The Amazing Race - Fall 2023 Premiere

That’s a lot of padding.

I can not wait for "Elsbeth" (although I think it deserves a better title). She was my favorite recurring character on both 'The Good Wife' and 'The Good Fight'. Also glad it will be on CBS and not streaming on Paramount+ (or whatever they call it these days) like they did 'The Good Fight'.

Survivor can definitely do 90 minutes. We miss out on so much as it is, especially all the scrambling.

Amazing Race would definitely be padding. There’s not that much more we need to see each leg.

Oh wow, I loved her character…in small doses. I hope they fill it with all the other reoccurring characters from TGW and TGF and maybe a nice sendoff for Michael Keaton.

CBS should revise that show where a busload of kids is dumped in an old west town and they have to fend for themselves.

^ revive

The only CBS shows I watch are Survivor and Amazing Race, but I loved Elspeth on The Good Wife and I love Kathy Bates, so I'll at least check those shows out.

And I think both Survivor and Race can fill 90 minutes just fine.

Amazing Race could definitely use more time in the earlier parts of the season when there are all these new teams and not enough time to get to know them in under an hour.

Both SURVIVOR and AMAZING RACE better have some sexy hot dudes on the show if they want to keep viewers.

Well, hello Cory!

R5 I loved that show! Lol I’m going on YouTube to find it.

Unlike Survivor, there are quite a few hot guys on this.

I love it when they tell a cab driver that they're in a race. Like he gives a shit.

[quote]That’s a lot of padding.

That's what SHE said.

Adorable.

Glad there’s an engaged gay couple.

Seems like there’s more than one gay guy this season.

The son of the hearing impaired father is adorable.

The brothers are HOT! Am I the only one that’s picking up gay energy from both of them?

The gay couple seem like they’re going to be as annoying as most gay couples that’s been on this show but at least they’re coming off better than those bitches that won a few seasons ago. Oh how I despise their privilege ass!

Yes, r17. Since both guys in one team are engaged to each other I assume both are gay.

[quote]The brothers are HOT! Am I the only one that’s picking up gay energy from both of them?

There are two sets of brothers.

r20, the Latino or Native American brothers (not sure of the ethnicity).

Seems like there are more than two gay guys this season.

I think deaf guy's son and the two Asian brothers are hot!

Good first episode.....I don't hate anybody yet.....

That may change next week.

Like everyone except the MAGA Texas father daughter. All those photos of her with guns and saying her daddy was the main man in her life until she met her husband.

Pass.

Otherwise - great cast.

The last time there was a writer's strike, it killed a favorite show of mine, Pushing Daisies. It was doing all right in the ratings. A lack of new eps caused a drop in the ratings. Am not against people striking. They definitely should have a piece of the pie. In fact, if it is financially possible, residuals should continue for the rest of actor/writer's life. Have all of PD on Blu-ray. Am wistful for what might have been.

Huh?

There was a completed season filmed before this one, but they decided to air this one instead because it could be edited into 90-minute segments (which they decided to do because of the writers' strike.) So that previous season is still in the can, presumably in 60-minute segments, waiting to be aired. And since it hasn't been aired, the winners haven't receive their winnings, nor can they talk about it. Additionally, it's going to seem strange to have it air after the current episodes, since it was filmed with more COVID restrictions (charter flights again, probably, for example.)

A lot of the guys seem gay this season (besides the obvious gay couple)

While I watched the first several seasons of AR religiously I haven't watched it in years now (see also: Survivor). But thanks to DL, I'm Racing again. (Team Corey and Dad!) (Still not interested in Survivor, though.) Not sure why the sisters ate all those Express Pass insects when it didn't seem to give them much advantage. It was Bugs v. Boat/TukTuk Rides. I knew the eliminated team was a goner when they couldn't decide who would do a challenge. Just pick one and then alternate who does the challenges after that (although the military brothers' solution of rock-paper-scissors is a good alternative). Would love to go to Thailand but, between the humidity and chilies, fear I would sweat to death and die.

Uh... you do know that the express pass is for FUTURE challenges, right?

I don’t understand how that milquetoast team that got eliminated even made it on the show. They were so indecisive and bland and seemed completely indifferent to being there.

I was pretty shocked to learn at the end they were siblings. I thought he was her gay Bestie from college or something

r15 Long... thick... neck.

r25 I thought the same thing. Republicans are so stupid and clueless, "bragging" about hunting and gun culture.

Yes r35 and that narrative about Daddy being the main man in her life until she got married 🤮

Everyone else seems solid though.

Love the computer science brothers.

Kill the franchise with 🔥 FIRE 🔥

R31: I’d *completely* forgotten that!! Thanks for the reminder. (As I said, it’s been years since I’ve watched TAR.)

That sibling team who got eliminated…creepy! They live together, work at the same company and eat the same breakfast (oatmeal!) each morning! He seemed gay, but there was also a flowers-in-the-attic vibe going on.

The both the guys in the gay couple are hot. They also were smart to watch the practice session of the sibling team at the sword challenge. They picked it up really quickly and beat several of the couples who opted for the massage.

Love Bangkok. Such a great city to visit, but the challenges weren’t particularly exciting to watch. Watching people get massages? Riding around in boats? The casting has improved so much from that blah era or blind-date season and social media (vine!) season, but they challenges used to be so much more creative and interesting to watch.

While the Thai massages seemed painful I bet they did the racers a world of good after that endless flight from LAX through Taiwan. A nice "gift" from the producers!

Is there an uncensored version of the massage scenes where they show the happy endings?

Any sightings of Phil's Amazing Package?

I’m really crushing on the son of the deaf man. He’s so fucking adorable and seems like a very nice guy as well.

I'm still liking everyone.......a couple of the teams get on my nerves - but I don't hate them.

Lots of Phil medium shots w/o the package. 8-(

No package? Sad face.

Those tech friends seem pretty gay to me

[R46] You mean the guys who were best friends in the military? If yes, then TOTES. Watching their intro package, I was wondering, "just how dumb ARE their wives?"

I agree that this is a likable cast. Even Texas Daddy isn't aggressively assholish, just casually so. (Did you notice he never once engaged with the furriners helping him out or handing him a clue?) I thought the shorter gay fiancé might get on my nerves but he was better in the second episode. Time will tell.

Still Team Cody and Dad, although I wish the former would have taken off his shirt in the pomelo challenge (I don't ask for much, and, yes, he seems to be a sweetheart). I thought Texas Daddy was going to have a heat stroke doing that one (as I would have, no doubt, but then I would have chosen the market option).

I'm of two minds about the new 90-minute length. On one hand, it shows how long and/or grueling some of the challenges really are. On the other, it's VERY repetitive watching teams load and unload pomelos or fail at creating bouquets. I guess we'll see entire unedited challenges when the show is down to four or five teams.

TAR at 90 minutes is PADDED. I suppose it’s nice in a way to get a better sense of just how long they are stuck at certain challenges, but we don’t need to see all that.

I love this show but 90 minutes is too much.

Pssst! They stocked those canals with fruit.

Whoever does the casting for TAR needs to mentor their CBS colleagues at Survivor and teach them how to cast hot, likable contestants.

Corey the CODA also has great legs.

I agree about the padding, the first team arrived at Phil with 38 minutes left in the show.

[quote]Pssst! They stocked those canals with fruit.

And fruits. At least two.

