Well, that would be when he pulled the compressed-gas-powered self-reeling grappling hook out of his Utility Hat (where he also stores the fabled “Gus-arang”).
I was just thinking, wouldn’t it have been cool if Gus ran into some guys he knew from the Cold War while in Berlin. “Remember that time I almost assassinated you?” “With the deadly spider in my toothpaste? Yeah, that was great.”
And Gus already knew how to drive an East German piece-o’-crap car, too. Wonder how those best-friend ladies from NYC who could neither read a map or drive a stickshift would have handled it? (And was it Rebecca or one of the other bimbettes who said “I’m scared of maps” in this one?) Whatever - too, we’d already had the gas-in-a-diesel-car fillup incident, so we weren’t really gonna get a no-oil-in-a-two-stroke-car fillup incident this time.
My man Gus is definitely taking the contest seriously now - maybe just to make his little girl happy, but I’d bet it’s mainly because * is pissing him off. That sweaty, lead-stained T-shirt has got to go, though - I’d *rather * see his manboobs than that. Atrael, the final roadblock could just as easily involve strength as speed, and I suspect Gus is in better shape than he looks. His website says he laid on 60 pounds for the North Pole flight, and apparently hadn’t lost it all back in time for this silly little game his kid wanted to play.
I am a bit miffed that we got, not only a To Be Continued, but a cheesy clip show to follow. Gotta wait 'til New Year to find out if the small-town-Florida rasslers can get unscrewed. Pity - they’re fun to watch.
Does anyone know where I can get a Shirtless Gus[sup]TM[/sup] action figure for Christmas? With the optional Utilihat[sup]TM[/sup] Accessory Pak, obviously.
The website also says he needs to lose 100 pounds to be able to carry enough fuel for his next flight–around the world north-to-south, over the poles.
Does anybody think this might raise questions about his good sense? Why would it be smarter to gain 60 pounds of fat, with all the related health risks, than to get proper cold weather gear? Winter motorcyclists use electric-powered vests and jackets, deep sea divers work in below-freezing salt water and astronauts conduct space walks in a vacuum. But Gus’s solution is to get fat? I don’t question his courage or his ambition, but something doesn’t sound right here.
You’re all missing the point. It’s what he’s laid down in the fat that matters. The hat is just a McGuffin. Or a Trojan Horse or something.
Every time he nails a target or drives unerringly to his destination, we all say “It’s the hat”.
That’s the plan, people.
But what if the hat is the most sophisticated piece of advanced strategic weaponry imaginable - a decoy? Do the contestants have to undergo scans and metal detector checks on this show? Do they, heck?!
Gus knew this and has secreted a whole host of equipment in his belly. What else would explain his insouciance and his apparent disinclination to compete? Why compete when you know who’s going to win?
And the so-called errors of judgement - fishing and catapulting. Errors of judgement? PAH!
Read The Art of War, folks.
It’s all about deception. False trails. Confusing the enemy. Playing mind games.
He’s f*cked up Jonathan’s mind already. Just wait till things really hot up in the second half of the show. There’s going to be carnage by the time this guy finishes with them.
And as for Hera, I’m not going there. If Gus is this powerful, and he derives his power from his “daughter”, then pity the poor sods who cross her.
Right. I’m out of here before he traces my whereabouts.
I think Hera is an android.
That would explain a lot. Like why the cameraman and sound recordist/producer keep their distance, for starters. Also, you notice how Jonathan starts acting funny whenever he’s around Gus and Hera. We all think it’s Gus and the CIA-I-can-break-you-down thing, but what if it’s Hera’s magnetic field, or whatever androids have.
Do you think Hera and Phil are an item? He’s seriously androidenous.
If Phil’s an android, he’s an android with a huge, um, personality. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
(Seriously, was Phil wearing the tightest pants ever worn by host in American television history in this episode, or what?!?!) 
So we’re marketing SHIRTLESS GUS and TIGHTPANTS PHIL action figures?
This is one distrubing show!