Amazing Race Recap: Friendships U-Turned

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By Fran and Berry | Wednesday, November 28, 2012 | 11:00 am | 7 Comments
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Amazing Race time folks! With me, Fran! (And my handsome yet smelly husband Berry sits aside me cradling our dear little three month old vomit bag, Lil’ C!) Season 21 is narrowing down, we only have five teams left: Team Dong (Jaymes and James), Friday Night Lights (Trey and Lexi), Twin N’s (Natalie and Nadiya), Choke Out (Abbie and Ryan), and Goat Boys (Josh and Brent.) The competition is pretty good, except Goat Boys, they gave up a few legs ago and still managed to stay in this thing. What does a goat need with a million dollars anyways? Actually I bet a goat would love to eat that much cash. Alright let’s get to this!

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Young lovers worldwide can feel safe knowing Phil is near by.

Moscow is Russia’s capital and the start of the ninth leg in a race around the world. Team Dong is first to leave. They get a little flag and the clue says to go to the capital city of that country. So Dongs are on their way to Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. Once there they have to go to the train station to get to their next clue. Team Dong gets to let loose in Amsterdam!! Whooo-hoo!! Flop it like it’s hot and legal! Team Dong Jaymes needs to win the million dollars to pay for his dad’s cancer bills.

FNL leaves second and asks the cab driver what flag they are holding. He thinks it’s France. Oh man! Will they actually go to France?! No, they ran into Dong who sets them straight. I like team FNL, but wouldn’t it be awesome if they went to Paris by mistake. That would be drama! Twin N’s leave next and they are looking forward to U-Turning Choke Out because they don’t want them to get that sweet two mil.

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“What’s a Holland?”

Dong and FNL find a good direct flight but there is only three seats so Dong scores it leaving FNL to fend for themselves. Twin N’s are trying to book a flight through Rome and the agent is saying that she can’t sell it to them because there isn’t enough time for them to make the connection. They are adament. “Even if the challenge is impossible I will scream at my sister until we get it done!!” The clerk doesn’t think she can scream enough to freeze time to make the connecting flight. But she can scream enough to get this lady to give in. They get the tickets.

Choke Out is released, they know that they need to get moving because FNL and Twin N’s will probably U-Turn them. But they are hoping that they will have a big enough lead on the Goat Boys that they won’t be eliminated. So….I’m sorry to report that Goat Choke is dead. RIP Goat Choke. You were a hilarious super team, we will miss you dearly and you will live on in our hearts.

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“We WISH we were going to Paris, we want to Choke Out the Mona Lisa.”

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7 Comments

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    sphouch
    Posted November 28, 2012 at 11:57 am

    The thing that I noticed with this episode was how duplicitous choke out was being. They are sitting there on camera in the interview portions mentioning how they’re going to U-turn their “friends” the goat boys so that they can stay in the race, while pretending to be happy that they have a team to work with together, and then they have the gall to bitch about how the Long Ducks “stabbed them in the back.” Bad form. Very bad form. To say nothing of the fact that the reason they were in a position to be eliminated in the first place is because they chose the wrong flight on two separate occasions, not because the Long Ducks U-turned them.

    I’m glad to see them gone.

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    blazergirl
    Posted November 28, 2012 at 12:25 pm

    I have to say the Chippendale’s have grown on me through out the season. I think it’s sweet that they want to win to support their parents. They seemed genuinely concerned about the U Turn and upsetting Ryan and Abbie, but I’m glad they ultimately went with what would help them win. Team Dong for the win!

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    Flippy Floppy
    Posted November 28, 2012 at 12:37 pm

    First of all, Frarry or Bran- how did you figure out which one was Jaymes and which one was James?

    I wonder if Abbie and Ryan remember running past the girl with no legs in the first week after that same girl told them where the clue was. Assholes. I’m glad they’re gone. That poor gate agent they were yelling at, too- in what universe can you get on a plane IF YOU DON’T check in??!! “Two million U.S.!” STFU, dude. And how do they blame their entire elimination on Team Dong, but fail to mention their failure to check in to flight number one, and the technical difficulties with flight number two, AND the fact that FNL cock-blocked them out of using a U-Turn on Goat Boys- which would have been bullshit- but they would have done it because they are complete assholes.

    Can you tell that I am happy Abbie and Ryan are gone?

    Team Dong all the way. I might even have a t-shirt made.

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    pretty good year
    Posted November 28, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    Jaymes is the gay one. I wish the show would mention that, actually. He’s openly gay and there are a lot of Vegas-based articles and interviews about it, and I like that there’s such an “alpha male” gay guy on a show that often plays to stereotypes.

    Also, he’s blond and has a Southern accent.

    James is the other one.

    They’re definitely my favorite team this season. Very likable.

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    lindaw205
    Posted November 29, 2012 at 3:47 am

    I’m Team Chippies all the way. I love their attitudes, especially Jaymes.

    I was glad to see Abbie and Ryan go and hope the Beekman’s are next. I would hate to see them back into a win after the other teams have worked so hard for it. Well, I think I would be okay with any of the remaining teams but have my fingers crossed for the J/J.

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    Mister_Dangerous
    Posted November 29, 2012 at 9:49 am

    On October 4th I said I was rootin for Jaymes and James. I said it was because I liked smart teams.
    In retrospect I should have said it was because I liked nice guys.

    In the end I didn’t mind Ryan and Abby and I was able to differentiate them from Trey and Lexi.

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    Kyrrie
    Posted December 1, 2012 at 8:34 pm

    I just couldn’t like Abbie and Ryan. Every time they did something likeable, they did something annoying and nasty. So, pleased they have gone. The Chippendales are gorgeous, I do hope they win.

    If Goat Boys win, they will have definitely done a Bradbury

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