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Episode 2 of 2!
Move on over here as soon as EP 8 finishes please! :waves:
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Second part of the mega-leg! Quick change of atmosphere! :luvya:
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Love the first part of the mega leg, now onto the different circumstances on the second part ofc :cheer: :cheer:
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We come back to the mega-leg with a recap. "Double the Detours, double the Roadblocks, and double the distance!"
Eswar & Aparna are struggling at the Roadblock while Kaylynn & Haley finish the Yield. They have time to catch up. Kaylynn begins the Roadblock.
Eswar gets their third scroll and move on the Charminar.
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Riley & Madisson are currently in 1st place. This location announcement by Phil continues to be a mess within Hyderabad.
Will & James continue talks about the alliance wanting to stick with Hung & Chee and Riley & Madisson.
Commercial break.
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Will & James make me feel like I'm watching Redemption Island :funny: This might be the first real Pagonging in the Amazing Race
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We return to Kaylynn & Haley at the tombs methodically counting the pillars, but realizes people have already placed turban guys there so she must use a different strategy by looking for the pillars.
DETOUR: This or That Anonymous Detour again!
DeAngelo & Gary and Riley & Madisson move along to the task.
Kaylynn & Haley get their first match.
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Blind detour :luvya:
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In This, teams must push a cart of bangles and find a pair a waiting bride at the shop is wearing to receive their next clue.
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Volleyballers reveal they must find SEVEN distinct bangles to recreate the accessorization.
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Back at the first RB, Kaylynn & Haley get their second scroll. Will & James choose the bangles Detour option. Meanwhile, Eswar & Aparna and Hung & Chee make a dash for the clue box. Hung & Chee choose This while Eswar & Aparna choose That. Oooh, we get both descriptions today.
Panthers and volleyballers are making good progress on the bangles.
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The blondes finish the Roadblock and move on to the Charminar clue box in last.
Meanwhile, volleyballers and Panthers competing to find the last bracelet to finish their ensemble. Riley and DeAngelo find theirs and move on in 1st and 2nd.
Travel to Taj Falaknuma Palace to pick up your next clue. Last Yield ahead!
Will & James are shocked by how many bangles are there in the cart.
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Hung & Chee reach the bangles clue, but switch to the dentures. (Margie & Luke will be excited! :funny:)
In That, teams must fit a denture mold into a customer and create the perfect set of false teeth for their client to create their next clue.
Gross.
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It's actually easier for the blondes at this point because they just have to look at the empty holes and go directly there.
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Aparna is scared and her and Eswar's customer spits out the mold with a bad imprint. :barf
Hung & Chee also arrive at the front porch.
Commercial break.
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Hung & Chee reach the bangles clue, but switch to the dentures. (Margie & Luke will be excited! :funny:)
In That, teams must fit a denture mold into a customer and create the perfect set of false teeth for their client to create receive their next clue.
Gross.
Absolutely not leaving this unedited. :lol:
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This option is definitely a great task which relevant with Indian's culture. That option is interesting tho doing dent stuff in India is kinda a little odd, but I guess is because hydebarad offers cheapest dental service on India , and it is only one station available
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We return to The Dentist (1996) with Eswar & Aparna getting their perfect mold on the lower jaw while the top half get on the next try. They begin polishing for an actual mold. The location is IQBAL Dentistry.
DeAngelo & Gary are still at the Detour... wait, I thought they finished. Will & James catch up to them. Kaylynn & Haley traveling to Charminar.
Meanwhile, volleyballers reach the palace. ROUTE INFO: Dress in formalwear and grab a pair of socialites for a horse-drawn carriage ride to receive their next clue.
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YIELDED TWICE?!? This is some ridiculous strategic gameplay :res:
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Riley & Madisson use the final Yield on Kaylynn & Haley again.
ROADBLOCK: Who wants to set things straight? One team member must prepare tableware on an expansive, world-record-setting table 10 times to receive the next clue.
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Lmao the blondes got double yielded? First time in the history in a leg
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So, Kaylynn & Haley receive the honors of being the first team Yielded twice and on the same leg.
Riley is learning how to fold the napkin into a snape.
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Kaylynn & Haley cannot find their next clue at the Charminar. Meanwhile, DeAngelo & Gary finish the second Detour and receive the clue to go to the palace. Will & James also finish and move on.
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Hung reveals children fluids are disgusting and believes this feels like home. "If a patient needed a colonoscopy, I would do it too." :funny:
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Riley and Madisson are quickly getting the table set up while Eswar & Aparna get the dentures completed. "We beat CheeHu at something."
Hung & Chee believe the only team behind them is Kaylynn & Haley. Speaking of them, they get to the This or That option.
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Hung & Chee finish the dentures Detour and move on in 5th. Kaylynn & Haley are also doing the dentures with their faces draining out with excitement. :funny:
Will & James reach the palace and are changing into their formalwear. DeAngelo & Gary talk with their socialites as Will & James pick their pairing.
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Panthers and boyfriends reach the Roadblock. Riley finds out the placemats have to be within a yardstick length apart.
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Riley reveals he will tell James about it, but not Gary.
Meanwhile, Kaylynn & Haley fit their mold into the patient saying he will get a lollipop after.
Riley and James are teaming up to finish the Roadblock. :faint: "The Mine Five is officially dead."
Commercial break.
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The taxi driver let the blondes being double yielded :groan:
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Nice rb task out there, detail oriented and tricky, with the hidden ruler. Love the contrast between the first part to the second part
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I’m loving the tasks but hating the alliance lol
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ugh this season has potential to be top tier season, but frankly the 5-team alliance really ruins it :groan:
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We come back to Gary and James setting up tables while Riley gets a check. He is unapproved. The silverware and plates have to be within 24"x14". Eswar & Aparna and Hung & Chee reach the Roadblock. Aparna says Kaylynn & Haley are going to have a terrible day. Riley is disapproved again. "This is not good."
Aparna reveals this is the music she would typically listen to at home.
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Gary sees the blondes having a long day ahead of them. Kaylynn & Haley are fitting dentures with a forceful push and get it on the second try. They are going to the palace where they say if they get Yielded again, they will slaughter them.
Riley gets another check and is approved. PIT STOP: Run to the garden of the palace!
Riley & Madisson are TEAM NUMBER ONE and receive a trip for two on a 7-day Windsor cruise from St. Maarten. They react to the mega leg.
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Teams still trying to get the silverware and folds all measured and placed pristinely. James gets a check and is approved. He moves on, but helps Hung with the task. "Thank God for alliances."
Will & James are TEAM NUMBER TWO.
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Phil is also confused about the alliance constructs. James is confident they will win.
