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Yes, but the BP couldn't know who'd make it to the platform first. If Vanessa and Ralph had made it before team green, then there's a good chance that team green wouldn't u-turn anyone.

Anyway, I really consider this just a tertiary excuse for the BP using the u-turn. As I said earlier, this was all potential upside and no downside for the BP. Even though the odds were bad, there's always a chance in TAR that the extra time and the extra chances to screw up will get the team eliminated.

And there's no guarantee that the BP will beat team green to the next u-turn, might as well take the bird in the hand.

I meant the army guy and his wife.

Am I the only one that thinks that the producers just made up this non elimination leg for dramatic effect?

predetermined non-elimination legs....looks to me they can change them on the fly

In this case, if they did, I'm fine with it .. no one IMO on any season has deserved it more than Bopper and Mark ..

And I also don't think I've cheered as much for any duo as Bopper and Mark... As for the non-elimination leg, I think they usually have their last one about this time anyway.

I think the majority of folks would have given up on that dancing challenge .. it was humid, he was tired, Bopper was trying to get him to take the penality .. etc ..

To go, I believe, 11 tries, says a lot about him .. they may be a long shot for the win, but I'm rooting none the less ..

Go Team Kentucky ..

Two things.

First, given so many of the physical tasks are harder for the all-women teams, there is nothing more irritating than a guy from an alpha-male team bitching and moaning about how hard a task is because he's a guy. Apparently he failed to notice that about half the pro dancers were guys too. Just because he and his partner are clutzes with no rythym doesn't mean that they are poor disadvantaged males who can't be expected to do as well as the women. Cry me a freakin' river. After listening to Border Patrol's constant whining during the dance task, I was actually rooting for Rachel to kick their asses and finish both tasks first, as obnoxious and ridiculous as I find her.

Second, I get that it was hot and he was tired, but what was with the "it's not worth it if I can't walk my kids down the aisle" nonsense from Kentucky? There are producers at every task (and, I believe, medics)... if he was in any real danger of heat exhaustion, they'd have pulled the plug. I'm fairly confident that Bollywood dancing has a low body count.

(Also, it looks super fun. Someone should start Bollywood dance fitness classes.)

Oh, and the NEL's are totally predetermined. I can't remember them ever having an NEL when there were less than 5 teams left, and they had one more this season. It would have leaked by now if they tried to manipulate the game, and it's not worth it for CBS -- it's a federal crime.

My take on the Border Patrol guys was more along the lines of "When you had an advantage early in the game due to you speaking the lingo of the land, that was fine .. yet now, when White Men Can't Dance comes down, it's suddenly unfair .. " Really .. ??

On Mark, yes, I'll agree there was some vocal drama, but I did not feel that detracted too much from his resolve eventually conquering the task ..

To me the try he finally got it right didn't look any better than the ones he failed.

I thought the same thing. And, the Internal Auditor in me came out about that time because he was ready to go home and I actually wondered if they were trying so hard to get him to not quit because it WASN'T an elimination leg. Otherwise, why would they have hime come out for one last try and then pass him on, especially since he obviously messed up at the end.

I'm still rooting for them, however.

I think there was some degree of allowance given to more than just Mark on the dance routine .. not all looked spot on perfect to me yet still passed ..

Vanessa looked absolutely perfect to me . . .

I'd agree with that .. in fact, I don't think she even looked at another dancer .. she had the routine down ..

Yeah, even the pilot's wife wasn't perfect. She had enough small flubs that I was a little surprised at the small flub that they stopped team green on, on her first try. It almost made me feel sorry for Rachel for a moment, but when the outfielder let that grounder trickle to the boundary in the Cricket challenge it cured me of any sympathy for Rachel.

AFA, Mark's final try, it looked to me like they waited until all the other teams made it to the pit stop and then let him pass even though he was getting worse instead of better due to being so tired.

Well, whether or not Mark got more leeway in the dance challenge, the one thing that remains the same is Team Kentucky would have still stayed in the game regardless .. and I think that's a good thing ..

