The Amazing Race 7: Episode 8
This is the second season in a row that The Amazing Race has traveled to India without forcing teams to experience the grope train. I'm so dissapointed. It was such a staple of the first five seasons, and then they just do away with it. I suppose it's still POSSIBLE for them to force teams on a grope train, but given that they've already had the 24 hours on a train experience it seems unlikely in my mind.
This is the second time The Amazing Race a fast forward has involved teams being required to shave their heads. The first time it happened the team refused. Given that both members of that team were models I respect that decision. It may cost you the million dollars, but you aren't guaranteed the cash anyway, and this way at least you can still get work at the end of it all. If you're not a model (or someone else who might be required to have hair in your vocation, although I'm not sure that occupation might be) you MUST shave your head here. Hair grows back, so just get on with it. The love Uchenna showed for Joyce as she was getting her hair shaved was amazing. This race has been tranformative for them, and this seemed like a really symbolic event in my eyes.
Sad to say the gay guys are gone now. Another team I thought would be ultimately annoying at the beginning of the season, and I've become rather fond of all the one liners they were always spitting out. But I think they won, even though they didn't get the cash at the end of it all. While spending the night waiting for a 10 am opening to get the next clue the boys went and got to be guests at a local wedding and hang and dance with the locals. THAT'S how you run the race!!!
And that means Gretchen and Meredith remain. And are officially the oldest couple to make it to the final four. They're not even that GOOD of a team, they just keep squeaking ahead of someone in each episode. This time they need to thank the crappy cabby who took the gay boys to the wrong location for the pit stop. They so should have been eliminated weeks ago that at this point I wouldn't be surprised if they won the whole darn thing.
Stay tuned for next week. If the previews at the end of the episode are any clue you should expect a great big rant from me regarding my team.
This is the second time The Amazing Race a fast forward has involved teams being required to shave their heads. The first time it happened the team refused. Given that both members of that team were models I respect that decision. It may cost you the million dollars, but you aren't guaranteed the cash anyway, and this way at least you can still get work at the end of it all. If you're not a model (or someone else who might be required to have hair in your vocation, although I'm not sure that occupation might be) you MUST shave your head here. Hair grows back, so just get on with it. The love Uchenna showed for Joyce as she was getting her hair shaved was amazing. This race has been tranformative for them, and this seemed like a really symbolic event in my eyes.
Sad to say the gay guys are gone now. Another team I thought would be ultimately annoying at the beginning of the season, and I've become rather fond of all the one liners they were always spitting out. But I think they won, even though they didn't get the cash at the end of it all. While spending the night waiting for a 10 am opening to get the next clue the boys went and got to be guests at a local wedding and hang and dance with the locals. THAT'S how you run the race!!!
And that means Gretchen and Meredith remain. And are officially the oldest couple to make it to the final four. They're not even that GOOD of a team, they just keep squeaking ahead of someone in each episode. This time they need to thank the crappy cabby who took the gay boys to the wrong location for the pit stop. They so should have been eliminated weeks ago that at this point I wouldn't be surprised if they won the whole darn thing.
Stay tuned for next week. If the previews at the end of the episode are any clue you should expect a great big rant from me regarding my team.
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