Gary is disapproved and DeAngelo says he wants to get out of the task without seeing the girls. Eswar is also low-key bullying Kaylynn & Haley about how they always come up from behind. Kaylynn & Haley arrive at the palace with their horse-drawn carriage.
Commercial break.
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My only issues with Alliances (as their have been many of them from vey loose long term alliances, to large short term alliances and everything in-between), is watching when teams stop thinking of themselves to the detriment of their own forward progress. What I like to call the "Erwin & Godwin" rule. That's the point when I think, you do understand this is a competition you want to win, and there is no Congeniality award given. So far, none of the teams that have helped another have put their immediate future in jeopardy. But we are getting close to that now.
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We return to Gary measuring the table sets with Hung and Aparna setting up their flutes. Kaylynn & Haley head off on the carriages with their socialites.
Meanwhile, Gary finishes the RB. Chee "It's not fun being at the bottom." Aparna "This could take forever."
DeAngelo & Gary are TEAM NUMBER THREE. More talks about the Yield and Phil trying to make something of the alliance.
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Kaylynn & Haley call Will & James "bitches" and say "you're never out until you're out". Kaylynn says the title quote.
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And as someone who doesn't in general like Yields, U-Turns, Intersections (basically any game play that holds you from making forward progress), I am not pleased to see two yields.....
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Hung finishes the task in 4th and moves on to the Pit Stop. Aparna gets a check as Kaylynn & Haley wait out their remaining 8 minutes. They are still waiting out the Yield as Aparna finishes the RB.
Hung & Chee and Aparna & Eswar are TEAM NUMBERS 4 and 5.
Kaylynn & Haley are working on the RB and move on to the Pit Stop.
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Kaylynn & Haley are the last team to arrive and have been eliminated from the race. They are proud of the way they have raced and are happy they got through 8 legs. "I think it's ironic that whenever I go into elimination, I'm in a costume."
End credits! Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode!
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NEXT WEEK ON THE AMAZING RACE!
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Teams fly to Siem Reap, Cambodia! Only the Mine Five remain and with a U-Turn plan in place, who will get eliminated next?
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Welp its been a fun race to the blondes. Double yield along with the taxi driver drove them away.
Overall, honestly a great mega leg. The first part was definitely the best part, but loved all the tasks there. the contrast between the first part and the second is nice well done too. I just put aside the alliance there so it won't ruin the watching experience
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Welp its been a fun race to the blondes. Double yield along with the taxi driver drove them away.
Overall, honestly a great mega leg. The first part was definitely the best part, but loved all the tasks there. the contrast between the first part and the second is nice well done too. I just put aside the alliance there so it won't ruin the watching experience
I agree. One of the best India legs I've seen since season 7, ironically also a technical mega-leg (double-length). The contrast between the new-age tech side and the traditionalist culture of Hyderabad was really interesting to see unfold. LOVED the Swiggy / binary Detour option. Also really liked the bangles and dentures Detour even though the dentures task does seem out of place compared to the one I saw in TAR14.
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Yeah, team death by taxi. It didn't look like the Yields were the deciding factor, but boy lets just rub it in.
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So when comparing the mega leg to the double-length legs from 6-10, those five seasons all had some rest point with a hours of operation or teams having to travel to another location. This one was more like 14's with the exception of a mid-leg Phil appearance in that the leg was run straight through without interruption.
The problem with running without a break is that it's then hard to catch up. Even without the double Yield, placements didn't shift as much in the second half.
Kaylynn & Haley had a pretty historic lucky run, so it only make sense that they would make history on the way out.
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I know dentistry isnt exclusive to India obviously but finding a random open-air dentist's office brings the randomness I love to see in TAR. I said it before, but I'll echo others saying that the first part of the Leg was absolutely fantastic- independently the best leg of the season. Second half wasn't as great, but that could easily be the fault of way too much alliance content. I was hoping Riley & Maddison would Yield Gary & Deangelo but instead we got 15 minutes of snide comments and gossipy answer sharing. I feel bad for the producers tbh that a high school mentality has brought down what would otherwise be an incredible season- South America and Asia thus far have been very well designed (besides Colombia).
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Will and James and the alliance ruined this season.
And how predictable that they're going to all gang up on DeAngelo & Gary :2hearts: :2hearts: :2hearts:
No wonder it took 2 years to air this.
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Yielding Kaylynn & Haley once let alone twice seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do in terms of the overall outcome of the race.
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Yielding Kaylynn & Haley once let alone twice seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do in terms of the overall outcome of the race.
It was also idiotic as a game move. There's really no point in specifically targeting a statistically weak team TWICE on the same day when they've been last for much much more times.
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Yielding Kaylynn & Haley once let alone twice seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do in terms of the overall outcome of the race.
The real alliance should have used it to take out Gary and DeAngelo imo.
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Yielding Kaylynn & Haley once let alone twice seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do in terms of the overall outcome of the race.
It was also idiotic as a game move. There's really no point in specifically targeting a statistically weak team TWICE on the same day when they've been last for much much more times.
Yeah agreed, wtf was that. I'm curious to see what James says on twitter cause that straight up was a boneheaded move.
Do these teams not want to take out their toughest competition?? This is so moronic and mind boggling sheesh
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Yielding Kaylynn & Haley once let alone twice seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do in terms of the overall outcome of the race.
The real alliance should have used it to take out Gary and DeAngelo imo.
That would have been a wiser play especially with the first one. The second one, the fact that the Volleyball bro's specifically used it to help Hung & Chee knowing they were behind and that it was the last yield was a head scratcher, because it may or may not have worked but that was your chance to potentially get rid of Hung and Chee who are unquestionably a stronger team than the sisters.
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Yielding Kaylynn & Haley once let alone twice seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do in terms of the overall outcome of the race.
It was also idiotic as a game move. There's really no point in specifically targeting a statistically weak team TWICE on the same day when they've been last for much much more times.
And the fact that they are super fans... I wonder if they really are.
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Yielding Kaylynn & Haley once let alone twice seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do in terms of the overall outcome of the race.
It was also idiotic as a game move. There's really no point in specifically targeting a statistically weak team TWICE on the same day when they've been last for much much more times.
Yeah agreed, wtf was that. I'm curious to see what James says on twitter cause that straight up was a boneheaded move.
Do these teams not want to take out their toughest competition?? This is so moronic and mind boggling sheesh
He will justify it as strategic to erase all criticisms.
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I get Will and James wanting to play offense but if you’re going to do it, do it in a way that makes sense. The U-turning of Leo and Alana was an equally dumb move. Why are you trying to take out weaker teams? If they end up not winning, they only have themselves to blame.
