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The Amazing Race: Leg 5

// March 15th, 2010 // fun

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Okay, that might be one of the funniest bits in Amazing Race history. When Jordan tried to talk with her mouth full and the show runners decided to use ?????? for the subtitle…I almost died laughing.

In face, this episode was fairly hilarious. After the first episode, I actually thought Brent and Caiti were smarter than they looked, but we’ve been proven wrong so far…they are perpetually stuck at the back of the pack.

This leg, when he spotted the airplanes over the battlefield, Brent goes “They have…flying things.”

OMG, if I had been drinking a Diet Coke at the time, it likely would have been sprayed all over the dog sitting at my feet.

Jeff and Jordan are my favorites though and I’m glad they are still around. They just make me laugh. Jordan was so hungry that she wanted to “shove the baguette in my throat”…although I thought the mouth would be a better place.

So at the beginning of the race when Joe and Heidi talked about how confident they were, I believe I whispered “foreshadow” to Jina.

You have to feel bad for them…getting U-Turned at a challenge like that was brutal. I have to give props to the Amazing Race for making this leg not only have a U-Turn, but also the Speed Bump. The challenges were hard and difficult and it was definitely set-up to help spur on some drama.

The detectives…suddenly the slow-witted, slow-moving, chubby law enforcement guys are the team to beat. Two first-place finishes in a row. They get hard-core and U-Turn Joe and Heidi.

Of course, when they told Phil they “represent law enforcement around the world”…I think some of those people might be a bit embarrassed at how hard it was for Louie to crawl through that battlefield.

And what about that whole thing? I dunno, but barbed wire, exploding streams of dirt and then low-diving airplanes…it seemed slightly dangerous to me.

Contest Update

So I forgot to include a U-Turn in the scoring system, but it’s essentially the same as a Yield, so the points will be the same. Plus 10 for Joe and Heidi, minus 10 for the cops. So those of you that had Joe/Heidi get a few extra points despite losing them.

Here are the updated standings:

• Kathy 45
• Tracy 42
• Tyler 42
• Dave 42
• Ryann 34
• Jina 29
• Nicky 24
• Melissa 22
• Mike 22
• Josie 21
• Heather 14
• Adrian 5