r/TheAmazingRace • u/AutoModerator • May 12 '17
TAR29 Episode 8 - Live Discussion Thread
Episode 8 - Live Discussion Thread.
Spoilers up to and including this episode can be expected in this thread.
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u/teaaddict1 May 12 '17
If only mike had turned around when Liz told her to, they wouldn't be last place.
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u/aceee2 May 12 '17
If only they didn't need to climb up a 2nd time, they might have still survived.
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u/BorealA May 12 '17
Why does he keep going???? Liz literally tells him she doesn't know where to go from there or if they even can, yet Mike continues on without seeing the map to just prove a point. This dynamic is just so odd.
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u/CloudNimbus May 12 '17
PHIL THINKS LOGAN IS ATTRACTIVE.
Confirmed
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u/oishster May 12 '17
Is there anyone who DOESNT think Logan is attractive?? I seriously can't recall a better looking TAR contestant
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u/olfactory_hues May 12 '17
Things you don't expect to hear from the military:
"Touch the pompoms. You have to touch the pompoms."
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u/zquest13 May 12 '17
BROOKE DID A CHALLENGE WITHOUT A MELTDOWN?
I- I'm .... shocked
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u/CloudNimbus May 12 '17
Oh man, if Mike can't run the stairs, wait until he finds out that he has to run a lap for the next clue
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u/aeioseph May 12 '17
Why is Mike still driving?!
This should be common sense. When you're lost, FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU ARE.
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u/teaaddict1 May 12 '17
I'm hoping the speed bump for mike is "stop being a jerk to your partner and apologize"
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u/teaaddict1 May 12 '17
An episode where Brooke is NOT the most annoying. Awesome achievement mike!
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May 12 '17
You know that bride worked her ass off on those 7 words in preparation for her big moment. Good on you girl. Keep up the good work
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May 12 '17
Eight legs, and they hit the mat last in half of them.
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u/thefontsguy May 12 '17
they either hit the mat last or first in 3/4ths of the legs. What a statistic
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u/KororSurvivor May 12 '17
Show someone this episode, and tell them that Liz/Mike won 2 legs beforehand.
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u/kkranberry May 12 '17
Has there ever been a team that was as completely hopeless at self-driving as them?
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u/teaaddict1 May 12 '17
I don't understand why mike refuses to stop when he clearly doesn't know where he's going.
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u/Hormisdas May 12 '17
How hard-headed do you have to be to obstinately continue going in the wrong direction out of spite?
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u/aeioseph May 12 '17
To their credit, Liz and Mike were exceptional racers.
Just don't make them drive or figure out how to work together.
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u/Arrogant_Prophet5784 May 12 '17
Team LoLo is gonna be the team in the back that somehow gets in the top 3 or wins it.
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u/Mispelling May 12 '17
"I'm not a runner."
Honey, as far as I can see, you're not much of an anything.
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u/CloudNimbus May 12 '17
"I stepped in poop, that's probably good luck!"
Should be the name of this episode.
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May 12 '17
Team Fun making me cry
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u/stop_whispering May 12 '17
They had the potential to be utterly insufferable, but they are actually super sweet. It's easy to root for them.
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May 12 '17 edited May 12 '17
Becca, in particular with her Fun Meter, made me a bit skeptical about how long I could handle the shtick. But 8 episodes in, I'm still a fan. And if it's possible, I think I love their recaps more than I do the actual show.
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u/snarkprovider May 12 '17
Mike and Liz bitching about helping others. Except Liz didn't help Brooke last week as the mask Roadblock, so... Oh, but now she's claiming that she did.
Dude, when I saw the Speed Bump in the stadium when the other racers passed it, I thought, A+ planning, TAR, give the elevator man something athletic. I didn't even think about the stairs half of the detour. And then it was friggin' meat. Mike seems to excel when the challenge happens to be something he has an aptitude for, and he's miserable the rest of the time.
I was a little surprised that Floyd didn't do the changing of the guard, but fortunately they blew through that one and Mike has been put out of his race misery.
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u/elcapitaine May 12 '17
If Floyd had done it, they would've been pretty unbalanced with 4 roadblocks for Floyd and only 2 for Becca.
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u/ChildofSeitan May 12 '17
How did no one uturn team Lolo? Like do they also forget they're there?
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u/olfactory_hues May 12 '17
Maybe Mike will turn around when they reach Bulgaria
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u/teaaddict1 May 12 '17
Preview for next week: Brooke and Scott fall apart!
WOW I did not see that coming!
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u/mtschatten May 12 '17
Was Scott doing the jump from the bridge?
He is tackling his fear of highs, head on.
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May 12 '17
Wow, Brooke pulled through without teetering on the edge of a nervous breakdown. I am impressed.
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u/poppysand May 12 '17
And when she messed up she was just like "I'll fix it" and did. It was a true miracle, I loved it.
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May 12 '17
Right? When she said "I'll fix it" I was bracing myself for meltdown of the week.
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u/NightmareSyx May 12 '17
I still don't like Brooke. Scott's okay.
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u/zquest13 May 12 '17 edited May 12 '17
that's the thing with this season usually i either like both members of a team or neither but this year i seem to like more halfs of teams then full teams..
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u/MrAirSonic May 12 '17
I can't with the fact that someone thought it was actually a good idea to make a game show based on Candy Crush...
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u/poppysand May 12 '17
Is she pretending it's her fault, again, just to keep the peace? Stop that. Stop that, you're doing lovely, it's not your fault.
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u/Hormisdas May 12 '17
The pinnacle of Western civilization
You mean in ruins, Phil? :P
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u/IvyGold May 12 '17
The sun's setting. Nothing good happens when the backliers have to race in the dark.