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I wonder how the producers feels about the alliance crap. I mean, they spend a lot of time and energy coming up with and designing tasks, logistics, etc, for teams to just bypass all of that. The route, locations, and tasks seem so fun this season, but I find myself annoyed every episode when they mention or do something about the alliance.
I loved the blondes' reaction "They have a NAME?", wish they could've made it. It was so fun seeing them make it all the way through India, when it seemed they only made it to Paraguay.
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If only one of the teams yielded the blondes, it would appear to have not been a smart move. However, It must have been strategy for both the boyfriend team and brothers team to have both yielded the blonde bandits.
Personally, my opinion is that the blondes have been extremely lucky to have gotten the non-elimination leg twice. If I didn't know any better, I would think the legs were rigged for the blondes to stay around.
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Mine 5 (or Core 3) went full on authoritarian/dictatorship on TAR and I'm done with them.
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I wonder how the producers feels about the alliance crap. I mean, they spend a lot of time and energy coming up with and designing tasks, logistics, etc, for teams to just bypass all of that. The route, locations, and tasks seem so fun this season, but I find myself annoyed every episode when they mention or do something about the alliance.
I loved the blondes' reaction "They have a NAME?", wish they could've made it. It was so fun seeing them make it all the way through India, when it seemed they only made it to Paraguay.
Personally I don't mind alliances, you still gotta do social games by making interaction or in this case, alliances with other teams so you will get the advantages
How the alliance play out this season tho, it's a wack. It doesn't help that the alliances are basically stronger teams (aside the siblings). The alliances of the stronger teams don't make sense at all
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I like Hung and Chee, But Hung does not appear to like being a mother. In an interview she said that "for the past 10 years, it has been work, and kid, and kid, and kid"; the way she said it seemed like she considers it a chore to be a mother. And today, she said children's fluids are DISGUSTING.
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I wonder how the producers feels about the alliance crap. I mean, they spend a lot of time and energy coming up with and designing tasks, logistics, etc, for teams to just bypass all of that. The route, locations, and tasks seem so fun this season, but I find myself annoyed every episode when they mention or do something about the alliance.
I loved the blondes' reaction "They have a NAME?", wish they could've made it. It was so fun seeing them make it all the way through India, when it seemed they only made it to Paraguay.
Personally I don't mind alliances, you still gotta do social games by making interaction or in this case, alliances with other teams so you will get the advantages
How the alliance play out this season tho, it's a wack. It doesn't help that the alliances are basically stronger teams (aside the siblings). The alliances of the stronger teams don't make sense at all
It's because the alliances of the stronger teams will ensure that group of people always get the results they desire compare to the alliances of the weaker teams and because there's no guarantee that the strongest team statistically would win the finale, that's the safer (but also more boring) route for the teams to take.
Case in point: The Six Packs from S10 comparing to Trey & Lexi/Chippendales/Twinnies from S21.
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I like Hung and Chee, But Hung does not appear to like being a mother. In an interview she said that "for the past 10 years, it has been work, and kid, and kid, and kid"; the way she said it seemed like she considers it a chore to be a mother. And today, she said children's fluids are DISGUSTING.
I personally doubt that Hung' statements of being parents proved her not liking being a mother at all. I might not notice on the former, but on the latter, you gotta admit, even if you love being a parent, taking care children's fluid is something that you wish you would have avoided, especially in the early stage of being parents :lol:
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I wonder how the producers feels about the alliance crap. I mean, they spend a lot of time and energy coming up with and designing tasks, logistics, etc, for teams to just bypass all of that. The route, locations, and tasks seem so fun this season, but I find myself annoyed every episode when they mention or do something about the alliance.
I loved the blondes' reaction "They have a NAME?", wish they could've made it. It was so fun seeing them make it all the way through India, when it seemed they only made it to Paraguay.
Personally I don't mind alliances, you still gotta do social games by making interaction or in this case, alliances with other teams so you will get the advantages
How the alliance play out this season tho, it's a wack. It doesn't help that the alliances are basically stronger teams (aside the siblings). The alliances of the stronger teams don't make sense at all
It's because the alliances of the stronger teams will ensure that group of people always get the results they desire compare to the alliances of the weaker teams.
Case in point: The Six Packs from S10 compare to Trey & Lexi/Chippendales/Twinnies from S21.
I see, but honestly, ideally imo, you would take out the stronger teams(s) so you would race against the other teams you consider weaker. What W/J (and possibly others) did is really risky, especially if the alliances have to be taken out on penultimate/final leg
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I wonder how the producers feels about the alliance crap. I mean, they spend a lot of time and energy coming up with and designing tasks, logistics, etc, for teams to just bypass all of that. The route, locations, and tasks seem so fun this season, but I find myself annoyed every episode when they mention or do something about the alliance.
I loved the blondes' reaction "They have a NAME?", wish they could've made it. It was so fun seeing them make it all the way through India, when it seemed they only made it to Paraguay.
Personally I don't mind alliances, you still gotta do social games by making interaction or in this case, alliances with other teams so you will get the advantages
How the alliance play out this season tho, it's a wack. It doesn't help that the alliances are basically stronger teams (aside the siblings). The alliances of the stronger teams don't make sense at all
It's because the alliances of the stronger teams will ensure that group of people always get the results they desire compare to the alliances of the weaker teams.
Case in point: The Six Packs from S10 compare to Trey & Lexi/Chippendales/Twinnies from S21.
I see, but honestly, ideally imo, you would take out the stronger teams(s) so you would race against the other teams you consider weaker. What W/J (and possibly others) did is really risky, especially if the alliances have to be taken out on penultimate/final leg
I think it's because of the "If I'm gonna lose, I want to lose to the best of the best" mindset.
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I am sick and tired of these "Mine Five" alliance ruining the ENTIRE season. :groan:. I'm glad to see it cracking gradually in this episode, but these remaining five teams are boring the sh*t out of me. Why are they helping each other on nearly every single task? Do these teams realize that their is a million dollars on the line?
Will & James are now kinda in the category of Justin & Diana and Dave & Connor section. Why are so called "superfans" just presented as horrible people on the editing room floor? Also, the Blonde Bandits getting Yielded twice really, really sucked. They were a "weak" team, with transportation always screwing them around, so why would you waste your Yield on a weak team and not on a stronger team, such as Will & James or DeAngelo & Gary? Also, it's so predictable that the "Mine Three" alliance is going to pick on DeAngelo & Gary next and target them out next. :groan:. Also, very sad to see the Blonde Bandits eliminated, but after another bad transportation leg and a Double Yield, their luck finally ran out. :( :'(
This season could be a top five season, but this season has been ruined by this alliance, by thinking they'll split the million dollar cheque five-ways. This GIF sums up perfectly on what I think of this season, so far:
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The scary thing for me is how the show outlines how effective the alliance is at every turn
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The second half of this mega-leg was so infuriating to watch.
