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[TWoP Roxy]

From zap2it.com:

The teams encounter a double u-turn as they race through Indonesia; contestants start to feel the heat.

[InDueTime84]

Abbie and Ryan take first. Good job!!

I'm surprised that the anti-U-Turn swear worked for the first few teams; especially since it was anonymous. It's always funny to see a team U-Turn a team that's already ahead.

I wonder why only one team did the egg Roadblock' it seemed a lot less strenuous.

I hope not to see another restaurant challenge for a while this season. That sure was a lot of wasted food being pressed against the sweaty racers' chests.

After Natalie and Nadya's fall to sixth place, it'll be interesting how the so-called alliance with Trey and Lexi will pan out in the next episodes.

I won't miss Caitlin and Brittany after being so rude to their driver. I felt bad for the pedicab drivers when the racers kept yelling "Faster!!". Those skinny drivers could only go so fast when they're pedaling around two big ass Americans.

Did they say that Bangladesh is next?

[CPP83]

Any racers who whine, bitch, moan, or complain about the natives of a certain country having "cost them the race" should be disqualified automatically.

It is not their fault they speak their own local language instead of "English" as if it is their duty to be able to converse with a bunch of crazy, cursing, crass American nuthouses.

[ReadIshmael]

I wouldn't have been sad to see Gary and Will go, because they're such obvious cannon fodder and haven't been especially interesting or likable, but I'm so glad to see the girls go after how badly they dealt with the language barrier, and their gross post-elimination comments made it even better.

[Charlie Baker]

Good ep. Dare we hope this will become a good season? I can't recall a back of the pack grouping with so many irritating/unlikable teams. I'm not actually sure how I feel about the sisters yet, but the rest of them--oy!

The front of the pack on the other hand seems pretty agreeable. So far they all are continuing to grow on me. Right now I think I like James and Abba best, maybe because they are lone wolves.

[donnamarie]

The audacity of Indonesians to not speak English.

[mtlchickie]

"Don't say anything that were sneaking up behind them." The blondes had one hell of an epic meltdown. Ugly American outbursts+killer fatigue*horrible transportation luck = peace out ladies who I can't tell apart.

The best shot of the night: the lone chicken clucking about on the train tracks as the twins missed the train. It was a decent leg but maybe a bit too easy in terms of execution.

[torreador]

I hate hate hate anyone who freaks out because someone in a non-English speaking country doesn't speak English, so I am glad the blondes are gone.

But it was a close one with team Long/Short u-turning a team ahead of them (nice foreshadowing by the editing monkeys). But, regardless of what they said, the blondes were hurt by their own stupidity, walking around looking for the UTurn station.

eta: always intestesting to see who are nice to the locals.... in the restaurant I thought the goat farmers and the twins had the best attitudes.

Edited by torreador, Oct 14, 2012 @ 8:06 PM.

[Lamb18]

Are Gary and Will the first team to not be eliminated by a U-Turn, not counting the first U-turned teams from double U-turns? Good for them for staying positive and keeping the race! After the girls were so snotty to their drivers I was cheering for Gary and Will to beat them. And I'm glad it was not a non-elimination. But next week must be.

The lion's head - things in mouth - lots of innuendo there. I would have gone with eggs since the lion heads were heavy. I thought eggs would go faster since the lion heads had to be in a parade, but I guess not. I bet the eggs tasted good. I might have done eggs just to get something to eat.

The 20 plates roadblock - easier for taller people with longer arms.

[Cyrusnov]

What an exciting ending! From the moment Gary and Will were deciding who to U-Turn, it couldn't be more perfect. I couldn't decide who to root for: I think Caitlin and Brittany were a stronger team than Gary and Will (who I think will be eliminated soon), but on the other hand I can't help but to put myself in their shoes and think it would really suck to apply for many years only to be eliminated in the first few legs.

[Jedi Nut]

Wow. For a finish comprised of two aggressively shitty teams, that was the one of the best Pit Stop races of all time. Whoever went home would've been a total win-win. From the U-Turn bumble, to Caitlin & Brittany repeatedly going the wrong way, I simply lost track of all the plot twists. The only thing more I could've asked for was some sorta guarantee that Gary & Will are gone in the next ep or two.

[Arekuru]

in the restaurant I thought the goat farmers and the twins had the best attitudes.

