The Amazing Race

[drewbear]

Previously, on The Amazing Race: Worst. Leg. Ever.

They start at the (completely unused) Huntsville Space Center.

Largest Office Chair? WTF?

And we get our first Deliverance joke 5 minutes into the episode. I'm just surprised that it wasn't from one of the Linz boys.

Okay, so based on the departure times, the centrifuge took about 10 minutes. Yeah, there was such an opportunity for the Aiellos to catch up last time.

A specific prayer to Jesus for success on the Race? Oooookaaaaay.

Brian, your brother and mother don't "love" each other. That emotion is called "loathing". Look it up.

OMGPAPERCUT!!1!11!!1!11!11!!!!

That chair better not count as the Roadblock.

So, every team knows that the racetrack is a reeeeeeally bad idea for the Weavers, yet the Amazing Producers didn't?

Aaaaaaand the racetrack task gets even more inappropriate.

...party bike? Oooookaaaaay...

Yay! Carissa got to do something!

Wow. The Gaghans moved up two spots.

The Bransens manage to make that look like the most boring bike ride ever.

OMG! An actual CLUE! Who would've thunk?

Dear Lord, it's painful just to watch the Weavers go through this. WE know that the lap isn't in a racecar, but the clue specifically doesn't make that clear.

This task isn't great for the Gaghans because of Carissa's shortness, but they've benefited from the kids' small size before, so it balances out.

Wait. The Paolos have to cooperate on a task? They're so screwed. The oncoming storm isn't symbolic of anything, either. :-)

The Linzes just can progress beyonf bodily function "humor", can they?

Cool! The times are INSIDE the trailers, making this an actually difficult task! And people aren't just grabbing the first one they find! They CAN learn from previous seasons! Hurrah!

Papa Schroeder really does embody the "I can't ask for directions" stereotype, doesn't he?

The Weavers just screwed themselves by not looking for a better time.

::snerk:: "I don't like these trailers. They're eeeeevil." I love Carissa. :-)

Stassi's hitting Killer Fatigue hard and early. I wonder why?

Oh, holy damnation. The Paolos are in the middle pack!

o_O? The next clue is at a freaking GAS STATION?!?! And it'll take less than 10 seconds to do?! This is as bad as the AOStupid task last week.

Stassi's aaaall about the "One ____ makes the biggest difference!", isn't she?

I'm glad the they're trying to make actual clues, but the "tasks" are just killing me.

Poor Amazing Map. It's such a sad looking Amazing Road Atlas now.

Exposition Hands are back on location!

Hmm... Blackjack has a huge uncertainty factor. I think that sawing would be the better choice overall.

Aww... The Linzes didn't tip over...

The Paolos don't want to play. Why does this not surprise me?

Linz guy, whichever one you are, TAKE. OFF. THE DAMN. HEADBAND!!!

See? Once you get the rythm going, sawing is a lot faster.

The Paolos are in first? Say it ain't so! Oh, please, say it ain't so!

The Gaghans are out, aren't they. Crap.

Okay, so the Schroeders manage to screw up pretty badly. Never mind that whole "Gaghans in last" thing.

One of the Great Lakes? No, it's not, Mama Weaver.

Does Stassi have a rash on her neck, or is that just weird lighting?

Why, why, WHY do the Linzes think that orange looks good on them?

Man. Papa Gaghan can really haul on those roads. I think that they've managed to gain time every time there's been a major road portion.

God, Carissa's so cute!

Wow. The Schroeders just completely broke down. I feel really sorry for them, but better them than the Gaghans, sorry. At least Papa Schroeder took responsibility for his mistakes.

...Wait. This is 4 elims in a row and there are 4 non-elim legs. Does this mean that, from now on, every other leg is going to be non-elim? How... sucktacular.

Next week: Can we see if DJ can jump if we remove the weight of that pesky harness?

Comments

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

The only reason that I could possibly come up with at this point that the Amazing Producers still did the thing at Talladega was because it was too late to change it after they signed up the Weavers. I mean, it makes sense in a producing-a-reality-show sort of way, and at the same time, it's a crappy thing to do.

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

See, I thought that the tasks were set up about the same time as the teams were picked. Not for the regular show, of course, but wouldn't it be easier and quicker to get permissions inside the States?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

That's what's throwing my theory right out of the water. I'm only assuming the Amazing Producers couldn't change the location by then, but someone else pointed out to me after last week's promo that there's a noticable difference between a superspeedway (like their father died at) and a speedway, and that they could have easily made a deal to switch from Talladega to another racetrack.

I guess I'm just trying to come up with an excuse that doesn't make the Amazing Producers look like assholes, and I'm coming up with ... well, that.

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

::sighs:: I know. This season is really trying my faith in the show. It started with the stunt casting of Alison/Donny a couple of seasons ago, but at least they were out the second leg. But with Jonathon/Victoria and Rob/Amber and now this debacle...

And if they wanted to have the original clue at the Talladega museum (not that they actually did anything once they were inside. kinda like at Huntsville), couldn't it have directed them to another track?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Seriously. I know I said I'd go when the Gaghans do, but now the Linzes and Bransens are rubbing off on me, which tells you how bad the season is. The Linzes are immature and Bransens are boring, for crying out loud.

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

I still can't tell any of the Bransen girls or any of the Linz boys apart.

Actually, that's a problem for most of these teams. The Pink Ladies are interchangable too and the only Weaver I know by name is the son, Roy. Now that I think about it, I can only remember about 6 names total from all the teams. That's just sad.