# The Amazing Race season 22 - Ep 2 2/24 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-season-22-ep-2-2-24/651362 "2013-02-25T17:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-season-22-ep-2-2-24/651362/21 "2013-02-27T01:16:22Z")
I’m not really rooting for any one team, but I thought it was pretty cool that the blonde with cheer leading experience as her skill smoked Max the Douch on the stilt challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-season-22-ep-2-2-24/651362/22 "2013-02-27T19:38:59Z")
My favorite teams before the season started, without knowing anything about the teams? Twin docs and firefighters. My favorites once the season started? Dad and son. Blah. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-season-22-ep-2-2-24/651362/23 "2013-02-28T15:10:43Z")
> [@FlightlessBird](#): > > I heard it more like this: > “The other teams are going to try and throw us under the bus to get ahead, so we’ll just have to out-race them.” > or yet another way: When we try to win it’s ok because we are on the side of angels, when **those** teams try to beat us, it’s because they are assholes! I heard it more like this: “How dare those women ATTEMPT TO BEAT US. Well, we will BEAT THEM. With OUR FISTS. After WE PUSH THEM TO THE GROUND. Mwahahaha!” Max is a sociopath, is what I’m saying. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-season-22-ep-2-2-24/651362/24 "2013-02-28T15:28:17Z")
From the previews, so spoilered: It looks like the dad on Team Cancer is actually going to try to run the race on crutches. Should be interesting. Although I have to admit that even if it was due to some sort of airport regulations, the scene with the son pushing him in the wheelchair bothered me, racewise… ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-season-22-ep-2-2-24/651362/25 "2013-02-28T15:50:54Z")
“Of course, our word is our bond, but it doesn’t mean we’re going to give you our word.” Isn’t that what you did when you made the pact? Isn’t that, pretty much by definition, giving your word? Dick. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-season-22-ep-2-2-24/651362/26 "2013-02-28T19:41:39Z")
I think they’re trying to make it more like Survivor with all the drama, issues, and backbiting. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-season-22-ep-2-2-24/651362/27 "2013-03-01T01:18:21Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Black people can’t swim and Asians have no sense of direction. Did they cast this season’s contestants from Stereotypes-R-Us? Ha! I was laughing about this while watching the episode. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-season-22-ep-2-2-24/651362.md?page=1)