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Kelda:
I think Mika is petty much a dumb blonde!! And Caanan - way to fly off the handle with that taxi driver and the person trying to help them! WE'VE JUST BEEN TO THE ADDRESS HOTEL!!!

I think Erica & Bryan are really fun together and I like the dad & son and the Globetrotters too.

Kelda:
Forgot to comment on last weeks episode ..

Mika = absolute baby. What was that all about? Even if you ahve a fear of heights and cant swim its not an onerous task...

Caanan - he sghouldn't have tried to push her down but to be fair I'd have been gettign well annoyed with her too

Globetrotters = were fighting to stay alive and I think they were playing the game well. Dont have an issue with the encouragement from the sidelines. But what was the tall one thinknig with the brief case?! Its 7.35!!!!

As for this weeks episode...

Flight Time and Big Easy really got into their dance - they just get more awesome!

As for next week's challenge – the hay rolling from Season 6 when Lena & Kirtsy got kicked out! – I had heard they were repeating one of the hardest roadblocks and I assumed it was the eating challenge from season 7 when almost everyone took a 4 hour penalty rather than eat the stuff - It is nice to see that at least some of the Racers have actually watched previous seasons (in that they remember the poor sisters) as opposed to some of the plucked-from-an-LA-bar teams to whom we've been subjected in recent years. I liked how the brother was like WHY ARE YOU TELLIN ME THAT!? DON’T TELL ME THAT!!!

I liked seeing everyone laugh it up and getting along as they waited at the Dubai airport for their flight to Amsterdam. (And I liked Gary’s comment about Matt being adopted after the brothers revelation of both being gay!!) They used to show that camaraderie at the Pit Stop quite often while Phil's voiceover explained about the mandatory rest period, but I don't recall seeing that lately.

I was surprised how quickly everyone (with the exception of Ericka) counted the bells--the camera angles made it look like a confusing multi-tiered nightmare. I loved the editing when Megan and the brother were yelling back and forth to each other while the bells were drowning them out and Matt just calmly counted the bells, moved past them, and went down the steps with the right answer!

Also Erica – super freak out and Bryan was GREAT with her – I would have screamed at her lots.. !

I felt sorry for the poker girls a bit but I think they should have stuck with the golf task the first time and I think they’d have eventually got it. But they have had lots of chances and close shaves so I wasn’t too disappointed to see them go.. plus they have lots of £££s anyway.

Production must have felt sorry for the girls.. cos suddenly Tiffany  was wearing her zippy top that she didn't dive into the water with in the bag with her clogs...

Meryl:
Kelda, I bow to your in-depth analysis!

I had to chuckle at Ericka.  She was so submissive and grateful to Bryan for being understanding, then by the end she was ragging on him again.  ;)

I had to shake my head when the poker girls went back to trying to ring the bell instead of finishing the golf.  Big mistake.  But like you said, they've had a charmed life and didn't do badly overall.

I love my Globetrotters!  :-*

Kelda:

--- Quote from: Meryl on November 03, 2009, 10:22:59 am ---Kelda, I bow to your in-depth analysis!


--- End quote ---

 ;D

Btw.. here's the season 6 version of the haytask.. they're doing it at the same field and everything this time aroundLena was awesome. A real trouper.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8ZS6ZPM0Nk[/youtube]

David In Indy:
I remember this hay roll deal. And according to the previews somebody runs into problems this time around too!

I can't believe they are going back and repeating a challenge. Especially a very difficult one like the hay roll. It should be interesting though.

The poker girls would have done MUCH better in Holland had they not changed their minds so often. They probably could have rang the bell eventually. One of them was very close to doing it towards the end. And then they changed their minds...

Sam and Dan are doing very well and so are the Globetrotters. Those are the two teams I am rooting for. :)

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