You guys can have Hot CODA Boy.

I'll take Deaf Daddy. I found him so charmingly adorable. I even love his dated soul patch thing. (Sure, he could lose fifteen pounds, but he can work that off fucking me routinely.)

The second episode was a good one. These felt like classic TAR challenges. They were tough and engaging to watch. I think the editors had a tough time because the first two teams absolutely flew through the challenges and got to Phil way before anyone else. Most of the other teams held their places from last week and appeared to arrive fairly spread out without many races to the finish line.

Still, these has to be one of the best casts in ages. You see, TAR, you don’t NEED to cast a Big Brother couple or former NFL players/cheerleaders every season. Just cast normal friends and family members like this and you’ll be fine.

I like the Asian couple but they are definitely getting U-Turn if it happens soon.

If you happen to be up late, like me who work nights, I found out today that it's better to wait until 2 AM ET to watch the most recent episode on Paramount+ then to do record the 90 minutes broadcast and fast forward through the commercial.

Nice episode last night.

I am beginning to hate the Texas daughter - the dad not so much.

And I felt kind of bad for the two clueless brothers who actually thought they had moved up in the pack and instead were DEAD LAST.......DEAD LAST......LOL....

That fruit challenge went way too long. Not liking the 90 minute version of this show.

Gays must step up. I could not BELIEVE they forgot to collect their clue! Also, the either/or tasks seem lopsided in degree of time consuming difficulty this season, though it was fun to see the Asian couple struggle with the rice paper. My favorite episodes are the “you’re still racing!” ones.

The “you’re still racing” episodes are just another way to do the non-elimination rounds.

DEAD LAST.

Except the non-elimination factor was obviously fixed before the producers know who would be dead last. The rules are never stated for when a round becomes a non-elimination round, and I believe they are free to use it to manipulate the race.

The gay couple is very handsome.

CODA son is beautiful.

Way to waste your Express Pass, ladies! I hope eating all those bugs was worth it!

I thought the Express Pass allows you to go straight to the Pit Stop.

No, it lets you skip one challenge (roadblock or detour.) If it's the final challenge of the leg, then it would let you go to the pit stop.

IMO, they paid too much for the express pass and sold it for too little.

[quote]I thought the Express Pass allows you to go straight to the Pit Stop.

It was the Fast Forward that allowed a team to skip all tasks and go directly to the Pit Stop. It hasn't made an appearance on the Race in a number of years.

Had the ladies used the express pass BEFORE the task, they would have come in first. (even though it wasn't a pitstop...)

Thanks, show, for the very brief shirtless photo of CODA Cody! (If you blinked and missed it, he's either naturally very smooth or shaves his nicely developed torso.) I thought the expanded run time might turn out to be interesting, but it's kinda not. They just show more of the challenges, which is either very repetitive (moving fruit *again*) or visually uninteresting (applying vinyl). Can't imagine what it will be like when they're down to a handful of teams. Maybe the eliminated teams will come back and do stand-up or something.

In other news, the Military Bros have very pretty hair, and Phil has been around the world 35 TIMES now (unless there was a season he didn't host).

Survivor makes better use of the expanded time because they can show more plotting which is the heart of the show. Big Brother’s extension to 100 days has led to annoying filler like cancelling two evictions.

The tasks have definitely lacked imagination over the years. Who remembers the bossy little person who had to carry a huge slab of meat through some crowded city?

I do, I do! I also remember "My cow is broken!!"

You don't remember it very well. It was "My OX is broken."

I still remember the midget woman in a suit of armor trying to get on the horse.

Why don’t they have midgets anymore?

Do they still have gnomes?

Well, we know they still got bitchy high strung queens.

Merna and Charla. I just remembered their names.

MIRNA and Charla. Or as one of the other teams referred to them, "Mirna and Schmirna."

I'm glad the Asian couple is eliminated. They were given all of the legs so far on a silver platter with the challenges being all Asian-y and food related. It was weird that they had trouble making rice paper.

All the hot guys survived another week!

Damn! I thought the Asian couple would be one of the teams to beat.

It’s kind of amazing that this show was on the brink of being canceled so many times, now it’s one of CBS‘s mainstays.

I liked the show better before it added the Fear Factor elements. In the early seasons, there was no bungee jumping or rappelling, no forced eating of nauseating food. I also miss when people would run out of money or have to figure out where they were supposed to go and come up with the wrong answer and end up in the wrong city or country.

Survivor needs to bring back the gross eating challenges.

They did Rose. Did you see the episode where Team Sisters had to eat those fried insects?

That wasn’t Survivor.

That last tile challenge. OMG! That was a lot of tile.

The moment I saw the Asian elders, I knew they would win the season. I’m unsettled that they’re gone. It sure seems like a level playing field to me, now.

[quote]It sure seems like a level playing field to me, now.

I think we can count out the brothers, who seem very sweet but a bit dim.

I was getting anxiety watching the mattress challenge. I'm surprised a couple individuals didn't pass out or have heart attacks. I also couldn't believe the amount of ass sweat soaking through some of their shorts. Yucky. Specifically, the one bearded guy and one of the hot (but dumb) brothers. I bet that stairwell stunk like ass for a while.

Ninety minutes is a LONG time - but it really points out how arduous some of the tasks are. You can feel how much wear and tear the teams are going through.

Still hate the Texas team......a couple of the others are practically invisible. And I really hate how that one black gal keeps saying: "Fast! Fast!!" to all the cab drivers - like it's the driver's fault they're so far behind.

[quote]I think we can count out the brothers, who seem very sweet but a bit dim.

Why do people keep referring to "the brothers" as if this applied to only one team? There are TWO teams of brothers.

[quote]In the early seasons, there was no bungee jumping or rappelling, no forced eating of nauseating food.

The very first task in Season One involved taking a zipline over a gorge followed by a plunge down to receive the clue. The show's first rappel was in Thailand in episode 10. And the roadblock in China in episode 11 required a team member to eat dishes with beetle larvae, squid, and chicken feet.

[quote]There are TWO teams of brothers.

I refer to the other set of brothers as "The Urkel Twins"

The two black brothers have to be gay.

R100 In my (wet) dreams they are.

[quote] They were given all of the legs so far on a silver platter with the challenges being all Asian-y and food related. It was weird that they had trouble making rice paper.

Or maybe being Asian-American is really no advantage when it comes to “all Asian-y” challenges after all.

I agree about the gay black brothers.

I didn't want to read this thread until I watched all four episodes, and now I'm all caught up.

It's funny how the comments here are exactly what I was thinking while watching the show.

[quote] I think deaf guy's son and the two Asian brothers are hot!

Corey, Liam and Yeremi.

And it looks like Liam and Yeremi's mom is either Native American or Hispanic, and their dad is Northern European.

Their back story is really interesting and I want to know more. After their parents divorced, it sounds like there was some bad blood between the brothers. Then in episode four Liam talks about how he had a big fight with Yeremi (before he left for the military) and when Yeremi tried to reach out by writing letters, Liam told him to stop writing. HARSH!

Watching them now, it's hard to believe they were ever estranged, because they're so close.

As for Corey, I am so in love with him. Total boyfriend/husband material.

I think that children of parents with disabilities are so much more thoughtful and caring, because they're taught empathy and responsibility at a young age. They have no choice.

