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It means they were either bad with some good moments, or good with bad moments.

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Damn. Bad elimination, particularly when the bottom three had two of the blandest teams with them.

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This leg is amazing so far. If we get a good boot out of it (the blondes at this point), it might be top tier.

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Best moment of the episode:

Victoria: I can't believe Chee passed us. But he's Asian, so he probably plays piano or something.

*Cut to*

Chee: *happily celebrating completion of the roadblock* All those piano lessons paid off!

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Episode 1 Rankings:

1. Michelle & Victoria
2. DeAngelo & Gary
3. Kellie & LaVonne
4. Jerry & Frank
5. Hung & Chee
6. Eswar & Aparna
7. Leo & Alana
8. Kaylynn & Haley
9. Nathan & Cody
10. Riley & Maddison
11. Will & James

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Underleveled posted...

I certainly didn't think Nathan & Cody would be the new Bopper & Mark. Gave me more Ryan & Chuck vibes and they sure went that route.

That is unfair to Ryan & Chuck.

Nathan & Cody were the new Eric & Daniel.

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Underleveled posted...

That'd be a first

Apparently, the episode was supposed to be aired as a two-parter back in May.

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Underleveled posted...

I'm generally not a fan of Leg 1 NELs, but I'm fine with one here because I really don't dislike anyone so far and don't think anyone really NEEDS to go yet from an entertainment OR race standpoint.

Phil said the last team to check in WOULD be eliminated. So it might be an elimination with a zero-hour pit stop.

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Amazing Race time!

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I thought for sure Danny was getting the inaugural white guy winner edit that appears on like, all of these reality shows. So when Murph passed him at the end, I cheered super hard. Still looks kinda...bad optics that you have a cast of six women and four men-of-color, and the final two are the only white guys in the cast of twelve.

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I did watch it. It was entertaining enough, but the last two episodes kinda dragged.

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Underleveled posted...

I have two months of CBS All-Access. I have some stuff I want to watch, but just in case I get to it, what's a good pre-BB18 season to watch? If it makes a difference, I already know a lot of the winners.

BB17, BB13, BB11, BB10, BB6

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In a season where the gameplay is absolutely bland due to a single player enforcing an awful way of playing the game (see: Redemption Island), I cannot, in good conscience, support that player. I don't want to see Cody rewarded for his shit. At this point, I'm thinking, from least want to win, to most want to win:

1. Enzo (He's at least entertaining, if talking a way bigger game than he's willing to play)
2. Memphis (He's an asshole, which makes him appear a ton of genuine than most of this cast)
3. Christmas (She's an absolutely vile human being, but we've reached the point where I'm almost ironically hoping she wins to cap off how shit this season has been)
4. Nicole F (Like with Christmas, I kinda want to see the fanbase's reaction if she becomes Big Brother's first two-time winner. Like...this is the sort of shit your fandom desires have wrought. I hope you're happy.)
5. Tyler (Wanted to quit and would be rewarding the fanbase with a "correction" of the "bitter jury" in BB20.)
6. Cody (Fuck this. He ruined the season with his generic white guy presence. At least Jackson was edgey when he pulled out the win last season.)

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There really isn't a GOOD season after 5 until TAR12.

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GTM posted...

ignored ;(

We have no idea, since it's a two hour episode.

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I updated the gauntlet to include WaW, BB22, and TAR32's newly-released cast.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/3zl7fj9jdrfbmny/RealityShows.zip/file

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Amazing Race 32's cast is FINALLY posted, after having been filmed way back in 2018.

https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/cast/

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GTM posted...

Do only assholes know to make strong dominating alliances, or does being in a strong dominating alliance turn them into assholes?

I think it's more option B. You win early and you keep winning and you start to feel invincible and untouchable. The power goes to your head, and any disruption to their power fucks things up, so you get more pissed off. There's a reason why, despite me not liking them personally, Level 6 was actually pretty likable (to most people) for almost all of BB20. Because FOUTTE beat them and humbled them occasionally, and forced them to play from a position of weakness. If you never lose challenges, you don't know how to deal with difficulty, and you get seasons like this one.

