The Amazing Race - Season 10 - Episode 2
Right off the bat, I miss The Hippies from last season. Those two appreciated the culture and history of every town they visited. This week teams went to Mongolia and, as my girlfriend commented after the show, if you went by what the teams noticed you’d think Mongolia was a bunch of mud, some horses, and a funny little folk dance. Heck, I even miss The Sickening Frat Boys - they’d have *at least* commented on the women in the country! Come on Season 10 teams, give us *SOMETHING* other than incessant whining, playing on your stereotypes, and shots of Sarah’s fake leg.
This week’s rundown:
THIS WEEK - 1st - Won a trip for two to Riviera Maya / Mexico!
LAST WEEK - 3rd, arrived at 9:22am
Peter & Sarah - OMG! Stop talking about the leg. Stop showing pictures of the leg. Stop showing her changing leg accessories. Are these two Romeo and Juliet or Mr. Goodwrench and a broken car? Worst leg moment of the show: These two doing a “street performance” to local gawkers as if Sarah were a sideshow freak - and then Peter trying to collect money from the onlookers! Best leg moment of the show: When they reached the pitstop, Phil says, “Did you imagine two legs into the race and being in first?” Heh heh. Two legs. Good one Phil!
THIS WEEK - 2nd
LAST WEEK - 1st, arrived at 9:04am
Ex-Addict Models (Tyler & James) - They get my vote this week for worst luck. Their jeep got a flat *and* their jack was broken. The Mom’s blew by them without a care. Rob and Kimberly tried to give them their jack but they couldn’t get it out and the boys told them to just get going. Mmm… Other than that they were really kind of boring. On the plus side only one PSA this week about addiction.
THIS WEEK - 3rd
LAST WEEK - 2nd, arrived at 9:17am
Duke & Lauren - The big strong heterosexual father tenderly kissed his lesbian daughter at a tough moment in the race. The rest of their airtime should have been used for anything else.
THIS WEEK - 4th
LAST WEEK - 8th, arrived at 10:13am
Gay Team (Tom & Terry) - Don’t tell me the producers aren’t playing on stereotypes - not after the camera shot they picked of the gay man’s first attempt at firing an arrow. Flaming arrow, no less. Camera immediately cuts to scruffy macho Mongolian man chuckling. He wasn’t chuckling after they completed the task and he got a great big hug! Mark my words folks, by the end of this show, somehow the producers will have these guys running around in Robin Hood tights. Next week’s preview looks good - they get in a fight with the beauty queens. Queens vs. Queens. Oh yeah! What intern came up with that angle?
THIS WEEK - 5th
LAST WEEK - 4th, arrived at 9:36am
Beauty Queens (Dustin & Kandice) - Really, I expected to have something negative to say about The Beauty Queens - but they’re not doing that bad and really aren’t coming across like dumb blondes or brainless pageant contestants. Well, okay, one of them fell off a horse and was dragged by her legs for about twenty feet - but I don’t think it was anything that wouldn’t have happened to me so nothing fun to write here. Move along folks.
THIS WEEK - 6th
LAST WEEK - 5th, arrived at 9:51am
Rob & Kimberly - The horses were deadly this week. She got whacked by a branch and knocked off the hindside of her horse onto *her* hindside. Hard. For once, I couldn’t blame her for crying. Other than that, she annoys the heck out of me. At one point in the race, they were in their car driving through Mongolia (I think) and she got splashed with water from outside the car. She says, “Dirty water! Can I get diseases from that?!” Yes Kimberly. And shaking the hands of the locals will give you leprosy too.
THIS WEEK - 7th
LAST WEEK - 10th, arrived at 10:29am
Coalminers (David & Mary) - Biggest accomplishment of the week - aside from not losing yet - was getting their jeep stuck in mud up to the top of the tires. This guy *works* in a big probably sometimes muddy hole in the earth. I expected him to know that very heavy things like cars *SINK* in the mud. *AND* after having this revealed to him, he *still* didn’t think to push his annoying wife into the mud. As an experiement. I’d never be malicious.
THIS WEEK - 8th
LAST WEEK - 7th, arrived at 10:02am
Erwin & Godwin - My fondest wish? The Hippies from last season appear to these two in a dream - kind of like Obi Wan Kenobi to Luke Skywalker - and instruct them in the ways of the race. Come on guys! Get it together!!! Smart. Athletic. And always almost last.
THIS WEEK - 9th
LAST WEEK - 9th, arrived at 10:19am
Moms (Lyn & Karlyn) - Can someone switch out one of their clues and send them to the Survivor Cook Islands show instead? My girlfriend and I are almost hoarse from cheering for them to lose. They *totally* dissed The Models when they could have stopped for just a moment to give them a working jack. It’s called Karma ladies - watch for it to b*tchslap you in the back of the heads soon. They don’t give help, but they sure accept it! The Coalminers showed them the way to the water during the challenge and even ended up *giving* them an extra container of the tough-to-gather-and-transport water. Grr. On a final note, they were 9th last week and 9th this week. 9 teams left for next week so I’m hoping they run another consistant race.
THIS WEEK - 10th - Eliminated!
LAST WEEK - 6th, arrived at 9:56am
Cheerleaders (Kellie & Jamie) - They may be out of the race but they’re still BFF! I’d be glad to see them go if it weren’t for the fact The Mom’s are still in the race. However it’s hard to get around stalling cars and - tee hee - driving in the wrong freaking direction, passing another team and thinking *they* are the ones going the wrong way. The Muslims and The Indian Couple who got kicked off last week ought to show up at your house and beat you to death with your pom-poms. Ouch. I guess that might be a little harsh. Pom-poms would take forever to kill a person. Use their megaphones. I don’t want to seem inhumane.