Corey is such a good guy that I just light up he appears on the screen. And it doesn't hurt that he's hot as hell. He looks so much like his father, but younger and more in shape.

[quote] I don’t understand how that milquetoast team that got eliminated even made it on the show. They were so indecisive and bland and seemed completely indifferent to being there.

I really liked them. I thought they were hilariously clueless. They couldn't even make a simple decision together.

As "Super Fans" of the show, it was quite disappointing.

[quote] Any sightings of Phil's Amazing Package?

How did you guys miss it?

His HUGE cock was on display in episode one when he was introducing the Pit Stop for the first leg of the race, in front of the giant statue.

It was the first thing I noticed, because it looked like a third leg!

[quote] Watching their intro package, I was wondering, "just how dumb ARE their wives?"

Absolutely. The beards make them look "less gay" now, but when they were in the military, they looked like they were flaming! No wonder they found each other and became besties.

I'm thinking it's a Brokeback Mountain scenario, where they're both married but have a yearly "get together" where they spend time "going fishing" or "camping."

[quote] These felt like classic TAR challenges. They were tough and engaging to watch.

I would almost say too tough.

[quote] I'm glad the Asian couple is eliminated. They were given all of the legs so far on a silver platter with the challenges being all Asian-y and food related. It was weird that they had trouble making rice paper.

I thought I was the only one who felt this way.

The entire first and second legs seemed rigged in favor of them.

Not only were the challenges all about food/market skills (which is their business and trade), but it was also in a country and language with which they were familiar. It was ridiculous.

Then notice how when it came to an actual memory and recognition skill challenge (which put everyone on a level playing field), they failed miserably.

I'm glad they're gone.

[quote] All the hot guys survived another week!

This has been my main concern from the very beginning.

It gives me anxiety to think that Corey, Liam, or Yeremi would be eliminated.

[quote] I was getting anxiety watching the mattress challenge. I'm surprised a couple individuals didn't pass out or have heart attacks. I also couldn't believe the amount of ass sweat soaking through some of their shorts. Yucky. Specifically, the one bearded guy and one of the hot (but dumb) brothers. I bet that stairwell stunk like ass for a while.

Same here!!!

I felt like they were going to die.

This mattress challenge could be one of the hardest tasks I've ever seen on the show.

Between the crowds, the heat, and the pure physical exertion, I don't know how these teams were able to finish. I think I would have died on the stairs.

[quote] Thanks, show, for the very brief shirtless photo of CODA Cody!

Here, R73.

You can have a longer look.

It's on his Instagram page.

Shirtless Liam working outo.

Shirtless Yeremi.

The (out) gays are gone.

I'm gonna miss my gays, but at least younger, hotter Matt Bomer is still with us.

This was a wonderful episode. I really loved it.

First off, the beauty of the location really captured my attention. I have never in my life wanted to visit India, but I would actually visit Jaipur. It's stunning. And full of beautiful scenery, buildings, and culture.

Second, I'm very impressed with Anna Leigh. Yes, she's pushy and overbearing. But I give her a lot of credit for being so focused, and pushing her dad, when he slows her down. I can see how she would rub some people the wrong way, but in this kind of race, it's exactly what's needed. And she is really quite smart and detail oriented. Ordinarily, I wouldn't like someone like her (especially if they were losing), but I definitely must give her credit for leading her team to first place two times in a row.

Third, I was so nervous for Corey and his dad!!! It was just a lucky twist of fate that they chose the doll challenge. Who knew it would be so much easier than the picture challenge? And it made all the difference in the world. They went from last to 5th place! Whew!

Fourth, I was so sad to see Joe and Ian go home. They were a very likable gay couple. Not annoying, not pushy, and they got along well with each other. It was very refreshing to see. I was hoping they would have beaten those two annoying sisters. The older sister is particularly annoying. Unfortunately, they just lucked out with their cab driver who took the shortcut.

This race was a photo finish, and it was so exciting!

Anna Leigh reminds me of Baby Billy's wife from The Righteous Gemstones!

Whew......I may have to watch it again!

Nice Phil package at the top of the show as he walked toward the camera.

I liked the gay couple. Much preferred them over those bitches who won the race several seasons ago by forming cliquish coalitions. I despise them.

Although I'm sure they're well (or decently) compensated, I always feel bad for the locals who have to do the same skill over and over and over with the racers until they master said skill. Like the bowl dancers and musicians in Jaipur.

Was there a new episode tonight?

Yes, R115.

I’m waiting for them to finally get to Europe.

The preview said the racers were going to be in Germany next week, so we’re getting closer. Fortunately, most of the male eye candy remains in case they have to do a speedo task in the Maldives.

The eye candy was just eliminated. Now it's just Cody.

*Corey

This episode sucked donkey balls.

FUCK THAT RICKSHAW BITCH WHO SCREWED OVER THE HOT BOYS!!!!

No wonder they never used to let women drive rickshaws in India. Those women are fucking clueless.

It's completely unfair of TAR to force teams to stick with the same driver throughout the entire leg. If you have a shit driver like Liam and Yeremi had, then you are DOOMED to lose the race. Which is exactly what happened.

I think sometimes the show does shit like this to eliminate stronger teams, in favor of weaker teams (like those two ladies who came in ahead of the boys).

If I'm not mistaken, teams used to be able to grab a new driver, if their driver was slow or stupid, like Liam and Yeremi's driver was.

I swear, I would have been so fucking pissed at her and screaming my head off.

You're in a race for a million dollars. You should be able to switch out a bad taxi/rickshaw driver. PERIOD.

Fuck you, Amazing Race. I wanted to see Liam and Yeremi win.

[quote]I wanted to see Liam and Yeremi win.

It was obvious from the get-go they had no chance. I wouldn't be surprised if one or both shows up on The Challenge or some other reality show, though.

DEAD last.......

Sad.

I like the new mandatory U-Turn but shouldn’t the team who came in first the last leg be the first one to cast their vote for who gets U-Turn?

Anna Leigh is a huge cunt. She would be horrible to be around.

[quote] Anna Leigh is a huge cunt. She would be horrible to be around.

Her father has been very patient with her nasty attitude up until now, but it looks like he loses it on her next week.

Can't wait!

Anna Leigh’s a bitch!

[quote]It's completely unfair of TAR to force teams to stick with the same driver throughout the entire leg.

When did TAR change this rule, because in the past people could switch drivers?

I don't think there's been a rule change. If you get a taxi randomly on the street or at the airport, I don't think anything prevents you from stopping and switching to another one. However, when the vehicles & drivers are provided by TAR (i.e. "marked'), you're stuck with it, as was the case in this episode.

[quote] when the vehicles & drivers are provided by TAR (i.e. "marked'), you're stuck with it, as was the case in this episode

Which, as mentioned earlier, absolutely DOOMS a team to lose the race.

Especially if you get a driver like the one that Liam and Yeremi had.

That woman was absolutely clueless, and had no idea where she was going.

As Liam said, "It would have been faster if we ran."

That was completely unfair to them, and she is the sole reason that they came in last.

What made it worse was that they had to sit there and take it, because they couldn't do anything about it.

Well, if it would have been faster for L&Y to run, then they should have (sorry, L&Y's camera crew!). Will I miss their eye candy? Sure. Did they have a snowball's chance of winning it all? No. I hope they've mended whatever it was that broke their relationship,, though.

[quote]The eye candy was just eliminated. Now it's just Cody.

