(Also, you guys, "Any Dream Will Do!" John Barrowman! Talented singers who can't move or act vying for a major musical theater role, surefire recipe for drama! Sympathetic judging panel! Andrew Lloyd Weber! Okay, that last one might be a deterrent for some of you, but still, it looks to be quite a fun show to me. And John Barrowman!)

They did well and played well, and it was just luck. And Mel is so smart! I just adore him.

It wasn't just luck though. I love them, but they saw all the other teams go another way and when their driver took them to (what appeared to be a different town) and couldn't take them to anything ressembling a gorilla, they still didn't believe the first person who insisted it was back at the Phuket Zoo.

Well, that's true. But I can see from their perspective going, we're going to gamble on our guy being right. They'd won their way before not doing the same thing as everyone else (hang glider, basket).

But okay, I can see it as the result of a decision, and that feels better to me at least. But I'll still miss them.

It definitely sucks, when the two BIs (bumbling idiots) have made so many mistakes before this.

I remain distressed that J and I are not competing--especially with J being a marathon runner and a tri-athlete- in-training, I think it is safe to say we would have smoked the competition in these last few legs.

Re: Team Red. I've never been to Thailand, but I have been to India, and I do really sympathize with the teams who find it hard to handle. India is the most overwhelming place I've ever been and I was there as a tourist traveling with my family (in-laws) who spoke fluent Hindi. The trick is simply not to be an asshole about it - the lack of personal bubbles and/or sense of urgency can be deeply stressful if you're not used to it, but that does not make it okay to yell at your cab driver!

I don't watch TAR, but just caught this -- people were trying to get things done by yelling at Thais? That's the worst thing you can do, and leads to instant passive aggression. They're Buddhists, and face is very important. How assholish.

I feel safe saying this here -- I've never been anywhere, and even I know that smiling is important in Thai culture, from watching ANTM! Anyway, don't you always catch more flies with honey??

I've never been anywhere, and even I know that smiling is important in Thai culture, from watching ANTM!

Hah! That's right! See, ANTM does teach important stuff.

Anyway, don't you always catch more flies with honey??

Silly Jesse, don't you remember all my fruit fly experiments when I showed that actually you catch more flies with vinegar!

I didn't know about the smiling thing, but I would think that generally yelling is not best.

A good interview with Mel and Mike. They were only five minutes behind Lekisha and Jen at the pitstop.

Seriously? Man, that sucks.