I did not enjoy the first episode of the new The Amazing Race. Was considering ceasing watching.But, with episode 2, The Amazing Race redeemed itself.
I didn't like the Granny Team of Jody & Shannon getting eliminated, particularly after Granny Jody got kicked in the head while milking a cow. She is one tough granny.
The Roadblock that involved the cow milking was a good one, gathering up ingredients to make some German cake, called kucken at a farm called Onces Bellavista. One of the ingredients was a baker's dozen of eggs. I was sure one of the racers would not know what a baker's dozen was, with being certain that model, Brent, would not know.
Brent & Caite, she of beauty queen fame, trying to redeem herself from some horrible beauty queen faux pas that became a national joke that I don't remember, whined about the others thinking she's stupid and making jokes about her.
Several of the teams are quite amusing. Like the brothers, Dan and Jordan. And the Big Brother team of Jordan and Jeff. I thought they were dummies at first. I was wrong.
And then we have undercover detectives, Louis & Michael. They seem like nice guys. But they seem to have a lot of trouble detecting where they are supposed to go.
But, the ones who really changed my opinion of them on this leg of the race were the Oklahoma cowboys, Jet & Cord. They came in first. And won a pair of sailboats. Jet & Cord are being lone rangers, not relying on anyone but themselves. Watching them outsmart Brent & Caite and Jordan & Jeff by getting to the correct bus terminal was amusing.
Jet & Cord say funny things, like "good gravy" over and over again. Their interaction is funny too.
The lesbian daters appear to get cranky with each other next week, according to the previews. I have been around cranky lesbians. It's never a pretty sight.
For the detour teams choose between dressing an llama or flying like a condor into a lake to retrieve their clue. I've dealt with an irascible llama before, so I would have chosen to fly like a condor. At least one teammate was kicked by an llama. A lot of animal violence this episode.
Looking forward to next week's The Amazing Race now.
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