Amazing Race Season 10 - Episode 1
20 Sep 2006 in Amazing Race, Television by GarrickIf having racers rappel up the Great Wall of China on the first leg is any indication, the Amazing Race is on an upswing. The lame events, purposeless pitstops, and music-video editing might be a thing of the past - much like the awful Family Edition.
Despite my continual confusion between the cheerleaders and the beauty queens (half way through Return of the King I asked, “Are two sets of hobbits in the Lord of the Rings?”) the character and distinction between the rest of the teams was nicely accomplished.
I thought the introduction of Peter and Sarah did a great job of laying out both their strength (experienced tri-atheletes) and their weakness (3 legs between them). With Tyler and James a second - ex-addicts turned male models. The rest of the introductions felt like cheap match-making reads;
Likes: travel, a million dollars
Dislikes: the other teams
How un-Amazing.
The introductions not-withstanding, this feels like the most diverse groups of racers yet, devout Muslim team, Indian-American married team, black single moms, and rural Kentuckians! . That said, the stereotypes are still there; a gay couple, white chicks, brothers, a dating couple where he’s probably gay, parent and child, moms. Again, hopefully, the show will transcend the stereotypes.
Oh, and Lindsey - I’d eat the eyeballs.
- Garrick’s Favorites:
- Peter and Sarah
- Tyler and James
- Duke and Lauren
To make it interesting, I say Rob and Kimberly are Philiminated in the 4th show.
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[...] I missed this one, and had to get a summary from my girlfriend who stayed home watching. Garrick has a good recap of the kick-off to the new season[...]
Amazing Race - Season 10 Episode 1 recap - The Whiny Nil at MissingMethod - Build Something Beautiful added these pithy words on Sep 21 06 at 10:27 am