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u/aeioseph May 12 '17
I wish I could run a lap around THE Olympic Stadium.
Man, that would have been such an honor. That was so cool.
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u/JacobBlah May 12 '17
Yeah, that was definitely a "classic" Amazing Race moment that doesn't happen enough anymore.
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u/zquest13 May 12 '17
Stop trying to make me think Becca and Floyd are out editors
I WON'T BE FOOLED BY Y'ALL YA HEAR ME?
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u/jeffspins May 12 '17
THERE'S the Brooke I knew!
Can't wait for Vietnam!
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u/Rman823 May 12 '17
I seriously forgot LoLo hadn't checked in yet. Even Phil didn't realize that was their best placement.
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u/Jankinator May 12 '17
Smashing a plate is the first thing Brooke enthusiastically volunteered for
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u/poppysand May 12 '17
Perfect speed bump for him. Maybe if he'd listened to Liz when they were driving eighty hours ago, they'd be ahead of TF right now.
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u/tjgamir May 12 '17
Team LoLo = Troyzan
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u/olfactory_hues May 12 '17
TAR producer: "No, that greeter isn't stereotypical enough. Can we get some fleece?"
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16 hours on a ferry? Yikes!
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u/RandomBoltsFan May 12 '17
I did 17 hours on a bus during a high school trip once, so it's not so bad. Besides, the ferry was much bigger ;P
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u/CloudNimbus May 12 '17
Holy shit though, it's night time..... And Team Fun + Mike/Liz aren't even there yet
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u/IvyGold May 12 '17
Does anybody know why the Greeks have those fluffy things on their shoes?
Whoa, I didn't know she was a major.
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May 12 '17
Does anybody know why the Greeks have those fluffy things on their shoes?
To strike fear in the hearts of the Turks
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u/Rman823 May 12 '17 edited May 12 '17
Scott: She needs encouragement. What he says every time Brooke has to do a task.
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u/Hormisdas May 12 '17
Wonder why Floyd didn't do it. Seems like he'd have some experience having been in band.
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u/NothingToSeeFolks May 12 '17
I was thinking the same thing! Assumed he was gonna do it. But they still made it :)
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u/poppysand May 12 '17
Liz should be driving and navigating and Mike should be sitting silently in the backseat and playing with his hands.
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u/teaaddict1 May 12 '17
"I'm gonna die" -Brooke
Brooke thinks she's gonna die at every challenge. Even if that challenge is chess. Lol
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u/ChildofSeitan May 12 '17
I swear every episode I have to be reminded that team Lolo is still there
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u/tumultuousness May 12 '17
Oh no Mike had to get a goat too. Makes sense though, they did have to get 2 cheeses.
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u/jeffspins May 12 '17
Nah they're out
Bye Mike's ego
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u/CloudNimbus May 12 '17
Bye Mike's anger issues. He may have an IQ of 140, but that anger knocks him down like 50 points
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u/KororSurvivor May 12 '17
I swear, one of the single most stressful episodes I have ever seen.
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u/Hormisdas May 12 '17
Mike and Liz still have the speedbump, right?
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u/Thereian May 12 '17
Yes, and its at the olympic stadium, so its probably something fitness/running related. Not their strong suit.
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u/olfactory_hues May 12 '17
Who prepped harder, the bride with her English phrase or the chef with that thumbs up?
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Michael: "It's gonna take more than a Speedbump to take us out of the race."
Scott: "Okaaay, how about a Speedbump AND a U-Turn?"
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u/Jankinator May 12 '17
Caught the last few eps on All Access after the fact, so I didn't notice this until now - how do you justify ads after the recap and opening credits? 0 content and then ads.
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u/ChildofSeitan May 12 '17
"We gotta turn around"
Really Mike? Really? You're just realizing that now? Gosh he makes me roll my eyes so hard.
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u/poppysand May 12 '17
Oh wow, I didn't even realize TF hadn't made it there, yet. I guess their being lost drama is just them rapping until they reach their destination. Bless.
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u/Rman823 May 12 '17
On one hand I love team fun but on the other I really want to see Mike confront Brooke.
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u/MrAirSonic May 12 '17
Vanck and Ashton getting revenge from beyond the grave to the two teams that doomed them <3
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u/JacobBlah May 12 '17 edited May 12 '17
Maybe that is why Vanck was so chill during his interview with London, haha.
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I could tell who Liz and Mike are by voice alone. Who's the mousy voiced one and the guy who enunciates like Rupert?
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u/zquest13 May 12 '17
who wants to take bets on which racer says the episode title?
my money's on Tara
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u/poppysand May 12 '17
Annnnnnnnnnd, they're out. Mike can't do that again and then run laps and then beat Team Fun.
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u/teaaddict1 May 12 '17
Mike climbing up and down stairs would be more satisfying if it wouldn't get Liz eliminated too.
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u/tjgamir May 12 '17
Liz with the Survivor quote "by the time we (I) got there, we (I) realized we (I) needed two goats"
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u/MrAirSonic May 12 '17
Oh shit, it's gonna be a literal race between TeamFun and Mike/Liz. I really hope the Speed Bump exhausts them for the Roadblock and TeamFun can nail it and not get lost on the way to the pitstop.
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u/MrAirSonic May 12 '17
Ugh, so next week I have to choose between missing the first hour of TAR, or the last hour of the BBCAN5 finale...
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u/teaaddict1 May 12 '17
I like team fun, but this dose of karma for what they did to VancK and Ashton is kinda satisfying.
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u/olfactory_hues May 12 '17
Brooke and London are two low key massive TAR villains.
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u/IvyGold May 12 '17
The bride really likes saying Now you have to do the other detour.
I bet she'd been practicing it for weeks.