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I'm going to choose to believe that Siobhán's choice to wear a dress whose shade of yellow made her outfit look indistinguishable from the potters' aprons is just her attempt to show solidarity with the potters. I'm so charitable!

But the teams all did the same task (the roadie) second, thereby converging -- and Rob and Corey got there second. And the map we saw had glassblowing and roadie-ing close to each other. So Rob and Corey drove the longest distance back and forth, did the trapeze nine times in total between the two of them, and were still quicker at that point of the race than the Brothers. At their third task (the glassblowing), I thought there was a chyron saying they succeeded on their first attempt. But it's hard to say what that means in terms of time, because the show seems to count the moment when they tap the pole as an attempt, and there was obviously lots that had to be done before then. Like we saw them fail to get the glass bulb inflated, and asked for a second demo -- but that was not an "attempt." It seems more like Rob and Corey bled time going from the scramble to the hangar.

I hope the second place prize is big enough that the Beardos can still get the service dog for (one of) their daughter. 🥺

My God, let's talk about that couch, by which I mean let's talk about the actual piece of furniture. Did someone saw one of the couch's leg shorter, thereby causing it to tilt and thus every guess to keep sliding to the right? Or did Cher smell bad? It was driving me crazy, and the fact Graham called it out only made it slightly better. But seriously, that's a lot of star power when Tom Hanks is third billed. He has gotten a bit "ok, grandpa, let's get you to bed" in his recent appearances, but he is certainly well-meaning. And it probably says a lot about his relative lack of ego that he let himself be third billed, instead of only coming on by himself in the middle of the show as some guests do. And the Clooney joke was well-timed. Graham saying what we were all thinking in response to Cher's story about the difficult director she worked with: "We are all going to look it up. About the boy, you say..."

I know the US only got two season of this show on Netflix, but "elsewhere," the show just ended its six-season run. Though episodes got a little repetitive, it's still worth commemorating this sweet little show. There will apparently be a new show, "The Casketeers on the Road" or something, where Francis and Kairora visit different countries and cultures to learn about their funeral customs -- indeed, the series finale seemed like it was something of a backdoor pilot, if there is still such a thing, or a proof of concept.

The Good Thyme Burger. And the Peary...Mason Burger? Peary Manilow (looks like Bob made it)? Peary Gibb (with a side of tragedy)?

Maybe we should first be clear that Todd and Ashlie did not "miss" the "Express Pass Taken" sign. There WAS no such sign, because when they started running up the stairs, Rob and Corey were still climbing the stairs. So the pass was not yet taken, and there was thus no sign. What they missed was the Amazing Race marker that indicated that these were the stairs teams had to ascend. When Ashlie talked about "missing it," it's possible that she was talking about missing the marker and thus the stairs, or missing out on getting the pass. But whatever it is, it seemed clear to me that Todd wasn't angry about whoever missing whatever. I'm not sure why we are parsing those exchanges. Instead, he was angry that Ashlie (a) was very wishy-washy about making a decision on whether to chase after Rob and Corey, and (b) made the wrong one. When they finally realized where the stairs were, Todd asked Ashlie if she was confident that she had the physical ability and energy to catch up to and overtake Rob and Corey, and she evaded answering him, and acted like he was wrong for even asking. When he first asked, she said, "OH MY GOD, Todd, yes or no!?" When he repeated the question, she said "I don't know!!!", whereupon Todd replied, "then that's a no," and turned around. But she persisted. So it looked like she was the one who got the team to chase after Rob and Corey, before giving up. So maybe we can see why Todd held her responsible for, and was even angry about her, setting them down a path they then eventually had to abandon.

Lena wasn't even "sure if the 9s were 6s," because business school -- it was her who went to the best business school in the world, or am I misremembering? -- apparently doesn't teach you what the line under a number means 🌚

I wish: 1. That the show had made Anna-Leigh walk all those steps back down after being told the express pass was already taken (fine, Steve can use the zipline); 2. That, as she is walking down, they magically re-route the stairs and turn the sign around so that Anna-Leigh goes past, AGAIN, and this time SEES, the sign that said "Express Pass Taken" (though it is also delicious to contemplate the possibility that on TV is the first time the two of them realize that there was even that "It's Taken, You Dumbass" sign); 3. That they still somehow land second-last on the mat, only for Phil to give them the "HOWEVER" of doom: namely, to tell them that the clue said, "travel by foot," and taking the elevator down instead of the spiral staircase means that they have a 30 mins penalty. Whereupon Lena & Morgan arrive. C'mon, show -- we even had a few other teams portend that this might be the requirement (e.g., Greg and/or John asking the other, "Would this be going by foot? Let's take the stairs down to be safe"). It would just be good TV, not to mention cosmic justice. I think the significant issue the sisters had was each other. Rob is just the cutest.

There was no explanation, and it would be delightful if the reason is simply that if you're going to get your kicks, it might as well be on (route) 66.

Sometimes a baker might nick their finger with a knife, other times they get a gunshot wound in their side. Then again, it feels like Josh should have two more star baker wins than he does, so maybe the shirt is accidentally metaphorical.

I don't really know which one is Lena and which one is Morgan, but the way they, as a collective unit, "accidentally" almost throw eels in each other's faces and/or "accidentally" almost stab those faces with needles* is hilarious. I can't wait for the next facial near-accident. * after which the editors cut to the scene of the monkeys fighting, just as "accidentally"

Wouldn't he? It's not as if we live in a world that frowns on nepotism.

So, I have an employee at work who is not very good at his job, and customers are leaving us bad Yelp reviews. I could fire the guy, but I think I'll MURDER him instead. Good idea, or nah?

Have we met this character before? I ask because I want to map and understand the ties that bind this community together would love to know who is this absolute smoke show of an actor. He got to smack White Steve in the face with a shovel. (Whereupon a voice off-screen goes, "Dig another hole." 😂)