That wasn't cool of the BQs to make it seem like Danny and Oswald picked the team, instead of admitting that they picked who were Yeilded.

One the other hand, Yielding is part of the game and I hate when racers treat it like it's playing dirty.

I think that this was kinda dirty.

Yeah, it felt wrong. And I was REALLY surprised that this was an NEL. So, next week is the second to last episode and it's going to be an elimination leg. I think it's going to be nasty.

I think all yield legs are NEL. Aren't they?

Are they?

That's kind of stupid - isn't it? What would have happened had E/D NOT made the 30 minute penalty before D/O came in? Would they have been eliminated or would they have been given another chance?

That wasn't cool of the BQs to make it seem like Danny and Oswald picked the team, instead of admitting that they picked who were Yeilded.

Yes, I hope E/D find out that it was the BQs. And I agree that I hate it when racers treat the Yield like it's playing dirty, but I can't help but think that buying a second yield for yourself is pretty low. It was smart racing all around--especially since it almost always makes sense to yield the team in last place--but it feels wrong somehow.

Well, it's not as if the BQs walked up to the D/O and offered them the deal -- the Cha Chas offered it to them because they were the second team to arrive.

Like I said--it was smart racing. By the Cha Chas and the BQs. It just doesn't seem quite fair somehow.

I can't believe Danny and Oswald stuck with that cab driver for so long.

That whole yield thing was - eh. I'm kind of surprised it's allowed, anyway. Could you pay off another team to tank on a task? Trading off goodwill and favors and stuff is one thing. The cash seems iffier.

I hate when yields and FFs coincide with a NEL. What's the point, you know?

I'm getting enormously tired of hearing reality TV contestants talk about people "stabbing them in the back." It's a million dollars, or whatever the prize is. I'd yield my mother if I thought it would help me win (although I would share the winnings with her).

I don't understand why everyone hates the BQs. I like them more this time around than last, although I didn't hate them then either. They're smart, they're polite, they're good-natured, and they're obviously competitive and willing to do the work. They're not mean-spirited and obnoxious. What's to hate? It seems a bit like a Jonathan-in-the-clock-tower moment.

I think all the Yield legs so far have been nonelims, with maybe one exception. It's never been mentioned as deliberate, but it's been irritating me since they first introduced the Yield (because it makes them so pointless as strategy tools, and is pretty obvious that they only exist to create interpersonal drama for TV).

As for what happened tonight, I didn't mind the initial exchange of the Yield for money, but the lying about it afterwards by EVERYONE was really lame. And of course I wish it had been Mirna they Yielded instead.

I'm getting enormously tired of hearing reality TV contestants talk about people "stabbing them in the back." It's a million dollars, or whatever the prize is. I'd yield my mother if I thought it would help me win (although I would share the winnings with her).

Totally! What's more, the teams who complain about it are generally the teams who do the MOST back-stabbing and manipulating, only they're not as good at is as the people they love to bitch about.

And I like the BQs too. I'm disappointed in them lying to Eric & Danielle (they could have just said nothing), but overall they've been really good racers.