I was sure the Lawyer was getting the Loser edit. Maybe the producers just don't like him any more than we do.

So close to being rid of the asshole lawyer. Bleagh. If only that couple hadn't picked the needle in the haystack + word scramble task. Once the lawyer and the poker players are gone, I'll be pretty much OK with everyone else.

I love the Amazing Race. I also love the dance shows, like SYTYCD, SYTYCDC, & Dancing with the Stars.

However, tonight, I am watching something so very Canadian, and so very cheesy, & so very wrong it is right. I know there was a Stars on Ice in the UK, but this is Battle of the Blades! Figure skaters teamed up with hockey players! Doing pairs routines! I don't know if I'm proud of or appalled by my country!

Oh my god! It's a real life The Cutting Edge. I think if I saw that, I might die and go to cheesy pop culture heaven. Tell me that either DB Sweeney, Moira Kelly or Roy Dotrice are somehow involved with this show. Tell me that at some point, someone said "Toe pick!"

I was also very disappointed that the incredibly stupid Lawyer and partner didn't get eliminated.

And with the poker players: why was Tiffany doing all the moving of the animal statue in the detour? Makes no sense.

I so hoped that just smashing up the dvd player wouldn't get Lawyer the clue. . . maybe the clue keeper was also sick of him and wanted him out of her sight.

And with the poker players: why was Tiffany doing all the moving of the animal statue in the detour? Makes no sense.

Because they have those ridiculous rolling suitcases rather than backpacks like sensible people who know something about how TAR works. So Maria wound up having tho wheel both suitcases through Ho Chi Minh City while her partner was left to push the statue alone. Stupid poker players.

As for the lawyers, I was hoping that they'd never figure out the bullet clue.

Tell me that either DB Sweeney, Moira Kelly or Roy Dotrice are somehow involved with this show. Tell me that at some point, someone said "Toe pick!"

Not that I've seen yet, but I'll be sure to update if and when it happens. Unfortunately, it mostly conflicts with TAR, and that's my first love.

Because they have those ridiculous rolling suitcases rather than backpacks like sensible people who know something about how TAR works.

Actually, I'm pretty sure those bags are backpacks too. (Because I think I have the same one.) It may be kind of a toss up - having the wheel mechanism adds some weight, and I can see where it might be unwieldy to lug two of them, but it could ease some of the physical wear and tear over the course of the race.

The stupider part was not thinking, as most of the teams did, to load at least one of the bags on the dolley with the animal.

Very sorry to see the nice older couple go, and so frustrated the yelling nasty lawyers didn't.

I'm really surprised that the lawyer wasn't disqualified for breaking up the VCR instead of taking it apart (I hope he gets a nasty infection in his hands), and I wonder if the local judge was afraid of him. Darn Vietnamese hospitality....

Stupid poker players.

I think this about sums it up.

Man, that was rough. It was pretty clear when the couple got to the roadblock that they were way behind, but I kept hoping Asshat Lawyer would be stuck in traffic or something.

I'm still peeved generally about the lack of choice in transportation options of the past several seasons. I get that permits to film on buses and trains are tricky and expensive, but UGH, taxis.