I was actually wondering if teams would check in at around the same positions as the last leg, seeing that they were still in Ghana. But I liked it that the positions were completely reshuffled. Well perhaps it's due to teams not having that much of a time difference in the first place. But it certainly made things more exciting. And you gotta give props to Gary and Mallory for starting out in last place and finishing in second! They climbed up indeed. I'm starting to really like this team, love the father-daughter support!
And what's really cool about this season is that both alpha-male teams simply rock! Past seasons, we either had the guys with all brawn and no brains, or they were just egotistical muscle men dominating every leg of the race. This season, we have the geeky boys and the Asian father-son, I think it's amazing. They're not the typical alpha-male kinda team, and I love it that way. I love Connor and Jonathan's singing, humour and easy going nature on the race, I love Michael and Kevin's support for each other, Kevin's encouragement for his dad! Wooh!
As for the other teams... Katie and Rachel fell down my ladder for being utterly bitchy this leg. Hello, dumb doctor? That wasn't really needed... Chad, on the other hand, climbed up my ladder for that little speech on the children of Ghana. It made me see his more humane side, lol. Nick has to stop yelling at Vicky! It wasn't such a grave mistake yet he went on and on. I'm surprised that Vicky's stomaching all of this, saying sorry to him so many times. And I'm amazed by their position this leg. Wow, fifth! Nat and Kat, you have to be surprised that as doctors, they couldn't figure out the Language Arts Detour. (Well only the Glee boys got it! Wow.) And then they proceeded to get lost to the pit-stop. They've gotta step up their game! But I like it that they're always calm and collected. Not much from Jill and Thomas and Brooke and Claire this week, but I'm still loving the latter. They're just fun to watch!
My ranking of the teams for the past three legs:
1. Nat and Kat
2. Brooke and Claire
3. Connor and Jonathan
4. Gary and Mallory
5. Michael and Kevin
6. Katie and Rachel
7. Jill and Thomas
8. Chad and Stephanie
9. Nick and Vicky