The Amazing Race - Aired Nov. 19 - Commentary
"Hey, kids, who wants to play Monopoly?"
"We do!"
"Great! Okay, we're all going to be the thimble."
"Yay!"
"Ready? Let's all roll the dice together..."
*Shake shake roll*
"Five! Reading Railroad! Let's go for a ride on the train!"
"Choo choo!"
"Let's all roll again..."
*Shake shake roll*
"Four! Connecticut Avenue!"
"Yay! Can we buy the property?"
"Now, now, son. You never know if one of our friends are going to drop by and may want to play, so we have to leave them available for them. But look at the pretty blue bar on it."
"Ooooooh!"
*Shake shake roll*
"Ten! New York Avenue! New York is a pretty city."
"It sure is!"
*Shake shake roll*
"Three! Uh oh. Chance. Taking chances can be dangerous, so we'd better leave those cards alone. Let's roll those dice before something bad happens."
*Shake shake roll*
"Six! Water works!"
"Cleanliness is next to godliness."
"Ha! You are so right, you little scamp."
*Shake shake roll*
"Eight. Chance again, darn the luck. We'd better get rolling."
*Shake shake roll*
"Eleven! We all passed Go! We're all winners!"
"Hooray!"
"Yay!"
And so goes game night at the Cho household, or at least the way I envision it. I know the brothers are really nice guys and all, but yeesh, it's possible to be nice and still be competitive. That's where the word "sportsmanship" comes from. It was so annoying watching them wait for their alliances all the time that I was happy to finally see them get eliminated. Now we're left with just competitors who will all be actually competing in this, what's the word? Oh yeah... Competition. The only reason for wanting to see the whole Back Pack make it to the final three was to see how they would handle making it to the final mat, but I suspect that as the Chos and Kentucky made plans to step on the mat hand-in-hand, Alabama would have broken off and made a run for it. Unless they stuck with the alliance complaining about it all the time.
One of the Chos (sorry, but except for Rob and Kimberley, I can't place a name with a face for any individual from any remaining team) was crying at the end, talking about how they were playing as they were raised, and so the above vision of a Monopoly game from the brothers' childhood. I still don't understand the tears, unless they were going to miss travelling further with their dear friends in a lovely jaunt around the world.
The best thing to spring from this alliance was watching the Alabama Single Moms bitch and complain about how slow the Chos were driving and how often they stopped for directions, and yet it took them most of the episode to decide to go it alone. The Chos seemed broken-hearted about it, but it was hard to feel bad for them just because one of the two teams remembered that it's a race.
Speaking of people who are remembering it's a race, I'm so happy to see Rob and Kimberley remain in the race, despite the various car troubles they were having. I don't want them to win, they're too much a pair of jerks to want to see that, but I'll be damned if they aren't entertaining in their assholery.
Realivision's chosen team, the Miss Americas, did well again, keeping their second place standing from last week intact. I'd love to have seen them pull ahead of the Junkie Models, but we can't have everything. You keep at it, Kandice and Dustin! We're behind you all the way, even if one of you has a boy's name!
WARNING: IF YOU DON'T LIKE ANY SPOILERS, EVEN FROM THE PREVIEWS, DON'T READ THIS LAST PARAGRAPH!
Unfortunately the previews for next week are very foreboding. As I've said before, all it takes is one bad leg. A wrong turn here, bad luck in a search and find challenge there, throw in the Yield and it could all go to hell next week. I can't tell you how much I'm hoping what I fear may happen doesn't happen, as I really don't want to be left cheering for the Junkie Models in the final three. I would have to though, because I really couldn't bring myself to cheer on the bitter, joyless Single Moms or the ignorant, squabbling Rob and Kimberley.
"We do!"
"Great! Okay, we're all going to be the thimble."
"Yay!"
"Ready? Let's all roll the dice together..."
*Shake shake roll*
"Five! Reading Railroad! Let's go for a ride on the train!"
"Choo choo!"
"Let's all roll again..."
*Shake shake roll*
"Four! Connecticut Avenue!"
"Yay! Can we buy the property?"
"Now, now, son. You never know if one of our friends are going to drop by and may want to play, so we have to leave them available for them. But look at the pretty blue bar on it."
"Ooooooh!"
*Shake shake roll*
"Ten! New York Avenue! New York is a pretty city."
"It sure is!"
*Shake shake roll*
"Three! Uh oh. Chance. Taking chances can be dangerous, so we'd better leave those cards alone. Let's roll those dice before something bad happens."
*Shake shake roll*
"Six! Water works!"
"Cleanliness is next to godliness."
"Ha! You are so right, you little scamp."
*Shake shake roll*
"Eight. Chance again, darn the luck. We'd better get rolling."
*Shake shake roll*
"Eleven! We all passed Go! We're all winners!"
"Hooray!"
"Yay!"
And so goes game night at the Cho household, or at least the way I envision it. I know the brothers are really nice guys and all, but yeesh, it's possible to be nice and still be competitive. That's where the word "sportsmanship" comes from. It was so annoying watching them wait for their alliances all the time that I was happy to finally see them get eliminated. Now we're left with just competitors who will all be actually competing in this, what's the word? Oh yeah... Competition. The only reason for wanting to see the whole Back Pack make it to the final three was to see how they would handle making it to the final mat, but I suspect that as the Chos and Kentucky made plans to step on the mat hand-in-hand, Alabama would have broken off and made a run for it. Unless they stuck with the alliance complaining about it all the time.
One of the Chos (sorry, but except for Rob and Kimberley, I can't place a name with a face for any individual from any remaining team) was crying at the end, talking about how they were playing as they were raised, and so the above vision of a Monopoly game from the brothers' childhood. I still don't understand the tears, unless they were going to miss travelling further with their dear friends in a lovely jaunt around the world.
The best thing to spring from this alliance was watching the Alabama Single Moms bitch and complain about how slow the Chos were driving and how often they stopped for directions, and yet it took them most of the episode to decide to go it alone. The Chos seemed broken-hearted about it, but it was hard to feel bad for them just because one of the two teams remembered that it's a race.
Speaking of people who are remembering it's a race, I'm so happy to see Rob and Kimberley remain in the race, despite the various car troubles they were having. I don't want them to win, they're too much a pair of jerks to want to see that, but I'll be damned if they aren't entertaining in their assholery.
Realivision's chosen team, the Miss Americas, did well again, keeping their second place standing from last week intact. I'd love to have seen them pull ahead of the Junkie Models, but we can't have everything. You keep at it, Kandice and Dustin! We're behind you all the way, even if one of you has a boy's name!
WARNING: IF YOU DON'T LIKE ANY SPOILERS, EVEN FROM THE PREVIEWS, DON'T READ THIS LAST PARAGRAPH!
Unfortunately the previews for next week are very foreboding. As I've said before, all it takes is one bad leg. A wrong turn here, bad luck in a search and find challenge there, throw in the Yield and it could all go to hell next week. I can't tell you how much I'm hoping what I fear may happen doesn't happen, as I really don't want to be left cheering for the Junkie Models in the final three. I would have to though, because I really couldn't bring myself to cheer on the bitter, joyless Single Moms or the ignorant, squabbling Rob and Kimberley.
posted by Tabby at 10:40 a.m.
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