Teams 'Race' to Find Flights

Here's this week's "live" thoughts on The Amazing Race.

This week's key words: MARKED FOR ELIMINATION. We'll have to watch to find out how they affect Uchenna and Joyce.

Am I the only one who thinks that Mirna's shirt should say, "Too Hot-Headed to Handle." Oh snap! The beauty queens just made fun of the shirt!!! See, my love for the blondes this season is not misguided.

I would make a joke about Dumb and Dumber's Tasmanian Devil mix-up, but it has become so easy it's losing its appeal.

Full flights + Teams willing to take big risks = Awesome airport drama

Mirna/Charla may have just taken the leading spot for Most Annoying TAR Team Ever with their continued "Poor Us" mentality. Why are the race gods rewarding this annoyingness with all the right breaks on flights this leg?? And why are there no flippin' flights available?? It's like a ticket lottery and Eric and Danielle just came out big losers. How pissed would you be if you were sitting on the plane and the airline came and removed you because they accidentally gave you someone else's seats??!! Had it been Rob/Amber, CBS totally would have gotten them new seats.

I can't believe these teams have to spend another night in Maputo! They shouldn't worry, though, I'm sure there will be some sort of classic TAR catch-up point. Enter classic TAR catch-up point. The first dhow doesn't leave until 5:30 tomorrow morning. Unfortunately for the teams left behind, their stand-by flight won't even have left yet.

OK, the airport drama has gone from funny and entertaining to completely frickin' ridiculous! How can Teri/Ian and Team Guido still not have flights?? I thought TAR made sure there were enough seats for all of the teams on at least one flight. Joyce and Uchenna can go ahead and take their time because there's no way they're getting eliminated tonight! They could have a 3 hour time penalty and it wouldn't matter.

Holy frick on a stick (TM Eliot Reed on Scrubs)! They finally got a flight!! It's a TAR miracle.

Danny/Oswald just became my new favorite team because they are the only thing standing between Charla/Mirna and first place. Well, them and that dang puzzle! No, no, no!! Don't stop for energy! I NEED you to beat Charla/Mirna!

Perhaps, Phil and the extras should have rehearsed that little hand-off in the Roadblock explanation. It wasn't quite there, but it was a solid effort on Phil's part.

Frick on a stick (TM Eliot Reed again)!! Mirna just completed the damn Roadblock! If they win this leg over that stupid fruit, I'm going to scream.

Do you hear that sound? It's the sound of me screaming at the top of my lungs because Charla/Mirna just finished in first!! I so hate fruit now. Fruit sucks!! Ha! They won catamarans and had to ask what they were!

That log-hauling Detour must have taken the blondes much longer than the puzzle took Uchenna/Joyce because they were more than 30 minutes behind. Anywho, Joyce/Uchenna are safe.

It sucks that a lack of flights caused the elimination tonight. Even the team who doesn't get eliminated has a sucky outcome. They're going to be about a day behind the other teams when they start the next leg (although, it's safe to assume that there will be a catch-up point along the way).

That tricky editing has me thinking that it's a tight race between these two last teams, but I have a feeling that Team Guido is well ahead. And I was right. Teri/Ian just got eliminated. Now, I hate fruit and flights. They both suck!

Were you bummed to see Teri/Ian go home? What did you think of all of the flight drama?? Leave me a comment with your thoughts. The pictures in this edition are courtesy of cbs.com.


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