Amazing Race - 2/17

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Thoughts on the new cast?

I love the father/son team, David/Connor.

Max/Katie:  it will be interesting to see which is more high maintenance.  

Chuck/Wynona, the AL couple.  Oh my.  My first reaction was:  is that Kenny Powers?

I love the Bora Bora setting-beautiful

[soozy87]

I started out being a fan of the twin doctors, but as the episode went on I began to like them less and less. I also like the father/son team.

The newlyweds should be interesting.

I kind of wonder why the firefighters didn't turn around and spend 3 more hours digging.

[lunabug]

I kinda HATE Max & Katie.

I'm not a huge fan of the twin doctors- they seems like they will be extra complainy.

I'm excited to see how the country girls deal with the Race- I think it is funny when pretty girls go on the Race and are all like 'We're not above flirting to win the Race.' I've seen it before and they might be pretty now but after 20-hour flights, 12-hour race intervals and 4 hours of sleep and they'll be pulling their hair back in ponytails and skipping the mascara and lip gloss- pretty girls go bad about two episodes into the Race.

So far I like the roller derby moms, the Bama couple and the father & son cyclist teams.

[ohjessica]

I think the derby moms seem cool, but i don't have any favorites yet.

Does anyone know who the internet couple is? Meaning, what exactly do they do? I don't quite get the whole youtube sensation thing. To be honest, I totally thought the guy was gay because I missed their intro and didn't know they were a couple.

[foundmylazybum]

I know the roller derby moms! Not to be cheesy but they are amazing ladies...great moms, great athletes, great people. I'm totally rooting for them!

[osumelissa]

The YouTube host team are friends...if the guy on that team is not gay, then I would be absolutely 1000% shocked and would turn in my gaydar card.

I like the father/son team the most so far. Max and Katie (newlyweds) seem odd...I never trust overly fake tan men.

[Bad Dingo]

Feb 18, 2013 9:44:05 GMT -5 soozy87 said:

I started out being a fan of the twin doctors, but as the episode went on I began to like them less and less. I also like the father/son team.

The newlyweds should be interesting.

I kind of wonder why the firefighters didn't turn around and spend 3 more hours digging.

Agree about the doctors, at first they seemed cool and then they just got mean.

I was wondering the same thing about the firefighters, maybe there is a rule that when you take the penalty you can't change your mind?   If there isn't that rule they really should have headed back there and dug around in the sand.

[osumelissa]

So it sounded like that when the two teams checked in before the firefighters that the four hour penalty was being accessed when they leave for the next leg (they will leave four hours later than they should have). So if the firefighters had stayed and kept digging, would the four hour penalty have been accessed right then at the mat, meaning those two teams would have had to sit around for four hours to see if the firefighters found the clue, boated to the pit stop, and checked in? That is what they did in years past which is why I didn't understand why one of the three teams didn't decide to stay and keep digging. I get they were tired of the challenge, but I would rather stay and try to find the clue in the next four hours instead of letting it come down to a boat race.

[Bad Dingo]

I just found this and it sounds like they didn't even know if they could have gone back after they realized they were going to be the last to check in.  I can't imagine just giving up like that.

Did you really think you couldn't find the clue in four hours?
Were you digging deep enough? It seemed like the clues were underneath
the sandcastles, not in them.
Daniel: I wasn't digging deep
enough to find the clue. That's the thing. I didn't read my clue, so I
would've never found it. That's my fault. So quitting for us, even
watching it on TV, moving on to the next challenge was our best option.

Once
you take a penalty, are you not allowed to go back on it? Like after
you tipped over, could you have gone back to the sandcastles?
Daniel:
I don't think so and that wasn't our plan. ... None of the three of us
were willing to take the penalty and leave without the other teams. One
of the three could've knocked over the sandcastle and found the clue and
left us, so we agreed we all had to quit. I also don't think any of us
wanted to go back to the sandcastles

[ohjessica]

Feb 19, 2013 9:10:27 GMT -5 osumelissa said:

The YouTube host team are friends...if the guy on that team is not gay, then I would be absolutely 1000% shocked and would turn in my gaydar card.

Ahhh, ok!  I must have been confused when I thought I heard they were a couple. I was wondering if it was like that one goth team from a few seasons ago where the guy was ultra femme.