Sarahendipity October 26, 2014 Share October 26, 2014 I do find it incredibly weird that they spent the entire leg at a market. Has that ever happened before? Probably Season 3, when they were at the exact same square, doing slightly different variations of the same tasks. Link to comment
wineaux October 27, 2014 Share October 27, 2014 I was kind of disappointed that Shelley and Nici's decision to hire the cab by the hour didn't come into play. I thought it was good strategy when they first mentioned it. Although I guess there was some value in not carrying their heavy packs around all day... No need for it to come into play because it's not against the rules. If it was, Phil would have said something. Many, many times racers have asked their cabbie to wait for them (and the cabbies have stayed), and I'm sure the cabbies are not doing it free of charge. TAR does insist that you pay your cab driver, though. That's for certain. So, they must have had enough to pay them. I can't recall the season, but a team got to the pit stop and Phil turned a team around. He told them they had to pay their driver BEFORE he checked them in. There are a few things that we can be bothered about Shelley and Nici, but that's not one of them. :-) Link to comment
Camera One October 27, 2014 Share October 27, 2014 No need for it to come into play because it's not against the rules. I'm assuming Chyna meant, disappointed that hiring the cab didn't turn out to be helpful on this leg, not that it was against the rules. 1 Link to comment
wineaux October 27, 2014 Share October 27, 2014 I'm assuming Chyna meant, disappointed that hiring the cab didn't turn out to be helpful on this leg, not that it was against the rules. Ahhh, ok. If that is what was meant, I did misunderstand the comment. Sorry about that. Link to comment
Lingo October 27, 2014 Share October 27, 2014 It seems that they were the only ones to do it. I noticed everyone else was dragging their bags around except them. Link to comment
Chyna October 27, 2014 Share October 27, 2014 I'm assuming Chyna meant, disappointed that hiring the cab didn't turn out to be helpful on this leg, not that it was against the rules. Indeed. Since the editors made a point of including that in the episode, I thought it might end up being a brilliant strategic move (or perhaps a big mistake). But it turned out to be a whole lotta nothin'. Link to comment
Jersey Guy 87 October 27, 2014 Share October 27, 2014 I think the editors showed the cab driver exchange to paint a picture of "look, Nici and Shelley are getting along this leg. They're supporting each other." Link to comment
aradia22 October 27, 2014 Share October 27, 2014 This team has such a toxic energy it's hard to root for them. I agree with the strategy to knock out Keith and Whitney. Jim and Misti can't get eliminated because of the stupid Save (that I still think they should have had to give up last week) and I wouldn't want to be on their bad side. Moving back up, and Nici did a great job with the Roadblock, despite taking a bit long so that Misti could pass her. They did well at the Detour, at least after Nici pointed out to Shelley what she was doing wrong, and if not for the matter of their cab fare, they'd have finished in a solid third place. I do think those were nice moments for them. 1 Link to comment
riley702 October 27, 2014 Share October 27, 2014 Jim and Misti can't get eliminated because of the stupid Save (that I still think they should have had to give up last week) and I wouldn't want to be on their bad side. Unless you strip it from them by U-turning them. Although I agree they couldn't know where they were because of different tasks. I get so frustrated when fellow contestants just assume the save is a free pass to the end of the game instead of understanding it just means they have to have two bad legs, and that they can "help" them have one of those bad legs. And honestly, Jim seems so unpleasant anyway, I'd take the temporary ratcheting up of that unpleasantness to get rid of him faster. Link to comment
Donny Ketchum November 1, 2014 Author Share November 1, 2014 Honestly, I'm a mix of saddened and relieved that they're gone. They seemed to get along much better on this leg, and they did their tasks quickly enough. But navigation did them in big-time. I couldn't believe that they got themselves so turned around like that. They were so far behind, they barely saw any teams again when they got to the Detour, but never again after that. Too bad for them, but such bad navigation deserves an elimination. Also, there is a little thing called "karma." I kinda figured it'd be visiting them when, on either Twitter or Instagram, Whitney publicly wondered whom it'd be visiting this week. I knew she likely meant these two. Link to comment
aradia22 November 1, 2014 Share November 1, 2014 Honestly, I'm a mix of saddened and relieved that they're gone. I'm right there with you. I like all female teams. I was encouraged to hear about their military service. It was nice that one of them spoke Spanish. I'm always a fan of teams that bring special skills instead of just barking at people in English. I know everyone didn't love the brother and sister who spoke Chinese but I did. It's always nice to see TAR fans on the show. But yeah, they haven't raced exceptionally well throughout the race and they brought a lot of toxic energy. Even when they weren't having a big blowout fight or tantrums there was an uncomfortable energy under the surface a lot of the time. They were getting hard to watch and I think at the end of the day it's better that they went out now before race fatigue could hit them any worse. 1 Link to comment
TudorQueen November 1, 2014 Share November 1, 2014 I think Phil was right about the increased closeness and trust between them being a pretty good prize (I understand why they didn't quite see it that way at that moment). I really enjoyed them when they were getting along. But the navigational issues (about the worst I've seen this season so far) really did them in, and that's a shame. I hope they enjoy Sequesterville (Racers seem to, once they get over their Philimination), and continue to grow closer. 1 Link to comment
Chyna November 3, 2014 Share November 3, 2014 I hope they enjoy Sequesterville It's gonna be interesting hanging with Keith and Whitney. Link to comment
Camera One November 4, 2014 Share November 4, 2014 At the end of the episode, the Mom repeated several times that the relationship with the daughter was better, but the daughter didn't say much, neither on the mat, nor in the voiceover. Maybe she was just more disappointed they were eliminated? Or she didn't think their relationship was much improved? Link to comment
TudorQueen November 4, 2014 Share November 4, 2014 Given her multiple breakdowns over even the thought of an early elimination, I think she was just reeling from the fact that it had finally happened. I didn't see any hostility or resentment towards her mom in those last couple of legs. 1 Link to comment
ByaNose November 5, 2014 Share November 5, 2014 I am glad they were elimated for the fact I could never tell who was who. LOL!! They had beautiful faces (someone should hire them for a face soap commercial) but I only really knew at the mat who was the Mom and who was the daughter. Yes, I'm slow. Link to comment
auntlada November 5, 2014 Share November 5, 2014 I only knew if they were wearing coats because the daughter had a red coat. Of course, I only realized that just before they went to Morocco, so it wasn't really useful. Link to comment
Donny Ketchum January 5, 2015 Author Share January 5, 2015 I can't recall the season, but a team got to the pit stop and Phil turned a team around. He told them they had to pay their driver BEFORE he checked them in. He did it to two teams -- Chad & Stephanie in TAR17 (at the seventh Pit Stop) and Leo & Jamal in TAR23 (at the second Pit Stop). Link to comment
NewDigs January 11, 2015 Share January 11, 2015 (edited) Phil did not turn Uchenna and Joyce around but they were compelled to pay their driver. Don't remember if that was a first or not. Edited January 11, 2015 by NewDigs 1 Link to comment
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