The Amazing Race - Aired October 29 - Commentary

I realize from the boards I frequent that I may be in the minority, but I love the Beauty Queens more and more each week. They are playing the game to win, and aren't above taking a poke at their joy-challenged competition, the humourless single mothers from Alabama. When they asked the ticket agent for tickets for the Junky Models ahead of Alabama, sure it was a little mean, but it was fun to watch. This is the best rivalry I've seen on the show in ages!
The Beauty Queens (or as I'd rather call them, and shall from now on, the Miss Americas) are serious contenders for this race. They came in first this week, and would have come in first last week too if it weren't for the Fast Forward that got Team Kentucky, Mary and her coal-mining husband got thanks to the Cho Brothers.
I'd also like to go on record as saying I really doubt that they're too stupid to know where London is. Considering that they misheard "England" as "India" (and who amongst us hasn't completely misheard words), I think it's far more likely they just misunderstood when "London" was said. Either that, or the idea of going hundreds of miles backwards in order to go forward just seemed wrong enough that they thought that they must have meant something else.
Anyway, go Miss Americas! Realivision is in your corner!
The Cho Brothers, on the other hand, I'm kinda over. Handsome, yes. Nice, yes. Looking great without shirts, yes. But that they actually waited in their car for the rest of their alliance to catch up with them was so pointless and boneheaded. I really hope that this sort of nonsense costs them the game. In The Amazing Race, there are only two people per team. Not six. It's one thing to help each other along, but to hold yourself back deliberately? Why even compete if you're not going to, well, compete? As we've seen before in the show, it's possible to be nice people and still be competitive (hi, Joyce and Uchenna).
So we've had two non-elimination legs within three weeks. I can't say I like them too close together. And as much fun as sweet, naive Mary is, this is keeping Team Kentucky in the race much longer than they should be. It doesn't look like they have a Fast Forward to help them out next week though. That's because of the upcoming new twist, "Intersection", which looks interesting to say the least. One of the Backpack alliance has to work with the Miss Americas? As long as they don't hinder Realivision's favourite team, this could be a lot of fun...