Originally Posted By gadzuux Bill and Kathi have stepped up their game. Remember the first episode where they wandered MILES off course, deciding to go to the top of a tall building to get the lay of the land. It's only because it was a non-elimination leg that they're still there. The bickering brother and sister that got sent home deserved their fate. The sister - who's been difficult since the beginning - didn't bring her clue, forgot what she was supposed to do after completing the first part of the challenge, and decided to just sit there and wait for another team to arrive. No one ever did, so she finally doubled back to the starting point, which is what she needed to do all along. Oddly, the brother chose to 'come out' on this episode, right before they got bounced off the show. Why bother? As of now, I'm pulling for the snowboarders. They're born-again jesus'y, but they keep a lid on it and go about completing the tasks. I'd say they're the odds-on favorites too - they've come in first more than half the time. Finally, even though TAR is my favorite show, something seems a bit lacking this season. It's not holding me the way it has in the past.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I agree. None of the couples are all that compelling for some reason. I have been impressed with Bill and Kathi stepping it up. <Other than Sandy and Jeremy, I really like all of the teams left> I'm not that crazy about them either, but the one that bothers me now is Zac and Laurence. Note they tried to U-turn somebody, when no one else did. Zac's okay, but Laurence has a sort of "entitled" attitude that bugs me, an "I'm a great adventurer, so we ought to win" vibe. Remember, he was the guy who let his very young daughter try to sail solo around the world and then international rescue teams had to save her - and his attitude was basically "well, that's what you people are for" rather than "maybe I shouldn't have let her do that." I'm kind of liking Ernie and Cindy best now, or Bill and Kathi.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I like how the brother and sister argued. It kind of made them seem like real people. Maybe they weren't the best competitors, but that's exactly how I would be, if I was on the show with my brother. Although annoying, they were entirely relatable. As for him coming out on the show, it looked like it was part of an interview done with them either before or after the taping, and the producers just stuck it in where they felt like it fit, which makes it seem that much stranger. It's similar to a couple teams mentioning their connections to kids with special needs a few episodes back. Not related to the race at all, but a semi-interesting side note. I agree that Laurence isn't my favorite person. In addition to just kind of being a jerk about a lot of things, he's also managed to overcomplicate several things that ended up almost costing them the race (navigating to the island, which bus to take, etc). Hopefully he'll do it again, in the smaller racing group, and get eliminated from his own mistake. Kind of a bummer for Zac, but he really doesn't seem to have much of a personality on the show. The snowboarders seem to be very strong competitors, but about half of their wins have come off of other teams' mistakes. Of course, they were close behind to get the win, but I would assume that people would start to figure it out at some point, but maybe not. They seem like likeable guys (I don't think either of them has gotten even mildly upset about anything), so I'm kind of pulling for them.
Originally Posted By velo yes, if there's another U-Turn, then I think the snowboarders will be chosen. Laurence bugs me; doesn't seem like a nice guy at all.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Well Laurence (and Zac) are out now, so yay. I like some teams better than others, but there's no one left that really bugs me. (Sandy and Jeremy a little.)
Originally Posted By Rsey103 I missed the episode to attend a concert. Will have to watch online. (I always say that, but never seem to find time....)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Yah, I'm sad to see them go, but they've had a very good run and were behind the entire episode (including the first check-in). They seemed content with how they did, but I still would have liked to see them more. It seems like all of the teams left are really fun to watch, so I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next week.
Originally Posted By velo definitely not what you probably expected... are you going to try to watch online or do you really want us to tell you?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It will definitely be interesting to see what happens next week, since all 3 remaining teams will essentially start at the same time. It really levels the playing field for a good competition!
Originally Posted By velo ok, I think enough time has gone by... the snowboarders were eliminated after misinterpreting a clue about the location of the pit-stop. They had a good lead too. I think they just got overly confident, honestly.
Originally Posted By hopemax It's hard to say how much behind the other teams they ended up. There was a bit of a twist where cab drivers ended up helping teams, instead of putting one team at a disadvantage. Jeremy & Sandy correctly figured out where to go to the pitstop and left. Amani & Marcus, and Cindy & Ernie were going down along the same lines as the snowboarders and told their cab drivers wrong things. But the 3 cab drivers had been working together, and so Jeremy & Sandy's driver told the other 2 drivers where they really needed to go. Had they not shared info, perhaps one of the teams would have ended up out of the way and allowed the snowboarders a chance to catch up.
