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oh ehm gee		#41	[-]
Posts: 2000 (12/30/08 9:41 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	A Dying Clown wrote: MOST (BOSTON)ROBBED(LOL) EPISODE TITLES Welcome to the World of Being Human How Do We Know We Aren't Going to Get Shot? I've Become the Archie Bunker of the Home Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something! It's Okay, Run Them Over! I'm Not a Miner! No, You're an Idiot! I'm Not His Wife -- He Doesn't Need to Scream at Me 'Counting Bears is Not Rocket Science' is rubbish since they fiddled about the quote too much and 'Don't Try to Play the Moralist Now' would be better if they'd added the word "pants" somewhere. And since I had to rewatch some of Season 7 for a mammoth TAR list I'll start soon, 'We Got a Gnome! We Got a Gnome!' is the worst title - repetition + product placement + literal telling of what happened = dud. 'Archie Bunker' and 'Miner...Idiot' are literally 17/16. The term is 'RAWBED'. But anyways... DOS. MIL. BITCHES!!!11 And before I get to 20-19, here are two honorable mentions from TARA. HM - TARA 1, ep. 5 (Alan <3) So because I tend to judge the Asian and American episodes on a different scale, I don't feel I should mix shows. That being said, this (and the other one) are both very good. This episode saw the racers go from Sydney to Auckland, and along the way, have lots of good moments. Firstly, I <3 New Zealand legs aside from the Rotorua leg in TARA2. Secondly, it has probably my favorite clue ever: Find the girl on the swing by the ferry terminal. She will give you your next clue. So of course, the teams go every which way, searching playgrounds and shit (SanFran searching inside of a library <333). Next, there was a height-based task, which terrified Howard/Sahran. Eventually, they would admit they were scared shitless, but still would do it, reinforcing how much I <3 them. Lastly, the title is amazing: It's Blowing Like Your Mum's Pants on a Windy Day, which certainly would've been first among all the Asia titles. HM - TARA 2, finale The majority of entries on this list will have multiple reasons for being included. This episode, however, boils down to one thing - Adrian/Collin beating Marc/Rovilson. And sure, the touching story about how Adrian's parents gave him a book about the flags of the world since they wanted him to be worldy (pun not intended) or how AXN/TARA tried to keep the barely closeted relationship...still closeted, but really, it's all about the douchebags who made 12 episodes of television shitty losing in the best possible way. 20. We Have a Bad Elephant! (well, she has about as much hair as she did the other times she got first) Anyway, this episode is great, and not just because of its title. In the second "half" of the "one leg" (because really, putting them on a 17 hour train and then having them wait until morning for the clock tower to open doesn't seem like a major stressor on teams), Uchenna and Joyce pwned Brandon and Nicole by completing the head-shave FF. Joyce looked gorgeous, and while she still was freaked out a little, they could take comfort in their first place. Interestingly enough, both Romber and Ron/Kelly checked in like two minutes later, proving that the headshave may not be the best maneuver strategy-wish. Meredith damn near killed himself while Gretchen was being unwittingly awesome, and Lynn and Alex were wonderfully eliminated after giving the best foreshadowing ever (I just want a nice, long rest.). So yeah, "nice" people winning, a show gimmick exposed as being not quite worth the drama, and a hateful team being eliminated. What more could you ask for? Camels. And would you know, this episode had camels too. Last Edited By: oh ehm gee 12/30/08 10:34 AM. Edited 2 times.
oh ehm gee		#42	[-]
Posts: 2001 (12/30/08 10:34 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I think I should go one at a time...thoughts?
pinoyako		#43	[-]
Posts: 4896 (12/30/08 10:36 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	by twos (since it's 2k)
A Dying Clown	by twos (since it's 2k)	#44	[-]
Posts: 7350 (12/30/08 12:12 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	by twos (since it's 2k) I concur. I rewatched 'We Have a Bad Elephant' and it's better than I remembered, partly Ron/Kelly hardly appear instead of taking up almost all the non-Rob airtime. I think I used to hate it more because of Lynn/Alex being RAWBBED - any eliminations that occur solely out of the team's control annoy me (and I hadn't found Sucks when TAR7 aired, so I was reading the TWoP forum threads where everyone seemed to climax over the outcome).
oh ehm gee		#45	[-]
Posts: 2002 (12/30/08 12:57 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	any eliminations that occur solely out of the team's control annoy me Even the clowns? ETA: PALINPOST
A Dying Clown		#46	[-]
Posts: 7352 (12/30/08 1:31 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Even the clowns? Especially the Clowns, since otherwise Reichip would never have won. (didn't production delay all the other teams because of the credit card error anyway? I am foggy on the details). Hope/Norm are the exception, but Blake would have lost for something not of his fault if he didn't yell at production about his transportation breakdown, so it was a special situation. Last Edited By: A Dying Clown 12/30/08 1:36 PM. Edited 1 times.
