experience doing barrel runs, for the racers to ride. Most of them would probably have done it on their own if the racers had just urged them on gently. Instead they’re yanking the bit and using the hell out of the crop. I felt so bad for those poor horses.
Enjoy,
Steven