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This is the problem with a single alliance dominating everything, You either have the dominant alliance bitching and whining the SECOND anything doesn't go their way (which leads to them becoming more unpleasant every week), or you have the outsiders completely lost and making bad moves to target each other, because they don't know they're outside of a main alliance.

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1. Charla & Mirna
2. Colin & Christie
3. Chip & Kim
4. Linda & Karen
5. Brandon & Nicole
6. Dennis & Erika
7. Kami & Karli
8. Bob & Joyce
9. Jim & Marsha
10. Marshall & Lance
11. Alison & Donny

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Last night's episode is awful. It completely paints Tyler as a tragic hero whose trust was abused by mean Bayleigh.

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GTM posted...

Russell had like double the confessionals as everyone else

Triple.

Second highest was Shambo with 39. Only one he DIDN'T triple.

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FFDragon posted...

Sugar was definitely overbearing and terrible.

Not compared to Russell.

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Emeraldegg posted...

Just a question, that energy bending in the final episode wasn't literally out of nowhere was it? Didn't aang receive guidance on how to do it from like a giant island turtle or something? Like that was the mechanism that finally solved his "I don't want to kill ozai" dilemma.

Great writeups though, the payoff in that final ep is indeed fantastic.

I mean, it's set up. But...it's like, only set up two or three episodes before the finale, so it still feels like a "we need to find a solution and haven't done so until now" sort of deal.

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bwburke94 posted...

Coach was the prototype; Russell refined it.

Coach (and Sugar) were both big characters who got a lot of screentime. But neither of them were ever so overbearing that the rest of the cast was ignored in order to further their stories.

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Yeah, it's definitely Russell. That was the first season where the producers realized "Why the fuck should we give a shit about the entire cast when we can just have one central character who's gonna make moves and water cooler moments (which will be promptly forgotten about within one season)?"

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I just don't get how you would put Ciera Eastin on the list over many of these other characters.

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I would say to replace Ciera with Cesternino, and Kim Spradlin with Penner.

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1. Kelly & Jon
2. Amanda & Chris
3. Steve & Josh
4. Millie & Chuck
5. Steve & Dave
6. Jon & Al
7. Debra & Steve
8. Tian & Jaree
9. David & Jeff
10. Monica & Sheree
11. Russell & Cindy
12. Reichen & Chip

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1. Ken & Gerard
2. Teri & Ian
3. Flo & Zach
4. Tramel & Talicia
5. Heather & Eve
6. Derek & Drew
7. Michael & Kathy
8. Gina & Sylvia
9. Andrew & Dennis
10. Andre & Damon
11. John Vito & Jill
12. Aaron & Arianne

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1. Oswald & Danny
2. Mary & Peach
3. Peggy & Claire
4. Gary & Dave
5. Tara & Wil
6. Deidre & Hillary
7. Blake & Paige
8. Chris & Alex
9. Shola & Doyin
10. Cyndi & Russell
11. Hope & Norm

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1. Joe & Bill
2. Kevin & Drew
3. Nancy & Emily
4. Paul & Amie
5. Frank & Margarita
6. Dave & Margaretta
7. Pat & Brenda
8. Rob & Brennan
9. Matt & Ana
10. Kim & Leslie
11. Lenny & Karyn

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Jon & Kelly are one of the best teams. Easily the best from TAR4.

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Just watched the episode.

Da'Vonne losing to Christmas, once AGAIN giving us an HoH where the outsiders narrowly lose to the people who've been dominating for over a month now. And Dani can fuck right off with her voting speech. "That was classless." Bitch, he shouldn't have to lie down and die. He called you out as being in an alliance. Stop shitting on people for daring to play the game.

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Underleveled posted...

Ugh I feel so bad for Kaysar becoming a 3x pre-juror.

At least he didn't completely destroy any sort of positive reputation he had before emerging from the Big Brother house, carrying a pizza box.

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It's important to look at TAR3 in context. It came on the heels of Rob & Brennan winning TAR1 in dominant fashion, and Chris & Alex winning TAR2 in slightly less dominant fashion. So going into TAR3, there's only one team of quote unquote alpha males in the cast, and based on precedent, the twins were the biggest threat to the rest of the cast. Honestly, it's a miracle they DIDN'T make the final 3, given how weak on paper the rest of the cast was (especially with Teri & Ian and Flo & Zach as two of the final 4).

