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Willow ,'End of Days'


Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


sumi - Mar 13, 2011 3:28:07 pm PDT #16359 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

TAR: So do you think that Vyxin (Vyxyn?) - already has the killer fatigue?


Jesse - Mar 13, 2011 4:55:24 pm PDT #16360 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, the poor girl just lost her mind.

Do we know if there are going to be non-elimination legs? Or is the season just longer?


Nora Deirdre - Mar 14, 2011 6:26:10 am PDT #16361 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

OMG, Vyxin. Pull it together! The fact that her meltdown was practically EXACTLY like the one she had in her previous season in Italy makes me think that maybe she doesn't quite have the fortitude for the race.

It seems like whenever anything goes offtrack, she just spirals out of control and shuts down completely.


Nora Deirdre - Mar 14, 2011 6:27:55 am PDT #16362 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Also, from Hayden's review:

I missed their prior season, but here, Vyxsin has a remarkable meltdown while Kent showers the women he allegedly cares for with tender stony silences and lovingly passive-aggressive recrimination. A parallel is drawn for us of how they came to leave their prior Amazing Race.

So true.


SuziQ - Mar 14, 2011 6:31:57 am PDT #16363 of 23273
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

After her navigating meltdown, I didn't understand why Kent didn't do the zodiac task. She obviously had passed her max ability to deal. (Yes, I know there was a plane ride and other travel between her two breakdowns...but still).


sumi - Mar 14, 2011 6:36:05 am PDT #16364 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Yeah, it seemed odd to me that she was the one doing that task. She was clearly having a bad day.


SuziQ - Mar 14, 2011 6:38:08 am PDT #16365 of 23273
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

And ho-BOY do I want Christina and her dad gone. They are horrible to each other. She is really grinding my nerves this race. What did he throw at the bus? And why do other teams like them?


Nora Deirdre - Mar 14, 2011 6:39:49 am PDT #16366 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

I actually don't blame Christina for shutting down her dad- he can be absolutely HORRIBLE to her and just spin off in nasty epic proportions. I think she's figured out how to manage him, and I applaud it.

The question is, why on earth they decided to come back on the race to begin with.


SuziQ - Mar 14, 2011 6:45:22 am PDT #16367 of 23273
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I have to admit, I had half hoped that after his first stop to get food that he would get a mile case of food poisoning. Otherwise I didn't see why they gave it that much air time. I mean yes, he did keep wanting to stop, but hello - they ALL have to eat at some point. Why is that an issue? If you only eat at pit stops, maybe that explains mental breakdowns such as Vyxen's.


Jessica - Mar 14, 2011 6:50:27 am PDT #16368 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Ron & Christina don't bother me - they bicker, but not in a way that strikes me as worse than any other parent and child under stressful circumstances.

Her frustration with his stopping to snack seemed justified to me. He wasn't saying "I'm starving and unless we get some food I won't be able to race anymore," he was saying "Ooooh, fish! I love these!" Seriously dude, save the nostalgia tour!

And how badass was Christina just jumping out of that cab to catch the bus?!!

And poor Vyxen. I've had days like that, where I stare at a map or a page of text and just can't get my brain to shift into the proper gear to read it.