The Amazing Race Returns
 

The new season stared (or starts depening on your time zone)

Once again my powers of prognostication proved themselves as one of the two teams I picked to go all the way was eliminated first.

I VERY much did not like the first roadblock. It's way to luck based for my taste.

Crap. I missed it. :(

I agree that it was too luck based, but then it was also



and besides there was plenty of variation between the order the teams left the road block and actually finished.

Now to watch the second hour.

I am a sap, and I know it, but

True, but if you're going to do that, at least they did it to the most annoying person in the short time we had to know them.

I hope the poker players last because they may not be nice people but they're in my eye candy wheelhouse. Though for a Miss America-type the Miss America one is good too.

Team impressions:

Like:

Sam & Dan: Cute, gay, Goofy... What's not to love!
Zev & Justin: Love how supportive and sweet Justin is towards Zev.
Brian & Ericka: Sweet couple - He's hot.

Meh:

Gary & Matt
Marcy & Ron
Meghan & Cheyne
Mika & Canaan
Garrett & Jessica: Eliminated and soon forgotten.

Hate:

Maria & Tiffany: HATED the "We're social workers for homless youth" lie.
Lance & Keri: He's a grade A ass.
"Flight Time" & "Big Easy": Professional athletes who use stupid nicknames instead of their real names... Get of my TV!
Eric & Lisa: Annoying. ELIMINATED!

Two more comments:

The Japanese game show was pure effing genius! "Eat the wasabi!"

Canaan is a big time closet case.

Can I also point out it's a BIG FRICKING Planet. Why do you need to revisit places you have already been to? (The Shibuya crosswalk).

I like the poker players, although their lie has already backfired on them. I totally understand why they lied. Seems a lot of people have hangups about helping someone they feel doesn't "deserve" the money. They look like good players, generally, and I look forward to them reading the other players and sharing the insights.

totally thought the exact same thing. that much, mixed correctly, should be (nearly) fatal

:evil: