Man, that dad in the father/daughter couple is something else. I'll bet her siblings could have told her to count her blessings that he never had time to focus on her. He's appalling.

Ok, high on my list of things I never ever needed to see is grandpa in his muddy undies.

Can't believe how many people missed the drop-off sign.

OMG! That dad is a nightmare! Nightmare! She should try to get herself eliminated as soon as possible.

And never, ever hear the end of it? Not that it matters - if he failed at a task, it would be her fault for something or other anyway. But still.

if he failed at a task, it would be her fault for something or other anyway.

Exactly. He was just foul tonight.

Awww. Lesbian ministers. I suppose it wasn't a surprise, but sad nonetheless.

Still liking the goths, the hippie couple, the brother/sister (though again, why the hand holding and skipping - why so touchy, siblings?). We didn't have to see a lot of the huge-tinies, so that was nice. And the other couple had a less annoying week because they were doing well, although it looks like they are back in fine form next week.

Her little "I'm a big old dork" shrug when she was talking about the macramé made me love her forever.

Me too!

My dvr didn't catch the end. rassenfrassen. But I guess the ministers didn't make it. So sad especially after their thing about being religious but having no illusions about God giving a crap about the race. awesome!

Also, still hate hate hate couples who call each other "baby."

Also, still hate hate hate couples who call each other "baby."

So annoying! I just cringed everytime someone said it.

Yay! Chef Symon won! Besh is a good guy, but I think Symon has a lot more of the personality that Iron Chef needs. Granted, given that he's buddies with Bourdain (as demonstrated in the awsome No Reservations in Cleveland w/ special guest Harvey Pekar), you'd think he might be wary of the gig, but he seems a good fit.

TAR: Sean - last week the episode showed up on youtube. I will post a link if one appears.

Also: still loving the Goths. Yes, the macrame thing was adorable. And I could not believe that father. MY GOD SHUT THE FUCK UP when you're daughter is trying to concentrate. I loved that one of the Latina team was a track and field person so naturally did the ditch vault. The entire concept of ditch vault had me laughing and laughing. But back to the detour: I couldn't believe it took that one couple so long to switch jobs. Sheesh. And back to the roadblock: NEVER would be too soon to see grandpa in his muddy undies. (And did he really tell Phil that he stripped down further than that?)

I was smiling bemusedly at the "ditch vault" mostly because that event is actually called "dyke jumping." Just not on American television.

Dear TAR contestants:

NEVER PICK THE NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK TASK AT A DETOUR! Even if the alternative task is stabbing yourself repeatedly in the arm with a fork - DO THAT ONE. Sheesh!

NEVER PICK THE NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK TASK AT A DETOUR! Even if the alternative task is stabbing yourself repeatedly in the arm with a fork - DO THAT ONE. Sheesh!

Hah! I was thinking basically the exact same thing. Come ON, people!

(Even though the knot tying part of the other task seemed pretty freaking complicated. And, hey, wasn't that basically an um...what's the task called when only one person can do it? The person at the top didn't seem to really have to do much at all.)