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The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
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Synopsis: "We Was Robbed" - As the competition heats up in Moscow, James and Abba continue on their quest to recover a lost passport. Meanwhile, an ankle injury takes its toll on one racer and threatens the team's ability to finish a challenge, on THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, Nov. 18 (8:30-9:30 PM, ET / 7:30-8:30 PM, CT / 8:00-9:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network. Emmy Award nominee Phil Keoghan is the host. Read more: Listings - AMAZING RACE, THE on CBS | TheFutonCritic.com http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listin...#ixzz2Cd1ggzW6 Episode 8 of 12 FYI, due to football overrun, the show starts at 8:52pm ET tonight. |
Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
This episode shows why AR wins the Emmy every year. What a roller coaster!
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Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
Jeebus, how is Josh and Brent still in this race?
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Fuck, the twins are still in the race.
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I got a bit nervous when Trey and Lexi ended up in the Irreversible rape tunnel.
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No surprise with who was eliminated. I hope the speed bump wasn't ride around with a priest.
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Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
Originally Posted by Double_Oh_7
(Post 11473801)
This episode shows why AR wins the Emmy every year. What a roller coaster!
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Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
Is it common in Moscow for some taxis to be completely unmarked? Seemed like a lot of the teams were ending up in random dark colored sedans.
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Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
I thought this was a pretty uneventful leg, challenge-wise. I was actually surprised when the Chippendales got the clue saying it was the Pit Stop already. I figured with the travel element out of the picture this leg they would add another task. Legs like this almost feel like the producers are intentionally stalling, as if there was a problem with the next location and they have to throw something together at the last minute until they sort it out.
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Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
My guess is that there was another challenge that we didn't see to make room for the passport stuff.
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Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
Originally Posted by bdshort
(Post 11474133)
Is it common in Moscow for some taxis to be completely unmarked? Seemed like a lot of the teams were ending up in random dark colored sedans.
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Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
Is this the first time that they didn't post the start times?
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How frustrating for the rockers. To win several legs and then get sabotaged by a taxi. Fricking taxis are ruining this show.
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Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
Originally Posted by Pizza
(Post 11474846)
How frustrating for the rockers. To win several legs and then get sabotaged by a taxi. Fricking taxis are ruining this show.
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Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
Originally Posted by Pizza
(Post 11474846)
How frustrating for the rockers. To win several legs and then get sabotaged by a taxi.
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Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
I couldn't believe so many of the Racers had trouble with that time zone challenge. Sure, I'd give them slack if they got it within 5 attempts or so but 28 tries or whatever it was Rob had? It looked like that Beekman Boy got it on his first try so good for him.
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Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
Originally Posted by Graftenberg
(Post 11474832)
Is this the first time that they didn't post the start times?
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Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
Their planes arrived in Russia about 6-7 hours after the lead groups started the morning challenge on the prior episode, so I figured that was about how far behind they were. Add in the penalty for the farmers and they were probably 10 hours behind the lead groups to start last episode.
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Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
Originally Posted by Groucho
(Post 11474955)
To be fair, it's very bad judgement to leave your stuff in a taxi and hope for the best. In any country, but especially one where you aren't familiar. And you should never be separated from your passport. This is just common sense for travel, let alone the race.
Trey & Lexi had a bad cab driver, but he didn't hurt them that much because of their big lead. |
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I was surprised that the time penalty was assessed at the start of the next leg for the goat farmers for what if something were to happen that the Rockers did get their stuff?
As far as Russian taxis, most are pretty shady. Best is to call for one and get a predetermined rate or else you get dropped off wherever and/or charged a large fare. |
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Here's what I didn't understand:
The Rockers get to the mat (last week) and Phil says you can't check in because you don't have your passports. Then the goat farmers show up and Phil checks them in, though with the 4 hour penalty. Then Phil lets the Rockers check in, even though they still do not have their passports. So what changed that allowed the Rockers to check in later? Nothing that I'm aware of. Seems like it was either a completely unnecessary and huge time penalty created by not letting them check in immediately, or they shouldn't have been allowed to check in at all. Maybe this was explained in the second half of this week's episode and I missed it since football caused my DVR to cut it off. |
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I think since it's a non elimination leg and now that the Rockers are last, Phil let them check in to continue the next leg. At the next leg, if they can't produce the passport at the pitstop, they are done.
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Maybe it was more of a safety issue, to make sure all teams were in the hotel instead of wandering around and waiting?
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Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
Originally Posted by Bill Needle
(Post 11476461)
The Rockers get to the mat (last week) and Phil says you can't check in because you don't have your passports. Then the goat farmers show up and Phil checks them in, though with the 4 hour penalty. Then Phil lets the Rockers check in, even though they still do not have their passports.
So what changed that allowed the Rockers to check in later? Nothing that I'm aware of. Seems like it was either a completely unnecessary and huge time penalty created by not letting them check in immediately, or they shouldn't have been allowed to check in at all. The rockers faced a similar situation. Unable to check in and continue. At the point that they are the last, Phil goes to eliminate them. But since this is a pre-determined non-elimination leg, they are not eliminated. It's a stretch of the rules, but probably what the producers had to come up with, since it was a pre-determined non-elimination. |
Re: The Amazing Race 21 -- "We Was Robbed" -- 11/18/12
Originally Posted by Damfino
(Post 11476383)
I agree. The Rockers can't blame the taxi driver.
The Hollywood Reporter: So Abba, it was just you who lost your passport? Abba: No, I did not lose my passport; it was stolen from us. We had a cab driver who drove away with both our bags. As soon as we got out of the car, he drove off; it was a conscious, malicious act of theft and not something stupid where we just left our bags somewhere. Why my passport was in my bag was I had gotten out of the pool [where the challenge called for the competitors to perform with a Russian synchronized swim team] and I had no towel and I was wet. I took the passport out of my clothes because they were soaking wet. It was the one of the oddest circumstances in my life; next time I'm synchronized-swimming with a Russian Olympic team, that definitely will not happen. |
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