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mswood:
On the use of the U-Turn (I still haven't really watched the episode yet, so I could be wrong), did Phil say this was the only one this season. If so what Michael and Louie did was extremely risky (though it did work) as in most cases teams would be able to complete both sides of the detour in the allotted time. Typically when teams get Yielded or U-Turned and survive it fires them up. Since they said it was to put him down a peg, I am curious if they honestly thought it would knock the team out (though they may have not realized how far behind Jordan & Jeff truly were, which isn't that unusual, but unlike normal Pit Stops they travelled with them and you would think teams would talk).
People here talk about U-Turn on Jet & Cord, while it's a sound choice again not very likely to work (based on how long it normally takes teams to complete detours). In all honesty (though both teams on so far haven't been strong), the only teams that I personally would have thought the U-Turn's penalty would have time to take out would have been Brent & Caite or simply being brutal and killing Jordan & Jeff.
I think I would have done Brent & Caite.
apskip:
--- Quote from: Dån (cdfe88) on March 14, 2010, 08:50:32 PM ---
--- Quote from: uycocoa on March 14, 2010, 08:46:49 PM ---This leg is AWESOMELY planned and edited! :yess:
Emmy-Award Winning Lines:
Carol: Smart people do Morse Code. Dumb people do this.
Brandy: More stupid people!
Jordan: Are you alright soldier?
Dan: Shut up brother!
Jordan: I'm just checking my fellow soldiers.
AND MY MOST FAVORITE LINE (This made me cry :()
Heidi: Why did they U-Turn us?
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I'm so sad that Joe and Heidi are Philiminated. They are such a lovely couple, but their cockiness eliminated them. Even in confessionals, Heidi was SO HAPPY and never knew they we're gonna be out of the race. :(
--- End quote ---
Heidi was nice and really supportive. Too bad Joe ticked the wrong buttons with the other teams. I remember the Guido's on All-Stars saying that they couldn't afford to be the villains since the race included the Yield. They got U-Turned ā la Weaver.
--- End quote ---
Huh? The Weavers were never U-turned in season 8 since the U-turn did not exist until season 12. At the end of episode 9 in Salt Lake city their last-place finish led to non-elimination and a confiscation of all their possessions. That is no U-turn in my book.
Dånooky:
--- Quote from: apskip on March 15, 2010, 10:23:08 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dån (cdfe88) on March 14, 2010, 08:50:32 PM ---
--- Quote from: uycocoa on March 14, 2010, 08:46:49 PM ---This leg is AWESOMELY planned and edited! :yess:
Emmy-Award Winning Lines:
Carol: Smart people do Morse Code. Dumb people do this.
Brandy: More stupid people!
Jordan: Are you alright soldier?
Dan: Shut up brother!
Jordan: I'm just checking my fellow soldiers.
AND MY MOST FAVORITE LINE (This made me cry :()
Heidi: Why did they U-Turn us?
------
I'm so sad that Joe and Heidi are Philiminated. They are such a lovely couple, but their cockiness eliminated them. Even in confessionals, Heidi was SO HAPPY and never knew they we're gonna be out of the race. :(
--- End quote ---
Heidi was nice and really supportive. Too bad Joe ticked the wrong buttons with the other teams. I remember the Guido's on All-Stars saying that they couldn't afford to be the villains since the race included the Yield. They got U-Turned ā la Weaver.
--- End quote ---
Huh? The Weavers were never U-turned in season 8 since the U-turn did not exist until season 12. At the end of episode 9 in Salt Lake city their last-place finish led to a confiscation of all their possessions. That is no U-turn in my book.
--- End quote ---
I know the U-Turn came to be in season 12. What I meant was that they were U-turned in the same way the Paolos Yielded the Weavers in the sense that the special route marker was used on them due to spite.
georgiapeach:
Mike and Louie explain why they chose to eliminate Joe and Heidi and not Jet and Cord here:
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--- Quote from: georgiapeach on March 16, 2010, 04:27:48 AM ---Mike and Louie explain why they chose to eliminate Joe and Heidi and not Jet and Cord here:
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I guess Michael is going to be happy losing to Jet/Cord. His rationale for not choosing them so he could harass Joe/Hedi is weak in my opinion. Jet/Cord have already in 5 episodes demonstrated that they have most of the key qualities needed to win an Amazing Race. What had Joe/Heidi demonstrated in 5 episodes other than a bad knee, ability to drink beer (unlikely to be useful in the rest) and lots of puffery?
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