Originally Posted By Rsey103 Starts Sunday September 30 at 8:00 on CBS. If the team that comes in first on the first leg of the race ends up winning the race, their prize will double from $1 million to $2 million.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It's been said before, but it stinks that a bad cab driver can end the race for you. The pair that got out was in first or second place coming out of the first challenge, and didn't appear to be very close to the people ahead of them (I think that they edited it to look a lot more dramatic than it really was). They were one of the stronger teams, so it's a bummer to see them go so early. I also realized this week just how annoying the twins are. They seem to scream everything, and their voices just get really irritating after a while. During the interview segments, they always seem to brag about some past expertise in anything related to the challenge, but end up be relatively average at it. It's not bad to be average at an obscure talent, but bragging about it every time just makes you look foolish. Unfortunately, they seem to be doing well, but I hope they don't last too long
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The twins really annoyed me week one, but week two-- not as much for some reason. They do yell too much and the fact that they have essentially the same voice is what makes it more annoying if you think about it. If two people are yelling with different voices, you get that difference and it's not as wearing on the ear. Nearly identical voices yelling is very wearing! So that's still annoying, but I just liked them better as people this week for some reason. I still don't have a favorite team, though.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I was not sorry to see the blondes go. They had a certain sense of entitlement I didn't like. They complained again this week about people not speaking English (in Indonesia... how dare they not speak English!) and bowed out by saying how they were really "better" than other teams, but "whatever." Yeah, whatever. Bye bye. I'm liking both the monster truckers and (amazingly) the Chippendales better than I thought I would.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 I remember Ryan from Martha Stewart's The Apprentice. You know what would be funny? To see Natalie and Nadiya eaten by twin crocodiles.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Most of the places that they visit on the show spark some sort of interest in me to try and visit that area at some point in my life. What they showed fo Bangladesh, not so much. It looks like they'll be there again next week (at least for part of the time), so maybe they can make it look more appealing. Still, it's nice to get to see some footage of an area that I would otherwise completely avoid! I also like that the other teams are starting to get annoyed with the twins. I was thinking it was just me...
Originally Posted By llanatoye Did anyone else find the 'twinnies' theft of the rockers money repugnant? I don't even think I'm over reacting, just find it a reflection of their character, I guess. I did love that the guys found a way to get past it.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 That was totally not cool. I liked the female monster trucker quite a bit... her husband, not so much. Not sorry to see him go. I don't have any team I really like this time. The rockers, strangely, are about as close as it comes.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Yah, I'm not really pulling for any one team either, but I do agree that the twins are more-than-slightly offputting. I would not be sad to see them go. I was really excited about this week's episode, since I visited Istanbul last spring and saw many of the locations that they visited. It was interesting to have a decent knowledge of the city's layout, and how the challenges were arranged; for example, they took the ferry to the Asia side, only to take a cab back to the Spice Bazaar, which is right across the street from where the ferry left on the European side. And I can't imagine chosing the delivery task over going to the Turkish bath! Given the choice of a spa treatment or hard work, I'll take the pampering any day! It's certainly a great city, and I think that came through in the challenges. I suspect they will leave very early in the next episode (since they just spent 2 episodes in Bangladesh), but I'd love to see them stick around longer.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Well, the rockers are gone now (terrible way to go, just by losing your passport), and my faves now are probably the Chippendales. They seem, more and more, like genuine and likeable guys.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 I don't care how much of a hurry I am in to win a race for a million dollars. I will never leave my Passport in a Russian taxi cab. Not gonna happen.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros In Russia, it's common to just hire someone with a car to drive you somewhere, regardless of whether or not it's a licensed taxi. In most cases, passengers are supposed to negotiate the price before they get in, and then they pay at the end. If you looked carefully during the last couple episodes, almost all of the "taxis" (including the one that drove away) were just random cars driven by random people (which is why the Texans got driven to the wrong place). I never recommend leaving your passport somewhere, but definitely don't leave it in some random person's car. Knowing a little bit about how foreigners are treated in Russia, I'm surprised that they didn't make a beeline for the embassay as soon as they knew that happened. In addition to needing a visa with very specific travel information on it, you also need to "check in" with the government when you arrive in the country; if you have any run-ins with the police (like asking for directions to a tourist attraction), they'll ask you for your papers. I don't really want to think about what happens if you don't have them. At this point, I think I'm cheering for the divorcees, but they're pretty far behind. In the preview of next week, it looks like they miss another connection, so they'll probably be the next to go.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Looks like next week is the finale, which will be interesting with 4 teams left (isn't it usually just 3?). And from the preview, it looks like they'll be spending some more time in Europe (Denmark or France maybe, based on the architecture?), which also seems a bit different. Traditionally, the last leg has been in the US, but the preview didn't show anything that appeared to be in the US. Perhaps, since the said it will be 2 hours, the first half will be in Europe and have an elimination, then the final 3 will progress to the US for the last round
Originally Posted By LacyBelle That was my guess, as well with the timing and pacing of the 2 hour episode. I was disappointed that the twins squeaked through this week in the non-elimination leg. I guess we'll have to deal with them all season long after all (sigh). At this point, I'm rooting for the underdog goat farmers.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Perhaps, since the said it will be 2 hours, the first half will be in Europe and have an elimination, then the final 3 will progress to the US for the last round> I think they did it that way last year as well, with a 2-hour finale. Except for the twins (just when I start to kinda like them, I remember what they did to the rockers), I'm okay with all the remaining teams. The goat farmers seem to have 9 lives and I don't know how in the world they'd end up actually winning a leg, but it would be kinda cool if they did. The straight couple are fine with me, but I'm sorta pulling for the Chippendales if anyone, which I would never have predicted when the season started.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 Just watched the episode online. Good show. Not sure why Trey and Lexi had to do the bullfighting thing twice. The twins are less annoying to me now than they were.... Liked that headless man costume at the castle.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Not sure why Trey and Lexi had to do the bullfighting thing twice.> I think the first time, the stuffed man didn't shoot up into the air. They didn't hit the target right and he just sort of fell off his perch.
