TAR10: Nice Guys Finish...

... well, you know how that line usually ends! :-(

Thoughts from last night's TAR episode "Lookin' Like A Blue-Haired Lady on a Sunday Drive"

Well, it was not the Philimination most of us where looking for, as The Cho Bros were... <ahem!  prepping my best "sad" Phil voice>... I'm sorry to say, the last team to arrive.  Now, I can't say that I didn't see it coming...   while "nice guys" do win TAR (think Chip & Kim or Uchenna & Joyce), I think the Chos just lacked competitive drive... or should I say over-drive to make them a viable team to win it all.

That said, I was still hoping they would be the last of the "Six/Back Pack" to survive...  but thankfully, their Philimination was not due to their nice-ness... while they did (arrrgh!) wait for 'Bama after the Roadblock... the editors didn't even try to make the "who's gonna be last?" sequence look like it would be close.

So, for the first time (I think), I feel like I don't have a team to root for in the Final 4...

'Bama has been losing me more and more each episode... and it has nothing to do with their independent spirit.  I think there is no point in any sort of extended alliances in the TAR.  My jaw dropped to the floor when one of them said something to the affect of "it's time for the Chos to start running their own Race"... this coming after after their 47th complaint that Chos were driving too slow and asking for directions too much... ummm, who exactly is not running their own Race here?  I think the answer is in the rear-view mirror... of the Chos' car!

From there it continues to be slim pickins' as we are left with this season's  "axis of evil" ... though individually, none of these teams would make it onto my "most hated" (or even "love to hate") list. 

The Model Boys are just not doing it for me. Sure they have had a minor scare or two, but it almost seems as if they are there by default, not expending a whole lot of effort (unlike last year's alpha-males, Eric & Jeremy... who were equally vacuous but seemed to sweat it a lot)... or maybe I should just give them credit for making it look easy (though I doubt that).

What can I say about Rob & Kim?  I think even the editors are tired of making Rob look like a jerk, just giving us few small doses of orneriness over the past couple of episodes.  Todd last night asked me if Rob pounds his first and shouts "it's over, we're out" in every episode.  Though these continued car troubles are making me more and more suspicious.  I'm willing to think there is a conspiracy theory that there is at least one lemon in every bunch of cars (well, except when the cars used are a not-so-sly product placement).

So, yes... as I alluded to in last week's update... I'm leaning... god help me...  towards the Barbies.  I just have think their Chernobyl "that's where the atomic bomb went off" line was "cute" instead of a scholarship pageant moment.  So while I haven't enjoyed their overall behavior (particularly to other teams)... they have been pretty darn competent, working together with an amazing lack of in-fighting... so begrudgingly... they are the lesser of two... three... umm, four evils.   

Comments

[Gail]

I was so hoping for non-Philimination last night. I honestly don't know who to cheer for, but I'll probably keep watching out of idle curiousity. Who will be the nastiest? Who will become sympathetic? Right now, there are some individuals I don't mind(James, Lyn), but I'm also at a loss as to which team I despise the most. Oh, and it's not just Rob. Don't forget Kimberley's earlier Kendra-like comments in India.

[harrison]

I find myself leaning towards Dustin and Kandice! Tyler and James are quite alright, but I sure as heck don't want Bama to win after their rather ungrateful attitude towards the generous Chos. Don't complain when you chose to follow them and let them help you.

Rob and Kimberly are looking to be rather strong, but they are probably going to be the third team in every season that lags behind the first two teams. I am hoping that the models and Dustin & Kandice are the top two!

Dustin is so pretty.