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Didn't get to see this until today because here in NC they put basketball on instead on Friday night! Hmph... and 3 more weeks with no TAR? blergh. 1. So sad to see Jonathan and Harley go-- loved them.. calm no blow-ups etc. They never had a chance. I agree I hate the idea of the speed bump... never liked the idea of the 'added punishment' (whatever it has been)- you are already punished enough by winding up in last (and even more so if you are so far behind...). :( 2. Oh dear heavens.. Hayley.... hey Hayley BE QUIET for a minute. Blair actually did try to compromise-- "Ok you lead" "No YOU lead"... "alrighty then let's go..." "NO we should THIS way..." So much for insisting he be the lead.... Free Blair indeed. I won't say anything if Blair did trip her or something. 3. Still not a fan of Mike and Rochelle I don't know why... but she did rock that roadblock. 4. Yikes... stress getting to Jenny but I can see why... many lawyers have a competitive streak in them that it's hard to slow down and realize there's another person with them. Judging from above posts about 'unaired videos' etc seems in general they are still agreeable in a sense. We're only seeing 45 minutes give or take a week and not 24/7. 5. Odd tasks- didn't care much for them but the Caturday Cafe stop awwww cute cute cu.. okay I'll stop, The boat ride looks awfully awesome and something I'd like to do. 6. Jenny/Jelani running off and grabbing a tuk tuk. Why not? Strategy in a sense and it's a race. While I understand the concern that maybe staying on other teams' good side can help down the line in this instance she wanted to be certain not to land in last even though they probably knew NKOTB and boyfriend were so far behind. 7. Yay glad Bergen and Kurt won- I hope they do try to settle in and work together more- they seemed better this ep. loved their egg dance lol. Now to hang loose and wait three LONG weeks....

I just realized... there were no selfies in this episode. Were there?

Thank you - I missed that part with Matt. And oops You'd think I'd know but I'm terrible with faces for the most part and easily confuse people on a regular basis lol. I still like Bergen and Kurt. Also noticed that so far the two gay couples were the ones to win the Date Night reward even though Bergen and Kurt gave theirs away.

Welll.... 1. Glad that Jonathan and Harley are still in it.. I like them but they'll have to do some major hustling unless there is an HOO (interestingly there WAS an HOO just that they got screwed flight wise- I was almost afraid they'd be eliminated in the airport like the poor NFL guys were) 2. Oh.. dear... gaaah.. Hayley... please please turn your voice OFF. I get that you are annoyed at Blair but quit bringing it up (and it looks like she will continue to do so next leg from the previews). Yeesh. 3. Nice proposal but it reminded me of the last time somebody proposed on TAR lol. Are they still together? 4. Yikes the detours were.. challenging for sure but a bit unbalanced. Did whoever spill his champagne into the soup then scooped it out get nailed for it? Seems like he did in the later shots. I want to do the zip line though! 5. Still not a fan of truckstoplove but congrats to them for winning. At least we know now that they are giving away trips. 6. Poor Kurt- Yes I get he was hoping for love but it sounds like both have accepted it ain't gonna happen (since both like big muscular men anyway) but will still be good friends. Um.. what else...Oh yes the best part... in the beginning at the airport the little tyke running pell mell and his mother chasing after him lol. And "I'm a water mushroom"

If I have it right- Jonathan is the taller one with less of a stubbly beard. Harley is the one with the more noticeable facial hair.

Not sure but it looked to me like they had to pick one and each choice had its own card. I can't remember if Rochelle and Mike had to go back to the clue point and get the clue card for Share or not.

While that mistake was well a giant mistake (selfie fail) and cost them time... I am still sad to see Lebya and CJ gone- would rather have seen the Truck Stop pair gone- Still not a fan of them. Rochelle is this season's defeatist attitude person. Still liking my favorites. Seems Blair and Hayley are doing a bit better but Hayley still won't stop yammering-- even in the chair detour she was a motor mouth.. I'd have smacked her for counting down loudly- I don't need that stress! Interesting detour but yea I could have done without seeing Mr TruckStop spit out his noodles...ewwww.

I think I missed this part because CBS dropped out for about 5-10 minutes here and it was just a black screen- right after they finished that nasty obstacle course and showers and before the airport so I missed the drive to the airport and anything going on there. Next thing I know they were in Japan...:P

well... 1. Still not too sure on this whole blind date thingie... 2. But I do like some of the pairings... Bergen/Kurt, Jelani/Jenny are two so far. Of the existing dating... ugh.. well Jonathan/Harley and CJ/Lebya (if they can get their act together). 3. Don't have a good feel for the truck stop pair. 4. A U turn x2 ALREADY?! TAR....tsk tsk .. that was not a bright move-- didn't like it... kind of mean actually. I get why the Truck Stop pair did it but that may bite them in the ass later. 5. Sorry to see Lyda/Jeff go-- they were not the 'typical' young dating couple. I bet they may be kicking themselves now once they realized they could have zipped through the saki one and be done before a lot of the teams ...hindsight and all that. The dance was pretty cool- I'd do that in a heartbeat. The pit stop.. well while it may not have been a breathtaking spot- I thought it was hilarious and a switch up on the usual. It certainly does allude to how Tokyo is... parking spots at a premium. I wonder how many people drove by and shook their hands at them growling because they couldn't get that spot for their car lol. The selfie stuff can go away- I get enough of that crap on Facebook thank you!!!!

Hiding below the radar? Geraldo? He was so far above the radar I'm pretty sure he's orbiting Neptune by now... ;) As much as I admire him for his work with LifeWORC and Willowbrook... that's about the ONLY good thing about him. There were many more places like Willowbrook (Pennhurst comes to mind...). I sometimes wonder if some of the celebs who are 'fond' of him really are...

