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9-12 2006.05.17 |
And unicorns danced! In what the show clearly finds to be the most feel-good ending ever, BJ and Tyler grab a victory based on one task after being soundly thrashed in approximately 4,000 other tasks. That does feel good. Please, sir, may I have another? |
| 9-12 Recap |
And unicorns danced!
Five Continents, Ten Countries, And More Than 50,000 Miles - In what the show clearly finds to be the most feel-good ending ever, BJ and Tyler grab a victory based on one task after being soundly thrashed in approximately 4,000 other tasks. That does feel good. Please, sir, may I have another? |
2006.05.17 2006.05.23 |
C |
Miss Alli |
| 9-11 Recap |
Babes In Thailand
I Think This Monkey Likes Me - BJ and Tyler get free clothes from the overly generous, win the Fast Forward, come in first, and get rid of MoJo, their least favorite team. Quite a week. |
2006.05.10 2006.05.16 |
B |
Miss Alli |
| 9-10 Recap |
Enjoying the glory of Darwin
Man, They Should Have Used Fake Names - In Australia, MoJo are blamed for a cab-canceling stunt by Eric and Jeremy, and they wind up getting hit with a Yield. Nevertheless, they avoid last place in a mad dash to the finish, and BJ and Tyler have to be saved by another non-elimination round. |
2006.05.03 2006.05.09 |
A- |
Miss Alli |
| 9-9 Recap |
For whatever it's Perth
Do You Know How Much Running I've Done Today, Phil? - Australia! There is no riding of kangaroos or throwing of boomerangs (yet), but there is plenty of prison-breaking and breathless battles against beach erosion. In the end, Fran and Barry make their exit, leaving some dudes and some bickering couples to fight it out for the million. |
2006.04.26 2006.05.02 |
B+ |
Miss Alli |
| 9-8 Recap |
Bulletproof Hippies
Here Comes The Bedouin! - In Oman, the teams cope with stubborn camels, cartoon maps, and concealed meat. As it must, it turns out to be a non-elimination, which means that the shift in the universe where Eric and Jeremy and BJ and Tyler wind up on the bottom of the pack has absolutely no meaning. |
2006.04.19 2006.04.25 |
B |
Miss Alli |
| 9-7 Recap |
Greece, Lightning
Herculean Effort For Some Herculean Dudes - It rains and storms for most of the leg as the teams hang around in Rome for a short time before heading to Athens. Tune in for bungee jumping, track and field, a team scramble, and the Philimination of Lake and Michelle. |
2006.04.12 2006.04.18 |
B+ |
Miss Alli |
| 9-6 Recap |
The many fish of Italy
Sleep Deprivation Is Really Starting To Irritate Me - A dull leg runs around Sicily, and the teams kind of drive around and carry stuff and throw a ball, and then it's over and Dave and Lori are Philiminated. How unsatisfying. |
2006.04.05 2006.04.11 |
B- |
Miss Alli |
| 9-5 Recap |
Italians Dressing
Good Thing I Took That Human Anatomy Class - Well, if they were dressing, they'd leave their laundry all over the place, which is vaguely relevant to this week's jaunt across Italy. Marvel as Danielle and Dani fight it out with Ray and Yolanda for last place but, after being Yielded by Lake and Michelle, the former team receives its overdue walking papers. |
2006.03.28 2006.04.03 |
B |
Miss Alli |
| 9-4 Recap |
I Wonder As I Wanda
It's Not Over Till The Phil Sings - From Moscow to Germany, teams struggle with navigation, closed flights, and silly costumes. Lots of mugging, lots of luck, and the unwelcome elimination of Wanda and Desiree make for a ho-hum episode, fast cars or no fast cars. |
2006.03.21 2006.03.27 |
B |
Miss Alli |
| 9-3 Recap |
Drivers, divers, and dolls
I Am In Russia, Playing With The Dolls - In Moscow, teams confront their fear of water, their fear of little dolls, and their fear of losing their luggage. They do not, however, confront a pit stop. |
2006.03.14 2006.03.20 |
B+ |
Miss Alli |
| 9-2 Recap |
Sugar, sugar
I'm Filthy And I Love It - This week, the jaunt through Brazil continues as the teams try a rappel down a huge apartment building and a sugar-water Detour, and in the end, to no one's surprise, Lisa and Joni go home. |
2006.03.07 2006.03.12 |
A- |
Miss Alli |
| 9-1 Recap |
Brazil nuts
Here We Go, Baby, Off To Win A Million Dollars - We're off again, from Denver to Brazil. No bunching, no "choose a departure time," just "get there as fast as you can." What could be better? |
2006.02.28 2006.03.05 |
A |
Miss Alli |
| 8-11 Recap |
Canada, dry
25 Days, 50 Cities. And More Than 600 Consecutive Hours As A Family… - The ho-hum Family Edition comes to a ho-hum, could-have-been-worse end when the Linzes best the Weavers and Bransens to win a million dollars. The geography nod is pretty cool, though. |
2005.12.13 2005.12.19 |
B |
Miss Alli |
| 8-10 Recap |
Even pink girls get the blues
The Family Christmas Card - A trip through the Wild West leaves the teams dashing for the first elimination in weeks, and the axe falls on the Godlewskis, who argue themselves right out of the race. Sad, but weirdly inevitable. |
2005.12.06 2005.12.12 |
C |
Miss Alli |
| 8-9 Recap |
In my beautiful (and slow) balloon
Don't Talk To Me Like I Was An Animal Or Something - The teams explore Utah and Wyoming, and wait around to see Old Faithful erupt. It's about that exciting, and in the end, it's not even the end, because it's To Be Continued. |
2005.11.29 2005.12.05 |
C |
Miss Alli |
| 8-8 Recap |
The agony of non-defeat
How's That Face Feel? - The most disappointing non-elimination ever occurs when the Weavers race horribly, are Yielded, give up, and still get to stay. They even get a pep talk from Phil. Gross. In other news: Utah. |
2005.11.22 2005.11.28 |
B- |
Miss Alli |
| 8-7 Recap |
Double your "pleasure," double your zzzzz…
You Look Ridiculous - Having spent a couple of episodes outside the United States, it's clearly time to come back, so it's off to Arizona to ride go-karts and bail out sinking boats and ultimately say goodbye to the Paolos. And the Weavers just keep getting worse. |
2005.11.08 2005.11.14 |
B- |
Miss Alli |
| 8-6 Recap |
What's the matter with Florida?