Greg and John are just as attractive as Cody.

r131, mmm not really.

I teared up when Phil had to give the big kiss off to Maliana and Andrea at the vacant carnival venue. I really liked them and will miss their contribution to the show.

Watching the Pink Team this leg, really really really pissed me off.

What a complete waste of a racing spot they were.

I was crushed last week when Liam and Yeremi went home because of their stupid rickshaw driver.

So to think that Liam and Yeremi would have done an infinitely better job on this leg than the Pink Team did, makes me angry.

The Amazing Race MUST do a better job at fairness. That stupid India leg, where teams' fates were left up to some stupid cab driver, was not fair at all. It left a crappy team in the race, and eliminated a good team.

Germany just proved what an awful team the Pink ladies were, when left to their own devices. The only reason they got so far was because cab drivers did all the navigating for them in Asia.

Once they were left to their own devices in finding their way around, the Pink team just collapsed.

How is that even fair to Liam and Yeremi. It's not! It's total bullshit.

I hope that Team Misery gets eliminated next week.

They are very unpleasant to each other, and nasty to the other teams.

They don't smile, they don't say thank you, and they're not helpful to other teams. Yet they had no problem leeching on to the brothers, because they couldn't do their own navigation.

And that one lady, she is just over it. She refused to do the math to count the coins, she didn't want to remember the names of the mustard, etc. Why is she even on the race?

At least the brothers are having fun, taking their time, enjoying the countries and the challenges, and they still have time to be nice to each other and the other teams.

I would be happy to see any of the remaining teams win, EXCEPT for those two miserable women on Team Misery.

Those sisters are a pain in the ass. My favorite part of this week’s episode was the father putting that bitchy daughter of his in her place. “Get your ass back here and let me drive.” 😂😂😂

I love that the bearded guys were genuinely surprised that they weren't last.

That's what's nice about not being in a crowded city in race-provided transportation. The teams are spaced farther apart, and don't have a real sense of where the other teams are.

In this case, the Pink Team was so lost, that no one else knew where they were. It makes the race more exciting and more unpredictable.

Can you imagine if the Pink Team did the soccer challenge, while the bearded team did the mustard challenge and they were closer together?

The bearded team would have lost, because they were just taking their time tasting the mustard and eating the hot dog.

It’s always sad when a team is so far behind that Phil has to go meet them.

[quote]I hope they've mended whatever it was that broke their relationship,, though.

I know I've watched too much porn when I assume they had a falling out over their taboo adolescent sexual relationship. In my mind they've made up and are in a consensual loving relationship with each other

[quote]So to think that Liam and Yeremi would have done an infinitely better job on this leg than the Pink Team did, makes me angry.

Assumes facts not in evidence. Liam and Yeremi showed no aptitude for non-physical parts of the race.

R139, That idea is not so far-fetched.

[quote]It’s always sad when a team is so far behind that Phil has to go meet them.

The hay bales of season 6.

Corey becomes more adorable each episode. I'm rooting for him and his dad.

If they don't win, I would be happy if Team Urkel (John and Greg) wins.

Same here, R143. Corey and his dad were my favorites from the beginning.

Greg and John are also now my favorites. I don't think they have been unpleasant even once during this race. And the funniest thing about them is that they just take their time (I think they actually almost WASTE time), they move so slowly, and they are very nice to other people. Yet they are still at the front of the pack!

But the other teams aren't bad.

The bearded guys Joel and Garret are very nice. They haven't done one mean thing this entire race.

The tall married couple Ashlie and Todd are very cool too. They have actually helped out a lot of other teams. On this most recent episode Ashlie helpted Corey's dad Rob with the clue to the combination lock. She didn't even think twice. He asked her for help, and she told him the answer. (PS, he didn't even say thank you!)

Steve and Anna Leigh aren't bad either. Anna Leigh is pushy, but I truly think she's not malicious. She treats other people on the race well, and she also treats the locals well. So I can't be mad at her about getting frustrated with her dad every now and then. She's just very driven.

The only two objectionable teams left are Morgan and Lena and Robbin and Chelsea.

Morgan and Lena are just annoying because of their bickering. I mean, they don't stop. The older sister is also such a bitch. She rarely smiles. Not even on the carnival challenge, which everyone else enjoyed.

Then there's Robbin and Chelsea, who are probably the most unpleasant people on the race. I can't stand either one of them. If they make it to the final three, then I'll be very worried.

Next week is another express pass, and it looks like it's a race to get it between Rob and Corey and Greg and John.

I liked this episode a lot.

Fun challenges, great scenery, Phil's package, and a German guy throwing a fat woman in the air.

The only thing we didn't get [yet] is a slap dance.

Pretty sure Morgan and Lena would win a slap dance.

Still Team Corey and Dad!

I still miss brothers/lovers Liam and Yeremi.

The ages of the contestants are interesting.

Steve is the oldest at 54. (What???)

Liam is the youngest at 23.

Yeremi is 24.

Greg and Corey are both 25.

John and Iliana are both 27.

Anna Leigh is 28.

Lena and Sheridan are 29.

Morgan is 31.

Alexandra is 34.

Joe is 35.

Ashlie and Todd are 38.

Ian is 40.

Robbin and Chelsea are both 41.

Joel is 42. Garrett is 43.

Andrea is 44 and Malaina is 45.

Rob is 48.

Elizabeth is 52.

I want to see John and Greg spit roast Corey. Can AI make that happen?

Everything Corey does screams All-American hetero. Not that I mind that. I'm sure he's nice to his gay chums.

Why do they usually cast at least one team with an out of shape black person who has almost no chance of winning? It feels racist. It's not every season, but it does happen regularly. This season Malaina and Andrea were actually pretty good, but Malaina is clearly in worse shape than all of the other females, and most of the other men.

[quote] Why do they usually cast at least one team with an out of shape black person who has almost no chance of winning? It feels racist.

BULLSHIT.

Anna Leigh's dad Steve is 54, old, and out of shape.

Corey's dad Rob is 48, and overweight.

Both are older than Andrea and Malaina, and just as physically unfit.

And yet both of their teams are consistently at the top of the pack.

So GTFO of here with that rubbish.

[quote] Steve and Anna Leigh aren't bad either. Anna Leigh is pushy, but I truly think she's not malicious. She treats other people on the race well, and she also treats the locals well. So I can't be mad at her about getting frustrated with her dad every now and then. She's just very driven.

Are you female? Anna Leigh isn’t just driven. She’s an obnoxious bitch and doesn’t care about being a bitch to other people.

No spoiler but tonight is Anna Leigh at her most obnoxious.

Now I want to go to Slovenia.

I guess it was too much for me to wish someone would say "Slovenia? That's where Donald Trump bought Melania!"

I usually wait until it becomes available on Paramount+ so I won’t have to FF through commercials.

I read somewhere that next season’s episodes will be 90 minutes as well. 🙄

I love the 90-minute episodes. This show, the locations, the challenges... It earns the extra length.

I like the 90-minute episodes of TAR and Survivor also. Even when they put in a little filler it's entertaining.

[quote]tonight is Anna Leigh at her most obnoxious.

Seeing her Philiminated would have been very satisfying.

I like ALL of the remaining teams and the eliminated team is a SMALL LOSS.

Of course Anna Leigh is annoying and I'm ready for her to be gone - and hopefully humiliated in the process.

