Well, guess it's moot now. Oh well.

sorry Silly Burrito and JasonF, thanks for playing. Mark and Mallory didn't gel as a team, but at least you weren't eliminated in the first few minutes of the season.

Man, feel bad about Mark and Mallory. Going back to get that bag really did cost them. They'd have easily beat out the last couple teams otherwise.

Looks to me like the YouTube team and country singers are consistently at the back, but you never know with this game. Sometimes all it takes is being second to last again and again! :P

It looks like the Survivor gimmick of having a tribe of Beauty works in this case. Fortunate for my country singers to hang on for another week. I don't recall them being this bad last time, but maybe it was due to hanging out with the hockey guys.

Man... between each obstacle I'm terrified the cowboys will get lost or do something stupid. At the tasks they are great, but getting there they are a train-wreck.

Luckily they have been really good at the road blocks and detours so far. Hopefully, the can get from the middle of the pack back to the top since everyone finished really close to each other.

Boy, the cowboys are in good shape between coming in the top 3 consistently and having the Express Pass.

Sorry Navinabob and chowderhead. The YouTube hosts lost it without a cab.

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Sorry Navinabob and chowderhead, but at least you still have your alliances with lwhy?

It's ok, they were my Hail Mary pass that I didn't expect much from. Cowboys still look like they are finalist material.

I don't think they gave these teams much notice. Some of the contestants do not look as physically fit as before (most noticeable with the Country Singers).

I don't like the cowboys editing. They are making them the task monsters but terrible at navigation. I see them making the final 4 or 3 but getting lost and going home again.
Dave and Connor, Leo and Jamal, and even Brandon and Rachel are getting good edits.

Brenchel got a reprieve thanks to the non-elimination, but I was really surprised at Rachel helping to calm Luke down. It could have costed them the race.

Rachel's really redeeming herself this season. On Big Brother and the last AR she was on, she was so moody and crying so often...but this season she's got more resolve and kindness. I'm actually enjoying their team. I'm glad they got a non-elim this round.

Sorry postermen and CKMorpheus, thanks for playing.

It was clear that Marge and Luke were hours behind since they were the only team to arrive at the pit stop after dark. If only they had joined Brenchel on that risky tight connection.

Just watched it. Bummer... They were a pretty strong team til the end.

That was close, but let's get real: They've been one of the weakest teams all season. And this after finishing second in the last leg.

That would have sucked pretty bad the Survivor game.

I thought it was funny that the country singers thought nobody was making mistakes and that's why the race is harder than their previous run. Actually, there have been a lot of mistakes, but the other teams have being doing well to recover from them.

Sorry lwhy? and chowderhead. Once again mostly a cab's fault.

Shaping up to be some pretty tough teams at the end. Could be anyone's race!

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Sorry lwhy? And chowderhead, thanks for playing.

I don't think we've ever seen the last 3 teams arrive at the mat at the same time before. That made for an exciting finish.

yeah, sucks to be knocked out because of a bad taxis but it felt like the producers purposely gave an ambiguous clue to get people lost.
anyway, Rachel and Brendon are getting a great edit this time. I wouldn't be surprised if they are a final 3 team. From the voice over at the mat and the previews

Country singers survive the speed bump to finish second!

Granted it was a pretty mild speed bump, but it did make them among the last to start that round of detours. Fortunately the difficulty of the detour plus the confusion in the next two steps helped equalize the field.

Sorry Groucho & Damfino. Damfino, at least you still have another team...and one that's running REALLY good right now at that!

Sorry Groucho, If nothing else, the Globetrotters were fun to watch.

I actually took Brenchel as my second team as a deliberate Quack play and so far their race has been fun and good!

I thought the country singers were going to blow it when they got lost driving to the first task. Good thing they have allies. But then there's no way I would have predicted top 5 after the first few weeks so I'm kind of on house money already.

I really felt like the Globetrotters were not "in it to win it" this time around, they were just playing for the exposure and/or fun of it.

Well, the non-elim leg helped.