Episode Report Card Miss Alli: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Goodbye, honeys
By Miss Alli | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 05.07.2002
Tara now endeavors to explain her relationship with Alex a little. She says that because Wil is "high-strung" and self-absorbed, it's nice for her to have some friends she can spend time with who are a little more pleasant. I'm actually perfectly fine with that part -- and I don't blame her. She goes on to explain that Wil sees her friendship with Alex and Chris as "talking to the enemy," and she emphasizes that she's never seen the other racers as her enemies. Of course, as stated above, when Wil says "enemy," he means "person you like better than me." Tara also points out that one of the things she enjoys about her friendship with Alex is that they don't talk about the game, and that's a nice break for her. See, under normal circumstances, you would talk to your partner about lots of things other than the game during your down time, but since Wil and Tara don't like each other and the race is the only reason they're spending any time together at all, it makes a certain amount of sense that she would have to look to other teams, much more than other contestants do, for a little sanity and good conversation.
Everybody snoozes on the ferry. There's a particularly amusing shot of a mouth-breathing Paige. Chris looks pensively out over the water, in a shot that would be lovely except for the hat.
Back at Picton, Cha-Cha-Cha is preparing to board the ferry. Danny wants to get on first. "Don't sweat the small stuff," Oswald tells him. Sheesh. You know, there's relaxed, and then there's, you know, failure to race. I'm not sure you really want to push the boundary between those two, my dears.
On the ferry, everybody has boarded their campers in preparation for departure. Tara has some bad news for the Weasel. "Our battery's dead," she says. "What? How can our battery be dead?" he says anxiously. She starts the engine. "Don't scare me like that," he says. Heh. I don't think she did that on purpose, but I wish she had. The Teeth check a map. Alex and Wil reach out of their respective windows and slap fists. "Final three," Wil says. "Final three, baby," Alex says. Yeah, Alex, you're doing a great job of conveying your moral outrage at the way he treats his wife. Don't you think it probably makes Wil act even worse that you continue to be his buddy even though he acts like a dick? I seriously do not get this behavior at all. Wil winks at Alex. EW!
Everybody drives off the ferry. Phil voices over that they're headed for a village inhabited by "native Maori warriors." The Weasel starts bitching at Tara, and she points out that it's a six-hour drive from where they are, so he might want to pace himself.
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