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This is the cast I think they should have gone with, trying to keep the general competence of the season relatively equal:

Nancy & Emily (TAR1) - Kevin & Drew were fan favorites, but it's clear Drew just wasn't ready for the season anymore, and it was an extremely diminished performance. So why not bring back the OTHER fan favorite team, to give the season a third F/F team as well?

Joe & Bill (TAR1)

Oswald & Danny (TAR2)

Teri & Ian (TAR3)

Kelly & Jon (TAR4) - We don't need Eric & Danielle, so just replace them with a better bickering couple from a season that wasn't represented.

Charla & Mirna (TAR5)

Gus & Hera (TAR6) - Uchenna & Joyce were popular winners, but they were winners nonetheless. I think you can replace replace with Gus & Hera to AfAm representation, TAR6 representation, AND it diversifies the relationships among the M/F teams, so it's not just a cast entirely of couples.

Rob & Amber (TAR7)

Marion & D.J. (TAR8) - If you want someone from TAR8 represented, you either have Marion/D.J. or Linda/Rolly...and Rolly would probably be too young. So these two replace David & Mary as the small town duo, and that both reduces TAR10 to one team, while simultaneously giving TAR8 representation.

Eric & Jeremy (TAR9) - Eric & Danielle sucked, but Eric & Jeremy in TAR9 were pretty much the only stand-out team aside from the winners (who, as we established with Uchenna & Joyce's removal...no winners). Plus, Eric & Jeremy were the strongest team ever at the time of All-Stars' airing (they still are), so give them a chance.

Dustin & Kandice (TAR10)

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TAR11 sucks, TAR24 sucks, TAR18 is good.

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TAR11 complete. I have now, officially, watched every season of Amazing Race in its entirety. And MAN that was a rough one. Not the WORST season I've ever watched, but it's down there.

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Just finished the penultimate episode of TAR11. Thank God this season is almost over.

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I'm getting through the final 6 double episode...like...this season has had some of the poorest course-planning the show has had since season 1's endgame.

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The letter Roadblock is kinda hilarious in how it wound up being structured.

Oswald & Danny - Blake & Paige: "We love you guys!"
Eric & Danielle - Jeremy & Dani: "We love you guys!"
Teri & Ian - Flo & Zach: "We love you guys!"
Joe & Bill - Frank & Margarita: "You guys are kinda annoying, but go TAR1!"
Dustin & Kandice - Lyn & Karlyn: "You guys are kinda annoying, but got TAR10!"
Uchenna & Joyce - Susan & Patrick: "We love you guys! Also, we hate Romber!"
Charla & Mirna - Marshall & Lance: "We hate you guys!"
Rob & Amber - Susan & Patrick: "We hate you guys!"

Uchenna & Joyce aside, it's like the finishing order was predicted by just how much their previous season hated them.

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Mirna: I have to do more than anyone else has ever had to do, to compensate for shortcomings.

Nice word choice, Mirna.

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1. I always love when teams completely miss a clue and just do a task because they stumbled across it.
2. I love how the pitstop greeter is a little person. There's GOTTA be a fun scene with Charla at the mat.
3. EVERYONE is fucking up this leg. Like, holy crap.

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Ugh...

That was just...that's such a disappointing showing from Kevin & Drew.

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So I'm finally watching TAR11 for the first time.

Holy SHIT Eric is obnoxious, and it's only leg 2.

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Cody WISHES he was as interesting as Josh.

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I really wish I'd nominated "Meant to Be Yours" from Heathers and "I'm Alive" from Next to Normal. I'd still have stuff in this ranking maybe!

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Series rewatch complete.

One thing that is a LITTLE unsatisfying is the conclusion to Azula's arc.

Throughout the series, she's portrayed as this brilliant, firebending prodigy, all the way through Boiling Rock 2. Then we have Katara's revenge, the recap, Aangst about killing Ozai, and just general preparations for the two-part finale. The shift from "super-competent fire warrior" to "losing her fucking mind" is SO quick and without build (largely due to the scheduling of episodes) that it feels like doing her a disservice by the time she gets put down.

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