I haven't had strong feelings about them one way or the other, but they lost me a bit with that line about good people winning the race, with themselves obviously being in that category.

[Miss Molly]

I was so happy to see the elimination tonight, just because of the way they ripped the driver for having the audacity to not speak English! Not only that but the smug comments post-elimination how they were better than the other remaining teams, sorry chickies, you most certainly are not!

Still loving the twins. They missed that train by a minute and it cost them 3 hours but they motored through the tasks and continue to have fun. I would love to see Monster Truck or tall/short go next, but I guess we must have a non-elim coming up soon. Now it will be interesting to see if tall/short figure out who u-turned them. Since it's a blind u-turn, nobody has to confess but I bet when Monster Truck sees them, they will have a look of shock on their face and that will give it away.

[Bad Thoughts]

Wow, Caitlin and Brittany broke two of my rules: blames the natives for losing and complained that they did not know English. But they also went a step further: "hot mess" actually means something.

[Jedi Nut]

I've officially gotten over my distaste of Team Twinnies' excessive volume. Yes, they are way too loud, but that's obviously just the way they are. They're not loud to be rude or in your face, just over-excited. Really over-excited. Everything else they do is beyond adorable and endearing, so I can't help but root for them as my #1 team. Tonight, I enjoyed their simultaneous bowing to the clue giver at the Detour, as well as the odd way they arranged themselves on the final pedicab ride.

On a similar note, I continue to enjoy Jaymes & James. Again, loud Jaymes is the type of guy I would hate to be sitting near on my late train commute home from work. But he repeatedly wins me over with lines like, "Take it in! We're in Indonesia! We have lions in our mouths!"

[SilentMinority]

Wow, so terrible taxi luck decides the race two legs in a row. This is ridiculous.

[Edsel Love]

Thank you, Caitlin & Brittany, for being rude to locals, portraying Americans as shrill and arrogant, and then losing. Nice when karma works according to plan.

[Jedi Nut]

Does that episode title make sense to anybody? I don't remember anything baseball-related in tonight's episode, and I certainly don't recall hearing that quote.

[Lantern7]

Double U-Turns friggin' annoying me. If you are U-Turned, you should not be able to do that to anybody else. You step on the mat, acknowledge you are boned, do the other Detour task, go back to the Route Marker, and then you can pull that on somebody. Just because Gary & Will ("MeHugeMeTiny," anyone?) fucked things up there doesn't make it right. And another team loses a round of Transportation Roulette . . . though any team that is two minutes away from murdering their inept driver should probably bow out. And I'm guessing Caitlin & Britney and Amy & Daniel are now pulling for the mismatched men to go far. Otherwise, they're really going to feel like schmucks for losing to them.

I will say that the race to the mat made for sweet Emmy fodder. While I don't think the episode would be a good submission, seeing the camera trained from the back and the girls' driver pulling a Charlie Brown off the track was epic.

In regards to the Detour options . . . having a fiery anything on my head would immediately make me chose Door #2. And if that wasn't enough, seeing the wacky Indonesian "magicians" run around would have clinched it. That said, I can't believe Will opted for the 40-pound mask walk. BTW, were their any other sickos hoping he'd do the Roadblock, stacking 40 plates on small arms?

Not much else to add. Is it too early to compare the Chipmunks (thanks, LongHairDon'tCare!!!) to Derek & Drew? They're slabs of beef, but they seem competent, and they almost got eliminated at the start.

ETA for JediNut . . . I think a female said it, but I forgot who. Maybe Caitlin or Britney?

Edited by Lantern7, Oct 14, 2012 @ 8:25 PM.

[heebiejeebie]

I would have been fine if the entire second train had jumped tracks into another dimension and disappeared forever. So tonight was a nice fun relaxed episode. Though I was rooting for the teachers over the heinous blondes at the end. Which had me laughing at myself because I was so underwhelmed to the point of scorn by the teachers. I'm not sure if the one stammering about how they were going so slow was aimed at the driver or not but the context seemed like it was. This after they dithered around trying to figure out what the clue meant before some kind man basically pushed their sorry asses into the pedicab.

But still glad the blondes were going. I had a hint since the editors love when someone says there is no crying in a talking head that they can insert into their losing leg.

