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Biscottiii
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Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 1:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Hey Folks, don't forget tonight's the night!

Amazing Race 18
We Had a Lot of Evil Spirits Apparently (Japan)

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Now this is a reason to look forward to Sunday night!

Videomic
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previously
Teams take train to sydney as soon as they get to the mat, and start from there.
11:57 pm Z/J depart for Japan
recap of last time the guys were in Japan
12:05 G/N depart
12:08 Cowboys depart
12"09 L/J depart
12:10 M/L go to travel
12:14 Mel/Mike
12:16 K/V he puts on a cowboys hat, he says something about how they aren't the only ones that can where a hat.

Z/J take a cab while Cowboys and brothers take train, L/J miss the train
M/L and Mike/Mel talk about the what plane to take
Z/J talk about what flight would be best
Ron/Christian looking at flights
Gary and Mallaory came up and the others blow them off. Because Z/J help nate/Herb they let them have the last seats on the earilier flight
5 teams are on the earlier flight
K/V, M/M, M/L, J/C, Z/J
and of course they have trouble with the plane

Mamabatsy
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Thank you Videomic, I was afraid no one would spoil.

Videomic
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The flight finally takes off
But the 6:15 later flight arrives first
Must get car and drive to. Cars are in a rotting bin and and K/J press the button after the Herb Nate making their car go around again.
Herb/Nates says the car is small, very small
The second flight arrives 1 and half hour late
Her/Nate following Gary/Mallory and she asked them which way
R/C first to arrive at the clue
Road Block
Teams members must observe a ritual, the do the ritual and then shoot an arrow threw a target while on a fake horse
Ron is doing RB
Mallory/Gary second, Gary will do the RB
Jennifer is doing the RB
Nate/Herb arrive, her will do the RB
Cowboys seem lost.
M/M K/V, M/L are together still looking need better map
Ron says that the judges are very hard and he is having hard time doing it
Z/J are in 5th and just arrived thought they were way behind
3 Teams still lost, M/L seem to take off
Jen is now doing the RB and gets the next clue first
Teams must now go to Kintatro station and fin next clue
Justin is working on RB completes it , followed by Gary/Mallory
M/L, K/V and M/M
nate completes rb

Ron finally completes RB now.
Jaime/Cara hit a car, having trouble with talking with man, he wants to call the police. They say that they are done.

Videomic
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Back at the accident, he called the police instead of just going thru insurance and they said that he made it more troublesome than it needed to.
Z/J arrive at place, and Mallory yells at them to tell them that they are there.
Purity detour preform ritual to shrine, then with bamboo and then stand under waterfall for time. Water is very cold
Luck:
Strip down and get in the mud and find a frog and present it to the master for next clue
Cowboys finish RB
K/V finish and so does M/L
Z/J and M/G foe luck and put on funny looking diaper and go into mud looking for frog
Her/Nate and R/C do purity and do another ritual first a shrine then with bambo sticks
J/C still at RB having trouble
Z/J find frog and get next clue and are now off to pitstop
G/M get frog and clue and along with
L/J are now mud
K/V and M/M just get clue
J/C just finish up the RB
Nate/Herb now under waterfall, finish up but I think they grab the wrong bag and now when R/C finish the waterfall they can find their bag with all their passports and clues.

Slybones
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Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slybones a private message Print Post    
Japan's scenery is so beautiful. I wouldn't want to drive though.

Videomic
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When z/j were getting in care they said in interview that they didn't want to take the time to put pants on...
Then Zev says he isn't wearing underware now.

Slybones
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Oh, poor Mel & Mike. I felt so bad for them.

Slybones
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Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 6:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slybones a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the good spoiling once again Videomic.

Videomic
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Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Videomic a private message Print Post    
R/C can't find bags so they think N/H took it so they are going on. When ron gets to men's changing booth the bag was left in their.
L/J find the frog.
Z/J say something about asking for directions in underwear and no one batted a eye.
Cowboys doing mud, M/L do mud also, along with K/V and M/M
Girls get to clue box after RB
Z/J you are team number 1, as winners trip for two
K/V find frog
Margie finds frog
Gary/Mallory team number 2
Herb/Nate team number 3
Mike/Mel getting colder
Ron/Christina team number 4, Phil ask her why she looks so disappointed, she tells him about the bag and Phil says that because of that he is imposing a 30 minute penalty on them. So they become team number 3
K/J team number 4
That puts H/Nate team number 5
cowboys team number 6
Mike/Mel decide to get in car to get warm
Jaime/Carla do mud, M/M
K/V team number 7
M/L team number 8
J/C find frog
J/C get to mat and finish the
Mel and Mike are the last team to arrive and have been eliminated from the race.

