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Yes. Alliances work in Survivor and Big Brother because the game is about voting other players out. TAR has always been a superior show because victory isn't about avoiding getting voted out, it's about racing to the finish line. Each team runs their own race, they don't HAVE to team up against other racers. Maybe that's why I am bothered by the way the alliance was going. It was more like a Survivor/Big Brother alliance, where 6 people try to get others eliminated.

I'm not convinced that all the teams know about the others alliances. Or, they have an idea which teams work together, but not the extent to which teams are willing to go to make sure their alliance members advance past the other teams. I guess what bothers me is the "us vs. Them" mentality, that 3 teams work together to bully another team. At the beef task, grabbing all the tables the way they did was basically ganging up on another team. Helping teams by giving them a hint or a tip has always been a part of TAR. But running the race as a team of 6 is just unfair.

Exactly. The female team who showed up to the beef challenge, saw everybody cooperating, asked a question and received an icy response. Wow. Yeah, nobody HAS to help you, but that was rude.

I was disappointed because the story was too much on Olivia. I wanted to know - what did the boys plan to do with the kidnapped girl? Who were these other boys? How did the older boy get them to commit crimes with him? Did they all get life sentences? The story just switches back to Olivia and Noah, leaving the main story hanging.

Gerry and Teresa went from being engaged on TV to being married on TV to announcing they are divorcing. Again, on TV.

Not fiancee, WIFE. They had a big televised wedding not long ago. Saw it coming? Sure. 2 people in different areas of the country, already with kids/,grandkids. Neither wanted to make the sacrifice to move. It seems the premise is doomed from the start. Plus, Gerry was having too much fun being the center of attention.

Yes, it is unrealistic that people in that age group who have kids and grandkids can have a marriage to someone in another state. As we age, we become more dependent on having our kids close by.

What was it we heard a thousand times? "Don't find the one you can live with, find the one you can't live without. " I guess he found he could live without her.

I had an irrational dislike for Amber, I couldn't figure out why. Normally I would be sympathetic to a woman whose partner keeps telling her to move faster. Then it hit me. The resemblance to Elizabeth Hasselbeck.

I'm beginning to hate Kenzie.

Joey reminds me of the character in this show:

Lexi talks about not wanting a long engagement. It's pretty usual to DATE for 1 to 2 years before getting engaged. But this is the Bachelor, where the couple STARTS with an engagement. It wouldn't make sense to jump into marriage and kids so quickly after he's been dating others.

Lea says "my heart is in my ass ." Is that a saying? What does it mean?" Cause it sounds stupid.

Exactly! She didn't have to tell everyone what the card said, she could have been vague, and then used it when needed. On the other hand, we know that as soon as another girl rubbed her the wrong way that girl would get a one on one date, right? The powers that be gave her an advantage in order to stir up drama.

So the beginning is, I think, trying to tell us that Joey shows up to the final rose, ready to propose and the woman doesn't show up? But we know how they like to mislead us so we can assume that's not what happens, right? The chemistry intro was stupid. Pour this into that and see what happens is not an experiment. Then the giant bra, the screaming girl, the "tennis grunt", the tennis balls, made the chemistry experiment seem smart by comparison.