Monday, 10. May 2010 14:03
If you watch The Amazing Race (TAR) but haven’t yet watched the finale, you might want to stop reading now…because I have a few things to say!
First of all, Phil has disappointed me and it’s going to take some time to get over.
Let me start by saying that I never liked Carol and Brandy…of the two, Carol (she’s the blonde, right?) seemed to be the less vile, she would at least bite her tongue on occasion and *TRY* to be nice-ish. Brandy though, wow, what a piece of work, she’s got some serious deservatude, doesn’t she? Then again, I never cared for the tantrums (OVER AND OVER) of Brent and Caite.
During the race Brent and Caite u-turned Carol and Brandy…all within the rules of the game. Brandy was mean and nasty to Caite the whole race, so her decision was fueled by vengeance and not a particularly strategic move. However, no rule says it has to be strategic.
U-Turn Ahead
Teams may choose to u-turn any team they wish, but they may only use the u-turn once during the race. If a team is u-turned, they must go back to the Detour and complete the Detour that they did not complete.
It’s pretty clear that ANYONE can u-turn ANYONE ELSE for ANY reason.
This is what Brandy looked like when Brent and Caite entered the stadium for the finale mat, while everyone else is clapping and whooping and hollering…
Now that's real class, Brandy
Phil makes some small talk with Brent and Caite and then it happens. Phil, Phil, Phil, why are you turning a lovely moment into a cat fight? Why?
Phil: “You are the only woman to finish the race in the final three, but there are two women over there that don’t feel that…”
To which Brandy breaks in with:
“I don’t want to hear sorry from you guys. You purposely whacked us, you said you wanted to be the only woman left standing and you are. Logically, you u-turn teams that are stronger, the Cowboys should have been u-turned. You can’t seem to think logically. I don’t want to hear sorry from you.”
Caite: “Maybe y’all should have treated people a little bit nicer.”
Brandy: “Hey, I’m sorry you can’t handle it.”
And this is where I start liking Caite just a little bit: “I am handling it. Obviously I’m the one standing here and not you.”
With that, Brandy folds her arms in defeat and tries to pretend she’s not defeated, which she clearly is.
Phil, I think we might be broken up a little bit over that, why give someone filled with such anger and hatred more airtime? WHY?
In other news, if I have to hear BRO one more time, I might open a vein. And where I started disliking the brother even more? Here:
Cutting in Line?
Cowboys: “Are y’all gonna try to check in before us? You wasn’t gonna do that, was ya?”
Brother: “Oh, yeah. I’m standing right behind them.”
Cowboys: “Wow, they come in six hours after us, and here Jordan is gonna to try to check in before us.”
Brother: “Yeah, I am.”
Okay, so that just made me mad from the start. 1. it was unnecessary, there were enough seats for all three teams and there was no need to be nasty, 2. really, you’re going to revert to kindergarten and cut in line when it clearly doesn’t matter? What mattered was getting into first class, which was a good move, but it didn’t matter because I didn’t want them to win anyway.
With the exception of a couple of teams, I did not care for anyone this season. Which is sad…
