Also noticed the mega glitzoid wedding CBS is throwing for the seconds. They got their prize, eh?
a. That U&J’s cameraman called a producer, who called his boss, who got some head honchos at CBS together to determine the best option for the show.
b. The head honchos agreed that they should intervene and, then called together their legal team to see if they agreed they could interfere without consequence.
c. Then the legal team put all this in writing.
d. Then the producers met to finalize the interference plan, agreed to interfere, called a head honcho at AA, pulled him out of whatever meeting he was in, and got him/her to waive a general security policy for better ratings and a PC ending.
e. All the while, waiting on the phone while AA checked with their legal team to ensure that they weren’t breaking FAA regulations.
f. Then after AA agrees to the deal, they place a call and explained the “special deal” to the local Puerto Rico representative, who runs to the woman at the gate, who explains the special deal to the pilot and who has a change of heart and reopens the plane.
And all this takes place in the time frame of a few minutes. Yeah! Right!
How about a more plausible scenario.
a. It's not mainland America so things a bit more laid back.
b. The AA gate attendant sees cameras and wants to look like she’s doing a good job.
c. She gives the pilot a call. (Doesn’t hurt to ask!)
d. The pilot radios the tower to get permission.(Again, it doesn’t hurt to ask!)
e. The tower radios back saying sure there’s time.
f. The pilot, calls the gate attendant and U&J are let on the plane.
And all this takes place in the time frame of a few minutes. Entirely more plausible!
"...the black couple who had been idiots for most of the race won."
First of all let me say that part did look a little suspicious, and that I certainly hope the fix wasn't in.
However, these two certainly could not have been idiots for most of the game, as they were indeed in the final three couples.
Secondly, the white couple did not lose because the black couple was on the same flight, obviously both couple were "even" when the plane landed, so they lost due to whatever happened after that.
Thirdly, I thought they did a great job of begging money to pay off their cab driver, they were stalled for a long time doing that, but they still won anyway.
And finally, although we didn't see every episode of this year's race we watched quite a few of them. I thought Uchenna and Joyce stood out from the others in their supportive behaviour to each other, and the sporting atittude they had towards the other players. You see a lot of anger and back-stabbing between couples on this show, and these two were never like that, not that I saw anyway. For that reason I was happy they won.
"jumped the shark" is a cliché created when Fonz of Happy Days jumped a shark in its near last episode before being canceled
I was just happy Romber finally lost.
Do people really believe so-called "reality shows" aren't scripted?
Perhaps the dumbest thread of the year. Uchenna was the nicest guy on the show, often going out of his way to help others. They showed class and great sportsmanship, in contrast to the Rob from Boston who routinely lied and played dirty, the "anything to win, as long as I don't get caught" attitude.
Are you the Amazing Racist?
Did we watch the same race? Uchenna and Joyce played it smart the whole time. Rob and Amber only did well when they could find a native to give them a guided tour. On their own, they made mistake after stupid mistake.
And they were nasty people and Joyce and Uchenna were much nicer. They won, fair and square.