I thought for a moment there would be a penalty when she & her dad took the elevator at the last place, but it was allowed - "....it doesn't say not to....."

Cory & Dad are still my favorites - but everyone else is also worth rooting for.

I like the blacks bros, especially with me in the middle of a DP. I hope they win.

What an exciting episode! I love a surprise ending.

I was sure that Anna Leigh and her dad were going home. They were so far behind.

And it was so weird how the sisters team and the bearded guy team were both encouraging them, "Keep going. It's not over until it's over." And look what happened!

Happy for the brothers winning another leg. They're doing really well.

But I'm also happy for Corey and his dad. The amount of climbing in this episode was unreal. Both of the older and out-of-shape men (Steve and Rob) completed the stair challenge, and I thought they were going to croak! And then just when you thought it was over, they had to make another climb up the spiral staircase!!

How awful.

And to think that the married couple got there first, but missed the clue to the stairway. They don't usually make that kind of mistake, but I think the pressure is getting to everyone.

In the end, I'm not sad that the sisters went home. I'm glad that they mended their relationship, but I was so tired of watching them argue.

And unlike R161 I would still like to see Team Misery go home. Those ladies are still piggy backing on the brothers, and following them in their cars, every chance they get. This episode, the brothers even mentioned that they didn't want those ladies following them.

This leg of the race was really difficult. Between all the climbing, and then the bales of hay (which led to a lot of sneezing and also an allergic reaction for Corey, I actually felt bad for the racers.

I think it's only going to get harder from here on out.

When the bearded guys came back for their notebook, I wonder if that means they'll be in the final 3?

They said, "we intend to be in the finals, and we'll need our notes."

That could be foreshadowing a win for them, because it was a smart move to go back for that book. I don't think that anyone else is taking notes, except for these guys.

Anna Leigh’s BCE (Big Cunt Energy) propels her and her father ahead of nicer people.

Did they always allow people to take notes? I don't remember that happening before.

A lot of teams have said on many seasons that they took copious notes of everything they did and where they went in preparation for a memory challenge.

Ok now that you mention the memory challenge that does sound familiar - thanks!

Still Team CODA! Corey could easily work as a Disney prince at any of the theme parks.

Given the opening montage, do we think there'll be Irish stepdancing on this season or was that a leftover clip from a previous season? (I'm a returning viewer who hasn't watched TAR in many seasons.) After all of the stairclimbing in this episode their thighs should be ready.

Yes, R169!

Corey is definitely Prince Charming.

I am so in love with him, I can't even think straight.

I think this week's episode was the best I've seen over the last few seasons!

I once got surprise anal from a Disney World Prince Charming.

^Cinderella

No R173.

R172 is actually BILL TAYLOR!

He's working his way through the Disney cast.

[quote]I guess it was too much for me to wish someone would say "Slovenia? That's where Donald Trump bought Melania!"

I was hoping for a task where they had to dress up like cheap hookers (even the men) and try to score at least 100 Euros. A true tribute to Vairst Letty.

R175, lol! I'm sure Slovenians are happy to be known for something else other than Melania for once.

They should go from Slovenia to Slovakia.

R177, they're going to Crimea next, where Anna Leigh has to dodge artillery shells for a roadbock.

Couldn’t believe that, after their long, futile search for the Express Pass, Anna Leigh & her dad survived another leg. And Garrett’s unfamiliarity with the Cold War & its demise was surprising.

[quote] Anna Leigh & her dad survived another leg.

[bold]MAGAnna[/bold] Leigh & her dad survived another leg.

There I fixed it. We all know she is...

The previews made it look like they would be visiting a poor country next.

It looked tropical and poor, so I guess they're leaving Europe.

Who do we think will be the one who complains about all the dirty poor people? There's always that one player...

[quote]all the dirty poor people

I hope my sweet Corey will give them the shirt off his back - and maybe his shoes and socks. Let's see them feets, Corey!

R183, maybe his underwear too for good measure!

Corey is a perfect specimen. My god.

Slovenia looked incredible.

Love the nerdy brothers. Hope they or team CODA win.

I assumed Steve was 64. Damn. That’s a rough 54.

[quote] I assumed Steve was 64. Damn. That’s a rough 54.

Try having a daughter like Anna Leigh!

R135, those broads are sour! Although you'd probably not be too happy if your name was spelled RobBin.

Is there a new episode tonight, or are they taking a break for Thanksgiving?

New ep!

I want to see Anna Hobby Lobby Leigh get hit by something, like that woman who took a watermelon to the face many seasons back.

^^^^ That made me laugh, I would love to see that also, except for the whining that would follow.

Whenever someone is named Anna Leigh, all I hear is anally.

Such a strange name choice.

Sexiful bare armed maleness in the buoy and mussels challenges.

Todd has quite nice tits.

Bye, Robbin and Chelsea

I'm confused.

Am I mistaken, or did the brothers not properly complete the buoy challenge?

Yes, they brought back two bags of mussels, but they failed to replace the buoy with the mussels, with a replacement buoy.

The editors even highlighted that mistake.

So I'm confused why A) the woman gave them their next clue, and B) Phil didn't send them back to do the challenge correctly or penalize them for doing it wrong.

Corey and Rob knew that they had to do the challenge correctly, and when they couldn't do it, they switched challenges.

Am I wrong?

Corey's ass looked spectacular in that wet suit.

It's nice and plump!

Fuck yes, r197. I had to rewind and watch it a couple times

CBS needs to make advert revenue, and you dumb shits will watch dogs fuck in the street.

Dogs fucking in the street, the original American reality show, followed by HS Football.

R199 you sound like a lunatic.

Get help.

You must be one of the ladies from Team Misery.

Haha it was funny that the blonde one even said, "I just want Phil to put us out of our misery."

So she even admitted it!

R196 I thought the brothers went back and corrected that....I was distracted by something else that was happening in the other kayak........

Goodbye, Team Misery. Phil put ALL of us out of our misery by sending you home.

[quote] I thought the brothers went back and corrected that....I was distracted by something else that was happening in the other kayak........

Yeah, the whole thing was confusing because Corey and his dad were there, and then the Beards just arrived also.

But I was watching the brothers pretty carefully, and I don't think they replaced the buoy with the mussels with a new one.

If I have time later tonight, I'll watch it again On Demand.

R196, I thought the same thing. I was waiting for Phil to give them a penalty like in older seasons. Teams that didn’t complete the challenge but made it to the mat used to incur a 30-minute penalty. They were still in the race as long as the last team didn’t check in before the penalty time expired.

The whole thing was very off R203, and it could seemingly affect the outcome of the race.

If I were the other teams, I would be raising an eyebrow at this episode.

Especially if the brothers end up winning.

You might want to watch it again.

I just re-watched that section and the brothers did nothing wrong. In fact, after they retrieve the first net of mussels, John turns to the camera and says, "Now we need to swap out the marked buoy with the one we brought. And we're not good with knots.. But we just need something strong enough that it stays." They are then shown throwing the replacement into the water and rowing back to the platform with the marked buoy in their kayak. Rinse and repeat.

The editors showed that Rob & Corey were missing the replacement buoy, not the brothers.

[quote] I just re-watched that section and the brothers did nothing wrong. In fact, after they retrieve the first net of mussels, John turns to the camera and says, "Now we need to swap out the marked buoy with the one we brought. And we're not good with knots.. But we just need something strong enough that it stays." They are then shown throwing the replacement into the water and rowing back to the platform with the marked buoy in their kayak. Rinse and repeat.

