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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 8:30 am
Susan & Patrick are the first mother/son Team in the history of THE AMAZING RACE. Susan is from Hamilton, Ohio and Patrick lives in Hollywood, California. Susan is the Director for Judicial Affairs for Miami University in Ohio and Patrick is a writer. Their primary motivation for participating in this Race is to see the world with each other and have stories to share for the rest of their lives. Susan has been married to Patrick’s father for 34 years and also has a daughter, Elizabeth. She earned her college degree as a “non-traditional” student, since she was a mother at the time. She enjoys shopping, gardening and traveling and describes herself as stylish, demanding and prepared. Patrick says he is extremely close with this family, and they’ve always been very supportive of him, including when he told them he was gay. However, his mother disagreed with his decision to drop out of college (Miami U) 30 credits shy of his degree. Patrick describes himself as Machiavellian and strategic. Both are avid fans of the show and watch it religiously. As Susan tells it, “We want to play! He is the competitive one, and we are the perfect Team!” http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race7/teams/susan/
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 9:01 am
It's a new dynamic, but the one similar to this (father/son in Race 3) was infamous for getting the first ever wasted Fast Forward (they were so far bach, even with the FF, they got eliminated)
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 10:08 am
Just for the unique relationship between mother & son, and the fact they are avid fans - I'm gonna start out rooting for this team. 'squeek'
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 2:55 pm
Interesting team!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 2:02 pm
It will be interesting to see how a mother and son handle this together. Much different relationship than a mother/daughter.
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 2:06 pm
I'm looking forward to watching this team.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Friday, February 11, 2005 - 11:49 am
I'm kinda surprised it's taken them seven seasons to cast a mother/son team. This should be an interesting dynamic that will be fun to watch. Unless they come out of the gate hateful and snarky, I'll be cheering for them.
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Lancecrossfire
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Friday, February 11, 2005 - 2:32 pm
Karen, I agree with you about taking so long. We've had more model teams than we can shake a stick at--ok, not really--I can shake a stick at a lot of teams. We've had father/dughter teams--thsi one is worth watching--I hope they do well.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Saturday, February 12, 2005 - 2:36 pm
Yep worth watching and hopefully he won't really be Machiavellian..
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 3:43 pm
Looks like a good team.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, February 28, 2005 - 6:36 pm
Wouldn't it be Machiavellian of the producers if something develops between Patick and Alex? Much closer in age!
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 9:05 pm
I love them! They jumped up to being my favourite team after tonight's episode.
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Penpoint
Member
03-27-2001
| Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 11:28 pm
Mine too!
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 12:16 am
They're not my favorite team, but they're in the top 3. I love their attitude.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 8:27 am
Now that we've had the first episode, I'm still cheering this team as my number one. Go MOM & SON!!! 'squeek'
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 9:58 am
I dunno,Patrick seems so focused on JUST beating Rob. He also said Rob is dumber than a rock. Thinking like that has gotten Rob very far in other games.......
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Essence
Member
01-12-2002
| Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 10:57 am
The mom is ok, but I'm not liking the son too much. Maybe that will change, but he is so focused on beating Rob/Amber.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 11:03 am
Jealousy will do that every time. 
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Scorpiomoon
Member
06-06-2002
| Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 2:55 pm
I like Patrick! He does seem kind of immature, but he has such a soft energy about him. I think, beyond being "jealous" of Romber, he's probably a little star-struck.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Friday, March 04, 2005 - 8:18 pm
I don't care for either one of them, but of course this was just the first episode and things could change. I hope he gets a wakeup call and starts worrying about his OWN game.. after all I think he and mom sorta coat-tailed it on the team that had the Spanish-speaker..
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 12:48 pm
I disagree, Seamonkey. I think they pulled their own in the first leg and the two tems helped one another. It just seemed like they were towing along with Debbie and Bianca because they couldn't speak Spanish, while D/B could, so in this particular leg (since they started in South America) it seemed as though S/P were dragging along.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 9:31 am
Anyone think Susan looks like Elizabeth Hasselwhatever (from Survivor and the View) in about 30 years?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 10:10 am
Yeah, she does Julieboo! I like these two. Perhaps she lets her son make too many decisions and he's too young to always make the smart ones, but they haven't offended me in the slightest.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 11:38 am
I think Patrick actually thinks he can manipulate others (his Machiavellian fantasy).. like when Rob and Amber arrived at the bus station and he announced to them that they had to wait for the ticket window to open and then they would buy tickets in the order they arrived.. Rob just said uh huh and then did his own investigation. Not only did the first two teams, even with the Spanish advantage, fail to analyze the schedules (the other bus sign said Directo (sp) and frankly while it isn't a bad idea to try to pin down other teams to make them be nice and form a line, there is no rule about that unless TAR has a sign in sheet or numbered tickets, so .. nice try but I don't see Rob (or some of the others) just taking orders from Patrick. I still find them irritating.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 9:56 am
And now that D&B are gone, I have a new team to not like. That whole scene with Alex refusing to eat "and now I'm not going to do it just because you want me too!" (paraphrasing) was just bizzare!
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