I'm Sick Of Doing Stuff I Can't Do - This is the week when nobody likes the Weavers. The Paolos don't like them, the Godlewskis don't like them, the Linzes sure as hell don't like them, and the Bransens...are still kind of just there. Despite all that bad mojo, it's not the Weavers but the charming Gaghans who take the fall. It was inevitable, but...sigh. |
2005.11.01 2005.11.07 |
B- |
Miss Alli |
| 8-5 Recap |
A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Whatever
We're Getting Out Of The Country, Girls - The teams head out of the country for the first time, sort of meandering around Panama letting luck have its way with them. The Paolos take advantage of the Fast Forward, but the Godlewskis can't take advantage of a baseball Roadblock, so they wind up mugged by Phil for everything they have other than the twenty pairs of underwear they have on. |
2005.10.25 2005.10.31 |
B- |
Miss Alli |
| 8-4 Recap |
Sawing logs, indeed
Think Like An Office Chair - A jaunt through Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana takes the teams bike-riding, card-playing, and sponsor-hunting. It's about as exciting as it sounds. |
2005.10.18 2005.10.23 |
C+ |
Miss Alli |
| 8-3 Recap |
Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Go
I Don't Kiss, I Make Out! - A largely random Philimination of the likable Aiellos "highlights" a boring episode that involves mostly "drive here" and "walk there" and Waffle House and AOL and booooo! |
2005.10.11 2005.10.16 |
C |
Miss Alli |
| 8-2 Recap |
Antebellum? I hardly even know 'em!
How Do We Know We Aren't Going To Get Shot? - The teams trek to Washington, D.C. and then to Virginia this week as they study up on reflecting pools, the Civil War, and the difference between a couple of concepts we like to call "east" and "west." |
2005.10.04 2005.10.09 |
B+ |
Miss Alli |
| 8-1 Recap |
On The Road Again
Go Mommy, Go! We Can Beat Them! - A bunch of SUVs, the open road, and forty people. It's the recipe for the weirdest race ever, and whatever you think of the concept, you'll likely sniffle at the pit stop elimination of an eight-year-old. Yikes. |
2005.09.27 2005.10.01 |
A- |
Miss Alli |
| Extra |
Money for nothing, and your wedding for free
Rob And Amber Get Married - You've seen them, and you've either loved them or hated them or been indifferent to them, and there's a good chance you're good and tired of them. So here's two more hours! Eat it! |
2005.05.24 2005.06.10 |
B |
Miss Alli |
| 7-11 Recap |
Thanks a bunch
Five Continents, 25 Cities, and More Than 40,000 Miles - A jaunt through Jamaica and Puerto Rico brings the teams to Miami, where the usual final-leg machinations bring it down to the usual final-leg taxi ride, and Uchenna and Joyce -- having benefited from the best and most unlikely string of luck and bunching in the history of the show -- manage a nice victory for themselves. She did give her hair for the cause, after all. |
2005.05.10 2005.05.16 |
B |
Miss Alli |
| 7-10 Recap |
Where-wolves of London
The Devil Made Me Do It - The race moves along to England, where Rob and Amber and Ron and Kelly fight it out for first place and Joyce and Uchenna and Gretchen and Meredith struggle to stay in the game. Ultimately, Meredith and Gretchen run out of luck, and it's time to say goodbye to a couple of nice, if loud, individuals. |
2005.05.03 2005.05.09 |
A- |
Miss Alli |
| 7-9 Recap |
Happy Turkey Day
We Got A Gnome! We Got A Gnome! - The teams head to Istanbul, where a surprised Uchenna and Joyce and Gretchen and Meredith find themselves a couple of hours ahead of a karma-slapped Rob and Amber and Ron and Kelly. It's non-elimination, fortunately for a certain responsibility-shirking POW. |
2005.04.26 2005.05.01 |
B+ |
Miss Alli |
| 7-8 Recap |
Bald ambition
We Have A Bad Elephant - An elephant-pushing Detour and a camel-whupping Roadblock take a back seat to the poetry of head-shaving as the race continues across India. Get a tissue, y'all, because Joyce is bald. At least we get to bid farewell to Alex and Lynn, so there's something to feel happy about. |
2005.04.19 2005.04.25 |
B+ |
Miss Alli |
| 7-7 Recap |
Tea, totally
Mow 'Em Down Like Grass - In India, the teams tackle a patience-testing Roadblock and a rather chaotic Detour that sends them around like the donut-cart guy at your office. In the end, all is "To Be Continued," so how's that for anticlimactic? |
2005.04.12 2005.04.17 |
B+ |
Miss Alli |
| Extra |
Moving forward at a good clip
They Saved The Eyeball - We take a brief moment between legs to enjoy a clip show, in which we get a relatively small amount of new footage and a fairly hefty amount of old footage. You've been dying to relive the Meatblock, haven't you? |
2005.04.06 2005.04.11 |
B |
Miss Alli |