Ryan may be relying on his Apprentice experience, but even so I like how he and Abby are running their race. They seem to be both enthusiastic as well as very courteous and engaged with the locals. The Chippendales seem second on that regard but they also seem a bit more brash. Then again we haven't seen Ryan and Abby face real adversity yet. So far though at the this rate, if they manage to win 2 million and run with the same sense of fun and excitement I'll consider it one of the best seasons ever. The gimmick itself isn't working but Ryan and Abby are.

In fact I noticed that the first train's teams overall seem to interact and adapt to the locale and the locals with a more open mind and a more engaging manner. Maybe it is the advantage of running in the lead pack. But I also think the right attitude makes a huge difference when dealing with people who have the audacity to speak only their own language in their own land. I think racers don't realize that tone and expression go a long way in communicating what kind of person you are in a land where language is not the chief form of communication.

I'm still torn on James and Abba. On the one hand I do agree with their overall sense of one team wins mentality. But sub-pack running early on can give a a huge advantage in keeping the gap between the lead pack and the following teams. It also means that you have a greater chance of not being u-turned for a bid for first and you also minimize bad directions or driver communication errors. There is something to be said to stick together as a lead group and let the back teams eat each other.

But I also didn't like that for me they had a slight smug attitude. Yeah I do think the energy level of the rest of that group could be wearying. But I also think it could be contagious. There still seems a lot of good will among the group. And the group rooting for each other, something that isn't going to last, could be a huge morale boost in what looks like punishing legs just heatwise. Even before having to perform oral on a fifty pound lion mask.

[Anacharsis]

I really love the twins. Not sure which one ran into the camera at the u-turn, but that was pretty funny.

Didn't care which of the last teams got cut, though I was leaning toward the blonde women because of how horrible they were their drivers throughout the leg. Why don't these people ever realize that the people they're berating don't give a shit about their place in a race?

[ayako38]

Any bets that if Caitlin or Brittany were in America and a couple came up asking for directions in a foreign language, that they would turn their noses up in the air and not even attempt to help them? I'm glad they are out of the race. I wonder if they even realize how rude they appeared? Probably not. <sigh>

[stopeslite]

I really hope Caitlyn and Brittany saw how ugly they were acting when they watched the broadcast tonight.

I doubt they did, but I hope they did. As soon as the one made the comment about the driver speaking English, I wanted them GONE. And then to blame it more at the end? Glad to see the backside of them. I can't believe Phil said "we'll miss you". Who you mean, Phil?

[SimonHumboldt]

Thank you Mr Pedicab Driver for turning the wrong way at the end and getting those screeching harpies eliminated. Good grief they were obnoxious.

[SilentMinority]

Double U-Turns friggin' annoying me. If you are U-Turned, you should not be able to do that to anybody else. You step on the mat, acknowledge you are boned, do the other Detour task, go back to the Route Marker, and then you can pull that on somebody.

I disagree, and those have never been the rules. Otherwise you get the next-to-last team being U-turned and having zero chance because they can't U-turn the last team. That makes it nothing more than a regular U-turn, with its extremely lopsided history. The way it's implemented makes it much more exciting and less predictable.

[Kitty15]

Be gone pig snorting blond bitch.

[Rusun]

Are Gary and Will the first team to not be eliminated by a U-Turn, not counting the first U-turned teams from double U-turns?

No, they're the second - the first was Vanessa and Ralph from last season.

Let me just say that this season's Indonesia legs outdid the ones two seasons ago.

[Moose73]

I'm not sorry at all to lose the blondes, especially after how nasty they were this leg, but to have two legs in a row decided by "taxi" luck is just brutal. The teachers (another team I don't care for) should be thanking their lucky stars because that's two legs in a row they've been saved by the driver of another team getting completely lost.

I know that luck has always been a huge part of the Race but it's the part that I hate the most - I would so much rather see the legs decided by how well the teams perform on challenging tasks and how well they can navigate themselves between tasks, not on how lucky they are in finding a cab driver who knows where he's going.

[Aunt Pearl]

The nerve of these people not speaking English!!!

Glad those snotty chickies are gone.

Gary and Will should be gone soon. They just don't seem to get it.

Are the cab drivers indicating they know the location, trying to be polite, while being completely "clue"less?

[Rosalyn578]

Does that episode title make sense to anybody? I don't remember anything baseball-related in tonight's episode, and I certainly don't recall hearing that quote.

One of the blondes said it around the time they were bragging about how they don't cry.