TAR must have new editors this season who have a sense of humor and don't care for PC. There's been quite a few absolutely hilarious quips by the teams, lol. Phil's two legs, Mary likes the gays, and the moms being so thankful they were sent an angel and two seconds later wouldn't stop for the druggies' flat tire. I declare no more angels for them.
Speaking of un-PC, that stunt with Peter charging for Sarah's leg was a bit odd, but Sarah was up running around like a trained monkey so we can't just blame him. She's got his number so hopefully this is the beginning of some friction for them. I don't understand why people think they can do this race when only know their partner a short while, so they deserve what they get and we get some good tv.
I assume the guy finding the helmet for the cheerleaders was ok since Phil didn't penalize them, but other teams had to have help with their yaks and jeeps, so whatever. There was so much whining and temper tantrums at the yak challenge it's no wonder the villagers helped them out just to get them outta there sooner. And how the heck did the hillbillies get their jeep off the road and into mud up to their axle?
A fun hour. Thanks, TAR!
I can't believe it, but I think I'm pulling for the beauty queens. I was pretty impressed that when one of them fell off the horse and got dragged, they didn't whine afterward.
I'm not liking to many couples this time around.
Initially I thought I would like Peter and Sara, but I don't find them endearing.
I liked the Indian couple, but they got eliminated.
I have season 1 and season 7 on dvd {the only ones available so far}. If memory serves me, then during the credits, they state that some time penalties may have been added. If it is blatant, Phil usually says something on the mat. Sometimes, we hear about it when the next leg starts.
When the "Hillbilly team" (I can say that since I have relatives that live in Kentucky) helped the one team with extra water, I would say that was against the rules - remember in season 7 when Uchenna started to help Meredith and Gretchen and then we heard that he couldn't help them because it was against the rules. We will see.
Sorry for the late reply, my husband and I always watch TAR on Monday nights on TiVo. When they were like: "God always sends an angel," and then didn't stop, I was furious! My husband didn't understand. I knew that it would catch up to them, which it did when their car didn't start and they were 2nd to last place. You can't act one way (grateful for what God "gives" you,) and then act a complete opposite way 15 minutes later.
Also, did you notice that the coalminers gave those ladies one of their jugs when they completed the Detour? That was totally unneccessary, but they did it anyways.
My husband and I LOL'd when he talked about the 2 legs!! Whether it was intentional or not, I think they left it in there for the joke.