Yes, I saw that.

They did it the FIRST time, but not the second time.

That's when the show editors highlighted in white, that the brothers took the mussels with the buoy, but did not REPLACE the buoy.

The SHOW highlighted that in white, which is the only reason I noticed it.

Then after that, it never showed them replacing the buoy. And I know that because they made one trip back to the dock, without making a return trip to replace the missing buoy.

The only thing that was highlighted was when Rob and Corey messed up on the first buoy. The brothers did not make any mistakes, nor was anything highlighted.

The 1.5 hr episodes are starting to become a bit much as the teams dwindle down. I was getting bored this last episode.

R206 Watch it again. It was Corey who made the mistake (he talks about it later when they're pulling up to the pier). You see him untying the buoy and letting the rope slip into the water, which is when they cut to the mussels underwater with the rope trailing loose.

TAR having underwater shots of the mussels not being pulled up by Cory and his dad makes me wonder how that was achieved, there were hundreds of buoys, TAR wouldn't have known ahead of time that a shot of the mussels underwater was needed or which one Cory and his dad would be going to, in order to be there to get that shot.

I suppose TAR could have staged the underwater shot of just some random bag of mussels after the competition was over but that seems a little unethical.

TAR = The Amazing Race

Are there any podcasts from any of this cast?

I believe you R209.

Guess I was mistaken.

r211 I recommend the RHAP podcast.

R210 TAR could have gone back to pick up the underwater shot after CODA moved to the other challenge.

Phil looked quite irritated when the miserable female team showed up. I’m guessing they went swimming and dicked around and he was stuck waiting for them.

Slovenia truly does look incredible.

For the young & still impressionable, I refer you to the trial that Oswald never lived to see. With a jury in the UK & represented by then-noted trial attorney Gerry Spence, who famously claimed to have never lost a jury trial. Spoiler alert: He lost.

^ Oopsie.

Well, dammit, it looks like next week is when the cast finally takes their damn clothes off.

This episode was kind of boring for me.

The challenges weren't all that exciting, and I really hate when teams work together. It really defeats the purpose of a race, as far as I'm concerned.

Which is why I was happy that the Beards came in first. They didn't get any help from anyone else. They just relied on themselves, and came out on top. (PS, I'm really starting to think that they're both either closeted gays or bisexual).

The brothers did a great job with the restaurant task. I love how they are so smart in their approach to the tasks, which really serves them well.

Rob and Corey seemed kind of out of it on this leg. Not sure why they seem so inept, all of a sudden.

Then there's Steve and Anna Leigh. Dear lord, she's going to kill her father. Lol. That poor guy looked like he was ready to drop dead from running. And all she could do was bitch at him!!

Well, he raised that little monster, so .... good luck with that, Steve!

I was sad for the team that left. They really seemed like a decent couple. But if someone had to go, then I'm kind of glad it was them.

Because honestly, I need to see Rob and Corey in the finale with the brothers. Please, please, please!!

It would be nice if the beards were the third team, but I wouldn't be disappointed with Steve and Anna Leigh.

I think everyone in the final four deserves to be there, so I would be happy with any of the remaining teams winning.

I don’t want to see the Harpy win.

DAMN! I was really hoping that harpy bitch Annalingus would get eliminated.

Corey looked even hotter wearing glasses. Unfortunately, I don't think he and his dad are the sharpest tools in the shed.

1) Ran past the numbers for the sky-diving challenge.

2) Couldn't find the main entrance to the Royal Dramatic Theatre, even though they were at it.

3) Ran around aimlessly with a couple other teams trying to find the subway station (after the Pampas Marina clue).

And, worst of all --

4) Getting on the bus and telling Anna Leigh and her dumb Daddy that the clue said to take the subway.

You have to be pretty lame to come in third on a leg where you used the Express Pass.

Sad to lose the married couple INSTEAD of bitch Anna Leigh......fingers crossed for a brothers, beards, CODA top three after next week.

Man I just can not stand Anna Leigh so it really pains me to say they are probably the best team but damn I hope they don't win. Hated to see Todd go, his wife not so much.

I don’t understand why they thought the Midsommer Road Block was a good use of the express pass. It was not a difficult challenge.

I think they would need a crow bar to get me off of that plane. I’m not afraid of heights, but I am afraid of jumping into them.

None of the tasks were very difficult in this episode R225.

That's why it was kind of slow.

I mean, making a wreath, finding a violinist in a concert hall, and then serving food or sorting recyclables. Meh.

It seemed like a travel video for Sweden.

I hope it gets harder in Ireland. I want them to WORK for that million dollars!

[quote]I don’t understand why they thought the Midsommer Road Block was a good use of the express pass. It was not a difficult challenge.

Purely speculation: I wonder if, seeing the people dancing and singing, Corey thought there might be an audible component to the challenge. (His dad had already indicated that he would be doing it.)

The brothers said they knew French, but couldn't pronounce "chaud"?

He probably knew what it meant R228, but just pronounced it wrong.

Americans do the same thing with Spanish.

They might understand what the word means, but they don't know how to pronounce it properly.

Big deal.

When foreigners come to the US, we don't criticize them for mispronouncing English.

I liked Todd this whole time, then he had to go and bring God into it right at the end.

[quote] When foreigners come to the US, we don't criticize them for mispronouncing English.

Polite people don't but I've worked with many morons who I've had to remind not to snicker or mock others for misusing or mispronouncing English words.

I don't like Anna Leigh but I gotta hand it to her--she really nailed that wreath road block. I couldn't believe that she and her father then found the violinist before the CODA team, which had used the Express Pass.

God that ginger brat SCREAMING at her father to RUN is so grating.

Happy for the beards. I hate when teams work together.

I don't like Anna Leigh either, but I think *some* of her seeming constant yelling at her dad is due to the new 90-minute episode length. Gotta fill the timeframe. And then there's those random destinations -- like a pretty boat at a pier or subway station-- that then send the racers on to another location/challenge. Drop those and maybe make the challenges harder/more compelling. (Although truth be told, that Nobel menu challenge would have broken my brain, as it would have any of the other racers than the brothers.)

Up next -- Corey Does Irish Step Dancing!

Up next -- Corey Does Irish Step Dancing!

with very tight pants please.

On the next Amazing Race..... Corey gets his ass eaten by leprechauns!

I found Todd kinda hot, but yeah, the God thing killed it.

I guess we now know why poor Steve is 54, but looks 74! Oy!

He needs a better portfolio, but still, here's Yeremi's modeling page.

He’s one of those models who has the same expression in every photo. A better portfolio is not possible.

Yeremi's modeling agency with offices in Nashville, Austin and Denver. Are those really hotbeds of modeling?

R241, that's when you know you made it big in flyover heaven!

We need agents all over the country to find wholesome, strapping youths and bring them to the big cities to take of all their clothes and be photographed in homoerotic poses.

[quote] We need agents all over the country to find wholesome, strapping youths and bring them to the big cities to take of all their clothes and be photographed in homoerotic poses.

Agreed! A Federal Agency!

Todd speaking about God and their past relationship troubles was code for he strayed, right?

R239 I mean...he's def HOT AF but not every good-looking person is a model. Calm down.