The stop at Charminar was great.
The bangles task was a great task about the culture of India.
The dentist task was a great "gross-out" task
The Roadblock was a great task as well, but here's the thing: STOP HELPING EACHOTHER AT EVERY SINGLE ROADBLOCK IN THE RACE. THIS ALLIANCE IS RUINING GREAT TASKS THIS SEASON.
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Poor Kaylynn & Haley, they got screwed over so badly this leg with taxis and worthless Yields.
Rating: 2/5 only for the elimination.
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Yielding Kaylynn & Haley once let alone twice seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do in terms of the overall outcome of the race.
The real alliance should have used it to take out Gary and DeAngelo imo.
I think they all know the blondes are so far behind so yielding NFL will just get blood in their hand. So their mind would be like, “this is the last leg with yield in play, why don’t we do it to the team that is not likely to survive ?”
Poor Kaylynn & Haley to be hit by a total of 40 mins :jam: though I don’t think they stand a chance to survive this leg even without that 40 minutes :'( Their taxi drivers sucked :'(
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Yielding Kaylynn & Haley once let alone twice seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do in terms of the overall outcome of the race.
Rewatching the ep and after some thinking, their move with the yield is starting to make sense. The goal of mine five to keep them into F5. Let's say if The beard bro's and W/J risk themselves to break their promise by yielding one of the rest alliance members, not only it would break the promise, but the yielded team would also have extra motivation to retaliate and bite them back, and even since there is a U-Turn remaining. They knew the rests of the alliance are pretty competent racers and have bigger chance to survive from the yield, so they would decide the safest risk, which was yielding the blondes. The blondes had a little chance to get into F5 anyway (altho it was mostly because their taxi driver on this occasion )
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my fav leg of the season!! i felt every task was strong and had some cultural meaning to it and i usually dont love India legs but this was close to perfect!!
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I get the Yield, they want to make sure the girls are out and their alliance is in the top 5, the goal of it all!
It sucks to see but it makes sense. It wouldn't make sense to yield one of the mine 5, knowing the girls are far behind.
I want to know how far the girls were at the Pitstop. Wonder if they fell into that 40 minutes margins, or if they were like 3 hours after lol I think they didn't see a single team after the first task... pretty scary.
I think the Taxi really did them in, because Hung and Chee had the time to go to one detour, try 12 times (I would guess around 30 minutes), then leave and drive to the other detour, and still arrive before the blondes. I think I saw in a cbs video that the taxi wasted them 1 hour.
Anyway, I don't feel so bad for them because it's kind of a miracle they got there in the first place.
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Yielding Kaylynn & Haley once let alone twice seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do in terms of the overall outcome of the race.
Rewatching the ep and after some thinking, their move with the yield is starting to make sense. The goal of mine five to keep them into F5. Let's say if The beard bro's and W/J risk themselves to break their promise by yielding one of the rest alliance members, not only it would break the promise, but the yielded team would also have extra motivation to retaliate and bite them back, and even since there is a U-Turn remaining. They knew the rests of the alliance are pretty competent racers and have bigger chance to survive from the yield, so they would decide the safest risk, which was yielding the blondes. The blondes had a little chance to get into F5 anyway (altho it was mostly because their taxi driver on this occasion )
Oh I get why they did it, that is why I said it seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do. From the get go they wanted to be in the final 5 together and they got their wish at the expense of going nuclear on a team that wasn't really a threat to any of them. Especially if Hung and Chee end up winning there is going to be some second guessing based on this leg. If the gay guys or the volleyball brothers get eliminated next week instead of one of the 2 fringe alliance teams there is going to be second guessing based on this leg.
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Yielding Kaylynn & Haley once let alone twice seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do in terms of the overall outcome of the race.
Rewatching the ep and after some thinking, their move with the yield is starting to make sense. The goal of mine five to keep them into F5. Let's say if The beard bro's and W/J risk themselves to break their promise by yielding one of the rest alliance members, not only it would break the promise, but the yielded team would also have extra motivation to retaliate and bite them back, and even since there is a U-Turn remaining. They knew the rests of the alliance are pretty competent racers and have bigger chance to survive from the yield, so they would decide the safest risk, which was yielding the blondes. The blondes had a little chance to get into F5 anyway (altho it was mostly because their taxi driver on this occasion )
Oh I get why they did it, that is why I said it seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do. From the get go they wanted to be in the final 5 together and they got their wish at the expense of going nuclear on a team that wasn't really a threat to any of them. Especially if Hung and Chee end up winning there is going to be some second guessing based on this leg. If the gay guys or the volleyball brothers get eliminated next week instead of one of the 2 fringe alliance teams there is going to be second guessing based on this leg.
Oh I mean I didn't disagree with your point at all. Just quoted because I wanted to explain how their move started to make any sense
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Gonna post my comment for both episodes here because the other thread is pretty quiet, but I'm really loving the leg design, especially the first half. As a software engineer myself, I'm really happy to see some IT-related tasks finally happening and really became the focus for the first half of the mega-leg. Both the Detour and the Roadblock are not "forced" and I'm pretty sure that the preparation for the "Number Trap" task was not easy.
I really wonder if the game they played already exist before this, because if they really create the game just for the sake of this task, I want to applaud whoever design this challenge. :clap2:
I just want to say that I never saw the "Mine Five" happening from the start, because all I see is a 3+1 alliance. The 3-core are already tight with DeAngelo & Gary are just kind of a "leech". However, I never saw Eswar & Aparna really included in the alliance. Perhaps it's because Eswar & Aparna were almost always behind the others, thus I don't think the siblings were benefited in any way. Perhaps the talks with Eswar & Aparna happened off-camera, I don't know.
In the end, a really well-planned leg with great and solid tasks, showcasing all aspects of India, but ruined in the execution because of the "Mine Five Four" alliance.
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Gonna post my comment for both episodes here because the other thread is pretty quiet, but I'm really loving the leg design, especially the first half. As a software engineer myself, I'm really happy to see some IT-related tasks finally happening and really became the focus for the first half of the mega-leg. Both the Detour and the Roadblock are not "forced" and I'm pretty sure that the preparation for the "Number Trap" task was not easy.
I really wonder if the game they played already exist before this, because if they really create the game just for the sake of this task, I want to applaud whoever design this challenge. :clap2:
I just want to say that I never saw the "Mine Five" happening from the start, because all I see is a 3+1 alliance. The 3-core are already tight with DeAngelo & Gary are just kind of a "leech". However, I never saw Eswar & Aparna really included in the alliance. Perhaps it's because Eswar & Aparna were almost always behind the others, thus I don't think the siblings were benefited in any way. Perhaps the talks with Eswar & Aparna happened off-camera, I don't know.
