I think this episode was really interesting. I think it shows some clear weaknesses from some teams. I think it was fine. A team I didnt really care about left and so it still feels fine. I'm not sure how I feel about sending the teams out in waves. It kinda changes the 'every second matters' mentality to simply 'position matters' as if the pitstop is a sign up sheet for buses or something. Being 1st doesnt matter as much as being in the top 3 to get out in the 1st wave. I guess it does save time in the editing so I guess we get to see more race which is good.
1st - Marcus and Michael - I warmed up to these two a little bit. Still not my favourite team but still think they are a solid team. Strong and consistent. (6th to 1st)
2nd - Glenda and Lumumba - Most consistent and strong so far. Clean leg which shows that musical legs aren't going to sink them. Navigation solid too. As long as communication remains high I still think they are going pretty far. (2nd to 2nd)
3rd - Linton and Sharik - Another quietly strong team. Again didnt really remember them much. They seem to be pretty invisible in the edit. They are doing well though so maybe they just have one bad leg soon and are cut before making it far enough to be given a storyline. I guess we will see.. (4th to 3rd)
4th - Derek and Claire - These two had me STRESSED. Claire struggling at the yodeling had me worried but they have good communication and navigation and Dx really did well with the bells. It kinda worries me about Claire roadblocks in the future. Still I think that they were pretty good. (1st to 4th)
5th - Luis and Michelle - Of all the dancer couples they did the best this leg at the dancing but I think this was the second leg of bad navigation and if this leg didnt have as much dance and rhythm maybe they could have been in more trouble. They did well in the challenges though so we will see. (10th-5th)
6th - Abby and Will - Still my sleeper pick. Although them being childhood sweethearts makes me a little sick, they did pretty middle of the road this leg. Solid navigation, communication and challenge performance. I guess it will be more interesting on more demanding legs. Still hoping for the best though. (8th to 6th)
7th - Emily and Molly - I'm still hopeful for them to do well but this was a team that did way worse than I thought they would. I think them struggling at the challenges themselves was their biggest problem though and though that could be an issue they still had fine navigation and teamwork. I just dont want to lose the only remaining all girl team too soon. (5th to 7th)
8th - Aubrey and David - Another pretty bad leg. I think their navigation is a big issue and later in the season it would have cost them. Also the fact that this was a dance heavy leg also helped them. I'm still not convinced with this team at all. (11th to 8th)
9th - Rich and Dom - Urgh. Maybe I'm just too dark or negative but this woman seems fake. It seems like she is acting obnoxiously happy. If she is really that happy good on her but it just seems like something is off with this team. Also they didn't read their clue which is TAR 101 so I don't see them making it far. (9th to 9th)
10th - Quinton and Mattie - These two started the leg on the worst possible foot. I would say bad navigation (which they did have) but I think it was also just bad clue reading. Why are they searching in Germany when it said in the clue it was Austria. I think though I was right about them being the best of the three dancer teams. I think if they all showed up at the same time these two would finish first. I still have confidence in them though because even from behind they had a good mental attitude and that is gold on the race. (3rd - 10th)
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11th - Tim and Rex - Kind of expected unfortunately. I think that the casting and the leg selection seemed a little shady though. This dude was obviously a stunt cast and I think making a leg so rhythmic so early in the season is obviously going to be one that they struggle at. I didn't like them much personally but I feel like CBS definitely lost viewers in future legs and I think that they could have milked his stunt casting for a few more legs.
I predict that the next leg Aubrey and David will be the next to go... #TAR34
