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Episode 9: East Coast live show updates and commentary
Dånooky:
--- Quote from: mswood on April 11, 2010, 08:09:45 PM ---Well it was not the best time for a personal reason to U-Turn some one, though L&M using that with Brent & Caite to take heat off of them was smart. But I don't care for them. They are exceptionally cocky and when you actually look at how they have performed (not simple placement but time to actually complete) they haven't done well enough to be cocky about anything.
But Carol & Brandy could be mean spirited often (we don't know how much of that other teams saw, but it did occur though most of what we saw was in interviews not in front of others). So I don't mind them getting the boot.
But it was an exceptionally poor reasons if you are trying to win the race. I do hope Brent & Caite don't win.
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I think it was well played by the cops to turn Brent & Caite against Carol & Brandy. Jet & Cord might have overcome the U-Turn quickly, so at least the cops' "U-Turn queens" moment allowed them to live for one more leg.
Belle Book:
--- Quote from: Dånooky ✟ on April 11, 2010, 08:07:28 PM ---Well, at least now Joe & the Lesbians can bitch together about the U-Turn :lol:
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Joe & the Lesbians will have to bitch about it after the Race or else via phone because Joe & Heidi are still at the Elimination Station while Carol & Brandy will be running as decoys.
I don't think Louie & Michael had to try all that hard to turn Brent & Caitie against Carol & Brandy -- the dating couple and the lesbians can't stand each other so it was inevitable that one team would use the U-Turn against the other. Were the dating couple smart to use the U-Turn on the lesbians? No -- it would've been better to use it against the cowboys. But Jet & Cord did nothing against Brent & Caitie whereas we all know that Brent & Caitie and Carol & Brandy can't stand each other. This is a case where past history came back to bite a team.
Belle Book
DrRox:
After watching Episode 2 at the start of the season.........Brent and Caite might have developed a different opinion of the Cowboys now......
mswood:
Oh it was very smart of Louie & Michael to do this, and very stupid of Brent & Caite to (especially at this stage) to do it.
While none of these team are actually strong racers, with a vast number of errors that all teams have made, not to mention just overall poor performances. But Brent & Caite are if not the worst team the 2nd to worst team.
And while I can break down the episodes based on how teams actually performed, versus just their placement, Brent & Caite can't.
But this isn't early in the race (or even mid) its this elimination and one more and then everyone standing is got a 33.3% chance at a million. To let your personal feelings be the deciding factor at this stage of the race is simply not rational.
Its on par with Freddy & Kendra yielding Adam & Rebecca who were the weakest team left, instead of going after Kris & Jon. Or BJ & Tyler yielding Mojo instead of gunning for what very possible is the strongest team the race has ever had. Both of those were for personal reasons and had nothing to do with racing.
Of course, both those teams did end up winning (though the use of the Yield in those cases didn't impact the final leg), the idea is to use the tools you have available to give yourself the best chance to win.
Now of course, you wont hear me argue that Carol & Brandy got along with Brent & Caite, but I also wonder if Brent & Caite tried either.
For example, they heard Dan & Jordan teasing Caite before Carol & Brandy ever did. But they never seemed to get upset about Dan & Jordan for it, but got upset from the minute they head about Carol & Brandy saying the Tiara comment.
As most of the worst comments Carol & Brandy said were not with other people around. But we heard a lot of mean, evil lesbians hate within hear shot of others.
So I do wonder how much was just from that first comment (they they didn't even hear) or from C & B actually being rude to them in person.
everbloom:
I think Caite just has a hard time letting go of that 'tiara' moment. She started whining about how much she hated the lesbians since that, and it got worse post-WWI leg.
But in her defense (wow! what am I doing??) Carol and Brandy always thought she was an idiotic, stupid, only-good-for-looks airhead. Caite was on the race to prove she was just as smart as everyone out there (though she's doing terribly at that mission) so I can see why she hates the lesbians.
And if my memory serves me right, Dan/Jordan never repeated the imitation after Leg 1. I guess Carol/Brandy never really stopped looking down on Caite.
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