In the end, a really well-planned leg with great and solid tasks, showcasing all aspects of India, but ruined in the execution because of the "Mine Five Four" alliance.
The leg design has been really stellar this season. It’s a really good route too.
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I like Hung and Chee, But Hung does not appear to like being a mother. In an interview she said that "for the past 10 years, it has been work, and kid, and kid, and kid"; the way she said it seemed like she considers it a chore to be a mother. And today, she said children's fluids are DISGUSTING.
I personally doubt that Hung' statements of being parents proved her not liking being a mother at all. I might not notice on the former, but on the latter, you gotta admit, even if you love being a parent, taking care children's fluid is something that you wish you would have avoided, especially in the early stage of being parents :lol:
This is an awful and baseless thing to say. Hung quite literally said that handling children's body functions has desensitized her to what might traditionally be seen as gross. I'm sure she and Chee are wonderful parents.
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Gonna post my comment for both episodes here because the other thread is pretty quiet, but I'm really loving the leg design, especially the first half. As a software engineer myself, I'm really happy to see some IT-related tasks finally happening and really became the focus for the first half of the mega-leg. Both the Detour and the Roadblock are not "forced" and I'm pretty sure that the preparation for the "Number Trap" task was not easy.
I really wonder if the game they played already exist before this, because if they really create the game just for the sake of this task, I want to applaud whoever design this challenge. :clap2:
I just want to say that I never saw the "Mine Five" happening from the start, because all I see is a 3+1 alliance. The 3-core are already tight with DeAngelo & Gary are just kind of a "leech". However, I never saw Eswar & Aparna really included in the alliance. Perhaps it's because Eswar & Aparna were almost always behind the others, thus I don't think the siblings were benefited in any way. Perhaps the talks with Eswar & Aparna happened off-camera, I don't know.
In the end, a really well-planned leg with great and solid tasks, showcasing all aspects of India, but ruined in the execution because of the "Mine Five Four" alliance.
Big freeze frame of the binary code task under this tag.
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It's developed by an augmented reality company called Wowsome based in Hyderabad. From their website, they've done an assortment of UX projects and VR gaming concepts for different companies.
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So sad but the girls went out giving their best. They're just the best team of this season by far :lol:
Eswar & Aparna need to raise their game now or they'll be an easy target in this U-Turn.
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Have to point out that while i don't prefer Will/James to win, it would suck if they don't make it to the Final.
They're just the protagonists of the season.
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I remember watching James present review shows for some of the seasons on Buzzfeed, and he never really bothered me, but my God!!! He has single handedly ruined this season for me!
And this Mine Five Alliance! :groan: It was so obvious the Blondes were going here, and I'm betting Gary & DeAngelo and Eswar & Aparna will be the next to go! :'(
If it turns out being the final 3 that it's looking like, this could be the second Season I decide to not bother watching the finale. First Season being the disaster that was TAR Can 3!
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I think the double leg was more like season ten, except no city to city travel, but also had no rest point, no mat, just a clue after a task that had teams keep going. Still open to debate whether the clue at the end of the first roadblock, or the next clue location is the technical midpoint, as the latter sent teams further along.
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I like Hung and Chee, But Hung does not appear to like being a mother. In an interview she said that "for the past 10 years, it has been work, and kid, and kid, and kid"; the way she said it seemed like she considers it a chore to be a mother. And today, she said children's fluids are DISGUSTING.
I personally doubt that Hung' statements of being parents proved her not liking being a mother at all. I might not notice on the former, but on the latter, you gotta admit, even if you love being a parent, taking care children's fluid is something that you wish you would have avoided, especially in the early stage of being parents :lol:
This is an awful and baseless thing to say. Hung quite literally said that handling children's body functions has desensitized her to what might traditionally be seen as gross. I'm sure she and Chee are wonderful parents.
I'm not sure which argument you were trying to accuse, but I was disagreeing about them pointing out about Hung didn't like being mother at all based on that statment
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I like Hung and Chee, But Hung does not appear to like being a mother. In an interview she said that "for the past 10 years, it has been work, and kid, and kid, and kid"; the way she said it seemed like she considers it a chore to be a mother. And today, she said children's fluids are DISGUSTING.
I personally doubt that Hung' statements of being parents proved her not liking being a mother at all. I might not notice on the former, but on the latter, you gotta admit, even if you love being a parent, taking care children's fluid is something that you wish you would have avoided, especially in the early stage of being parents :lol:
This is an awful and baseless thing to say. Hung quite literally said that handling children's body functions has desensitized her to what might traditionally be seen as gross. I'm sure she and Chee are wonderful parents.
I'm not sure which argument you were trying to accuse, but I was disagreeing about them pointing out about Hung didn't like being mother at all based on that statment
I know you disagree with them. Just quoted you for continuity of argument.
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I remember watching James present review shows for some of the seasons on Buzzfeed, and he never really bothered me, but my God!!! He has single handedly ruined this season for me!
And this Mine Five Alliance! :groan: It was so obvious the Blondes were going here, and I'm betting Gary & DeAngelo and Eswar & Aparna will be the next to go! :'(
If it turns out being the final 3 that it's looking like, this could be the second Season I decide to not bother watching the finale. First Season being the disaster that was TAR Can 3!
I didn't watch TAR Can 3, I only remember rooting for Nick & Matt. Can you tell me what's wrong with that season?
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BOOKWORM, your post: "This is an awful and baseless thing to say. Hung quite literally said that handling children's body functions has desensitized her to what might traditionally be seen as gross. I'm sure she and Chee are wonderful parents."
Replying to your post "This is an awful and baseless thing to say." My statements are based on FACT. The truth is an absolute defense. Review the episodes. Hung said in an interview, "the past 10 years have been work, and kid, and kid and kid". At the time the footage was shown on television, the impression she gave was that she felt it was a tiresome chore to be a mother. In the episode this past week. she literally said "Children are DISGUSTING". And she went on to talk about the excretions from children's bodies. What kind of a mother would articulate that kids are disgusting? But, could be she does not know any better. The nature of being a mother includes cleaning up after kids.
FYI, I am team DeAngelo and Gary. However, since it does not seem that DeAngelo and Gary will make the Finals, I hope Hung and Chee wins the Race.
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Hung was just saying how kids can be disgusting, which is a fact. I figure most mothers would agree on that.
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Well, I hope she does not tell her kids they are disgusting. Saying demeaning things to kids, ridiculing them is emotional abuse. Emotional abuse can result in trauma to the child psyche. Emotional trauma can lead to negative behavior including criminal behavior, which is why the criminal defense team include childhood emotional abuse as a mitigating factor during sentencing.