oh ehm gee		#47	[-]
Posts: 2007 (12/31/08 3:10 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	19. That's Me. That's My Face. Just Hit My Face. Hit My Face! Previously on The Amazing Race: Reichen and Chip, Jon and Al, and David and Jeff waxed about their relationship, mugged for the camera, and got lost and testy with each other as they are wont to do. Kelly and Jon and Millie and Chuck, due to a series of events both within and out of their respective controls were in a Thunderdome-esque race to avoid elimination. Millie and Chuck, probably because they neglected to sleep at all during the pit stop, were barely edged out by Kelly and Jon and were eliminated. Rest assured, this episode will be on here also. On paper, this episode has all the elements of being boring as hell. The previous episode was an epic race for elimination. Seven-eighths of the racers have penises, while only two-eighths have fairly entertaining personalities. The leg was fairly obviously a nonelimination, saving the boring and/or retarded and/or hateful team, as usual. The roadblock had no opportunity for team separation. It was cold as hell, just like half of the other legs. However. The main reason it is so high is that it's the first episode I ever saw the whole way through. I pretty much fell in love with the show (and with Kelly/Jon) right from there. Not to mention, the episode title is really incredible. It just makes me nostalgic, hence why it is so high. 18. Welcome to the World of Being Human Previously on The Amazing Race: We finally got an excuse to say "That's Namibia, jackass." One of the lamest Fast Forwards ever propelled the Chas to their second first place in a row. Dunes were large, sandy, and hard to drive in. In spite of some...confusing penalties for speeding, the twins were unable to reach the Detour before it closed, and were eliminated. This episode is all.about.the.drama. First thing - Chris/Alex and Gary/Dave receive penalties for speeding. This drops Gary/Dave to second (?) and keep Chris/Alex in the cellar. However. the twins would later imply that Chris/Alex barely made the hours of operation for the dunes; had they not been speeding, it is uncertain if Chris/Alex would've made the dunes before they closed, leading to a race in the morning. Anyway, lots of teams hate Blake, leading to the episode title. A certain recapper gets up in arms over a "minibus". Blake offends a shitload of Buddhist people. And Fern's parents probably grounded her ass for skipping school to help the Chas. This episode is not excellent in spite of it, but rather because of it. Bangkok was the perfect backdrop to show the racers' various personalities, and I very much enjoy the hustle and bustle of the city (contrast this with TAR9's leg in Bangkok). This also had the very first head shave FF; had Cyndi/Russel taken it it may have led to a very different outcome in the season.
Annoying Tool Fanboy		#48	[-]
Posts: 1967 (12/31/08 3:21 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Top 10 should be all TAR2 and TAR3 episodes. Anyway, I liked the South Korean leg, too. Now I want to rewatch TAR4 again. It's really not that bad a season.
A Dying Clown		#49	[-]
Posts: 7360 (12/31/08 4:54 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I did a rewatch of the second half of TAR4 and while the rest of the season was better than I remembered, the South Korea episode stank. It's one of the dreariest episodes and most miserable episodes ever - horrible bunching Roadblock, dull culture-shock stuff that you mentioned with the earlier India ep and 2 of the 3 tasks again favouring buff dudes. As far as desolate and non-bustling Asia episodes go, it's a far worse offender than TAR9's Bangkok which I lurved (monkeys + MoJo having a proto-TAR11-Romber collapse into ineptitude <3) I'm hoping the premiere or Austria get a look-in for TAR4, though I'm expecting only the Malaysia leg to show up from this season.
oh ehm gee		#50	[-]
Posts: 2008 (12/31/08 5:14 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	As far as desolate and non-bustling Asia episodes go, it's a far worse offender than TAR9's Bangkok which I lurved (monkeys + MoJo having a proto-TAR11-Romber collapse into ineptitude <3) ZOMG miniranking! Worst desolate/non-bustling Asia episodes: 10. Lucknow, TAR7 9. Bangkok, TAR9 (soz) 8. Kuwait, TAR10 7. Delhi 1, TAR13 6. Singapore, TAR3 5. Kolkata, TAR5 4. Shanghai, TAR6 3. Osaka, TAR12 2. Hong Kong, TARAS and the number one offender 1. Tokyo, TAR9, which is one of my top 5 least favorite episodes ever.
Thailandsurvivor		#51	[-]
Posts: 4146 (12/31/08 5:21 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Diesalgate/Whatever Vietnam leg Ian had his revelation for the win!
