I can't believe someone actually managed to get thrown by a fake pony. Would've been even funnier if it were the cowboys though.

I guess similar, if you don't mind people who seem fairly dumb, but are racing OK anyway. I find most of them generally entertaining, and the cowboys, at least, a delightful surprise.

I have to share Comcast's description of this episode:

The nine remaining teams travel from Chile to Argentina, where the members of one team end up in an emergency room and another team overestimate their ability to use a compass.

So true.

These people need to learn how to read and understand a clue.

I would have been disappointed if the cowboys had gotten all the way to Argentina and DIDN'T get to meet/see some gauchos. Sometimes the challenges just work out to a team's advantage.

I would have loved to have seen the casting call for the bandits: "Bring me Argentina's best Clint Eastwood impersonator!"

Team Dumb Pretty Models get points from me from bouncing back from a rather uncomfortable night. They were damn lucky to have a 6 hour bus ride to get it together, though DAMN I'd have been sad to have slept through what has to be one of the more spectacular bus rides you can take.

My Tivo rebooted ten minutes in, so I guess I'll watch online tomorrow.

Ok, I`m just stepping into TAR. I can see why you all have been liking the cowboys. They are cute as buttons and definitely saavy. I loved that he expects to get ribbed for missing that first lasso shot.
 
I don`t know the teams well enough to know who I like yet. Are the lesbian couple the only McBickersons?

This was their first go at bickering. But they sure took to it.

I didn't like the poker challenge. Seemed a silly way to pick up the gnome.

At least, the only bickering we've seen. Actually a fair number of the teams haven't been spotlighted much, including the father-daughter. As the fatigue wears down the teams, we'll see who reverts to bickering mode.

AI is so letting me down this season, I can barely even speak on it. I don't want to be one of those bitter pills who goes on and on about the good old days, but come on. Even the season when Taylor Hicks emerged victorious offered better fare than what's now on display. The only people I even remotely like are Andrew Garcia (holding it down for the Cholos for the second season in a row), the shirtless cowboy who looks like a less greasy and less dentally challenged Bucky Covington, Mamasox (who is thoroughly divine) and Didi "I'm wearing an afghan, AIFG" Benami. Lily can stay, I guess, because she sang a cool song. We could skip to that top 5 right now and just save ourselves weeks of bleating non-singers murdering big band tunes and mucking up songs J-Lo sang while cooking arroz con pollo for the twins night. Judge #4 continues to be a useless waste of space (with added sexual harrassment) and Ellen rocks, which is a lovely surprise but hardly enough to make me even a little bit excited for the launch of this show. Boo.

Luckily, TAR and Survivor are putting in work. I am loving the Cowboys on TAR. Cute as buttons plus smart racers. It will be interesting to see how they do once they leave the pampas. And no teams do I really actively dislike. The dating lesbians kind of annoy me, but then one of them does her Miss SC impersonation and all is forgiven. Likewise, the brothers think they are a lot more appealing than they actually are, but I don't have a full on hate for them. I wasn't sad to see the back end of the Momprenuers. I didn't hate them or anything, but they definitely didn't bring much to the table in terms of their racing ability.

As much as I dislike Randy, I definitely think the Villians should've gotten rid of Parvati. Jerry was just about right when she said that the girl is like a virus. If we could get rid of her, Rupert, and James, I can see myself thoroughly enjoying the rest of these misfits for a while to come. Even Coach. He's so earnestly ridiculous. How can you not enjoy him? And while I hated Boston Rob on the first All Stars and on TAR, I am loving him here. I'm beginning to think that it's Amber that I really dislike. I'm OK with BRob.

As much as I dislike Randy, I definitely think the Villians should've gotten rid of Parvati.

Agreed, but as a viewer I'm SO glad to see Randy gone. As I've said before - he's not a villain, just an asshole.