Anyway, I am done with the subject... signing off on it.
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Yielding Kaylynn & Haley once let alone twice seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do in terms of the overall outcome of the race.
It was also idiotic as a game move. There's really no point in specifically targeting a statistically weak team TWICE on the same day when they've been last for much much more times.
Actually its completely rational and the most logical choice to make.
I will again preface that I don't like the Yield or the U-Turn in any form. I assume that the racers discovered at some point during this leg (I would assume in the route info before the final one), that this episode would be their last opportunity to use a Yield.
With the first part of the leg, we know that past the first route marker that Kaylynn & Haley were last. When Will & James depart the Detour in first they see all other teams there, I would assume that these (aligned) would let everyone know the Blonde Bombers are to the best of their knowledge last, or behind the pack (they should all understand they could have chosen the other detour option). But for Will & James using the Yield on one of the teams in the alliances would put a target on their back for the rest of the leg. Help they they might normally expect would not arrive. And if they knew another Yield was available it would mean they could be retaliated against. The Blonde Bombers are believed at this point to be near the rear of the pack, and can't Yield them with a future Yield.
After that no other team even has the option.
At the point of the 2nd Yield, the alliances teams had all done the previous roadblock in eye shot of each other (it is unclear if Eswar & Apama saw Kaylynn & Haley when they arrived), but all teams did know that they did have a 20 minute yield to wait through earlier unless they had somehow managed to complete the other detour faster then any team. There was some slight separation at the final roadblock option. But Riley & Maddison knew that DeAngelo & Gary could be right behind them. Gary & DeAngelo knew Will & James were right behind them. And Hung & Chee knew that Kaylynn & Haley were right behind them. There was only one team that really didn't have a solid clue about the placement of any other team.
Logically unless they assumed DeAngelo & Gary had terrible traffic using the Yield on them would be pointless. They already decided to included Will & James, and Hung and Chee to keep together for future legs so it makes no sense to use the Yield on one of them. Using the Yield on Eswar & Apama should just even out the any time lost by the first Yield. So no real benefit to them. Using it on a team already believed to the best of their knowledge to be last is smart. Not using it on teams you have aligned yourself with is also smart, even if you have already decided who you want to be gone next. Those teams don't know that. It keeps the illusion that you can be trusted and someone you might possibly depend on in the next leg or two.
I would hope that most of the teams once selected would binge watch the show just to give them an idea of things to expect. I would also assume most teams would limit it to the US version (its getting awfully hard to find other versions in different countries). If they pay any attention they should see the Yield is used for three things primarily.
1. Using it too hit a team that you don't like. This has not been a very successful option. All it has done is let a team know you don't like them and piss that other team off.
2. Used it to give you a cushion to make sure you survive the leg, or help get a first place. This has usually worked to survive a leg, not to secure a first.
3. Used deliberately to target a team to get them eliminated. This has worked (before this season) not even once. While the Yield has eliminated a team, it was done just because a team was trying to save themselves with a team believed to be behind them. It wasn't specifically targeted at a team.
Use here was extremely logical in both circumstances. Use in the previous episode, was also extremely wise.
Now the only reason it wouldn't be logical is if the teams never learned during these legs that it would be their last chance to use one. Then it would have been logical to save your Yields, for a later leg. Even the use in the first half, if this was supposed to be the first true mega leg and not a continuation moving to another location with various forms of equalizers it makes since to use it (if you know they can't be used past that day) as it still gives you cushion, and its marked against a team you have no alliance with, and can't later int eh episode Yield you back.
It's win-win. If either lead team targeted someone else, most likely results is the same team gets eliminated, and the other teams now know you aren't to be trusted.
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Well, I hope she does not tell her kids they are disgusting. Saying demeaning things to kids, ridiculing them is emotional abuse. Emotional abuse can result in trauma to the child psyche. Emotional trauma can lead to negative behavior including criminal behavior, which is why the criminal defense team include childhood emotional abuse as a mitigating factor during sentencing.
Anyway, I am done with the subject... signing off on it.
She isn't saying that her kids ARE disgusting, but that they can be disgusting in a body fluid manner.
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Yielding Kaylynn & Haley once let alone twice seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do in terms of the overall outcome of the race.
It was also idiotic as a game move. There's really no point in specifically targeting a statistically weak team TWICE on the same day when they've been last for much much more times.
Actually its completely rational and the most logical choice to make.
I will again preface that I don't like the Yield or the U-Turn in any form. I assume that the racers discovered at some point during this leg (I would assume in the route info before the final one), that this episode would be their last opportunity to use a Yield.
With the first part of the leg, we know that past the first route marker that Kaylynn & Haley were last. When Will & James depart the Detour in first they see all other teams there, I would assume that these (aligned) would let everyone know the Blonde Bombers are to the best of their knowledge last, or behind the pack (they should all understand they could have chosen the other detour option). But for Will & James using the Yield on one of the teams in the alliances would put a target on their back for the rest of the leg. Help they they might normally expect would not arrive. And if they knew another Yield was available it would mean they could be retaliated against. The Blonde Bombers are believed at this point to be near the rear of the pack, and can't Yield them with a future Yield.
I understand the logic and I understand your intention. A piece of trivia is that they were told this leg would be the final leg with Yield since the Germany leg.
Do you want to know why they always tell the racers in advance that Yield/U-turn is ahead? To encourage the teams to strategize and use them and I think what you're saying have the same effect.
No one used U-turn in S13 so in S14, they installed Blind U-turn. In S17, because no one used U-turn in S15 and in S16, Brandy & Carol made a big scene about U-turn, they installed Double U-turn. In S21, they installed Double Blind U-turn.
My point is the show is encouraging racers to sabotage each other and it's frustrating to watch the racers having the worst drawn out of them and to be honest, it's no longer enjoyable to watch. I'm tired of the same old same old drama on RTV and this is coming from a guy who loves drama.
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Well, I hope she does not tell her kids they are disgusting. Saying demeaning things to kids, ridiculing them is emotional abuse. Emotional abuse can result in trauma to the child psyche. Emotional trauma can lead to negative behavior including criminal behavior, which is why the criminal defense team include childhood emotional abuse as a mitigating factor during sentencing.
Anyway, I am done with the subject... signing off on it.
I think you applied the right sentiment to the wrong situation. Judging by their helping nature (Hung unknowingly told De'Angelo & Gary about the sheep head after the Berlin incident), the way they talk about being parents, I bet they have young children and are the type who their friends come to ask for parenting advices & talk about how hard it is to take care of young children so when Hung talked about children fluid, she probably meant it as tip for people who want to be parents.
