The Amazing Race 6: Episode 6

For the first time in Amazing Race history this episode ended without a pit stop involved, but rather with a "To Be Continued..." This is COMPLETELY unacceptable. I need CLOSURE from week to week. Even if a team isn't eliminated, at least you have an order for them to sit in for a week until the next episode comes along. As it stands now, there are 6 teams standing outside an internet cafe in Budapest, Hungary, and the wrestlers are asleep in front of the train station that will get them to the cafe. Now I have nothing to mitigate my hatred of Jonathan for the week ahead. Plus, when gathering with family for the holidays it will be a LOT tougher to discuss this weeks episode of the show. We need to be able to talk about who was eliminated and who's sitting in first place.

But here's something reality television does well: product placement. Because as teams are racing around the world it makes sense that they have a challenge where they use a certain computer to surf onto a certain website. (I don't receive product placement dollars, so you'll have to watch the show to find out that information). Survivor does this well to, when it rewards contestants with brand name treats rather than just a cold beer and a bag of chips.

Kudos this week go to the cab driver in Budapest. Jonathan and Victoria had hailed his cab and Jonathan was being his usual abusive self, berating the cab driver to go faster and get him there now. The cab driver said screw you, find yourself another cab. Not enough of a drop to eliminate them from the game, I fear, but it had to at least hurt them a little bit. Cab Drivers of the world unite: we must stop this prick now!