I'll add that Rachel did seem somewhat less annoying .. probably because Team Border Patrol took top honors on the annoying scale ..

If there is no big bunching opportunity in the next leg -- which there may not be, as history suggests they will be in India for two legs -- Kentucky are goners anyway. I would bet they are at least 4 hours behind the 3rd and 4th place teams, and without bunching, the chances of them successfully doing a speed bump and catching up are pretty low. There would have to be a disaster for another team.

Unless, of course, the producers "intentionally" set up a bunching ..

There isn't a bunching. They are still in Cochin.

Episode title: "I Need Hair to Be Pretty (Cochin, India)"

I wonder who says it?

I don't know how we can assume there won't be a bunching .. what about an "Opening Time" bunch .. ?? Or a required plane trip to another Indian city .. ?? Just sayin' ..

I do not think in the history of the race has there been a team that is easier to root for than the guys from KY. With the deck stacked with some really annoying teams, and these guys gutting it out leg after leg it is a no-brainer.

The non-elimination legs usually follow continent jumps so it is not surprising no one was eliminated. The practice started fairly regularly after one team got a day ahead of everyone else.

Well, they dropped some interesting teasers in the preview clip. They showed Rachel being confronted with having to shave her head. So they must have taken a FF (since I can't imagine TAR having head shaving as part of a regular roadblock or detour). And I can't imagine Rachel actual shaving her head like that black woman did a few seasons back (you'd think the women would know not to take the FF in countries with head shaving rituals by now ), so perhaps the FF might still be available for Kentucky to use.

And they showed Vanessa doing a face plant and apparently injuring her ankle. So if that injury is bad enough to take them out of the race then Kentucky will be saved.

But yeah, it looks like it's going to require a disaster to another team to save Kentucky this week. But in TAR, disaster is always just one bad cabbie away...

Based on last week's preview that showed Mark saying he was ready to quit, I was already suspicious they wouldn't. Then when showing the pit stop after Dave and Rachel got the directions to it and Phil's voice over ended with "the last team to arrive may be eliminated", it seemed pretty much assured that they would finish the challenge and continue on to race another day. And it was very evident that the Indians running/judging the dance task had been given instructions to make sure Mark passed on his final attempt. Even Bopper who had just talked him out of continuing on, all the sudden wanted him to "just give it one more try". Wonder why that was . At any rate, I understand people wanting to root for them but their whole story/edit has been so orchestrated that it's having the exact opposite effect on me. I was like, "Just quit whining and finish the frickin' task or go home", . You'd think they were the only team in TAR history who actually needed the money

As far as the border patrol guys go, I actually thought that their edit on the dance routine was funny as hell. The continuing clips of Art's commentary on the sideline saying dudes can't dance and updating the men vs women finisher tally was cracking me up. Yeah, those guys (especially JJ) are really arrogant, but I didn't really get the idea that they were complaining about the task being unfair as much as just that it sucked for them in general, and particularly with JJ being the one up on the stage.

From next weeks previews it looks like they're bringing back the seldom used forced hair cut task. What a deliciously perfect challenge for Green Rachel to draw . The injury Vanessa suffers looks potentially serious like an Achilles tendon rupture possibly? It kinda looks like it may have just popped sending her hard to the pavement and giving her a nice roadrash patch on her shoulder as well....


ron

I guess I'm just hoping against all odds Team Kentucky makes it thru the next leg ..

I remember the head shaving from way back .. can't recall the season, but I seem to remember she really struggled thru it .. if Rachel actually does it, my respect for her will go up several notches ..

BTW I came across some fairly big spoilers with photos for the finals. Is that type of info frowned upon in this thread?

thanks

Yes. It. Is. Even mentioning where they finish up is probably going too far...


ron

Thanks, I removed that reference and u might want to edit my info in your reply to.

He says that every week.

True ... although, occasionally he says "... will be ..."