Yes, it would have been nice of Rob and Amber to do the polite “need any help?” driveby. But I also thought it was unnecessary for Lynn and Alex to stop themselves. It’s nice, yes, but it’s not like this is an event cut off from any human contact – there were people able to move around after the accident, and the production team has ways of contacting each other so it’s not like L&A or any other racers were necessary for reporting the accident.
That said, I’d have stopped, but I’m not the competitor Rob is, for good or ill.
Not that I’m defending Rob, but the incident doesn’t make me think less of him. His sour grapitude about L&A not sharing a taxi, on the other hand, does, just because if the roles were reversed he’d have done the same thing. Nothing wrong with that, but don’t get pissy when your own self-reliant strategy gets in your way.
I’m still not in love with any of these teams. The brothers are nice enough, Uchenna and Joyce are nice enough, but I wouldn’t be upset to see either of them leave the game. Or win it. But oh, it was sweet to see Brian and Greg outsprint Ray and Deana to the mat, because R&D were easily my least favorite team left in the race.
Yes, it was Ray. He said something along the lines of, “Not right now, but maybe later.” Like he wanted to see how much money they’d need for the leg and he’d give him some after it was over.
Anyone know if they would have had any contact with the others afterwards or are the recently Phil-imenated whisked off without saying goodbye?
Crap. Jaade , I’m really sorry. I didn’t think to put a spoiler from a different show in a spoiler box, especially since I know there are open spoilers about that episode floating around here.
I missed part of the neginning of the 2nd show, and I’m a little bit confused about the non-philimination mugging. I thought he said to Gretchen and Merideth that they had to start this leg of the race without a penny to your names , or something to that effect, and I took that to mean that they couldn’t beg from other teams or even the world at large prior to starting the race. When did they ask the other teams for money?
Hello to you, too! I saw you in a thread about last season’s TAR, and I made some joke about not seeing you around these parts in a while, and then I wondered if perhaps you had been off running the Amazing Race 7. When you neither confirmed nor denied it…well, I just wondered if we’d be seeing you on TV. Maybe next season
I’ve got a better idea. You’ll probably want to make plans for this in advance by having an alliance (ugh) with another team. If you’re the last team coming to a pit stop, give everything to that other team except your passports. If it’s a non-elimination leg, you can stand on the mat and tell Phil you don’t have anything for him to confiscate. Then, during the rest break, the other team gives you your stuff back.
It’s not a perfect plan, and I hate the idea of alliances intruding into a mostly objective contest, but it could be worth a shot.
There was something at the first pit stop that I thought was interesting. When Ray and Deana got to the mat, Phil pointed them to two SUV’s and said “you’ve won those two cars.” (or words to that effect.) If I’m going to win a car, I’d prefer one with the steering wheel on the left.
Not exactly, but close. I had the opportunity to do a bit of traveling. It was odd to read about TAR at the Brandenburg Gate about a week after I’d been there myself. And in Paris I had to hurry halfway across the city and back again and caught my train by one minute. Bring on the race, I’m ready.
I must have missed that post. And I won’t be in next season’s either. I have such a small family I’d have trouble getting together a team of four. If they go back to two-person teams, I might know someone who’s up for it.
Watch the movie “Zulu” or “Zulu Dawn” (one of the two rocks–the other is…ok.)–They’re based on a real story In one point in one of the movies (the better one), the Zulus are thumping their spears against their shields and chanting and the Brits respond by singing “God Save The Queen” or some-such"–which apparently really happend. Great movies and highly recommended. I’ve read a little about the Zulu beyond the movie: they’re, perhaps the coolest, most kick-ass tribe/nation in Africa.
I don’t remember if I’m right, but I would have guessed that the mask=Xhosa as well. IIRC, Miriam Makeba is Xhosa and didn’t one of her album covers feature a similar mask?
It’s been awhile since something on TV made me cry.
I was fine when the boys crashed their vehicle. I started fumbling uncomfortably when they seemed to express genuine remorse & concern over the camera man. Then when they got a new vehicle and said a prayer for the camera man I knew I was weakening. I was OK during that haul-ass sprint to the finish. Really, I was OK. But when Phil said the camera man would be OK and both boys teared up, I lost it. Might as well cue the Chariots of Fire music and hand me a hanky, ‘cause I’m a blubberin’.
I don’t even like the show that much. And:
<peeks around> it’s almost safe to come back into these TAR threads now that the [censored]&[censored] hate is slowly approaching acceptable levels.
That may not have been simple genuine concern for a fellow human being so much as guilt for knowing they’d *caused * the crash. It’s still better than “Hey, it’s a competition, ya know?”, though.
This is probably a dumb question, but wouldn’t there need to be two teams pulling up the rear at the same time in order for this to work? And if there are, how would they decide who got to come in last and who got to come in second-to-last? Because they don’t know ahead of time what legs are going to be non-Philimination. And the last place team would otherwise be out of the race.
In the last episode, during the footrace to the finish, all the other teams were just hanging around nearby. (They had to, there really wasn’t anyplace to go. And for some reason I just loved seeing those beds set up in the middle of absolutely nowhere.) Once Ray and Deana saw that the brothers were outrunning them, they just stopped. That would have been the time to put the plan into effect. At other pit stops, maybe you don’t have a chance to interact with the teams that have already finished, but there’s not much to lose by trying.
If it’s a non-elimination leg, you hope the other team will keep up their side of the bargain and give your stuff back. (And they may need you to do the same for them later, so they have reason to stay on your good side.) And if you are eliminated, you don’t need the stuff you’re giving away (assuming you can spend your own money, buy clothes, etc. during the quarantine period) and you’ll be helping out a team you’re on good terms with.