I don't know if it just the editing or not but at least twice Anna Leigh has been behind her dad while running and has said, "Come on Dad."

Couldn't be happier!

A shirtless Corey, the brothers, and couple of cute Riverdance guys. A great episode.

So glad MAGA girl didn’t make the final 3. I did like Papa though but oh well. I love it when you have a final 3 where you don’t mind who wins and can just enjoy the final leg.

Hurray! Loved the swimming and dancing!

I just really want Corey & Dad to win - but I would be happy for ANY of the top three teams.

Go Team Coda!

Seems like any of the three remaining teams could win. I'd give a slight edge to the brothers, but they have been known to get a little lost driving.

Anyone got a screencap of shirtless Corey at the Forty Foot? (The Forty Foot is also a central location in Jamie O'Neill's novel At Swim, Two Boys and was also a location in Bad Sisters on Apple+.) Those poor Riverdance musicians and dancers having to do it over and over and over...

I loved it when Steve arrived first, ahead of Anna Leigh, at the end to be officially told by Phil that he & his daughter had been eliminated. Knowing that this hellish ride was about to be over probably gave him that final rush of adrenaline.

Those non-Amazing Race people looked so nonchalant floating about in that freezing water...

Corey & Rob's application video.

On their channel, Corey & Rob talk to Greg & John.

Corey should hook up with one of the gay brothers.^^ That'd be a cute, swirly couple.😂😂

^ Who's gay?

Seriously?

Cory's ass is ridiculously bubbly.

R258, I've assumed both brothers are gay this entire time. They ping!

Just when you think Corey couldn't be cuter, He comes on screen with scruff! (Show us the younger brother!!)

What a great episode.

Corey shirtless. Corey's abs. Corey's butt in tight pants. Does it get any better than this?

He and his dad are the feel good team of the season. I just like them both so much, because they seem like very decent people. You don't see that too much nowdays.

I guess Corey is straight, since he seemed to have a crush on his Riverdance instructor. Athough he confused me when he stated that he chose his baseball teacher because "he had a nice smile." That was funny.

And so many of those dancers were cute. I love the blond guy teaching the Bearded guy how to dance.

I got so emotional during this whole episode, because there were so many heartfelt scenes between the team partners. Even Steve and Anna Leigh.

People here give her a lot of shit, but that girl is a powerhouse. She's also sharp as shit. Swimming, Running, Hiking, Building, Memorizing, etc. She's good at all of it.

I'm very happy that it's an all-male finale. That's the first in a long time.

And like the rest of you, I'll be happy with whoever wins.

Although I just think that with the way the editing of personal stories has been going, and how they zoom in on certain words said by team members, the Beards are probably going to win.

There was a lot of foreshadowing going on in the editing, and I've been paying attention. Even hearkening back to that challenge where the beards forgot their notebook and went back for it because they would need it during the final memory challenge. And voila! Here they are in the final three.

But there were other clues too, like the taller beard saying he wants to buy a service dog for his disabled daughter with the prize winnings. The other teams aren't getting personal background stories like that.

I really wanted Corey and his dad to win, but I think the Beards have it.

I could have watched Corey dancing all night long. That was sexy!

He was the recruitment chair of his fraternity at Pepperdine, Sigma Chi. I probably would join Sigma Chi at that point. I've been known to give fraternity men blow jobs from time to time. Corey, please let me accept your invitation...

[quote]I guess Corey is straight, since he seemed to have a crush on his Riverdance instructor. Athough he confused me when he stated that he chose his baseball teacher because "he had a nice smile."

Someone saying someone has a nice smile is a sign to you that they are gay? Wow.

[quote]On their channel, Corey & Rob talk to Greg & John

In the video, Greg and John have the attitude of people who won. Corey and Rob have the attitude of people who support the team who won.

[quote] In the video, Greg and John have the attitude of people who won. Corey and Rob have the attitude of people who support the team who won.

I think you could just as easily draw the conclusion that just the opposite is true. I watched for hints & found them lacking.

Pepperdine? Isn’t that some kind of Christian school?

I'm confused about the arena thing. I thought they said either hit it over in one or into the net three times, but two teams got credit for hitting it in the net.

Either place would qualify as scoring points, R269.

The lower area is actually a harder spot to get the ball in, which means you get three points in the actual game. If you get it through the posts, you only get one point.

So the teams that got the ball in the net would have scored higher in the actual sport.

But it didn't matter, because scoring in either area would get you the clue.

Thanks r270. I misunderstood what the rules were.

Pepperdine is not a Christian school, but is known for hot guys.

Why are we calling Joel and Garrett "The Beards" when only one of them has a beard?

Wikipedia: Pepperdine University (/ˈpɛpərdaɪn/) is a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California.

Pepperdine!

Pepper MINE with kisses!

Some Pepperdine Alumni you might have heard of

Chase Crawford

Madison Hildebrand

Joseph Baena

Christine Blasey Ford who testified against Justice Brett Kavanaugh

Bill Weir

Kim Fields

Ken Starr was Dean of Pepperdine Law School after he prosecuted President Clinton for lying about a blow job.

“Lying about a blow job” = “Third-rate burglary.”

Who is the "Corey went to Pepperdine???' troll??

Are you trying to get him "cancelled" for some ridiculous reason?

Why do you ask that? Is going to Pepperdine is a red flag?

My impression of Pepperdine is that it's more kids who want to go to a beachside college in Malibu rather than devout.

Back to AR, it's been a long time since I've liked a F3 this much!

I hope MAGAnna Leigh watched the season as it aired and saw how Corey interacted with his dad Rob and realized she is a major league cuntrag who needs to change her ways.

Too bad they don’t do a live reunion show. It would have been interesting to see if any of the other teams (or Phil) would have called her out for her disrespectful behavior towards her father.

I wasn't impressed with how Steve non-interacted with the locals, so I'm okay with ANALLY bossing him around.

I have to agree with you, R283.

I really tried to like Steve, but he seems like a major asshole. Very Texan.

Not pleasant at all.

R284, even Anna-Leigh made much more effort being polite with the locals than he did, so meh to him.

R252 You're welcome....

Also, bless sites like ausCAPS, Shirtless Men on the Blog, and LPSG. These people are doing God's work.

R286, they could pass for that gay Boston police officer and his twink lover on that other thread around here.

Longtime TAR fans will remember Luke and his mother Margie from season 14. Luke was deaf, gay and cried a lot. They played in 2009.

I liked them, r289, but he was way too dependent on his mom. MA! MA!

I think Luke could have had a good career in gay porn. His mom probably held him back from looking into it.

[quote] think Luke could have had a good career in gay porn. His mom probably held him back from looking into it.

I always support my son in his porn pursuits!

[QUOTE]They played in 2009.

And 2011. And 2014. They kept bringing them back (to lose over & over again).

I couldn't stand them.

Early Christmas! Thanks, R286!! That young man is fiiiine.

Did anyone watch the finale?

Who won???

Did anyone watch the finale?

Finale starts in 29 minutes Eastern Time

I would be pissed off if I had to listen to a band before getting the clue.

Especially great big fat girls who can't sing.

Disappointed with the winners.Nice guys but the money will: mean zero for them.

This was the one season where I would have been happy with any of the final three winning. But after watching the finale, I would have rather had a different team win.

The next season, which premieres in March, was actually filmed before this just-wrapped season.

Anticlimactic.

