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Originally Posted by Babette (Post 122182)

Go Kentucky!

We were so excited to see them back and the race beginning in Quito, the location of our last vacation. What they didn't show is how the cabbies totally rip you off!

I like that they made a new team out of the romance Eric & Danielle sparked in season 9. Their relentless flirting that season was cute. I was super-duper happy when Rob and Amber didn't get first their last time. I do admire how they seemed to be the first team to play dirty. Before that most teams were totally by the book. Maybe not nice to others, but not evil like Rob could be. Wasn't he the one who payed off a bus driver to keep the back door closed when they stopped? Rob's politeness on the shuttle this week was not his usual game-play. I am sick of Rob & Amber's CBS reality tour, but they are good players and people seem to love or love-to-hate them. At least it wasn't the Big Brother chick and Donnie again :barf:

Even when it gets to the point where I don't like any remaining teams, this game gets so intense and emotional. I often sit on the edge of my seat, and get tears of pride for these total strangers. Great show!

Hey, GD! You'd better watch what you call a Land Rover. My boyfriend will beat you up ;)

LOL! Donny and Allison. Yeah, who could forget the dog-walking challenge where Allison exclaimed "MY DOGS KEEP HAVING SEX!!!". Ironic that they lost the race because the dogs kept doing the nasty, when on Big Brother 4, Allison made it to the final 2 for...ahem...doing the nasty. :evil:

Yeah, I'd much rather see Rob and Amber over those two ANYDAY.

When is this show on?

OMG Drew was such a mess. Thank goodness he is gone. I couldn't stand to watch him meltdown any longer.

I'm rooting for Rob & Amber and Danny & Oswald. D&O give great commentary. :)

I'm not sure who was stupider in that board room: Mary and ~~Shmirna~~ Charla for doing everything but jumping up and down yelling the answer...or everyone else in the room for not noticing.

And I just "loved" how Mirna and Charla, after the psycho meltdown with their cab driver (cripes lady, just admit that you got taken for your money and move on. It ain't Dustin and Kandice's fault you blew your dough on nothing...and trust me, those two haven't had plastic surgery), they tried again later to pay a cab driver to lead them. 'Cause that worked so well last time.

I continue to have the same problem with the show though they do a good job of maintaining suspense anyway.

They have a roadblock challenge that dramatically rearranges the order of the teams and then an hour later they're all on the same plane anyway rendering the whole thing moot.

I'd be very curious to know what those young attractive board members were discussing the whole time to keep themselves occupied.

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup (Post 122938)

I'm sure some of that has to do with flying in and out of cities with very limited flight options, but yeah it can be really lame.

Heather and I talked about the "catch-up" stages making the progress moot. We decided that the psychological edge of passing other teams was still worth it. A together team that gets to a "catch-up" point well rested will always do better than a team with communication problems that shows up frazzled and tired. I'm enjoying this season.

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup (Post 122938)

They seem to never be on the same plane. There are always at least a couple options and arriving late means either the flight that lands earlier is booked/has left, or you're too hurried and frazzled to ask the right questions that will get you on the earliest arriving flight.

Plus, as Jesse said, not having to rush, having time to sit in the airport, being able to request the exit-row seat, and generally conserving your energy is probably reward enough.

My watching is limited, but more often than not they all seem to end up on the same plane or are sent somewhere that doesn't open until 8 a.m. and everybody gets there by midnight.

I'm sure the stress of falling behind (not that it helped Mary and Dave who gained many spots with her quickness in the boardroom only to once again fall behind almost everybody while leaving the airport) has its effect on the participants, but as a viewer I find it deflating of the energy generated by the intermediate steps.

It's kind of like watching an NBA game, most of the time it seems like you just need to tune in for the last quarter since that's the only part that ends up being important.