The Amazing Race (spoiler)

[curse10]

CHIP AND KIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woooooo hooooooooo! I was rooting for them the whole damn time! I'm so happy for them :D

[tedoll78]

1. I'm just thankful..

that it wasn't Colin and Kristie. Pardon me, but what an asshole! Wow! Yay!

[curse10]

5. Colin was an ass

I was equally happy that they lost :D

[qanda]

6. I'm with you

Colin is abusive and he defines a whiner. First he said all the rest of the teams sucked at playing the game, but when Chip and Kim started playing the game, he couldn't get over it. Congratulations to Chip and Kim-- they deserved it!

[skippysmom]

28. Thank God Chip and Kim won

But I was just about ready to vomit when Colin tried to upstage them by proposing on the Early Show. That poor pathetic Christie actually said yes.

[alcuno]

2. I could barely watch the end.

Glad they won. I love that show.

[soothsayer]

3. I wanted the bowling moms, but they were my number 2 team!

I kind of feel bad for psycho colin and his abused GF, cuz he really played so hard, but....hoooray!

[curse10]

4. I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought he was an abuser

he has a well of anger in him that is ready to explode. He was fucking scary. Although Chip and Kim were my favorite, I would have been thrilled with anyone as long as it wasn't Colin and CHristie.

[MaineDem]

8. Christie seemed so co-dependent

She probably doesn't know any better, poor thing. :eyes:

But kudos to Chip and Kim. After the Bowling Moms they were my favorites. Is Kim the first female to win the Amazing Race? I think she might be.

I love this show!!!

[curse10]

12. The Bowling Moms were awesome!

They were truly inspiring. They reminded me of my mom :loveya:

[soothsayer]

18. well, he prolly doesn't know any better either, poor thing, too

It's not an unusual unhealthy relationship, that's for sure.

[alphafemale]

7. What was with the blonde dude? " Imagine Jesus at the top of the hill...

...stretching his arms wide!" ...wuhat?

I hadn't caught this show except in snippets before tonight, but the two runner-up couples seemed HORRID!

Were they always like that? yuck.

[curse10]

11. They are models/born agains

they always talked about Jesus. They would constantly pray. Although it may have appeared to be annoying it was actually kind of endearing. They were really nice to each other. And they really did believe. (I'm an atheist, btw).

[alphafemale]

13. Maybe g-d got annoyed at their pleas to influence a reality show...

...for them and delayed their flight?

:evilgrin:

See how easy invoking the infinite to your side is?

(I'm a UU myself, which in the opinion of most mainstream Christians - might as well be atheist.)

I did wonder if the two couples were portrayed better earlier in the game.

I know how these things can be editted to make the majority of the audience be rooting for the "ultimate winner."

The editing tonight made the runner-up couples look awful.

[curse10]

14. Christie and Colin were always awful

Nicole and BRandon (the born agains) weren't so bad. But they weren't really different from tonight.

[soothsayer]

19. I think he always prayed---I don't think she did very much

Are they fornicating, I wonder? (shhh, don't tell Jesus)

[girl gone mad]

27. I agree it was endearing.

(I'm also an atheist). They seemed genuine and were kindhearted, though a little self-centered to think that God was going to take time out to make sure they won the race. I thought from the beginning they didn't have a good chance because putting the outcome in God's hands gives you a good excuse to be lazy. It was funny when Nicole told Brandon to pray to himself. I'm not sure they are born-agains, they never seemed to be trying to preach to others.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who was rooting against Colin and Christie! They both have anger issues, but especially Colin. I really hope they do not have children together. They managed to get to second place purely on their physicality - they were so emotionally unstable. Hopefully, they watched the show and maybe now they will seek help.

I Tivoed the show and just got a chance to watch it this morning.. sorry I'm late to the discussion.

[jonnyblitz]

9. a reality show I assume. I figure that is why I have no clue

as to what you are talking about. :shrug:

[MaineDem]

17. It's not a bad one

There's no "voting off" or immunities. It's a treasure hunt sort of thing. Teams follow clues and perform tasks (major ones like cliff climbing and walking a girder under the Auckland Harbour Bridge)on a journey around the world.

It's interesting - some of the teams are bizarre but that's life, ya know - and the concept is one hell of a lot more intelligent than the Survivor and Fear Factor type of shows.

That being said, yeah, it's a reality show.

[jonnyblitz]

21. oh i dont judge them. I just never watch anything but

cable news shows, C-SPAN, or IFC. I forget there are other stations!! I was obsessed with the first survivor!! I do despise American Idol though.

[Bluebear]

25. Amazing race 6 starts right away, give it a shot

We hated most of the reality shows but Amazing race is actually interesting!

[dietdpfan]

10. I'm glad to hear it!

I'm taping it since I have to work.

I wanted anybody but Colin and his slave to win. I hate those two. Colin will end up in prison one day when he murders his partner for disobeying him.

[graywarrior]

15. LOL, that's a good one

Colin is a colon.

[lazarus]

16. From now on

When people say that only bad people can win reality shows, we can point to Chip and Kim, the most decent people I've ever seen.

I've been pulling for them from Day One, and I was ecstatic that they won.

I actually had to pace just about the entire episode. I was so sure they had lost until they pulled that maneuver off with the airplanes.

[soothsayer]

20. i bit off all my nails! n/t

[Tracer]

22. Chip certainly deserved to win, but Kim?

As far as I could see, she didn't do jack shit.

And furthermore, it was quite apparent that Jesus could not have cared less about handing Brandon and Nicole a win.

[lazarus]

26. Kim was instrumental in the win

It's not all about the challenges. Chip would have been out early without Kim.

She was the brains of the outfit. Chip was the brawn. Perfect team that was the only one I can recall that never had an argument (other than the early boots that didn't have time to stress out).

[SidDithers]

23. I had to laugh at Nicole riding the bike, tho...

then having a meltdown on the slopes of Sunshine Village. I think Brandon piggybacked her for the entire rest of the race after that.

Sid

[Bluebear]

24. "Picture Jesus at the bottom, reaching out for you Nicole!"

No offense to the faithful here...but Jesus surely picked and chose His time to inspire this couple, no?