Awesome recap of a lame episode with lame challenges. Nice screen-grab of Lance's biceps bulge.

Great recap, bBitz! There are some CLASSIC comments in there!

Awww, poor Zev and Justin. I'd have loved to see Lance lose his passport and then his mind!

I honestly can't believe how oblivious Team Zebra is of how racist they sound, especially being an interracial couple. I was sorry to see Team Aspergers go they were the nicest people on the race. This really was a non-challenging episode when teams were checking in less than half way through the episode. Great recap.

Spirit fingers--loved it!

I agree with Clair and rj, there have been a lot of lame/easy challenges this season, so far.

And these people, winded after trying to act like a monkey??? I'm no athlete, but, waaaa waaa. What a bunch of wimps. Or poor editing decisions.

Hope this season picks up soon.

Ok so wasn't it team Bromos in the scarf challenge that their scarf girl was three feet from the scarf stand? How cheap is this show getting? No prize for first place? Also in the past the camera man has always been able to do a slow pan to the passport left behind on a boat/train/taxi, etc. I suspect their passport was lifted. I just hope Uncle Sam doesn't trace the next terrorist attack back to a guy named Zev. Funny recap, better than the episode. Each time they've done a challenge this season I'm like "That's it???". Also I thought the helmet challenge was totally staged. How many families of four happen to be riding around that marketplace at exactly that time. Lance is a bigger douche than Jessie from BB. At least Jessie is not aggressive.

I went to college with Big Flight.

That is all.

"I swear next episode they'll be wearing black and white face respectively." LOL! I too cringe at all the racist remarks coming out of their mouths.

I wsa totally pissed when Zev and Justin was eliminated.

BBitz - another hilarious recap! The "Elimination Station" section on the CBS web site explained what happened to Zev's passport. Someone actually turned it in - and it was waiting for him when they went to the US Embassy (what? We have an Embassy in Cambodia, but somehow Cuba is still off-limits?). I agree that it should have happened to Lance - that would have made a great screen cap. A still of the passport with "I am so done with you" underneath as caption!

Splash?

Hate team passive-aggresive-racist....in total lust with Meghan...Want to punch lance in the scrum...and i lollerd at "no comment"

for the record...it is NOT ok to say racist things as a pre-emptive strike just because one of you are black...it is still racist you tool bags....

is anyone else wondering how a ball bag like him got a miss USA??? Just a thought...

I never got the idea that Zev and Justin were LOVERS. They were strangely CLOSE but I just figured it was one of those bizarro metrosexual things.

Still want LANCE to walk around with his shirt off. (Yes, I know he's a jerk.)

Still think Mr. America is cute though I wonder how she became Miss America. Maybe, she was really good in the talent portion?

AR is one of the few shows my son and I watch together. He's 16, and has Asperger's, too, and we were sad about Zev losing his passport. One Asperger's symptom is really poor motor skills, so Zev did well, considering. I'm surprised (and encouraged) Zev was so very calm after struggling with the task. Asperger's Syndrome usually means big-time frustration when one can't complete something. I'm encouraged to see my son may improve in that area! It's awesome to see Zev has a close friend, too--another difficulty for AS people.

Hey everyone!
Thanks for reading and commenting! Love the love.
Glad everyone else felt these challenges have gotten lame! And I meant to comment on the fact that there was NO PRIZE!!! WTF??! Not even a bicycle?! A hat?!? A T-SHIRT that says "I won a leg of "AR" and all I got was this *&@$^%! T-Shirt!"

Loula - happy to hear you went to school with Big Flight. Anyone go to special ed with Lance?

channel dasher - Thanks for the update! I did think they should've hurried up a 'lil looking for their passport but maybe they knew how close the other teams were since the challenges were so friggin' lame.

krisk: Nailed it! 10 points! :)

pappy44: I think she married the whitest white guy so she could show how non-racist she is. At this rate I'm guessing his family is in the NAACP and her family is in the KKK. I kid, I kid.

Mr. Dangerous: I read your comment and knew it was you before I looked back at the name. Lance...shirt off? Sick!

82kmara: Zev was a great example for your son. Stayed cool and collected and NICE for the most part. I got in a world of shit last season for busting on the deaf kid - who I thought was rather bitchy/whiny/snotty at times - which deserved some ridicule. But I had nothing on Zev because he was such a nice guy. Sucks they got booted.

Like all, I'm totally bummed by the elimination, I just kept crying no, no, no at the screen like the dollop of ice cream fell off my cone . . .

Mr. D, I too am unsurprised that you want to see some Lance flesh--he looks rather mooby, but we'll see at some point if they stay in the race. It's humbling to see someone from my hometown in this light- no wonder I'm such an idiot! Sadly, bone heads with Boston accents will always have a special place in my heart . . . sigh . . .

I very much noticed the lammo challenges, and of course it's a set up to have peeps with four on a moped--they probably had decoy groups of 4 with all adults, just to be all tricky.

Don't think I've ever seen Phil have a connection with a contestant like he does with Lance. It's stunning to see that much cluelessness in action.

Team zebra seems harmless enough, but it's not a novelty to be an interracial couple, this is not 1960. I still like them, probably because of her--I find it refreshing to see a pagent girl let it all hang out. Oddly enough, I couldn't pick the hubby from a crowd--is it me or is he just that generic!?

Thanks BB for the cappy!

About Zev & Justin:

I read a post-race interview with Zev/Justin where they said that the time difference from their pitstop check-in and Team Pokerface's check-in was really small, like 26 minutes, so they really didn't have time to find Justin's passport.

Also, although it wasn't announced, they each won a motorcycle for checking in first. They said they don't like motorcycles (can't imagine riding them down Highway 1) and they refused the prize.

May be the first AR team to ever refuse a prize.

They were also 3 days late at the Elimination Station.

Holy shit!!!! I am STILL laughing at the Sean Penn picture! Good recap, dumb episode. I wanted team retardos to win it all.

Sad, sad. The elimination station episode they said Justin dropped the passport in some temple they mistakenly went into and it was dark, so probably no video in there. Totally Justin's fault, not Zev's, as Justin grabbed their light and dropped the passport.

But, come on, how can you run this race and NOT guard your passport like gold? It's crazy. And coming off their best day ever, too.

Hoping to see Lance's steroid enhanced muscles blow up...

"AR is one of the few shows my son and I watch together. He's 16, and has Asperger's, too, and we were sad about Zev losing his passport. One Asperger's symptom is really poor motor skills, so Zev did well, considering. I'm surprised (and encouraged) Zev was so very calm after struggling with the task. Asperger's Syndrome usually means big-time frustration when one can't complete something. I'm encouraged to see my son may improve in that area! It's awesome to see Zev has a close friend, too--another difficulty for AS people."

As a teenager with Asperger's, I'd have to say that I definitely agree =)

"Holy shit!!!! I am STILL laughing at the Sean Penn picture! Good recap, dumb episode. I wanted team retardos to win it all."

Team retardos? Really?...

TV FREAK:

Thanks for the FYI on Asperger's. I didn't know what it was. Zev seemed very Zen to me, all the time, so I didn't think it was necessarily a "bad" thing. After your enlightening post I think Zev showed a great deal of determination doing the monkey challenge. Good for him.

Sad to see both of them go. :(

"TV FREAK:

Thanks for the FYI on Asperger's. I didn't know what it was. Zev seemed very Zen to me, all the time, so I didn't think it was necessarily a "bad" thing. After your enlightening post I think Zev showed a great deal of determination doing the monkey challenge. Good for him."

For the record, I think you are refering to the part that I quoted from 82kmara. I only added the second paragraph =P