[quote]In the video, Greg and John have the attitude of people who won. Corey and Rob have the attitude of people who support the team who won.

As I stated previously (above), it was evident by their demeanor in their YouTube video that they had won.

Despite the editors attempt to suggest otherwise, they fact the first two teams never mentioned Corey and Rob at the last challenge showed that they had finished before Corey and Rob had arrived.

They spoke of their children and grandchildren.

Surrogates or adoptions?

The brothers won......it was okay.

Still wanted it to be Team CODA......oh well.

Maybe they'll get to come back.

I'm not disappointed that the brothers won, but I was pulling for the beard guys. It would have been great to see the underdogs win. I'm sad beautiful Corey and his sweet dad came in third.

I think the biggest lesson from this season was that the top three teams treated each other with kindness and respect. They didn't snap and bitch at each other, they didn't berate each other. They worked together, they supported each other, and they remained focused and positive, even through the most difficult challenges.

Kindness will always win.

Now that Corey's a "celebrity," he should do a nude 2024 calendar.

He'll make more than a million in less than a month.

Other than the grand cuntess Anna Leigh, and no stops in Africa or South America, it was a great season.

R309 Definitely one of the best seasons in a long time.

The show is much more fun to watch when you have likeable competitors.

[quote] The show is much more fun to watch when you have likeable competitors.

Thank you, R310. We love our fans.

While I was wanting Rob and Corey to win but they came in third not a winning performance, I am happy with Greg and John winning, they seem like a couple of really nice guys.

They didn't really show why Rob and Corey fell behind. There was a hint that they were lost but that never actually established. I remember thinking when they chose to do the challenge that was farthest away first, that a lot was going to depend on where they had to go AFTER the scramble was done. If the kayak challenge was beyond the trapeze place (vis-a-vis the Space Needle), C&R might have had to cover some of the distance between the closer challenges and the trapeze place twice while the other teams could just keep going after the trapeze.

R313 I think they miscalculated by doing the trapeze challenge first. It took dad a while to complete it, so they fell behind there while the other two teams got that one wrapped up fairly quickly. Rob and Corey finished with the glass blowing, which was the most difficult and took the most time. Then they appeared to get a little lost on the way to the final challenge.

I'm happy with John and Greg winning, and you can tell that the other teams were happy too.

Honestly, this is the first season where any of the top three would have been a satisfying winner.

That said, I really thought the beards were going to win. Why didn't they use their notebook in the final memory challenge? Wouldn't it have helped?

This has to have been one of the closest finishes ever! One of the brothers said it was only two minutes or so. That's just crazy.

I'm thinking that if the beards had spent one less minute dancing to their band, they might have won. So many little variables.

But still, my biggest disappointment is sweet Corey and his dad coming in third. I would have bawled my eyes out if they had won.

I still bawled my eyes out at the end of the race (I always do!) but this season was especially nice.

I hope they win an Emmy for this season. It would be well deserved.

One of the brothers did this nelly little clapping thing with his hands, while up on the podium.

I thought to myself... MARY!

He talked about wives and kids, but I think he's a closet case.

[quote]One of the brothers did this nelly little clapping thing with his hands, while up on the podium. I thought to myself... MARY!

I saw that too. I don't get how John can be so gay acting and yet be in a long-term relationship with a female.

One thing that helped Corey and Rob’s relationship is that there wouldn’t be any point in Corey yelling at his dad.

A quick check on Google Maps shows that Kenmore Air Harbor (site of the kayak memory challenge) is 13.7 miles north of the glassblowing studio and 15.5 miles north of the trapeze venue. So Rob and Corey were actually closer to the kayaks than either of the other two teams. However, that probably only translated to about a 5 minute difference in travel time. It's possible they also got lost, but I think that Rob needing 8 attempts to complete the trapeze task probably sealed their fate early on.

I want Corey to marry me.

Corey looks like his dad.

The other brother looks like his mom.

A parting shot of Corey enjoying anal pleasure...

R321 Corey definitely lucked out in the gene pool.

Corey lives in NYC. All of us New Yorkers will be on the lookout for him.

I hope Corey gets another chance to play TAR again, I was thinking with another younger dude instead of his father but I wonder if an athletic young woman with art and dance skills might be better. There are just some tasks that women are better at despite the final three teams being all male. I think Corey is just too nice to play and win Survivor or Big Brother, he would get eaten alive.

Maybe he isn't quite the attention monster you think he is.

I thought the brothers were going to come in 2nd or last. They had a hard time with the Grunge challenge. One of the guys kept lifting the piece they needed to flip but he put it back in the amp or whatever it was.

I was shocked how quickly the brothers did the kayak challenge. He didn't seem to have any trouble remembering tasks and roadblocks. The beards mixes up the gliding and sky diving challenges and it took them a bit of time to figure out what was wrong.

It seemed like Corey and Rob were really behind. By the time they got to the kayaks, the first two teams had come and gone.

R327 It was that last memory challenge that clinched it for the brothers. They both have amazing memories.

Remember the French food restaurant challenge they did? They knocked that one out in minutes.

In the kayak challenge they didn't show anyone consulting notes to remember, I wonder if production just cut that out or if it never happened.

I don't think they're allowed to consult notes. It's a memory challenge, after all.

They can take notes while racing but not actually use them at the end.

[quote] They can take notes while racing but not actually use them at the end.

That is correct.

It was kind of heartbreaking to see the beard bros in the lead and lose because of one small oversight.

But that's the nature of the competition and what makes it so compelling to watch. You literally don't know who's going to win until the very end.

All things considered, a team of two young intelligent males on The Amazing Race has an edge over other teams.

Yes. As an ample eldergay, I was a bit sad to see a challenge as physically difficult as the trapeze required of everybody. Corey and Rob were doomed.

R334 I was surprised the beard guys completed the trapeze challenge in fewer tries than Rob did.

Why do we keep calling them the beard bros? Only one of them has a beard. And one of the winners also has a beard and is actually a brother.

Because that's what they were called on the show.

Who does Corey's eyebrows? (See R322.) While not plucked to a fare-thee-well, they are definitely shaped (and very well). And I love his floppy hair -- and everything below it.

Corey is a catch, to use an old school term.

I'm going to start watching the Pepperdine home basketball games to see if Corey is in the audience.. You know if the game is on CBS, he'll get a closeup.

Doesn't he live in NYC?

^ He does.

Oh.....could be R341.....Datalounge will know.

^ Datalounge will know where he goes for his morning coffee.

It took Rob six attempts before he realized he had to start stronger, swing higher, and reach out to the other trapeze artist. I'm sure it was driving Corey crazy. That's what lost it for them.

[quote] It took Rob six attempts before he realized he had to start stronger, swing higher, and reach out to the other trapeze artist. I'm sure it was driving Corey crazy. That's what lost it for them.

If that's the case, then Corey should have told his dad how to do it.

Especially since Corey did it in only one try.

Yeah parents just love being told how to do things by their kids.

[quote]Corey should have told his dad how to do it.

He tried but his dad wouldn’t listen

Greg and John are probably my favorite TAR team of all time. They were smart, athletic and played the game well without being nasty to other teams or constantly arguing with each other, in fact I don't think they argued even once. Also, they were quite good looking!

[quote] in fact I don't think they argued even once.

Possibly, maybe even likely. But this IS an edited show.

Matlock, eh?