A Dying Clown		#52	[-]
Posts: 7362 (12/31/08 5:23 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	No TAR1 Thailand? That was arguably the first bad episode of the show. I pretty much red-X that entire order, apart from replacing Bangkok with that, and bumping it up to 3rd or 4th worst. And adding South Korea as #2 - even as Sucks' only TAR9 defender, that pre-finale episode was maybe the most pointless episode ever.
oh ehm gee		#53	[-]
Posts: 2009 (12/31/08 5:51 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	A Dying Clown wrote: No TAR1 Thailand? That was arguably the first bad episode of the show. I pretty much red-X that entire order, apart from replacing Bangkok with that, and bumping it up to 3rd or 4th worst. And adding South Korea as #2 - even as Sucks' only TAR9 defender, that pre-finale episode was maybe the most pointless episode ever. I focused mainly on urban Asia. The majority of TAR1 Thailand was in Krabi, which I always thought was just a jumping off point to the beaches. TAR9 would've benefited from a leg 12 elimination (like TAR 5/6). The double NEL would be shocking enough, but it would also make the stuff in Japan worth while. Not to mention, there wouldn't be someone getting mugged in one of the most expensive countries in the world.
Apprentice Talker		#54	[-]
Posts: 7214 (12/31/08 7:57 PM) WRP Official Spokesperson Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I loved the Hong Kong episodes of TAR2 and TAR11. Oswald/Danny is the only team visited twice in two seasons.
oh ehm gee		#55	[-]
Posts: 2114 (01/12/09 11:22 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	More rankings =O I'm shocked, TBH. 17. Man, They Should've Used Their Fake Names Previously on The Amazing Race: Teams went to Australia for the first time since that boring ass leg in Cairns. Some retarded teams left the Hippies with money, but not MoJo (or Eric/Jeremy). The Hippies threatened to yield the former because of it. There was some bunching and lots of squares filled in transportation bingo, and in the end, Fran and Barry were eliminated to my delight (and, I guess, everyone else's disappointment). ...and I'm more surprised that it's an episode from TAR9. But holy shit was there ever drama for a completely obvious NEL. Taxigate (which makes Eric bitching about the use of the Yield that much more ridiculous since I'm fairly certain cancelling taxis weren't intended to be a part of the game). Yieldgate (where the Hippies make the 2nd or 3rd-worst Yielding decision ever - right behind Kynt/Vyxsin and Adam/Rebecca; there were no fewer than 3 reasons to Yield Eric/Jeremy - they canceled the taxis, they didn't give them any money in Oman AND they were a ways behind them. Yield Eric/Jeremy and there's no footrace to the mat). Speaking of which, said footrace was epic. And what's better is that Rayo by pwning the leg, barely avoided it (Rayo checked in at 1:13; the footrace occured at 1:20), though I suspect that Rayo would've probably been second or ever first in an outright sprint. And what's most awesome of all is that brunette Hippie was mugged with basically a T-shirt, underpants and no shoes on. Good times. Only one right now, cause I'm tired.
A Dying Clown		#56	[-]
Posts: 7415 (01/12/09 1:15 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	they didn't give them any money in Oman I thought they did? They definitely gave them money after the second NEL. It's one of the only two episodes where the Detours are ridiculously uneven (the other being the BQ elimination).
oh ehm gee		#57	[-]
Posts: 2118 (01/12/09 1:20 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	A Dying Clown wrote: they didn't give them any money in Oman I thought they did? They definitely gave them money after the second NEL. It's one of the only two episodes where the Detours are ridiculously uneven (the other being the BQ elimination). TARAS episode 4, TARAS episode 5, TARAS episode 6, TARAS episode 9 (the one after the two hour special) I definitely remember they gave them an I.O.U. ETA - That season would've been saved had Greece been the NEL instead of Oman. Lake/Michelle are saved, BJ/Tyler and Fran/Barry are eliminated, someone gets mugged in Darwin (probably MoJo still) and Mojo gets elimmed in Thailand. A L/M, E/J, R/Y final 3 either has one of my favorites winning, or deters the casting of Tyler/James in TAR10. Last Edited By: oh ehm gee 01/12/09 1:23 PM. Edited 1 times.
A Dying Clown		#58	[-]
Posts: 7416 (01/12/09 1:26 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I's one of the only two episodes where the Detours are ridiculously uneven (the other being the BQ elimination). Oops, I meant to say the only uneven episodes I actually liked (though I don't think the TARAS Ep 4 detours were that unbalanced, since Rob managed to fuck them both up) - there's plenty of "short dangerous" or "long boring" tasks that are just as uneven. I think one of the Frats did give the Hippies money at the airport, though I may be misremembering.
YemaGrl1988		#59	[-]
Posts: 4537 (02/08/09 11:54 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	BLUmOP.
Annoying Tool Fanboy		#60	[-]
Posts: 1975 (02/14/09 11:52 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Lol why does no one ever finish these things?

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