S36.E05: Save the Stress for Later

[aradia22]

Aww, I'm going to miss K&K. It was obvious at the beginning of the episode from the talking heads that they were going home. They were terrible at racing and were never going to win but I liked having them around. Yelling deranged "words of affirmation" about Tyra Banks is the kind of energy I needed on the show to make me laugh. I think their real downfall was being too young. We've had young teams before but either they're paired with an older person (usually a parent) or they're young and accomplished (e.g. intelligent, athletic, super competent at one thing). If you compare K&K to other young teams without special skills, they lasted a good while. 

I'm impressed at everyone who did the climbing wall. Unlike last episode when Michele wandering around the statue park was just sad, I'd glad K&K had that last moment of conquering the task.

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Why is no one looking at the skateboard example?

It felt poorly explained in the episode. Was one person holding it? Was it hard to see? Normally they just leave the example somewhere for them to look at it.

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I thought the days of begging from locals was long gone.  But, the 2,500 pesos is only $2.50 US, so at least it's not that much.

It didn't seem to take long compared to a physical task but I imagine people would progressively grow less amused as more teams showed up. Maybe they kept the total reasonable for that reason. Leticia was awful at the task. 

Maybe it was to get to 90 minutes or maybe it was because it was obvious who was going home but I felt like they were really padding out the navigation drama.

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I know Rod is tall, but seeing him jump over the fence was impressive!

I may have watched it a couple of times 😅

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So I have to assume the boyfriends have quite a few differences under the hood. They just have the same type as themselves. With same sex couples that happens. There are also doppelbangers in the straight world, but it's not as noticable for obvious reasons.

If it wasn't true among straights, we wouldn't have "siblings or dating."

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It does seem like the boyfriends have a huge advantage but there are multiple other teams on the race where at least one partner speaks passable Spanish.  If people who are multilingual aren't allowed to compete, how far do we take it?  Should they refuse teams where a member seems to have superior map reading skills, or someone who drives shift skillfully or prevent people from doing challenges in areas where they excel?

Agreed. It feels like there are always language complaints but it doesn't guarantee a win. There will always be uneven skills among the racers.