For once the right decision was made! Yay for Leeza- grace, class, know-how and winning 7 tasks in a row (including one where GERALDO was on the team after he lost 5 in a row...) didn't hurt either. The whole phone business fell flat- we still don't know what happened to it... or did I miss something? (I kind of lost track in there).

Huh.. not sure why I'm remembering it differently but you are right- I went and looked at Wiki for that season. Seems Trump said he was "going to do something different" then just went about as normal and crowned John Rich as winner.

As a solo winner. The season with Marlee Matlin and John Rich I think he declared them co-winners.

More like 2 year olds. Maybe Kevin had the right idea to get those child 'leashes'. Makes me wonder if Johnny was told to do crap like that because he didn't seem that way during the season. Oh yea... It was obvious from week one that Geraldo would be in the finals... he's Donald's pet... uh pet project. Laughed my head off at Lorenzo's impersonation of Vivica he nailed it LOL Go Leeza-- please please please beat Geraldo.. I really do hope his blustering ego - oh wait bloviating ego causes a loss...

Somehow I don't think Ian..."EYE an"... would have turned down such an opportunity to pontificate even more. He probably did do an exit limo ride chat but it wound up on the cutting floor... he probably talked so long they said.. "oh hell no we don't have enough time for that!!"

I at first thought Trump was going to call back Vortex and fire somebody from there (*cough*Geraldo*cough*) but then, boom boom boom yer fired... Sad to see Johnny go but the other two did deserve it. rooting for Leeza then Vivica. Geraldo is somewhere in outer space for me to even think about.. ah no no no.. nope I don't want him to win. He's been on CA however many weeks too long past week 1.

I think Kenya jumped on a supersonic jet and flew over Omarosa territory and left it in her dust in about 3.5 seconds flat. I don't know what happened with the phone but the impression I had was that Vivicia had it when they were out then later it went missing in the War Room? Like Don Jr said... the wording of that particular tweet just doesn't jibe with what Vivicia comes off as (nasty or not... even her nastiness has some class lol). Whether Kenya did it... who knows but it wouldn't surprise me. It felt kind of suspicious that Kenya even MENTIONED it when it really had nothing to do with the task at all. Bye bye Kenya. Now.. please let's get rid of Geraldo but I have a feeling that wish won't get granted (lost my wish Super Bowl Sunday...*sob*). Oh yes... Geraldo.. PLEAAAASE stop with the 'boss' thing! It's annoying (and a bit kiss ass behavior)

I shouldn't have been surprised that Geraldo was not fired yet I kept hoping and hoping... that'll teach me. Geraldo is in Trump's pocket :P As much as Sig had the awful idea of the Hooter Girls, I felt that Geraldo did way more damage than that... seriously Geraldo... screaming about terrorists on a what is supposed to be a fun tour?? Kenya wasn't much better with the love making to the floor... that look on one kid's face was priceless!

No. Shawn. Terrell. Two I can remember of this forgetful season right off the top of my head. And Gilbert.

Sigh... another week with the blowhard Geraldo....way too much focus on him in that video IMHO... yeck. Makes me wonder if Vivicia is slowly picking off all the women competition or something or trying to when she keeps aiming for Kate... Not a fan of Kate but what she did (or didn't do) wasn't exactly a fireable thing. Congrats to Leeza. While they didn't focus on the brand and all, their concept of what a viral video was more apt than Vortex's was. Something that would grab people's attention and unfortunately (or fortunately?) these days that's the kind that will go viral rather than a singing dancing 1950s to present 'commercial'. Ugh Kenya....you kept saying "well I didn't bring up....x y and z..." But Kenya... you JUST DID! They're both despicable and Kenya is trying to kiss up to make herself smell better. I think Lorenzo didn't want to bring anyone back because he truly thought everyone did great 100% etc (even if Geraldo's idea was the one that sunk them- he thought it was fabulous). He just didn't want to see any bad in any of them. Hmm third person to literally throw in the towel this season.. is this a record or something?

There was another episode where there was some unintended 'exposure'... the one with frogs but I can't remember who it was. It was the one where I think it was Mel who had a hell of a time after that as it was so late at night and COLD. Don't quote me on that as I don't fully remember...

First gobsmacked by Shaw kissing Root then heart dropped seeing Shaw shot... boy roller coaster. The whole episode was awesome from the Degas to the funny lines as the simulations progressed. Augh! Don't kill off another wonderful character I LIKE! (I liked Carter). I'm not a giant fan of Ms. Groves (aka Root) but with this episode she is a little more human than before not so...well arrogant (that's the way it came off for me sorry). I didn't see any previews so will be in agony for a week lol.

Can't speak for Sig's crew or anyone else's but I have a friend who does work on a similar fishing boat that sails to Alaska and it IS a dangerous job- cold temperatures (winter time), wild weather/storms, slippery decks (storms AND slippery decks is even worse)- equipment, the cargo itself- hauling the pallets you name it-- long work hours(I believe at times 16+ hours)- at least a month at sea. Very little time for smoking (some do- my friend quit a while back) and as far as I know I don't think they are even allowed to drink- maybe in port stops on their own time.

They pixellated Rachel's (the BB Rachel) teensy weensy green glitter shorts when she did that rappelling RB in the waterfall. Or I think they did...

Memorable to me are all the cabbies who stand up to the racers. One was mentioned above (though I vaguely remember it). Another was this past season with Brooke trying to commandeer the cab AC and turn it on and the cabbie expressly told her NO!.