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This Mega Leg (8/9) was one of the best Indian Legs I've seen on TAR. I cannot fault it. Very cultural and really centered on what India is.
The first-half of the Mega Leg, centered on India's tech-savviness and it's technology infrastructure from the Swiggy Food Delivery Task, augmented reality, motion detectors. Roadside smog test was a task that brought some chaos, loved how this additional task brought some spice. New Indian city!
The second-half mainly focused on daily Indian culture like the bangles task, dentures and Indian high-society.
Wow! the Taj Falaknuma Palace atop a hill with views of the city.
Not a fan of the 2 Yields. It gave the team that received it absolutely no chance to recover.
Poor Kaylynn & Haley getting slapped with 40 minutes.
I was put-off by DeAngelo & Eswar's unnecessary comments/bullying towards the sisters more so from Eswar labelling them "cockroaches" and how they managed to get saved by luck and get stronger. DeAngelo, you and Gary were carried by most of your alliance and did not give back much. Leeches. The Blonde Bandits were on their own for the entire Race and only got a helping in Bogota and they were dumped in Berlin by Leo & Alana.
Have to commend Kaylynn & Haley, while not as interesting as they are, I found them bland to be honest. But I do appreciate and admire their tenacity and determination to finish and keep on racing despite the obstacles thrown at them from bad cabs, other teams ganging up on them. Luck wasn't on their side this time. I was rooting for them much like Amy & Maya from S.25 as they were underdogs.
I find the alliance just more than annoying to watch. Hooray that the Mine Five is broken/dead but progressing further to the "3" with
Will & James, Riley & Maddisson, Hung & Chee. It's still NOT OVER
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Will & James + Riley & Maddisson don't get me started on these 2 teams. I hate these 2 with a passion.
They have been obnoxious with the helping. You've got the pot-stirrers and the suck-up Beard Bros as henchmen to assist in the execution of their grand masterplan. Will & James completely railroaded their agenda and it paid-off. This is a bad precedent for future seasons.
While it was logical to Yield the Blondes because they were far behind and they did not want bad blood with the other teams within the alliance if they Yielded someone else. I still don't get why would you take stronger teams towards the end?!?!
It was mentioned here by another user, Will & James possibly have the mentality "I need to compete with the best, and if I lose, I lost to the best." If this is their mentality, then this is a STUPID mentality to bring on the Race especially with 1 Million US Dollars on the line.
Aligning yourself with stronger teams to avoid being targeted by them is strategic, taking them towards the last stages of the Race, I'm just not sure. It is a double-edged sword. It's just a huge gamble.
I just feel that with this Season, the competitive spirit of the Amazing Race is gone.
They brought back the Season to its core roots only to launch a new era for succeeding Seasons, the effectivity of the alliance.
An alliance with half the cast.
Brilliant isn't it? Phil must have been baffled with the amount of crap these teams had to make explaining to him the alliance. Phil just looks confused. They still wouldn't get it after Phil's comments.
It's like The Amazing Call-A-Friend Race or The Amazing Helping Race. If I was a producer, I would be annoyed because the tasks specifically designed are just amazing. It was properly thought of and with the existence of the "Mine Five" I feel as the efforts of the producers, designers, partners in the countries they visited in were wasted.
Also, speaking on behalf of my sister, a superfan friend and friends & relatives whom are new to the show
I told them to watch the show as they are avid travellers. They miss the travelling with all the pandemic and all.
They were put-off by the alliance. They love the concept of the Race but they asked me "Is this is a Race?
I just told them to continue watching to support the show as they were not pleased with it turned out.
I had to explain to the new viewers that this is a unique case and not applicable on all the other seasons.
There is no one left for me to fully root for. Hung & Chee maybe? If someone has to win. It has to be them.
My winners pick was Michelle & Victoria but they're gone
As gamerfan09 said. "No wonder this season took 2 years to air."
I bet the editors had a hard time editing because of this alliance. Ugh.
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The only time i was realllllllly annoyed with the Alliance was the Berlin roadblock. I feel it's probably the only time it really changed the race.
Sure they help/get help other times, but in the end I think it wouldn't really change anything. (I'm thinking of James getting help in the roadblock in Paraguay, and in the first roadblock on the mega leg).
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This season is definitely not in my top 10 of seasons. Probably in the bottom 5. The alliance ruined what could have been a good season.
The travel has been interesting because I will probably never see any of these places in my life.
However, I am thoroughly disgusted by the denture task. It was truly horrendous for me to watch since I had dental implant surgery 2 weeks ago and have been struggling with trying to wear dentures for 2 freakin' years! It is horrible to have someone trained putting their hands in your mouth let alone some random person doing a task on a race.
At this point, guessing that the NFL guys and the brother/sister go home in the next 2 places, I would be OK with Hung and Chee winning. In all reality, I don't want any of the Mine 5 to win. Hung and Chee are the least objectionable of those 3 teams.
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Not really getting all the hate on the alliance and the comments towards kaylynn and hayelye honestly?? like said above, the berlin roadblock was the onyl thing i found a bit annoying but at the end of the day it is for a million dollars and you have to do what u have to do to make it far! no other racers have pulled off a strong alliance in race history and so what they do it now! survivor and big brother its an individual game but guess what alliances gurantee you get a lottttt further in the game! for the comments towards the sisters: it would have to be annoying to you if you were on a race if a team kept kicking butt and surviving like its a competition!! and far nastier things have been said on survivor and big brother!! these r all reality shows for money!! its a competition!!! i was super frusturated with the committe in bb22 but guess what? it hands down is the tsrongest alliance in bb history!! part of comeptitions is to work with other people to further your self!! lets relax and enjoy this good strategy and next episode they have to turn on one another!!! this route has been fantastic so far so lets see what else the season has to offer!
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The alliance is getting over hated considering it hasn't done much. It's really just cemented the inevitable. Overedited, yes. The Berlin Roadblock was annoying but there was answer sharing outside the alliance.
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Yielding Kaylynn & Haley once let alone twice seemed like a tremendously short-sighted thing to do in terms of the overall outcome of the race.
It was also idiotic as a game move. There's really no point in specifically targeting a statistically weak team TWICE on the same day when they've been last for much much more times.
Actually its completely rational and the most logical choice to make.
I will again preface that I don't like the Yield or the U-Turn in any form. I assume that the racers discovered at some point during this leg (I would assume in the route info before the final one), that this episode would be their last opportunity to use a Yield.
With the first part of the leg, we know that past the first route marker that Kaylynn & Haley were last. When Will & James depart the Detour in first they see all other teams there, I would assume that these (aligned) would let everyone know the Blonde Bombers are to the best of their knowledge last, or behind the pack (they should all understand they could have chosen the other detour option). But for Will & James using the Yield on one of the teams in the alliances would put a target on their back for the rest of the leg. Help they they might normally expect would not arrive. And if they knew another Yield was available it would mean they could be retaliated against. The Blonde Bombers are believed at this point to be near the rear of the pack, and can't Yield them with a future Yield.
