The Amazing Race 6: Episode 8
Well, once you've reached the top there's no way to go but down. Meaning, in the pre-season pool I picked the winners last season, and this season that just wasn't to be. This is also the first season since Sweetie and I have done pre-season picks where Sweetie's team has made it further in the race than mine.
So it makes sense that the lesson in today's episode was: To victor not always go the spoils.
Early on in the episode all the teams were at a train yard as it opened. The gate swung up, the teams ran through. Except it was one of those lift gates that sometimes doesn't go up smoothly, but does a little bounce before it's in its fully lifted position. And, unfortunately, there were a couple of players underneath the gate. Specifically, Freddy, the Model and Hera, the daughter.
Hera winced in pain and then got on with things. Freddy decided to blow up at everyone, accusing someone of dropping the gate on him. He wouldn't let it go. From the angle I got I think Hera got hit harder (she was a lot closer to the lift point), but she never said a word. Freddy was ready to snap someone in half.
However, a wrong decision at a detour and that was the end of the race for my team. Who knew it would be so easy to score a goal off a professional water polo goalie? Gus and Hera took option B, which took longer and, unfortunately, led them to elimination at the pit stop.
So now I shall move my voting interest to Sweetie's team. After a fast forward in which the downed pigs blood as if it was a cold beer on a hot summers day they're sitting in first place. Let's see how long this can last.
And now, something to ponder for the coming week: Two weeks ago the episode ended with a "To Be Continued..." This week's episode began with an equalizer (based on opening time at an internet cafe) followed by another equalizer (opening time of the aforementioned train yard). In between all the teams (with the exception of the wrestlers who had to catch a late train) stayed at the same hotel. Both episodes had detours and roadblocks, and usually they limit those to one per leg. Part of me wonders if there was a pit stop that they decided not to use the results of, or was eliminated for some reason along the way. Just what are the odds of 6 different teams in Budapest, Hungary all ending up at the same Hotel? I assume there's more than one hotel in the city. Just some food for thought.
So it makes sense that the lesson in today's episode was: To victor not always go the spoils.
Early on in the episode all the teams were at a train yard as it opened. The gate swung up, the teams ran through. Except it was one of those lift gates that sometimes doesn't go up smoothly, but does a little bounce before it's in its fully lifted position. And, unfortunately, there were a couple of players underneath the gate. Specifically, Freddy, the Model and Hera, the daughter.
Hera winced in pain and then got on with things. Freddy decided to blow up at everyone, accusing someone of dropping the gate on him. He wouldn't let it go. From the angle I got I think Hera got hit harder (she was a lot closer to the lift point), but she never said a word. Freddy was ready to snap someone in half.
However, a wrong decision at a detour and that was the end of the race for my team. Who knew it would be so easy to score a goal off a professional water polo goalie? Gus and Hera took option B, which took longer and, unfortunately, led them to elimination at the pit stop.
So now I shall move my voting interest to Sweetie's team. After a fast forward in which the downed pigs blood as if it was a cold beer on a hot summers day they're sitting in first place. Let's see how long this can last.
And now, something to ponder for the coming week: Two weeks ago the episode ended with a "To Be Continued..." This week's episode began with an equalizer (based on opening time at an internet cafe) followed by another equalizer (opening time of the aforementioned train yard). In between all the teams (with the exception of the wrestlers who had to catch a late train) stayed at the same hotel. Both episodes had detours and roadblocks, and usually they limit those to one per leg. Part of me wonders if there was a pit stop that they decided not to use the results of, or was eliminated for some reason along the way. Just what are the odds of 6 different teams in Budapest, Hungary all ending up at the same Hotel? I assume there's more than one hotel in the city. Just some food for thought.
posted by Swankette at 10:09 PM
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You didn't even talk about the guy eating his own vomit.
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