Dogdoc
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Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 7:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Japan is beautiful

Nerovh
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Well, at least with Mel and Mike gone, that's one less team for Margie and Luke to follow around. If I were Jaime and Cara, I would not help them one more iota. They have ditched Jaime and Cara twice now, and have not once offered up any real help themselves.

I'm sorry that R/C had trouble because of the Globetrotters, but I sincerely dislike the two (well, mostly Ron) of them now. Ron is constantly complaining about EVERYTHING. It irks me when people try to get answers from other teams instead of figuring things out for themselves, then complain about the other team being incompetent because they were wrong.

Lexie_girl
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Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 7:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
How can you not love Zev and Justin???

Biscottiii
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Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 7:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Thanks Vid, great spoiling! Now, I just have to another 1-1/2 hrs. Yes, Zev & Justin are so totally lovable! And I'm delighted they won another trip.

Lycanthrope
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Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 9:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
Decent episode, not great. Japan is beautiful.

I liked Zev/Justin's comment about a guy asking for directions in his underwear in the states wouldn't be received well, but in Japan it's no big deal.

Usually these first few episodes are "getting to know you" episodes. But we know these people already. I guess I can't wait for this to get down to 5 or 6 teams and competition gets really intense.

Jimmer
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Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 9:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Thanks Vid!

Zev & Justin are my favorite team. I'm tired of Ron & Cristina and Margie & Luke (though Margie and Luke were pretty good on this show).

Sorry to see Mel & Mike go because they seem like nice guys but unfortunately they're just another example of a team that had absolutely no chance of winning. It may sound harsh but I wish they wouldn't include teams that have no chance.

Kappy
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Thanks, Video, for the spoiling ~ Excellent job as always!

I enjoyed seeing Mel & Mike again and I'm sad to see them go but Mike made a wise choice in getting his dad out of that cold muck once the sun set.

Zev & Justin are definite faves but I wonder why we aren't seeing that much of the cowboys this time around. Just not exciting enough to make the edit cut I guess.

I couldn't fault Ron and Christina this time for being upset about the fanny pack. I agree the guys should have brought it back to where they first found it. I'm thinking the two guys just didn't know what to do with it when they realized their mistake.

Sean
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My recap of the episode is up:

http://sfurfaro.blogspot.com/2011/03/amazing-race-recap-are-we-about-to-get.html

Re: Fanny Pack-gate. It was an honest mistake, and I would have had no problem whatsoever if they were assessed a penalty for it. But I thought it was a horrible decision for Phil to assess the penalty after Ron and Christina whined on the mat about it. The show has always handed out penalties based on the fact that they see everything that happens with the accompanying cameras. If it wasn't a penalty when the Globetrotters landed on the mat, NO WAY it should have been a penalty after the fact based on Ron and Christina telling Phil about it.

Biscottiii
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Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 10:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
That was intense tonight, fun episode! I'm glad that Mike insisted on his Dad giving up and heading for the medical van (w/o even the cold hose shower). One of the teams said the longer you were in the mud the colder it got.

It was smart, when Mike knows his Dad would never give up - why wait til there was hypothermia or a heart attack? It was dark by that time and they had no way to know Jaime/Cara had been delayed by the car accident.

I'm sorry to see Mel/Mike out of the race, but not entirely. Just didn't see that Mel would have been able to finish the race, much less win it. They did have adventures together in both races that most people could even dream of.

Biscottiii
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Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 11:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Sean, I enjoyed your recap, thanks! However, IMO, wrt:

"But I thought it was a horrible decision for Phil to assess the penalty after Ron and Christina whined on the mat about it. The show has always handed out penalties based on the fact that they see everything that happens with the accompanying cameras. If it wasn't a penalty when the Globetrotters landed on the mat, NO WAY it should have been a penalty after the fact based on Ron and Christina telling Phil about it."

Seems to me in terms of timing, for all we know FT/BE could have been checking in while Ron/Christina were still searching or en-route. My guess is that likely after C/R told Phil, he would have verified with the camera men (who were there to film the fannypack 'find' in the changing hut, after all).

Something like that verification w/camera men would surely be edited out, except for the part where Phil assigned the penalty. Too much at stake for Phil to do an 'off the cuff' action, based merely on Christina 'whining'.

I also don't think FT/BE grabbed the fannypack to hurt someone's game, just a mishap/mistake. When you're freezing your a$$ off, adrenaline is pumping, both grabbing for a fannypack - I don't think it was deliberate. Probably thought it was reasonable to just leave it for Ron to find in the changing hut. Thank heavens, this didn't toss FT/BE out of the game. Admit, I wouldn't mind seeing Ron leave though.

Landileigh
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Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 11:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
Ron has anger issues, and he is downright mean and nasty when it isn't his way about things. throwing everything around in that changing room was ridiculous for a grown man!