I understand the logic and I understand your intention. A piece of trivia is that they were told this leg would be the final leg with Yield since the Germany leg.
Do you want to know why they always tell the racers in advance that Yield/U-turn is ahead? To encourage the teams to strategize and use them and I think what you're saying have the same effect.
No one used U-turn in S13 so in S14, they installed Blind U-turn. In S17, because no one used U-turn in S15 and in S16, Brandy & Carol made a big scene about U-turn, they installed Double U-turn. In S21, they installed Double Blind U-turn.
My point is the show is encouraging racers to sabotage each other and it's frustrating to watch the racers having the worst drawn out of them and to be honest, it's no longer enjoyable to watch. I'm tired of the same old same old drama on RTV and this is coming from a guy who loves drama.
As I stated in the very first part of my initial response, I don't like Yields, U-Turns, Intersections, ect. Anything that has the impact of slowing down a team outside of hours of operations and travel time. It can be my favorite team of all time using it, I still don't like the use of them on the show. But they have been a part of the show since 2004. So I can't do anything about that. But was just responding to the people who thought it wasn't smart choices or it didn't make since to use the yield on the team in the back, or to have them get yielded twice. And on that it's absolutely right choice if you are going to use it. Of course, again I wish no team ever did. Really about he only thing on the race, besides roadblocks, detours, and route marker tasks that I have liked was the original use of the Fast Forward that lasted through the first 4 seasons. One on every leg except the last two, but that's just me.
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I mean it's a fine move to Yield the last team if you're trying to stay safe at the end of the leg. It's a stupid move if you're in first place though, which both Will and James and the Beards were when they used it.
They both told us they were being strategic with the Yield, which makes zero sense as the blondes clearly were NOT a threat. Their intention was to knock out NFL and they both chickened out of it. Such a lame and cowardly move imo.
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I mean it's a fine move to Yield the last team if you're trying to stay safe at the end of the leg. It's a stupid move if you're in first place though, which both Will and James and the Beards were when they used it.
They both told us they were being strategic with the Yield, which makes zero sense as the blondes clearly were NOT a threat. Their intention was to knock out NFL and they both chickened out of it. Such a lame and cowardly move imo.
In both instances, the leading team were protecting the other teams in their alliance. Quit ignoring that fact.
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Across all TAR seasons, 32 is earning a place in a low-tier for me. No joke, I almost fell asleep by the end of this episode (and it was India, which has usually produced some of the most exciting culture shock legs), and I'm actually a little disappointed in the fact CBS isn't doubling up 2 more of the 3 that are left.
Once this season's done, it's one I'm quite certain I won't watch again.
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I mean it's a fine move to Yield the last team if you're trying to stay safe at the end of the leg. It's a stupid move if you're in first place though, which both Will and James and the Beards were when they used it.
They both told us they were being strategic with the Yield, which makes zero sense as the blondes clearly were NOT a threat. Their intention was to knock out NFL and they both chickened out of it. Such a lame and cowardly move imo.
In both instances, the leading team were protecting the other teams in their alliance. Quit ignoring that fact.
Really don't appreciate your condescending tone across the board the past few weeks. You may disagree and that's fine, but no need to be consistently rude about it.
I haven't ignored anything, the fact is they're protecting the strongest teams in the race and knocking out the weakest regardless of if it's their alliance. Again, if they wanted to protect their core 3 alliance they still could have yielded NFL, which they didn't. It's a total cop out.
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I mean it's a fine move to Yield the last team if you're trying to stay safe at the end of the leg. It's a stupid move if you're in first place though, which both Will and James and the Beards were when they used it.
They both told us they were being strategic with the Yield, which makes zero sense as the blondes clearly were NOT a threat. Their intention was to knock out NFL and they both chickened out of it. Such a lame and cowardly move imo.
Imo they wanted to yield a team that they were sure were in last and had a lesser chance to survive so they wouldn't retaliate, since there is still a W-turn in hand, and it has bigger impact than the yield.
Those two were the last yields anyway so it might not matter how to use.
Yielding NFL was actually a bigger risk to take because not only it would break the promise of the alliance (im pretty sure NFL teams were still in alliance until the RB, or so they thoight) but also gave NFL a motivation to bite them back, since yielded them would have given a little impact to them anyway (H/K were actually far behind from the other team even hadn't they gotten yielded, let alone twice), NFL teams had a bigger chance to survive from the leg than H/K , and in some instances NFL surpassed W/J and the beard bros at some moments of the race
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I mean it's a fine move to Yield the last team if you're trying to stay safe at the end of the leg. It's a stupid move if you're in first place though, which both Will and James and the Beards were when they used it.
They both told us they were being strategic with the Yield, which makes zero sense as the blondes clearly were NOT a threat. Their intention was to knock out NFL and they both chickened out of it. Such a lame and cowardly move imo.
In both instances, the leading team were protecting the other teams in their alliance. Quit ignoring that fact.
Really don't appreciate your condescending tone across the board the past few weeks. You may disagree and that's fine, but no need to be consistently rude about it.
I haven't ignored anything, the fact is they're protecting the strongest teams in the race and knocking out the weakest regardless of if it's their alliance. Again, if they wanted to protect their core 3 alliance they still could have yielded NFL, which they didn't. It's a total cop out.
Agreed with Oval.
That's all there is to the entire incident. There was no smart strategic play involved, it was all petty and pointless and served nothing other than eliminating the weakest team left. It's equally embarrassing for everyone involved to keep pretending otherwise.
https://twitter.com/williamjardell/status/1333571259645345792
No self-respecting superfan of this show would actually believe that 20 minutes isn't gonna hurt a team, especially when time is a critical element of the show's very format. Kaylynn & Haley were Yielded for FOURTY MINUTES. And based on their exit interviews they actually got to the first Yield in time to see Will & James finish so it was definitely a factor in them leaving.
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Will’s tweet makes no sense :groan:
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Will’s tweet makes no sense :groan:
I know. His explanation reminds of John about the Express Pass and basically blurting out any excuse that falls out of his mouth in the moment. Obviously none of us know them as people but that's a sign of a conceited personality.
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Best Indian leg (esp leg 8 ) since season 18 in my opinion. The casts and route were great, such a shame this alliance made this season less enjoyable. I've had enough comments about the double yield on Kaylynn & Haley, so i don't want to add it. They may not strong racers, but i love their attitude and positivity. I hope they will get second chance in the next all stars (If TAR still continue :D )