The Amazing Race Returns

[Moonliner]

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.

[bewitched]

Crap. I missed it.

[Alex]

Spoiler:

Not only could I do wasabi bombs I have done wasabi bombs. And based on the relatively mild reactions I don't think they were using particularly strong wasabi.

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

Spoiler:

non-elimination

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.

[Ruthie]

I am a sap, and I know it, but

Spoiler:

I did not like having the elimination of a team before they even got to race one leg.

Spoiler:

At least let them all go visit another country or two before you eliminate them.

[Alex]

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.

[JWBear]

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!

[JWBear]

Two more comments:

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

Canaan is a big time closet case.

[Moonliner]

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).

[Stan4dSteph]

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.

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by Alex

Spoiler:

Not only could I do wasabi bombs I have done wasabi bombs. And based on the relatively mild reactions I don't think they were using particularly strong wasabi.

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