Seamonkey
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Monday, March 07, 2011 - 12:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I'm quite confident that Phil wouldn't just take someone coming to the mat with a story and penalize another team. Just because Ron can be unlikeable doesn't mean the Trotters shouldn't be penalized for taking a crucial item like the pack.. they should have known they didn't carry theirs up there and they did realize it wasn't theirs. What if there had been an all female team following them? They might have never found the thing. I'm sure it is all laid out in the rules anyway.

I don't for a second think it was deliberate but it was overly casual.

I was busy typing.. could see Ron being frustrated but didn't think he threw too much around. Heck I was afraid he wouldn't even notice it. I think I would have been pawing through lots of stuff trying to find that pack.

I'm particulary sad that Mike and Mel didn't find a frog before Mike pulled the plug and that this allowed Jaime and Cara to continue.

I had to laugh when all they hit was a mirror.. the previews made it look like they hit a person. And even though it lost them some time, they were wise to stop.. I suspect fleeing could have been much more costly, if they were caught.

I certainly did notice how once again Margie decided to ditch Jaime and Cara when they were teaming with other teams.. Seems like they suck off someone every single week so far.

And I am SO SICK of Mallory and her mugging for the camera and her umpteenth mention of Miss America! Sheesh! And they still have that Express Pass (wise to not have panicked and used it in their pack) I do like her dad.

And love love love Zev and Justin!!! And Zev is so funny! He had several great lines. One being "Lets find this frog and then eat its legs for good luck!"

Jet or Cord finally telling the other one.. "it wasn't a real frog, you know."

Seamonkey
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03/06/2011 Leg 03 - Broken Hill, Australia - Tokyo, Japan

team1TBC23456789101112avgRBSBEPU
turn
FFprizesE
Zev(28)
Justin(31)
040101         02.00Z0
J2
    Cancun trip
Costa Rica trip
 
Gary(53)
Mallory(25)
010902         04.00G1
M1
    Express Pass!2 
Ron(61)
Christina(29)
08100403P+         07.00R1
C1
      
Kisha(30)
Jen(26)
030404         03.67K1
J1
      
Herb/FT(34)
Nate/BE(29)
05020305P-         04.00H2
N0
      
Jet(31)
Cord(30)
1130306         06.67J1
C1
      
Kent(35)
Vyxsin(32)
100707         08.00K1
V1
      
Margie(53)
Luke(25)
070508         06.67M1
L1
      
Jaime(32)
Cara(28)
060809         07.67J1
C1
      
Mel(70)
Mike(40)
090610P         08.33Me1
Mi1
     03
Amanda(25)
Kris(27)
0211          06.50A1
K0
  L1/L21  02


1 AUTOMATIC U-Turn: A penalty assessed at the beginning of Leg 1 to the last team to find the proper airline tag needed to obtain their flight (first or second) from LAX. The last 3 teams got a second flight due to land 90 minutes behind the first, but the last of those teams has to perform an automatic U-Turn which will force them to perform both options of the first detour. Kris and Amanda were penalized thus in Leg 1. They completed both parts of the detour in Leg 2. While they actually left the detour ahead of others they ended up in last and were eliminated, blaming the u-turn.

2 EXPRESS PASS allows a team to skip or abandon any task at any one time through the 8th leg of the race. Gary and Mallory won the EP in Sydney at the TBC "end" of Leg 1.

3 At time of TBC on first leg/show, Jet and Cord had not actually completed all tasks required to get to Phil and be declared 11th. They did complete and made the second flight, so benefitted from airport bunching.

TBC To Be Continued. Leg 1 of this race ended with racers being given a clue and sent on, but first place team Gary and Mallory left with the coveted Express Pass and Kris and Amanda were still to perform their automatic U-Turn.

P- Leg 3. The Globetrotters arrived 3rd at the Pit Stop and Ron & Christina 4th, but Phil imposed a 30 min. penalty on the Trotters because they took R/C pack and left it in the changing area and didn't tell R/C who lost time looking for it. This moved R/C into 3rd and the Trotters into 4th, but Jen/Kisha arrived within the penalty time so they took 4th and the Trotters were 5th.

P Leg 3 Mel and Mike didn't complete the detour due to extreme cold.. Mike called it off. And this meant they were last and eliminated.

Spear
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Monday, March 07, 2011 - 12:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spear a private message Print Post    
If it wasn't a penalty when the Globetrotters landed on the mat, NO WAY it should have been a penalty after the fact based on Ron and Christina telling Phil about it.

We've seen them assess penalties "after the fact" (during Pit Stops) before, so what Phil did wasn't that horrible. The Globetrotters' crew probably just missed the infraction so Phil didn't know to penalize them. I've also read that there are a lot of time adjustments during Pit Stops that we never get to see.