That Dastardly Phil-No One Eliminated, To Be Continued Next Week

Let's get it out of the way. The Weavers suck. Tonight's Weaver Moment of Hypocrisy came early as Rebecca Weaver (note, this whole time I thought she was Rachel) called the Godlewski sisters "bottle blondes". Okay, there Skunky, I don't think the Lord made you with white blond streaks in your black hair. Hate them.

Speaking of hate, or at least dislike, after tonight Michelle Godlewski is on my list. Michelle is one of the older Godlewskis. She's the one with the shorter hair and bigger breasts. And, she's a complete bitch. For some reason she's decided to single out her sister Christine as her enemy rather than her teammate in the Race. Christine might be annoying, but no one deserves to be treated the way Michelle treats her.

In actual racing news tonight, the teams basically traveled hundreds of miles between various places in Utah and Wyoming. The Linzes were screwed by "production difficulties" and went from first to last place. Luckily, they were saved as the leg ended not on the mat of Philimination, but rather with Phil giving the teams another clue to continue on the Race. Thank God. For awhile there I was afraid for Team Cincinnati. Hey, if they win do you think Chad Johnson could honor them with a special "Amazing" dance?

Other notes from tonight's race:

Nick Linz continues to be a charmer. When the final clue didn't mention a pit stop, Nick affected a saucy French accent and wondered if zumzing fishy vas going on. Oh Nick...
While Christine gets away with nothing, Megan Linz is really completely spoiled by her brothers. They don't razz her when she claims to be suffering from cramps and they let her watch most of their detour task from the sidelines.
Speaking of tasks, tonight's episode probably had the best tasks in the entire race. I like detours where one choice isn't obviously better than the other and tasks that have some cultural or historical significance. Tonight's Old West-themed detour required teams to either pound together some railroad or haul coal. The roadblock was also an ode to the Old West, as two teammates played the cowboy and herded some cows and their calves. It didn't reach the high comedy of other past animal-related Amazing Race tasks, but I've come to realize that almost nothing in this season is comparable to prior Races. I don't like it, but I'll live with it
I loved the hot air ballooning. It's not particularly exciting to watch, but it's soothing, like Wally Bransen. Plus, I appreciated the fact that the Weavers got the Communist balloon (red with a gold star-seriously, I'm not kidding, they got a Commie balloon)
Phil has never looked better than when we has jauntily sitting on a fence waiting for the teams to run to the non-finish mat. Mmm...Phil indeed
I'm no fan of stupid bunching, but tonight's episode had a great instance of natural bunching as teams were forced to wait until Old Faithful erupted before they could get their clue. The wait allowed the Weavers to catch up to the Bransens, while both the Godlewskis and the Linz family just missed the first eruption and were forced to wait another 92 minutes for it was go time again

Finally, I have to mention how much I'm looking forward to watching next week after seeing the preview of the Weavers getting pulled over by the cops. Heh. And they weren't wearing their seatbelts! I hope The Man comes down hard on Linda and her brood.

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